历年BEC商务英语中级考试真题（9）

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Lebrun Steel Facing up to Tough Times
- X2 S$ B- M; k8 n. V　　0 　After 98 years of trading, the steel manufacturer Lebrun knows from experience as how
+ w8 c8 i9 Y4 s, ~: L) a4 P9 \9 |　　00 　difficult fluctuations in the economic cycle can be for suppliers such as themselves.
/ l( `( o  ]/ t/ W4 Y　　34 　Since many of the nation’s largest production companies which are its customers,
; w! N8 t5 u: S& s9 v. S　　35 　Lebrun is adversely affected by any change for the worse in the economy. Yet Lebrun
7 I4 C1 {1 H( Q! E# x8 b5 h　　36 　has managed to keep on sales steady (in the region of approximately $2.5 billion)
/ `. I) ]# K5 Q$ c# h4 r　　37 　and has recorded only one annual loss during the difficulties of the past five
　　38 　years, but despite the effects of the ongoing industrial slowdown. James Griffith,
- \) g8 Y- h- x% H　　39 　president of Lebrun, now has the task of turning up survival into growth, and 考试用书
　　40 　his strategy is already becoming clear to those industry observers. In February of
: x) q2 S- n$ S, w　　41 　this year, the company acquired Bronson pic, additionally a one-time competitor.
　　42 　This merger will greatly expand the size of both Lebrun’s labour force, and
　　43 　Griffith estimates it will boost its revenue by nearly 50%, while too increasing
% l! y  ]& x  K3 O, p. e　　44 　the number of plants and R&D centres in much a similar way. Griffith is
　　45 　optimistic that while the steel industry is about to pull out of recession, and he wants Lebrun to be ready for this.
　　这篇文章是介绍一个生产商面临的困境及所采取的措施。
　　34题，这个句子并不是定语从句，主谓宾都很齐全，主语companies，谓语are，宾语its customers.所以which是多余的
; \3 a* k3 ~$ F0 p  j' r　　35题，正确的
　　36题，keep on doing继续做什么，接名词的话直接用keep，keep sales steady保持销售平稳，on多余。
! D( N5 e' f% H9 W　　37题，正确的
1 X6 G" ]% |: G  O) G9 D0 W# ?　　38题，but和despite不能同时使用，必须去掉一个。but后面要接完整的句子，这个后面不是句子，是名词性成分，所以保留despite，去掉but。
3 f- `- ^6 K: S5 o, R　　39题，turn… into 变为，成为。固定词组。turning survival into growth变生存为增长。Up多余。
6 B( ~1 p5 j. ]3 V* K1 G2 S　　40题，句子前后并没有指代的含义，代词those多余。
: U, z5 B5 L5 @; ]  O7 o& \5 C+ F　　41题，a one-time competitor是修饰前面的Bronson pic ，additionally是另外的，附加的意思，用在这里意思和用法都不通，所以去掉。
　　42题，both表并列，而这个句子前后是没有并列的含义的，只说了扩展规模。所以both多余。
9 n9 T/ h0 g$ g  n& n. l　　43题，too是副词，在这里用法不对
3 H/ G3 r7 g4 E6 l# Y　　44题，in a similar way固定用法，much多余
　　45题，while用来引导时间状语从句，而很明显这个句子并不是，只是由that引导的从句，句子成分很齐全。去掉while。