历年BEC商务英语中级考试真题（15）

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The Myth of the Paperless Office  
, j; G" l! {( b' l9 u6 k　　0 The concept of a paperless office grew with the advance of technology. It was  
; c, M  H3 N9 D% M0 Z　　00 widely been claimed that as email became commonplace, people would stop  
# Z0 E$ K& w* V) o: D  j　　34 writing memos, keeping bulky files and bringing piles of paper to the meetings.  
+ i: b+ F4 b; B( e2 e9 E　　35 But the reality has in fact been quite the reverse, and paper, having already  
　　36 survived five thousand years of technological change, and has proved remarkably  
9 v+ L6 P  i# Y: N* i$ W% j9 j　　37 resilient. Worldwide, the amount of paper used for each year continues to  
　　38 rise up, although statistics now show a slight reduction in the amount  中 华 考 试 网
; S" h+ t2 o0 D3 {' K0 e　　39 it consumed in the UK. So, has technology failed in its aim to end the use of  
7 N  R+ k6 d2 {　　40 paper? Max Bray, a business lecturer, thinks office workers still distrust computers.  
　　41 ‘Technology is unreliable in most of people’s eyes,’ he says. ’If you are sent an  
# ]. [& i) t! Z　　42 important email, you are likely to print it, because there is always the  
! j( z& O6 d7 q3 `8 q3 b4 L9 J  S　　43 fear that it might have get deleted.’ In contrast, Paul Blunt, a marketing  
9 z$ Y6 _1 k! f" f　　44 manager for desktop products, who says there has been significant progress in  
9 `/ B0 u+ a5 j$ ]1 H: \　　45 automating a wide range of tasks, even though the transition between has been more of an evolution than a revolution.  
9 S# Y& {- Q' Y. g& O: f* [0 v　　《The Myth of the Paperless Office》，无纸化办公室神话。讲的是新技术对现代办公的影响。  
　　34题，meeting在这里不是特殊指代，只是叙述的一般情况。不需要使用定冠词the。
　　35题，正确的
　　36题，和上面的部分联系起来作为一个整体来考虑。paper, having already survived five thousand years of technological change, and has proved remarkably resilient.中间的部分是插入语，可以不考虑，所以完整的应该是paper has proved remarkably resilient。主谓宾非常齐全，and是多余的。resilient是适应力强的，有弹力的。
　　37题，used在这里是后置定语，修饰前面的paper，意思是每年使用的纸的总数，不需要for。
; |& V9 E' p; }. u" Q6 E　　38题，持续增长，用rise，rise up是起义的意思。
　　39题，the amount consumed in the UK，consumed也是后置定语，表示英国的消费总量。it多余。
0 N% {( |# M% Z6 N/ l& J: X! k　　40题，正确的 来自www.Examw.com
6 i6 @, Z' l. |1 b; s! g　　41题，in most people’s eyes在大多数人的眼里，of多余。
0 ?7 V# ~! T, Z2 m+ c　　42题，正确的
; v2 O7 \/ |+ ~　　43题，might have done表示可能已经做了某事，而这里的意思是指电子邮件等可能会被删除，不用have，去掉。
　　44题，Paul Blunt, a marketing manager for desktop products, who says there has been significant progress。中间的部分是插入成分，不予考虑。完整的是Paul Blunt (who) says there has been significant progress.主语是人，谓语是says，后面是宾语，成分齐全，who是多余的。
　　45题，the transition between has been more of an evolution than a revolution.依然是一个完整的句子，成分齐全，transition是主语，has been是谓语，between是多余的。