历年BEC商务英语中级考试真题（15）

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The Myth of the Paperless Office  
1 F1 ~( y2 m+ X: f& {3 T　　0 The concept of a paperless office grew with the advance of technology. It was  
8 V- w3 f2 O2 {) }* ?　　00 widely been claimed that as email became commonplace, people would stop  
7 S$ A1 F1 p) @% V! ^2 m0 u　　34 writing memos, keeping bulky files and bringing piles of paper to the meetings.  
( E' a5 ?. p3 |4 w; F3 G　　35 But the reality has in fact been quite the reverse, and paper, having already  
( o" S) z: \) F; g, ?　　36 survived five thousand years of technological change, and has proved remarkably  
　　37 resilient. Worldwide, the amount of paper used for each year continues to  
# k( ~$ P; M4 N　　38 rise up, although statistics now show a slight reduction in the amount  中 华 考 试 网
/ k" S  {* V' t: k　　39 it consumed in the UK. So, has technology failed in its aim to end the use of  
　　40 paper? Max Bray, a business lecturer, thinks office workers still distrust computers.  
8 ]- c2 }/ F3 j8 R" M9 i7 R! M; ~　　41 ‘Technology is unreliable in most of people’s eyes,’ he says. ’If you are sent an  
3 Y, a  ], C& P& ^$ n$ R　　42 important email, you are likely to print it, because there is always the  
　　43 fear that it might have get deleted.’ In contrast, Paul Blunt, a marketing  
/ H  J5 ?4 t( W8 G5 R; C8 T0 ?　　44 manager for desktop products, who says there has been significant progress in  
　　45 automating a wide range of tasks, even though the transition between has been more of an evolution than a revolution.  
　　《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。
" }% ]# k2 a# M& @　　35题，正确的
+ T9 o1 o; I  _2 B( u: b# c　　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。
3 |, T% J1 D/ r2 K" s　　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。
/ y8 n" _4 A/ ^; M2 f) z( z/ x- X5 K+ N　　38题，持续增长，用rise，rise up是起义的意思。
2 H6 p1 W& o- F  w! p( r5 W　　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。
" k& P8 F- G+ M7 s　　40题，正确的 来自www.Examw.com
- m- ?( k# Y+ e, S$ X　　41题，in most people’s eyes在大多数人的眼里，of多余。
3 v* J' Z9 n) O! ]　　42题，正确的
! H2 G$ ]& Q% e　　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。
* F5 W. H1 Z0 z. H4 x4 r　　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。