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[BEC真题] 历年BEC商务英语中级考试真题(15)

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发表于 2012-8-14 19:16:37 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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  : l) o; C, ]. u: V, x
  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  & f1 C% c( I5 t8 z$ M
  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  , H7 C5 l1 h8 C* e) x( b
  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  ; x+ T5 K  `& G% y3 ^9 N5 @
  45 automating a wide range of tasks, even though the transition between has been more of an evolution than a revolution.  9 D3 v0 y0 i7 b% S7 W/ H" X
  《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。  ! i6 \" \% T. ]3 S) ]- J
  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。 + [9 I+ c5 ^3 u9 I5 q
  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。
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