商务英语BEC考试主要考什么
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BEC考试作为目前国外考试中实用性非常强的考试之一，和众多其他英语类考试一样，是对考生听说读写能力的一个阶段性测试。但BEC 又有其独特的特点，根据BEC考试的理念，它考查的既不是纯商务英语(Business Background)，也不是公共英语(General English)，而是考查考生在商务情境中的语言运用能力和问题处理能力，所以要想完全抛开商务背景谈BEC考试是没有意义的。
BEC考试主要从以下三个方面考查和测试考生对商务英语的掌握情况：①对商务词汇的考查；②对商务背景知识的考查；③对商务思维的考查。
那么，具体分析这三方面内容，会有怎样对应的备考方法呢？
商务词汇
从考试性质来看，BEC考试不仅要求考生掌握大量的常用词汇，还要求考生掌握一些常用词汇在商务语境下的特定含义。下面我们就来了解一下BEC考试对商务词汇的考查形式以及考生如何备考商务词汇。
1. 对商务词汇的考查
很多参加BEC考试的考生都是英语专业，听说能力都不错，语法和词汇也都能过关，但在BEC考试中却未能取得理想的成绩。究其原因，大部分可归咎于不能准确理解词汇的商务含义。其实，很多大家平时常见的词汇，在BEC考试中都有其特定的商务含义。
例如，在BEC阅读中有这样几个高频词汇：proof、books和range。这几个词的基本含义大家都很熟悉，但在商务的语境下，proof不再表示"证据，证明"，而是表示"样本"；books并非"图书"之意，而是表示"公司账目"；range也不再表示"范围，射程"，而是表示"产品组合、产品系列"。
此外，在BEC听力中也经常会考查常见词汇的特定商务含义。以BEC 听力真题中的一句话为例："I'm often charged 18% interest per month on my outstanding balance."这句话的理解重点在于outstanding和balance两个词：outstanding是CET中的高频词汇，常表示"杰出、优秀"；balance常作"平衡"之意。但这里如果按照常用的含义来理解这两个词，"outstanding balance"就变成了"杰出的平衡"，这个意思是说不通的。
其实，这句话中有三个词都具有商务英语的特征：interest在这里表示"利息"；outstanding表示"未偿付的"；而balance 表示"余额"。所以这句话的意思是："我每个月总是为了未偿还的余额而支付
18%的利息。"由此看来，考生只有理解词汇在商务背景中的特定意思，才能准确解题。
2. 如何备考商务词汇？
(1) 辨别日常英语词汇和商务英语词汇
对于BEC考生来说，要想突破词汇这一关，首先是要辨别某个词是日常英语词汇还是商务英语词汇。同一个词根据使用场景的不同，含义会发生很大的变化。例如，discount一词在日常英语中的含义为"打折"，但它同时还是一个商务专用词，意为"贴现，贴现率"；再如，turnover一词的常用含义为"营业额"，但在商务英语中则表示"员工离职率"；又如，close一词在商务英语中不再表示"关闭"，而是指"股票收盘"。这些词汇的商务含义都是在平常的课程中学不到的，属于商务英语特有的表达，也是BEC考试的理解重点。所以，对于这些词汇，考生要首先理解其基本含义，然后要特别注意这些单词在商务环境中表达的特定含义。
(2) 注意积累商务短语
在商务英语中，有许多日常英语中的词汇通过搭配形成了具有商务英语特征的短语。例如，debit note (借项通知单)、credit note (贷项通知单) 、unsocial hours (非正常工作时间)、flexitime system (弹性工作制度) 、living out of a suitcase (经常出差在外)等。对于这些常见的商务短语，BEC考生不仅要知其意，还要做到在听力题目
中听到这些词汇时，能立刻反应出它们的含义，这就需要各位考生在平时多注意积累这类短语。
(3) 建立不同话题的词汇库
BEC考试常会涉及不同的话题，包括公司结构、商务环境、产品与服务、跨国交易、客户娱乐、旅游与会议、员工与客户的关系等。考生在平时的备考过程中，应该有意识地针对不同的话题建立相应的词汇库。以针对跨国交易这一话题为例，考生可以积累一些主要港口和城市的名称以及一些常见的流通货币名称，如Won (圆，朝鲜和韩国的货币单位)、Rupiah (卢比，印度尼西亚的货币单位)、Baht (铢，泰国货币单位)、Peso (比索，拉丁美洲一些国家和菲律宾的货币单位)、Dong(盾，越南货币单位)等。这样进行归类记忆，有利于考生理清思路，缩小范围，方便记忆。通过这样的日积月累，考生的词汇量就能不断扩大了。
商务背景知识
BEC考试是一种实用性非常强的考试，它注重考查考生在实际工作环境中用英语解决问题的能力，同时会涉及到一些对商务背景知识的考查。如果考生对商务背景知识有一定的了解，解题时就会更加顺利。下面我们就来了解一下BEC考试对商务背景知识的考查形式以及考生增加商务背景知识的方法。
1. 对商务背景知识的考查
BEC考试对商务背景知识的考查在阅读和写作中都有所体现，但最明显的还是体现在口语上。以口语考试中的第二部分Mini-Presentation为例，该部分要求考生在给定的三个主题中任选一个主题，然后就此主题发表一分钟的演讲。而另一名考生则会聆听并记录该考生的演讲，然后针对他的演讲进行提问。假如考生抽到关于"公司结构"的话题，另一个考生可以针对此话题提问如下的问题：请说明你愿意为哪种结构的公司工作，并给出具体理由；具体的公司结构包括：hierarchical pyramid structure (层级制金字塔结构)、flat management structure (扁平化管理结构)、flexible company with project-based teams (由项目小组构成的灵活公司体系)。考生若想流畅地回答这道题目，就必须具备一定的商务背景知识，对三种公司结构有一定程度的了解，知道每种结构的优缺点，并能简洁明了地用英文陈述自己的观点。因此，对于这一考查方向而言，已经参加工作的考生占据一定的优势。但在中国，很大一部分参加BEC考试的考生都是未踏出校门的学生，对于他们而言，务必要通过一定的途径增加自己的商务背景知识。
2. 如何增加商务背景知识？
(1) 抓住重点，浅尝辄止
BEC考试是将商务英语与公共英语结合起来的一种考试形式，对于商
务知识确有涵盖，但一般而言，涉及的考查点不会太过深入，所以考生在备考时切勿钻牛角尖，切忌去探究一些深入细致却和考试无关的主题，抓住重点、浅尝辄止即可。
以BEC教材《新编剑桥商务英语同步辅导》(高级)中的第一单元为例。此单元分为两部分：公司职责与公司结构。考生在此单元需要了解的内容就是公司的基本经营模式、各部门的具体职责以及各部门之间的关系。文章中出现了公司的各个部门的名称，以财务部为例，文章在提到这个部门时提及了一些财务方面的词汇，例如purchasing ledger (购货分类帐)、sales ledger (销货帐)等，考生只需在看到这些财务方面的基本词汇时，能知其意，并能根据这些词来判断这个人属于什么部门以及这个部门的职责是什么既可，无需了解所有的财务英语词汇和表达。
(2) 广泛阅读，扩展知识
在横向广度上，考生要通过广泛阅读来扩大自己的知识面。考生在平时一定要多涉猎商务类篇章，诸如金融、财务、商务接待、商务交际、商务管理等方面的文章，对一些重要的商务常识必须了解，例如The Nikkei 225 Stock Average (日经225平均指数，由日本产经新闻推出的东京证券交易所的225个品种的股价指数，是日本乃至全亚洲最重要的股市指标之一)、Goldman Sachs (高盛集团有限公司)等。这些常识都是商务英语中出现率极高的，打开任何一家外媒的商业版，
几乎每天都会遇到这些词，其属于基本的商务知识范畴。此外，考生也要多关注国外金融类网站，诸如彭博社(Bloomberg)、《金融时报》(Financial Times)、《经济学人》Economists等的官方网站，浏览一些原汁原味的商业报告，从中积累商务背景知识。
商务思维
BEC考试既是一门语言考试，同时又是一门商务思维考试。以BEC 听力题为例，其中所选的听力材料一般都是真实的商务活动片断，如总经理给各部门经理开会，讨论公司发展前景；人事部经理给应聘者讲解应聘事项；销售部人员讨论下期的营销战略等。在这些特定的工作场景中，交流的主体都是商务人士，而商务人士的说话语气和交流思维，特别是英美人士的商务思维和普通人在日常生活中的思维是完全不同的。下面我们就来看一下BEC考试对商务思维的考查形式以及考生如何培养自己的商务思维。
1. 对商务思维的考查
BEC考试对商务思维的考查主要体现在口语和写作两大题型上。先以口语为例，BEC口语考查的是一些工作场合的基本常识。以商务人士出差住宿的这一话题为例，如果针对此话题考生只能想到省钱这一个方面，显然就不具备商务人士应该具备的细致和严谨的思维。针对这一话题，考生还应根据商务考虑到需要酒店的位置、酒店附近的交通状况等。再以写作为例，假如BEC写作的话题是要求考生处理一位
客户因被多收费而投诉的问题，那么应从哪些方面来考虑写作内容呢？据笔者观察，基本所有的考生都能想到要向客户道歉，并且告知客户将退还多收的费用。但除此之外，拉开考生之间分数差距的关键却在于考生有没有展现出自己的商务思维，即进一步提出还款的方式以及还款的时间等，这样才能充分体现出考生严谨的商务思维以及解决实际问题的能力。
2. 如何培养商务思维？
(1) 学会从商务角度看问题
怎样才能从商务的角度看问题？以BEC中级教材中的一篇课文为例。这篇课文讲述各国不同的风俗、文化以及各国之间的商务沟通所产生的影响。课文中涉及这样一个问题："Your first day at office, what kind of face do you want to see？"很多同学在回答这一问题时，给出的答案是："I would expect a beautiful face."从这样的回答中就可以看出，考生并没有运用商务思维来解题。大家可以想象一下，大多数人在第一天参加工作时都会感觉紧张和陌生，在这种心情下，你一定期待看到一张乐于助人的友善脸庞，也就是"a face of helpful and friendly"。答案就这么简单。其实，从商务角度看问题，就是要求考生将自己置身于真实的工作环境中，身临其境地去感受和思考，而非按照平常惯有的思维来解题。
(2) 通过泛读培养商务思维
由于文化背景的差异，英美人士的商务思维与很多考生的惯常思维是截然不同的。对于那些没有任何职场经验的考生来说，这种差异会更显著。这导致很多考生在做题时不能会其意，对于作者或者说话人真正想要表达的意思无法准确把握。要想克服这一点，考生必须要有意识地培养自己的商务思维，平时多关注和浏览一些原版的商务类文章。只要考生能够持之以恒地阅读，经过一段时间的积累，自然会对不同文化背景下的商务语言风格有一定的认识，也就能在潜移默化中成功培养起自己的商务思维和逻辑。
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BEC 剑桥商务英语中级考试真题 为了让大家更好的学习商务英语BEC 考试，小编给大家整理了BEC 商务英语中级考 试真题 ,下面小编就和大家分享，来欣赏一下吧。 真题一 When to Recruit? 0 In a small business, deciding when to take on new staff is a delicate calculation. On 00 the one hand, if you are increase your workforce, you might find it difficult to cover 34 for the increased costs straight away. On the other hand, extra staff could 35 enable you to spend more time on activities such as marketing, which in the 36 end should meanthe increased profits. A useful way of deciding when to increase 37 your workforce is to ask yourself if you can make enough of extra sales to meet 38 the cost of taking on with an extra employee. But even if you are not able to 39 increase your sales immediately you may still be able to employ someone. 40 In this such case, however, you must keep your business going until you have built 41 your sales up to the new level you need. If in the end you are clever enough to 42 get your timing so right, you will not want to throw away your advantage by 43 employing the wrong type person. The whole process of advertising and 44 interviewing can take around many months, so finding you made a mistake and 45 need to recruit again it can have a very serious impact on the future of your business. 《When to recruit? 》，何时招人 ?文章是讲的小公司招人的一些注意事项，应该如何 判断招人的时机。 34 题， cover 是及物动词，后面直接接宾语，不需要用for 。cover 在此处的含义是“ to be enough money to pay for something 。” 35 题，正确的。 36 题，这句的意思是说招人可以反过来增加收益。mean (the) increased profits ，意 味着增加的收益。并不是特别指代，不需要使用定冠词the 。 37 题， make 是及物动词，直接后面接名词， make enough extra sales ，不需要 of 。
2019年BEC中级商务英语阅读练习试题2 The best person for the job Employees can make a business succeed or fail, so the people who choose themhave a vital role to play. Employees are a company’s new ideas, its public face and its main asset. Hiring the right people is therefore a significant factor in a company’s success.(0) G If the human resources department makes mistakes with hiring, keeping and dismissing staff, a business can disappear overnight. Many companies now realise that recruiting the best recruiters is the key to success. Sarah Choi, Head of HR at Enco pic, believes that thinking commercially is a key quality in HR. Every decision an HR manager makes needs to be relevant to advancing the business. (8) ...C.....That’s no longer the case. HR managers have to think more strategically these days. They continually need to think about the impact of their decisions on the bottom line. (9).....F... For example,a chief executive will expect the HR department to advise on everything from the headcount to whether to proceed with an acquisition. Why do people go into HR in the first place? Choi has a ready answer. I think most people in the profession are attracted by a long-term goal.(10)....D......Nothing happens in the company which isn’t affected by or doesn’t impact on its employees, so the HR department is a crucial part of any business.
BEC剑桥商务英语中级考试真题 为了让大家更好的学习商务英语BEC考试，小编给大家整理了BEC商务英语中级考试真题,下面小编就和大家分享，来欣赏一下吧。 真题一 When to Recruit? 0 In a small business, deciding when to take on new staff is a delicate calculation. On 00 the one hand, if you are increase your workforce, you might find it difficult to cover 34 for the increased costs straight away. On the other hand, extra staff could 35 enable you to spend more time on activities such as marketing, which in the 36 end should meanthe increased profits. A useful way of deciding when to increase 37 your workforce is to ask yourself if you can make enough of extra sales to meet 38 the cost of taking on with an extra employee. But even if you are not able to 39 increase your sales immediately you may still be able to employ someone. 40 In this such case, however, you must keep your business going until you have built 41 your sales up to the new level you need. If in the end you are clever enough to 42 get your timing so right, you will not want to throw away your advantage by 43 employing the wrong type person. The whole process of advertising and 44 interviewing can take around many months, so finding you made a mistake and 45 need to recruit again it can have a very serious impact on the future of your business. 《When to recruit?》，何时招人?文章是讲的小公司招人的一些注意事项，应该如何判断招人的时机。 34题，cover是及物动词，后面直接接宾语，不需要用for。cover在此处的含义是“to be enough money to pay for something”。 35题，正确的。 36题，这句的意思是说招人可以反过来增加收益。mean (the) increased profits，意味着增加的收益。并不是特别指代，不需要使用定冠词the。 37题，make是及物动词，直接后面接名词，make enough extra sales，不需要of。
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Who Benefits Most from Company Training? According to recent research, the better educated and the higher up the socio?economic scale you are, the more likely you are to be offered workplace training. And, incidentally, the more likely you are to then turn (19) the offer, pleading family and personal commitments or (20) of work. Less qualified staff, on the other hand, are offered fewer training opportunities, but are more eager to (21) them up. In fact, people with few or no educational qualifications are three times more likely to accept training when it is offered. In the majority of companies, more (22) are allocated to management training than to other areas. Employers (23) their better qualified staff as more important to the business, so they pay them accordingly and invest more in them in (24) of training. This is (25) by the fact that organisations are dependent on properly (26) managers making the right decisions. But this (27) may mean that companies are (28) other parts of the workforce down. The researchers found a growing demand for training among the lower-skilled.Unfortunately this demand is not being (29)by employers, even though there are strong indications that companies would benefit from doing so. They also discovered that, despite the substantial (30) between the training provided for managers and that offered to other staff, there was still widespread endorsement of training. For the purposes of the research, training was defined as any (31) of planned instruction or tuition provided by an employer with the aim of helping employees do their work better. It therefore included a wide variety of approaches. On-the-job and classroom training (32) to be used equally by employers. But learning on the job, which involved observing a certain procedure and then practising it, was easily the most popular method for all categories of employee. While many felt that learning from colleagues was best,very few (33) the internet as an effective way to train. 19 A back B over C down D off 20 A force B pressure C strain D load 21 A pick B keep C take D put 22 A means B reserves C finances D resources 23 A imagine B regard C suppose D know 24 A requirements B specifications C states D terms 25 A allowed B approved C justified D accepted 26 A understanding B intelligent C informed D knowledgeable 27 A stress B emphasis C weight D strength breaking D setting 28 A letting B cutting C 29 A reached B achieved C gained D met 30 A space B gap C hole D room 31 A frame B structure C form D order 32 A showed B appeared C demonstrated D presented 33 A rated B thought C marked D believed https://www.doczj.com/doc/b011482033.html,/forum-90-1.html
实用文案 ★绝密·考试前严禁任何人翻阅 全国外经贸从业人员考试 国际商务英语等级考试（中级） 试题册 考试时间:2013年12月7日 09:30-11:30 ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ 考生姓名： 准考证号： 考点（考区）： 注意事项 一、考生将姓名、身份证号、考试项目、考点（考区）、准考证号填涂在试题册及答题卡（答 题纸）相应位置。 二、考生在规定考试时间内做完试题册上的试题，并将答案填涂在答题卡（答题纸）相应 位置，写在试题册上的答案一律无效。全部答题时间为120分钟。 三、考生在答题卡上作答时，切忌超出答题区域。如因超出区域作答导致答题卡失效，由 考生个人负责。客观题按题号顺序进行填涂，主观题在每题左上角写清题号按顺序作答。凡因题号不清导致考试成绩有误，由考生个人负责。 四、考生不得将试题册、答题卡（答题纸）带出考场。考试结束，监考员收卷后考生方可 离开考场。 五、考生注意对自己的答案保密。若被抄袭，一经发现，后果自负。
★请将答案写在答题卡上，答案写在试卷上无效。 一、客观题（本大题有60小题，每小题1分，共60分） [1-20] Listening: 20%（听力，20分） Section A Directions: In this section you will hear 5 questions. After you hear each question, read the four choices in your paper and decide which is the correct answer to the question you have heard. Each question will be read twice. 1. A. Over there. B. You are right. C. Be careful. D. Fine, thank you. 2. A. It’s almost done. B. You said it. C. It was a little bit bumpy as we landed. D. Please go a head. 3. A. I’m fine. B. I’ll be here all week. C. Yes, the very first. D. I’m sorry I don’t know. 4. A. Ask my assistant for it. B. I don’t mind. C. I don’t care. D. No, I don’t. Will it be a problem? 5. A. Large quantity. B. Good quality and reasonable price. C. Made in China. D. Very competitive. Section B Directions: In this section you will hear 10 statements. After you hear each statement, read the four choices in your paper and decide which one’s meaning is similarly to the statement you have heard. The sections will be read twice. 6. A. People can’t bargain in the expensive stores, since the quality of the goods is good. B. The goods in middle-priced shops are expensive, but they are of good quality. C. Many department stores sell only middle-priced products. D. Middle-priced shops only sell cheap goods. 7. A. I sent them an order by fax. B. I sent them an order by email. C. I sent the information by fax so that it could reach them quickly. D. I sent them an order immediately so that they could ship without delay. 8. A. You gave me the wrong financial report, Mr Smith. B. Sorry, Mr Smith. I put the financial report in the wrong place. C. Excuse me, Mr Smith. Did you give me the financial report? D. Sorry, Mr Smith. I misread the financial report.
《…Businessman of the Year' A ward》年度企业家奖。分别介绍了这个奖项的四个候选人的英雄事迹。 第一题，这个企业家成功的定位了不同的消费群体。答案在B段：He began refocusing the brand at the higher quality end of the food market and launched several own-brand initiatives for the health conscious。他开始将品牌定位在高质量的食品市场并且发起了几项注重健康的自主品牌的运动。Health conscious是指注重健康的。一个是高质量的食品市场，一个是注重健康的，联合起来，就是瞄准了不同的消费市场，即不同的消费群体。 第二题，通过小心的前进计划，这个企业家帮助公司度过了一个困难时期。答案是D段的这么一句：budgets and forecasts are what is needed to make a company successful, particularly now that the advertising market has been hit by recession.。预算和预告正是使得公司可以成功的，尤其当现在整个广告市场被衰退袭击的时候。Budgets and forecast就是题干中说的careful forward planning，successful对应于survive，a different period对应于the market has been hit by recession。 第三题，因为这个企业家的思维方式，公司对待变化更加开明了。答案是A段的这么一句：He is credited with reinventing Fentons Finance - revitalising its culture of inflexibility。他以重塑了Fentons Finance而受到嘉奖——给了固定守旧的文化以新的生命。more open to change就可以对应于revitalising its culture of inflexibility。revitalising是give new life to的意思。 第四题，尽管有反对意见，这个企业家还是制定并执行了某些决定。答案是C段的这么一句：he has been courageous in pushing through the appointment of controversial or inexperienced chief executives to companies within the group在推动某些争议性的或者是经验不足的执行官的任命时他很有勇气。从controversial和courageous可以看出来，这些任命时不完全被接受的，有反对意见（opposition），但他还是坚持了。 第五题，这个企业家通过让人们误会自己的意图而取得某些成功。答案是A段的这么一句：He led everyone to believe he was opposed to large mergers and then jumped on the Westcombe Bank opportunity at just the right moment他让所有人相信他是反对大的并购的，然后在最佳时期跳上Westcombe银行的机会（即收购了这个银行）。let everyone believe，也就是misleading people about his intentions。 第六题，这个企业家的能力最初在雇佣他的公司里受到了怀疑。答案是B段最后一句，稍微隐晦点：This should be extremely satisfying for Nash, who had left the retailer in 1986, disappointed after failing to secure the top job.因为无法得到高层的职位而失望离开，结果因为他的决策，公司股价上升了，让他很满足。意思就是本来以这个人的能力是可以胜任高层的工作的，但是他却没有得到。 第七题，这个企业家因为处理一些商业利益的能力而受到仰慕。答案在C段。C段最后说这个人在不同的公司担任要职（be chairman），不同的公司会有商业利益的冲突，而他却能好好处理（manage），所以答案选C。《Setting up an appraisal scheme》，制定评估计划。 第八题，前面说做评估最重要的是决定关键的目标，以及计划的真正目的。那么接着应该说的就是这个计划的目的是什么。符合这一条件的是D：理想的说，这是为了提供一个帮助员工发展的支持性框架。 第九题，这一段是讲选人的重要。空格前面说要挑选一个了解各个员工潜在需求的人，后面说这个人要能被大家信任，这样当员工有什么疑问时才会转向他。从上下文看，第九空仍然是和选人有关。A最符合这个特点，有两个关键地方。select a manager和deal with any suspicions，分别可以和上下文对应。Select a manager 可以对应于前面的the person given responsibility，deal with any suspicions可以对应于后文的staff will turn to if they are concerned. 第十题，前面说让员工被自己不喜欢的或者是价值观不认同的人来评估的话，评估计划的成功会打折扣。所以这个第十空的讲的还是关于选人的。C可以填在这里，C选项的in such a position是个暗示：让即使只有一个员工处在这样的位置上都会影响他人的反应。意思是不能让一个被大家不喜欢的人处在评估人的位置上。 第十一题，这段讲评估的形式要尽可能的简单，避免冗长的文件。能接上的是E：只需要让员工知道谁来评估，为什么评估，以及评估的形式就行了。没有必要弄那些复杂的没人愿意读的文件。 第十二题，前面说评估可能会涉及到一些机密信息的披露。后面说这些会展现一些访谈的决定。关键要理解空格后面的these代表什么。能够show the decisions