2016下半年BEC中级考试阅读冲刺训练题

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　篇一：

　　How do you improve white collar productivity?

For many years, technological development was thought to be the key to improving productivity in the office. In the 1980s cheap small computers first appeared on desktops. (example)________

The power of personal computers has increased dramatically, and the uses of software have expanded too. Companies both large and small have spent large sums of money on improving office computer facilities.(8) ________ seems that business has failed to apply the developments in technology to greater effect, to increase the amount of time which office workers have available for non-routine tasks. To do this, we need to understand how information is processed in business ventures.

Typically, information is first gathered, then processed, and finally produced in its changed form as output.(9) ________. Increasingly complex programs have been invented, to feed ever more powerful processing systems.

But what about output? A recent study by an American management institute shows that the processing of documents takes up 60% of office workers’ time, 40% of labour costs and up to 10% of business income.(10) ________. In fact, the international companies studied for the research show that this breakdown is true world-wide, wherever the company operates.

Taking these findings into account, the management of documents has become extremely important. Documents support nearly all business transactions. They are increasingly the way to communicate with customers, suppliers and employees. It is therefore upon document output and distribution that we should focus. (11) ________

Unfortunately, technological developments in equipment for document management seem more impressive than they really are.(12) ________ New technological solutions are needed to tackle the problem, to help drive businesses forward to improve their productivity and output.

Only now are we beginning to study business objectives and to structure technology to suit them. Our company is attempting to understand how people use technology and how it can be applied to business problems.

A. These new methods of handling paperwork have already greatly improved efficiency.

B. This would be a key way of improving white collar productivity.

C. It will help them to make better use of all office employees.

D. However, this enormous investment has not improved productivity as expected.

E. Laser printers have many limitations, and photocopiers have few applications.

F. Most technology has concentrated its attention on the first two of these stages.

G. These figures are hardly surprising since documents convey nine-tenths of all information.

H. Nevertheless, it is an important way to improve business processes and workflow.

I. Since then, these machines have caused a revolution in the way we work in the office.

答案：8.D 9.F 10.G 11.B 12.E

　篇二：

　　Banks and Banking : Other Bank Services

A modern bank provides many services other than checking accounts. ____1____

If you went to a bank to open a savings account, you would go through almost the same procedures followed in applying for a checking account. ____2____ Then you would be given a passbook in which your initial deposit would be recorded. All deposits and withdrawals from your account are entered into your passbook. ____3____ With a regular passbook savings account, you would be able to withdraw money wherever you needed it. All you would have to do is fill out a withdrawal order and present it, along with your passbook to the teller.

All banks pay interest on savings accounts. ____4____ Banks also pay interest at different times. ____5____ Suppose, for example, that on January 1, you deposited $ 1,000 in a bank that paid 4 1/2 percent interest semiannually. By July 1,you would have earned $ 22.50 interest. This interest would automatically be credited to your account; and of you left it in the bank, along with your original deposit, you would receive interest on $ 1,022.50 for the next six-month period. That is, your interest would be compounded.

A. But the majority of them pay semiannually, that is, every six months.

B. The interest rate varies from bank to bank, but the general range is from 4 1/2 to 6 percent.

C. This means that passbook contains an actual record of all transactions made and that you know the exact amount of savings you have at any one time.

D. One of these is checking accounts.

E. First you would be asked to fill out a signature card.

F. But most banks pay interest at the end of a year.

G. One of the most important of these is regular passbook savings.

H. One can withdraw money whenever necessary.

答案：1.G;2. E;3. ;4. B;5. A