高级商务英语真题和答案(3)

　　Sweet smell of excess-for just ￡ 47.874 a bottle

　　The marketing says it is the “ ultimate symbol of indulgence and truly impeccable taste”. Anew scent, named V1, has (0) launched for Christmas-retailing at just ￡47.874 . The makers areproudly promoting it (31) ,the “ world’s most expensive perfume” and are confident of selling thelimited edition of 173 bottles-(32) it should be exactly 173 bottles is not made clear in thepublicity for the product.

　　Although carefully priced at just under the ￡50.000 mark, this perfume is clearly (33)something for anyone who considers ￡30 too much to pay for a bottle of eau-de-toilette. Those(34) are potential customers will certainly be reassured to learn that a case covered in rubies anddiamonds is included free (35) charge. Purchasers are assured of further savings, with unlimitedscent refills guaranteed indefinitely- at no extra cost.

　　The fragrance is the idea of Arfaq Hussain, a 27-year-old clothes designer who first made aname (36) himself with an air-conditioned jacket he was asked to make by the singer MichaelJackson (37) far, Mr Jackson is the only person to (38) placed an order- he wants two, accordingto Mr Hussain.

　　Mr Hussain is unconcerned at having no previous experience of perfumery . “ It’s so (39)more than a perfume ---- it’s a piece of jewellery, too. ” explained Mr Hussain. He attempted todescribe the ￡47.874 sensation . “ it is delicate , fragrant and quite unique. When you open thelid, it takes you totally away . It’s just (40) being surrounded by thousands of wild flowers androses.

　　这是高级阅读部分的一个新题型。不仅中级里面没有，一般的英语考试也没有。填词版的完形填空。乍一看会觉得很难，有点像是主观题。其实题型什么的都是次要的，都是借着题型这个外壳考察语言功底。只要基本功够扎实，完全可以通过摸准不同题型的特点来做出正确的答案。

　　具体说BEC H里的填词版完型，里面填入的词主要是连词、介词和代词，一般不会让你填入那种需要发挥超级想象力才能想得出的形容词和动词。做题的思路有两种，一种是固定用法、常见表达，一种是从语法角度分析句子结构，来判断句子缺失的成分。

　　这篇文章讲的是一种昂贵的新型香水，走的是高端路线。

　　31题，这题答案很明显。圣诞发布的香水，制作者打算将它开发成“世界上最昂贵的香水”(most expensiveperfume)，promote….as，将什么给开发成什么。

　　32题，要从意思和句子结构上进行分析。前面说发售限量版的173瓶香水，后面一个破折号做进一步的说明。从意思上看，词组made clear很关键，表原因的;而从句子成分上看，这里就是关系代词引导的从句在句子中充当补充成分。而能够表示原因的关系代词，是why。

　　33，34，35,这三道题也很明显。33题从意思上做，这个香水肯定是不适合认为30英镑的香水很贵的人，所以是填not，表否定;34题，those who的搭配，应该够的上条件反射的级别，those who are potentialcustomer，那些是潜在客户的人;35题，free of charge，免费，固定搭配。

　　36题，这题考察的也是一个固定搭配，make a name for oneself，使…出名。这个香水的创意来自一个服装设计师，而此人最早出名是因为迈天王让他制作了一件空调夹克(air-conditioned jacket)。

　　37题，截止目前迈天王是唯一的下了订单的人。So far，截止目前。

　　38题，下了订单。have done，表示完成的意思。

　　39题，理解句子的意思+固定用法的使用。这个句子的意思很明显：它不仅仅是一瓶香水，它还是一件珠宝。所以空格前后搭配的意思应该是不仅仅。用so much more than。例如：so much more than just ahome。

　　40题，最后几句话都是夸赞这个香水的。多么的精致独特。而当你打开香水的时候，你整个人都被takeaway了，就像是被成千上万的野花和玫瑰簇拥着。说香水，却扯到wild flowers和rose上面去了，所以是比喻，用like。

　　The Scientific Approach to Recruitment

　　When it (0) to selecting candidates through interview, more often than not the decision ismade within the first five minutes of a meeting. Yet employers like to (21) themselves that theyare being exceptionally thorough in their selection processes. In today’s competitive marketplace, the (22) of staff in many organizations is fundamental to the company’s success and, as aresult , recruiters use all means at their disposal to (23) the best in the field.

　　One method in particular that has (24) in popularity is testing , either psychometric testing,which attempts to define psychological characteristics , or ability￡aptitude testing (25) anorganization with an extra way of establishing a candidate’s suitability for a role. It (26) companiesto add value by identifying key elements of a position and then testing candidates to ascertain theirability against those identified elements.

　　The employment of psychometric or ability testing as one (27) of the recruitment process mayhave some merit, but in reality there is no real (28), scientific or otherwise, of the potential futureperformance of any individual. The answer to this problem is experience in interview techniquesand strong definition of the elements of each position to be (29) as the whole recruitment processis based on few real certainties, the instinctive decisions that many employers make, based on aCT and the first five minutes of a meeting, are probably no less valid than any other tool employedin the (30) of recruitment.

　　21.A suggest B convince C advise D believe

　　22.A worth B credit C quality D distinction

　　23.A secure B relies C attain D achieve

　　24.A lifted B enlarged C expanded D risen

　　25.A provides B offers C contributes D gives

　　26.A lets B enables C agrees D admits

　　27. A portion B member C share D component

　　28. A extent B size C amount D measure

　　29.A occupied B met C filled D appointed

　　30 A business B topic C point D affair

　　《The scientific approach to recruitment》，招人的科学方法。这篇完型比较简单。完型填空也有两种题型，两种解题思路。一种是从意思上理解然后做出选择，一种是根据单词的用法。前者比较容易，后者很考验语言功底。

　　21题，理解上下文的意思。前面说招人时的决定一般是在五分钟以内做出的。但是雇主们试图使自己详细相信他们在挑选过程中是经过了深思熟虑的。Convince oneself，使确信。其他的词没有这个用法。

　　22题，员工的质量对公司的成功是至关重要的。选quality。

　　23题，招人者试图利用一切方法来抓住这个领域最好的(人才)，secure the best，抓住最好的。realise是实现，attain是获得，后面不能接人，achieve是实现一个目标。

　　24题，rise in popularity，固定搭配，popularity是知名度的意思，这个词组应该可以翻译成声名鹊起。

　　25题，provides with,提供。给组织提供另外一种方法。offer的用法是offer sb sth，contribute在这里意思不对。

　　26题，是公司能够增加价值，enable

　　27题，这题的意思很明显，测试(testing)作为招聘过程的一个组成部分，要区分选项的几个单词，尤其是portion和component，看英英解释。

　　Component：one of several parts that together make up a whole machine, system etc

　　Portion：a part of something larger, especially a part that is different from the other parts

　　这里强调testing是一个组成部分，没有说明特殊的地方，选component。

　　28题，对每个人未来的可能表现没有一个真正的衡量。选measure。

　　29题，fill a position，填补空位，fill在这里的意思是to perform a particular job, activity, or purposein an organization, or to find someone or something to do this。不能选occupy，因为occupy更强调人的一种主动，而这里只是客观说某个需要填补的职位。

　　30题，in the business of，也是一种固定的说法，在什么的过程中。很多场合都可以使用。可以多看几个例句：

　　We’re in the business of stimulating the economy(By Obama)

　　Energetics is a specialist management consultancy in the business of climate change