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2013年商务英语考试高级阅读题精讲14

来源:考试网   2013-10-07【
 Read the article below about expanding a retail business.

  Choose the correct word to fill each gap from (A, B, C or D) on the opposite page.

  For each question 21-30,mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

  There is an example at the beginning, (0)

  Should you open a second branch?

  Choosing to expand your business by opening a second location can be one of the best decisions you’ll ever (0)____, or one of the worst. Before you (21)____ at a decision, there are several things you should check to see if you are ready to take this big step towards expansion.

  Firstly – your cash flow. Like starting up any business, a second location (22)____ a large initial investment and usually takes a long time to turn a profit. Look at your firm’s accounts carefully. If these (23)____ that you cannot afford a long-term drain on your financial resources, then it is probably better to wait.

  Secondly – your personnel and systems. If you don’t have a management team (24)____ place already, you should probably think about establishing one before opening a second branch. The same (25)____ in the case of operating systems and controls. The better organized your business now, the better organized your second location will be, too.

  Also, you need to think about your market. Is your current site doing as much business as it can (26)____, or are there ways you could grow without opening a second branch? Try expanding internally first. Similarly, don’t (27)____ that just because your business is successful in one town, it will immediately succeed in a (28)____ community. Research your potential markets before setting up shop, and (29)____ your new branch to answer the specific needs of these markets.

  Finally, be realistic about the time you need to invest to make a second location work. You don’t want to take (30)____ so much work that you can’t honour your commitments.

  Example :

  A have B decide C do D make

  0 A B C D

  21 A arrive B come C reach D approach

  22 A contains B includes C involves D consists

  23 A tell B present C show D exhibit

  24 A at B in C by D to

  25 A applies B refers C concerns D relates

  26 A deal B hold C handle D cope

  27 A assume B trust C rely D count

  28 A connecting B neighbouring C surrounding D matching

  29 A invent B amend C design D innovate

  30 A through B up C down D on

 参考答案:

  PART 4

  21-25 A C C B A

  26-30 C A B C D

  21.选A.come后应该用to。reach和approach都是及物动词,后面直接加宾语。

  22.选C.ABD都是包含的意思,但是表达的是一个整体的组成部分。

  23.表明,只有C合适。

  24.选择B,in place是固定搭配,到位的意思。

  25.选择A,适用的意思。

  26.选择C,处理的意思。A和D虽然都有处理的意思,但是后面都要加with。

  27.assume,假定,认为的意思。

  28.B.neighbouring相邻的,隔壁的

  29.C design

  30.D on

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