Answers-to-BEC-textbookBEC课本答案中级.doc

Module 1
Vocabulary
2. 0-B 1-F 2-H 3-A 4-G 5-C 6-I 7-D 8-E
P 7 5. 1-open your mind 2- plan for disaster
3 - get organized 4 -set your limits
5 – put pen to paper 6 – don’t feel guilty
P8 Listening
2. (1) 7.00- get up, get the kids ready
8.30 – take kids to school
9.00 – start work
10.00 – have lunch
14.30 – finish work
(2) She’s been with her curent employer since she left school, but she’s been home – working for 5 years.
(3) She’s going to the office every day to meet visitors.
3. 1-B 2-D 3-A 4-C
P9
5. 1. need 2. communicate 3. have escaped 4. have been working 5. have been 6. am working 7. answer
P10
1. work for, involved in, responsible for,
deal with, report to, in charge of, specialise in
4. 1. A 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. C
P11
6. 1-C 2-A 3-D 4-B
7. 1-D 2-I 3-C 4-J 5-A 6-E 7-K 8-L 9-F 10-G 11-H
P12-13
WRITING
1. 1) No, email and post-it note are not related to her work.
2) Formal: memo and letter
Reasons: They’re giving information and replying to a customer with a complaint. The language uses quite long and fixed expressions.
3) The memo is “internal communication” because it was sent within the company. Everyone in the company received a copy of it.
4) The memo uses the To / From / Date / Subject headings. It doesn’t require an opening salutation line (Dear …) or closing salutation (Best … Yours …). Memos often have only one paragraph.
5) Tel. / asap / @ / RE
2. 1) I am writing to …
2 / 3) Further to our previous meeting / With regard to your letter dated ….
4) how about
5) I would like to apologise for
6) I’m sorry that …
7) we are pleased to
8) Unfortunately
9) Can you
10) Do you want me to
11) May I remind you …
12) Don’t forget
13) We look forward to working with you …
14) See you soon
15) Yours sincerely
3. To: All staff
From: [Name of student]
Date: 25th July
Subject: Parental Leave
Further to our previous meeting, I am pleased to confirm that parental leave for fathers has been extended to three weeks. The new system will come into operation as from 25th September. My I remind you that your managers will require one month’s notice?

P14-15
1. A. Yes, I think English …
B. … I’m interested in marketing.
C. I’m from …
D. I’d like to work …
E. Actually, I’m just finishing my degree …
F. For about six years.
2. 1. O 2. C 3. E 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. F
5. The examiners asks about:
- business in your home town or country
- present and future changes in working life
6. 1) I suppose that
2) can you repeat
3) I think that
4) In my opinion
7. 1) What kind of business is very important in your home town?
2) Do you think English will continue to be important for business in the future?
3) Which technology has had the biggest effect on business in recent years?
4) In what ways do you think working life will change in the next ten years?
5) If you had a choice of work training, what would it be? Why?
6) How effective is selling over the phone?

P16-17
2. 1) a company car
2) flexible working hours
3) parental leave
4) an impressive job title
5) a pension
3. opportunities for promotion, training and staff development, a pension
4. 1) B 2) A 3) C 4) B 5) C
5. 1) take (Moloney’s comments) with a pinch of salt
2) takes care of
3) Take (Carole Palmer)
4) took part in
5) takes on
6) takes seriously

P18-19
1. 1) How long have you been working for the company?
2) When did you join (the company)?
3) What was your first job?
4) What are you responsible for?
5) Where are you based?
6) What would you like to do in the future?
2. past simple: started
Present perfect: has moved
Present perfect continuous: has been working
4. 1) began 2) trademarked 3) became 4) has been 5) has been working 6) has been 7) took part
5. 1) have been working 2) joined 3) have had 4) have been considering 5) has expanded / has been expanding (we are unsure if the expansion has ended) 6) completed 7) have been studying 8) has agreed
6.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I saw your advert for the post of Personal Assistant to Overseas Sales Manager in yesterday’s newspaper and I would like to apply for the position.
As you can see from my attached CV, I have been working for a travel agency for the last six months, which I have really enjoyed. Before that I worked as a receptionist and secretary for two years.
I have a good knowledge of English as I completed a course at college and I am also fluent in Italian having lived in Rome for the summer in 2006.
Please note that my current manager has agreed to write me a reference. I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully
[student’s name]

P20-21
2. headquarters, corporation, divisions
3. sixteen million, nine hundred and seventy-eight million, one hundred and sixty, fifty-five thousand, half, four, six, five billion, two billion, nineteen oh six, one hundred and twelve billion
4.
16,000,000,000 turnover
978,000,000,000 final income
160 countries
55,000 employees
Half of 55,000 in the USA
4 divisions
6% of revenue dedicated to research & development
5,000,000,000,000 dollars revenue in Europe
(over) 2,000,000,000 dollars rest of world revenue
1906 company founded
112,000,000,0000 total market
5. 1) A 2) F 3) F 4) D 5) A 6) C 7) B 8) B 9) B 10) D 11) D 12) A 13) B 14) C15) F

P22-23
4. 1) All staf.
2) Any staff with a company-based pension scheme.
3) There have been changes in the government pension laws.
4) This will affect the current company-based pension scheme.
5) A presentation will be given by the Head of Finance on the changes and any effects.
5. presentation, changes, pension, scheme
6. Memo1: Display of new factory plants
Memo2: Presentation on flextime and home-working
Memo3: Spanish classes
7.
To: All Staff
From: [name of student]
Date: 1st October
Subject: Presentation of new insurance policy
To offer staff a better health insurance scheme, we are now working with a new insurance company. Please note therefore that a representative from this company will present the new staff policy on 9th October at 2 p.m. in the conference room. All staff are welcome to attend.

P24-25
1. prepositions: for, to, of
Articles: the, a
Conjunctions: because, so, and
Auxiliary verbs: has, are, do
Pronouns: which, who
2. prepositions: in, at, by
Articles: an, (zero article)
Conjunctions: when, while
Auxiliary verbs: have, does
Pronouns: it, him, that
3. 1) WILL 2) OF 3) WHO 4) IN 5) DO 6) CORRECT 7) TO 8) AND 9) CORRECT 10) TAKE 11) FOR 12) CORRECT

Writing Test: Part one
From: [student’s name]
Subject: Confirmation of seminar details
Date: ×××
To: Assistant seminar organizers
Please note that I have booked Rooms 101 and 102 for the seminar next week. I’d be grateful if you would now confirm this booking and the final schedule for the event with security. Also note that Mt Singh will be one hour late on the Monday morning.

P26-27
1. sole trader: (advantage) you take all the profit.
(disadvantage) if you go bankrupt, you lose everything.
Partnership: (advantage) you share the pressure.
(disadvantage) you might disagree on strategy.
Franchise: (advantage) the business model is given to you so there is less risk.
(disadvantage) part of your profits goes to the franchisor.
2. Becoming a franchisee:
- good if you don’t have much business experience
- less risky than being a sole trader
- you have a business relationship with someone else
- only 0.9% of franchises fail
- doesn’t suit people who don’t like to follow other systems / people
- offers some independence and you don’t work for someone else
3. 1) launch 2) charge 3) fee 4) growth 5) concept 6) branch out
4. – you must be someone who likes to follow rules and have support from others.
- choose a strong brand and something you are interested in.
- you need start-up capital
5. 1) it’s important when 2) Secondly, I’d say 3) For example 4) also think 5) Finally, there’s

P28-29
1. Naunton 2. Launching your business online 3. Sunday evening 4. nine fifteen / 9.15 5. r.naunton@
2. 1) are opening the room at 3 2) set up 3) 4pm 4) twelve 5) seven
3. 1) E 2) C 3) D 4) B 5) A
4. 1) won’t be setting 2) will be arriving 3) ‘ll have finished 4) ‘ll have gone
5. 1) sentence 1 and 2 are future continuous.
2) sentence 3 and 4 are future perfect.
6. 1) ‘ll call 2) won’t rise 3) ‘re running 4) ‘m going to have 5) leaves 6) will be opening 7) will have started 8) ‘s going to leave 9) ‘ll be receiving

P30-31
1. 1) D 2) H 3) B 4) G 5) C
2.

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Call5
1. say who the message is for
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3. give the reason for calling
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4. spell any difficult words
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5. request a return call

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6. leave your contact details
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7. say when you will be available

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3. A2 B6 C3 D3 E2 F4 G7 H5 I4 J6 K7 L5

P32-33
1. 1) on his home number 2) that the next meeting is on the 23rd 3) the final dates 4) for any confusion 5) the meeting 6) to call 7) bring the interviews forward 8) join us / them later 9) order number 01-X33
2. 1) Please email Ralph details of next month’s seminars at [e-mail].
2) Maria Monblot wants to attend next month’s business breadfast meeting not this month’s. Confirm this with her on 7684556.
3) Please call Jochen Anderson about the schedule for the 25th between two and five o’clock. He wants to change the time and length of his workshop.
4) Please call Jochen Anderson on behalf of Vanessa about the schedule on the 25th.
5) Bryan in security confirmed the opening arrangements for Sunday. Call him on 077866788890 if there’s anything else.
4 / 5.
To: Kirsten
Caller: Sndrzej Welanetz
Message: Please email details of the next telephone skills course to [email address]. He’s sending five people so also include details of discounts on group bookings.

To: Vanessa
Caller: Sergiusz Pareteka
Message: He’s sorry but he’s postponing his booking for the seminar on the 13th. Please send dates for the next seminar and explain if the course fee can be refunded.

P34-35
2. 1) Perkins 2) Rave 3) IL0378JUL 4) (the) June 5) training video 6) printing factory 7) two weeks 8) confirm 9) application form 10) contact details 11) scheduled 12) how long

P36-37
2. 1) mailshots 2) TV commercials 3) word of mouth 4) brochures 5) sample 6) newspaper adverts 7) banners 8) spam
4. He mentions the following techniques:
- use search engines to put your name at the top of the listings
- get links on other sites
- through a site review
- get free advertising
- have a memorable domain name
- email campaigns (spam)
- send out a monthly newsletter
- have competitions or give something for free
5. 1) A 2) A 3) B 4) A 5) C

P38-39
3. 1) Case study1 2) 3 3) 3 4) 2 5) 1 6) 2 7) 1
4. 1) could 2) needn’t 3) should 4) must 5) should 6) couldn’t 7) mustn’t
6. 1) should 2) didn’t need to 3) mustn’t 4) must have 5) couldn’t get 6) needn’t have complained 7) don’t have to 8) shouldn’t

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