2014BEC中级阅读模拟(13)

　　BEC即剑桥商务英语证书考试，是剑桥大学考试委员会(UCLES)设立的。很多人误认为BEC考试针对是那些学与商务有关的专业人员的，其实不然。因为无论你学的专业是什么，都要在某个特定的商务环境中运用，BEC考查的正是这种普遍存在的商务环境中应具备的通识与能力。剑桥大学考试委员会设立BEC考试的目的是在全球范围内建立一个测试商界雇员英语水平的统一标准，使BEC证书被跨国公司和非英语国家的大公司用作商务英语测试标准，以评估在真实商务环境下雇员的英语水平，使人力资源部门能准确评估雇员商务英语的运用技能。

　　ELECTRICITY: WEALTH, MONEY, POWER

　　Canadian industries have prospered for more than a century on the country’s abundance of cheap, reliable electrical power. ____ example ____. In fact, Canada consumes more electricity on a per person basis than any country except for Norway ____ 8 ____

　　Electricity is a significant source of export income for Canada. ____ 9 ____ But in the 1970s , Canadian exports rose sharply to address the U. S. demand for cheaper and more reliable.

　　In 1985, exports of Canadian electrical power reached 1,400 million US dollars ____. 10 ____. Net electricity exports account for more than 60% of Canada’s balance of trade.

　　Domestically, Canada continues to generate electrical power, primarily from water ____ 11 ____ Exports of electricity are now subject to forces far beyond the control of utility managers ____ 12 ____

　　Example: B

　　A. Besides, electricity from coal and nuclear is 50% to 75% cheaper than many other industrial nations.

　　B. Generated primarily by water, our power supplies have attracted and supported energy-intensive industries such as mining.

　　C. It also ranks among the top three electricity producers in the world, behind the U. S. and Russia.

　　D. Next to electricity, Canadian paper exports came to 900 million US dollars every year in the 1960s.

　　E. Two large nuclear power plants began to generate electricity.

　　F. Since then, electricity’ exports have declined but they have continued to exceed 700 million US dollars.

　　G. Environmental and trade policies all influence electrical production and trade.

　　H. Canada and the U. S. imported and exported power in almost equal measures after 1901.

　　I. Therefore, the Canadian government has little influence on these forces.

　　参考答案：8.C 9. H 10. F 11. A 12. G