2006年bec高级真题试卷1(08.11.24)

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1、Text1Reading1hourPARTONEQuestions1–8lLookatthestatementsbelowandatthefivereportsaboutcompaniesontheoppositepagefromanarticlegivingadvicetoself-employedconsultantsaboutnegotiatingfeesfortheirservices.lWhichbook(A,B,C,DorE)doseeachstatement1–8referto?lF

2、oreachstatement!–8,makeoneletter(A,B,C,DorE)onyourAnswerSheet.lYouwillneedtousesomeoftheselettersmorethanonce.Example:0Lackofself-confidencewillputyouatadisadvantageinanegotiation.0ABCDE1.Thiscompanyhasbeeninvolvedindiversifyingitsbusinessact6ivities.

3、2.Althoughthiscompanyisdoingwell,ithasanumberofinternaldifficultiestodealwith3.Thiscompanyhasreducedtheprofitsitmakesonindividualitems4.Onestatisticisalessaccurateguidetothiscompany’sperformancethananother5.Theconditionswhichhavehelpedthiscompanyareli

4、kelytobelessfavourableinthefuture6.Thiscompany’ssharepricehasbeenextremelyvolatileoverthelasttwelvemonths7.Thiscompanyislikelytobethesubjectofatakeoverbidinthenearfuture8.Thiscompany’sperformanceexemplifiesawidelyheldbeliefAChemicalCompanyMasterson’si

5、nterimpre-taxprofitsgrowthof20%wassomewhatinflatedasaresultoftheincomereceivedfromthedisposalofseveralofthecompany’ssubsidiaries.Theunderlying8%riseinoperatingprofitsisamorerealisticgaugeofthecompany’strueprogress.However,Masterson’simpendingmergerwit

6、hBentleyandKnightanditsappointmentofanewchiefexecutiveshouldmeanthatthecompanywillbeabletosustaingrowthfortheforeseeablefut5ure.Thesharepricehasvariedlittleduringthecourseoftheyearandnowstandsat￡6.75BHotelGroupDuringthepastyeartheBowdenHotelGrouphasac

7、quired77newproperties,thusdoublinginsize.lastweekthegroupreportedpre-taxprofitsof￡88millioninthefirstsixmonthsoftheyear,aheadofexpectationsandhelpedbyastrongperformancefromitsLondon-basedhotelsandnewlyexpandedUSbusiness.However.Thereisstillsomewaytogo

8、.Integrationofthenewacquisitionsisstillnotcompleteand,whilethesharepricehasrisenrecently,majorproblemswithintegrationhaveyettobesolved.CHigh-techCompanyThistimelastyearashareinUsertechwasworthjustover￡1.sixmonthsagoitwasworth￡40.todayitisprice