&8226;Read the text below from a brochure for a company that rents out office space.&8226;

&8226;Read the text below from a brochure for a company that rents out office space.

&8226;In most of the lines (41-52) there is one extra word. It is either grammatically incorrect or does not fit in with the sense of the text. Some lines, however, are correct.

&8226;If a line is correct, write CORRECT on your Answer Sheet.

&8226;If there is an extra word in the line, write the extra word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet.

REGUS INSTANT OFFICES

Regus offers for immediately available, fully-furnished, serviced offices in a growing number of locations worldwide. We bring together people, property

41 and technology to provide a platform. for doing the business on flexible terms

42 wherever, and whenever, you do require. You can hire an office for a day, a

43 week, a month, a year or however long you need them to. You can do it as

44 easily as you would book a hotel or rent a car, and, with our management

45 skills, you can be assured of such consistent quality. Increased demand

46 is continually driving us to open new centres. Our aim is to provide you a

47 world-class business service which is a driving force in changing the way

48 people work.' Regus centres can be found out in prominent, convenient

49 locations throughout the world. In each centre contains a range of facilities,

50 including serviced offices, meeting rooms, reception areas, altogether with

51 coffee/tea points and cybercafes. Everything is there of the highest standard.

52 In addition to being fully furnished and equipped up, each centre is staffed with a professional service team ready to assist you.

(41)

&8226;Read the text below from a brochure.

&8226;For each question (31-40), write one word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet.

Paragon: great business space

A new concept for the twenty-first century, Paragon is a totally unique showpiece development of high-quality office and call centre buildings, hotel and leisure facilities. Many cities find (31) increasingly difficult to allocate office space, but the city of Wakefield is already ahead (32) the game with Paragon.

Paragon offers an extensive parkland setting with low-density buildings, and room to expand in the future. Yet, (33) the vast majority of business parks, Paragon has not been exiled to the distant edges of the city. Instead, this large site is only I km from the centre of Wakefield. This offers massive advantages: employees can easily walk or cycle to work, saving stress and pollution, and significantly cutting (34) on commuting time. There is (35) more driving along the motorway to distant outposts of business empires for the Paragon worker. But Paragon's location sacrifices nothing (36) terms of communications. It is perfectly placed for road and rail networks. A further attraction of Wakefield for Paragon is the ready avail- ability of a skilled workforce. (37) are more than 233,000 people available for work within an hour's journey, and an enormous catchment population of 20 million within two hours' travel. The city has a long history (38) an administrative centre, and its recent success in attracting top-name companies is evidence of its solid business credentials. Figures from the developers suggest that up (39) 5,000 jobs could be available in the initial phase of its development, with more to follow, making it (40) of the most significant areas of employment in the region.

(31)

Read the text below about brokers.

Choose the best word to fill each gap, from A, B, C or D.

For each question 19—33 mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

There is an example at the beginning.

Brokers

Brokers neither physically handle products being distributed…example…work on a continuing…19…with their principals…20…, a broker is an independent wholesaling middleman that brings buyers and sellers together and provides market information to either party. Most brokers work for sellers, …21…a small percentage represent buyers.

Brokers have no authority to set prices. They simply negotiate a sale and leave it up to the seller to accept or …22…the buyer's offer. They also furnish considerable market information…23…prices, products, and general market conditions.

Because of the limited services provided, brokers receive relatively small commissions—5 percent or less. …24…, brokers need to operate on a low-cost basis.

Food brokers…25…buyers and sellers of food and…26…general-merchandise items to one another and bring them together to complete a sale. They are well…27…about market conditions, terms of sale, sources of credit, price setting, potential…28…, and the art of negotiating. They do not actually provide credit but sometimes store and deliver goods. Brokers also do not…29…goods and usually are not allowed to complete a transaction…30…formal approval. Like other brokers, food brokers generally represent the seller, who pays their commission.

Food brokers, …31…manufacturers' agents, operate in specific geographic locations and work for a limited…32…of food producers within these areas. Their sales force calls on chain-store buyers, store managers, and institutional purchasing agents. Brokers work…33…with advertising agencies. The average commission for food brokers is 5 per cent of sales.

(19)

A．basic

B．basical

C．basically

D．basis

?Read the text below about brokers.

?Choose the best word to fill each gap, from A, B, C or D.

?For each question 19—33 mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

?There is an example at the beginning.

Brokers

Brokers neither physically handle products being distributed nor work on a continuing (19) with their principals (20) , a broker is an independent wholesaling middleman that brings buyers and sellers together and provides market information to either party. M0st brokers work for sellers, (21) a small percentage represent buyers.

Brokers have no authority to set prices. They simply negotiate a sale and leave it up to the seller to accept or (22) the buyer's offer. They also furnish considerable market information (23) prices, products, and general market conditions.

Because of the limited services provided, brokers receive relatively small commissions—5 percent or less. (24) , brokers need to operate on a low-cost basis.

Food brokers (25) buyers and sellers of food and (26) general-merchandise items to one another and bring them together to complete a sale. They are well (27) about market conditions, terms of sale, sources of credit, price setting, potential (28) , and the art of negotiating. They do not actually provide credit but sometimes store and deliver goods. Brokers also do not (29) goods and usually are not allowed to complete a transaction (30) formal approval. Like other brokers, food brokers generally represent the seller, who pays their commission.

Food brokers, (31) manufacturers' agents, operate in specific geographic locations and work for a limited (32) of food producers within these areas. Their sales force calls on chain-store buyers, store managers, and institutional purchasing agents. Brokers work (33) with advertising agencies. The aver age commission for food brokers is 5 per cent of sales.

(19)

A．basic

B．basical

C．basically

D．basis

•Read the report below about German economy.

•Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D on the opposite page.

•For each question 19-33, mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.

Dear Sally,

I write this report to give a brief account of German economy. Please read through it and make any comment as you like. Thanks!

Bob

WHAT'S PUTTING A DAMPER ON GROWTH

Recovery in Germany will remain halting through the year. The economy barely grew in the first quarter after two quarters of (19) , and while export-oriented businesses are making headway, domestic demand remains (20) The economy will struggle to grow 1% this year.

Both consumer spending and business investment (21) in the first quarter, and neither is gaining (22) in the second. Retail sales in May fell for the second month in a row, as May unemployment posted the largest rise in five years. The jump resulted in (23) from new legislation, strike activity and holidays but it also (24) a large number of job losers and poorer (25) of finding a job. Economic growth won't be strong enough to improve the labor market significantly until next year.

Business (26) is improving slowly. The closely watched (27) from the IFO institute dropped in June, and attitudes are mixed. Big exporters seem more (28) , but builders and retailers are more (29) On June 24, Germany's retail trade association (30) its sales forecast for this year.

On the plus side, weak domestic demand and falling oil prices are (31) inflation and delaying the urgency for the European Central Bank to raise interest rates. The euro's 12% rise vs. the dollar since February is an additional inflation dampener.

Eventually, rising exports will (32) capital spending, and consumers will benefit from rising pay -- helped by recent wage (33) -- along with low inflation and interest rates and planned tax cuts. But that is next year's story.

(19)

A．contraction

B．depression

C．deduction

D．deflation

•Read the following passage below about a furniture retailer.

•For each question (23-28), choose the correct answer.

•Mark one letter (A, B or C) on your Answer sheet.

A BRIGHT FUTURE

The furniture retailer, JRA. which has produced disappointing results recently, said that market conditions were at last improving. Sales rose by 7.3% in tile final quarter of 2006. after falling by 6.2% in the three months between July and September, and by 7.4% in the past quarter.

Mike Turner, the managing director, said that. although the market remained competitive, orders had reached their highest level ever and with this promising news he thought that profit margins would reach 11% before the end of the next financial year. The company is also benefiting from the current low interest rates charged by the banks. Further savings were made when the company increased the proportion of furniture that it produced itself. This follows its takeover in May of tile Brimoon Furniture factory, which was suffering from serious financial problems.

JRA will continue its expansion programme this year and expects to add four new stores to the existing fifty. These will all be in the south-west of UK. where it currently has only one store. The company aims eventually to have eighty large stores nationwide and then to concentrate on opening a number of smaller ones.

This positive news was delivered together with the announcement of a 13% drop in profits to $30 million on sales of $386 million for the financial year. This fall was not as bad as forecasted—several analysts thought profits would be less than $12 million.

Before becoming managing director of JRA. Turner had worked for Patton Points. Though Patton Points was once a leader in its field, it was in serious financial difficulties when Turner joined the company. Within three years, however, he had turned the company's annual losses into a $11 million profit. He is beginning to do the same at JRA.

Between April and June 2006, JRA's sales

A．fell by 6.2%.

B．rose by 6.7%.

C．fell by 7.4%.

&8226;Read the letter.

Dear Ms Daley,

I am writing to inquire about your latest photocopiers. We are renting a model from you but now we want to purchase one. I'd be very grateful if you sent us a copy of your brochure, and some product literature. Would you please send us a price list as well?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Marco Francone

&8226;Write a reply to Marco Francone.

&8226;thanking him for his enquiry

&8226;enclosing a brochure and price list

&8226;telling him about a new special offer

&8226;asking him to contact you if he has any questions.

&8226;Write 60-80 words on your Answer Sheet.

&8226;Do not include any postal addresses.

Part A

Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)

Menorca or Majorca? It is that time of the year again. The brochures are piling up in travel agents while newspapers and magazines bulge with advice about where to go. But the traditional packaged holiday, a British innovation that provided many timid natives with their first experience of warm sand, is not what it was. Indeed, the industry is anxiously awaiting a High Court ruling to find out exactly what it now is.

Two things have changed the way Britons research and book their holidays: low-cost airlines and the internet. Instead of buying a ready made package consisting of a flight, hotel, car hire and assorted entertainment from a tour operator's brochure, it is now easy to put together a trip using an online travel agent like Expedia or Travelocity, which last July bought Lastminute.com for ￡577m ($1 billion), or from the proliferating websites of airlines, hotels and car-rental firms.

This has led some to sound the death knell for high street travel agents and tour operators. There have been upheavals and closures, but the traditional firms are starting to fight back, in part by moving more of their business online. First Choice Holidays, for instance, saw its pre tax profit rise by 16% to ￡114m ($196m) in the year to the end of October. Although the overall number of holidays booked has fallen, the company is concentrating on more valuable long-haul and adventure trips. First Choice now sells more than half its trips directly, either via the internet, over the telephone or from its own travel shops. It wants that to reach 75% within a few years.

Other tour operators are showing similar hustle. MyTravel managed to cut its loss by almost half in 2005. Thomas Cook and Thomson Holidays, now both German owned, are also bullish about the coming holiday season. Highstreet travel agents are having a tougher time, though, not least because many leading tour operations have cut the commissions they pay.

Some high-street travel agents are also learning to live with the internet, helping people book complicated trips that they have researched online, providing advice and tacking on other services: This is seen as a growth area. But if an agent puts together separate flights and hotel accommodation, is that a package, too?

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) says it is and the agent should hold an Air Travel Organisers Licence, which provides financial guarantees to repatriate people and provide refunds. The scheme dates from the early 1970s, when some large British travel firms went bust, stranding customers on the Costas. Although such failures are less common these days, the CAA had to help out some 30,000 people last year. The Association of British Travel Agents went to the High Court in November to argue such bookings are not traditional packages and so do not require agents to acquire the costly licences. While the court decides, millions of Britons will happily click away buying online holidays, unaware of the difference.

Based on the first paragraph, the best title of the text could be ______.

A．An annual holiday

B．A High Court ruling

C．A new package

D．A British innovation

Bribery may lead to murder. A month ago reporters rushed to the(1)of a crime. At the spot the detective seemed even hardly aware of their(2)as he did his work. He carefully searched for(3)over every inch of the house. After a while, he bent over to pick up a small torn(4)of fabric. Nothing could(5)from his search. The detective(6)that this piece of fabric was(7)from the murderer's clothing during a struggle.

  The(8)had been the finance director of a very large computer hardware manufacturer. His wife, a timid woman,(9)everything she knew with the detective, including a hot(10)her husband had with some of the company's top executives at a banquet. There had been a scandal(11)bribery at his company. He was(12)the business of many of the top executives. He had(13)that some people were giving special favors to government officials to get(14). He often questioned their moral(15)and told them that he would accuse them if they were doing something they shouldn't,(16)caused problems for him. His questioning and accusing often left him at(17)with many of the executives. This time it had led to a(18)blow on his head. The detective caught(19)of a crucial clue, a brass button in the corner. It was from a jacket of one of the top executives. Later this executive and the company's president was(20). Of course this is not the end of the story.