2021年商務英語上半年的考試已經結束，下半年考試即將舉行，想要報考的考生們要抓緊時間學習了。為了幫助大家高效備考，今天幫考網就分享一下歷年BEC的真題及解析，一起來學習一下吧。

Lucy Robertson started working at a takeaway food business to supplement her income during her student days at Edinburgh University, Several years later she had bought the business and now, 17 years on, she owns Grapevine Caterers, probably Scotland\\\'s leading independent caterers, with a turnover of almost ￡6m.

She had never planned to own a business, and had certainly never considered a career in catering. (0)... ... . However, her unplanned career began in 1985, when she returned to Edinburgh and discovered that the takeaway she had worked in was up for sale. On impulse, she bought it, but admits that at the time she knew nothing about catering. (8).........It was a difficult time, but essential in terms of gaining the experience she needed. The late 1980s boom was good for business, with large numbers of office workers wanting takeaway food for their lunches. (9)........\\\'At one point there were 26 food outlets within a 5-kilometre radius,\\\' Robertson recalls. As the economy changed and the once packed office blocks started to become vacant, it became clear that Robertson would need to diversify.(10)........It changed the direction of the company for good.

As Robertson began to win catering contracts, she decided that the company would have to move to larger premises. In 1994, the move was made when she bought another catering business that already had a number of profitable contracts for boardroom lunches.

Meanwhile, Robertson\\\'s main competitor, the oldest catering company in Edinburgh, was causing her some anxiety. \\\'Customer loyalty is not to be underestimated,\\\' she warns. But Robertson is not someone who is easily put off.(11)........Partly as a result of this, turnover doubled, and having outgrown another site, Robertson bought a city-centre location for the group\\\'s headquarters.

By now, Grapevine\\\'s main competitor was a new catering company called Towngates. Although Robertson tried to raise enough money to buy Towngates, she did not succeed.Then luck intervened and Towngates went bankrupt. (12)........Many accepted and the company\\\'s turnover went from ￡700,000 to ￡l .5 million almost overnight.

However, the company\\\'s growth was not as smooth as it sounds in retrospect. Robertson admits, \\\'We were close to the edge during the growth period. Like many under-capitalised companies trying to grow, it might easily have collapsed.\\\' But that, she feels, is the challenge of developing your own business.

A But there are plenty of similar contracts to be won in the east of Scotland before Robertson turns her attention elsewhere.

B Her way round this particular problem was to recruit the catering manager of the rival company.

C But this demand was short-lived, and before long, increasing competition made it harder to make a profit.

D \\\'It was a dramatic learning curve and very small amounts of money were earned at first,’says Robertson.

E She decided that the solution, since many companies required working lunches for meetings with clients, was to prepare and deliver meals to business premises.

F On hearing this, Robertson immediately contacted all of their clients and offered the services of Grapevine Caterers.

G Instead, she studied accountancy after leaving university, and a steady if unspectacular professional path seemed set.

第八題，前面說一時沖動她買下了這個外賣餐館(takeaway)，事實上那個時候她對餐飲業一無所知?？崭窈竺嬲f的是這段時間很困難，但是對獲得所需要的經驗卻是很有必要的。所以第八題的空格部分應該填入跟學習、積累經驗有關的內容。D選型最吻合。

第九題，空格前面說large numbers of office workers wanting takeaway food for their lunches，大量的辦公室員工需要外賣食品做午飯，空格后面話鋒一轉，說曾經一度5公里內有26家食品商店，但是經濟轉變了，一條街都空了。所以答案是C選項。

第十題，上文說經濟形勢轉變了，所以Robertson決定從事多樣化的經營。后面說這種做法永遠的改變了公司的經營方式。所以第十空應該填入相應的對策，怎么樣來應對經濟形勢的轉變。應該選D，為商業大廈送飯，正好對應下一段所說的。

第十一題，前面說競爭對手給自己造成了很大的困擾，但是Robertson卻不是那么容易屈服的人。后面說部分原因是這個，營業額翻倍了。所以中間應該也是填入對策。和競爭對手有關的，應該選B選項。

第十二題，前面說Robertson想收購一個競爭對手，但是沒成功，結果人家公司自己破產倒閉了。后面來了一個many accepted，可以看出這中間應該填入的是人家公司破產后Robertson的一些舉措。答案是F。

以上就是歷年商務英語考試真題內容分享，希望對各位考生有所幫助。備考除了學習知識，還要樹立良好的考試心態，做到不驕不躁地學習，沉著冷靜地考試，相信只要努力付出就一定會有所回報。