BEC高級閱讀真題及詳解（9）

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Lebrun Steel Facing up to Tough Times

After 98 years of trading, the steel manufacturer Lebrun knows from experience as how

difficult fluctuations in the economic cycle can be for suppliers such as themselves.

34　Since many of the nation's largest production companies which are its customers,

35　Lebrun is adversely affected by any change for the worse in the economy. Yet Lebrun

36　has managed to keep on sales steady (in the region of approximately $2.5 billion)

37　and has recorded only one annual loss during the difficulties of the past five

38　years, but despite the effects of the ongoing industrial slowdown. James Griffith,

39　president of Lebrun, now has the task of turning up survival into growth, and

40　his strategy is already becoming clear to those industry observers. In February of

41　this year, the company acquired Bronson pic, additionally a one-time competitor.

42　This merger will greatly expand the size of both Lebrun's labour force, and

43　Griffith estimates it will boost its revenue by nearly 50%, while too increasing

44　the number of plants and R&D centres in much a similar way. Griffith is

45　optimistic that while the steel industry is about to pull out of recession, and he wants Lebrun to be ready for this.

答案詳解：

這篇文章是介紹一個生產商面臨的困境及所採取的措施。

34題，這個句子並不是定語從句，主謂賓都很齊全，主語companies，謂語are，賓語its customers.所以which是多餘的

35題，正確的

36題，keep on doing繼續做什麼，接名詞的話直接用keep，keep sales steady保持銷售平穩，on多餘。

37題，正確的

38題，but和despite不能同時使用，必須去掉一個。but後面要接完整的句子，這個後面不是句子，是名詞性成分，所以保留despite，去掉but。

39題，turn… into 變爲，成爲。固定詞組。turning survival into growth變生存爲增長。Up多餘。

40題，句子前後並沒有指代的含義，代詞those多餘。

41題，a one-time competitor是修飾前面的Bronson pic ，additionally是另外的，附加的意思，用在這裏意思和用法都不通，所以去掉。

42題，both表並列，而這個句子前後是沒有並列的含義的，只說了擴展規模。所以both多餘。

43題，too是副詞，在這裏用法不對

44題，in a similar way固定用法，much多餘

45題，while用來引導時間狀語從句，而很明顯這個句子並不是，只是由that引導的從句，句子成分很齊全。去掉while。