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1、 商务英语中级考试BEC阅读摸底练习 Fighting Fit Fine Fitness, the health and fitness club operator, announced an impressive set of results yesterday: (19) a 38-per-cent jump in annual pre-tax profits, the company claimed that it had (20) none of the problems (21) last week by its rival, Top Fit .According to Samant

2、ha Collier,the chief executive, Fine Fitness (22) strong and is on (23) to reach its target of 100 clubs within three years, its strategy unaffected by the apparent (24) down of the economy. The company opened 12 new clubs in the past year; (25) its total to 51. They have (26) to be highly successfu

3、l, with people joining in large numbers, especially in the 25-to-40 age range. Even the more (27) clubs are still seeing sales growth, along with rising retention (28) of more than 70 per cent. This can be seen as clear (29) of the appeal of Fine Fitness. Ms Collier admitted that as there were (30)

4、too many companies competing with one another; there would almost certainly be (31) in the health-and-fitness-club sector of the market She predicted that, within a relatively short time, there might be only about three major companies still in (32).However, she declined to say which these were like

5、ly to be. Profits rose by 6.3 million, although there was a fall in gross margins from 31 per cent to 28.6 per cent because of higher insurance premiums, extra management costs and start-up expenses for the companys new (33) in Spain. 19 A Stating B Reporting C Remarking D Informing 20 A taken B fel

6、t C experienced D caught 21 A released B issued C opened D revealed 22 A stays B remains C maintains D keeps 23 A track B direction C way D line 24 A falling B breaking C cutting D slowing 25 A bringing B putting C getting D mounting 26 A shown B resulted C proved D demonstrated 27 A installed B formed C established D confirmed 28 A rates B standards C proportions D volumes 29 A witness B sign C display D evidence 30 A purely B merely C simply D barely 31 A union B consolidation C alliance D combination 32 A trade B office C commerce D business 33 A trial B venture C proposal D speculation