在商務英語考試當中，分析句子段落也是商務英語考察的能力範圍。那麼，對於2016年商務英語考試的考生來說，如何在備考當作解決這一問題呢?下面介紹的方法，大家可以運用到練習和考試中去。
英美經濟貿易報刊文章與其他型別報刊文章除在所涉及的內容和專業詞彙上有所不同之外，在句子與段落的連線方法上基本一致。其連線手段可主要歸納為以下四種：上下文句子間內容的內在聯絡;替代;省略和採用連線詞。 因此參加BEC商務英語考試的同學們要多關注這類報刊、雜誌，累積在商務英語方面的知識。
1. 上下文句子間內容的內在聯絡：
例：So far, the national trends in costs for wages, salaries, and benefits have glossed over these concerns. The growth in labor costs continued to slow in the second quarter - a pattern that held true in all major regions. However, the slowdown in labor costs is due solely to sharp cutbacks in what companies, mainly large corporations, are paying for benefits, which make up about a fourth of total compensation costs nationally. Because of slower growth in health care costs, workers' compensation, and state unemployment insurance, benefits grew only 2.6% during the past year, the lowest pace on record.
在這一段落中，作者用了五個cost。雖然每一句中的`cost未必是前一句中同一詞的簡單重複，但都與labor cost 相吻合，使整個段落所表達的內容連貫地表述出來。第一句和第二句提出勞工費用問題，第三句提出原因，最後一句闡述了勞工費用增加所生產的後果，意思層層加深，彼此相銜接。
2. 替代
例：But since few have marked down their own prices in line with the metal's fall, they will be able to recoup much of the difference. Not so the producers, whose income is directly related to the fluctuating daily price on the London Metal Exchange.
但由於迄今沒有幾家公司按照金屬價格的下跌程度來降低價格，他們將能夠獲得差價的大部分收益。但是生產商家卻不是這樣，他們的收入與倫敦金屬交易所的每月浮動價格直接相關。
這裡so代替了to recoup much of the difference.
3. 省略
例：The Japanese have their electronics, the Germans their engineering. But when it comes to command of global markets, the U.S. owns the service sector.
日本人佔有電器市場，德國人佔有工程市場。但談及全球市場的佔有量時，美國擁有服務市場。
第一句the Germans後面省略了have一詞。
例：Meanwhile, pressure has been growing from the car companies. GM ships about 60% of its cars and trucks with Ryder, while Chrysler ships some 40%.
與此同時，汽車公司方面的壓力在不斷增大。通用公司60%的轎車和卡車由萊德公司拖運，而克萊斯勒公司也需該公司拖運其40%的車輛。
最後一句結尾some 40% 後面省略了of its cars and trucks.
4. 連線詞
介詞和副詞常在句子和段落間起銜接作用，把句子和段落間的意思連貫地表述出來。西方經貿報刊中用於承上啟下的連線詞可表示對比，如：but, however, whereas等;表示原因，如：since, because, due to等;表示結果，如：with;表示目的，如：so that, in order to等;表示時間發展的先後順序，如：first, second, next, then等，以及表示情況的內在聯絡，如：and, as well as, in the case等。
例：Still, August's strong output gains don't look sustainable.
而8月份強勁的生產量增長趨勢不會持續下去。
First of all, current modest demand growth will not support any more increases that large. Second, now that manufacturers have worked to get their inventories lower, they will be cautious about adding goods in coming months.
首先，目前較小的需求增長不需要如此大的生產增長額。此外，既然生產企業已經設法去壓低其庫存量，所以他們對今後幾個月增加生產一事持謹慎態度。
