[外语类试卷]BEC商务英语（初级）听力模拟试卷9及答案与解析.doc

1、BEC商务英语（初级）听力模拟试卷 9及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 For questions 1-8 you will hear eight short recordings. For each question, mark one letter (A, B, or C) for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay each recording. 1 Where is the Emerald Airlines office?2 When will they deliver the new compute

2、r?3 Which chart shows foreign trade this year? 4 Which product does the man still need? 5 What is Helens degree in? 6 How much per metre will the woman pay? 7 Who are the speakers?8 Which chart is correct?二、 PART TWO 8 How to approach Listening Test Part Two This part of the Listening Test tests you

3、r understanding of numbers, names and spelling in a telephone call. Before you listen, read the form. Think about the telephone call you will hear Note all possible answers as you listen for the first time. Do not make an immediate decision. Do not worry if you do not know the answers. You will hear

4、 the recording a second time. Listen for overall meaning. Do not choose an answer just because you hear the same words in the recording as in the question. Decide on your final answer only after you have listened for the second time. Look at the form below. Some information is missing. You will hear

5、 a man telephoning to place an order. For each question 9-15, fill in the missing information in the numbered space using a word, numbers or letters. You will hear the conversation twice. 三、 PART THREE 15 Look at the notes below. Some information is missing. You will hear Peter Dudley, Chief Executi

6、ve of the Thorpe Group, giving a talk about his work to a group of business students. For each question 16-22, fill in the missing information in the numbered space using one or two words. After you have listened once, replay the recording. Peter Dudley Chief Executive of the Thorpe Group Peter Dudl

7、eys first job: (16) _ At the office Peter Dudley reads: (17) _ The Thorpe Group will invest more in (18) _ industry. The Thorpe Group promise to customers: (19) _ The Thorpe Group staff follow rules to reduce (20) _ for its customers. Result of merger: company will move to (21) _ The Thorpe Group re

8、cruits staff who work well in (22) _ 四、 PART FOUR 23 You will hear an interview with a woman who publishes magazines. For each question 23-30, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay the recording. 23 Sally wanted to borrow one billion pounds to （ A）

9、start a new company. （ B） purchase a large company. （ C） expand a small company. 24 Sally got the money for her company, Close Communications, from （ A） a bank. （ B） social contacts. （ C） her business partner. 25 Sally recruited her staff by （ A） inviting candidates for a meal. （ B） contacting forme

10、r colleagues. （ C） advertising in newspapers. 26 Close Communications encourages its employees to travel by （ A） car. （ B） train. （ C） bicycle. 27 If Close Communications is successful, the staff will receive （ A） a bonus payment. （ B） a pay rise. （ C） a share in the profits. 28 For their offices, a

11、ll staff were given （ A） a budget to spend on furniture. （ B） the same kind of furniture. （ C） a limited choice of furniture. 29 Sally thinks that people are usually unhappy at work because （ A） their salaries are too low. （ B） there are too many forms to complete. （ C） there is too much management

12、control. 30 In their first year, Close Communications will produce （ A） 2 magazines. （ B） 9 magazines. （ C） 16 magazines. BEC商务英语（初级）听力模拟试卷 9答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【听力原文】 Woman: Good morning. Emerald Airlines! Man: Er. hello, Ive got to get to your office. Can I walk there? Im at the station. Woman: Oh

13、 yes. Turn right out of the station, walk to the end of the road, then turn left. Its the building on your right, opposite the park. Man: Thanks. 1 【正确答案】 C 2 【听力原文】 Woman: Hello, its Ace Computers. Your new computer is ready - could we deliver it early next week - say, on the third of May? Man: Mmm

14、. Well, on the second and third Ill be away at a conference. Woman: Would the fourth be convenient? Man: Yes, that should be OK. Thanks. 2 【正确答案】 C 3 【听力原文】 . and, although at present 25% of our trade is done abroad, this should increase by 10% next year. We plan to expand foreign trade to 50% of ou

15、r market within three years. 3 【正确答案】 B 4 【听力原文】 Man: Its Derek Bond from Robinsons Ltd here. Im phoning about my order for office equipment. I received the floppy disks last Monday, but the pens I ordered were missing, and they werent with the copying paper that arrived yesterday. 4 【正确答案】 A 5 【听力原

16、文】 Woman 1: Helen, Ive typed your CV. for the application for that management job. Woman 2: Oh right, thanks. Ill check it. mm, yes, that looks OK. Oh. actually, my degree wasnt in management. Woman 1: Oh sorry, what was it, then? Woman 2: . languages, and then perhaps you could add my computer skil

17、ls diploma as well. Thats very important. 5 【正确答案】 B 6 【听力原文】 Woman: Im ringing about your quotation for the grey wool cloth. 6.50 a metre seems a bit high to me. You supplied a similar one to us at 5.95 recently. Man: Yes, but you took 60 metres that time. I can come down to 6.15 if you can order 5

18、0 metres. Woman: OK. Thanks. 6 【正确答案】 B 7 【听力原文 】 Woman: Good morning, Mr Garcia. Man: Hello, Mrs Moore. How nice to see you. and what a pleasure to welcome you to Oak Valley Foods again. I think youll be glad you came to see us today, we have an exciting range of soft drinks to show you, and I thin

19、k youll find the prices very reasonable. 7 【正确答案】 C 8 【听力原文】 Woman: Right. So now we come to the sales figures. What are they like, Jack? Man: Well, Im afraid theyre lower than in 97. Those figures were very high, and theres been a big fall in demand since then. 8 【正确答案】 B 二、 PART TWO 8 【听力原文】 F Mor

20、gan Stationery Supplies. Can I help you? M Yes, this is Henry Storm from Alternative Graphics. Id like to place an order F Hello, Henry. First, can I just check some contact details. Ive got your phone number -but Im not sure about your email. Its graphfreenet, co. uk isnt it? M Actually, our system

21、s changed. Its now. adminagrcom. Can you update that? F Sure. And what would you like to order? M Well, we need a small filing cabinet, The important thing is that it mustnt be taller than 90cm. F Weve got a 70cra one. M Great. Ill have that. F OK. Thats 80. M And we need 200 black files. But not th

22、e smallest size. F So 22 rather than 19 centimetres wide? M Yes. And thats it, I think. F Right, ifwe add VAT on, then the price for the whole order is 587.50. M And the reference number is similar for every order, is it? PK 200 something? F Nearly. PK 401 for this one. Right, our next delivery is t

23、he 18th May. Is that OK? M Well, we were hoping to get things this week by the 12th. F Sorry. An orders just gone out. M Then when you said will be OK F Right. Thanks very much, Henry, The invoice will be attached with the goods. M Thanks. Bye. 9 【正确答案】 Alternative Graphics 10 【正确答案】 11 【正确答案】 70/s

24、eventy 12 【正确答案】 22/twenty-two 13 【正确答案】 50 14 【正确答案】 PK401 15 【正确答案】 18 (th)/eighteen(th) 三、 PART THREE 15 【听力原文】 Man: Ive been Chief Executive of the Thorpe Group for eight years now. I started my career as a bank clerk but I later trained as an accountant. I suppose in one way or another, Ive had

25、 a lot of experience of the financial side of business. Nowadays its my job to know whats happening in the market so every day at work I have financial reports to read. I only get the chance to look at other things - for example business magazines - when I travel abroad. We invest customers money in

26、 many areas of the market. Traditionally weve invested in property and in manufacturing. However, an industry that is doing very well at the moment is high-tech companies so we plan to increase investment in that area. Some of our competitors concentrate on achieving a friendly service. This is impo

27、rtant but I think that, on the whole, our customers prefer lower charges which is what we guarantee. Although we encourage our staff to achieve a maximum return on investments, we have strict procedures to make sure that risks are avoided where possible. Some companies may put profits first but its

28、important that our customers see us as a safe investment. Next month The Thorpe Group will merge with Chart well Associates which means our company will be relocating to new offices. Most things, however, wont change - for example we wont lose any staff and there are no plans to invest in different

29、areas of the market. We are a market leader because of our experienced staff. When we take on staff we look for people who will perform well in a team. Since we train staff in many of the skills they need, a financial background is not essential. 16 【正确答案】 bank clerk 17 【正确答案】 (financial) reports 18

30、 【正确答案】 hi (gh) (-) tech 19 【正确答案】 lower charges 20 【正确答案】 risk(s) 21 【正确答案】 (new) offices 22 【正确答案】 (a) team 四、 PART FOUR 23 【听力原文】 Man: Id like to introduce our studio guest, Sally Upton, who was the editor of the magazine Teenage Fashion and is now about to produce her own magazines. Welcome Sall

31、y. Woman: Thank you. Man: Sally, your first idea for publishing needed a one billion pound loan, didnt it? Woman: It did. I wanted to buy MPC - the biggest magazine company in the UK. And the bank agreed! Man: But in fact that deal didnt succeed, so you didnt borrow the money. Woman: Thats right. So

32、meone made them a better offer and then not long after I just missed another deal with a smaller company. So, in the end I decided to see if it would be possible to find finance for a completely new company, which Ive called Close Communications. Man: Was it easy to find a bank to agree to the idea

33、of a new company? Woman: Its harder to get financial support for starting a new company than for buying an existing one, even though I didnt want nearly as much as a billion pounds. I tried a lot of bankers, but none wanted to invest in us. Man: So, what then? Woman: Well, I got a business partner,

34、and he suggested something really simple. We rang up six friends we knew had money to invest, and asked them to support us, and they agreed! Man: Well, they were good friends! And how did you recruit your staff? Ive heard you use quite unusual methods. Woman: We didnt have to advertise formally in n

35、ewspapers, in fact people contacted us, not us them. We asked them out for dinner to discuss their ideas and if we liked what they said, we asked them to be on the team. Man: So in general do you see your company as being different to most other companies? Woman: In every way - big and small. Take c

36、ompany transport policy. We dont have company cars, we dont think they make sense. In fact I come in by bicycle. Man: Really? Woman: However, we do give our employees a very generous expense account for rail journey, - it doesnt matter what the distance is, we are happy to pay the fare! Just so the

37、team get out and meet people. Man: And do you think you will stay different? Will success change you? Woman: Not at all! For example, if Close Communications is successful, all the staff will benefit, because we are all equals. We dont give large rises in salary or extra pay every now and again but

38、we do have a division of the profits every three months. Man: I see. Woman: Also, when we moved into our office we wanted everyone to feel at home. We didnt want everyone to have the same desks and chairs like a school or even to choose from a narrow range. So, to get it furnished, we gave them the

39、money and let them choose exactly what they wanted. Man: Brave. Woman: Not brave. We trust each other! You see. I think theres only one reason why anybody becomes unhappy at work. Man: Whats that? Woman: Well, in my experience its not pay, its when youre not allowed to make any decisions because you

40、 always have to do what the managers say. Your voice isnt heard. Man: Personally, its filling in forms and filing papers that I hate most. Woman: Yes, but theyre your papers, its different isnt it? Man: True. And now the big day has come, your own magazines produced by your own company. Your first t

41、wo titles tomorrow, both aimed at girls under 16, is that right? Woman: Thats right, they are just two of the nine we are going to produce in our first twelve months. Man: Well, Sally, best of luck to you and your team tomorrow. Woman: Thank you. Man: And now. 23 【正确答案】 B 24 【正确答案】 B 25 【正确答案】 A 26 【正确答案】 B 27 【正确答案】 C 28 【正确答案】 A 29 【正确答案】 C 30 【正确答案】 B