[外语类试卷]BEC商务英语（高级）听力模拟试卷60及答案与解析.doc

1、BEC商务英语（高级）听力模拟试卷 60及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 1 The National Finance Section announced today that it is lowering theon savings bonds. 2 Thepoint decline to 6% came as no surprise to investors. 3 The Section said it is lowering the rate on savings bonds to bring itother market interest rates. 4 Moneyare n

2、ow yielding just over 5%. 5 Five-year treasury notes are trading at about 6 The government has beento people buying savings bonds. 7 Its turned out to be an expensive way to finance. 8 The relatively generousrate on the bonds has made them very popular in the past few months. 9 Since the beginning o

3、f August, sales havethe usual pace. 10 This week, buy savings bonds intensified. 11 It is reported that the Section was going toany day. 12 Savings bonds bought before tomorrow will still yield. 二、 PART TWO 12 Task One Training courses For questions 13-17, match the extracts with the training course

4、s attended, listed A-H. For each extract, choose the training course attended. Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the extract. A telephoning skills B presentation skills C time-management skills D team-leadership skills E assertiveness skills F negotiation skills G meeting skills H writing

5、 skills 13 14 15 16 17 17 Task Two Complaints For questions 18-22, match the extracts with the complaints, listed A-H. For each extract, choose the speakers main complaint about the course. Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the extract. A the course cost too much B the food was disappoint

6、ing C the center was too far away D the course was too short E the trainer was disorganised F the course went on for too long G the group was too big H the course started late 18 19 20 21 22 三、 PART THREE 22 You will hear a dialogue about gold price. For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B

7、or C) for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay the recording. 23 Following a four-year slide in prices, the price of one ounce of gold increased to （ A） $417. （ B） $527. （ C） $327. 24 The price of one ounce of gold reached peak of （ A） 17 months. （ B） historic record. （ C） 20 mon

8、ths. 25 How much is historic peak? （ A） $327. （ B） More than $400. （ C） More than $ 800. 26 Which of the following three sentences does not belong to the three events that led to the bullion wine binge? （ A） The Bank of Englands gold auction went better than anticipated. （ B） IMF confirmed it cancel

9、led plans to sell 10 million ounces of its gold reserves. （ C） Global economy boomed. 27 What plan will the fifteen European central banks adopt? （ A） Limit sales for the next five years. （ B） Cancel plans to sell 10 million ounces of its gold reserves. （ C） Increase new gold supplies to market. 28

10、If you invested in gold just a few months ago, how much might you have made return on your money? （ A） 20%. （ B） 50%. （ C） 80%. 29 Which kind of companies are a profitable business? （ A） Cars. （ B） Food. （ C） None of them. 30 What is the so called “poor mans gold“? （ A） Gold. （ B） Diamond. （ C） Silv

11、er. BEC商务英语（高级）听力模拟试卷 60答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 【听力原文】 Part One. Questions 1 to 12. You will hear a report in brief about the lowering of the interest rates. As you listen, for question 1 to 12, complete the notes, using up to three words or a number. After you have listened once, replay the recording.

12、You now have forty-five seconds to read through the notes. pause Now listen, and complete the notes. pause Man: The National Finance Section announced today that it is lowering the guaranteed interest rate on savings bonds. ABSs Micheal Lee reports that the 2/3 point decline to 6% came as no surpris

13、e to investors. The Section said it is lowering the rate on savings bonds to bring it in line with other market interest rates which have been falling all year. For instance, money market mutual funds are now yielding just over 5% ; five-year treasury notes are trading at about 6. 5%. So the governm

14、ent has been paying a premium to people buying savings bonds, and its turned out to be an expensive way to finance the public debt The relatively generous 7. 5% rate on the bonds has made them very popular in the past few months. Since the beginning of August, sales have been about double the usual

15、pace. And this week, the rush to buy savings bonds intensified because of reports that the Section was going to cut the rate any day, and people wanted to lock in the old rate. Savings bonds bought before tomorrow, the day the cut goes into effect, will still yield 7. 5%. Im Micheal Lee in Washingto

16、n, D. C. pause Now listen to the recording again. pause That is the end of Part One. You now have twenty seconds to check your answers. pause 1 【正确答案】 the guaranteed interest rate 【试题解析】 此题是针对 National Finance Section做出的报告内容的提问。在听音时要把握报告内容。由听力原文可得答案为 the guaranteedinterest rate。 2 【正确答案】 2012-2-3 【试

17、题解析】 此题是针对点数的提问，在听音时要留意辨别数词。根据听力原文，可得答案为 2 3。 3 【正确答案】 in line with 【试题解析】 此题是针对文章细节的提问 。根据题干设计，可猜测此处表达意思是降低利率是为了和别的市场如何。根据听力原文可得答案为 inline with。 4 【正确答案】 market mutual funds 【试题解析】 此题是针对 5主语部分提问，听音时要留意专有名词。根据听力原文可得，答案为 market mutual funds。 5 【正确答案】 6.50% 【试题解析】 题干设计与上题类似，但是本题主要考查数量词语，因此，需特别留意数词，尤其是

18、百分比。根据听力原文，可得答案为 6 5。 6 【正确答案】 paying a premium 【试题解析】 此题是对政府行为的提问，在听音时需要特别注意提到的政府行为。根据听力答案可得此空需填入： paying a premium。 7 【正确答案】 the public debt 【试题解析】 此题是对文章细节的提问。根据听力原文可得答案为： the public debt。 8 【正确答案】 7.50% 【试题解析】 此题是对利率的提问，在听音时需关注相应百分比。根据听力原文，可得答案为 7 5。 9 【正确答案】 been about double 【试题解析】 根据题干意思可以猜测此

19、处内容为：自从八月初开始，销售就 了平常步伐。因此，推测可能填写的范围包括加快、减慢或者持平等。根据听力原文，可得答案为： been aboutdouble。 10 【正确答案】 the rush to 【试题解析】 此空是针对文章细节的提问。根据听力原文，可得答案为 the rush to。 11 【正确答案】 cut the rate 【试题解析】 根据题干意思，可知：据报道 Section将会 。这是对即将发生事件的提问。根据听力原 文可得答案为： cut the rate。 12 【正确答案】 7.50% 【试题解析】 此题是对数量的提问，在听音时需关注相应百分比。根据听力原文，可得答

20、案为 7 5。 二、 PART TWO 12 【听力原文】 Part Two. Questions 13 to 22. You will hear five different people talking about training courses. For each extract there are two tasks. Look at Task One. For each question 13-17, choose the course each person attended from the list A-H. Now look at Task Two. For each qu

21、estion 18-22 , choose the complaint each person makes about the course from the list A-H. After you have listened once, replay the recording. You now have thirty seconds to read the two lists. pause Now listen , and do the two tasks. pause Speaker One Man: Well, I guess on the whole it was quite int

22、eresting discuss setting and meeting objectives and co-ordinating projects. Its just that Id hoped wed learn more practical things like how to motivate team members and manage conflict and make team communication more effective. Anyway, the center was a long way from my home. But that in itself wasn

23、t really a problem. I think one day would have been more than enough. I didnt really understand why they needed two whole days. pause Speaker Two Woman: I feel a lot more confident now having done the course. The trainer gave us some really great tips on effective presentation. We certainly didnt ha

24、ve any complaints about the price even though it was pretty expensive. But I cant understand why they held it in New Castle. It took me half the day to get there and I was exhausted before the course even started. We really should have found somewhere closer to the office. pause Speaker Three Man: I

25、 had a great time. We did lots of role plays, mainly about delegating or dealing with interruptions, which I really enjoyed. And I think it would help me a lot. The only thing that Id change would be the refreshments. Youd have thought they could have provided more than just a salad for lunch, would

26、nt you? It wasnt even particularly fresh either. pause Speaker Four Woman: Originally, Id wanted to take the effective negotiations course. But my boss told me this course would be more useful. This course has made me more confident about trying to stick up for myself. We covered a lot of stuff. But

27、 of course you cant expect the trainer to do everything in just eight sessions, can you? So we had to miss out on some really interesting topics. I was a bit disappointed, for example, that we didnt do anything on body language. pause Speaker Five Man: The programme itself looked really interesting.

28、 Thats why I went for this course rather than the assertiveness training one. And I guess we did have a few useful topics like writing minutes and preparing agendas. But all in all, it was really disappointing and so chaotic. Our tutor kept answering her mobile phone during the sessions and I wouldn

29、t be surprised if it was someone phoning her to tell her what to do next! Luckily, it didnt cost too much. Otherwise wed have been asking the center for our money back. pause Now listen to the recording again. pause That is the end of Part Two. pause 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 听力原文中出现： how to motivateteam m

30、embers and manage conflict and maketeam communication more effective，因此，可以推断出这个学习内容是小组领导力的，故答案为 D。 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据听力原文中提到的： The trainergave us some really great tips on effectivepresentation，由此可得 ，这个培训内容是关于 presentation的，因此 B答案为正确答案。 15 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 听力原文中 delegating or dealing withinterrupt

31、ions，由此可以推断出这个培训是关于谈判技巧的。故答案为 F。 16 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 虽然在一开始，叙述者提到自己很希望去参加 negotiation的培训，但是随后提到老板让她去参加另一种培训，根据后文内容可得，该培训是有关自信的课程。由此可得答案为 E。 17 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 听力原文中提到了： we did have a fewuseful topics like writing minutes and preparingagendas，说明该培训的核心是有关会议的，故答案为 G。 18 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 根据听力材料最后： I think

32、 one daywould have been more than enough I didntreally understand why they needed two wholedays由此可以推断出叙述者在抱怨活动组织时间太长，故选择 F。 19 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 听力原文中叙述者提到： But I cantunderstand why they held it in New Castle Ittook me half the day to get there and I wasexhausted before the course even started Wereall

33、y should have found somewhere closer tothe office说明该 叙述者在抱怨路途遥远，故 选择 C。 20 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 听力材料最后，叙述者提到食物过于简单，中午只有沙拉，而且不是很新鲜，因此选择 B。 21 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 听力原文提到： you cant expect thetrainer to do everything in just eight sessions，说明该叙述者在抱怨课程时间太短。选择 D。 22 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 听力原文提到： it was reallydisappointi

34、ng and so chaotic，说明该叙述者认为组织混乱，让人失望。故答案为 E。 三、 PART THREE 22 【听力原文】 Part Three. Questions 23 to 30. You will hear a dialogue about gold price. For each question 23-30 , mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. After you have listened once , replay the recording. You have forty-five second

35、s to read through the questions. pause Now listen , and mark A, B, orC. pause Woman: And gold bugs are rejoicing. There was a Gold Rush of a sort this week. Following a four-year slide in prices, the price of one ounce of gold soared to $ 327. Thats up 20% in just two days to a 17-month high. But it

36、 still remains far below its historic peak of more than $ 800 an ounce. Remember that? Reached way back in 1980. Is there any money to be made in gold? Jenny Merton does some digging in this weeks Money Matters. Man: Investors around the world went mining for gold this week. Three recent events led

37、to the bullion wine binge. First, the Bank of Englands gold auction two weeks ago went better than anticipated. It got much higher prices this month for gold than it had in July. At the same time, the IMF confirmed it cancelled plans to sell 10 million ounces of its gold reserves on the open market.

38、 And then last weekend, fifteen European central banks, which hold about half of the worlds gold reserves, pledged to limit sales for the next five years, basically cutting back new gold supplies to the market and boosting its price. Analysts said the trio-fact signals good news for the gold market.

39、 Commodities analyst and author of the new book The New Precious Metals Market, Philip Gotthelf says the continuing catalyst for that momentum is Y2K. Woman: The interest in gold is directly correlated with fears about whats going to happen after January 1, and gold traditionally is a hedge against

40、panic. Man: If you invested in gold just a few months ago, you might have made a glittering 50% return on your money. But Gotthelf said that mediocre rise probably wont continue, but there are still ways to benefit from this rally. Experts recommend investing in large good quality mining companies l

41、ike Newmont Corporation and Homestake Mining. They will continue to do well even if gold pulls back a little. Woman: We should keep in mind, though, that in the long run gold companies are good business. They manufacture the stuff cheaply, and they sell it more expensively, and thats just a profitab

42、le business. So you should look at these companies as those that are manufacturing apparel, cars, oil. Whatever the case might be, gold happens to be a good product. Man: Another way to profit from gold could be through a gold fund. Most of those which were down more than 50% over the past three yea

43、rs have picked up nicely so far this year. And if you are in market for gold jewelry, perhaps as a Christmas gift, one analyst said: “Dont worry. “ The current retail inventory was purchased at cheaper prices, so the actual jewelry price shouldnt go up along with the rest of the gold market, at leas

44、t during this holiday gift-giving season. Woman: Hint, hint. Well, experts said you might also want to take a look at what they called “poor mans gold“, thats silver. The silver prices have followed gold up recently. Analysts like Idaho-based gold and silver miner Couter dalene. Meanwhile Bill Gates

45、, you know him of Microsofts fame. Well, he has already jumped on this silver bandwagon. It was revealed this week that he now owns a 10. 3% stake in mining company Pan American Silver Corp. See how that turns out. pause Now listen to the recording again. pause That is the end of Part Three. You now

46、 have ten minutes to transfer your answers to your Answer Sheet. pause 23 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 此题是对文章细节的提问。听力开头就提到： Following a fouryear slide in prices， the price of one ounce of gold soared to $327，因此答案为 C。 24 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 此题是时文章细节的提问。听力原文中提到： Thats up 20 in just two days to a17-month high，意思是在两天内增长

47、了 20，达到了 17个月来的最高，因此答案为 A。 25 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 此题是时文章细节的提问。听力原文提到： it still remains far below its historic peakof more than $800 an ounce，说明历史最高价为 $800。因此，答案为 C。 26 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 此题可采用排除法，在听力原文中提到的选项则是被排除的选项。因此，可得答案为 C。 27 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 此题是对文章细节的提问。听力原文提到： fifteen European central bankspledged to

48、 limit sales for the next five years ，表示十五个国家的央行表示在未来五年内会限量销售黄金，故答案为 A。 28 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 此题是对文章细节的提问。听力原文提到： If you invested in gold just a few monthsago， you might have made a glittering 50 return on your money，表明正确答案为 B。 29 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 此题是对文章细节的提问，原文中有直接信息提示，因此可得答案为 A。 30 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 此题是对文章细节的提问，听力材料中提到： what they called“poor mans gold”， thats silver，故答案为 C。