1、BEC 商务英语（高级）口语-试卷 23 及答案解析(总分：6.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、SECTION 1 INTERVIEW(总题数：1，分数：2.00)1.In this part of the test, you are asked to give a short talk on a business topic. You have to choose one of the topics from the three below and then talk for about one minute. You have one minute to prepare your idea
2、s. A Career development: the importance of work experience in applying for a new job B Business strategy, the importance of quality in maintaining a competitive edge C Travel. how to respond effectively to differences in business customs on business trip in a foreign country（分数：2.00）_二、SECTION 2 MIN
3、I PRES(总题数：2，分数：4.00)2.SECTION 2 MINI PRESENTATIONS (ABOUT 6 MIN)In this part of the test you are asked to give a short talk on a business topic. You have to choose one of the topics from the three below and then talk for about 1 minute. You have 1 minute to prepare your ideas.（分数：2.00）_3.In this pa
4、rt of the test，you are given a discussion topicYou have 30 seconds to look at the task prompt，an example of which is below，and then about three minutes to discuss the topic with your partnerAfter that，the examiner will ask you more questions related to the topic1. For two candidates Traveling to Wor
5、k Your companys location in a busy city centre means that staff often complain about the time taken to get to workYOU have been asked to make some recommendations DiScuss and decide together： ?whether it would be better for staff to use public or private transport ?what the effects might be of allow
6、ing staff to work flexible hours For three candidates Travelling to Work Your companys location in a busy city centre means that staff often complain about the time taken to get to workYou have been asked to make some recommendations Discuss and decide together： ?whether it would be better for staff
7、 to use public or private transport ?what the effects might be of allowing staff to work flexible hours ?what other measures the company could take to deal with the situation Follow-on questions： ?Would you be willing to spend a long time travelling to work every day? (Why?/Why not?) ?Should compani
8、es provide staff with financial assistance if they have long journeys to work?(Why?/Why not?) ?What do you think influences a companys decision to be located in a busy city centre?(Why?) ?What effects do you think technology will have in the future on where people do their work?(Why?) ?What could be
9、 the long-term effects of changes in the hours people work and where they work?(Why?)（分数：2.00）_BEC 商务英语（高级）口语-试卷 23 答案解析(总分：6.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、SECTION 1 INTERVIEW(总题数：1，分数：2.00)1.In this part of the test, you are asked to give a short talk on a business topic. You have to choose one of the topics fro
10、m the three below and then talk for about one minute. You have one minute to prepare your ideas. A Career development: the importance of work experience in applying for a new job B Business strategy, the importance of quality in maintaining a competitive edge C Travel. how to respond effectively to
11、differences in business customs on business trip in a foreign country（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：)解析：解析： A. Career development: the importance of work experience in applying for a new job Work experience is a clear trend of applicants past work. It reveals ones career goal. If ones past work is like all st
12、eps forward, it means this applicant has a clear career path and self-motivation. Besides, limited work experience could mean loyalty to ones form, to some extent. B. Business strategy: the importance of quality in maintaining a competitive edge The product quality is very important to an enterprise
13、 It is the core value of competition. If one company sells product with low quality, customers would never come back. Thus, it would lead to loss of market share. C. Travel: how to respond effectively to differences in business customs on business trip in a foreign country Learning some foreign lan
14、guages is the first step to do international business. Good deal results from sound communication. Due to cultural differences, its better to learn some business etiquette and manners. Etiquette, manners, and cross cultural, or intercultural communication have become critical elements required for a
15、ll international and global business executives, managers, and employees. As international, multinational, transnational, multi domestic, and global business continues to expand and bring people closer, the most important element of successful business outcomes may be the appreciation and respect fo
16、r regional, country, and cultural differencesknown as cultural diversity.二、SECTION 2 MINI PRES(总题数：2，分数：4.00)2.SECTION 2 MINI PRESENTATIONS (ABOUT 6 MIN)In this part of the test you are asked to give a short talk on a business topic. You have to choose one of the topics from the three below and then
17、 talk for about 1 minute. You have 1 minute to prepare your ideas.（分数：2.00）_解析：3.In this part of the test，you are given a discussion topicYou have 30 seconds to look at the task prompt，an example of which is below，and then about three minutes to discuss the topic with your partnerAfter that，the exam
18、iner will ask you more questions related to the topic1. For two candidates Traveling to Work Your companys location in a busy city centre means that staff often complain about the time taken to get to workYOU have been asked to make some recommendations DiScuss and decide together： ?whether it would
19、 be better for staff to use public or private transport ?what the effects might be of allowing staff to work flexible hours For three candidates Travelling to Work Your companys location in a busy city centre means that staff often complain about the time taken to get to workYou have been asked to m
20、ake some recommendations Discuss and decide together： ?whether it would be better for staff to use public or private transport ?what the effects might be of allowing staff to work flexible hours ?what other measures the company could take to deal with the situation Follow-on questions： ?Would you be
21、 willing to spend a long time travelling to work every day? (Why?/Why not?) ?Should companies provide staff with financial assistance if they have long journeys to work?(Why?/Why not?) ?What do you think influences a companys decision to be located in a busy city centre?(Why?) ?What effects do you t
22、hink technology will have in the future on where people do their work?(Why?) ?What could be the long-term effects of changes in the hours people work and where they work?(Why?)（分数：2.00）_正确答案：(正确答案：)解析：解析：For two candidates： Travelling to Work ?whether it would be better for staff to use public or pr
23、ivate transport For commuters who live close to the city or work，its usually cheaper to use such public transportation as buses，trains，and subways to go to workNormally，it wouldnt do anything to save your time，but it11 save the running costs of private car，including repair fees，car parking fees，fuel
24、 fees，and so on Therefore，its better to use public transport ?what the effects might be of allowing staff to work flexible hours Flextime would solve part of transport problems for staffHowever，as for the company，it would be an increase of running costOn one hand，flextime means an extension of worki
25、ng hoursIn this way，the running cost for the company would be increasingOn the other hand，it would also cause the failure of meeting deadline For three candidates： Travelling to Work ?whether it would be better for staff to use public or private transport For commuters who 1ive close to the city or
26、work，its usually cheaper to use such public transportation as buses，trains，and subways to go to workNormally，it wouldnt do anything to save your time，but itll save the running costs of private car，including repair fees，car parking fees，fuel fees，and so on Therefore，its better to use public transport
27、 ?what the effects might be of allowing staff to work flexible hours Flextime would solve part of transport problems for staffHowever，as for the company，it would be an inerease of running costOn one hand，flextime means an extension of working hoursIn this way，the running cost for the company would b
28、e increasingOn the other hand，it would also cause the failure of meeting deadline ?what other measures the company could take to deal with the situation First of all，it could make working hours flexible within limited timeFor example，it can take one hour as permission of flextimeSecondly，the company could increase the transport subsidy for staff，to encourage them to use taxi in emergencyFurthermore，those with full attendance within a year could get speciaI award
