1、BEC商务英语（中级）口语模拟试卷 17及答案与解析 一、 SECTION 1 INTERVIEW (ABOUT 3 MIN) 1 The interview about 3 minutes In this part the interlocutor asks questions to each of the candidates in turn. You have to give information about yourself and express personal opinions, 二、 SECTION 2 MINI PRESENTATIONS (ABOUT 6 MIN) In
2、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. 2 Mini presentation about 6 minutes In this part of the test you are asked to give a shor
3、t 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 ideas. 1. A. WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN.? MANAGING PERSONNEL OFFERING INCENTIVES ENHANCING THE MORALE B. WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN.? ENCOURAGING TEAM
4、WORK IN A COMPANY IDENTFYING GOALS LEARING FROM EACH OTHER C. WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN.? PLANNING MARKET RESEARCH TYPES OF QUESTIONS TYPE OF PEOPLE 三、 SECTION 3 DISCUSSION (ABOUT 5 MIN) In this part of the test you are given a discussion topic. You have 30 seconds to look at the prompt card, an exampl
5、e of which is below, and then about 3 minutes to discuss the topic with your partner. After that examiner will ask you more questions related to the topic. 3 Discussion about 5 minutes In this part of the test you are given a discussion topic. You have 30 seconds to look at the prompt card, an ex am
6、ple of which is below, and then about 3 minutes to discuss the topic with your partner. After that the examiner will ask you more questions related to the topic. 1. For two candidates Your company is an exporting one. You have been asked to discuss what method to use to express the quality of produc
7、ts. Discuss the situation together, and decide: What are the methods used to express the quality of products On which condition each method is applied to For three candidates Your company is an exporting one. You have been asked to discuss what method to use to express the quality of products. Discu
8、ss the situation together, and decide: What are the methods used to express the quality of products On which condition each method is applied to What is the discription of each method BEC商务英语（中级）口语模拟试卷 17答案与解析 一、 SECTION 1 INTERVIEW (ABOUT 3 MIN) 1 【正确答案】 I: A, where do you come from? A: I come from
9、 Hangzhou. I: Can you tell me something about your hometown, A? A: Well, first of all, I was born in the city, but moved to the outskirts of bown when I was small. Hanzhou is a fairly large city a pretty important economic centre actually. It has a population of 3 million. Its pretty flat, and is si
10、tuated right on a large lake. I: What do you think is the most problem in China, B? B: I guess it is the overpopulation. Although China has been carrying out a strict family-planning policy with one family having only one child, the population is already over 1.2 billion and is still growing. It cau
11、ses not only the shortage of food and shelter supply but also more serious ones such as unemployment, crimes, the lack of education and so on. I: Are you working or still studying! How do you feel it? B: I work as teacher in a high school. In my work, I learned how to communicate with my associates,
12、 interpersonal relations can be essential to a prosective teacher. I: Whats your job, A? A: Im a finance manager. 二、 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 a
13、nd then talk for about 1 minute. You have 1 minute to prepare your ideas. 2 【正确答案】 ?Im going to give each of you a choice of 3 top its. Id like you to choose one of the topics and give a short presentation on it for about a minute. You will have about a minute to prepare for this and you can make no
14、tes if you wish while you prepare. After you have finished your talk, your partner will ask you a question. ?All right? Here are your topics. Interlocutor hands each. candidate a different topic card, and some paper and a pencil for notes Interlocutor: ?Choose one of the topics to talk about. You ca
15、n make notes. 1 minutes preparation time. Both candidates prepare their talks at the same time, separately. Interlocutor: ?All right now. Candidate Two, which topic have you chosen, A, B or C? Would you like to talk about what you think is important when managing personnel? Candidate Two talks Offer
16、ing incentives to staff is of key importance in personnel management. It helps to keep people satisfied with the companys management. As a result, workers are likely to be more industrious if their needs are met, and their problems are solved. Proper incentives are very effective in motivation. They
17、 will be more initiative in their daily work, which leads them to think and act in a way as if they are the owners of the company. Thus, the morale is heightened. Consequently, the goal of an increased productivity and an improved interpersonal relationship is easily achieved. Peoples enthusiasm wil
18、l be inspired greatly, which is one of the most significant objectives of the incentive system. Interlocutor: ?Thank you. Now Candidate One please ask Candidate Two your question about his/her talk. Candidate One asks question. What a manager should do when offering incentives to staff? Candidate Tw
19、o: Well, First, good manager should create incentives to staff. Second, I think he or she should set a good example for all staff to follow. To some extent, it is also an incentive. Interlocutor: ?Thank you. All right. Now, Candidate One, which topic have you chosen, A, B or C? Would you like to tal
20、k about what you think is important when encouraging team work? Candidate One talks There are many aspects to be taken into consideration when we want to encourage teamwork in a company. Firstly, its significant to identify staff with the goals or objectives the team is about to achieve, and to keep
21、 everybody well informed and always bear them in mind. Secondly, we should as encourage cooperative work to which we have paid little attention over the past years. Everyone should be told the necessity of learning from each other. People have to get to know no one is perfect in the world. If we rea
22、lly realize the importance of identifying goals and learning from each other, we may get an enormous reward on achievements. Interlocutor: ?Thank you. Now, Candidate Two, please ask Candidate One your question about his/her talk. Candidate Two asks question. which one of the two factors mentioned ab
23、ove is more important ? Cadidate One: I think identifying goals is more important than learning from each other. Interlocutor: ?Thank you Materials are collected 三、 SECTION 3 DISCUSSION (ABOUT 5 MIN) In this part of the test you are given a discussion topic. You have 30 seconds to look at the prompt
24、 card, an example of which is below, and then about 3 minutes to discuss the topic with your partner. After that examiner will ask you more questions related to the topic. 3 【正确答案】 ?Now this part of the test you are going to discuss together. Interlocutor points to the card showing the task while gi
25、ving the instructions below. Interlocutor: ?You have 30 seconds to read the task carefully, and then 3 minutes to discuss and decide about it together. You should give reasons for your decisions and opinions. You dont need to write any thing. Is that clear? Interlocutor places the card in front of t
26、he candidates. Interlocutor: ?Im just going to listen and then ask you to stop after 3 minutes. Please speak so that we can hear you. Candidates have about 3 minutes to complete the task. A: In international trade, buyers and sellers usually live far from each other and this creates a problem. It is
27、 impossible for the buyers to examine the quality of the imported goods. Thus there needs to be some means for the sellers to inform the buyers of the quality. In international trade, four means are generally used to express the quality of products. They are sales by sample, sales by specification,
28、grade or standard, sales by trade mark or brand, and sales by description. B: Yes, a sample is a small quantity of the products which represents the whole. Through the sample, buyers are able to know the quality of the products. A: Ok, sales by specification, grade or standard are another way to sho
29、w the quality of the products, namely through certain recognized specification, grades or standards. B: Sales by trademark or brand are normally useful to the products that have already obtained export markets whose brands or trade marks are already widely known. A: The last method is sales by descr
30、iption. Sales by description are usually applied to some whole set of mechanical and electrical products such as instruments or equipment. For these products there must be detailed descriptions provided for the buyers so that the buyers are able to know the structure, function, usage of the products
31、, and so the products can be used accordingly. B: In export trade, sales contract plays an important part. A quality clause is always a major part in the contract, which the exporters should also pay great attention to, when working it out, so as to make it really workable. Materials are collected. The interlocutor asks one or more questions as appropriate , to extend the discussion. Of the above four sales method, which one is most popular? B: Well, it depends. It depends on buyers preference, and the kind of goods. For example, instruments or equipment usually use sales by discription.
