1、BEC商务英语（中级）口语模拟试卷 63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 sho
3、rt 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. A WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN . ? CHOOSING A LOCATION FOR A COMPANY TRNSPORTATION COSTS OF RENTING B WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN . ? DEVELOPING
4、MARKETS IN OTHER COUNTRIES MARKET RESEARCH MAKING AN INSIGHT INTO THE CULTURE C WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN . ? ATTENDING AN INTERVIEW APPEARANCE OF APPLICANT APPLICANTs KNOWLEDGE OF COMPANY 三、 SECTION 3 DISCUSSION (ABOUT 5 MIN) In this part of the test you are given a discussion topic. You have 30 secon
5、ds to look at the prompt 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 Discussion about 5 minutes In this part of the test you are given a discussion topic. You have 30 seco
6、nds to look at the prompt card, and example of which is below, and the about 3 minutes to discuss the topic with your partner. After that the examiner will ask you more questions related to the topic. For two candidates Flexible Working Time Your company wants a flexible working time. You are asked
7、to discuss about it. Discuss the situation and decide: Is it practical or not name the advantages and disadvantages For three candidates Flexible Work Time Your company wants a flexible working time. You are asked to discuss about it. Discuss the situation and decide: Is it practical or not name the
8、 advantages and disadvantages If needed, cite the accurate example to fight for/against it. BEC商务英语（中级）口语模拟试卷 63答案与解析 一、 SECTION 1 INTERVIEW (ABOUT 3 MIN) 1 【正确答案】 The interview (Interlocutor: I, Candidate A: A, Candidate B; B) I: Good morning. A, B: Good morning, sir. I: Well, Lets start with your
9、families. So tell me something about your family, A. A: I have two brothers who both live in Guangzhou? one is a teacher and the other works with my father, who owns a liquor shop. I: B, how do you describe your personality? B: Im always try to be optimistic, no matter what kind of difficulty I have
10、 met with. And I suppose Im confident and positive, alway work hard and spare no effort to achieve my targeted goals. Also, Im a person with a strong will and an independent mind. But that sometime leads me to being impulsive, not calm e-nough, which is one of my major drawbacks. I: Can you tell us
11、one of your drawbacks, A? A: I think we have a little in common. Im a little bit impulsive now and then. I: It doesnt matter. You can overcome, if you try. 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 choos
12、e one of the topics from the three below and then talk for about 1 minute. You have 1 minute to prepare your ideas. 2 【正确答案】 Mini presentation for 2 candidates (about 6 minutes) Interlocutor: -Im going to give each of you a choice of 3 topics. Id like you to choose one of the topics and give a short
13、 presentation on it for about a minute. You will have about a minute to prepare for this and you can make notes 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 topi
14、c card, and some paper and a pencil for notes Interlocutor: -Choose one of the topics to talk about. You can make notes. 1 minutes preparation time. Both candidates prepare their talks at the same time, separately. Interlocutor: -All right novu. Candidate Two , xvhich topic have you chosen, A, B or
15、C? Would you like to talk a-bout xvhat you think is important when choosing a location for a company ? Candidate Two talks Choosing a right location for a company means a lot for the company. Firstly, it can reduce transportation costs. If the location is near the financial and trading centre, the c
16、ompany will be informed of a wide range of commercial information, get plenty of human resource to recruit. Labor costs and living expenditure will also be reduced. Whats more, the company has a lot of space for expansion and further development. Secondly, costs of renting is another factor. Yet, co
17、mpared with the first, its less important. Interlocutor: -Thank you. Novu, Candidate One, please ask Candidate Two your question about his/her talk. Candidate One asks question. Can you tell me more why costs of renting is less important? Candidate Two: Well. Thats easy. If we get convenient transpo
18、rtation, plenty of commercial information and human resource as well as reduced labor costs and living expenditure. Who will care a bit higher costs of renting? Interlocutor: -Thank you. All right. Novu, Candidate One, which topic have you chosen , A, B or C? Would you like to talk about what you th
19、ink is important when developing markets in other countries? Candidate One talks Well, first, I think we should make insight into the culture. Many companies find their goods popular at home to be refused by other countries. An careful investigation shows them that their goods, often the color and s
20、hape of packaging, to be exact, contradicts with target countries. Second, A market research must be carried out to estimate potential demand, find out whether the competition is fierce. Only by doing so, can our products be sold successfully in other countries. Interlocutor: -Thank you. Novu, Candi
21、date Two, please ask Candidate One your question about his/her talk. Candidate Two asks question. You know, only some big companies can do market research, whereas small companies often can not afford it? What should they do? Candidate One: Well. Its a sharp question. I have to say I cant give a sat
22、isfactory solution to it. Maybe they can try best to collect as much as intelligence before developing markets in other countries. 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
23、 look at the prompt 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】 Interlocutor: -Now this part of the test you are going to discuss together. Interlocutor points to t
24、he card showing the task while giving 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 anything. Is that clear? Interlocut
25、or places the card in front of the 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: Well, todays topic is the managements proposal on flexitime. What are your vi
26、ews on this? B: I think its a very practical idea. Our staff members would be happy. Its been complained that the present working time is too restricted. They say there should be flexible days. A: In what ways? B: The staff should be allowed to build up a credit of hours to entitle them to take a fe
27、w hours or a day off. A: But dont you think there would be chaos? B: What do you mean by “ chaos“ ? A: No one in any department would know who was in at what time. And people phoning the company or visiting would get terribly confused. B: Well, Im sorry to interrupt. In my opinion, cover arrangement
28、s could be made. When people take holiday or when people are sick the same kind of arrangements is made. A: Er. Mr. Brown, what are your opinions? B: Frankly, I think its hard for our section to have flexitime. There are three of us in our section and we work as a team. So if we had anyone off then
29、we wouldnt be able to manage. Materials are collected. The interlocutor asks one or more questions as appropriate, to extend the discussion. Have you noticed any companies that have flexible working time? Do these companies go well? B: Well, I have a friend whose company runs a flexible working schedule. But his company isnt running well at all. People phoning the company find there is no answer, visitors come there to find there the door is locked. They are terribly confused.
