1、BEC商务英语（中级）口语模拟试卷 84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 sh
3、ort 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. . . ? DEVELOPING AN ADVERTISING PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS B WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN. . . ? DEVELOPING A PRO
4、MOTION PROGRAM FOR A NEW PRODUCT TARGET AUDIENCE BUDGET C WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN. . . ? CHOOSING A BUSINESS PARTNER POPULARITY CAPITAL 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 example of which
5、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 example of which
6、 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. For two candidates Company Visitors A group of business people from a foreign trade delegation are visiting your company next month. You have been ask
7、ed to help prepare a programme of activities for the visitors. Discuss the situation together, and decide: what kinds of activities would be suitable for the visitors. how to entertain the visitors outside working hours. For three candidates Company Visitors A group of business people from a foreign
8、 trade delegation are visiting your company next month. You have been asked to help prepare a programme of activities for the vistors Discuss the situation together, and decide: what kinds of activities would be suitable for the visitors. how to entertain the visitors outside working hours. which co
9、mpany personnel the visitors should meet. BEC商务英语（中级）口语模拟试卷 84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: A, where do you come from? A: I come from Hangzhou. I: Can you tell me something about your hometown, A? A: Well, first
10、of all, I was born in the city, but moved to the outskirts of town when I was little. Hangzhou is famous for the West Lake, and is a fairly large city a pretty important e-conomic centre actually. It has a population of 3 million. Its pretty flat, and is situated right on a large lake. I: What do yo
11、u 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 causes not only the shortage of food and shelt
12、er 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, interpersonal relations can be essential t
13、o 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 and then talk for about 1 minute. You have 1
14、 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 presentation on it for about a minute. You will have about a minute to prepare for th
15、is 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 topic card, and some paper and a pencil for notes. Interlocutor: Choose one of the topics to
16、 talk about. You can 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 developing an advertising progr
17、am? Candidate Two talks To develop an advertising program involves many aspects. Cost for advertisement should be taken into consideration. As for our company,TV is an excellect medium. Commercial television is an effective medium for advertising. Another factor which is of the same importance is ef
18、fectiveness. Many media are available now.such as TV, radio, newspapers, magazines and Internet. After a careful comparison, we can come to a natural conclusion,that is,more money should be put into commerical television which is the most effective method to arouse customers interest to purchase our
19、 products after their familiarity with our products. All in all, cost and effectiveness are the major factors when developing an advertising program. Interlocutor:Thank you. Now. Candidate One, please ask Candidate Two question about his/her talk. Candidate One asks question. How many ways do you ha
20、ve to control costs of advertisement? Candidate Two: It can be controlled by two ways. The first way is to choose the most economically-efficient media, such as TV slots or newspapers. The second way is to ensure that the quantity of advertisement is appropriate, with no space for waste. Interlocuto
21、r: Thank you. All right. Now, Candidate One, which topic have you chosen, A, B or C? Would you like to talk about what you think is important when developing a promotion program for a product? Candidate One talks To develop a promotion program for a product involves many aspects. Each of them requir
22、es planning. Firstly, the target audience of the program must be identified, because different types of audiences simply applies to different ways of promotion. As for the product itself, characteris- tics as well as the brand image should be considered. Secondly, a specific communication objective
23、must be established. This helps to find effective ways to arouse customersawareness of the new product. Also,here comes to the question of budget,which should be taken into fully consideration as well. We should make sure that the expenditure of the program is within our advertising budget. Interloc
24、utor: Thank you. Now, Candidate Two, please ask Candidate One your question about his/her talk. Candidate Two asks question. Do you support that advertisement is the best way in promoting sales? Candidate One: it cannot be denied that advertisement is a very effective way of sales promotion, but I d
25、ont think it is the only way to do this. Cutting prices,for example,sometimes generates the same results as advertisement does. And thats a more direct way,and that is money-saving. Interlocutor: Thank you. Materials are collected. 三、 SECTION 3 DISCUSSION (ABOUT 5 MIN) In this part of the test you a
26、re given a discussion topic. You have 30 seconds 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 【正确答案】 Collaborative task and discussion (about 5 minute
27、s) Interlocutor: Now this part of the test you are going to discuss together. Interlocutor points to the 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 giv
28、e reasons for your decisions and opinions. You dont need to write anything. Is that clear? Interlocutor 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
29、 complete the task. A: You know, ABC & Co. Ltd will have some people to visit our company next month. B: Yes, theyre going to arrive in Beijing on next Tuesday. 10 people altogether. 7 days. A: Thats right. They will decide whether to invest in our company after they finish the visit. So we should g
30、ive them a good impression. Which hotel do you think we choose for them? B: How about Red Buds? You see, its in the downtown area, close to the business center, and whats more, easily accessible to highways. A: Yeah. Sounds a good idea. B: What about entertainment? A: Er, let me see. On the first ni
31、ght of their arrival , we give a dinner for them. And we show them around the company in the next five days. During the last two days, we take them to visit some places of interest. Such as the Summer Palace, the Great Wall. B: I think its better to give each of delegates a gift. And we can give the
32、m some china. A: Yes, not bad. Materials are collected. The interlocutor asks one or more questions as appropriate, to extend the discussion. Do you think what the most important thing is to persuade them to invest in your company? Whats your opinion, A? A: Well. Our company is well organized and running well. In addition, we have a long relationship with them. So I think we can make it. How about you, B? B: Yes see, the profits of our company is going up and the stock of our company is also rocketing. Its a good deal for them.
