1、BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 22及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 You will hear three conversations. Write down one or two words or a number in the numbered spaces on the notes or forms. After you have listened once, replay the recording. Conversation One Look at the note below. You will hear a woman talking her visit to th
2、e West Coast. Sally came back from the West Coast, the L. A is very clean and (1) but the traffic is terrible. 2. She took a drive around (2) and visit the stars home. 3. It was nice and (3) in L. A. but (4) in San Francisco. 5 Look at the note below. You will hear a talk between a caller and an ope
3、rator. The caller want to make a (5) distance call to (6) 2. The name of the party: Robert (7) 3. The telephone number: (8) 9 Look at the note below. You will hear a man asking the way. According to the conversation, the laundromat is on (9) So, from here., go straight down this road to bowling alle
4、y. Then turn right and walk (10) blocks. Then go (11) on Garfield, it. is in the middle of the block, next to (12) 二、 PART TWO 13 You will hear five short recordings. For each recording, decide which topic from the box below the speaker is talking about. Write one letter A H next to the number of th
5、e recording. Do not use any letter more than once. After you have listened once, replay each recording. Topics A bank rules B a meal C a novel D a magazine E a drink F a counter G traveller cheques H immigration rules 18 You will hear another five short recordings. For each recording, decide what th
6、e speaker is doing. Write one letter A H next to the number of the recording. Do not use any letter more than once. After you have listened once, replay each recording. A making plans B telling directions C drawing a picture D playing games E introducing sausage F interviewing G introducing work H c
7、riticizing 三、 PART THREE 23 You will hear a talk with the CEO of Xerox, Ms Mulcahy. For each question 23-30, mark one letter ( A, B or C) for the correct answer. You will hear the recording twice. 23 According to Ms Murphy, the accounting methodology had nothing to do with （ A） the timing of revenue
8、. （ B） the genuineness of revenue. （ C） the restatement of revenue. 24 The purpose of changing the organizational structure is that （ A） everybody has a right position. （ B） everybody knows his own role. （ C） everybody is clear about his duty. 25 In midst of sudden business improvement, （ A） making
9、efficient use of time is very important. （ B） it is important that everyone is responsible. （ C） it is necessary to hold people accountable. 26 Ms Murphy had to ask a colleague to leave because （ A） he is redundant. （ B） he is not qualified for the job. （ C） he is too tough to work with. 27 For Ms M
10、urphy, the most valuable experience is （ A） employees need is the first thing to consider in a company. （ B） customers need should be given high priority in a company. （ C） spending more time with customers and employees. 28 In the company, one way to deal with a sudden happening is （ A） to leave it
11、 to Ernst then well trace a route which can take us to as many of the parks as we can manage. Next we try to note down the resting places all along that route. And then we can start. 18 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 很明显这是出游前，草拟旅行路线。 19 【听力原文】 This kind of sausage is cheaper even though its not on sale. It has no
12、fantastic label, and the manufacturers never advertise, so they can keep the price down. And the quality is as good as that of the known brands. 19 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 赞美并推介一种香肠。 20 【听力原文】 I would say your letter was one of the best weve received. Im always surprised at the poor letters some people writ
13、e to us. They write illegibly in long hand and they often fail to state their qualifications for the job. 20 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 重要的是末句的后半部分： “they often fail to state their qualification for the job.”由此可看出 F正确。 21 【听力原文】 First of all, youre on the wrong street. You have to walk more than two blocks to
14、Hewitt Street where you can catch the No. 21 bus. Get off the No. 21 at Scott Road and transfer to No. 4 bus going north. Then get off at the Wright Church. 21 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 一 个人走错了路，说者正在给他指路。 22 【听力原文】 In this job, you would call on schools and colleges. You would visit typing classes, demonstrat
15、e new machines and talk to school officials in an effort to interest them in buying our typewriters, We pay two hundred and fifty pounds a week plus 5% commission on sales. 22 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 说者在向人介绍工作，这种工作是推售打印机。 三、 PART THREE 23 【听力原文】 As a survivor of trials by fire, Xerox Corp. Chief Executive A
16、nne M. Mulcahy has few rivals. She became president of Xerox in May, 2000 - a month before the SEC, thats Securities & Exchange Commission, launched its investigation of the copier makers financials- and stepped up to the top job last August. On a recent afternoon, Mulcahy had a talk with Business W
17、eek Associate Editor Robert Byrnes. Xerox has been hit in the press and in the stock market because the restatement of revenue was about double what had been expected. Is that reaction fair? This accounting issue tends to be somewhat miscast. That was all about an accounting methodology that had to
18、do with the timing of revenue, not the authenticity of revenue. What have you changed at Xerox in light of the question raised about the companys accounting and management over the past few years? Historically, we were trying to run the business by product, by industry, by segment and by geography.
19、And when you are into a multidimensional approach, it tends to get a little cloudy as to who is actually responsible. So we did clean up the organizational structure so that everybody sitting at the table has a clear responsibility. I think that has helped everyone deliver on very concrete, delivera
20、ble objectives. And then we have held people accountable, and that is critically important when you are in the midst of a turnaround where you cant afford to waste a lot of time. Some observers have been questioning whether, as a Xerox insider, you are the right person to turn around the company. Is
21、 it hard to make the tough calls, to tell a colleague you have known for years that they are just not measuring up? I think that in the past two years I have probably made tougher decisions than most CEOs. We have had to shut down businesses. I dont think those are easy choices. I think they are rea
22、lly tough to do, and I dont think I want them to get easy. What experience have you drawn on the most in the past two years? Customer focus has to be at the top of its list. Most of my career has been in sales. I spend 50% or more of my time with customers and employees, and I cant wait for it to be
23、 more than 50%. The SEC ordered you, as part of the settlement, to reevaluate your internal financial controls. What are you doing in that regard? Thats not a new project. Over the last few years there have been a lot of changes. We outsourced internal audit to Ernst & Young to bring in more skills.
24、 I do an internal controls review at every operations review I do. We have also done things like a hotline for any kind of issue that popped, and that gets reviewed regularly and also gets reviewed with our audit committee. We do training for our management team on all sorts of ethics and compliance
25、 issues. Xerox has been criticized for having a culture of denial. The SEC criticized the company for a lack of cooperation. Has that culture changed? When a company goes through a crisis - and we have - its an opportunity to face problems squarely and address them. We must spend all our time unders
26、tanding whats not working well, what our customers want to see from us that theyre not getting from us, and creating an environment where we can get in front of problems and not wait for them to become glaring that we have a crisis on our hands. Why - in the summer of 2001, when you became CEO - did
27、nt you immediately settle with the SEC? At that point in time, people were being called to court, and documents were still being subpoenaed. There were all sorts of investigations still going on. It wasnt ready for a conclusion. We reversed the accounting. I dont think its terribly productive for us at this point to spend a lot of time dissecting the past defending the past or, quite franky, critiquing the past. 23 【正确答案】 B 24 【正确答案】 C 25 【正确答案】 C 26 【正确答案】 B 27 【正确答案】 B 28 【正确答案】 C 29 【正确答案】 A 30 【正确答案】 B
