1、BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 28及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 There are thirty questions on this question paper. Instructions are given on the tape. You can write on this Question Paper. At the end of the test, you will be given 10 minutes to copy your answers onto the Answer Sheet. You must write all your answers in pe
2、ncil. PART ONE You will hear three telephone conversations or messages. Write one or two words or a number in the numbered spaces on the notes or forms below. You will hear each recording twice. Conversation One Look at the form below. You will hear a woman ringing to check the delivery. Expo Packag
3、ing Progress Report Form 18 Jan,., 2006 Customer: (1) _ Order number: B178/5 Product: (2) _ Quantity: 65 Scheduled delivery: (3) _ on the file Delay: due, to-(4) _ Settled delivery: 1:30 next Monday 5 Look at the form below. You will hear a woman calling a conference information center. New Land Con
4、ference Information Center Booking Form Name: Preston (5) _ Facilities needed: 1 large (6) _ and 4 small ones Other requirements: close to the city Hotel to be booked: Capitol Square Hotel Cost: $150 for a large room, at (7) _ (8) _: $100 9 Look at the form below. You will hear a man ringing about a
5、n agreement. To: Mr Simpson From: (9) _ Streamline Company Message: (10) _ are too high. Want to (11) _. Possible to send goods by (12) _or by sea? Call back on the number 3235890 before six. 二、 PART TWO 13 You will hear five short recordings. For each recording, decide what the speakers job is. Wri
6、te 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. Personnel Manager B. Sales Manager C. Legal Adviser D. Financial Adviser E. Conference Organiser F. Research and Development Officer G. Advertising E
7、xecutive H. Bank Manager 18 You will hear another five recordings. Each speaker is leaving a message on an answering machine. For each recording, decide what the main reason is for the phone call. Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the recording. Do not use any letter more than once. After
8、 you have listened once, replay each recording. A. explaining a problem B. asking for information C. reminding someone about some work D. explaining a procedure E. paying a compliment F. agreeing to a plan G. making an apology H. giving instructions 三、 PART THREE 23 You will hear an interview with S
9、usan Gates, Director of Human Resources Policy at Robertsons, a national chain of supermarkets. She recently sat on a government committee that looked into the funding of higher education. For each question 23-30, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. After you have listened once, repl
10、ay the recording. 23 Susan Gates thinks that the business community should have a role in higher education because （ A） business needs to compete with teaching as a graduate career choice. （ B） many courses are not vocational enough. （ C） many graduates enter the world of business. 24 Susan Gates th
11、inks that the committee should include Robertsons because （ A） half of all graduates find jobs in retailing. （ B） the views of non-specialist employers need to be represented. （ C） it had more experience of employing graduates than IT companies. 25 Susan Gates says an important finding of the commit
12、tee was that （ A） employers need graduates with skills in key areas. （ B） an increasing number of graduates had good IT skills. （ C） the demands of the workplace were unlikely to change. 26 What does Susan Gates say about numeracy? （ A） Top organisations train staff to work quickly with numbers. （ B
13、） Most graduates are not confident with mathematics, （ C） Top employees are good with figures. 27 Susan Gates says that work experience for students （ A） enables them to decide what they want to do. （ B） provides industry with a flexible workforce. （ C） helps them to improve their job prospects. 28
14、What is Susan Gates opinion of the research work carried out in higher education? （ A） It ought to benefit the economy more. （ B） It is a direct result of links with business. （ C） It has made British companies more competitive. 29 Susan Gates thinks that small businesses （ A） want graduates who nee
15、d little training. （ B） cannot attract as many graduates as large organisations. （ C） need graduates with specialist skills. 30 Susan Gates says that the worlds of business and higher education should try to （ A） invest more money in research. （ B） share their expertise in more ways. （ C） improve th
16、e way they deal with change. BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 28答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【听力原文】 M1: Good morning. Expo Packaging. W: Good morning. This is Nancy Wright from Anderson Electronics. Can I speak to Eric Hall, please? M1: Hold the line, please. Ill connect you. M2: Eric Hall, can I help you? W: Good morning,
17、 Eric, this is Nancy Wright from Anderson Electronics. M2: Hi, Nancy, how are you doing? W: Pretty good, Im ringing to ask you when our order will be delivered. M2: Whats the order number, please? W: Just a second - B178/5. M2: Wait a minute. Ill get the file. Here we are. Is that 65 packing boxes?
18、W: Thats right. And If I am correct, they were supposed to be here around the middle of January. M2: But here on the file, it says they will be delivered at the beginning of next month. W: There must be some mistakes. Anyway, we have a delivery going out next week and the boxes are needed before the
19、n. M2: Well, the earliest time they can be sent out is next Monday, thats 23rd January. W: That would be OK. And what time can we expect your van? M2: How about 1:30 after lunch? W: Good. M2: My apologies for the mistake. Goodbye. W: Goodbye. 1 【正确答案】 ANDERSON ELECTRONICS 2 【正确答案】 PACKING BOXES 3 【正
20、确答案】 EARLY FEBRUARY 4 【正确答案】 MISTAKES 5 【听力原文】 M: New Land Conference Information Center. David Cruise speaking. F: Good morning. Im Mary Keller from Preston Training Center. I am ringing to get some information about conference facilities. We are going to hold a conference in a couple of weeks. Its
21、 an international conference and there will be 300 people involved. What we need now is one large conference room which can hold about 400 people and four small ones for group discussion. We would also like to have accommodation provided. M: Yes, I see. Apart from size, what else are you looking for
22、? F: Well, the hotel must be close to the city, because some participants may want to tour around the town in the evening. M: Then I think Crystal Hotel is a better choice. It has a very big conference room and is close to the city. Actually, it provides access by road. F: It sounds pretty good. How
23、 much is the cost? M: Its $250 for a large conference room and $100 for a small one. Of course, it is calculated by day. F: Well, its too expensive for us. You know, the conference will last for 4 days. That will cost too much. Can you provide some cheaper hotels? M: Yes, how about Capitol Square Ho
24、tel and Hotel International? Both of them have large conference rooms but Hotel International is a bit fax from the city. F: Whats the price for Capitol Square then? M: The hotel has a 40% discount. So its about $150 for a large room. F: OK, I think this is a better choice. Do I have to pay a deposi
25、t? M: yes, $100 for that. Can I have your name, please? F: Keller from Preston Training Center. Ill send you a check tomorrow. 5 【正确答案】 TRAINING CENTER 6 【正确答案】 CONFERENCE ROOM 7 【正确答案】 40% DISCOUNT 8 【正确答案】 DEPOSIT 9 【听力原文】 F: Good morning, Simpson Trading Firm. Laura Honeyworth speaking, how can I
26、 help you? M: Good morning. This is Bob Jensen from Streamline Company. May I speak to Mr Simpson? F: I am afraid Mr Simpson is not in right now. He is on his lunch break. Can I take a message? M: Yes, if you dont mind. F: Can I have your name first? M: Its Bob, Jensen. J-E-N-S-E-N. F: OK. M: Its ab
27、out the agreement we discussed yesterday. I think we need to make some changes. I have been looking into the question of having the goods sent by air. You see, freight costs are too high and if we operate on terms as weve provisionally agreed, it might be an increase in our expenses. I wonder if it
28、is possible to have them sent by rail or by sea, which is much cheaper. F: OK, Mr Jensen, Ill tell Mr Simpson about it. So you want him to call you back? M: Yes, ask him to call me at the hotel before six. I am leaving Denver tonight. F: Would you tell me your number? M: Its 3-2-3-5-8-9-0. Thank you
29、 very much. F: Thats OK. Bye-bye. 9 【正确答案】 BOB JENSEN 10 【正确答案】 FREIGHT COSTS 11 【正确答案】 REVISE AGREEMENT 12 【正确答案】 RAIL 二、 PART TWO 13 【听力原文】 Man: Weve been working on this new circuit for a long time and were sure that its ready for production now. As you know, it took a while to find a solution to
30、 the problems we had with the old circuit. The diagrams on the second page ll give you a rough idea of how it works and whats different about it. Ill explain the ideas behind it in a minute, and then Ill hand over to Mark for any questions about manufacturing costs, and then maybe we can agree on a
31、start date for production. 13 【正确答案】 F 14 【听力原文】 Man: Hello, its Paul Fields, here. We spoke yesterday. Im calling about the forms you filled in for the loan. They arrived this morning but there are some more figures that Ill need before we can do anything. Your companys projected figures only cover
32、 next year, but well need them for three years. The rest is fine, so if you could get those to me in the next week, then once our legal people have checked everything out, Ill be able to authorise the loan. 14 【正确答案】 H 15 【 听力原文】 Woman: Hello, its Sheila Griffiths here from The Haverbridge. Im ringi
33、ng to check the dates that you booked for the Advertisers Convention. The problem is that we seem to have two different dates; the publicity materials that you sent have the 14th down as the starting date, yet in you original letter to us, you booked the 15th to the 18th. Those dates are fixed now a
34、nd Im afraid its not possible to change them. 15 【正确答案】 E 16 【听力原文】 Man: There can be a problem when the packaging on a retailers own brand is similar to other leading brands. Theres a court case Im preparing at the moment which is about just this problem. Until its finished, I think the marketing d
35、epartment should be very careful in this area, and stick to completely new designs for our own brand packaging. That way we can avoid the risk of damages. 16 【正确答案】 C 17 【听力原文】 Woman: Hello, its Rachel Lister here from Cross & Taylor. I got your letter accepting the post this morning. Im just ringin
36、g to arrange a time for us to meet and sign your contract. Your departmental manager has asked me to go through it with you - and to answer any questions you have about holidays and the pension scheme and so on. I should be able to take you over to the sales department afterwards, so you can meet so
37、me of your future colleagues. 17 【正确答案】 A 18 【听力原文】 Woman: Tom its Paula. Just checking you havent forgotten the presentation we agreed to do. Do you realise its only ten days away? To be honest, Im beginning to regret offering to do it. Expect you are too. Anyway Ill be in touch early next week, so
38、 we can start preparing properly. 18 【正确答案】 C 19 【听力原文】 Woman: Its Elena. Sorry to bother you on your first day off but Im trying to order that software you were talking about yesterday - you know, for processing customer complaints? The suppliers need to know the exact name of the package and the c
39、ompany that produces it - it seems theres more than one on the market. Can you help? Give me a ring at the office before 4 oclock if you can. Otherwise, have a good break. 19 【正确答案】 B 20 【听力原文】 Man: Mike this is Bob Richards from Birmingham Traders here. Look, todays delivery is not much better than
40、 last weeks. it looks like your process needs looking at again. Basically, youre not getting the printing areas of the 2 colours right - theres this strange optical effect instead of a clear diagram in 2 colours. Could you give me a ring when you get in? 20 【正确答案】 A 21 【听力原文】 Woman: Hi, its Margaret
41、 - just a quick word to say I thought the presentation was great - you deserve a bonus, in my opinion. I mean, answering those difficult questions on accounting procedures when its not really your field at all. Well, I know I couldnt have done it! My one complaint is that the coffee- break was so sh
42、ort! Bye! 21 【正确答案】 E 22 【听力原文】 Nick: Mark, just a quick message - Im on the way to the station. Ive thought about our discussion at this afternoons meeting and I think the research people do need to be involved, and right now. So can you set up a meeting with them for when I get back, say Thursday
43、or Friday? Can you also send them an agenda based on what we discussed today? Thanks. 22 【正确答案】 H 三、 PART THREE 23 【听力原文】 Man: Perhaps I can begin by asking you why you think its important for business leaders to be involved in higher education? Woman: Well, although most graduates still enter the t
44、eaching profession, an increasing number are employed by the business community - this is a major destination for new graduates. So its only natural that we should want to have a say in higher education, the courses that are being offered, and so on. Man: And why do you think the supermarket chain,
45、Robertsons, needed to be represented on the government committee? Woman: Well, about 50% of jobs that come onto the market dont require a specific degree, so theyre known as non-specialist. This areas made up mostly of the service and retail sectors, with the retail sector alone accounting for 11% o
46、f graduate jobs. The high-tech industries, for example, IT and manufacturing, were already represented on the committee, and we thought that the opinions of the non-specialist employer, like Robertsons, should also be taken into account. Man: What about the findings of the committee? What was import
47、ant to you there? Woman: Well, firstly, that employers are looking for more than a body of knowledge. In todays world, the knowledge that a student gains has a short life span - it wont necessarily be relevant in 20 years time. The committee recognised that higher education needs to take on board th
48、e fact that employers are looking for important, universal skills - in particular, those of communication, numeracy and IT. Man: So what role do these skills have? Woman: Well, take numeracy. The sort of people who reach the upper levels of organisations are all highly numerate. They have the ability to work with numbers at a very sophisticated level. So its important that people can understand numbers and spot a mistake very, very quickly - even if there are a lot of noughts at the end. Man: What other findings of the committee
