1、BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 34及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 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. After you have listened once, replay each recording.Conversation One Look at the note below. You will hear the mana
2、ger of a production company phoning a customers office. 5 Look at the form below. You will hear a man telephoning the Financial Press Information Service with an order. 9 Look at the notes below. You will hear a recorded message about a radio programme.二、 PART TWO 13 You will hear five short recordi
3、ngs. The speakers are presenting awards to companies that have excelled in different aspects of business. For each recording, decide what the company is receiving its award for. Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the recording. Do not use any letter more than once. After you have listened
4、once, replay the recordings. A innovation in public relations B staff involvement in decision-making C after-sales policy D product improvement E environmental awareness F staff training G employee benefits H export success 18 You will hear another five recordings. For each recording, decide what th
5、e speaker is doing. Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the recording. De net use any letter more than once. After you have listened once, replay the recordings. A requesting some sponsorship B proposing a short-term solution C querying the facts in a report D asking for a reference E accep
6、ting an offer F delegating a task G choosing some publicity H evaluating a tender for work 三、 PART THREE 23 You will hear an insurance salesman, Dan, talking to a friend, Helen, about the appraisal interview he has just had. For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answ
7、er. After you have listened once, replay the recording. 23 What does Dan say about his appraisal interview? （ A） He learned more from it than he had expected. （ B） His line manager now understands him better than before. （ C） He got a clearer idea of his future direction in the company. 24 Dan took
8、a step down to his present job because he （ A） found management too difficult. （ B） wanted to spend less time at work. （ C） missed the contact with customers. 25 What reaction from other people to his change of job does he mention? （ A） Some employees from his previous company moved with him. （ B） H
9、is present colleagues are suspicious of his motives. （ C） Some people assume that he wants to change jobs again. 26 According to Dan, one of his strengths is his （ A） knowledge of insurance. （ B） computer skills. （ C） ability to memorise details. 27 According to Dan, a disadvantage of working with c
10、ustomers is having to （ A） stay patient with people who are slow to make decisions. （ B） seem friendly towards people that he doesnt like. （ C） make complex policies easy to understand. 28 Dans line manager has agreed to change Dans （ A） work base. （ B） basic salary （ C） working hours. 29 Dans idea
11、for developing sales is to （ A） allow sales reps to visit any part of the country. （ B） reward customers for giving leads to new business. （ C） increase the amount of advertising. 30 in Dans opinion, his line manager is good at （ A） motivating her staff. （ B） managing her time. （ C） listening to her
12、 staff. BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 34答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【听力原文】 Man: Parkinson Machine Tools. Can I help you? Woman: This is Mary Parsons of Murdoch Limited. Can I speak to Sandy Ellis? Man: Which department, please? Woman: Im not sure. Perhaps Assembly. Man: No. erm . here he is, Machine Services Section. I
13、m sorry, hes on voice mail. Would you like to call back later? Woman: I usually deal with him, but can I leave a message with you? Man: Certainly. Woman: Your company has installed computerised cutting tools and packing machines in our despatch department. The last one, a packing machine, was instal
14、led in July, and its recently developed a fault. Man: Mmm. Woman: The measurements and materials for the boxes are all right, but theres some sort of problem with the box assembly mechanism. The boxes are weak, and goods get damaged. Man: Right, Ill leave a message for Sandy, and Ill ask the Custome
15、r Services Manager if he has time to call in and look at the situation before he goes home this evening. Well get an engineer out to you first thing tomorrow morning. Woman: Thanks, bye. 1 【正确答案】 SERVICE(S) (SECTION) 2 【正确答案】 PACKING 3 【正确答案】 DAMAGED 4 【正确答案】 (AN) ENGINEER 5 【听力原文】 Woman: Please sta
16、te your enquiry, giving the name of the publication, the date of issue and the title or a description of the reprint you require. Man: I need two articles from Finance Weekly, both in the February the thirteenth issue. The title of one is Sector Briefing - on the second page. And the other is Best P
17、erforming Companies. Next, I want something from Investment News, published on the twenty-first of January. Its an article called Stock Market Trends. The third publication is Money Markets, and I want a piece called Interest-rate Forecasts, from the issue dated the fifth of February. Money Markets
18、also ran a piece called Economic Development. I dont know the exact date, but it was included in an issue about the Pacific Rim countries. And one other thing I need is the Corporate Register - the new edition should be out by now. If it is, please put it in with the rest, otherwise send it on later
19、. Thank you. 5 【正确答案】 SECTOR BRIEFING 6 【正确答案】 INVESTMENT NEWS 7 【正确答案】 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 8 【正确答案】 CORPORATE REGISTER 9 【听力原文】 Woman: This is the Radio Six programme information line. Next week, we have a special edition of The Future of Business on Friday evening. Our studio guest is Max Bruner,
20、 the well-known writer and director of the Berlin Management School, currently on a lecture tour of British universities. Many of you familiar with Professor Bruners recent publication about worker participation, will appreciate hearing his views on the topic of industrial relations, and therell als
21、o be the chance to ask Professor Brunet questions during our phone-in. Important to note is that the programme will be starting later than the published time of seven fifteen. And its an extended edition, so itll run from seven forty-five right up to the news bulletin at eight thirty. Of special int
22、erest to those listeners able to travel to our offices, there will be a special session, at the end of the broadcast, when Professor Bruner will be staying on for a book signing. So, an opportunity not just to hear Professor Bruner, but also a chance to meet him in person - thats next Friday on Radi
23、o Six. 9 【正确答案】 MANAGEMENT SCHOOL 10 【正确答案】 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS 11 【正确答案】 7.45/19.45 12 【正确答案】 BOOK SIGNING 二、 PART TWO 13 【听力原文】 Woman: This chain of clothing stores has been a household name in this country and abroad for a century. But some years ago, it lost market share and closed most of its
24、overseas branches. Its goods declined in quality, and became dull and out of touch with modern taste. After a period in crisis, the company hired a new team of designers and re-launched its entire range. The upgrading in quality and style have put this store back on the fashion map. 13 【正确答案】 D 14 【
25、听力原文】 Man: This has been an inspirational success story. Five years ago, the Ty-Ban cheese company didnt exist. They now supply more cheese to the foreign market than any other cheese company their size. Originally, Ty-Ban was a small farm rearing cattle and sheep, but the family realised they would
26、 have to diversify or go out of business. They started experimenting with some old recipes for organic cheese, in spite of warnings that the market was saturated, and came up with a winner. 14 【正确答案】 H 15 【听力原文】 Woman: Business consultancy is one of the most competitive areas in the service sector.
27、Huge fees are charged to the customers, but the customers have huge expectations in return. This has led to a growing feeling of disillusionment - What do these people do that we couldnt do for ourselves? Well, here we have a uniquely creative consultancy company that produces revolutionary ideas fo
28、r projecting a corporate image to the outside world. Their methods are startling, but they certainly get results. 15 【正确答案】 A 16 【听力原文】 Man: Some of us can remember the days when a visit to the supermarket was no fun. If you needed information, there was never an assistant in sight. And when you did
29、 find one, they knew less than you. Well, that time is long past, and the seminar I watched recently at our award- winning supermarket was a revelation. It endeavoured to keep saes assistants up-to-date with information about food technology, how to access product information on the store intranet,
30、and so on. And thats what gave this supermarket its edge. 16 【正确答案】 F 17 【听力原文】 Woman: Has this happened to you? Youve paid a small fortune to have a kitchen installed. The fitters have gone, you switch on the dishwasher, and the next thing you know, the kitchens flooded. Our award-winning company h
31、as a twenty-four hour phone service, seven days a week, with a reply guaranteed (by real people) within three minutes, And if its an emergency with one of their appliances, an engineer is out to you on the same day. Service like this is rare these days. 17 【正确答案】 C 18 【听力原文】 Woman: My feeling is tha
32、t we should leave aside VSBs offer. Its obviously very competitive - way below the others. But how do we know theyd complete the project on time and to the required standard? Theyre a small company. Would they have the skilled labour or equipment? We could request references from former customers, I
33、 suppose. Thatd mean putting off the decision and personally I have very little confidence in recommendations - theyre easily manufactured. Lets look at the other companies. 18 【正确答案】 H 19 【听力原文】 Man: Youve been in this department for three months, John, and Im very pleased with your work. Youve obv
34、iously mastered the regular things - paperwork, customer enquiries etcetera, and youve made some excellent proposals for improvements. I think its time to see how you manage more challenging work. How would you feel about taking on my responsibility for the finance committee? Itd mean taking minutes
35、 and liaising with the chain Youd find it interesting and I could concentrate on the end-of-year report. 19 【正确答案】 F 20 【听力原文】 Woman: From the figures, its clear that our Canadian outlets are below target - approximately twenty per cent below for the third quarter, if the finance report is right. No
36、w what should we do about it? Cut our losses and close the outlets? Thats the MDs view. I think its too early to do that. Weve invested heavily in Canada and we dont want to lose that investment. Lets send someone over to try to turn the position round and then make a judgement in December. 20 【正确答案
37、】 B 21 【听力原文】 Man: Youve been a reliable supplier for years and were very grateful. Would you be interested in a different form of collaboration now? Were putting on an exhibition of office equipment in the convention centre and were looking for companies to help us meet some of the costs, such as p
38、roducing a catalogue. Thered be some useful publicity for you and free tickets and hospitality for your guests. Think about it. We dont need an instant decision. Discuss it with your director. 21 【正确答案】 A 22 【听力原文】 Woman: Thanks for getting back to me so quickly about my request for a transfer. Im s
39、orry the company couldnt help, but I really do need to be in London. My husbands been offered a job there and its too good to turn down. So Ive been looking around and theres a possibility in the Publicity section at Richardsons but theyre selecting people tomorrow. I have to provide a testimonial q
40、uickly. Would you mind doing me one? 22 【正确答案】 D 三 、 PART THREE 23 【听力原文】 Woman: Hey Dan. How did the appraisal go? Man: Oh, it was pretty good thanks. Carol - shes my line manager - seemed to know me better than I knew myself, and she really helped me to identify strengths and weaknesses I didnt kn
41、ow I had. Id thought we were just going to talk about practical things, like what my prospects are for promotion, rather than my psychology! Woman: Do you want a promotion? I thought youd chosen to go down a grade when you took this job. Man: Thats right. I used to manage a sales team. It meant work
42、ing long hours, and it could be pretty difficult at times, though on the whole I enjoyed the challenge. But it kept me at a distance from customers and I wanted to go back to that. So here I am, a sales rep again. Id be interested in promotion if it didnt stop me doing the fun parts of the job. Woma
43、n: How have people reacted to your taking a step down? Man: Most of the people in my last company found it strange, but in fact a couple of them thought about changing to this company too, though it didnt come to anything. There seems to be a rumour going around that Ill be looking for something bet
44、ter soon, but actually Im pretty happy here. Woman: You certainly seem to be good at the job. Man: To be honest, with all the new insurance products coming out it isnt easy to keep up with them all. I have to struggle to remember everything thats available. At least working with a computer comes fai
45、rly natural to me, so that saves time. Woman: Im glad I dont have to deal with customers the way you do. I havent got the patience. Man: You certainly need that sometimes, when someone spends ages making up their mind, but I dont find it a problem. And I dont mind explaining complicated policies in
46、simple language: its quite a challenge. But there are some people Id much rather avoid. Unfortunately in this job, youve got to make everyone feel you really enjoy their company. Woman: Quite frankly, the less I have to do with them the better! Man: I tell you what though - in my appraisal I suggest
47、ed some changes to the way I work. I couldnt persuade Carol to let me work fewer evenings and more on Saturdays, but at least I wont have to come into the office every day: shes letting me work from home instead. And thatll mean Ill waste less time travelling, so I should be able to make more commis
48、sion, which will be a relief, as the basic salarys so low. Woman: Good for you. Man: We also talked about an idea I have for increasing sales, which shell put to the senior managers. The companys spending much more on advertising now, so the names more recognisable, but I suspect it doesnt lead dire
49、ctly to more business. Now that sales reps are allowed to travel anywhere in the country, incentives should be offered to existing customers to introduce new ones. Its the personal contact that counts. Woman: So with your management experience, you must be in good position to judge your own line manager. What do you think of her skills? Man: Shell always make time to listen to anyone in the team who wants to talk to her, and thats a plus. On the
