1、BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 36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 notes below. You will hear a woma
2、n discussing production problems with her boss. MEETING NOTES Costs of (1)_ have increased. Some of our (2)_ have Signed exclusive contracts with suppliers. NO time to discuss problems at (3)_ meeting. Product quality problems due to lack of suitably trained (4)_ . 5 Look at the note below. You will
3、 hear a woman phoning her companys legal department about employment contracts. Phone Message for Simon Smith Emma Paynton has a query about contracts for new (5)_ . She needs to know the maximum length allowed for a (6)_ . Also, if (7)_ is required, can she include it in the hourly rate? Could you
4、check a contract from a new (8)_ ? 9 Look at the notes below. You will hear two colleagues discussing what to include in their companys newsletter. NEXT MONTHS NEWSLETTER What to include: Decision to introduce (9) _ for all staff. Positive feedback on the new models shown at (10)_ last month. Board
5、are coming to final decision on the (11)_ of G and Q. N.B. Need to reassure staff that no (12)_ will be necessary. 二、 PART TWO 13 You will hear five short recordings. Each person is talking on the phone. For each recording, decide what is the main topic of their call. Write one letter (A - H) next t
6、o the number of the recording. Do not use any letter more than once. You will hear the five recordings twice. A. A departmental meeting B. An employment interview C. A negotiation with merchandiser D. A visit to a plant E. A shareholders meeting F. A training workshop G. A conference H. A visit to t
7、he trade show 18 You will hear another five short recordings. Each speaker recently attended an interview. For each recording, decide what the speaker is saying about the interview they attended. Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the recording. Do not use any letter more than once. You wi
8、ll hear the five recordings twice. A. Poor self-expression B. Misunderstanding the advertisement C. A shorter interview than expected D. Poor dressing E. Poor Organization F. Too many applicants G. Too much preparation H. One surprising question 三、 PART THREE 23 You will hear someone giving instruct
9、ions about moving offices. Mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. You will hear the records twice. 23 The phones will be handled by （ A） Peter Brook. （ B） George Harvey. （ C） Dave Riley. 24 The blue containers should be labeled with （ A） your new desk number. （ B） a list of the contents
10、. （ C） the number of containers used. 25 What is the last day in which important office work can be completed? （ A） Wednesday. （ B） Thursday. （ C） Friday. 26 Which problem has been sorted out? （ A） The position of the drinking machine. （ B） The amount of light in the new office. （ C） The desk plan f
11、or the ground floor. 27 Where does the speaker think the laser printers should go? （ A） In their current position. （ B） In the center of the room. （ C） Along one of the walls. 28 When the move is completed, staff will （ A） have their old phone numbers. （ B） be given new phone numbers. （ C） use some
12、new and some old phone numbers. 29 Next weeks meeting of project managers will be on （ A） Wednesday morning. （ B） Wednesday afternoon. （ C） Thursday afternoon. 30 The office moving is necessary because （ A） the department needs more staff. （ B） the ground floor is more convenient. （ C） of the increa
13、se of staff numbers. BEC商务英 语（中级）听力模拟试卷 36答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【听力原文】 Man: Sara, can you bring me up to speed with the production situation? Weve had a few problems, havent we? Woman: Yes, we had technical problems on the assembly line and, on top of that, prices of the plastic components have rocket
14、ed, and because of that were about to increase the prices of our goods which wont please our customers. Man: Surely everyones affected, not just us? Woman: Yes, but we should have made agreements with our suppliers to sell only to us, like many of our competitors do. We missed out there. Man: Why wa
15、s that? Woman: I suggested it at the monthly team meeting, but they thought there was no rush. I tried bringing it up at the focus meeting, but we didnt get round to it. Man: Well, its time we did. What else? Woman: We had to recall all products made last month because of defective casings. This was
16、 because we simply didnt have enough skilled operators, although the earlier problems with missing machine parts had already been resolved. So were back on track now. Man: Im glad to hear it. Thanks. 1 【正确答案】 PLASTIC COMPONENTS 2 【正确答案】 COMPETITORS 3 【正确答案】 (THE) FOCUS 4 【正确答案】 (SKILLED) OPERATORS 5
17、 【听力原文】 Man: Legal department, Simon Smiths office. Woman: Hello, is Simon available? Man: Hes in a meeting. Can I take a message? Woman: Please. Its Emma Paynton, Production Supervisor . Simon usually does the contracts for our Service Engineers. Um . weve decided to take on some Training staff, an
18、d Id like to check details before I finalise their contracts. Man: Aha. Woman: Last time Simon okayed some contracts, he recommended including a trial period of three months . the employee hadnt been qualified for long. Id like to do the same this time. My question is, is three months the maximum ti
19、me allowed? Man: Right, got that. Woman: My other questions about fees. Im going to pay by the hour, and also give annual bonuses. I know they wont get sick pay, but could Simon advise on whether were obliged to offer holiday pay, and whether that can be calculated into the hourly rate. Man: Fine. W
20、oman: Oh, one other matter. If I fax him another contract, could he look through it? Were changing to another distributor, whos sent us the draft document, and the warehouse manager wants someone to go over it for him. Man: OK, Ive got all . 5 【正确答案】 TRAINING STAFF 6 【正确答案】 TRIAL PERIOD 7 【正确答案】 HOL
21、IDAY PAY 8 【正确答案】 DISTRIBUTOR 9 【听力原文】 Woman: That was a good meeting, George. Man: We covered a lot certainly. Lets pick out some points for next months newsletter. Well have to prepare it soon anyway. Woman: Good idea. We usually leave it too late. Man: Ill take notes. Lets start with something po
22、sitive. How about the fact that the MDs finally agreed to start a productivity bonus. Thats good news. Woman: Especially as itll be right across the board. Then theres the feedback from last months trade fair. It was very encouraging on the latest equipment that was exhibited. Man: Yes, we should in
23、clude that, especially for the design team. And something about G and Q. The board are in the process of deciding whether to go ahead with the takeover. Its not official yet, but the rumours are spreading already. Some staff know people in the other company so theyll hear about it from them. Woman:
24、Lets write about it, but we must include confirmation that there wont be any redundancies, at least in the foreseeable future, to avoid causing anxiety. Man: Right. Lets do the first draft tomorrow. Woman: OK. 9 【正确答案】 PRODUCTIVITY BONUS(ES) 10 【正确答案】 (THE) TRADE FAIR 11 【正确答案】 TAKEOVER 12 【正确答案】 RE
25、DUNDANCIES 二、 PART TWO 13 【听力原文】 F: Very useful indeed! The general manager and the research director showed us around their high-tech production unit and there was a presentation of some of the products theyre planning. Theyre certainly coming up with plans for some innovative products. Im fairly s
26、ure we can come to some agreement about working together on at least two of them, though therell be some hard bargaining, I should think. 13 【正确答案】 D 14 【听力原文】 M: They were really excellent. The best group Ive ever worked with. I was able to cover the theoretical ground very quickly and got to the p
27、ractical stuff earlier than Id expected. This meant the they had much more practice than other groups and wont need too much support from us, even in the initial stage of using the program. 14 【正确答案】 F 15 【听力原文】 F: They werent easy, Mark. They were not easy! They asked us extremely detailed question
28、s about our products and our ability to meet deadlines. In fact, at one point I thought were going to have to withdraw because it looked as if we wouldnt be able to meet all their requirements. But then they made a number of concessions. In the end I think weve managed to get a good deal. Certainly
29、its the biggest contract Ive been involved with. 15 【正确答案】 C 16 【听力原文】 M: The first day was particularly useful because there were some interesting speakers, mainly from big multinationals, talking about the international aspects of industrial relations and employment law. Then in the evening I had
30、some extremely interesting conversations with the keynote speakers. I hope therell be useful contacts in the future. But other delegates thought it wasnt very well attended, because the organizers had decided against having an exhibition area, so fewer people came. 16 【正确答案】 G 17 【听力原文】 F: We reveal
31、ed the months work and discussed next months targets. We decided that we definitely need some extra help with the personnel selection because theres just too much for one person. Generally I think were a pretty good team. Of course therere a few problems now and then, but we always discuss them in a
32、 very calm and sensible way and come up with solutions. That works so far, anyway. 17 【正确答案】 A 18 【听力原文】 F: All I can say is that Id stood out as the best applicant straight away or they took an instant dislike to me. Id expected it to last at least 45 minutes and possibly to involve 2 sessions. But
33、 I left. I managed to go for a swim and do some shopping before I got back to the office for lunch. 18 【正确答案】 C 19 【听力原文】 M: Ive been over all the obvious things I knew they would ask me and I practiced all my answers over and over again with a colleague. I felt sure I could deal with anything theyd
34、 put to me. Well, they started asking me what I thought my weaknesses were. I just hadnt prepared for that, but because I had done so much preparation for other questions I managed to come up with a really good answer. 19 【正确答案】 H 20 【听力原文】 F: Well, I got there and I thought I was really well prepar
35、ed for this. I was wearing my be a suit. I arrived on time and so did the other three applicants. But they kept us waiting for an hour and a half while they tried to sort themselves out. By the time I went, I was so impatient with the company I didnt want the job any more. 20 【正确答案】 E 21 【听力原文】 M: I
36、ts fine, isnt it? I can do it now. I knew what they were going to ask me. But when you are under all that pressure and all those questions are coming at you, something let you down. And whatevet you say, you know you havent got the message across fight and they havent understood what you really mean
37、t. If only I could get a second chance. 21 【正确答案】 A 22 【听力原文】 F: I got home late from the meeting and I was really tired, but I lay awake all night. I guess I should have thought more carefully about wearing the fight sort of things, gut I was a bit disorganized and rushed out of the flat as if it w
38、as just an ordinary day and then felt like an odd one out when I got there and saw everyone else in suits. I was so embarrassed. 22 【正确答案】 D 三、 PART THREE 23 【听力原文】 F: Right, thank you all for coming. I just want to run over some final details of the office move which is scheduled for the end of thi
39、s work. Most of the work will be done over the weekend by Trudi Brook, Frank Lee and there are assistants in the Maintaince Department. George Harvey will be handling the equipment, such as computers, printers, the network cabling and the phones. Youve probably all noticed the containers in the corr
40、idors - all items that are work-related such as files, books, general office equipment should be put into the large blue plastic containers. Label the containers that you use with your name and the desk number that you are going to use if you know what it is. As a guide, it has been estimated that e
41、ach person should use no more than two containers. If you find that you need three or more, perhaps this will be a good opportunity to throw a few things out. The next week, its going to be chaos, Im afraid and it will be very difficult to get any serious work done. I would ask you all to try and co
42、mplete all jobs with priority one and two well before then. In fact, by midday on Thursday the latest, because on Friday youll be hard at packing and clearing your desks. Now, as you know well be moving to the ground floor, the plan has been lying around for a couple of weeks now you should all have
43、 seen it. Most of the problems have been sorted out. The drinking machine will still be on the other side of the building, Im afraid. But the partitions in the office area have been removed. And I dont think it will be as dark as we feared, much better than we thought it was going to be. As you know
44、, the main concern at the moment unfortunately is the laser printers. We still have to work out the best place for them. I reckon theyd be the best right in the middle of the room, but George insisted it would be easier to put them all against the wall. Now well have to leave them where they are. Th
45、e phones are also going to be a bit of problem. For the first few days, all the phone numbers will be different. The Telecom engineers will be working flat out to change them all to your old numbers as soon as possible. They promise that by Thursday next week you will all have your usual numbers bac
46、k. The Wednesday mornings meeting of project leaders must carry on as usual except that the first meeting after the move will be in the afternoon instead of in the morning. The reason for the move, as you all know, is that marketing has taken on several more staff in the last twelve months. They nee
47、d the space and so our home on the ground floor will feel a little crowded. Its only a temporary move of course. And in months time, Im sure well find larger premises. Well, thats about it. Good luck. And lets hope things will go smoothly. 23 【正确答案】 B 24 【正确答案】 A 25 【正确答案】 B 26 【正确答案】 B 27 【正确答案】 B 28 【正确答案】 A 29 【正确答案】 B 30 【正确答案】 C
