1、BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 53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. You will hear each recording twice. Conversation One Look at the note below. You will hear a man calling the person
2、nel officer. Message Date 8 May 2005 To Rupert Grint From Patrick Fisher, (1)_ Department Message Mr, Fisher has received an (2)_ in Colin Co. He wants to discuss about his (3)_ . He has to reply by (4)_ . 5 Look at the note below. You will hear a man telephoning a travel agent. Booking Form Booking
3、 reference (8)_ Name Steve Mason Company Tabco Ltd. Flight to Cairo Departure At (5)_ , 29 October Class of ticket (6)_ Cost (return flight) Total amount (7)_ . 9 Look at the note below. You will hear a woman calling to make an appointment. Reservation Card TO: Dr. Danny Cooper DATE: 10 July TIME: 1
4、4:30 INFORMATION OF PATIENT: Name: (9)_ Swigg Symptom: still have (10)_ Date of meeting: (11)_ July Time of meeting: (12)_ 二、 PART TWO 13 You will hear five short recordings. For each recording, decide who is speaking. Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the recording. Do not use any letter
5、 more than once. You will hear the five recordings twice. A the Manager of Office Supplies B the Marketing Manager C a young junior manager D the Managing Director E the Training Manager F the temporary clerk G the Personnel Manager H the Sales Manager 18 You will hear another five recordings. For e
6、ach recording, decide what the speaker is talking about. Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the recording. Do not use any letter more than once. You will hear the five recordings twice. A visit possible new premises B observe working practices C hold job interviews D deal with a complaint
7、E meet a new manager F introduce new policies G supervise staff training H sign a new contract 三、 PART THREE 23 You will hear a news story on the latest progress in the human genome research project. For each question 23-30, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. You will hear the recor
8、ding twice. 23 What are the scientists doing last in order to piece together the instruction book for human biology? （ A） They draw the genetic maps. （ B） They grow pure human DNA （ C） They let a computer read its chemical sequence. 24 What can you find in such a book? （ A） Gene rush. （ B） Human gen
9、ome. （ C） Human DNA 25 Who predicts the release of our instruction book? （ A） Chief of the genome project. （ B） Correspondent. （ C） Craig Venter. 26 Why are private companies trying to discover the human genome before the government genome project does? （ A） Because theres a bit of a gold rush going
10、 on at it. （ B） Because they want to stake claims on their discoveries and make huge profits. （ C） Because they want to patent the genome and transform medicine in ways. 27 What are the arguments for the private ownership of genome patents? （ A） The ownership encourages innovation. （ B） The ownershi
11、p has long been part of European Way. （ C） The ownership may mark the discovery of the DNA double helix. 28 What are the arguments against the private ownership of genome patents? （ A） Doctors are not permitted to do gene tests without buying patents. （ B） The ownership may slow down the research pr
12、ogress. （ C） The codes for height and intelligence will be revealed. 29 How did Craig Venter defend his companys behavior? （ A） He was collecting information to sell to scientists. （ B） The pace of genetic research became very slow because of competition. （ C） The information collected by him would
13、be given to the government free of charge. 30 According to Dr. Collins, how to prevent those patents? （ A） To stop clinical lab from doing diagnostic testing. （ B） To order government labs to make every new gene discovery public knowledge. （ C） To pass laws prohibiting private ownership of genome pa
14、tents. BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 53答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【听力原文】 Woman: Human Resources, Jenny speaking. Can I help you? Man: Good morning. Id like to speak to Rupert Grint, please. Woman: Im afraid Mr. Grints out of the office at the moment. Can I take a message for you? Man: I see. Its Patrick Fisher from Ac
15、counts. I really need to speak to him. Its fairly urgent. Woman: Well, hes not coming back until Thursday. Im his personnel assistant, maybe I can help you. Man: OK. The thing is Ive had a very attractive job offer in Colins Corporation. Woman: Uh-hm. Man: It would be a promotion and the pay and con
16、ditions are very good. The trouble is I need to speak to Mr. Grint about my pension before I make a final decision. Woman: All right. I tell you what I can do. Hes having meetings for the whole day. Ill fax your message to him right away and see if he could give a call back. Man: That would be great
17、, because I have to give them an answer by Friday morning. Woman: Ill contact you as soon as possible. Man: Thanks a lot. Goodbye. Woman: Goodbye. 1 【正确 答案】 Accounts 2 【正确答案】 job offer 3 【正确答案】 pension 4 【正确答案】 Friday morning 5 【听力原文】 Woman: Good morning. Overseas Flight Travel Agency. How can I hel
18、p you? Man: Hello. This is Steve Mason from Tabco Ltd. Im looking for a flight to Cairo for 3 people. We have a discount with you. Woman: Yes. When would you like to travel? Man: Tuesday or Wednesday would be fine. Woman: Well, I checked for another customer earlier. And the Wednesday flight is full
19、, but there is space on Flight FM 612 at 8:50 this Tuesday, thats 29 October. Man: OK. Is it a direct flight? Woman: Yes, it is. Man: And how much is it? Woman: Will you be flying economic class, sir? Man: No, we will be flying business. I think we still have the discount, dont we? Woman: Yes, thats
20、 right. Lets see, Hong Kong to Cairo, business, 3 tickets. Return? Man: Yes, return. Woman: Urn, thats $1, 250 each and comes out at $ 3, 405. Man: OK, Id like to book that, please. Woman: Certainly. Let me give you the booking reference. Its JL3-12ZL. Man: All right. Got that. Thank you very much.
21、5 【正确答案】 8:50 6 【正确答案】 business 7 【正确答案】 $ 3, 405 8 【正确答案】 JL3-12ZL 9 【听力原文】 Woman A: Hello, Newton Medical Centre. Dr. Coopers office. Woman B: Hello, This is Cindy Swigg. Ah. Ive taken the medicine for a week, but I still have chest pains. Woman A: Well, Mrs. Swigg. Would you like to make an appoi
22、ntment with the doctor? Woman B: Yes. Woman A: Would Monday morning suit you, the 12th? Woman B: Ah, Im afraid I will be having a meeting on Monday morning. What about afternoon? Woman A: All right. Is 15:20 OK for you? Woman B: Yes, thats fine. Woman A: OK, Mrs. Swigg, Dr. Cooper will see you at 15
23、:20 on Monday afternoon. Woman B: Thank you very much. Goodbye 9 【正确答案】 Cindy 10 【正确答案】 chest pains 11 【正确答案】 12th 12 【正确答案】 15:20 二、 PART TWO 13 【听力原文】 Man: Well, I dont know. We didnt really talk about my department. Most items on the agenda seem to be about our new marketing strategy, which has v
24、ery little to do with me. I suppose it will affect me eventually. Because if we do expand, a lot more staff are going to be needed. So Ill be busy interviewing for a while. 13 【正确答案】 G 14 【听力原文】 Woman: And Androme, have you got those figures for the suggestions for the new courses that we hope to be
25、 able to offer? Or were those in the file that you left in the office? Id like to take them with me to the interdepartmental meeting this afternoon, as it should be a good opportunity to try to persuade everyone there of the value of the new course, and the new language training scheme in particular
26、. 14 【正确答案】 E 15 【听力原文】 Man: Yes, the meeting seemed to go pretty well and we covered all the important areas in my agenda. There were one or two small points I would have liked to go through, but I can probably have my assistant send up memos to the managers of each department concerning these. I m
27、ust say I was very impressed with your ideas for the future of your department. Good work. Im also very impressed with that young man in the finance department. I can certainly use fresh ideas like his in this company. 15 【正确答案】 D 16 【听力原文】 Woman: I think I mentioned to you all before that at the in
28、terdepartmental meeting with the managing director last week. It was put to me that we need to look into expansion of new markets. And I am interested in any suggestions that anyone in our department may come up with. You had some excellent ideas for expansion last year when we moved to the Mid-east
29、ern Market. So Id like you to give me a report this time on the possibility of introducing our products into the European market. 16 【正确答案】 B 17 【听力原文】 Woman: Well, Im quite nervous about it, to be honest. Ive never met the boss before and Ive heard he can be a bit dismissive of young managers. And
30、its only because my immediate superior is off sick that Ive been asked to represent my department at todays meeting. Thats why Im hoping there are no delays on the way today. 17 【正确答案】 C 18 【听力原文】 Man: Its the first time Ive been over there since we decided to go ahead with the expansion and I must
31、say I was impressed with the number of really good candidates there were. It is really a good region, in terms of being able to attract and recruit the right people. I wish the same thing was true for the other branches. What I just cant believe is that I managed to set such a bad example by arrivin
32、g a while hour after we should have started. I felt like a real fool, going on about heavy traffic. When Id never accept that kind of excuse myself! 18 【正确答案】 C 19 【听力原文】 Woman: Of course, I was looking forward to it. I mean, it meant seeing the results of quite a lengthy process to find the right p
33、erson, which I myself had invested quite a lot of time in. Its a demanding post, with a lot of responsibility. I think the new managers going to deliver that sort of 19 【正确答案】 E 20 【听力原文】 new initiatives we hoped for. Shes already got the team adapting to her approach. 20 【正确答案】 B 21 【听力原文】 Woman: T
34、hey said it was all difficult, and they certainly werent wrong! I could hardly believe some of it! Its definitely eye-opening to see what each practice can mean in reality. But the way theyre applying it I mean the actual techniques, is really impressive. Ill definitely be recommended that some of t
35、heir new working practices can get applied in other branches. 21 【正确答案】 F 22 【听力原文】 Man: Well, the whole thing was a serious challenge. I didnt feel up to it in the first place. It wasnt a good time to be asked to present the new policies to the stuff. Weve decided to change the rules. Theyd be appl
36、ied in all the departments and it is believed to function well. The only thing is that the paper work was not prepared as expected and left me disoriented and underperformed in the meeting. 22 【正确答案】 A 三、 PART THREE 23 【听力原文】 Anchor: Tonights news: locating the 100, 000 genes that are the blueprint
37、for humanitys traits, defects, diseases and all that implies. Researchers are getting closer and closer to a core question: can those who discover it all patent and own? Out correspondent Thomas Rummel has been digging into the business of life and life of business. Thomas Rummel, correspondent: It
38、is Miracle One of modern medicine. Scientists every day take pure human DNA, the building block of life. They grow the DNA, and separate its parts so a computer can read its chemical sequence. Its the human genome, the genetic spelling of man. Dr. Francis Collins, Human Genome Research Institute: It
39、s our instruction book for human biology. And the notion that we could actually read that book in any of our lifetimes would have been considered unthinkable 20 or 30 years ago. Thomas Rummel: Dr. Francis Collins, Chief of the government genome project, says we will read that book early next year, t
40、he codes for traits like height or intelligence, and most important, for human disease. Dr. Francis Collins: Medicine will be transformed in ways that I think we cant even quite glimpse. Were gonna know why Im at risk for one thing and youre at risk for another. Thomas Rummel: But Dr. Collins has a
41、problem. Dr. Francis Collins: “Theres a bit of a Gold Rush going on at it.“ Thomas Rummel: Make that a “Gene Rush“. Dr. Collins hates to admit it, but he is in a race to discover the human genome before this man does. And this man, Craig Venter of Celera Genomics, a private company, says he has a bi
42、gger computer than Dr. Collins does. Celera is one of several companies staking claims on the genome. Venters filed more than 6,000 patents on genes and even the pieces of genes that might cause disease, He plans to sell that information to drug companies, universities, whoever will pay. Craig Vente
43、r: Were trying to only file patents on those things that we know the pharmaceutical industry will take forward. We are not filing patents blindly across the genome. Thomas Rummel: The right to own and to patent discovery has long been part of the American way. The profit motive fuels innovation. But
44、 in this particular competition, private entrepreneurs are winning patents to some of the keys to human life, and many believe thats dangerous. Dr. Debts Leonard, a scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, says gene patents are being abused. Her hospital cannot even use gene tests to diagnose Al
45、zheimers or breast cancer, not because the patent holders invented any tests. They patented the genes themselves. Dr. Debra Leonard: Breast cancer and Alzheimers disease are being monopolized by specific companies. Clinical laboratories are being stopped from doing diagnostic testing. Thomas Rummel:
46、 In the rush to prevent those patents, Dr. Collins has ordered government labs to make every new gene discovery public knowledge. Collins favors patents for true genetic inventions but opposes private ownership of the code itself. Craig Venter meanwhile says he is misunderstood. He doesnt want the g
47、ene, as he promises, hes just assembling data scientists will need to buy. Craig Venter: So competition is good, Competition is good and his information cant come fast enough. Thomas Rummel: And thats where it stands. Everyday its robots versus robots, public computer versus private computer, a race to literally write the book of life, and in the process determine who owns it. 23 【正确答案】 C 24 【正确答案】 B 25 【正确答案】 A 26 【正确答案】 B 27 【正确答案】 A 28 【正确答案】 A 29 【正确答案】 A 30 【正确答案】 B
