1、BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 72及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 SMART OFFICE SUPPUES LTD TELEPHONE MESSAGE Callers Name: Jennifer Bryant Company: (1) Order Number: 78362 Dispatch Date: (2) Notes: Last batch of (3) was faulty. Action: Collect from the shop this afternoon. Change the (4) accordingly. 4 PHONE MESSAGE To: Pau
2、l Tench Re: (5) meeting. Patrick Brown is unable to attend meeting arranged for (6) . Can meeting be rearranged for (7) ? If not, please leave a message with his (8) . 8 MESSAGE For: Mrs. Freeman Charles Tyzeck phoned about the post of (9) . Hes already got the (10) . Told him interviews were being
3、held in the (11) of June. He said he wouldnt be available then and requested a (12) . Can you let him know if thats possible? 二、 PART TWO 12 A making an offer B solving a problem C making a complaint D requesting some information E offering a suggestion F asking for permission G giving feedback H de
4、clining an offer 13 _ 14 _ 15 _ 16 _ 17 _ 17 A the business of the company B the principle of the company C the production of the company D the scale of the company E the advantage of the company F the history of the company G the function of products H the export of products 18 _ 19 _ 20 _ 21 _ 22
5、_ 三、 PART THREE 23 What was Sally anxiously looking for? （ A） Her colleague （ B） A desk programme （ C） A missing file 24 The file was marked “confidential“ because （ A） it contained all the details of cost of manufacture, specifications and measurements. （ B） the design and material used for the pro
6、ducts was very new and the contents of the file were secret. （ C） the rival firms sought to get it into their hands and copy it easily. 25 According to Sally, payment by check is much safer than by cash because （ A） there is not much to be done about stolen cash for the thief can be caught. （ B） if
7、a check is stolen or lost you can cancel it to stop the payment. （ C） there is not too much help to deduct the tax paying by cash in the exporting sector. 26 According to the police, who might have stolen the money? （ A） A new clerk （ B） Sally （ C） Johnson 27 John Martin trusted people easily becaus
8、e （ A） he was good-hearted and liked to cooperate with other people in his work. （ B） he was hardly aware of the possible danger. （ C） he was at a loss for the fact that industrial spying was on the increase. 28 Who is Sophia Thorn? （ A） A new clerk （ B） An accountant （ C） A management trainee 29 Be
9、ing a management trainee, Miss. Sophia Thorn （ A） is a cheerful, careless person who had a lot to learn in the company. （ B） needs practical working experience. （ C） hasnt maintained a close relationship with his manager. 30 What comments did Mr. Johnson make on the incident? （ A） Workers should be
10、security-minded. （ B） John is easy to cheat. （ C） The secretary is irresponsible. BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 72答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 【听力原文】 Man: Smart Office Supplies Ltd. Can I help you? Woman: Oh, hi. This is Jennifer Bryant here, Assistant Manager at Sunflower Stationery. Man: Hello, Jennifer. What can I do
11、 for you? Woman: Im afraid weve had a bit of problem with the last order you sent us. Man: Oh, dear. Do you have the order number there by any chance? Woman: Yes, its 78362 and was dispatched on the 17th Of August. Man: Right. Ive got a note of that. Now, what was the problem? Woman: Well, we had a
12、lot of customer complaints about those computer USBs. Apparently it was impossible to save any data on them. I am not sure why exactly. Man: Was that all the USBs or just one or two of them? Woman: Well, we exchanged the first few, but the replacements were just as bad, so after that, we gave everyo
13、ne a refund and withdrew them from sale. Man: Mm, it seems the whole batch of them was faulty then. Woman: Im afraid so. Man: Ill tell you what I will do. I will come over and collect them myself this afternoon. And I will send them all back to the manufacturer. Woman: Okay. Man: Great, and we will
14、adjust the invoice accordingly, of course. Sorry about this. Woman: Thats all right. Thanks a lot. 1 【正确答案】 SUNFLOWER STATIONERY 【试题解析】 对话中女士说道： This is Jennifer Bryant here, Assistant Manager at Sunflower Stationery. 由此可知她所在的是一家文具公司。 2 【正确答案】 17TH OF AUGUST 【试题解析】 对话中男生问道： Do you have the order num
15、ber there by any chance? 女士答道： Yes, its 78362 and was dispatch on the 17th of August. 3 【正确答案】 COMPUTER USBS 【试题解析】 对话中男士问道： Now, what was the problem? 女士答道： Well, we had a lot of customer complaints about those computer USBs. 4 【正确答案】 INVOICE 【试题解析】 答题的关键信息在于男士最后说道： we will adjust the invoice accor
16、dingly. 即：因此我们会更改发票 /发货单。 4 【听力原文】 Woman: Hello, Marketing. Man: Hello. This is Patrick Brown speaking. Can I speak to Paul Tench, please? Woman: Oh, Im sorry, but he is out on business this afternoon. Can I help you? Man: Yes, please. I need to get a message to him. Woman: Of course. Is tomorrow mo
17、rning soon enough? Man: Well, actually its rather urgent. Im calling about the meeting of the Finance Committee. Ive been having some serious problems with the new software, and Im not sure if I will have all the spread sheets ready for our meeting tomorrow afternoon. Can you ask Paul if we can post
18、pone the meeting and have it on Wednesday, which I think was one of the alternative dates we discussed? Woman: Well, the best I can do is to contact him at home this evening. Man: Yes, thats a good idea. Thanks. Er, Im not available this evening, but if hed like to change it to another day, could yo
19、u ask him to call my home number and leave the details with my wife. And she will be in all evening. I will be grateful if he could do that 5 【正确答案】 THE FINANCE COMMITTEE 【试题解析】 打电话的男士说道： Im calling about the meeting of the Finance Committee. 可见，这是财务委员会的会议。 6 【正确答案】 TOMORROW AFTERNOON 【试题解析】 打电话的男士说
20、道： Im not sure if I will have all the spread sheets ready for our meeting tomorrow afternoon. 7 【正确答案】 WEDNESDAY 【试题解析】 打电话的男士问道： Can you ask Paul if we can postpone the meeting and have it on Wednesday，可见他想把会议推迟到周三。 8 【正确答案】 WIFE 【试题解析】 打电话的男士最后说道： Im not available this eveningcould you ask him to
21、call my home number and leave the details with my wife. 8 【听力原文】 Man: Good afternoon. Could I speak to Mrs. Freeman please? Woman: Im afraid she is in the meeting at the moment. Im her assistant. Can I help you? Man: Mm, maybe, yes. Its Charles Tyzeck here. Im calling about the vacancy for the posit
22、ion of project manager, which was advertised in the national paper last week. I just received the application form and before I send it back to Mrs. Freeman, there are one or two points Id like to know. Woman: All right. What are they? Man: Id like to know when you are planning to hold the interview
23、s. Woman: Mrs. Freeman has scheduled both for the third week of June. Is that OK for you? Man: No, its not, actually. Im afraid I am out of the country all that week. Would it be possible to have a telephone interview? Woman: Mm. Im not sure. Ill have to ask Mrs. Freeman about that. And then she wil
24、l get in touch with you. Man: OK. Thanks very much. I hope that something can be done 9 【正确答案】 PROJECT MANAGER 【试题解析】 男士说道： Im calling about the vacancy for the position of project manager. 10 【正确答案】 APPLICATION FORM 【试题解析】 男士说道： I just received the application form，可确定正确答案是application form。 11 【正确答
25、案】 THIRD WEEK 【试题解析】 男士说道： Id like to know when you are planning to hold the interviews. 女士回答： Mrs. Freeman has scheduled both for the third week of June. 12 【正确答案】 TELEPHONE INTERVIEW 【试题解析】 男士说： Im afraid I am out of the country all that week. Would it be possible to have a telephone interview? 二、
26、 PART TWO 13 【听力原文】 Man: Hello. Sam. This is John speaking. I saw your mail just now, which said you would like payment prior to delivery, I quite understand, since this is my first order. But I prefer payment after delivery, because these goods are very expensive and its a large order. If I give an
27、 advance payment, I will have money trouble and it will take half a year to sell the goods. You know, I just have a small company. Can you consider my situation and let me pay in installments? 13 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 男士的最后一句话： Can you consider my situation and let me pay in installments? 可以帮助考生明确这段文字的主题，
28、即请求对方同意。 14 【听力原文】 Woman: Hi, Monica. Its Jennifer here. In the past two months, the sales of our department were so bad. so l think we need to adjust our sales strategy as soon as possible. Meanwhile, some of our salespeople need more guidance. What about holding a departmental meeting this week? L
29、et our staff realise the present problems and discuss some new strategies. At the meeting, the experienced salespeople can share some of their techniques and communication skills with the green hands. 14 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 电话录音中的两个关键信息可以帮助考生找到答案。一是 I think we need to adjust our sales strategy as soon a
30、s possible. 即： 我认为我们应尽快调整销售策略；二是 What about holding a departmental meeting this week?即：本周召开一次部门会议 如何 ? 15 【听力原文】 Man: Hello, Lucy. Its Kevin Warren here. I got your proposal for the publicity campaign and Ive finally managed to get a look at it. It seems OK, and the time schedule looks acceptable as
31、 well, but there could still be one or two minor problems with it. Im afraid. Ive got a couple of suggestions, which Ill get off you today. Let me know what you think, OK? Bye. 15 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 这位男士提到： “I got your proposal for the publicity campaign”。下列信息可以帮助考生明确这段文字的主题 “It seems OK, and the time
32、schedule looks acceptable”，即：这是对一个 proposal的 feedback。 16 【听力原文】 Man: Hello, I am Peter Lee. Two years ago I set up a rather small company and employed 8 people. There was a time when both the accountant and the secretary resigned at the same time because of the poor turnover of the company. I had t
33、o deal with their work all by myself. The workload was incredibly heavy. Then I hired two part-time college students who really helped me a lot. Meanwhile, I went to different trade fairs to look for opportunities. 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 男士提到他曾遇到的问题： There was a time when both the accountant and the sec
34、retary resigned at the same time because of the poor turnover of the company. 他解决问题的办法是： Then I hired two part-time college students. I went to different trade fair s to look for opportunities. 17 【听力原文】 Woman: Hello. Robin. Its Alice here. The air conditioner of my office has broken for two days, b
35、ut no one comes to repair it. Its too hot. I cant bear it! I also want to ask you whats going on with our office cleaning company。 Recently the office isnt as clean as it used to be in the early morning. I think we might need to find another cleaning company to do the job. 17 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 女士抱怨了两方
36、面的问题，一是： The air conditioner of my office has broken for two days, but no one comes to repair it. 二是： Recently the office isnt as clean as it used to be in the early morning.考生很容易确定主题。 18 【听力原文】 Man: We are a Sino-US joint venture with a registered capital of 10 million dollars. Our headquarters is
37、located in Shanghai. We now have 62 distributors and 38,000 sales outlets across the world. And we have set up 13 manufacturing plants overseas, including the Thailand, South Korea, Italy and North Africa. With over 20,000 employees working hard as a team, our aim is to create a world-famous brand a
38、nd become one of the worlds top 500 companies. 18 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 录音中有一系列数字： with a regist ered capital of 10 million dollars62 distributors and 38,000 sales outlets13 manufacturing plantsover 20,000 employees.这些是在介绍公司规模。 19 【听力原文】 Woman: Now. I would like to take some minutes to give the introducti
39、on of our products. We manufacture different kinds of handicrafts made of straw, bamboo and woods. They could be the ornaments which will make your room or office nicer and more comfortable. They could be the toy for children, which will make them happier. Last but not least, they can also be used a
40、s the tools to meet your needs. Our products enjoy high reputation in the world market. 19 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 解题的关键信息是： They could be the ornamentsThey could be the toy for childrenthey can also be used as the tools 这些是在介绍产品的用途。 20 【听力原文】 Woman: Cox Communications is the nations fourth largest cable te
41、levision provider. Now we offer both traditional video programming under the Cox Cable brand as well as advanced digital video programming under the Cox Digital Cable brand. We provide a series of other communications and entertainment services to meet your specific need. They include local and long
42、 distance telephone service, high-speed Internet access, Cox Express, commercial voice and data services. 20 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 解题的关键信息是： Now we offer both as well asWe provide这些是在介绍公司的业务。 21 【听力原文】 Man: Our company originated with candy manufacturer Milton Hersheys decision in 1894 to produce sweet ch
43、ocolate. Located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he called his new enterprise the Hershey Chocolate Company. In 1900, the company began producing milk chocolate in bars, wafers and other shapes. From 1917 to 1938, it experienced fast expansion and innovation. With the outbreak of World War II, the compa
44、ny provided milk chocolate bars for military use and gained a huge profit. Today, our company is the leading North American manufacturer of chocolate. 21 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 录音中关键信息提示点为： in 1894in 1900From 1917 to 1938With the outbreak of World War II 很明确，这是在介绍公司的发展史。 22 【听力原文】 Man: “Quality Preeminent“
45、 implies that our company takes markets as guide, strengthens the development of products, improves the scientific and technological content of products, researches and develops the products with the best performance and price. Simultaneously, we regard the quality of products as companys life, and
46、severely control each process, each segment for quality in order to ensure our products qualified up to 100% and improve the competitive advantage of our company in the market. 22 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 录音一开始就提到 “Quality Preeminent”即 “质量主导 ”，并对其加以解释说明，强调公司把质量当生命线 (we regard the quality of products as compa
47、nys life)，这充分说明说话主题是公司的原则。 三、 PART THREE 22 【听力原文】 Sally: Sid, are you sure you havent seen the missing file? I could have brought it into this office with some other files. Please have a good look everywhere. Its marked “confidential“ and it has a limited circulation. Sid: Oh, Sally! Do go away. Iv
48、e got much worse trouble than a lost file. Sally: But its serious. The file has got all the details of the new desk range. Mr. Martin says if anyone copied our designs it could put back the work on the new desks at least a year! And we are supposed to be launching them at the International Office Eq
49、uipment Exhibition. Sid: Sally, please, something much worse has just happened. Sally: Why, whats the matter? Sid: Ive got the Security Office coming up in a minute. Its just a matter of a loss of $200 in cash. Sally: Oh, no! When did that happen, and how? Sid: Somebody came in this morning, brought two hundred pounds worth of office furniture and paid in cash. Sally: How odd! Dont most people pay by cheque? Sid: Yes, usual
