1、BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 77及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 Look at the note below. You will hear a man buying toys for his son in a Chinese shop. The customer was leaving China soon, so he went to buy a Chinese (1) for his (2) son as “(3) present. Finally he chose an (4) “Panda Trucker“. 4 Look at the form below. You
2、 will hear people introducing each other. (5) and Miss Song, the marketing manager of (6) picked up George, the (7) manager of Bains (8) Department. 8 Look at the note below. You will hear a man who wants to buy silk talks with the saleswoman. Quantity: (9) yards Name: fine (10) The manufacturer cou
3、ld accept orders according to specific designs and (11) , if the order is a (12) one. 二、 PART TWO 12 You will hear five short recordings. Each speaker is reporting on a training course they have attended. For each recording, decide what training course each speaker has attended. Write one letter (A-
4、H) next to the number of the recording. Do not use any letter more than once. After you have listened once, replay the recordings. A financial planning B stress management C marketing strategies D negotiation skills E time management F computer skills G presentation skills H team-building 13 14 15 1
5、6 17 17 You will hear another five recordings. For each recording, decide what the speaker is trying to do. Write 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 the recordings. A place an order B make a complaint C cha
6、nge an appointment D give a warning E explain a delay F thank someone G make an announcement H reject an offer 18 19 20 21 22 三、 PART THREE 22 You will hear a talk about the British Foreign Trade during the 20th century by Mr. Fielder Thomason, an economic and finance professor from Bath University.
7、 In this speech, he is talking about foreign trade and especially invisible trade of the UK. For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay the recording. 23 To maintain a favorable balance of trade, Britain must export （ A） raw ma
8、terials. （ B） manufactured goods. （ C） food products. 24 Invisible trade deals with （ A） movement of currency. （ B） foreign investment. （ C） the import and export of commodities. 25 An example of invisible exports to Britain is （ A） investments in French industry. （ B） fares paid by Britain tourists
9、 to America. （ C） profits from investments in German industry. 26 During the 1990s Britain experienced a long crisis in （ A） balance of payments. （ B） crude oil. （ C） raw materials. 27 In 199Britain tried to make her exports more competitive abroad by （ A） expanding its market. （ B） devaluing its cu
10、rrency. （ C） raising the quality of commodities. 28 “Oil deficit“ in 199refers to （ A） oil shortage. （ B） oil surplus. （ C） balance of payments crisis. 29 What influences the value of a nations currency is （ A） the reserve of its natural resources. （ B） the state of its trade. （ C） the reserve of it
11、s currency. 30 In the Western world, currencies are particularly valued against （ A） the price of gold. （ B） the US dollar. （ C） the British pound. BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 77答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 【听力原文】 Conversation One. Questions 1 to 4. Look at the note below. You will hear a man buying toys for his son i
12、n a Chinese shop. You have 15 seconds to read through the note. pause Now listen, and fill in the spaces. Woman: Good morning, sir. What can I do for you? Man: Yes, please, I am leaving China soon. I want to buy a Chinese toy for my son as his birthday present. I dont know which one is the best for
13、him. Woman: How old is your son? Man: Three years old. Woman: This is a “Panda Trucker“. It is an electric toy. I think your son will enjoy playing with it. Man: Show me how it works, please. Woman: Its very simple. Put two batteries into this box, then turn on the switch, and the panda will drive t
14、he truck. Man: What an interesting toy it is! Ill take one. Im sure my son will be delighted. Heres the money. Thank you for your suggestion. Woman: You are welcome. Wish you a pleasant journey. pause Now listen to the recording again pause 1 【正确答案】 toy 【试题解析】 从题目要求 “a man buying toys for his son in
15、 a Chinese shop”可以得知他要去买玩具。从听力中得到的答案验证了这一预测。 2 【正确答案】 3-year-old 【试题解析】 从 “three years old”可以得出答案。 3 【正确答案】 birthday 【试题解析】 根据听力中 “I want to buy a Chinese toy for my son as his birthday present”可以得出答案。 4 【正确答案】 electric 【试题解析】 从 “This is a Panda Trucker It is an electric toy ”可以找到答案。他买的玩具是一个电动玩具。 4
16、【听力原文】 Conversation Two. Questions 5 to 8. Look at the form below. You will hear people introducing each other. You have fifteen seconds to read through the form. pause Now, listen, and fill in the spaces. pause Man 1: If Im not mistaken, you must be George from Bain. Man 2: Yes. Im George. Man l: P
17、leased to meet you, George. Im James from Innovation. Man 2: Oh, nice to meet you, James. Man 1: George, may I introduce Miss Song to you? Miss Song, the marketing manager of our company. George, assistant manager of Bains Purchase Department. Man 2: How do you do, Miss Song? Woman: How do you do, G
18、eorge! Welcome to China. Man 2: Its very kind of you to come to meet me. Woman: Our pleasure. Man 1: May I help you with your baggage? Man 2: I think I can manage. Thanks though. pause Now listen to the recording again. pause 5 【正确答案】 James 【试题解析】 从题目要求上 “people introduce each other”可以推测出此处应是一个人名，所以
19、考生在听的过程 中应对人名格外注意，从 “Im James from Innovation”一句可以得出答案。 6 【正确答案】 Innovation 【试题解析】 从文中的关键句 “Miss Song， the marketing manager of our company”可以得到此题答案。 7 【正确答案】 assistant 【试题解析】 听力中 “George， assistant manager of Bains Purchase Department”是此题的关键句。故此处填 assistant。 8 【正确答案】 Purchase 【试题解析】 本题的解题关键是， “Geor
20、ge， assistant manager of Bains Purchase Department”一句，所以本题答案为 Purchase。 8 【听力原文】 Conversation Three. Questions 9 to 12. Look at the note below. You will hear a man who wants to buy silk talks with the saleswoman. You have fifteen seconds to read through the note. pause Now listen, and fill in the sp
21、aces. pause Woman: Good morning Man: Good morning. Im glad to meet you here. Woman: Im glad to meet you, too. Now what can I do for you? Man: Im thinking about buying some fine silks. Woman: May I have your specific inquiry? If you make an inquiry, we can offer you firm. Man: Im planning to place an
22、 order for 1,000 yards to start with. And please make your quotations on CIF basis. Woman: OK. Well have them ready this afternoon. Man: Would you accept orders according to our designs and patterns? Woman: Yes, if the order is a sizable one. Man: Thats good. And I suppose your silk ware is sun proo
23、f. Woman: Definitely so. They wash well, too. Man: May I have a catalogue of your silks? I would like to go into it just to get some idea. Woman: Here you are. Man: Thank you. Ill ring you up for another talk with you. Woman: Please call again any time you like. pause Now listen to the recording aga
24、in. pause That is the end of Part One. You now have twenty seconds to check your answers. pause 9 【正确答案】 1,000 【试题解析】 从题上的 “quantity”一词可以知道此处 考查的是数字，因此考生在听的过程中要对数字引起注意，通过 “Im planning to place an order for 1， 000 yards to start with ”可以知道此处填 1， 000。 10 【正确答 案】 silks 【试题解析】 从题目上看 “a man who wants to
25、buy silk talks with the saleswoman”可以得知，男人要购买丝绸，此处要求考生填写的是商品名称，因此可以推断此题答案为 silks。 11 【正确答案】 patterns 【试题解析】 根据听力原文中 “Would you accept orders according to our designs and patterns”一句，可以得出此题答案为 patterns。 12 【正确 答案】 sizable 【试题解析】 听力中有一句关键句 “Yes， if the order is a sizable one ”从而得出此题答案 sizable。 二、 PART
26、 TWO 12 【听力原文】 Section One. Questions 13 to 17. You will hear five short recordings. For each recording, decide what training course each speaker has attended. Write 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 the r
27、ecordings. You have fifteen seconds to read the list A-H. pause Now listen, and decide what training course each speaker has attended. pause Thirteen Man: I especially like the session on customer needs. We look at how to identify customer needs with things like product research and market analysis.
28、 There was also quite a bit on promotional techniques and we looked at different preaches there and we talked about stressing value for money. I thought all the trainers were very good. Everything was presented clearly and we always had time for questions and discussioa pause Fourteen Woman; I met l
29、ots of people on the course. They were from many different firms but most of them are trained accountants. The course was aimed at companies who were expanding internationally, so we spent quite a lot of time on the influence of exchange rates and on allowing for it in budgets. Yes, and there was al
30、so one session on computer packages and how they might be useful. pause Fifteen Man: We looked at the role of leaders in large companies and we talked about the personality, communication skills that we thought they needed in order to get people working for them We looked at some case studies where
31、managers had worked very hard at getting groups of staff to work together, then we discussed how this made these projects more successful. pause Sixteen Woman; Ive become a lot more organized since taking the course. Some of the things we learned are quite too easy to do, but theyre effective and Im
32、 no longer under such pressure from deadlines. I suppose the course was mainly about setting targets and managing diaries properly. We also talked about ways of being more efficient like grouping similar tasks together. pause Seventeen Man: One thing that we are always reminded of is the need to res
33、earch whom youre going to speak to. It may seem obvious that how you get things across should depend on your audience, but we spent a lot of time watching videos and saw examples of people forgetting this. We learned that preparation wasnt just finding out how many people there would be, but also so
34、mething about the kind of things they expect to hear. 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 材料中出现 “like the session oncustomer needs”这类词语，表明叙述者很喜欢上顾客需求课程，因此可推测此课程是有关市场营销策略的，即：marketing strategies。故选 C。 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 材料中说明 “most of them are trainedas accountantsthe influence of exchangerates” ，即参加此课程的大部分人是财务人员，由此推
35、测，应该是 财务管理课程，即： financial planning。故选 A。 15 【正确答案】 H 【试题解析】 材料中说明 “the role of leaders in largecompanies， the personality， communicationskills， getting groups of staff to worktogether”等，说明所有这些都是有关团队建设的内容，因此，此课程是 “team building”。故选H。 16 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 材料中出现 “become more organized， no longer under su
36、ch pressure from deadlines； more efficient like grouping similar taskstogether”，表明通过学习此课程，可以更有效地应对工作中的压力，因此，此课程是“stressmanagement”。故选 B。 17 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 材料中出现 “who you are going tospeak to， depending on your audience， the kindof thing they expect to hear”，说明这里谈论都是演示的技巧，即 “presentation skills”。故选
37、G。 17 【听力原文】 Section Two. Questions 18 to 22. You will hear another five recordings. For each recording, decide what the speaker is trying to do. Write 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 the recordings. You n
38、ow have fifteen seconds to read the list A-H. pause Now listen , and decide what each speaker is trying to do. pause Eighteen Man: This is the fourth time Ive called about this. Its a complete waste of my time and my staffs time. When we ordered the photocopier from you, you assured us it would be i
39、nstalled by one of your engineers and set up ready for use. Well, all your engineer did is plug it in and that was it. And now every time we turn it on, we get a warning message. However, we dont know what it means because your man didnt even leave us a copy of the manual. pause Nineteen Woman; Befo
40、re we start, Ive been entrusted to tell you that Dr. Jones has been delayed. That means he wont make it in time for his presentation on “Dealing with Economic Crisis“. Unfortunately, this means we have to cancel the session and anyone who signed up for it should now choose between the other two sess
41、ions which are running this afternoon. Thank you. And now Ill hand you over to Julia. pause Twenty Man: Im just ringing to tell you about the positive feedback weve had on the presentation you gave last week. I really appreciate you stepping in like that at the last moment. I know you were a bit ner
42、vous, but Im very grateful you agreed to do it. And looking at the feedback forms, the only complaint was about the size of the room. So, well done! pause Twenty-one Woman: Ive checked with the Warehouse Manager and it seems there was a mix-up with the transport documents and your order was somehow
43、sent to San Diego instead of San Francisco. By the time the driver got back to San Francisco, hed missed the next flight out. And then there was an announcement cancelling the last flight due to technical problems. Anyway, your order will be on the first plane tomorrow. pause Twenty-two Man: Hello,
44、Rosa. This is Gina Karlland. I was just calling to say Im actually busy on the 15th, so I wont be able to see you in the afternoon. In fact, Ill be out all that week. So, I was wondering, rather than delaying things any longer, could we bring everything forward to the 13th? If thats OK for you, perh
45、aps you could call me. My extension is 507. pause Now listen to the recordings again. pause That is the end of Part Two. pause 18 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 听力原文中叙述者一直在讲述自己购买复印机之后，售后服务人员态度太差，致使他们现在还不能用这台复印机。故选 B。 19 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 听力原文中叙述者在解释其他演讲者不能到场的原因。以及带来的后果，根据意思理解。故选 G。 20 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 听力原文出现 “appreci
46、ate”这类字眼等，说明叙述者是在致感谢词。故选 F。 21 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 根据上下文意思理解，此段可以看成是在解释货 物迟发的原因。故选 E。 22 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 听力原文的叙述者首先说到自己较忙，希望改动约会的时间。故答案为 C，更改见面时间。 三、 PART THREE 22 【听力原文】 Part Three. Questions 23 to 30. You will hear a talk about the British Foreign Trade during the 20th century by Mr. Fielder Thomason,
47、 an economic and finance professor from Bath University. In this speech, he is talking about foreign trade and especially invisible trade of the UK. For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay the recording. You have forty-five
48、seconds to read through the questions. pause Now listen, and mark A, B or C. pause Man: Although some countries may be capable of producing all the food, manufactured products or services needed by their population, they will normally specialize in the production of only some of these goods or servi
49、ces. By specializing, surpluses are created which can be traded with other countries. A country may lack natural resources: although the UK has discovered and used North Sea oil, it lacks reserves of many minerals such as iron ore. The country will therefore have to obtain what it lacks naturally from other countries, again by trading its own surplus products. The United Kingdom depends on foreign trade. Imports are received from other countries and paid for by the UK. Exports are
