1、BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 83及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 Look at the form below. You will hear a man booking a taxi on the phone. Taxi Booking Form Date: June 18th, 2007 Booking taken by: Long side Taxis Customer name: James Wright Pick-up time: (1) Passenger name: Susan (2) Destination: (3) Pick-up from: Wentworth
2、 Engineering (passenger at the (4) ) 4 Look at the notes below. You will hear a man telephoning a bank about a problem with an account. HPR BANK CUSTUMER SERVICES DIVISION CUSTOMER: George Bliss, (5) of Arundei Holdings ACCOUNT NUMBER: (6) PROBLEM: No record in his office of a (7) of l5,000 on June
3、10th. Also, cant be one of their (8) They all begin with 50. Want us to investigate. 8 Look at the form below. You will hear a woman making a reservation for an awards ceremony. The Marketing Week Awards The ceremony will be held at (9) Hotel. Please reserve an individual place at (10) Please send m
4、e a (11) Form Name: Kari Mahmood Job Title: (12) Company: Apollo Address: 23 Mercer Street, Covent Garden, WC2H 9QB Tel: 0171 674 2233 Fax: 0171 603 7884 二、 PART TWO 12 You will hear five short recordings. For each recording, decide what the speaker is booking. Write one letter (A-H) next to the num
5、ber of the recording. Do not use any letter more than once. After you have listened once, replay the recordings. A a seat for a concert B a table in a restaurant C a flight D a holiday E a rental car F a meeting room G a tennis court H a parking space 13 14 15 16 17 17 You will hear another five rec
6、ordings. For each recording, decide who is talking. 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 a receptionist B an interpreter C an accountant D a typist E a lawyer F a salesperson G a train
7、er H a courier 18 19 20 21 22 三、 PART THREE 22 You will hear an interview with Carol Vogel, the president of Telekom. She is talking about their current situation and future prospects. For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay
8、 the recording. 23 What unique situation does Telekom have to face? （ A） The country is densely populated. （ B） The country is made up of many islands. （ C） The country is not over-populated. 24 How many lines per hundred people is Telekom hoping to install? （ A） 3 （ B） 5 （ C） 60 25 What will intern
9、ational groups do in years time? （ A） Renew their contracts with Telekom. （ B） Claim back their initial investment. （ C） Hand back the lines to Telekom. 26 What correct decision does she think the government made? （ A） To encourage foreign investors. （ B） To privatize the system. （ C） To cooperate w
10、ith other countries in the region. 27 What effect will the current financial situation have on Telekom? （ A） It will reduce short-term investment. （ B） It will have no effect on investment. （ C） It will increase long-term investment. 28 What has happened to some of Telekoms projects? （ A） They have
11、been put out to foreign tender. （ B） They have been cancelled. （ C） They have been postponed. 29 Compared with two years ago, how many subscribers has increased? （ A） 562,500 （ B） 212,500 （ C） 25,000 30 How does the president feel about the future of Telekom? （ A） She is confident it will succeed. （
12、 B） She feels worried things will go wrong. （ C） She has no idea what will happen. BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 83答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 【听力原文】 Conversation one. Questions 1 to 4. Look at the form below. You will hear a man booking a taxi on the phone. You have fifteen seconds to read through the notes. pause Now
13、 listen, and fill in the spaces. pause Woman: Longside Taxis. Man: Morning. This is James Wright from Wentworth Engineering. Id like to book a taxi, please. Woman: Youre very busy today. Thats the fourth one youve booked this morning! Man: I know weve got a big sales promotion on today. Woman: Oh, I
14、 see. Right. So when do you want it for? Man: Half past four. Woman: And the passengers name, please? Man: Susan Mayer. Woman: Can you spell that? Man: Yes, its M-A-Y-E-R. Woman: OK. Ive got that. And wheres she going? Man: To the airport. Woman: Is that Heathrow or Gatwick? Man: Let me just check.
15、Its Gatwick. Woman: Right. OK. And wheres the pick-up point? Man: From the main offices on Milton Road. Woman: Will she be waiting at the main reception? Man: Yes, thats right. Woman: OK. And does this go on your account or is the passenger paying? Man: She pays for herself. Woman: Right Man: Thanks
16、 a lot. pause Now listen to the recording again. pause 1 【正确答案】 04:30 【试题解析】 根据题意可知此处考查的是接客人的时间，文中 “When do you want it for?”和 “Half past four”可以以得到本题答案。 2 【正确答案】 Mayer 【试题解析】 根据题目可知此处考查的是客人的名字，考生在听的过程中要注意名字的拼写。 3 【正确答案】 the airport 【试题解析】 根据题目可知此处考查的是乘客要去的目的地，根据文中 “Wheres she going?”和 “To the airpo
17、rt”可以找到此题答案。 4 【正确答案】 main reception 【试题解析】 根据题目要求可知此处考查的是司机接客人的地点，根据 “Will she be waiting at the main reception?”可以得出本题答案。 4 【听力原文】 Conversation Two. Questions 5 to 8. Look at the notes below. You will hear a man telephoning a bank about a problem -with an account. You have fifteen seconds to read
18、through the notes. pause Now listen, and fill in the spaces. pause Woman: Good morning, HPR Bank, Customer Services Division What can I do for you? Man: Good morning. My names George Bliss. Im the Financial Director of Arundel Holdings. Ive got a query on our business account. Woman: Just a moment.
19、Ill get it up on screen. Can you give me the account number? Man: Certainly. Its 348-56-265. Woman: And your identification code? Man: Hamlet. Woman: Right, Mr Bliss. Whats the problem? Man: Well, I received a statement from you this morning and theres a difference between that and our records. The
20、statement shows a debit of 15,000 on June 10th, but no one here signed anything for that amount, so Id like to know whats going on. Woman: Yes, here it is 15,000. Thats odd. It says cheque number 3-0-6-9-8-4. Man: Yes, I can see that on the statement, but that cant be right. All our cheques begin wi
21、th 5-0. Its not one of our cheques. You must have debited our account by mistake. Woman: Im very sorry about that, Mr Bliss. Ill sort it out immediately. Man: That would be better. pause Now listen to the recording again. pause 5 【正确答案】 Financial Director 【试题解析】 这道题的关键句是 “My names George Bliss Im th
22、e Financial Director of Arundel Holdings”，可知 Goerge是公司的财务主管。 6 【正确答案】 348 56 265 【试题解析】 根据题目要求可以知道此处考查的是账号，是数字，因而考生在听力过程中要留意这个问题 “Can you give me the account number?”。 7 【正确答案】 debit 【试题解析】 此题的关键句是 “The statement shows a debit of 15， 000 on June 10th， but no one here signed anything for that amount”
23、。你们给我的银行报告显示 6月 10日有一笔一万五千英镑被借出但是没有人为这笔钱签字。 8 【正确答案】 cheques checks 【试题解析】 根据文中 “All our cheques begin with 50 it is not one of our cheques ”可以知道 “我们的支票都是以 50开头的这不是我们的支票 ”。 8 【听力原文】 Conversation Three. Questions 9 to 12. Look at the form below. You will hear a woman making a reservation for an award
24、s ceremony. You have fifteen seconds to read through the form. pause Now listen, and fill in the spaces. pause Woman: I saw the ad for your awards ceremony at the Park Hotel and I want to book a place. I dont want to have one of those tables with ten places. I just want a seat for one, if thats poss
25、ible. Thats only 125, I hope! I believe that there is someone else from my company booking a table for the senior manager here. Please dont confuse us I cant afford to pay l, 120| Anyway, my name is Karl Mahmood and Im the Marketing Manager of Apollo. Im on your mailing list so youll have the rest o
26、f my details. Please do send me a Dinner Booking Form. Can you let me know if this is OK? pause Now listen to the recording again. pause That is the end of Part One. You now have twenty seconds to check your answers. pause 9 【正确答案】 Park 【试题解析】 根据题目可知此处要求考生填的是饭店名称，从文中 “the ad for your award ceremony
27、at the Park Hotel”可知 “你们的颁奖典礼在 Park Hotel举行 ”。 10 【正确答案】 125 【试题解析】 这道题的关键句是 “I just want a seat for one”“Thats only 125”“我只想要个单独的座位，应该只有 125英镑吧 ”。 11 【正确答案】 Dinner Booking 【试题解析】 根据听力原文中 “Please do send me a Dinner Booking form ”可知此处为 Dinner Booking。 12 【正确答案】 Marketing Manager 【试题解析】 从题目上可以看出此处考查的
28、是 KariMahnood的头衔。根据 “My name is KarlMahmood and Im the Marketing Manager of Apollo ”可以得出本题答案。 二、 PART TWO 12 【听力原文】 Section One. Questions 13 to 17. You will hear five short recordings. For each recording , decide what the speaker is booking. Write one letter A-H next to the number of the recording.
29、 Do not use any letter more than once. After you have listened once, replay the recordings. You have fifteen seconds to read the list A-H. pause Now listen and decide what each speaker is booking. pause Thirteen Man: Therell be five of us and wed like to leave around seven tomorrow evening. Well be
30、returning the following day at about the same time. The accommodation has already been taken care of. Were all non-smokers and Id like a window seat, please. pause Fourteen Woman: Ill be there on Thursday, the second of July, arriving at 6:30. I am bringing the car this time, not the van But if I co
31、uld be as near to the main entrance as possible, that would be great. Ive got a lot of computers to carry. pause Fifteen Man: Hello, Id like a ticket for this evening, please. I hope you havent sold out. Id like to sit fairly near the front, not actually on the front row, though, about four or five
32、rows back, and somewhere in the middle so that I can get a good view. pause Sixteen Woman: Therell be quite a few of us so well need a large table, lets say about 30, though Ill phone near the time to confirm that. Could we have the usual refreshments on the table-bottled water, fruit juice, etc. ?
33、A tea served mid-morning, please. And well be breaking for lunch at one. pause Seventeen Man- Therell just be the two of us for a couple of weeks somewhere quiet. All that we really want to do is to have a bit of rest, some nice food and do a bit of walking. Perhaps somewhere where we can play a bit
34、 of sports, tennis or something like that. pause Now listen to the recording again. pause 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据文中 “wed like to leave around seven tomorrow evening”和 “a window seat”，可以推测出他们要去旅行，所以此处选 C。 14 【正确答案】 H 【试题解析】 文中 “I am bringing the car this time”和 “if I could be as near to the main entran
35、ce as possible， that would be great”是解题的关键句，根据他带车及要求尽量在主入口处，可以推测他想找一个停车位。所以此处答案为 H。 15 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据听力文中 “Id like a ticket for this evening， please”以及 “Id like to sit fairly near the front”，可知他要买今晚的票，并提出要坐在靠前的位置。所以此处答案为 A。 16 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 根据关键句 “well need a large table”和 “well be breaking fo
36、r lunch at one”，前一句话 “需要一个大的桌子 ”会迷惑考生考虑 B选项，但是根据后面一句话， “一点钟休 息吃午饭 ”，可知此题答案为 F。 17 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据听力文中的两处关键句 “two of us for a couple of weeks somewhere quiet”和 “have a bit of rest”，可知 “他们想要找个安静的地方休息一下 ”。故此处答案为 D。 17 【听力原文】 Section Two. Questions 18 to 22. You will hear five recordings. For each re
37、cording, decide who is talking. 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 have fifteen seconds to read the list A-H. pause Now listen , and decide who is talking. pause Eighteen Man: Well,
38、we find a great range in ability, some are very experienced and have a lot of knowledge already and some, quite honestly, know very little at all. The most important thing, though, is their willingness to learn. There is nothing worse than a group who have no interest at all in the course. pause Nin
39、eteen Woman: They took me on as their share of the Japanese market grew. So few of their managers could speak the language! I spent three or four months of the year travelling, accompanying a particular manager, sitting in on meetings, checking any paperwork and also helping them to communicate all
40、kinds of social events. Anywhere where Japanese was needed. pause Twenty Man: Good morning. Mr. Tranter, Mr. Casson has been expecting you. Heres your security badge. Could you just sign in for me here on this sheet? Could you enter your company name and the time? Ill just call Mr. Cassons office an
41、d then someone will be down to see you in a moment. Could you please take a seat over there? pause Twenty-one Woman: This is a new line weve recently introduced into the American market. Its proving very popular over there and so we are giving a few selected customers here the opportunity to try the
42、m out. Theyre extremely economical and benefit from the latest technology. pause Twenty-two Man: They might call at any time. Then I need to go out to their premises to pick it up, whatever it is, onto the airport, make the delivery, possibly hang around in case theres some sort of reply and then ba
43、ck on the plane for the return journey. pause Now listen to the recordings again. pause That is the end of Part Two. pause 18 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 根据听力文中提到了对学员的各种要求， “The most important thing， though， is their willingness to learn”， “最重要的是他们学习的意愿 ”，所以可以推断与这一点最紧密相关的是教练。 19 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 根据听力文中的关键 “helpi
44、ng them to communicate”和 “Anywhere where Japanese was needed”，可知他的工作是帮助人们进行交流，可以推测到他的工作是翻译。故此处选 B。 20 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 听力文中 “Could you just sign in” 知 “Could you please take a seat over there?”说话人要求客人进门签字，并引他入座。故此题答案为 A。 21 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 根据听力文中第一句话 “This is a newline weve recently introduced into t
45、he American market”， “这是我们最近引入美国市场的新线路 ”，可以推断说话人是做销售工作的。故此题答案为 F。 22 【正确答案】 H 【试题解析】 根据听力文中的前两句话 “They might call at any time Then I need to go out to their premises to pick it up”“顾客可能随时打电话过来，而我必须立刻过去取。 ”可以推断他是快递员。故此处答案为 H。 三、 PART THREE 22 【听力原文】 Part Three. Questions 23 to 30. You will hear an in
46、terview with Carol Vogel, the president of Telekom. She is talking about their current situation and future prospects. 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 second to read through the quest
47、ions. pause Now listen, and mark A, B or C. Man: Welcome to the studio, Ms. Vogel. As President of Telekom you have been in a difficult position over the last few months of financial uncertainty in the region. How tough has it been? Woman: I want to be positive and see the current situation as a cha
48、llenge. The capital requirements of Telekoms infrastructure are enormous. The recent currency turmoil is bound to slow down investment in the short term, but it is unlikely to reduce its total volume in the long term. Man: But isnt it the case that some of your projects have been delayed? Woman: Yes
49、, but not cancelled. Our advisers are telling us that a temporary reduction in the number of new projects is not serious. We still have many ongoing contracts with foreign operators which do not come up for renewal until 2010. Man: But it appears that you have several major challenges in your effort to upgrade the telecommunications network in this country. Woman: Yes, that is true. I see three major challenges. The first
