1、BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 88及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 Look at the form below.You will hear a message about a secretary giving information to her boss about his schedule.4 Look at the notes below.You will hear a man calling about a document that is needed urgently.8 Look at the form below.You will hear a staff de
2、velopment officer booking a new member of staff on in-house training course.二、 PART TWO 12 You will hear five short pieces of speech. For each piece decide who is talking. Write one letter (A G) next to the number of the piece. You will hear the five pieces twice. Speakers A. an exporter B. a recept
3、ion C. a government official D. a cleaner E. a computer programmer F. a repairman G. a book-keeper 13 _ 14 _ 15 _ 16 _ 17 _ 17 You will hear five short pieces of speech. For each piece decide who is talking. Write one letter (A H) next to the number of the piece. You will hear the five pieces twice.
4、 Speakers A. a client B. a creditor C. a chairperson D. a salesman E. an employee F. a traveler G. a driver H. a doctor 18 _ 19 _ 20 _ 21 _ 22 _ 三、 PART THREE 22 You will hear a radio interview with Kate Orebi, a recruitment manager at Carters (a national chain of department stores), and Chair of th
5、e Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR). For each question 23 30 mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay the recording. BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 88答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 【听力原文】 F: Good morning. Jenny Rhyme speaking. M: Jenny, its Gordon. Look, Im not feeling
6、 too good this morning. Ive seen the doctor and he suggested I take a couple of days off work. F: Oh dear! Im sorry to hear that. M: Well, these things happen. Now, I havent got my schedule with me. I just want to make a note of what Ive got on this week. F: OK, lets see. Its Monday, so theres the u
7、sual project meeting at 9:30. M: Ah, yes, I havent got that much to talk about actually. Maybe you could let the others know I wont be coming in. F: Right. And thats all youve got down for today. Tuesday, you will see in Able Consultants at 11:00. M: Able Consultants? Oh, dear, yes, I remember. Now,
8、 what can I do about that? Thats more difficult. Maybe you could phone them and postpone the meeting until next week. F: OK. I can do that. M: Now, I should be back by the sixth. If I remember rightly, theres something in the afternoon. Im interviewing someone, ant I? F: Oh. No, I dont think so. It
9、says here “fire drill“. Thats at 2:00 in the afternoon. M: Oh, Im obviously mistaken. Is the interview on Thursday, then? F: The seventh? I dont think so. It looks as if youre at a marketing conference all day. M: Oh, yes, thats right. Well, Im sure Ill be better by then anyway. F: Yes. Well, I hope
10、 so. 1 【正确答案】 Project Meeting 2 【正确答案】 able consultants 3 【正确答案】 fire drill 4 【正确答案】 marketing conference 4 【听力原文】 F: Good morning. Southern Region Electricity. M: Hello, Id like to speak to Paul Scott, please. F: Im afraid hes in a meeting at the moment. Can I take a message? M: Oh, yes, its John H
11、ausmann here. Im phoning from Head Office. Do you know what time the meeting finishes? F: Hell be in meetings all day, Im afraid. M: Well, I wanted to speak to him about the sales report for the southeast region. It should have arrived here last week, but we havent received it yet. F: Is that last m
12、onths report? M: Yes, the July one. Well, with this delay, I think, youll have to fax it. Theres a meeting next Wednesday looking at the different regions, so I need the figures to prepare a paper. F: Ill make sure he knows that. M: Could you ask him to ring me if theres a problem. I need the figure
13、s by Monday at the latest. I need time to write up the paper. F: OK. Ill leave a message for him. M: Thank you. Goodbye. 5 【正确答案】 head office 6 【正确答案】 sales report 7 【正确答案】 fax it 8 【正确答案】 by Monday 8 【听力原文】 M: ABP In-House Training, Mike speaking. Good morning. F: Good morning, Mike. This is Kim he
14、re, from Human Resources. Weve got someone new starting in the Accounts Department and Id like to book her on the course on financial statements. Is there a place for her on the next course? M: Well, it depends. We actually run two courses, one for beginners, and theres also an advanced course, but
15、shell have to be a qualified accountant to go on that. F: Yes, shell actually need the advanced one. M: OK, that should be all right. Can you give me her name, please? F: Amy Choi. M: And her job title? F: Junior accountant. M: Now, wed like to consult with her line managers to ensure that the cours
16、es meet staff needs. Who is her line manager? F: Mr. Lim, hes the Accounts Manager. M: OK, then. I think thats all I need for now. Ill send you confirmation of this booking and the dates in the internal mail. F: Thats very helpful. Thank you very much. Goodbye. M: Goodbye. 9 【正确答案】 financial stateme
17、nts 10 【正确答案】 advanced 11 【正确答案】 junior accountant 12 【正确答案】 accounts manager 二、 PART TWO 13 【听力原文】 I dont mind working long hours and having to fix automobiles from morning till night, but I would like a reasonable wage. Im not asking for a big increase, however, I do think we should be paid for al
18、l the work weve done. So that we can make ends meet . 13 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “having to fix automobiles frommorning till night”。由此可知，他是一个汽车修理工。 14 【听力原文】 Trying to open a market in foreign countries can be pretty complicated. In fact, there are many things to think about, For example, I understan
19、d that there are limits on the quantities one can export to some countries. 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “open a market in foreigncountries can be pretty complicated”。由此可知，他是做出口贸易业务的。 15 【听力原文】 We can offer you quite a lot of import and export information and the figures on population, production, cons
20、umption and foreign exchange reserves. We can also provide financial data about the volume and value of specific products exported to and imported from any single country in the world. 15 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “can offer you quite a lot of im-port and export information and the figureson population
21、， production， consumption andforeign exchange reserves”。由此可知，只有政府部门才可能有如此众多的信息资源。 16 【听力原文】 I do some accounting. At the end of each day Im responsible for balancing the books. That means I look at all the transactions for each teller and classify them into specific journal headings, for example, sa
22、vings accounts or current accounts or checking accounts or certified checks. 16 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “be responsible for balancingthe books”。因此， G是正确答案。 17 【听力原文】 I dont need to go out to meet the customers. The customers come to me. Since Im in the travel business, my work consists of planning th
23、e sale of tickets and designing programs to correspond with the clients needs. Also Im responsible for developing our company image. 17 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 关键词 语是： “my work consists of planningthe sale of tickets and designing programs tocorrespond with the clientsneeds”。由此可知，他是一个商务系统协调员。 18 【听力原文】 If m
24、y Head Office agreed, you could have a straight loan and pay two percent above the bank rate, so the rate of interest would be about nine percent. Itd be a short-term loan for, say three years. 18 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “a straight loan， rate of interest， a short-term loan”(直接贷款、利率、短期贷款 )。由此可知，他是一个提
25、供贷款者 债权人。 19 【听力原文】 Well, you came in on Monday and today is Friday. Id say that you could probably leave tomorrow, but I dont want you to go back to work for several weeks. 19 【正确答案】 H 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “but I dont want you to goback to work for several weeks”。由此可知，他在建议患者多休息。因此，很可能是个医生。 20 【听力原文】 I nee
26、d to purchase two tickets to Nassau for the last week in April. Also, try to see if you can book a room for me at the Royal Princess and arrange transfer from the airport. 20 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “want to buy two tickets， booka room for me”。由此可知，他要旅行，需要订机票和房间。 21 【听力原文】 I mean, theyre a good compa
27、ny, larger. I think Ill have more scope, the work will be more challenging. I mean, quite a lot of what I do at present is very boring, its routine secretarial work. 21 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “its a routine secretarialwork”。由此可知，他在说他的具体工作情况：例行公事，他一定是个雇员。 22 【听力原文】 This meeting has been called to dis
28、cuss the points on the agenda. First of all, I have received apologies for the absence of Tom Fisher. Hes in Paris at the moment. Now, look at the first item on the agenda, the quarterly sales figures. 22 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “this meeting has been calledto discuss the points on the agenda”。由此可知，他
29、一定是在主持一个会议，因此，他是个会议主席。 三、 PART THREE 22 【听力原文】 M: Now, Mrs. Orebi, can you tell us something about your job as a recruitment manager at Carters? F: Yes. Im responsible for all aspects of staff recruitment, including policy making, thats for all staff from secretarial to executive level. I make sure
30、that everyones following the right procedures. Im also involved in the interviewing and selection of management staff. Thats for all the stores. M: You have another role in recruitment, dont you? With the Association of Graduate Recruiters? F: Yes, I chair the executive committee. M: Can you tell us
31、 a bit more about the Association? F: Yes, at the moment, the AGR consists of a group of major employers of graduates, but more and more graduates are being recruited by small and medium-sized companies, so I expect the membership of the Association will change along with that. We have quite a range
32、 of activities, we have information service through which we give advice to any graduate employer and, uh, we also supply statistics to the education sector. For the future, were hoping to develop as training body, particularly working with, uh, new graduate recruiters. So, in general, you could say
33、 that we exist to spread good practice. M: Thereve been quite a few changes in Higher Education over the last few years, of course. As a graduate recruiter, these must have been quite important to you. F: Yes. Universities and colleges have certainly changed. Theyre far less elitist now than they us
34、ed to be. And, yes, theyve opened their doors to a much wider range of people. And there are different types of courses now. There are short, modular courses in languages and business skills and of course these are all helpful when it comes to looking for a job. M: Do you think that further changes
35、are needed in the future? F: Yes, I do. I think that colleges need to listen to what employers are saying about the need for people to learn to work in groups. In this situation, people get used to cooperating and sharing information, Of course, at the moment, weve got examination systems that dont
36、allow for collaboration. So it seems to me that more team work is required when it comes to studying. M: What kind of skills would you say employers are looking for? I mean, are graduates ready for work? F: Well, as always, some are, and some arent. You see, the colleges have to achieve good exam re
37、sults, but this isnt always what employers are looking for. Certainly in the service sector, employers want people who can work as part of a team. The ability of using computers and all the other new technology isnt such an issue any more. I suppose employers feel they can take it for granted now an
38、d its very easy to train people up. M: And how does a company decide whether a graduate has the skills hes looking for? For example: what is the selection procedure at Carters? F: Well, the first stage consists of individual interviews. These are followed by group exercises. There are three exercise
39、s and they last about 24 hours. I suppose ideally they should be longer. But there are some practical constraints. Anyway the process itself gives people the opportunity to display certain skills, like the ability to work in a team or the ability to plan and organize. M: Do these skills develop afte
40、r selection? F: We can teach graduate employees certain things, such as leadership techniques, and we also encourage certain things with rewards, initiative for example. But the basis of our approach is career development for all graduates, not just the real high fliers. We actually think the companies benefit more from improving the performance of the typical graduates, not just a select few. M: Kate Orebi, Thanks for joining us.
