1、BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 89及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 Message One (Questions 1 4) Message To: Alice 1 Time: 14:30 From: Cathy 2 Date: 16 March Re: 3 sent in for repair. You asked her to phone. Could you call her back on 4 before 7 p. m. today? 4 Message Two (Questions 5 8) Reservation Card To: John Smith From: M
2、ary Date: 16th May Time: 2:15 p.m. Information of Patient Name: David 5 Symptom: Something wrong with the 6 Date of meeting: 20th 7 Time of meeting: 8 8 Message Three (Questions 9 12) Motorbike Renting Registration Date: 7th Aug. Time: 12:15 No. of Motorbikes 9 Period of Hiring 10 Days Hirers Name 1
3、1 Hirers Phone Number 12 二、 PART TWO 12 You will hear five short recordings. For each recording, decide which item (A H) 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. After you have listened once, replay each recording
4、. A. answering machine B. cassette machine C. fax machine D. overhead projector E. paper shredder F. photocopier G. printer H. video player 13 _ 14 _ 15 _ 16 _ 17 _ 17 You will hear another five short recordings. For each recording, decide what the speaker is trying to do. Write one letter (A-H) nex
5、t to the number of the recording. Do not use any letter more than once. After you have listened once, replay each recording. A. place an order B. make a complaint C. change an appointment D. give a warning E. explain a delay F. thank someone G. make an appointment H. reject an offer 18 _ 19 _ 20 _ 2
6、1 _ 22 _ 三、 PART THREE 22 You will hear a talk given by a spokesman of the U. S. International Communication Department. He talks about a number of privately owned telephone discounters attacking the cartel of national telephone monopolies that keeps the price of international calls high. You have t
7、o complete the sentences (23 30) by choosing the correct ending. Mark one letter (A, B or C). 23 The price of international calls into America is_. （ A） higher than that of the calls out of America （ B） far lower than that of the calls out of America （ C） is the same as that of the calls out of Amer
8、ica as it is decided by the cartel 24 If you want to “ring back“, you have to_. （ A） redial the telephone （ B） know the free telephone number to a computerized switch in another country （ C） find another person to call you back 25 “Third-country calling“ refers to （ A） calling via another country （
9、B） finding a person in the third country to call （ C） calling through three countries 26 International Discount Telecommunications uses_. （ A） ring-back technique （ B） discounting technique （ C） third-country calling technique 27 According to the spokesman, a band of these tiny American discounters
10、will be_. （ A） prosperous （ B） limited to an extent （ C） short-lived 28 AT&T refers to_. （ A） American Telephone & Telex （ B） Associated Telephone & Television （ C） American Telephone & Telegraph 29 World Connect and World Reach is purposely _. （ A） to encourage the foreigners to use American calls
11、（ B） to supplement the “call-home“ services （ C） to enlarge the communication between the U. S. and the world 30 AT&Ts new services have been declined by _ （ A） Iraq （ B） Japan （ C） Syria BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 89答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 【听力原文】 Message One (Question 1 4) M: Hello, Instant Repair Company. This
12、 is Tom speaking. F: Its Cathy Brown. Can I speak to Alice Smith? M: Oh, Im sorry. She is out. Can I take a message? F: Thank you. I want to know whether my car has been repaired. You know I sent it in last Friday. Its already Tuesday. M: Oh, sorry, I dont know. F: Alice told me to phone about it. C
13、ould you please ask her to call me back before 7p.m. today? M: Sure. F: Thanks. Bye. M: Bye. 1 【正确答案】 Smith 2 【 正确答案】 Brown 3 【正确答案】 car 4 【正确答案】 Tuesday 4 【听力原文】 Message Two (Questions 5 8) F: Hello. Newton Health Centre. Can I help you? M: Yes. Id like to speak to Dr. Smiths receptionist, please.
14、F: Yes. M: This is David Parker. I have been having some chest pains recently. F: Well. Mr. Parker. What can I do for you? M: I would like to make an appointment to see the doctor. F: Yes. Would Monday morning suit you? M: Monday is the 20th of May. OK. At what time? F: Is 8:30 OK for you? M: Yes, t
15、hats fine. F: Whats your name again please? M: David Parker. D A V I D, P A R K E R. F: Thank you. Dr. John Smith will see you at 8:30 on Monday. 5 【正确答案】 Parker 6 【正确答案】 chest 7 【正确答案】 May 8 【正确答案】 08:30 8 【听力原文】 Message Three (Questions 9 12) F: Good morning, this is Colourful Motorbike Rental. M:
16、 Good morning. Miss. A friend of mine suggested I call you to hire some motorbikes. F: Oh, yes. A lot of people do this these days. M: Yes, were just on holiday here for a few days and they said it would be a good idea to see the island by motorbike. F: Well, it certainly is. And most people rent a
17、motorbike because men can get around faster and even go to the beach if you like. M: If I wanted to hire 3 motorbikes tomorrow morning for 4 days, would there be any problem? F: No problem at all. May I know your name? And your telephone number? M: Its Clinton, C L I N T O N. Im at the Holiday Sun H
18、otel, My number is 6984251. Im Room 1606. By the way, is your motorbike rental shop at No 6983251. F: Thats right. M: OK, then. Ill see you tomorrow morning. Thanks a lot. F: Ill see you then. 9 【正确答案】 3 10 【正确答案】 4 11 【正确答案】 Clinton 12 【正确答案】 6984251 二、 PART TWO 13 【听力原文】 Well, its not really used
19、that often in the Office. And when you do need it. you normally cant find it because one of the managers takes it home with him sometimes. I think he uses it as a kind of dictation machine. Weve tried to record a couple of presentations with it before, but it didnt really work very well because the
20、sound quality isnt very good.pause 13 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 关键词句是 “Weve tried to record a couple of presentations with it before， but it ”。因此应该 是盒式录音机。 14 【听力原文】 We recently got a new one thats got hundreds of functions on it. It can sort and staple and do all sorts of other clever things. Of course, only
21、 the secretary knows how to do any of these things, so even if we want to do something quite simple like duplicate a two-sided document, we have to ask her. If I try to do it, I just end up wasting lots of paper.pause 14 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 关键词句是 “ like duplicate a twosided document”，即复制文件，因此，它指的是 photo
22、copier(复印机 )。 15 【听力原文】 Its the first thing I do when I arrive at the office. I press the playback button before I check the fax and switch on the photocopier. Then I sit down and read the post while Im listening to the messages, I still cant believe how many people leave messages without a name or
23、number. And the worst thing is, of course, people who dont leave any message at all.pause 15 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 关键词句是： “press the playback button listen to the message， leave messages without a name or number”，因此，此处不是讲录音机，应该是应答留言 机 (answering machine)。 16 【听力原文】 Whenever I tell people that we have one
24、in the office, theyre always very impressed. They think the company must do some kind of important, secret business. The truth is our Dispatch Department uses it, not our main office. They collect all our waste paper from the photocopier and printer and use it for packaging.pause 16 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】
25、关键词句是 “do some kind of important， secret business Dispatch Department use it， waste paper”等，由此可知，此段落是有关处理保密文件的碎纸机 (paper shredder)。 17 【听力原文】 People say itll be taken over by E-mail, but I cant see it myself. If I want to send a document to someone or a quick drawing, say then its the only real solu
26、tion. Its quick, easy to use and you dont have to worry about compatibility either. And once or twice its been a life-saver when the photocopiers broken down. pause 17 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 关键词句是 “itll be taken over by E-mail， its been a life saver when the photocopiers broken down”由此可知，只有 fax machine可以发送
27、信件，并且具有复印机的功能 。 18 【听力原文】 This is the third 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 installed by one of your engineers and set up ready for use. Well, all your engineer basically did is to pl
28、ug it in and that was that. And now every tune we switch it on, we get a warning message. But we dont know what it means because your man didnt even leave us a copy of the manual.pause 18 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 此听力部分开头就说： “This is the third time Ive called about this Its a complete waste of my time and my
29、staffs time”，由此可知，打电话者很生气，这一定是个投诉电话。 19 【听力原文】 Before we begin, Ive been asked to tell you that Dr Jones has been delayed. That means he wont make it in time for his presentation on “Dealing with Complaints“. Unfortunately, this means weve had to cancel the session and anyone who signed up for it sh
30、ould now choose between the other two sessions which are running this afternoon. Thank you! And now Ill hand you over to Kate.pause 19 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 关键词句是 “Dr Jones has been delayed， he wont make it in time for his presentation， have to cancel the session ”重要的信息是“anyone who signed up for it should
31、 now choose between the other two sessions， Ill hand you over to Kate”。由此可知，这是一个有关会议安排的电话。 20 【听力原文】 Im just ringing to tell you about the positive feedback weve had on the presentation you gave the other day. I really appreciate you stepping in like that at the last moment. I know you were a bit ne
32、rvous, but Im very grateful you agreed to do it. And looking at the feedback forms, it seems the only complaint was about the size of the room. So, well done!pause 20 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 此题的关键词句是 “I really appreciate your stepping in， Im very grateful， so well done!”因此，此电话是想表达谢意的。 21 【听力原文】 Ive checked
33、with the Warehouse Manager and it seems there was a mix-up with the transport documents and your order was somehow sent to Gatwick instead of Heathrow. By the time the driver got back to Heathrow, hed missed the next flight out. And then there was an announcement canceling the last flight due to tec
34、hnical problems. Anyway, your order will be on the first plane tomorrow.pause 21 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 此题的关键词句是 “Hed missed the next flight out， canceling the last flight due to technical problems”，因此，此电话是解释订单延误的。 22 【听力原文】 Hello, David. This is Tina Woodhouse. I was just calling to say Im actually busy o
35、n the 25th so I wont able to see you in the morning. 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 14th? If thats OK for you, perhaps you could call me. My extensions 349. 22 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 此题的关键词句是 “Ill be o
36、ut all that week， could we bring everything forward to the 14th?”由此可知，此电话是有关修改预约的。 三、 PART THREE 22 【听力原文】 For decades the worlds telephone companies, nearly all state-owned monopolies, have jointly set the rates for international calls. Now a handful of nimble, privately owned telephone discounters
37、 are using loopholes in regulations written to protect national telephone monopolies to undercut the cartels high prices. Eventually, that could lead to the break-up of the cartel itself. The small firms leading the trend are interesting for the way they do business rather than for the amount of bus
38、iness they do. But because their activities expose monopoly overpricing so dramatically, they could help to bring about changes that are vastly out of proportion to their size. The American market for international calls is more open to competition than those of most other countries, so calls out of
39、 America are usually far cheaper than the calls into it. The discounters exploit this difference by routing calls from foreign subscribers to computerized switches in America, undercutting normal rates by a third or more. One technique, known as “ring-back“, involves giving a customer in, say, Paris
40、 a free telephone number to a computerized switch in America. When the customer calls, the switch automatically calls him back and puts him through to his American destination. Since the call technically originates with the switch, France Telecoms monopoly on outgoing calls remains unbroken but the
41、caller in Paris is charged American rates. A second technique, called “third-country calling“, involves routing international calls via America to take advantage of cheap American rates on the second leg of the journey. On intercontinental calls the saving is usually so great that it more than makes
42、 up for the extra distance travelled. One of the best-known discounters, 5/2 year old, International Discount Telecommunications (IDT), uses third-country calling to provide calls between countries whose own telephone companies are not on speaking terms, such as Syria and Israel, and Iraq and Kuwait
43、. Todays small discounters may be shortlived. But if the small discounters do go out of business, it will be because they have launched a trend. This year, Americas established international carriers have started touting for business from overseas customers themselves. In April American Telephone &
44、Telegraph (AT & T) launched a third-country calling service of its own. Dubbed World Connect, the service lets customers use a personal identification number to call from 45 different countries of the world via switches in America. Customers pay call charges in dollars, along with their normal domes
45、tic bills. In June AT & Ts biggest rival, MCI, launched a similar service, called World Reach. Both products supplement the firmslong-established “call-home“ services, which make it easier for travelling Americans to call home. Though AT&T and MCI both hotly deny selling international calls to forei
46、gners explicitly, some foreign carriers certainly fear this. Neither AT&T nor MCI has been allowed to offer its new services in Japan, Australia, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Argentina or Mexico. The small discounters have run into similar problems. 23 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 由于美国国内的电信市场比其他国家更开放，竞争激烈，因此， 从美国打出的国际长
47、途比从其他国家打入美国的国际长途要便宜得多 (calls out of America are usually farcheaper than the calls into it)。 24 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 如果要使用回拨电话， “involves giving acustomer a free telephone number to a com puterized switch in America”。也就是说，你得知道另一个国家的一个免费电话来接通电脑转换装置。 25 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 第三国呼叫指的是： “routing internationalcalls
48、via America to take advantage of cheaprates on the second leg of the journey”。就是利用第三国的中转。 26 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 美国的公司 International Discount Telecom munications利用的就是第三国技术 (usethird-country calling)。 27 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据这位发言人的观点，他认为此类的廉价小公司都是短命的。(Todays smalldiscounters may be shortlived ) 28 【正确答案】 C
49、【试题解析】 AT&T是美国的一家公司，全名是 “American Telephone&Telegraph Corporation”中文：美国电话电报公司。 29 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 无论是 AT&T公司提供的冠名为 WorldConnect还是 MCI公司 提供的 WorldReach，都是对 “亲情电话 ”的补充： “bothproducts supplement the firmslongestab-lishedcall-homeservices”。 30 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本文中最后一段提到了几个国家，如 Japan， Australia，Spa in， Italy， Brazil， Argentina
