1、BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 90及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 Look at the form below. You will hear a man calling his Head Office about arrangements for his visit there. Phone Message Pad Message for John: Mr. Kim (Barcelona) rang Re: Head Office visit Time of arrival: 1 Day: 2 Charles de Gaulle Airport-can you pick him
2、 up? Wants meeting arranged with 3 about proposed 4 Please phone back soon 4 Look at the form below. You will hear a woman telephoning a Commercial Property Agent about an advertisement in the press. Greenways & Co. Letting Agents for Commercial Premises Date of Message: 22/05/06 Name of caller: Mrs
3、. Liz Duffy Occupation: 5 Requires premises located in 6 Length of lease: minimum of 7 Rent: maximum 1,000 per month Other requirements: wants premises to include 8 8 Look at the form below. You will hear a man telephoning an office supplier to place an order. CAXTON OFFICE SUPPLIES Customer Name: M
4、r. 9 Customer Account No. : 902256 Order: 50 of the 7.99 packs of 10 10 of the 4.95 packs of 11 Delivery requested for: 12 二、 PART TWO 12 You will hear five short recordings. Each speaker is saying what a manager must do to achieve success. For each recording, decide which is the most important acti
5、on for that speaker. 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. A. sort out staff disagreements B. delegate tasks fairly C. obtain all the facts D. develop a range of strategies E. establish c
6、lear goals F. carry out regular planning G. clarify all job descriptions H. act immediately 13 _ 14 _ 15 _ 16 _ 17 _ 17 You will hear another five short recordings. Each speaker is talking about a visitor to the office. For each recording, decide which visitor the speaker is talking about. Write one
7、 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. A. a health and safety official B. an estate agent C. an insurance broker D. a journalist E. a foreign buyer F. a lawyer G. a marketing consultant H. a travel
8、 agent 18 _ 19 _ 20 _ 21 _ 22 _ 三、 PART THREE 22 You will hear a report presented by a journalist from Tokyo. He talks about the difficult situations met by Japanese chemical groups. He gives some important figures of the four biggest chemical groups in Japan. You have to complete the sentences 23 3
9、0 by choosing the correct answer. Mark one letter A, B or C. 23 The crisis met by Japanese chemical groups is caused by_. （ A） over capacity （ B） high prices （ C） high cost 24 The productions manufactured by Asahi Chemical, Japans largest polystyrene manufacturer take up_of the market. （ A） 12% （ B）
10、 25% （ C） 26.6% 25 _is Japans biggest plastics group. （ A） Mitsubishi Kasei （ B） Mitsubishi Petrochemical （ C） Mitsui Petrochemical Industries 26 On Oct. 1st, Mitsubishi Petrochemical is going to merge with,_. （ A） Kawasaki Plant （ B） Mitsui Petrochemical （ C） Mitsubishi Kasei 27 The dividend of_rem
11、ains the same as in last year. （ A） Mitsubishi Petrochemical （ B） Mitsui Petrochemical Industries and Shin-Etsu （ C） Sumitomo Chemical 28 _Chemical group is not explained in detail in this report. （ A） Shin-Etsu （ B） Mitsubishi Kasei （ C） Mitsui Petrochemical 29 _Chemical group has the highest per s
12、hare according to this report. （ A） Mitsubishi Petrochemical （ B） Shin-Etsu （ C） Mitsubishi Petrochemical Industries 30 Which is going to open a new plant? （ A） Shin-Etsu. （ B） Mitsui Petrochemical. （ C） Mitsubishi Petrochemical. BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 90答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 【听力原文】 F: Lucy day Marketing.
13、Can I help you? M: Hello. Is John Lee there, please? F: Im terribly sorry. Hes in a meeting. Can I take your message? M: Well, its Mr. Kim here in Barcelona. Im coming next week to head office. Could you tell John my plane is getting in at 15 : 40,not 16 : 40, as in my fax. Its still Charles de Gaul
14、le Airport, though, and still on Tuesday. F: OK. Ill tell him, Mr. Kim. Would you like him to meet you there? M: Oh, that would be lovely. The other thing Im phoning about is the schedule of the department meetings Johns arranged for me. I see theres nothing with sales. Do you think its too late to
15、fix up a chat with them? F: Im not sure, Mr. Kim. But Ill pass that on to John. M: Im really most anxious to talk about the suggested price changes. Theyre really causing trouble out here. F: OK, Ill tell John to call you. Hes got your number? M: Yes, he has. 1 【正确答案】 15:40 2 【正确答案】 Tuesday 3 【正确答案】
16、 Sales 4 【正确答案】 price changes 4 【听力原文】 Conversation 2 (Questions 5 8) M: Good morning. Greenways & Co Commercial Property Agents. F: Hello, Im phoning about your advertisement in yesterdays Daily News. M: Yes, of course. Can I just take down some details? Your name is. ? F: Duffy, Mrs Liz Duffy. M:
17、Thank you. And could you tell me what you do, Mrs. Duffy? F: Im a shop owner. Im interested in your advertisement for shop premises. M: I see. And were you looking for anything in particular? F: Yes, Im looking for something in the city centre. M: And what sort of time period youre hoping to rent fo
18、r, Mrs. Duffy? F: I dont want anything for less than 5 years. It needs to be at least a five-year lease. M: OK. Ive got that. Now could you tell me what your top figure is for the rent? F: Um. I dont really want to pay more than a thousand pounds a month. M: I see. Now I think that we may have a cou
19、ple of things that youll be interested in. M: Are there any other details? F: Ideally Im looking for a shop which also has some living accommodation. I realize this isnt always possible. So you could still send me information about suitable premises without. M: Fine. Ill see what we have on our file
20、s and Ill get something in the post to you today. If I could just have your current address. 5 【正确答案】 shop owner 6 【正确答案】 city center 7 【正确答案】 5 years 8 【正 确答案】 living accommodation 8 【听力原文】 Conversation 3 (Questions 9 12) F: Good afternoon! Caxton Office Supplies. M: Hello. Id like to make an order
21、, please. F: By all means. Can I take your name first? M: Yes, its Mr. Deetman. F: Is that D I E T M A N? M: No, its D Double E T. F: And do you have an account with us, Mr. Deetman? M: Yes, I opened one a few months ago. The number is 902256. F: Two Five Six. Fine. And you want? M: Its not such a l
22、arge order. Weve run out of some things, and they are needed rather urgently. Id like some paper. 50 packs of the standard. Theyre seven pounds ninety-nine a pack, I think. At least thats what they cost on the last order. They havent gone up, have they? F: No, they are still the same price. And youd
23、 like fifty packs? M: Yes, I would. And Id also like some computer discs. Id like about sixty. Could you tell me how much they are? F: Yes, they come in packs of six. And they are four pounds ninety-five a pack. M: OK, Ill have ten packs of those then, please. F: Fine. And when was it for? M: I said
24、 its urgent. Wed like them today if possible? F: Ill see what we can do. M: Thank you. Goodbye. F: Goodbye. 9 【正确答案】 Deetman 10 【正确答案】 standard paper 11 【正确答案】 computer discs 12 【正确答案】 today 二、 PART TWO 13 【听力原文】 Woman: Well, if you dont know what your aims are, how can you achieve anything? The sec
25、ret is to decide what your priorities are first. Of course, its essential that everyone in your team knows what youre aiming for. Then you can work out a plan of action to reach these aims.pause 13 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “it is essential that everyone inyour team knows what youre aiming for”。要想取 得成功
26、，一位经理必须让你的所有团队成员知道你的目标。 14 【听力原文】 Man: We all know how plans can fail to fit reality within weeks. The only way to overcome problems is to make sure youve got all the necessary information about the particular situation. Once you have a good understanding of all aspects of the problem, then it becom
27、es clearer what needs to be done next.pause 14 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “to make sure youve got allthe necessary information about the particular situation”。当然，应该确保了解具体情况的所有必要信息。 15 【听力原文】 Man: I dont believe in spending too much time finding and analyzing every possible solution to a problem. Success
28、 depends on one thing and one thing alone: getting things done as soon as possible. Once youve decided what to do, take immediate action and work out the details later, thats my rule. If I waited until I had all the information available, I wouldnt get anywhere.pause 15 【正确答案】 H 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “getti
29、ng things done as soon aspossible， take immediate action and workout the details later”。尽可能快地做出决策，马上采取行动，在行动中想出细节。 16 【听力原文】 Woman: Dont forget that organizations are made up of individuals with their own interests. And they often use information and plan to further their own aims. Politics and diff
30、erences in opinion are common in large firms. So as I see it, a managers main role is to solve problems and differences between team members in a way that everyone can accept.pause 16 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “politics and differences inopinion are common in large firms， tosolve problems and differenc
31、es betweenteam members”。不同的观点处处可见，一位经理的作用就是设法解决团队成员中的不同意见。 17 【听力原文】 Woman: Achieving success is simpler than we all think. Above ail, a manager needs to make sure that everyone is clear about what it is that their post involves. Every employee needs to know exactly what their functions and their re
32、sponsibilities are. Then thats one less thing to worry about, and they can get on with their work.pause 17 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “to make sure that everyone isclear about what it is that their postinvolves”。也就是说，每个雇员都应该知道他们的岗位和责任。 18 【听力原文】 Man: The thing is, he was a very good customer of ours unt
33、il about five years ago, when we had that safety problem with the R21. He didnt reply to our literature or anything for all that time, and then suddenly theres this phone call: Ill be in England next week. Could I arrange to come and see you sometime? I think hell like the present range, so lets hop
34、e we can get back to normal business relations .pause 18 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “Ill be in England next week Could I arrange to come and see you some-time”。我下周将在英国，你有时间来看我吗 ?由此可知，他是一位外国顾客。 19 【听力原文】 Woman: What he wants to interview us a-bout is our new annual travel insurance packages. As you know,
35、 theyre selling pretty well at the moment. . . so the competition is getting worried. Anyway, after interviewing me, hes going to talk to the MD and then he wants a photograph. The articles coming out in next months issue.pause 19 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 关键词语是：数次提到了采访 “interview”，最后提到： “the articles coming
36、out in nextmonths issue。 ”此文章将在下月的刊物中登出。因此，他应该是一位记者。 20 【听力原文】 Man: Apparently, the company she represents is part of a big American chain and they can offer some better deals on the kind of foreign trip we have to go on, especially on hotels. The fact is, I dont think our usual people have been doi
37、ng a particularly good job, so this will be some healthy competition. Anyway, shes coming here at 4.pause 20 【正确答案】 H 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “offer some better deals on thekind of foreign trip。 ”他能提供更好的国外游业务，因此，他很可能是一位旅游代理人。 21 【听力原文】 Man: As far as I can understand, shes come across some problems with the o
38、wnership of the land. The owners of part of the site cant find the relevant papers, She wants to check our insurance policies, too you see, we may be able to claim if we have to postpone the move for legal reasons. Oh, and there are some documents weve got to sign for her. so we may need you as a wi
39、tness.pause 21 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “some problems with the ownership of the land， need you as a witness”。土地所有权问题、需要你作为证人，一般都需要有律师在场，由此可知，他是位律师。 22 【听力原文】 Woman: I quite liked him, actually. He didnt ask as many questions as the one who came last time, but he was thorough. There were a few problem
40、s with the latest legal requirements regarding electrical equipment leaving cables lying around with the plug in the socket, that sort of thing . but nothing too serious . Theres no reason why we shouldnt get a reasonable report again. 22 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 关键词语是： “nothing too serious， theresno reason
41、why we shouldnt get a reasonablereport again”。综观所剩选项，只有 A符合题意。 三、 PART THREE 22 【听力原文】 Questions 23 30 By Paul Abrahams in Tokyo Results from Japans largest petrochemicals companies for the year to March 31 st reflect the crisis facing a sector plagued by sluggish domestic demand, over capacity, plu
42、nging prices and the appreciation of the yen. News of the sectors dire trading position follows this weeks decision by Showa Denko to sell its polystyrene business. The company, a marginal manufacturer, sold its 30,000 tonnes a year Kawasaki Plant to Asahi Chemical, Japans largest polystyrene manufa
43、cturer with capacity of about 333,000 tonnes a year, equivalent to about 25 percent of the market. The move was the latest in miles of alliances and mergers as the troubled industry restructure. Mitsubishi Petrochemical, the countrys biggest plastics group, reported a loss of JPY 8.39 bn ($ 80m) com
44、pared with pre-tax profits last year of JPY 8.25 bn. The group made an operating loss of JPY 13.8 bn, the first since 1982. The poor result came despite cost-cutting measures, lower raw material prices, and JPY 4 bn worth of profits from equity sales. Turnover fell 12.2 percent from JPY 372 bn to JP
45、Y 326 bn, as prices and volumes: dived. Earnings per share, which reached JPY 52. 5 in 1991, fell to a loss per share of JPY 9. 44. The group, which is scheduled to merge with Mitsubishi Kasei on October 1st, cut its dividend from JPY 8 per share to JPY 4. Mitsubishi Kaseis pre-tax profits fell 76.
46、8 percent from JPY 9.3 bn last year to JPY 22 bn. The group, posted its first operating loss in 40 years at JPY 467 bn, and only managed to post positive pre-tax results by selling JPY 15.7 bn worth of equities. Turnover fell 1.8 percent, the fourth yearly decline, to Y696 bn. The dividend was haire
47、d to Y3 bn per share. Mr. Morihisa Takano, managing director, said the newly merged group would generate pretax profits of JPY 10 bn. on sales of JPY 55 bn during the year to March 1995. He predicted petrochemicals prices would bottom out during the summer. No decision had been made about the divide
48、nd, but the new company could pass it during the current year, the pre-tax profits at Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Japans biggest polyethylene maker, plunged 75 percent from JPY 9 bn to JPY 2. 26 bn on sales down 9. 3 percent at JPY 272 bn. The company blamed poor demand for the slump which offs
49、et the benefits of cost-cutting measures. The dividend is unchanged at per share, The group forecasts pre-tax profits for the current year marginally up at JPY 3 bn on turnover of JPY 276 bn. Shin-Etsu, one of Japans biggest makers of polyvinyl chloride, reports, profits down 26. 1 percent,from JPY 17.6 bn to JPY 13 bn. Sales increased 0. 2 percent from
