1、BEC商务英语（初级）口语模拟试卷 37及答案与解析 一、 SECTION 1 INTERVIEW (ABOUT 3 MIN) 0 In this part， the interlocutor asks questions to each of the candidates in turn You have to give information about yourself and express personal opinions 二、 SECTION 2 MINI PRESENTATIONS (ABOUT 6 MIN) In this part of the test you are a
2、sked to give a short talk on a business topic. You have to choose one of the topics from the three below and then talk for about 1 minute. You have 1 minute to prepare your ideas. 1 In this part of the test, you are asked to give a short talk on a business topic. You have to choose one of the topics
3、 from the two below and then talk for about one minute. You have one minute to prepare your ideas. 1. A: What is important when? Choosing a hotel for business visitors Location. Cost Standard B: What is important when. ? Employing a secretary Experience Skills Personal qualities 三、 SECTION 3 DISCUSS
4、ION (ABOUT 5 MIN) In this part of the test you are given a discussion topic. You have 30 seconds to look at the prompt card, an example of which is below, and then about 3 minutes to discuss the topic with your partner. After that examiner will ask you more questions related to the topic. 2 A readin
5、g room for staff Things to be put in the reading room Computers Daily newspapers Popular magazines Reference books Best sellers Technical magazines Company literature Industry literature BEC商务英语（初级）口语模拟试卷 37答案与解析 一、 SECTION 1 INTERVIEW (ABOUT 3 MIN) 二、 SECTION 2 MINI PRESENTATIONS (ABOUT 6 MIN) In t
6、his part of the test you are asked to give a short talk on a business topic. You have to choose one of the topics from the three below and then talk for about 1 minute. You have 1 minute to prepare your ideas. 1 【正确答案】 A When come to the question of choosing a hotel for business visitors， I think we
7、 should take three factors into consideration。 namely location， cost， and standard First of all， we should make sure that the hotel is not too far away from business places for the sake of convenience Of course， it Would be better that the hotel we choose is in an area with a convenient traffic and
8、good environment Second， when we choose the hotel we should compare the prices It is true that a high priced hotel usually means better facilitates and services, but the budget we have are often limited too. As a result, we have to consider this money issue. Last but not least, when we are making ef
9、forts to choose a relatively economical hotel, we should remember another rule; that is the hotel we choose should match the identity of business visitors, at least not degrading them. This is not only a matter of respect but sometimes a matter of deciding of whether the business will be successful
10、or not. As long as we make a good balance among the above three factors, we will do a good job in such hotel selecting issues. B. Every manager wishes to employ an excellent secretary to help him. The problem lies in how to select the right person from some hundreds of candidates. When come to the q
11、uestion of employing a secretary, I think we should take three important factors into consideration, namely experience, skill, and personal qualities. As we all know, secretary is not an easy job. It is impossible for the manager to teach his secretary how to make arrangements or other things alike.
12、 Experience therefore plays an important role. This suggests that when we choose that person, we should choose those highly experienced. Second, we should make sure that the person we employed is qualified for his job. That is to say,he should be equipped with the skills required for the job. Last b
13、ut not least, the person chosen should have good personal qualifies. As the secretary will often be exposed to business secrets, if he or she is not honest, he may sell these secrets to other companies, and this will cost a lot to the company. As long as we follow the above standards, we could hire
14、a satisfactory secretary. 三、 SECTION 3 DISCUSSION (ABOUT 5 MIN) In this part of the test you are given a discussion topic. You have 30 seconds to look at the prompt card, an example of which is below, and then about 3 minutes to discuss the topic with your partner. After that examiner will ask you m
15、ore questions related to the topic. 2 【正确答案】 Suggested Ideas： Computers： Having computers in the reading room has the following advantages： ? The staff may use the computer to surf on the internet or to send out personal emails during the lunch break or after work ? This will stop the staff from su
16、rfing on the internet or sending Oul personal emails during work and thus enhance work efficiency of staff Daily newspapers： The staff can read daily newspapers during the lunch break or after work to know what is happening both at home and abroad， and thus enlarge their background knowledge Popular
17、 magazines： During the lunch break or after work， the staff can read popular magazines for pleasure or for personal interests. Reference books： Durina the lunch break or after work， the staff can read reference books such as encyclopedias to broaden their common knowledge or they can use dictionarie
18、s to look up new words or expressions they have come across when reading newspapers or magazines Technical magazines： Professional staff may be interested in reading these magazines for professional development They want to update their professional knowledge or skills through reading these magazine
19、s Company literature： Company literature may include the company profile/portfolio(including company history， structure， finance and corporate culture)and company newsletters and internal magazines New staff may wish to know more about the company Reading company literature may help them to have a better understand ing of the organization they work for Industry literature：
