1、BEC商务英语（初级）听力模拟试卷 17及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 For questions 1-8, you will hear eight short recordings. For each question, mark one letter (A, B or C) for tile correct answer. You will hear the eight recordings twice. 1 What is the recommended stock of coal? （ A） 115 tons. （ B） 45 tons. （ C） 70 tons. 2 Wh
2、ich department docs the speaker work in? （ A） Purchasing. （ B） Personnel. （ C） Production. 3 When will Mr. Pierce receive the new photocopier? （ A） Today. （ B） Tomorrow. （ C） Next week. 4 How much will the customer pay for the printer? （ A） 315. （ B） 350. （ C） 375. 5 Who is Jane going to write to? （
3、 A） The clients. （ B） The supplier. （ C） The staff. 6 Which office suppliers are they going to use? （ A） Office Network. （ B） Excel Products. （ C） A-grade Service. 7 What does the woman want to do about the meeting? （ A） Cancel it. （ B） Postpone it. （ C） Bring it forward. 8 Where can I park? 二、 PART
4、 TWO 8 Look at the notes below.Some information is missing.You will hear Ann Simpson of Blackwell Sports talking to a journalist.For each question (9-15), fill in the missing information in the numbered space using a word, numbers or letters.After you have listened once, replay the recording.三、 PART
5、 THREE 15 You will hear part of a presentation by the advisor from a job advising center. For each question (16-22), fill in the missing information in the numbered space using one or two words. You will hear the recording twice. TIP FOR A SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEW Get rid of several (16) _ Get the job (
6、17) you _ Try to please (18) _ Take a (19) _ Avoid (20) _ an interview Feel free to make (21) _ Never hesitate to show (22) _ 四、 PART FOUR 23 You will hear an interview with Peter Smith, CEO of Direct TV. For questions 23-30, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. You will hear the reco
7、rding twice. 23 Mr. Smith believed that his promotion came （ A） too early. （ B） a bit late. （ C） just in time. 24 What will Mr. Smith do to get more customers? （ A） To offer better service and develop the most advanced technology. （ B） To invite more experts. （ C） To get customers through in 30 seco
8、nds. 25 If set-top boxes with more features are manufactured, （ A） they will be given away for free. （ B） users will have to pay for using them. （ C） they will match with Echo Stars products. 26 How much will customers pay for digital satellite each month? （ A） $54. （ B） $66. （ C） $120, 27 It is phy
9、sically possible to （ A） get broadband service of good quality by cable. （ B） get broadband service of good quality by Internet. （ C） get broadband service of good quality by satellite. 28 Some people think Mr. Smith is crazy because （ A） he is often motivated to change. （ B） he is in the media busi
10、ness. （ C） he often makes unreasonable decisions. 29 At current price, Mr. Smith would keep what they have because （ A） ESPN tries to expand their revenues. （ B） ESPN does not meet their needs. （ C） ESPN asks for too much money. 30 Who will take over Mr. Smiths position in the future? （ A） His two s
11、ons. （ B） His daughter. （ C） He has no idea yet. BEC商务英语（初级）听力模拟试卷 17答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【听力原文】 M: Jane. shall we go through the inventory then? Lets start with coal. F: We have about 45 tons. But we are supposed to have 70 tons. M: So weve got too little. Wed better order some more. How about gas?
12、F: I think we have enough stock for that. M: OK, thank you then. 1 【正确答案】 C 2 【听力原文】 F: In which department do you work? M: Im the Production Manager though I also take care of other things such as purchasing, maintenance, quality control and sometimes problems of the staff. 2 【正确答案】 C 3 【听力原文】 F: M
13、r. Pierce, this is Cowdray Supplies speaking. The photocopier you wanted has arrived today. Were still waiting for the other goods you ordered. Theyll be here next week, but well deliver what weve got tomorrow. Please get back to me on. 3 【正确答案】 B 4 【听力原文】 M: . and how much is your AE 125 printer? F
14、: Well, the primer itself is 350, sir, but if youre buying the computer with it you get a 10% discount, so thats 315. M: Mm, thats a good discount, but I only want the printer. How much would it be including delivery? F: For this printer. um. 375, sir. M: Oh . I think Ill come and fetch it myself. 4
15、 【正确答案】 B 5 【听力原文】 M: Jane, that supplier we use has become very unreliable, and weve decided to look for another one. F: Seems a good idea. M: We dont need to inform our clients, but could you send a note round to all our departments when weve decided who to replace the supplier with? F: Yes, of co
16、urse. 5 【正确答案】 C 6 【听力原文】 M: This latest order from Office Network is very expensive. Have you thought about changing suppliers? F: Well, I did think about it. But Excel Products wouldnt give us any discount and A-Grade Service wants cash on delivery, so lets just leave things as they are. 6 【正确答案】
17、A 7 【听力原文】 F: Hello, John ., Rachel Yang here. Im calling about the project meeting . M: . on the fifteenth of May? F: Yes. I think that dates going to be too soon I still havent got the figures I need from the contractor. M: Do you want to put it off then? F: Please. Ill get back to you about alter
18、native dates. 7 【正确答案】 B 8 【听力原文】 M: Where can I park? F: Theres a parking lot in our neighborhood. M: Could you tell me how I can get there? F: Of course. Drive straight down this road. Take the first turning right. M: The first turning right. F: Yes. Then keep straight on down the road until you r
19、each a crossroad. Turn left and go down that road past a crossroad. Keep on, and theres a car park on your right. You cant miss it. 8 【正确答案】 C 二、 PART TWO 8 【听力 原文】 Woman: Publicity. Ann Simpson. Man: Its Jonathon Timms from Business News. Im calling to get some information for my article on major s
20、port companies. Woman: Ah yes. How can I help? Man: Well, facts and figures really. Blackwell have had a great year, havent they? Woman: Yes, our turnover is up to one hundred and forty-six million pounds, thats a thirty-four million pound increase. Man: Is that due to the merger Ive read about? Wom
21、an: Thats right. We now own Barrington Outdoor Equipment. Man: Thats spelt.? Woman: B-A-double-R-I-N-G-T-O-N. Man: Thanks. Its been a good year for camping equipment, then? Woman: Yes. Our new tent, the Rainaway, has sold well. Man: Sorry.? Woman: Rainaway. Thats R-A-I-N-A-W-A-Y. Man: Oh, I see. tha
22、nks. Is it sold in all your stores in the UK? Woman: Yes. It is now. To begin with, it was only available in our ten London stores but now its sold in our hundred and seventy outlets throughout Britain. Man: How many of those opened this year? Woman: Well, we opened twelve between the first of March
23、 and the thirtieth of September, and therell be another eleven opening in the New Year. Man: Your original market was womens sports clothing. How are sales there? Woman: Excellent - they represent forty-five per cent of our clothing sales - thats up from thirty per cent eighteen months ago, a fiftee
24、n per cent rise. Man: Great. I think I have everything I need now. Woman: Good, but if you need to contact me again, my mobile number is O-seven-seven-nine-O-four- seven-two-double-nine-two, no sorry, that last numbers three. Man: Many thanks. Woman: Youre welcome. 9 【正确答案】 34 10 【正确答案】 BARRINGTON 1
25、1 【正确答案】 RAINAWAY 12 【正确答案】 170 13 【正确答案】 11 14 【正确答案】 15 15 【正确答案】 472993 三、 PART THREE 15 【听力原文】 The smart job-seeker should rid herself of several standard myths about interviewing before she really starts jab-hunting. The following talk lists some of these untruths and offers some tips to help y
26、ou succeed at your next interview. The first myth is that the aim of interviewing is to obtain the job you want. This is only half correct. The real aim of an interview is to obtain the job you like; and it also implies turning down the job offer you dont want. The reason for some job-seekers failur
27、e is that they become so used to meeting employers expectations that they often take up the job they dont really want. The second one, always please the interviewer, is also not true. Instead of pleasing the interviewer, you should please yourself. Youll get nowhere if you try to give answers that w
28、ill suit a potential employer without considering your own feelings. Of course, dont be hostile nobody wants to hire someone disagreeable. Take a middle ground between being too agreeable and being hostile. An effective interview is like an exciting encounter in conversation with your seatmate on an
29、 airplane. The next myth is to try to control the interview. Nobody “controls“ an interview, neither you nor the interviewer. Actually, it is exchange of two parties like making a telephone call. So hang loose when interviewing: never dominate an interview. The fourth myth is never to interrupt the
30、interviewer, which is another silly myth. If you dont disagree at times, you consent in fact. Dont hesitate to disagree with your interviewer in an agreeable way. And also feel free to change your mind. 16 【正确答案】 myths 17 【正确答案】 like 18 【正确答案】 yourself 19 【正确答案】 middle ground 20 【正确答案】 controlling 2
31、1 【正确答案】 interruption 22 【正确答案】 disagreement 四、 PART FOUR 23 【听力原文】 Peter Smith had just received the phone call that would bring him to the top position. Regulators had approved his purchase of a controlling share in Direct TVs satellite service. Our reporter Kate Harvey interviewed the News Corp.
32、Chairman in his Los Angeles office on September 30, just hours before the official announcement. How does it feel to finally get the deal? Im very happy, of course, but it would have been better if it were a few years ago, otherwise cable wouldnt have made those investments and would have been more
33、vulnerable. How are you going to win customers away from cable? To a certain extent, were just going to give better service cable and satellite both have had reputations for service and if we want to get customers, wed better have someone on the phone in 30 seconds rather than 20 minutes. And we wil
34、l be investing a lot in research and development to get the most advanced technology for our set-top boxes and to get a lot of more interactivity. Will you be giving set-top boxes for free? Well, Jack Lonergan, Echo Star Communications Corp. Chairman, is already giving away some of the boxes. We wil
35、l be matching him. But if we are manufacturing boxes with more features than he is giving, then we will charge something. But we will be subsidizing to the extent that he does. Do you intend to undercut cables prices to start a price war? We are not going into a price war with anyone. But overall, d
36、igital satellite today is getting about $54 a month per customer, and cable is averaging about $66 at the moment. People want digital offerings, because cable is just too expensive. What about broadband? Cable offers it; satellite cant. I am inclined to think that broadband will be a commodity. I am
37、 not sure about that, but its certainly physically possible to get first-class broadband service by satellite. People genuinely seem to fear you. Why is that? Ah, “the crazy people who will change the world“. This company has always been a stimulus for change Fox News is a stimulus for change, BSKYB
38、 was. Someone told me that there Were two crazy people in the media business Ted Turner and me and now there is only one. And thats not a bad thing to keep people guessing. Still, in Britain, you forced MTV to lower its rates for your BSKYB service. Will you force US programmers to lower their rates
39、 to get carried on Direct TV? I hope to have a good relation and compromise. But they want give us more and more channels and charge us for them. So if they want us to carry one of their channels, they have to promise it will get an audience. You have said you would use sports as battering ram. Will
40、 Fox TV or the Fox Sports Network bid against ESPN for Sunday Night NEL football when it comes up in 2006? It is too early to say. I would be happy to leave things as they are. but the NFL may try to do something with cable to expand their revenues. To try to take on ESPN would be too expensive. I a
41、m not committing myself, but at current prices we are to keep what we have. Your sons, Lachlan and James. are both in top jobs, Who will succeed you? They will both learn and develop. And my daughter may be coming back into the company. But the board will decide. I wont be around. Ill probably drop dead on the job. 23 【正确答案】 B 24 【正确答案】 A 25 【正确答案】 B 26 【正确答案】 A 27 【正确答案】 C 28 【正确答案】 A 29 【正确答案】 C 30 【正确答案】 C
