1、BEC商务英语（初级）听力模拟试卷 18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 the correct answer. You will hear the eight recordings twice. 1 What is the order number? （ A） 330 （ B） 230 （ C） 30 2 Which department does the woman wo
2、rk for? （ A） Finance Department （ B） Technical Department （ C） Marketing Department 3 When will the delivery service come to pick up the parcel? （ A） 3:00 （ B） 4:00 （ C） 5:00 4 Why is Mr. Bloom late for his meeting? （ A） He has to go to the bank. （ B） He cant find his way. （ C） His train is delayed.
3、 5 Which line shows productivity correctly? 6 How does the man feel about moving offices? （ A） Confident. （ B） Anxious. （ C） Disappointed. 7 What will help the company to increase production? （ A） Reducing packaging. （ B） Offering overtime work. （ C） Hiring temporary stair. 8 Where should staff leav
4、e office cars? （ A） In front of the office. （ B） At the back of the building. （ C） Outside reception. 二、 PART TWO 8 You will hear a man giving some information about a conference. For each question (9-15), fill in tile missing information in the numbered space, using a word, numbers or letters. You
5、will hear the conversation twice. INTERNATIONAL IT CONFERENCE 2007 Contact name: Lucy Blocks Conference starts on: (9) _ November Venue: (10) _ Conference Centre Number of exhibitors: (11) _ Name of first speaker: (12) David _ Seminars begin at: (13) _ Advance ticket cost: (14) _ Ticket reservation
6、telephone number: (15) _ 三、 PART THREE 15 Look at the notes about the launch of a new clothing company. Some information is missing. You will hear part of a talk by the companys Marketing Director. For each question (16-22), fill in the missing information in the numbered space using one or two word
7、s. You will hear the talk twice. COMPANY LAUNCH EVENT NOTES New company: Name: (16) Clothing Ltd Staff change: David Shaw to become: (17) _ New premises: Location: close to (18) _ Biggest area of expansion: (19) _ Future staff facility: (20) _ Future company plans: Next new product range: (21) cloth
8、es New market: (22) _ 四、 PART FOUR 23 You will hear a radio interview with Beth Hatfield, the Director of Jumpstart, a recruitment agency. For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. You will hear the conversation twice. 23 Beth Hatfield lost her job because the co
9、mpany she worked for （ A） had financial difficulties. （ B） lost a major contract. （ C） was taken over. 24 When Beth lost her job, she was very worried about （ A） a close colleague. （ B） her own future. （ C） a major client. 25 Dryden Limited helped Beth to set up Jumpstart by providing （ A） office sp
10、ace. （ B） office equipment. （ C） office stall. 26 A friend called Thomas Beck advised Beth to （ A） concentrate on one business idea only. （ B） invest heavily in marketing her new business. （ C） make full use of her existing business contacts. 27 Beth financed Jumpstart by （ A） borrowing money from t
11、he bank. （ B） finding a business partner. （ C） selling her own house. 28 Jumpstart found its first recruits by advertising （ A） in newspapers. （ B） in magazines. （ C） on the Internet. 29 All the people that Jumpstart finds work for must （ A） be highly qualified in marketing. （ B） have relevant profe
12、ssional experience. （ C） be free to travel. 30 Which aspect of setting up Jumpstart was most difficult for Beth? （ A） Finding companies who required temporary staff. （ B） Recruiting the right quality of marketing personnel. （ C） Persuading companies to agree to her charges. BEC商务英语（初级）听力模拟试卷 18答案与解析
13、 一、 PART ONE 1 【听力原文】 F: Hello, can I speak to your purchasing manager, David? M: David Speaking. F: Nice to hear you. I am calling to confirm your order No. 330. M: When can we expect our order? F: We will deliver your order at two thirty next Monday. Is that OK? M: Goad. 1 【正确答案】 A 2 【听力原文】 F: Nic
14、e to meet you. Robert. Do you also work in electronics? M: No, my major was mathematics when I was in college, but now I am in finance. What about you? F: Oh, I work for Persons in the Technical Department. To be more specific, I work in computers. M: I see. Thats why you axe so skillful with the co
15、mputer work. 2 【正确答案】 B 3 【听力原文】 M: When will UPS man come to collect the parcel? F: Theyll come for the parcel at 4 pm. M: Its 2:30 now. Can you get the parcel ready in one hour? 3 【正确答案】 B 4 【听力原文】 M: John Beck speaking. F: Hello. This is Mr. Blooms secretary. Im afraid Mr. Blooms going to be late
16、 for his meeting with you at your bank. Theres been a problem with his train. Its nearly an hour late, Im afraid. M: OK. Thanks for letting me know. Oh, does Mr. Bloom know how to find us? We moved offices last month. F: Yes, your secretary faxed us a map. Thanks. 4 【正确答案】 C 5 【听力原文】 M: These figure
17、s are interesting, arent they? I expected to see the highest productivity in the earliest part of the day, and the lowest at the end. F: But. in fact, the peak times just before midday, isnt it? M: And performance is better at the end of the day than it is after lunch. I imagined itd be the other wa
18、y round. 5 【正确答案】 C 6 【听力原文】 M: Were relocating during the week starting December 17th. F: Thats going to be a bit tight, isnt it, Peter? M: Well all just have to make sure weve got a good plan and inform everyone well in advance. F: Thats easier said than done. M: Itll be fine dont worry. 6 【正确答案】
19、A 7 【听力原文】 F: I expect youre all celebrating, arent you? I hear youve had a huge new order. M: Well, yes . but resources are a problem. Weve got to increase production, and staff are already doing overtime. So, were cutting down on the packaging to push things through faster. F: Couldnt you take on
20、temporary staff? M: We considered that, but decided against it in the end. 7 【正确答案】 A 8 【听力原文】 F: Do you know about the new arrangements for office cars? M: I always park them on the road outside. F: Well, now we have to leave them on-site behind the building. M: What about the keys? I left them in
21、the car last time I parked on the premises. F: The gates are locked at night, but its probably safer to leave them in the box outside reception. 8 【正确答案】 B 二、 PART TWO 8 【听力原文】 M: Brightfuture Marketing Division. Sam Taylor speaking. F: Hello, my names Lucy Blocks. Im ring about this years Internati
22、onal IT Conference next month from the twenty-fifth to the twenty-seventh of November. M: Oh, yes. it was at the University Conference Center last year, wasnt it? F: Yes. This year its at the World Conference Centre. Its much bigger this year, you see. M: Will there be more seminars? F: More of ever
23、ything. 535 exhibitors and over 150 free seminars. We have some really exciting guest speakers this time. M: Oh yes. Such as.? F: Well, David Macziola, Director of InfoSoft UK, will give the opening presentation. M: David Maziola? F: No, Macziola, M-A-C-Z-I-O-L-A. M: Oh, of course, that should be in
24、teresting. What time are the seminars on? F: The conference center is open from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and the seminars run from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 pm. All the seminars are listed in the programme. M: And how much are the tickets? F: If you book now itll be 325 pounds. Otherwise, itll be 125 pounds
25、per day on the door. M: How can I register? F: You can either register online or call the booking office on 0-8-double 5-9-double 7-1. M: Great. Thanks for your call. 9 【正确答案】 25 10 【正确答案】 World 11 【正确答案】 535 12 【正确答案】 Macziola 13 【正确答案】 10:30 上午 14 【正确答案】 325 15 【正确答案】 8559771 三、 PART THREE 15 【听力原
26、文】 M: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the launch of our new company. This is a special day for us. Now we have merged with Sinclairs to become Riverside Clothing Limited. and we are confident that our success at selling our own brand of clothing will continue. There have been some important s
27、taff changes. Our previous Chief Executive, Simon Marsh, has moved on to become MD of another company, so congratulations to our Sales Manager, David Shaw, who will become Chief Executive. We wish him every success in his new role. The position of the new premises here was carefully chosen so that w
28、e would be at the new airport, instead of being in a city center like. a lot of other factories. These premises are far bigger. Although our sales area has remained about the same and we have slightly more room for design workshops, it is the manufacturing area that we have expanded the most. As you
29、 can see, this is a very exciting time for us and we will continue to improve our facilities for staff. There will now be plenty of space to build a new staff car park. as parking has always been a problem. Thatll be completed in the spring. However, the staff canteen is now open and I hope you will
30、 be joining us for lunch there later. Now that weve moved, we intend to expand into two new areas of the clothing industry. In addition to our existing adults range, we are ready to start on a range of childrens clothes. These will be in production by next month, followed later in the year by a new
31、range of sportswear. We already have a strong market for the range in America and Japan, but will be targeting Australia next, which is an unknown export market for us. 16 【正确答案】 Riverside 17 【正确答案】 Chief Executive (ceo) 18 【正确答案】 airport 19 【正确答案】 manufacturing (space area) 20 【正确答案】 car park/parki
32、ng/staff parking 21 【正确答案】 childrens (clothes)/childrens wear/children 22 【正确答案】 Australia 四、 PART FOUR 23 【听力原文】 M: Welcome to Business Start-up. Our guest today is Beth Hatfield. Beth started her own recruitment agency of temporary marketing staff when she lost her own job some years ago. Thank yo
33、u for coming, Beth. F: Thank you, Michael. Nice to be hero. M: A lot of people think its the end of work when they lose their jobs. Tell us what happened in your case. F: Well, I was working for Fast Forward, a marketing services agency. It seemed very successful you know, with a very impressive cli
34、ent list. but I had heard there were cash flow problems. There was some talk of a possible takeover to save the company, but this all came to nothing. Without any notice, we were all suddenly made redundant. M: And how did you react? F: Well, I didnt think that thered be any difficulty for me, or fo
35、r the friends Id worked with at the agency, in finding new jobs. My main concern was actually for one of the companys main client, Dryden Limited. M: The agricultural machinery company? F: Yes, thats right. I was running their big sales campaign for Eastern Europe, and the promotion still had anothe
36、r month to run. Now theyd be left without an agency, I felt very bad about that. M: And it was because of this that you started up your own business? F: Yes. I talked to them and offered to run the account from home. I already had a small PC and a fax machine and plenty of room to work in, but nothi
37、ng suitable for running such a large campaign. M: Did they invite you to work at their office? F: I really wanted to work from home, so they gave me an up-to-date computer and a photocopier. And that was the beginning of Jumpstart, ray own agency. I soon had too much to do so I took on an assistant.
38、 Shes still with me. M: What happened next? F: A friend of mine, Thomas Beck, gave me some really useful advice. Hes a successful investment manager Ive known him for years. M: What did he suggest? F: Well, I had a lot of plans for Jumpstart, offering a whole range of marketing services. Thomas like
39、d my ideas, but he thought I should focus on just one area. M: And did you take his advice? F: Yes, I decided to make Jumpstart a marketing recruitment agency, because I knew the business and had good contacts. M: Was it easy getting started? How did you raise the money? F: Well, Id learnt an import
40、ant lesson from my time at Fast Forward. Theyd had to stop trading because of large bank loans. I didnt want to make the same mistake with Jumpstart. I thought I might have to sell my house, but fortunately, somebody Id worked with at Fast Forward was very interested in coming in with me as a partne
41、r and also had money to invest. M: So how did Jumpstart find enough recruits to get started? F: We planned to advertise in local newspapers because it was so cheap. But then decided that it wouldnt reach the right people, so we placed ads in several specialist marketing magazines, expensive, but ver
42、y effective lots of enquiries. Nowadays, we advertise mainly on Internet, but not then, of course. M: And what do you look for in a recruit? What is essential? F: Well, even though the work is temporary, Ive always felt that its very important to provide quality staff. Because of this, I dont think
43、it really matters if the recruit has a degree in marketing, for example, but I always insist on them having experience in the field. Location is never a problem though I recruit staff of companies all over the country. M: You make it sound easy. Werent there any problems? F: It wasnt difficult getti
44、ng good recruits, though it took up a lot of time. What wasnt easy at first was selling the idea of temporary marketing staff to possible clients. The real challenge, however, was negotiation rates that companies would see as value for money. They were quite used to going to an agency for temporary secretaries but not for other types of staff. M: Well, your efforts really worked. Now, tell us what plans . 23 【正确答案】 A 24 【正确答案】 C 25 【正确答案】 B 26 【正确答案】 A 27 【正确答案】 B 28 【正确答案】 B 29 【正确答案】 B 30 【正确答案】 C
