1、BEC商务英语（初级）听力模拟试卷 21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 From which platform does the train leave? （ A） Platform 8 （ B） Platform 10 （ C） Platfor
2、m 5 2 What were the sales like in the past three years? 3 When did the customer expect to receive the components? （ A） Monday morning （ B） Tuesday morning （ C） Tuesday afternoon 4 Whom does the visitor want to see? （ A） Mr. Joansong （ B） Mr. Adamson （ C） Mr. Jefferson 5 Whats the new time for the me
3、eting? 6 What is wrong with the printer? （ A） It has run out of paper. （ B） The paper has jammed. （ C） It needs a new ink cartridge. 7 What does Peter order? （ A） Chicken. （ B） Steak. （ C） Fish. 8 Which product has been the most successful? 二、 PART TWO 8 Look at the telephone message below. Some inf
4、ormation is missing. You will hear a dialogue between a man and a woman. For each question (9-15), fill in the missing information in the numbered space, using a word, numbers or letters. You will hear the conversation twice. Telephone Message From: (9)_ To: (10) _ Name of the callers company: (11)_
5、 Problem: Something is wrong with a machine whose model is: (12)_ , which was bought about (13)_ ago. No (14)_ has been sent to the customer. Ways to solve the problem: Send a service operator on Wednesday at (15)_ in the afternoon together with some instruction. 三、 PART THREE 15 Look at the notes a
6、bout the career of Harry Robbins. Some information is missing. You will hear a presentation given by Harry Robbins at an interview. 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. INTERVIEW NOTES Current posi
7、tion: (16) _ Companys main product: (17) _ Company name: (18) _ Subjects studied at university: (19) _ Previous job: (20) _ Languages spoken other than English: (21) _ and _ Can start working in: (22) _ 四、 PART FOUR 23 You will hear a radio interview. The interviewer is talking to a young businessma
8、n called Alex Baker, who publishes a successful magazine. For each question (23 -30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. You will hear the interview twice. 23 How long has the magazine been on sale? （ A） For one year. （ B） For eighteen months. （ C） For two years. 24 Where did Alex B
9、aker work Before he started the magazine? （ A） On a newspaper. （ B） In the travel business. （ C） At a bank. 25 Who helped Alex Baker to plan the magazine? （ A） A magazine editor. （ B） A publishing company. （ C） A company director. 26 What is the main topic of Alex Bakers magazine? （ A） Careers （ B）
10、Health （ C） Leisure 27 Which kind of people does Alex Baker prefer to work with? （ A） Friends and family. （ B） Famous people. （ C） Professionals. 28 Who provides the extra financing the magazine needs now? （ A） Several banks. （ B） Private individuals. （ C） An investment company. 29 What does Alex Ba
11、ker say about current sales of the magazine? （ A） They have increased every month. （ B） They have leveled off. （ C） They have begun to fall slightly. 30 How does Alex Baker plan to develop the magazine next year? （ A） By changing its design. （ B） By advertising it more widely. （ C） By expanding its
12、distribution. BEC商务英语（初级）听力模拟试卷 21答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【听力原文】 F: Excuse me, could you tell me which platform the 7 oclock train leaves from? M: Yes, its platform 10. F: Thank you. Which end of the station is that? M: The left-hand side, but youd better get there 10 minutes earlier because there are a
13、 lot of people going. F: OK. Thank you very much. 1 【正确答案】 B 2 【听力原文】 F: Could you tell us something about the sales of your company? M: Ha, thats very interesting. As you can see here, sales had been rising slowly but steadily throughout the two-year period, and the increase was getting more dramat
14、ic in 2006. 2 【正确答案】 A 3 【听力原文】 M: Dispatch. F: Hello, Brown & Co. here . Im ringing about our component delivery. Its not arrived yet and its already three oclock in the afternoon. M: Lets see . its due to reach you on Tuesday afternoon. F: But you told me today, Monday, in the morning! M: Ill chec
15、k. Oh, dear . youre right. Ill phone the warehouse at once. 3 【正确答案】 A 4 【听力原文】 F: Good morning. Im from Joansong Logistics Company. M: Good morning. Welcome to our company. Can I help you? F: Id like to see your Sales Manager, Mr. Adamson. M: Just a moment. I will telephone him to come. F: Thank yo
16、u. M: I am sorry. He is in a meeting now. Can you wait for a few minutes? F: Of course. Thank you. 4 【正确答案】 B 5 【听力原文】 F: What times the MD back tomorrow? M: Erm just after lunch, I think. Why? F: Well, Ive got a meeting tomorrow at a quarter past two, but I need to be here when tile MD arrives - Il
17、l rearrange my meeting for three. M: Well, Pauls coming to that meeting, and he has to leave early. F: OK, Ill make it a quarter to three, then. 5 【正确答案】 B 6 【听力原文】 F: Oh, the stupid machine isnt working again! M: Whats wrong with it? F: I dont know. I think it needs some more paper or its run out o
18、f ink or something. M: No, look here. There is some paper stuck in it. 6 【正确答案】 B 7 【听力原文】 F: So, Peter, do you know what you want? M: Im not sure. The chicken sounds nice, but so does the fish. What about you? F: Well, I think Im going to have the fish. M: OK, Ill have that, too. 7 【正确答案】 C 8 【听力原文
19、】 M: Our sales figures show that toy trains havent done very well, although weve sold a reasonable number of the dolls. As for model cars, weve sold so many that we cant produce enough! 8 【正确答案】 A 二、 PART TWO 8 【听力原文】 F: Hallo. IBM Sales and Service, Kate Scott speaking. M: Good morning, Mrs. Scott,
20、 Robert Harvey of New York Life here. F: How do you spell your name, please? M: Robert Harvey. That is R-O-B-E-R-T, H-A-R-V-E-Y. F: Oh . hello, Mr. Harvey, what can I do for you? M: We bought an IBM-R50 from you about four months ago and were having some problems with it. F: Can you tell me what the
21、 main problem is, Mr. Harvey? M: I dont think that its anything major. It just seems that the quality of the printouts could be better. F: I see. Has your staff been given instruction on how to operate the machine? M: I dont believe weve had any formal instruction yet, Mrs. Scott. F: Thats strange.
22、Ill send a service operator over. If youd like, he could also give your staff some instruction on how to use your new IBM-R50. M: That sounds fine. F: When would it be convenient for you? M: How about Wednesday at three in the afternoon? F: That would be possible. Ill send you a confirmation of that
23、 appointment. M: Thanks a lot. Bye, Mrs. Scott. F: Thanks for calling, Mr. Harvey. Bye. 9 【正确答案】 Robert Harvey 10 【正确答案】 Kate Scott 11 【正确答案】 New York Life 12 【正确答案】 IBM-R50 13 【正确答案】 4 months 14 【正确答案】 instruction 15 【正确答案】 3 三、 PART THREE 15 【听力原文】 M: I have always enjoyed working in marketing and
24、 research, and I think I have gained a very. good knowledge of the skills necessary to do a job effectively. At the moment, Im working as a Research Manager. Energy and ideas are very important, and in my present employment Ive shown that I have these qualities. The company deals in the production o
25、f building equipment and Ive been with them for five years now. Im sure you have heard of my present company, Standard Construction. My position involves finding out the latest scientific developments. I have a good academic background in this field and graduated in Chemistry from London University
26、fourteen years ago. One thing I particularly enjoy about my present job is traveling, mainly in Europe and the United States. I meet representatives of other companies and discuss new ideas for the use of new materials in construction. Its very important to know what is happening in other countries
27、like Germany and France. Before this, I was Marketing Assistant for a Spanish plastics company for four years. My knowledge of different languages and cultures has been a great advantage, and I plan to learn German as well. At the moment, I regularly do business in French and Spanish, and travel wid
28、ely in Europe including frequent visits to Sweden and Holland, where my business is all done in English. I plan to leave my present job before the end of the year. There are several projects I have to finish in October and November. If I were offered a post here I would be available to begin in Dece
29、mber. I want to work for a company that has ambitions to be a world leader in its field, which is why Im applying for this position. 16 【正确答案】 Research Manager 17 【正确答案】 building equipment 18 【正确答案】 Standard Construction 19 【正确答案】 Chemistry 20 【正确答案】 Marketing Assistant 21 【正确答案】 French/Spanish 22 【
30、正确答案】 December (Dec) 四、 PART FOUR 23 【听力原文】 F: I publish my own magazine, and its very successful How many people, at just twenty- eight, can say that? Well, we have here a young businessman who can - he is Alex Baker, who published the magazine Every Day. Welcome, Alex. M: Hello. F: Alex, did you t
31、hink this magazine would be so successful so quickly? I mean, two years ago, it was just an idea. Eighteen months ago, you still hadnt found anyone to provide the finance, but this week youre celebrating its first anniversary. M: No one is more surprised than me. F: Two years ago, you werent even wo
32、rking in the media, were you? M: I had no experience of publishing or journalism at all. I was actually an accountant, working for a large holiday company. One day, I was reading a magazine about modern life and stress and I just said to my friends, hey, I could do better than this. F: So what did y
33、ou do then? M: Well, 1 spent eight months knocking on the doors of just about every big London-based publishing company hoping to find one who would discuss the project. Finally, a friend, the managing director of a big insurance company, suggested I see Tony Rogerson, whos the editor of the magazin
34、e City Life. He liked my ideas for the new magazine, said they were exciting, and we started to meet regularly to develop and plan its publication. F: He wasnt worried about the competition? M: Oh, no. My magazine has a completely different subject from his - we do both have the same sort of caree-m
35、inded readers, but they buy our magazines for completely different reasons: mine gives readers advice and help on how to look after themselves, how to keep fit. Of course, this sometimes includes ideas about what to do at the weekend, but his magazine is bought specifically by readers who want to kn
36、ow where to go and what to do in their free time - dates, places, costs, recommendations. F: And who do you have working for you? Do you ask your friends to write for the magazine? M: Actually, I love my family and friends but the people I need, and any business needs - to be successful, are those w
37、ho really know what theyre doing, with the qualifications, training, experience, the lot - not necessarily well-known people, just the ones who are good at the job. F: Indeed. Does the magazine now make enough money from advertising to keep going without too much outside investment? M: Of course not
38、, though our advertising income is excellent. Our first copy alone brought in over twenty thousand pounds, but were still considered a risk by the the banks so were lucky that we have several people willing to invest in us on a personal basis. Shall I tell you how many copies of the magazine we sold
39、 last month? F: Forty, fifty thousand? M: About seventy-five thousand. Im really pleased sales have increased so rapidly. Apart from one month when they dropped slightly, sales have grown until they reached the seventy-five thousand mark three months ago, where theyve stayed. F: And how do you see t
40、he magazine? M: Im keen to see it read by more people, of course, but that doesnt mean I want to make any great changes. It looks good now, it feels right. Im getting all the publicity I need. All Ive got to work on is getting it out to more places so that it is more widely available. At the moment, its basically only available in London. I want to make sure everyone can buy it. F: Well, good luck with that, Alex. M: Thank you. 23 【正确答案】 A 24 【正确答案】 B 25 【正确答案】 A 26 【正确答案】 B 27 【正确答案】 C 28 【正确答案】 B 29 【正确答案】 B 30 【正确答案】 C
