1、BEC商务英语（初级）听力模拟试卷 44及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 For questions 1-8 you will hear 8 short recordings. For each question, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. 1 What percentage of the workforce in Singapore are for clerical or office jobs? （ A） 6% （ B） 11% （ C） 13% 2 When does this conversation
2、 take place? 3 What day is today? （ A） Tuesday （ B） Wedesday （ C） Monday 4 Where did the conversation most probably take place? 5 Which graph is correct?6 Where is the cinema?7 Which chart is correct? 8 Which chart s correct?二、 PART TWO 8 Look at the notes below. Some information is missinq. You wil
3、l hear a man contacting an employment agency about the recruitment of temporary staff for his business. 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 recordina. Advance Recruitment Company name
4、: AT Computer Solutions Contact name: (9) John_ Number of staff needed: (10)_ Starting date: (11)_October 2000 Length of contract: minimum of (12)_weeks Number of hours: 40 per week Rate quoted: (13) _per hour Contact telephone number: (14)_extension 218 Location of AT Computer Solutions: (15)_Busin
5、ess Park on Broad Street 三、 PART THREE 15 Questions 16-22 Look at the notes below Some information is missing You will hear a man talking about job hunting 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 HOW to G
6、et a Job Finding a vacancy： Advertised vacancies a Local/national press， (16)_， and specialist career publications， b Special bodies which provide an(17)_， C Recruitment agencies with vacancy details/local(18)_， d Internet Unadvertised vacancies a Approaching the company directly， known as the(19)_a
7、pplication， b PersonaI contact Preparing the interview： a Impressive(20)_and letter of application， b Information on the company from the internet， (21)_， and recruit ment literature， c List of skills， (22)_， and interests， d Predict the interview questions 四、 PART FOUR 23 Questions 23-30 You will h
8、ear an interview in which Prof Bevan talks about the importance of motivation for managers For each question 23-30， mark one letter(A， B， or C)for the correct answer You will hear the recording twice 23 What is the most important aspect of a managers job? （ A） To find the most hard-working employees
9、 （ B） To make the employees enthusiastic about work （ C） To encourage the employees cooperate with each other 24 According to Prof Bevan， which item comes out last on the list of motivation tools? （ A） Trust （ B） Praise （ C） Money 25 According to the Saratoga Institute reports， which factor is NOT t
10、he major reason for quitting a job? （ A） Not suitable for the job （ B） Not happy with the pay （ C） Not pleased with the leaders 26 What should good managers do to keep employees engaged? （ A） Offer them pay rise on a regular basis （ B） Give them feedback and encouragement （ C） Show concerned to thei
11、r personal troubles 27 What did the managers in Western Electric do to improve the companys performance? （ A） They gave the employees better pay （ B） They let the employees make all decisions. （ C） They made the employees feel more involved 28 How did the managers in the Swedish company Kochums chan
12、ge their motivation practice? （ A） From giving orders to persuading （ B） From giving bonus to persuading （ C） From giving bonus to giving orders 29 About Kochums performance， which statement is true? （ A） It lost 15 million dollars each year （ B） It made 100 million dollars within ten years （ C） It
13、made a 100 million dollars profit within ten years 30 How does a great manager motivate workers on individual basis? （ A） Find and develop their strengths （ B） Find and fix their weaknesses （ C） Motivate everyone in the same way BEC商务英语（初级）听力模拟试卷 44答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【听力原文】 M: OK, Ms. lee. Could yo
14、u give me an idea about the workforce in Singapore? F: Yes, sir. A total of 11% of the workforce are professional or technical workers. And a further 6% are employed in administrative jobs. M: What about people like you who have clerical or office jobs? F: Well, 13% of the workforce work as office c
15、lerks, secretaries, typists and receptionists. M: Well, how about jobs in production. 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 “13% of the workforce work as office clerks, secretaries, typists and receptionists.“ 2 【听力原文】 W: Oh, no. Its five oclock already and I havent finished typing these letters yet. M: Dont worry. Tha
16、t clock is half an hour fast. You still have time to do them. 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 表快半个钟点头，现在是五点，年以准确时间为 4: 30,故选 A。 3 【听力原文】 W: Hello, Mr. Davis. This is Tim Smiths secretary. Im calling to confirm his appointment with you on Wednesday at two oclock. M: Thank you for calling, Ill expect Mr. Smith to-
17、morrow afternoon. 3 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 文中暗示明天是 Wednesday, 所以今天是 Tues day, 故选 A。 4 【听力原文】 W: Do you make connections with the Maple Avenue line? M: Yes, maam. Pay your fare and Ill give you a free transfer and call you before we get to Maple Avenue. 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 transfer有 “火车 /公共汽车票 ”之意。 5 【听力原文】 M
18、: OK, Ms. Brown. Could you give me an idea about the sales in the past 3 months? F: Yes, sir. Im afraid our sales went down a little in March. Fortunately, they went up again in April. M: How about May then? F: In that month, our sales kept going up steadily. M: Very good. 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 三月到四月呈下降
19、趋势，四月份开始回 升并稳定。 6 【听力原文】 M: The film is very good. Shall we meet at 8 pm at the entrance of the cinema? F: All right. But how can I get there? M: When you get out of the station, turn left and walk until you reach the traffic lights. Turn left again. Keep walking until you come to a church. The cine
20、ma is just opposite. F: Yes, I know. Ill see you then. 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 注意句中两个 “turn left“和 “opposite“. 7 【听力原文】 M: Well, Is this the chart that shows your stock market index in the first week of January? W: Yes, it is. You can see there was hardly any change until the end of the week, when the ind
21、ex fell sharply. 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 在这个周快要结束的时候才有大幅下降，这前一直比较低平稳。 8 【听力原文】 M: How have we done these few months? W: Well, our computer sales hardly changed throughout the period, except for a slight in crease in April. 8 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 “a slight increase in April“, 其它时间均无变化。 二、 PART TWO 8 【听力原文】 W: A
22、dvance Recruitment. M: Hello, Im phoning from A T Computer Solutions. I was hoping you could help us with some temporary office staff. W: Of course. Can I take your name please? M: Its John Howlett. Thats H-O-W-L-E-double T. W: Fine. And what kind of posts are they? M: Well, were looking for 3 secre
23、taries. Two secretaries are leaving so we have to replace them but were also very busy and need another secretary because of the extra work. W: And when will they start? M: Our secretaries leave next Friday, 23rd. So wed like your people for the 26th if thats possible. W: It should be. And how long
24、are the jobs for? M: At least 8 weeks. It may become as long as 12 but wed only decide that 2 or 3 weeks after theyd started. W: Its 40 hours a week? M: Yes. We normally pay 6.50 per hour to our permanent staff. What will you charge us? W: For experienced secretaries its 9.50 per hour. M: Right well
25、 wed obviously need experienced staff. W: Fine. Can I ring you back later? M: Yes, the numbers 6-3-double 0-9-7 and my extension is 218. W: Oh, one more thing. Where are the company offices? M: Central Business Park, on Broad Street. W: Thank you. 9 【正确答案】 Howlett 【试题解析】 这个空格要求我们填写联系人的姓氏，在听的过程中我们清楚听
26、到为 Howlett，并且听力原文中有字母拼写。 10 【正确答案】 3 【试题解析】 这个空格要求我们填写需要的员工数量。从材料中我们可以听见总共需要三位秘书，两位代替离任的前秘书，由于业务繁忙还另加一位。因此我们应该写 3。 11 【正确答案】 26th 【试题解析】 这个空格要求填写秘书开始工作的日期。在材料中我们可以听到是26号。 12 【正确答案】 8 【试题解析】 这个空格要求填写合同的最少期限。材料中，我们可以听到 “at least 8 weeks”，至少为 8周，因此答案为 8。 13 【正确答案】 ( )9.50 【试题解析】 这个空格要求我们填写每小时的报酬。我们可以听到
27、专业秘书的时薪为 9.50英镑。 14 【正确答案】 630092 【试题解析】 这个空格要求我们填写联系电话，从材料中我们可以听到 “63 double 097 and my extension is 218”，因此为 630097，注意是 “double 0”。 15 【正确答案】 Central 【试题解析】 这个空格要求我们填写地址，在材料的最后，我们可以听见是“Central Business Park on Broad Street”，故只需要填写 Central。 三、 PART THREE 15 【听力原文】 M： If youve decided you need a new
28、 job， where do you start to look?What kinds of resources are avail-able?Who are the best people to talk to?Actually most jobs are advertised as current vacancies They appear in the local and national press， trade journals， and specialist career publications In ad-dition， many professional bodies off
29、er an appointments sewice which can help job seekers find a suitable position in a particular industry Recruitment agencies hold details of a wide range of vacan-cies， and possibly local training schemes The Internet is a valuable resourcenot only for vacan-cies but to find background information on
30、 companies Approximately one third of jobs are never advertised， but may be found by approaching a company directly This is called a speculative applica-tion， and is common among students starting at the bottom of the career ladder Finally， dont forget to use your personal contacts!If you have reach
31、ed the interview stage， your CV and letter of appli-cation must have been impressive!The company now wants to know more about you But there is still more work to do if you want to get that job!Make sure you have researched the company as thoroughly as possible。 use the Internet， company reports， rec
32、ruitment literature etc Remind yourself of why you applied to this company. Make a list of the skills， experience， and interests you can offer the organization Dont forget to predict the questions you will be expected to answer-imagine you are the interviewer! 16 【正确答案】 TRADE JOURNALS 【试题解析】 招聘信息要在哪
33、里找呢 ?根据题中给出的信息，一些职位空缺会发布广告，而另一些则不通过广告。通过广告发布的首先会出现在 local and national press(地方或全国的报刊 )上， trade journals(贸易刊物 )上，以及 specialist career publications(专业人才职业出版物 )上。 trade jouruals出现在几个并列的内容的中间，因此需要考生迅速反应，将其记录下来，并且要注意 joumals要根据所听到的内容写出名词的复数形式。 17 【正确答案】 APPOINTMENT SERVICE 【试题解析】 除了媒体上的信息之外，有些专门的机构会提供预约
34、服务，帮助求职者 在某个特定的领域内找到合适的职位。 18 【正确答案】 TRAINING SCHEMES 【试题解析】 招聘机构 (recruitment agencies)除了掌握大量职位空缺信息之外，也可能会有一些地方性的培训计划 (training schemes)。 19 【正确答案】 SPECULATIVE 【试题解析】 大约 1/3的职位空缺是从来不打广告的，但是直接与用人单位接洽(approach a company directly)，就能了解到它们。这种做法被称为 “投机性申请 ”(speculative application)。 20 【正确答案】 CV 【试题解析】
35、如果已经进入到面试阶段，你一定要有能给人留下深刻印象的简历(CV)和申请函 (letter of appli-cation)。 CV是 curriculum vitae的缩写，就是简历的意思。 21 【正确答案】 COMPANY REPORTS 【试题解析】 如何更深入地了解公司的情况 ?可以通过网络、 company reports(公司的报表的信息 )、 reeruitment literature(招聘信息 )等。 22 【正确答案】 EXPERIENCE 【试题解析】 准备面试的时候还要将自己的技能、经验以及相关的兴趣等列出来。此处得到正确的答案并不难，只要注意 experience这
36、种常见词的拼写即可。 四、 PART FOUR 23 【听力原文】 F： Professor Bevan， how important is motivation for a manager? M： Oh， motivation is extremely important I would say its the most important aspect of a managers job A managers job is to get the job done， whatever that job might be So a manager has to motivate the wor
37、kers as a team and also on an individual basis Without motivation， the job just wont get done F： So how do managers go about doing this? It doesnt sound very easy M： No， it is a complicated issue But managers have special tools They are trained to use them to boost motivation and increase production
38、 to a maximum F： Oh， tools? M： Yes， tools like praise， approval and recognition Andyes ， and there is trust，and expectation All important for workers F： And money? How about money? M： Yes， money is a factor but you might be surprised to learn that it comes out last on the list of these tools that we
39、 are talking about The Saratoga Institute repots that 88% of employees voluntarily leave their jobs for other reasons， such as person-job mismatch，insufficient coaching and feedback,poor career-advancement prospects， work-life imbalance， distrust toward senior leader ship andand als o low confidence
40、 in leadership F： Well， there are so many factors M： Yes Still， many managers refuse to acknowledge these factors， preferring to see more money as the prime motivator F： So， what comes before money?What sorts of things are more important for workers? M： Well， all of the things that I have already me
41、ntioned， and then， let me seejob enrichment and good communication between the workers and the bosses You know，good managers should know how to provide the everyday coaching， feedback， and recognition that keep employees engaged F： And have you got any examples of real life situations to back up you
42、r cla ms? M： Well， one good example is the firm Western Electric When managers started taking an interest in their workers there was a huge increase in production They started to talk to the workers and en couraged them to get involved in decision-making Workers began to feel that their contribution
43、s were important And it paid off F： Productivity increased? M： Yes， hugely The Swedish company Kochums is another example The company was on the verge of collapse when managers decided to try a change in motivation practice F： What did they do? M： Well， basically it was a change in attitude towards
44、their workers Managers decided to stop giving orders and to try persuading them instead F： And it worked? M： Absolutely In just ten years they managed to turn a 15 million dollar loss into a 100 million dollarprofit F： So， lets get this straight Are you saying that workers are not interested in earn
45、ing more money? M： Im saying theyre not JUST interested in money It is important of course We need to enjoy a certain standard of living But， as I mentioned before， there are other things that are even more important； such as praise， approval， recognition， trust and expectation， job enrichment and g
46、ood communi cation F： Ok， according to your research， how does a great manager motivate workers on an individual basis? M： Each persons talent is unique Great managers recognize that each person is motivated differently They try to help each person become more of what one already is F： Could you ela
47、borate on this point a bit further? M： Sure You know， great managers believe that each individual is uniquely talented， expressing themselves through unique goals， unique capabilities， and unique accomplishments That is why great managers do not help people fix their weaknesses Instead， they focus on their strengths 23 【正确答案】 B 24 【正确答案】 C 25 【正确答案】 B 26 【正确答案】 B 27 【正确答案】 C 28 【正确答案】 A 29 【正确答案】 C 30 【正确答案】 A
