1、BEC商务英语（初级）听力模拟试卷 72及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 What is the quotation for 1,000 brochures with colour photos?2 When will the new Personnel Officer start work? （ A） July （ B） September （ C） October 3 Which pie chart is correct?4 Why is Jane unhappy about Michaels report? （ A） He has left mistakes in it. （ B
2、） He has finished it very late. （ C） He has circulated it too soon. 5 What is the womans current job with BGT? （ A） Project Manager （ B） General Manager （ C） Account Manager 6 What does the speaker think the company should do? （ A） increase online bookings （ B） cut ticket prices （ C） reduce spending
3、 on food 7 What does the woman need to get?8 Which graph shows the company figures?二、 PART TWO 8 Look at the notes below.Some information is missing.You will hear a man making an enquiry about ordering a new printer.For each question(9-15), fill in the missing information in the numbered space using
4、 a word, numbers or letters.After you have listened once, replay the recording.9 (9) 10 (10) 11 (11) 12 (12) 13 (13) 14 (14) 15 (15) 三、 PART THREE 15 Look at the notes below about a marketing conference.Some information is missing.You will hear part of a report to colleagues about the marketing conf
5、erence.For each question(16-22), fill in the missing information in the numbered space using one or two words.After you have listened once, replay the recording.16 (16) 17 (17) 18 (18) 19 (19) 20 (20) 21 (21) 22 (22) 四、 PART FOUR 23 In Tim Blacks company, which people usually get relocated abroad? （
6、 A） those who have previous experience of working abroad （ B） those who have specific skills to offer （ C） those who are more senior 24 What reason does Tim give for companies sending fewer employees abroad? （ A） There arent enough suitable candidates. （ B） Companies are less willing to fund it. （ C
7、） Working abroad is no longer seen as leading to promotion. 25 According to Tim, what is the current trend amongst British workers? （ A） Commuting long distances is less common. （ B） Working in London is their first choice. （ C） Living in the countryside has grown in popularity. 26 What financial ad
8、vice does Tim give employees thinking of relocating abroad? （ A） Buy extra health insurance. （ B） Ensure that pension fund payments will still be made. （ C） Ask your company to rent out your house. 27 What was Tims company doing in Dubai? （ A） manufacturing building materials （ B） designing a public
9、 building （ C） constructing an office building 28 What did Tims company arrange before he left? （ A） a short visit to Dubai before moving there （ B） a personal contact with the team in Dubai （ C） a language course in Arabic 29 What arrangements did Tim make for accommodation? （ A） He bought an expen
10、sive house. （ B） He stayed in a company flat. （ C） He arranged to move in with a colleague. 30 Tim expected to stay in Dubai for some time because he was （ A） going to supervise a lengthy project. （ B） starting a new area of work. （ C） aiming to get lots of experience. BEC商务英语（初级）听力模拟试卷 72答案与解析 一、 P
11、ART ONE 1 【听力原文】 One: What is the quotation for one thousand brochures with colour photos? pause Man: How much can you quote for our brochure order? Woman: If you want the colour photos, itll be more expensive. Er, for two thousand, itll be two thousand five hundred pounds, or for a thousand, itll b
12、e one thousand, five hundred pounds. Without colour photos, the price goes down a bit. Man: How much? Woman: Er, for a thousand, it would be one thousand two hundred. 1 【正确答案】 B 2 【听力原文】 Two: When will the new Personnel Officer start work? pause Woman: Jane is leaving next week, isnt she? Man: Yes.
13、We recruited the new Personnel Officer in July, but because she has to relocate from Newcastle, I dont think shell be able to begin until October. Woman: Well, well need to arrange some temporary cover for September. Man: OK. Ill look into it. 2 【正确答案】 C 3 【听力原文】 Three: Which pie chart is correct? p
14、ause Man: . . . and Im pleased to report that here at WTM, our market share has increased by ten per cent, taking us ahead of our rivals PTA for the first time. Of course, AVC are still the market leaders with a fifty-five-per-cent share, so . . . 3 【正确答案】 C 4 【听力原文】 Four: Why is Jane unhappy about
15、Michaels report? pause Woman: Wheres the report I asked for, Michael? Man: Sorry, Jane, its here, just finished. Its a bit late, but. . . Woman: That doesnt matter. Has anyone else seen it? Man: I circulated copies internally. I thought you asked me to. Woman: Not before Id checked it first. If youv
16、e made mistakes in it, it wont be very good for the department. 4 【正确答案】 C 5 【听力原文】 Five: What is the womans current job with BGT?pause Man: Can you tell me about your work with BGT? Woman: Well, I started in nineteen ninety-two as Account Manager. The General Manager was keen to promote young staff
17、 quickly, so shortly after that, I became Project Team Leader. My boss, the Project Manager, became General Manager last year. Man: And you were promoted? Woman: Yes, I took his place. 5 【正确答案】 A 6 【听力原文】 Six: What does the speaker think the company should do? pause Man: So, what will you do to keep
18、 the business going through this difficult time? Woman: As a low-cost airline, were happy with the numbers using the internet to reserve tickets, and customers report that our prices are competitive. We now need to look at cutting back on in-flight catering, as sales of snacks have really dropped re
19、cently. 6 【正确答案】 C 7 【听力原文】 Seven: What does the woman need to get? pause Man: Is there a sound system in the seminar room? Woman: Well, weve got a microphone, and theres a video player there . . . Man: Mmm, Im not sure the MD will use it. A flipchart is essential, though. Woman: Oh, I never thought
20、 of that, Ill fetch one now. Shall I remove the video? Man: No, leave it, I might use it in the afternoon. 7 【正确答案】 C 8 【听力原文】 Eight: Which graph shows the company figures? pause Man: Figures published today by the Falmouth Group received a mixed reaction. Although production costs increased at a sl
21、ower rate during the second half of the year, profits continued to fall. 8 【正确答案】 A 二、 PART TWO 8 【听力原文】 Woman: CIT Computers. Man: Hello. Im ringing from Davies and Baker, Accountants. I need some advice about office equipment. Woman: Right. Could I just take your name first? Man: Yes, Im James McD
22、ougall. Thats M-C-D-O-U-G-A-double L. Woman: Thank you. Now, what exactly are you interested in? Man: We need a new office printer, but Im not sure which type. Woman: Do you need anything special? Man: We havent much space, so no wider than thirty-five centimetres. Woman: Weve got some that size. Ma
23、n: What about printout quality? Woman: You can choose either two hundred and thirty-five or one hundred and ninety-six dots per centimetre. One hundred and ninety-six is fine if you dont do much specialised printing. Man: Thatll be OK. How fast is it? Were a busy office. Woman: Ten pages per minute,
24、 and you only have to wait fifteen seconds before the first page prints out. Theres an upgraded model thatll be out next month. That does twenty pages per minute. Man: That sounds ideal. So, what model is it? Woman: Its the HY one-eight-seven-four. Man: And the price? Woman: Well, weve a special off
25、er on at the moment. It costs three hundred and eighty pounds, but if you order today, we can give you a twenty-per-cent discount, which brings it down to just three hundred and four pounds. Man: That sounds fine. Do you deliver? Were based in Burnham. Woman: Fine, we deliver there on a Friday. We c
26、ould do Friday the ninth of December . . .? Man: Id prefer the sixteenth. Woman: Right. Now, about the delivery, well be in touch . . . 9 【正确答案】 (JAMES)MCDOUGALL 10 【正确答案】 35(CM) 11 【正确答案】 196(DOTS PER CM) 12 【正确答案】 20(PAGES PER MINUTE) 13 【正确答案】 HY1874 14 【正确答案】 ( )304(POUNDS) 15 【正确答案】 (FRIDAY)16(
27、TH)DEC(EMBER) 三、 PART THREE 15 【听力原文】 Man: As you know, I attended the annual marketing conference in Manchester last week. As always, it was very useful. There were some first-rate seminars and presentations. I was particularly impressed by a talk on internet advertising. In fact, I plan to ask the
28、 speaker to come and do a workshop for our staff here. Her names Susan Hill; some of you may have heard of her - she writes regularly for a number of business magazines. Conferences arent just about seminars and workshops, though. In fact, Id say that for most people, and I include myself, probably
29、the most important part of any conference are the new contacts you make. One very useful person I met at the Manchester conference was a man called Harry Baxter, from a company in Glasgow. Hed already heard of our video cameras and wanted to know more about them. Anyway, hes interested in placing an
30、 order for them with us; hell be confirming that in the next couple of days. I also met two people from an American firm called Bentley High-Tech. Theyre a major supplier to stores all over the USA. Their headquarters are in New York. They seem really impressed by what were doing. In fact, one of th
31、em intends to come over to spend a few days with us in October. He might like to see something of our manufacturing process and production capacity, though I think hes mainly interested in discounts. If all goes well, this could lead to a really major contract for us. One of the other aspects of the
32、 conference that. . . 16 【正确答案】 INTERNET ADVERTISING 17 【正确答案】 HILL 18 【正确答案】 (NEW)CONTACTS 19 【正确答案】 VIDEO CAMERA(S) 20 【正确答案】 NEW YORK/NY 21 【正确答案】 OCT(OBER) 22 【正确答案】 DISCOUNT(S) 四、 PART FOUR 23 【听力原文】 Woman: And today Im talking to Tim Black, who has recently returned to the UK from working abro
33、ad. He is currently working on a report about relocation and its effect on companies and employees. Tim, what kind of people are sent abroad by their companies? Man: Well, generally speaking, if youre relatively senior in a company, you have a good chance, and also if youve worked abroad before and
34、have shown youre adaptable. But my company always looks particularly for people with skills which might be needed in their work overseas, and thats how I got my chance to go. Woman: I see, but what about the general situation? Ive heard that fewer employees are sent abroad now than in the past. Why
35、is that? Man: Well, some Human Resources departments are thinking much harder about how many staff they can relocate, and companies are only taking the best candidates from the UK, while filling other positions locally. Thats because they know that relocation is expensive. They dont always want to i
36、nvest in it, which is a pity, as the experience can equip people with skills that lead to promotion. Woman: So, whats the position with British workers? Man: Well, it seems that people are happier to relocate to another area of the UK rather than go to another country. Its especially popular to go a
37、nd live outside the big cities and commute in to work - although, as far as London is concerned, in the last few years, companies already based in the countryside have found it increasingly easy to attract staff away from the capital. Woman: Mm. Now, for people considering relocation abroad, are the
38、re financial arrangements to be made before leaving? Man: Yes. You may want to check that any health insurance you have is still valid. Oh, and one very important point is to find out what will happen to payments into your pension fund while you are abroad. You need to make sure that these will cont
39、inue. Um, also, you may want to rent out your house while youre away. Its best to use a rental agency to do this, so that they can sort out any problems in your absence. Woman: Now, youve worked abroad, in Dubai. What work was your company involved in there? Man: Wed got a contract from an internati
40、onal bank there. A firm in the UK had designed an office block for them, and we went to Dubai to arrange for the purchase of the materials and to build it. I was part of the team involved in the project, in partnership with a local firm. Woman: And how did your company help you decide whether or not
41、 to go? Man: They made it very easy for me. They paid for me to go and see the place to decide if it would suit me. I then asked a colleague at the branch in Dubai to help me with my move there, and he was excellent. Sadly, though, the Arabic language lessons Id requested never happened! Woman: Oh,
42、thats a pity. And what about accommodation? Man: Well, buying a house there was going to be very expensive, so another colleague offered to help me move to an apartment owned by my company, which I was very grateful for. Finding accommodation can be difficult when you first arrive. Woman: And you st
43、ayed in Dubai for three years - quite a long time. Is that the usual length of relocation in your company? Man: Anything over a year is considered a long-term assignment, and three years is normal for international relocations because of the cost involved. My job there was to manage the progress of our project, so it was likely to be long term. But I enjoyed the experience, and learnt a lot from it, even though it was a familiar area of work to me. Woman: Well, Tim, thank you for talking to us. 23 【正确答案】 B 24 【正确答案】 B 25 【正确答案】 C 26 【正确答案】 B 27 【正确答案】 C 28 【正确答案】 A 29 【正确答案】 B 30 【正确答案】 A
