1、BEC商务英语(初级)听力模拟试卷 85及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 When would be the interview? ( A) Friday morning ( B) Tuesday 1:30p. m. ( C) anytime next week 2 What are they going to discuss in the meeting? ( A) hiring new people ( B) retirement of old staff ( C) arrange meeting plans 3 When is the party? ( A) 29th ( B)
2、28th ( C) 30th 4 When will the female speaker do the agenda? ( A) Thursday afternoon or Friday morning ( B) today ( C) tomorrow 5 What do they need now? ( A) facilitate todays meeting ( B) a fantastic new product ( C) a new name 6 Which room does the woman live in? ( A) 420 ( B) 412 ( C) 402 7 How m
3、uch would the male speaker like to deposit? ( A) $1,000,000 ( B) $10,000,000 ( C) 1e+008 8 What does the man think of the price? ( A) quite normal ( B) too high ( C) cheap indeed 二、 PART TWO 8 Look at the notes below. Some information is missing. You will hear a dialogue about ones background. For e
4、ach 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. Susanne, who was born in Freiburg, in the【 A1】 _of Germany, was brought to the【 A2】 _by her father. She lives on the【 A3】 _. She has been in
5、 England after graduation in【 A4】 _,after finding a job as a 【 A5】 _for a【 A6】_. She travels back to America【 A7】 _a year. 9 【 A1】 10 【 A2】 11 【 A3】 12 【 A4】 13 【 A5】 14 【 A6】 15 【 A7】 三、 PART THREE 15 Look at the notes below. Some information is missing. You will hear a presentation on a new projec
6、t. For each question(16-22), fill in the missing information in the numbered space using a word, numbers or letters. After you have listened once, replay the recording. Information on the new idea: Its a on-line website system for【 B1】 _called The Great Ideas Directory, 【 B2】 _ for short, which has
7、been developing for almost【 B3】 _. People inventing new【 B4】 _can get finance on this website. Discussing process: At first,【 B5】 _will be talked about. Then,【 B6】 _. Last, development costs and【 B7】 _will be talked. 16 【 B1】 17 【 B2】 18 【 B3】 19 【 B4】 20 【 B5】 21 【 B6】 22 【 B7】 四、 PART FOUR 22 You
8、will hear a conversation on introducing new colleagues. For each question(23-30), mark one letter(A, B or C)for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay the recording. 23 Who is Scottish? ( A) Andrea ( B) Nellie ( C) Andreas husband 24 Who is the head accountant in this company? ( A)
9、 Andrea ( B) Lee Chung ( C) Nellie 25 Where is Lee Chungs hometown? ( A) London ( B) Australia ( C) Hong Kong. 26 How long has it been since our previous Finance Officer left? ( A) three years ( B) four years ( C) two years 27 Who is Kevin? ( A) Head of Finance ( B) Head of Sales ( C) Head of Market
10、ing 28 What kind of job does Jane probably do? ( A) Do marketing research. ( B) Do publicity work. ( C) Work out budget of whole company. 29 When is the big meeting tomorrow? ( A) 10:00 ( B) 0.458333 ( C) 0.479167 30 What are Nellie and Andrea going to do? ( A) Have a cup of coffee. ( B) Have lunch.
11、 ( C) Have a meeting. BEC商务英语(初级)听力模拟试卷 85答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【听力原文】 A: Thank you for your application, Mr. Sweeney. Mr. Jacobs would like to set up an interview for early next week. Do you have time? B: Yes, maam. I could come in any day next week, except for Friday morning. A: Fine. Let me take a
12、look at his schedule. Hes free on Tuesday afternoon at 1 :30. Could you come in then? B: Yes. That would be fine. 1 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。原文中提到下周想要面试,回答者说除了周五早上都可以。后又确定周四下午。故此题选 B。 2 【听力原文】 A: Excuse me. Mr. Emory? B: Yes, Ms. Rodriguez? How can I help you? A: I wanted to see if I could arrange a meet
13、ing with you to discuss recruitment. B: Absolutely. Ive been wanting to meet with you about that. Let me just get my book. 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 推断题。从 “I wanted to see if I could arrangea meeting with you to discuss recruitment ”这句中可知。 recruitment的意思是 “招聘 ”,选项中 A的意思为 “雇佣 ”,与 recruitment意思一致。 3 【听力原文】 A:
14、 Mrs. Montgomery? Ive been trying to figure out when we should have the New Years party. Could you take a look at these dates? B: Sure. The twenty-ninth is out. Ill be out of the office all day at a seminar. Either the twenty-eighth or the thirtieth is fine. A: Well, why dont we make it the thirtiet
15、h? We can set it up from three to five. That way, everybody can just go home afterwards. B: Sounds good to me. 3 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。原文说要开个 party,询问什么时间可以,原文首先提到先排除 29号。有研讨会要开,然后说 28和 30都可以,最后确定为 30日。 4 【听力原文】 A: Id like to fix a meeting for next week. B: Of course. When would you like to hold it? A
16、: How about Thursday afternoon or Friday morning? B: Do you want all the team to attend? A: If possible. Could you email them and check their availability? B: OK. What about the agenda? A: Ill do that today and you can send it out tomorrow morning. 4 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。原文说开会是在周四或周五,完成日程议定是在今天。 5 【听
17、力原文】 A: Great to see you all today. Steven is going to facilitate todays meeting. Steven, let me hand over to you straight away. B: Thanks, Sarah. Weve got a fantastic new product and what we need now is a new name. Weve had a few ideas, but nothing really exciting. 5 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 题目问题问 “现在要做的是什么
18、 ”,根据原文 “what we need now is a new name”可以判断此题应选 C。 6 【听力原文】 A: Good afternoon, Finance Department. B: Hello. I had a question about my bill. A: May I have your room number, please? B: 402. A: 402. And whats your question, maam? The laundry charge is too high. I only used the laundry service twice l
19、ast month. It cant be 420 Yuan. Its impossible. B: Just a moment, please. Let me get your laundry slips for the last month. 6 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。原文提到房间号为 402,洗衣费为 420。注意不要混淆。 7 【听力原文】 A: Hello, Mr. Jones. Can I help you? B: I want to deposit some money. A: This way, please. How much would you like
20、to deposit? B: 1, 000, 000 dollars. 7 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。考查数字听说能力,根 据原文读法。选 A。 8 【听力原文】 A: John told me he had got a second-hand car. Do you know how much he paid for? B: He said he paid 800 dollars for it. I think he got a real bargain. 8 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 推断题。原文说 800美元买了一台二手车。文中 “bargain”的意思是 “特价商品
21、 ”,可推断出应该是价格非常便宜,故选 C。 二、 PART TWO 8 【听力原文】 Michael: Would you like coffee or tea? Susanne: Coffee, please. Michael: Its over here. Just help yourself. Where do you come from, Susanne? Susanne: I was born in Freiburg, in the south of Germany. Michael: Really? I thought you were American. Susanne: We
22、ll, I was brought up in the States. My father worked there. Michael: Oh, that explains the accent! Where did you live? Susanne: We moved around, but mostly we lived on the East Coast. Michael: Did you go to university there? Susanne: No, I studied in London. And Ive been in England since I graduated
23、. Michael: Do you miss your family? Susanne: Well, my sister is in England, too, and my parents come over to visit sometimes. Michael: Do you get back to the States much? Susanne: Once or twice a year. In my first job after graduation, I used to travel around a lot so I saw my parents more often. Mi
24、chael: What were you doing? Susanne: I was a trainee buyer for a fashion house in London. Michael: That sounds fun! Susanne: It was, but after a couple of years, I decided the fashion business wasnt for me. Michael: Why was that? Susanne: Oh, I dont know. The fashion business is very . Michael: I gu
25、ess its very competitive? Lots of beautiful people? Susanne: Thats right. Its all about image, as you would expect. Michael: So how exactly did you end up in this line of business? Susanne: Well, thats a long story. 9 【正确答案】 south 【试题解析】 由原文 “I was born in Germany, inFreiburg, in the south of German
26、y ”可知答案。 10 【正确 答案】 States 【试题解析】 细节题。由原文 “I was brought up in theStates”可知答案,注意专有名词首字母人写。 11 【正确答案】 East coast 【试题解析】 细节题。由原文 “we lived on theEast Coast ”可知答案。 12 【正确答案】 London 【试题解析】 细节题。由 “I studied in London ”由此可知答案。 13 【正确答案】 trainee buyer 【试题解析】 细节题。由 “I was a traineebuyer for a fashion house
27、in London ”可知答案。 14 【正确答案】 fashion house 【试题解析】 同上。 15 【正确答案】 once or twice 【试题解析】 细节题。由 “Do you get backto the States much?”和对本句的回答“Onceor twice a year ”可知答案。 三、 PART THREE 15 【听力原文】 Hilary: Good evening and thank you for coming here tonight. As you know, weve been developing a web directory for in
28、ventors, an on-line system offering help and advice for everyone with a good idea for almost three years now. Weve called it the Great Ideas Directory the Great ID. And its finally ready to launch on-line, if the investment plan goes ahead. There are a lot of people out there inventing new products
29、and new services. How can they get finance? Where can they find advice? The Great ID, thats where. First Im going to talk about the research we did, who we talked to and what they told us. Then well look at the solutions we found and what the website has to offer. Then Ill say something about develo
30、pment costs and the launch programme. 16 【正确答案】 inventors 【试题解析】 细节题。由 weve been developinga web directory for inventors可知是为了发明者研发的网络指导系统。 17 【正确答案】 The Great ID 【试题解析】 推断题。由 “Weve called itThe Great Ideas Directory the Great ID ”可知 The Great ID是 Great Ideas Directory的简单形式。虽然文中并没有for short的字样,学生也可分析
31、做答。 18 【正确答案】 one year 【试题解析】 由原文 an on-line system offeringhelp and advice for everyone with a good idea foralmost a year now可知该系统已经运行了一年。 19 【正确答案】 New products and services 【试题解析】 由原文 “Thereare a lot of people out there inventing newproducts and new services ”可知发明者们可以为他们的新产品和服务获得资金支持。注意答案是 produc
32、ts and services,不要只听到 products就作答。 20 【正确答案】 Research 【试题解析】 由 First Im going to talk about theresearch we did可知。首先会讨论所做的研究。 21 【正确答案】 solutions 【试题解析】 在听到原文 “Then well look atthe solutions we found and what the website hasto offer ”中的 “then”之后即可对应题目,听到后面出现的 solutions,意思是找到解决方案。 22 【正确答案】 launch pro
33、gramme 【试题解析】 由 Then Ill say some-thing about development costs and the launch pro-gramme这句可知,最后讨论的是推广项目的问题。 四、 PART FOUR 22 【听力原文】 Nellie: So Andrea is from Austria? Malcolm: Yes, her husbands Scottish, you see. Oh, dont worry, her English is perfect, and she really knows our business and all the p
34、eople in the firm. I hope shell be a big help in getting you started in the company. Nellie: Right. Malcolm: And there are some other people youll need to meet pretty soon. Like Lee Chung, for one. Hes our Finance Officer and Head Accountant. Hes from Hong Kong originally but has been over here sinc
35、e 1995. Like you, he was sent up here from the London office our previous Finance Officer left rather suddenly Im afraid, and that was about three years ago. Youll like Lee, Im sure. Hes about the same age as you and is very enthusiastic and imaginative not always the case with the finance boys! Im
36、sure hell be very supportive in your plans for the new product launch. Apart from Lee, youll need to meet up with Kevin. Hes our Head of Sales and another live wire And of course theres Jane, shes our Public Relations and Press officer, so shes probably the person youll be most in contact with when
37、youre working out your wee schemes for the publicity of the new brand . Nellie: OK. Andrea: Hello, Malcolm. Can I come in? Malcolm: Yes, of course, Andrea. Id like you to meet Nellie Hamilton, who you are going to be reporting to from now on. Nellie: Hello, Andrea. Its very nice to meet you. Andrea:
38、 And to meet you, Mr. Hamilton. Nellie: Oh, Andrea, please. Were going to be working together all the time, so lets drop the formalities right from the start. Its Nellie, OK? Malcolm: Right you two, youve got a lot to talk about. Andrea, could you take Nellie to her office and show her around. Shell
39、 need to know where everything is. Andrea: Yes, of course, Malcolm. Malcolm: Oh, and can you tell her about the staff restaurants as well? We dont want you fainting on the job from lack of sustenance, do we? Andrea: Right. Malcolm: So Nellie, Ill let you and Andrea settle in for today. As I said, th
40、eres the big meeting tomorrow at 11: 00, so youve a lot to take on board before then. Id better let you get on with it! Nellie: Yes, well, thanks very much Ms. ., er Malcolm. Ill see you tomorrow then. Malcolm: Right you are. Have a good day, both of you. Both: Thanks, Malcolm/Mr. McKenzie. Andrea:
41、So, er, Nellie, lets go through to our office. Its over there in the far corner. Nellie: OK, Andrea. And on the way could we pick up a cup of coffee? I think its going to be a busy day. 23 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。根据原文第一句与第二句话可知答案为 C。 24 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节 题。由原文 “Like Lee Chung, forone Hes our Finance Of
42、ficer and HeadAccountant ”可知答案为 B。 25 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。由原文 “Hes from Hong Kongoriginally ”可知答案。 26 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。由原文 “our previous FinanceOfficer left rather suddenly Im afraid, and thatwas about three years ago ”可知答案为 A。 27 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 由原文 “youll need to meet up with Kevin Hes our Head
43、 of Sales and another live wire ”可知答案为 B。 28 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 推断题。由原文 “shes our Public Relationsand Press officer, ”推断,公关部门主要是做宣传工作。故选 B。 29 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。由原文 “As I said, theres the bigmeeting tomorrow at 11: 00, ”可知答案为 B。 30 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 细节题。由原文 “could we pick up a cupof coffee?”可知两个人想去喝咖啡,故答案选 A。