1、BEC商务英语（初级）听力模拟试卷 86及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 When would they meet? 2 When will the final decision be made? （ A） Thursday （ B） Tuesday afternoon （ C） Wednesday 3 What will the new staff do first to know the new company? （ A） Remember the name of the managers. （ B） Visit the different departments office.
2、（ C） Given the list of departments. 4 What are they going to discuss in the meeting? （ A） the money they can get for next year （ B） the money they can get for this year （ C） all money for the whole company 5 What will the female speaker do for the male speaker? （ A） arranging a taxi （ B） booking a p
3、lane （ C） driving a car 6 How much will the taxi be to the airport? （ A） 60 yen （ B） 60 yuan （ C） 16 yuan 7 Who will get the merchant commission? （ A） Bank of America （ B） Bank of China （ C） American Express 8 Which floor could the male speaker settie the bill? （ A） fourth （ B） rifth （ C） sixth 二、 P
4、ART TWO 8 Look at the notes below. Some information is missing. You will hear a dialogue on a new project. 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 recording. Hilary is worried about the
5、presentation she has to make tomorrow. It is about a new website for【 A1】 _and investors. Hilary and her colleague Simon have been developing 1he website for nearly【 A2】 _. The presentation is to Pablo Duarte, the chairman of their【 A3】 _. He is bringing an overseas【 A4】 _with him. If they like the
6、idea, they will put in a total of【 A5】 _of the money needed. Hilarys friend thinks the website is a【 A6】 _. And Hilary thinks she has to go back to the【 A7】 _to practice more. 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
7、missing. You will hear the Chief Financial Officer is presenting the annual report to staff. 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. ANNUAL REPORT Performance of last year:【
8、B1】 _, sales and profits fell, and market share went down by【 B2】 _percent. Reasons: (i)Difficult【 B3】 _in this sector after September 11th. (ii)【 B4】 _has affected consumer confidence. (iii)rising【 B5】 _. Hopes in this year: (i)The second and third quarter【 B6】 _cease decreasing. (ii)Ensure that【 B
9、7】 _do not fall and that costs remain stable. 16 【 B1】 17 【 B2】 18 【 B3】 19 【 B4】 20 【 B5】 21 【 B6】 22 【 B7】 四、 PART FOUR 22 You will hear a dialogue on conference arrangements. For each question(23-30), mark one letter(A, B or C)for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay the recor
10、ding. 23 When will the conference take place? （ A） the first weekend of February （ B） the second weekend of February （ C） the third weekend of February 24 When will guests arrive? （ A） Friday morning （ B） Thursday morning （ C） Saturday morning 25 When will the conference end? （ A） late Sunday aftern
11、oon （ B） late Sunday morning （ C） late Sunday evening 26 What are the normal off-peak rates? （ A） 75 pounds for a standard double, 85 pounds for a standard single （ B） 75 pounds for a standard double, 65pounds for a standard single （ C） 85 pounds for a standard double, 75 pounds for a standard singl
12、e 27 How many people are expected for the conference? （ A） 100-200 （ B） 100-150 （ C） 100-120 28 How many waiting staff does Jenny think they will need? （ A） 1 for every 20 guests （ B） 1 for every 10 guests （ C） 1 for every 30 guests 29 Where does Steve suggest placing an adverticement? （ A） in a loc
13、al newspaper （ B） at a recruitment agency （ C） in a university 30 How many quotes from catering companies is Jenny asked to get? （ A） 2 （ B） 3 （ C） 4 BEC商务英语（初级）听力模拟试卷 86答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【听力原文】 A: Good morning, Mr. Emory. I was hoping to set up an appointment with you for sometime this week. B: H
14、mm. Im pretty booked up this week. Lets move it up to next week. A: Fine, Mr. Emory. Would next Monday at 4:00 oclock be all right for you? B: Let me take a look. All right, thats no problem. See you then. 1 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。原文中开始说想要约在这周，但回答者这周比较忙，故选在下周的周一。应该选择 C。 2 【听力原文】 A: All right then, Ms.
15、Montgomery. Ill get those plans over to your office by Thursday afternoon. B: Great. That will give me time to talk with my staff before I make the final decision. A: Thats what I was thinking. Ill have them there by Thursday. B: Good news. Thanks for getting things done so quickly. 2 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析
16、】 推断题。问题中问最后决定应该是在什么时候完成的。原文提到要把计划在周四下午前交上去，按逻辑，应该是先做好决定。再出计划书。由此可推断，决定是在周四下午之前就应该做好。 3 【听力原文】 A: Hi, John Phillips? Im Rose Green. Ive been asked to handle your training and introduce a little bit of the company to you. Its nice to meet you. B: Its nice to meet you, too, Ms. Green. This company see
17、ms so big right now; I dont know how Ill ever get used to it. A: After a week, youll be running around here like a pro. Let me give you this list of departments first, next to each department is its location and the name of the manager. B: Great Thatll be big help, Ms. Green. 3 【 正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 细节题。
18、由原文中 “Let me give you this listof departments first ”可知。应该选择 C。 4 【听力原文】 A: Roger? Would it be possible to meet with you to discuss my departments budget? B: Of course, Debbie. Let me look at my schedule, I have some free time on the 12th. Thats this Thursday at 9: 00 a. m. A: All right. Thatll be f
19、ine. Can you put together a rough idea of the kind of money Ill have available for the next year? B: Certainly. Ive already worked out a general budget for all the departments. 4 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 推断题。开始第一句提到是谈论本部门的预算，后从 “Ill have available for the next year”可得出应该是关于明年的预算，总结起来应该是要探讨关于本部门明年的预算，故选 A。 5
20、【听力原文】 A: Could I ask for your help in arranging a taxi for me tomorrow? B: Certainly. Where would you like to go? A: I need to go to Beijing tomorrow. B: Is that just one way or will you need the taxi all day? A: One way. 5 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 由 “Could I ask for your help in arranging ataxi for me tomo
21、rrow?”可知，此人寻求帮助安排一辆出租车，应该选 A。 6 【听力原文】 A: Could I ask for your help in arranging a taxi for me? B: Ok . A taxi will be here in 10 minutes. A: Great. And how much will it be? B: To the airport it should be about 60 Yuan. 6 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。由原文 “To the airport it should beabout 60 Yuan ”可知本题选 B。 7
22、【听力原文】 A: Hello. Ive come to pay my bill. B: Okay. Just a moment please. Let me get our copy A: Will that be cash or charge? B: Charge. Ill put it on my American Express. A: Okay. By the way, theres a 4% merchant commission you must pay if youre going to use a credit card. A: Who gets the 4% ? B: Th
23、e Bank of China. 7 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 细节题。由原文 “Theres a 4 merchantcommission”和 “The Bank of China”可知答案。 8 【听力原文】 A: Id like to check out. B: Have you settled the bill? A: No. Id like to do that now. B: You can settle your bill at the Finance Department on the fourth floor. A: Okay. Ill go pay my bill n
24、ow. 8 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 由原文 “You can settle your bill at theFinance Department on the fourth floor ”可知答案。 二、 PART TWO 8 【听力原文】 Jackie: Are you still worried about this big presentation? When is it? Hilary: Tomorrow. Everything was going fine, and now, suddenly, Im not so confident about it. Jackie: It
25、s a good idea for a website, an on-line resource for inventors and investors. I love it. Hilary: Simon and I have been developing it for almost a year now, and there is still noting else likes it anywhere, I know the timings right, its innovative, its original, its just. Its not the presentation. It
26、s me. You know any kind of public speaking terrifies me, and this is to Pablo Duarte. Hes the European chairman of our parent company, and he is bringing a major overseas investor with him. If Pablo likes the idea, hell give us a third of the money and the investor will put it another third. Its jus
27、t so important to us. Im scared of saying the wrong thing. I think I have to go back to the office and have another look at it. 9 【正确答案】 inventors 【试题解析】 细节题。由 “Its a good idea for awebsite， an on-line resource for inventors andinvestors I love it ”可知答案，注意听辨 inventor和 investor两个词，不要弄混淆，落笔时要 “左顾右盼 ”来
28、比对选项中已给的 investors，能够帮助辨别正确拼写。 10 【正确答案】 a year 【试题解析】 细节题。由 “Simon and I have beendeveloping it for almost a year now”可知两个人已经经营了一年。 11 【正确答案】 parent company 【试题解析】 细节题。从 “Hes theEuropean chairman of our parent company， ”这句话可 以得出答案。 12 【正确答案】 investor 【试题解析】 细节题。从 “he is bringing a majoroverseas inv
29、estor with him ”这句话可知他带来了一位投资人。 13 【正确答案】 two thirds 【试题解析】 推断题。此题有一定难度，注意问的是 totally。由 “If Pablo likes the idea， hell give us a third of the money and the investorwill put it another third ”可知答案为 1 3+1 3=2 3。 14 【正确答案】 great idea 【试题解析】 细节题。 “Its a good idea for awebsite”一句为关键信息句，可以直接得出答案。 15 【正确答案
30、】 office 【试题解析】 细节题。由 “I think I have to go backto the office and have another look at it ”可以直接确定答案，故此处应填地点 office。 三、 PART THREE 15 【听力原文】 CEO: I would like you to all look at the bar chart for the last financial year. As you can see, turnover, sales and profits all fell slightly last year due to t
31、he difficult market conditions in this sector after September 11th. Although profits decreased more than we had expected, market share was affected by growth in our main competitors expansion and went down by 1. 7 percent. Well, we think that inflation has affected consumer confidence and this, comb
32、ined with rising unemployment, will mean our figures remain the same again this year. The good news is that the usually weak first quarter of this year was a slight improvement on the same period last year, mainly due to the increase in the marketing budget. We want to ensure that the second and thi
33、rd quarter sales do not fall dramatically. In this way, we can ensure that profits do not fall and that costs remain stable. We hope that the. 16 【正确答案】 turnover 【试题解析 】 细节题。由原文 “turnover ， salesand profits all fell slightly”可知销售额、交易额和利润都有所下降。 17 【正确答案】 1.7 【试题解析】 从 “Market share was affected by gro
34、wthin our main competitors expansion and wentdown by 1 7 percent ”一句可知答案为 1 7。 18 【正确答案】 market conditions 【试题解析】 本题有 跳跃性，本题答案又回到第一句话上，通过原文 “As you cansce， turnover， sales and profits all fell slightlylast year due to the difficult market conditions inthis sector after September 11th， ”可知答案为 market
35、conditions。 19 【正确答案】 Inflation 【试题解析】 细节题。由原文 “inflation hasaffected cons umer confidence” 可知答案大意是通货膨胀影响了消费者的信心。 20 【正确答案】 unemployment 【试题解析】 细节题。 unemployment的意思是 “失业 ”。由原文 “combined with rising unemployment” 可知答案为 unemployment。 21 【正确答案】 sales 【试题解析】 细节题。由原文最后一句话可知答案。 22 【正确答案】 profits 【试题解析】 意为
36、 “利润 ”。由 “we can ens urethat profits do not fall and that costs remainstable ”可知我们能确保利润不下降，成本稳定。 四、 PART FOUR 22 【听力原文】 Lassie: Wow! That is great news for the hotel, hosting that conference would be wonderful publicity for us. Youll have your work cut out for you, Jenny! Jenny: Yes, I think we all
37、will if we win the bid to host the conference! Luckily, it would be at a time when the hotel is usually quiet, in February. Lassie: Are you going to take on more staff, if we win the bid that is? Jenny: Good question, Luke. In fact, Marina, Steve and I are meeting this evening to talk about that. I
38、presume we would need to. Lets see what kind of package we can put together to present to the conference organizers first. Naomi: Is this the first time the hotel has hosted a conference? Lassie: Well, we have organized smaller events, Naomi, but this one sounds like a major undertaking. A 3-day int
39、ernational conference lots of guests, plenary meetings in the large hall, lots of smaller seminars in the meeting rooms, and a formal dinner. Youd better start to memorize all those dishes, Naomi! Eh Roberto? Roberto: Absolutely, I cant have half-trained staff ruining the good name of my restaurant.
40、 Naomi: Oh, for heavens sake, Im trying my best! Lassie: Oh, hes only joking Naomi! Look Ill help you if you like. I can test you this evening on the menu. Naomi: Thanks, Luke. You are really a great colleague, unlike some people I could mention. Now, look, Id better get back to the restaurant, dinn
41、er service starts soon.(Later on) Steve: Right, Jenny, Marina, before we get too excited, weve got to put together a conference package that is feasible and competitive if were going to stand any chance of winning that contract. Jenny: Hmm, yes, of course. Have we got definite dates for it yet, Stev
42、e? Steve: Yes, the organizers say it should take place over the second weekend in February. Guests start arriving on the Friday morning and the conference would end late on Sunday afternoon. Jenny: Well, it is one of our slackest periods, so those dates dont look like much of a problem for bookings.
43、 Wed have to decide what rate to offer on the rooms, of course. Steve: Yes, I think we should go as low as possible. After all, it could mean a repeat event the next year. Jenny: Im not so sure about that, Steve. I looked up the organization concerned and they hold a conference in a different city w
44、here they have an office every year. I dont think we should count on any repeat business from them at least not for several years. Marina: Oh, I see. Thats good work, Jenny. But hosting the conference would attract a lot of publicity that we could capitalize on and that is free! And then other organ
45、izations might choose us for their conferences . So I agree with Steve, lets try to make the offer as attractive as possible, even if we have to cut our margins right down to the bone. Jenny: Okay, I agree. Steve? Steve: Yes, I see your point. So what sort of room rates do you think we should offer
46、them? Jenny: Well, our normal off-peak rates are 85 for a standard double and 75 for a standard single, how many rooms would they need? Steve: Well, there would be about 100-150 people in all I think Ive got their letter here. (After a while) Steve: Great, so we all agree on special room rates of 75
47、 for doubles and 65 for singles then. Now Marina, what about the 2 big catering events the gala dinner and the final evening buffet. Any thoughts on them? Marina: Well, the kitchen staff has catered for that many people before, I think it is a question of getting enough waiting staff 1 every 20 peop
48、le I would say. Wed definitely need to hire more. Jenny: Why dont we advertise at the university they often have students looking for work? Steve: Hmm, thats a possibility we could look into. It is certainly a cheap option, but on the other hand, the students may need to be trained up and may not be
49、 that reliable for a one-off event. I suggest we also get in touch with a catering company and enquire about costs for hiring their staff. Marina: Yes, that sounds a good idea. As for the food costs, that would depend on the menu. Did they ask for anything specific Steve: No, its completely up to us what we propose. Marina: Well, Ill talk to Roberto and well come up with a couple of menus to suggest to
