1、BEC商务英语（初级）听力练习试卷 2及答案与解析 一、 PART THREE 0 二、 PART FOUR 8 Most people didnt know （ A） how to use hot-drinks machines. （ B） whether they were drinking tea or coffee. （ C） how awful the hot drinks were. 9 The Ancient Greeks used machines to serve （ A） hot drinks. （ B） drinks like tea and coffee （ C） ho
2、ly water. 10 These machines were used more than （ A） 200 years ago. （ B） 2， 000 years ago. （ C） 20， 000 years ago. 11 After first putting powder into a cup， ordinary hot-drinks machines， then add （ A） tea or coffee. （ B） milk. （ C） hot water. 12 The new machine serves （ A） instant coffee and tea （ B
3、） fresh coffee and tea （ C） coffee powder and tea bags. 13 Every new machine contains （ A） a credit card. （ B） a special coin. （ C） a small computer. 14 Most of these machines are used in （ A） offices， factories and warehouses. （ B） peoples homes. （ C） clubs and leisure centers. 15 The company will
4、make a profit when it （ A） sells books about using the machine. （ B） services and repairs the machine. （ C） sells each machine. BEC商务英语（初级）听力练习试卷 2答案与解析 一、 PART THREE 0 【听力原文】 Im going to talk about META today, a firm in the North of England that manufactures vacuum cleaners. It was set up by David
5、Brown, an engineer who had previously worked in car manufacturing. When David lost his job in 1970 he decided to set up his own company and this opened for business in 1971 It proved very successful and the company now has a turnover of 11. 5 million. In the early days, Brown rejected the idea of a
6、competitive pricing policy to establish the company. He always thought that product quality was more important to the companys success. He believes this approach has helped make the company a market leader. Five years ago the company bought new machinery. This has been a success and they now intend
7、to spend large sums on a new computer system. This will improve the speed of customer service. David Brown believes the workforce plays a large part in the success of his firm. There is a good relationship between management and staff. Basic pay is average for the area and holidays are standard but
8、the company pays bonuses to staff when large orders are finished on time. Local government wants to encourage training schemes in the workplace and META has successfully applied to them for funding. META hopes that the companys training scheme will increase productivity but they accept that money in
9、vested in training doesnt guarantee this. META doesnt have a large management structure and it has promoted most of its managers from within the company. Brown does not believe management qualifications are important and looks instead for people with a positive attitude towards the company. Brown be
10、lieves his company can maintain its market position. He has invested a lot of money in the production process and is confident about the skills of his workforce. Marketing, however, is one part of the business he recognizes could get better. 【知识模块】 听力 1 【正确答案】 1971 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 PRODUCT QUALITY
11、 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 COMPUTER SYSTEM 【知识模块】 听力 4 【正确答案】 BONUSES 【知识模块】 听力 5 【正确答案】 FUNDING/MONEY/GRANTS 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 ATTITUDE 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 MARKETING 【 知识模块】 听力 二、 PART FOUR 8 【听力原文】 Woman: Are you going to launch simply yet another hot-drinks machine? Man: Definitely not. Some of you may
12、think were going to launch simply yet another hot-drinks machine. Can you tell me what hot-drinks machine you use daily is like? Woman： Well, you put a coin in a slot and out comes a cup of something which tastes terrible. Its supposed to be tea or coffee but it doesnt taste anything like either of
13、these two drinks. Man: Oh, that is too bad. You know and I feel the same way we did an experiment recently involving a wide range of hot-drinks machines. And we found that over two-thirds of the people using them couldnt tell whether they were drinking tea or coffee. Thats how awful the taste of the
14、 drink was in each case! Woman: So how about the hot drinks machine in the past? Were they multi-functional? Man: Such machines have been in use far too long. Even the Ancient Greeks had such machines. Woman: Even the Ancient Greeks!? What did their machines provide? Man: Their machines didnt provid
15、e you with tea or coffee when you put a coin in. They gave you something much better holy water. And it seems they were used for a long time without any of the breakdowns that are so common today. Now this was over 2，000 years ago. And Im sure they had similar machines long ago in Ancient China Woma
16、n: What is new of your product? Man: So what is new? Well, this morning we are introducing a modern, hi-tech hot-drinks machine. Woman: So what is the difference between the normal and the new? Man: With the normal machines, you put a coin in the slot, press the appropriate button and the machine pu
17、ts powder tea, coffee, chocolate, milk into a cup. Then it pours hot water over the powder. Well, unlike these old vending machines, our new vending machine uses boiling water and serves fresh coffee not instant coffee and fresh tea made with high quality tea-leaves rather than tea bags. Woman: It s
18、ounds wonderful. Anytime, anywhere there is such a machine I can enjoy a cup of fresh coffee or tea Man: And theres another feature. People dont need coins to operate the new machine. Instead, they can use a special kind of credit card. In the machine itself there is a small computer. This computer
19、makes a record of each card that is inserted and, of course, the number of times the card is used. This is far more convenient than having to use a coin. Woman: It seems to be practical too since most of hot-drinks machines are used in the workplace that is, in offices, factories and warehouses. And
20、 some are used in clubs and leisure centers. So its an easy matter for my company to charge users like me at the end of every month or every week. Man: Weve now produced a free book containing advice about using the machine. You may take and have a look at it. Woman: Your machine must be very expens
21、ive. Can every workplace afford to own one? Man: No. Our company proposes to make it very easy for companies to buy the machine. We shall charge even less than the cost of making the machine, and so it will be very cheap. But we shall be the only people who can regularly service the machine. The spe
22、cial parts required for services and repairs are manufactured by us. No one else will be supplied with these parts. We shall also charge a realistic price to re-stock the machine each time it runs out of tea and coffee. All this is where our profits will come from. Woman: Well, I understand. If I have interest, I will contact you later. 8 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 9 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 13 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 14 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 15 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力
