1、BEC商务英语（高级）口语模拟试卷 29及答案与解析 一、 SECTION 1 INTERVIEW (ABOUT 3 MIN) 1 Task Sheet for Candidate A Task Sheet 1 A: Managerial skills: certain skills developed to be successful in a particular position B: Advertising promotion: key components to advertise a new product successfully C: Business risks, how t
2、o face risks and challenges in business Task Sheet for Candidate B Task Sheet 2 A: Corporate culture: Elements involved in creating the norm, beliefs and philosophies of the organization B: Innovation： how to make a corporation full of new and better ideas C: Decision-making: how to make a decision
3、effectively 二、 SECTION 2 MINI PRESENTATIONS (ABOUT 6 MIN) In this part of the test you are asked to give a short talk on a business topic. You have to choose one of the topics from the three below and then talk for about 1 minute. You have 1 minute to prepare your ideas. 2 Investing Your company wan
4、ts to make some investments. You have been asked to submit ideas on how to invest. Discuss, and decide together: Which guidelines of investment you should follow What field you can invest in BEC商务英语（高级）口语模拟试卷 29答案与解析 一、 SECTION 1 INTERVIEW (ABOUT 3 MIN) 1 【正确答案】 Interviewer: Now, I will give each of
5、 you three topics. You will have to choose one from them, prepare for it in one minute and talk about it for one minute. OK? Liming, here are your topics. And here are yours, Liulili. You can make notes on the paper I gave you during your preparation. All right. Liming, which topic are you going to
6、talk about? Liming: Id like to talk about At Managerial skills. Interviewer: OK. You have one minute to talk. Liulili and I will listen to you. Liulili, after Limings talk, you have to ask him a question. Now, Liming, you may start. Ill stop you at the end of one minute. Liming: Managers are respons
7、ible for seeing that their subordinates perform the work. To do this effectively, managers need to develop certain skills to be successful in a particular position. Firstly, managers must have enough technical knowledge to communicate effectively with their subordinates and superiors although it is
8、not necessary for them to know all the technical aspects of the work they are managing. And they must have enough technical knowledge to gain some credibility with their subordinates. Secondly, creative thinking is very important. Good managers should put all of their smaller decisions in a broader,
9、 long-term perspective that benefits the total organization. Last but not least, good managers must have a way with people. That is to say, managers should have some human skills. Getting along well with people is very important. Interviewer: Thank you. Its time. Now, Liulili, what is the question y
10、oud like to ask Liming? Liulili: Liming, how do you get along with your subordinates? Liming: Well, I communicate regularly with them, understand the needs of them, and show a true appreciation for them. Interviewer: OK. Now, Liulili, its your turn. Which topic have you chosen, please? Liulili: Corp
11、orate culture. Interviewer: OK. You have one minute to talk. Liming and I will listen to you. Liming, after Liulilis talk, you have to ask her a question. Now, Liulili, you may start. Ill stop you at the end of one minute. Liulili: Different corporations have different corporate cultures. Organizati
12、onal culture is shaped by the values of the people who start the organization and those who carry on its leadership. Some elements create an organizational culture. Heroes are an integral element of corporate culture. They serve as role models for the other employees in a company. People identify wi
13、th them and attempt to emulate them. Every company has its heroes. They play a very important role in promoting corporate culture. Rules and regulations are also important to corporate culture because they help reinforce desired behavior, which tell people what they are expected to do for their comp
14、any and try to guide them along the right path. Corporation need a storyteller, who has been around the organization a long time and has done an outstanding job. He will share some stories with new people. The story is about the same basic theme: work hard and you will succeed. Interviewer: Thank yo
15、u. Time is up. Now, Liming, what is the question youd like to ask Liulili? Liming: How can a hero help a company develop a corporate culture? Liulili: Heroes symbolize the organization to the outside world. They represent the very best and motivate other employees to try to have the same good perfor
16、mance as them. Interviewer: Thank you. 二、 SECTION 2 MINI PRESENTATIONS (ABOUT 6 MIN) In this part of the test you are asked to give a short talk on a business topic. You have to choose one of the topics from the three below and then talk for about 1 minute. You have 1 minute to prepare your ideas. 2
17、 【正确答案】 Interviewer: Well, Zhang Hong and Wang Kun, the last part of this speaking test is a discussion task. Your discussion topic is on this task card. You have about 30 seconds to read it carefully. After you have read the task, you will have a discussion on the given topic. Your discussion time
18、is around three minutes. OK? Now read your task card. Well, can you start your discussion now? Im going to listen to you and then ask you to stop at the end of three minutes. Wang Kun: Well, I think we should make some basic guidelines to smart investing. We should have clear goals. We will decide h
19、ow many years we will invest for, what our needs will be in the future based on the condition of our company. And having realistic expectations is very important, you know, there is a saying “He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year. , Zhang Hong: I agree with you. And we should un
20、derstand the range of possibilities. There is a diversified portfolio: One with a mix of stocks, mutual funds, bonds, and cash. Each of these products has different risks associated with them and also different potential rewards. Understand them before we buy, so there wont be any big surprises late
21、r. Wang Kun: Yes, you are right. But in my opinion, investing money in the stock market is not the safest way in the world to make more money. There is no guarantee that the company will do well, and that the stock will go up. Zhang Hong: I cant agree more. The stock may go up or down for a number o
22、f very complex reasons. Everyone wants the stock market to go up. but sometimes even when a company does well the stock may go down. This is usually true for all stocks. The stock market is a very interesting and complex part of the business world. Wang Kun: But that doesnt mean we could not invest
23、in the stock. If we do, wed better stay in for the long term and we have to weather the storm and we should not be toe greedy. Zhang Hong: Yes, you are right. We can also invest in Internet, which can help us to promote or sell products. Wang Kun: Good idea. Similarly we can invest in new technology
24、 to explore new markets. Although we cannot get quick profit, it is for our sustained development. Interviewer: Do you think it is better to invest in many different areas, or in only one. Interviewer: OK. Now, Wang Kun, its your turn. Which topic have you chosen, please? Wang Kun: Management commun
25、ication. Interviewer: OK. You have one minute to talk. Zhang Hong and I will listen to you. Zhang Hong, after Wang Kuns talk, you have to ask him a question. Now, Wang Kun, you may start. Ill stop you at the end of one minute. Wang Kun: There is little doubt that effective management communications
26、can improve productivity, employee commitment, and morale. However, an average of 25% of all management messages are lost at each organizational level. Thus, it is really important to know how to improve communications effectively as a manager. Most managers can effectively improve their communicati
27、ons and productivity by some basic guidelines. First, in order to help ensure top performance, high morale, and to make your employees feel wanted, needed, and indispensable to the success of the organization, youd better communicate your overall purpose. Second, communicate your expectations. In th
28、is way, tangible performance standards can be provided to subordinates. Third, you can provide feedback on performance. Whats more, communicate all changes. Subordinates react much better to changes when they know in advance that change is coming. Also, if at all possible, let the people affected by
29、 the change have a chance to comment upon the proposed change before it actually occurs. Finally, you can communicate face to face. During these personal contacts, it is important that managers communicate openly and directly. Do not hold back information; rather share it naturally and easily. Then
30、. Interviewer: Thank you. Time is up. Now, Zhang Hong, what is the question youd like to ask Wang Kun? Zhang Hong: Annual performance reviews are the most common ways of providing feedback, but why are they frequently ineffective? Wang Kun: It is because the manager does not honestly tell the subordinate what he or she needs to improve upon, and subordinates need much more information than what is in the annual review. Interviewer: Thank you.
