1、BEC商务英语（高级）口语模拟试卷 65及答案与解析 一、 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. 1 Task Sheet
2、for Candidate A Task Sheet 1 A: Business ethics: the importance of having principles of right or good behavior in business B: Personal management: how to manage employees effectively C: Cultural research: the importance of knowing cultural changes in business Task Sheet for Candidate B Task Sheet 2
3、A: Management communication: how to improve communications effectively as a manager B: Marketing strategies: the factors influencing and determining the designing of marketing plan C: International contracts: issues affecting commercial transactions conducted between people from different countries
4、二、 SECTION 3 DISCUSSION (ABOUT 5 MIN) In this part of the test you are given a discussion topic. You have 30 seconds to look at the prompt card, an example of which is below, and then about 3 minutes to discuss the topic with your partner. After that examiner will ask you more questions related to t
5、he topic. 2 Cooperation for a New Business Your company is international and very famous for chocolates. The CEO of another famous company wants to cooperate with your company in the breakfast cereal business. You have been asked to give your ideas on whether to start this business or not. Discuss,
6、and decide together; What kind of information you should know when you make the decision? What you are planning to do if you decide to start this business? BEC商务英语（高级）口语模拟试卷 65答案与解析 一、 SECTION 2 MINI PRESENTATIONS (ABOUT 6 MIN) In this part of the test you are asked to give a short talk on a busines
7、s 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. 1 【正确答案】 Interviewer: Now, I will give each of you three topics. You will have to choose one from them, prepare for it in one minute and talk about it for one
8、 minute. OK? Zhang Hong, here are your topics. And here are yours, Wang Kun. You can make notes on the paper I gave you during your preparation. (One minute later) All right. Zhang Hong, which topic are you going to talk about? Zhang Hong: Id like to talk about A: Business ethics. Interviewer: OK. Y
9、ou have one minute to talk. Wang Kun and I will listen to you. Wang Kun, after Zhang Hongs talk, you have to ask her a question. Now, Zhang Hong, you may start. Ill stop you at the end of one minute. Zhang Hong: Business ethics are principles of right or good behaviors in business. They involve mora
10、l values, which tell us what conduct is proper when doing business. We have to admit: that right or good behavior in business is important and useful for a company or the businessmen. Right or good behavior will provide a good repute for the company or the businessmen themselves. It will bring more
11、business for them as a return. A looser corporate culture makes it easier for fraud to thrive than when theres a more rigid corporate structure. Humans can be weak. Theres no question that in an environment thats much looser, theres a greater probability of fraud. When you see management that has ab
12、solute power and a lack of transparency, you are more likely to see fraud. So business ethics is so important that wed better ask all employees to learn it well. Interviewer: Thank you. Its time. Now, Wang Kun, what is the question youd like to ask Zhang Hong? Wang Kun: Zhang Hong, are business prac
13、tices becoming more unethical nowadays? Zhang Hong: Well, There is no easy answer, but in many places, such unethical practices as bribery, profit gouging, price fixing, embezzlement, monopolizing, and other illegal practices really exist, which are costing consumers more and more money. Interviewer
14、: OK. Now. Wang Kun. its your turn. Which topic have you chosen, please? Wang Kun: Management communication. 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
15、 at the end of one minute. Wang Kun: There is little doubt that effective management communications 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 impr
16、ove communications effectively as a manager. Most managers can effectively improve their communications 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 orga
17、nization, youd better communicate your overall purpose. Second, communicate your expectations. In this 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 w
18、hen they know in advance that change is coming. Also, if at all possible, let the people affected by 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 commun
19、icate openly and directly. Do not hold back informations rather share it naturally and easily. Then . 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 ar
20、e 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. 二、 SECTION 3 DISCUSSION (ABOUT 5 MIN) In this part of
21、 the test you are given a discussion topic. You have 30 seconds to look at the prompt card, an example of which is below, and then about 3 minutes to discuss the topic with your partner. After that examiner will ask you more questions related to the topic. 2 【正确答案】 Interviewer: Well, Yang Yan and Ya
22、n Ming, 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 is around three minutes. OK? Now read your t
23、ask card. (30 seconds later) 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. Yang Yan: Well, in my opinion, we should do several things before we decide whether to start the business or not. Most importantly, we should make a s
24、tudy of our cooperative company such as in what kind of business he engages and his sales. Then, we need to know whether the breakfast cereal business is very potential. I dont think its a very attractive market since many people, for example, Chinese people in many cities, like to eat some nutritio
25、nal foods in the morning in order to be energetic. Yan Ming: Well, I think we should do a lot of things ahead as well. Besides those things, we need to know whether our company has the ability to explore this market or not. I think, our company is quite famous for chocolate. We can take advantage of
26、 this and push some new products. However, I dont agree with you that the breakfast cereal market is not quite attractive because nowadays the demand for convenience foods has increased. Many people want to save time. Hence, breakfast cereal is really a good choice. Yang Yan: I dont agree. Many Chin
27、ese foods are very easy and quick to make, too. Yan Ming: But many people in China have gradually accepted the breakfast cereal foods as well. And if we start this business, we shouldnt only aim at Chinese people for our company is an international company. Many European people and American always e
28、at bread with milk. Therefore, the breakfast cereal foods will interest them and meet their needs. Yang Yan: OK, if our customers are not only Chinese customers, I agree to begin this business. After we start business, do you have any good ideas for the business? Yan Ming: Because there are many kin
29、ds of cereal products displayed in the supermarkets now, our products should be new and more attractive so as to be competitive. In my opinion, first of all, we should clearly divide our market into five zones: Europe, Asia and Australia, Latin America, North America, and Africa and the Middle East
30、according to their dietetic habits. Yang Yan: Right, I agree. At the same time, we should produce those breakfast cereal products on the basis of health and nutritional concerns because more and more people nowadays pay attention to the nutrition of the foods more than other things. Yan Ming: Yes, s
31、ome people even attach importance to ingredients rather than taste. Interviewer: Do you think that breakfast cereal foods are healthy for you? Yan Ming: I think they are convenient, healthy and tasty. Meanwhile, there are various ways to eat them. Sometimes, I put some breakfast cereal crisps in mil
32、k or in porridge. Sometimes, I eat them only. The cereal foods include many healthy ingredients. Yang Yan: For me, I dont think theyre as healthy as traditional Chinese foods. Although they include many healthy ingredients, there are also additives in them which are not very healthy for people. But
33、I should admit that theyre more convenient. Interviewer: Do your parents or elder people in your family like to eat cereal foods for breakfast? Yan Ming: My parents like them but not very much. They eat them sometimes. Ive been abroad for a long time. I find that no matter whether children or elder people abroad like breakfast cereal foods very much. Yang Yan: My parents like them and they eat them sometimes. They think that the breakfast cereal foods are very nutritious. Interviewer: Thank you, Yang Yan and Yan Ming. That is the end of the speaking test.
