1、BEC商务英语（高级）口语模拟试卷 79及答案与解析 一、 SECTION 1 INTERVIEW (ABOUT 3 MIN) 1 When you dont agree 表示不同意 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
2、 1 minute. You have 1 minute to prepare your ideas. 2 Globalization: Chinas Long March to globalization (中国实现全球化的路程漫长 ) 三、 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 t
3、hen about 3 minutes to discuss the topic with your partner. After that examiner will ask you more questions related to the topic. 3 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 t
4、he breakfast cereal business. You have been asked to give your ideas on whether to start this business or not. Discuss, 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 79答案与解
5、析 一、 SECTION 1 INTERVIEW (ABOUT 3 MIN) 1 【正确答案】 Im sorry, I wont be able to meet you tomorrow. Im busy. I have another appointment on Thursday. Talk to my secretary. 【知识模块】 口语 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 topi
6、c. 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 【正确答案】 Opening sentence: Chinese companies believe they have no choice but to go overseas. Chinese firms have such a long way to go. Only a handful of Chinese com
7、panies operate globally and they are only in the initial stage. Main points: a Chinas firms are young and inexperienced in the global market. b Chinas firms are paying too much for headhunting. c There are other problems common with cross-border mergers and acquisitions,clashes of corporate culture
8、and working practices and finding and keeping capable managers. d China does not have the political clout to hack its overseas expansion. Supporting ideas: a China also cannot develop global companies by virtually closing their markets to foreign goods and investment to enable their own companies to
9、 accumulate profits at home to fund an aggressive export strategy and substantial research and development spending. b China has almost no global brands, and many of its companies produce for someone else. c The majority of Chinese firms were at the primary stage of internationalization, making OEM
10、goods with limited profit margin. Concluding sentences: China has a long way to go to globalization. This is the new Long March on which Chinese companies have embarked whatever the price they have to pay. 【试题解析】 to undercut削弱，破坏，削价抢生意，愿拿低薪抢工作机会。 to relinquish放弃，放开，让与，撤回。 global brand世界 性品牌。 clout神通
11、，影响，权势。 profit margin利润差额，赚头。 a narrow margin of profit薄利，微利。 【知识模块】 口语 三、 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 yo
12、ur partner. After that examiner will ask you more questions related to the topic. 3 【正确答案】 Interviewer: Well, Yang Yan and Yan 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 re
13、ad the task, you will have a discussion on the given topic. Your discussion time is around three minutes. OK? Now read your task 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 opi
14、nion, we should do several things before we decide whether to start the business or not. Most importantly, we should make a study 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 don
15、t think its a very attractive market since many people, for example, Chinese people in many cities, like to eat some nutritional 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 compan
16、y has the ability to explore this market or not. I think, our company is quite famous for chocolate. We can take advantage of 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
17、 increased. Many people want to save time. Hence, breakfast cereal is really a good choice. Yang Yan: I dont agree. Many Chinese 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, w
18、e shouldnt only aim at Chinese people for our company is an international company. Many European people and American always eat 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 be
19、gin this business. After we start business, do you have any good ideas for the business? Yan Ming: Because there are many kinds 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
20、 divide our market into five zones: Europe, Asia and Australia, Latin America, North America, and Africa and the Middle East 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 concer
21、ns because more and more people nowadays pay attention to the nutrition of the foods more than other things. Yan Ming: Yes, some 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 conve
22、nient, healthy and tasty. Meanwhile, there are various ways to eat them. Sometimes, I put some breakfast cereal crisps in milk 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.
23、 Although they include many healthy ingredients, there are also additives in them which are not very healthy for people. But 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
24、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.
