1、BEC商务英语（高级）听力模拟试卷 110及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 You will hear a college lecturer talking to a class of business students about “deal-a-day“ websites. As you listen, for questions 1-12, complete the notes using up to three words or a number. You will hear the recording twice. Deal-a-day Websites History 【
2、L1】 “Deal a day“ websites not only bring new changes to shopping pattern but also raise a large amount of_. 【 L2】 Andrew Mason majored in_. 【 L3】 When Andrew Mason started his website, he combined coupons with the_. Groupon 【 L4】 Andrew Masons experiment developed into one of the hottest of the _ de
3、al-a-day websites. 【 L5】 Every day, Groupon posts_in all the cities where it operates. 【 L6】 The website e-mails a “groupon“ to more than two million_. 【 L7】 The_offered by Groupon vary sharply from the ordinary to the absurd. 【 L8】 The recession has caused restaurants, retailers, and suppliers to b
4、urden themselves with a lot of_. 【 L9】 Many companies resort to the web to move_. 【 L10】 If you want to buy_, you can use Woot. com. 【 L11】 It is possible for deal-a-day sites to alter the way businesses_their products. 【 L12】 Groupon has been profitable since last June and it is expected to gain re
5、venue of $_million this year. 1 【 L1】 2 【 L2】 3 【 L3】 4 【 L4】 5 【 L5】 6 【 L6】 7 【 L7】 8 【 L8】 9 【 L9】 10 【 L10】 11 【 L11】 12 【 L12】 二、 PART TWO 12 You will hear five different people talking about the MBA they have done. For each extract there are two tasks. For Task One, choose the way or reason ea
6、ch of them took the MBA programme from the list A-H. For Task Two, choose the result that person has achieved after taking the MBA from the list A-H. You will hear the recording twice. Task One Way or reason For questions 13-17, match the extracts with the way or reason each person mentions, listed
7、A-H. For each extract, choose the way or the reason each speaker mentions. Write one letter(A-H)next to the number of the extract. A A generous friend paid the cost for his/her studies. B He/She intended to be a qualified professional in business. C Part of his/her work is included in the MBA progra
8、mme. D He/She wanted to enter a company suited to his/her major. E The total cost of the MBA was covered by himself/herself. F He/She felt the necessity of updating his/her knowledge of management. G He/She felt the risk of losing the current position. H The Management approved and offered him/her s
9、ome financial aid. 13 _ 14 _ 15 _ 16 _ 17 _ 17 Task Two Result For questions 18-22, match the extracts with the results achieved, listed A-H. For each extract, choose the result each speaker has from this experience. Write one letter(A-H)next to the number of the extract. A success in moving into a
10、different company B a more satisfying job guaranteed C the expenditure on the MBA expected to be surely recovered in future D more respect gained from colleagues E greater range of techniques obtained and applied to his/her work F knowledge gained in the course being utilised to reform the company G
11、 the attitude to an aspect of business revised H soon going back to a sector he/she is most interested in 18 _ 19 _ 20 _ 21 _ 22 _ 三、 PART THREE 22 You will hear a conversation between two managers, James and Kathy, who are arguing about whether the minimum wage is good or not. For each question(23-
12、30), mark one letter(A, B or C)for the correct answer. You will hear the recording twice. 23 James thinks that minimum wage is beneficial in （ A） making workers gain experience. （ B） reducing companys expenses. （ C） making companies to invest less in worker training. 24 Seeking to minimize costs, co
13、mpanies may （ A） cut down many fees. （ B） train more and more workers. （ C） employ fewer workers. 25 In the viewpoint of James, what can help people maintain the minimum quality of life? （ A） minimum wage （ B） dependence on the government （ C） reducing poverty 26 According to Kathy, who are the poor
14、est? （ A） ppeople with a low wage （ B） people who are unemployed （ C） those who are disable 27 As James says, higher wages throughout the economy are （ A） beneficial to the country. （ B） necessarily harm to the economy. （ C） unnecessarily negative. 28 If all pay level rise, the minimum wage may be （
15、 A） disadvantaged by inflation. （ B） increased quickly. （ C） reduced greatly. 29 A minimum wage in a less-developed country would prevent exploration of the workforce , （ A） including elder labourers. （ B） including child labourers. （ C） including female labourers. 30 The businesses who seek to mini
16、mize costs will （ A） advocate new technique methods. （ B） choose to dismiss the workers. （ C） choose avoidance and evasion. BEC商务英语（高级）听力模拟试卷 110答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 【听力原文】 You will hear a college lecturer talking to a class of business students about “ deal-a-day“ websites. As you listen, for questi
17、ons 1-12, complete the notes using up to three words or a number. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 45 seconds to read through the questions. pause Now listen, and complete the notes. pause Man: Good morning everyone. In todays class well be studying “deal a day“ websites that are gett
18、ing more and more social. Nowadays, “deal a day“ websites are changing the way we shop and raising tons of venture capital. Discounter Groupon is leading the way. A few years ago Andrew Mason was a public-policy graduate student who had gotten into a social rut. “Theres so much to do in Chicago,“ he
19、 recalls, “but I found myself going to the same movie theaters and restaurants.“ To make trying new places less risky, Mason, 29, started experimenting in 2008 with a website that marries coupons with the wisdom of crowds. He figured an activity might be worth trying if it was cheap enough and appea
20、led to a sizable group. That experiment turned into Groupon, one of the hottest of the fast-growing deal-a-day websites. Groupon posts one deal each day in each of the 40 cities in which it now operates, and e-mails that deal, called a “groupon“ , to more than two million subscribers. The steep disc
21、ounts range from the ordinary($20 off dinner at Delmonicos restaurant in New York City)to the absurd(half-price for an hour in a sensory-deprivation tank at SpaceTime Tanks in Chicago). If enough subscribers sign up for the deal, users receive a coupon by email the following day and Groupon gets a f
22、inders fee of about 30% to 50% of the total bill. Because of the recession, restaurants, retailers, and suppliers have a lot of excess inventory, and companies like Groupon are popping up across the web to help move merchandise. Fashion has GiltG, consumer electronics shoppers use Woot. com, and in
23、the past year more than two dozen similar sites have launched. Post-recession, deal-a-day sites have the potential to change the way businesses market and sell their products if they continue to see the benefit in offering deep discounts. Its a no-brainer for Michelle Johnson of the Vitality Unlimit
24、ed Spa outside St. Louis, who says she snagged 600 potential new customers by offering a $68 massage for $30. Some 70% of the Groupon customers who have visited the spa have booked a second massage. Businesses arent the only ones flocking to Groupon. Earlier this year the company raised $30 million
25、from Accel Partners and others. Mason says it has been profitable since last June, and he expects revenue of $100 million this year. He plans to use the venture funding to expand into 80 cities by the end of the year. For deal-hungry consumers, the expansion cant come fast enough. 1 【正确答案】 VENTURE C
26、APITAL 2 【正确答案】 PUBLIC POLICY 3 【正确答案】 WISDOM OF CROWDS 4 【正确答案】 FAST-GROWING 5 【正确答案】 ONE DEAL 6 【正确答案】 SUBSCRIBERS 7 【正确答案】 STEEP DISCOUNTS 8 【正确答案】 EXCESS INVENTORY 9 【正确答案】 MERCHANDISE 10 【正确答案】 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS 11 【正确答案】 MARKET AND SELL 12 【正确答案】 100 / ONE HUNDRED 二、 PART TWO 12 【听力原文】 You
27、will hear five different people talking about the MBA they have done. For each extract there are two tasks. For Task One, choose the way or reason each of them took the MBA programme from the list A-H. For Task Two, choose the result that person has achieved after taking the MBA from the list A-H. Y
28、ou will hear the recording twice. You now have 30 seconds to read the two lists. pause Now listen, and do the two tasks. pause Speaker 1 Woman: When I was offered the managers job at the health centre, I asked for support for a formal management qualification. The Head Office agreed and even helped
29、financially. Ive never worked in the private sector, so I had a lot to learn about business. The course taught me a whole range of specific skills, like thinking strategically, which I can now apply to my work. Id always avoided finance, but the course really changed my ideas about it, and I hope to
30、 specialise in this in the near future. Speaker 2 Man: Actually my MBA was done on a scholarship after I had left an environmental charity and joined a major company in the chemicals industry. My motivation for doing the course was to get more credibility as a business professional, and I managed to
31、 persuade my employer to let me have the time off, though my hopes of persuading them to give me funding came to nothing. The MBA has given me a much greater range of tools and techniques, which are really helpful in my work, as well as a wider perspective on the complexity of running a business tod
32、ay. Speaker 3 Woman: I was awarded a prize for being the best student in my year, and I funded myself entirely on the MBA. Well, partly, in fact, by tutoring students on lower-level business courses. I previously worked as an international marketing consultant for a tyre manufacturer, but felt I nee
33、ded a broader understanding of how businesses work. The company kept my job open for me, and now I can see how my own discipline fits into a broader context. The MBA was a big financial commitment, but Im sure itll pay for itself in the long term. Speaker 4 Man: I worked for a local charity organisa
34、tion before joining the MBA course at Edinburgh, where I was responsible for a case study that has since been incorporated into the MBA programme. I was then recruited by a management consultant. I like the problem-solving aspect, and helping people. But the voluntary sector is where Im most interes
35、ted in focusing my efforts, so it wont be long before I get back into that area. I dont suppose the pay will be so good, but I think Ill find the work more satisfying. Speaker 5 Woman: After ten years as a manager for a bicycle manufacturer, which employs about 1,100 people, I took the course becaus
36、e I felt that I had been left behind by developments in management. I needed an understanding of the language of business and a modern management toolkit. I learnt a lot from the course, and Im using it to shake up the company, and bring it into the twenty-first century. Maybe it would have been a b
37、etter move to go to a different company, or even a different industry, but Im happy for the moment. 13 【正确答案】 H 14 【正确答案】 B 15 【正确答案】 E 16 【正确答案】 C 17 【正确答案】 F 18 【正确答案】 G 19 【正确答案】 E 20 【正确答案】 C 21 【正确答案】 H 22 【正确答案】 F 三、 PART THREE 22 【听力原文】 You will hear a conversation between two managers, James
38、 and Kathy, who are talking about whether the minimum wage is good or not. For each question(23-30), mark one letter(A, B or C)for the correct answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 45 seconds to read through the questions. pause Now listen, and mark A, B or C. pause Man: Some studi
39、es suggest minimum wage raises productivity as it encourages workers to stay with a company, which benefits as they gain experience, and because it also encourages companies to invest in worker training. Woman: Well, with artificially high wage, more people will be encouraged to work, but fewer will
40、 be demanded by companies seeking to minimize cost. Man: Governments have a duty to reduce poverty and so to raise the standard of living of all households. There is an absolute minimum quality of life, below which families will fall. Minimum wage helps maintain the minimum quality. Woman: I cannot
41、agree with you. The fact is the poorest are unemployed, not low-paid. Companies will either sack workers or suspend recruitment worsening the chances of getting a job. Man: Increasing basic salaries would reduce occupational, sexual, and geographical and age inequalities. Woman: What will actually h
42、appen with minimum wage, however, is overall increase of pay up the salary: lower skilled workers should receive lesser pay: a minimum wage merely fosters dependence on the government. Man: Higher wage throughout the economy are not necessarily negative, as an increase in purchasing power leads to a
43、 higher quality of life. And higher earning should in theory increase the amount of saving available for reinvestment. Woman: As all pay levels are likely to rise,the minimum wage will be disadvantaged by inflation: increased cost is passed on to the consumer. Besides, a rise in wage in one part of
44、the economy would have to be balanced by a fall in another wage sector. Man: Anyway, minimum wage in a less-developed country would prevent exploitation of the workforce, including child labourers. Woman: The case of Asia over the past fifty years shows that initially poorly-paid jobs tend to increa
45、se in skills and wages over time without intervention. Imposing a minimum wage will make a countrys products internationally uncompetitive. Man: This is an argument for better enforcement of the system, rather than against it in principle. The majority of workers will choose to act legally and accep
46、t higher pay if possible. Woman: Avoidance and evasion will be encouraged by businesses that seek to minimum costs. Those desperate for work will accept lower wages as it is better to accept lesser pay rather than unemployment. 23 【正确答案】 A 24 【正确答案】 C 25 【正确答案】 A 26 【正确答案】 B 27 【正确答案】 C 28 【正确答案】 A 29 【正确答案】 B 30 【正确答案】 C
