1、BEC商务英语（高级）听力模拟试卷 111及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 You will hear a consultant speaking at a conference about a business college. As you listen, for questions 1-12, complete the notes using up to three words or a number. You will hear the recording twice. HERTFORD MANAGEMENT COLLEGE History 【 L1】 The college
2、was established_years ago. 【 L2】 It was bought by a_. 【 L3】 When it first started, it ran_courses. Top-class Quality 【 L4】 The college is situated in the_. 【 L5】 The learning resource centre contains a number of_. 【 L6】 Information is also available from company_. Course details 【 L7】 Students are t
3、aught in small_. 【 L8】 Every student has someone who is their_. 【 L9】 After visiting a business, students must write a_. Student Profile 【 L10】 Applicants must be university graduates or have a_. 【 L11】 Many students later become_. 【 L12】 Cost of MBA course is _. 1 【 L1】 2 【 L2】 3 【 L3】 4 【 L4】 5 【
4、L5】 6 【 L6】 7 【 L7】 8 【 L8】 9 【 L9】 10 【 L10】 11 【 L11】 12 【 L12】 二、 PART TWO 12 You will hear five clients talking about working hours and quality of life. For each extract there are two tasks. For Task One, choose the gist each person is speaking from the list A-H. For Task Two, choose the aim tha
5、t person expresses from the list A-H. You will hear the recording twice. Task One Gist For questions 13-17, match the extracts with the opinions, listed A-H. For each extract, choose the gist each speaker is talking about. Write one letter(A-H)next to the number of the extract. A less satisfaction w
6、ith longer working hours B new welfare for employees C conflicts in working places D problems brought by technology E marketing strategies F laughter business booming G abolishing the old schedule H conducting reform in one company 13 _ 14 _ 15 _ 16 _ 17 _ 17 Task Two Aim For questions 18-22, match
7、the extracts with the aim, listed A-H. For each extract, decide what aim each speaker has. Write one letter(A-H)next to the number of the extract. A to change traditional working hours B to have more market share C to generate massive productivity D to have companies cut down working hours E to find
8、 an outlet for stress F to gain profit easily G to decrease the original cost H to prevent office conflict 18 _ 19 _ 20 _ 21 _ 22 _ 三、 PART THREE 22 You will hear a radio presenter interviewing two colleagues, Len and Sue, who are in a mentoring programme. For each question(23-30), mark one letter(A
9、, B or C)for the correct answer. You will hear the recording twice. 23 Who can choose to take part in the mentoring programme? （ A） only middle managers （ B） only senior managers （ C） both middle and senior managers 24 Sue was interested in the mentoring programme because （ A） she thought it would h
10、elp her change companies. （ B） she had ceased to enjoy her work. （ C） she thought it would help her to develop professionally. 25 Initially, Sue was not very happy about being paired with Len because （ A） Len was much older than her. （ B） they didnt choose to work together. （ C） their working backgr
11、ounds were different. 26 What has happened to Sues career? （ A） Len has promoted her. （ B） She has been promoted but not by Len. （ C） She has not been promoted. 27 Len and Sue usually met over lunch （ A） so they wouldnt be disturbed. （ B） because it was the only available time. （ C） so that other pe
12、ople cold join them. 28 Sue felt that Len helped her most by （ A） concentrating entirely on practical advice. （ B） describing how he had dealt with problems. （ C） encouraging her to consider alternative courses of action. 29 Len advised Sue to volunteer for client demonstrations because （ A） he knew
13、 she was a good speaker. （ B） he felt it would make her better known. （ C） the company needed more people to do this. 30 Sue believes that the main advantage of mentoring for middle managers is （ A） increased contact with senior managers. （ B） the importance senior managers attach to it. （ C） the op
14、portunity to observe senior managers at work. BEC商务英语（高级）听力模拟试卷 111答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 【听力原文】 You will hear a consultant speaking at a conference about a business college. As you listen, for questions 1-12, complete the notes using up to three words or a number. You will hear the recording twice. Yo
15、u now have 45 seconds to read through the questions. pause Now listen, and complete the notes. pause Man: Good afternoon. My name is Andrew Bridgewater. And today Im here to tell you about Hertford Management College. I taught at the college for six years and Id like to give you a few details about
16、how we started and explain exactly what we offer. If any of you think that you or your staff would be interested in attending the college, I will be available afterwards to answer questions. The college was founded 39 years ago in this magnificent stately home, which was built by the Duke of Bridgew
17、ater in the 1830s. It was occupied by his family until the 1950s when it was sold to a management consultancy. This ownership meant the college was and still is intimately connected with the real world of work, and not just a place of study. It began life as a college, offering short, intensive cour
18、ses. We moved into the MBA market in 1988 with full time, then part time, and now many varieties of MBA. We like to think ourselves as the Rolls-Royce of business schools. First of all, we are in the countryside, away from the noise of the city. Most importantly, of course, we have excellent study f
19、acilities. These include a learning recourse centre which has a selection of personal computers. We also offer unique facility of media training equipment. And furthermore, we have specialist access to company files to allow our students to study real situations and to resolve real problems. Our MBA
20、 is highly practical. Teaching is in small seminar groups. No programme has more than 30 students, which is the main reason why our fees are high. But most of our students are sponsored by their companies. On top of this, each student has a project supervisor as well because the heart of our course
21、is something called a “live consultancy project“. And this is when we arrange for students to go into a real business, identify a problem and come up with the set of solutions. Then they return to the college and put the solutions down in a proposal which is then assessed. This work is overseen by o
22、ne of our faculty members, all of whom are consultants in their own right. The minimum requirement for the course is a degree or relevant diploma. Ideally, applicants should also have five years management experience. Its worth noting that many of our students are already successful business people,
23、 and a large proportion of our ex-students go on to be company directors. You also need a valid English language qualification if English is not your first language. We have quite a few oversea students and we can make use of excellent international connections. Overall, I am confident in saying tha
24、t we offer very good value for money and we can show that after spending 17,000 on one of our courses, for our graduates the world is their roster. 1 【正确答案】 39 / THIRTY NINE 2 【正确答案】 MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY 3 【正确答案】 SHORT INTENSIVE 4 【正确答案】 COUNTRYSIDE 5 【正确答案】 PERSONAL COMPUTERS / PCS 6 【正确答案】 FILES
25、 7 【正确答案】 SEMINAR GROUPS 8 【正确答案】 PROJECT SUPERVISOR 9 【正确答案】 PROPOSAL 10 【正确答案】 DIPLOMA 11 【正确答案】 COMPANY DIRECTORS 12 【正确答案】 17000 二、 PART TWO 12 【听力原文】 You will hear five clients talking about working hours and quality of life. For each extract there are two tasks. For Task One, choose the gist e
26、ach person is speaking from the list A-H. For Task Two, choose the aim that person expresses from the list A-H. You 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 Man: In corporate American today, humor is a serio
27、us business. Workers have been downsized and overworked for so long that they have forgotten how to smile and laugh. To remind them, companies build libraries of humourous books for workers to read and even hire specialists in laughter. As a result, the corporate humor business has taken off. A humo
28、ur service group receives about twenty requests daily from companies looking for humour consultants. Via a programme, an organisation helps employees build humour skills. Why so? Just to make employees in good mood so as to increase productivity enormously. Speaker 2 Woman: About 55 years ago, peopl
29、e wondered what we were going to do with the extra time generated by “automation“. But now the technological good life has fostered a national epidemic of overwork, stress and too little rest. Sleep disorders and exhaustion have become all too common. It seems that our fast paced high-tech life has
30、fostered a culture that is always working, always rushed, always on the run. We just cant go on living like this. We need to find some ways to release our pressure. I say, lets create a world where we all work reasonable schedules with plenty of time to tell jokes, to laugh and to play. Lets have a
31、world, in which we learn to relax more, to communicate with each other more and to recapture the joy of life itself. Speaker 3 Woman: Talking about deepening reforms in our company, I think there is something else we should do. Firstly, let me tell you something interesting. Here is a survey on taki
32、ng an afternoon nap. The survey was carried out by the UK Sleep Council. According to their survey, 41% of the 12,000 people who responded said that they were most productive in the morning, while 38% said they hit their stride in the evening. The conclusion from this survey is that the traditional
33、nine-to-five working day does not suit the majority. Allowing workers to follow their natural sleeping habits would actually benefit employers themselves. So, the UK Sleep Council called on the countrys bosses to end nine-to-five working in favour of more flexible hours. Maybe our company should fol
34、low it. Speaker 4 Man: Half of Britains stressed-out office workers say they have come close to punching a colleague, according to a survey. Overwork, faulty computers and annoying workmates were the main cause of “office rage“, and women are more likely to do so than men. Research shows that common
35、 occurrences, such as broken computers and interruptions, can push people over the edge at work. 51% of women had nearly punched a colleague compared to 39% of the men questioned. 3/4 of workers felt they worked less productively in a bad mood. Some 15% said they were afraid of making a mistake when
36、 their boss was angry. The report pointed out bosses should defuse conflicts early, listen to staff complaints, avoid overcrowding and set realistic workloads and deadlines. Speaker 5 Woman: Today, we work really very long hours. Thanks to the internet, we now even carry offices with us. A British m
37、anager, for example, can stay at work until midnight for a conference with the California branch. However, no matter how long the working hours are, it seems that we are still at where we were. A survey made by a British management organisation revealed that people worked hard in the 1960s, but they
38、 do not have more accomplishment than we do. We work longer hours not because we want to work long, but because we want to have a better quality of life. Personally, I do hope companies can slow their workers down a little bit. 13 【正确答案】 B 14 【正确答案】 D 15 【正确答案】 H 16 【正确答案】 C 17 【正确答案】 A 18 【正确答案】 C
39、19 【正确答案】 E 20 【正确答案】 A 21 【正确答案】 H 22 【正确答案】 D 三、 PART THREE 22 【听力原文】 You will hear a radio presenter interviewing two colleagues, Len and Sue, who are in a mentoring programme. For each question(23-30), mark one letter(A, B or C)for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay the rec
40、ording. You now have 45 seconds to read through the questions. pause Now listen, and mark A, B or C. pause Woman 1: In the studio today we have two people who have been in a mentoring relationship for the last two years, Len Carter and Sue Woodman. Len, tell us what that means? Man: Well, Sue and I
41、work for a training consultancy. Then the mentoring programme has designed to help people in our company. Its limited to middle managers, such as Sue, who want to develop their career and improve their performance, for instance, by working on their managerial skills. Any middle managers who want thi
42、s support are paired with one of the senior managers such as myself. We dont volunteer for this. This is part of our duties. Woman 1: So the help is usually in developing management skills, such as leading a team or dealing with personnel problems rather than learning more factual things like financ
43、e or how to use a computer. And Sue, you volunteer for this, did you? Woman 2: Thats right. Woman 1: But tell us why. Woman 2: I have been with the company for three years and was beginning to feel I learned all I could. So even though I really like working there I was beginning to look around and t
44、hinking about moving on. Then the mentoring programme was introduced, and I thought it might benefit my career more if I volunteer for that and stay with the firm. Woman 1: Did you choose Len as your mentor or did he choose you? Woman 2: Neither. Actually we didnt have any say in it. We were put tog
45、ether by the head of Human Resources. Woman 1: Aha. How did you feel about it at first, Sue? Woman 2: Very doubtful. I was in charge of a team of IT trainers: Len is in management consulting. So I was afraid he wouldnt be able to offer me much professional advice. Woman 1: And what about you, Len? M
46、an: Well, my biggest fear was that Sue might find it difficult to work with someone thirteen years older than her. But it wasnt a problem as it turned out. We hit it off straight away. Woman 2: My other concern was this: because Len worked in a different area he really had little say in whether or n
47、ot I was promoted. And I think one of the things you expect from a mentor is that they are instrumental in getting you promoted, luckily this hasnt stood in my way, and I got what I want. And what Ive learned from Len has enabled me to do better in my new post than I would otherwise have. Woman 1: H
48、ow do you organise the logistics of your relationship? Man: Well, we agree that we want face-to-face sessions which need to be frequent without interfering with work. We decided to meet monthly for about an hour and a half. Woman 2: We generally met for lunch because clients were least likely to con
49、tact just then. And we knew that if we stayed in the office, we had people popping in and the phone ringing, and we wouldnt be able to concentrate. Woman 1: Len, what do you think about yourself in the relationship? Man: I felt my strength was mixing practical advice with inspirational talk about leadership. But Sue tells me I got that all wrong. Woman 2: Oh, no. Len is right. But above all, he taught me how to think things through. I tell
