1、BEC商务英语（高级）听力模拟试卷 35及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 You will hear a part of a radio programme about stress and work. As you listen, for questions 1-12, complete the notes, using up to three words or a number. After you have listened once, replay the recording. Good stress 1 Good stress enables high performers
2、to_ 2 People have a period of _each day. Bad stress Causes of bad stress include: 3 too few_ 4 too many_ 5 too much_ 6 not having proper_ Recent survey results 7 more complaints about amount of_ 8 fewer complaints about lack of_ 9 small organisations have higher_ 10 large organisations have difficul
3、ties with_ Before going on holiday 11 E-mail information about _to colleagues. 12 Talk about _to a line manager. 二、 PART TWO 13 You will hear five reporters, reporting daily business news. For each extract there are two tasks. For Task One, decide which industry they reported from the list A-H. For
4、Task Two, choose the summary of the business news from the list A-H. After you have listened once, replay the recording. 13 Task One The industries they reported For questions 13-17, match the extracts with the industries, listed A-H. For each extract, choose the industry reported. Write one letter
5、(A-H) next to the number of the extract. A oil industry B high-tech industry C fireworks industry D retailing industry E movie industry F automobile industry G gas industry H manufacturing industry 18 Task Two-Summary of the news For questions 18-22, match the extracts with the summaries of the busi
6、ness news, listed A-H. For each extract, choose the summary reported. Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the text. A China and Russia are going to build hi-tech parks. B The U.S, and China issued a joint statement on economic and financial issues. C The Pan-Pearl River Delta region is will
7、ing to strengthen cooperation with the U. S. tourism players. D Shanghai gets western gas that pumps through the huge West-to-East Natural Gas Pipeline. E Shanghai Volkswagen Corporation plans to out the price of its car parts aiming to have more market share in China. F China plans to build a third
8、 scientific research station on Antarctica during the 11th five-year-plan period. G China plans to regulate fireworks industry. H China strives to build the “remanufacturing industry as one of its pillar manufacturing industries. 三、 PART THREE 22 You will hear a radio interview between an economist
9、and a journalist For each question(23-30)， mark one Ietter(A， B or C)for the correct answer After you have listened once， replay the recording 23 When it was over, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 94 points to close at （ A） 10 217 （ B） 10 297 （ C） 10 317 24 How many per cent did shares of IB
10、M almost plunge? （ A） 20 （ B） 30 （ C） 40 25 The main reason for the fall of shares of IBM is （ A） making wrong plan （ B） bad management （ C） the drop of Y2K spending 26 How many dollars did IBM and other technology companies pay for the year 2000? （ A） Tens of thousands （ B） Tens of millions （ C） Te
11、ns of billions 27 Why many corporations have bought computers and switched their software? （ A） Because their computers were outdated （ B） Because Y2K will cause trouble （ C） Because their computers broke down 28 Why did many buyers postpone their purchase of new printers? （ A） They were waiting for
12、 the new millennium （ B） They had no money （ C） The printers were expensive 29 Which of the following is correct? （ A） Only IBM is suffering from the technology spending freeze （ B） Many computer companies suffer as well （ C） Any company could understand the risk 30 What is the main idea of this art
13、icle? （ A） As goes General Motors, so goes the nation （ B） As goes IBM, so goes the market （ C） The reason why shares of computer companies fall BEC商务英语（高级）听力模拟试卷 35答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【听力原文】 Man: I want to start by saying that stress doesnt always deserve its negative image. There is such a thing a
14、s good stress. Try telling a racing driver or a stage actor “high performers“ that stress is all bad and theyll look at you blankly, because they know they wouldnt be able to meet challenges without it. Stress is what makes them successful, but this is also true to some extent for all of us. The tec
15、hnical term for stress in general is “arousal“. You need to be sufficiently aroused to get up in the morning and go to work. As the hours go by, you become more alert until you reach your optimum performance, which is when you can do your best in your work. But bad stress exists too in the workplace
16、. A very common cause is dealing with impossible standards which have been set within an unrealistic timescale. If resources are inadequate, bad stress will be produced. These days stress can often also be due to our circumstances. Competition and the drive for innovation means that many of us feel
17、we cannot handle the sheer number of changes confronting us in our working lives, creating feelings of apprehension and demotivation. And there are other reasons for stress too. Todays job market can mean that individuals are given excessive responsibility. Knowing that the buck stops with you can l
18、ead to difficulties in making decisions, or just in concentrating on the task in hand. A final cause of stress is one where staff are not in a position to blame senior management. While you may be complaining bitterly of being overworked, you may not be taking a good hard look at your own shortcomin
19、gs. A feeling of being overworked could be due to not setting and using appropriate priorities. If youre not organising your workload sensibly and tackling things in a logical order. youve perhaps only yourself to blame. We conducted a survey of 500 companies recently and the results might be intere
20、sting. Generally speaking, dissatisfaction concerning stress levels is on the increase. Long hours continue to be a major subject of resentment, and we also heard a substantially larger number of staff expressing their unhappiness about travel more people seem to have to go to more places more often
21、 than when we last conducted a survey. On the other hand, the question of not receiving recognition seems to have reduced in urgency, perhaps due to improved communications systems within organisations. We were interested to see that the issue of staff morale fared quite well in companies with less
22、than 50 employees, where a relatively happy picture was painted. However, an interesting problem facing major employers is the question of recruitment, with applicants appearing to shy away from them in favour of friendlier more intimate environments, even if pay levels are lower there. Finally, her
23、e are a few words of advice relevant to this time of year, as many people get ready for their holidays. Ironically, preparing for a holiday can be stressful, with fears of everything going wrong in your absence. So prepare the ground by making sure your colleagues are up-to-date about your current p
24、rojects send them all an email before you set off. Back this up by having a quiet word with your boss to inform him or her of possible problems, so that he or she will know what to do should anything go wrong. That way, you should be better able to relax away from it all. 1 【正确答案】 meet challenges 【试
25、题解析】 此题是针对良性压力作用的提问。听力原文为： they know they wouldnt be able to meet challenges without it,从反面强调没有良性压力，他们不能面对挑战。因此答案为： meet Challenges。 2 【正确答案】 optimum performance 【试题解析】 与上题一样，此题是针对良性压力作用的提问。听力原文是： you become more alert until you reach your optimum performance， which is when you can do your best in y
26、our work。通过后文定语从句的解释，可得一天中最好的状态称为： optimum performance，为此题答案。 3 【正确答案】 resources 【试题解析】 此题是针对产生恶性压力的原因的提问。听力原文是： If resources are inadequate， bad stress will be produced，这里揭示了产生恶性压力的第一个原因： too few resources。因此，此处填入 resources。 4 【正确答案】 changes 【试题解析】 与上题一样，此题是针对产生恶性压力的原因提问。听力原文是：Competition and the d
27、rive for innovation means that many of us feel we cannot handle the sheer number of changes confronting us in our working lives，说明竞争和创新的压力让我们很多人感觉到不能把握在我们工作中的变化。因此，产生恶性压力的第二个原因是： too many changes。 5 【正确答案】 responsibility 【试题解析】 听力原文是： individuals are given excessive responsibility，说明产生恶性压力的第三个原因是： t
28、oo much responsibility。 6 【正确答案】 priorities 【试题解析】 听力原文是： A final cause of stress is one where staff are not in a position to blame senior managementA feeling of being over worked could be due to not setting and using appropriate priorities，说明产生恶性压力的第四个原因是： not having proper priorities。 7 【正确答案】 tra
29、vel 【试题解析】 这一部 分是针对调查结果的提问。听力原文是： a substantially larger number of staff expressing their unhappiness about travel，因此，此处答案为 travel。 8 【正确答案】 recognition 【试题解析】 听力原文是： the question of not receiving recognition seems tO have reduced in urgency，说明在减少的是 recognition。 9 【正确 答案】 staff morale 【试题解析】 听力原文是：
30、the issue of staff morale fared quite well in companies with less than 50 employees，表明小公司的 staff morale有了提高。 10 【正确答案】 recruitment 【试题解析】 听力原文是： an interesting problem facing major employers is the question of recruitment。故此处答案为 recruitment。 11 【正确答案】 current projects 【试题解析】 这一部分仍然是调查结果的一部分，说明现代人去旅游
31、都会有压力。听力原文是： your colleagues are up-to-date about your current projectssend them all an email before you set off，因此此处答案为 current projects。 12 【正确答案】 possible problems 【试题解析】 听力原文是： Back this up by having a quiet word with your boss to inform him or her of possible problems，因此答案为 possible problems。这段
32、话的意思是对于现代人来说去旅游会有很多压力。首先要告知自己同事自己最新进展，同时还要事先告知老板自己外出旅游时，可能出现的问题以及应对方案。 二、 PART TWO 13 【听力原文】 Speaker One Man: Good morning. This is Daily Business Report. Shanghai gets western gas. Gas started pumping through the huge West-to-East Natural Gas Pipeline on Friday, sending gas from the Tarim and Chong
33、qing gas fields in western Xinjiang and Shanxi Provinces to Shanghai. At 9:00 am on National Day, PetroChina President Jiang Jiemin pushed a button at a gas compression station at Jingbian in Northwest Chinas Shanxi Province to launch the 4,000-kilometre-long pipeline Construction of the pipeline be
34、gan on July 4, 2002 and cost more than 140 billion yuan (US $16.9 billion). It will transmit 12 billion cubic meters of gas a year. Speaker Two Woman: China and Russia are going to build hi-tech parks. President of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Lu Yongxiang said in Beijing Thursday that his acad
35、emy and the Academy of Sciences of Russia (ASR) planned to build hightechnology parks both in Northeast China and in Russias Novosibirsk. Representatives from CAS Changchun Academy and the ASR Siberia Academy signed a memorandum on seven cooperative projects Thursday morning at CAS headquarter. Whil
36、e carrying out the new form of science and technology cooperation in building the hi-tech parks, Lu acknowledged, the two sides need to start appropriate research projects on the principle of equality and reciprocity. N. L. Dobretsov, vice ASR president who aim heads ASR Siberia Academy, said the hi
37、-tech parks will epitomize increased cooperation between Russian and Chinese science communities. Speaker Three Man: Shanghai Volkswagen Corporation declared Tuesday a price-cutting plan for its car parts aiming to increase its market share in China. According to the plan, hundreds of components for
38、 Passat and Polo, its two dominant cars in China, will get large price cuts of between 25 and 80 percent starting Oct. 1. The price adjustment “will offer more preferential prices and lower the maintenance costs for consumers“ as the corporation has formed “batch-produced ability for components“ and
39、 set up an “after-sale service network“ around the country, said a company spokesman. The spokesman said insurance premiums and purchasing and usage costs will also decline. Consequently, the two cars will become more competitive and help consumers regain confidence in the car market. Chinas car mar
40、ket is price-sensitive, but experts noted that price cuts only have short-term effects. In the long run, other factors will win out. Shanghai Volkswagen is one of the top car sales companies in China. Speaker Four Woman: China strives to build the “remanufacturing“ industry as one of its pillar manu
41、facturing industries, said Xu Binshi, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, in Beijing Wednesday. “China will also set up related auxiliary industries, aiming to promote the national economy and realize re-employment and sustainable development,“ said Xu at a national workshop on “recycled e
42、conomy“. He went on to say that remanufacturing and self-renovation are considered in Chinas medium and long-term plans as a priority development theme and a key technology in the manufacturing sector. From the 1990s on, there have been enterprises in China studying remanufacturing, said Xu. Althoug
43、h the remanufacturing project is yet to be mature, he said, it is a “sunrise industry“ and a potential giant industry, which has the ability to improve the quality and performance of products, reduce material consumption, save energy resources and protect the environment. Xu added that the crucial s
44、tep of putting forward Chinas remanufacturing industry is to establish relevant laws and standardize business activity and market operation. Speaker Five Man: China plans to regulate fireworks industry. The Chinese government is planning to strengthen safety supervision over its scattered fireworks
45、manufacturers to reduce the rising risks of accidental fireworks explosions. Sun Huashan, deputy director of the State Administration for the Supervision of Production Safety, said at a national fireworks safety conference held in Liuyang, Hunan Province that the incomplete safety supervision system
46、 in Chinas fireworks industry is the main reason for explosions. Sun said Chinas fireworks industry is still in need of regulation, and that safety supervision system in the whole is still weak. 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 听力原文的主要内容是关于西气东输项目成功，上海接收到来自西部的天然气，因此此题答案为 G。 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 听力原文第一句是： China and R
47、ussia are going to build hi-tech parks，由此，可得答案为 B。 15 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 根据听力原文第一句可得： Shanghai Volkswagen Corporation declared Tuesday a price-cutting plan for its car parts aiming to increase its market share in China，因此可得答案为 F。 16 【正确答案】 H 【试题解析】 根据听力原文第一句可得： China strives to build the“remanufacturin
48、g”industry as one of its pillar manufacturing industries，因此可得答案为 H。 17 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据听力原文第一句可得： China plans to regulate fireworks industry，因此可得答案为 C。 18 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 听力原文是： Shanghai gets western gas Gas started pumping through the huge West-to-East Natural Gas Pipeline on Friday。因此，可得答案为D。 19
49、 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 根据听力原文第一句可得答案为 A。 20 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 根据听力原文第一句可得； Shanghai Volkswagen Corporation declared Tuesday a price-cutting plan for its car parts aiming to increase its market share in China，因此可得答案为 E。 21 【正确答案】 H 【试题解析】 根据听力原文第一句可得； China strives to build the“remanufacturing”industry as one of its pillar manufacturing industries，因此可得答案为 H。 22 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 根据听力原文第一句可得： China Plans to regulate fireworks industry。因此可得答案为 G。 三、 PART THREE 22 【听力原文】 W
