1、BEC商务英语（高级）听力模拟试卷 56及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 Many people have the false impression that they have to change careers in _. 2 Many other people stay in their jobs simply because its easier to stay with the _ pain. 3 The first step in making the career change is to conduct a _ to identify your career goals
2、. 4 Transferring your _ can result in a smooth transition in a new field. 5 The disadvantage of building on skills is the _ it takes to find work thats truly satisfying. 6 You can accomplish _ by volunteering. 7 A good suggestion to approach a second profession is by _. 8 When starting your second p
3、rofession, be sure not to antagonize your _. 9 The process that leads up to landing a new position internally is called _. 10 If you want to enter a new field that is very different from your background or current degree, you can _. 11 The downside of going back to school is that it can be _ and kee
4、p you from working. 12 If you really hate what you do, the last resort is to _. 二、 PART TWO 12 A Certain products went out of fashion. B The person is late for the meeting. C It is difficult to demonstrate a new product. D The director brings the wrong paperwork. E Some advisors made poor recommenda
5、tions. F The sales revenue is not satisfactory. G The working staff is not competent enough. H The directors experience was narrow. 13 _ 14 _ 15 _ 16 _ 17 _ 17 A Large severance payment was made. B A partnership abroad was formed. C Next time, a better schedule needs to be arranged. D Some products
6、are rebranded. E A proper note should be made in the diary. F A new plan and an advertising campaign should be worked out. G The recruitment agency is to be contacted. H A cost reduction programme was introduced. 18 _ 19 _ 20 _ 21 _ 22 _ 三、 PART THREE 23 What kind of idea does Paula promote on her w
7、ebsite? （ A） Therere many modern working ways nowadays. （ B） A modern working way has many benefits. （ C） A modern life could make work harmonious. 24 Why did Paula get awarded? （ A） Because she made great efforts. （ B） Because she launched the employment website. （ C） Because she did her best to re
8、duce the pressure on society. 25 Paulas company provided services like （ A） job searching information on line. （ B） jobs information for those who want to work flexibly. （ C） opportunities for those intending to do business. 26 The difference between Paulas company and others in this service is （ A）
9、 it provides people working at home with information. （ B） it offers home information for workers. （ C） it gives more advice for job hunters. 27 In hard economic times, Paula （ A） is eager to provide more job information. （ B） encourages people to learn more skills. （ C） advises people to choose ano
10、ther way of working. 28 What employers are supposed to do in hard economic times? （ A） They should cut down the number of employees. （ B） They should advise their workers to work part time at home. （ C） They should provide staff more guidance and suggestions. 29 What others can benefit from Paulas e
11、xperience? （ A） They could learn Paulas sticking to her dreams. （ B） They could find a partner before starting a business. （ C） They should watch their steps in business. 30 What does Paula think about remote employment? （ A） It has a bright future. （ B） It needs more mentors for instruction. （ C） T
12、his model of work could substitute full-time jobs. BEC商务英语（高级）听力模拟试卷 56答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【听力原文】 M: Hello. My names Patrick Bunyan. Ive come to talk to you this afternoon about career changes a topic I guess most of you would be interested in. Well, one reason many people find it difficult to chang
13、e careers is they think they have to do it in one big leap. Another is simple inertia they reckon its easier to stay with the familiar pain of doing what they dont like than brave the unknown. But you dont have to change careers in one big leap. You can start by taking small steps that will lead to
14、where you want to be professionally, without losing significant income. This transition begins with conducting a thorough self-assessment that identifies your career goals. Once you know what you want to do, you can begin taking practical steps to land a job in this new field. Here are some ways to
15、make successful transition. You can always build on functional skills. If you like using your core skills and knowledge, you could consider transferring them to another industry or field you might like more. After youve identified your key functional skills, you can start listing employers to approa
16、ch and begin networking with current or past employees at these firms about possible openings. This strategy lets you apply your experience and wisdom immediately, but the downside of it, however, may be the time it takes for you to find work thats truly satisfying. The second possible strategy is t
17、o start a parallel career. This strategy allows you to keep your fulltime job, while working weekends or at night in a second profession. You can accomplish the same goal by volunteering. Working in a second profession will give you the experience you need to pursue it full time. By keeping your day
18、 job, youll have a steady income while building your credentials. But, you need to bear in mind one thing: be careful not to antagonize your primary employer, since companies dont always view moonlighting favorably. What would be a favorable strategy if you want to stay with your current employer? I
19、d suggest taking an internal transition in such a situation. The process that leads up to landing a new position internally is called job enrichment. This is when you seek new learning opportunities and ways to expand your skills. For some people, this strategy is very popular because they feel like
20、 looking at their current jobs and employers from a different perspective. Well, some people might also have considered returning to school and be students. This is a good strategy if you want to enter a new field that requires educational credentials that are radically different from your backgroun
21、d or current degree. Going back to school allows you to learn the new profession and gain credibility, but it can be expensive and keep you from working. Last but not least, people can go cold turkey with their current job. This is especially effective if you know exactly what you want to do, but yo
22、u cant stand being in your current job another day longer. 1 【正确答案】 ONE BIG LEAP 【试题解析】 该部分的考查形式是补充听力时的笔记，需要考生填写一些重要的信息。在浏览题目时，考生便了解到考查内容为 “职业 的转换 ”，所以应该对相关词汇，尤其是一些习语有所准备。在本题中，可以根据题干中出现的介词 in判断后面应该填写名词或者名词词组，只要听音时做好笔记，就能很容易地填写正确答案 “one big leap”。材料中出现的原句为： “one reason many people find it difficult t
23、o change careers is they think they have to do it in one big leap”。该短语“one big leap”在材料开始部分就出现了两次，对于这 样 重复出现的短语或者表达方式请考生重点留意。 2 【正确答案】 FAMILIAR 【试题解析】 本题考查的是人们不愿意随意更换职业 (跳槽 )的另一个原因。其答题思路同上题，请考生留意材料中的重点信息。听力材料中有这样一句话：“Another is simple inertiathey reckon its easier to stay with the familiar pain of d
24、oing what they dont like than brave the unknown”。这里出现 一个单词“inertia”，意为 “懒惰，懈怠 ”，指人们宁愿窝在老地方经受同样的痛苦的折磨，也没有胆量去尝试新的职业。由此，我们可以根据笔记填写正确答案 “familiar”。 3 【正确答案】 THOROUGH SELF-ASSESSMENT 【试题解析】 本题考查的是考生对同义词组的理解。请注意题干中出现的标志性词组 “the first step”，恰好与听力材料中出现的 “this transition begins with”相对应。只要考生明白了这两个词组的含义，填写后面的
25、重点词组 “thorough self-assessment”(全面的自我评估 )就不成问题。 4 【正确答案】 SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE 【试题解析】 本题的考点来源于听力材料中的一个主题句，即一个重要论点，考查的是对该论点的更深层次的理解。原文为 “If you like using your core skills and knowledge， you could consider transferring them to another industry or field you might like more”，在听懂该句的基础上，可以推断出，只有把自己的能力和知识进
26、行合理的转换，才能保证在新职业中的平稳过渡，由此得出本题的正确答案为“skills and knowledge”。 5 【正确答案】 TIME 【试题解析】 发展自己的能力和知识固然重要，而且有助于你完成职业生涯中的平稳过渡，但是这样做的缺点也有，在听力材料中说道： “but the downside of it， however， may be the time it takes for you to find work thats truly satisfying.”“the downside”指的是缺点、不足，与 “disadvantage”同义，因此可以判断该题应该填写关键信息 “ti
27、me”。 6 【正确答案】 PARALLEL CAREER 【试题解析】 本题考查的是另一种合理转换职业的方法，即 “平行职业 ”，或者“兼职 ”。听力材料中有不少内容围绕着 “兼职 ”展开讨论，而且给出了一个建议，即 “You can accomplish the same goal by volunteering.” 而这里的 “same goal”指的就是前面提到的 “parallel career”，即正确的答案。 7 【正确答案】 VOLUNTEERING 【试题解析】 本题的信息在听力材料中很明显，而且考查的重点信息与上一题类似，从题干中也能推测出来，即可以通过志愿服务开始第二职业
28、。这点可以通过听音时的笔记加以确认，因此正确答案为 “volunteering”。提醒考生注意一下这个词语的 ing形式的拼写。 8 【正确答案】 PRIMARY EMPLOYER 【试题解析】 本题考查的是在开始第二职业时要注意的一个重 要原则，出现在该论点的最后部分，原句为 “But， you need to bear in mind one thing： be careful not to antagonize your primary employer” 即在从事兼职时，不要得罪了第一份职业中的老板。如果考生学会注意细节并且有耐心把每个句子都听完整，那么本题很容易应对。正确答案为 “p
29、rimary employer”。 9 【正确答案】 JOB ENRICHMENT 【试题解析】 本题考查的是一个专业名词 “job enrichment”，也是在商务领域中很常见的现象，即 “工作丰富化 ”，指的是承担不同的工作职责，从一个全新的视角来看待目前的工作，从而发挥自己的职业潜能，通常都会带来职务上的晋升或者调换，而且这种改变或者 “再就业 ”是发生在公司内部的，相当于提供了第二次职业生命。了解了这个词语的含义，再同原文中出现的句子 “when you seek new learning opportunities and ways to expand your skills”相对
30、比，就很容易填写本题的答案 “job enrichment”。 10 【正确答案】 RETURN TO SCHOOL 【试题解析】 本题考查的另外一种职业转换的办法，原文中的表达为 “some people might also have considered returning to school and be students”，根据题干中的语法条件，可以判断本题应该填写 “return to school”。 11 【正确答案】 EXPENSIVE 【试题解析】 本题对于重新返回学校充电的这种转行模式进行了仔细的考查，关注点在于该模式的缺点和不足。在该 论点进行论述的最后，有这么一句话：
31、“Going back to school allows you to learn the new profession and gain credibility，but it can be expensive and keep you from working.”而这句话的后半部分便点明了该模式的缺陷，即 “expensive”(昂贵 )，因此判断该词为正确答案。 12 【正确答案】 GO COLD TURKEY 【试题解析】 本题考查的是最后一种转行的办法，材料 中说道： “Last but not least， people can go cold turkey with their c
32、urrent job.”请注意， “last but not least”与题干中的 “last resort”同义，指的是 “最后的办法，没有办法的办法 ”。而“go cold turkey”是一个习语，意思是 “说干就干 ”，代表着一种决心；这种办法在你觉得当前的这份职业实在令人难以忍受时，尤其有效。故此判定，该题的正确答案为 “go cold turkey”。 二、 PART TWO 12 【听力原文】 Man: Well, Im certainly not going to forget that in a hurry! What a terrible mistake It made
33、the whole meeting pointless, really. I cant imagine what they thought of me, sitting there with the paperwork for another client. Very unprofessional. I mean, I could still tell them the relevant facts. but I couldnt show them the actual contract. I didnt put it in my briefcase last night. What a lo
34、st opportunity! I shouldve made a proper note in my diary where I would have seen it so as to remind me to take the right contract. If I was really careful enough, this kind of silly mistake can never happen. Anyway, its too late now. I just didnt remember and thats that. Theyll have given the work
35、to someone else by now Id promised to ring before midd ay if I was available. I really need to be better organised. Woman: It was just so embarrassing, the whole thing. I mean, being late is one thing, and I met already got my secretary to phone through and leave a message to say I was running being
36、 schedule. And all the other managers were there to see the team show the project and its results. Oh well, thats how it goes, I guess I was so busy preparing all the equipment for the presentation that I didnt notice the time passing. I was still checking the papers when they rang to say whether I
37、was on my way there. And I met a traffic jam and could not move a little bit. Next time, I should make a better arrangement of my time and schedule. Man: The new products that we newly launched are not as good as we expected. I just got the financial reports and the balance sheets from the Accountin
38、g Department which are not encouraging. Our competitors are a few steps ahead of us to grab the markets. I guess the main weakness is the image of some of the products. I complained about this last year. With our present strategy, we could find ourselves having problems in the future. We need urgent
39、ly turn around the bad situation and think about the panacea. Work the market to our advantage. What Id suggest is a complete review of the way were approaching the market. I think we should get everyone together and explore all the possibilities to carry out a new plan and a shining advertising cam
40、paign. Woman: With our corporations popular reputation in our circle and you know, we are getting ahead of our competitors in terms of the profits, but we cant just take pride in the contemporary achievements. We should enlarge our impacts and still move on to make greater progress. But in our given
41、 situations, our staffs abilities cant commensurate with status quo. I just thought I ought to let you know, that following the discussion we made last week about stafting levels, I took your recorrrnerdation to the Board. Youve probably heard already that we agreed that we do need to create a new A
42、rea Managers position and recruit more talented people. I just wanted to let you know officially that it had been anthorised. So now we can contact the recruitment agency and ask them to start looking around. Man: In the end, youd have to say we had a lucky escape I mean, it could have been a lot wo
43、rse. Its very difficult to know where your brand is really positioned weve always accepted that your research almost inevitably will be running a bit behind. Consumer tastes change so quickly these days, and thats where we suffered, and lost market share. The directors, once it was clear what was ha
44、ppening, attacked the problem and looked at various options. They could have looked to generate revenues with a share issue, but I think they were right to go for clipping back by reducing expenditure wherever possible youre better placed to regroup with a tight ship. The plans to develop higher qua
45、lity products for the future look pretty plausible now. 13 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 与此相关的选项只有 D，其他选项在正文 中均未提及。经理带错了文件。 14 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 听力原文中提到 I was running being schedule. 从此句可知，是迟到了。 15 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 听力原文中提到 I just got the financial reports and the balance sheets from the Accounting Department which i
46、s not encouraging. 从此句可知：销售情况不是很理想。 16 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 听力原文中提到 our staffs abilities cant commensurate with our corporations status quo. 从此句可知，公司职员的能力与公司的现状不符。 17 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 听力原文中提到 weve always accepted that your research almost inevitably will be running a bit behind. Consumer tastes change so
47、quickly these days, 可知顾客的品味千变万化，捉摸不透。 18 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 在以后应该更加小心，在日记本上做好记录，以更好地提醒自己。 19 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 听力原文中提到 I should make a better arrangement of my time and schedule.以后应该安排好时间。 20 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 听力原文中提到 To carry out a new plan and a shining advertising campaign.从此句可知，应制定新的计划和宣传方案。 21 【正确答案】
48、G 【试题解析】 听力原文中提到 So now we can contact the recruitment agency and ask them to start looking around. 可知要联系招聘机构，引进人才。 22 【正确答案】 H 【试题解析】 听力原文中提到 they were right to go for clipping back by reducing expenditure wherever possible 而现在采取的办法就是削减支出。 三、 PART THREE 23 【听力原文】 Man: Paula Wynne is the co-founder
49、of remote employment. Her website is dedicated to home based, flexible and remote working and is promoting the idea that a modern day approach to working lives has many advantages: an increase in business productivity, reduction of transport congestion and a harmonisation of work. Today were happy to have Paula with us. Welcome, Paula. Woman: Thank you. Im glad to be here. Man: Paula, since
