1、BEC商务英语（高级）听力模拟试卷 65及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TODAY Seminar / Workshop programme MARKETING 1 2 Bishops Hall One STRATEGIC PLANNING Bishops hall Two HUMAN RESOURCES 3 TIMETABLE LOCATION 9:30-11:00 4Hall Coffee and biscuits 5 11:30-1:00 6 Lunch 7 2:00-3:30 8 Tea and biscuits 4:00-5:30 9
2、 5:30-6:30 10 NB Books and resource materials On display in 11 TIME Centre closes 12 二、 PART TWO 12 Task One Types of businesses For questions 13-17, match the extracts with the types of businesses described, listed A-H. For each extract, decide which business described. Write one letter (A-H) next
3、to the number of the extract. A a travel agency B a supermarket C a building firm D a clothes manufacturer E a fast food outlet F a business bookshop G a firm of accountants H a business language school 13 14 15 16 17 17 Task Two Sources of funding For questions 18-22, match the extracts with the so
4、urces of funding, listed A-H. For each extract, decide which source of funding described. Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the extract. A a large company B a gift of money from a friend C sale of shares as a limited company D money borrowed from family E the sale of the owners property F
5、 the investment of the owners savings G state funding H a bank loan 18 19 20 21 22 三、 PART THREE 22 You will hear part of an interview between a Human Resource Manager of a company and a candidate. For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. After you have listened
6、 once, replay the recording. 23 Whats the main reason for the candidate to plan to leave his present company? （ A） Its mainly because his present company isnt large enough. （ B） Its mainly because he feels what he does at present is boring without any challenges. （ C） Its mainly because he doesnt li
7、ke his present job. 24 According to the candidate himself, which of the following is not his strength? （ A） His calmness. （ B） His good sense of humor. （ C） His carefulness. 25 Where does the candidate want to work if he gets the job? （ A） He wants to work inside the city. （ B） He wants to work insi
8、de the country. （ C） He wants to work abroad. 26 How long does the staff in Sino-European do the placements in their overseas branches? （ A） Half a year. （ B） One year. （ C） One year and a half. 27 According to the candidate himself, which of the following characters does he think is not his special
9、 strength? （ A） His good sense of humor. （ B） His calmness in a crisis. （ C） His ability to work with all types of people. 28 Why does he like to travel? （ A） Because he is often dissatisfied with what he has done. （ B） Because he doesnt have other things to do in his spare time. （ C） Because he lik
10、es traveling very much. 29 When can he share in the companys bonus scheme? （ A） After one year. （ B） After six months. （ C） After two years. 30 What do you think of this interviewer? （ A） She is easy-going. （ B） She is very smart. （ C） She is unaccommodating. BEC商务英语（高级）听力模拟试卷 65答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0
11、【听力原文】 Part One. Questions 1 to 12. You will hear the organiser of an annual conference attended by the sales representatives of a large company. He is telling them about the arrangements for the conference. As you listen, for questions 1 to 12, complete the notes, using up to three words or a numbe
12、r. After you have listened once, replay the recording. You now have forty-five seconds to read through the notes. pause Now listen, and complete the notes. pause Man: Good morning and welcome to our course on “Business Management Today“. I hope youve all registered and obtained your name badges and
13、information packs. I would like to point out some additional information and changes to the agenda you will find in your packs. The four seminar workshops are now as follow. Room Six “Marketing“. Bishops Hall One “Communications“, which replaces “Taxation“. Bishops Hall Two “Strategic Planning“, whi
14、ch now includes small business as well as large companies. Room Five “Human Resources“. Ill just run through that again. “Marketing“ is in Room Six. In Bishops Hall One we have a change to the original programme and “Taxation“ has been replaced by “Communications“. “Strategic Planning“ in Bishops Ha
15、ll Two now includes small businesses and Room Five is “Human Resources“ . We will stay in the Convocation Hall for the first morning session which runs from nine-thirty till eleven oclock, when we shall all meet up in the Memorial Hall for coffee and biscuits. The eleven-thirty session will be held
16、in Bishops Hall One. A buffet lunch will be held in the self-service restaurant from one to two. We are hoping that this system will prove quicker than waitress service and ensure a prompt start to the afternoon session which begins in Bishops Hall Two at two oclock and runs to three-thirty. Please
17、note, however, that we shall be in Room Five for the four to five-thirty sessioa Tea and biscuits will be brought to you between three-thirty and four oclock. At five-thirty we invite you all to the Assembly Hall for an hours general forum. There will be time for questions based on the days sessions
18、. This session in the Assembly Hall is intended to give you an opportunity to clarify and problem areas which may have arisen during the day and to ask any questions you may have. There will be a general exhibition of books and resource materials in the Abbey Room which will be open for the whole da
19、y. Anyone interested in purchasing any of these materials will be able to order them at the various stands. Please feel free to visit the Abbey Room at any time during the day up until the Centre closes at seven thirty p. m. May I draw your attention to the fact that notes accompanying the seminars
20、will be provided by the speakers? It is therefore not necessary. pause Now listen to the recording again. pause That is the end of Part One. You now have twenty seconds to check your answers. 1 【正确答案】 Room Six 【试题解析】 此题是针对上课地点的提问。在听音时要注意该课程对应的上课地点。故答案为 RoomSix。 2 【正确答案】 Communications 【试题解析】 此句是针对课程
21、名称的提问，听音时需要特别留意课程名称。根据听力原文： communications， which replaces taxation，说明该课代替了之前的税务课。要注意区别干扰选项。 3 【正确答案】 Room Five 【试题解析】 此题是针对上课地点的提问。在听音时要 注意该课程对应的上课地点。故答案为 Room Five。 4 【正确答案】 Convocation 【试题解析】 此题是针对活动地点的提问。根据听力原文，此处填写Convocation。 5 【正确答案】 Memorial Hall 【试题解析】 此题是针对活动地点的提问。根据听力原文，此处填写 Memorial Hall
22、。 6 【正确答案】 Bishops Hall One 【试题解析】 此题是针对活动地点的提问。根据听力原文，此处填写 Bishops Hall One。 7 【正确答案】 self-service restaurant 【试题解析】 此题是针对活动地点的提问。根据听力原文，此处填写 self-service restaurant。 8 【正确答案】 Bishops Hall Two 【试题解析】 此题是针对活动地点的提问。根据听力原文，此处填写 Bishops Hall Two。 9 【正确答案】 Room 5 【试题解析】 此题是针对活动地点的提问。根据听力原文，此处填写 Room 5。
23、10 【正确答案】 Assembly Hall 【试题解析】 此题是针对活动地点的提问。根据听力原文，此处填写 Assembly Hall。 11 【正确答案】 Abbey Room 【试题解析】 此题是针对活动地点的提问。根据听力原文，此处填写 Abbey Room。 12 【正确答案】 7： 30pm 【试题解析】 此题是针对活动时间的提问。根据听力原文，此处填写 7：30pm。 二、 PART TWO 12 【听力原文】 Part Two. Questions 13 to 22. You will hear five different people who all run their
24、own business. They are talking about how they raised the money to start their business. For each extract there are two tasks. Look at Task One. For each question 13-17, decide which type of business from the list A-H. Now look at Task Two. For each question 18-22, decide which source of funding for
25、the business, from the list A-H. After you have listened once, replay the recording. You now have thirty seconds to read the two lists. pause Now listen, and do the two tasks. pause Speaker One Man: Im a one-man, small business. Very small. It was terrible at first Nobody wanted to know. Constructio
26、ns the first thing to be hit when theres a recession. No-one wants new houses, schools, nothing. I just took a chance that if there was no new project going on then at least people would want repairs. I tried the banks but . couldnt get any help from them. Nothing. No interest. Must have gone to twe
27、nty of them. Id even done research. Showed them there was a demand for my work. But theyre not interested in any small firms. Luckily I had a brother and an uncle with a bit of money who were willing to help me out. They lent me enough to get going. Now Im doing OK. pause Speaker Two Woman; I did ev
28、erything by the book projections, product research, I did the lot. Then I went round the local offices and noticed there was a niche in my part of town for another take-away. So I decided to go for it. I thought about sandwiches at first but then I knew it had to be hamburgers. What else 90% of peop
29、le I talked to said there would be a demand. I didnt have any money so 1 approached a big company one of the most famous in the world for this kind of business. I did a business plan and after a lot of work they took me oa I joined the franchise scheme. You know where you borrow from the big company
30、, use their name and pay them back from your profits. And I must say, its been very successful, so far. Very hard work, but well worth it. pause Speaker Three Man: Well, after a long time of teaching I thought no I knew I needed to move on, do something else, and it had to be a good idea to set up m
31、y own operation. You only have to look around Central London to see the demand. Everybodys learning English and more and more business people need it. I had worked in business for a number of years and knew I had the experience to make it work. The one big drawback to the whole plan was that no-one
32、was interested in lending me money. It was hopeless. I wasted so much time going to different banks without success. I was just about to give up when I read about the Government Start-up scheme. If they like your idea they will give you money. I was lucky. Its a great success. pause Speaker Four Wom
33、an: It started as a group of friends getting together and talking about a common problem. The high cost of business trips and the need for a reasonable package. Once people know you are going away on business they think you have limitless funds for it. And we all knew from our own experience that qu
34、ite the opposite is true when you work for yourself. So we decided to start something ourselves. Our initial enthusiasm soon disappeared when we tried to raise the money to start, though. We met with a complete lack of interest. So we put together a good business plan and went knocking on doors. We
35、kept at it. We didnt give up and eventually we found a sympathetic bank manager and they advanced us some money. Were doing pretty well now. pause Speaker Five Man: Take the number of MBAs for example. Courses are a real growth industry. And where you have courses you must have textbooks. Its about
36、ten standard texts for a first year Business Diploma alone. I thought it was a market I had to get into and everywhere I went people said I had a good idea. Until I asked for money. Then nothing. Goodbye. I knew it would be hard but I didnt think it would be impossible. But I was so determined, I ma
37、de up my mind to put my house on the market, and I put the money I got from that into the business. It was a huge gamble, and it could have ruined me completely, but its worked, its really paid off. Im opening my second branch next year. pause Now listen to the recording again. pause That is the end
38、 of Part Two. pause 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 听力原文中出现： Constructions thefirst thing to be hit when theres a recession，说明此人开办的是建筑类公司。故答案为 C 14 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 这段听力原文中出现： take-away， sandwiches，以及 hamburger等词，说明这是一家快餐店。由此，可得答案为 E。 15 【正确答案】 H 【试题解析】 听力原文中提到： Everybodys learningEnglish and more and more busine
39、ss peopleneed it，说明此人创立 的公司是所与商务英语有关的学校。因此，可推测出答案为 H。 16 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 听力原文中中提到，创办企业最初的想法是来源于商务旅行费用过高，由此可得答案为 A。 17 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 听力原文中提到此人创办的企业出自对于 MBA的考虑，该叙述者认为只要有课程，就需要买教材，因此，此人创办的是商业书本经销，由此可得答案为 F。 18 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 根据听力原文可得： Luckily I had abrother and an uncle with a bit of money whowere w
40、illing to help me out They lent meenough to get going，意思是资金是从自己兄弟 和叔父处借到的。因此，答案可得 D。 19 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 听力原文中提到： I joined the franchisescheme You know-where you borrow fromthe big company， use their name and pay themback from your profits根据此句可知，该叙述者的经营方式是加盟连锁企业。由此，可得答案为A。 20 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 听力原文的叙述者
41、说到： when I readabout the Government Start-up scheme If theylike your idea they will give you money I waslucky由此可得此人的资金来自于政府基金，答案为 G。 21 【正确答案】 H 【试题解析】 听力原文提到； eventually we found asympathetic bank manager and they advanced ussome money，由此可得答案为 H。 22 【正确答案】 E 【试题解析】 听力原文提到： I made up my mind toput m
42、y house on the market， and I put themoney I got from that into the business，故答案为 E。 三、 PART THREE 22 【听力原文】 Part Three. Questions 23-30. You will hear part of an interview between a Human Resource Manager of a company and a candidate. For each question 23-30 , mark one letter (A, B or C) for the cor
43、rect answer. After you have listened once , replay the recording. You now have forty-five seconds to read through the questions. pause Now listen , and mark A, B or C. pause Woman: Well, your CV seems pretty well up to scratch. Now I wonder, can you tell me about yourself? Man: Um, well, I think I a
44、m serious-minded. I am calm. Woman: Youre calm? Man: Yes, well, I like a joke, though, good sense of humor. I dont panic in a crisis and I enjoy working with all kinds of people. I even like people who are, you know, bad-tempered or something like that. Woman: Yes, but where do you see yourself, in,
45、 lets say, five years time? Man: Well, I am sort of a long-range thing. I see myself in the public relations and one day I must admit I would rather like to open up my own consultant in my hometown. Woman: What is specifically about Sino-European that attracted you? Man: Well. First of all, I want t
46、o leave my present employers because theyre a small company and I know about Sino-European, I mean, theyre a good company, larger. I think I will have more scope, the work will be more challenging, I mean, quite a lot of what I do at present is quite boring, its routine secretarial work. Woman: And
47、you like to move on? Man: Yes, if I could. You know, hopefully to a job that gives me more opportunities. So I can use my initiative. Woman: Mhm. Man: Can I just ask you this question? Id like to know if I get the job with Sino-European, would I be able to work abroad in one of your overseas branche
48、s? Woman: Oh, yes, certainly. Our staff regularly do six-month placements in other branches. So I am sure you might. Man: Oh, well. Thats good. That is what I am interested in. Woman: Can I know what you consider your strengths and your weaknesses? Man: Well, I mentioned before, I think my sense of
49、humor and my ability to work with all types of people is a particular strength. Woman: Yes. Man: My weakness? I dont know. I suppose I am a bit of a perfectionist. I am quite often dissatisfied with what I have done. I always think I can do it better in a different way. Woman: I wouldnt call that a weakness. Id call that a strength. Man: Thats good. I mean, apart from that I suppose I get a little bit sort of gull of the Wanderlust and thats why I want to travel. I am easi
