1、BEC商务英语（高级）听力模拟试卷 99及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 Good stress 1 Good stress enables high performers to. 2 People have a period ofeach 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 ab
2、out lack of 9 small organisations have higher 10 large organisations have difficulties with Before going on holiday 11 E-mail information aboutto colleagues. 12 Talk aboutto a line manager. 二、 PART TWO 12 You will hear five people talking about e-business in different areas. For each extract there a
3、re two tasks. For Task One, choose the areas from the list A H. For Task Two, choose the benefits from the list A H. You will hear the recording twice. TASK ONE AREAS For questions 13 17, match the extracts with the areas, listed A H. For each extract, choose the area stated. Write one letter(A H)ne
4、xt to the number of the extract. A New way of using Internet in car selling. B Web-based euro project in getting the European currency information. C In procurement. D Web use in getting the dollar currency information. E New way of using Internet in bicycle selling. F In college teaching. G Web-bas
5、ed distance learning in staff development. H Extranet used in getting insurance offering information. 13 _ 14 _ 15 _ 16 _ 17 _ 三、 PART THREE 17 You will hear a program about business. For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay
6、the recording. 18 When it was over, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 9points to close at （ A） 10,217. （ B） 10,297. （ C） 10,317. 19 How many per cent did shares of IBM almost plunge? （ A） 20. （ B） 30. （ C） 40. 20 The main reason for the fall of shares of IBM is （ A） making wrong plan. （ B） ba
7、d management. （ C） the drop of Y2K spending. 21 How many dollars did IBM and other technology companies pay for the year 20Q0? （ A） Tens of thousands. （ B） Tens of millions. （ C） Tens of billions. 22 Why many corporations have bought computers and switched their software? （ A） Because their computer
8、s were outdated. （ B） Because Y2K will cause trouble. （ C） Because their computers broke down. 23 Why did many buyers postpone their purchase of new printers? （ A） They were waiting for the new millennium. （ B） They had no money. （ C） The printers were expensive. 24 Which of the following is correct
9、? （ A） Only IBM is suffering from the technology spending freeze. （ B） Many computer companies suffer as well. （ C） Any company could understand the risk. 25 What is the main idea of this article? （ A） As goes General Motors, so goes the nation. （ B） As goes IBM, so goes the market. （ C） The reason
10、why shares of computer companies fall. BEC商务英语（高级）听力模拟试卷 99答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 【听力原文】 Part One. Questions 1 to 12. You will hear a part of a radio programme about stress and work. As you listen , for questions 1 to 12, complete the notes, using up to three words or a number. After you have listened
11、once, replay the recording. You now have forty-five seconds to read through the notes. pause Now listen and complete the notes. pause Man: I want to start by saying that stress doesnt always deserve its negative image. There is such a thing as good stress. Try telling a racing driver or a stage acto
12、r “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 technical term for stress in general is “arousal“. You need t
13、o 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. A very common cause is dealing with impossible standards
14、 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 we cannot handle the sheer number of changes confronting
15、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 lead to difficulties in making decisions, or just in conce
16、ntrating 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 shortcomings. A feeling of being overworked could be due to not sett
17、ing 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 interesting. Generally speaking, dissatisfaction concerning stre
18、ss 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 than when we last conducted a survey. On the other hand,
19、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 than 50 employees, where a relatively happy picture was pa
20、inted 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, here are a few words of advice relevant to this time of year,
21、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 projects send them all an email before you set off. Back thi
22、s 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. pause Now listen to the recording again. pause That is the end of Part One. You now ha
23、ve twenty seconds to check your answers. pause 1 【正确答案】 meet challenges 【试题解析】 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 tomeet 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 alertuntil you
24、 reach your optimum performance， which is when you can do your best in yourwork。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
25、【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 thedrive for innovation means that many of us feelwe cannot handle the sheer number of changesconfronting 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
26、文是： individuals are givenexcessive responsibility，说明产生恶性压力的第三个原因是： too much responsibility。 6 【正确答案】 priorities 【试题解析】 听力原文是： A final cause of stress isone where staff are not in a position to blamesenior management A feeling of being overworked could be due to not setting and usingappropriate prior
27、ities，说明产生恶性压力的第四个原因是： not having proper priorities。 7 【正确答案】 travel 【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 staffexpressing 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 notreceiving recognition seems to have reduced inurgen
28、cy，说明在减少的是 recognition。 9 【正确答案】 staff morale 【试题解析】 听力原文是： the issue of staff moralefared quite well in companies with less than 50employees，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 problemfacing major employers is the question ofrecruitment。故此处答案为 recruitment。 11
29、 【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，说明现代人去旅游都会有压力。听力原文是： your colleagues are up-to-date about yourcurrent projects-send them all an email beforeyou 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 aquiet word with your boss to inform him
30、or herof possible problems，因此答案为 possibleproblems。这段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 12 【听力原文】 You will hear five people talking about e-business in different areas. For each extract there are two tasks. For Task One, choose the areas from the list A
31、 H. For Task Two, choose the benefits from the list A H. You will hear the recording twice. (10 seconds pause) M: Its already made a huge impact and by the time the projects fully implemented, well have networked over 300, 000 employees and suppliers theyll all be able to communicate through email.
32、And its this interconnectivity, its changing everything about the way we work. I mean, last year around 15 percent of our in-service staff development was carried out through Web-based distance learning using the company intranet. And we reckon that for every 1, 000 days of classroom-based teaching
33、thats supplied by distance learning, it generates about $ 500, 000 in efficiency gains. And this year well be delivering up to 30 percent of our courses by distance learning. So well be looking at savings of over $100 million. F: Were one of the largest insurance organizations in Canada, offering a
34、wide range of financial products. We rely on a system of independent agents to distribute our products so its really important to maintain a close relationship with them. This used to be done over the telephone but that was all very time-consuming for our employees and meant we could only supply age
35、nts with information during office hours. Now we have the extranet, which means that all our representatives can keep in touch around the clock and get the latest information about offerings. F: Were one of the Netherlands leading banks with 1, 300 branches here and abroad. We deal with both busines
36、ses and consumers but our primary focus is small and medium-sized businesses-SMBs as we call them. As part of our offering to SMBs, we recently launched a Web-based euro project which provides free briefings to both customers and staff about the new European currency. Since the issues surrounding th
37、e euro will constantly be changing, people will need regular updating. By providing up-to-the-minute bulletins, were establishing ourselves as a major player in the Eurozone countries. This is enhancing our clients perceptions of us and strengthening our customer base. M: We are one of Frances most
38、prestigious bicycle manufacturers, selling mainly to professionals and people with a real passion for cycling as a sport. The best bit about our new website is that it lets customers actually design their own personalized cyber cycle. All they have to do is to choose a basic model and then decide wh
39、at frame, wheels, color they want and pay on-line by credit card and the bike is delivered to their nearest dealer. With the new way of using the internet, we have been able to create an international presence at a fraction of what it would have cost to advertise outside the domestic market. F: Afte
40、r recent restructuring we felt we needed to change the company culture to reflect our leaner structure. Processes that used to be highly bureaucratized needed to be simplified. One area we really had to tackle was procurement. After filling in massive amounts of paperwork, getting requisite signatur
41、es and then faxing orders off, our employees sometimes had to wait over a month for things like office material and PCs to get here. A real advantage with the new system is theres less margin for error because if the form isnt filled in correctly, then the system says so immediately. So less time wi
42、ll be wasted on sorting out problems. By the end of the year, well have reduced our paper invoices from five million to zero. (10 seconds pause) 13 【正确答案】 G 14 【正确答案】 H 15 【正确答案】 B 16 【正确答案】 E 17 【正确答案】 C 三、 PART THREE 17 【听力原文】 Part Three. Questions 23 to 30. You will hear a program about business.
43、 For each question 23 to 30, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay the recording. You have forty-five seconds to read through the questions. pause Now listen, and mark A, B, orC. pause Woman: Good evening. They used to say “As goes General Motors, s
44、o goes the nation“. Today is “As goes IBM, so goes the market“. Its a rough one on Wall Street, down more than 200 points for much of the day. When it was over, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 94 points to close at 10,297. IBM was off 21 points, after the computer giant warned its earnings
45、would be lower than expected for several quarters to come. It seems that the business, “fixing computers for the year 2000“ is drying up. And companies and consumers are waiting for the millennium to pass before they spend any more money on technology. Here is our reporter Caroline Walter. Man: It w
46、as a nasty joke for investors today who had dismissed Y2K as much ado about nothing. Shares of IBM plunged almost 20 per cent on unexpected news that the drop of the Y2K spending is having a big impact on big blue. The problem is businesses that paid IBM and other technology companies tens of billio
47、ns of dollars last year to make sure their computer systems were ready for the year 2000 have now stopped spending, at least until sometime next year. Woman: Many corporations say that theyve bought their computers. Theyve switched their software, its Y2K compliant And they just dont want to touch t
48、hat installation, they dont want to risk something going wrong after they worked so hard to make sure that everything is going to work. Man: IBM is the most prominent casualty of the technology spending freeze, but others are suffering as well. On Monday shares of Lexmark International, a computer p
49、rinting company, dropped 30 per cent. Purchases of new printers have been postponed until after the new millennium. Shares of Computer Horizons, which installs business software, have fallen more than 75 percent. Last year the company had its best year ever. What worries Wall Street now is how many other companies who think their businesses are fine will find their earnings decimated by the drop of Y2K spending. A company as big as IBM could underestimate the risk, others could also be fooled. pause Now li
