1、BEC商务英语（高级）听力综合模拟试卷 6及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 You will hear a college lecturer talking to a class of business students about the history of money and its functions. As you listen, for questions 1-12, complete the notes using up to three words or a number. You will hear the recording twice. MONEY & ITS F
2、UNCTIONS Origin 【 L1】 The word_is derived from the Latin word sal for salt. 【 L2】 Cattle were used as money in some tribes for they were useful and_. 【 L3】 However, the bulkiness and the uncertain size of cattle were ready to cause a problem of_. History of Development 【 L4】 When paper money first a
3、ppeared in China, it looked more like a piece of paper saying a_. 【 L5】 Precious metal was first used as money in _. 【 L6】 It was always difficult to decide the _ of the coin for you didnt know its composition. 【 L7】 Some_sweated the money in order to bail their countries out of difficult times. 【 L
4、8】 Sometimes, the scarcity of_made it necessary for store owners to use certain tokens. 【 L9】 A hundred years later, people would use _ rather than money, notes and coins. Functions 【 L10】 Money is some commodity which makes the exchange of goods and services possible when it functions as a_. 【 L11】
5、 When money is used to measure prices and values for comparisons between goods and services or over time, it functions as a_. 【 L12】 If we use money to store value, we transfer that_to some point in the future. 1 【 L1】 2 【 L2】 3 【 L3】 4 【 L4】 5 【 L5】 6 【 L6】 7 【 L7】 8 【 L8】 9 【 L9】 10 【 L10】 11 【 L1
6、1】 12 【 L12】 二、 PART TWO 12 You will hear five different people talking about a meeting they have attended or about to attend. For each extract there are two tasks. For Task One, choose the person who is speaking from the list A-H. For Task Two, choose the person the speaker is talking to from the l
7、ist A-H. You will hear the recording twice. Task One Person who is speaking For questions 13-17, match the extracts with the people speaking, listed A-H. For each extract, choose the person who is speaking. Write one letter(A-H)next to the number of the extract. A the Personnel Manager B the Trainin
8、g Manager C the Managing Director D the Manager of Office Supplies E the Marketing Manager F a common clerk G the Junior Finance Manager H the Finance Director 13 _ 14 _ 15 _ 16 _ 17 _ 17 Task Two Who the speaker is talking to For questions 18-22, match the extracts with the person the speaker is ta
9、lking to, listed A-H. For each extract, choose the person the speaker is talking to. Write one letter(A-H)next to the number of the extract. A a manager in the same company B a fellow passenger on the train to work C a clerk in another department D the staff in his/her department E the participants
10、at the meeting F ones spouse G a rather forgetful member of the department H a representative from another company 18 _ 19 _ 20 _ 21 _ 22 _ BEC商务英语（高级）听力综合模拟试卷 6答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 【听力原文】 Man: Good morning, everyone. In todays class well talk about the history of money and its functions. Moneys got
11、a very colourful history, because a number of things have been used in the place of what we use as money. Feathers, shells, cloth. In Roman times the Roman soldiers were paid in salt and thats how we get the word salary, from the Latin sal for salt. And a number of tribes used cattle, which were use
12、ful because they were transportable. But they were quite bulky and you werent always sure of the size of cattle you were going to get, so there was a problem of quality. In the ninth century in China we had paper money for the first time. It wasnt quite the paper money that we know now, it was more
13、like a piece of paper saying a promise to pay. And then in the seventh century we had money in the form of precious metal. There was always a problem of making sure that the coin that you got had enough precious metal in it to give it value. When things got tough, you often found some civilisations
14、were quite good at what they called sweating the money, which was effectively taking out the precious metal content so that what you got actually wasnt what you thought you got. And we have a form of that here in Australia when we had the holey dollar. when we had a coin with a hole in the middle be
15、cause there was a shortage of metal. And in those days, Spanish coins were used a lot. Sometimes stores used certain tokens because there was a shortage of actual coinage. And then there is money as we know it today in notes and coins plastic notes. And of course, if we were doing this programme in
16、a hundred years time, we might talk about quaint little things called money, notes and coins, because all wed be using would be plastic cards. We look at the functions of money. Firstly its a medium of exchange, so its some commodity which facilitates the exchange of goods and services. lt is also a
17、 unit of account, which means that we use money to reckon prices and reckon values for comparisons between goods and services or over time. And thirdly, money is a store of value. It is an asset. Its something that we can use to store value away to be retrieved at a later point in time. So we cannot
18、 consume today, we can hold money instead and transfer that consumption power to some point in the future. 【知识模块】 填空题 1 【正确答案】 SALARY 【知识模块】 填空题 2 【正确答案】 TRANSPORTABLE 【知识模块】 填空题 3 【正确答案】 QUALITY 【知识模块】 填空题 4 【正确答案】 PROMISE TO PAY 【知识模块】 填空题 5 【正确答案】 THE SEVENTH / 7TH CENTURY 【知识模块】 填空题 6 【正确答案】 VAL
19、UE 【知识模块】 填空题 7 【正确答案】 CIVILISATIONS 【知识模块】 填空题 8 【正确答案】 ACTUAL COINAGE 【知识模块】 填空题 9 【正确答案】 PLASTIC CARDS 【知识模块】 填空题 10 【正确答案】 MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE / EXCHANGE MEDIUM 【知识模块】 填空题 11 【正确答案】 UNIT OF ACCOUNT 【知识模块】 填空题 12 【正确答案】 CONSUMPTION POWER 【知识模块】 填空题 二、 PART TWO 12 【听力原文】 Woman: Well, Im quite nervo
20、us about it, to be honest. Ive never met the boss before, and Ive heard that it can be a bit dismissive of younger employees. And it is only because of my immediate superior is sick that I have been asked to represent our department at todays meeting. Its so early, as well, nine oclock. Thats why I
21、am hoping there are no delays on the way today. At least we were making a good time so far. I really hope this meeting could be fruitful and bring some benefits to our department. Man: Yes, the meeting seemed to go pretty well, and we covered all important areas on my agenda. There were one or two s
22、mall points that I would have liked to get through, but I can probably have my assistants send out memos to the managers of each department concerning those. I must say I was very impressed with your ideas for the future of your department. Good work! I m also very impressed with that young man in t
23、he Finance Department. Whats his name? Oh, Mike. He could have quite a future in front of him, like a young man. I can certainly use fresh ideas like his in this company. Woman: I think I mentioned to you all before that at the interdepartmental meeting with the managing director last week, it was p
24、ut to me that we need to look into expansion into new markets. And I am interested in any suggestions that anyone in our department may come up with. You had some excellent ideas for expansion last year when we moved into the Middle East market. So if you could all give that some thought, I know Sar
25、a, that you said you looked into the possibility of further eastern European customers on your last trip to the Czech Republic: and Ill be interested in your report when its ready. Man: And Andrew, have you got those figures for the suggestions for the new courses that we hope to be able to offer? O
26、r were those in the file that you left in your office, too? Id like to take them with me to the interdepartmental meeting this afternoon, as it should be a good opportunity to try to persuade everyone there of the value of those new courses, the new language scheme training in particular. If I am su
27、ccessful in this, it could mean a profitable expansion for all of us in our department. So, eh, please remember to get them to me this time. Woman: Well, I dont know, we didnt really talk about my department. Most items on the agenda seem to be about our new marketing strategy of something, which ha
28、s very little to do with me. But I suppose it will affect me eventually because if we do expand, a lot more staff will be needed. So Ill be busy interviewing for a while. But apparently thats unlikely to be before next September. Actually thats a point, though. Perhaps we should think about taking o
29、ur holiday in France before then, because you said something about being very busy in your job after August. We dont want the same complications as last year. 【知识模块】 配伍题 13 【正确答案】 F 【知识模块】 配伍题 14 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 配伍题 15 【正确答案】 E 【知识模块】 配伍题 16 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 配伍题 17 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 配伍题 【知识模块】 配伍题 18 【正确答案】 E 【知识模块】 配伍题 19 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 配伍题 20 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 配伍题 21 【正确答案】 G 【知识模块】 配伍题 22 【正确答案】 F 【知识模块】 配伍题
