1、BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 110及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 Look at the notes below. You will hear a man calling for an order. Take【 C5】 _more sets of the【 C6】 _cut their production time by nearly a【 C7】 _if you can get the stuff out and delivered by the end of the month, it could well mean that the division will get
2、 an increase in the【 C8】 _ bonus. 1 【 C5】 2 【 C6】 3 【 C7】 4 【 C8】 5 You will hear three telephone conversations or messages. Write one or two words or a number in the numbered spaces on the notes or forms below. You will hear each recording twice. Conversation One Look at the note below. You will he
3、ar a man phoning a property agent about an advertisement in the press. Stratford & Co. Telephone Message DATE OF MESSAGE: 25/11/05 NAME OF CALLER. Kaspo (1) _ Occupation: Fox Brother Company Interested in the premises near Piccadilly With living (2)_ Length of Lease: minimum of 2 years (There is a (
4、3)_ of $1000 if the length is 5 years.) Other requirements: Send information about suitable ones to (4)_ , Dening St. 9 Look at the form below. You will hear a conversation on the phone. Reservation Card To: Dr. Green From: Linda Date: 18th April Time: 2:30 p. m. Information of patient Name: David (
5、5)_ Symptom: something wrong with the (6)_ Date of meeting: 15th, (7)_ Time for meeting (8)_ 二、 PART TWO 13 You will hear another five recordings. For each recording, decide What the main idea is. Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the recording. Do net use any letter more than once. After
6、 you have listened once, replay each recording. A passing it on to another department B writing to apologize C waiting before taking any action D arranging a meeting E writing to express thanks F asking for further details G writing to complain H phoning to discuss a problem 18 You will hear five sh
7、ort recordings. For each recording, decide what opinion the speaker has about the company they work for. Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the recording. Do not use any letter more than once. After you have listened once, replay the recordings. A. The after-sales service is poor. B. The c
8、ompany brochure should be updated. C. More money should be invested in research and development. D. Employment contracts should be standardised. E. A member of staff should be dismissed. F. Some new trainees should be recruited. G. The company insurance provision is not sufficient. H. Product delive
9、ry agreements need to be clearer. 三、 PART THREE BEC商务英语（中级）听力模拟试卷 110答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 【听力原文】 A: Its about that order for Billing Hams, John. Yeah. B: Er. their buyer rang to say they were willing to take ten more sets of the 532, because well its really been so effective in their new processing s
10、ystem. A: Mm, yes, thats right. Yes, theyve been able to cut their production time by nearly a third. B: Ha-ha. Yes, its good news, isnt it? Well, if you can get the stuff out and delivered by the end of the month, it could well mean that the div . the division will get an increase in the monthly bo
11、nus. A: Yeah, well Im sure theyll all be pretty glad to hear that! 1 【正确答案】 ten 【试题解析】 从原文 “Ertheir buyer rang to say theywere willing to take ten more sets of the 532”可知为十。 2 【正确答案】 532 【试题解析】 同上句话可知。 3 【正确答案】 third 【试题解析】 从原文 “theyve been able to cut theirproduction time by nearly a third” 可知。 4 【
12、正确答案】 monthly 【试题解析】 从原文 “the division will get anincrease in the monthly bonus” 可知。 5 【听力原文】 Woman: Good afternoon. Stratford & Co. Property Agent. Man: Hello. Im phoning about your advertisement in yesterdays Daily News. Woman: Yes, of course. Can I just have your name please? Man: Its Kaspo Fndie
13、n. F-N-D-I-E-N. Woman: Thank you. And could you tell me your company, Mr. Fndien? Man: Yes, I work for Fox Brother Company. And I am very interested in your advertisement for premises. Woman: I see. We have 5 premises advertised yesterday and which one do you prefer? Man: Err. I prefer the one near
14、Piccadilly. Woman: And what sort of time period youre hoping to rent for, Mr. Fndien? Man: At least two years. Woman: OK, Ive got that. Actually, there is a discount of $1, 000 for a lease of more than 5 years. Man: Thats attractive, but I probably wont stay that long. Woman: OK. Are there any other
15、 details? Man: Yes, Im looking for one with living accommodations. And could you send me information about other suitable premises if there are any in this week? My address is 51, Dening St. Woman: Fine. Ill see what we have on our files and Ill get them posted as soon as possible. Thanks for callin
16、g. Goodbye. Man: Goodbye. 5 【正确答案】 Fndien 6 【正确答案】 accommodation 7 【正确答案】 discount 8 【正确答案】 51 9 【听力原文】 Woman: Hello. Springfield Health Centre. Can I help you? Man: Yes. Id like to speak to Dr. Greens receptionist, please. Woman: Yes. Man: This is David Port. I have been having some chest pains rec
17、ently. Woman: Well, Mr. Port. What can I do for you? Man: I would like to make an appointment to see the doctor. Woman: Yes. Would Thursday morning suit you? Man: Thursday is the 15th of May. OK. At what time? Woman: Is 10:30 OK for you? Man: Yes, thats fine. Woman: Whats your name again please? Man
18、: David Port. D-A-V-I-D, P-O-R-T. Woman: Thank you. Dr. Green will see you at 10:30 on Thursday. 9 【正确答案】 Port 【试题解析】 此题是针对来电者姓名的提问，在此题中也就是针对病人姓名的提问，听音时应注意。在听力原文中，该信息出现了两次，第一次是在自我介绍时，第二次是在来电者被要求拼写自己姓名的时候。 10 【正确答案】 chest。 【试题解析】 此题是针对病状的提问，听音时需要注意病人在描述自己身体不适时的词汇。听力原文是： I have been having some chest
19、pains recently，也就是说该病人胸部不适，答案为 chest。 11 【正确 答案】 May 【试题解析】 此题是针对预约日期的提问，听音时要注意对时间的描述。听力原文中出现了三个不同的时间信息，一是星期： Thursday，一是月份： May，一是具体日期： 15th。这里答案为月份： May。 12 【正确答案】 10:30 上午 【试题解析】 此题与上题类似，是针对预约日期的提问，听音时要注意对时间的描述。在最后接线员和病人确认时，再次出现了预约时间： 10:30am。 二、 PART TWO 13 【听力原文】 Well, I wrote to them last week
20、 thanking them for their help over the accounting matter. Ive just had a reply. Theyve written to say we were right to decide to reduce costs, which is nice to know. But they want us to cut back even more. Barry suggested that I pass it on to the accounts department to see if they could make more sa
21、vings. But I think weve gone as far as we can. So Im just going to leave it for the moment. If theyre really insistent, theyll write again. But I dont think I need to do anything aobut it right now. 13 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 从 “But I dont think I need to do anything a bout it right now.”可知，其持观望态度。 14 【听力原文
22、】 I was quite surprised to get their letter, actually. In the past, theyve done nothing but complained a bout everything. There always seemed to be some thing wrong. So its strange that they now want so many of the components, especially as theyre relatively untested. Weve only had them on the marke
23、t for a month. They want us to deliver sixty by Septembar. Im not sure we can meet the delivery dates they want. And I wanted to call and discuss it with them over the phone, but I think its better if the sales department deals with it directly. Weve had so many problems with them in the past. I thi
24、nk Ill keep out of it. 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 从 “ I think its better if the sales department deals with it directly. Weve had so many problems with them in the past. I think III keep out it.” 可知。 15 【听力原文】 Ive just had a letter from them about that actually. They want to know what were going to do. They
25、 didnt agree with our decision to expand with Australia, so now they want to know if were proposing to go into New Zealand as well, I dont want to give too much away until we know what they are doing. I was going to write and ask for further details of their expansion scheme, but Ive decide not to.
26、I think it will be better done face to face. So I asked my secretary to set something out for next week. And hopefully it will be fairly friendly 15 【正确答案】 D 【试题解析】 之所以选择 “arranging a meeting”，原因在于 说话者放弃了原先的仅仅问对方要扩张计划的打算，准备和其 face to face进行谈判，并让秘书为此 set out(准备 )点材料。 16 【听力原文】 About 2 months ago, we
27、ordered the new photo copiers that they were selling. But they still havent appeared. Now theyve written to say they are sorry they werent delivered on time. They expect to deliver them by the end of this week. Thats lucky, be cause I was just about to write to complain about them taking so long. I
28、wont write now, but I still dont think we ought to just accept it. So Im going to give them a ring to talk about the problems. If we dont say any thing, then the same thing will just happen again next time. But Id like to keep it informal for now. 16 【正确答案】 G 【试题解析】 这题很简单，只要听懂其中 complain为报怨意即可轻松作答。
29、17 【听力原文】 I said I wanted to make it out to Harrison. So theyve written to say they are organizing something next month. Apparently he is going to give a talk about the ideas in his new book. Theyve asked every one in the sales & marketing to go. Of course theyre right about accepting, as hes the ex
30、pert in their field. The problem is I wanted the opportunity to have a detailed discussion with him. I dont want to just listen to a lecture with a lot of other people. So Im going to reply saying Im very sorry, and Ive decided not to go. 17 【正确答案】 F 【试题解析】 从 “I wanted the opportunity to have a de t
31、ailed discussion with him”可知。 18 【听力原文】 Man: I thought management showed a complete misunderstanding of the issue. We dont need a whole new set of managers - that would just increase the salary bill and double the administration. Whats needed is new blood coming into the company - people who can sta
32、rt off at ground level, working their way up in the company and learning as they go along, as it were. Otherwise well really be in danger of cutting ourselves off from our roots. 18 【正确答案】 F 19 【听力原文】 Woman: I think the accountants have got mistaken priorities. We are increasingly involved in the ty
33、pe of work where we need the fullest protection. Im not saying that we should be asking to be compensated for every little thing. Its just that we should know that were properly covered if something happens. In this day and age, its not too much to ask. It wouldnt cost that much more and it would be
34、 worth it in the long run. 19 【正确答案】 G 20 【听力原文】 Man: It seems curious that the set of products we researched and developed earlier this year isnt included. Management made a big fuss about the launch - a big party, with a lot of press interest - and then it turns out the designer didnt think our ph
35、otographs were good enough to include, so the whole section stayed exactly the same as it has done for years. Its not going to create the impression we want, frankly. 20 【正确答案】 B 21 【听力原文】 Woman: I think its very worrying that we have spent such an amount on research, and we come up with a world-cla
36、ss product, and then things start going wrong. Weve had quite a few customer complaints already about things like the quality of the maintenance we offer. And management is doing nothing about it. They point to all the other improvements and neglect what I regard as the most important part of our wo
37、rk. 21 【正确答案】 A 22 【听力原文】 Man: I was speaking to someone down in the Finance Department last week and they were talking about holiday allowance and flexible working, and I couldnt believe how different their allocations were. For the last five years, management have been saying how they were working
38、 for equality between departments, but I think a great deal more needs to be done. I think its really bad for inter-departmental relations. 22 【正确答案】 D 三、 PART THREE 22 【听力原文】 Woman: And now as more and more UK companies look to expand worldwide by way of mergers and acquisitions, we are going over
39、to Sara Pickford who is looking at the expansion strategy of Tesco, one of the big UK supermarket chains. With me in the studio this morning is Tescos marketing director David Pugh. Good morning. Mr. Pugh! Man: Hello! Woman: Now. first of all. Tesco has had his presence in the mainland Europe for so
40、me time now. But when did they first do their business there? Man: Well, we first broke into foreign market when we acquired stores in U. S. A. in 1978. But it was sold jn 1986. The 1990s produced a much better climate for expansion. And Tesco has been expanding their businesses there since 1993 esp
41、ecially in Europe. Woman: Why did you look to Europe when you were doing so well in the U. K.? Man: Well, weve grown to become one of the U. K.s largest food retailers. But in such an extremely competitive market, we knew that any further growth would be very expensive. So we decided to expand our o
42、perations into Europe to take advantage of opportunities for growth of these rapidly expanding market output. Woman: So where did Tesco begin their European expansion? Man: Well. we started closest to home in France. Woman: And how did you go about entering the French market? Man: Well, we bought up
43、 the French food retailer Cockto and acquired seven hypermarkets and 95 supermarkets in northern France. We continue to operate under the Cockto name in these stores, in Paris though we did open one new hypermarket under our own name. In 1997, however, we decided to sell the Cockto chain and concent
44、rate on expanding the Central European operation. Woman: Your company is very active in Central Europe now, what effect do you think the foreign investors have had? Man: Well, until recently many of the goods there were very cheap, but there wasnt much variety available. And thats what weve been abl
45、e to offer. I suppose eventually as competition increases, the quality of products will get better as well. Woman: And so what effect has this expansion into Europe had on Tesco? Man: Initially of course it involves a very heavy investment。 And we dont expect to recover these capital costs in a shor
46、t term. But interestingly it has made us rethink how we can go about producing our goods. And we have come up with more effective ways of doing that. Eventually we will have to look at the way we deliver the goods to the stores. Thats definitely one area where we need to be more efficient. Woman: An
47、d how is Tescos trading strategy in Central Europe different from that in the U. K. ? Man: Well, although the customer needs are different from those in the U. K, our commitment to product quality, value and service are just as strong. We believe these values are universal. Therefore, our traditiona
48、l trading strategies will be just as successful in Central Europe. Woman: Mm. And how do you actually go about promoting the Tesco brand? Man: The company advertises on televisions and elsewhere. But our adverts instead of advertising products in stores or special price promotions, are aiming at bui
49、lding trust in the brand and these values. A sort of long-term strategy. Woman: And what about the future? What is Tescos European strategy? Man: Well, our initial investment has given us an opportunity to get to know the needs of our new customers. We now have to consolidate what weve already achieved. So rather than opening new s
