1、BEC商务英语（高级）口语模拟试卷 69及答案与解析 一、 SECTION 2 MINI PRESENTATIONS (ABOUT 6 MIN) In this part of the test you are asked to give a short talk on a business topic. You have to choose one of the topics from the three below and then talk for about 1 minute. You have 1 minute to prepare your ideas. 1 Task Sheet
2、for Candidate A Task Sheet 1 A: Business communication: the importance of communication in business B: Customer relations: how to set up an effective customer services system C: Advertising: how to advertise a new product effectively Task Sheet for Candidate B Task Sheet 2 A: Recruitment: how to ens
3、ure that job advertisements attract appropriate applicants B: Staff management: the importance of assessing staff performance effectively C: Career planning: the possible steps in career planning 二、 SECTION 3 DISCUSSION (ABOUT 5 MIN) In this part of the test you are given a discussion topic. You hav
4、e 30 seconds to look at the prompt card, an example of which is below, and then about 3 minutes to discuss the topic with your partner. After that examiner will ask you more questions related to the topic. 2 Employee Benefit Your organization is about to create a benefit to help employees who are ca
5、ring for elderly parents. You have been asked to submit ideas on exactly how to help these employees. Discuss and decide together: what benefit your organization could offer to employees who are caring for elderly parents what these employees should not expect the organization would do for them BEC商
6、务英语（高级）口语模拟试卷 69答案与解析 一、 SECTION 2 MINI PRESENTATIONS (ABOUT 6 MIN) In this part of the test you are asked to give a short talk on a business topic. You have to choose one of the topics from the three below and then talk for about 1 minute. You have 1 minute to prepare your ideas. 1 【正确答案】 Interview
7、er: Now, I will give each of you three topics. You will have to choose one from them, prepare for it in one minute and talk about it for one minute. OK? Here are your topics. You can make notes if you wish. (One minute later) All right. Xie Hui, which topic have you chosen? Xie Hui: Ive chosen A. Bu
8、siness communication Interviewer: OK. You have one minute to talk. Tao Sha and I will listen to you. Tao Sha, after Xie Huis talk, you have to ask him a question. Now, Xie Hui, you may start. Ill stop you at the end of one minute. Xie Hui: Business communication is indeed very important to a company
9、. Its a quality issue. The quality of the entire organization is reflected in the quality of its communications. Its also an issue of function. Communication is an essential function, just as sales are essential. Communication makes sales possible. People must communicate to plan products, coordinat
10、e manufacturing and delivery, persuade customers to buy. and bill them for the sale. Indeed, for many businesses, the “product“ is information or service rather than something tangible. And information and services are created and delivered by communication. In every organization, communication is t
11、he way people get their points across and get work done. Interviewer; Thank you. Now, Tao Sha, what is the question youd like to ask Xie Hui? Tao Sha: Xie Hui, what forms does business communication normally take? Xie Hui: Well, theres face-to-face communication, or phone conversations, informal mee
12、tings, e-mail messages, letters, memos, and reports, which are called verbal communication. Theres also non-verbal communication like pictures, computer graphics, and company logos. Interviewer: OK. Now, Tao Sha, its your turn. Which topic have you chosen, please? Tao Sha: Ive chosen C. Career plann
13、ing. Interviewer: OK. You have one minute to talk. Xie Hui and I will listen to you. Xie Hui, after Tao Shas talk, you have to ask her a question. Now, Tao Sha, you may start. Ill stop you at the end of one minute. Tao Sha: I think therere generally four steps in career planning. First, you have to
14、gather information about yourself to assist in making a decision about a career. You should develop an understanding of self including values, interests, aptitudes, abilities, personal traits, and desired life style. Second, you should investigate the world of work in greater depth, narrow a general
15、 occupational direction into a specific one through an informed decision making process. Third, you should evaluate occupational choices and gain practical experience through internships, cooperative education, relevant summer employment, volunteer work and campus activities. At last, you should pre
16、pare for and begin conducting a job search, or apply to graduate or professional schools. Interviewer: Thank you. Now, Xie Hui, what is the question youd like to ask Tao Sha? Xie Hui: Do you think career planning is important? Tao Sha: Yes. You know, people might, by luck or chance, find a good job
17、without much planning, but a careful planning generally gives you an advantage over your potential rivals in a job hunt. Interviewer: Thank you. 二、 SECTION 3 DISCUSSION (ABOUT 5 MIN) In this part of the test you are given a discussion topic. You have 30 seconds to look at the prompt card, an example
18、 of which is below, and then about 3 minutes to discuss the topic with your partner. After that examiner will ask you more questions related to the topic. 2 【正确答案】 Interviewer: Well, Sun Hao and Wang Fei, the last part of this speaking test is a discussion task. Your discussion topic is on this task
19、 card. You have about 30 seconds to read it carefully. After you have read the task, you will have a discussion on the given topic. Your discussion time is around three minutes. OK? Now read your task card. (30 seconds later) Well, can you start your discussion now? Im going to listen to you and the
20、n ask you to stop at the end of three minutes. Wang Fei: Well. I think one of the things our organization could do for these employees is to allow them relatively flexible working schedules, because like caring for a child, anything could happen while caring for an elderly parent. Sun Hao: You mean
21、these employees could be forgiven if they are late for work when emergency occurs to their elderly parents? Wang Fei: Yeah. Sun Hao; But it would be very unfair to other employees who are not eligible for this benefit. Wang Fei: I know. I havent quite finished yet. I mean they could be forgiven for
22、being late, on the condition that they must notify their supervisors in advance that they will be late and must make up the time sometime during the next 30 days. Sun Hao: Oh, thats exactly what I had in mind. What do you think our organization should do if employees have to take a longer leave beca
23、use of their elderly parents? Wang Fei: Thats a good question. What do you think? Sun Hao: Well, I think, in order to help them, our organization should allow them to take longer unpaid leaves of up to a certain amount of time, and also allow them to return to their present jobs and current salaries
24、 after that. Wang Fei: Good idea. Lets come to the second point. What benefit should the employees with elderly parents to care for not expect to get? Sun Hao; Well, I think they should not expect any cash benefit. You know, they could only get help that is not cash-related. Wang Fei: Yes, and I thi
25、nk that. Interviewer: Do you think its necessary for a company to create such kind of benefit for its employees? Wang Fei: Yes. Most employees would have to face the problem of caring for elderly parents sooner or later. And without assistance, they would make mistakes on the job. And. Sun Hao: And
26、some of them might even quit their jobs to care for their parents, so that their skills are no longer available to the organization at all. Sometimes, when this happens, it will cause a huge loss to the company. And I also think. Interviewer: Thank you. Sun Hao and Wang Fei. That is the end of the speaking test.
