[外语类试卷]BEC商务英语(高级)听力模拟试卷80及答案与解析.doc
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1、BEC商务英语(高级)听力模拟试卷 80及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 You will hear Jack Lester, founder of Hinde Instruments Corporation, a telescope manufacturer, giving a talk about the development of his company. As you listen, for questions 1-12, complete the notes using up to three words or a number. After you have listen
2、ed once, replay the recording. HINDE INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 Hinde Instruments_are in California. 2 Hinde Instruments faced the risk of_in 1991. Founding the company 3 Jack Lester worked for WAC as_ 4 At first, Hinde Instruments telescopes were available through_ 5 The_of Hinde Instruments telesco
3、pes made them popular with amateur astronomers. The problem years 6 In February 1991, Hinde Instruments faced demands for repayment of its 7 Amtex sold Hinde Instruments entire_of telescopes and its liabilities for $1,000. Progress being made 8 It took only_to clear Hinde Instruments debts. 9 Hinde
4、Instruments talks to_about its products. 10 The major strength of Hinde Instruments_is its advanced telescopes. 11 Hinde Instruments aims to use its_to expand into new markets. 12 HNT Networks buys_from Hinde Instruments. 二、 PART TWO 12 You will hear five different people talking about the companies
5、 they work for. For each extract, there are two tasks. For Task One, choose the recent change in the company the person mentions from the list A-H. For Task Two, choose the strength of the company the person mentions from the list A-H. After you have listened once, replay the recording. Task One - R
6、ecent change in the company For questions 13-17, match the extracts with the recent changes, listed A-H. For each extract, choose the change in the company the person mentions. Write one letter(A-H)next to the number of the extract. A A new section was established. B Existing premises were re-design
7、ed. C A new manager was appointed. D A training programme was expanded. E The staff recruitment process was revised. F Some technology was updated. G New accounting procedures were introduced. H Employees were given input into a company system. 13 _ 14 _ 15 _ 16 _ 17 _ 17 Task Two - Strength of the
8、company For questions 18-22, match the extracts with the strengths of the company, listed A-H. For each extract, choose the strength that each person mentions. Write one letter(A-H)next to the number of the extract. A staff promotion and incentives B product innovation C publicity techniques D range
9、 of services E pricing policies F customer relations G financial planning H recruitment and induction 18 _ 19 _ 20 _ 21 _ 22 _ 三、 PART THREE 22 You will hear a conversation between two Human Resources managers, Maria and David, about how to reduce staff turnover in their company. For each question(2
10、3-30), mark one letter(A, B or C)for the correct answer. After you have listened once, replay the recording. 23 Why does Maria think that staff turnover is so high in their company? ( A) Staff are dissatisfied with their workload. ( B) The company pays lower salaries than its competitors. ( C) Staff
11、 feel unimportant to the company. 24 Which of the following did the consultants identify as a problem? ( A) New employees feel that their training is inadequate. ( B) The wrong people are chosen for promotion. ( C) Senior managers feel their job responsibilities are unclear. 25 Maria is concerned th
12、at the newspaper article on the company will ( A) discourage potential recruits from applying to the company. ( B) cause skilled staff to consider leaving the company. ( C) make many staff anxious about the companys future. 26 How does David think the staff turnover problem should be resolved? ( A)
13、People should be made aware of their role in achieving company goals. ( B) A bonus scheme should be set up for staff who reach targets. ( C) Management structure should be altered to improve communication. 27 Maria says that one of their competitors has resolved a similar problem by ( A) conducting
14、regular performance reviews with all staff. ( B) using off-site locations for staff meetings. ( C) amending its mentoring scheme for new recruits. 28 When discussing training courses, David recommends that ( A) there should be input from staff into the planning of the courses. ( B) staff should be m
15、ore carefully selected for them. ( C) more care should be taken in the choice of issues to address. 29 What does Maria say about offering bonus payments? ( A) It would be less popular than offering stock options. ( B) It may have limited impact on staff loyalty. ( C) Devising a fair system for it mi
16、ght prove difficult. 30 At the end of the meeting, David and Maria agree ( A) to present their proposals to the Board. ( B) to produce a draft action plan for the Managing Director. ( C) to incorporate some of the suggestions made by the consultants. BEC商务英语(高级)听力模拟试卷 80答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 0 【听力原文】 My
17、 name is Jack Lester and Im here to talk about the company I originally founded in nineteen seventy-two, Hinde Instruments. Today, the company, with factories in Nevada and Texas and its headquarters in California, is one of the worlds largest manufacturers of telescopes. Sales have grown at a rate
18、of thirty-six per cent for the last ten years and in two thousand and two, reached one hundred and twenty-six million dollars. But this hasnt always been the case. In fact, in nineteen ninety-one, the threat of bankruptcy was hanging over the company. Ive always been an amateur astronomer and starte
19、d building my own telescopes when I was ten. After working as an engineer at WAC, it seemed quite natural to start my own telescope company, Hinde Instruments. To start with, the company imported telescopes and sold them by mail order, but by nineteen seventy-seven, the company was making its own te
20、lescopes. Almost overnight, we took a huge portion of the market, amateur astronomers being keen to buy our telescopes because of the features they offered. By nineteen eighty-three, sales reached two million dollars. In nineteen eighty-six, I sold the company for six point five million dollars to t
21、he Amtex Group, staying on as President. From the start, I disagreed with the new owners, and things did not go well. Then the sky fell in. In February nineteen ninety-one, the bank called in the companys loans. There was no cash at the time. In fact, the companys balance sheet gave a net worth of m
22、inus two point five million dollars for nineteen ninety-one, the company having lost that much the previous year on sales of eleven point five million dollars. I made a personal loan to the company of sixty-five thousand dollars to stave off the bank for one week so I could start to negotiate with t
23、hree senior managers at Hinde interested in buying the company. It worked, and Amtex agreed to sell us one hundred per cent of the companys stock, along with all its liabilities, for one thousand dollars. As the key investor, I purchased fifty-one per cent of the company for five hundred and ten dol
24、lars. The four of us managed to put together two million dollars, and we decided this was to be used totally on product development. Amtex hadnt moved on any new products, so we had the luxury of engineering and of proof-of-concept waiting for us. We published a new catalogue of high-tech products a
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