[剑桥商务英语证书考试(BEC)考试密押资料]初级听、说分类模拟题5

1、剑桥商务英语证书考试(BEC)考试密押资料初级听、说分类模拟题5剑桥商务英语证书考试(BEC)考试密押资料初级听、说分类模拟题5初级听、说分类模拟题5LISTENINGPART ONEQuestions 18 For questions 18 you will hear eight short recordings. For each question，mark ONE letter(A，B，or C)for the correct answer. You will hear the eight recordings twice. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. Which c

2、hart shows the correct market share? 答案:B解析 As you can see from this pie graph, we took up 25 percent of the refrigerator market and 35 percent ofthe air-conditioner market. Though the washing machine took up only 20 percent, this figure placed No.1 in the market. 2. What is the minimum order of tea

3、 set to get a discount?A.1000B.2000C.3000答案:A解析Man: If your coffee set order is over 2000, then I could give you a discount of 5%.Woman: How about the tea set?Man: Well, for the tea set, if your order is over half of the coffee set, well reduce the price by 3%.3. Which bar chart shows the correct in

4、crease in the second quarter? 答案:C解析 As is shown on this bar chart，the production in the second quarter of this year increased by 30%over thesame period as last year. This is largely a result of our efforts in the area of technical innovation and R 答案:A解析Man: Hi, Mary, have you got the letter from P

5、acific Limited Machine?Woman: Not yet, I only wrote to them on Tuesday. So, I am not really expecting to hear from them untilnext week, probably until Friday will get a reply.5. How many TV sets have they exported to Europe this year?A.30，000B.60，000C.90，000答案:B解析 We began exporting TV sets to Europ

6、e in 2006The exporting volume is 20 thousand last year. After marketexploring, we pushed sales to 30 thousand, this year we have exported three times as many TV sets as lastyear to Europe. 6. What does the man want?A.open a cash accountB.open a cheque accountC.cash a cheque答案:C解析Man: Id like to cash

7、 this cheque.Woman: You can do that only if you have an account with us. Do you?7. Which chart is correct? 答案:A解析Woman: How are our skin care products selling?Man: They are the market leaders.Woman: I thought our make-up products seized better selling than our skin care products.Man: No, they arent

8、even selling as well as our perfume product.8. Which chart is correct? 答案:C解析Woman: Mr. Ernest, could you tell us something about the economic forecasts for next year. What wouldhappen to food cost, would they fall?Man: No, Im afraid not. You see, inflation will increase so consumer prices will aris

9、e too. I think wecould expect a slight rise in prices of 2% rise to be exact.PART TWOQuestions 915 Look at the notes below. Some information is missing. You will hear a man inquiring directions to the center of London. For each question(915)，fill in the missing information in the numbered space usin

10、g a word，numbers orletters. You will hear the recording twice. How to get to the center of London COURTESY BUS Leaving every (9) minutes between 7 Am.and 9 Am.，5 p.m.and 7 p.m. Leaving every (10) minutes during non-rush hours. The trip takes about (11) minutes. The trip crosses the river at (12) and

11、 the destination is at the Tower Hill underground station. RIVER TAXI Leaving every (13) minutes during rush hour. Running to a timetable during non-rush hour. The trip takes about 15 minutes. The trip goes along the river bank and the destination is before (14) Fare: (15) (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1.答案:

12、20解析 9-15Woman: Good morning, can I help you?Man: Could you tell me the best way to get into the center of London, please?Woman: There is a courtesy bus which leaves every 20 minutes during the rush hour，or the River Taxiservice to London Bridge.Man: And when is the rush hour?Woman: Its between 7 an

13、d 9 in the morning and 5 and 7 in the evening.Man: And after nine in the morning?Woman: After nine the courtesy bus service runs every 40 minutes.Man: Umand how long does it take?Woman: The bus takes about 15 minutes depending on the trafficMan: Which way does it go?Woman: Here Ill show you on the m

14、ap. From the hotel, it goes along the river bank and then onto theBruno Road. It crosses the river at Tower Bridge and then stops just after the Tower Bridge at theTower Hill underground station.Man: And what about the River Taxi? Does it change after rush hour?Woman: Yes. Its a half hourly service

15、during the rush hour and after that it runs to a timetable. It takesabout 15 minutes. Its a really nice trip. You will go across the Kennary Period first and then yougo along the river, under the Tower Bridge and stop at the Period just before London Bridge. The only thing is that it costs one pound

16、 and eighty each way.Man: OK. thanks very much.Woman: Youre welcome. Bye!2.答案:403.答案:154.答案:TOWER BRIDGE5.答案:306.答案:LONDON BRIDGE7.答案:1.80PART THREEQuestions 1622 Look at the notes below. Some information is missing. You will hear a woman talking about company results. For each question(1622)，fill i

17、n the missing information in the numbered space using one or two words. You wilf hear the recording twice. New Era Venture Capital Co.，Ltd THE DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT (16) 1999 BUSINESS COVERAGE Equity investment in high-tech companies，(17)investment funds management (18) services. UNIT ONE Responsibl

18、e for projects of biotechnology，pharmaceuticals,modernization of traditional (19) and modernization of ag UNIT TWO Concentrates on IT industry and deals with IT-related project. UNIT THREE Fields of new materials，new energy，(20) protection and (21) technology. UNIT FOUR Responsible for (22) operatio

19、n projects. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1.答案:DECEMBER解析 16-22Woman: Our company, New Era Venture Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in December 1999 with a total of RMB 500 million Yuan in registered capital. The company engages in the business of equityinvestment in high-tech companies, venture investment fund

20、s management, and investmentconsulting services. At present, our company is divided into four project units to focus on differentindustries. Unit one is responsible for projects in the area of biotechnology, pharmaceutical and isactively engaged in modernizing Chinese medicine as well as agriculture

21、. Unit two concentrates itswork solely on the IT industry and deals with IT-related projects. Unit three is actively engaged inthe fields of new materials, new energy, environmental protection and Internet technology. Unit four is responsible for capital operation projects.2.答案:VENTURE3.答案:CONSULTIN

22、G4.答案:CHINESE MEDICINE5.答案:ENVIRONMENTAL6.答案:INTERNET7.答案:CAPITALPART FOURQuestions 2330 You will hear a radio interview with a representative of New Zealand Kiwi Fruit Marketing Broad，theKMB，about the sale and export of kiwi fruit. For each question(2330)，mark ONE letter(A，B，or C)for the correct an

23、swer. You will hear the recording twice. (如需获取本MP3听力录音请搜索标题名) 1. What fruit does New Zealand export most? AKiwi fruit Bpear Capple 答案:A解析 23-30Woman: Good evening, this is Business World Tonight. Its my pleasure to welcome Peter Brook from theNew Zealand Kiwi Fruit Marketing Broad, the KMB for short

24、. Good to have you.Peter First ofall, for those people who may not have seen kiwi fruit, what are they?Man: Well, they are small green round fruit and theyre delicious. New Zealand now exports them morethan any other fruit and vegetable, so kiwi fruit are very important to us economically. Of course

25、，New Zealand is famous for lamp and wool production and trade involves these are still good. Andthese products are actually the biggest area in terms of export income.Woman: I see. Then can you tell me why the KMB was started?Man: Well, some years ago，kiwi fruit farmer found they were producing more

26、 fruit but the market wasgrowing at the same rate. So the KMB was formed, partly to set up distribution to retailers and so on within New Zealand, but also to find more customers for kiwi fruit around the world, in other words, to make the export market bigger.Woman: I see. Now what do you do to fin

27、d more customers around the world for a particular product, especially one which people have probably never seen before?Man: Well, there are a number of ways of doing this. Some marketing broads might do an internationaladvertising campaign, so that when anybody in one of the target countries watche

28、s TV, they arecertain to see the product. Thats fine, but of course it costs a lot and its not really suitable for ourproduct. So we will approach it in a different way. We want to be certain that anyone who buys ourproduct anywhere in the world has a guarantee that what theyre buying is of the high

29、est quality. This is the best long-term policy. You can do all kinds of things, like selling at cost price at the beginning so that your product is cheaper than other competitors, but we didnt think that will present the right image and in the end, you only have to rise your price anyway.Woman: So e

30、verything all comes down to how good your product is.Man: Thats right.Woman: And where do most export of kiwi fruit go?Man: Our market is expanding all the time. Our oldest market is in Europe and Japan, but demand is growing in Middle East and KoreAOur latest destinations are South America and Viet

31、nam.Woman: Really, so kiwi fruit are becoming truly international.Man: Yes. And kiwi fruit makes up currently 25% of all fruit exported by New Zealand.Woman: Do you expect any rise?Man: Yes, to 32% in five years time, a 7% increase we hope.Woman: How does the fruit get from the growers to the custom

32、ers?Man: Most kiwi fruits are exported by sea though some are sent by air flight to AustraliaThe fruit comesinto the ports by truck after being packed by the growers at local packing stations. There is a plan forexpress rail transport in the future which should speed up things a bit more.Woman: And

33、after the fruit arrive at the ports?Man: It stores on the ships in large wooden boxes. We send 15 million boxes out of the country on 80 ships, but thats not enough. We are quite happy with the design of the boxes and we know we got exactly the right temparation on board for the fruit. In other word

34、s, our technology isnt a problem. We simply need more ships to work efficiently as wed like to.Woman: How do you see the future developing?Man: We hope to work out the ways to send the fruits even more quickly to our export markets to keep them as fresh as possible.Woman: Thank you Peter. One last q

35、uestion. Is kiwi fruit popular in New Zealand?Man：Yes. In fact it recently becomes the second biggest seller on the whole market. Its overtaken the sales of pears and it will be a little while before we overtake apples. But thats OK of course, becauseall New Zealand fruits are delicious.2. Which is

36、NOT the reason the KMB formed for? Ato establish kiWi fruit distribution within New Zealand Bto find more kiwi fruit export markets Cto compete with the lamb and wool export 答案:C3. What is KMBs marketing strategy? Ato sell at cost price at the beginning Bto emphasize the quality of the kiwi fruit Ct

37、o launch an advertising campaign 答案:B4. What is the newest export market KMB developed? ASouth America and Vietnam BMiddle East and Korea CEurope and Japan 答案:A5. How much increase does Peter expect to have in fiveyears time? A25% B32% C7% 答案:C6. Which is not the present kiwi fruit export transporta

38、tion method? Aby marine Bby air Cby train 答案:C7. What is KMBs future developing plan? Ato improve the wooden box design Bto improve delivery efficiency Cto hire more ships to export kiwi fruit 答案:B8. What is the best seller fruit in New Zealand? AKiwi fruit Bpear Capple 答案:CSPEAKINGPART 1问题:1. In th

39、is part of the test you are asked to give a short talk on a business topiCYou have to choose one of thetopics from the two below and then talk for about one minute. You have one minute to prepare your ideas. A WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN? DESCRIBING COMPANY PERFORMANCE ACCURATE FIGURES VIVID GRAPHS REASO

40、NABLE ANALYSIS B WHAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN? EXPLORING A NEW OVERSEAS MARKET MARKET RESEARCH ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION 答案:A: When giving presentation on company performance, I think it is important to give accurate figures todescribe the result or achievement which gives the audi

41、ence a direct impression of how well the companyhas been. To illustrate the result, I hold that vivid graphs can turn figures into a more easily understoodform, so offering proper graphs is a second important aspect when describing performance. The thirdthing is to offer a reasonable analysis, which

42、 interprets the changes and the causes of the performance.B： I think there are three important things when exploring a new overseas market.The first one is marketresearch，which reveals the potential customers，possible competitors and SO on.The second thing is tolaunch a good advertising campaign，so

43、as to improve brand awareness among the target customers.Thethird thing is effective crosscultural communication，which helps to set up a friendly image of theproducts.PART 2问题:1. In this part of the test the examiner reads out a scenario and gives you some prompt material in the form ofpictures or w

44、ords.You have 30 seconds to look at the prompt card，and then about two minutes to discussthe scenario with your partner.After that the examiner will ask you more questions related to the topiC For 2 or 3 candidates Scenario Im going to describe a situation. Your company begins its foreign trade busi

45、ness this year.You are the Sales Director, preparing the annualreport. Talk together for about 2 minutes about the topics you could include when you are preparing the annualreport. Decide which 3 topics are going to be covered as important parts in the report. Here are some ideas to help you. Prompt

46、 material Regional sales results in south China Top selling titles in Europe Sales performance in America Development plan on East Asia Market Domestic sales performance Personnel changes in Sales Department Analysis to the sales performance Challenges in both domestic and foreign markets Follow-on questions Do you have any experience in foreign trade? What does an annual report usually cover besides sales performance? What do you think is the main reason