07年BEC高级听力部分模拟试题(五)

07年BEC高级听力部分模拟试题(五)

PartOne

Questions1-12

Youwillhearpartofaradioprogramonbusinesstopics.ThepresenteristalkingaboutacompanycalledFast-Save.

Asyoulisten,forquestions1-12,completethenotesusinguptothreewordsoranumber.

Youwillheartherecordingtwice.

Fast-SaveLimited.

Thecompanyhistory:

1.fast-save’soriginalnamewas___________________.

2.After1970,ittookoversome______________________.

3.In1932itintroducedmany__________________________products.

4.fast-save’sadvertisingsloganwas____________________.

Presentsituation:

5.Problemshavearisenbecausecompetitorshave_____________fast-save.

6.Thishasledtoaconsiderablefallinits_____________________.7.However,itstillhassubstantial______________________________.8.Itcontinuestobeabletoemploythe_____________________.Thecompnay’sfuture:

9.Itistakingstepstodevelopa________________________.

10.Ithasdecidedthatcustomersarenotmainlyinterestedinbuying.

11.fast-savewillbealteringthe_________________________itkeepsinitsshops.

12.Akeyadvantageforfast-saveisthatithasreliable

_________________.

PartTwo

Question13-22

Youwillhearfivedifferenttalkingaboutcoursestheyaregoingtodo.

Foreachextracttherearetwotasks.Fortaskone,choosethespeaker’sreasonfordoingacoursefromthelistA-H.fortasktwo,choosetheopinionthateachpersonexpressesaboutdoingacourse,fromlistI-P

TaskOne–Reason

Forquestion13-17,matchtheextractswiththereasons,listedA-H.Foreachextractchoosethereasonfordoingthecourse.

WriteoneletterA-Hnexttothenumberoftheextract.

13.___Awantstochangedepartments

14.___Bisbeingmadetogetaqualification

15.___Cwantstolearnhowtousenewtechnology

16.___Dthinksitisnecessarytobecompetitive

17.___Ehopestoworkinaforeigncountry

Fisincompetitionwithacolleague

Ghopestoavoidlosinghis-herjob

Hisgoingtotrainothers

TaskTwo–opinion

Forquestion18-22,matchtheextractswiththeopinionspeopleexpress,listedI-P.

Foreachextract,choosetheopinionexpressed.

WriteoneletterI-Pnexttothenumberoftheextract.

18.___Iisworriedaboutforgettingnewinformation

19.___Jisn’tkeenonthetravelinginvolved

20.___Kthinksmorepeopleshouldtakesimilarcourses

21.___Lcomplainsaboutalackofinformation

22.___Mfindsitdifficulttoorganizestudies

Nislookingforwardtomeetingnewpeople

Othinksthecostwillbeworthit

Pbelievestheeffortwillnotbevalued

PartThree

Questions23-30

Questions23-30

Youwillheararadiointerviewbetweenajournalistandthechairwomanofashoemanufacturingcompany.

Foreachquestion23-30markoneletterA,BorC,forthecorrectanswer.

23JeanChapellooksatpeople'sshoesbecause

Asheneedsideasfornewdesigns.

Bshewantstoknowthemarket.

Cthecompanyasksherto.

24OneofthefoundersofChapel'swasJean's

Agrandfather.

Bcousin.

Cfather.

25BeforeafamilymembercanworkforChapel'stheymusthave

Aboughtsharesinthecompany.

Bgainedaprofessionalqualification.

Cworkedforanothercompany.

26Jean'ssonhassucceededin

Aincreasingfactoryoutputgreatly.

Bsellingmoreoftheirproductsoverseas.

Csupplying70%ofshoesboughtinFrance.

27Everyweekthecompany

Aexports8000pairsofshoes.

Bsells250pairsofshoes.

Cmakes8000pairsofshoes.

28Whathashappenedtothecountry'sshoeindustryinrecentyears?

AIthaslost80%ofitsexportmarket

BIthasbeendamagedverybadly.

CIthasincreaseditsprofitsby23%.

29Chapel'sdealswithforeigncompetitionby

Amaintainingquality.

Bmakingsh