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BEC中级听力部分题型简介

一、   BEC中级听力部分简介

 

BEC听力部分旨在考查大家在真实的商务交际中对信息的把握与沟通能力,考试共有三个题型,填空题、多项搭配题和选择题,分别考查考生对听力材料细节、主旨及对话深层内容的获取能力,共三十道题,分值占整个BEC考试分值的25%;考试时间为大约40分钟(包括听力录音结束后抄写答案10分钟),在考试中,所有的听力材料都会听到两遍。考试的录音材料大多数来自于真实的工作交流环境,发音以英式发音为主,也会少量涉及到美音,澳大利亚音及加拿大音等。

BEC考试涉及的话题有个人情况说明,办公室、商务环境与惯例,客户娱乐、业余时间与同事和客户的关系,旅游与会议,使用电话,健康与安全,买卖,公司结构,系统与程序,产品与服务,结果与成绩及商业问题等。能否在BEC考试听力部分取得较高的分数,取决于三个方面:(1)是否具有良好的英语听力;(2)对商务及相关行业的基本知识及词汇是否熟悉;(3)对BEC考试听力部分的题型及其特点是否了解。BEC听力考试有它不同于其他考试的地方,BEC是一项侧重能力并且实用性较强的考试,考查大家在工作环境当中英语的实用能力,对商务及相关行业的基本知识及词汇是否熟悉也是在BEC听力考试中取得高分的重要因素。与普通英语有所不同,商务场合中的用语一般都有比较正式,单词的含意也与普通生活词汇不同,如order一词,在日常生活中表示“命令”,而在商务中则表示“订货”;又如日常生活中的“吃住”一词在商务中有一个专用词“accommodation”,而不是“living and eating”,所以BEC考试也是对大家商务知识的使用和商务思维的全面考查。

 

二、   题型构成

级别

题型

题量

题目序号

总题量

Part 1

填空题

12题

Question1-12

 

30题

Part 2

多项搭配题

10题

Question13-22

Part 3

选择题

8题

Question23-30

 

三、   内容分析

Part One Gap Filling

题目数量

12题

题目要求

填空(每空不超过两个单词)

听力内容

3段对话或电话留言

读题时间

每段对话15秒

测试目标

考查考生准确获取和记录对话中重要细节信息的能力

 

例题:

Conversation One

(Question 1-4)

l Look at the notes below.

l You will hear a customer telephoning a company about a delivery.

 

 

DELIVERY NOTE

Customer: Planet Design Shops

Order No: 300571

Address for delivery: (1)______________

Instructions for driver:

Parking available in (2) ______________

Give (3) ______________to customer.

Collect old (4) ______________from customer.

 

【答案】(1)RETAIL PARK (2) LOADING AREA  (3)RECEIPT  (4) (OLD) PHOTOCOPIER

【原文】

【真题实战解析】

Conversation One. Questions 1 to 4.

Look at the form below.

You will hear a customer telephoning a company about a delivery.

You have 15 seconds to read through the form.

You will hear the recording twice.

[pause]

Woman: Hello, A-P-T Office Equipment..

Man: Hello. This is John Raymond, from Planet Design Shops. I'm  calling about our order for a security camera, It's being dispatched tomorrow  and the driver will need delivery instructions.

Woman: OK.(1)Man: Address first - the order  confirmation gave the retail park as the delivery address, but your invoice  has our central branch.

Woman: Oh ;

Man: That's not where we want it to be delivered. The  confirmation was right.

Woman: OK.(2)Man: Now, parking... the spaces  opposite the shop are for disabled drivers only, so your driver should use  the loading area while he sets up the equipment.

Woman: I've got that.

Man: We'll have payment ready for you.

Woman: That's fine. Thanks. (3)I'll make out a receipt for the  driver to give you when he makes the delivery. Will you be paying by cheque?

Man: Yes.(4)Woman: And you have something for the  driver to collect, I understand.

Man: Yes. We’ve come to the end of the rental period on our  photocopier - we've bought a new model, so the old one's to be returned.

Woman: Right, the driver will call you tomorrow with a definite  time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)本题问的是送货地址,从划线信息中可以我们可以得到两个备选答案,retail park和central branch,这种题目在考试中非常常见,我们从第一句话中是无法判断的,必须听到二选一的确认信息,所以在下一句话中,说话人选择了confirmation的地址,即正确答案为retail park。

 

(2)本题问的是driver的停车地址,大家一定要注意排除干扰项,不要选择disabled  driver’s的停车地点,可用should作为关键词定位,所以正确答案应为loading area。

 

(3)本题的答案为receipt,题目比较简单,题目和原文做了一个同义词替换,把customer换成了you,但是本题要注意receipt的拼写,不要把字母p落掉。

 

(4)本题可用collect作为定位词,很容易找到答案,意为让司机把旧的打印机还回去,因为公司买了一个新的。

Part Two Multiple Matching

 

题目数量

10题

题目要求

多项搭配(八选五)

听力内容

每部分五段独白,共两部分

读题时间

每部分15秒

测试目标

考查考生获取听力材料的内容、主题、中心思想及说话意图的能力

 

例题:

SectionOne

(Questions 13-17)

l  You will hear five shortrecordings.

l  For each recording, decidewhat action the speaker is proposing.

l  Write one letter (A-H) next tothe number of the recording.

l  Do not use any letter morethan once.

l  You will hear each recordingtwice.

 

 

A  attracting investment

B  revising salaries

C  withdrawing a product

D  reviewing prices

E  increasing production efficiency

F  reducing rental costs

G  replacing equipment

H  introducing incentives

 

 


 

 

【答案】(13)E (14) F   (15)C (16)A (17)H

【原文】

You  will hear five short recordings.

For  each recording, decide what action the speaker is proposing.

Write  one letter (A-H) next to the number of the recording.

Do  not use any letter more than once.

You  will hear each recording twice.

 

Thirteen

Man: We've Looked at various measures and we'll be making  recommendations to senior management next week. We think the company should  consider introducing an evening shift to maintain seventy per cent capacity  on all the machines. We're also aware of the hold-ups on the packaging  line, and we'd like to bring in an additional machine and split the line in  two. That'll speed things up. We did consider bonus schemes for  certain categories of employee, but decided that this wouldn't have  sufficient impact.

[pause]

Fourteen

Woman: When we first acquired the factory premises, the rent was  well within our means. But because that area of the city has developed more  quickly than others, it's now a prime site and the cost of retaining it has  risen accordingly. In fact, we would make considerable savings by relocating  to the industrial estate on the other side of town, which would improve  product distribution, anyway. A second suggestion is to vacate the top floor  of the building - we do have fewer staff now.

[pause]

Fifteen

Man: As you know, we adopted various measures three years ago with  the aim of boosting sales. We managed to increase output and cut costs by introducing  new machines. We also cut our profit margins still further. But even though  we were able to lower prices as a result, I'm afraid we still didn't meet  targets. The demand for this particular commodity just isn't there any more, so  we should stop production as soon as current contracts expire.

[pause]

Sixteen

Woman: I think your analysis of the situation is correct. The  product is already doing very well, but demand hasn't peaked yet, by any  means. And if we want to take fun advantage of a boom, we've got to step up  our promotion and have mechanisms in place to increase manufacturing capacity  if necessary. And that means we'll need additional funding before long.

[pause]

Seventeen

Man: Two or three years ago there were ten, or even twenty  applicants for every job we advertised, but things have changed. Unemployment  in general is right down and everyone's competing for workers now, especially  skilled labour. If we want to get good people, and retain them, we'll have  to offer a better package. I'm not suggesting we put wages up yet; I  think we ought to try other things first, like one-off welcome payments,  relocation allowances, and, possibly, loyalty bonuses.

 

【真题实战解析】

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(13)本题从原文的建议句型中可以明确找到答案,应该增加夜班(night shift)来保持机器利用率,并且通过增加一台机器,来提高速度,因此,本题正确答案为E,建议是提高生产效率(production efficiency)。

 

 

 

 

 

 

(14)本题不难听出,中心话题一直围绕着rent而来,尤其是在画线句中,in fact是对大家的提醒,后面跟了一个建议,那就是更换厂址(relocating)到工业区,来减少运输成本(product  distribution),大家不要被最后一句话干扰,那是一个附加信息,不应考虑在内。因此本题正确答案为F,降低租金(rental costs)。

 

 

 

 

 

(15)本题的答案非常明确,在文章最后的总结句中,建议合同一到期(contracts expire),立即停止生产(stop production)。因此,本题正确答案为C,停止生产(withdrawing a product)。

 

 

 

 

 

(161)That means往往表示强调,是正确答案的提示词,本题通过一系列原因说明,最后提出扩大生产的解决途径,那就是需要额外的资金支持(additional funding),因此本题的正确答案为A,吸引投资(attract investment)。

 

 

 

 

(17)本题为同义词转换题,原文提出,为吸引员工,应提高员工待遇,不涨工资(wages),而是增加奖金(bonus)。因此,本题正确答案为H,建议增加奖金(introduce incentive)。

 

Part Three Multiple Choice

 

题目数量

8题

题目要求

单项选择

听力内容

一篇4分钟左右的长对话或者独白

读题时间

45秒

测试目标

考查考生在长对话中获取说话人说话意图、细节及观点的能力

 

例题:

l  You will hear the PurchasingManager of a manufacturing company giving a presentation to senior managementabout four possible new suppliers.

l  For each question (23-25),mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.(In the exam, there are 5more questions like this)

l  You will hear each recordingtwice.

 

23  The advantage of the first company is

A  the size of the factory.

B  the competence of the MD.

C  the production capacity.

 

24  The speaker is concerned that the firstcompany lacks

A  sufficient firm orders.

B  fully trained staff.

C  reliable distributors.

 

25  The speaker was initially impressed by thesecond company because of

A  its relationship with employees at the mines.

B  its access to the raw materials needed.

C  the methods it designed for checking safetyin the mines.

【答案】(23)C (24) A   (25)B

【原文】

You will hear the Purchasing Manager of a manufacturing company  giving a presentation to senior management about four possible new supplies

For each question 23-25,mark one letter (A, B or C) for the  correct answer.

You will hear each recording twice.

You have forty-five seconds to read through the questions.

 

Woman: As you know, the main supplier of our components  announced suddenly last month that they were closing down shortly, leaving us  in a very difficult situation. I short listed four potential replacement  suppliers, and have visited them all, I'll report on each, though I've only  found one company that meets our needs entirely.

 

Initially, I was optimistic about the first company I saw. I was  given an enthusiastic welcome and generous hospitality by the MD, but when he  took me on a tour of the factory, I began to have a few doubts about his commercial  expertise. The factory is enormous - a convened aircraft shed, I think,  almost too big to be practical. There is certainly enough machinery to  produce the quantities we need, and that, of course, is vital.

 

However, I had one main concern. The company has recently invested heavily in state-of- the-art  production equipment and in a comprehensive training programme for machine operators.  But I was surprised to see that half the factory wasn't in use because  several important customers had cancelled orders. I was reassured that  orders are dispatched quickly, and delivery times are impressive, and  distribution isn't a problem - but I’d need to inspect their products more  closely to see if the quality's what we require.

 

The second company looked promising too, because they are based  in the region that produces the natural resources to make our components.  Everything needed for their activities is available on their doorstep.They have a good working relationship with the local mine  owners, who are known to have good safety records. During my visit, the  company went into great detail about the quality inspections carried out on the material before it leaves the mines.

 

【真题实战解析】

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(23)本题问的是第一个公司的优点,在本段最后一句话中提到的实质性的优点就是有足够的机器和生产能力能保证公司的需求。因此正确答案为C, 足够的生产能力(production capacity)。

 

 

 

 

 

(24)本题问的是对第一个公司最大的担心,从画线句中可以听出,很多重要客户取消了订单,这与A答案不谋而合,因此A为正确答案,即缺乏稳定订单(firm orders)。

 

 

 

 

(25)本题问的是第二个公司给人的第一印象,从本句中可以看出,第二个公司所在地资源丰富,可以足不出户获得所有材料。所以,本题正确答案为B,即可以轻松获得各种原材料(raw material)。

 

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