1、剑桥商务英语 中级真题 24辑听力文本剑桥商务英语中级真题集听力原文BEC中级真题集听力原文(2010版)TEST 1Part One. Questions 1 to 12You will hear three telephone conversations or messages.Write one or two words or a number in the numbered spaces on the notes or forms below.After you have listened once, replay each recording.Conversation One.Que
2、stions 1 to 4Look at the form below.You will hear a man asking a colleague for information about a former employee.You have 15 seconds to read through the form.PauseNow listen, and fill in the spaces.Woman: PersonnelMan: Hello, its Tim here, from Finance.Woman: Hi, Tim.Man: Ive had a letter from the
3、 tax office about a student who worked here last summer I wonder if you could look him up in your records.Woman: Sure, whats the name?Man: The surnames Jaye. First name Stephen.Woman: How does he spell his surname?Man: J-A-Y-E. Got that?Woman: Oh yes, here we are lives at a hundred and eighty-three
4、School Road, BarnfieldMan: Yes, thats the one.Woman: And you say he was working in Finance?Man: Uhm, Customer Services, actually.Woman: Aah - they had lots of students working for them last summer.Man: Well, the tax people want to know his exact job title - Im not sure why. Woman: Mm, let me see. He
5、 was an office assistant.Man: Right, got that. They also want to know about his monthly earnings. Woman: Lets have a look. five hundred and thirty-eight pounds seventy a month. Oh,sorry, he was a scale one, so thats four hundred and fifty-seven pounds sixty. Anything else? Man: Thats fine, thanks. I
6、ll send them the information today.PauseNow listen to the recording again.PauseConversation Two.Questions 5 to 8.Look at the note below.You will hear a man describing a problem with an order.You have 15 seconds to read through the note.PauseNow listen, and fill in the spaces.Woman: Hello, Blackwell
7、Printers. Julie Davidson speaking. How may I help you?Man: Hello. This is Mark Jones from Europe Holidays. I was hoping to speak to Steven Kirby about the stationery youre printing for us.Woman: Im afraid Stevens away until Friday.Man: Oh - you see Im not very happy with the business cards and I wan
8、ted to see if I could make a couple of changes to the paper too.Woman: Would you like me to pass on a message?Man: Yes, please. The thing is, Ive just received your proofs - the cards themselves are fine, but you seem to have misunderstood the quantities. Im sure I asked for five hundred for each of
9、 the marketing executives and seven hundred and fifty for me but youve put everyone down for seven hundred and fifty.Woman: Right, Ive made a note of that. Is there anything else?Man: Yes, well this is my mistake really. Could you ask Steven to move the company logo further to the left? Its too clos
10、e to the address at the moment. I think thats all for now. Thanks.PauseNow listen to the recording again.PauseConversation Three.Questions 9 to 12.Look at the notes below.You will hear a woman making the arrangements for a delegation who are going to visit her company.You have 15 seconds to read thr
11、ough the notes.PauseNow listen, and fill in the spaces.Woman: Geoff?Man: Yes?Woman: I just want to finalise the preparations for the delegation next week.Man: Certainly. Its Thursday, isnt it?Woman: Yes. Now, can you make sure that each of them gets a name badge and an information pack. The badges a
12、re done, but youll need to prepare the packs with all the relevant information.Man: Ok, that shouldnt take too long. What about catering?Woman: Coffees organised for eleven and three, but lunch - its at one - we need to reserve it for twelve people. The office restaurant is closed next week. can you
13、 ring the Park Hotel? The Grand Hotel was a bit disappointing last time.Man: Ill get onto that.Woman: Now, theyll be coming straight from the station, and their taxi will bring them to the front gate, so make sure youre there to greet them. Thatll be about ten.Man: Ten. And then.Woman: Into Receptio
14、n, I think. Make sure the new designs are on display, I want them to see those first.Man: OK.Woman: Let me know when its all finalised. Bye.PauseNow listen to the recording again.PauseThat is the end of Part One. You now have 20 seconds to check your answers.PausePart Two. Questions 13 to 22.Section
15、 One.Questions 13 to 17.You will hear five short recordings .For each recording, decide which type of document the speaker is talking about.Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the recording.Do not use any letter more than once.After you have listened once, replay the recordings.You have 15
16、seconds to read the list A-H.PauseNow listen, and decide which type of document each speaker is talking about.PauseThirteenWoman: Well no wonder the banks returned it unpaid. Look, the figures dont match the amount in words. I expect someone was filling it in in too much of a hurry. Lets see, wed be
17、tter issue another one straight away to pay Mrs Burton, because itll be another three weeks if we wait for the next cycle of payments. Her expenses on that sales trip were pretty high, and it wouldnt be fair to keep her waiting much longer.PauseFourteenMan: Some of the suppliers are already asking a
18、bout the increases. Ill check, but I seem to remember from last weeks meeting that in the end we agreed on three per cent. So what Ill do is go down each column and calculate the new amounts, and then it can be printed in time to be inserted into the new brochures. Can you check the figures for me,
19、though, before it goes to the printers?PauseFifteenWoman: Weve just received the paperwork from you about cleaning our premises, and I have to say that it doesnt reflect what we agreed in our conversation last week. For one thing, it says that we have to supply our security code, and for another it
20、specifies monthly payment in advance, and I told you both of those were out of the question. Im afraid I really cant sign this. Could you send me a revised one?PauseSixteenMan: Of course, this only gives a very general picture. But as you can see, cash is a particularly healthy area. Thats even when
21、 we take into account regular outgoings on loans and leasing equipment, which are included in the final totals. And even more significantly, unpaid orders are actually excluded from the final calculation. These represent a sum of approximately thirty thousand pounds. With that in mind, we can say th
22、at the companys overall position is still strong.PauseSeventeenWoman: Ive just asked the Arden Conference Centre about availability for our next training seminar, and they said they still havent been paid for the one before last, which should have been dealt with six months ago. Ive had to ask them
23、to send a duplicate! We really must be careful. Arden give us very favourable prices, but we havent got a contract with them - Can you deal with it straight away so we stay in their good books?PauseNow listen to the recordings again.PauseSection Two.Questions 18 to 22.You will bear another five reco
24、rdings.For each recording, decide what the speakers purpose is.Write one letter (A-H) next to the number of the recording.Do not use any letter more than once.After you have listened once, replay the recordings.You have 15 seconds to read the list A-H.PauseNow listen, and decide what each speakers p
25、urpose is.PauseEighteenMan: Hello. This is Guy Cooper from Centron Electronics here. I believe you rang for some advice about your alarm system, which isnt functioning properly. The message I got said you werent sure if you needed someone to come and sort it out, or if we could advise you over the p
26、hone. Well perhaps youd like to get back to me as soon as its convenient and tell me exactly what the problem is, and Ill see what I can do.PauseNineteenWoman: Well, as you say, Redlon has been supplying us for years but, quite honestly, two-thirds of the complaints we receive about our products are
27、 actually due to faults in components weve had from Redlon. So I talked to the Production Manager and he agreed that I should look at some alternatives. Future Worlds range is fine for us, and one of their customers who I spoke to recommended them highly, so thats why weve changed to using them.Paus
28、eTwentyWoman: The competitions getting tougher, and you know were facing serious problems. We need to see more benefit from the undeniably hard work were putting in, and this means saying no to jobs which arent profitable. It would be much more beneficial to put all our efforts into winning higher-m
29、argin contracts. So the way I feel you can help most is by identifying the types of contacts which will bring in the income we need in order to ensure our future.PauseTwenty-oneMan: John Woods here, phoning about the project we discussed earlier. Could you give me a ring so that we can talk about it
30、 a bit more? Ive done a few calculations and Im beginning to wonder whether its really a practical proposition. I still think the projects got potential, but there are significant additional costs which we hadnt taken into account. So could you get back to me as soon as you can, please?PauseTwenty-t
31、woWoman: Hello, Sally here, from Pagwell Paints, returning your call. Im very sorry you arent happy with the latest consignment youve had from us. Its rather strange, because following your complaint about the last delivery, we did in fact take action to change the specifications in the way you suggested. So it isnt quite fair to say that we ignored your advice. I know its important to achieve the consistency that you require, but perhaps your recommendation wasnt exactly whats needed.PauseNow listen to the recordings again.PauseThat is the end of Part Two.PausePart Three
