BEC中级听力分册

听力部分Time：approx. 40minutes including 10 minutes’ transfer time.第一项：单词填空实用技巧：1．含有缺口的文字材料的类型有：表格、日志摘要、发票、便条、留言等。

考生必须了解上述材料的格式。

2．力争在第一遍就完成缺口，在第二遍时完成并校对所有缺口。

3．缺口顺序完全按照行文顺序。

4．在听力开始之前仔细阅读第一项文字部分，尤其是缺口部分前的字句，理解其意思。

有时说话人直接读出缺口部分前的字句, 考生只需听写其后的内容即可。

但有时不要指望说话人会在提及缺口内容之前说出与缺口部分前的字句完全一致的字句。

说话人往往说出与缺口部分前字句意思相同的其他表达，包括使用近义词，近义句等。

5．缺口部分包括：人名、号码、日期、指示、命令、约定、出现的问题、问题的解决等等。

所涉及的词性有：名词、形容词和数词。

6．说话人通常采用拼写的方式表达缺口处的人名和号码。

7．当缺口处单词（或结构）过长时，可以在第一遍时进行速记，第二遍时完成。

8．当确实掌握了缺口处单词的中文意思但又想不出英文时可以用同义词代替。

On the recording you will hear someone reading our each set of numbers and words in the way in which they are spoken in English. Listen to the recording and complete the following messages:1.around ______ worth of the shares on offer2.you can apply for _____ shares at a cost of no more than _____3.sterling showed a ___ point gain at ______4.____ x ____ cm5.____ x ____ cm6.@____ per ____7.____ ____ ____8.about ____ which works out at ____ per annum9.____ x ____10. _____ a year, ____11. ________12. ______13. Invoice No. _______14. Invoice No. _______15. Tel. No. ___________听力小技巧：1、0-9中发音比较特别的数字：0；8。

特别小心这两个数字和其他数字组合时的联读。

（特别适用于听写电话号码）2、a-z 中容易混淆的发音H; G和J; M和 N; （特别适用于听写人名）Now you will hear someone reading out the report below. Write down the missing numbers in the gaps as you hear them.1. Profit before tax at ____ was ahead by ____ on turnover of ____, up by ____. We must allow for the ____ review of chemists’ labor and overhead costs, as we ll as the net impact of currency fluctuations. Adjusting for these, profits were ahead by ____ on turnover up by ____.2. Retail division turnover at ____ increased by ____, and profits at ____ were up by ____. UK sales and profits increased by ____ and ____ respectively, before property disposal surpluses.3. Industrial Division achieved sales of ____, an increase of ____, with profits of _____, ahead by _____. At comparative exchange rates these increases become ____ and ____ respectively. The UK retail sales increased by ____ from an unchanged sales area.Y ou’ll hear four people on the phone. Listen carefully and fill in the following invoices.小提示：以下四篇听力练习旨在训练对长篇听力材料内容的理解和概况，同学们一定要坚持到最后，才能完成所有的空格。

DetailsY ou’ll hear the business traveler enquiring about flights and then checking in for his flight. Listen to the conversations and fill the gaps in the summaries:A.The traveler is at a travel agent. He wants to fly from ______ to ______ on September ______. The best rate the travel agent can offer is a ______ -day advance purchase at ______ dollars one-way or ______ dollars round trip. The traveler wants to return on ______. He must pay for the tickets by September ______ but decides to pay for them ______.B.The traveler is checking in at Pittsburgh Airport for a flight to ______. The clerk tells him that his flight number is ______ and he has a seat number ______, next to the ______. His flight boards from Gate number ______, at ______ and the flight leaves at ______.Y ou’ll hear the traveler in two situations: first at an out-of-town motel and then at a hotel in New Y ork City. Listen to the conversations and fill the gaps in the summaries:A.AT THE MOTELThe motel room costs ______ dollars including tax. The room has a TV, a ______ bed and a phone with ______. To use the phone, the traveler has to pay a ______ of ______ dollars. He has to fill out the register with his name, address and the ______ number of his ______. Breakfast, consisting of ______ and ______, is served from ______ to ______. His room number is ______. The traveler pays ______ dollars in ______.B.AT THE ROYALTON HOTELRooms at the hotel cost from ______ dollars to ______ dollars, not including ______. The traveler asks for a ______ room. The hotel clerk suggests a room in the ______ of the hotel at ______ dollars. This room has a bath and shower. The traveler wants to stay for ______ days. His room number is ______. The traveler pays ______ dollars by ______.Here is a commentary on unemployment among men in the USA. Listen carefully and complete the commentary:CThe unemployment situation for men in USA steadily improved between 1982 and 1989.In 1982 the rate of unemployment stood at ______ percent, but fell to ______ percent in 1984. By 1989 it was ______ for ______ percent but began to rise around that time. By 1991 the figure stood at ______ percent.The unemployment rate for USA men was well below that shown for European men duringthis period. In fact it was ______ in 1991.Listen to a passage about a rise in Volvo’s earnings and complete the information missing from the report below:V olvo’s earnings rise by ______ in ______ quarterV olvo, the Swedish automotive, energy and food group, increased its profits by ______ in the first quarter of ______ despite a fall of ______ per cent in group turnover.Profits after financial items rose to SKr ______ (______ m US dollars) compared with SKr ______ bn in the first quarter of last year.The group was helped by a SKr ______ foreign-exchange gain on loans – compared with a gain of SKr ______ m a year earlier –as well as by interest earnings of SKr ______ –compared with SKr ______ in the first quarter of last year.Operating profits were virtually unchanged at SKr ______ compared with SKr ______ in the first quarter of ______. V olvo expects to make a productivity gain this year of at least ______.The group’s liquid funds, inflated by the record profits of the past two years, climbed t o SKr ______ by the end of the first quarter from SKr ______ a year earlier.V olvo profits, at least in the short term, have been hedged against the impact of ______, but the lower dollar exchange rate shows clearly in the group’s sales figures. V olvo tur nover fell 5%______ to SKr ______ from SKr ______ in the first three months of last year despite a substantial rise in the volume of car sales …Many businesses use recordings to save time and money, especially after office hours. Y ou are going to hear several recordings of this type. After you hear each recording, fill in the missing information:1.Place: ________________________________Business hoursTimes: ______ to ______Days: ______ through ______Repair number __________2.Place: ________________________________Business hoursTimes: ______ to ______Days: ______ through ______In emergency __________3.Place: ________________________________Booking hoursTimes: ______ to _____ Days: ______Times: ______ to _____ Days: ______Bell Theatre number: __________For more information: ________4.Place: ________________________________Travel and weather informationTime: ______ to ______Days: ______ through ______Emergency roadside service: _____________5.Place: ________________________________Hospital emergency service: ________________Emergence police service: ________________Hospital patient information: ________________Other hospital information: ________________Sue has decided that she would like to change her job and sees an advert in her local newspaper. Here is a telephone conversation between Sue and John Adams, the personnel manager of the company. Now listen and fill in the notes which Sue wanted to find out:Sue’s notesTo find out:Salary? ________________Hours? ________________Duties? ________________Number of staff? ________________Interview? When? ________________John Adams’ memo formJOB APPLICANT’SSurname (Mr/Miss/Mrs): ______Name: ____________Catering experience: ___________________Present employer: ____________________Present employer’s job: _______________Interview date / time: _________________Y ou are going to hear a telephone conversation about an export order of terracotta tiles from Spain. Listen and pay special attention to the figures and dates. Complete the following telephone message:Telephone MessageDate: 18 NovemberTo: Maria PerezTime: 3:50 pmFrom: Mr ___________Cranfield InteriorsMessage:Re: Order no. ______ (August _______th ) for ________boxes of terracotta floor tiles, size: _________ cm x ________ cm, at ______ pounds, inc. ______% discount. The tiles were due to arrive on the ______th. He still hasn’t received them ---- please call asap.Tel: ______________Message taken by: Anne GarveyHere is another telephone conversation of the same kind. Listen carefully and complete the following telephone message:Telephone MessageDate: 18 October Time: 5:10 pmTo: Maria Perez From: Mr ___________NY Interior DesignMessage:Re: order no. ______ for ________boxes of terracotta floor tiles (price $ ______ per box) Please call within _________ hours to discuss a _______ % increase in the order. He would also like to renegotiate the discount (currently ______)Tel: _________Message taken by: Anne GarveyThat is the end of T APE ONE SIDE A.第二项：多项匹配实用技巧：1．掌握每一选项的中文意思，想象在每一选项表达或描述的情况下说话人可能使用的字句。