2015年商务英语（BEC）初级每日一练（5）
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Question 4
the international organization you work for is considering the possibility of producing a promotionalbrochure to publicise the #pany abroad . The Managing Director has asked you to write acontribution for this brochure.
Write your proposal for the Managing Director, including the following information
Possible contents of the brochure
Ways to make it attractive
Benefits the brochure could have for the #pany
Listening
approximately 40 minutes （including 10 minutes' transfer time）
Part one:
Question 1-12
●You will hear a representative of a #pany which organizes trade fairs for academicrecruitment . she is talking to a group of prospective clients.
● As you listen, for questions 1-12. #plete the notes, using up to three words or a number.
●。After you have listened once, replay the recording.
Praxis Academic Recruitment Fairs
Specific geographical areas served:
（1）___________________________________________________________
（2） __________________________________________________________
Package includes:
Exhibition（3） ___________________________________________________
Delivery of all （4） ___________________________
Local（5） ___________________________
“Filtering system”：
Works through （6） ___________________________
Advertisements placed in （7） ___________________________
And on （8） ___________________________
“context-sensitive” feature:
Convenient （9） ___________________________
Services of （10） ___________________________
More details from publicity leaflet about:
（11） ___________________________
Special services
（12） ___________________________
Part two
Question 13-22
●You will hear five different people speaking about changes in personnel in their place of work
●For each extract there are two tasks, For Task One , choose the reason for change inpersonnel from the list A-H .For Task Two, choose the action that has been taken as a result, from the list A –H
●After you have listened once, reply the recording
Task one—Reason
●For questions 13-17 ,match the extracts with the reasons, listed A –H
●For each extract, choose the reason each speaker mentions.
●write one letter A-H next to the number of the extract
13____________
14___________
15___________
16___________
17___________
A sick leave
B dismissal
C promotion
D secondment
E resignation
F study leave
H redundancy
Task Two-Action
●For question 18-22, match the extracts with the problem areas in the new workplace , listed A – H.
●For each extract, choose the action mentions.
●Write one letter A –H next to the number of the extract.
18__________
19__________
20__________
21__________
22__________
A employment on a temporary contract
B contracting work to another #pany
C doing a lot of overtime
D changing holiday plans
E increasing the work done at another site
F postponing work
G giving staff extra training
H headhunting a successor
Part Three
Question 23-30
●You will hear part of a radio interview with Paul Jefferson, who set up his own importbusiness.
●For each question 23-30, mark one letter （A ,B or C） for the correct answer.
●After you have listened once, replay the recording.
23 Paul's immediate financial aim is to be able to
A get out of debt
B satisfy his expensive tastes
C cover his regular outgoings
24 Sarah Hall's role in Paul's business is to
A provide him with a regular in#e
B pay for the goods that he imports
C cover his marketing costs
25 Paul finds it difficult to sell at a profit because
A his customers drive down his prices
B his suppliers overcharge
C his #petitors can undercut him
26 The supermarket told Paul that they
A would stock a selection of his products
B thought his products wouldn't sell
C might buy his products in the future.
27 What was the reason for Paul's problem with the restaurant chain?
A they cancelled their order
B They went out of business
C they refused to pay the agreed price
28 Paul was told that the department store wanted to
A increase the number of suppliers
B replace one of their suppliers
C start stocking products like his.
29 Paul's strategy now is to focus on
A selling a limited range of products
B finding new lines to import
C targeting a few large customers
30 Paul's immediate priority is to
A employ a sales person
B increase his sales
C start selling abroad
Speaking 16 minutes
Part one
In this part, the interlocutor asks questions on a number of work-related and non-work-related subjects to each candidate in turn, you have to give information about yourself and express personal opinions.
Part two
The candidate chooses one topic and speaks about it for approximately one minute. One minuts' preparation time is allowed.
A Market research: the importance of finding out about customers' habits and attitudes
B Financial management: how to identify ways of reducing costs in a #pany
C Communication：How to achieve an effective working relationship between different departments within a #pany
Part Three
In this part of the test, candidates are given a topic to discuss and are allowed 320 seconds to look at the prompt card, before talking together for about three minutes, afterwards, the examiner asks more questions related to the topic.
For two candidates
Incentive Scheme for Staff
You #pany is considering setting up an incentive scheme to improve staff performance. You have been asked to make re#mendations for this scheme.
Discuss, and decide together:
●What benefits an incentive scheme for staff would bring for the #pany
●What types of incentives could be offered
For three Candidates
Incentive Scheme for Staff
You #pany is considering setting up an incentive scheme to improve staff performance. You have been asked to make re#mendations for this scheme.
●What benefits an incentive scheme for staff would bring for the #pany
●What types of incentives could be offered
●Which employees in the #pany should be targeted
Follow-on questions
●Which incentives do you think are most effective for encouraging people to work hard?why?
●Is it essential for #panies to reward extra effort? Why ? why not?
●How do you think a #pany can inspire loyalty in employees?
●How do you think the traditional employer/ employee relationship might change in the future.?
PART 1
1 CENTRAL AMERICA 2 SOUTH-EAST ASIS 3 STAND 4 MATERIAL TO VENUE5 TRADE CUIDE 6 TARGETED 7 ACADEMIC JOURNALS
8 THE OUR OWN WEBSITE 9 OPENING TIMES 10 AN INTERPRETER/INTERPRETERS 11VENUES 12COSTS
PART 2
13-15 B C E
16-20 D A D F C 21-22 A E
PART 3
23-25 C A B 26-30 C B A A B
