剑桥商务英语中级分类模拟52

剑桥商务英语中级分类模拟52

LISTENING


TEST 1


● You 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.
● You will hear each recording twice.

Conversation One


● Look at the notes below,
● You will hear a woman leaving a message about where to hold a meeting,
Message
From: Emily Parker
She has found appropriate venue for the 1 meeting.
The 2 at the Carlton Hotel is available on 1810.
The Carlton can provide a 3 for free.
Call the 4 Manager on 478362 to book.

Conversation Two


● Look at the notes below.
● You will hear a man leaving a message on an answering machine.
RT COMMUNICATIONS
Message received for: Joel Frisk, 5 Department
From: John Castellani, Loboprint
He's booked you in for three nights at the 6 Hotel.
You'll be met at the airport by the 7 Presentation
planned for Thursday morning. Dinner in the evening.
Please confirm by midday Monday if additional 8 at hotel required.

Conversation Three


● Look at the notes below.
● You will hear a woman calling a company about a possible order.
TELEPHONE ENQUIRY RECORD
Caller: Julie Ventnor from Polareach, Ltd.
She's interested in our 9
Requires details of our 10
Total monthly order: approx. ￡ 11
Meeting on: 12

TEST 2


● You 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.
● You will hear each recording twice.

Conversation One

● Look at the notes below.
● You will hear a man phoning about a delivery.
Message
To: Sarah Williams
From: Brian Jones
Re: Problem with delivery
We sent him 13 paper by mistake.
Call him back directly after your 14
Please send the right goods or he's threatened to 15
Also, there's a problem with the payment. He wants to pay by 16

Conversation Two

● Look at the form below.
● You will hear a woman telephoning about some problems with an order
Stationery Supplies International
CUSTOMER SERVICESORDER AMENDMENT FORM
Customer: Fenmore ConsultantsJennifer Gardiner
Order NO.: 17
PROBLEMS
paper: ordered A5 not A4
envelopes: ordered 18 not white
ink cartridges: ordered 15 Truejet 19
COMMENTS
Correct items to be sent out tonight by 20

Conversation Three

● Look at the notes below.
● You will hear a woman leaving a message for a colleague about his slides
for a presentation.
Christine's comments on slices:
● Remove the 21 and put in some words.
● The 22 of the slides needs to be improved.
● The 23 on slide 2 doesn't make sense.
● There's a 24 on slide 7.

TEST 3


● You 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.
● You will hear each recording twice.

Conversation One

● Look at the notes below,
● You will hear a man leaving a voicemail message about a negotiating
problem.
ANSWERPHONE MESSAGE
Griffith called from Australia.
Client now unhappy about proposed date for finishing the 25
Also wants to include 26 which could cost us 2.5% per week.
To finish on time we would need extra 27 workers from start of
project.
Our company wilt be given 28 for next project if we complete on time.

Conversation Two

● Look at the notes below.
● You will hear a woman ringing about problems with a new telephone system.
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
Message for: Tony
From: Moria Runcie of 29
Taken by: Jeremy
Message
Re: the phone system we set up for them yesterday
● system doesn't include enough 30
● they are unable to 31 interrally
● invoice doesn't include discount on 32
Please ring her back ASAP.

Conversation Three

● Look at the notes below.
● You will hear a PA explaining suggestions for improvements to a
document.
Stratford Electronics bid—CEO's commentsamendments
Introduction too long and contains too many 33
Remove reference to 34 (not yet published).
Part about 35 is a good selling point.
Add information (in final section) about the development of 36




答案:

LISTENING

TEST 1


Conversation One


1、 SHARE(-)HOLDER(S)'
[听力原文]
F: Hi, it's Emily Parker in Marketing. I was at the Carlton Hotel yesterday
for a sales training meeting. I thought it would be a very suitable place to hold the
shareholders' meeting that you're arranging. I heard you're still looking for
somewhere. They've recently refurbished all their meeting rooms. I was in
a seminar room—it was too small for your event, but I looked at the conference
hall and the VIP lounge and either would be perfect—oh, except the conference hall's
booked on the 18th of October so it doesn't leave us any choice. Anyway, they're both
large rooms with comfortable seating, and it's possible to have a sound system at
no extra cost. We'd have to bring a display stand of our own if we wanted one.
Assuming you want to go ahead with the 18th, I mentioned to the Events Manager
there that we might want to book, so, you'll need to talk to him, rather than the
General Manager, in the bookings office. The number's 478362. Bye.

[解析] 本题问的是参加会议的 对象，以meeting为定位词不难在原文中找出正确答案是
shareholders' meet ing。注意考题中的venue和原文中的place为同义词，因此本题正确答案
为shareho lders'。
2、 VIP LOUNGE
[解析] 本题问的是在Carlton H otel符合条件的会议场所，根据考题中对日期的限定为1810，
以此日期为限定信息不难听出答案 为VIP Lounge，但是要注意其后except引出的信息，由于
conferencehal l在10月18日已经被订走，所以只能选择VIP Lounge，将干扰项conference
hall排除。
3、 SOUND SYSTEM
[解析] 本题问的Carlt on可以提供的免费项目，以考题中的free为定位词，要注意考题中的free
和原文中的at no extra cost为同义转述，因此不难找出本题答案为sound system。
4、 EVENT(S)
[解析] 本题问的是负责预订的经理职务，考题中的关键词为book，以其为定 位词，则很容易听出
答案为Events Manager，但要注意其后由rather than引出的General Manager为干扰项，表
示不用找总经理预定，因此要排除其干扰。
Conversation Two


5、 MARKETING
[听力原文]
W: You have reached the offices of RT Communications. We're sorry there's
no one to take your call at the moment. Please leave your message after the
tone, stating who the message is for and the date and time of your call. Thank
you.
M: Hi, this is John Castellani from Loboprint. It's Saturday February
fourth. This is a message for Joel Frisk, Marketing Department. It's about his

visit next week, We've booked him into the International Hotel downtown for three
nights—although we checked, and there is still availability for a fourth night
if he wants it. Our company driver will meet him at the airport on his arrival. We've
arranged for him to give a presentation on RT's digital office system to the
Board of Directors on Thursday morning, and then Mr. Sachs, the General
Manager, has invited him to dinner that evening. Please let us know by midday
Monday if you want us to book an extra night at the hotel. We look forward to
meeting him. Goodbye!

[解析] 本题问的是Joel Frisk所在的部门，以Joel Frisk作为定位信息，很容易听出划线句中
的Marketing Department即为本题的正确答案。但要注意排除上文中介绍John Castellani
来自Loboprint这一干扰项。
6、 INTERNATIONAL
[解析] 本题问的是为Joel Frisk预订的酒店名称，考题中描述Joel Frisk要入住三晚，因此以
three nights为定位信息，就很容易听出答案为International Hotel。
7、 DRIVERCOMPANY DRIVER
[解析] 本题问的是将在机场迎接Joel Frisk的人，以meet作为定位词，则很容易听出答案为
company driver。但要注意的是，考题中是以第二人称代指Joel Frisk，原文则用第三人称him，
注意信息对应。
8、 NIGHT
[解析] 本题问的是需要在周一中午前告知酒店的附加信息，本题可以用midday Monday 和
additional作为定位信息，但要注意的是，考题中的additional和原文中的ex tra是同义词，定
位后很容易听出答案为night。
Conversation Three


9、 CLOTHING RANGE
[听力原文]
M: Good morning. Adventure Holidays Equipment Ltd, Philip Sykes speaking.
W: Good morning, , it's Julie Ventnor from Polareach, Ltd. I spoke
to you briefly last week and you sent us your brochure.
M: That's right. Was it useful?
W: Well, we're not really interested in the tents and other equipment, but we may
want to order from your clothing range.
M: Oh right. Have you got one of our order forms?
W: Yes, but first I need some information on the payment terms. These are quite
important because, as I think I said last time, we're interested in purchasing
quite large quantities.
M: Right. What sort of quantities are you thinking of?
W: We'll want about two thousand pounds worth of goods for each of our
ten stores, so we'll probably be giving you orders of around twenty thousand pounds
a month.
M: I'm very pleased to hear that. Can I send the information to you later
today?
W: That'll be fine. Thanks.
M: If the terms are acceptable, may I suggest a meeting towards the end
of January?
W: Yes, that would be good. Let me see. I can do the 23rd or the 30th.

M: The 23rd's no good for me, I'm afraid.
W: Let's say January the 30th then. I'll be in touch at a later date to
confirm the time.
M: OK, that's fine. Bye.
W: Bye.

[解析] 本题问的是Julie Ventnor所感兴趣的内容，interested作为定位信 息，可听出划线句，
但interested后并不是本题答案，因为前半句为否定句，而后but进行 转折，且后半句出现want
表示愿意，和interested都表示了肯定的态度，因此本题正确答 案为clothing range。
10、 PAYMENT TERMS
[解析] 本题问的是Julie Ventnor需要了解更多的信息内容，根据原文不难听出她首先需要了解
与 支付条件相关的一些信息，因此本题正确答案为payment terms。但要注意考题中details和原
文中some information为同义转述。
11、20,000
[解析] 本题问的是每月订购的费用，以monthly order作为定位信息，不难听出答案为around
twenty thousand poun ds，考题中的approx和原文中的around为同义词，而且划线句以so连
接，表述了事情的 结果结论，往往和答案信息相关。
12、 JANUARY 30TH30(TH) JANUARY
[解析] 本题问的是会面日期，以meeting作为定位信息，可以在原文中听出may I suggest a
meeting...?这一表达提议的疑问句，在下文中给出了两个选项，分别 为1月23日和1月30日，但
划线句中最后定为30日，所以将23日这一干扰信息排除掉，因此本题 正确答案为January the 30th。
TEST 2


Conversation One

13、 HEADED
[听力原文]
M: Sarah Williams please.
F: I'm afraid she's not available right now.
M: Hm, can you ask her to call me back—Brian Jones—it's urgent.
F: Of course. Can I ask what it's about?
M: You tell her there's been a mix up yet again. Instead of plain paper, we've
got headed paper. Last month we even got lined paper.
F: I do apologize, I'll ask her to phone you as soon as possible. She
at lunch at the moment, and then she'll be in a training session, but I'll make sure
she contacts you when that finishes.
M: Hm, we need the goods by Wednesday. Otherwise our production line will
be held up and we'll miss our deadlines. If you can't sort it out we'll have to change
supplier. We can't afford to wait around.
F: Of course.
M: And another thing—the amount owing on the invoice is given in
full—that's not right. I'd thought we'd agreed I'd settle the bill by installments.
I could pay half now, but I'm not prepared to.
F: I'm sure she can sort something out.

[解析] 本题问的是错寄的纸张款式，以paper by mistake为定位信息不难在原文中不难找出正
确答案是headed paper。注意考题中的by mistake和原文中的mix up为同义转述，均表示弄错、
混淆的含义。且instead of后是本应寄送的空白纸，而非错寄的有信头的信纸，注意将干扰项plain

paper排除。
14、 TRAINING SESSION
[解析] 本题问的是Sarah Williams回电话前的安排，以call为定位信息，不难听到Sarah
Williams参加完培训课程后会与Brian Jones联络。考题中的call him back与原文中的
contacts为同义转述，但是要注意考题中的directly after表示紧接着、马上，因此划线句前
的at lunch不符合题目，应排除掉。
15、 CHANGE SUPPLIER(S)SUPPLY
[解析] 本题问的是Brian Jones提出的威胁条件，划线句为if引导的条件状语从句，表述如果
Sarah Williams不能将物品分类有序，Brian Jones将更换供应商，符合考题内容，因此本题答
案为change supplier。
16、 INSTALLMENT(S)
[解析] 本题问的是Brian Jones的结账方式，以pay为定位词，不难在原文中找出Brian Jones
想先支付一部分货款。注意考题中的payment和原文中settle the bill为同义转述，因此正确
答案为installments。
Conversation Two

17、 Z3487JF
[听力原文]
M: Good afternoon. Stationery Supplies International, Customer Services
Department, Michael speaking. How may I help you?
W: Oh, hello. My name's Jennifer Gardiner. I'm calling from Fenmore
Consultants. It's about the order which we received yesterday. M: OK. Please
can I have the order number?
W: Yes, it's Z3487JF. The problem is we've received several incorrect
items.
M: Oh dear, sorry about that. We took on some new staff this week and
we've had a few problems. Tell me what's wrong and we'll forward the correct
order to you straightaway.
W: Good. Well, firstly you sent the wrong size paper. We ordered 100 boxes
of A5 paper, not A4. And the envelopes you sent were not the colour we ordered.
We wanted pale green, not white.
M: Right, so that's A5 not A4 paper and pale green envelopes. Anything
else?
W: Yes. We also ordered 15 printer ink cartridges, that's the Truejet BJC two
four six. but you didn't send us any at all.
M: Oh dear, I'm really sorry. I can only apologise once again and assure
you that the correct items will be on their way to you tonight, special delivery.
W: What shall I do with the things we don't want?
M: Send them back to us, and we'll refund the full cost.
W: Right. Thank you. Goodbye.
M: Bye-bye.

[解析] 本题问的是订单号，以order number为定位信息，很容易听到划线句中的Z3487JF，
即为本题的正确答案。
18、 PALE GREEN
[解析] 本题问的是订购信封的颜色，根据考题对信封颜色的描述为not white，以其为定位信息，
这样就很容易听到划线句子，因此本题正确答案为pale green。
19、 BJC 246
[解析] 本题问的是订购墨盒的型号，根据考题中的描述，以ink cartridges和Truejet作为定

位信息，这样就很容易听到划线句中的BJC two four six，即为本题正确答案。
20、 SPECIAL DELIVERY
[解析] 本题 问的是送货信息，考题中表示今晚送货，因此以tonight作为定位信息，不难听到画线
句中表述送 货方式为快递，因此本题正确答案为special delivery。
Conversation Three

21、 STATISTICS
[听力原文]
F: Hello, John, it's Christine. I've just looked through the revised
slides for your presentation, and they're now much better. I've got a couple
of general comments. You thought there might be too many slides. I don't think
that's a problem, though several would be improved if you replaced the statistics. A
few words would be easier to take in.
Then don't the slides strike you as looking rather dull and predictable?
The content is fine, but the design needs some variety. Maybe adding a few animations
would help.
And two quite specific points. Something seems to have gone wrong in slide
2. The graph is fine, but I can't make sense of the bar chart. It doesn't bear any
relation to what's gone before, or after. And finally, I remember we discussed
the grammar mistake you had in slide 7, and you've dealt with that, but if you
have another look, I'm sure you'll notice the spelling error that's crept in.
OK, once you've dealt with that, it'll be fine. Good-bye.

[解析] 本题问的是Ch ristine建议幻灯片中删掉的内容，根据考题可知，需要将幻灯片中的部分
内容删掉，以一些文字 取代，以此为条件不难听到原文中划线句相同的表述，注意考题中的remove
和原文中的repla ced为同义词，因此本题正确答案为statistics。
22、 DESIGN
[解析] 本题问的是幻灯片需要改进的内容，划线句中前半句是对slices的肯定，但注意其后b ut
引导出的转折句，此处进行了对比作为突出强调，因此本题正确答案为design。
23、 (BAR)(—)CHARTBARCHART
[解析] 本题问的是slide 2中不准确的部分，以slide 2和not make sense作为定位信息，则
很容易听到划线句，表述了条形图不是很清楚，因此本题正确答案为bar chart。
24、 SPELLING ERRORMISTAKE
[解析] 本题问的是对slide 7的评价，以slide 7为定位信息，则很容易定位答案的位置，原文
先提到之前slide 7中一些语法错误，已经被解决 ，但如果再仔细看一遍就会发现遗漏的拼写错误，
此处又是but引出的转折句，作为强调，因此正确答 案为spelling error。
TEST 3


Conversation One

25、 SECOND STAGE
[听力原文]
M: Hi, George. This is Griffith calling from Australia. It's about the
contract negotiation for constructing the factory in Melbourne. Our client
doesn't want to agree the date for the completion of the second stage even though it
was accepted when we put in our tender. We specified that we couldn't complete
in less than 6 months. Now they're saying they want it brought forward a month.

This is a problem because they want to put in a penalty clause which states that for
every week we are late we have to pay 2.5% of the total cost. I can't agree to that
at all. We're already using our best technical employees and the only way we
can complete in 5 months is if we use more unskilled staff right from the beginning,
which'll mean a substantial investment which we hadn't budgeted for. There's
one incentive however, instead of the usual bonus, we'll be awarded the contract
for their next project if we can meet their new deadline.

[解析] 本题问的是客户不满意的内容，由考题描述可知和日期相关，因此以da te做为定位信息，
很容易听出划线句表述客户对完成第二阶段的日期不同意，因此本题正确答案为se cond stage。
26、 (A) PENALTY (CLAUSE)
[解析] 本题问的是每周付出2.5%费用的内容，以数字作为定位信息往往更容易听到，因此本题可
以用2.5 % per week作为定位信息，在原文中不难听出正确答案是a penalty clause。
27、 UNSKILLED
[解析] 原文划线句中only的出现有强调信息的作用，听 原文时要格外注意，而且more和extra在
此处意思相同，因此不难定位出答案为unskill ed。
28、 (ANOTHER)(A)(THE) CONTRACT
[解析] 考题中和划线句中都分别出现了if引导的条件状语从句，且meet their new deadline
和complete on time为同义转述，因此不难听出本题答案为the contract。
Conversation Two

29、 WORLDNETWORLD NET
[听力原文]
M: Hello, Swinburn Telecoms.
W: I'd like to speak to Tony Wilson, please.
M: I'm afraid Tony isn't available. Can I take a message?
W: Yes please, I'm ,Moria Runcie from Worldnet.
M: Right.
W: I'm ringing about the telephone system your firm installed here
yesterday. We're not happy with it.
M: Oh dear. What seems to be the problem?
W: First of all, your engineer said that with the number of extensions we've got six
outside lines would be enough, but we asked for eight, and anyway you've charged us
for the larger system.
M: Right, we'll look into that.
W: Then, whenever we try to transfer calls from one extension to another we lose
them. We're following the instructions, but it just doesn't work.
M: I see.
W: And finally, could you ask Tony to check the invoice, please? He
promised us a discount on installation, which is shown, and one on the equipment, but
that isn't there.
M: Right. I'm sorry about all that. I'll get Tony to contact you as soon
as he's free.
W: Thank you. Goodbye.
M: Goodbye.

[解析] 本题可以用Moria Runcie作为定位信息，则很容易听出答案为Worldnet，但注意专有名
词首字母要大写。
30、 OUTSIDE LINES
[解析] 本题问的是系统设施不足的地方，在收听原 文时为了更全面的掌握信息，必须要清楚的理出
原文的逻辑思路，注意划线句中出现的first of all为举例说明的关键提示词，本题答案则在此
处体现，技术人员只提供了六条外线，但客户要求为八 条，因此答案为outside lines。
31、 TRANSFER CALLS
[解析] 本题针对系统的另一个问题提问，理清原文逻辑，then在first of all之后举出第二个
例子，由此听出本题答案为transfer calls。
32、 (THE) EQUIPMENT
[解析] 本题以invoice和discount on作为定位信息，则不难听出答案为equipment。
Conversation Three

33、 STATISTICS
[听力原文]
W: Hello. This is Alison in Head Office.
M: Oh, hello.
W: The CEO has asked me to contact you about the memo you sent everyone
yesterday where you asked for comments on the bid you've just put together—for
Stratford Electronics.
M: Oh, right.
W: Well he's very happy with it on the whole, but he does think the
introduction is rather lengthy and includes more statistics than necessary.
M: No problem, I can shorten it easily.
W: And most of the contents of the actual bid are fine, but you do refer
to the annual report which won't be out until May.
M: Oh, right... I'll get rid of that :.. yes. And I was thinking there's
enough with the section on the existing contracts we have, so I could take out
the stuff on the new contracts—the ones we're about to start.
W: In fact, he specifically said that he thought mentioning them was a very good
selling point.
M: OK.
W: And he'd like you to have something in your concluding remarks about the
growth in overseas sales, not just the stuff on domestic markets.
M: Yes, I was wondering about that.
W: And that's all really. Easy to adjust I think.
M: OK, well thank the CEO for looking at it. It's very helpful.

[解析] 本题问题比较明确，问的是说明内容中过多的部分，注意原文中but出现表示转折，且do es
出现表示强调，而答案就在所强调的内容中，因此不难听出正确答案为statistics。
34、 (THE)ANNUAL REPORT
[解析] 本题答案出现在强调句中，和上 一题一样，助动词do出现在动词前表示强调。注意原文中的
refer和考题中的reference 词根相同，意思相近，以此作为定位信息不难听出答案为annual
report。
35、 NEW CONTRACTS
[解析] 本题以selling point为定位信息，不难在原文中听出them所指代的内容即为good
selling point，掌握好原文逻辑关系，即可在划线句中找出them所指代的内容为new contracts，

即本题正确答案。
36、 OVER SEAS SALES
[解析] 本题问的是在末尾处增加的内容，考题中的increase和原文中的gro wth为同义词，以此
定位不难听出答案为overseas sales。