广东自考（01315）商务英语听力考试大纲：试题各部分要求及举例

第一部分（Part 1）: 单句理解(Statement)。共有10小题，每题1.5分。该部分题目为一个简单的陈述句，只念一遍，每句录音后有10秒钟停顿时间。考生在听完录音以后，从问卷所提供的A, B, C, D四个答案中选择一个意义最为接近录音中句子的答案，并将相应字母填写在答卷上。例如：

（录音）Whenever I go to the bank near my house, the cashiers are either fooling around or keeping whole queues of people waiting by chatting to the customer at the front about their holidays.
（试题）
A. The speaker means that the cashiers are helpful.
B. The speaker means that the cashiers are unprofessional.
C. The speaker means that the cashiers are professional.   
D. The speaker means that the cashiers are unskillful.

第三部分（Part 3）: 短文理解(Passage)。共有20小题，每题1.5分。该部分题目为四段长度约150字的短文，每段短文后设5个问题。短文和问题都念两遍，每个问题之间设10秒钟停顿时间。考生在听完录音以后，从问卷所提供A, B, C, D四个答案中选出最佳答案，并将相应字母填写在答卷上。例如：

（录音）One of the major problems in our economy is inflation, a situation in which prices are going up faster than wages. Thus, a person has to work more hours to pay for the same items.
For example, let’s say that this year a loaf of bread costs $1.00 and the average salary in the United States is $10.00 per hour. That means a person could earn enough money to buy a loaf of bread on one-tenth of an hour, or six minutes. Then, half way through the year, the price of the bread goes up to $1.25, while wages stay the same. That means that a person now has to work one-eighth of an hour –--- seven and a half minutes ---- to buy the same loaf of bread.
Now let’s say that at the end of the year, wages go up to $11.00 per hour, but the price of bread goes up to $1.50. Now a person has to work more than one-seventh of an hour ---- over eight minutes --- to buy the same loaf of bread. Inflation means that the same money buys fewer things, and everybody’s standard of living goes down, even if salaries are going up.
Are you clear about inflation now? If you have any questions, you can come to my office after class.   
Question 1.   What is the main purpose of the talk?

Question 2.   What is inflation?

Question 3.   What happens when the prices go up but salaries remain the same?

Question 4.   Why does an employee’s standard of living go down when there is inflation?

Question 5   Who is the speaker?
(试题)

1. What is the main purpose of the talk?
A. To list the major problems in the economy.
B. To describe some effects of inflation.
C. To explain why bread prices increases.
D. To classify the types of inflation.

2. What is inflation?
A. A situation in which prices are going down.
B. A situation in which prices are going up.
C. A situation in which prices remain stable.
D. A situation in which wages increase very fast.

3. What happens when the prices go up but salaries remain the same?
A. The government regulates the economy.
B. People save money instead of spending it.
C. Workers lose their jobs if they buy more things.
D. People must work longer to buy the same things.

4. Why does an employee’s standard of living go down when there is inflation?
A. The same money buys fewer things.
B. The employee might lose his or her hob.
C. The high price of bread means many people are hungry.

D. The crime rate goes up.

5. Who is the speaker?
A. A doctor.
B. A teacher.
C. An economist.
D. A scientist.   

第四部分（Part 4）:填空听写（Spot Dictation）。共有20题，每题1分。该部分题目为一段长度约150字的短文，要求考生根据录音填空，每空填一词。该短文一共念三遍。其中，第一、第三遍以常速朗读，速度约120字/分钟；第二遍逐句朗读，句与句之间有10秒钟停顿时间。考生听完录音以后，将单词填写在答卷上。例如：

（录音）A stock is a    1    of ownership in a business. It is a    2    of ownership that is especially        3        because it offers     4      to the investor and to the business.
Every company wants to develop new products and    5       new jobs. There can be little prospect of        6           the sort of sums needed from friends and people we know. While banks may     7      to provide short-term        8        , they are generally      9    to provide money on a permanent basis for long-term       10      . So companies turn to the public, 11         people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in 12        for a share in future     13      . This they do by issuing stocks and shares in the business 14          the Stock Exchange. By doing so they can put into       15      the savings of individuals and         16    , both at home and overseas.
As an owner, you get to      17        in the success and failure of the business. You enjoy certain       18      and rights, and you also take a risk. The      19    thing about investing in stocks is that your risk is usually       20      to the amount you paid to purchase your shares.
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