2024年上半年BEC考试在即,同学们准备的如何?

今天,@沪江商务英语微信公众号重点结合BEC高级考试,讲讲BEC高级考试内容、解题技巧。文末,还有福利大放送,@沪江商务英语微信公众号准备了高级考试中写作常用句式,需要的同学们不要错过了!

为大家奉上BEC高级考试大全:

BEC高级考试内容安排

BEC高级考试时间分别为:

阅读60分钟

写作70分钟

听力约40分钟

口试约16分钟

分值上,四部分各占25%的比重

一般来说,前三部分为笔试部分,上午考完;而口语部分一般在下午考。

1. 阅读(Reading)

BEC高级阅读考试题型主要是:matching题、完形填句题、文章阅读题、完形填空题、填词题、改错题。一共分6个部分。

matching题
 
这部分有8个句子和5段短文章,把句子和文章配对起来。比如A篇中提到第一个句子的内容,就要把两个配对起来。

完形填句题
 
完形填句,一篇文章抽了6个句子出来,后面给出7个句子,要从中选出6个句子放回合适的位置。

文章阅读题
 
文章阅读,这个和平时的阅读题目一样,就是一篇文章,后面有6个问题,根据理解选abcd

完形填空题
 
完形填空,和平时做的完形填空形式一样,只不过文章内容都是和商务有关,有10道题。

填词题
 
填词,一篇短文中空出了10个词,基本上是介词、冠词等小词,要根据上下文和固定搭配,把词补上。

改错题
 
改错题,一篇短文,里面有很多赘余的词,差不多每一行都有一个,其中两到三行是正确的,把赘余的词删掉。

解题技巧:

1. 阅读题对速度要求极高,所以在平时备考以及真正考试中要恰好时间。

2. 备考时多多阅读商务英语先关的杂志和文章,如Business Week, Economist 等以掌握语感。

3. 训练略读(scanning)的能力,重点把握文章的结构和大意。学会自己用英文总结一下文章大意。

2. 写作(writing)

第一部分: 应用文写作
 
第一部分描述图表(120-140字)

解题技巧:

这部分是抢分题,考察的是将数据转化为语言的能力,以及分析能力。所以学会看图表,分就妥妥到手了。对于这种题目,自然需要积累一些常用表达,以应对不时之需。

要做题之前,先要认识下都有哪些图表!

line charts: 线形图

pie charts: 饼状图

venn diagrams: 文氏图(用于显示元素集合重叠区域的图示)

scatter plots: 散布图

radar charts: 雷达图

图表种类    chart/graph/diagram/table/pie chart/line graph

根据图表可以看出    From the chart we can see that…/According to the chart we can see that…

动词表达    The chart shows, depicts, demonstrates, displays, reflects, illustrates…/The pie chart is about .../The bar chart deals with ... /The slices of the pie chart compare the …

很多时候,写句子的时候,同样一个意思,可以凭借多元的词汇,特别是动词,让表达变得更加特别!

举个例子

原句:

The chart below shows the proportions of English men and women of different ages who were living alone in 2011.

可以改动为:

The chart compares the the proportions of single-occupant female and male households in England from different age groups in 2011.

此外,还有一些描述变化的常用词汇,赶快背起来!

常用句型

1.  To illustrate my point let’s look at some diagrams... 

为了说清楚我的观点,请看这些图表……

2. As you can see from these figures...

你们应该可以从数据中看出……

3. If you look at these photographs you'll see... 

如果你看这些照片,你就能看出……

4. If you look at this bar chart you'll notice... 

如果你看条形图,就能发现……

5. If you look at this histogram you'll appreciate... 

如果你看这个直方图,你会发现……

6. If you look at this flow chart you'll understand ...  

如果你看这个流程图,你会发现……

7. If you look at this matrix... 

如果你看这个矩阵图,会发现……

8. In all locations, A out numbered B... 

在所有方面,A都比B高……

9. These two pie charts (饼状图) show the differences between two groups of... 

这两个饼状图显示了两组XXX之间的不同之处。

10. The first point to note is the huge increase (in the number of)... 

首先要注意的就是(数据方面的)巨幅增加

11. A is more than... times (bigger) than B . 

A比B多(大)XXX倍。

12. But... we see a different trend emerging. 

但是……我们发现了另一种趋势慢慢浮现

13. When we compare..., we see...  

当比较……我们会发现……

14. ... had jumped four fold to... 

……已跃升四倍

15. ... rose sharply from... to...

从……到……急剧上涨

16. We can see that... swell during the... hours, peaking at... am. 

我们可以看到,……在XXX时间一路增长,在XXX时刻到达峰值。

17. When coupled with the graphic information, leads to some possible conclusions... 

结合图表信息,就可能得到一些结论……

18. This may serve to explain, at least in part, the mirror image of the two lines. 

这可能有助于解释,至少部分解释了这两条线的镜像关系。

19. Perhaps the most telling feature of the chart is the dominance of... 

也许该图表最生动的特征就是……的优势

20. The graph relates the percentage of... 

该图的比例关系……

以上为常用的一些短语,接下来练习一篇图表题~

How would you write a report about the following charts?

The bar chart below shows the proportions of English men and women of different ages who were living alone in 2011...The pie chart compares the numbers of bedrooms in these one-person households.

Living alone in England by age and gender, 2011

Number of bedrooms in one-person households (England, 2011)

你写得怎样了呢?快来看看下面这篇范例作文找找灵感!

范例作文

Introduction:

The two charts give information about single-occupant households in England in the year 2011. The bar chart compares figures for occupants' age and gender, and the pie chart shows data about the number of bedrooms in these homes.

Body:

A significant majority of the people aged 65 or over who were living alone in England in 2011 were female. Women made up around 72% of single occupants aged 75 to 84, and 76% of those aged 85 or over. By contrast, among younger adults the figures for males were higher. For example, in the 35-49 age category, men accounted for nearly 65% of people living alone.

In the same year, 35.4% of one-person households in England had two bedrooms, while one-bedroom and three-bedroom homes accounted for 28% and 29.8% of the total. Under 7% of single-occupant homes had four or more bedrooms.

Conclusion:

Overall, females made up a higher proportion of people living alone than males, and this difference is particularly noticeable in the older age categories. We can also see that the most common number of bedrooms in a single-occupant home was two.

第二部分:商务信函
 
从报告、信函、建议书3选1(200-250字)

解题技巧:

语气、用词恰当,准确,清晰。

言简意赅,无需太过冗长。

注意表达多样化,不要过多重复。

背诵,积累一些常用邮件句型。(福利到:请看本文商英邮件句型整理。)

3. 听力(Listening)

BEC 高级考试中普遍公认最难的莫过于听力了,很多人认为高级听力已经不是在考听力,而是综合考验反应能力和推理能力,以及对于商务常说的理解。

BEC高级听力共分三部分,分别是细节填空题、总结搭配题、和选择题。

第一部分:细节填空题
 
这种听力填空题要求考生对于细节有很好的把握,能够听完文章后,识别出相关的关键点,并做好记录,填在相应空格内。

解题技巧:

1. 培养对中心关键词的敏感度,一般来说重点的地方,听力中会频繁出现中心词。

2. 快速预览题目,熟悉前后文,划出提示词及需要重点把握的地方,学会预判。

3. 一般来说,答案几乎会慢读,学会抓住并记录慢读的单词和句子。

第二部分:总结搭配题
 
这部分的确是听力中的一个大难点。要求考生听完两遍之后,就要进行总结概括,进行内容搭配。这部分考验的不仅仅是听力,还有逻辑和归类能力。

解题技巧:

1. 快速浏览题目,脑子里对内容有个整体和初步印象。

2. 学会边听边归纳。一般来说听力文章都是讨论商业事件的Pros and cons,为辩证论述,讨厌一件事的优缺点。因此一定要将正反两面的各个小论点记录下来。

3. 抓住转折和补充之处。一般来说,答案往往藏在转折点上,双方真正的意图藏在转折和补充内容里面,因此要把握说话者的语气,判断出其真正想法。

第三部分:选择题
 
这部分为听两个人对话,然后在ABC三个选项中选出正确答案。

解题技巧:

1. 抓紧时间浏览题目,圈出关键词。

2. 理清听力文章层次,学会排除干扰信息。

3. 答案一般是按顺序出现,学会把握内容和信息先后顺序,做预判。

4. 口语(Speaking)

第一部分:问答题
 
第一题大多数是让考生谈谈未来计划,学习,学校,家庭,工作方面。所以考试前,可以找一些这方面的话题做好排练。

第二部分:话题论述题
 
给出3个话题,然后从中选择1个话题,进行话题论述。

做这类题,需要考生从这三个话题中选择一个自己较为熟悉的话题。

然后迅速想几个关键理由,一般想3-4个理由就差不多了,然后对各个分论点进行扩充。再加上一些起承转合的句式连接各个分论点。

如下面这道真题:

第三部分:讨论题
 
第三部分是两人讨论。

两人先30秒要看完题目,然后双方开始就某个话题开始讨论,然后考官还会插入,问一些相关的问题。

回答这类问题,需要两人有很好的默契,然后临场反应,就问题一环接一环相互问答。

如下面这道真题:

解题技巧:

1. 代入法。一些话题比较难,一直难以有很好的观点,那么这时候可以为自己设定场景,身临其境地将自己代入这样的场景来想问题。

比如问某个产品怎样才能扩大市场,可以把自己想想成用户,站在用户角度上去想,对于某个产品,消费者有怎样的需求,哪些优点能抓住用户需求。

2. 脸谱化人物。一般设计到人物的话题,都可以抓住“vision, communication, experience, teamwork spirit” 来讲。

因为作为一个职场人,差不多就是智力,情商,同事关系,个人经验这几点。往往抓住这几个关键点,并用一些事例说明,人物形象就挺饱满了。

3. 套句型。考前可以找一些比较不错的句型,包括一些常用的口语表达,前后转折句型,考场上紧张的话,可以套用这些句型,不至于出太多语法错误。

总结下来,其实BEC高级考试作文还是很需要模板的。所以,福利时间到了。

小编给大家带来了商务邮件中常用的一些高频句式!

询问信息类:

I am writing to inquire about . . .

I am writing in reference to . . .

I read/heard . . . and would like to know . . .

Could you please send me . . .

at the address below/above

Thank you for your assistance.

I look forward to hearing from you.

回应请求类:

Thank you for your interest/inquiry

Enclosed is the information you requested.

You can learn more about this at . . .

If you have further questions,

If you require assistance, please contact:

If I can be of more help, please feel free to contact me at . . .

请求类:

Sample Sentences: Requests

Could you please send me your most recent brochure?

Could you fax me the results of the market survey?

I would like to order ten copies of the book, Touchy Situations.

I would be very grateful if you could send me this information.

Please return the enclosed envelope with your payment.

表达友好关系类:

Thank you for your hospitality.

I enjoyed having lunch with you last week while I was in New York.

Congratulations on your promotion to General Manager.

I want(ed) to congratulate you on your new position.

I was happy to hear that contract negotiations went well.

产品介绍类:

I am writing to tell you about . . .

(Our new product) is coming out next month.

This product/service is designed to (help you) . . .

提醒类:

I am writing in regard to . . .

I am writing in reference to . . .

Please refer to the enclosed invoice/brochure.

I hope you have had a chance to look over the materials we sent.

确认类:

I am writing to confirm . . .

I would like to confirm what we discussed last Friday.

I would just like to confirm the main points we discussed . . .

通知类:

I am writing to let you know that . . .

Please be aware / informed that . . .

I would like to inform you of a recent policy change. I am happy to inform

you that . . .

Your request for funding has been approved.

提供帮助类:

We would be happy to . . .

If we can be of assistance, please don't hesitate to ask.