【答案解析】[听力原文]
F:Unfortunately,this time of year is often troublesome for goods delivery.
M:Why is that?
F:Well,there are weather delays and shipment delays.Sometimes,larger packages are delayed because of a bottleneck at the distribution point.
M:I see.That's why they called from California that the delivery of our goods was postponed due to high waves caused by strong storm.
他们的货物为何延迟?谈话中的女士指出这个季节经常会发生送货延迟,原因有三个:(1)天气原因延迟(weather delays);(2)装运环节延迟(shipment delayrs);(3)大件货品(large package)在分货点遭遇瓶颈(bottleneck at the distribution point)。要弄明白他们的货物究竟为什么延迟需要抓住对话中男士的回应。他说对方从加利福尼亚打电话说因为强风暴造成大浪(high waves),因此他们的货物推迟发送。理解了他的话,就不难看出货物延迟是天气原因造成的,故而答案为A。
单选题
How much commission do you need to pay altogether?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
M:If you use real estate agents to sell a house,you need to pay the commission.The seller's agent willget an average of 2.5 percent of the selling price and the buyer's agent will get 2.5 percent as well.If the price of the house was $300,000,then each agent will get $7,500.
一共需要支付多少佣金?这道题目也涉及一些简单的运算。这段话说如果你要通过房屋中介公司(real estate agents)卖房子的话,需要支付卖方中介房屋售价2.5%的佣金(commission),同时也要给买方中介2.5%的佣金。所以如果房屋售价是30万美元,那么每个中介的佣金是7,500美元。但是题目所问的是一共要支付多少佣金,所以需要把买、卖两方的中介费加在一起,一共15,000美元。
单选题
Which pie char is correct?
(S.R.=scientific research & sewices;I.S.=industrial sewices:R.F.=construction of research facilities.)
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
F:This pie chart shows the distribution of KISTE resources for fiscal year 2008.Scientific research and services takes up 55% of the total resources.15% goes to industrial services.In addition.30% is used for cOnstructiOn of research facilities.
哪一幅是正确的扇形图?扇形图显示出2008年KISTE公司的资源分配(distribution of resourees)。公司的资源被分为三个部分:科研和服务(scientific research and services),工业服务(industrial services),以及研究设施建设(eonstruction of research facilities)。做这类题目的时候只要注意数字和项目之间的搭配,就能很容易地选出正确答案C,科研和服务占55%,工业服务占15%,研究设施建设占30%。