单选题
单选题 Who is David Gao?
  • A. the personel manager
  • B. the applicant
  • C. the secretary
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 23-30
F: How do you do, sir? I'm Jessie Lin. I've come for an interview as requested.
M: How do you do, Miss Lin? I'm David Gao, the personnel manager, please take a seat.
F: Thank you, Mr. Gao.
M: Now let's get down to talk. First of all, would you please say something about yourself and family?
F: It's my pleasure to do so. I come from Changsha City. My father is a manager of a company in Changsha and my mother works as a teacher in a middle school. I am twenty-four years old. In 2003, I passed the National College Entrance Examinations and was admitted into Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages as an English Major. I specialize in English Secretarial Studies.
M: What courses have you taken in English Secretarial studies?
F: I've taken such courses as secretarial principles, office administration, business English, public relations, etiquette study, psychology, computer programming, typing and file-keeping.
M: How are your typing and shorthand skills?
F: I can type 60 words per minute, and take dictation in English at 100 words per minute.
M: I'd like to try you out. Here's a pencil and a pad. Please take this letter: Johnson Trading Company, Sixteen Regent Street. Now if you don't mind, would you type up your dictation on that typewriter?
F: Not at all, sir. Here you are, Mr. Gao.
M: Thanks. Humm, pretty good. No mistakes and very fast, too. But can you operate any other office machines?
F: Yes. I can operate a facsimile machine and a Photostat.
M: Where have you learned how to operate these machines?
F: I learned how to operate them at Foreign Trade Corporation of Guangdong Province last summer. I worked there for nearly two months.
M: Oh, really?
F: Yes, it was a very helpful experience.
M: What did you do there, office work?
F: Yes, mostly office work and sometimes running errands.
M: Oh, very good, very good. You've had some practical experience in office work. By the way, have you had any experience as a guide?
F: Well, not exactly. But I have shown some of my foreign teachers around Guangzhou and the Pearl River Delta as well.
M: Once in a while, we'll organize the members of this club to go sightseeing around Guangzhou and the Pearl River Delta and I would like to be able to ask my secretary to take them to go sightseeing when there is not much to do in the office.
F: I think I would like that.
M: Fine. You are the very person we want.
F: Thank you, sir.
M: What salary would you expect to get?
F: As for salary, I leave it to you to decide.
M: Well, I believe we can offer you 2, 500 yuan a month at the start. Would that be satisfactory ?
F: Yes, I am quite satisfied. That would be more than I have expected.
M: When can you start to work?
F: I won't be able to leave the institute until I get my diploma at the end of this month. How about early next month?
M: That'll do. Please come in on August 1st. Working hours are from 8 to 12 in the morning and from 2 to 6 in the afternoon. We usually work for five days a week, but occasionally we have to work overtime.
F: Yes, sir.
M: I'll see you on August 1st then. Thank you very much for coming today. It'll be a pleasure to have you here.
F: Thank you, Mr. Gao. I'm sure I'll enjoy working here, too.

对话中两位分别是应聘者与公司的人事部经理,这里问题是关于面试官,因此A选项正确。
单选题 What does her father do?
  • A. an engineer
  • B. a doctor
  • C. a manager
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】
单选题 What is her major?
  • A. Foreign Trade
  • B. Packaging
  • C. English Secretarial Studies
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】文中提到“I specialize in English Secretarial Studies.”应聘者在校读书时的专业为英语文秘。其中specialize和major in都表示以.......为专业。
单选题 How well can she type?
  • A. She can type in English at 100 words per minute.
  • B. She can take dictation in English at 100 words per minute.
  • C. She can type in Chinese 30 words per minute.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】对话中谈到她打字速度及速记能力,应聘者介绍说“I can type 60words per minute,and take dictation in English at 100 words per minute.”意思为可以每分钟录入60词,对英文口述可以每分钟录入100词。
单选题 How long did she work at Foreign Trade Corporation last year?
  • A. for nearly two months.
  • B. for the whole summer.
  • C. for more than two months.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】
单选题 What did she do at the corporation?
  • A. Sometimes running errands. B. Office work.
  • C. Both A and
  • B.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】在谈到去年在外贸公司的工作时提到“mostly office work and some-times running errands.”多数是办公室工作,有时也会做些跑腿的事情,因此前两个选项都应包括。
单选题 Does she meet the need of the company?
  • A. Yes.
  • B. Not really.
  • C. Not given.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】文中提到“you are the very person we want”,very表示正是、恰是,表示公司对应聘者很满意,正是所需要的员工。
单选题 When will she start to work here?
  • A. next Monday.
  • B. at the end of this month.
  • C. at the start of next month.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】应聘者说“I won't be able to leave the institute until I get my diploma at the end of this month.”在完成学位申请前还不能离开学校,因此下月一号来报到,选项C正确。