单选题
Questions 1-8 · For questions 1-8, you will
hear eight short recordings, · For each question, mark one
letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer, · After you have
listened once, replay each recording.
单选题
Which graph is the man talking about?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析]
Man: The year started quite slowly, but sales in the second quarter picked up well. Although there was a slight drop in the third quarter, I'm pleased to say that sales started to rise again at the end of the year.
单选题
Which jobs will be created when the company relocates?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析]
Woman: Family Fashions is relocating part of its mail-order operation, with the creation of two hundred jobs in Manchester. All jobs at the current packing centre will remain, and deliveries will operate as before. The new customer-service staff will work at a purpose- built site, very close...
单选题
Why are the brochures late?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析]
Man: It's the printers here... I'm sorry your brochures are late, we've had some problems.
Woman: Not your new machinery?
Man: Something else this time.., some of our drivers have been ill this week. We've sent your order by post-we thought it would be quicker, as we've only got a few delivery vans going out.
Woman: OK, thanks.
单选题
What will Mediband's new owners do?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析]
Woman: I hear there has been a takeover of Mediband.
Man: Yes... it was running at a loss.
Woman: How did the workforce react? I expect they were worried about their jobs.
Man: Well, actually, the new parent group's announced plans to increase the company's output and market more products abroad. So their future's secure now.
单选题
When will the sales conference be held?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析]
Man: We'll have to move the sales conference, I'm afraid. It's scheduled for Wednesday the twenty-fifth of November, but there's a trade fair in Amsterdam the following day that senior staff are attending.
Woman: We could move it to Monday the thirtieth...?
Man: Mmm... actually, better to bring it forward to Monday the twenty-third... A pity about the twenty-fifth, though-it seemed a good day for everyone.