【答案解析】[听力原文] W: Now, could you tell me where the idea for the business first came from? M: Well, the original shop was opened by a retired printer by the name of Gruby. Mr. Gruby, being left-handed himself, thought of the idea to trying promote a few products for left-handers. W: And how did he then go about actually setting up the business? M: Well, he looked for any left-handed products that might already be on the market, which were very few, and then contacted the manufacturers with the idea of having products produced for him, mainly in the scissor range to start with. W: Right. So you do commission some part of your stock. M: Yes, very much so. About 75 percent of our stock is specially made for us. W: And the rest of it? M: Hmm, the rest of it now, some 25, 30 years after Mr. Gruby's initial efforts, there are more left-handed products actually on the market. Manufacturers are now beginning to see that there is a market for left-handed products. W: And what's the range of your stock? M: The range consists of a variety of scissors, from children scissors to scissors for tailors, hairdressers, etc. We also have a large range of kitchenware. W: What's the competition like? Do you have quite a lot of competition? M: There are other people in the business now as specialists, but only as mail order outlets. But we have a shop here in central London plus a mail order outlet. And we are without any doubt the largest supplier of left-handed items. Q: What kind of business is the man engaged in? 听前预测： 1．四项均以动名词开头，可推测该题以what进行提问。 2．三项含有与产品有关的词(products, manufactured goods)。 3．两项含有表示特殊人群的词(the disabled, left-handers)。 结论：该题考查的内容可能与某人做某事有关，可能涉及某种产品，而且这种产品很可能是供残疾人或左撇子使用的。听音重点为disabled、left-handers、promoting以及printing labels。 在对话开头，女士问这个行业创立的灵感来自哪里，男士说最初的店铺是一位退休的印刷工人开的，因为这位退休工人自己是个左撇子，所以就想出了出售供左撇子使用的商品的点子，由此可知男士所从事的行业专门出售供左撇子使用的产品，故B项正确。
单选题
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文] Q: What does the man say about his stock of products? 听前预测： 1．三项提到了them。 2．三项提到了表示数量的词(half of, all of, most of)。 3．四项均含有与生产或销售场所有关的词(market, plant, shop)。 结论：本题考查的内容可能与某物的生产数量或销售数量有关。听音时应首先弄清楚them的指代对象，然后将听音重点放在与数量有关的词上。 对话中女士求证男士的部分库存品是否是委托制作的，男士回答说正是如此，大概75%的库存品都是专门定做的，故D项正确。
单选题
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文] Q: What can we know about the business of left-handed products? 听前预测： 1．三项提到了与行业或生意有关的词(business)。 2．两项提到了与产品有关的词汇(left-handed products, products)。 结论：本题很可能考查与某个行业、某门生意或某种产品相关的信息。听音时，应重点留意相关的信息，并将听音重点放在各个选项的关键词上(set up the business, more competition in the business, more left-handed products on the market, should run stores to sell products)，然后根据问题作出进一步的判断。 在对话中男士提到，格鲁比先生首创这一行业的二三十年后，现在市场上其实有了更多的供左撇子使用的产品，生产商现在开始看到供左撇子使用的产品有市场了。由此可知，选项C为正确答案，同时排除选项B。创立这门生意的是格鲁比先生，并非说话的男士，排除选项A。在对话的最后，男士说现在也有一些人专门从事这一行业，但是都只有邮购商店，故选项D是错误的，也应排除。
单选题
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文] Q: What does the man say about other people in his line of business? 听前预测： 1．四项均以they开头。 2．三项含有与销售方式有关的词(have outlets, run chain stores, sell by mail order)。 3．一项提到了Britain，一项提到了London。 结论：本题可能考查they的产品在英国或伦敦的销售方式，听音重点为specialise、outlets、chain stores以及 mail order。 当女士问男士这一行业竞争是否激烈时，男士说现在也有一些人专门从事这一行业，但是他们只有邮购商店，由此可知D项正确。