{{B}}PART ONE{{/B}}
{{B}}· 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.{{/B}}

单选题 When will the meeting be?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] Man: Sarah, can you fix a date for us to discuss the new advertising campaign with Nick Bradshaw? It'll have to be next week. I can manage the twelfth, fourteenth or fifteenth, as long as it's after three-thirty. Woman: Right, but Nick said he'd be away until the fourteenth, so it'll have to be the following day. Man: That'll be fine.

单选题 Which office suppliers are they going to use?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] Woman: This latest order from Office Network is very expensive. Have you thought about changing suppliers? Man: Well, I did think about it. But Excel Products wouldn't give us any discount and A-Grade Service want cash on delivery, so let's just leave things as they are.

单选题 Which line shows productivity correctly?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] Man: These figures are interesting, aren't they? I expected to see the highest productivity in the earliest part of the day, and the lowest at the end. Woman: But... in fact, the peak time's just before midday, isn't it? Man: And performance is better at the end of the day than it is after lunch. I imagined it'd be the other way round.

单选题 What is the correct length?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] Man: Hello, I'm calling from Brent Hardware. There's an error in our catalogue, and we missed it when we were proofreading. It's on page twenty-six. Woman: Oh? Man: It says the length is five forty but it should be four twenty millimetres. Woman: Right. Oh yes, I see. The height is still four hundred and fifty-two, isn't it? Man: That's right. Woman: OK, we'll re-do that page.

单选题 What does the woman want to do about the meeting?

A、

A. cancel it
B、

B. postpone it
C、

C. bring it forward

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] Woman: Ben... hello, Emily Jones here. I'm calling about the project meeting... Man: ... on the fifteenth of May? Woman: Yes... I think that date's going to be too soon - I still haven't got the figures I need from the contractor. Man: Do you want to put it off then? Woman: Please. I'll get back to you about alternative dates.

单选题 What time will Mr Johnstone arrive?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] Man: It's Peter here from Executive Cars. I'm collecting a Mr Johnstone from the States~ His flight arrived at fourteen forty-five, but he still hasn't come through customs. Woman: Sorry... yes. We've had a message to say he took a different flight. He gets in at sixteen fifty. Can you wait? Man: OK. The next flight I'm meeting isn't until twenty-one ten. I'll get something to eat...

单选题 Which chart shows where the company's goods are made?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] ... and the majority of our parts are made outside the US with sixty per cent manufactured in Asia, a smaller amount, just ten per cent, made in Eastern Europe and a further five per cent in Scandinavia; the remaining quarter are produced here in the US...

单选题 Which task is urgent?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] Man: Sarah, are you busy? Woman: Not very. Have you signed the letters I put on your desk? Man: They're in the post. The thing is, there's a problem at the Barcelona office. We've got several faxes from them that need answering at once. Could you do that? Woman: No problem. After that, shall we check our diaries for this week? Man: Good idea.