填空题 Questions 27-30
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
单选题 What was Cressida asked to do at the beginning of her placement?
  • A. go out to buy things for the production team
  • B. run errands to other parts of the -IV news centre
  • C. meet visitors and escort them to the studio
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 27-30
Dr Erskine: Now, um, well, let's just review where you are, your write-up, and what you're going to include going forward to next term. First of all, did you eventually feel you were given enough to do?
Cressida: The first couple of days were manic, the production team was short of staff and (27) {{U}}I was rushing all over the building taking messages to various people and fetching things.{{/U}} Of course, I didn't know my way around, so I kept ending up in some store room or somewhere instead of the studio I was meant to be in. Or I mistook some important visitor for a colleague, because I didn't know who anyone was. Then after that, things sort-of calmed down, so sometimes I was hanging about until someone decided to give me a chore. (28) {{U}}But I had a piece of luck at the end of the week because they got a new bit of equipment which was the same as we have in the editing suite here and I knew how to use it{{/U}} which none of them did. So that gave me a bit of status. Unfortunately it meant I spent the next three days stuck in the editing suite. But by the end, I'd shown I wasn't just a silly student, so then, when the senior reporter needed someone to go out with him when he went to interview a junior minister, I got to go along because he knew I could handle the technical side.
Dr Erskine: Well, that's good.
Cressida: Yes. Well, I know (29) {{U}}I need to learn from my mistakes. I mean, basically I need to think more about forward planning,{{/U}} but on the other hand I feel much more confident now; I did survive, I didn't ruin anything, I did actually make a contribution, according to the producer. (30) {{U}}One thing I want to take forward to my final assignment, though, is some reflections on ethics.{{/U}}
Dr Erskine: Yes?
Cressida: {{U}}I had a bit of an argument with one of the senior presenters.{{/U}} He was editing part of an interview and he just changed something someone said. When I questioned him he just snubbed me. And I mean, this wasn't some public relations expert or government professional spokesperson, it was, like, a member of the public, but he said 'Oh they never remember what they said anyway'.
Dr Erskine: Mm … you want to develop this into part of your final assignment? It would be a very positive line. I can give you some references.
Cressida: Oh, thanks, that would be great.
[Distraction] A: 'store room' is a cupboard for objects, not a shop; C: she mentions people she didn't know: 'I mistook some important visitor for a colleague, because I didn't know who anyone was' but there is no mention of being asked to meet 'visitors'.
单选题 What was fortunate for Cressida?
  • A. She was familiar with a piece of equipment.
  • B. She spent a lot of time in the editing suite.
  • C. She was given a chance to interview someone.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[Distraction] B: Cressida didn't see this as 'fortunate': 'Unfortunately it meant I spent the next three days stuck in the editing suite'; C: Cressida went with the reporter who did the interview: '… when the senior reporter needed someone to go out with him when he went to interview a junior minister, I got to go along' but this was so she could do the 'technical side', there is no suggestion she did any interviewing.
单选题 What does Cressida feel she needs to improve?
  • A. her understanding of business
  • B. her organisational skills
  • C. her ability to work in a team
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[Distraction] A: There is no mention of the business side of things; C: She doesn't say she needs to improve her teamwork, in fact she is pleased with it: '… I feel much more confident … I did actually make a contribution'.
单选题 What has given her an idea for her final assignment?
  • A. a meeting with a public relations professional
  • B. seeing a politician speaking to an audience
  • C. a disagreement with one of the TV presenters
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】The rest of Cressida's speech explains that the disagreement was about the actions of the presenter, which she found to be unethical.
[Distraction] A: This contradicts the statement: 'this wasn't some public relations expert'; B: The end of the same sentence also contradicts the statement: 'this wasn't … or government professional spokesperson'.