单选题 When will he meet with Trevor?
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
F:When are you coming back from the conference?
M:I'm flying back on Monday,late in the afternoon.
F:Remember you are meeting with Trevor on Tuesday morning!
M:Oh,could we reschedule the meeting to Tuesday afternoon,because I need to get some materials ready in the morning.
F:Ok,no problem !
他何时同Trevor见面?这是一道关于日程安排的题。对话中的男士星期一下午参会回来,于是对话中的女士提醒他不要忘记星期二上午要和Trevor见面。但是他提出会面能否改时间(reschedule the meeting),改为星期二下午,因为他上午需要准备材料。尽管原定的见面时间是星期二上午,但是最终改为星期二下午,所以正确答案是C。答对这道题的关键是要抓住reschedule这个词,并需要特别留意其后出现的时间。
单选题 What do the speakers say about Jack?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
M:Did you have to work with Jack on that project?
F:Unfortunately,yes.
M:I feel so sorry for you.I remember when I worked on the data analysis with him—everything he did,I had to redo.He did spend a lot of time,but he simply couldn't get the result right.It would have been faster if I did it alone.
F:That's exactly what happened to me.
谈话人是怎样评论Jack的?谈话中的两个人都对和Jack合作表示不满。具体的原因我们能够从男士的话中获知:他说原来和Jack一起做数据分析的时候,总是得把Jack做过的事情重新做一遍。这又是为什么呢?他接着说尽管Jack花了很多时间,但就是做不对。女士也表示有同感。从中不难看出,Jack并不是没有工作动力(unmotivated),也不是不负责任(irresponsible),而是能力有限(incompetent)。
单选题 What's wrong with the last page of the fax?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
F:Hi,this is Janet from Human Resources.May I speak with Daniel please?
M:He's in a meeting right now.
F:Ok,could you have Daniel call me back when he is available? He sent over a fax.but I'm afraid he didn't stamp the last page with the company's seal.We will need him to do it and resend it to me.
M:Don't worry.I'll let him know.
最后一页传真有什么问题?谈话中的女士说Daniel没有在传真的最后一页加盖公司的印章。stamp意为“盖章”,seal意为印章。所以他不是忘了发最后一页,也不是忘了签名(sign it),即可排除答案A和B的干扰。
单选题 When will the group discussion start?
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
M:I'm going to Portland on Thursday.There's an Intemet expo on.
F:What is sthe schedule like?
M:The keynote speech begins at eight thirty in the morning.Meanwhile,we can have two hours to check out the booths.Then there will be a fifteen-minute tea break,followed by the group discussion right afterwards.
小组讨论何时开始?这又是考查时间安排的题。做这种题的时候,要特别注意每个时间相对应的事件。这道题需要经过简单计算才能得出正确答案,因为谈话中给出的具体时间只有一个——主旨发言(keynote speech),时间是上午8:30。同时大家有两个小时的时间参观各个展台(booth),之后是15分钟的茶歇(tea break),最后就是小组讨论。因此八点半再加上两个小时参观和15分钟茶歇,就能得出小组讨论的时间是10:45。
单选题 What does the man say about the software?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
F:Is there an updated version for this software?
M:It's in the second file cabinet under Software Applications.
F:Thanks.I'll probably need it to draw the chart of market share.
M:Actually,I think you should be able to figure it out without it.This software is only good for advanced options that we don't really need.
他是如何评论这个软件的?谈话中的女士想要用升级版(updated version)的软件来做市场份额图表(the chinl of market shine),但是这位男士说不使用这个软件也可以,因为这个软件仅对高级选项有用(only good for advanced options),而他们用不着那些高级选项,也就是说对他们所用得上的选项没什么帮助,所以正确答案为B。这道题的关键在于听懂最后一句话,获知说话人的态度,并对他的话稍作分析。
单选题 Why are their goods late?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
F:Unfortunately,this time of year is often troublesome for goods delivery.
M:Why is that?
F:Well,there are weather delays and shipment delays.Sometimes,larger packages are delayed because of a bottleneck at the distribution point.
M:I see.That's why they called from California that the delivery of our goods was postponed due to high waves caused by strong storm.
他们的货物为何延迟?谈话中的女士指出这个季节经常会发生送货延迟,原因有三个:(1)天气原因延迟(weather delays);(2)装运环节延迟(shipment delayrs);(3)大件货品(large package)在分货点遭遇瓶颈(bottleneck at the distribution point)。要弄明白他们的货物究竟为什么延迟需要抓住对话中男士的回应。他说对方从加利福尼亚打电话说因为强风暴造成大浪(high waves),因此他们的货物推迟发送。理解了他的话,就不难看出货物延迟是天气原因造成的,故而答案为A。
单选题 How much commission do you need to pay altogether?
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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
M:If you use real estate agents to sell a house,you need to pay the commission.The seller's agent willget an average of 2.5 percent of the selling price and the buyer's agent will get 2.5 percent as well.If the price of the house was $300,000,then each agent will get $7,500.
一共需要支付多少佣金?这道题目也涉及一些简单的运算。这段话说如果你要通过房屋中介公司(real estate agents)卖房子的话,需要支付卖方中介房屋售价2.5%的佣金(commission),同时也要给买方中介2.5%的佣金。所以如果房屋售价是30万美元,那么每个中介的佣金是7,500美元。但是题目所问的是一共要支付多少佣金,所以需要把买、卖两方的中介费加在一起,一共15,000美元。
单选题 Which pie char is correct?
(S.R.=scientific research & sewices;I.S.=industrial sewices:R.F.=construction of research facilities.)
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
F:This pie chart shows the distribution of KISTE resources for fiscal year 2008.Scientific research and services takes up 55% of the total resources.15% goes to industrial services.In addition.30% is used for cOnstructiOn of research facilities.
哪一幅是正确的扇形图?扇形图显示出2008年KISTE公司的资源分配(distribution of resourees)。公司的资源被分为三个部分:科研和服务(scientific research and services),工业服务(industrial services),以及研究设施建设(eonstruction of research facilities)。做这类题目的时候只要注意数字和项目之间的搭配,就能很容易地选出正确答案C,科研和服务占55%,工业服务占15%,研究设施建设占30%。