单选题 To: Staff of the Marketing Department
From: Colleen Dane, Director of Marketing
Date: November 6th
This memo is to inform all marketing staff that there will be a mandatory meeting on Tuesday, November 14th at 2:00 p.m.
The meeting will be conducted via a video-conference with our company headquarters in Seattle. Form the head office, Joe Lamond, our company vice president, will give us feedback and ask questions regarding our proposals for the new advertising strategy.
What do we, the marketing team, want to accomplish in this meeting? The goal is simple: We hope to elicit the vice president's consent for our print media campaign on the new Spring Shoe. Once we receive his approval, we can go ahead and offer our proposal to the advertising firm. If any staff member cannot attend this meeting, that employee is obliged to submit, in writing, a reason for their absence.
Colleen Dane
Director of Marketing
To: Colleen Dane, Director of Marketing
From: Keith Wilson, Senior Marketing Consultant
Date: November 7th
Dear Ms. Dane,
I'm writing in response to your department-wide memo of November 6th.
Upon review of my schedule, I have to report that I cannot accommodate your request for attending the meeting on the 14th. I have a long-standing commitment on that same afternoon to attend the opening ceremony of our new factory in Wichita.
As a consultant, I regret having to miss the meeting, as it's necessary for me to be actively involved in our new advertising campaign. Unfortunately, the president himself insisted that I be present at the upcoming ceremony.
What I propose is a sort of compromise for my absence. Sheila Parks, a junior on our marketing team, is willing to transcribe the minutes for me so I can review the meeting's content in detail when I return to the office. If the vice president addresses a question to me directly, I will respond promptly by contacting him by email or phone. Also, I will ask Joe Dunn, senior manager of the marketing team, to brief me on the meeting's outcome.
Please understand my position. I wait for you reply.
Keith Wilson

单选题 What does the marketing director want to get from the meeting?
A. The nomination for a new department head
B. Permission to begin a print advertising plan
C. An agreement on the content of a TV commercial
D. Funding approval for the production of a new item

单选题 How will the Marketing Department communicate with the vice president?
A. In person B. Through email
C. Through a video-link D. Over a speaker phone

单选题 Why did Mr. Wilson write the memo?
A. To apply for a vacation during November
B. To ask for an extension on the project deadline
C. To get approval for a new research proposal
D. To explain why he will not attend a meeting

单选题 Which of the following does Mr. Wilson NOT mention as part of his compromise?
A. A colleague will record the meeting
B. He will meet the vice president directly in Wichita
C. A colleague will summarize the outcome of the meeting
D. He will quickly answer inquiries made by the vice president

单选题 The word "accommodate" in paragraph 2, line 1 of the second memo is closest in meaning to ______.
A. oblige B. reject C. reside D. present