口语表达Cooperation for a New Business
Your company is international and very famous for chocolates. The CEO of another famous company wants to cooperate with your company in the breakfast cereal business. You have been asked to give your ideas on whether to start this business or not. Discuss, and decide together:
? What kind of information you should know when you make the decision?
? What you are planning to do if you decide to start this business?
口语表达Public Relations: the importance to a company of sponsoring well-known personalities from the arts and popular culture
口语表达Health and Safety: the importance to a company of having a Health and Safety policy
口语表达Time Management: how to manage a heavy workload effectively
口语表达Sales: the importance of brand image in ensuring that products or services sell well
口语表达Communication skills: the importance of understanding cultural differences when working in an international environment
口语表达Task Sheet for Candidate A
Task Sheet 1
A: Business ethics: the importance of having principles of right or good behavior in business
B: Personal management: how to manage employees effectively
C: Cultural research: the importance of knowing cultural changes in business
Task Sheet for Candidate B
Task Sheet 2
A: Management communication: how to improve communications effectively as a Manager
B: Marketing strategies: the factors influencing and determining the designing of marketing plan
C: International contracts: issues affecting commercial transactions conducted between people from different countries
·You will hear part of a conversation among an interviewer, John Chambers and Carly Fiorina, CEOs of two companies.
·For each question 23—30, mark one letter A, B or C for the correct answer.
·You will hear the recording twice.
Cross out the word that doesn't collocate with the word in
bold. economy: depressed / heavy /
stagnant unemployment: rate / benefit /
credit
·You will hear part of an interview between head of Leo Burnett
Entertainment and an interviewer. ·For each question (23-30),
mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer. ·After you
have listened once, replay the recording.
·You will hear part of an interview between head of Leo Burnett Entertainment and an interviewer.
·For each question 23—30, mark one letter A, B or C for the correct answer.
·You will hear the recording twice.
· You will hear part of a radio programme in which two businesspeople - a
woman called Heather and a man called Alan - are interviewed by a presenter
called Sarah.· For each question 23-30, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the
correct answer.· After you have listened once, replay the recording.
Complete these statements by putting a verb (gerund or
infinitive) into each gap. Are you able to repair the
fault or not? If not, I will go to another garage.
·You will hear part of a business negotiation between Mr. Mitchell and Madam Li.
·For each question 23—30, mark one letter A, B or C for the correct answer.
·You will hear the recording twice.
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· In this part of the Listening Test you listen to a long conversation or interview and answer eight questions.
· Before you listen, read the questions. Think what the recording will be about.
· Note all possible answers as you listen for the first time. Do not make an immediate decision. Do not worry if you do not know the answers. You will hear the recording a second time.
· Listen for overall meaning. Do not choose an answer just because you hear the same words in the recording as in the question.
· Decide on your final answer only after you have listened for the second time.
· You will hear a discussion between two consultants, George and Karen, about communication.
· For each question 23 - 30, mark one letter A, B or C for the correct answer.
· You will hear the recording twice.
·You will hear a conversation between a journalist and Clinton Dines,
president of BHP Billiton in China.·For each question 23-30, mark one letter
(A, B or C ) for the correct answer.·You will hear the recording
twice.
· You will hear a discussion between two senior managers, John and Deborah, about an assistant manager, Colin, who has applied for a new post.
· For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.
· After you have listened once, replay the recording.
·You will hear a program about business. ·For
each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct
answer. ·After you have listened once, replay the
recording.
·You will hear a radio interview with Martha Flowers, the Managing Director
of the MAX chain of sandwich bars.·Choose the correct phrase to complete
each sentence or answer the question.·Mark one letter(A, B, or C) for the
phrase you choose.·After you have listened once, replay the recording.
· You will hear an interview with Steve Marriott, an internal business consultant with Carserve, a vehicle breakdown service.
· For each question (23-30), mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.
· After you have listened once, replay the recording.