listening

　　part one:

　　question 1-12

　　●you will hear a consultant giving a talk to a group of uk business people about exporting to the united arab emirates (uae)

　　●as you listen, for questions 1-12. complete the notes, using up to three words or a number.

　　●.after you have listened once, replay the recording.

　　the business master class

　　arrangements for participants

　　1 the event will take place over

　　2 seminar organized by

　　3 the title of the last session will be

　　4 to use the new city hotel car park, delegates must obtain a

　　dr sangalli

　　5 dr sangalli has advised many

　　6 the name of his consultancy is

　　7 he is the author of

　　8 in europe, he is the best-known

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　　9 to become more

　　10 to establish new

　　two outcomes of session:

　　11 design your own

　　12 take away documents containing actual

　　part two

　　questions 13-22

　　●you will here five different business people talking about trips they have recently been on.

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　　14

　　15

　　16

　　17

　　a to supervise staff training

　　b to hold job interviews

　　c to introduce new policy

　　d to visit possible new premises

　　e to observe working practices

　　f to meet a new manager

　　g to sign a new contract

　　h to deal with a complaint

　　task two-problem

　　●for question 18-22, match the extracts with the problem, listed a –h

　　●for each extract, choose the problem described

　　● write one letter (a-h) next to the number of the extract

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　　19

　　20

　　21

　　22

　　a i forgot a document

　　b my hotel was noisy

　　c i was late for meeting.

　　d i didn’t understand some figures.

　　e the service at my hotel was bad.

　　f i had some wrong information

　　g i didn’t have an interpreter.

　　h i experienced computer problems.

　　part three

　　question 23-30.

　　●you will hear part of a conversation between a management consultant and the human resources manager of jenkins, a company which manufactures children’s clothing.

　　23 what is said about the ownership of jenkins?

　　a the founder has sold the company to someone else.

　　b jenkins has merged with another company

　　c there has been no change of ownership.

　　24 what does the human resources manager see as the main external threat to jenkins?

　　a their retailers are becoming less willing to pay their prices.

　　b consumers are buying more top-of-the-range children’s clothes.

　　c more and more companies are producing children’s clothes.

　　25 the human resources manager sees the company’s main strength as the fact thatKT*cML#=MX~NKhKJi[此 资 料 转 贴 于 学 习 网 外语园地BECHtTp://WwW.GzU521.CoM]KT*cML#=MX~NKhKJi

　　a it has several long-term contracts

　　b it makes products of high quality

　　c its distribution system is efficient

　　26 the human resources manager believes that jenkins’ main weakness at present is that

　　a the machinery is inadequate for current requirements

　　b the management style is out of line with modern demands

　　c the relation between management and workers are poor.

　　27 according to the human resources manager, why do many machinists choose to leave?

　　a they think that they can get better paid work elsewhere.

　　b they feel that too much is expected of them

　　c they lack confidence in the company’ future

　　28 when working to produce a batch of clothes

　　a each team is responsible for a particular operation

　　b each member of the team produces a complete item

　　c each person carries out one part of the production process

　　29. what change has been made to range of goods?

　　a a smaller number of items is produced

　　b each item is now made in smaller quantities.

　　c fewer new styles are introduced each year.

　　30 what is said about the machinists?

　　a more of their work is falling below the required standard.

　　b some of them are earning less than they used to.

　　c they have to spend longer learning to operate new machines.

　　that is the end of the listening test. you now have ten minutes to transfer your answers