Part I
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.
1. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. He asks the woman to call Mr. Owen.
B. He asks the woman to call Mr. Woods.
C. He asks that Mr. Woods call Mr. Owen.
D. He asks that Mr. Owen call Mr. Woods.
Your answer Correct answer
C C
(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
2.
A. One.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four.
B B
3. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. He is a self-made successful businessman.
B. He inherited a large fortune.
C. He is a successful young tradesman.
D. He will hand his company over to his son.
A A
4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. The man's father promoted the woman.
B. The woman promoted the man.
C. The man's father has been promoted to the head office.
D. The man's father owns the company.
Your answer Correct answer
D D
5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. The companies John has worked in are not large enough.
B. John's work experience is not long enough.
C. John should be rewarded for his long service.
D. John learned little in each job, and long service means
nothing today.
Your answer Correct answer
D D
Part II
Directions: Listen to the passage(s) three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check your answers.
The West End of London maintained its top spot as the world's most
climate.
workstation (个人的工作区
$15,700 for second-ranked Paris, a leading real estate consultancy
Occupancy Costs survey.
The basis of the survey has changed to workstations, from (S6) During the economic downturn last year, the city of Toronto moved
In comparison, New York offices dropped out of the top three into sixth place.
(S9) .
"In the UK, central London costs are down by 8.8 percent, and London's West End is down 5.1 percent. However in international terms, the situation is distorted by significant currency movements.
(S10) ," said the manager of the consultancy agency.
Your answer Correct answer
(1) expensive expensive
(2) declined declined
(3) averaged averaged
(4) compared compared
(5) agency agency
(6) floor floor
(7) accommodation accommodation
(8)
But the biggest climber of all was Dublin, with the Irish capital jumping nine places to tenth among the
world's most expensive office
locations
(9)
Globally, most office locations continued to register declines in occupancy costs last year, reflecting the weak and uncertain global
economic environment
(10)
In Euro terms, London is some 17 percent cheaper than last year, but in dollar terms it is virtually unchanged
Part III
Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1. What may workaholics do?
A. They bring work home.
B. They keep working until after midnight.
C. They bend over their work on weekends.
D. all of the above.
Your answer Correct answer
D D
2. Which of the following does the speaker recommend doing?
A. Concentrate on one thing a week.
B. Concentrate on one thing a day.
C. Concentrate on one thing at a time.
D. Do just a few things at a time.
Your answer Correct answer
C C
3. What should one do first, according to the passage?
A. What is important.
B. What one understands.
C. What is easy.
D. What is difficult.
Your answer Correct answer
A A
4. What does the speaker say about working at home?
A. One should not bring too much work home.
B. One can work in the living room if one has a home office.
C. One should not bring confidential files home.
D. One should work only within the usual working hours.
Your answer Correct answer
D D
5. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Bad habits of a workaholics.
B. Tips for workaholics.
C. Good habits of a devoted worker.
D. Cultivation of a devoted worker.
Your answer Correct answer
B B
Part IV
Directions: Choose the right answer.
1. Do you see yourself as a leader or more of a team
________________?
A. player
B. worker
C. mate
D. colleague
Your answer Correct answer
A A
2. If the leadership is weak, I'm not afraid to ________________
in order to achieve the goal at hand.
A. take up
B. take over
C. make up
D. make for
Your answer Correct answer
B B
3. I didn't get that promotion. They brought in some new guy
over my head. I'm not going to ________________ for much longer.
A. hold up
B. hold to
C. hang up
D. hang around
Your answer Correct answer
D D
4. Mr. Jones is a ________________ millionaire, and I'm
honoured to have worked for him for the past thirty years as his accountant.
A. make-self
B. self-make
C. self-made
D. self-making
Your answer Correct answer
C C
5. Just clear out your desk, and that's the end of it. Do I make
myself ________________, Mr. Westlake?
A. clear
B. clearly
C. clarity
D. unclearly
Your answer Correct answer
A A