英语期末听力材料(2)

A. Tuesday morning at the woman's office.

B. Tuesday morning at the man's office.

C. Tuesday afternoon at the woman's office.

D. Tuesday morning at the man's office. 2.

A. The football match should be called off.

B. The meeting should not include new items.

C. The meeting should have another two items.

D. The football should be included in the agenda. 3.

A. Cancelling the meeting.

B. Continuing the discussion on the last issue.

C. Starting the meeting.

D. Finishing the meeting. 4.

A. Eating noodles.

B. Finding a supermodel for the café.

C. Drawing up a business plan.

D. Finding a waitress on the Internet. 5.

A. A relative of his helped him to get over the difficulty.

B. His café was a big success.

C. He no longer has a business.

D. He has lost both his business and house. 6.

A. The man's company is broke.

B. The man's company is expanding.

C. The woman is willing to invest in the man's company.

D. The woman won't invest in the man's company. 7.

A. The man's company has been shut down.

B. The man is very proud of his business.

C. The man feels depressed about his company's performance.

D. The woman is going to join in the man's company. 8.

A. It can save costs.

B. Products can be easily promoted.

C. It saves labor.

D. Both A and B.

Part2：

Sometimes markets surge for no apparent reason; masses of people suddenly want something, and the (S1) resulting demand can't be met immediately. For example, during the SARS epidemic, there was a high (S2) demand for facial masks in several countries—and many entrepreneurs capitalized (S3) on this business idea.

A similar effect is also created by larger social (S4) trends. There is much more of a demand for homecare services for the (S5) elderly than what is currently being supplied. And the (S6) trend for pets to be treated as family members continues, creating demand for all kinds of (S7) pet-relatedservices that didn't exist even 10 years ago.

(S8) Look at existing businesses and the products and services they offer, and then determine if there's a need for more of those products or services If there is, develop business ideas to fit the market gap.

Do you have any ideas for starting a business now? Write your business ideas down. Think about them for some time. (S9) Keep an open mind and continue to assess everything you read and hear from a business point of viewYou don't have to run with the first business idea you think of; you want to discover the idea that's best suited to your skills and desires. (S10) Dream, think, plan, and then you'll be ready to transform that business idea into the business you've always wanted

Part3：

>>Why do some companies give work to an outside business?

Because that outside business can do (1) the job for (2) less money than their own (3) employeescould.

>>According to the passage, what jobs has the United States been moving to other countries? Factory (4) production, (5) computer programming and other (6) skills based on (7) knowledge.

>>What do the reports that labor groups and workers quote say?

The United States has lost (8) two-and-a-half million jobs since (9) 2001.

>>Why has outsourcing created an emotional debate?

There was a recession. Jobs were cut. Yet, so far, the (10) economic recoveryhas produced (11) fewer jobs than expected.

>>What is Lou Dobbs doing?

He has a (12) business news program on CNN television. He keeps (13) a list of companiesthat have sent jobs to (14) foreign countries. Almost every night, Mr. Dobbs talks about what he calls the \ (15) exporting of America”.

Part4：

An engineer retired after serving (1) his company loyally for (2) over 30 years. Several years later his company (3) contacted him about a problem with one of their (4) multi-million dollar machines. The engineer spent a day studying the (5) huge machine. At the end of the day he (6) marked a small X in chalk on (7) a particular component of the machine to show where the (8) problem was. The part was (9) replaced and the machine worked (10) perfectly again.

The company received (11) a bill for $50,000 from the engineer for his (12) services. They (13) got furious and demanded an itemized accounting of his charges. The engineer replied that $1.00 was for (14) one chalk mark and $49,999 for knowing (15) where to put it

Part5：

1.Why does the speaker mention anti-virus software?

A. To show the importance of protecting the computer.

B. To show how bad computer viruses are.

C. To illustrate a future market demand.

D. To identify a possible market decline.

2.What is the use of an iris-recognition machine?

A. To guard against an explosion.

B. To ensure security.

C. To recognize the value of safety.

D. To avoid computer viruses.

3.How can one benefit from old gardeners?

A. By learning from the products sold in North America.

B. By selling the gardeners more software.

C. By studying how much more they earn than before.

D. By studying what could help them to work longer and more easily.

4.What is true of most of the people in the speaker's town?

A. They overlooked the value of wild blueberries.

B. They eat a lot of wild blueberries.

C. They like to eat both blueberries and wild blueberries.

D. They eat neither blueberries nor wild blueberries.

5.Which of the following would be a suitable title for the passage?

A. Wild blueberry—a thriving business.

B. Best business opportunities arising from computer software.

C. How to find business opportunities.

D. How to make use of the business connections.

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.

6.What is the latest problem with Toyota's cars?

A. Other carmakers' fear of its hybrid Prius cars.

B. Customers' dissatisfaction with all Toyota cars.

C. Fears about the safety of its hybrid Prius cars.

D. Fears about the accelerators of its hybrid Prius cars.

7.Why did Toyota recall its cars last September?

A. Because of some small defects.

B. Because of accelerator problems

C. Because of faulty brakes.

D. Because of all of the above problems.

8.What is true of the Prius hybrid car?

A. It is the world's most popular hybrid car.

B. It is popular with celebrities.

C. It is environmentally friendly.

D. All of the above.

9.What did Toyota president Akio Toyoda think was the company's top priority?

A. The customers' safety.

B. The customers' preference.

C. The company's profits.

D. Reduction of the company's loss to the minimum.

10.Which of the following is true of Toyota's recalling its cars?

A. It recalled 463,000 cars, involving billions of dollars.

B. It recalled 436,000 cars, involving millions of dollars.

C. It recalled 436,000 cars, involving billions of dollars.

D. It recalled 463,000 cars, involving hundreds of millions of dollars.

Part6：

1.What does the fax say?

A. A small part of the goods was damaged.

B. Half of the goods was damaged.

C. The greater part of the goods was damaged.

D. All of the goods were damaged.

2.What is it the man wants to do about the fax?

A. To ask the woman to make photocopies of it.

B. To ask the woman to hide it away.

C. To send a photocopy to the general manager immediately.

D. Not to send a photocopy to the general manager immediately.

3.What did the man succeed in doing?

A. Persuading the general manager not to get furious.

B. Persuading the woman not to tell the Shipping Department.

C. Persuading Watson Company not to cancel the whole order.

D. Persuading the Shipping Department not to cancel the whole order.

4.What will the speakers' company lose?

A. Money.

B. Reputation.

C. Both A and B.

D. Neither A nor B.

5.What conclusion does the woman arrive at?

A. With the man's interpersonal skills, they won't lose their jobs.

B. In spite of the man's interpersonal skills, they will be out of employment.

C. The man must find a job in damage control.

D. She must find a job in damage control.

Part7：

1.Both the man and woman think a good beginning is important.

A. True

B. False

2.The woman thinks it is necessary to advertise the good quality of the product to make lots of money.

A. True

B. False

3.The woman has put full-page ads in two large trade magazines.

A. True

B. False

4.The woman has put three full-page ads in a major newspaper.

A. True

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