1、听力练习试卷 4及答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 You will hear a news reporter A is making phone interview with B concerning this intrapreneurship. Name of the company: (1) _ The policy of the company (2) _ William Mcknight is the (3)_ of the company in 1923. Corporate culture of 3M lay great emphasis on (4)_ 5 You wil
2、l hear two people talking about corporate culture of company. Name of programme: (5)_ Eric Finucane works as (6)_ in the company. The company organizes (7)_ in the company All the managers have to work (8)_ a year in warehouses or restaurants. 9 Look at form below You will hear a phone interview Sys
3、tem of company: (9)_ system. The person who applys for the job is (10)_ Ingvar usually talks with (11)_ Ingvar often offers (12)_ whenever he visited the workplace. 二、 PART TWO 13 You will hear another five recordings. For each recording, decide what the speakers purpose is. Write one letter(A-H)nex
4、t to the number of the recording. Do not use any letter more than once. After you have listened once, replay the recordings. A. on the plane B. at the bank C. at the airport D. at the office E. at the theatre F. at the hotel G. at the customs H. on the bus 18 You will hear another five short pieces.
5、 For each piece decide what the speaker is going to do next. Write one letter(A-H)next to the number of the piece. You will hear the five pieces twice. A. to stop smoking B. to fall into sleep C. to leave a company D. to mail a parcel E. to go shopping F. to go to the beach G. to resign from the off
6、ice H. to find a motel 三、 PART THREE 23 We will hear Goran Hilsson, Managing Director of IKEA UK, talks about the companys corporate culture, you have to complete the sentences(23-30)by choosing the correct answer. Mark one letter A, B or C. 23 How alike are all IKEAs stores worldwide? （ A） Each sto
7、re has the same management practices. （ B） Each store carries a different product range. （ C） Each store is adapted to the local culture. 24 What was the main influence on the formation of IKEAs values? （ A） Traditional Swedish values. （ B） Ingvar Kamprads personal values. （ C） Different cultural va
8、lues within IKEA 25 IKEA can cope with the diversity of its workforce because _ . （ A） its managers have international experience （ B） its basic corporate values are found in all cultures （ C） its employees interpret IKEA beliefs differently 26 What is the main advantage of a strong corporate cultur
9、e? （ A） It makes international transfer easier. （ B） It reduces the cost of global marketing. （ C） It stops competitors copying IKEA 27 What is IKEAs main policy for educating its staff? （ A） It produces educational videos and brochures. （ B） It holds special training sessions for managers. （ C） It
10、encourages regular meeting to discuss culture. 28 How does IKEAs culture affect its recruitment process? （ A） Candidates are assessed on their personal qualities. （ B） Highly skilled candidates are attracted to vacancies. （ C） Candidates from a retail background are preferred. 29 What role does cult
11、ure play in promotion decision at IKEA? （ A） Only Sweden can become senior managers. （ B） A knowledge of Swedish culture is vital for promotion. （ C） Nationality plays no part in promotion decisions. 30 Since the mid-1980s IKEAs development has been most affected by the _ . （ A） stepping down of Ing
12、var Kamprad as President （ B） challenge of increasingly competitive market （ C） way it has expanded over the last years 听力练习试卷 4答案与解析 一、 PART ONE 1 【听力原文】 G : Hello ! M : May I speak to Mr. Golden ,please? G : Yes, I am Golden. M : Good morning, Mr. Golden. This is Mary Thomson from Business Weekly.
13、 I want talk with you about 3Ms intrapreneurship. Could you introduce it to our viewer? G : Ok! We took advantage of the 3M policy that allow scientist to spend up to 15% their time on project of their own choosing. M : Could you tell me more about the policy? G : Of course, this policy dates back t
14、o 1923, when 3Ms chief executive William Mcknight discovered Dick Drew working on the tape project that hes been ordered to abandon. Recognizing the people do their best work on projects that interest them, McKnight didnt stop Drew. How wise he was! The project Drew wouldnt give up produced the tran
15、sparent tape that most of us know as Scotch tape. Since then, 3M has established a corporate culture that encourages teamwork but also stresses individualism. M : This is really a great story of 3M corporation. 1 【正确 答案】 3M 【知识模块】 听力 2 【正确答案】 3M Policy 【知识模块】 听力 3 【正确答案】 chief executive 【知识模块】 听力 4
16、【正确答案】 individualism 【知识模块】 听力 5 【听力原文】 A: Good Evening! Everyone, this is Bizchina. Todays guest is Eric Finucane from SilverMark Inc. Design & Build. He is on phone right now! B: Good Evening! Everybody! A: Eric! We knew you are working in a very successful, multi-million dollar company, could you
17、 tell us why this company becomes so successful? B: Well, I think its success down to corporate culture. This culture is something thats been in place for some time. Were involved in basically every major decision within the company from setting client expectations to implementing a new dust protect
18、ion system. As production coordinator, I get to know our customers well, so it was a natural for me to volunteer to call past clients. I loved it and got immediate results. A： Could you tell us more? B: We also organize anti-bureaucrat weeks, where all the managers have to work in the store showroom
19、s, warehouses or restaurants for at least one week a year. A: So, that really makes SilverMark Inc. Design & Build a fascinating place to work for. 5 【正确答案】 Bizchina 【知识模块】 听力 6 【正确答案】 production coordinator 【知识模块】 听力 7 【正确答案】 anti-bureaucrat weeks 【知识模块】 听力 8 【正确答案】 one week 【知识模块】 听力 9 【听力原文】 A: H
20、ello！ B: Good morning! Mr. David, I know you send your application to our company this weekend, today I am about to make a phone interview on behalf of the company. A： Ok! A: How much do you know about our company? B: I just read a lot about your company and also do a lot of researches about your co
21、mpany. I am really impressed with the culture of company. A: Could you tell me more? B: I knew this 3M dual ladder system could allow people to advance on the technical side of ladder, assuming additional responsibility for technologies instead of people and budgets. That means that people who are h
22、appiest working in the lab can remain there without losing pay raise or recognition. A: How do you feel about all these? B: As an inventor, developing a successful new product is about as close as you can come to achieving immortality. A: What make you want to join our company? B: Ingvar constantly
23、bypassed formal structure to talk directly with front-line managers. And whenever he visited workplace, he tried to meet and shake hands with every employee, offering a few words of praise, encouragement or advice as he did so. A: Thank you for your time! We will inform you of the result as soon as
24、possible. B: Ok, My pleasure. 9 【正确答案】 dual ladder 【知识模块】 听力 10 【正确答案】 an inventor 【知识模块】 听力 11 【正确答案】 front-line managers 【知识模块】 听力 12 【正确答案】 praise/encouragement/advice 【知识模块】 听力 二、 PART TWO 13 【听力原文】 A couple called today and they said they couldnt arrive tonight. 13 【正确答案】 F 【知识模块】 听力 14 【听力原文】
25、Youre lucky to find this vacancy. This is a busy time of the year. Please fill out this registration card and be sure to list your cars license number. 14 【正确答案】 H 【知识模块】 听力 15 【听力原文】 theres no charger for transfers if you have paid your fares already. Would somebody 15 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 16 【听力原文】
26、give this young boy a hand? Hes handicapped. I think youll have to move over and let the young boy take this seat. Squeeze through! 16 【正确答案】 E 【知识模块】 听力 17 【听力原文】 Please sign your name on the check and dont forget the date. Then give me the check 17 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 18 【听力原文】 and your drivers lic
27、ense. Ill give it to you in fifties. If you want to transfer your money from your savings account to the check account, you have to fill out these slips as well. 18 【正确答案】 F 【知识模块】 听力 19 【听力原文】 My name is Dan Sloan. I paid for two tickets by credit card by telephone about two weeks ago on June 2nd,
28、I remember. I hope theyre good seats. Theyre about halfway up the first balcony. 19 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 20 【听力原文】 Its too bad that our flight is delayed for an hour. Our plane is supposed to leave at 9:10, but now its already 10: 00. Lets go to Gate 2 and wait for the check-in. Im a little nervous. I
29、 am flying for the first time. 20 【正确答案】 E 【知识模块】 听力 21 【听力原文】 I vote against visiting the mountains and riding horses. I was thrown from a horse last year. I vote that we go to the seashore. We could go swimming in the sea or take long walks along the beach and collect seashells. 21 【正确答案】 H 【知识模块】
30、 听力 22 【听力原文】 Cigarettes will do no good to your health. And its medically proven that they can cause lung cancer and a lot of other diseases. If you feel run-down without them, Ill give you a prescription which will help you sleep. 22 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 听力 三、 PART THREE 23 【听力原文】 （ I=interview G=Goran
31、 Nilsson） 1: And now to IKEA. The Swedish furniture retailer has just reported turnover of 56 billion Swedish kroner from its 150 stores worldwide. Now, IKEA puts its success down to corporate culture. So with me today to explain the secret of IKEAs culture is Managing Director of IKEA UK, Goran Nil
32、sson. Good morning, Mr Nillson. G： Good morning. I: Now is every IKEA store really exactly the same? G: Well, in terms of culture theyre pretty well uniform. Although our culture will naturally bond with the local culture to some extent, our core values such as simplicity and cost-consciousness are
33、valid in all cultures. So we dont need to adapt the way we operate to run our stores. And as for products, although we make some minor adaptation to suit local tastes, we produce exactly the same catalogue in all 28 countries. I: And where do these values originate? G: It all goes back to Sweden in
34、the 50s and 60s. IKEAs former, Ingvar Kamprad, start the company at a time of democratic and social change. I: Are IKEAs values those of its founder, then? G: Well, they have evolved over the last 57 years, of course, but I think our mission statement “A better life for the majority of peoples still
35、 very much reflects the spirit of those early years. Having said that though, I think Ingvars ability to relate to a co-worker in China today would be pretty limited, though. I: You mentioned China. How does IKEA cope with such diversity amongst its employees? G: Well, funnily enough, Ive been worki
36、ng fro IKEA for 15 years in Sweden, Italy, Canada, the USA and whats struck me most is how much we have in common. People may interpret certain concepts such as responsibility and freedom differently but our core values such as humbleness exist in every country. I: So, what are the advantages of suc
37、h a strong corporate culture? G: Theyre tremendous. For one, theres a real bond between our operations around the world. Its easy to transfer across borders because you know the values will be exactly the same. And from a marketing and positioning point of view its very advantageous as well. But the
38、 real pay-off is that it makes IKEA unique. You can clone our produce and our store concept but not our culture. It takes years to build and it has to be maintained daily. I: But how do you educate 40,000 workers? G: We begin by making sure people understand the values. Thats why the IKEA Way semina
39、rs are so vital. All managers attend them and then its their responsibility to pass the message on. Corporate culture also figures my meetings I: Do you use educational video and brochures as well? G: Videos and brochures are helpful tools if only used in conjunction with “walking the talk” and disc
40、ussing values with management. We have various initiatives which regularly provide co-worker with opportunity to participate and contribute to these discussions. I: So, does culture affect IKEAs recruitment process? G: It has a major impact. Although its important for us to get highly-skilled people
41、 into the company, were not interested if theres a conflict of value systems. Anyone expecting a flash car or status symbols has no future with us. Recruitment at IKEAs an extensive process, based on judgments about a candidates value systems and attribute. We can add retail skills, no problem, but
42、its tough to change someones mindset. I: Does that go for career advancement too? G: Yes, it does. I: So Sweden managers will always have more chance of promotion then? G: We find that many Scandinavians identify more easily with our culture but there is no written or unwritten rule concerning the n
43、ationality of senior managers. It would be impossible, however, for anyone to advance within IKEA without wholly understanding and buying into the companys philosophy and culture. So managers are encouraged to visit Sweden and learn the language etc. and management inductions include at least one we
44、ek in Almhult, where the company began. I: And finally, Ingvar Kamprad stepped down as President in the mid-80s, replaced by Anders Moberg. What effect did this have on the development of IKEAs culture? G: Both Moberg and our culture Chief Executive, Anders Dahlvig, worked closely with Kamprad for m
45、any years and have a deep knowledge and understanding of Kamprads original vision and philosophy. Naturally, IKEA is different today from it was 10 years ago, primarily because it is three times bigger and has entered many more diverse and challenging market. But our values and mission to provide quality, affordable products for the majority of people remain very much the same. 23 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 24 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 25 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 26 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 27 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 听力 28 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 听力 29 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 听力 30 【正确答案】 C 【知识 模块】 听力
