1、托业（听力）简短文章练习试卷 1及答案与解析 一、简短文章 1 What is the purpose of the event? （ A） Team building （ B） Training new employees （ C） Cleaning up the office （ D） Raising money for charity 2 What will be given to employees who participate in the event? （ A） T-shirts （ B） A cash prize （ C） Food and drinks （ D） Calend
2、ars 3 When is the event scheduled for? （ A） All day Friday （ B） This afternoon （ C） Saturday afternoon （ D） Friday afternoon 4 What is Big Buy Electronics first quarter loss blamed on? （ A） A slowing economy （ B） Strong competition from rivals （ C） Poor sales at stores undergoing renovations （ D） Co
3、sts associated with opening new stores 5 What is learned about Big Buy Electronics? （ A） It has more than 100 stores across the nation. （ B） It is considering closing its unprofitable stores. （ C） It is the largest electronics retailer in the country. （ D） It makes its largest profit from sales of c
4、omputers and DVD players. 6 How much does one share of Big Buy Electronics stock now cost? （ A） $5.90 （ B） $13.10 （ C） $15.00 （ D） $17.52 7 According to the speaker, what special items could be found in their office? （ A） Prototypes （ B） Games （ C） Paintings （ D） Printed plans 8 What type of company
5、 does the speaker work for? （ A） A software development company （ B） A product design company （ C） An accounting company （ D） A distribution company 9 What does the company encourage? （ A） Work hard （ B） Be creative （ C） Share ideas （ D） Develop self-improvement 10 Who is Dr. MacLeod? （ A） A researc
6、h scientist （ B） A university president （ C） The chairman of a government organization （ D） The vice president of a pharmaceutical company 11 Which of the following was one of Dr. MacLeods accomplishments? （ A） He helped develop a university program. （ B） He won a national prize for his research. （
7、C） He founded a scientific research institute. （ D） He ran a successful pharmaceutical company. 12 What subject is Dr. MacLeod expected to speak about? （ A） Ethics and medicine （ B） Pharmaceutical research （ C） A new government program （ D） Leadership and health care 13 Who would most likely send ou
8、t this announcement? （ A） A financial institution （ B） An insurance company （ C） A software firm （ D） An Internet provider 14 What method is mentioned that customers can review their account information? （ A） Using telephone service （ B） Visiting local branch ATM （ C） Using their personal computer （
9、 D） Checking their mailed statement 15 What is true about rejected transactions? （ A） They are charged a fine. （ B） They are highlighted in red. （ C） They are forwarded to the bank. （ D） They are sent back to the consumer. 托业（听力）简短文章练习试卷 1答案与解析 一、简短文章 1 【听力原文】 I want to remind everyone that this Fri
10、day is clean-up day what that means is were going to put a couple of large garbage bins in the cafeteria so you can throw away old papers, out-of-date materials, and all the other junk thats piling up on or around your desks. Its actually a fire hazard to have stacks of papers on your desks or piled
11、 on overhead shelves or cabinets. So, please, everyone, mark this Friday, from noon to 5, on your calendar as a time to dump some of your clutter. And itll be fun there will be pizza and soda for everyone who contributes to the bins. 1 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 简短文章 2 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 简短文章 3 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 简短
12、文章 4 【听力原文】 Big Buy Electronics, the nations second largest electronics chain, is blaming its larger than expected loss in the first quarter on poor sales at 15 of its stores. Those 15 stores were undergoing major renovations, and were closed for most of the quarter. Sales of computers and DVD playe
13、rs, the companys major profit-makers, dropped 20 percent at those locations. The net loss was deeper than analysts had expected, widening to 13.1 million dollars instead of the 5.9 million dollars the company had estimated earlier in the year. A company spokesperson said sales at its other stores we
14、re unchanged. The companys stock fell 4 percent on the news, closing the day at 17 dollars and 52 cents per share. 4 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 简短文章 5 【正确答案】 D 【知识模 块】 简短文章 6 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 简短文章 7 【听力原文】 Our companys offices are filled with models and gadgets that employees have built to test their ideas. We
15、encourage this kind of creativity. We believe the best way for an engineer to test an idea is to build it. If one can get a prototype of the product to work, one can usually figure out how to scale it up and this in turn helps one to anticipate any problems one might have. We also believe fixed meet
16、ings are a waste of time. Were engineers, so if we have ideas, we need to build them and test them. Building working models feeds our creativity, which in turn fuels innovation. It also gives the client a clear example of what the final product will look like. 7 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 简短文章 8 【正确答案】 B 【知识模
17、块】 简短文章 9 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 简短文章 10 【听力原文】 It is my great honor to introduce to you tonights guest speaker, Dr. Hugh MacLeod. Dr. MacLeod is the founding chairman of the Canadian National Health Board, a position created by Parliament only one year ago. Prior to his government service, Dr. MacLeod was
18、 a longtime vice president for B-C Pharmaceuticals. In addition to serving on the Health Board, Dr. MacLeod is an associate professor of medicine at Royal Heights University, where he has been instrumental in developing the schools highly acclaimed Leadership and Health Studies Program. Dr. MacLeods
19、 topic this evening is: Organizational Leadership and Health Care. Please join me in welcoming Dr. Hugh MacLeod. 10 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 简短文章 11 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 简短文章 12 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 简短文章 13 【听力原文】 Thank you for using St. George Online Commercial Banking. All check processing on your account is managea
20、ble from your home computer. Your account updates several times a day, so it stays pretty current. Rejected transactions, such as checks that are turned down for non-sufficient funds, are highlighted in red. The report contains all the information necessary to identify the returns so that you can decide whether to “run“ the transaction again or contact the consumer directly to follow-up. 13 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 简短文章 14 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 简短文章 15 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 简短文章
