Exercise Two

Part One

Question 1-12

You will hear a successful executive addressing a group of trainees on a business course. She is describing her job to them.

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

You will hear the recording twice.ª¤

Her day:

1. The first problem is to find a ____________________________________________.

2. How many opportunities she has depends on how many _____________________ she is discussing.

3. Just before leaving the office she always ________________________________.

Meetings:

4. She meets dairy with her ____________________________________________.

5. The maximum length of these meeting is ____________________________.

6. Once a week she meets the ______________________________________.

7. They discuss _________________________________________________.

8. Once a month she gives a ____________ to her colleagues.

9. As preparation for this she has to ____________________ from various departments.

Background:

10. A qualification from the _____________________ is essential.

11. You also need a Maters in _____________________________________.

12. For this job, __________________________________ is the most important quality.

Part Two

Question 13-22

You will hear five different people talking about the meeting they¡¯ve attended or are about to attend.

For each extract there are two tasks. For task one, choose the person who is speaking from the list A-H. for task two, choose the person the speaker is talking to from the list I-P.

Choose the person who is speaking from the list A-H.

Task One ¨C Person Who Is Speaking

For questions 13-17, match the extracts with the people listed A-H.

For each extract, choose the person who is speaking.

Write one letter A-H next to the number of the extract.

13. ___                        A the personnel manager

14. ___                        B the training manager

15. ___                        C the managing director

16. ___                        D the manager of office supplies

17. ___                        E the marketing manager

F a temporary clerk

G the junior finance manager

H the finance director

Task Two ¨C Who the Speaker Is Talking To

For question 18-22, match the extract with the person the speaker is talking to, listed I-P.

For each extract, choose the person the speaker is talking to.

Write one letter I-P next to the number of the extract.

18. ___                        I a manager in the same company

19. ___                        J a fellow passenger on the train to work

20. ___                        K a clerk in another department

21. ___                        L the staff in his / her department

22. ___                        M the participants at the meeting

N his wife / her husband

O a rather forgetful member of the department

P a representative from another company

Part Three

Questions 23 - 30

You will hear part of a conversation between two managers from different companies, a woman called Elizabeth and a man called Steven.

Choose the correct phrase to complete each sentence or answer the question.

23   Elizabeth says at the beginning that her company is

     A  planning to expand.

     B  small and not very rich.

     C  doing rather badly at the moment.

24   Steven thinks that his computer system

     A  is just as fast as the latest systems.

     B  is much faster than Elizabeth's present system.

     C  is completely different to the newest systems.

25   Steven believes that the real reason the computers in his company are being replaced is

     A  so that the business can move into the international market.

     B  because of a difference of opinion in his company.

     C  because their clients will like it.

26   Elizabeth thinks that the price Steven is asking

     A  includes the price of installation and servicing.

     B  is within the amount her company has budgeted for.

     C  is a perfectly reasonable price for the equipment.

27   Steven agrees that his company will

     A  install the system and pay part of the servicing costs.

     B  pay the costs of servicing for the first year.

     C  install and service the system.

28   Steven offers to train Elizabeth's staff to use the system, provided that

     A  the trainers go to Elizabeth's company.

     B  only a limited number of people receive training.

     C  Elizabeth's company doesn't try to compete with his.

29   How does Elizabeth's company differ from Steven's?

     A  It is likely to become larger than Steven's in the future.

     B  It is concerned only with a specialized area of the market.

     C  It has started to operate in more than one country.

30   What does Steven say about the chairs?

     A  He will have difficulty getting permission to include them.

     B  He will be able to give them to Elizabeth as part of the deal.

     C  It is unreasonable of Elizabeth to ask for them.