An Electronic Toy Company

题目与答案

1. 11 What point is made about the history of the company?
   • It was quickly established
   • It took a long time to establish
   • It was set up by a relative

   答案：It was quickly established

   原文定位：the company was set up and succeeded in a short period

   同义替换：「quickly established」↔「set up in a short period」

2. 12 Why should the company recruit more temporary staff?
   • It plans to develop new products
   • The old staff are having an illness
   • It aims to meet the new demands of customers

   答案：It aims to meet the new demands of customers

   原文定位：To satisfy the demands of customers, we've expanded the premises considerably over the past years;Recently, we found the sales of our products creeping up very slowly, and we've decided to introduce new electronic toys to give that a boost. So we have to look for more workers to help us

   同义替换：「recruit more temporary staff」↔「look for more workers」，「meet the new demands of」↔「satisfy the demands of」，「why」↔「So」

3. 13 How long will the employees work in the company?
   • a few weeks
   • half a year
   • indefinitely

   答案：half a year

   原文定位：According to the contract, you'll be expected to work here for six months

   同义替换：「in the company」↔「here」，「half a year」↔「six months」

4. 14 The largest number of positions are in the development of
   • administration
   • production
   • package delivery

   答案：production

   原文定位：About two hundred full-time staff members in our company, seventy percent of whom are responsible for sending out goods

   同义替换：「largest number of positions」↔「seventy percent」，「package delivery」↔「sending out goods」

5. 15 What`s the current problem with the company?
   • outdated machines
   • inadequate skills
   • late payment

   答案：late payment

   原文定位：However, I must tell you one thing which is not so pleasant, because the manager of the payroll department is on sick leave these days, I'm afraid that you won't get paid on time this month

   同义替换：「current problem」↔「not so pleasant」，「late payment」↔「won't get paid on time」

6. Staff

   16 1st person _____
   • computer
   • wage
   • production
   • maintenance
   • research and development
   • maintaining customer relationship

   答案：wage

   原文定位：our staff can get paid as soon as possible, and that's the primary job for the first person

   同义替换：「responsibility」↔「primary job」，「wage」↔「get paid」

7. 17 2dn person
   • computer
   • wage
   • production
   • maintenance
   • research and development
   • maintaining customer relationship

   答案：production

   原文定位：Then the second of you will be working in the manufacturing line to help develop new products

8. 18 3rd person _____
   • computer
   • wage
   • production
   • maintenance
   • research and development
   • maintaining customer relationship

   答案：maintenance

   原文定位：The third person will work on the sixth floor, and your main job is to look after the mechanical side. It includes checking equipment daily to ensure they are working correctly and doing some repair work if necessary

   同义替换：「maintenance」↔「look after」

9. 19 4th person _____
   • computer
   • wage
   • production
   • maintenance
   • research and development
   • maintaining customer relationship

   答案：computer

   原文定位：Then the fourth person will work in the technology department to deal with problems related to software and hardware. We're getting new laptops next week, and you must install new programs

   同义替换：「computer」↔「software and hardware」

10. 20 5th person _____
    • computer
    • wage
    • production
    • maintenance
    • research and development
    • maintaining customer relationship

    答案：maintaining customer relationship

    原文定位：And the last of you will work in the after-sale service department. You are expected to keep a long-term relationship with customers, including collecting feedback regularly, dealing with customer complaints, enhancing customer satisfaction, et cetera

    同义替换：「maintaining」↔「keep」