JACK: Lucy, we really need to get working on this marketing assignment. We’ve only got five weeks left to the end of term to design it, carry it out, and then write up the results. LUCY: Sure. Well, let's get started right now. Let's go over the instructions. What exactly do we have to do? JACK: Well, it says here we have to look at one area of the entertainment industry【Q21】. There’s a list of the different types. LUCY: What are they? JACK: Music, cinema, theatre, sport, and eating out. LUCY: Is that all? JACK: Looks like it. LUCY: So we choose one branch of the industry and then we look at how two different groups of people use it? Is that right? JACK: Yes. LUCY: And do we have to use any particular method to get our data? Can we mail out a questionnaire, or do face-to-face interviews, or maybe even observations? JACK: Well actually, it looks like we don't have a choice. We have to do telephone interviews【Q22】. LUCY: OK, so at least we don't have to waste time deciding between the different methods. JACK: Yeah, that's right. Oh, and the other requirement is the number of interviewees. LUCY: Not too many, I hope. Ten? Twenty? JACK: Well, we have to do two groups, remember, and it looks like we have to interview fifteen for each group. LUCY: That’s thirty【Q23】 altogether then. It's going to take ages. JACK: Yes, but remember we’re working on this together, so we'll only have to do fifteen each. LUCY: OK, so those are all the requirements? JACK: Yes, looks like it. LUCY: So, first, which area are we going to choose? My preference would be cinema, since that's where I spend most of my money. JACK: Hmm, I don't think that's such a good idea. I don't think there are huge differences in the market there. I mean you get young and old, male and female, rich and poor all going to the same. LUCY: Yeah, maybe you're right. Let's make it music then. JACK: Right. So, what two groups will we compare and contrast? LUCY: Male and female?【Q24】 JACK: No. Most of my female friends like the same music as me. Different age groups would be much more likely to show up differences, I think.

LUCY: Yeah, I suppose you're right again I'll take some notes, shall I? So… Age Groups. Well. What do you think? Maybe twenty-five or under for one group, and forty-five or over for the other group? That should show up differences. JACK: Right. LUCY: OK. Next. How about the kind of music they like - let's give them some choices and then we can just tick boxes. JACK: OK. Let’s have pop, jazz【Q25】, folk, easy listening... What else? LUCY: Well, we should include classical.【Q26】 Some people like it, you know. JACK: OK. OK. And then we should have how they listen to music. LUCY: The medium. Right. Let's include radio, CD - and then I guess there's TV. JACK: What about concerts?【Q27】 You know, in pubs and halls. LUCY: Oh yeah, we should include live music of course. JACK: OK, we're on a roll now! Next point could be about where they actually get their music. LUCY: You mean like, do they buy it in music shops, or department stores?【Q28】 JACK: Yes, or download it from the Internet. LUCY: Right. That could be for recorded music. Then we need another section for live music. Where do they go for that? JACK: OK. Let's say disco, pub, club,【Q29】 concert hall... LUCY: Or opera house! 【Q30】And I guess we should include karaoke bars. JACK: Not many of them in this city! LUCY: OK. We'll leave that out then. So, what’s left to do? JACK: That's it. Well, now we can make a time-scale for doing it.

Questions 21-24

Complete the tables below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Questions 25-30

Complete the notes below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

我的答案
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正确答案
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entertainment industry
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telephone interviews
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30或thirty
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male and female
题目解析

根据 one part of the 可以断定,此处应填名词或名词短语。文中谈到作业时,说道:We have to look at one area of the entertainment industry. 这里 one part of 替换成了 one area of,考生要特别注意填空题里, 空格之前的量词在原文中常常会进行同义替换,做题时要灵活掌握。

本题难度不大,但需要排除一些干扰信息,此处需要填一种收集数据的方式,文中提到很多种,questionnaire,face-to-face interviews,observations,最后说道:It looks like we don’t have a choice. We have to do telephone interviews. 最终确定的方式为 telephone interviews。

根据题干里的 in total 可以预测出,此处应填数字,即调研的总人数。本题可以简单的乘法得出答案,因为他们需要做两组调查,每组 15 人,也可以根据随后文中的总结:That’s thirty altogether then. 

Lucy 提议说将 male 和 female 作为两组进行对比,但是被 Jack 否定了,因为“Most of my female friends like the same music as me”。所以提议将不同的年龄组进行对比。所以正确答案是 male and female。

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