MARTHA: Hi Alex. It’s Martha Clines here. James White gave me your number. I hope you don’t mind me calling you.
ALEX: Of course not. How are you, Martha?
MARTHA: Good thanks. I’m ringing because I need a bit of advice.
ALEX: Oh yeah. What about?
MARTHA: The training you did at JPNW a few years ago. I’m applying for the same thing.
ALEX: Oh right. Yes, I did mine in 2014 【Example】. Best thing I ever did. I’m still working there.
MARTHA: Really? What are you doing?
ALEX: Well, now I work in the customer services department but I did my initial training in Finance 【Q1】. I stayed there for the first two years and then moved to where I am now.
MARTHA: That’s the same department I’m applying for. Did you enjoy it?
ALEX: I was pretty nervous to begin with. I didn’t do well in my exams at school and I was really worried because I failed Maths 【Q2】. But it didn’t actually matter because I did lots of courses on the job.
MARTHA: Did you get a diploma at the end of your trainee period? I’m hoping to do the one in business skills.
ALEX: Yes. That sounds good. I took the one on IT skills but I wish I’d done that one instead. 【Q3】
MARTHA: OK, that’s good to know. What about the other trainees? How did you get on with them?
ALEX: There were about 20 of us who started at the same time and we were all around the same age – I was 18 and there was only one person younger than me, how was 17 【Q4】. The rest were between 18 and 20. I made some good friends.
MARTHA: I’ve heard lots of good things about the training at JPNW. It seems like there are a lot of opportunities there.
ALEX: Yeah, definitely. Because of its size you can work in loads of different areas within the organisation.
MARTHA: What about pay? I know you get a lower minimum wage than regular employees.
ALEX: That’s right – which isn’t great. Buy you get the same number of days’ holiday as everyone else 【Q5】. And the pay goes up massively if they offer you a job at the end of the training period.
MARTHA: Yeah, but I’m not doing it for the money – it’s the experience I think will be really useful. Everyone says by the end of the year you gain so much confidence.
ALEX: You’re right. That’s the most useful part about it. There’s a lot of variety too. You’re given lots of different things to do. I enjoyed it all – I didn’t even mind the studying.
MARTHA: Do you have to spend any time in college?
ALEX: Yes, one day each month 【Q6】. So you get lots of support from both your tutor and your manager.
MARTHA: That’s good. And the company is easy to get to, isn’t it?
ALEX: Yes, it’s very close to the train station so the location’s a real advantage. 【Q7】
ALEX: Have you got a date for your interview yet?
MARTHA: Yes, it’s on the 23rd of this month.
ALEX: So long as you’re well prepared there’s nothing to worry about. Everyone’s very friendly.
MARTHA: I am not sure what I should wear. What do you think?
ALEX: Nothing too casual – like jeans 【Q8】, for example. If you’ve got a nice jacket, wear that with a skirt or trousers.
MARTHA: OK. Thanks. Any other tips?
ALEX: Erm, well I know it’s really obvious but arrive in plenty of time 【Q9】. They hate people who are late. So make sure you know exactly where you have to get to. And one other useful piece of advice my manager told me before I had the interview for this job – is to smile 【Q10】. Even if you feel terrified. It makes people respond better to you.
MARTHA: I’ll have to practise doing that in the mirror!
ALEX: Yeah – well, good luck. Let me know if you need any more information.
MARTHA: Thanks very much.
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
听前预测：定位词 training、department；提示词 At first、in the。此处应填名词，且为某部门名称。
题目解析：我们首先听到了含定位词 department 的信息 customer services department，但说的是他工作的部门，且超过字数限制，接下来转折词 but 也告诉我们前面的答案是错的，“but I did my initial training in Finance”为答案对应信息，其中 initial 为 at first 的同义替换，定位词 training 原词出现，因此答案为 Finance。
听前预测：定位词 qualification、school；提示词 didn’t、in。此处应填名词，且为在学校能学到的技能 / 学科。
题目解析：我们首先听到定位词 school，然后听到答案对应信息“I failed Maths”，其中 fail为动词，意为“考试不及格”，对应题干中的 didn’t have a qualification，因此答案为 Maths 或其同义表达 Math/Mathematics。
听前预测：定位词 diploma、skills；提示词 should have done、in。此处应填名词，且为某种学科。另外，我们需要知道题干 should have done 的意思是“本该做某事（而实际上却没做）”。
题目解析：首先听到女生提到了定位词 diploma，然后提到了“I’m hoping to do the one in business skills.”，接下来，听到男生说“Yes. That sounds good. I took the one on IT skills but I wish I’d done that one instead.”，其中 IT skills 是他学了的，所以为干扰信息，之后的 I wish I’d done 表示“我希望自己做了（实际没有发生）”，对应题干提示词 should have done，that one 指代前文中的 business skills，因此答案 为 business。
听前预测：定位词 Age、trainees；提示词 youngest。此处应填数字。
题目解析：我们首先听到定位词 Age、trainees，然后听到“there was only one person younger than me, who was 17”，对应题干提示词 youngest，因此答案为 17 或其同义表达 seventeen。
听前预测：定位词 Trainees、permanent staff；提示词 the same amount of、as。此处应填名词，从题干意思来看该名词应该是员工能从公司得到的某种事物，且会将这个事物作比较。
题目解析：我们首先听到了含定位词 permanent staff 的信息“I know you get a lower minimum wage than regular employees.”，其中 regular employees 为 permanent staff 的同义替换，但是 lower…than 与题干 the same…as 矛盾，此处为干扰信息 ；接下来又是转折词 but 之后出答案“you get the same number of days’ holiday as everyone else”，其中 the same number of…as 为题干 the same amount of…as 的同义替换，everyone else 指代前面的 regular employees，因此答案为 holiday 或其同义表达 vacation。
听前预测：定位词 one day per month；提示词 go to。此处应填地点名词。
题目解析：我们首先听到了“Do you have to spend any time in college?”，但是不能急着写答案，因为这是一个 dialogue，还需要听第二人的回答。紧接着我们听到“Yes, one day each month.”，其中 one day each month 和定位词 one day per month 为同义替换，因此答案为 college。
听前预测：定位词 company、convenient；提示词 in a。此处应填单数名词，且与公司所在地有关。
题目解析：我们首先听到了含定位词 company 的句子“And the company is easy to get to, isn’t it?”，可以推测出是在讨论公司地段好坏的问题，然后听到了一个地点 train station，但是用的介词搭配是 close to，与题干的 in 相矛盾，且超过字数限制， 可排除 ；之后又听到“so the location’s a real advantage”，其中 advantage 对应 convenient，因此答案为 location。
听前预测：定位词 wear；提示词 Don’t。此处应填名词。wear 一般可以搭配服饰、配饰等，但根据题干大意“面试不要穿……”，推断此处可能为某种服饰。
题目解析：我们首先听到了定位词 wear，然后听到了答案对应信息“Nothing too casual—like jeans”，其中 casual 指的是服装风格，意为“随意的”，不符合要填的词性， 而 jeans 是可以直接搭配 wear 使用的，因此答案为 jeans。
听前预测：定位词 Don’t；提示词 be。此处应填形容词，且为面试时不能有的某种行为或者状态。
题目解析：先听到“Any other tips?”，表示进入下一个观点，然后听到答案对应信息“arrive in plenty of time”，意为“提早到达”，可以推测出题干的可能含义为“不要迟到”，接着听到“They hate people who are late.”，可以判断答案为 late。
听前预测：定位词 Make sure。通过 make sure sb. do sth. 可以判断此处应填动词。
题目解析：先听到“And one other useful piece of advice…”，表示进入下一个观点，然后听到“is to smile”，可以判断动词 smile 符合之前的预测，因此答案为 smile。