AMBER: Hello William. This is Amber – you said to phone if I wanted to get more information about the job agency you mentioned. Is now a good time?
WILLIAM: Oh, hi Amber. Yes. Fine. So the agency I was talking about is called Bankside – they’re based in Docklands – I can tell you the address now – 497 Eastside.
AMBER: OK, thanks. So is there anyone in particular I should speak to there?
WILLIAM: The agent I always deal with is called Becky Jamieson.
AMBER: Let me write that down – Becky …
WILLIAM: Jamieson 【Q1】 J-A-M-I-E-S-O-N.
AMBER: Do you have her direct line?
WILLIAM: Yes, it’s in my contacts somewhere – right, here we are: 078 double 6, 510 triple 3. I wouldn’t call her until the afternoon 【Q2】 if I were you – she’s always really busy in the morning trying to fill last-minute vacancies. She’s really helpful and friendly so I’m sure it would be worth getting in touch with her for an informal chat.
AMBER: It’s mainly clerical and admin jobs they deal with, isn’t it?
WILLIAM: That’s right. I know you’re hoping to find a full-time job in the media eventually – but Becky mostly recruits temporary staff for the finance sector – which will look good on your CV – and generally pays better too.
AMBER: Yeah – I’m just a bit worried because I don’t have much office experience.
WILLIAM: I wouldn’t worry. They’ll probably start you as a receptionist, or something like that. So what’s important for that kind of job isn’t so much having business skills or knowing lots of different computer systems – it’s communication 【Q3】 that really matters – so you’d be fine there. And you’ll pick up office skills really quickly on the job. It’s not that complicated.
AMBER: OK good. So how long do people generally need temporary staff for? It would be great if I could get something lasting at least a month.
WILLIAM: That shouldn’t be too difficult. But you’re more likely to be offered something for a week 【Q4】 at first, which might get extended. It’s unusual to be sent somewhere for just a day or two.
AMBER: Right, I’ve heard the pay isn’t too bad – better than working in a shop or a restaurant.
WILLIAM: Oh yes – definitely. The hourly rate is about £10 【Q5】, 11 if you’re lucky.
AMBER: That’s pretty good. I was only expecting to get eight or nine pounds an hour.
WILLIAM: Do you want me to tell you anything about the registration process?
AMBER: Yes, please. I know you have to have an interview.
WILLIAM: The interview usually takes about an hour and you should arrange that about a week in advance.
AMBER: I suppose I should dress smartly if it’s for office work – I can probably borrow a suit 【Q6】 from Mum.
WILLIAM: Good idea. It’s better to look too smart than too casual.
AMBER: Will I need to bring copies of my exam certificates or anything like that?
WILLIAM: No – they don’t need to see those, I don’t think.
AMBER: What about my passport? 【Q7】
WILLIAM: Oh yes – they will ask to see that.
AMBER: OK.
WILLIAM: I wouldn’t get stressed about the interview though. It’s just a chance for them to build a relationship with you – so they can try and match you to a job which you’ll like. So there are questions about personality 【Q8】 that they always ask candidates – fairly basic ones. And they probably won’t ask anything too difficult like what your plans are for the future.
AMBER: Hope not.
WILLIAM: Anyway, there are lots of benefits to using an agency – for example, the interview will be useful because they’ll give you feedback 【Q9】 on your performance so you can improve next time.
AMBER: And they’ll have access to jobs which aren’t advertised.
WILLIAM: Exactly – most temporary jobs aren’t advertised.
AMBER: And I expect finding a temporary job this way takes a lot less time 【Q10】 – it’s much easier than ringing up inpidual companies.
WILLIAM: Yes indeed. Well I think …
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
听前预测：定位词为agent；提示词为Name，此处应填名字(姓氏)。
题目解析：本题属于填写姓名的常规类考题，难度较低，但本题属于非常见的人名拼写。录音中会给出名字的拼写，需注意的是本题中有易混淆读音的字母。当听到定位词agent时可判断答案信息即将出现，故根据预判信息，可知答案为 Jamieson。
听前预测：提示词为in the，此处应填表示时间或地点的名词。
题目解析：本题没有较好的定位词，在定位上稍显难度，需要能判断应填入的信息性质和内容，做好预判以便于抓取答案。当听到上一条信息中的电话号码“... 078 double 6,510 triple 3.”时可判断答案信息即将出现，故根据预判信息，可知答案为afternoon。
听前预测：定位词为finance industry; 提示词为skills，此处应填修饰技能的形容词或名词。
题目解析：本题在抓取答案上稍显难度，也没有较好的定位词，可通过上一条信息中的 finance industry 定位。当听到“... recruits temporary staff for the finance sector ...”时可判断答案信息即将出现。本题的难点在于录音中出现了干扰信息business skills，但通过 isn't 进行了否定，需注意这个陷阱，故根据预判信息，可知答案为 communication。
听前预测：提示词为for、one，此处应填表示时间的单数名词。
题目解析：本题没有较好的定位词，需要在预判过程中理解题干的意思，从而准确判断应填入的信息性质和内容。本题可通过女生的询问 “So how long do people generally need temporary staff for?” 定位。本题的第二个难点在于录音中出现了干扰信息 a month，但这是女生自己给出的信息，准确的答案句出现在男生的回答中："But you're more likely to be offered something for a week at first, which might get extended.”其中 at first 对应题干中的at least，因此答案为week。
听前预测：定位词为Pay; 提示词为￡，此处应填表示金额的数词。
题目解析：定位词Pay原词重现，接着在男生的回答中确定答案句：“The hourly rate is about ￡10， 11 if you're lucky.” 其中 hourly rate 意为“时薪”，对应题干中的 per hour。本题的难点在于干扰信息较多，此处的11和后面听到的 eight or nine 均为干扰信息，前者的限定条件为 if you're lucky，后者通过信号词expecting 可知这是女生原本期望的金额，且其不符合本题的字数限制，因此答案为10/ten。
听前预测：定位词为interview;提示词为Wear、a，此处应填表示服饰的名词。
题目解析：首先听到定位词interview原词重现，然后带着预判信息去听。本题题干中出现Wear一词，因此应抓取表示服饰的名词，故根据预判信息，很容易即可找到答案 suit。
听前预测：提示词为bring、your，此处应填表示物品的名词。
题目解析：本题没有较好的定位词，interview 在上一题已出现过，所以再次用作定位词的意义不大。本题可通过女生的询问“Will I need to bring...”定位，此处出现了干扰信息copies of my exam certificates。排除该干扰信息有两种方法：其一，根据本题的字数限制，干扰信息不符合题干要求，若只写copies，则信息不完整; 其二，干扰信息被后面的No直接否定。接着往下听，女生又问：“What about my passport?”男生给予了肯定回答，因此答案为 passport。
听前预测：定位词为questions; 提示词为applicant's，此处应填名词。
题目解析：本题定位词questions原词重现，可锁定答案句为：“So there are questions about personality that they always ask candidates...”其中 candidates 对应题干中的 applicant。本题的难点在于后面出现的干扰信息plans，这条干扰信息虽然能满足本题的字数限制，但其所在句中出现了否定信号词won't，因此答案为 personality。
听前预测：定位词为Advantages; 提示词为The、receive，此处应填名词。
题目解析：定位词 Advantages 被替换为了 benefits，但不难听出，随后听到个优势：“... the interview will be useful because they'll give you feedback on your performance...” 其中be useful替换了题干中的benefit，give反向替换了题干中的receive (将 ... you receive 替换为了give you ... )，因此答案为 feedback。
听前预测：定位词为advertised; 提示词为Less、is，此处应填名词。
题目解析：本题题干中的 involved 比较容易发生替换，可通过上一条信息进行定位，定位词 advertised 原词重现。根据题干中的 Less 可知本题应填写负向限定词修饰的名词。女生提出第三个优势：“And I expect finding a temporary job this way takes a lot less time...” 其中 takes 替换了题干中的 involved，finding 替换了题干中的applying for，男生对此表示了认可，因此答案为time。