2016听力真题-对话 1-2

Conversation One

Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.

W: Hello, This is Kate Smith, I'm calling from ABC Company.

M: Oh, hello, Kate. Great to hear from you.

W: You've already been told that you've been shortlisted for interview...

M: Oh, yes...

W: Well, we're very excited about meeting you. OK, I just want to talk you through the procedure for the day. Someone will meet you when you arrive, and then bring you up to meet myself and Arthur Miller, the CEO.

M: OK, sounds good.

M: So will you be the only members of the interview panel there then?

W: Yes, it'll be just me and Arthur who will talk to you.

W: The interview will be in three parts

W: first of all we'll ask you some general questions about yourself

W: and your educational and professional background,

W: and then we'll move on to specifics.

M: Oh, um, specifics? Well er, what kind of questions will you be asking?

W: Well, it'll be very similar to the personal statement you submitted with your CV

W: we'll be expecting you to... to give actual examples of problems you've faced and solved,

W: and of what you feel are the major successes in your career so far.

M: OK. Well, yeah, that sounds great—can't wait!

W: Then there'll be a chance for you to ask us any questions—about the job itself, or ABC Company in general...

M: Oh, um, OK... I'll think of something!

W: After that, we'd like you to give a short presentation on how you see ABC Company as a company progressing,

W: and how you see yourself taking us there.

M: OK, so will I be expected to give like a formal style presentation?

W: It can be as formal or informal as you like.

W: There'll be a computer and a data projector there available.

W: If you need anything else, just let us know.

M: Oh, um... OK, a presentation! I'll think of something. I haven't done one of those in a while...

W: Is that all clear?

M: Yes.

W: Great! So, Daniel, I'll see you at 11 a.m., Thursday next week.

M: OK, great. I look forward to meeting you! Thanks, bye.

W: Bye.

Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.

Question 1. Why does the woman call the man?

Question 2. What kind of questions can the man ask in the interview?

Question 3. Which is the last part of the interview?

Question 4. What might be expected from the man's presentation?

Question 5. When is the interview scheduled?

CONVERSATION TWO

Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.

W: It says a growing number of students are making a major hole from the minute they enter the real world

W: because they are already, some of them, more than 100, 000 dollars in debt.

W: With us now is Mark Spencer, he is the senior financial analyst for SBC Bank.

W: Welcome to you.

M: Thank you. Nice to be with you.

W: Now I guess there are two kinds of debts: good debt and bad debt.

W: Where does this go?

M: Well, student loan debt is traditionally considered good debt,

M: but the problem for many students and their families

M: is that the cost of colleges has been going up at 6 to 8% a year,

M: far faster than the income, far faster than the standard of living.

M: That means debt's taking on a bigger and bigger role in financing education.

W: How much debt is too much debt for, for one student?

M: Well, one guideline is that you look at the first year's salary in your field after graduation,

M: and use that as a barometer, but even then...

W: Is that right?

M: Well, you are talking big payments even in that instance, for example, 30, 000 dollars worth of debt.

M: If you are gonna repay that over 10 years,

M: you are talking more than 300 dollars a month at, in payments every month for 10 years.

W: But there're surely more than one way to get a loan for college.

W: There are government programs.

W: There are so many kinds of grants.

W: What's, what's the best advice for people who are looking for these loans to try to keep themselves from going under.

M: I understand that loans are just one way of college finance.

M: Take advantage of the other opportunities.

M: Things like a college savings plan, let, let you save on a tax advantage basis.

M: So you can put money away in these accounts and withdraw tax-free to pay for that education.

W: So it's important to start early and that really reduces that reliance on debt later.

M: Another thing, leave no stone unturned, looking at grants, scholarships, even on-campus jobs.

M: I mean every dollar you get that way is seen as another dollar you don't have to borrow later.

W: The kinds of jobs that so many students, the fresh off students, like to go into, er, charity stuff, volunteer work.

W: This debt is eliminating a lot of that, isn't it?

M: I think that's the social cost.

M: Really, I mean, you know, when you consider that,

M: you know, people may pass up a rewarding career in charitable work, or non-profit organization

M: because they have to get a higher salary someplace else to pay off that debt.

W: Yeah, that's for sure. Mark Spencer, senior financial analyst from SBC Bank.

W: Mark, good you could be here.

M: Thank you.

Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.

Question 6. What is the interview mainly about?

Question 7. How does the cost of college education change every year?

Question 8. What is used to measure student loan debt as a guideline?

Question 9. What is the advantage of joining a college savings plan?

Question 10. What is the possible social cost of a college loan?