新東方：2008年9.13中口聽力Statements原文及答案

沈悅：新東方聽說特訓及口譯班明星教師，聽說、口譯教研組成員。講課熱情投入、旁征博引、幽默詼諧，深受廣大學員好評。
　　Statements:（新東方版權所有）
　　1. I really cannot decide whether to dig up information from the Internet for our annual report over the weekend or go shopping with my friends. But maybe a break would do me good.
　　正確答案：B For me, taking a rest is better than surfing the Internet or shipping.
　　2. Rarely do new employees take such initiatives as Mr. Johnson does. Usually
　　they'll wait until they're familiar with their working environment.
　　正確答案：C Usually new employees will not take such initiatives as Mr Johnson does.
　　3. The subject of the conference is marketing and sales. And I was wondering if you could give us a talk, say, fifty minutes or so on cost-effective publicity.
　　正確答案：B Could you say something on the subject of cost-effective publicity.
　　4. If a family has a baby, it brings about special food and clothing needs. When that child grows up, he or she will more directly influence their parents' choice of daily commodities.
　　正確答案：A Children will directly or indirectly affect what their parents purchase.
　　5. Not all sugar-containing foods are bad. For example, an apple has its main calories come from sugar, but it's surrounded by fiber, so it digests slowly and keeps blood sugar under control.
　　正確答案：C Although it is sugar-containing, the apple is a kind of healthy fruits.
　　6. Had I known that we could buy exactly the same type of camera cheaper on the Internet, I would not have placed the order and paid for this one.
　　正確答案：D The camera we bought is more expensive than I expected.
　　7. By far, the most serious economic problem is that of inflation, now being accelerated by the rise of unemployment, and threatened further by a possible wage explosion.
　　正確答案：A The problem of inflation could be worsened due to rising unemployment and wage explosion.
　　8. According to our economists, a tariff is a kind of tax imposed by the government on goods imported from abroad.
　　正確答案：D The tariff is a government tax on imported goods.
　　9. Due to our vigorous advertising campaign, the sales figure for our new product has reached 360,000 dollars this month, three times of our original promotion plan.
　　KEY: A We had planned to sell $120000 worth of this new product
　　10. Although the short report was well written and documented, it failed to convince the committee to vote against the proposed project.
　　正確答案：B The committee approved the proposed project.