考满分IELTS: 剑雅听力8Test3Section4

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Listen and answer questions 31-40

Question 31-34

Choose the correct letter A, B or C.
Trying to repeat success

31. Comapred to introducing new business processes, attempts to copy existing processes are

  • A.

    more attractive.

  • B.

    more frequent.

  • C.

    more straightforward.

32. Most research into the repetition of success in business has

  • A.

    been done outside the United States.

  • B.

    produced consistent findings.

  • C.

    related to only a few contexts.

33. What does the speaker say about consulting experts?

  • A.

    Too few managers ever do it.

  • B.

    It can be useful in certain circumstances.

  • C.

    Experts are sometimes unwilling to give advice.

34. An expert's knowledge about a business system may be incomplete because

  • A.

    some details are difficut for workers to explain.

  • B.

    workers choose not to mention certain details.

  • C.

    details are sometimes altered by workers.

Question 35-40

Complete the table below:

Setting up systems based on an existing process

Two mistakes

Manager tries to:

·improve on the original process

? create an ideal   from the best parts of several processes

Cause of problems

? information was inaccurate

? comparison between the business settings was invalid

? disadvantages were overlooked, e.g. effect of changes on 

Solution

? change 

? impose rigorous 

? copy original very closely:

- physical features of the 

- The   of original employees