Q 1

Our firm is planning to startup a new branch in Australia early next year. And we are making a feasibility study of the proposal.

此题目关键为一些基本商务英语词汇的考察

branch : 分公司

feasibility study : 可行性研究

Q2

You would like me to describe our chief accountant? Well, I could never stay away any of his briefings without first drinking at least 3 cups of coffee.

Q3

Miss. Brown hasn’t had any previous working experience. She graduated from college 3 years ago, and started to work for us right away.

Q4

When the secretary said that the memorandum would be ready by Wednesday, the general manager told her to take her time.

此题目是04.3月statements考题的翻版。考察take one’s time 的意思。即“不用着急”

Q5

If you give us a 10% discount on this product, we will place a 2nd order immediately after we received the 1st one next month.

此题考点第一是数字10%discount，即九折。第二是商务英语 place an order, 表示订货。

Q6

Scientists believe that some animals become extinct because of changes in climate. When the places they live become hotter or colder, and they can’t adapt to the new surroundings, they die.

本题考察环保词汇： climate change(气候变化) extinct （灭绝）和 adapt to (适应)

Q7

I have been looking into the question of having the products delivered by air. It’s quick, the goods are less liable to damage than by sea, and there is less risk of holdups.

Look into sth. 深入调查

Liable : 容易的

Holdup : 耽搁

Q8

Today with the rapid social and economic changes of modern times, generation gap is found within the same generation between people of different age groups, sometimes with only a few years apart.

曾经高级口译的听力翻译单句题的稍作改动。

Generation gap : 代沟

Q9

Last year’s annual sales conference was a great success. We have an attendance of almost 100 agents and influential customers. This time we are accounting on more than 180.

本题考点为商务英语词汇和数字

annual sales conference 年度销售会议

Attendance : 参加

Agent : 代理商

Q10

Originally, we had planned to invest 3.5million in that project, but just look at this figure, it has almost doubled that amount.

转折题型，重点听but后的短句。Double是本题的核心。