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1998.3 上海市英语高级口译资格证书第一阶段考试 SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (30 minutes) Part A: Spot Dictation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage only once. Business people spend quite a lot of time in meetings and meetings come in all shapes and sizes: ranging from ___ ___(1) to informal one-to-one meetings. There are _________(2) why meetings are held: reaching decisions in a meeting means that all the participants can ________ (3) the decision: more information is available; and different ideas can be contributed. Meetings can lead to more_ ___(4):梠ften more courageous decisions than one person might feel brave enough to make. But meetings also_______g ___(5): more time is required; theres more talk, sometimes irrelevant and repetitive; and_________ _____(6). The more people there are at a meeting, the longer it may take to reach a decision. There______ ___(7) for meetings, depending on the purpose梐 meeting where information is being given to people can be quite large, as questions______ ___(8) may be asked by a few individuals on everyone elses behalf. The way a committee operates often depends on_____ ______(9) or chairperson: he or she may control the proceedings or__ _________(10) whenever they want. An effective chairperson should be flexible. In some meetings the mernbers have to_____ ___(11) before a decision can be made: formal proposals or 搈otions?may have to be tabled,___________ (12) before a vote can taken. Other meeting may require____ ___(13)梕veryone has to agree. Most meetings have an agenda. For a formal meeting, this document may be____ ____(14) to all participants. For an informal meeting, the agenda may simply be__a ______(15) that have