《高级商务英语听说》试卷B评分标准及参与答案 Tape scripts and answer keys: 1.Listen to the following passage carefully and complete it by filling in the missing words. Even though its research center can't match the resources of Compaq or IBM,it is Lenovol that's turning up the heat on those rivals and others.The $758 million Beijing based computer company saw its sales grow by 106%last year,making it the biggest seller of PCs in the fastest-growing computer market on earth-a title that foreign rivals had hoped to capture.But with 15%of China's sales,Lenovol has twice the market share of its closest competitor,IBM."We plan to be among the top 10 PC manufacturers in the world by 2000,"vows Yang Yuan-qing,general manager of Lenovol Computer Systems Ltd.Lenovol's goal:to sell 1.5 million computers in 2001, up from 800,000 units today. Answer keys:(10 points,1 point each) Resources,rivals,$758 million,106%,capture,15%,twice,top 10,1.5 million,800,000. 2.Listen to the following passage carefully and write“T”(true)or“F”(False) for each of the statements below. Last fall,Lenovol signed deals with Lotus Development Corp.and Oracle Corp.to resell group ware and database software to Chinese businesses."They still are relatively weak in R&D and in software,"says Jay Hu,managing director of the US Information Technology Office,an industry association in Beijing. For now,that is,in late November,Lenovol and Computer Associates International Inc.agreed to a $3.5 million software join-venture.Their first task is to create software development tool to compete with Microsoft.The software will be available in the Chinese market this summer. Lenovol isn't relying strictly on the foreigners to create a software stronghold.It recently invested $4.5 million to become the leading share-holder of Kingsoft,a Chinese software company.The two will develop Chinese word processing,dictionary, and game programs.And in November,the government announced it would send 400 researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences-a national think tank--to work at Lenovol's research labs.The move gives Lenovol much-needed brainpower in its quest to develop better software and more powerful computers. With China's computer market the bright spot in a now-battered region;competition is bound to be intense.It will take more than frenetic nerds and hipsters to keep Lenovol on top.《高级商务英语听说》试卷 B 评分标准及参与答案 Tape scripts and answer keys: 1. Listen to the following passage carefully and complete it by filling in the missing words. Even though its research center can’t match the resources of Compaq or IBM, it is Lenovol that’s turning up the heat on those rivals and others. The $758 million Beijing based computer company saw its sales grow by 106% last year, making it the biggest seller of PCs in the fastest-growing computer market on earth – a title that foreign rivals had hoped to capture. But with 15% of China’s sales, Lenovol has twice the market share of its closest competitor, IBM. “We plan to be among the top 10 PC manufacturers in the world by 2000,” vows Yang Yuan-qing, general manager of Lenovol Computer Systems Ltd. Lenovol’s goal: to sell 1.5 million computers in 2001, up from 800,000 units today. Answer keys: (10 points, 1 point each) Resources, rivals, $758 million, 106%, capture, 15%, twice, top 10, 1.5 million, 800,000. 2. Listen to the following passage carefully and write “T”(true) or “F”(False) for each of the statements below. Last fall, Lenovol signed deals with Lotus Development Corp. and Oracle Corp. to resell group ware and database software to Chinese businesses. “They still are relatively weak in R&D and in software,” says Jay Hu, managing director of the US Information Technology Office, an industry association in Beijing. For now, that is, in late November, Lenovol and Computer Associates International Inc. agreed to a $3.5 million software join-venture. Their first task is to create software development tool to compete with Microsoft. The software will be available in the Chinese market this summer. Lenovol isn’t relying strictly on the foreigners to create a software stronghold. It recently invested $4.5 million to become the leading share-holder of Kingsoft, a Chinese software company. The two will develop Chinese word processing, dictionary, and game programs. And in November, the government announced it would send 400 researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences – a national think tank -- to work at Lenovol’s research labs. The move gives Lenovol much-needed brainpower in its quest to develop better software and more powerful computers. With China’s computer market the bright spot in a now-battered region; competition is bound to be intense. It will take more than frenetic nerds and hipsters to keep Lenovol on top