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PRACTICE FOR FINAL TEST 02

LISTENING 3

Section 1: You will hear a talk about writing a good CV. Write one or three words in each gap.

Section 2: Listen and take notes

Topic: (1)……………………………………
1. (2) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- Business ethics is (3)…………………………………………………………………………………for all
parties involved.
- To do this, a company needs to
+ consider (4)…………………………………………………………………………………. …………
+ Stakeholders are (5)……………………………………………………………………………………
+ Stakeholders including (6)…………………………………………………………………………….
+ all stakeholders often have (7)…………………………………………………………………………
2. (8)……………………………………………………………………………
- From the news reports of corporate fraud lately, of white-collar crime, business leaders today just don’t have
a conscience.
- Corruption
+ Means (9)…………………………………………………………………………………………
+ (10)…………………………………………………………………………………………
=> (11)…………………………………………………………………………. That’s the bottom line.
3. Impact of corruption
- Corruption has the impact on:
+ stakeholders: (12)………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………
+ the entire communities (13)……………………………………………………………………………

+ A survey done in 2002 found that (14) …………………………………………………………………


……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
In other words: (15)………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
=> lack of investment (16)………………………………………………………………………………
- Corruption leads many employees to doubt the honesty of all corporate executives
+ One study found that (17)………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
+ Experts in corporate ethics have found that (18)………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- Evidence:
- Researchers found that :
+ 43% of employees (19)………..……………………………………………………………………of
integrity.
+
(20)….………………………………………………………………………………………………themselves.
=> Corruption can have negative effects throughout the company.

Section 3: Listen to radio host Sandra Hebbert interviewing designer Philippe Boisseau. Choose the best answer
– a, b or c – to the questions.
1 What sort of product does Philippe design?
a) stands for trade shows b) cars c) furniture
2 What does Philippe say about some furniture designers?
a) They paint their furniture. b) They are like artists. c) They are not good businesspeople.
3 What sort of product does Philippe create?
a) Comfortable but very expensive
b) Mainly beautiful, like a painting or sculpture
c) Useful and not too expensive
4 What does Philippe discover when he talks to people?
a) His competitors’ secrets b) Gaps in the market c) People’s favourite furniture stores
5 What need did Philippe discover?
a) People wanted more storage space.
b) People wanted more comfortable furniture.
c) People wanted desks for the living room.
6 What does Philippe say about his sofa with drawers?
a) It wasn’t popular. b) It was wasteful. c) It was a breakthrough.

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