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【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 al, but there are significant additional costs which we hadn39。t taken into account. So could you get back to me as soon as you can, please?[pause] TwentytwoWoman: Hello, Sally here, from Pagwell Paints, returning your call. I39。m very sorry you aren39。t happy with the latest consignment you39。ve had from us. It39。s rather strange, because following your plaint about the last delivery, we did in fact take action to change the specifications in the way you suggested. So it isn39。t quite fair to say that we ignored your advice. I know it39。s important to achieve the consistency that you require, but perhaps your remendation wasn39。t exactly what39。s needed.[pause]Now listen to the recordings again.[pause]This is the end of Part Two. [pause]Part Three. Questions 23 to 30.You will hear the chairman of a business institute making a speech about new business awards that his institute has sponsored.For each question 2330. mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.After you have listened once, replay the recording.You have 45 seconds to read through the questions.[pause]Now listen, and mark A, 6 or C.[pause]Man: Who are the managers of the best innovation developments in British industry? That was the question which the first Business Today Innovation Awards set out to answer.This project is all about rewarding good practice and performance. So, rather than simply recognising excellence in the design of specific products, or analysing their financial impact on profits, the awards set out to take an objective look at exactly how panies manage the development process itself.Over three hundred and fifty organisations entered the petition and were initially reduced to about forty. Then, after further careful checking, a short list of just fourteen of them was arrived at. These finalists, all manufacturers, were then visited by the petition judges, a panel of four chief executives from leading panies. The panel toured the finalists39。 facilities, received presentations on the panies and their projects, and interviewed the key development team members. The products varied enormously in their scale, function and degree of technology from bread for a supermarket chain to a printer inside an automatic cash dispenserInitially the organisers were concerned that this range could create difficulties in the assessment process. But this fear proved baseless, as most elements in the innovation process are shared by all manufacturers.Interestingly, the finalists broke down into two distinct and equal groups: large firms with one thousand employees or more and small firms with two hundred and fifty employees or fewer. With both groups the judges decided to concentrate on two of the clearest indicators of a successful innovation process, which are: how well the new product is bined with the pany39。s existing business, and secondly, howwell the innovation methods are recorded and understood. Small firms naturally tend to do well in the first category since they have fewer layers of management and thus much shorter munication lines. But they seem to put less emphasis on creating formal development methods which would be repeatable in future innovations.Large firms, on the other hand, have difficulty integrating the new development within their existing business for reasons of scale. But they tend to succeed in achieving welldocumented and repeatable development methods. This is because larger panies, with their clear emphasis on training, fixed management structure and administrative systems, require more formal, daily recordkeeping from their staff.So what were the key questions the judges had in mind when assessing the finalists? One of the most important areas concerned how thoroughly a pany checks what is happening in other fields in order to incorporate new ideas into the development process. Many of the finalists impressed in the area. Xatura, for example, had demonstrated genuine energy in searching for new ways of producing their range of specialitv breads. They had looked at styles of home cooking in different countries, as well as the possibility of exploiting new production technologies in order to achieve equally good results but on a highvolume production line.What then occupied much of the judges39。 thoughts was the quality of the links which the development team established with senior management, suppliers, the market and manufacturing. The best examples of the first category were found in small firms, where the individual entrepreneur at the top was clearly driving the innovation forwardLinks with suppliers were also seen as an important factor, but not all supplier experiences were positive. Occasionally serious problems had to be solved where suppliers were working hard to meet specifications, but the panies that the suppliers were using to adapt their machinery were not so efficient. This, led to disappointing faults or fluctuations in quality.But in conclusion the awards demonstrate that innovation isn39。t just for hightech internet panies. You can also be successful in mature markets with determination and skill.[pause]Now listen to the recording again.[pause]That is the end of Part Three. You now have ten minutes to transfer your answers to your Answer Sheet.Note: Teacher, stop the recording here and time ten minutes. Remind students when there is one minute remaining.[pause]That is the end of the test.Test 2 ReadingPart 1I. B 2 C 3 A 4 D 5 D 6 B 7 CPart 28 C 9 B 10 E 11 A 12 DPart 313 D 14 C 15 A 16 A 17 C Part 4 20 D 21 A 22 C 23 A 24 C 25 B 26 A 27 A 28 D 29 C 30 A 31 C 32 D 33 BPart 534 THAT 35 CORRECT 36 ONLY 37 SO 38 CORRECT 39 THE 40 HOW 41 CORRECT 42 OUT 43 CORRECT 44 WILL 45 BETest 2 WritingPart 1 To: All StaffFrom: Managing DirectorDate: 7 DecemberSubject: Staff