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单选题

A．To inform him of a problem they face.
B．To request him to purchase control desks.
C．To discuss the content of a project report.
D．To ask him to flX the dictating machine.

参考答案A

解析:
W. Oh, hello, John. Are you using your dictating machine this morning? I've got a long report I must dictate.Can I borrow your machine?
M: Of course. But can you spare me a second? (9-1) It's the message you sent to me about the delivery delayon the control desks. What's gone wrong?
W: Everything, John. (9-2) We have to get the steel sheets we need for these desks from new suppliers.Well,the suppliers have got some trouble or other. (10)They say they will be a bit later for the delivery.M：But they can’t be!These control desks are a special order.They are wanted for one of the big computercompmfies.It’s a very important contract.
W：When did we promise delivery?
M：On Thursday next week.And there’s a penalty’clause.We stand to lose lo percent of our price for each week of overdue delivery.
W：(11-1)Oh,these penalty clauses!Why did you sales people accept them?
M：(1l-2)We have to accept them,otherwise we don't get the contracts.
W：Well，let’s get on to the Buying Department.I only heard about the delay yesterday because we kept tlle
production line clear to handle these special sheets.It’s a dreadful nuisance.
M：tt will be more than a nuisance.If we don’t meet on the delivery date，it will cost us a lot of money.
W：Keep caIin，John.(12)We can perhaps claim compensation from the steel suppliers for failure to deliver on time.That’ll offset the penalty clause.
M：Well.ifwe can.
未听先知.预览四道题各选项，其中出现了problem，deliver，discount，suppliers，customer等词，由此推测对话与商务往来相关。
Why did the woman send the message to the man?
A)。详解.在对话开头女士向男士借录音机，男士说没问题，但是提到了女士给他发的一条信息，想问问是怎么回事，接下来女士说他们的供货方出了问题，以致他们的控制台要延迟交货。由此可知，女士给男士发信息的目的就是想告诉男士他们碰到的难题，故A)为答案。

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A．They quote the best price in the market.
B．They manufacture and sell office furniture.
C．They cannot deliver the steel sheets on time.
D．They cannot produce the steel sheets needed.

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A．By marking down the trait price.
B．By accepting the penalty clauses.
C．By allowing more time for delivery.
D．By promising better after-sales service.

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A．Give the customer a ten percent discount.
B．Claim compensation from the steel suppliers.
C．Ask the Buying Department to change suppliers.
D．Cancel the contract with the customer.

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