Listening in task1 The son wants to buy a pair of basketball shoesas his old ones look kind of funny. But the father thinks there is still a lot of lifeleft in the old shoes. The son points out that in an adYao Ming claims that these shoes give him extra spring. The father, on the other hand, says that he does not make as much money as Yao Ming does, and that the tall man does not need extra spring. What's more, the advertiser may give him dollersfor wearing the shoes in the ad. To this the son answers jokingly that he would wear the new shoes for nothing. Then the father replies that Yao Ming did not reach the topsimply because of the shoes. Rather, there must be something else. The son knows his father means things like hard workand dedication. Finally the father asks the son to focus onhis studies and getthe shoes. Your answer Correct answer (1) shoes shoes (2) funny funny (3) a lot of life a lot of life (4) ad ad (5) extra spring extra spring (6) money money (7) dollers millions of dollars (8) for nothing for nothing (9) reach the top reach the top (10) hard work hard work (11) focus on focus on (12) get forget 1. The firm has been asked to change the wording of its advertising because it prejudices against friendly people. (A) True (B) False 2. Travelco is looking for an employee to provide food for its staff. (A) True (B) False 3. Mr. Smith agreed to the decision to remove the word "friendly" from the advertisement. (A) True (B) False 4. The job center intends to set guidelines of not using personality characteristics in advertisements. (A) True (B) False 5. According to an official of the job center, the local judges will determine the results of the...
