Listening 2b Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab Homework 22

Web address of listening activity:
http://www.esl-lab.com/comp/comprd1.htm

Listening exercises:

1. What is the main topic of this conversation?
A. computer sales negotiations
B. a preliminary interview
C. an Internet seminar meeting

2. From the discussion, what did Mr. Taylor probably do for his previous company?
A. He managed the sales department.
B. He gave seminars on the Internet.
C. He worked as a custodian.

3. Mr. Taylor thinks that Java is:
A. a Web page authoring program.
B. a kind of beverage.
C. a computer game software.

4. What does the man mean when he says, "We'll be in touch" at the end of the conversation?
A. He will call Mr. Taylor in the next few days.
B. He talk over their discussion with others.
C. He will not contact him for further consideration.

5. Choose the best word(s) to describe Mr. Taylor:
A. on the ball
B. high achiever
C. uninformed

Score = 100%
Correct answers:
1. a preliminary interview
2. He worked as a custodian.
3. a kind of beverage.
4. He will not contact him for further consideration.
5. uninformed

Answers to pre or post-listening questions:

I. Pre-Listening Exercises [Top] 
Suppose you are applying to work for a computer software company. What qualifications and skills would be needed in different positions within a company? What kinds of questions do you think you would be asked in a job interview for such positions?

Answer:
The important point is that people who apply to work for a computer software company have good computer background.
Questions are about that the ability of writing program and experience of computer industry.

Vocabulary Exercises:

Man: Okay, Mr. Taylor, let's go ahead and begin. First of all, tell me about your last job.
Mr. Taylor: Well, as (1)stated on my resume, I worked for five years at Hi Tech Computers.
Man: Okay. Hi Tech. And what do you know about computer (2)networks and operating systems including DOS, Windows, Macintosh OS, and UNIX?
Mr. Taylor: Umm . . . well . . . I did come in contact with computers every (3)night at my last job.
Man: Hum! . . . And how about web site authoring skills? [Oh]. We are looking for someone to (4)create and manage our company's web site which would (5)include the development, configuration, and use of CGI scripts.
Mr. Taylor: Umm . . . uh, web page, web page. Huh . . . I don't think I've read that book, and I'm afraid I've (6)never used those CGI things.

Score = 100%
Correct answers:
1. stated
2. networks
3. night
4. create
5. include
6. never

Key Vocabulary [Top]

DOS (noun): Disk Operating System

UNIX (noun): a powerful operating system used, for example, in business or at universities

CGI (noun): Common Gateway Interface, a computer language commonly used for the Web

Java (noun): a computer language used to write programs for the Internet