Office Supplies Company - Test 2

C2 Proficiency · Listening Multiple Choice Interview · Cambridge English: Proficiency 1, Cambridge University Press

You will hear a programme in which Rachel and Ian White talk about their office supplies company. For questions 1–5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear.

A programme in which Rachel and Ian White talk about their office supplies company.

How did the members of the Brisbane Business Network help Rachel and Ian?

by suggesting possible sources of funding

by giving them an idea of what was possible

by advising them against expanding too fast

by supporting them when they felt like giving up

What do Rachel and Ian say about choosing a website design company?

Look at other websites they have made.

Find out what qualifications and awards they have.

Check that you can contact them later if you need to.

Make sure they are already familiar with your type of business.

With regard to marketing, they recommend

choosing techniques that require little time.

checking that the database is regularly updated.

making frequent visits to inform clients of developments.

trying to build up a personal relationship with the client base.

When they asked for help with budgeting, they were relieved to find that

their business was improving.

they were doing better than their competitors.

their accounts were becoming more accurate.

their targets were appropriate.

Rachel and Ian found it useful to teach others about business plans because

it reminded them of things they had forgotten.

they got new ideas and insight from the students.

it helped clarify things they had not understood before.

they realised how much they had learned over the years.

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