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  3. Look at the notes below.Some information is missing.You will hear the Chief Fi

Look at the notes below.Some information is missing.You will hear the Chief Fi

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问题 Look at the notes below.
Some information is missing.
You will hear the Chief Financial Officer is presenting the annual report to staff.
For each question(16-22), fill in the missing information in the numbered space using a word, numbers or letters.
After you have listened once, replay the recording.
                        ANNUAL REPORT
Performance of last year:【B1】______, sales and profits fell, and market share went down by【B2】______percent.
Reasons:
(i)Difficult【B3】______in this sector after September 11th.
(ii)【B4】______has affected consumer confidence.
(iii)rising【B5】______.
Hopes in this year:
(i)The second and third quarter【B6】______cease decreasing.
(ii)Ensure that【B7】______do not fall and that costs remain stable. [br] 【B5】
CEO:
    I would like you to all look at the bar chart for the last financial year. As you can see, turnover, sales and profits all fell slightly last year due to the difficult market conditions in this sector after September 11th. Although profits decreased more than we had expected, market share was affected by growth in our main competitor’s expansion and went down by 1. 7 percent. Well, we think that inflation has affected consumer confidence and this, combined with rising unemployment, will mean our figures remain the same again this year. The good news is that the usually weak first quarter of this year was a slight improvement on the same period last year, mainly due to the increase in the marketing budget. We want to ensure that the second and third quarter sales do not fall dramatically. In this way, we can ensure that profits do not fall and that costs remain stable. We hope that the...
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答案 unemployment
解析 细节题。unemployment的意思是“失业”。由原文“…combined with ris—ing unemployment…”可知答案为unemploy—ment。
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