PART THREE
　　Question 23-30.
　　●You will hear partof a conversation between a management consultant and the Human Resourcesmanager of Jenkins, a company which manufactures children’s clothing.
　　23 Whatis said about the ownership of Jenkins?
　　A the founder has sold the company tosomeone else.
　　B Jenkins has merged with another company
　　C There has beenno change of ownership.
　　24 What does the Human Resources manager see as themain external threat to Jenkins?
　　A Their retailers are becoming less willingto pay their prices.
　　B Consumers are buying more top-of-the-range children’sclothes.
　　C More and more companies are producing children’s clothes.
　　25The Human Resources manager sees the company’s main strength as the factthat
　　A It has several long-term contracts
　　B it makes products of highquality
　　C its distribution system is efficient
　　26 The Human Resourcesmanager believes that Jenkins’ main weakness at present is that
　　A themachinery is inadequate for current requirements
　　B the management style isout of line with modern demands
　　C the relation between management and workersare poor.
　　27 According to the Human Resources manager, why do many machinistschoose to leave?
　　A They think that they can get better paid workelsewhere.
　　B They feel that too much is expected of them
　　C They lackconfidence in the company’ future
　　28 When working to produce a batch ofclothes
　　A each team is responsible for a particular operation
　　B eachmember of the team produces a complete item
　　C each person carries out onepart of the production process
　　29. What change has been made to range ofgoods?
　　A A smaller number of items is produced
　　B Each item is now made insmaller quantities.
　　C Fewer new styles are introduced each year.
　　30 Whatis said about the machinists?
　　A More of their work is falling below therequired standard.
　　B Some of them are earning less than they used to.
　　CThey have to spend longer learning to operate new machines.
　　Exports figureshows the same performance although at level $4bn higher thanimports.
　　Consequently, the balance of trade remained markedly positivethroughout the period.
　　Band 4
　　All content points are included. There is arelatively natural use of language and a good range of structure, despite someinaccuracy. There is also evidence of a wide range of vocabulary and the reportis well organized.
　　Sample B
　　Introduction:
　　The aim of this report is todescribe the imports an exports of the Manufacturing and Agricultural sectors inthe years 1991-2001 in European contry’s
　　Manufacturing Imports
　　In thefirst year (1991) the imports were just above $2 bn, at the end of 2001, theimports were almost on the $ 6 bn.
　　Manufacturing Exports
　　In 1991 were justbelow the $ 3