【听英文对话做选择】电脑销售与修理

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Phone Recording 1: Hello and thank you for calling computer technical support.
Caller: Uh, yes, I have a problem . . .
 
Phone Recording: Your call is important to us, and we will answer your call in the order that it was received. You are number 47 in the queue. Your approximate waiting time is 47 minutes.
 
Technical support: Jason, speaking. How can I help you?
 
Caller: Oh, I'm saved. I thought I was going to have to wait all day.
 
Technical support: Okay, what's the problem?
 
Caller: Yeah, well, I bought one of your laptop computers about three weeks ago, but it just isn't running right.
 
Technical support: Okay, well, sorry to say, but your computer is no longer under warranty 2. [What?!] It ran out yesterday.
 
Caller: What? A three-week warranty? [Yeah, great isn't it.]. Ah!!!
 
Technical support: Okay, okay, what seems to be the problem?
 
Caller: Well, first of all, the thing always freezes [Yeah.] and has crashed a zillion times . . . [Always.]
 
Technical support: Uh, sir . . .
 
Caller: . . . and I think the computer's infected with spyware and the big banana trojan virus . . . [That's normal.] That's my biggest . . . that's normal? . . . That's my biggest concern.
 
Technical support: Oh, oh, uh, sir . . .
 
Caller: . . . and plus there was a ton of preinstalled, third-party programs that just clutter 3 the computer, and I'm at wit's end trying to get this thing to work.
 
Technical support: Sir. I have to put you on hold.
 
Caller: What?
 
Technical support: It's going to take us a minute or so to diagnose the problem. [Huh?!] I'm going to transfer you to our ONE technician.
 
Caller: One . . . one!? But . . .
 
Phone Recording: Thank you for waiting. Your call is important to us. You are number 84 in the queue. You approximate waiting time is 2 hours, 17 minutes or whenever we get around to answering your call.
 
[ End of call and continuation of computer advertisement . . . ]
 
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1. What is the man's main problem with his computer?
A. It crashes a lot.
B. His computer has a virus.
C. It has a lot of junk software.
2. What is the issue with the computer warranty?
A. The warranty has expired since he bought the computer.
B. The warranty isn't valid 7 because didn't register the computer.
C. The warranty doesn't cover software issues and problems.
 
3. What can we infer from the first company's response to the caller?
A. They sent the man the wrong computer in the first place.
B. The company doesn't provide warranties 8 for their products.
C. They are understaffed to handle customer complaints.
 
4. Which of the following is a main selling point for the second company being advertised?
A. Their products are the newest on the market.
B. The computers are cheaper than those sold by competitors.
C. The company manufactures secure and trustworthy machines.
 
5. What is the name of the second company?
A. Turbo Command
B. Turvo Computers
C. Turban Camando
 
正确答案：

1. His computer has a virus.
2. The warranty has expired since he bought the computer.
3. They are understaffed to handle customer complaints.
4. The company manufactures secure and trustworthy machines.
5. Turbo Command