托福模拟试题听力 - TPO12 - 对话2
(2013-07-01 17:27:24)| TPO 12 Conversation
2 Student:Hi. Miss Andrics. Secretary:Hi Bret, how are you? Student:I’m fine; except I have a question about my paycheck. Secretary:Sure. What’ up? Student:Well it’s already been several weeks at the end of the semester my check was supposed to go directly into my bank account but there haven’t been any deposits. Secretary:That’s odd. Student:Yea, I thought graduate teaching a system for automatically put on the payroll at the beginning of the semester. Secretary:They are. Let’s see did you complete all the forms for the payroll? Student:I filled in whatever they sent me, and I returned like the end of August. Secretary:Hum, well, you definitely should have been paid by now. At least two pay periods have passed since then Student:I asked the bank and they didn’t know anything. Who should I talk to about this, payroll? Secretary:I’m going to contact them for you. There was a problem in processing some of the graduate students’ payroll paper work. ‘Cause their computer program crashed after all the information was processed.And some people’s information couldn’t be retrieved. Student:Hum. But why didn’t any one let me know? Secretary:I don’t know how they work over there, ‘cause they couldn’t even figure out whose information was missing. And this isn’t the first time,seems like something like this happens every semester. Student:So how do I find out if my information was lost? Secretary:I will contact them tomorrow morning to see if you’re in the system.But you’re probably not. Student:What then will let me to do? Secretary:Sorry but you will need to fill out those forms again and then I will fax them over the payroll office. Student:And then what… Well, what I really need to know is how long till I get the money, I’m already a month behind my bills and my tuitions due soon. Secretary:That’ll get you into the system the same day they receive your paper works. So if you do that tomorrow, you’ll get paid next Friday. Student:That’s a long time from now. Will that pay checking include all the money I am owed? Secretary:It should. I will double check with the payroll department. Student:And another thing, Is there any way I could get paid sooner, I have been teaching all these weeks… Secretary:I know that’s not fair but I don’t think they can do anything; all the checks are computed automatically in the system. They can’t just write checks. Student:But there is another one to make mistakes. They’ve never told me! 1. What is the student’s problem? A. He missed the tuition due date. B. He has not been paid. C. His bank lost his paycheck.
D. His
tuition payment got lost.
A. A new computer system was installed. B. Information was entered into the computer system correctly. C. Some employee information got lost. D. Paychecks were distributed for the wrong amount. 3. What does the woman imply about the people who work in the payroll office? A. They did not realize that they had a problem. B. They are rather disorganized. C. They had tried to contact the man several times. D. They prefer to process checks manually. 4. What will the student probably need to do to get paid? A. Talk to the person who hired him. B. Go to the payroll department. C. Call the director of the payroll department. D. Resubmit the payroll paperwork. 5. How does the student’s attitude change during the conversation? A. From annoyed to appreciative. B. From frustrated to excited. C. From surprised to frustrated. D. From appreciative to surprised. |

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