TOEIC
[Test of English for International Communication]

国际交流英语考试,是美国教育部考试中心针对英语非母语人士所设计的英语交流能力测试,主要用来测试国际商业界及其他专业界人士的英语程度.它能对人们使用英语进行交流的能力做出公正客观的测量,是当今世界上顶级职业英语能力测试标准.TOEIC是一种常模参照考试,不同的考试分数代表应试者在日常工作中使用英语进行交流的能力的差异,因些考试成绩没有及格与不及格之分.总成绩范围为10-990分.每年举办最多11次的大规模公开考试.

Day One

Office Matters

1.appointment
If you would like to meet with Mr.Higgins,you must first make an
appointment with his secretary.

Explanation:
n. an arrangement for a meeting at a given time and place

2.attendance
I was very pleased with the number of high-ranking officials in attendance at todays's press conference.

Explanation:
n. the act of being present;the number of persons present

3.cabinet
He keeps all his files in the cabinets in the back of the office.

Explanation:
n. an upright case or cupboard with shelves,drawers,or compartments for safekeeping or display of objects

4.calendar
Please check the calendar on the wall and see whick date Mother's Day falls on this year.

Explanation:
n. chart showing the months of a year (including days and weeks);
a schedule

5.clerk
She was offered a job as an accounts clerk with a travel firm.

Explanation:
n. a pereson who works in an office,bank,or law court and whose job is to look after the records or accounts.

6.directory
If you need to speak to him,you can use the office directory and look up
his personal extension.

Explanation:
n. an alphabetical or classified list of names and addresses.

7.duplicate
Please don't bring a duplicate,since I will need to see your original birth
certificate for this passport.

Explanation:
n. an identical copy ;
v. to make an identical copy of ;to replicate

8.filing
Developed in the early 1900's,the Dewey Decimal System is a filing
system still used by libraries today.

Explanation:
n. putting in useful order;cataloguing

9.in-tray
The more Dennis procrastinated,the more the stack of paperwork in his
in-tray resembled the Rocky Mountains.

Explanation:
n. a flat,shallow container used for holding items that are to be
accomplished

10.monitor
Seismic readouts are carefully monitored by seismologists,who are
always on the lookout for the next big earthquake

Explanation:
v. to watch ,or keep track of ,often by means of an electronic device