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文章大意

商科学生Marco向个人导师咨询下学期选课。导师建议先广泛涉猎商科领域而非过早专精，关注课程结构（讲座、研讨课、辅导课），不必只追名师；还提到团队管理课与大一管理学导论内容重叠，需谨慎选择。

题目与答案

1. Which THREE factors does Marco`s tutor advise him to consider when selecting a course?
   • possibility of specialisation
   • relevance to future career
   • personal interest
   • organization of course
   • assessment methods
   • range of topics

   答案：relevance to future career,personal interest,organization of course

   原文定位：Most people just go for the areas of business that they're interested in;it's important that you can use it once you get a job. It's not much good choosing areas that aren't going to be helpful later on;You should also look at how the course is made up. Will you have regular seminars and tutorials, for example, as well as lectures

   同义替换：「future career」↔「use it once you get a job」，「organization of course」↔「how the course is made up」

2. 24 Why does Marco`s tutor advise him to avoid the Team Management course?
   • It will repeat work that Marco has already done
   • It is intended for students as a lower level than Marco
   • It may take too much time to do well

   答案：It will repeat work that Marco has already done

   原文定位：Mm-hmm. The trouble is that because of changes in the content of various courses, team management overlaps with the Introduction to Management course you took in your first year;So what you learn from it would be too little for the amount of time you'd have to spend on it

   同义替换：「repeat work that Marco has already done」↔「overlaps with the Introduction to Management course you took in your first year」

3. 25 Why does Marco want to do a dissertation?
   • He thinks it will help his future career
   • He would like to do a detailed study
   • He has already done some work for it

   答案：He would like to do a detailed study

   原文定位：I'm quite prepared to do the extra work because I'm keen to investigate something in depth instead of just skating across the surface

   同义替换：「detailed study」↔「investigate something in depth」

4. 26 What does Marco`s tutor think about the dissertation outline?
   • The topics is too narrow to be useful
   • The available data may be unsuitable
   • The research plan is too complicated

   答案：The research plan is too complicated

   原文定位：the first thing that struck me was that you'll have to be careful how you set about it, as the way you've organized it seems unnecessarily complex

   同义替换：「too complicated」↔「unnecessarily complex」

5. 27 What does Marco decide to do about his dissertation?
   • Contact potential interviewees
   • Change to another topic
   • Discuss it with Professor Briggs

   答案：Contact potential interviewees

   原文定位：For part of the dissertation, I was thinking of trying to persuade finance managers from three or four companies to let me ask them about their company finances;If not, I think I'll have to change to another topic;Well, go ahead then. I could give you some names

6. Practical details

   28 A first draft of the dissertation should be completed by the end of _____ .

   答案：March

   原文定位：so you should aim to finish the first draft by the end of March

7. 29 The dissertation should be registered with the _____ of the department.

   答案：secretary

   原文定位：No, it's internal to this department, so you just need to let the secretary know

8. 30 Macro should get a copy of the statistic software from the _____ .

   答案：computer office

   原文定位：If I were you, I'd drop into the computer office and ask them for a copy