1. At the annual general meeting, the board chairman of the company outlined the development strategy for the next 5 years.

2. You needn’t notify the maintenance office about the fixing of the faucet in the washroom. I can get Tom to take care of it. He is really handy.

3. Although the accountant promised to help by all he could, the auditor called into question the accuracy of the figures in the books.

4. We have carefully checked your qualifications and decided that we need someone with more office experience. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

5. The sales of Vitamin E, helped by the testimony of health food expert, and a number of leading medical authorities, have doubled in the past 5 years.

6. An average American male is expected to live 75.4 years, while the life expectancy of a female can be 80.4 years.

7. For many people in large cities, the reasons against owning a private car outweigh the reasons for owning one. Therefore, the answer is negative.

8. To believe that our company can be little affected or even immune to the current economic crisis is to ignore the most basic principles of trade and commerce.

9. At college, Betty receives a monthly allowance of $650 from home. She also earns $350 a month in her part-time job. And she spends about 80% of her income for daily expenses.

10. Some businesses, organizations and government agencies provide employees with the opportunities to progress to higher positions with higher salaries. The higher position an individual occupies, the more responsibilities it brings.

Statements
1. 公司董事會(huì)主席制定5年計(jì)劃。句子短，難度也小

2. 注意needn't，與下句I will find... 相呼應(yīng)，Handy 。難度小

3. 注意although的轉(zhuǎn)折意思。短語(yǔ)call into question表示對(duì)...懷疑。難度適中。

4. 拒絕職位申請(qǐng)的通俗表達(dá)，沒(méi)有生僻詞。難度小

5. 關(guān)于維生素E的銷(xiāo)售話(huà)題。因?yàn)橹骶溟g有插入成分，所以難度稍大。主句表達(dá)了銷(xiāo)量增加的情況，而插入句交待了銷(xiāo)量增加的原因。難度適中

6. 講美國(guó)男女平均壽命長(zhǎng)度，重點(diǎn)在數(shù)字。難度小

7. 講大城市，人們對(duì)私家車(chē)的態(tài)度比較。注意outweigh。難度小

8. 有關(guān)金融危機(jī)的話(huà)題。關(guān)鍵句型to believe... is to ignore...。immune對(duì)...免疫，也就是表示完全不受金融危機(jī)影響。

9. 必考的計(jì)算題，關(guān)鍵在數(shù)字的聽(tīng)寫(xiě)和加減法。難度小。

10. 關(guān)于晉升的話(huà)題?！澳芰υ綇?qiáng)，職位越高，薪水越多，責(zé)任越大”