Passage 5Language learning for the busy executive
　　If you’ve ever been told by your boss to improve your knowledge of a foreign language you’ll know that (0)______ doesn’t come quickly. It generally takes years to learn another language well and constant (21)______, to maintain the high standards required for frequent business use. Whether you study in a class, with audiocassettes, computers or on your (22)______ sooner or (23)______, every language course finishes and you must decide what to do next if you need a foreign language for your career.
　　Business Audio Magazines is a new product designed to help you continue language study in a way that fits easily into your busy schedule. Each audiocassette (24)______ of an hour-long programme packed with business news, features and interviews in the language of your choice. These cassettes won’t teach you how to order meals or ask for directions. It is (25)______ that you can do that already. Instead, by giving you an opportunity to hear the language as it’s really spoken, they help you to (26)______, your vocabulary and improve your ability to use real language relating to, for example, that all-important marketing trip.
　　The great advantage of using audio magazines is that they (27)______ you to perfect your language skills in ways that suit your lifestyle. For example, you can select a topic and listen in your car or hotel when away on business. No other business course is as (28)______ and the unique radio-magazine format is as instructive as it is entertaining. In addition to the audiocassette, this package includes a transcript with a business glossary and a study (29)______ The components are structured so that intermediate and advanced students may use them separately or together, (30)______ on their ability.
　　0. A. gain　 　　　 B. result　 　　　 C. success　　 　D. outcome
　　21. A. exercise　　 B. performance 　　C. practice　　　D. operation
　　22. A. self　 　　　B. individual　　　C. personal　　　D. own
　　23. A. after　 　　 B. then　 　　　　 C. later　 　　　D. quicker
　　24. A. consists　　 B. includes　　　　C. contains　　　D. involves
　　25. A. insisted　　 B. acquired　　　　C. asserted　　　D. assumed
　　26. A. prolong　　　B. extend　 　　　 C. spread　　　　D. lift
　　27. A. allow　 　　 B. let　 　　　　　C. support　　　 D. offer
　　28. A. adjustable 　B. flexible　　　　C. convertible 　D. variable
　　29. A. addition　　 B. supplement 　　 C. extra　 　　　D. manuscript
　　30. A. according　　B. depending　　　 C. relating　　　D. basing