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Exercise 8
Direction: Answer the following questions according to the passage.
1 What should a secretary do if she is working harder than she thinks she should?
2 How can she save time and energy at work?
3 What is one of the basic skills of a secretary?
4 What should she do at the beginning of each day?
5 What do most secretaries prefer to use for taking dictation?
6 What kind of pencil is the best for shorthand?
7 What should a secretary write at the top of the page before the dictation starts?
8 Why should a secretary face the speaker when she takes dictation?
9 What can a secretary do if she takes dictation from more than one person?
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1 She should improve her skills.
2 By improving skills and learning new tricks.
3Taking dictation.
4 She should make sure that she brings everything necessary with her.
5 They prefer to use a pen.
6 A medium soft pencil.
7 She should write the date at the top of the page.
8 Because it is easier to hear the person.
9 She can keep a separate notebook for each---with his or her name in large letters on the cover.
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