I have a problem with the question below. I chose B while the answer is D. I’d like to know is “get a hearing” a fixed expression and what does it mean? I searched it on Bing, but there wasn’t any helpful result came forth. Thanks in advance.
A chairman should ensure that all participants have an opportunity to express their point of view. Ensuing that everyone gets a(n) … will almost certainly involve stopping someone from dominating the processing.
A listening B attention C notice D hearing
btw, please feel free to correct any mistake in my post.
Quite frankly I’m not sure what exactly the correct answer is supposed to be. Also, I think it should read ‘… from dominating the process’ instead of ‘the processing’. Our of interest, where did you find this exercise? Who wrote it? Many thanks
To make sense, the correct answer would be ‘get a hearing’. That means everyone has the opportunity for their comments/statements to be heard/listened to. As Torsten says, ‘process’ is the right word.
Hearing, particularly in legal parlance, involves listening to the speaker, paying attention and taking notice of the matter.
‘To be heard’ is one of the universal principles of natural justice.
It’s a question from the Cambridge Business English preparation material I brought from a local on-line retailer. I don’t know who wrote this exact artical. I think the author of the book is Guy Book-Hart. The artical was probably cited from a website called “meetingwizard”.
As for the “processing”, I’m sorry that I have made a mistake. It’s “proceedings” actually.
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My Answer is also D, Listening is different from hearing. Listening means one person alone listening the point, when it is heard, it is supposed to hear from everyone, I feel. If my answer is not correct, please ignore it.
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