单选题 Questions 4 to 6 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the conversation.

单选题 What is the opening concerned in the conversation?

A、 Interviewing an assistant.
B、 Applying for the post of assistant.
C、 Recruiting an assistant.
D、 Training to be an assistant

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] 4-6
M: So Patricia, [4] have you given any more thought to taking on an assistant in marketing?
W: Yes, and I'm still not sure about it.
M: Well, I guess we'd advertise the position internally as we always do.
W: But if we advertised the job internally, [5] we'd have the same old problems--not enough applicants and lots of internal political problems. Couldn't we advertise the job outside the company for once?
M: Well, I suppose we could. But if we did, a lot of people wouldn't be very happy about it.
W: But even if we promoted one of our own people, the other internal applicants wouldn't be happy any- way. So what's the difference? Why couldn't we just advertise it in the national papers?
M: But it's company policy. You know that. We always advertise internally first.
W: Yes, I know. But why can't we try something different for a change? [5] If we took someone on from out- side the company we'd bring some new ideas into the department. It's what we need.
M: Look. [6] why don't we .just advertise it internally as we always do, right? That'll keep everyone happy and then, after a couple of weeks, we can put an advert in the paper as well. What do you say?
W: Oh, all right. But I'm not going to do the interviews.

[解析] 对话开头男士问到：“对于招聘(take on)营销助理，你还有什么想法吗?”C项中的 recruiting同义表达了taking on，故正确。
[点睛] 事实细节题。预读时可发现题目询问对话开头的信息，另外，四个选项都提到了assistant，因此听音时要把重点放在对话开头与assistant有关的动作上。本题如不了解take on的含义，可根据对话后来讨论在哪里登广告的信息，得出答案为C。

单选题 According to the conversation, the internal recruitment has the following disadvantages EXCEPT

A、 not enough applicants.
B、 rarely bringing fresh ideas to the company.
C、 lots of internal political problems.
D、 requiring more time to find qualified applicants.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 对话中谈到了内部招聘所带来的一些问题，没有谈到招聘要花费多少时间，由此可得出答案为D。
[点睛] 细节推断题。对话中女士提到：内部招聘带来的问题有申请人不够多，公司内部还会出现很多行政上的问题，由此可排除选项A、C。选项 B虽然没有直接提到，但是可从女士所说“外部招聘可以给部门带来新思想’中推断得出。

单选题 According to the conversation, how do they finally decide to place the advertisement?

A、 They will only advertise internally.
B、 They will only advertise externally.
C、 They will advertise externally first, then internally.
D、 They will advertise internally frost, then externally.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 对话中两人就在哪里登招聘广告提出了各自的看法，最后男士建议先按惯例在内部招聘，然后登报外部招聘，女士表示了同意，故选项D正确。
[点睛] 事实细节题。预读选项可看到A、B项中都含有过于绝对的词only，一般来说不会是正确答案。另外C、D两项的区别在于先后顺序相反，听音时重点应放在辨别先后顺序上。