【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]26-28
Building team spirit is always the focal point of what I try to do as a manager. The team spirit's very important, but I don't believe in trying to motivate the team as a team. (26) I try to motivate them as individuals. So I don't give them talks. I speak to the players individually. And I try not to put too much pressure on them. I believe players perform best when they are relaxed. If they're too tense, I can guarantee they won't play well.
I also believe in giving people autonomy. I like all the people who work for me to be autonomous. I very rarely interfere. I feel people should be judged on their results. If they prove incompetent, then I'm incompetent if I keep on employing them.
It's like that with the team. (27)I get criticized for not interfering during a game and making more substitutions. But I feel if I've chosen those eleven players to get a result, then I should leave them alone to get on with it.
If I'm dropping a player from the team, I don't feel I have to explain it to them. If they want to discuss it, I'll say "Come back and talk about it in a couple of days' time". But I don't try to re-motivate them. It's up to them to have the character to fight back. (28) I'm a great believer that almost everything you achieve in life is down to your attitude. If I have a player who is magnificently gifted but has a stinking attitude, I won't waste my time on him.
26．Why doesn't the speaker like to give team talks?
[听前猜测] 四个选项都以Because一词开头，由此可以猜测，本题考查内容是某件事情的原因。
[精解] 讲话人想要单独鼓励每个队员(motivate them as individuals)，这是他不做团队讲话(team talks)的原因。故正确答案为A)。