【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Mark Zwerdling started Generation Z, a youth sports marketing company, seven years ago. He has three employees and lists cash flow, responsibility to employees, and being nimble as keys to success. "I think people are looking to do business with small companies, again I hate using the word nimble, but I think what businesses are looking for from some of their vendors is being nimble. So, I think people are very excited about where the economy is and where opportunities lie and I think that"s kind of a unique thing," said Zwerdling.
At Snowdonia, a Welsh-style restaurant in Queens, New York, owner Carrie Spiller says she is now barely making a profit two years after opening. In addition to the high cost of electricity, Spiller was surprised by the extent of government involvement in her business. "Basically, I think it was taxes that was my biggest lesson. Employee tax, you have to pay unemployment, sales tax, naturally. Just all these little elements that go into what your monthly responsibility is and it, especially in the beginning, is overwhelming," she said.
The small business owners VOA spoke with cite health care costs as one of the biggest expenses and risks. Small businesses with fewer than 50 employees are not required to offer health insurance, but to attract and keep employees—it"s basically a necessity. David Rosini, who owns an engineering company, says providing health care is almost the biggest and most frustrating issue he faces. "We cover most of their health care expenses and since I"ve been doing this for 10 years, every single year health care goes up 20 to 25 percent," he said. "And every year we shop around to try and get the best coverage for the most reasonable rates and it"s just something that we cannot control."
A recent economic forecast from Bank of America/CH Group says small businesses are doing well. But according to Sue Lonergan, the bank"s small business executive, there is caution with the optimism. "Small businesses are still hesitant to spend and expand, and that includes hiring and they"re very nervous about the fact that there could be turnover because there is potentially some wage inflation on the forefront," she said. The survey also showed that American entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in millennials, those who were born in the 1980s and 1990s. Many of them are looking forward to owning their own small businesses and are very optimistic about the economy.

According to Mark Zwerdling, what are businesses looking for from some of their vendors?

[解析] 四个选项均为名词性短语，表示的都是商业领域中的不同方面。本题考查的内容应该是有关企业运营的细节信息，听音时应将重点放在四项的关键信息上(cash flow、responsible attitude、nimbleness、getting rid of government intervention)。
讲座开头部分引用兹沃德林的话提到，人们希望和小公司做生意，虽然他讨厌用“精明”这个词，但企业希望从一些供应商那里获得的就是精明，选项将文中的形容词nimble改写成了名词nimbleness，故答案C正确。其他三项虽然在文中出现过，但是与题干内容无关，故排除。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]
What does David Rosini think is a heavy burden for his business?

[解析] 四个选项均为名词性短语，且都带有一定的负面色彩。本题考查的很可能是公司所面临的某个问题，听音时应将重点放在四项的关键信息上(expensive health care，various high taxes，potential investment risks，potential wage inflation)。
讲座中提到，戴维·罗西尼拥有一家工程公司，他说提供健康保险是他面临的最大也是最令人沮丧的问题。“公司十年以来承担了雇员大部分的医疗开支，每年医疗支出都要上涨20%到25%。而且每年我们都要到处搜寻以便能以最合理的价格来尽力获得最好的医疗保障，而这是我们无法控制的。”可知A为正确答案。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
What is the attitude of millennial American entrepreneurs to small businesses?

[解析] 四个选项均表示情绪态度，听音时要着重听清they的指代对象，注意抓住四个选项中表示不同态度的关键词(nervous，optimistic，cautious，pessimistic)。
讲座中提到，这项调查还表明，美国人的企业家精神在千禧一代中很盛行，也就是出生于20世纪80年代到90年代之间的人，他们中的很多人仍期望拥有自己的小公司，也对经济非常乐观。故答案选B。其他三项都不是千禧一代的态度，与讲话者所说内容不符，可以排除。