【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] 4-6
W: On the matter of careers, a lot of jobs that people go into are sort of lifetime careers. What about baseball? Is it a full lifetime career?
M: Baseball's been my life so far... You know.
W: But how many years can you expect to play professional ball...?
M: It's difficult, as a pitcher, to really say how many years... because you never know whether you're going to have a sore arm. But uh... as a pitcher, [5]I'm 24 years old now, and this is my sixth year. And the prime time for a pitcher is 27 to 30.
W: Well. is there any problem with a sort of feeling of insecurity and...
M: Yeah, there is. Especially, like I said... my first year. I disciplined myself, and I worked hard. And that's what got me here. And I realize that I have to work hard to stay here. And there is the insecurity.
W: You're under contract...
M: Right, [6]I'm under contract. But that doesn't necessarily guarantee everything. I mean, they could send me down tomorrow. They could do whatever they wanted with me.
W: What does it take to play professionally...? I'm thinking about the skill. Is it something that you just work hard to get, or is there a natural sort of ability?
M: Well, there are people that have the natural ability, you know. I feel like I didn't have.
[解析] 对话第一句女士说道：“关于职业这个问题，人们所从事的很多工作都是终生职业。棒球呢?它是一种终生职业吗?”结合后面女士提的问题，可以判断对话发生在记者和棒球运动员之间。
[点睛] 职业身份题。这类题需要通过双方的谈话方式和说话的语气及内容，来推测身份。就本题而言，女士询问对方有关职业生涯的一些话题，可知她是记者。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 对话中，男士表明了自己的职业和年龄。他说：“我现在24岁，这是我做投手的第6个年头。”经过简单地计算，便可以得出他是在18岁开始做投手的。
[点睛] 数字计算题。这类题为英语听力考试常考题型。试题中所涉及的数字包括：年代、时间、年龄、距离、速度、价格、数量等等。关键是要注意对话中出现的一些数字之间的关系，以及把握好题目询问的是什么。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 男士提到自己在职业上有不安全感，尽管已经签约，但未必就有保障，也有明天就会被开除的可能等等。由此可推断他面临很大的竞争压力，故选项D正确。
[点睛] 逻辑推断题。考题中含有infer这类的词，因此可以肯定凭听到的内容不能直接得出答案，但又必须依据原文做出合理的推断。选项A和B都没有原文依据；对话最后男士已经否定自己没有natural ability，即不是gifted，故选项C错误。