【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文] As Managing Director of our company, I've been asked to say a few words to you today about the way the company is organised. At the top above me, there's the Board of Directors. Their job is to manage the company, make general policies, and so on. There are two kinds of directors, actually. One kind is what we call Non-executive Directors, which means that they are standing in various parts of the business world and are in a position to help the company to succeed. They only appear when there are meetings of the board, and some of them are on the boards of other companies at the same time. But the second lot of directors—the Executive Directors—are full-time employees of the company. Most of them are managers of our various departments. The absolute head of the company, of course, is the chairman of the board. He is appointed by the board, and his job is to take the chair at the meetings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors, and to represent the company's interests at outside functions. He does not take much part in the running of the business. He leaves me to get on with the job. Mind you—not all chairmen are like that. Our last one was a real pain—he always wanted everything done in his own way and kept on interfering. Then there's me, the Managing Director, or MD for short as long as you don't think I'm a Doctor of Medicine. Now my job is to coordinate the policies decided by the directors and see that they are carried out. I do this through the managers of various departments. What is the main topic of the talk? 选项概括性较强表明，本题可能考查短文的主旨。短文开头Managing Director指出他今天主要是为了介绍the way the company is organised，由此可知，答案为C。短文主旨一般在短文开头或结尾提及，听音时应留意。 本短文第1小题选项中的tasks，company，organised以及第2小题和第3小题中表示公司人员职位的选项表明，短文可能与公司的组成有关。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文] Who is responsible for chairing the meetings of the shareholders? 四个选项均是职位名称表明，本题可能考查与某职能相关的职位或人物身份。由短文中的The absolute head...is the chairman of the board...his job is to take the chair at the meetings of the shareholders...可知，主持股东会议的是the chairman of the board，故答案为A。问题中的chairing the meetings是对短文中take the chair at the meetings的同义转述。