【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 98-100
Hi, everybody. Let me welcome office manager Karen White. She has come to us from one of the big four accounting firms, so she has some very good experience. She has a very plan for our office. Expect some very big changes around here. Karen has been asked by the directors to cut costs and make our office far more efficient. The first thing she intends to do is change our filing system. She also has plans to reduce the number of staff in the office. Therefore, starting next Thursday she will be taking you each and interviewing you to determine your effectiveness in this office. We will have to let some of you go.
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Starting+时间点，主语+动词从……时起将开始做……→表示方案或措开始实的时间时常用的句型
初级问题
文章的导入语部分出现的Let me welcome...是介绍人物时经常使用的典型句型。观察后面的内容是介绍新的办公室经理，所以可以确定文章的目的是介绍新同事。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】初级问题
要特别注意文章中出现的全部与职位有关的名词，开头部分出现了office manager，中间部分出现了director，但是director是要求Mrs. White做事情的人(Karen has been asked by the directors)。一般介绍人物的文章中，人物职位经常在第1句话中就出现，灵活运用这一点会给我们很大的帮助。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】高级问题
题目中明确地表明了是next Thursday，所以听到Starting next Thursday时一定要竖起耳朵，因为正确答案就会在后面出现。