【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]32-35
A fellow had just been hired as the new CEO of a large high-tech corporation. [32] The CEO who was stepping down met with him privately and presented him with three numbered envelopes. "Open these if you run up against a problem you don't think you can solve," he said. Well, [33] things went along pretty smoothly, but six months later, sales took a decline and he was really under the pressure. He remembered the envelopes. He went to his drawer and took out the first envelope. The message read, [34] "Blame your former CEO." The new CEO called a press conference and laid all the faults on the previous CEO. Satisfied with his comments, the press responded positively, sales began to pick up and the problem was soon behind him. About a year later, the company was again experiencing serious product problems. Having learned from his previous experience, the CEO quickly opened the second envelope. The message read, "Reorganize". Then he did, and the company quickly reorganized. After several months, the company once again fell on difficult times. The CEO went to his office, closed the door and opened the third envelope. The message said, [35] "Prepare three envelopes".
32．From whom did the new CEO get three envelopes?

[解析] 题目询问新的总裁从谁手里得到三封信。关键是听到文章开头两句“正退位的总裁私下里见了他，并赠送给他三封信”，由此可判断正确选项为A(前总裁)。
[点睛] step down意为“下台，让位”。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
In the first half year，how did the business go?

[解析] 题目询问开始的半年，生意如何。关键是听到“事情发展顺利，但六个月以后……”，由此可判断选项C(事情发展顺利)正确。
[点睛] 选项A(销售下降)、B(有了严重的产品问题)和D(新总裁要被解雇了)都是不顺利的意思，而且都是发生在半年后，可考虑排除这三个选项。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
What was the message in the first envelope?

[解析] 题目询问第一封信的内容是什么。关键是听到“Blame your former CEO”，可判断选项B(责怪前任总裁)正确。
[点睛] 正确选项是原文，没做任何改动，且出现在向是原文的选项D(重组)的前面，较容易选出。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文]
What did the last envelope mean?

[解析] 题目询问最后一封信是什么意思。这是一道推理题，先要听到最后一封信的内容是“Prepare three envelopes”，可推断其意思是和前任CEO一样，为下任CEO准备三封信，然后下台。因此选项 D(他该考虑离职)为正确答案。
[点睛]选项A(应该准备更多封信)和B(他应该写更多信)意思一致，首先可以排除。选项C(他应该更尊重雇员)没提到，且与“准备三封信”没有任何关系。