【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 23-30
M1: I would like to have a discussion with you about a proposed structure for the production engineering department. These proposals are based on the type of organizational structure in several successful companies both at home and abroad. Nevertheless, I know that some of these proposals are controversial and may come as a shock to some of you. As you know, there are now 600 workers in our production engineering department. This workforce ranges from skilled machinists to production technologists. Their services are highly centralized in the production engineering department at our headquarters. I appreciate that this results in a slightly smaller workforce as well as greater ordination and a concentration of specialist know-how. But we are now finding that this very concentration of expertise here at headquarters encourages us to overlook some of the problems which many of our colleagues have in our twelve factories throughout the region. In a sense, the production engineering department is not aware of all that is happening in the factories and can't understand some of the day-today problems.
M2: If you mean that we are getting out of touch with our factories, I think I agree. We don't appreciate many of their difficulties. Shouldn't our factories have more power to make decisions for them?
M1: Well, both yes and no. The whole issue is very complex.
F1: But after all, if our factories have more power to act as they like with regard to production engineering, we run the risk of them, losing sight of the company's overall objectives.
M1: That's true. And so what I'd like to aim for is making our factories more independent from the view of production engineering while, at the same time, encouraging a greater degree of integration in the company.
F2: What about your position as the company production director? Surely, this is an essential position, and it's essential for the company production director to have direct control of the factories.
M1: Yes, and as the company production director, I'll continue to have direct responsibility for each factory as well as for our headquarters.
M2: What about the managers of the factories?
M1: They'll now have much more responsibility for their own factories.
F2: Will they be able to make decisions regarding production engineering?
M1: Yes, they will. But under each factory manager, there'll be a production engineering manager, responsible to the factory manager. He'll be working at the factory itself, but not at our headquarters. He'll also have authority in his own field.
M2: What about all the production engineers at headquarters? Will they no longer be required here?
F1: A few will, but others will be transferred to our various factories to work there. Our chief production engineer here at headquarters will be responsible for co-coordinating policy. And he'll be assisted by a small team of production engineers. This team will be given direct access to each factory but it won't be in a position to give instructions to the production engineering manager there unless the general manager of the factory has first given permission.

由问题中的The proposals可以判断该词后面的内容“a proposed structure for the production engineering department.”会包含本题的答案，故选C。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】As you know可以提示考生进入了下一个话题，对话中提到“there are now 600 workers in our production engineering department.”可知答案为B. 600。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】该题关键词是service and expertise，由services可以判断其后面的内容即包含答案，但是该题考核考生的搭配和整合能力，经过整合对话中提到的“Their services are highly centralized”和“this very concentration of expertise here at headquarters”可得出选项A内容concentrated at headquarters与原文内容一致。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】该题重要信息部分重复了两次，第一次在提示词同样也是表示总结的词in a sense后"production engineering department is not aware of all that is happening in the factories and can't understand some of the day-to-day problems.”而出现第二次“If you mean that we are getting out of touch with our factories, I think I agree.”是另一个人对前句内容的总结，并且表示同意。故选A。

【正确答案】 C

【正确答案】 A

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】What about可以提示一个说话人提出问题，这表示进入了新的话题，考生即关注下一个问题。该题关键词是factory managers，考生需关注该词所在的句子“What about the managers of the factories?”“They'll now have much more responsibility for their own factories.”故选C。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 定位信息词instructions.该题考核考生的同义转换能力，原文un-less... has first given permission.在问题中被替换成only with permission from....两者意思相同。故选A。