单选题

A、 (A) Many Americans cannot afford higher education because of the soaring college tuition fees and expenses.
B、 (B) Sending their children to college is no longer a bigger challenge for millions of Americans.
C、 (C) The American government has set the goal that it will eventually stop funding higher education institutions.
D、 (D) Nowadays, American parents have to pay more to send their children to college.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] Getting their children into college used to be the goal of millions of Americans. Nowadays, with the increasing costs of higher education, it has become an even bigger challenge.

A、 (A) For many university graduates, the jobs they take will not be related to their academic achievements.
B、 (B) Because of economic recession, the number of university students majoring in liberal arts is declining.
C、 (C) University students who are interested in liberal arts will have more job opportunities upon graduation.
D、 (D) With high unemployment rate, many university students will have to opt for transferring to other majors.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] Because of the unfavorable economic situation, many liberal arts graduates will have difficulty finding employment unless they are willing to accept work outside their major interests.

A、 (A) Good business negotiators will never repeat what other people have already restated.
B、 (B) Restating by good business negotiators is not an effective way to check the information.
C、 (C) Good business negotiators are sometimes curious about other people's restatements.
D、 (D) Restating what others have said is a good strategy for confirming understanding.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] Good business negotiators ask a lot of questions to check understanding and they often restate what the other persons have said.

A、 (A) We cannot reach an agreement, let alone a spoken promise.
B、 (B) We'd better draft and then sign a written agreement.
C、 (C) We generally keep our promises in business transactions.
D、 (D) We hope you understand why we are unable to keep our promises.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] To avoid misunderstanding and legal problems in the future, spoken promises are usually not enough for such an important business transaction.

A、 (A) I don't think you have more to say on that topic.
B、 (B) I think we'd better talk about that in detail sometime later.
C、 (C) I am truly appreciative if you can elaborate on that topic after lunch.
D、 (D) I am busy right now, so we might as well discuss it over lunch today.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] I really appreciate what you said and I believe you have a lot more to say on that topic. Let's explore the subject over lunch one of these days.