单选题 Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following job interview. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 to 13.
单选题 What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Manager and an experienced applicant for a manual job.
B. Manager and an inexperienced applicant for a manual job.
C. Manager and an experienced applicant for a professional job.
D. Manager and an inexperienced applicant for a professional job.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 11-13
M: Come in, Mrs Johnson. Won't you sit down? I'm Tom Clark, personnel manager of the organization.
W: How do you do, Mr Clark? I'm very glad to meet you.
M: We've been hearing some fine things about you, Mrs Johnson. You've been doing some fine work in Wisconsin. I've read your records, and you certainly have had excellent experience. If you don't mind, I'd like to know a little about why you want to change your position.
W: Well, there're several reasons. The main one is that there is no chance for advancement where I am. The company I'm working for is quite small, as you know. In the last couple of years the work has become rather dull. I feel that your larger company can offer me more of a challenge in research. I've read about a lot of exciting new plans you're making.
M: It's true that we're expanding, and we need some new people with new ideas. What are your other reasons?
W: Your location here, for one. I've been wanting to move to California for a number of years. I'm getting tired of cold weather in the winter. I've been hoping to find a position somewhere out here.
M: It's true, California does have a pleasant climate. Lots of people are coming here to enjoy it.
W: Also, there is a matter of money. This position will give me a raise of salary. My children will be getting old enough to go to college soon, and a college education is very expensive these days.
M: Let's see, you have two children, don't you? A girl and a boy?
W: My son will graduate from high school in two years. He studies engineering. My daughter is younger.
M: Very good. Well, if you'll just follow me, Mrs Johnson, I will introduce you to the president of the company. He'd like to meet you. And I hope you will be joining us soon.

本题表面上是人物身份关系题，实际上却是普通的推断题。首先，题目已经提示对话内容是求职面试，而男士在第一个话轮中即指出：I'm...personnel manager of the organization，因此双方是经理和求职者的关系显而易见。选项之间的区别其实集中在求职者(女士)是否有经验、所求的工作是体力还是专业两个方面。细听对话，发现在第二个话轮中男士称赞女士you certainly have had excellent experience(你确实有着优秀的经验)，而女士则在回答中指出I feel that your larger company can offer me more of a challenge in research(我认为你们这样大一些的公司可以对我的研究工作提出更多挑战)。结合这两处即可知，女士有经验，所求的是专业工作，因此本题答案就是[C]。
单选题 What is Mrs Johnson's main reason for wanting a new job?
A. Her present salary is too low.
B. Her present work is no longer interesting.
C. Her children's schools are unsatisfactory.
D. Her husband dislikes the weather where she lives now.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】在第二个话轮中，女士说明了自己换工作的主要原因：The main one is that there is no chance for advancement where I am(最主要的原因就是我在目前的单位毫无发展的机会)，然后补充说她目前所在的公司很小，并且In the last couple of years the work has become rather dull(最近这两年，工作变得相当乏味)，这一句中的dull对应的正是[B]项中的no longer interesting，因此该项就是本题答案。
单选题 What details of Mrs Johnson's does the manager have before the conversation begins?
A. Her present standard and previous experience.
B. Her reasons for wanting to move to California.
C. Her previous experience and number of children.
D. Her family background and academic qualifications.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题需要考生综合理解整个对话。在对话第二个话轮中，男士称赞女士有优秀的经验(参见上题分析)，说明男士在对话之前就了解女士过去的工作经历(previous experience)；而在第五个话轮中，男士又反问说：you have two children, don't you(你有两个孩子，不是吗)，并且指出是一男一女，所以他对女士有几个孩子(number of children)也是了解的。结合这两个方面即可知本题正确答案是[C]。