【答案解析】[听力原文]98-100
The innovative computer company CompCo celebrated its opening today at its new facilities in the Montrose Park neighborhood of the city. As part of the celebration, CompCo gave a tour of its facilities to local dignitaries and hosted a banquet inside its new training center. CompCo has hired 100 employees who will start work at their new positions this week, and plans to hire fifty more before the end of the year. This is wonderful news for our city, which is still struggling after the closure of PC Computer Systems three years ago. Two hundred employees lost their jobs when PC left our city. The loss of businesses like PC has had a significant impact on the local economy. The city leaders are working to attract more technology businesses to the area and are currently negotiating a deal with the Intrax Company. The opening of CompCo is an optimistic start to reviving industry in our city.
CompCo celebrated its opening today. Choice (A) has already been done and will be done again in the future, but it wasn't done today. Choice (B) associates training workshop with the banquet in the training center. Choice (C) is what city leaders are doing with other companies.
单选题
How many employees currently work at Comp Co?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】CompCo has already hired 100 employees. Choice (A) is the number of new employees it will hire before the end of the year. Choice (C) is the total number of employees CompCo will have by the end of the year. Choice (D) is the number of people who lost their jobs when PC Computer Systems closed down.
单选题
What happened when PC Computer Systems closed down?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】Two hundred people lost their jobs when PC Computer Systems closed down. Choice (B) mentions a company that may come to the area in the future. Choice (C) confuses contract with the similar-sounding word attract. Choice (D) is confused with The city leaders are working to attract more technology businesses to the area.