单选题

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 53-55
M: I'm sorry to say that Mr. Jordan is leaving our company. In fact. he will establish his own company
W: That's unfortunate. His performance as a marketing department chief has been excellent. I wish he would stay with our company longer.
M: Yes. I feel the same way. I relied on him for many things He has contributed a lot to our sales because of his excellent marketing strategies and hard work. We should throw a farewell party for him
W: That sounds good. First, I'll notify the human resources manager and ask him to find someone to replace him as early as possible.
[词汇]
I feel the same way. (接着对方的话)我也是这样认为的。
I wish he would stay with…我希望他能和……在一起→没能这样所以很遗憾的意思
中级问题
本题问的是对话的主题。对话的主题一般会在开头部分出现,所以要特别留意开头部分。Mr. Jordan is leaving our company是本段对话的主题,接下来的内容都是围绕着这个主题展开的。注意marketing strategies, performance, sales等单词可能会迷惑考生,一定不能受这些词的干扰。解雇职员、退休、离职、人事任命等行为都可以用personnel change来概括。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】中级问题
要集中留意表达说话者心理状态的词语。对话中,unfortunate, his performance has been excellent, I wish…longer, I feel the same way一系列的词语都表达出了说话者可惜和失望的心里。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】初级问题
大家要记住“接下来要做什么”类型的问题的线索一般在对话的最后部分出现。女子的最后一部分话说要通知人力资源部门经理物色新的候补者。人力资源Human Resources也可以用Personnel来表达,这两个都是在考试中经常出现的短语。