【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] 23-30
F：Good evening and welcome to Milonan. I'm your Training Manager Penelope Taylor. We're fortunate to have you as the new blood of our company, but I'd like to emphasize to all of you the importance of training in your career development.
You may all be aware of the fact that today's workplace is largely unstable—people get laid off and job hop constantly, and in general, staying anywhere more than five years is a career liability. Your learning curve flattens out so much that you're not gaining skills fast enough to stay competitive in the field.
In this environment, training is worth more than a promotion or a raise, and in fact, you'd do well to make a trade if someone offers you either. Training is the new currency of the workplace. Here are four reasons why.
First, believe it or not, the promotions you have desired for are stressful.
When you get offered a promotion, it's supposed to be a reward for good work. But in fact, most promotions distract you. Think about it：You're creating a career path that's customized to your skills, strengths, and personal goals. How could anyone else create a path that's right for you?Unfortunately, most companies structure a single corporate ladder and promote people upward whether it's good for them or not.
In fact, most people do good work and then get promoted into a position they've shown no aptitude for. This is most pronounced when, say, a creative person or technical person gets promoted into management. In fact, most promotions are so misguided they're more stressful than divorce.
My second point is about pay rise．Surprisingly, it can be neglected.
What do you get in exchange for taking the huge risk of leaving something you're good at to do something you're unproven at?What do you get in exchange for distracting your personal plans to follow someone else's path?A 3 percent raise(on average), or 10 percent if you're lucky?
Let's say you get a 10 percent raise. If you're earning $50,000, that's $5,000. After taxes it's around $3,500—if you even stay in the job for another year. That amount of money won't change your life, and even if you think it will, consider all the extra hours you'll be working because you got promo
Third, mentors make a real difference.
What will change your life?Mentoring. People who have a mentor are more successful than people who don't, across the board. For example, people with a mentor are 25 percent more likely to reach their next career goal than people who don't have mentors.
So one thing you could do is spend less time gunning for that promotion and more time focusing on what you need to do to get a mentor. For example, ask good questions of the people you admire, and spend extra time getting to know people outside of your core group of coworkers.
It would be great if you go to those advisory centers, which is a good choice as you can expect professional advice there. And you could always take the money and hire a career coach.
Let's come to our last point, training creates stability.
You can trade money for training, though, and that's what you should do. There's no job stability in the workplace today, so you have to count on yourself by being very desirable to employers. You do this by getting lots of training, and mentors to guide you on how to use that training.
There's a huge range of training available today—you can get trained in how to deal with your email, how to connect better to people you speak to, and how to transit from college to adulthood. Have your company pay for this sort of training — it's the kind that changes your life.
While a promotion actually makes your life more unstable, training creates more stability in your life. And that, rather than more money or a promotion, should be the real reward for performing well in your job.
讲话人在简单介绍之后便点明了此次培训会的目的，“tｏ emphasize to all of you the importance of training　in your career　development”。在备选答案中，B项是较为明显的干扰项，可以首先排除；而C项的内容在材料中虽有提及(如“new blood into the company”)，但并非重点，因此也可以排除。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】选项A与B都是因为职场的不稳定性而导致的，而且确实也会使员工无法安于学习和提高自己；但是根据该讲话人所说，最为直接和根本的原因则是由于员工自身的局限，即“…learning curve flatten out so much”(学习曲线如此平缓)，也就意味着学习效率日渐低下，即选项C。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】这道题考查的是晋升给人带来压力的原因。选项A说明大多数公司只有一个比较单一的晋升体系，这可以看做是给人带来压力的一个外部原因；选项B说明正确的职业生涯不能由别人代为设计，这其实也是晋升给人压力的一个表面原因；真正的原因讲话人已经点明：“Most promotions distract you”，晋升反而让人分心，从而无法正确地为自己打造一条合适的职业发展道路。为了证明这个观点，讲话人还以“creatiVe person”和“technical person”都被提升到管理岗位为例来说明“…most promotions are so misguided they're more stressful than divorce”，晋升给人带来的压力甚至比离婚都大。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】本题可以通过讲话人给出的例子来做出判断。涨薪所带来的快乐只是暂时的，可以忽略不计。这笔钱非但不会改变你的生活，而且因为你要得到晋升，所投入的时间和精力将远高过你最终所获得的金钱价值。录音材料中有这么一句话“…consider all the extra hours you'll be working because you get promoted”，可以证明这个观点。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】本题考查的是导师、师傅在职业生涯中的作用，在原录音中也明确指出了，只要做好笔记就能回答。原句为：“…people with a mentor are 25 percent mote likely to reach their next career goal than people who don't have mentors”。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】这道题说的是找到师傅的最佳方法。选项B与C都是建议可以使用的方法，而选项A才是最佳方法，原文为“it would be great if you go to those advisory centers…，which is a good choice…”要想得到更为专业的职业发展建议，还是要去找职业顾问中心的专业人士，在那里也更容易找到合适的“师傅”。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】本题是个反向选择题，请注意提干中出现的“NOT”，一般都会以大写字母出现，以引起考生的注意。在材料中，关于可以获得的培训种类，只要做好笔记，应该不难回答。原文提到了“how to deal withemail; how to connect better with people…”其同义的表达方式就是选项A与C的内容，因此选项B为未曾提及的培训内容。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】本题需要在理解全篇材料的基础上做出判断。从选项A与B的表述上来看，显得概括程度不够；另外回顾全篇内容，也只是提及了某个单一的方面，无法从整体来概括全文，因此均可以排除。选项C意为使你的培训物有所值，让雇主觉得更加“appealing”，有吸引力，从而为你带来更为稳定的职业生涯。