【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 86-88
As you may have heard, our Chief Financial Officer Jean Doherty has decided to take some time off following a serious illness. I'd like to assure you that sheis recovering well. Meanwhile, we need to find someone to take over for her forabout four weeks. That means the person would work through the end of this yearin that job. As company leaders, you should have an idea of who would be bestsuited. Today, I'd like you to suggest some names that I can take back to theboard for consideration. They will choose a temporary successor based on yourrecommendations. Okay, let's begin.

对“听话人的身份”进行考查也是托业考试中的高频题型。在此，我们要推测一下“这段话是对谁说的”。根据前面讲过的答题技巧，我们需要集中注意力听开头部分。录音的开头是通知“Jean Doherty因生病而休假”。一般来说，在公司的高管会议上才会对财务负责人(=Chief Financial Officer)的休假状况进行通报，所以我们可以推测听话人应该是高层管理人员。另外，由“As company leaders，you should have an idea”可以得知，听话人是“company leaders”，所以是(C)。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】这道题问的是“Ms．Doherty什么时候复职?”我们只要注意一下数字，就不难发现答案就藏在“we need to find someone to take overfor her for about four weeks”这一句中。而(C)“In a month”就是“four weeks”的另一种说法，因此(C)是正确选项。数字问题常设有陷阱，所以一定要提高警惕。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】这道题问的是“听话人被要求做什么?”如果问题中含“ask”，我们就要注意听表示“请求帮忙”或“求助”的词句。这是解答Part 3&4题目的基本原则。在这道题中，“I'd like youto suggest some names”这句话是重点。我们应该知道，表示“求助”的表达方式，除了“Why don't you～?(做一，可以吗?)”，“I'dlike you to～(我希望你能做～)”也是很重要的表达方式。在这里，“suggest some names(列举一些名字)”表示“推荐候选人”，因此是(D)。