【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]
   M: The boss wanted me to ask you why you didn't apply for the new post.
   W: A. I was at a conference in Italy, and completely missed the deadline for it.
   W: B. I don't really think they're qualified for the position.
   W: C. I don't see how this applies to what we are discussing.
选项A正确，女士因外出开会错过截止日期。选项B错误，问题关于她本人，而不是“他们”。选项C误解apply的意思，问句中意思是“申请”，而不是“应用于……”。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
   W: I'd be interested in hearing your ideas about how to invest the money my grandfather left me.
   W: A. Have you paid for it already?
   W: B. Investing has many advantages, doesn't it?
   W: C. I'm hearing good things about green agriculture.
选项A错误，问句不是关于付费的。选项B没有提出投资方案，只是陈述一个观点。选项C正确，回答者推荐绿色农业作为投资方向。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
   M: I'll soon be entertaining ideas on how we can significantly improve our home appliance product selection.
   W: A. It all depends on what kind of entertainers you selected for the event.
   W: B. Shouldn't this be a matter for the R&D team?
   W: C. I think we are entirely sold out of those products.
选项A混淆了entertainer(演艺人员)和entertaining(有趣的)。选项B正确，这应该是研究开发团队要考虑的问题。选项C混淆product的用法。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
   W: Are you absolutely sure that his appointment with the president was for midday on December 20?
   M: A. From what I understand, the president was appointed by a majority of share-holders in the December meeting.
   M: B. No, I haven't been waiting all day to see him.
   M: C. There may be a slight chance I could be wrong about that.
选项A混淆了appoint(任命，指定)和appointment(约会)。选项B错误，问题与男士等了多长时间无关。选项C正确，男士承认这很可能是个失误。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]
   W: You haven't forgotten about our standing lunch meeting with the senior consultant team, have you?
   M: A. It totally slipped my mind!
   M: B. I can't stand eating lunch during meetings.
   M: C. Who do you want to have lunch with?
选项A正确，男士完全忘记这场午餐会。选项B混淆了stand(容忍)和standing(站着的)。选项C没有回应“忘记开会”这个事实。