填空题 Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

单选题 What was the most difficult problem when the company was founded?

A、 No clear objectives
B、 No formal structures
C、 No perfect premises

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：出题句为“The hardest part was structuring the business，as I had no formal template so Ihad to create it myself”，其中hardest part为定位词most difficult的同义替换，因此本题选B。

单选题 What is the staff unsatisfied with?

A、 The type of work
B、 The work assignment
C、 The feeling of appreciation

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：原文为“…gave them the opportunity to share with me the issues they had with theallocation of the work．”从中可看出不满意的是allocation of the work(工作分配)，故本题选B。

单选题 What was the problem of the manager?

A、 He had a lot of tasks to do.
B、 He employed too many people and let them go then.
C、 He always made decisions by himself.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：根据“I employed someone else to take on the role of the manager,however,he neverconsulted me before making decisions…”可知manager的问题是在做决定前不跟他商量，故本题选C。

单选题 What does the staff think of the new manager of the company?

A、 They are delighted to see that the meeting time is shorter.
B、 They feel annoyed toward him.
C、 They are amazed that he has done it well.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：大家认为新的经理很成功，原文表述为“They were surprised that he has been sosuccessful in his role at the company,despite the longer meeting hours．”故本题选C。

单选题 What achievement has the organisation made already?

A、 Children were involved in painting the entrance area.
B、 There was no particular achievement.
C、 It built a local primary school.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：录音中说想要一个mural(壁画)painted to brighten up our entrance area，所以请来local primary school的孩子们来画，最后得到的结果是“The youngsters had a great time and I knowthey were thrilled to be included．”故本题选A。