【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] As the new sales director for a national computer firm, Alex Gordon was looking forward to his first meeting with the company's district managers. Everyone arrived on time, and Alex's presentation went extremely well. He decided to end the meeting with the conversation about the importance of the district managers to the company's plans. 'I believe we are going to continue to increase our share of the market,' he began, 'because of the quality of the people in this room. The district manager is the key to the success of the sales representatives in his district. He sets the term for everyone else. If he has ambitious goals and is willing to put in long hours, everyone in his unit will follow his example.' When Alex was finished, he received polite applauses, but hardly the warm response he had hoped for. Later he spoke with one of the senior managers. 'Things were going so well until the end', Alex said disappointedly. 'Obviously, I said the wrong thing.' 'Yes', the district manager replied. 'Half of our managers are women. Most have worked their way up from sales representatives, and they are very proud of the role they played in the company's growth. They don't care at all about political correctness. But they were definitely surprised and distressed to be referred to as 'he' in your speech.' Who did Alex Gordon speak to at the first meeting? 细节判断题。四个选项均为表示职位的名词，问题是说Alex Gordon第一次会议的听众是谁?根据出题规律，解答此题关键是对本段最开始几句话的理解。根据本段第一句话As the new sales director for a national computer firm, Alex Gordon was looking forward to his first meeting with the company's district managers. 可知，正确答案应该是A。B未提及；C是他白己的职位，不合题意；D未提及。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] What did Alex want to emphasize at the end of his presentation? 细节判断题。四个选项均为带有修饰语的名词，关键是听懂问题。问题是Alex讲话的最后想要强调什么?由原文中的He decided to end the meeting with the conversation about the importance of the district managers to the company's plans. 可知，选项D是正确答案，其他选项文中没有提及。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] What do we learn about the audience at the meeting? 综合判断题。四个选项均是含有them的系表结构，中心在表语，所以要听懂them代替什么。问题是我们可以知道会议听众的那些情况。A与原文的They don't care at all about political correctness相矛盾；B与原文的Half of our managers are women吻合；C和D均未提及，所以正确答案是B。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] Why did Alex fail to receive the warm response he had hoped for? 细节判断题。四个选项的主语均是he，且均为贬义，应该是关于he的不好的情况。问题是Alex为什么没能得到他所希望的热烈的反应?根据原文最后一句话“they were definitely surprised and distressed to be referred to as 'he' in your speech”可知，B是正确答案，其他均未提及。