单选题

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 71-73
Thank you all for attending today's meeting. I appreciate the fact that you are very busy, so I understand the sacrifice you have made today to be here. The reason we asked you here today is to discuss an alarming rise in the incidence of office property theft. This may seem like a minor matter, but every year this problem costs the company more than a million dollars. Starting tomorrow, we are going to interview everyone in the company to find ways this problem can be solved. If you have any suggestions we would prefer it if you can raise them at your one-on-one meeting, and not at today's meeting. Our security manager, John Bow, will be conducting the interviews and will contact you later in the day to schedule an interview. Thanks for your cooperation.
[词汇] The reason we asked you here today is to +V今天让大家来的原因是……→涉及到聚会目的时使用的表达
If you have any suggestions we would prefer it if...如果有好的建议的话,我们会非常高兴……
中级问题
简单的寒暄后有一句The reason we asked you here today is to...,很多人可能会把后面的话当成答案而选错。问题问的是更加具体的目的,最佳答案在中间部分的Starting tomorrow,we...be solved一句中。像本题一样在开头部分很难找到明确的主题的情况时有出现,一定要注意。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】初级问题
很多时候把be responsible for理解成“负责”比“对……有责任”更加自然。通过4个选项可以对比与职务有关的表达。对话中只出现了security manager一个职务,本题还是比较简单的。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】高级问题
听力文章的结构是“有这样那样的问题一为了解决问题做单独谈话一单独谈话将由某某来负责”。所以当说到做单独谈话的时候,问题的关键点已经过去了。类似这样的问题,由于核心线索在对话的前面出现,往往错误率会比较高。