单选题

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 62-64
M: Hi, Joan. I see you are working on your spreadsheet. How are your sales figures matching up to our goals?
W: I'm doing fine. I'm 15% ahead of my sales from last year and I was only projecting a 10% increase. That will help me get recognized by management, and if I continue at this rate, they'll increase my area.
M: That's great. Did you get your commission check yet?
W: Not yet. It comes at the end of the month, I am going to make more money, but more is deducted in taxes, too. So, it's not as much of an increase as you might expect.
[词汇]
I was only projecting…我预计可以……
That will help me +V那样的话对我会有……方面的帮助
It's not as much as you might expect. 不像你预想的那么多。
中级问题
听对话时要把注意力放在题目的中心词increased sales continue上。女子第1部分对话的后半部分出现了与此有关的内容,如果销售额持续增长,管理层将会扩大女子的经营范围。要注意选项中把area换成了sales territory。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】初级问题
把重点放在check这个词和男子的问题上,男子的第2部分对话中出现了与commission check有关的线索。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】高级问题
与commission check有关的内容出现在对话的后半部分,特别是要准确理解Joan的最后一句话。要正确地理解如“It's not as much of an increase as you might except.”这样包含同等比较的句子并不是很容易。