单选题
单选题 What was Sally anxiously looking for?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] 23-30
Sally: Sid, are you sure you haven't seen the missing file? I could have brought it into this office with some other files. Please have a good look everywhere. It's marked "confidential" and it has a limited circulation.
Sid: Oh, Sally! Do go away. I've got much worse trouble than a lost file.
Sally: But it's serious. The file has got all the details of the new desk range. Mr. Martin says if anyone copied our designs it could put back the work on the new desks at least a year! And we are supposed to be launching them at the International Office Equipment Exhibition.
Sid: Sally, please, something much worse has just happened.
Sally: Why, what's the matter?
Sid: I've got the Security Office coming up in a minute. It's just a matter of a loss of $200 in cash.
Sally: Oh, no! When did that happen, and how?
Sid: Somebody came in this morning, brought two hundred pounds worth of office furniture and paid in cash.
Sally: How odd! Don't most people pay by cheque?
Sid: Yes, usually. Well, there was no one in the Accounts Department, so I went to get the key of the safe. When I got back…the money has gone.
Sally: How terrible, Sid. Is it your responsibility? Will they expect you to replace the money?
Sid: Well, I haven't got $20, let alone $200. Oh, here's the Security Officer now. Good morning. Mr. Johnson.
Johnson: Good morning. This is a very unfortunate affair. Now, Sid. I'll have to ask you some questions about the money that's missing.
Sally: Oh, Mr. Johnson, before you start, I'm afraid I have to report the loss of an important file. It's a very serious matter.
(Later Mr. Johnson goes to see John Martin)
John: Yes, do come in, Johnson. I've just had the police inspector here. I would never have believed that the new clerk would have been so stupid as to steal the money. We'll have to dismiss him. I suppose, but as I told the inspector. I don't want to prosecute. But what I want to know now is whether you've any news for me about that missing file?
Johnson: I'm very sorry, Mr. Martin, I can't trace it at all. Your secretary signed for it on Friday, there's no doubt about that.
John: It's very unlikely to be Sally. She is usually so careful.
Johnson: Surely she should have locked it up on Friday night before she left?
John: She usually does lock everything away before she leaves the office, but in this case she doesn't even remember seeing the file.
Johnson: Mr. Martin, how long has she been working for you?
John: Oh, good gracious. I trust to be Sally absolutely. She's worked for me…let's see… for just over two years…ever since I joined the firm myself.
Johnson: You trust people very easily. Mr. Martin.
John: Of course I do. How can you work with people if you suspect them all the time?
Johnson: Well, in my job…
Sally: Oh, excuse me, Mr. Martin. Miss. Thorn is here. She's been over to visit the subsidiary factory in Essex today. She wants to know if She can have a word with you.
John: Ask her to come in. Sally.
Sally: Right.
John: Johnson, you know Sophia Thorn, don't you?
Johnson: She's the management trainee, isn't she?
John: Yes, that's right. Hello. Sophia. Come in.
Sophia: I just wondered what you wanted me to do tomorrow. Mr. Martin.
John: Well, first of all, did you read all those papers I gave you on Friday?
Sophia: Yes, I've got them here in my brief-case. Here you are. And…er…here's another file. I took this home as well and had a look through it over the weekend. I enjoyed reading Mr. Grant's sarcastic comments about the proposed sales figures!
Johnson: Mr. Martin! Isn't this the missing file?
John: What? Yes, it is. Thank goodness. Sally!
Sally: Yes. Mr. Martin?
John: We've found the missing file. Sophia, here, is guilty! She had it all the time.
Sophia: Oh, I'm sorry. I'd no idea you'd been looking for lt.
Johnson: Something will have to be done to make everyone in this company more security-minded.

[要点] 考查对信息细节的理解能力。提到“…are you sure you haven't seen the missing file? …”可知Sally在找一份文件。
[注意] B项是干扰项,录音中提到了the details of new desk range,考生会误以为是在找新桌子的计划方案。
单选题 The file was marked "confidential" because
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[要点] 考查干扰信息的排除。录音中提到“The file has got all the details of the new desk range. Mr. Martin says if anyone copied our designs it could put back the work on the new desks at least a year! And we are supposed to be launching them at the International Office Equipment Exhibition.” 可以此判定答案。
[注意] 录音中没有提到价钱,故A项可以排除。C项是干扰项,文中提到“如果别人抄袭了我们的设计,新桌子的上市就会拖延一年,”是说因为文件丢失,对手可能会拿到,并不是说对手想尽力拿到这个机密文件以进行抄袭。
单选题 According to Sally, payment by check is much safer than by cash because
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[要点] 考查对信息细节的理解能力。此题属于常识题,表面看三项都可以,但要择优选择。A项意为:因为抓到偷现金的贼容易些,B项意为:如果支票被偷或是丢了,可以终止支付,C项意为:如果用现金支付的话对于出口业务减税,不会有太大的帮助。A项和C项很明显不符合题意。故B项为正确答案。
[注意] 本题考查常识,考生平时应该注重多读商业报刊杂志,了解相关知识。
单选题 According to the police, who might have stolen the money?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[要点] 考查语篇整体的把握。警官说“Your secretary signed for it on Friday, there's no doubt about that.” 而John辩护道“It's very unlikely Sally. She is usually so careful.”可知警察怀疑是秘书Sally。
[注意] A项是干扰项。录音中提到“We'll have to dismiss him, I suppose, but as I told the inspector, I don't want to prosecute.”这只是John的想法,而警察说“I'm very sorry, Mr. Martin, I can't trace it at all.”他不认为此事与新职员有关。
单选题 John Martin trusted people easily because
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[要点] 考查对信息细节的理想能力。录音中提到“Of course I do. How can you work with people if you suspect them all the time?” 如果你一直怀疑他们,你怎么能和他们一起工作呢?
[注意] B项和c项是干扰项。B项“马丁没有意识到潜在的危险”,C项“马丁没有意识到现在商业间谍活动在增加”,都是主观臆断,文章并未提到。
单选题 Who is Sophia Thorn?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[要点] 考查对信息细节的理解能力。录音中John问Johnson, “you know Sophia Thorn, don't you?” Johnson回答“She's the management trainee, isn't she?” 可以此判定答案。
[注意] 理清人物职责和身份是解题关键。
单选题 Being a management trainee, Miss. Sophia Thorn
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[要点] 考查语篇整体的把握。题干意为:“作为管理培训生,Csophia这个人怎么样?”Sophia提到“Yes. I've got them here in my briefcase. …here's another file. I took this home as well and had a look through it over the weekend. I enjoyed reading Mr. Grant's sarcastic comments about the proposed sales figures!” 由此可知他年轻肯学,但是很粗心,拿错了公司重要的文件。可判定答案为A。
[注意] 理清人物关系和身份是解题关键。
单选题 What comments did Mr. Johnson make on the incident?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[要点] 考查对信息细节的理解能力。警官评价道“Something will have to be done to make everyone in this company more security-minded.” 应该让公司每个人都有安全意识。
[注意] 要根据题干理清是谁说的话,边听边选出正确答案。