【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 23-30
Man: Good morning and welcome to Promotion Everyday, the programme that speeds you up in your career development. Coming up later we have the successful examples or stars to keep you right on track. Today I"m talking to Karla DeOaprio. Karla, nice to meet you.
Woman: Thank you for having me here.
Man: Now, Karla, you are probably best known as a very famous Senior HR Manager in the top 500 fortune. Could you tell us what drew you to an HR career?
Woman: I was an athletic trainer in high school, which meant I spent a lot of time in the ER with injured athletes. I was very intrigued by the hospital room and the people who worked there. I began to wonder what kept people happy in that stressful sort of work environment. I found out, ultimately, that there was a field called hospital administration, and also, human resources, devoted to just this. It is a field focused on keeping a business and its employees happy.
Man: Inspiring your mind, ha. How did you start your human resources education?
Woman: I chose to pursue a human resources degree from the College of Business at Ohio State University. Afterwards, I also obtained a Master"s in Labour and Human Resources. I started my human resources career at Compuserv, an online connectivity company, where I primarily worked in staffing and campus recruiting. I grew the company from about 1,000 to 3,000 employees. After Oompuserv acquired a small Internet company, I moved on to Spry as an HR manager. In 1996 I joined Microsoft, where I am today.
Man: What do you enjoy most about your job as a human resource professional? What are some challenges you face?
Woman: I enjoy watching the impact I can make in moving the business to a new place, and creating better offerings for the company. It can be a challenge because no two days are alike it"s not like a dentist"s office where everybody"s teeth look more or less the same.
Man: Interesting, like many business women, does your job allow for a healthy work-life balance?
Woman: I typically work 45 to 50 hours a week, not all of which is in the office. It really depends on the specific job. There are HR roles in Occupational Safety and Union Negotiations-in the airline industry, for instance-where the hours might be more erratic. In the tech industry, HR professionals tend to have pretty standard hours.
Man: Is it fairly easy to move around from one industry to another, for example, from high tech to financial or healthcare?
Woman: Yes, it is fairly easy to move around from sector to sector. But personally, software development has always interested me more than other areas.
Man: What skills are critical to having a successful HR career?
Woman: Business acumen--understanding the business and how it works. Systematical thinking--thinking about the system and organisation as a whole. People acumen-understanding why different people act the way they do.
Man: Any parting thoughts to someone planning on becoming a human resources professional?
Woman: Do informational interviews with people working in HR to understand all the different choices you have in this field. Study companies that do HR well, like General Electric and PepsiCo. This can be very helpful in understanding the type of impact a human resources professional can have. It"s also important to gain business expertise you will have to understand accounting and comprehend balance sheets, for example.
Man: What specific quality do you think is essential to the success of a HR manager?
Woman: Expercience and insight are very important, and the capability of study is all the more important.
Man: Karla DeCaprio, thank you very much!
Woman: Thank you !

[答案精解] 在采访一开始主持人就说Karla DeOaprio是一家世界500强企业的资深人力资源经理，主持人询问“Could you tell us what drew you to an HR career?”这里的关键句是“I was an athletic trainer in high school, which meant I spent a lot of time in the ER with injured athletes. ”。据此可排除B、C两个选项，判定A项为正确选项。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 女经理Karla DeCaprio在回答中说，“I chose to pursue a human resources degree from the College of Business at Ohio State University. Afterwards, I also obtained a Master"s in Labour and Human Resources. ”
据此可以排除A项，硕士学位是其拿到的最高学位，从而判定B项为正确选项。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] Karla DeOaprio 列举了几个公司名称。最开始点出，即“I started my human resources career at Oompuserv, an online connectivity company...”所以C项应是正确答案，第二份工作是在B项中的Spry，而A项Microsoft是她现在工作的公司。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 在对话中Karla DeCaprio 提到推进商业，为公司签到更好的人。据此可排除C项；关键句是“I can make in moving the business to a new place...”由此可排除B项，正确答案应是A项。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] “I typically work 45 to 50 hours a week, not all of which is in the office. It really depends on the specific job. ”这一关键句点出了答案。录音中并没有跟其他行业的工作时间相比较，故不选B和C。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 从他们的谈话中“Business acumen-understanding the business and how it works. Systematical thinking-thinking about the system and organisation as a whole．People acumen-understanding why different people act the way they do. ”我们得知，是商业敏锐性/1萄业智慧/营业本领(即Business acumen)；全局统筹(即systematical thinking)；对人的敏锐度(即 people acumen)。因此应选B项。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 她之前说了做人力资源的所需技巧什么，所以可排除B项，这是所需技巧并不是建议；关键句是“Do informational interviews with people working in HR to understand all the different choices you have in this field. Study companies that do HR well, like General Electric and PepsiCo. ”所以C项才是正确选项。A项中的expert title在录音中没有提及，只是说要学习专业的技能从而更好地完成工作，这里偷换概念。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 录音中提到“Experience and insight are very important, and the capability of study is all the more important．”经验和洞察力都是要有的，而成功的关键是“学习”，学习能力尤为重要。故A项为正确选项。