英语四级听力-短对话 310

 Passage Three

32.

A. The former CEO.

B. The CEO's rivals.

C. The CEO himself.

D. The employees.

33.

A. Sales dropped.

B. There were serious product problems.

C. Things went along very well.

D. The new CEO had to be fired.

34.

A. Hold a press conference.

B. Blame the former CEO.

C. Ask for more employees.

D. Reorganize.

35.

A. More envelopes should be prepared.

B. He should write more letters.

C. He should care about his employees.

D. He should consider resigning.

Passage Three

A fellow had just been hired as the new CEO of a large high-tech¹ corporation. [32]The CEO who was stepping down met with him privately² and presented him with three numbered envelopes. "Open these if you run up against a problem you don't think you can solve," he said. Well, [33]things went along pretty smoothly,but six months later, sales took a decline³ and he was really under the pressure. He remembered the envelopes. He went to his drawer and took out the first envelope. The message read, [34]"Blame your former CEO." The new CEO called a press conference and laid all the faults on the previous CEO. Satisfied with his comments, the press responded positively⁴, sales began to pick up and the problem was soon behind him. About a year later, the company was again experiencing serious product problems. Having learned from his previous experience, the CEO quickly opened the second envelope. The message read, "Reorganize". Then he did, and the company quickly reorganized. After several months, the company once again fell on difficult times. The CEO went to his office, closed the door and opened the third envelope. The message said, [35]"Prepare three envelopes".

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

32. From whom did the new CEO get three envelopes?

正确答案：A

解析：文章开头就说“正退位的总裁私底下见了他，并赠送给他三封信”，由此可判断正确选项为A（前总裁）。

33. In the first half year, how did the business go?

正确答案：C

解析：短文说“公司事务进行顺利，可是6个月后，销售下降了。”答案为C。

34. What was the message in the first envelope?

正确答案：B

解析：短文提到，第一封信的内容是“把责任推到前任CEO头上”，故B正确。D是第二封信的内容。

35. What did the last envelope mean?

正确答案：D

解析：第三封信里，前任CEO建议现任CEO“准备三个信封”，其含义是劝他考虑离职，并为下一任CEO准备一些应付困境的建议。因此，D正确。

1 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

2 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

3 decline   

n.衰微，跌落，下降；vt.使降低，婉谢；vi.下降，衰落，偏斜

参考例句：

• I must decline to show favour to any of the candidates.我必须拒绝偏袒任何一位候选人。
• The birthrate is on the decline.出生率在下降。

4 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。