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Passage One
文章一
As the new sales director for a national computer firm，Alex Gordon was looking forward to his first meeting with the company's district managers.
作為一名國(guó)際計(jì)算機(jī)公司新的銷(xiāo)售總監(jiān)，戈登·亞歷克斯期待著他與公司的區(qū)域經(jīng)理們的第一次會(huì)議。
Everyone arrived on time, and Alex's presentation went extremely well.
每個(gè)人都準(zhǔn)時(shí)到了，亞歷克斯的表現(xiàn)也非常好。
He decided to end the meeting with the conversation about the importance of the district managers to the company's plans.
他決定以討論區(qū)域經(jīng)理們對(duì)公司長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)發(fā)展的重要性來(lái)結(jié)束會(huì)議。
"I believe we are going to continue to increase our share of the market, "he began, "because of the quality of the people in this room.
“我相信我們的市場(chǎng)利潤(rùn)將會(huì)持續(xù)增漲，因?yàn)樵谶@個(gè)房間里所有人都是精英。
The district manager is the key to the success of the sales representatives in his district.
區(qū)域經(jīng)理是地區(qū)銷(xiāo)售代表成功的關(guān)鍵。
He sets the term for everyone else.
他為每個(gè)人安排任務(wù)。
If he has ambitious goals and is willing to put in long hours, everyone in his unit will follow his example."
如果他有遠(yuǎn)大的目標(biāo)，愿意投入更多時(shí)間，每個(gè)人都會(huì)以他為榜樣?！?/div>
When Alex has finished, he received polite applause, but hardly the warm response he had hoped for.
當(dāng)Alex說(shuō)完，經(jīng)理們只是出于禮貌鼓掌，但出乎意料幾乎沒(méi)有人跟著回應(yīng)。
Later he spoke with one of the senior manager.
后來(lái)，他與一位老經(jīng)理談到了此事。
"Things were going so well until the end"，Alex said disappointedly. "Obviously, I said the wrong thing."
“事情結(jié)束前進(jìn)行的挺順利的，”亞歷克斯失望地說(shuō)。“很顯然，我說(shuō)錯(cuò)了話(huà)，”
"Yes," the district manager replied. "Half of our managers are women.
“是的，”老經(jīng)理回答。我們經(jīng)理中有一半是女性，
Most have worked their way up from sales representatives, and they are very proud of the role they played in the company's growth.
并且很多都是從銷(xiāo)售代表做起的。他們?yōu)樵诠境砷L(zhǎng)中扮演的角色感到自豪的角色。
They don't care at all about political correctness.
他們根本不關(guān)心決策的正確性。
But they were definitely surprised and distressed to be referred to as 'he' in your speech."
但他們絕對(duì)是不喜歡被您成為男士的“他”。
Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.
問(wèn)題16到18是基于你剛剛聽(tīng)到的文章的。
Question 16.Who did Alex Gordon speak to at the first meeting?
問(wèn)題16。戈登.亞歷克斯跟誰(shuí)開(kāi)首次會(huì)議？
Question 17.What did Alex want to emphasize at the end of his presentation?
問(wèn)題17。亞歷克斯在會(huì)議的結(jié)尾想要強(qiáng)調(diào)什么？
Question 18.What do we learn about the audience at the meeting?
問(wèn)題18。我們可以從會(huì)議的聽(tīng)眾身上了解什么？
Question 19.Why did Alex fail to receive the warm response he had hoped for?
問(wèn)題19。亞歷克斯為什么沒(méi)有收到預(yù)想中的熱情回應(yīng)？
