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听力习题：
　　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.

        
         
         

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听力材料：　　A fellow had just been hired as the new CEO of alarge high-tech corporation. [32]The CEO who wasstepping down met with him privately and presentedhim with three numbered envelopes. "Open these ifyou run up against a problem you don't think youcan solve," he said. Well, [33]things went alongpretty smoothly,but six months later, sales took adecline and he was really under the pressure. He remembered the envelopes. He went to hisdrawer 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. Satisfiedwith his comments, the press responded positively, sales began to pick up and the problem wassoon behind him. About a year later, the company was again experiencing serious productproblems. Having learned from his previous experience, the CEO quickly opened the secondenvelope. 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 threeenvelopes".
　　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。