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Passage 2 难度适中，话题是升职，属于商务工作场景，大意是Chris 作为公司的采购部的职员希望得到提升，但是遇到了同是采购部的竞争对手Kim，Kim受到领导的喜欢而且表现也不错。原文描述了Chris和Kim在公司中的表现。涉及到的常考词汇有：purchase, maintenance, interview，salary, promotion, equipment, employee, responsibility。这些词汇在听力商务场景中讲过，要求大家必背的。在阅读课上商务类文章中也讲过数次。接下来我们看看具体的题目和答案所在处。
Question 29: what is Chris’s main responsibility at Texalon company?
我们课堂上说篇章一般开头30秒会有一题的答案，这题的答案在第一句话。
Chris is in charge of purchasing andmaintaining equipment in his division at Texalon company。
In charge 管理和负责的意思。Purchase采购，maintenance 维修。
Question 30: what problem did Chris encounter in his division? Unfortunately,one serious problem develops during the year. Two employees that Chris hiredwere stealing and he had to fire them。
此题答案在文章中间部分，关键是problem 这个词。
Question 31: what does Chris hope for in the near future? He wouldlike to be promoted to the job. Promote 升职。Would like to 想要。
Question 32: what do we learn about Kim from the passage?
原文：Chris knows, however, someoneelse wants the new job too. Kim is in charge of purchasing and maintenance inanother division of the company. Kim这个女人也是负责采购和维修的，她希望得到这个工作。
这篇文章难度一般，涉及到大量商务类词汇，是听力场景之一，如果掌握了这些词，做这篇如鱼得水。(周秀婷)