24. C) It often rises higher than inflation.

　　原題為What do we learn from the conversation about British children’s pocket money? 意思是：從對話中我們可以了解到有關英國孩子零花錢的哪些信息?原文中女性說話人說“Why do you think the rise in pocket money is often higher than inflation? ”意思是：“你覺得為什么零花錢通常要比通貨膨脹漲的更高呢?”據此我們可以判斷英國孩子的零花錢比通貨膨脹漲的更高，答案應選C.

　　25. B) Pay for small personal things.

　　原題為Supposing the man had children, what would he expect them to do with their pocket money? 對話中男性說話人說“…out of that, they have to buy some small personal things, but I wouldn’t expect them to save to buy their own socks, for example.”意思是“我希望他們用零花錢去買一些小的個人物品，但我不希望他們把錢存起來去買他們自己的短襪等”。據此我們可以判斷答案選B.

　　26 A) District managers

　　該題比較簡單，文章開頭說到Alex期盼著與district managers的會議，因此正確答案為A項。

　　27 D) The important part played by district managers

　　文章中提到在會議結束時，Alex打算以“the conversation about the importance of the district managers to the company plans”來結束會議，可見他打算強調district managers在公司計劃中所起的重要作用。因此D項正確。

　　28 B) Fifty percent of them were female

　　此題比較簡單，文章中后面說道“Half of our managers are women”， 而參加會議的基本上都是那些district managers，由此可判斷，會議的聽眾有一半是女性，所以此題選B項。

　　29 B) He was not gender sensitive

　　文章最后一句說這些女性district managers聽到Alex總用“he”來指代“district managers”感到surprised和distressed(痛苦的，苦惱的)，由此可見Alex失敗的原因是由于他對于涉及到性別的用詞不夠敏感所造成的。

　　30 C) Ask to see the manager politely but firmly

　　此題比較簡單，原文中提到在餐館遇到上錯菜時，應該“make a polite but firm request to see the manage”,和C項所說完全一致。

　　31 D) You can’t tell how the person on the line is reacting

　　此題相對簡單，答案基本上是原句，“So you can’t tell how the person on the line is reacting.”

　　32 D) Stick to the point

　　此題屬于原文再現，原文最后建議寫投訴信時，應當“be business-like and stick to the point”，即圍繞自己的要點來說，而不要說些無關緊要的廢話，因此應該選D項。

　　33. B) Architect

　　從原文“Before Barbara had children, she worked as an architect for the government, designing government housing”可以得知。

　　34. A) Do some volunteer work.

　　從原文“If Barbara feels the need to do socially important work, he thinks that she should do volunteer work one or two days a week.”可以得知。

　　35. C) A baby-sitter is no replacement for a mother.

　　從原文“Tom does not think a baby-sitter can replace a mother”可以得知。