31. According to Nancy Koehn, office language has become.
- A. less strategic
- B. less energetic
- C. more objective
- D. more emotional
答案：D
答案句：Even in traditional offices, “the lingua franca of corporate America has gotten much more emotional and much more right-brained than it was 20 years ago,” said Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn.
参考译文：即使在传统办公室中，“美国企业界的通用语言比20年前变得更加情绪化、更加右脑化，”哈佛商学院教授南希·科恩说。
定位线索：题干“According to Nancy Koehn”定位到第1段科恩的话；文中“more emotional”对应选项D“more emotional”。
解析：题干问科恩认为办公室语言变得如何，答案句直接引用科恩的话，指出企业语言“变得更加情绪化”，与选项D“more emotional”完全对应。选项A“less strategic”和C“more objective”在原文中未提及，属于无中生有；选项B“less energetic”与原文“more emotional”相反，属于偷换概念。
32. “Team”-oriented corporate vocabulary is closely related to.
- A. sports culture
- B. gender difference
- C. historical incidents
- D. athletic executives
答案：A
答案句：Koehn pointed out that this new era of corporate vocabulary is very “team”-oriented – and not by coincidence. “Let’s not forget sports – in male-dominated corporate America, it’s still a big deal.
参考译文：科恩指出，这个新时代的企业词汇非常以“团队”为导向——这并非巧合。“别忘了体育——在男性主导的美国企业界，它仍然很重要。”
定位线索：题干“team-oriented”定位到第2段；文中“sports”对应选项A“sports culture”。
解析：题干问“团队”导向的企业词汇与什么密切相关，答案句提到“这并非巧合”，紧接着引出“体育”作为原因，说明其与体育文化紧密相关，对应选项A。选项B“性别差异”虽在原文出现，但只是修饰“企业界”，并非直接关联；选项C“历史事件”和D“运动型高管”在原文中无依据，属于无中生有。
33. Khurana believes that the importation of terminology aims to.
- A. revive historical terms
- B. promote company image
- C. foster corporate cooperation
- D. strengthen employee loyalty
答案：D
答案句：These terms are also intended to infuse work with meaning – and, as Rakesh Khurana, another professor, points out, increase allegiance to the firm. “You have the importation of terminology that historically used to be associated with non-profit organizations and religious organizations: terms like vision, values, passion, and purpose,” said Khurana.
参考译文：这些术语还旨在为工作注入意义——并且，正如另一位教授拉凯什·库拉纳所指出的，增加对公司的忠诚度。“你们引入了历史上曾与非营利组织和宗教组织相关的术语：如愿景、价值观、激情和目的，”库拉纳说。
定位线索：题干“Khurana”和“importation of terminology”定位到第3段；文中“increase allegiance to the firm”对应选项D“strengthen employee loyalty”。
解析：题干问库拉纳认为引入术语的目的是什么，答案句明确说“增加对公司的忠诚度”，与选项D“strengthen employee loyalty”同义。选项A“revive historical terms”是手段而非目的，属于偷换概念；选项B“promote company image”和C“foster corporate cooperation”在原文中未提及，属于无中生有。
34. It can be inferred that Lean In.
- A. voices for working women
- B. appeals to passionate workaholics
- C. triggers debates among mommies
- D. praises motivated employees
答案：A
答案句：The “mommy wars” of the 1990s are still going on today, prompting arguments about why women still can’t have it all and books like Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, whose title has become a buzzword in its own right.
参考译文：20世纪90年代的“妈妈战争”至今仍在继续，引发了关于为什么女性仍然不能拥有一切的争论，以及像谢丽尔·桑德伯格的《向前一步》这样的书籍，其标题本身已成为一个流行语。
定位线索：题干“Lean In”定位到第4段；文中“arguments about why women still can’t have it all”对应选项A“voices for working women”。
解析：题干要求推断《向前一步》的相关信息，答案句提到该书与“为什么女性仍然不能拥有一切”的争论相关，说明它代表了职场女性的声音，对应选项A。选项C“triggers debates among mommies”将书中内容与争论混淆，属于偷换概念；选项B“appeals to passionate workaholics”和D“praises motivated employees”在原文中无依据，属于无中生有。
35. Which of the following statements is true about office speak?
- A. Linguists believe it to be nonsense.
- B. Regular people mock it but accept it.
- C. Companies find it to be fundamental.
- D. Managers admire it but avoid it.
答案：B
答案句：But this seems to be the irony of office speak: Everyone makes fun of it, but managers love it, companies depend on it, and regular people willingly absorb it. As a linguist once said, “You can get people to think it’s nonsense at the same time that you buy into it.”
参考译文：但这似乎是办公室用语的讽刺之处：每个人都取笑它，但管理者喜欢它，公司依赖它，普通人愿意接受它。正如一位语言学家曾说：“你可以让人们认为它是无稽之谈，同时你又相信它。”
定位线索：题干“true about office speak”定位到第5段；文中“Everyone makes fun of it”和“regular people willingly absorb it”对应选项B“Regular people mock it but accept it”。
解析：题干问关于办公室用语哪项陈述正确，答案句指出“每个人都取笑它，但普通人愿意接受它”，与选项B“普通人嘲笑它但接受它”一致。选项A“语言学家认为它是无稽之谈”是语言学家描述的现象而非其观点，属于偷换概念；选项C“公司发现它是根本的”将“依赖”曲解为“根本”，属于程度过重；选项D“管理者欣赏它但避免它”与原文“管理者喜欢它”矛盾，属于无中生有。