Conversation One M: [1] Today our guest is Rosie Mullender who works as a Features Editor for Fashion magazine. Hi Rosie, you’re Features editor at one of the most widely read women’s magazines in the U.K. What kind of responsibilities does that job entail? W: We spend our days looking at ideas from journalists, writing copy for the magazine and website, and editing. We do random things like asking people in the street questions and testing sports clothing. We also do less tangible things like understanding what our readers want. It’s certainly varied and sometimes bizarre. M: During your working day, what kind of work might you typically do? W: [2] My day mainly incorporates responding to emails, writing and editing stories and coming up with new feature ideas. M: How does the job of Features editor differ from that of Fashion editor or other editorial positions? W: The Features team deals with articles such as careers, reports, confidence and confessions—everything except fashion and beauty. M: [3] A lot of people believe that working at a magazine is a glamorous job. Is this an accurate representation of what you do? W: I’d say it’s glamorous to an extent, but not in the way it’s portrayed in films. We do have our moments, such as interviewing celebrities and attending parties, which is a huge thrill. Ultimately though, we’re the same as our readers, but working in a job we’re all very lucky to have. M: Did you have to overcome any difficulties to reach this point in your career? How did you manage to do this? W: [4] I had to be really persistent and it was very hard work. After three years of working in a petrol station and doing unpaid work, I still hadn’t managed to get an entry-level job. I was lucky that my last desperate attempt led to a job. I told myself that all experiences make you a better journalist in the long run—and luckily I was right.
1. What is the woman’s profession? 【试题答案】A 【试题解析】题目问女士的职业是什么？对话的开头男士就提到今天的嘉宾Rosie Mullender是《时尚》杂志的特刊编辑（Features editor）。因此选项A正确。本题的干扰项是B选项“Magazine reporter”，因为录音中不止一次提到magazine这个词，女士的职业也和杂志有关系，但“杂志记者”不是女士的职业。 2. What is one of the womans main responsibilities? 【试题答案】B 【试题解析】题目问女士的主要职责之一是什么？女士说她每天的工作主要包括回复电子邮件和写作、编辑故事等。B选项“回复每天的电子邮件”是录音中responding to emails的同义转述，因此正确。本题的干扰项是A选项“Designing sports clothing”，虽然在录音中有出现“sports clothing”，但说的是他们会测试运动服装，而不是设计；C选项“咨询时尚专家”在录音中没有相关信息；录音中只提到女士会采访名人，并没有说采访求职者，所以D选项也不正确。 3. What do many people think about the woman’s job? 【试题答案】A 【试题解析】题目问的是人们对女士职业的看法。男士提到很多人认为在杂志社工作很有吸引力。A选项中的fascinating“极有吸引力的”是对glamorous的同义替换，因此正确。B选项“很有挑战性的”；C选项“令人厌烦的”和D选项“时髦的”均不正确。 4. What helped the woman to get her current position? 【试题答案】D 【试题解析】题目问是什么帮助女士获得现在的职位？录音最后男士问道，在女士的职业生涯中，是不是要克服什么困难才能达到现在这个位置，她又是怎么做到的。女士的回答是，必须坚持不懈（persistent），因此D选项正确。本题的干扰项B选项中的experience虽然在原文中提及，但女士说的是自己所有的经历都会让她成为一名更好的记者，而不是说她的经历让她到达现在的位置，因此不正确；A选项“她的自信”和C选项“她的能力”在录音中没有提及。
