Passage 2（第一套）音频、真题、答案、听力原文、答案解析、参考译文
【音频】
【真题】
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19.
A) When companies share their information online.
B) When their job search criteria are met fully.
C) When companies embrace greater diversity.
D) When they find job postings visually attractive.
20.
A) Emails in the normal format.
B) Major companies in one location.
C) All companies in the same sector.
D) Various aspects of a company’s workforce.
21.
A) Job security.
B) Potential pay raises.
C) Minimum base salary.
D) Information about diversity.
【答案】
19. C) When companies embrace greater diversity.
20. A) Emails in the normal format.
21. D) Information about diversity.
【听力原文】
[19] A new study finds that job seekers are even willing to explore jobs with lower salaries when companies are more diverse.It finds that sharing information about diversity makes job postings more attractive to job seekers, even when pay is lower.
To conduct the study, the team partnered with an online job listings platform which emails postings relevant to individuals and their job search criteria. For the course of the 11-week study, the platform emailed job listings to some 180,000 users placed in one of two conditions. [20] In the baseline condition, participants saw emails in the normal format, with no information on diversity; in the diversity condition, participants saw a diversity score for each listing: information about the race, gender, education, and language skills of a company’s workforce compared to others in the same sector and location.Information was then gathered on whether the email was opened, and which job listings were clicked on by each user.
Participants in the diversity condition tended to click on job listings from companies with slightly higher diversity scores than those in the baseline condition: [21] that is, participants seemed to be paying attention to information about diversity, and using this when deciding whether to click on the listing. And the team also found that participants were willing to look at listings with lower salaries if they came from companies with a higher diversity score.
【答案解析】
19. When are job seekers willing to explore jobs with lower salaries, according to a new study?
根据一项新的研究，求职者在什么时候愿意去考虑薪资较低的工作？
答案：C) When companies embrace greater diversity.
当公司接纳更高程度的多元化时。
解析：
文章开头就提到，“A new study finds that job seekers are even willing to explore jobs with lower salaries when companies are more diverse.”一项新研究发现，当企业更加多元化时，求职者甚至愿意考虑薪资较低的工作。由此可知，选项C为正确答案。
干扰项分析：
A) When companies share their information online.
当公司在网上分享它们的信息时。
文中提到的是分享多元化信息，而非一般信息。故排除。
B) When their job search criteria are met fully.
当他们的求职标准完全得到满足时。
文中未提及求职标准完全满足的情况。故排除。
D) When they find job postings visually attractive.
当他们觉得招聘信息具有视觉吸引力时。
文中未提及视觉吸引力。故排除。
20. What did participants see in the baseline condition of the study?
在这项研究的基准条件组中，参与者看到了什么？
答案：A) Emails in the normal format.
常规格式的电子邮件。
解析：
文章中提到，“In the baseline condition, participants saw emails in the normal format, with no information on diversity.”在基准条件组中，参与者看到的是常规格式的邮件，邮件中没有关于多元化的信息。由此可知，选项A为正确答案。
干扰项分析：
B) Major companies in one location.
同一地点的大公司。
文中未提及这一点。故排除。
C) All companies in the same sector.
同一行业的所有公司。
文中提到的是与同行业和同地点的其他公司进行比较，但并未说展示所有公司。故排除。
D) Various aspects of a company’s workforce.
公司员工的各个方面。
这是多元化条件组看到的内容，而非基准条件组。故排除。
21. What does the passage say participants seem to be paying attention to?
文章中提到参与者似乎在关注什么呢？
答案：D) Information about diversity.
关于多元化的信息。
解析：
文章中提到，“that is, participants seemed to be paying attention to information about diversity, and using this when deciding whether to click on the listing.”参与者似乎更关注多元化方面的信息，并以此决定是否点击招聘信息。由此可知，选项D为正确答案。
干扰项分析：
A) Job security.
工作保障。
文中未提及工作保障。故排除。
B) Potential pay raises.
潜在涨薪。
文中未提及涨薪。故排除。
C) Minimum base salary.
最低基本工资。
文中提到薪资较低的工作，但参与者关注的并非最低基本工资本身。故排除。
【参考译文】
一项新研究发现，当企业更加多元化时，求职者甚至愿意考虑薪资较低的工作。研究发现，分享关于多元化的信息会使招聘信息对求职者更具吸引力，即使薪资较低。
为了进行这项研究，研究团队与一个在线招聘平台合作，该平台会向个人发送与其求职标准相关的招聘信息邮件。在这项为期11周的研究中，平台向约18万名用户发送了招聘信息邮件，这些用户被分为两组条件。在基准条件组中，参与者看到的是常规格式的邮件，邮件中没有关于多元化的信息；在多元化条件组中，参与者看到每个招聘信息都有一个多元化评分：关于公司员工在种族、性别、教育和语言技能方面与同一行业和同地点其他公司相比的信息。随后，研究团队收集了邮件是否被打开以及每个用户点击了哪些招聘信息的数据。
