After the project had been successfully finished, most of the engineers who had worked on it were 36 .
答案：(B) promoted
語意「大多數參與這個專案的工程師都被升職了」，promoted（升職）符合後文對比（那個出糗的年輕工程師沒有被升職）；succeeded／exhausted／aroused 都不符合這個職場升遷的情境。
本題大考中心未公布逐題答對率，以下不談數據，只談觀念。
專案剛結束，exhausted（筋疲力竭）看起來很合理——忙完一個大案子大家都很累。但下一句提到一份「名單」，那份名單決定了答案。
四個選項都是過去分詞，前面有 were，所以是被動。往後讀一句：But the young man who had made a fool of himself at the meeting was not on the list.（但那個在會議上出糗的年輕人不在名單上。）既然有一份名單，而前一句說的是大多數參與專案的工程師都被怎麼樣了，那份名單當然是升遷名單，填 promoted（獲得升遷）。再看一個形態上的排除：succeed 是不及物動詞（succeed in doing something），沒有受詞就談不上被動，were succeeded 在這個語意下不成立。
succeeded：不及物，被動不成立。（be succeeded by 另有「被……接替」的意思，語意也不對。）exhausted（筋疲力竭的）：專案結束後很累是有可能，但那樣就不會有「名單」這回事，下一句就接不下去了。aroused（被激起的）：用於情緒或興趣被激發，與升遷無關。
be promoted（獲得升遷）、a promotion（升遷）、make a fool of oneself（出糗、丟臉）、be on the list（在名單上）、work on a project（參與專案）、successfully（成功地）。
The people in the room were tense. Five young engineers were sitting with their 31 . They were trying to settle details of an important new plant site for a major client. Suddenly one of the young engineers gave what he thought was a good solution 32 the problem. What he had to say was 33 by an uncomfortable silence. The boss then laughingly pointed out that the same proposal had been made and 34 some minutes before. The incident seemed funny 35 the time, but several months later it did not.
After the project had been successfully finished, most of the engineers who had worked on it were 36 . But the young man who had made a fool of himself at the meeting was not on the list. 37 The young engineer swore that he had never heard the proposal made and rejected. 38 He was a victim of a bad listening habit that he didn't know he had.
Bad listening habits can hurt you a lot in your daily living. Much of your success, both in your work and social life, 39 how you listen. A number of major industries and more than twenty leading colleges 40 . They have set up "listening clinics" and courses to find out what is wrong—and what to do about it.