Conversation Two
23．[A]Searching for reference material．
　　[B]Watching a film of the 1 930s'．
　　[c]Writing a course book．
　　[D]Looking for a job in a movie studio．

24．[A]It's too broad to cope with．
　　[B]It's a bit outdated．
　　[C]It's controversial．
　　[D]It's of little practical value．

25．[A]At the end of the online catalogue．
　　[B]At the Reference Desk．
　　[c]In The New York Times．
　　[D]In the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature．

W：Sir．you've been using the online catalogue for quite a while．Is there anything I can do to help you?
M：Well。I've got to write a paper about Hollywood in the 30s and 40s，and I'm really snuggling．There are hundreds of books，and I just don't know where to begin．
W：Your topic sounds pretty big．Why don't you narrow it down tO something like，uh，the history 0f the studios during that time?
M：You know，1 was thinking about doing that，but more than 30 books came up when I typed in“movie stu— dios．
W：You could cut that down even further by listing the specific years you want．Try adding“1930s'’or“1940s'’or maybe“Golden Age．
M：“Golden Age'’is a good idea．Let me type that in…．Hey，look，just 6 books this time．That's a lot better．
W：Oh…another thing you might consider．．，have you tried looking for any magazine or newspaper articles7
M：No，I've only been searching for books．
W：Well，you can look up magazine articles in the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature．And we dO have the Los Angeles Times available over there．You might go through their indexes to see if there's any thing you want．
M：Okay．1 think I'll get started with these books and then I'll gO over the magazines．
W：Ifyou need any help．I'll be over at the Reference Desk．
M：’Great，thanks a lot．

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard．
23．What is the man doing?
24．What does the librarian think Of the topic the man is working on?
25．Where can the man find the relevant magazine articles?

　　從對話中加底紋的答案出處我們再次發(fā)現(xiàn)，Conversation Two與Conversation One非常相似。主要是問答式的考點，分層次的考查，建議請求的運用。這兩則對話還采用了短文理解的一個重要的考場方式，就是在對話的開頭部分一定會出題目。這一點的考查利用的是考生往往很難在一個段落剛開始的時候集中注意力，所以這時候考查的題目難度就顯得很高。綜上所述，長對話并不可怕，它結(jié)合了短對話對問答句式，建議請求，做這樣的題目往往需要具備綜合的素質(zhì)，既要注意其中的細節(jié)，又要注意整體的把握，還要能夠應付7道題目的題量，這比以往的四級題目對綜合能力的要求顯著提高了。所以，建議考生在練習長對話的時候可多以托福考試聽力真題Part B的中大量的長對話題目作為練習材料。