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Section A Long Conversations
長(zhǎng)對(duì)話綜述：長(zhǎng)對(duì)話仍然還是聽到什么選什么的原則，在聽音的時(shí)候應(yīng)該做好筆記，方便在聽問題時(shí)回顧原文內(nèi)容找答案。
Conversation 1
W: OK, that's it. Now we have to make a decision. We might as well do that now, don't you think?
M: Sure, let's see. First we saw Frank Brisenski. What did you think of him?
W: Well, he's certainly a very polite young man.
M: And very relaxed, too.
W: But his appearance…
M: En… He wasn't well dressed. He wasn't even wearing a tie.
W: But he did have a nice voice. He sounded good on the telephone.
M: True. And I thought he seemed very intelligent. He answered Dona's questions very well.
W: That's true, but dressing well is important. Well, let's think about the others. Now what about Barbara Jones? She had a nice voice, too. She sounded good on the telephone, and she was well dressed, too.
M: En… She did look very neat, very nicely dressed, but…
W: But so shy. She wouldn't be very good at talking to people at the front desk.
M: En…OK. Now who was the next? Ar…Yes, David Wallace. I thought he was very good, had a lot of potential. What do you think?
W: En… He seemed like a very bright guy. He dressed very nicely, too. And he had a really nice appearance.
M: He seemed relaxed to me, the type of person people feel comfortable with right away.
W: He was polite, but also very friendly and relaxed as you say. I think he'll be good with the guests at the front desk.
M: He had a very pleasant voice, too.
W: That's right. OK, good! I guess we have our receptionist then, don't you?
M: Yes, I think so. We'll just offer the job to…
Q9: What are the speakers looking for?
Q10: What is Frank Brisenski's weakness?
Q11: What do the speakers decide to do?
答案：
9. B) A hotel receptionist.
10. A) Appearance.
11. C) Offer the job to David Wallace.
點(diǎn)評(píng)：
該對(duì)話圍繞男士和女士挑選合適的酒店招待員展開，討論三個(gè)應(yīng)聘者Frank Brisenski，Barbara Jones和David Wallace的優(yōu)劣勢(shì)：Frank Brisenski有禮貌，聲音好聽，聰明，但是外表形象欠佳；Barbara Jones聲音好聽，穿著得體，但過于害羞，不擅于與人溝通；David Wallace聰明，外表形象佳，表現(xiàn)自如，有禮貌，聲音動(dòng)聽。最后倆人決定錄取David Wallace。前兩題考查事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)，都能從原文直接找到答案，考生在聽的時(shí)候要大概記下對(duì)話雙方對(duì)于三個(gè)應(yīng)聘者的評(píng)價(jià)，特別是轉(zhuǎn)折處。雖然第三題需要考生推斷，但是根據(jù)對(duì)話雙方對(duì)David Wallace的評(píng)價(jià)就可以馬上推出這是他們最終定的人選。
Conversation 2
W: Hello.
M: Hello. Is that the reference library?
W: Yes, can I help you?
M: I hope so. I ran earlier and asked for some information about Dennis Hutton, the scientist. You asked me to ring back.
W: Oh, yes. I have found something.
M: Good. I've got a pencil and paper. Perhaps you could read out what it says.
W: Certainly. Hutton Dennis, born Darlington, 1836, died New York, 1920.
M: Yes, got that.
W: Inventor and physicist, the son of a farm worker. He was admitted to the University of London at the age of 15.
M: Yes.
W: He graduated at 17 with the first class degree in physics and mathematics. All right?
M: Yes, all right.
W: He made his first notable achievement at the age of 18. It was a method of refrigeration which rolls from his work in low temperature physics. He became professor of mathematics at the University of Manchester at 24, where he remained for twelve years. During that time, he married one of his students, Natasha Willoughby
M: Yes, go on.
W: Later working together in London, they laid the foundations of modern physics by showing that normal laws of cause and effect do not apply at the level of subatomic particles. For this he and his wife received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1910, and did so again in 1912 for their work on very high frequency radio waves. In his lifetime, Hutton patented 244 inventions. Do you want any more?
M: Yes, when did he go to America?
W: Let me see. In 1920 he went to teach in New York and died there suddenly after only three weeks. Still he was a good age.
M: Yes, I suppose so. Well, thanks.
Q12: What do we learn about Dennis Hutton when he was 15?
Q13: What did Dennis Hutton do at the age of 24?
Q14: For what were Dennis Hutton and his wife awarded the Nobel Prize a second time?
Q15: Why did Dennis Hutton go to New York
答案：
12 C) He was admitted to university.
13. B) He became a professor of Mathematics.
14. D) Their work on very high frequency radio waves.
15. D) To teach at a university.
點(diǎn)評(píng)：
從開頭幾句就可知是電話對(duì)話，男士打電話詢問科學(xué)家Dennis Hutton的個(gè)人信息，女士在電話另一頭作了簡(jiǎn)短介紹，中間涉及多處時(shí)間點(diǎn)，考生在聽的時(shí)候要特別記下每個(gè)時(shí)間對(duì)應(yīng)的事件，這樣四個(gè)題目的答案就出來(lái)了。
本篇對(duì)話有一定難度，一是時(shí)間點(diǎn)較多，二是一些較難的單詞和短語(yǔ)，如reference library參考書閱覽室；Darlington達(dá)靈頓（英國(guó)英格蘭東北部城市）；inventor發(fā)明家；physicist物理學(xué)家；be admitted to進(jìn)入；refrigeration冷凍；low temperature physics低溫物理學(xué)；mathematics數(shù)學(xué)；subatomic particles亞原子粒子；patent取得……的專利權(quán)。做題時(shí)不要糾結(jié)于一些聽不懂的單詞，可以在試卷各選項(xiàng)旁邊標(biāo)注上時(shí)間點(diǎn)，這樣等聽問題時(shí)就能快速鎖定答案。
