3.
M: Oh, what a morning! You know I had so much work to do and the phone just kept ringing. Three sales people called me this morning.
W: I know how it is. I get a lot of calls, too, even on weekends.
Q: What are the two speakers doing?
參考譯文:
男:哦,這一上午啊!你知道我有許多工作要做,電話還一直在響。今天已經有三個銷售人員打來了。
女:我知道這種情況。我也接到了許多電話,周末也是一樣。
問:說話者在做什么?
答案解析:
正確答案為C。對話中男子說有一大堆工作要做,電話還老響,女子說她的情況也是這樣,甚至連周末也是,可見二人在抱怨,因此C項正確。A,爭吵,B,抗議,D,討價還價,均與對話內容不符,排除。
4.
W: You Americans are funny. It seems as if you were married with cars.
M: Yeah, I guess that's true. The country is becoming one big highway. I was reading that there are about 4 million miles of roads and highways in this country now.
Q: What are they talking about?
參考譯文:
女:你們美國人真有趣。好像你們是和車結婚一樣。
男:沒錯,我想這是事實。國家都快變成大的高速公路了。我看到新聞說,現在美國的公路和高速公路長度有4百萬英里。
問:他們在談論什么?
答案解析:
正確答案為B。對話中女子說美國人好像是和車子結了婚,男子說是這樣啊,美國高速公路體系發達,可知,二人在談論美國人對車輛的高度依賴性,因此B項正確。A,家庭和車輛,對話中未涉及,排除。C,公路和高速公路,對話中主要談及的問題由女子引出,是說美國人和車的關系,男子是輔助了這個說法,因此C項對話內容不符,排除。D,美國的交通問題,對話中未涉及,排除。