Conversation One
M: Hi, Mary. Do you want to start writing a lab report after we finish this experiment?
W: I can't. In fact I need to finish early because [19]I'm going over to the psychology department to talk to Professor Smith about a job opening.
M: You mean a job on campus?
W: Yeah. And it sounds pretty interesting. It involves helping with your study on learning style. You know, about how some people learn best by sight, while others learn best by hearing or touch.
M: Yeah. I know that's an area of expertise.
W: Right. Anyway for her study she's taking some high school students who aren't doing very well in their classes and testing them to find out what their learning styles are. Then tutors, people like me, will work with them presenting material to them in their particular learning style.
M: Hey. That is interesting. Now will you mostly do the testing or the tutoring?
W: Both I hope. I want to be involved from start to finish.
M: Are you getting paid for this?
W: I'm sure we'll get something though, probably not much. Anyway it doesn't matter to me. [20]I just want to have some hands-on experience.
M: Yeah. And it'll be nice to help those high school students too.
W: That's what I thought when I saw the ad. You know you could do it too. You don't have to be in her classes to work on the study.
M: Really?
W: Yes.
M: That's perfect for me.
W: Then come along. [21]We will save the lab report for later. But we'd better make sure we do a good job on our experiment first.
M: Yeah. First thing's first.

答案解析：
19. What are the speakers mainly discussing?
[D]解析：主旨大意題。女士在第一輪對話中就說：“我想到心理系和史密斯教授談?wù)勔粋€工作機會”，直接進入話題。故D正確。
20. Why is the woman interested in working with Professor Smith?
[B]解析：女士說：“我想獲得一些實際動手的經(jīng)驗。”故B為答案。選項內(nèi)容都是She想做某事，尤其A、B、D都是闡述某種愿望，故題目可能是問原因。答案中的practical是原文hands-on的同義替換。聽到什么選什么。
21. What will the speakers probably do next?
[D]解析：女士說“我們還是把實驗報告留到以后做吧。不過首先我們最好要保證做好我們的實驗。”對話中的“do a good job on our experiment”和D相吻合，故D正確。由動詞選項知，本題為對話“尾巴題”，一般問對話雙方下一步的行動，結(jié)尾處的內(nèi)容是答題要點。