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M: You'll need 36 credit hours to get an M.A. degree. Fifteen must be from the English Department and fifteen from the Education Department. For the remaining six credit hours, you can either write a thesis or take two more optional courses.
W: Right now, this is very confusing to me, but I'm sure I'll know what to do as I learn more about it.
Q: What are they talking about?
正確答案：C
解析：主旨題。國(guó)個(gè)選項(xiàng)都是名詞或動(dòng)名詞短語(yǔ)，預(yù)讀可知，問的是談話的主題。男士說需要36學(xué)分才能獲得文學(xué)碩士學(xué)位，接著作了詳細(xì)說明，故選C。B的涉及面太廣，他們只談到了學(xué)分要求，并沒有談其他方面；A是無中生有，D屬于原詞干擾。

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M: You call Henry a dreamer, but I think he's got a lot of good ideas.
W: Well, good ideas are only useful if you make something out of them. I don't think a day-dreamer can be a good entrepreneur.
Q: What does the woman think of Henry?
正確答案：C
解析：語(yǔ)義理解題。關(guān)鍵是聽到女士說的“只有從中有所得的想法才能稱之為好的想法”，言外之意即Henry沒有將想法付諸實(shí)踐。故選C。