17.
M: Look, I'm sorry I didn't turn up for the match yesterday, but it really wasn't my fault, you know.
W: It's all very well saying it wasn't your fault, but thanks to you we lost 10 to 1.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
正確答案：D
解析：男士說自己覺得很抱歉，因為昨天沒有參加比賽，女士說“都怨你，我們才1比10輸給了對手”。thanks to you“多虧你”在此為反語“都怨你”。所以D正確。根據選項可以預測題目是問女士對男士行為的態度。選項C明顯與其他選項的感情色彩不同，可以初步排除。選項A和D意思相反，答案必居其一。

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W: It seems Paul doesn't make any progress in science.
M: If Paul were my son, I'd just not worry about him. You are already giving him special help after school, you say, so I doubt he'll fail the course.
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
正確答案：D
解析：在聽到女士的抱怨后，男士說到：“如果他是我兒子，我就不擔心他。”接著進一步諷刺女士太在乎Paul的學習了，言外之意是讓女士放輕松，不要太在意。聽音重點在于男士說話時采用的虛擬語氣。