13. W: I hear you’re working as a market surveyor this summer. It’s got to be awfully difficult asking the same old questions every day.
M: Well, it is challenging work, but I get to meet lots of new people and the pay is decent enough.
Q: What does the man think of his new job?
【解析】13選[B]。decent用在口語(yǔ)中指“相當(dāng)好的，像樣的”，the pay is decent enough ≈rewarding，再結(jié)合but前面的it is challenging work可知[B]為答案。
14. M: I think I’ll read ahead a few chapters, just to get the general picture.
W: Try pacing yourself. Slowly but surely you’ll understand it all.
Q: What does the woman suggest?
【解析】14選[C]。男士打算往前多讀幾章，了解書(shū)中梗概。女士建議他不要心急，并表示慢慢讀來(lái)最后終歸會(huì)理解全書(shū)的意思。pace oneself意為“調(diào)整做某事的速度”，這表明女士認(rèn)為男士不應(yīng)該以太快的速度一下子讀太多(learn too much too fast)。
15. W: My headaches are terrible. Maybe I need more sleep.
M: Actually, you need less sun and some aspirin. Plus it would help you if you wear a hat. The sun is too bright.
Q: What most probably caused the woman’s headache?
【解析】15選[D]。結(jié)合男士話(huà)中的you need less sun, wear a hat及The sun is too bright推測(cè)，女士頭疼的原因很可能是陽(yáng)光太強(qiáng)烈了，選項(xiàng)[D]正確。Actually常暗示對(duì)前面內(nèi)容的否定，即男士并不認(rèn)為女士是因?yàn)槿狈λ卟蓬^疼。
16. M: How was your dinner at the new French restaurant yesterday?
W: We didn’t eat there. We drove all the way down there only to find it’s not open on Monday, so we had our dinner at the small Chinese restaurant next door.
Q: What did the woman say about the new French restaurant?
【解析】16選[D]。only to find后常接不好的或令人意想不到結(jié)果。it’s not open on Monday, so we had our dinner at the small Chinese restaurant表明女士并沒(méi)有去成新開(kāi)的法國(guó)餐廳，因此她也就不會(huì)知道那里的食物味道如何，選項(xiàng)[D]正確。
17. W: I appreciate your professional opinion. Do you think I should invest in the project?
M: Under no circumstances should you do that.
Q: What does the man mean?
【解析】17選[B]。Under no circumstances是典型的否定表達(dá)，其位于句首時(shí)句子需部分倒裝。Under no circumstances should you do that意思是“你絕對(duì)不能那么做”，可知男士認(rèn)為女士不應(yīng)該投資那個(gè)項(xiàng)目，[B]為答案。
18. M: I’m worried about sending my son to college. Most college students are so wild nowadays.
W: You said that again! Most students are nowadays too busy studying to get into trouble.
Q: How does the woman react to the man’s remarks?
【解析】18選[A]。too busy studying to get into trouble 意為“忙于學(xué)習(xí)以至于沒(méi)有時(shí)間去碰麻煩”，由此可知，女士并不同意男士Most college students are so wild nowadays 的說(shuō)法，選項(xiàng)[A]為答案。
Conversation One
M: I suppose you must have heard about that a great piece of concrete falling onto a car in that terrible accident in South Street yesterday, didn’t you, Jane?
W: Yes, I saw it in the paper. From a 200foot high building, wasn’t it? I gather the driver had just got out or he’d have been killed, wouldn’t he?
M: Oh, yes. I saw the car; it was totally damaged.
W: You usually park your car around there, don’t you, Bill?
M: Yes, I left it in that very spot a couple of days ago, but yesterday it was parked up the road.
W: You were lucky then, weren’t you, Bill?
M: Out of luck, you mean! I’d be very pleased if my old car were smashed to bits. I could claim from the insurance company then, couldn’t I?
W: But you used to be so proud of your car, didn’t you?
M: I used to be years ago, but now there are all sorts of repairs to be done, and I just haven’t got enough spare cash to put it right.
W: You can always sell it, can’t you?
M: Few people are stupid enough to buy a car in that state, are they?
W: The man whose car was crushed yesterday was very annoyed about it. He’ll be given a new car by the builders, though.
M: Yes, but his car was a specially built model that can’t be replaced, and there was hardly anything wrong with it, was there?
W: Well, that’s life! When people actually want to get rid of their cars, this sort of thing seldom happens, does it?
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What happened in South Street yesterday?
【解析】19選[B]。分析選項(xiàng)，[B]、[C]、[D] 都是對(duì)事故的具體描述，[A]表述過(guò)于籠統(tǒng)，與其他選項(xiàng)明顯不同，可初步排除。對(duì)話(huà)一開(kāi)始男士就提到a great piece of concrete falling onto a car，因此[B]正確。而女士對(duì)此的反應(yīng)是...or he’d have been killed, 虛擬語(yǔ)氣的使用表明the driver was not killed，由此可以排除[D]。該事故與車(chē)禍無(wú)關(guān)，因此[C]錯(cuò)誤。
20. Why does Bill consider himself unlucky in yesterday’s incident?
【解析】20選[D]。[A]、[C]都把對(duì)話(huà)中的男士當(dāng)成了事故中的受害者，不符合對(duì)話(huà)內(nèi)容。對(duì)話(huà)中男士對(duì)自己的車(chē)幸免于難的感受是：Out of luck;并隨即說(shuō)明了理由：I’d be very pleased if my old car were smashed to bits. I could claim from the insurance company then...,由此可知，男士的舊車(chē)上過(guò)保險(xiǎn)，因此他認(rèn)為自己錯(cuò)過(guò)了一個(gè)既能擺脫負(fù)擔(dān)，又能獲得賠償?shù)暮脵C(jī)會(huì)，[D]符合題意。
21. According to Bill, how did the owner feel when he knew his car was crushed?
【解析】21選[A]。本題涉及到對(duì)此事故的感受。聽(tīng)音時(shí)注意聽(tīng)清問(wèn)題問(wèn)的是車(chē)主的感受，而不是說(shuō)話(huà)者的感受。由對(duì)話(huà)中男士說(shuō)的“The man whose car was crushed yesterday was very annoyed about it.”不難得出答案為[A]。
Conversation Two
M: Maths Department, Doctor Winston speaking.
W: Hello, Prof. Winston. This is Eliza Smith calling. I’m living two doors down from your teaching assistant, David Williams. David asked me to call you because he lost his voice and can’t talk to you himself.
M: Lost his voice? Oh, what a shame! Is there anything I can do for him?
W: Well, he has a class this afternoon from 2:30 to 4:00 and he won’t be able to teach it, but he doesn’t want to cancel it either.
M: Want me to try to find somebody else to teach the class?
W: No, not exactly. What he wants to do is to get someone to go in for him, just to pass back the mid-term exams. He’s already marked them and they are on the desk in his office. The whole thing wouldn’t take more than ten minutes.
M: His class is at 2:30, eh? Well at that time I am going to be on campus anyway; so I can do it for him. What room is his class in?
W: Building 4, Room 214.Will you need his office key to get the exams? He’s given it to me and I could bring it to you.
M: Actually, that won’t be necessary. We have a master key in the maths department. So I can get into his office if necessary.
W: Thanks very much, Prof. Winston. David doesn’t have another class to teach until Tuesday, and hopefully, he will be able to talk by then. He’ll call you as soon as he can. Oh, yes, I almost forgot. Could you put the next assignment on the board, too? It’s all the problems on Page 45, and they are due at the next class.
M: No trouble at all. Thanks for passing all the news about David, and please tell him not to worry about anything.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22. What’s David’s problem?
【解析】22選[C]。選項(xiàng)[D]提到“男士不喜歡他的教室”，與情理不符，故可初步排除。由對(duì)話(huà)中的...he lost his voice...可推斷[C]正確。unable to speak正是對(duì)該句子的同義轉(zhuǎn)述。
23. What favor does David want someone to do for him?
【解析】23選[D]。20、21和22題考查的都是行為活動(dòng)，因此對(duì)話(huà)中人物的主要活動(dòng)要引起我們的注意。該題選項(xiàng)中的[A]、[B]、[D] 都與某種教學(xué)安排有關(guān)，[C]與其他選項(xiàng)明顯不同，故可初步排除。男士想知道David是不是需要找人代課，女士說(shuō)不是，而是需要找人幫忙pass back the mid-term exams。pass back與return同義，因此選[D]。
24. What does Eliza offer to do?
【解析】24選[B]。根據(jù)對(duì)話(huà)可知，[A]、[C]、[D] 都是Professor Winston 可能做的事情，并不是Eliza主動(dòng)提出要做的。Eliza在提到office key時(shí)說(shuō)I could bring it to you，因此選[B]。本題關(guān)鍵是聽(tīng)清題目問(wèn)的是Eliza而不是Professor Winston表示愿意做什么。
25. What does Eliza almost forget to ask Professor Winston?
【解析】25選[C]。對(duì)話(huà)中，Eliza請(qǐng)Professor Winston將期中試卷發(fā)放給學(xué)生，最后又提到I almost forgot，原來(lái)是還需請(qǐng)對(duì)方put the next assignment on the board“將布置的作業(yè)寫(xiě)到黑板上”，[C]是對(duì)該句的同義轉(zhuǎn)述。board指“黑板”，due意為“期限；到期”。
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