17.
M: What a stupid guy! A real troublemaker!
W: Yeah! He can't do anything right. He knows nothing about this business. I can't figure out how he got in this company.
Q: Who are they probably talking about?
正確答案：B
解析：男士說：“真是個(gè)蠢家伙！真是個(gè)麻煩制造者！”女士回答：“是的……關(guān)于這業(yè)務(wù)，他一無所知。我不知道他是怎么進(jìn)到這公司的。”可見他們談?wù)摰氖枪纠锏耐拢蔅正確。

18.
M: Have you finished reading the book you bought last month?
W: Oh, I didn't read it straight through the way you'd read a novel. I just covered a few chapters that interested me most.
Q: How did the woman read the book?
正確答案：A
解析：預(yù)讀選項(xiàng)可知，題目詢問女士閱讀的方式。本題關(guān)鍵在于聽懂女士說“我沒從頭讀到尾”以及她后面的補(bǔ)充說明“我只讀了最令我感興趣的幾章”，二者結(jié)合即A“她有選擇地讀”。