13.
M: Could you give me some information about buses for Washington, please?
W: They leave every hour on the hour. You just missed the 8 o'clock bus. It left 5 minutes ago.
Q: When will the next bus leave?
正確答案:B
解析:本題考查對時間的理解。every hour說明了頻率,on the hour表示整點發車,8點的一班車5分鐘前剛離開,下一班車應該是9點出發,即B。
14.
M: Who puts the candy into the boxes?
W: That's done by a machine which is able to count them automatically. Please, this way. I'll show you now.
Q: Where are the two speakers probably?
正確答案:D
解析:地點題是短對話中常考的題型之一。讀題重點在于理解相應的地點名詞所確立的語境,以及在該語境下的關鍵詞。由本題的關鍵信息done by a machine可知他們在工廠。