Now you'll hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One
W:Stan, do you have a minute?
M:Oh, hi, Cathy, sure. What's up?
W:[19]I've been meaning to talk to you about the situation in the office.
M:I'm not in that very often. It's so noisy that I can't work.
W:That's exactly what I'm getting at. We're supposed to be able to do our preparation and marking in that office. But have you noticed? [20]Jack constantly has students coming in to get help with his course. A lot of people are going in and out.
M:Has anyone spoken to him about it?
W:No, not yet. But someone's going to have to.
M:We really can't ask him to stop having students come in for help, can we?
W:No, of course not. But I'm not able to do my work and neither are you. I imagine it's the same for the others in the office.
M:Hum... [21]could we ask for a kind of meeting room? When TAs have to talk with the students, they could go to the meeting room and not use the office.You know, there's a room down the hall, a rather small room that we could ask to use. It's only for storing supplies.
W:You mean that little storage room? Oh, that would be too small.
M:Are you sure? With the cabinets taken out, it might be bigger than it looks.
W:[22]Come to think of it, you may be on to something. I'd like to take a look at that room. Can we go there now?
M:Sure, let's go.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What problem at the office are Cathy and Stan discussing?
正確答案:B
解析:選項是四個相關性不大的話題,預測可能是主旨題。女士開頭便說明想找男士談談辦公室的環境,男士指出辦公室很吵,女士進一步表示“那正是我想要指出的(getting at)”,由此可知,對話主要和B相關。
20. Why do Jack's students come to see him?
正確答案:A
解析:選項都圍繞Jack展開,所以聽到Jack這個名字時,要特別注意。根據“杰克常常讓學生進來給他們輔導”,可判斷A正確。
21. What does Stan suggest they do?
正確答案:A
解析:選項分別是可以采取的方式,此題為細節題。根據男士所說“我們可以請求得到會議室之類的嗎?”選A。對話中Stan問道:“有人就此事與杰克談過嗎?”這并非建議,故不選B項;C項在對話中已被否認;D項未提及。
22. What does Cathy say about Stan's suggestion?
正確答案:A
解析:選項是對男士所提建議的評價。當男士告訴女士那個房間并不小時,女士馬上說:“細想一下,也許你言之有理。我想看看那個房間。我們可以現在去那兒嗎?”所以選A。其實選項B與C有相似性,所以肯定都是錯的;D未提及。