单选题 You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.
Questions 11～13 are based on the following dialogue between two passengers.
单选题 What kind of weather is normal for March?
  • A. Cold.
  • B. Very hot.
  • C. Cooler than that day.
  • D. Drier than that day.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 11-13 {{B}}M: {{/B}}Excuse me. Have you been waiting long? {{B}}W: {{/B}}Yes, about ten minutes. {{B}}M: {{/B}}Did you notice whether the No. 7 bus has passed by? {{B}}W: {{/B}}Not while I've been standing here. {{B}}M: {{/B}}Good. Hot today, isn't it? {{B}}W: {{/B}}Yes, it is. I wish that it would rain and cool off. {{B}}M: {{/B}}Me too. This is unusual for March. I don't remember it ever being so hot and dry in March before. {{B}}W: {{/B}}You're from Florida then. {{B}}M: {{/B}}Not really. I was born in New York, but I've lived here for ten years now. {{B}}W: {{/B}}My mother and I have just moved here from Indiana. {{B}}M: {{/B}}Pretty cold in Indiana, isn't it? {{B}}W: {{/B}}Yes. That's why we moved. But we didn't know that it would be so hot here. We should have gone to California. Do you think that we've missed the bus? {{B}}M: {{/B}}No, it's always a little late. {{B}}W: {{/B}}It's twenty to one, but my watch is a little faster. {{B}}M: {{/B}}Take it easy. It never comes exactly every half hour like it should be.
单选题 Where was the man born?
  • A. Florida.
  • B. New York.
  • C. California.
  • D. Indiana.
【正确答案】 B
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单选题 How often is the bus scheduled to pass their stop?
  • A. Every ten minutes.
  • B. At twenty to one.
  • C. Every thirty minutes.
  • D. Once a day.
【正确答案】 C
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