单选题
单选题 What are John and Mary talking about?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文]8-10
M:What are you doing, Mary?
W: I am cooking the dinner, John.
M: Oh. Look! The Capital Building caught on a big fire today.
W: What? How about the people in the building?
M: More than 220 people were killed and the building was destroyed.
W: It must have taken the fire fighters a long time to put it out.
M: Yes, they spent about five hours putting it out. Hm, what a strange smell!
W: Oh, I forgot the food cooking on the fire!
M: Be quick! Turn the gas off. You should be careful next time, otherwise you'd have our house on fire!

本题需要考生听完整个对话才能作答。第二、三、四轮对话谈及的是一栋建筑着火的新闻,从男士的话:The Capital Building caught on a big fire today及后面谈论的死伤人数、灭火时间等可知[C]对。
单选题 How many people were killed in the fire?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】在第三轮对话中男士指出死亡人数为:More than 220 people were killed,答案为[A]。
单选题 What advice does John give Mary?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】男士最后一句话让女士小心用火,选[B]本题也可由常识推知。