【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: The play should have begun ten minutes ago. What's holding things up?
M: It is said the main actor is caught in traffic jam.
男士话中的is caught in traffic jam指“赶上堵车”,与选项[C] 中的is delayed by traffic同义。
单选题
What does the woman want from Microsoft?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: I need to get in touch with Microsoft. I'm having problems with the software. Do you know its website?
M: Yeah. It's www. Microsoft. com.
W: Do you think they will take care of my problems?
M: Of course they will. The aftersales service is very important to the survival of a company.
女士的第一、二句即指出了自己要找Microsoft的目的;I'm having problems with the software (我的软件有问题),因此答案是[A] 。
单选题
What does John think of the woman's sister?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: Oh, John, I didn't tell you. My sister phoned yesterday. She wants to get married.
M: Married? She is only seventeen!
W: That's the reason she told me why she wants to get married.
只要听懂男士所用的惊讶语气(由其使用的反问句即可看出)和She is only seventeen中的only及常识即可知他认为17岁结婚太早,选[A] 。
单选题
How long will they wait till the train leaves?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: When will the train leave?
W: They say it will leave at 13:00 o'clock, and now it's 12:38.
本题考查数字的听音和运算。根据对话中两个时间数词(13:00和12:38)简单相减,得知相差 22分钟,因此[A] 项是正确答案。
单选题
What did the man do with the extra paper?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: Did you throw away the extra paper?
M: No, I gave half of it to a friend and kept the rest.
男士回答中指出,他给了朋友一半(I gave half of it to a friend)、自己留了一半(kept the rest),对照选项可知只有[D] 正确。