【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: There is a direct flight at 10 o'clock or a flight at 2 this afternoon that stops over in San Francisco.
M: I think I'd rather have the earlier one so I can go to work tomorrow.
Q: What relationship do these people have?

综合推断题。由对话中的flight可知，双方在谈论航班情况，由此推断D正确。 [考点] 关于Stop的短语有：
①stop over 中途停留，(尤指乘飞机旅行时)短期逗留，如：stop over in Paris for one day在巴黎停留一天。
②stop by 顺便拜访，如：Ask her to stop by. 请她来坐坐。
③stop off中途停留，中途下车，如：stop off at the bookstore on the way home回家途中在书店停留片刻。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: Robert had worked as a secretary for three years. Then he became a newspaperman. After that he started writing novels.
M: I know. And he has been doing nothing else ever since.
Q: What is the man's occupation now?

综合推断题。女士最后说罗伯特之后开始写小说，男士接着说他自从那时起没做过别的事情，由此可知，罗伯特现在是位小说家，故选B。注意对话中的ever since意为“自从那时起”。
[考点] 完成时知识点拨：
①现在完成时表示动作从过去某一时间开始一直延续到现在或离现在不远的时间，过去完成时表示动作从过去的过去开始一直延续到过去的某个时间。
②完成时态中多用延续性动词，如：live，learn，lie，stay，wait等，并常和all this time，this week，this month，all night，all the morning，recently等时间状语以及since和for引导的时间状语连用，如：For years they have been demanding better housing and jobs. 多年来他们一直要求更好的居住和工作条件。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: We shouldn't have driven down the main street, not when it's so crowded.
W: Well, I told you, dear, didn't I? I said the roads would be very busy, especially on Saturday.
Q: Where did the conversation take place?

综合推断题。对话双方在谈论交通很拥挤，特别是女士说I said the roads would be very busy，由此推断，他们是在路上．所以C正确。
[考点] should have done 表示本应做却未做某事，如：He looks ill. He should have stayed at home. 看样子他病了，他本应该待在家里的。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: When can I make the earliest appointment with Dr. Johnson?
W: Dr. Johnson has appointments on Monday and Tuesday mornings, Thursday and Friday afternoons, and he has a conference the whole day, Wednesday.
Q: When can the man meet Dr. Johnson at the earliest?

综合推断题。女士说，约翰逊医生在周一、周二上午和周四、周五下午都有预约，而且周三全天开会，由此可知，男士最早能在周一下午见到约翰逊医生，所以B正确。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: Dr. Weinstein, should parents let their children watch television or read about the war?
M: If parents are going to let their kids read or watch television coverage of the war, it's important for them to read along and help their kids interpret what they're reading or seeing.
Q: What should parents do if their children watch television or read about the war?

综合推断题。针对女士提出的问题，男士说如果小孩看战争片，父母应该陪在其身旁，并帮助他们理解所读或所看的内容。答题的关键词是along(而不是alone)和help sb. interpret(帮助某人理解)。
[考点] interpret有“口译”的意思，还有“理解，将……解释为”的意思，如：I interpret his answer as a refusal. 我把他的回答理解为拒绝。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: I'm exhausted. I stayed up the whole night studying for my history midterm exam.
M: Why do you always wait till the last minute?
Q: What can be inferred about the woman?

综合推断题。女士说自己熬了一整夜在为历史期中考试复习课程，男士问她为什么总是要等到最后一刻，由此推断，女士的学习习惯不好，所以A正确。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: Why do we have to finish this proposal tonight? It's already 6 p. m. Can't we complete it tomorrow?
M: It has to go to the post office before twelve tonight. We must make sure that all the figures are correct.
Q: How many hours at most do they have to finish the proposal?

信息明示题。女士说，现在已经下午6点了，男士说必须在今晚12点前将建议书邮寄出去，所以他们还有6个小时的时间完成建议书，所以B正确。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: People first sent signals by flags, some archaeologists observed.
W: No. I think they exchanged news by smoke, hence the torch towers on the Great Wall.
Q: What are they discussing?

综合推断题。男士说考古学家发现人们最早是通过旗帜来发送信号，而女士则认为人们最早是用烟作为信号，并以长城的烽火台为例，由此可知，B正确。
[考点] hence一般用作副同，有以下含义：
①从现在起，如：a day hence从现在起一天后。
②因此，如：It's hand-made and hence expensive. 这是手工制作的，因此很贵。