单选题

A、 The woman has given up learning English.
B、 The woman does well in pronunciation and spelling.
C、 The man also does well in pronunciation and grammar.
D、 Neither the man nor the woman is good at spelling.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: You know, Ralph, since I started speaking English all the time my pronunciation"s getting better and even the grammar"s beginning to make some sense. But I don"t think I"ll ever be able to spell.
M: You"re not alone there. I have trouble with spelling too.

Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

[解析] 女士说，自从她开始一直说英语以来，她的发音有了进步，而且语法也开始理顺了，但恐怕还是学不好拼写。男士回答说：“不是你一个人那样，我在拼写方面也有困难。”由此可知，男士和女士都不擅长拼写，因此选D。
①选项中的关键词表明，本对话涉及英语学习中的发音、语法和拼写。②女士一直在积极努力地学英语，A“女士已放弃学英语”与对话不符；女士觉得自己可能学不好拼写，B“女士擅长发音和拼写”不对；如果抓听到了男士话中的not alone或too, 就可把选择范围缩小到C和D(两人具有共同点)，此外，男士的话与发音、语法无关，可排除C。

A、 To make the woman angry.
B、 To please the man"s mother.
C、 David is the man"s good friend.
D、 David is good at carrying on conversations.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: I really can"t stand that David controls the conversation all the time. If he"s going to be at the Christmas party, I just won"t come.
M: I"m sorry you feel that way. But my mother insists that he come.

Q: Why is David invited to the party?

[解析] 女士说，她真的受不了David一直控制着谈话，如果他会参加圣诞派对的话，她就不会来了。男士说：“很抱歉你有那样的感受。但我妈妈坚持邀请他来。(But my mother insists…)”由此可知，David受邀参加party是为了取悦男士的妈妈，故B正确。
①A、B是不定式，一般有关目的或打算；C、D都提到David，需仔细听与David有关的内容。②David使女士生气是客观的结果，而不是他受邀参加party的原因，A错；C在对话中并未提及；D与对话内容相矛盾，David一直控制对话令女士不悦，这说明D “David擅长与人交谈”不正确，而且D也不是他受邀的原因所在。③典型的But题。男士的句型是：I"m sorry…But…，其中But后多用于阐述理由，是答题的关键。听清此部分内容至关重要。

A、 The man has gone over three units of the course.
B、 The man has reviewed only eight units of the course.
C、 The man will spend the May Day holiday reviewing the twelve units.
D、 The man has been fully prepared for the final exam.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: Professor Smith said that the final exam would cover all the 12 units.
M: Really? I thought it only included the first two-thirds. Then I must spend the May Day holiday to go over the rest.

Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?

[解析] 女士说，Smith教授说了期末考试将涉及所有的12个单元。男士感到很意外，说“真的吗?我原以为只包括前面2/3呢。”由此可知，男士只复习了8个单元，故B正确，同时也可排除A。
①四个选项都是有关男士复习备考的情况，三项出现了数字，听音时要注意数字等相关信息。②男士说他必须用五一假期复习余下的(the rest)单元，而不是复习所有12个单元，故C错；男士没有复习完所有的单元，所以D“男士已为期朱考试做好了充分的准备”与对话不符，也可排除。