【答案解析】[听力原文]19-21
W: Why are you leaving so early? The movie doesn't start till seven.
M: I don't want to be at the traffic there. It's a nightmare on the expressway during rush hour.
Q: What does the man mean?
[解析] 女士询问男士:为什么这么早出发,男士则回答说:“我可不想被堵在路上”,可见男士是为了避开交通堵塞。
[点睛] 预读选项可知,本题与电影院和交通有关。A只是利用电影开场时间"seven"进行干扰;B是对be at the traffic的曲解;根据女士的话可知道,电影尚未开始,故D错。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: There's a photo machine in the post office. It gives you four photos for three dollars.
M: So does the one in the library. But I went to a photographer's studio. It was much cheaper.
Q: What does the man imply?
[解析] 男士说:可我去了照相馆.那里更便宜”,可见男士选择了去照相馆拍照。
[点睛] 预读选项可知,本题与拍照有关。男土提到图书馆也有一台自动拍照机(不是照相馆),并没有说他在那里拍照,故C和D不正确。But后面的内容常常是答题的关键所在。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: I don't think it is a good idea to spend more time chatting online. 1 mean it is really a waste of time.
W: Well, but I think sometimes chatting online can help you to reduce your stress and make you feel a little bit relaxed.
Q: What does the woman say about chatting online?
[解析] 女士认为网上聊天能缓解压力并让自己感到放松,D是其中一方面,故正确,relieve为reduce的同义转换。
[点睛] 转折之后的内容为听音重点。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: Did you watch that comedy special on TV last night? I don't think I ever laughed so hard.
W: Don't even talk to me about it. The only night I really wanted to watch something and we had a power failure in my building.
Q: What does the woman mean?
[解析] 女士听到男士的问话后抱怨说,她那天晚上真的想看点什么,可居然停电了。可见女土没看成。
[点睛] 预读选项可知,本题的话题与电视节目有关。女士一开始说了一句气话,接着说出原因power failure(停电),B和C是对女士的气话的误解,D无中生有。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: I have passed the teacher certificate examination and I wonder if I can get the job of the teaching assistant.
W: Yes. certainly. But if only you had sent in your application in time.
Q: What does the woman imply?
[解析] 男士想知道他能否得到助教这一职位,女士说:“要是你及时递交申请就好了”,言外之意是女士现在还没有收到男士的申请。
[点睛] 注意女士在回答时运用虚拟语气,表示与事实相反的愿望。if only 意为“但愿,要是……就好了”。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: Hi, I'd like to send this package by express mail to San Francisco and I would like to buy a sheet of stamps, please.
M: Here are your stamps, and just put the package on the scale.
Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?
[解析] 女士想快递包裹到旧金山,并询问购买邮票。男士给她邮票后要求她将包裹放到磅秤上称重量。可见对话应发生在邮局。
[点睛] 预读选项可知,本题的话题与地点有关。对话两次提及package和stamps,只要再抓住express mail和put the package on the scale等词语,便可推出答案。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: I like Marie Therese. She's a lot better than the teacher we had last term.
M: Well, that won't be difficult. Pierre was such a bore—all he did was ramble on about grammar all the time. We hardly got to say a word.
Q: What can we learn from this conversation?
[解析] 女士一开始就说她喜欢Marie,认为她比上学期的那个老师好多了。男士则说“这并不难,Pierre实在是太闷了”,言外之意是Pierre是上学期的那个老师,可见他们都喜欢Marie。
[点睛] 女士说Marie比上学期的老师好,而男士谈到Pierre使用的是过去时,可见Pierre不是现在的新老师,Marie也丕是上学期的老师,A、D错;a lot better 表明Marie 的课并不闷,C错。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: Can you look up the word for me? I never could get the alphabet straight and it takes me hours to find the word I'm looking for.
W: Sure I'll be glad to. Let me see...
Q: What does the man want the woman to do for him?
[解析] 男士说:“你能帮我查一个字吗?”接着解释他弄不明白字母表的查法,可见A正确。
[点睛] 预读选项可知,本题的话题与做某件事情有关。look up 意为“查找”,只要听明白该短语便可直接定位到选项A,find 为look up 的同义转换。