单选题 {{B}}Directions:{{/B}}{{I}} In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.{{/I}}
{{B}}Questions 11 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.{{/B}}
单选题
  • A. Three quarters of an hour.
  • B. Ten minutes.
  • C. Half an hour.
  • D. A quarter of an hour.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] M：We'll have to hurry if we're going to be on time to get to the airport．It's already eight thirty． W：Well, it takes only half an hour to get to the airport，and the plane doesn't leave until nine fifteen. I think we'll make it all right if we leave immediately． Q：How much time is left when they get to the airport? [听前猜测] 四个选项都关于时间，所以推测本题可能关于故事发生的时间。 [精解] 对话中男士说假如我们想准点到机场就得快点了，现在已经8：30了，女士回答，只要半小时就到机场了，飞机9：15才会起飞。题干是问他们到达机场后还有多长时间。计算一下：8：30+30分钟=9:00。9:15-9:00=15分钟。答案选D)。
单选题
  • A. The clothes don't look clean to him.
  • B. He doesn't intend to get the clothes.
  • C. The woman can pick up her own clothes.
  • D. The woman should stop staring at his clothes.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] W：Shouldn't someone pick up the clothes from the cleaner's? They have been there for more than five days． M：Don't look at me． Q：What does the man imply? [听前猜测] 在四个选项中都出现clothes，由此判断此题是询问关于衣服方面的问题。 [精解] 女士说：“难道不该有人去洗衣店把衣服拿回来吗?都放那儿五天了。”男士说：“别看我：我现在没时间，对不起。”问题问的是男士的言外之意是什么。通过他的回答(I have no time right now and sorry for that)可以得出，他不准备去拿衣服，因此本题选B)。
单选题
  • A. Satisfied with their price.
  • B. Displeased with their quality.
  • C. Pleased with modern mass-production techniques.
  • D. Displeased with their technological complexity.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] M：In the old days，people took pride in their own work and built things by themselves. W：Nowadays you're lucky if they don't fall apart before you get them home． Q：How do they feel about products manufactured nowadays? [听前猜测] 四个选项中出现Displeased 与 Pleased，由此判断本题问的是喜欢和不喜欢的问题。 [精解] 男士先道：“以前人们以自己的劳动为荣，自己盖东西。”女士接着说：“现在你应该很庆幸。当你到家之前，盖的房子还没倒。”问题问的是关于女士跟男士对现在产品的观点。由此推断出；他们都对质量不满意(if they don't fall before you get them home)，故正确答案选B)。
单选题
  • A. Miss part of the performance.
  • B. Find their seats in the theater.
  • C. Enter the mission.
  • D. Look for a gas station.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] W：I'm sorry you had to wait for me．I ran out of gas about half way here． M：That's too bad．Unfortunately，we can't go in until intermission now． Q：What will these people have to do? [听前猜测] 四个选项中都是以动词打头，判断出本题主要是询问动作过程方面的。只要抓住主要动词，就可以得出答案。 [精解] 女士说：“对不起你得等我，半路上我的车就没油了(out of gas)。”男士回答：“太糟糕了，很不幸，直到中场的时候我们才能进去(can't go in until intermission)。”问题是，他们将怎么做。很明显，错过了部分表演，因此正确答案选A)。
单选题
  • A. The solar system is a bit smaller than the great bear.
  • B. The solar system is bigger than the great bear.
  • C. The solar system is much smaller than the great bear.
  • D. The solar system is as big as the great bear.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] M：The solar system is so big that even light would take about twelve hours to travel across it. W：So far as I know，it's no comparison with the great bear. Q：What do we learn from the conversation? [听前猜测] 四个选项中出现了比较级，由此得知，此题考查的是两个物体的大小问题。 [精解] 男士说，太阳系很大，光都得用12小时才能穿过。女士认为太阳系跟大熊座根本没法比(it's no comparison with the great bear)。问题问的是：下列说法中哪个正确。因此得出正确答案选C)。
单选题
  • A. To enter the man's apartment.
  • B. The man forgot where he hid it.
  • C. The man forgot it.
  • D. The man lost it.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] M：Did you have any trouble getting into my apartment? I was afraid you wouldn't be able to find the key． W：There was no trouble．I looked in the hiding place you described to me and the key was there. Q：Why was the woman looking for the key? [听前猜测] 在四个选项中都出现了man这个词，问的是关于人方面的，可以推测主要是关于原因方面。 [精解] 男士说：“进我公寓了吗(get into my apartment)?我怕你找不到钥匙(find the key)。”女士回答，“没问题，我在你告诉我的那个藏钥匙的秘密地方找到了。”题干问女士为什么找钥匙。通过分析可以很容易得出，找钥匙是为了进入男士的公寓，因此答案选A)。
单选题
  • A. He doesn't know if Mr. Lee was born in Indonesia.
  • B. He doesn't know where Mr. Lee lived before.
  • C. He doesn't know when Mr. Lee would go to Hong Kong.
  • D. He doesn't know where Mr. Lee grew up.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] W：Mr．Lee was born in Indonesia，wasn't he? M：I don't know whether he was born there or not，but I've heard him say he lived in Hong Kong when he was in junior high school． Q：What doesn't the man know about Mr．Lee? [听前猜测] 四个选项所说的都是关于他所不了解的关于李先生的一些信息。 [精解] 女士问，“李先生出生在印尼(Indonesia)，是不是?”男士回答，“我不知道他是不是出生在那儿，但我听他说当他还在念初中的时候，就住在香港了。因此答案为A)“他不知道李先生是不是出生在印尼”。
单选题
  • A. She doesn't like to go shopping.
  • B. She went shopping yesterday.
  • C. She doesn't live near the shops.
  • D. She prefers shopping to studying.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] W：Didn't Judy go shopping with you yesterday? M：Even if she hadn't had a lot of studying，she would have preferred staying home to going shopping． Q：What does the man mean about Judy? [听前猜测] 四个选项中都是以She来开头的，所以询问的都是关于一位女士的一些情况。 [精解] 女士问男士Judy昨天有没有和他一起去购物。男士回答，即使她没学习，她也宁愿待在家里而不想去购物(prefer staying home to going shopping)。问题是，关于Judy，男士什么意思；通过对话判断出，她不喜欢去购物，所以答案选A)。