单选题

单选题 How much money does the man need?

A、 (A) Fourteen dollars.
B、 (B) Fifteen dollars.
C、 (C) Forty dollars.
D、 (D) Fifty dollars.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]44-46 Man: Do you have any cash on you by any chance? Woman: Well, yes, I went to the bank this afternoon, but I only have about forty dollars. Man: Great. That's plenty. Could you lend me fifteen until tomorrow? I'm in a rush to get to a meeting, and I need some cash to pay for a taxi. Woman: Well, all right, but promise you'll pay me back tomorrow, not next week or the week after. The man asks the woman for. fifteen dollars. Choice (A) confuses fourteen with the similar-sounding word forty. Choice (C) is the amount of cash the woman has. Choice (D) confuses fifty with the similar- sounding word fifteen.

单选题 What does he need the money for?

A、 (A) To buy lunch.
B、 (B) To pay a sales tax.
C、 (C) To pay his taxi fare.
D、 (D) To buy some reading material.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】The man needs money to take a taxi to a meeting. Choice (A) confuses lunch with the similar-sounding word rush. Choice (B) confuses tax with the similar-sounding word taxi. Choice (D) confuses reading with the similar-sounding word meeting.

单选题 When does the man say he will pay the money back?

A、 (A) This afternoon.
B、 (B) Tomorrow.
C、 (C) The day after tomorrow.
D、 (D) Next week.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】The man says he needs the money until tomorrow. Choice (A) is when the woman went to the bank. Choice (C) repeats the word tomorrow. Choice (D) repeats the phrase next week; the woman says she wants the money back before then.