单选题

A、 She bought the skirt on her birthday.
B、 It was a wedding gift from her friends.
C、 She thanked the man for buying her the skirt.
D、 Her boyfriend presented it to her as a gift.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: That"s a lovely skirt you"re wearing.
W: Oh, thank you, my boyfriend bought it for my eighteenth birthday.
Q: What does the woman say about the skirt?

[解析] 由女士提到的...my boyfriend bought it for my eighteenth birthday可知，裙子是她男朋友送给她的生日礼物，故答案为D。

A、 The rent is too high.
B、 He doesn"t like the suburbs.
C、 He can"t afford the high taxes.
D、 It"s too expensive to hire taxies.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: I would like to move to the suburbs, but I don"t have enough money to pay the high taxes.
W: I wish you could. It"s nice to live there.
Q: Why isn"t the man moving to the suburbs?

[解析] 男士首先提到他想搬到郊区，然后用but转折提到...but I don"t have enough money to pay the high taxes。C中的can"t afford是对don"t have enough money to pay的同义转述，故答案为C。

A、 All rooms are taken.
B、 There is just a single room.
C、 There are only double rooms.
D、 Many spare rooms are available.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: I sent a letter to make a reservation for a single room a few days ago.
W: I"m sorry, but your request arrived too late. There are some conferences in town this week and we"re full up.
Q: Why couldn"t the man book a room as he wished?

[解析] 由女士提到的we"re full up可知，男士之所以不能预订到房间是因为所有的房间已经都被预订了，故答案为A。