【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: Yes, I went with Alan on Saturday afternoon．
M: How was it?
W: Terrible! In the first half Birmingham only kicked the ball three or four times! Really bad．And it rained．
[解析] 本题的关键在于听懂女士的话。女士说“In the first half Birmingham only kicked the ball three or four times!”，由其中的“kicked the ball”可知，他们在淡论足球比赛，而且，女士开始说“I went with AJan on Saturday afternoon．”，这说明他们在谈论女士和Alan一起去现场看的球 赛，因此，[A] 选项正确。
单选题
What are they talking about?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: Yes, I went with Alan on Saturday afternoon．
M: How was it?
W: Terrible! In the first half Birmingham only kicked the ball three or four times! Really bad．And it rained．
[解析] 本题的关键在于听懂女士的话。女士说“In the first half Birmingham only kicked the ball three or four times!”，由其中的“kicked the ball”可知，他们在淡论足球比赛，而且，女士开始说“I went with AJan on Saturday afternoon．”，这说明他们在谈论女士和Alan一起去现场看的球 赛，因此，[A] 选项正确。
单选题
What do we learn from the conversation?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文]
w: You've sold your car．You don't need one?
M: Not really. I've never liked driving anyway．Now that we've moved to a place near the subway entrance, we can get about quite conveniently．
[解析] 根据女士话语中“You've sold your car.”可推断出，男士以前有 汽车，因此，[D] 选项正确。语言点：get about，出行，来回走走。
单选题
Which of the following is true about the woman?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: Did you sing or play a musical instrument? The piano, for example．
W: Well, I did learn to play the piano as a child．But I gave it up．I'm afraid I can't sing either．But I am good at playing the violin．
[解析] 女士说小时候学过弹钢琴，但没坚持下来，她也不会唱歌，但小提琴拉得不错。由此可知，女士对音乐很感兴趣，因此应选 [C] 选项。
单选题
Why did the man feel sorry?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: Welcome back home．darling．Did you have a good time?
W: Yes，wonderful．Why, Jack, the house looks as if you have also been away,
M: Why do you saythat?
W: Look at the dirty plates, cups, shirts everywhere．
M: Sorry, darling．
[解析] 女士说“Look at the dirty plates, cups, shirts everywhere.”，男士 马上道歉，由此可知，男士是由于把家里搞得一团糟而表示歉意的，因此 [B] 选项正确。语言点：mess混乱，脏乱。