单选题

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 59-61
M: Oh, no! I forgot to punch out! Could you please tell the boss that I was here with you tonight? If he doesn't know this, I won't get paid for my overtime.
W: Don't worry about it. I will tell him.
M: Recently, I've been so stressed out because nothing has worked out for me. This morning, my boss asked me to make 1,000 copies in 15 minutes but the machine was broken again It kept jamming and it took more than half an hour to copy all of them. He was mad at me but it was not my fault.
W: I think you are overloaded with work. Don't kill yourself. You know, we all have ups and downs.
中级问题
[词汇]
Could you please tell the boss that…你能告诉上司……吗?
I've been so stressed out because… 我因为……的原因随了巨大的压力。
Don't kill yourself. 别太拼命了。→不是“别自杀”的意思
如果听到第1句话中的I forgot to punch out!而没有理解这句话的意思,解答本题就会比较困难了。对话的状况是下班出公司的时候忘了刷卡,怕得不到加班的报酬,可以知道这段话是下班后发生的。也有可能是下班后在酒吧聊天时发生这样的对话,但是没有任何其他根据可以判断这是在酒吧发生的。所以还是单纯地认为是在下班的路上发生的比较合适。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】中级问题
解答本题的线索词是stress。如果注意到男子第2段话中的I've been so stressed out because…这句话,寻找后面出现的答案就是非常容易的事情了。要注意后面说的给上司复印材料的事情只是一个例子,如果因为这个例子而选择了(C)选项就想得有点过头了。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】高级问题
本题不但要求听力能力,还要求词汇能力,所以可能多少感觉到有些棘手。听到女子最后一段话中的we all have ups and downs,一定要能够正确的理解。