【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析]
W: The pipe is leaking and there's water all over the floor.
M: Why don't you call Mr. Peter?
Q: What does Mr. Peter do?

[解析] 选D，建议题。女士说水管漏了，地上到处都是水，男士说那你怎么不给彼得先生打电话呢?将两者联系起来可知，彼得先生一定是水管工。
[考点] leak作不及物动词时，指“泄漏；逃逸”，如：rusted pipes that were beginning to leak开始漏水的锈水管；在不是很正式的用语中，还可以表示“泄密”，如：The news has leaked．消息泄露了。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析]
W: You've done your assignment work well, but Mary has done hers even better.
M: Is that so? Let me have a look at it.
Q: Who does lower quality work?

[解析] 选B，信息明示题。女士说男士的作业做得不错，但玛丽做得更好，由此可以选出答案。
[考点] 英语中表示对比、比较的方式主要有：
①形容词、副词的比较级形式表示比较，如：Lily is taller than me．莉莉比我高。
②以-ior结尾的形容词，后接介词to表示比较，像superior，inferior，prior，senior，junior等，如：The quarrel happened prior to my arrival．争吵在我来之前就开始了。
③本身就含有比较意义的形容词，像equal，similar，equivalent，analogous等，如：A is similar to B in many ways．在很多情况下，A类似于B。
④表示先后顺序的形容词，像second，subsequent，next，preliminary，preparatory等，如：Subsequent to the war，they returned to their hometown．战争之后，他们回到了家乡。
⑤to也偶尔出现在个别动词或名词之后，形成固定词组表示比较，像prefer to,in contrast to；另外，compare with sth．也表示比较，如：Compared with his past，he has changed a lot．和过去相比，他改变了很多。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析]
M: What do you think of Professor Gate's classes?
W: Well, his lectures are well organized and interesting but he could design more appropriate questions for the tests.
Q: What does the woman not like about Professor Gate's classes?

[解析] 选D，观点态度题。男士询问女士对盖特教授的看法，女士首先肯定了教授的讲座，但对教授的题目设置颇有微词，表达这个意思的只有选项D。
[考点] 某些情态动词，特别是should，would，could，might，在口语上用得很多，使语气变得客气委婉，如：Would you mind shutting the window?介意把窗户关上吗?/I could come earlier，if necessary．需要的话，我可以早点儿来。/I might have come to a wrong conclusion．我也许得出了错误的结论。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析]
W: Mary has really grown, hasn't she?
M: Yes, she's only in the first grade in primary school but she can put all her things away correctly.
Q: What can the little girl do?

[解析] 选C，信息明示题。女士说玛丽真是长大了，男士说是的，她才一年级，但已经知道把东西收拾得井井有条了。
[考点] put away除了有“放好，储存…备用”的意思外，还可以指“抛弃；舍弃”，如：put all negative thoughts away抛弃所有消极的思想；在口语中还可以指“乐意并很快地吃光或喝光”，如：put away the dinner in just a few minutes几分钟内就把晚餐吃完了。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析]
W: I used to be afraid of heights. Every time I was in a tall building or on a bridge, my knees would begin to shake.
M: I had the same problem until I took up mountain climbing.
Q: What did the man say about heights?

[解析] 选A，综合推断题。女士说她以前恐高(抓住关键词used to be，即现在不了)，每次站在高楼上或大桥上，腿就发抖。男士说，他在开始喜欢登山之前有同样的问题，也就是说，男士也曾有恐高症。
[考点] 这里的until相当于before，意为“在(某一特定的时间)以前”，如：she can't leave until Friday．在星期五之前她不能离开。