单选题 Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

单选题 [A] She felt embarrassed in class. [C] She had not completed her assignment.
[B] Her presentation received a poor grade. [D] She was unable to attend her psychology class.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] 23-25
M: Hi, Sarah. What's up?
W: Oh, hi. I just got out of a history class. I had to give a presentation.
M: How did it go?
W: Terribly. I'm sure I made a fool of myself.
M: Why? Weren't you prepared?
W: No, it's not that. I just get so embarrassed and nervous whenever I have to speak in front of a group of people, I stand up and my face gets red and...then I get even more nervous because I know everyone can see me blushing.
M: It is not so bad to blush.
W: But it happens all the time. If the professor asks a question and I know the answer, I'll blush like crazy if he calls on me Doesn't that ever happen to you?
M: No, not really. "Maybe you should try to forget about the people. Look at something else in the room like the exit sign.
W: I guess I Could try that. But I doubt that it'll help.
M: You know we talked about this in psychology class. Blushing, even though it's involuntary, is more or less a learned behavior.
W: What do you mean?
M: Oh, children hardly ever blush at all. And, among adults, supposedly women blush more than men.
W: I wonder why.
M: I don't know. But I had a friend in high school, Brian Smith. It was really easy to make him blush. He turned red whenever a waitress would ask him for his order.
W: I'm not that bad. Well, I've got to get going for my next class. I'll talk to you later.
23. What was the woman's problem?

综合推断题。女士觉得自己在历史课上所做的阐述非常糟糕，男士问她是否没有准备好，女士回答说自己在一群人面前讲话时总是感到尴尬和紧张，由此推断，女士的问题应该是在课上感到尴尬，故选A。

单选题 [A] She'd be able to leave quickly. [C] She'd be able to locate where the man was seated.
[B] She'd be less nervous. [D] She'd know when her professor arrived.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Why might looking at the exit sign help the woman?

综合推断题。女士问男士是否会在教授叫他回答问题时脸也变得非常红，男士借此建议女士别再想周围的人，而是看房间里其他的东西，例如说出口标志，由此推断，男士认为这样可以使女士不那么紧张，故选B。

A、 They blush more readily than women do.
B、 They're uncomfortable when performing in front of adults.
C、 They don't respond to stress well.
D、 They blush less frequently than adults do.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文]
What does the man say about children?

综合推断题。男士说小孩几乎不会脸红，而成人之中，女性可能比男士更容易脸红，由此推断，小孩与成人相比，很少脸红，故选D。
[考点] make a fool of oneself/sb意为“使自己/某人出丑”，此时fool作名词；fool在作动词时，常构成短语fool about/around，意布“虚度光阴”，如：I was meant to be working on Sunday, but I just fooled around all day．我星期日本该工作的，但却晃了一整天。
call on sb．此处意为“郑重要求某人讲话”，指的是课上教师点名让学生发言，该短语还有以下两个含义：拜访某人；恳求或促使某人(做某事)，如：We are calling on you to help us．我们恳求你帮助我们。