【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 23-25 W：You don’t look smart this morning I can see you’re nothappy． M：I had never expected this would have happened to me．We had a power failure at home last night． W：How come?Did anyone in the family．do anythingwrong? M：You’ve guessed it．It was all my father’s fault． W：What didhe do? M：I was just watching a wonderful football feature programon TV when the lights suddenly went out． W：Why was that? M：You see，we’d just had our dinner．My mother waswashing my jeans in the washing machine．And the airconditioners were on in both rooms．I was in my roomwatching TV． W：What was your father doing then? M：He wanted to wal‘m his tea in the microwave oven Heplugged it in and the fuse broke．And everything stopped W：Your next—door neighbor is an electrician，isn’t he? M：Yes．Luckily，he happened to be at home．He came andfixed it up．But it was half an hour later．I had alreadymissed a lot． W：It was an annoying experience for a sports fan like you．But don’t miss the basketball finals this evening．Makesure there is no power failure tonight． 23．Why does the man look depressed this morning? [解析] 对话中女士说“看你今天不太高兴”，男士回答说昨晚他们家停电了，当时他在看一个精彩的足球专题节目，再结合后面提到的He came andfixed it up．But it was half an hour later．I had alreadymissed a lot可知，男士不高兴是因为他错过了半个小时的节目，故答案为[D]。[A]是对对话中power failure的误解。 [点睛] 本题需要综合信息点进行推断。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] What was the immediate cause ofthe power failure? [解析] 选项表明，本题与电器的使用有关。对话中男士提到It was all my father’s fault，后面提到，母亲正在用洗衣机，空调也开着，他正在看电视，此时父亲想用微波炉热茶，他把插头插上保险丝就坏了，故答案为[B]。 [点睛] 问题中的immediate cause“直接原因”为听音的关键。all ofa sudden．

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] What will the man probably do tonight? [解析] 选项均以原形动词开头以及其中的his neighbor表明，本题可能考查男士将来的行为动作。对话中女士提到…a sports fan like you．But don’tmiss the basketball finals this evening，由此可知，作为体育爱好者的男士可能会看晚上的篮球赛，故答案为[A]。 [点睛] But转折处为常考点，是听音重点o