【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
G: But, um, the most dangerous situation I found myself in was nearly being knifed here in Devon, in Ilfracombe. But apart from that, I was on a train in Hungary where there was a murder in the washroom,
and we were kept for 10 hours while they investigated why somebody had been stabbed in the washroom.
I"ve also slept, voluntarily, in a prison in Norway and another prison in Germany. In one of them we were locked in and heard the other prisoners shouting and banging on the doors and that felt quite frightening.
I: And I heard that you were even involved in the Middle East war, right?
G:
Um, actually, I managed to get right into the center of the Middle East war through no choice of my own.
They wouldn"t let us out of the plane and we were caught throughout the whole war in the country and couldn"t get around at all. That felt as if you were living on a knife edge; we were lying there contemplating quite coolly whether, if there was an air raid, we should actually go into the shelter or allow ourselves to be killed on the spot. And, er, there are certainly risks and I think more often so when you do travel alone, so I try to avoid it.
I: Mm. But travel is...is quite an expensive business too, isn"t it? How do you afford all this gadding around the world?
G: Well,
a large part of it is through my main work;
travel is really a side occupation—a very pleasant one—
my main job is broadcasting.
But apart from that, you don"t need an awful lot of money. I"ve found that you can live much more cheaply in other countries, sometimes, than you can over here. Also a lot of my really good friends have places scattered all round the world, where they"re very kind and put me up and I try and reciprocate and so on. And you can live very cheaply, eat very little, rough it, sleep in hostels, sleep out, walk to most places, hitchhike and give concerts when you"re on the spot.
I: Do you usually earn some money in some way during the trip?
G:
I do a lot of singing and entertain the natives and also give concerts lately that seem to give me enough money to spend several weeks living off the proceeds.
Um...the broadcasting I do in this country, again...I"m lucky enough to have short contracts and projects, which means that when I"ve done a few of these or just a series like I did recently for Radio 3 which was repeated. The money comes rolling in after a while and I it all, gather it all together and take off somewhere else.
I: Mm well, good luck and bon voyage!
G: Thank you very much.
How long was Mr. Green kept on the train in Hungary during a murder investigation?
[解析] 本题的出题点在对话的细节处及数字处。题干问在匈牙利火车凶杀案调查期间,Green先生被扣留了多久。听音重点在the train in Hungary和a murder。Green先生说在警察调查期间,他们被扣留了10个小时(we were kept for 10 hours while they investigated),所以答案选C。