单选题 Why won't the elevator stop on the ninth floor?

A、 Because you must take the stairs.
B、 Because nine is an odd number.
C、 Because the elevator got stuck on the ninth floor.
D、 Because there are too many people in the elevator.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: Does this elevator stop on every floor?
M: No, it stops only on the even ones. If you want an odd one, go to the even one above it and then walk down.

[精解] 本题是一道理解题。本题要求考生听准音的同时能够理解"even"指的是双数而不是“odd(奇数)”。既然电梯只在双数层停，那么第九层是不会停的。所以答案是 [B]。

A、 At a restaurant.
B、 At a department store.
C、 At a hotel.
D、 At a cleaner's.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: I want to have this shirt washed and this suit dry cleaned.
W: Very well, sir. Your name and room number please.

[精解] 推理题。当男士叫女士帮他洗衣服的时候，女士要求他告诉她他的名字和房间号码，因此对话很可能发生在宾馆里，这位女士很可能是宾馆服务员。因此正确答案是 [C]。

A、 He has lost many of his paintings.
B、 He has become a famous person.
C、 His fortune has been good recently.
D、 He no longer makes good paintings.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: What do you think of Tom's paintings?
M: A few years ago, I like them very much, but now he's after fame and fortune. His talent has suffered.

[精解] 推理题。从"His talent has suffered(Tom的绘画才能不如以前好了) "，可以推断Tom的绘画作品不如以前好了。所以选项[D]是正确的。

A、 Read part of the book.
B、 Read only one chapter of the book.
C、 Read another book.
D、 Read the whole book.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文]
M: I will just read this chapter of the book to pass the exam.
W: You can't just read this chapter. The exam covers the whole book, you know.

[精解] 推理题。根据女士所说“考试内容覆盖书本全部内容”，因此她其实是建议男士阅读整本书，而不是其中的一部分。所以正确答案是[D]。

A、 The woman should go to climb the mountain.
B、 The woman should stay at home.
C、 The weekend may not be long enough for climbing the mountains.
D、 The man did not know where to go either.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: I want to have a long rest during the weekend, but I don't know where to go.
M: Have you thought of climbing the mountains?

[精解] 推理题。女士不知道周末该去哪，男士说“你有没有想过爬山?”，因此他的意思是女士应该去爬山，所以正确答案是[A]。