单选题
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[听力原文]14-16
Question: Do you suggest going to graduate school right after undergraduate school or going out in the working world and getting some experience before you get your master's degree?
Girl: I would say that if you plan on going to graduate school, you should do it tight away. For the first couple of years when I got out of college, I did take some additional courses from some other schools, and that was easy for me to do; but recently, I have been trying to study for a professional engineering exam, and those good study habits that I talked about earlier, they're gone. I have so many other responsibilities now that it is very hard for me to concentrate now on that.
Boy: I'd like to give you another perspective on that. I think that there are really two different things that you need to think about. If you know in your senior year that you want to do research and this is the area that you want to study, then go ahead right away. If you are not sure, and you want to get a little work experience before you specialize in a particular field, then you should do that. One of the things that you may find is that if you get a full-time job, many of the big companies in science and engineering will pay your tuition to go to graduate school. Now, I'm not suggesting in any way that it'as easy to work full-time and go to graduate school part time. I did it, and it was tough. I didn't have a life for three years, but that may be an option for you, especially if you haven't focused yet on what you want to do in graduate school.

[解析] 本题考查推理判断。从文章中的提问者询问的问题:“你能否就大学毕业后去上研究生,还是在取得硕士学位之前先去上班,并积累一些经验提出建议?”以及从女孩、男孩二人的回答可以判断出对话最有可能发生在咨询过程中,即选项[D],而不是在教室里、面试或小组讨论过程中。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查对段落大意的理解。女孩的答案的大意是:如果你计划去上研究生,就应该马上去。她还说最近一直打算参加一次考试,但是以前那些好的学习习惯都没有了;而且(工作中)有很多责任,无法将心思放在学习上。言语中流露出当时没有直接去上研究生的遗憾。所以选项[C]正确。选项[A]文中没有提到,选项[B],[D]都违背了原文的意思。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查对段落大意的理解。男孩第二、三、四句“I think that there are really two different things that…,then you would do that. (有两件不同的事情你必须仔细考虑。如果在大学高年级你就知道你想做研究,并且此研究也是你想学习的领域,那就继续深造。如果你还拿不准,或者在主攻某一专业之前还想取得一些工作经验的话,那你就去工作吧。)”。因此选项[C]为正确答案。选项[A],[B]分别是男孩答案中的假设之一。选项[D]与原文意思不符。