单选题 {{B}}Part A{{/B}} {{I}} You will hear 10 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there is one question and four possible answers. Choose the correct answer—A,B, C or D, and mark it in your test booklet. You will have 15 seconds to answer the question and you will hear each dialogue ONLY ONCE. Now look at Question 1.{{/I}}

单选题 What do we learn from the conversation?

A、 The man wants to attend tomorrow's show.
B、 There aren't any tickets left for tonight's show.
C、 There aren't any tickets left for tomorrow's show.
D、 The man doesn't want to attend tomorrow's show.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] M: I would like two tickets for the 9 o'clock show this evening. W: I'm sorry, sir. They are sold out. But we have a few left for tomorrow. [解析] 对话中第二个人说I am sorry, sir. They are sold out. They指代的是tickets，因此在回答这个问题时，只要理解对话中的短语sold out“卖完”就能得到正确答案，这是这段对话中的关键词。

单选题 What kind of movie does the woman find boring?

A、 Detective stories.
B、 Stories about jail escapes.
C、 Love stories.
D、 Stories about royal families.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] W: I'd love to see a different type of movie for a change. I'm tired of movies about romantic stories. M: I agree. Let's go and see a new movie at the Royal Theatre. I hear it's a real story of two prison breakers. [解析] 这两个人肯定是在看电影，其中一个女人说I'm tired of movies about romantic stones．从短语romantic stories中我们可以得知，这个女人肯定不喜欢love story，那么选项C是正确答案。

单选题 What does the woman say about the lecture?

A、 It was a long lecture, but easy to understand.
B、 It was not as easy as she had thought.
C、 It was as difficult as she had expected.
D、 It was interesting and easy to follow.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] M: What did you think of Professor Brown's lecture? W: The topic was interesting, but the lecture was much more difficult to follow than I had expected. [解析] 我们只能从was much more difficult to follow than I had expected这句话中去选择正确答案，和这句话意思相近的只能是选项B。

单选题 What's the man asking the woman to do?

A、 To put him through to the director.
B、 To have a talk with the director about his work.
C、 To arrange an appointment for him with the director.
D、 To go and see if the director can meet him right now.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] M: I'd like to have a talk with your director sometime this week. Could you arrange it for me? W: He's rather busy these days. But I'll see what I can do. [解析] 这个问题是相对简单的一个，因为第一个人问I'd like to have a talk with your director sometime this week．Could you arrange it for me?那么答案自然是选项C。

单选题 What do we learn from the conversation?

A、 Catherine wanted to return some magazines to the woman.
B、 Catherine wanted to lend some magazines to the woman.
C、 Catherine wanted to borrow some magazines from the woman.
D、 Catherine wanted to get some magazines back from the woman.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] M: Why did Catherine call yesterday? W: She wanted to pick up some magazines she lent me. [解析] 要做好这道试题只有理解对话巾的一个短语pick up，实际上这个短语有很多意思，但在这里它的意思是“取回”，因此选项D是正确答案。