单选题
Directions: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. At the end of the conversation, 4 questions will be asked about what was said. You will hear both the conversation and the questions only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

A、 There aren't enough cabinets.
B、 There is too much noise.
C、 Office supplies are taking up space.
D、 Some teaching assistants don't have desks.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】
[听力原文] 7-10
W: Stan, do you have a minute?
M: Oh, hi, Cathy. Sure. What's up?
W: Well, I've been meaning to talk to you about the situation in the office.
M: I'm not in there very often. It's so noisy that I can't work.
W : That's exactly what I'm getting at. We're supposed to be able to do our preparation and marking in that office, but have you noticed? Jack constantly has students coming in to get help with his course. A lot of people are going in and out.
M: Has anybody spoken to him about it?
W: No, not yet, but someone's going to have to.
M: We can't really ask him to stop having students come in for help. Can we?
W: No, of course not. But I'm not able to do my work and neither are you. I imagine it's the same for the others in the office.
M: Hmmm, could we ask for a kind of meeting room? When TAs have to talk with a student, they could go to the meeting room and not use the office. You know, there's a room down the hall, rather a small room that we could ask to use. It's only for storing supplies.
W: You mean that little storage room? Oh, that would be too small.
M: Are you sure? With the cabinets taken out, it might be bigger than it looks.
W: Come to think of it, you may be on to something. I'd like to have a look at that room. Can we go there now?
M: Sure, Let's go.
Questions:
7. What problem at the office are Cathy and Stan discussing?
M在解释自己很少呆在办公室的原因时说道，办公室里太吵了，让他无法工作。W说这正是她所要谈论的问题，可见，他们在讨论关于办公室里太吵的问题，因此选B。

A、 To chat with Jack socially.
B、 To get help in the course.
C、 To hand in their assignments,
D、 To practice giving interviews.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] Why do Jack's students come to see him? 细节题，文中共有两次提到Jack的学生来找他的目的是为了获得他这门课程方面的帮助，即可选出正确答案。

A、 Give Jack a different office.
B、 Complain to the department head.
C、 Move the supplies to the storage room.
D、 Try to get a room to use for meetings.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] What does Stan suggest they do? Start认为他们不能直接要求Jack不让学生过来寻求帮助，于是提出再要一间会议室，这样学生来了之后可以去这间会议室里与老师谈话，因此选D。

A、 They'd have to get permission.
B、 Jack wouldn't like it.
C、 She thinks it might work.
D、 The other assistants should be consulted.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] What does Cathy say about Stan's suggestion? 这是基于全文理解的一道题，对于Stan的建议，Cathy最初并不赞同，认为贮藏室太小了，不适合当会议室。但Stan说，如果把里面的橱柜搬走，房间看起来会大一些。Cathy随后也改变了最初的想法，认为这一建议可能可行，并准备去亲眼看看，因此选C。