单选题
What is the main idea of the man's essay? A. A beautiful view in the suburb. B. Danger of cross-country skiing. C. Pain and pleasure in having spores.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 8-10 M: Hello, Professor Johnson. W: Hello, Tony. So what shall we work on today? M: Well, the problem is that this writing assignment isn't coming out right. What I thought I was writing on was to talk about what particular sport means to me when I participate in. W: What sport did you choose? M: I decided to write about cross country skiing. W: What are you going to say about skiing? M: That's the problem. I thought I would write about how peaceful it is to be out in the country. W: So why is that a problem? M: As I start describing how quiet it is to be out in the woods. I keep mentioning how much effort it takes to keep going. Cross-country skiing isn't so easy as some people think. It takes a lot of energy, but that's not part of my paper. So I guess I should leave it out. But now I don't know how to explain that feeling of peacefulness without explaining how hard you have to work for it. It all fits together. It's not like just sitting down somewhere and watching the clouds roll by. That's different. W: Then you'll have to include that in your point. The peacefulness of cross-country skiing is the kind you earn by effort. Why leave that out? Part of your point you knew before hand but part you discovered as you wrote. That's common, right? M: Yeah, I guess so.
[解析] 本题为细节题。从“talk about what particular sport means to me when I participate in”一句可知C项为正确答案。
单选题
What difficulty does the man have while working on his essay? A. He can't make up his mind whether to include the effort part of skiing, B. How to describe the fabulous country view is beyond his knowledge. C. He isn't able to find a peaceful site to do the assignment.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为推理题。当男生不打算将越野滑雪的艰辛写在论文中时，教授说了一句“Then you'll have to include that in your point”，故选A。
单选题
What should be common in writing papers? A. More time is spent on collecting data. B. New ideas appear when you write. C. A lot of effort is meaningless.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为细节题。在对话的最后，教授提到“Part of your point you knew before hand but part you discovered as you wrote. That's common, right?”这句话意思是说，在写论文之前，论点的一部分我们已经有了，但另一部分在写的过程中才会发现。