单选题 You will hear 10 short dialogues. Fur 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. Yon will have 15 seconds to answer the question and you will hear each dialogue ONLY ONCE.
单选题 What are they talking about?
  • A. Their best friend.
  • B. Their favorite color.
  • C. The clothes the woman is wearing.
  • D. A present the man has bought.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] M: That's a nice dress you're wearing. W: Thank you. My father gave it to me as a birthday present. He knows red's my favorite color.
单选题 What do they decide to do?
  • A. The man will bring some food back for dinner.
  • B. They will go to their friend's home for supper.
  • C. The woman will fill the refrigerator before supper.
  • D. They will eat out for dinner.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[听力原文] W: Mike, there's not much left in the refrigerator. M: Well, I might be able to pick up a few things after work, but I have to be back rather late today. W: In that case, we'll eat out at McDonald's. M: OK. See you there at 8:00.
单选题 How long has the man been a lock-keeper?
  • A. Twenty-one years.
  • B. Three years.
  • C. Eighteen years.
  • D. Twenty-five years.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] W: How long have you been a lock-keeper, Mr. Fiddler? M: Oh dear, let me think... umm... I started when I was 25, so that means I've been at it for uh twenty one years now. Yeah, that's it—three years on the Oxford Canal and the past eighteen years here on the Reading Stretch. Twenty-one years in all. W: Oh, really! That's incredible.
单选题 How does the man feel about the new signposting in the airport?
  • A. He is satisfied with it.
  • B. He is thankful to the signposting.
  • C. He is dissatisfied with it.
  • D. He has no opinion about it.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] W: What about the new signposting in the airport? M: New signposting! It's as bad as it's ever been. Oh, I've been going round in circles. You follow a sign and you find that the arrow's pointing the other way.
单选题 Where will the woman go first after work?
  • A. She will go to the market for shopping.
  • B. She will go to the sports centre to play tennis.
  • C. She will go to the restaurant directly.
  • D. She will go home to fetch something.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] M: Are you and Sarah going straight to the restaurant from work tonight? W: Actually, I'm leaving work early because I need to do some shopping in the market, and after that we're going to play tennis at the sports centre before we go to the restaurant.