单选题
Why does the woman go to the campus newspaper office? A．She wants to thank the editor for helping her get a job． B．She would like the editor's opinion of a story she wrote． C．She is inquiring about writing arts reviews for the paper． D．She is asking the editor to endorse a sample of her writing．
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 1-5 W: Excuse me. Do you work for The Hilltop Journal? M: Yes. I'm Dan MacGregor, the managing editor. W: Nice to meet you. My name is Rhonda Davis— M: Hello, Rhonda. W: —and I'm interested in writing for the campus paper. M: Are you in the journalism program? W: No, but I'm an English major with an interest in the performing arts. I'm interested—I'd like to write arts reviews, stories about...uh...concerts and films and events in the arts. I've already done a lot of this kind of writing. M: Hmm. We've already got a couple of journalism students who write reviews. W: Do you have to be a journalism major to write for The Journal? M: Strictly speaking, no. But it helps to be endorsed by a professor in the journalism department. It's like this. You see, we're not a big paper to start out with, and the administration just cut our funding, and there are lots of students who want to write for us, so I'm afraid it's pretty competitive. W: Really? I guess I didn't know the full situation. M: Yeah. We all wish it were different, actually, but you could still try. I mean, you could talk to one of the journalism professors, and show them some of your writing. If they endorse it, you could come back here. I just couldn't guarantee anything at present. Like I said, our budget was cut, and we had to reduce the size of our paper. W: Well...OK, I thought I'd try. Thanks. M: Wait. Before you go, here's something else you could try. If you really want to write reviews, you should send something to The Clarion. W: The city newspaper? M: Yeah, that's right. They sometimes print reviews by students. And if they print a few of your stories, they might end up offering you a regular column. It happened before to students from this college. W: Really? The Clarion. Well, that's good to know. What would I do, just send something, like, to the editor? M: Send it to the features editor. That's the person who edits the Living section, where they print the reviews. W: Thanks! I really appreciate the information. M: Do book reviews interest you'? Because I think they were looking for a person to review books by local authors. They might have found somebody already for that, but anyway, you could ask about it. W: Actually, I would be very interested in writing book reviews. As an English major, I've got a lot of experience with that! M: I can imagine. W: Thank you so much. You've been very helpful. M: No problem. I wish you luck. The woman is inquiring about writing arts reviews for the paper. She says...I'm interested in writing for the campus paper, I'm interested—I'd like to write arts reviews, stories about...concerts and films and events in the arts. (2.3)
单选题
Why does the man say this: A．To describe the type of story that the campus paper prints B．To suggest that she change her academic major to journalism C．To explain why the campus paper has an excellent reputation D．To inform her that the paper does not need another reviewer
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] Why does the man say this: "Hmm. We've already got a couple of journalism students who write reviews." The man's purpose is to inform her that the paper does not need another reviewer. The woman wants to write arts reviews, but the man says they already have a couple of journalism students who write reviews. He explains further by saying You see, we're not a big paper to start out with, and the administration just cut our funding, and there are lots of students who want to write for us, so I'm afraid it's pretty competitive. (2.3)
单选题
Listen again to part of the conversation．Then answer the question． What does the man mean when he says this： A．He probably cannot offer her a job now． B．The journalism department has strict rules． C．He usually hires only journalism students． D．The college may stop having a newspaper．
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] Listen again to part of the conversation. Then answer the question. "...you could talk to one of the journalism professors, and show them some of your writing. If they endorse it, you could come back here. I just couldn't guarantee anything at present. Like I said, our budget was cut, and we had to reduce the size of our paper." What does the man mean when he says this: "I just couldn't guarantee anything at present." The man means that he probably cannot offer her a job now. The woman wants to write reviews for the campus paper, but the man says he couldn't guarantee anything (a job) at present. He explains further by saying...our budget was cut, and we had to reduce the size of our paper. (2.4)
单选题
What does the man say about the city newspaper? A．The city paper has a larger budget than the campus paper． B．His former job was features editor for the city paper． C．Sometimes the city paper prints stories written by students． D．The city paper prefers writers who have a journalism degree．
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】The city newspaper is called The Clarion. The man says If you really want to write reviews, you should send something to The Clarion; They sometimes print reviews by students. (2.2)
单选题
What will the woman probably do? A．Write concert and film reviews for the campus Paper B．Change her field of study from English to journalism C．Go to the journalism department to ask for a job D．Contact the city newspaper about writing book reviews
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】The woman wants to write reviews for a newspaper, and the man advises her to send some of her writing to the city newspaper, The Clarion. The woman says Thanks! I really appreciate the information; Actually. I would be very interested in writing book reviews. You can predict that she will contact the city newspaper about writing book reviews. (2.4)