单选题

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 71-73
Hi Lucy, this is David from the warehouse. We've been having trouble with the air conditioning for the past two days. We have a lot of items in the shipment area thatare easily damaged, and we could lose the entire inventory if the weather outside gottoo hot. I've been sending e-mails to Ahmed since yesterday, but no one from hisdepartment has responded or come down to check on the situation. Please arrangeto send your crew as soon as possible. This is really urgent, so I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.

这道题考查的是留言的主要内容。其实除了留言类文章,还包括广播及对话,其主题一般都会出现在开头部分。所以我们应该集中注意力听录音的前10秒内容。在这道题中,“We've been having trouble with the air conditioning for the past two days”这一句是重点。只要我们听懂“空调出了问题”就OK了。(A)“Amaintenance issue”就是对原文中“troublewith the air conditioning”进行的同义替换。能够对“同义替换”句迅速作出反应是在托业考试中得高分的必备技能。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】含“concern”的题目都需要“推测”,属于“难题”。在解这类题目时,我们应该知道,“担心的问题=负面内容”。在本题中,“wecould lose the entire inventory if the weatheroutside got too hot”这一句说的是,如果空调无法运转,天气变热可能会导致库存物品全部都出问题。(B)“Product damage”就是对“lose the entire inventory(失去所有库存物品)”进行的同义转述,所以就是本题的。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】因为这道题问的是“Lucy被拜托做什么?”,所以在原文中找出“请求帮忙”或“拜托别人帮忙”的句子是关键。在这里,“Please”表示请求帮忙,“Please arrange to send yourcrew”就是重点,即希望派遣员工过来,因此是(D)。如果我们在录音开始前先浏览一遍选项的动词部分,相信立刻就能答出这道题目。