单选题

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 47-49
M: Ashley, will you deliver this blueprint to Green Mama's by 3 o'clock or should I ask Rebecca?
W: I'm sorry, Peter. I am scheduled to meet a client at 2 o'clock, and I don't know how long the meeting will last. Also, Rebecca won't be back until 4.
M: We are understaffed today. Victor just started working here yesterday so he isn't familiar with things around here. I'm hesitant to ask him.
W: Why don't you ask him? I'll draw a map and explain to him how to get there.
[词汇]
I'm scheduled to meet…我要去见……→I'm supposed to meet…
I don't know how long…我不知道要多久……
I'm hesitant to +V对于……犹豫不决
中级问题
为了让人产生混淆,一般对话中会出现多个时间,在本段对话中出现了2点、3点、4点。正确答案在第1句话中就出现了,男子希望的时间是3点。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】中级问题
是否能够在听对话之前,只通过阅读问题就猜出对话的内容?通过问题我们可以知道女子被请求去送设计图,女子拒绝了请求,拒绝的理由当然会在后面出现。女子表示拒绝的话是“I'm sorry, Peter.”一句,这就是正确答案。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】高级问题
为了让人产生混淆,此题的选项中也出现了很多个人名。要把握整段对话是先拜托Ashley,接着又换成了Rebecca,最后是Victor。像这样出现很多个人名的情况,一般在文章最后出现的是正确答案的概率比较高。