单选题 Question 11~13 are based on the following dialogue between two strangers who met at the bus stop. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11~13.
单选题 Why is the woman waiting?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] 11-13
M: Excuse me. Have you been waiting long?
W: About ten minutes.
M: Did you notice whether the number seven bus had gone by?
W: Not while I've been standing here. I'm waiting for the number seven myself.
M: Good. Hot today, isn't it?
W: Yes, it is. I wish that it would rain and cool off.
M: Me too. This is unusual for March. I don't remember it ever being so hot and dry in March before.
W: You're from Florida then.
M: Not really. I was born in New York, but I've lived here for ten years now.
W: My mother and I have just moved here from Indiana.
M: Pretty cold in Indiana, isn't it?
W: Yes. That's why we moved. But we didn't know that it would be so hot here. We should have gone to California. Do you think that we've missed the bus?
M: No. It's always a little late.
W: I have twenty to one, but my watch is a little fast.
M: Don't worry. It never comes exactly on the half-hour like it should.

本题尽管带有推断性,但较为简单。精明一点的考生根据试卷上给出的关于这一段对话的说明(...who met at the bus station)即可猜出答案。这一点也可通过对话中的具体内容得以印证:在第二个话轮中,女士明确说明I’m waiting for the number seven myself(我自己就是在等七路车)。注意,在这个话轮中男士的话语中出现了the No.7 bus,据此可知女士所说的No.7也是指公共汽车。
单选题 What kind of weather is usual for March?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题属于推断题,有一定的难度。第三个话轮中两人开始谈论天气,注意这是陌生人之间开始交谈的一种最常见的方式。在这个话轮中男士先指出hot day,女士同意男士的看法,并说明自己希望下雨并凉快下来(rain and cool off)。接着在第四个话轮中,男士说:This is unusual for March,其中的this明显就是指热天气。既然hot对于三月来说不常见,那么反过来即可合理推知三月份常见的天气应是与hot相对的cool(凉快)了,故答案是[C]。
单选题 How often is the bus scheduled to pass the stop?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题为细节捕捉题。在对话的结尾,男士指出:It never comes exactly on the half-hour like it should,说明公共汽车应当每隔半个小时准点过一趟,故本题答案就是[C]。有些考生由于没有听懂对话,只听到了上一个话轮女士回答中的I have twenty to one一处而误选了[B]项。事实上,女士在此说的是时间,这由其后面补充说明中的my watch is a little fast(我的表有点儿快)即可得知。