单选题

单选题 Why is the woman waiting?

A. She is waiting for the man.
B. She is waiting for her mother.
C. She is waiting for a bus.
D. She is waiting for the rain to stop.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 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?

A. Cold.
B. Very hot.
C. Cooler.
D. Drier.

【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?

A. Every ten minutes.
B. Every twenty minutes.
C. Every half an hour.
D. Once a day.

【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。