一、长对话

1.综合各题选项推测对话话题

将各题选项内容归纳在一起，找出属于同一个场景的相关词语，可以大致推测出整段对话的话题。如果某一题是考查对话话题，其中的一个选项明显能够概括其他各题选项的内容，这时该选项为答案的可能性较大。一般来说，选项为意思各不相同且概括性较强的名词短语时，该题很可能是考查对话话题。

【例】[2014-12（2）-Conversation One]

【预览选项】

9.A）Some witnesses failed to appear in court.

B）The case caused debate among the public.

C）The accused was found guilty of stealing.

D）The accused refused to plead guilty in court.

10.A）He was out of his mind.

B）He was unemployed.

C）His wife deserted him.

D）His children were sick.

11.A）He had been in jail before.

B）He was unworthy of sympathy.

C）He was unlikely to get employed.

D）He had committed the same sort of crime.

【预测信息】

本对话三道题第10、11题选项中重复出现的he以及其中的court，case，accused，jail和crime表明，对话主题可能与某位男士的犯罪和审判有关。

【听音验证】

M：[9]A recent case I heard was of a man accused and foundguilty of breaking into a house and stealing some money.

W：Well，was he really guilty，judge？

M：He admitted that he’d done it，and there were several witnesses saying that he had indeed done it.So I can only assume that he was guilty.

W：Why did he do it？

M：Well，the reasons were a little muddied，probably at least it seemed in a trial that he did it to get some money to feed his family.You see，[10]he’d been out of work for some time.

W：Well，he’d been out of work and he chose to break into a house to get money for his family and apparently in front of people that，errcould see him do it.

M：His attorney presented testimony that he had indeed applied for jobs and was listed with several employment agencies，including the state employment agency，but there weren’t any jobs.

W：And he had no luck！

M：He had no luck and it’d been some time.He had two children and both of them were needing food and clothing.

W：So he was in desperate circumstances.Did you sentence him？

M：Yes.

W：But what good does it do to put the man into jail when he’s obviously in such need？

M：[11]This particular fellow has been in prison before.

W：For the same thing？

M：No，for a different sort of crime.

W：Huh？

M：But he did know about crime，so I suppose there are folks that just have to go back to prison several times.

【答案解析】

9.What did the judge say about the case he recently heard？

C）选项中的witnesses，court，accused和guilty表明，本题可能考查在法庭上对某个案件的审理情况。对话开头男士（法官）就说最近的一起案件是一名男子被指控入室盗窃且罪名成立。

10.What do we learn about the man at the time of the crime？

B）选项均以he或his开头，结合其中的unemployed，wife deserted，children和sick可知，he可能指代上一题中提到的那名男被告（the accused），本题可能考查男士的个人或家庭情况。对话中女士问男士那名被告为什么要那么做。男士回答说被告盗窃是为了养家糊口，他已经失业一段时间了。由此可知，那名被告因为失业而无法养家糊口，所以才铤而走险。

11.What did the judge say about the accused？

A）选项均以he开头，结合其中的in jail，committed和crime可知，he仍然指的是那名男被告（the accused）。本题可能仍然考查这名男被告的情况。对话中女士说，当一个人显然处于困境时，把他关进监狱又有什么好处呢。男士回答说，这个家伙有点特别，以前坐过牢。

2.利用选项特点推测问题内容

听力题中很多选项都有比较明显的特点，或使用某种专门的表达形式（如均以动名词开头），或含有一些标志性的词语（如含有like和prefer等表示喜好的词语）。利用这些选项特点，再结合选项中的关键词语，就可以预测出问题是针对什么提问的。

【例】[2014-12（1）-Conversation One]

【预览选项】

9.A）It winds its way to the sea.

B）It is eating into its banks.

C）It is quickly rising.

D）It is wide and deep.

【预测信息】

选项均以it做主语，结合其中的windsto the sea，its banks和wide and deep推测，it可能是指某条河流。本题可能考查it的事实状况。

【听音验证】

W：Another river？I’ve never seen so many rivers anywhere in my life.Let’s go take a look.

M：[9]This river is wide and deep.

W：Yeah，you’re sure right about that.We aren’t going to be able to put any ordinary bridge across this one.

【答案解析】

9.What do the speakers say about the river beyond the trees？

D）对话中男士提到，树丛的那边有一条河，这条河又宽又深。

3.通过主题一致原则排除干扰项

如果四个选项中有三个选项明显属于同一话题范畴，而剩下的一个选项又明显与这三个选项的内容不同，那么该选项往往不是答案。不过，考生要注意的是，在长对话中运用这一技巧时，除了考虑本题的四个选项以外，还可以结合之前对整篇对话主题的推测。如果该题的四个选项中有三个选项都与之前推测的主题相关，而只有一个选项与推测的主题无关，那么该选项往往不是答案。

【例】[2014-61（）-Conversation One]

【预览选项】

9.A）She left her own car in Manchester.

B）Something went wrong with her car.

C）She wants to go traveling on the weekend.

D）Her car won’t be back in a week’s time.

【预测信息】

四个选项中只有C）的内容不是关于女士汽车（her car）的，由此推测，C）很可能不是答案。

【听音验证】

M：Good morning，Madam！Can I help you？

W：Oh，I do hope so.I have to get to Manchester today and[9]my own car has broken down.Do you by any chance have a car available？

M：For how many days，Madam？

W：Three，just until the weekend.

【答案解析】

9.Why does the woman want to hire a car？

B）选项中重复出现了her car，尤其是A）中的her own car表明，本题可能考查女士借用或租用他人汽车的原因。对话中女士提到她今天要去曼彻斯特，但是车坏了。