二、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断出整段对话的话题。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，该题很可能考查对话的话题。

【例】[2014-12（2）-Conversation One]

【预览选项】

9.A）France. C）Russia.

B）Scandinavia. D）East Europe.

10.A）More women will be promoted in the workplace.

B）More women will overcome their inadequacies.

C）More women will receive higher education.

D）More women will work outside the family.

11.A）Try hard to protect women’s rights.

B）Educate men to respect women more.

C）Help women acquire more professional skills.

D）Spend more time changing women’s attitudes.

【预测信息】

本对话三道题第10、11题选项中重复出现的women以及第11题选项中的women’s rights和respect women more表明，对话话题可能与女性相关，可能涉及女性的权利或地位。

【听音验证】

M：Do you think there’s discrimination against women in England today？

W：Certainly，and not just in education and work either， in many other fields as well.The tax situation for women is very unfair，for example.

M：Are women better off in other countries then？

W：It depends on the country.[9]There’s certainly much less discrimination in Scandinavia，and maybe in America，too.

M：Do you think the position of English women will improve？

W：In some ways it will of course.[10]I’m sure more women will go out to work in the next 20 years.But women have a much greater problem than this to solve.

M：What’s that？

W：The problem of men’s attitudes.We can earn more money in the future，but I’m not sure we can change men’s attitudes.You see，most men really think that women are inferior.Maybe we are physically weaker， but I don’t think this means we are inferior.Then there’s another problem.

M：Yes？

W：The problem of women’s attitudes.Lots of womenare unhappy with their present situation，but most of them probably don’t want to fight for change.[11]It could be that the women’s liberation movement has to spend more time changing women’s attitudes than it spends in changing men’s.

M：One last question，some supporters of the woman’s liberation movement believed that marriages should be abolished.You agree？

W：No，I don’t.It can’t happen.What may and should happen is that we teach men to spend more time looking after children and doing housework.

【答案解析】

9.Where are women said to be less discriminated against？

B）选项均为表示国家或地区的地点名词表明，本题可能考查对话涉及的国家或地区。对话中女士提到，在斯堪的纳维亚（Scandinavia）或者在美国，女性受到的歧视（比在英国）少得多。

10.What will happen in England in 20 years according to the conversation？

D）选项均是以more women will开头的句子，结合其中的promoted，overcome，receive和work outside the family可知，本题可能考查在更多的女性身上将来可能发生的变化，可能涉及她们的职场工作情况或受教育程度。对话中男士问英国女性的地位是否会提高，女士回答说在某些方面会提高，在20年里将会有更多的女性外出工作。D）中的work outside the family是对对话中go out to work的同义转述。

11.What does the woman think the women’s liberation movement should do？

D）选项均以动词原形开头，结合其中的protect women’s rights，respect women more，acquire more professional skills和changing women’s attitudes可知，本题可能考查动作行为，可能涉及女性现状的改变。对话中女士提到，女性解放运动（the women’s liberation movement）要花更多的时间去改变女性的态度。D）是对对话中原句的复现。

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（如含有like和prefer等表示喜好的词）。利用这些选项特点，再结合选项中的关键词，可以预测出问题是针对什么提问的。

【例】[2014-12（1）-Conversation Two]

【预览选项】

13.A）The beautiful Amazon rainforests.

B）A new railway under construction.

C）Some newly discovered scenic spot.

D）Big changes in the Amazon valley.

【预测信息】

选项均为名词短语，结合其中的Amazon rainforests，new railway，scenic spot和Amazon valley可知，本题提问的可能是与这些地点有关的内容。

【听音验证】

…

M：Oh，another of your newspaper pieces.What’s this one about？

W：[13]Do you remember that trip I took last month？

M：The one up to the Amazon？

W：Well，[13]that’s what I’m writing about，the new highway and the changes it’s making in the Amazon valley.

M：It should be interesting.

…

【答案解析】

13.What is the woman writing about？

D）对话中女士问男士是否记得她上个月的那次旅行，随后提到那就是她正在写的——新修的高速公路和这条高速公路给亚马孙河谷带来的变化，故答案为D）。B）中的railway是根据对话中highway设置的干扰，注意两者的词义不同。A）和C）中的地点在对话中没有提到。