Section B

Conversation One

整体预测

本对话四道题选项中的technology，socializing，text-messaging，talk…on the phone和 message to send表明，对话可能与使用电话有关，可能涉及社交、发短信或打电话。

名师点睛

M：So，Linzy，do you like to text message on your cell phone？

W：Yeah，I text message a lot.

M：I don’t do it so much.I prefer to make a call if I’m in a hurry.

W：Yeah，I go both ways.Sometimes I don’t really want to talk to the person.I just want to ask them one question，so it’s much easier for me just to text message.[9]If I call them，I’ll have to have a long conversation.

M：Yeah，I can see what you mean.[8]But I get off the phone pretty quickly when I call.I’m not a big talker.

W：Yeah，that’s true.You don’t talk a lot.

M：So are you fast at writing the messages with your thumb？

W：Well，when I first got a cell phone，I was so slow.I thought I would never text message.But then people kept text messaging me，so I felt obliged to learn how to text message.So now I’m pretty fast.What about you？

M：Actually I have the opposite problem.[10]When I first got my cell phone，I thought it was so cool to text message all my friends who have one，and I was pretty fast with my thumb then.But it seems like now I don’t use it so much， I’ve got slower actually.

W：Yeah，I think text messaging actually sort of has to do with your age.For example，people in high school，they text message a lot.But I ask my father if he texted messages，and guess what he said？

M：What？

W：He said he’d never text message.[11]He thinks it’s very childish and unprofessional to text message.

M：Yeah，I can see what he means.It’s considered pretty informal to text message someone.

Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

8.What does the man say about himself？

【解析】D）。对话中男士说“但是我打电话的时候很快就会挂断。我不是话痨。”。D）是对对话中内容的同义转述，其中的not talk long对应对话中的not a big talker。

9.What does the woman tend to do while she is on the phone？

【解析】B）。对话中女士说“如果我给他们打电话，我会跟他们聊很久。”B）是对对话中内容的同义转述，其中的talk at length对应have a long conversation。

10.Why did the man text message all his friends when he first got his cell phone？

【解析】A）。对话中男士说“在我第一次拥有手机的时候，我觉得给所有有手机的朋友发短信实在太酷了。”A）是对话中信息的再现，故为答案。

11.What does the woman’s father think of text messaging？

【解析】C）。对话中女士说“他认为发短信很幼稚，也很不专业。”C）是对话中信息的再现，故为答案。

Conversation Two

整体预测

本对话四道题的前三道题均为描述男士的句子，其中的job assignment，department manager， extra pay，his boss，workload，trust，colleagues…to cooperate和complaints表明，对话可能 与男士的工作有关，可能涉及他的工作安排、薪资待遇，以及部门经理、老板或同事的关系等。

名师点睛

W：Good morning，Mr.Johnson.How can I help you？

M：Well，I’d like to talk to you about Tim Bond，the department manager.

W：What seems to be the problem？

M：Well，ever since Sandra left the department，[13]I feel like I’ve been targeted to do all her work as well as mine.I’m expected to attend too many meetings and I seem to be spending a lot of my time doing unnecessary paper work.

W：I’m sorry to hear that.

M：And，on top of that，I’d specifically asked if I could leave early last Friday as I done a lot of overtime during the week.But that afternoon，even though I’d finished my assigned work，I was told to help other colleagues finish their work，too.

W：[14]But surely that’s a positive sign showing that Mr.Bond has a lot of trust in you.

M：Yes，but other colleagues get to leave early，and they don’t have such a lot of work to do.

W：So you feel he’s really making unrealistic demands on you？

M：Yes，absolutely.

W：Have you approached Mr.Bond about this particular problem？

M：I’ve tried，but it seems like he just has no time for me.

W：Well，at this stage，it would be better if you approached him directly.If nothing else，showing that you’ve tried to solve the problem yourself，before you take it further，makes it clear that you’re just not a complainer.[15]Why don’t you send an email requesting a meeting with him in private？

M：Hmm，I’ve been a bit worried about his reaction.But anyway I’ll send him an email to request a meeting，and I’ll see what happens from there.Thanks for your advice.

W：Good luck.And let us know the outcome.

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12.What do we learn about the man from the conversation？

【解析】B）。对话中男士说“他要做两个人的工作、参加很多会议、做很多文书工作，还要帮助同事做工作，想要和部门经理反映这些问题，部门经理又没有时间。”由此可知，男士是通过工作的安排，来表达对部门经理的不满。B）是对对话内容的概括总结，故为答案。A）只是其中一部分原因，不能完全概括对话中男士想要表达的意思。

13.What is the man’s chief complaint？

【解析】A）。对话中男士说“自从桑德拉离开他们部门后，他感觉他需要完成她的所有工作以及他自己的工作。他需要参加太多的会议，而且花了太多时间用于不必要的文书工作。”由此可知，男士是在抱怨工作量太大。A）是对对话内容的概括总结，故为答案。

14.How does the woman interpret the fact that the man was asked to help his colleagues with their work？

【解析】C）。对话中男士说“上周因为加班，周五的时候问是否可以早点下班，但被告知要帮助其他同事完成他们的工作。女士说，这显然说明邦德先生非常信任男士。”C）是对话中信息的再现，故为答案。

15.What did the woman advise the man to do？

【解析】D）。对话中女士说“事到如今男士还是直接向部门经理反映问题比较好”，并建议男士给部门经理发电子邮件告诉经理男士想和他私下谈谈。D）是对对话中内容的同义转述，其中的talk…in person对应对话中的a meeting…in private。