Section B

Conversation One

整体预测

本对话四道题选项中的training，skills，presentations，teacher以及driving和car表明，对话可能与某项课程或培训有关，可能涉及汽车或驾驶。

M：[8]Can I ask you about your evening class？What class do you go to？

W：Car maintenance.

M：[8]What night of the week is it on？

W：[8]Wednesday night.

M：And how long does it last？

W：Well，it’s supposed to start at 6，but that’s a bit of problem because people have difficulty getting through the traffic.So we start at 6：30 and then it goes on until the 9 o’clock.

M：And[9]what was your reason for wanting to do the class？

W：Well，[9]I just bought my first car and I don’t know anything about cars.So I thought it was a good opportunity to learn.I guess most people in the class are in the same situation.

M：Um，and what do you actually do？Do you bring the car along to the class？

W：Yes，we do.[10]And in the first part of the lesson，the first half hour，the man who runs the class will go through some particular part of the car，and we’ll learn about it.And then we spend the rest of the time actually working on our own cars，the same problem.

M：And how many people are there in the class？

W：Mm，I think 16，but[11]three quarters of them are women.It’s quite interesting because the man is obviously used to teaching man.And he always starts his sentence by saying，“Wow，you chaps were low.”And then he stops and says“Oh，any woman，uh…you ladies，but…uh…”

M：Uh huh….sounds funny.

8.What does the woman say about her evening class？

【解析】C）。对话开头处男士问女士的夜校课程（evening class）是在每周的哪天晚上上课，女士说在周三的晚上，由此推断，女士的夜校课程每周一次，故答案为C）。从对话中听出Wednesday night并不困难，但本题的理解关键在于能够根据Wednesday night推断出课程是once a week。

9.Why did the woman want to attend the class？

【解析】D）。对话中男士问女士参加这项课程的原因（reason for wanting to do the class）是什么，女士说她刚买了自己的第一辆车，并且对车一无所知，而这个课程正是学习的好机会（a good opportunity to learn），由此可知女士参加课程是为了学习一些汽车保养方面的basic knowledge，故答案为D）。

10.What do the people who attend the class do in the first part of the lesson？

【解析】C）。女士介绍说，在课程的第一部分（in the first part of the lesson），开办课程的人（即老师）会把汽车上的某个部件介绍一下（go through some particular part of the car），让学生们了解，言外之意就是课程的第一部分是学生们听老师讲解，故答案为C）。

11.What do we learn about the participants in the class？

【解析】A）。女士说课上有四分之三的学生都是女性（three quarters of them are women），由此可知大部分的学生都是女性，故答案为A）。A）项是对对话中three quarters of them are women的同义转述。quarter意为“四分之一”。

Conversation Two

整体预测

第12、15题的选项均为以it开头的句子，第13、14题的选项均为名词短语，再结合第12题中的him和his customer可推测，对话可能与男士从事的生意及其特点有关。

W：Steve，can you tell me how long you’ve been a pub owner？

M：Well，four years I suppose.[12]I’ve been involved with pubs off and on for ten years.I’ve thought of done hotel work and I’ve also run a restaurant pub，and now I’ve got what you call a good[13]old-fashioned pub.That is a public bar with all the social games going with it，which is what we’ve always wanted to have，you know.

W：It sounds like you’ve always worked in pubs，but not always in this one.

M：No，no，I work in quite a variety of pubs.

W：What makes a good pub？I mean you said，you know，it has got a good variety of things.

M：Well，I think having the right customers to start with，selling the right beer，keeping it good，[14]and most of all， keeping a good attitude of yourself even though you probably feel very tired.But the idea is if you generate it from your side，it’s got to affect the other side，if you’re getting the right customers in.

W：Yeah，I must say that’s one thing that’s always struck me about being a pub owner，I mean a lot of people seem to think that is a nice job，you know.Everybody says“Oh，I’d love to retire in getting a country pub，[15]but it seems to me that it is actually very hard work.”

12.What does the man say about his involvement with pubs？

【解析】C）。对话中女士问男士当了多长时间的酒吧老板时，男士回答说他从事酒吧生意断断续续（off and on）有十年的时间，故答案为C）。

13.What characterizes the old-fashioned pub according to the man？

【解析】D）。对话中男士说老派酒吧（old-fashioned pub）是公共酒吧，里面有各类社交游戏，这是他们一直想拥有的，即按照男士的说法，里面有社交游戏是老派酒吧的特点，故答案为D）。

14.What does the man say is most important in making a good pub？

【解析】C）。对话中男士说，最重要的是，即使自己可能会感觉很累，也要保持好的心态，你的心态（from your side）会影响在酒吧消费的顾客的心情（affect the other side），即男士认为经营好酒吧最重要的是经营者的态度，故答案为C）。

15.What does the woman think of running a country pub？

【解析】A）。对话末尾女士说，每个人都说他们退休的时候想拥有一家乡村酒吧，但似乎对她来说这的确是一项艰巨的任务，故答案为A）。A）中的rather tough job为对话中very hard work的同义转述。