Section B

Conversation One

整体预测

本对话四道题选项中的job，earn，get practical experience和employ表明，对话可能与某份工作有关。

M：Hi，Mary.Do you want to start writing a lab report after we finish this experiment？

W：I can’t.In fact I need to finish early because I’m going over to the Psychology Department to talk to Professor Smith about a job opening.

M：You mean a job on campus？

W：Yeah.And it sounds pretty interesting.It involves helping with her study on learning style.You know，about how some people learn best by sight，while others learn best by hearing or touch.

M：Yeah.I know that’s her area of field.

W：Right.Anyway，for her study she’s taking some high school students who aren’t doing very well in their classes and testing them to find out what their learning styles are.Then tutors，people like me，will work with them， presenting material to them in their particular learning style.

M：Hey.That is interesting.Now will you mostly do the testing or the tutoring？

W：Both we hope.I want to be involved from start to finish.

M：Are you getting paid for this？

W：I’m sure we’ll get something，though probably not much.Anyway，it doesn’t matter to me.I just want to have some practical experience.

M：Yeah.And it’ll be nice to help those high school students，too.

W：That’s what I thought when I saw the ad.You know，you could do it，too.You don’t have to be in her classes to work on the study.

M：Really？Do you have any idea what the schedule is like？

W：Late afternoon，then evening for tutoring I think.After all，the kids are in regular classes until three thirty.

M：Actually that’s perfect for me.

W：Then come along.We will save the lab report for later.But we’d better make sure we do a good job on our experiment first.

M：Yeah.First things first.

8.What are the speakers mainly discussing？

解析D）。选项概括性很强表明，本题可能考查对话的话题。对话中女士提到I’m going over…talk to Professor Smith about a job opening，下面都是围绕这一职位空缺展开的讨论，故答案为D）。“D）A job possibility.”与女士提到的a job opening对应。

9.Why is the woman interested in working with Professor Smith？

解析B）。选项中重复出现的she wants…表明，本题可能考查女士的想法。由女士提到的“I just want to have some practical experience.”可知，女士想获得一些实践经验，故答案为B）。B）中的practical experience是对女士提到的hands-on experience（切身经验）的同义转述。

10.What will the college students do for the high school students？

解析A）。选项均以动词原形开头表明，本题可能考查行为活动。由男士提到的“And it’ll be nice to help those high school students，too.”可知，答案为A）。

11.What will the speakers probably do next？

解析B）。对话最后女士提到“But we’d better make sure we do a good job on our experiment first.”，男士听后说“Yeah.”。由此可知，他们下一步可能做的是完成他们的试验，故答案为B）。first things first意为“最重要的事要先做”。but后面的内容为常考点，听音时应留意。

Conversation Two

整体预测

本对话四道题选项中的his new sweater salesman，high-necked，long-sleeved和go shopping表明，对话可能与男士买毛衣有关，涉及毛衣的样式等。

M：What do you think of my new sweater，Tracy？

W：Well，it’s very nice as far as I can see，but put it on first，then I’ll tell you if it suits you.

M：I tried on about twenty times.This one isn’t really what I wanted.

W：Why did you buy it then？

M：The salesman sold it to me before I realised what had happened.He just never stopped talking and he told me some stories about the latest fashion and special reductions.Before I could say anything he’d wrapped it up and taken my money.

W：Well，it doesn’t look too bad.I think it looks good on you.

M：But I went out to get a blue sweater with a V-neck，short sleeves and pattern，and I came home with a brown one with a high neck，long sleeves and no pattern.

W：You must be easily taken in.You’ve got to learn to stand up to these high-pressure salesmen.They’ll sell you all sorts of things you don’t want if you don’t watch out.

M：Next time I’ll send my wife.She’ll probably sell something to the salesman.

W：That’s a good idea.Actually women are good at shopping.Whenever my husband and I buy something important，I have the final say.

M：I must admit that women have better taste in shopping.I should simply leave the whole business to them.

W：Yes，I agree.

12.What is the main idea of this conversation？

解析B）。选项的信息量大表明，本题可能考查对话的话题或主旨。男士开始提到this one isn’t really what I wanted，即他买的并不是他真正想要的。紧接着他又抱怨推销员鼓动他，在他还没有反应过来的情况下就把东西卖给他了，故答案为B）。对话围绕毛衣展开，注意男士的语气和措辞。

13.Why does the man buy a sweater which he doesn’t like？

解析D）。选项中的this sweater，on special，fashionable和he likes表明，本题考查男士买this sweater的原因。男士说推销员不停地向他介绍，说这件毛衣是最流行的（the latest fashion），而且又特别优惠（special reductions），他还没弄明白怎么回事就付了钱，很明显是中了推销员的圈套，故答案为D）。

14.Which character is not true about the sweater that the man buys？

解析A）。四个选项都是表示衣服特征的词表明，问题可能是询问哪个选项正确或错误，听音时要注意利用选项做笔记。“A）没有提到”为答案，其他三个特征（high-necked，long-sleeved，patternless）是a high neck，long sleeves，no pattern的再现或同义转述。

15.What is the woman’s suggestion？

解析C）。选项中的the man should…表明，本题考查女士对男士的建议。对话中女士认为男士容易受骗，建议他学会拒绝（stand up to）那些强行推销的人，故答案为C）。C）中的turn down是对对话中stand up to的同义转述。