话题指会话双方所谈论的话题，要求同学们具有概括能力。如：
① W： Do you want a day course or an evening course?
M： Well， it would have to be an evening course since I work
during the day.
Q： What are they talking about?
A. The choice of courses. B. A day course.
C. An evening course. D. Their work.
两个人谈论的是选白天的课还是晚上的课，由此可以判断答案应该是A.
② M：I was terribly embarrassed when some of the audience got up
and left in the middle of the performance.
W：Well， some people just can't seem to appreciate the real-life
drama.
Q： What are they talking about?
A. A movie. B. A lecture. C. A play. D. A speech.
从对话中的audience， performance与其说 drama可以判断他们所谈论的是a play.
(4)同义表达方式的考查
四六级听力测试中对隐含意思的考查很大程度上依赖于同义表达方式，也就是同学们对具体句式、短语、词组甚至单词的理解。如：
①M： What do you think of Professor Brown's lecture?
W： The topic was interesting， but the lecture was much more
difficult to follow than I had expected.
Q： What does the woman say about the lecture?
A. It was a long lecture， but easy to understand.
B. It was not as easy as she had expected.
C. It was as difficult as she had expected.
D. It was interesting and easy to follow.
与much more difficult to follow than I had expected同义的应该是B.
②M： Nancy， why were you late today?
W： I overslept and missed the bus.
Q： Why was Nancy late?
A. She got up later than usual. B. The bus was late.
C. She forgot she had class. D. Her clock was slow.
overslept也就是got up later than usual.
③M：Did you mind coming back by coach instead of by train?
W：No， we didn't mind at all. It took a lot longer， but it was
very comfortable and it was much cheaper.
Q：How did the woman feel about the coming back by coach?
A. She felt it was tiring. B. She felt it was very nice.
C. She felt it took less time.D. She thought it was expensive.
从comfortable和 much cheaper来看，女士的感觉应该是very nice，答案应该是B.