【总评】长对话的两篇文章难度适中。本次考试的7题统一在考察同学们对于对话中一些细节的把握与单词词组的同义替换。在做题时,同学们如果能够按照顺序原则进行题目的预读,对文章的内容进行预判,那么做题不会太困难。
Conversation 1:
9. A. She had a job interview to attend.
点评:事实细节题。关键听取原文中“It’s just that she submitted a job application yesterday and the company asked her in for an interview today”.
10. C. Submit her roommate’s assignment.
点评:事实细节题加单词的同义替换。关键听取原文中“I’m calling to see whether it would be OK if I gave you her essay.”
11. A. Where Dr. Ellis’s office is located.
点评:事实细节题。关键听取原文中“And Dr. Ellis, one more thing, could you tell me where your office is?”
Conversation 2:
12. C. He can handle it quite well.
点评:同义替换原文内容“But it’s bearable now that I’ m used to it”。be used to 表示为习惯做某事。
13. B. The 6:30 train.
点评:细节题。重点听取原文中“It was terrible at first, especially getting up before dawn to catch that 6:30 train”
14. C. The time on the train is enjoyable.
点评:细节题加词性转换。重点听取原文中“But now I quite enjoy it.”
15. A. Reading newspapers.
点评:细节与词义替换。重点听取原文“In the morning, I just sit in comfort and read the papers to catch up with the news.”