常见的就身份、职业及人物关系而提的问题有：
What is the person's probable vocation/job?
3. 地点方位问题：问对话发生的地点与场景。
School: assignment, lecture, paper, exam, campus, dorm, grades
Bank: account, cash, check, deposit, savings
Hospital/Clinic: prescription, symptom, temperature, cold, fever, stomachache, pain, trouble
Restaurant: menu, soup, drink, beverage, dish, beef, chicken, order, bill
Airport/Station: train, coach, car, timetable, take off, passenger
Post Office: parcel, package, stamp, letter, airmail, regular mail, postage, rate
关于地点的提问形式通常为：
Where does/did the conversation probably take place?
Where are the man and woman speaking?
Where are the speakers now?
Where will the man/the woman go?
Where is the man/the woman?
4. 时间数字计算题：对对话中出现的一些时间和数字进行提问，通常要经过一些简单的运算。
听力试题所涉及的数字包括：年代、时间、年龄、距离、速度、价格、数量等，要求回答对话或某事在什么时间发生;或某人在什么时间做某事;或价格、数量等。在做数字计算题时，考生除了应该听清具体的数字，还应该注意表示倍数、百分率等的量词，例如： double, half, dozen, couple, thirty percent, three times, decade, century等等。同时，还要注意与数字有关的词，例如：more, less, before, ago, later等等。此外还要注意文中较长的数字。
此类问题的提问形式通常为：
When/ At what time did the conversation/dialogue take place?
When is the man/ the woman going to...?
How much/How many...?
How long...?
How often...?