M: How much are the tickets? W: They are ten dollars each for the general public, but student tickets are half price. Q: How much will the man pay for the two general tickets and two student tickets?
M: I'd like to buy these four thanksgiving cards. Are they ten cents each? W: Three of them are, but the smaller one is only a nickel. Q: How much would the cards all together?
2、 注意: 1、超前 earlier, ahead of time, in advance 2、准时 be on time, be on schedule 3、推迟 behind schedule, late, delay, put off, postpone
M: I'm sorry, Madam, the plane is somewhat behind the schedule. Take a seat. I'll inform you as soon as we know something definite. W: Thank you. I'd rather look around and I'll be back in several minutes. Q: What can be concluded about the plane?
1997年6月 1. W: Good morning, I'm here to see Mr. Addison. M: Mr. Addison went to Washington last Monday for a conference, and will be back on Thursday night. If you like, you may come again on Friday morning. Q: When will Mr. Addison return?
4、人物职业、身份、关系题 1995年6月 8. A) Customer and salesman B) Colleagues C) Employee and boss D) Classmates W: Hi, Jack, I just came back yesterday. Anything new while I was away? M: Congratulations, Susan! It's said you will be promoted to manager and become my immediate boss. Q: What's most probably the relationship between the two speakers at the moment?
1994年1月 6. A) Customer and salesperson. B) Teacher and student. C) Boss and secretary. D) Guest and waitress. M: Please make 20 copies of this and deliver them to the chief executive and heads of departments. W: Certainly, sir. They will find it on their desks tomorrow morning. Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
1995年1月 3. A) A teacher. B) A psychologist. C) A librarian. D) A publisher. W: I'm looking for textbook for my Psychology course. It's called "Introduction to Educational Psychology". Do you have it? M: Yes, we do. You'll find it in Section 24 on the top shelf. Q: What's the man's occupation?
2000年6月 7. A) At a book store. B) At an art museum. C) At a newspaper office. D) At a gymnasium. M: Mary is in charge of the art and music section; and Charles, the sports page. What about you? W: I'm responsible for the editorials. Q: Where does the woman work?
2001年1月 7. A) an auto mechanic. B) An electrician C) A carpenter. D) A telephone repairman. W: This is Mrs. Starched, my heater is not getting any power and weatherman says the temperature is to fall below zero tonight. Could you get someone to come over and fix it? M: This is the busiest time of the year, but I'll speak to one of our men about going over some time today. Q: Who did Mrs. Starched want to come over?
5、人物意图题 题型特征: 第一个人经常提出一个请求、建议或意见等等,第二个人说的话一般以but为标志的句子来说出自己的意见。常见的提问方式:What do you learn from the conversation? 解决思路:关键要听懂第二个人but后面的话,but后面就是正确答案。
1994年1月 4. A) The apartment is better furnished. B) She prefers to live in a quiet place. C) It's less expensive to live in an apartment. D) She finds her roommates difficult to get along with. M: I hear you are moving to an apartment. Can you tell me why? W: Actually, I didn't want to move. It would be more expensive to live outside the college. But I just can't bear the noise made by the people living next door. Q: Why does the woman want to move?
1996年1月 10. W: The strike of the porters has hold up export orders for two weeks. Do you think it will end soon? W: So far as I know, the management side has made an improved pay offer but the unions are just holding out for the original demands. Q: What does the man think of the strike?
1998年1月 2. A) She is going to Finland. B) She has visitors next week. C) She has guests at her home. D) She has just visited him this week. M: Why don't you come to our house for dinner some time next week? W: I'd like to, but we have visitors from Finland, perhaps next week. Q: Why can't the woman accept the man's invitation?
1999年1月 3. A) He read the cabinet report. B) He read the newspaper. C) He listened to a radio report. D) He's secretary telephoned him. W: Mr. Johnson, have you heard the morning news report? Mill has resigned his post as Prime Minister. M: I didn't turn on the radio this morning, but I did see the headlines. If you remember, he threatened to leave the office at the last cabinet meeting. Q: How did Mr. Johnson learn that the Prime Minister has resigned?
1999年6月 3. A) She can't receive any calls. B) She can't make any calls. C) She can do nothing with the phone. D) She can't repair the phone. M: Can I help you, Ms? W: Yes, I bought this telephone last week, and it works all right with out-going calls, but it doesn't ring for the incoming ones. Q: What's the problem with the woman's telephone?
2001年1月 6. A) His English is still poor after ten years in America. B) He doesn't mind speaking English with an accent. C) He doesn't like the way Americans speak. D) He speaks English as if he were a native speaker. M: Did you know this: after almost ten years in the United States, with such a strong accent. W: Yes, but he is proud of it. He says it is a part of his identity. Q: What does the conversation tell us about Mr. Li? Li still speaks English.
2002年1月 1. A) All the passengers were killed. B) The plane crashed in the night. C) No more survivors have been found. D) It's too late to search for survivors. W: Is the rescue crew still looking for survivors of the plane crash? M: Yes, they have been searching the area for hours, but they haven't found anybody else. They will keep searching until night falls. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?