2008年12月英语四级听力模拟题(五)

　　Conversation One
　　M: How are your new neighbors?
　　W: They seem nice enough, but they have a son who is driving me crazy.
　　M: What do you mean?
　　W: He comes home every night around one o’clock with his car windows rolled down and the radio blaring. It stops as soon as he turns his car off, but by then, the kids are wide awake.
　　M: Oh, no.
　　W: Oh, yes. Sometimes it takes me until 2:00 am just to get them settled down again.
　　M: Have you tried talking to them?
　　W: We haven’t even met them yet, except to say a quick hello. I hate to get off on the wrong foot.
　　M: You are not going to like them when you do meet them if you keep on simmering.
　　W: I know, but I feel stupid complaining. It’s not as though he’s blasting his stereo all night.
　　M: You said yourself it’s driving you crazy.
　　W: Well, you know how early I have to be here at the office. I just haven’t got enough sleep and neither have the kids. They are so irritable when I get home in the afternoon.
　　M: Maybe you could go over sometime with a little gift, a plant for the yard or something. Then you could ask about their son, whether they have other children, and they will be sure to ask about yours.
　　W: Yes, and then what?
　　M: And then you could mention that the hardest thing at this stage is getting your kids to go to sleep at night.
　　W: And keeping them asleep.
　　M: That’s the idea and you should do it soon. The longer you wait, the harder it will be to do politely.
　　Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
　　19. What bothers the woman?
　　20. Why is the woman unwilling to talk about the problem with her neighbors?
　　21. What does the man suggest the woman do?
　　22. Which of the following is NOT true according to the talk?