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新编六级听力短对话每日2题 第179期
3.
M: Oh, what a morning! You know I had so much work to do and the phone just kept ringing. Three sales people called me this morning.
W: I know how it is. I get a lot of calls, too, even on weekends.
Q: What are the two speakers doing?
参考译文:
男:哦,这一上午啊!你知道我有许多工作要做,电话还一直在响。今天已经有三个销售人员打来了。
女:我知道这种情况。我也接到了许多电话,周末也是一样。
问:说话者在做什么?
答案解析:
正确答案为C。对话中男子说有一大堆工作要做,电话还老响,女子说她的情况也是这样,甚至连周末也是,可见二人在抱怨,因此C项正确。A,争吵,B,抗议,D,讨价还价,均与对话内容不符,排除。
4.
W: You Americans are funny. It seems as if you were married with cars.
M: Yeah, I guess that's true. The country is becoming one big highway. I was reading that there are about 4 million miles of roads and highways in this country now.
Q: What are they talking about?
参考译文:
女:你们美国人真有趣。好像你们是和车结婚一样。
男:没错,我想这是事实。国家都快变成大的高速公路了。我看到新闻说,现在美国的公路和高速公路长度有4百万英里。
问:他们在谈论什么?
答案解析:
正确答案为B。对话中女子说美国人好像是和车子结了婚,男子说是这样啊,美国高速公路体系发达,可知,二人在谈论美国人对车辆的高度依赖性,因此B项正确。A,家庭和车辆,对话中未涉及,排除。C,公路和高速公路,对话中主要谈及的问题由女子引出,是说美国人和车的关系,男子是辅助了这个说法,因此C项对话内容不符,排除。D,美国的交通问题,对话中未涉及,排除。