新编四级听力练习 第359期

13.
M: Could you give me some information about buses for Washington, please?
W: They leave every hour on the hour. You just missed the 8 o'clock bus. It left 5 minutes ago.
Q: When will the next bus leave?
正确答案：B
解析：本题考查对时间的理解。every hour说明了频率，on the hour表示整点发车，8点的一班车5分钟前刚离开，下一班车应该是9点出发，即B。

14.
M: Who puts the candy into the boxes?
W: That's done by a machine which is able to count them automatically. Please, this way. I'll show you now.
Q: Where are the two speakers probably?
正确答案：D
解析：地点题是短对话中常考的题型之一。读题重点在于理解相应的地点名词所确立的语境，以及在该语境下的关键词。由本题的关键信息done by a machine可知他们在工厂。