北语10秋《听说四》第四次作业点评

北语10秋《听说四》第四次作业讲评

第四次作业问题13：

A.The man regrets being absent-minded.

B. The woman saved the man some trouble.

C. The man placed the reading list on a desk.

D.The woman emptied the waste paper basket.

【解析】通过对话中男士的虚拟语气，我们可以推断出他很后悔丢掉了目录，而女士却告诉他她把丢掉的目录又捡回来了，所以可以看出女士的这一举动是男士所期望的，可能为他省去了很多麻烦。

关键信息：I wish I hadn’ t thrown away that reading list!

第四次作业问题16

A. She was absent all week owing to sickness.

B. She was seriously injured in a car accident.

C. She called to say that her husband had been hospitalized.

D. She had to be away from school to attend to her husband.

【解析】这道题中有两个短语值得注意。女士用了一个词组“It turned out”来引导结果、原因，意思是“结果是，原来是……”，所以紧跟在后所阐述的就是Jane不来上课的原因。同时，答案中的词组“attend to”的意思是关心、照顾某人，与原文意思一致，所以应选D。

关键信息：It turned out that her husband was badly injured in a car accident.

第四次作业问题17

A. The speakers want to rent the Smiths" old house.

B. The man lives two blocks away from the Smiths.

C. The woman is not sure if she is on the right street.

D. The Smiths' new house is not far from their old one.

【解析】对话中，it’ s two blocks from their old home. 意思是“离他们的老屋只有两个街区远”，所以可以推断史密斯一家现在住的离老屋不远。

关键信息：two blocks from their old home.

第四次作业问题15

A. She isn’t sure when Professor Bloom will be back

B. The man shouldn’t be late for his class.

C. The man can come back sometime later.

D. She can pass on the message for the man.

【解析】在这一对话中，我们可以学到一个词组“leave a note”，意思是留言，与D选项中的pass on the message 意义一致。

关键信息：Y ou can just leave a note. I’ll give it to her later.

第四次作业问题16

A. He has a strange personality.

B. He’s got emotional problems.

C. His illness is beyond cure.

D. His behavior is hard to explain.

【解析】通过女士对John的描述，谈到了他不苟言笑，很难与他交谈，对一点小事也感到生气，所以可以断

定John 的情绪出了问题。

关键信息：It still seems impossible to make him smile. Talking to him is really difficult and he gets upset easily over little things.

第四次作业问题18

A. He turned suddenly and ran into a tree.

B. He was hit by a fallen box from a truck.

C. He drove too fast and crashed into a truck.

D. He was trying to overtake the truck ahead of him

【解析】这道题的B选项是个陷阱，通过对话，我们可以了解到实际上司机没有被箱子撞到，而且就是因为躲避箱子才撞上了大树。

关键信息：He crashed into the tree because he was trying not to hit a box that …

第四次作业问题19

A. The hotel clerk had pui his reservation under another name.

B. The hotel clerk insisted that he didn't make any reservation.

C. The hotel clerk tried to take advantage of his inexperience.

D. The hotel clerk couldn't find his reservation for that night.

第四次作业问题20

A. A grand wedding was being held in the hotel.

B. There was a conference going on in the city.

C. The hotel was undergoing major repairs.

D. It was a busy season for holiday-makers.

第四次作业问题21

A. It was free of charge on weekends.

B. It had a 15% discount on weekdays.

C. It was offered to frequent guests only.

D. It was 10% cheaper than in other hotels.

【解析】这是发生在一位客人和宾馆服务员之间的对话。

19. What' s the man' s problem?

答案为D. 首先，客人向服务员确认他已定的房间，可服务员却说他没有定。所以可以说“服务员没有找到客人预订房间的信息”。

20. Why did the hotel clerk say they didn' t have any rooms for that night?

答案为B. 当客人要求服务员查询当天是否有空余房间时，服务员说没有，原因可以在以下这句话中找到：

I don' t think we have any rooms for tonight. There' sa conference going on in town.

21. What did the clerk say about the breakfast in the hotel?

答案为 A. 针对服务员所说的赠送一顿欧式早餐，客人对早餐的收费提出了异议，“isn' t the breakfast free anyway?”服务员的回答是：“only on weekends.”

第四次作业问题23

A. An employee in the city council at Birmingham.

B. Assistant Director of the Admissions Office

C. Head of the Overseas Students Office.

D. Secretary of Birmingham Medical School.

第四次作业问题24

A. Nearly fitly percent arc foreigners.

B. About fifteen perceni are from Africa.

C. A large majority are from Latin America.

D. A small number are from the Far East.

第四次作业问题25

A. She will have more contact with students.

B. It will bring her capability into fuller play.

C. She will be more involved in policy-making.

D. It will be less demanding than her present job

【解析】这段对话讲述了Sarah 目前的工作以及以前的一些工作经历。

23. What is the woman' s present position?

答案为B. 对话一开始就提到了Sarah 目前的工作。出处：Sarah, you work in the admissions office, don' t you?

Y es, I’ve been here ten years as assistant director.

24. What do we learn about the postgraduates enrol led last year in the woman’s university?

答案为A. 当对方问道Sarah 关于不同国籍的学生时，她回答说将近一半的学生来自海外，与答案A相符。

出处：nearly half were from overseas

25. What will the woman’s new job be like?

答案为 C. 在对话的最后，女士提到了即将上任的工作跟行政工作有关，所以答案应该选C.出处：There’s going to be more committee work. I mean, more policy work, and less dealing with students…