SALLY: Oh, PETER, there you are. You've been ages. What kept you so long? PETER: I'm sorry I'm so late, SALLY. Have you been waiting long? SALLY: Oh, half an hour.【Example】 But it doesn't matter. I've had a coffee and I've been reading this guidebook for tourists. Sit down. You look very hot and tired. What would you like to drink? PETER: I'd love a really chilled mineral water 【Q1】or something. Will you have another coffee? SALLY: Yes. I will. The waitress will be back in a moment. Why were you so late? Did something happen? PETER: Yes. You know I went to the bank to cash some travellers cheques? Well, the exchange rate was looking healthy, but when I went to the teller, they told me the computer system was temporarily down,【Q2】 so they couldn't do any transactions. They said the problem would be fixed in a few minutes, so I waited. And then I started talking to another guy in the bank, and I forgot the time. SALLY: Oh, really? Someone you met in the bank? Does he work there? PETER: No, he was a tourist, from New York.【Q3】 His name's Henry, and he's been here for a week, but he's moving on to Germany tomorrow. He's an architect, and he's spending four weeks travelling around Europe. SALLY: Just like us! PETER: Yeah, just like us. He told me the names of some places where we should eat. Great food, and not too expensive, he said. Oh, and he also gave me this map of the bus system【Q4】. He said he didn't need it anymore. SALLY: That's useful. Pity he's moving on tomorrow. Ah, here's the waitress. Let's order. Do you want anything to eat, or shall we just have a drink? PETER: Well. I'm hungry, and we've got a lot of sightseeing to do, so let's just have a snack and a drink.【Q5】 SALLY: Sounds good to me.

PETER: Well, let's decide what we'll see today. I guess the best place to start is the Cathedral, and then the Castle. What are the opening times for those two? SALLY: Well, according to this guidebook, the Cathedral is only open from nine-thirty in the morning until midday. No. hang on. That's the Cathedral Museum. The Cathedral itself is open morning and afternoon.【Q6】 The Castle is just open from one to five, so we can't go there until after lunch. I really want to spend some time in the Art Gallery, because they've got this wonderful painting by Rembrandt that I've always wanted to see. PETER: What else should we see? SALLY: Well, the guidebook says the Botanical Gardens are worth spending some time in, and they're open all day, from eight to six, so we can go there any time. I'd like to go to the Markets near the river too, but... oh ... no, wait, that's only in the mornings, too. PETER: As well as today and tomorrow, we can see some other places on Monday, you know. But I don't think the Markets will be open then:【Q7】 they only open on Thursdays, so we've missed them for this week. Maybe we should go to the Cathedral today because it's Sunday tomorrow, and even though it's open every day it might be more difficult to get in tomorrow because of the church services. SALLY: That's true, but the Art Gallery isn't open on Sundays at all, so we'll have to go there today. The Castle's open every day except Mondays, so we're OK there, and the Gardens of course only close at night. PETER: Are all these places free or do we have to pay to go in? What does the guidebook say? SALLY: I think there's a charge for all of them except the Botanical Gardens.【Q8】 Oh, and the Markets, of course you don't pay to go in. PETER: OK, well, it looks like our plan is this: we'll go to see the painting you like first,【Q9】 the Rembrandt, then have lunch and go on to the Castle after that, and then the Cathedral. SALLY: OK. It says here that the roof of the Cathedral is really beautiful. PETER: Is that right? What I really want to do at the Cathedral is climb the tower.【Q10】 The view is supposed to be spectacular. SALLY: OK, well, that'll be more than enough for today. Then, tomorrow, let's go to the Botanical Gardens and have a picnic. I want to sit by the river and watch the swans. This city's famous for them.

Questions 1-5

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

1. What does Peter want to drink?
2. What caused Peter problems at the bank?
3. Who did Peter talk to at the bank?
4. Henry gave Peter a map of
5. What do Peter and Sally decide to order?
Questions 6-8

Choose the correct answer and move it into the gap.

A. Art Gallery
B. Cathedral
C. Castle
D. Gardens
E. Markets
6. 6
6
7. 7
7
8. 8
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Questions 9-10

Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

我的答案
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未作答
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C
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C
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B
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B
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A
题目解析

1-5 题为选择题,并且都给出了问题和选项。对于这类题,考生一定要注意先预测选项,看清楚问题, 并浏览选项。带着问题去听对话,往往能很快抓住问题的答案。对于这一部分题,正确选项一般是对原文的改写,所以要注意同义替换的情况。
此题主要考查“chilled mineral water”一词的含义。“chilled”意为“冷冻的”,如 : chilled meat 冷藏肉。另外,“mineral water”就是“矿泉水”的意思。所以在这里,“chilled mineral water”指的实际上就是“a cold drink”。

此题的考查角度同样是同义替换。原文中提到的“the computer system was temporarily down”的意思是“电脑系统出毛病了”,与选项 C 的意思实际上是一致的。在这个句子中,考生需注意短语“something is down”等于“something is broken down”,意为“某物出毛病了,出故障了”。另外,选项 A 中提到的“the exchange rate was down ”(汇率下降),与原文中提到的“the exchange rate was looking healthy”(汇率看起来还不错)的意思是不一致的,所以不能入选。

这个题目相对来说比较简单,因为原文中提到了“a tourist, from New York”,表明跟 Peter 说话的人是一个“纽约来的人”,也就是说是个美国人。但是,选项 C 也很容易被错选,因为原文中提到了“he’s moving on to Germany tomorrow”(他明天准备去德国),如果考生没有看清题目就选的话,很容易犯这样的错误。可见,看清问题相当重要。

此题还是考查同义替换,原文提到的是“the bus system”(公交系统),实际上就是选项 B 中提到的“the bus routes”(公交线路)。此处,“route”一词意为“路线,路程”。 

此题实际上是考查较难单词的含义。原文提到“a snack and a drink”,此处的“snack”意为“小吃,快餐”。

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