ADVISER: Good morning, how can I help you? STUDENT: Good morning. Umm, I understand you help fix up students with host families. ADVISER: That's right... are you interested in ...? STUDENT: Yes.. ADVISER: Well please sit down and I'll just take a few details. STUDENT: Thank you. ADVISER: Right now ... what name is it? STUDENT: Jenny Chan. ADVISER: Can you spell that please? STUDENT: Yes ... J-E-N-N-Y C-H-A-N.【Example】 ADVISER: Right… and what is your present address? STUDENT: Sea View Guest House, 14 Hill Road.【Q1】 ADVISER: OK, and do you know the phone number there? STUDENT: Yes ... I have it here, ummm ... 2237676, but I'm only there after about 7 pm. ADVISER: So when would be the best time to catch you? STUDENT: I suppose between 9 and, let me see, half-past,【Q2】 before I leave for the college. ADVISER: Great… and can I ask you your age? STUDENT: I've just had my nineteenth birthday. ADVISER: And how long would you want to stay with the host family? STUDENT: I'm planning on staying a year【Q3】 but at the moment I'm definitely here for four months only. I have to get an extension to my permit. ADVISER: You're working on it? Fine ... and what will be your occupation while you're in the UK? STUDENT: Studying English? ADVISER: And what would you say your level of English is? STUDENT: Umm. Good, I think I'd like to say 'advanced' but my written work is below the level of my spoken, so I suppose it's intermediate.【Q4】 ADVISER: Certainly your spoken English is advanced. Anyway, which area do you think you would prefer? STUDENT: Ummm, well I'm studying right in the centre but I'd really like to live in the north-west.【Q5】 ADVISER: That shouldn't be a great problem ... we usually have lots of families up there.
ADVISER: And do you have any particular requirements for diet? STUDENT: Well, I'm nearly a vegetarian【Q6】 ... not quite. ADVISER: Shall I say you are? It's probably easier that way. STUDENT: That would be best. ADVISER: Anything about your actual room? STUDENT: I would prefer my own facilities - 'en suite', is that right? And also if it's possible a TV and I'd also like the house to have a real garden【Q7】 rather than just a yard, somewhere I could sit and be peaceful. ADVISER: Is that all? STUDENT: Well... I'm really serious about improving my English so I'd prefer to be the only guest 【Q8】if that's possible? ADVISER: No other guests ... Yes, you get more practice that way. Anyway, obviously all this is partly dependent on how much you're willing to pay. What did you have in mind? STUDENT: I was thinking in terms of about £60-£80 a week, but I'd go up to a hundred【Q9】 if it was something special. ADVISER: Well I don't think we'd have any problems finding something for you. STUDENT: Oh, good. ADVISER: And when would you want it for? STUDENT: I'd like to move in approximately two weeks. ADVISER: Let me see, it's the 10th today ... so if we go for the Monday【Q10】 it's the 23rd March. STUDENT: Yes. ADVISER: Right... good, and if I could ask one last question…
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这类填表题难度一般不大，因为表格里面的问题基本上是顺着说话人的思路和对话设置的，并且对于大多数出题点说话人都会加以强调或解释，考生只要跟上说话人的节奏和逻辑就能填对答案。 该题不难，题目中的问题在材料中都是原文重现。只是涉及到地名时，考生可能听不出来这个专有名词的拼写，可能写出一个音同字不同的单词来。其实，需要考生填写的地名一般都很常见，比如本题 中的“14 Hill Road”，就是门牌号加街道名称。
该题稍有难度，很多考生可能不知道问话人说的 catch 就是题目中的 contact 的意思，同时题目中的 NB 也难住了很多考生，它是书面语中一个常见的缩写，意思是“注意，留心”，用来提醒别人。另外， 那位学生回答时也是含糊不清，首先是加了一个插入语 let me see，然后又给出一个省略的回答：half-past。考生在填写答案时，“between 9 and 9:30”或是直接“9-9:30”都是可以接受的。相比之下，后者更节省时间。
首先，考生可能不知道题干上的 intended 的意思，它其实等同于原文中的 planning on。其次，说话人在同一句中给出两个不同的时间，再加上句子中的转折词 but，这可能也会使部分考生迷惑，认为考点肯定是在 but 之后的内容。但说话人紧接着说要申请延长期，延长至原先计划的一年，所以答案依旧是 1 year，注意不要写成原文中的 a year。
这道题说话人同样给出两个相互关联的说法来迷惑考生，实际上，这句话关键点在于最后一句，由 so 引导出总结性观点：说话人虽然口语不错（advanced），但笔头功夫比不上口语，所以自认为是“中等”（intermediate）。 这两道题告诉我们，当听到两个或两个以上备选答案时，不要着急，细心抓住关键词，综合考虑说话人给出的所有条件。
这道题不难，虽然也有一个干扰项 in the center，但很容易排除，因为说话人说得很清楚 ：那是他学 习的地方，而不是住的地方。填空时要注意 North-West 的大写形式，因为它们都是方位词。
很多考生可能知道vegetarian 这个词的意思，但不知道如何拼写。其实素食运动在西方也算是时尚之一，多留意西方报刊读物就会经常见到这个词。
在提到其他要求时，说话人特地提到 a real garden，并补充说明他可以在那里安静地坐着，同时他还强调了 garden 与 yard 的区别，所以考生应该不难答对。在填空时，考生可以省去定冠词 a 和前置形容词 real，只留下 garden，这样难度也降低了。
解题时考生如果能抓住 prefer 后面一般会跟介词 to 的话，就能迅速与题目挂钩，剩下的都是照搬原文了。另外，对方用了相近意思的表达 no other guest 来重复这一信息。no other 不正是 only 吗？
该题与上面的 3、4 题一样，原文中含有多个干扰项。其实该题不难，既然题目要求是 maximum（最多的），那不就是 a hundred 吗？但是有的考生可能不认识 maximum 这个单词，它的反义词是 minimum（最小的）。
该题不难，学生说要两个星期之后搬家，咨询人员就依当天（10th）算出了日子：23rd March。