新動力：2008年12月英語四級全真模擬試題(二)

　　12. Woman: Ed, how is your swimming class going? I think you are learning well.

　　Man: Slowly but surely.

　　Question: What does the man mean?

　　12. 答案：B

　　解析：從男士的回答中，我們知道他對自己的進步基本滿意，所以我們應(yīng)該選擇一個滿意度中等的選項，而排除A, B, D這些極端的說法。

　　13. Man: How did you like yesterday's play?

　　Woman: Generally speaking, it was quite good.

　　The part of secretary was played wonderfully, but I think the man who played the boss was too dramatic to be realistic.

　　Question: How does the woman feel about the man's acting in the play?

　　13. 答案：B

　　解析：女士談對這部戲的觀點時，認為秘書扮演的很好;但老板一角色過分戲劇化，不夠真實，考生要熟悉too... to結(jié)構(gòu)，也要知道dramatic 和 realistic這兩個詞的含義。

　　14.Man: I wonder who would be willing to work on this committee.

　　Woman: Well, you know more about it than anyone.

　　Question: What does the woman mean?

　　14. 答案：D

　　解析: 從女士的對話中，可以判定她認為這位男士是最了解該委員會情況的，因此他是最佳人選。more than anyone 這個比較級表示的是最高級的含義。

　　15. Woman: What a memory I have! I did write down the number on a sheet of paper when I answered the phone this morning. But now the paper has disappeared without any trace.

　　Man: Don't worry. I'll be seeing Mr. Smith in half an hour.

　　Question: What do we know from the conversation?

　　15. 答案：A

　　解析：B、C、D都是與對話不符的錯誤信息。既然對話中的男士半個小時后會見到Mr. Smith且勸女士不要著急, 那就表明他愿意幫忙。

　　16.Woman: Professor Davis caught five students cheating on the final exam and failed them.

　　Man: Serve them right.

　　Question: What does the man mean?

　　16. 答案：B

　　解析：本題考查學(xué)生對短語serve sb. right的掌握，該短語表示"活該，罪有應(yīng)得", 所以B是正確選項。

　　17. Man: I bought this fish to cook for dinner tonight, but it doesn't look all that fresh now. Would you say it's still all right to eat?

　　Woman: Let me have a look... Oh, if I were you, I wouldn't even think of it.

　　Question: What does the woman imply?

　　17. 答案：C

　　解析：從女士答語的虛擬語氣可以知道這條魚已經(jīng)完全變質(zhì)，故C為正確答案。

　　18. Man: I think that short hair is fashionable these

　　days, but you looked so much nicer with long hair.

　　Woman: Long hair may look nice, but during the summer it's uncomfortable. Even after I bought an air conditioner, my hair still bothered me.

　　Question: What is the woman's reason for cutting her hair?

　　18. 答案：B

　　解析：對話中，女士承認長發(fā)漂亮，但指出夏季留長發(fā)不舒服，即便安裝了空調(diào)，也是這樣，看來她剪發(fā)更多是從實用角度考慮的，所以B是正確答案。