2016年英语四级听力短对话专项预测(2)
二、人物关系题专项练习
1. A) Travel agency clerk. B) Office secretary.
C) Youth hostel manager. D) Hotel receptionist.
2. A) A traffic guard. B) An author.
C) A salesman. D) A student.
3. A) His wife. B) A travel agent staff.
C) A waiter. D) A hotel clerk.
4. A) He is a plumber. B) He is a telephone operator.
C) He is a salesman. D) He is an electrician.
5. A) Colleagues. B) Husband and wife.
C) Employer and employee. D) Mother and son.
6. A) He is a librarian. B) He is a professor.
C) He is an accountant. D) He is a reporter.
7. A) He’s a secretary. B) He’s a novelist.
C) He’s a newspaperman. D) He’s a worker.
8. A) Librarian and student. B) Operator and caller.
C) Boss and secretary. D) Customer and repairman.
9. A) A math teacher and his colleague. B) A teacher and his student.
C) A student and his classmate. D) A librarian and a student.
10. A) A student. B) A teacher.
C) A doctor. D) An eye-doctor.
二、人物关系题专项练习解析1. M: Do you have a single room with bath for tonight and tomorrow night?
W: Just a moment, sir. Well, we haven’t any singles left, I’m afraid. But we could let you have a twin-bedded room for the same price.
Q: What’s the woman’s job?
【解析】D)人物关系题。本题为推测关系,侧重点是职业。a single room with bath带浴室的单人间,a twin-bedded room双人房间。
2. W: I’m looking for a novel for my literature course. It’s called Gone With the Wind. Do you have it?
M: Yes, we do. You’ll find it in Section 8, on the top shelf.
Q: What’s the woman speaker’s occupation?
【解析】D)人物关系题。本题为两个人的关系,侧重点是职业。抓住关键词literature course(文学课程)。
3.W: Freedom Travel. How may I help you?
M: Yes,I’d like to make a flight reservation for the twenty?third of this month.
Q: Who is the man most probably talking to?
【解析】B)人物关系题。女士首先自报家门:Freedom Travel, 这是一个重要的信息,接着问对方有什么事。男士说他想预订一张本月二十三号的机票,关键词是make a flight reservation, 由此可知女士是旅行社职员 。
4. W: This is Mrs. Anderson. My heater is not getting any power and the temperature is going to get down below zero. Could you come over and fix it?
M: Don’t worry, Madam. I’ll be there in a minute.
Q: What’s the probable occupation of the man?
【解析】D)人物关系题。注意对话中出现的关键词heater,temperature,从这些关键词可以推测出男士的职业应当是electrician(电工)。
5.W:John, what are you doing on your computer? Don’t you remember your promise?
M:This is not a game,it’s only a cross-work puzzle that helps increase my vocabulary.
Q:What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
【解析】D)人物关系题。原文中“扩大我的词汇量”显然说话者是学生,据女士的话“不记得我作的保证了?”可推知:其为家长,因此两者的关系应为母子。A)、B)、C)均不符合原文中的身份关系。
6. W: How do you like your new job, Bill?
M: Fine. This week I have been reading the reports and studying the books. Next week I will probably start to the accounts.
Q: What did the man do for a living?
【解析】C)人物关系题。account账目,听懂了这个单词后基本上这道试题的答案就出来了。
7. W: Robert worked as a secretary for three years. Then he became a newspaperman. After that he started writing.
M: I know. And he is writing a story.
Q: What is the man’s occupation now?
【解析】B)人物关系题。从男士的回答中可以推断出男士的职业novelist。
8. W: How long will it take you to fix my watch?
M: I’ll call you when it?s ready, but it shouldn?t take longer than a week.
Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
【解析】D)人物关系题。判断对话双方关系,对话中女士问:“我的表修一下要花多长时间?”男士回答说:“修好时我会打电话给你,但不会超过一星期。”据此可推知女士是顾客,男士是修理工。
9. W: I heard you got full marks in the math exam. Congratulations!
M: Thanks, I am sure you also did a good job.
Q: What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
【解析】B)人物关系题。从对话中出现的单词marks,math exam等信息我们可以判断出这是一场师生之间的对话。
10.M: I think I may need glasses, but I?m not entirely sure.
W: I’ll be able to tell you once you have looked at this vision chart.
Q: What is the woman’s profession?
【解析】D)人物关系题。男士说他想配一副眼镜,女士让他先用视力表检查一下视力再说,由此可以判断这位女士应当是一名眼科医生。