13.四个选项侧重点不同,注意问题的问法;其中涉及到medal, courageous, firefighter, fire等词,可猜测跟火灾及he的表现有关;D是负面表现,与其他三项都不同,可能是排除项。
14.A)Make a profitable investment.
B)Buy a new washing machine.
C)Get parts for the machine from Japan.
D)Have the old washing machine fixed.
14.四个选项谓语动词侧重点不同,且无主语,注意是针对谁的提问;其中涉及到washing machine, buy, get, fixed等词,可猜测跟购买或修理洗衣机有关;A与其他三项意思基本无关,可排除;B和D意思相反,可能其中之一是答案。
15.A)He is pleased with his exciting new job.
B)He finds the huge workload unbearable.
C)He finds his office much too big for him.
D)He is not so excited about his new position.
15.选项涉及到new job, workload, office, new position, 且谓语动词都跟感受有关,可猜测是关于He对新的工作的感受。
16.A)The woman is going to hold a big party tomorrow.
B)The man has no idea what the right thing to do is.
C)The woman doesn’t know how to get to the party.
D)The man offers to drive the woman to the party.
16.选项涉及三次party,可猜测与派对有关;四个选项涉及到两个不同主语,要注意是对谁的提问。
17.A)Drawing up a business plan.
B)Discussing a term paper.
C)Finalizing a contract.
D)Reviewing a co-authored article.
17.选项是四个侧重点不同的现在分词短语,所接宾语也不同,可猜测是考查正在进行的动作。
18.A)She ordered some paper.
B)She had the printer repaired.
C)She chatted online with a friend.
D)She filled in an application form.
18.选项的主语都是she,涉及paper, printer等,可猜测是考查she的与printer相关的行为。
【答案】 DCBBDDCA
【定位及验证】
11.W: There were more than a hundred people at Kate’s birthday party. How come she?s got so many friends?
M: It’s really no surprise. You know she was popular even when she was a child
Q: What does the man imply about Kate?
12.M: They say there’ll be a snow-storm tonight, and the cold weather will last quite a few days.
W: Oh! We’re so lucky; we’ll be getting away for a while, and having a holiday in Florida. But let’s call right now to confirm our flight.
Q: What do we learn about the two speakers?
13.W: Tony was awarded a medal for rescuing several families from the forest fire.
M: I really admire his courage.
Q: What do we learn about Tony from the conversation?
14.M: My washing machine is more than fifteen years old and it has worked just fine until last night.
W: You’ll never be able to get parts for it, even from Japan. So it might be time to invest a more recent model.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?