17. W: Would you mind sending champagne and strawberries to my room at 1 a.m. please?
M: I’ll try, ma’am. But on Wednesday the kitchen staff leave at mid-night.
Q: Where does the conversation probably take place?
【解析】選[D]。champagne and strawberry、sending … to my room、kitchen staff構(gòu)成了一個(gè)“在賓館談?wù)撍筒汀钡奶囟▓?chǎng)景。
18. W: You were on the phone for a long time. To whom were you talking?
M: Oh, to Susan. She always knows the latest news in town and she couldn’t wait to see me to talk it over.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
【解析】選[B]。對(duì)話中男士不僅回答了女士的問(wèn)題，還進(jìn)一步提到Susan急于告知他鎮(zhèn)上的最新消息。選項(xiàng)[B] eager to pass the information she knows就是對(duì)話中couldn’t wait to see me to talk it over的同義轉(zhuǎn)述can’t wait to do sth.意為“急切地想要做某事”。
Conversation One
W: Can I help you?
M: Yes, I’d like to read some articles that are on reserve about British culture.
W: Professor Grand’s class?
M: That’s right. How could you know?
W: Let’s just say you are not the first person coming in asking for those articles.
M: Oh, well, seeing as how I haven’t read any of them yet, it doesn’t really matterwhich one you give me first.
W: I’m afraid I can’t give you any of them at the moment. They’ve all been checked out.
M: I’ll try, ma’am. But on Wednesday the kitchen staff leave at mid-night.
Q: Where does the conversation probably take place?
【解析】選[D]。champagne and strawberry、sending … to my room、kitchen staff構(gòu)成了一個(gè)“在賓館談?wù)撍筒汀钡奶囟▓?chǎng)景。
18. W: You were on the phone for a long time. To whom were you talking?
M: Oh, to Susan. She always knows the latest news in town and she couldn’t wait to see me to talk it over.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
【解析】選[B]。對(duì)話中男士不僅回答了女士的問(wèn)題，還進(jìn)一步提到Susan急于告知他鎮(zhèn)上的最新消息。選項(xiàng)[B] eager to pass the information she knows就是對(duì)話中couldn’t wait to see me to talk it over的同義轉(zhuǎn)述can’t wait to do sth.意為“急切地想要做某事”。
Conversation One
W: Can I help you?
M: Yes, I’d like to read some articles that are on reserve about British culture.
W: Professor Grand’s class?
M: That’s right. How could you know?
W: Let’s just say you are not the first person coming in asking for those articles.
M: Oh, well, seeing as how I haven’t read any of them yet, it doesn’t really matterwhich one you give me first.
W: I’m afraid I can’t give you any of them at the moment. They’ve all been checked out.