2016年大學英語四級聽力短對話練習題(25)

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    M: Congratulations! I heard your baseball team is going to the Middle Atlantic Championship.
    W: Yeah, we're all working real hard right now!
    Q: What is the woman's team doing?
    A) Training for the Mid-Atlantic Championships.
    B) Making preparations for a trans-Atlantic trip.
    C) Collecting information about baseball games.
    D) Analyzing their rivals' on-field performance.
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    W: John's been looking after his mother in the hospital. She was injured in a car accident two weeks ago and still in critical condition.
    M: Oh, that's terrible. And you know his father passed away last year.
    Q: What do we learn about John?
    A) He had a narrow escape in a car accident.
    B) He is hospitalized for a serious injury.
    C) He lost his mother two weeks ago.
    D) He has been having a hard time.
    13.
    A. Training for the Mid-Atlantic Championship.
    男:祝賀你,我聽說你們的棒球隊將要參加亞特蘭大中部地區(qū)冠軍爭奪賽了。
    女:是呀,我們現(xiàn)在正緊鑼密鼓地練習呢!
    問:這個女人所在的球隊正在做什么?
    答:對話開頭男生提到女生所在的棒球隊要參加Mid-AtlanticChampionship.女生說:“we're all working real hard right now!”(我們現(xiàn)在正緊鑼密鼓地練習呢!)由此可知,女生所在的棒球隊正在進行賽前訓練。
    此題還有一個迷惑選項B, Making preparations for a trans-Atlantic trip,必須注意的是:這里并不是準備旅行,而是準備參賽。
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    D) He has been having a hard time.
    女:約翰正在醫(yī)院里照顧他媽媽,她在兩個周前的一次交通事故中受了傷,現(xiàn)在情況依然不容樂觀。
    男:哦,那太可怕了,你知道,他父親去年去世了。
    問:關于約翰,我們能了解到什么?
    答案:解析:根據(jù)聽力原文可知,“John's mother is in the hospital and his father died last year.”(約翰的母親出車禍住院了,父親兩年前也過世了)由此可見,John的近況還是蠻悲慘的;答案也就顯而易見了。