Question 1

　　M: After high school, I’d like to go to college and major in business administration.

　　W: But I’d rather spend my college days finding out how children learn.

　　Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

　　Question 2

　　W: Is everything ready for the conference?

　　M: The only thing left to do is set up the microphones and speakers. They'll be here in a few minutes.

　　Q: What preparations have yet to be made?

　　Question 3

　　W: Is it almost time to go home now? I'm so tired. I can hardly see straight.

　　M: Just a few more minutes, then we can go.

　　Q: What is the woman’s problem?

　　Question 4

　　W: I'm not sure what I’m in a mood for. Ice-cream or sandwiches? They are both really good here.

　　M: The movie starts in an hour. And we still have to get there and park. So just make a decision.

　　Q: What does the man mean?

　　Question 5

　　W: Tom said he would come to repair our solar heater when he has time.

　　M: He often says he is willing to help, but he never seems to have time.

　　Q: What does the man imply about Tom?

　　Question 6

　　W: So you know that Sam turns down the job offered by the travel agency.

　　M: Yes. The hours were convenient. But if he had accepted it, he wouldn’t be able to make ends meet.

　　Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

　　Question 7

　　M: Could you tell me a bit about the business your company is doing?

　　W: We mainly deal with large volume buyers from western countries and our products have been well received.

　　Q: What business is the woman’s company doing?

　　Question 8

　　W: Yesterday I made reservations for my trip to Miami next month.

　　M: You must really be looking forward to it. You haven’t had any time off for at least two years.

　　Q: What is the woman going to do?

　　【答案】

　　1.D The woman is going to major in child education.

　　2.B The sound equipment has to be set up.

　　3.A She is exhausted.

　　4.C The woman should order her food quickly.

　　5. B He doesn’t keep his promises.

　　6.C The pay offer by the travel agency is too low.

　　7.A International trade.

　　8.D Take a vacation.

　　【點(diǎn)評(píng)】

　　本次四級(jí)短對(duì)話無(wú)論從對(duì)話內(nèi)容還是從題目本身來(lái)看，整體難度相對(duì)簡(jiǎn)單，和往年該部分相類(lèi)似，話題覆蓋日常生活（生活瑣事、看電影、旅游等）、校園生活、商務(wù)工作（會(huì)議、求職等）。例如，對(duì)話2、6、7均涉及商務(wù)工作話題；對(duì)話3、4、5、8均涉及日常生活話題；對(duì)話1則為校園生活話題。主要考查事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)和推理判斷，其中，事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題比重相對(duì)較大，這對(duì)于廣大考生來(lái)說(shuō)是有利的。主要難詞生詞有：solar heater“太陽(yáng)能熱水器”，travel agency“旅行社”，make ends meet“收支相抵”，make reservations for“預(yù)訂，預(yù)約”，what I'm in a mood for“我想吃什么”等，理解好生難單詞對(duì)整個(gè)聽(tīng)力內(nèi)容的把握大有裨益，所以考生平時(shí)應(yīng)多積累一些詞匯和常用表達(dá)。