星火：2008年12月英语四级考试预测试卷

　　19. What are the two speakers talking about?

　　A)。由选项预测本题是主旨题。对话谈到了住处Holiday Inn(假日酒店)，交通工具taxi和subway，bank和shop的营业时间以及weather，可见是在安排旅行。

　　20. Why is it not necessary for the man to take a taxi to the hotel?

　　C)。由选项可知本题是对原因提问，男士的问句Should I take a taxi?是本题的提示信号，下面女士的回答：you can, but you don’t have to否定了对方的想法，并直接说明了原因The subway system is very convenient，故答案为C)。

　　21. What’s the weather like at this season?

　　A)。由选项可知本题是对天气提问。What’s the weather like?是本题的提示信息，下面听到的usually warm，but sometimes it turns very cold and wet 即为本题答案。

　　22. When will the man go on the trip?

　　C)。由选项预测本题是对时间提问，听录音时要注意表示时间的词。本题也有提示问句：When are you going on this trip? 其后的回答：not until the middle of the month. The fifteenth, I think.锁定了答案为C)。

　　Conversation Two

　　W: Bill, is that really you? I haven’t seen you for months.

　　M: Hello, Christina. Yes, it has been a long time. Good to see you. How have you been?

　　W: I’ve been okay. I’ve just been so busy with school. We really should get together and catch up. How about joining me for dinner tonight?

　　M: (23) I’d love to, but I’m taking off for Miami at 8:00 tonight if everything goes well. I’m going home because my brother is getting married on Saturday morning.

　　W: That’s great. Congratulations! I hope that you have a nice time at home. You’ll just have to take a rain check on that dinner invitation.

　　M: Well, what are you doing now? Maybe we can go to the coffee shop and chat for a while. There is an attractive, little place I know of down the street.

　　W: (24) I really wish I could, but I’m on my way to the tennis courts.

　　M: Tennis courts? I didn’t know you could play tennis.

　　W: It sounds like that, but actually I can’t. (24) I’m taking lessons so I can learn. My roommate is on the tennis team and she’s gotten me interested in the sport. Do you know how to play?

　　M: A little, but I haven’t played for years. I really like the game, though. (25) When I come back from my trip, I think I’ll join you in taking lessons.

　　W: It’s a deal. Just give me a call when you get back.

　　M: You got it.

　　23. What will the man do tonight?

　　A)。由选项可知本题是对男士将要发生的动作进行判断。寒暄后，女士提出dinner tonight，男士回答I’d love to，but…委婉拒绝了邀请。But提示后面为原因，I’m taking off for Miami，后又补充说是going home，故答案为A)。其后的rain check是“延期”的意思。

　　24. Why can’t the woman join the man for coffee?

　　C)。由选项预测本题是对原因提问。由上题可知男士无法与女士共进晚餐，因而提出了go to the coffee shop and chat for a while的建议，女士回答：I really wish I could, but…同样委婉拒绝了邀请，并提示后面的原因，即I’m on my way to the tennis courts. I’m taking lessons.与C) 相符。

　　25. Which of the following did the man agree to do?

　　D)。由选项可知本题同样是对男士的行为进行判断。抓住关键句I’ll join you in taking lessons.即可推断出答案为D)。