16.M:Could you describe the two people who robbed the bank?
W:Well, the man was tall with dark hair and he was wearing a black sweater.The main thing that I remembered about the woman was that she did most of the talking。
Q:What do you learn from this conversation?
【解析】[A] 男士问能否形容一下抢劫银行的两个人的外貌。女士说那个男的个子高，深色头发，穿一件黑色毛衣，关于那个女的主要就是抢劫时她说的话比较多。The main thing that I remembered about the woman was that she did most of the talking。从这句中可以得出答案。
17.M:Is that nicelooking straw hat light and strong?
W:Yes, you can wear it rain or shine。
Q: What are they talking about?
【解析】[D] 这句关键在于听出nicelooking straw hat一顶非常好看的草帽，可以得出两人讨论的是一顶好看的帽子lovely hat。
18.W:How long will it take you to fix my watch?
M:I’ll call you when it’s ready.But it shouldn’t take longer than a week。
Q:What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
【解析】[D] 女士问修好我的手表要多长时间，男士说修好的时候他会打电话给她，但是不会花一个多星期的时间。从这个对话里可以看出说话者之间是顾客和修表人之间的关系。
Now you’ll hear two long conversations。
Conversation One
W: Hello, Gary.How’re you?
M: Fine! And yourself?
W:Can’t complain.Did you have time to look at my proposal?
M: No, not really.Can we go over it now?
W:Sure.I’ve been trying to come up with some new production and advertising strategies.First of all, if we want to stay competitive, we need to modernize our factory.New equipment should have been installed long ago。
M: How much will that cost?
W:We have several options ranging from one hundred thousand dollars all the way up to half a million。
M:OK.We’ll have to discuss these costs with finance。
W:We should also consider human resources.I’ve been talking to personnel as well as our staff at the factory。
M: And what’s the picture?
W:We’ll probably have to hire a couple of engineers to help us modernize the factory。
M: What about advertising?
W: Marketing has some interesting ideas for television commercials。
M:TV? Isn’t that a bit too expensive for us? What’s wrong with advertising in the papers, as usual?
W:Quite frankly, it’s just not enough anymore.We need to be more aggressive in order to keep ahead of our competitors。
M: Will we be able to afford all this?
W:I’ll look into it, but I think higher costs will be justified.These investments will result in higher profits for our company。
M:We’ll have to look at the figures more closely.Have finance draw up a budget for these investments。
W: All right.I’ll see to it。
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard。
19. What are the two speakers talking about?
【解析】[D] 女士问Did you have time to look at my proposal? 你有时间看看我的建议么。听完全文，可见是一个关于新的商业计划的提案，因此正确答案是Suggestions concerning new business strategies。
20. What does the woman say about the equipment of their factory?
【解析】[B] 女士说New equipment should have been installed long ago。即早就该给工厂装新的设备了。所以正确答案为工厂应该引进最新的设备。
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