2008年12月英语四级听力考试长对话设题点解密

　　四、对话中逻辑关系处

　　长对话中经常会涉及到表示转折、因果等逻辑关系的短语或句式，这些地方也很受出题人的青睐。

　　【例3】(新06-6-22)

　　[A] She's worried about the seminar.

　　[B] The man keeps interrupting her.

　　[C]She finds it too hard.

　　[D] She lacks interest in it.

　　W: No, Jim, I suppose I haven't. I need to get through although, but I keep drifting away.

　　M: So it doesn't really hold your interest?

　　W: No, not really. I wouldn't bother with it, to be honest, but I have to read it for a seminar. I'm at the university.

　　22. Why can't Karen concentrate on the book?

　　【解析】推断题。女士话中but转折后内容表明女士对那本书并不感兴趣，紧接着男士和女士的一问一答再次揭示本题的答案为[D]。

　　五、对话中建议处

　　对话中一方给另一方提出的建议或意见常常会被作为出题的重点，因此，听音时要注意捕捉一些特殊的表达建议的句式，如You’d better…, why not do…?等。

　　【例1】(06-12-20)

　　[A] Study the map of Quebec Province.

　　[B] Find more about Quebec City.

　　[C] Brush up on her French.

　　[D] Learn more about the local customs.

　　M: Well, …In fact, Montreal is the third largest French-speaking city in the world. So[20] you’d better practice your French before you go.

　　W: Good advice. …

　　20. What does the man advise the woman to do before the trip?

　　【解析】细节题。由男士话中的you’d better…可知他建议女士在去旅行前先练习一下法语(practice French≈Brush up on French)，故答案为[C]。

　　六、对话中比较处

　　形容词、副词的比较级和最高级，以及than, as…as等引出的比较结构也是长对话题的设题重点之一。这类题目的选项中经常会含有比较结构，考生要学会利用选项所给提示抓取关键点。

　　【例4】(新06-6-23)

　　[A]The lectures are boring.

　　[B]The course is poorly designed.

　　[C] She prefers Philosophy to English.

　　[D] She enjoys literature more.

　　W: I should say, I don't like Dickens at all really, the author, indeed, I am starting to like the whole course less and less.

　　M: It's not just the book, it's the course as well?

　　W: Yeah, ……You see, I wanted to do philosophy rather than English, but my parents took me out of it.

　　23. Why is Karen starting to like the course less and less?

　　【解析】细节题。本题是在对话中的比较处命题(like the course less and less)。女士话中的do philosophy rather than English表明女士宁愿学哲学而不愿学英语。rather than意为“而不是，不愿”。