2009年12月英语四级听力考试全真模拟题(7)

　　17. W: Would you mind sending champagne and strawberries to my room at 1 a.m. please?

　　M: I'll try, ma'am. But on Wednesday the kitchen staff leave at mid-night.

　　Q: Where does the conversation probably take place?

　　【解析】选[D]。champagne and strawberry、sending … to my room、kitchen staff构成了一个"在宾馆谈论送餐"的特定场景。

　　18. W: You were on the phone for a long time. To whom were you talking?

　　M: Oh, to Susan. She always knows the latest news in town and she couldn't wait to see me to talk it over.

　　Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

　　【解析】选[B]。对话中男士不仅回答了女士的问题，还进一步提到Susan急于告知他镇上的最新消息。选项[B] eager to pass the infomp3ation she knows就是对话中couldn't wait to see me to talk it over的同义转述can't wait to do sth.意为"急切地想要做某事"。

　　Conversation One

　　W: Can I help you?

　　M: Yes, I'd like to read some articles that are on reserve about British culture.

　　W: Professor Grand's class?

　　M: That's right. How could you know?

　　W: Let's just say you are not the first person coming in asking for those articles.

　　M: Oh, well, seeing as how I haven't read any of them yet, it doesn't really matterwhich one you give me first.

　　W: I'm afraid I can't give you any of them at the moment. They've all been checked out.

　　M: You're joking, all of them?

　　W: Every month. I've asked professor Grand twice already to bring in additional copies of the articles, but no sooner do I place them on the shelves than they are gone. See that girl in the black sweater? She's been waiting for half an hour for those same articles to be returned.

　　M: And here's me. I went out of my way to free out the whole afternoon to read.

　　W: I'm sorry, but there is not a whole lot I can do about it. All I can suggest is that you come in first thing tomorrow morning and try again. We open at eight.