另外，表達(dá)先后順序通過(guò)時(shí)態(tài)上也可體現(xiàn)出因果關(guān)系。如：

　　M: I was very sorry to hear about Bill's being fired.I know hewas sick a lot and that he usually got to work late.

　　W: Oh,it wasn't that .Bill made a big error in accounting. Even though it wasn't really his fault,his boss was very angry.

　　Q: Why did Bill lose his job?

　　Bill被解雇的原因是made a big error in accounting。

　　通常現(xiàn)在分詞表原因居多，過(guò)去分詞表結(jié)果或趨勢(shì)，當(dāng)然少數(shù)的例外也是有的。有時(shí)，這種因果邏輯型考題的正確答案是經(jīng)過(guò)對(duì)有關(guān)信息的變換，或是一種解釋性語(yǔ)言。這樣考生不要指望答案會(huì)跟聽(tīng)到的詞句完全相同而直接挑選出它。這樣的考題是不會(huì)出現(xiàn)的。

　　因此，做題時(shí)，不要以原文的重現(xiàn)作為選擇的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，而應(yīng)加以理解，轉(zhuǎn)換，找出與原文整體相關(guān)的選擇項(xiàng)才是正確答案。這就要求考生在聽(tīng)的過(guò)程中，不僅聽(tīng)表面詞句，還要開(kāi)動(dòng)腦筋，挖掘句子含義，并進(jìn)行有效歸納。以免造成聽(tīng)懂了原文的字詞，卻選不出正確答案來(lái)。考生要密切注意這一點(diǎn)。