牛刀小試——關鍵詞類概述
　　關鍵詞類，顧名思義，在做這種題型時應通過選項來聯想其相關詞匯并留意相應問題中原文出現的關鍵信息詞，以及對話中相關的背景和對話者的語氣口吻來辨析其答案。大致可分為職業身份題、人物關系題、地點場景題等三大題型。
　　職業身份題
　　M: How about the food I ordered? I’ve been waiting for 20 minutes already.
　　W: I’m very sorry, sir. I will be back with your order in a minute.
　　Q: What’s the woman’s job?
　　A) A shop assistant B) A telephone operator
　　C) A waitress D) A clerk
　　【解析】 在原文播放之前，應擴展聯想到有關shop assistant、telephone operator、waitress、clerk四種職業的詞匯如（food, order, number, shop, hotel等），為選擇正確答案作好充分準備。抓住原文中關鍵信息詞order、wait，可推斷出場景發生在餐廳，女士談話的語氣和用詞“sorry sir”來分析其職業為服務員。選擇C。
　　人物關系題
　　W: I often mistake Tim for Bob. Can you tell them apart?
　　M: No, they look so much alike that they even confused their mother sometimes when they were young.
　　Q: What is the probable relationship between Tim and Bob?
　　A) They are twins B) They are classmates
　　C) They are friends D) They are colleagues
　　【解析】 你的腦海中是否對twins、classmates、friends、colleagues積累了足夠的信息詞匯尤其重要（alike, homework, job等）。女士經常把Tim 和Bob認錯，并問男士有什么區別（apart），抓住男士回答的信息詞look alike、their mother不難判斷其關系是雙胞胎。所以答案是A。
　　地點場景題
　　M: Oh, dear! I’m starving, I can’t walk any farther. (2001.6)
　　W: Let’s go to the restaurant across the street and get something to eat.
　　Q: Where are the two people?
　　A) At home B) In a restaurant
　　C) In a car D) On the street
　　【解析】 注意選項中的有關home、restaurant、car、street關鍵詞匯來判斷正確答案。原文中的walk, across the street是本題的關鍵信息詞，所以選擇D。同樣提到的starving、restaurant是他們將要去的地方（小陷阱咯！），而不是現在的所在處。
　　先來熱熱身
　　1. A) In the woman’s department. B) In a department.
　　C) On the third floor. D) At a man’s store.
　　2. A) A railway porter. B) A telephone operator.
　　C) A bus conductor. D) A postal clerk.
　　3. A) Driver and passenger. B) Policeman and driver.
　　C) Customer and waitress. D) Teacher and student.
　　4. A) A Policeman. B) A driver.
　　C) A boss. D) A teacher.
　　5. A) Manager and clerk. B) Director and secretary.
　　C) Professor and student. D) Father and daughter.
　　1. 【選B】原文重現
　　W: I’d like to buy a new dress.
　　M: The women’s department is up on the second floor, Madam.
　　Q: Where is this conversation taking place?
　　2. 【選D】原文重現 1997.6
　　W: Excuse me, sir. I’m going to send this parcel to London, What’s the postage for it?
　　M: Let me see. It’s one pound and fifty.
　　Q: Who is the woman most probably speaking to?
　　3. 【選A】原文重現
　　W: I’m going to Wood Street, but I don’t know where it is.
　　M: Don’t worry, I’ll tell you where to get off.
　　Q: What is the most likely relationship between the two speakers?
　　4. 【選A】原文重現
　　M: Miss, don’t you know it’s forbidden to talk on your cell phone?
　　W: Sorry, sir. I won’t do that again.
　　Q: What might the man be?
　　5. 【選C】原文重現
　　W: When should I hand in my term paper, sir?
　　M: Since it must be a type-written one with 30 pages, you can hand it in next month.
　　Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?