牛刀小試——關(guān)鍵詞類概述
　　關(guān)鍵詞類，顧名思義，在做這種題型時應(yīng)通過選項來聯(lián)想其相關(guān)詞匯并留意相應(yīng)問題中原文出現(xiàn)的關(guān)鍵信息詞，以及對話中相關(guān)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(yè)身份題、人物關(guān)系題、地點場景題等三大題型。
　　職業(yè)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(yīng)擴(kuò)展聯(lián)想到有關(guān)shop assistant、telephone operator、waitress、clerk四種職業(yè)的詞匯如（food, order, number, shop, hotel等），為選擇正確答案作好充分準(zhǔn)備。抓住原文中關(guān)鍵信息詞order、wait，可推斷出場景發(fā)生在餐廳，女士談話的語氣和用詞“sorry sir”來分析其職業(yè)為服務(wù)員。選擇C。
　　人物關(guān)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(jīng)常把Tim 和Bob認(rèn)錯，并問男士有什么區(qū)別（apart），抓住男士回答的信息詞look alike、their mother不難判斷其關(guān)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(guān)home、restaurant、car、street關(guān)鍵詞匯來判斷正確答案。原文中的walk, across the street是本題的關(guān)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(xiàn)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(xiàn)
　　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(xiàn) 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(xiàn)
　　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(xiàn)
　　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(xiàn)
　　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?