女人地位高于男士的特点可以说在这里考试中考得酣畅淋漓,可以说几乎是三句话不离本行。
12.
W: I won the first prize in the National Writing Contest and I got this camera as an award.
M: Its a good camera! You can take it when you travel. I had no idea you were a marvelous writer.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
有那样多句子供考官考察,偏偏考官都没看上眼,就把答案锁定在了D) The man admires the womans talent in writing.上,这绝不是是没道理的。
13.
M: I wish I hadnt thrown away that reading list!
W: I thought you might regret it. Thats why I picked it up from the waste paper basket and left it on the desk.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
女性在本句中又MS有了先知先觉,居然还能将男性误以为是垃圾扔掉的废纸捡回、保存,在男性后悔莫及之时还能完璧归赵实在有点叫人怀疑4、六级考试试题中男性的愚昧和女性的睿智。果然,考官的答案依旧以这一思路为背景选择了B) The woman saved the man some trouble.
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M: Jane missed the class again, didnt she? I wonder why?
W: Well, I knew she had been absent all week. So I called her this morning to see if she was sick. It turned out that her husband was badly injured in a car accident.
Q: What does the woman say about Jane?
难得出现个翘课的女性,结果还是由于家里的老公受伤在家(果然男性一直非常衰),所以全心照顾,因此才落了课程。而答案孕育而生于此,故选择了D) She has been away from school to attend to her husband.
本次考试另一大特点就是选项混淆性颇高,具备相当的迷惑性。
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W: Did you watch the 7 oclock program on channel 2 yesterday evening? I was about to watch it when someone came to see me.
M: Yeah! It reported some major breakthrough in cancer research. People over 40 would find the program worth watching.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation about the TV program?
乍看之下,也有同掌握选择本片专为癌症患者播放这一答案,而对话中其实只说到是癌症研究方面的纪录片,除去患者或许也同样合适预防用,因此混淆选项过分推理,致使错误。而只有答案C) It might appeal more to viewers over 40.合适本句原意,顾选。
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W: Are you still teaching at the junior high school?
M: Not since June. My brother and I opened a restaurant as soon as he got out of the army.
Q: What do we learn about the man from the conversation?
本题也是个非常不错的例子,混淆选项中说男性开了一个RESTAURANT,实质为与其兄合开,较之正确选项A) He quit teaching in June.,此混淆选项略显缺陷,因此抛弃该混淆选项。
长对话中虽然第一篇篇幅长达12个回合,史无前例,但考官却刻意在其中安排了很多停顿和迟疑来给考生留出足够的时间考虑,也不可不谓用心良苦。对话内容本身相对比较简单,是租房场景的典型例子。其中甚至引用到了以往真题中出现的一些内容,如:
W: Em, I dont think we have any rooms for tonight. Theres a conference going on in town ander, lets seeyeah, no rooms.
参考1991年6月四级考试试题中第10题:
M: I sent a letter to make a reservation for a single room a few days ago.
: Im sorry, your request arrived too late. There are some conferences in town this week and we are full up.
Q: Are there any spare rooms at the hotel?
甚至连没房间的原因也是完全相同,这不能不叫人第三深思往年考试试题的重要程度。无独有偶,本次考试中甚至有的短对话考试试题就将过去的真题进行小幅的修改后就直接用,如短对话第15题:
M: Hi, Susan! Have you finished reading the book Professor Johnson recommended?
W: Oh, I havent read it through the way I read a novel. I just read a few chapters which interested me.
Q: What does the woman mean?
与03年6月考试中短对话第8题如出一辙:
M: Have you finished reading the book you bought last month?
W: Oh, I didnt read it straight through the way you read a novel, I just covered a few chapters which interested me most.
Q: How did the woman read the book?
甚至从用词角度而言,今年的15题还不如03年6月的第8题来得难,去掉了straight,把cover直接用read代替,均减少了句子本身的困难程度。所以可以说今天考试短对话部分总体而言困难程度是略有所降低的。但本题的出现第三强调了往年真题的重要程度,告戒考生须戒骄戒躁,将往年真体摸熟吃透,方能兵来将挡,水来土淹。
长对话就出题而言,地方倒颇是符合规律,以第二篇为例: