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Section A Long Conversations
长对话综述：长对话仍然还是听到什么选什么的原则，在听音的时候应该做好笔记，方便在听问题时回顾原文内容找答案。
Conversation 1
W: OK, that's it. Now we have to make a decision. We might as well do that now, don't you think?
M: Sure, let's see. First we saw Frank Brisenski. What did you think of him?
W: Well, he's certainly a very polite young man.
M: And very relaxed, too.
W: But his appearance…
M: En… He wasn't well dressed. He wasn't even wearing a tie.
W: But he did have a nice voice. He sounded good on the telephone.
M: True. And I thought he seemed very intelligent. He answered Dona's questions very well.
W: That's true, but dressing well is important. Well, let's think about the others. Now what about Barbara Jones? She had a nice voice, too. She sounded good on the telephone, and she was well dressed, too.
M: En… She did look very neat, very nicely dressed, but…
W: But so shy. She wouldn't be very good at talking to people at the front desk.
M: En…OK. Now who was the next? Ar…Yes, David Wallace. I thought he was very good, had a lot of potential. What do you think?
W: En… He seemed like a very bright guy. He dressed very nicely, too. And he had a really nice appearance.
M: He seemed relaxed to me, the type of person people feel comfortable with right away.
W: He was polite, but also very friendly and relaxed as you say. I think he'll be good with the guests at the front desk.
M: He had a very pleasant voice, too.
W: That's right. OK, good! I guess we have our receptionist then, don't you?
M: Yes, I think so. We'll just offer the job to…
Q9: What are the speakers looking for?
Q10: What is Frank Brisenski's weakness?
Q11: What do the speakers decide to do?
答案：
9. B) A hotel receptionist.
10. A) Appearance.
11. C) Offer the job to David Wallace.
点评：
该对话围绕男士和女士挑选合适的酒店招待员展开，讨论三个应聘者Frank Brisenski，Barbara Jones和David Wallace的优劣势：Frank Brisenski有礼貌，声音好听，聪明，但是外表形象欠佳；Barbara Jones声音好听，穿着得体，但过于害羞，不擅于与人沟通；David Wallace聪明，外表形象佳，表现自如，有礼貌，声音动听。最后俩人决定录取David Wallace。前两题考查事实细节，都能从原文直接找到答案，考生在听的时候要大概记下对话双方对于三个应聘者的评价，特别是转折处。虽然第三题需要考生推断，但是根据对话双方对David Wallace的评价就可以马上推出这是他们最终定的人选。
Conversation 2
W: Hello.
M: Hello. Is that the reference library?
W: Yes, can I help you?
M: I hope so. I ran earlier and asked for some information about Dennis Hutton, the scientist. You asked me to ring back.
W: Oh, yes. I have found something.
M: Good. I've got a pencil and paper. Perhaps you could read out what it says.
W: Certainly. Hutton Dennis, born Darlington, 1836, died New York, 1920.
M: Yes, got that.
W: Inventor and physicist, the son of a farm worker. He was admitted to the University of London at the age of 15.
M: Yes.
W: He graduated at 17 with the first class degree in physics and mathematics. All right?
M: Yes, all right.
W: He made his first notable achievement at the age of 18. It was a method of refrigeration which rolls from his work in low temperature physics. He became professor of mathematics at the University of Manchester at 24, where he remained for twelve years. During that time, he married one of his students, Natasha Willoughby
M: Yes, go on.
W: Later working together in London, they laid the foundations of modern physics by showing that normal laws of cause and effect do not apply at the level of subatomic particles. For this he and his wife received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1910, and did so again in 1912 for their work on very high frequency radio waves. In his lifetime, Hutton patented 244 inventions. Do you want any more?
M: Yes, when did he go to America?
W: Let me see. In 1920 he went to teach in New York and died there suddenly after only three weeks. Still he was a good age.
M: Yes, I suppose so. Well, thanks.
Q12: What do we learn about Dennis Hutton when he was 15?
Q13: What did Dennis Hutton do at the age of 24?
Q14: For what were Dennis Hutton and his wife awarded the Nobel Prize a second time?
Q15: Why did Dennis Hutton go to New York
答案：
12 C) He was admitted to university.
13. B) He became a professor of Mathematics.
14. D) Their work on very high frequency radio waves.
15. D) To teach at a university.
点评：
从开头几句就可知是电话对话，男士打电话询问科学家Dennis Hutton的个人信息，女士在电话另一头作了简短介绍，中间涉及多处时间点，考生在听的时候要特别记下每个时间对应的事件，这样四个题目的答案就出来了。
本篇对话有一定难度，一是时间点较多，二是一些较难的单词和短语，如reference library参考书阅览室；Darlington达灵顿（英国英格兰东北部城市）；inventor发明家；physicist物理学家；be admitted to进入；refrigeration冷冻；low temperature physics低温物理学；mathematics数学；subatomic particles亚原子粒子；patent取得……的专利权。做题时不要纠结于一些听不懂的单词，可以在试卷各选项旁边标注上时间点，这样等听问题时就能快速锁定答案。
