英语四级听力-短对话 188

 

1. 

Q: How does the woman feel about the room?

A) As big as she expected.

B) Much bigger than she expected.

C) Not as big as she expected.

D) So small that she is not satisfied¹.

2. 

Q: Why isn't the man moving to the suburbs²?

A) The rent is too high.

B) He can't afford the high taxes.

C) He doesn't want to live in the suburbs.

D) It's too far away from his office.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

M: I don't remember it being this small. I had the impression that the room was a lot bigger.

W: So did I. But it'll be Ok once we get the furniture in.

Q: How does the woman feel about the room?

参考译文：

男：我记得这里不是这么小啊。我印象中这间房间要大很多。

女：我也是。不过我们把家具放进来以后会好的。

问：女子认为这间 房间怎么样？

答案解析：

正确答案为C。对话中男子说印象中这个房间不是这么小，要大很多，女子说她也是这么认为的，不过觉得摆好家具好会好很多，因此可知，C项正确，这间房间并不像女子认为的那样大。A，和她想的一样大，对话中女子同意男子的说法，印象中房间不是这么小，可知房间并不想她认为的那样大，因此A项与对话内容不符，排除。B，比她想的大多了，对话中房间比女子想的要小，B项不符，排除。D，房间太小了，她非常不满意，对话中女子说房间有点小，但认为摆好家具会好很多，可见并不是很不满意，因此D项不符，排除。

2.

M: I would like to move to the suburbs, but I don't have enough money to pay the high taxis.

W: I wish you could. It's nice to live there.

Q: Why isn't the man moving to the suburbs?

参考译文：

男：我想搬到郊区去住，可是我负担不起的高额的打车费用。

女：我希望你能搬到郊区去，生活在那里非常好。

问：男子为什么不搬到郊区去生活？

答案解析：

正确答案为D。对话中男子想想搬到郊区去住，但是打车费用太贵了，可推知郊区离男子工作的地方非常远，因此男子不搬到郊区的原因就是那里离公司太远，D项正确。A，租金过高，对话中未涉及，排除。B，他负担不起高税率，对话中未涉及税率，排除。C，他不想在郊区生活，对话中男子说想搬到郊区生活，因此C项与对话内容不符，排除。

1 satisfied   

adj.满意的，满足的；清偿过的；确信的，毫无疑问的v.使满意( satisfy的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• She's never satisfied with what she's got. 她对自己的所得从不感到满足。
• He had a self-satisfied smirk on his face. 他脸上挂着得意扬扬的笑容。

2 suburbs   

n.郊区，城郊( suburb的名词复数 )；四乡；隧；四郊

参考例句：

• The poor suburbs traditionally formed the bedrock of the party's support. 贫穷的郊区在传统上构成了支持该党的牢固基础。
• The new college will be located in the suburbs. 这所新建的学院将设在郊区。 来自《简明英汉词典》