英语四级听力-短对话 285

 17.

A. The plane is full.

B. The plane is late.

C. The plane has broken down.

D. The flight is canceled.

18.

A. All rooms are taken.

B. Many spare rooms are available.

C. There are only double rooms.

D. There is just a single room.

17.

W: Sorry, sir. The flight is somewhat¹ behind schedule.

M: Thank you. You will tell us as soon as you know something definite,won't you?

Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

正确答案：B

解析：女士说飞机晚点了，故B正确。late即behind schedule的同义表达。

18.

M: I sent a letter to make a reservation² for a single room a few days ago.

W: I'm sorry, but your request arrived too late. There are some conferences³ in town this week and we're full up.

Q: Why couldn't the man book a room as he wished?

正确答案：A

解析：女士回答说，因为这个星期城里有些会议，所以房间都订满了。故A正确。据full up（是订房场景的常用关键词）可作答。

1 somewhat   

pron.一些，某物；adv.多少，几分

参考例句：

• The cake we made was somewhat of a failure.我们做的蛋糕不大成功。
• The two office buildings are somewhat alike in appearance.这两座办公楼在外形上有点相似。

2 reservation   

n.保留条件，限制条件；预订座位

参考例句：

• The instruction should be carried out without any reservation.应当不折不扣地执行这个指示。
• I accept your statement without reservation.我完全相信你的话。

3 conferences   

n.会议( conference的名词复数 )；讨论；（正式）讨论会；[工会、工党用语]（每年的）大会

参考例句：

• The hotel is used for exhibitions, conferences and social events. 这家饭店用于举行展览、大型会议和社交活动。
• Such conferences usually meant the loss of a valuable working day. 这种会晤通常都意味着损失一个宝贵的工作日。 来自辞典例句