英语四级听力-短对话 293

 13.

A. His phone was disconnected outside the country.

B. He needs to make phone calls to his friends.

C. Using the email will decrease his telephone expenses.

D. His friends would rather hear his sound on the phone.

14.

A. He doesn't have anything to do.

B. He believes she is wrong about the pick-up time.

C. Before lunch is a great time to pick up the document.

D. Time passes very quickly.13.

W: We should write emails to our friends who live outside the country.

M: Sounds like a great idea. I need to cut down on my phone bill.

Q: What does the man mean?

正确答案：C

解析：女士建议用电子邮件与国外朋友联系时，男士表示赞同，说他“需要减少电话费”，其含义是用电子邮件会节约电话开支，故C正确。

14.

W: The clerk said that we had to wait until after lunch to pick up the papers¹.

M: But what are we going to do to kill time before then?

Q: What does the man mean?

正确答案：A

解析：男士说：“可是在那之前我们做什么来消磨时光呢？”可见A正确。男士没有对“何时取文件”提出看法，故B、C错误。

1 papers   

n.文件，纸币，论文

参考例句：

• I want to check with my secretary before I sign the papers.在签署这些文件前，我要与我的秘书商议。
• The lawyer read all the papers relating to the case.律师阅读了与该案有关的全部文件。