英语四级听力-短对话 303

 13.

A. Bill's brother.

B. Bill's wife.

C. Bill's father.

D. Bill's father-in-law¹.

14.

A. She can use his gun.

B. She can borrow someone else's gun.

C. She should have a gun of herself.

D. She can't borrow his gun.

13.

M: I wish I could see Bill here!

W: He was already on his way here, but then his wife called him back to take her father to the hospital.

Q: Who was ill?

正确答案：D

解析：女士说“他妻子叫他回去送她的父亲去医院”，可判断D（Bill的岳父）正确。

14.

W: I feel like going hunting² this weekend, but I don't have a gun.

M: But you can rent one if you have a license³.

Q: What does the man mean?

正确答案：D

解析：男士说“你有执照的话可以去租一把”，这是在委婉拒绝借东西，可判断答案为D（她不能借他的枪）。

1 father-in-law   

n.岳父，公公

参考例句：

• He met his future father-in-law during his visit to Boston.他在波士顿小住期间遇见了他未来的岳父。
• His father-in-law is a plantation manager.他岳父是个种植园经营者。

2 hunting   

n.搜寻

参考例句：

• Diana, the goddess of hunting 狩猎女神狄安娜
• Since 1977 otter hunting has been illegal. 捕猎水獭1977年以后就被列为非法了。

3 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。