英语专四 会话训练 Conversation 5-1

 会话

Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation.

M： It’s Chinese New Year’s Eve tonight. Let’s go and watch a movie, shall we?

W： (1) It will be very late by the time we finish our dinner.

M： Let’s see a midnight show then.

W ： Good idea!

M： What kind of movie are you fond of?

W： Well, I feel like watching something romantic this evening. Do you still remember the movie we watched this Christmas Eve? Until now I am not fully¹ aware why we chose that one. Today, I’m in the mood for something more gentle for a happy new year. What about you?

M： (2) I agree that last few movies have been a bit too violent—especially the movie for our Christmas, but romantic movies might be the last thing I want to watch. A bit of action will be very exciting. How about watching Titanic²? It’s a love story, but there is plenty of action as well.

W： It’s indeed a romance³. However, I’ve seen it many times. So I don’t think I’d enjoy watching it once more. What else is there to watch?

M： There’s The Lord⁴ of the Rings. It owns a lot of awards and I，ve been wanting to see it for ages.

W： Yes, many people gave it the thumbs up after they walked out of the cinema. However, (3) It’s somewhat⁵ violent as well，isn’t it? So, why not watch it next weekend instead of tonight?

M： Oh, it seems that we can only have the romantic comedy left. I enjoy comedies and you want something romantic. What about this kind?

W： Perfect! That is ideal⁶ for the Spring Festival.

 

题目

Conversation 5

In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow ?

Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation，you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

Now9 listen to the conversation.

1. Why did they plan to see a midnight show?

A. Because there is a new movie on at midnight.

B. Because a midnight show is more exciting.

C. Because they don’t have time until midnight.

D. Because they can have more fun at midnight.

2. What can we learn about the woman from this conversation?

A. Watching movies may be one of her favorite pastime⁷.

B. She doesn't like violent movies at all.

C. She has seen The Lord of the Rings many times.

D. She prefers comedies to romantics.

3. Why do they finally decide not to watch The Lord of the Rings?

A. Because people who watched it didn’t think highly⁸ of the film.

B. Because this movie is not suitable to celebrate Chinese New Year.

C. Because the woman plans to watch it with her friends next weekend.

D. Because the audiences regret watching it when walking out of the cinema.

 

答案解析

Conversation 5

1. C细节题。男士提出去看电影，女士说我们吃完饭后时间就比较晚了，于是男士提 议看午夜场。女士表示赞同。即在午夜之前，他们需要吃晚餐，没时间看电影，故 选C。

2.  A推断题。女士说今晚想要看带有浪漫色彩的电影，因为最近看的几部电影都跟 暴力有关。由此可知，她常去看电影，因此A项正确。C项与事实不符，她看了几遍 的是Titanic。喜欢喜剧的是男士，D项也错误。女士希望在除夕夜看比较温和的电 影，并非排斥暴力因素，否则也不会连看几部带这种色彩的电影了，故B项错误。

3. B细节题。D项毫无逻辑，只不过从原文中硬摘了一句walk out of the cinema,显 然不对。《指环王》是说话人具体提到的最后一部电影，人们对影片本身的评价都很 高（a lot of awards, thumbs up),故A项也错误。C项是结果而不是原因，原文中也没有with her friends的依据。however —词引出女士对《指环王》的评价 也带暴力色彩，这就不符合她今晚对影片内容的要求。故答案为B。

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 titanic   

adj.巨人的，庞大的，强大的

参考例句：

• We have been making titanic effort to achieve our purpose.我们一直在作极大的努力，以达到我们的目的。
• The island was created by titanic powers and they are still at work today.台湾岛是由一个至今仍然在运作的巨大力量塑造出来的。

3 romance   

n.恋爱关系，浪漫气氛，爱情小说，传奇

参考例句：

• She wrote a romance about an artist's life in Tokyo.她写了一个关于一位艺术家在东京生活的浪漫故事。
• They tried to rekindle the flames of romance.他们试图重燃爱火。

4 lord   

n.上帝，主；主人，长官；君主，贵族

参考例句：

• I know the Lord will look after him.我知道上帝会眷顾他的。
• How good of the Lord not to level it beyond repair!上帝多么仁慈啊，竟没有让这所房子损毁得不可收拾！

5 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。

6 ideal   

adj.理想的，完美的；空想的，观念的；n.理想

参考例句：

• The weather at the seaside was ideal—bright and breezy.海边的天气最宜人，风和日丽的。
• They promised to be faithful to their ideal for ever. 他们保证永远忠于自己的理想。

7 pastime   

n.消遣，娱乐

参考例句：

• Playing chess is his favourite pastime.下棋是他最喜爱的消遣。
• Baseball is the national pastime.棒球是全民性的休闲运动。

8 highly   

adv.高度地，极，非常；非常赞许地

参考例句：

• It is highly important to provide for the future.预先做好准备非常重要。
• The teacher speaks very highly of the boy's behaviour.老师称赞这个男孩的表现。