备战英语六级听力练习题第22期

 

6. 

A) To find a better science journal in the library.

B) Not to miss any chance to collect useful information.

C) To buy the latest issue of the magazine.

D) Not to subscribe¹ to the journal.

7. 

A) She wants to borrow the man's student ID card. 

B) The tickets are less expensive than she expected.

C) She won't be able to get any discount for the ticket. 

D) The performance turned out to be disappointing.

8. 

A) Do the assignments towards the end of the semester. 

B) Quit the history course and choose another one instead. 

C) Drop one course and do it next semester. 

D) Take courses with a lighter² workload³.

9.

A) The organization of a conference. 

B) The cost of renting a conference room.

C) The decoration of the conference room.

D) The job of cleaning up the dining-room.

10. 

A) Meet his client. 

B) Prepare the dinner. 

C) Work at his office.

D) Fix his car.

答案及参考原文：

DCCBA

6.

M: Maybe I ought to subscribe to the Engineering Quarterly⁴. It contains a lot of useful information.

W: Why not read it in the library and save the money?

Q: What is the woman's advice to the man?

7.

M: I've been waiting all week for this concert. The performance is said to be excellent. And with our student discount, the tickets will be real cheap.

W: Ah-ah, I'm afraid I left my student ID card in the dorm.

Q: What does the woman imply?

8.

M: Mr. Smith, our history professor, announced that we'll be doing two papers and three exams this semester. I wonder how I'm going to pull through when two other courses have similar requirements.

W: Well, can't you drop one course and pick it up next semester?

Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?

9.

W: Renting a conference room at the hotel will cost us too much. We are already running in the red.

M: How about using our dining room for the meeting?

Q: What's worrying the woman?

10.

W: Jerry, can you pick me up after work today? I left my car at the garage.

M: I'm afraid I can't. I have scheduled an appointment with a client at dinner time.

Q: What is the man going to do?

1 subscribe   

vi.(to)订阅，订购；同意；vt.捐助，赞助

参考例句：

• I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.我十分赞同那个观点。
• The magazine is trying to get more readers to subscribe.该杂志正大力发展新订户。

2 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

3 workload   

n.作业量，工作量

参考例句：

• An assistant one day a week would ease my workload.每周有一天配一个助手就会减轻我的工作负担。
• He's always grousing about the workload.他总是抱怨工作量大。

4 quarterly   

adj.季度的；adv.季度地

参考例句：

• The quarterly magazine is a periodical published every three months.季刊是每3个月出版一次的期刊。
• The payments were made quarterly.按季度付酬。