对话一

M: What do you think of Professor Brown's lecture? 

W: The topic was interesting, but the lecture was much more difficult to follow than I had expected. 

Q: What does the woman say about the lecture? 

A. It was a long lecture but easy to understand. 

B. It was as difficult as she had expected. 

C. It was not as easy as she had thought. 

D. It was interesting and easy to follow.

对话二

W: Hi, Tony, how did your experiment go yesterday? 

M: Well, it wasn't as easy as I had thought. I had to continue doing it tonight. 

Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 

A) Tony could not continue the experiment. 

B) Tony finished the experiment last night. 

C) Tony thought the experiment was well done. 

D) Tony had expected the experiment to be easier.