Conversation One

19.

A. A detective story.

B. A class assignment.

C. A birthday present.

D. A jewelry store robbery.

20.

A. The professor did not like her story.

B. She had trouble finishing her assignment.

C. She did not like the topic she had chosen for her paper.

D. She was taking too many courses.

21.

A. Take some extra time.

B. Put down whatever ideas she has first.

C. Do some work for another course.

D. Write the story ending first.

22.

A. To go shopping.

B. To do research for her story.

C. To meet her professor.

D. To take a break from her work.

Now you'll hear the two long conversations.

Conversation One

M: [19]I am so relieved I just finished the story I was working on for our creative writing course.

W: I haven't quite finished mine yet. [20]I had trouble getting past the beginning.

M: How come?

W: Well, I was really happy to be writing a detective story. [20]But after the first few pages, I sort of froze up mentally. I just couldn't write any more.

M: The same thing happened to me. I thought it meant I lack imagination.

W: Well, Prof. Wilson said it's pretty common for writers to get stuck like that.

M: You went to talk to her about it?

W: Actually, I went to ask for more time to finish the assignment. But instead she gave me some advice about how to keep from getting stalled writing like that. [21]She said that the first thing I should do is just write anything that come into my head even if it doesn't make any sense, sort of warm up exercise.

M: That's interesting. When I get stuck, I shift to something else, you know, do some work for one of my other courses.

W: Well, her methods seem to have worked for me. I've written most of the story, and I should be able to hand it in on time. But first I need go to the jewelry store.

M: You are going shopping? Can't you wait until you finish your story?

W: [22]I am going there for my story. My detective solves a jewelry store robbery. So I want to take a look at how the jewelry cases are arranged, where the security cameras are located, that sort of thing.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19. What are the speakers talking about?

正确答案：B

解析：对话开始，男士说他完成了创造性写作课要求的短篇小说作业，很开心；而女士则说，她的还没定完。整篇对话都围绕他们的作业展开，故B对。

20. What was the woman's problem?

正确答案：B

解析：女士说到她写了故事的开头就卡住了，男士问怎么回事，她再次重复说到“写了几页，思维卡住，再也写不出东西”，故B正确。freeze up表示“冻住，变呆板，（思路）停滞”，B中的have trouble finishing与之同义。

21. What did the professor tell the woman to do?

正确答案：B

解析：女士提到Wilson教授说首先要做的是写下她所想到的任何东西，以做一些准备练习。故B正确。

22. Why is the woman going out?

正确答案：B

解析：对话最后女士说“我是为我的短篇小说去那里的”，故B正确。A为强干扰项，是男士对女士去珠宝店的目的的猜测。