Questions 7 to 10 are based on the following conversation,

W： Gosh! Fred, another cup of coffee? That’s your third since lunch.

M： Yeah. Well, (8) I stayed up all night cramming for my history exam. I couldn’t keep my eyes open in my last class. I’m having this coffee so I can stay awake this afternoon.

W： (7) Don’t you know that drinking too much coffee is harmful? It may cause heart disease.

M： Nah. (9) Most of the research about the link between coffee and the heart disease is inconclusive.

W ： (10) But coffee has caffeine which is addictive.

M： You can’t become addicted to caffeine like other drugs.

W： Yes，you can. Don’t you know that people who are deprived of caffeine suffer withdraw symptoms, especially headaches?

M： One cure for headaches，oddly enough, is caffeine. Besides, coffee helps me work faster.

W ： But faster is not necessarily better. You may finish your exam in a shorter period of time but you won’t have fewer errors.

M： You know, that soda you are drinking has caffeine in it too.

W： But 12 ounces of soda has only half the caffeine of a 5 ounces cup of coffee. And a cup of tea has less than that.

M： But I like the taste of coffee.

W： (10) You could drink decaf. Decaffeinated coffee doesn’t have as much flavor or body as regular coffee. Besides, I also want something that will keep me alert in class.

 

题目

Questions 7 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation，you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.

Now, listen to the conversation.

7. What is the conversation mainly about?

A. The effects of caffeine. B. Some causes of headaches.

C. How to do well in exams. D. Problems with the student cafeteria.

8. Why does the man drink lots of coffee?

A. He has a headache. B. He has been fed up with tea.

C. He is tired. D. He is sleepy.

9. What is the man’s opinion of the research of coffee?

A. Decaffeinated coffee may help prevent heart disease.

B. Coffee does not necessarily cause heart disease.

C. Coffee has less caffeine than soda.

D. Regular and decaffeinated coffee contain the same amount of caffeine.

10. What does the woman probably think about coffee?

A. It helps people work efficiently.

B. It's more refreshing than soda.

C. It should be drunk in moderation.

D. It has fewer flavors than tea.

 

答案解析

Conversation 8

7.  A主旨大意题。我们在听整个对话的过程中，首先可以确定对话的主题和coffee 有关，而后又听到了很多这样的词，如：harmful，addicted，caffeine，work faster等等， 这样我们就可以有一个大概的猜想：对话讨论的焦点应该是A项。而后稍加分析， 可以得出其他选项在对话中出现的比重很小，所以不可能成为议题。因此，A项便毫 无疑问地成为最佳答案。

8. D细节判断题。对话由女士的惊叹开始，男士接下来便对自己的行为做出了解释。 他说：“为了历史考试整晚都在学习?所以上上一堂课的时候几乎都睁不开眼了。”选 项C具有很强的迷惑性，但男士是“困”（睁不开眼）而不是“累”，因此可排除。选项D 的判断是准确的，符合原意。

9.  B态度归纳题。对话中两人就咖啡的影响展开了讨论，女士为了说明自己的观点， 提出了很多辅助的论据，但是男士并不认同。比如，男士就认为大多数研究表明咖 啡和心脏病之间的联系是不具有决定性的。对话中的用词inconclusive体现在选项 中就是not necessarily,所以B项是正确选项。

10. C态度归纳题。这道题和上一题的提问方式稍有变化，但是其实质却有异曲同工 之妙。说得简单一点，也就是在考女士对喝咖啡的态度问题。从一开始她说话时 用到的harmful一词，我们就可有个基本的判断，下面的对话中女士也没有改变她 的看法，所以选项中最贴近的应该是C项。