關鍵詞類概述
關鍵詞類，顧名思義，在做這種題型時應通過選項來聯(lián)想其相關詞匯并留意相應問題中原文出現(xiàn)的關鍵信息詞，以及對話中相關的背景和對話者的語氣口吻來辨析其答案。大致可分為職業(yè)身份題、人物關系題、地點場景題等三大題型。
職業(yè)身份題
M: How about the food I ordered? I’ve been waiting for 20 minutes already.
W: I’m very sorry, sir. I will be back with your order in a minute.
Q: What’s the woman’s job?
A) A shop assistant B) A telephone operator
C) A waitress D) A clerk
【解析】 在原文播放之前，應擴展聯(lián)想到有關shop assistant、telephone operator、waitress、clerk四種職業(yè)的詞匯如(food, order, number, shop, hotel等)，為選擇正確答案作好充分準備。抓住原文中關鍵信息詞order、wait，可推斷出場景發(fā)生在餐廳，女士談話的語氣和用詞“sorry sir”來分析其職業(yè)為服務員。選擇C。
人物關系題
W: I often mistake Tim for Bob. Can you tell them apart?
M: No, they look so much alike that they even confused their mother sometimes when they were young.
Q: What is the probable relationship between Tim and Bob?
A) They are twins B) They are classmates
C) They are friends D) They are colleagues
【解析】 你的腦海中是否對twins、classmates、friends、colleagues積累了足夠的信息詞匯尤其重要(alike, homework, job等)。女士經常把Tim 和Bob認錯，并問男士有什么區(qū)別(apart)，抓住男士回答的信息詞look alike、their mother不難判斷其關系是雙胞胎。所以答案是A。
地點場景題
M: Oh, dear! I’m starving, I can’t walk any farther. (2001.6)
W: Let’s go to the restaurant across the street and get something to eat.
Q: Where are the two people?
A) At home B) In a restaurant
C) In a car D) On the street
【解析】 注意選項中的有關home、restaurant、car、street關鍵詞匯來判斷正確答案。原文中的walk, across the street是本題的關鍵信息詞，所以選擇D。同樣提到的starving、restaurant是他們將要去的地方(小陷阱咯!)，而不是現(xiàn)在的所在處。
先來熱熱身
1. A) In the woman’s department. B) In a department.
C) On the third floor. D) At a man’s store.
2. A) A railway porter. B) A telephone operator.
C) A bus conductor. D) A postal clerk.
3. A) Driver and passenger. B) Policeman and driver.
C) Customer and waitress. D) Teacher and student.
4. A) A Policeman. B) A driver.
C) A boss. D) A teacher.
5. A) Manager and clerk. B) Director and secretary.
C) Professor and student. D) Father and daughter.
1. 【選B】原文重現(xiàn)
W: I’d like to buy a new dress.
M: The women’s department is up on the second floor, Madam.
Q: Where is this conversation taking place?
2. 【選D】原文重現(xiàn) 1997.6
W: Excuse me, sir. I’m going to send this parcel to London, What’s the postage for it?
M: Let me see. It’s one pound and fifty.
Q: Who is the woman most probably speaking to?
3. 【選A】原文重現(xiàn)
W: I’m going to Wood Street, but I don’t know where it is.
M: Don’t worry, I’ll tell you where to get off.
Q: What is the most likely relationship between the two speakers?
4. 【選A】原文重現(xiàn)
M: Miss, don’t you know it’s forbidden to talk on your cell phone?
W: Sorry, sir. I won’t do that again.
Q: What might the man be?
5. 【選C】原文重現(xiàn)
W: When should I hand in my term paper, sir?
M: Since it must be a type-written one with 30 pages, you can hand it in next month.
Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
