W：I wonder why a slab doesn‘t just break off and slide right down into the lake below. M：Oh, it will one day, but long after we are dead and gone.

W：But how can you tell a glacier apart from a normal ice sheet? I mean, I‘ve seen pictures of avalanches coming down the side of a mountain, and they look like they‘re rolling down glaciers. M：I have no idea how to distinguish them except that a glacier seems to have a larger surface area and looks much smoother.

Questions：

5．What do we know about the man from the conversation?

6．Will a slab break off from the glacier and slide right down into the lake below?

7．What are the differences between a glacier and an ice sheet according to the man?

Exercise 3

答案解析

1．C细节题。女士抱怨了两件事：Jimmy播放吵闹的音乐并占据了两个停车位。但她首先提起的是音乐。

2．A职业与身份题。女士的话中提到了trying to study以及midterms(期中考试)，因此可以推断她是学生。

3．C数字与时间题。浏览该题的四个选项之后，在听题过程中抓住from 9 o'clock to 12 o‘clock即可，稍加计算便可得出答案。

4．B推理题。男士的说法比较委婉：I will give him a piece of my mind tonight．即让Jimmy了解自己的想法，和Jimmy谈话。

5．C地点与场所题。男士提到可以拿着免费凭单去Rainbow Bar喝饮料。

6．D细节题。男士告诉女士她的房间是601。四个选项比较容易混淆，需认真甄别。

7．B 地点与场所题。对话中提示场景的一些关键词包括reservation，sharing the same room，room keys，porter等，可以推断是在hotel里面。

Conversation One

W：Hi, Mike, do you have a minute to spare?

M：Yes, Sherry，how can I help you?

W：Well, I have been getting noisy music coming from your apartment and it is always there from 9 o'clock to 12 o'clock in the evening when I am trying to study. Is it possible to tune down and contain the noise to your apartment?

M：Oh, I'm sorry about that. I hadn‘t been back to my apartment for two weeks and in fact, I just got back today. It must be Jimmy, my new roommate. I forgot to tell him how thin the walls are around here, so it may be my fault.

W：I realize that. Could you have a word with that guy Jimmy and get him to lower the volume, for it is really disturbing. It‘s not that I don‘t enjoy that kind of music. It‘s just … well you know how it is around this time of the year with midterms and everything.

M：No problem. And I tell you that I won‘t even mention that it was you who complained.

W：Well, Mike, I appreciate it, but I‘m afraid that this is not the only issue I have to bring up. Jimmy is also taking up two parking spaces in the parking lot. As you know, we are kind of short off parking spaces here.

M：Really. I didn‘t know that! That‘s selfish of him to do so. Well, Sherry, I will give him a piece of my mind tonight.

W：I just hope you can settle things peacefully. I don‘t want to be the villain causing you guys to have a stir up.