make really good notes.

M：I couldn‘t do that. I like to take notes as I‘m listening. I usually find I get all the important points.

W：It seems you carefully listen to the lecture. But how about reading?

M：Well, reading is different of course. My approach is to skim the book first to see what is important and what isn‘t. It saves hours of time.

W：But what if you miss something?

M：You don‘t mean you‘re going to read every word, do you?

W：Well, that‘s what I usually do.

M：Well, that‘s up to you, but I think you‘re crazy.

W：What is your first 1ecture on, anyway?

M：Oh, it‘s a lecture on the French Revolution.

W：The French Revolution! How boring!

M：It‘s not boring at all It was an amazing period of history. It changed everything in Europe. Questions：

5．What is the woman‘s strategy for listening to lectures?

6．What does the man do when he begins to read a book?

7．What is the man‘s first lecture?

Exercise 7

答案解析

1．C综合理解题。女士问到男士的present position in Evening News，表明男士目前在该报工作。

2．C原因与理由题。关键提示词是the thing is，the real reason，强调男士离职的原因是being ambitious and keen to get promoted。

3．C细节题。女士提到她们想找的人不能是clock-watcher(不断看时间，等着下班的人)，也不能介意长时间工作，即不介意加班。

4．B综合理解题。男士提到他完成了Social and Public Policy方向的研究生文凭课程。

5．B细节题。男士提到他想给自己家里的物品(contents of my home)上保险。

6．C地点与场所题。男士提到他的公寓在二楼。

7．B评价或建议题。女上认为最重要的物品是那些家庭必备设施，比如电视机、冰箱之类。 Conversation 0ne

W：Please sit down, Mr. Wilson. My name is Jane Smith and I‘m the personnel manager. M：Hello. How do you do?

W：Now, this is just a short preliminary interview. I‘d like to talk about your present job and what you‘ve done up till now.

M：Yes, of course.

W：Well, could you tell me how long you‘ve had your present position in Evening News? It is Evening News, isn‘t it?

M：Yes, that‘s right. Let‘s see I left university in 1992. Then I was unemployed for about two months. And then I traveled round Britain for a few weeks. So it must be more than three years now in fact.

W：Yes. And have you any particular reason for wanting to change jobs? I mean why do you want to move?

M：Well, I actually like my present job and still find it interesting. The salary‘s OK. So it‘s nothing