2013年大学英语四级听力短对话练习(25)

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　　M: Congratulations! I heard your baseball team is going to the Middle Atlantic Championship.

　　W: Yeah, were all working real hard right now!

　　Q: What is the womans team doing?

　　A) Training for the Mid-Atlantic Championships.

　　B) Making preparations for a trans-Atlantic trip.

　　C) Collecting information about baseball games.

　　D) Analyzing their rivals on-field performance.

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　　W: Johns been looking after his mother in the hospital. She was injured in a car accident two weeks ago and still in critical condition.

　　M: Oh, thats terrible. And you know his father passed away last year.

　　Q: What do we learn about John?

　　A) He had a narrow escape in a car accident.

　　B) He is hospitalized for a serious injury.

　　C) He lost his mother two weeks ago.

　　D) He has been having a hard time.

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　　A. Training for the Mid-Atlantic Championship.

　　男：祝贺你，我听说你们的棒球队将要参加亚特兰大中部地区冠军争夺赛了。

　　女：是呀，我们现在正紧锣密鼓地练习呢!

　　问：这个女人所在的球队正在做什么?

　　答：对话开头男生提到女生所在的棒球队要参加Mid-AtlanticChampionship.女生说：were all working real hard right now!由此可知，女生所在的棒球队正在进行赛前训练。

　　此题还有一个迷惑选项B, Making preparations for a trans-Atlantic trip,必须注意的是：这里并不是准备旅行，而是准备参赛。

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　　D) He has been having a hard time.

　　女：约翰正在医院里照顾他妈妈，她在两个周前的一次交通事故中受了伤，现在情况依然不容乐观。

　　男：哦，那太可怕了，你知道，他父亲去年去世了。

　　问：关于约翰，我们能了解到什么?

　　答案：解析：根据听力原文可知，Johns mother is in the hospital and his father died last year.由此可见，John的近况还是蛮悲惨的;答案也就显而易见了。