英语六级听力小对话练习题 第21期

　　15.Q: What do we learn about James Mill?

　　A) He has left his position in the government.

　　B)He has already reached the retirement age.

　　C)He made a stupid decision at the cabinet meeting.

　　D)He has been successfully elected Prime Minister.

　　16.Q: What can we infer from the conversation?

　　A) This years shuttle mission is a big step in space exploration.

　　B)The man is well informed about the space shuttle missions.

　　C)The shuttle flight will be broadcast live worldwide.

　　D)The man is excited at the news of the shuttle flight.

　　听力原文：

　　15. W: Have you heard the news that James Mill hasresigned his post as Prime Minster?

　　M: Well, I got it from the headlines this morning. It s reported that he made pubic his decision at the lastcabinet meeting。

　　16. W: The morning paper says the space shuttle is taking off at 10 am tomorrow。

　　M: Yeah, it s just another one of this year s routine missions. The first mission was undertaken a decade ago and broadcast live then worldwide。

　　译文与解析：

　　15.A) He has left his position in the government.

　　女：你听说了吗，詹姆斯 米尔已经辞去了首相的职位?

　　男：我在今天早上报纸头条上看到的，他在上一次的内阁会议中公开表示要辞职。

　　问：关于詹姆斯 米尔，我们知道哪些内容?

　　答：他辞职了，今天报纸头条刊载了，上一次内阁会议中表示的，把握住这三个信息，基本上就能知道答案了。

　　16.B) The man is well informed about the space shuttle missions.

　　女：早报说明天十点航天飞机发射。

　　男：是的，这是今年第二次的常规发射。第一次发射是在十年前，随后全世界都看到了现场发射的情况。

　　问：从这段对话中可以推测出什么?

　　答：第一项没有提及，第三项与事实不符，第四项中男人的声音并没有明显的改变，而且routine一词已经说明只是常规发射，没什么可激动的。

　　推测题由于与对话本身有所关联但关联性不强，需要使用逻辑推理和演绎推理等方法，一定要注意逻辑关系和先后顺序。