英语四级听力-短对话 314

 15.

A. Most students would like to work for a newspaper.

B. Most students find a job by reading advertisements.

C. Most students find it hard to get a job after they graduate.

D. Most students don't want jobs advertised¹ in the newspapers.

16.

A. Move the washing machine to the basement².

B. Turn the basement into a workshop.

C. Repair the washing machine.

D. Finish his assignment³.

15.

M: How do most students find a job after they graduate?

W: They usually look for a job by searching the want-ads in the newspapers.

Q: What does the woman mean?

正确答案：B

解析：本题关键词是“招聘广告（want-ads）”。B中的find a job by reading advertisements是女士原话的同义转换，因此B为答案。选项A（在报社工作）和C（发现工作很难找）是编造出来的信息；而D是对want-ads的误解，且与女士所说的恰恰相反。

16.

M: Alan is in the basement, trying to repair the washing machine.

W: Shouldn't he be working on his term paper?

Q: What does the woman think Alan should do?

正确答案：D

解析：D

解析：题目询问女士认为Alan应该做什么。关键是要听出反问句型“Shouldn't sb. be doing sth.?”意即“某人难道不是应该在做某事吗？”也即“某人应该在做某事”。work on term paper即finish assignment，故D正确。A为原文的胡乱拼凑；B为无关信息，并用work进行干扰；C是Alan正在做的事。

1 advertised   

v.公布( advertise的过去式和过去分词 )；宣传；展现；宣传（自己的事）

参考例句：

• The news of his appointment filtered out before it was officially advertised. 他被任命的消息在还没正式公布前就被透漏出去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They advertised their goods. 他们为他们的商品做广告。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 basement   

n.地下室，地窖；建筑物的基部

参考例句：

• It is rather damp in the basement.地下室很潮湿。
• They live in a basement flat in North London.他们住在伦敦北部的一所地下公寓里。

3 assignment   

n.任务，作业；分配，指定

参考例句：

• His assignment was to follow the spy.分配给他的工作是跟踪这个间谍。
• He has got a new assignment.他得到一项新任命。