宝剑锋从磨砺出，梅花香自苦寒来。只有不断地练习巩固，不断地积累总结，才能提高英语听力综合水平。本章是听力考试专项练习，希望读者认真做题并加以总结。

听力短对话练习

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 listening exercises. Each of the exercises contains 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, one question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C), and D), and decided which is the best answer.

一、地点题专项练习

1. A) At the office.  B) Home in bed.   C) On his way to work.  D) Away on vacation.
2. A) In the hospital. B) At a store.  C) In the classroom.  D) At a bank.
3. A) In a plane. B) In a car. C) At a shop. D) On a farm.
4. A) In the street. B) At home. C) On the phone. D) At an office.
5. A) At a ticket office.  B) In a bookstore.  C) In an architect’s office. D) At a train station.
6. A) At a school. B) At a bank. C) At a post office. D) At a bus station.
7. A) England. B) Here. C) France. D) Germany.
8. A) In a train. B) In a theater. C) In a supermarket. D) In a classroom.
9. A) At a post office. B) At a party. C) At a flower shop. D) In the street.
10. A) In a museum. B) In a cinema. C) In a restaurant. D) In a hospital.

二、人物关系题专项练习

1. A) Travel agency clerk. B) Office secretary.
   C) Youth hostel manager. D) Hotel receptionist.

2. A) A traffic guard. B) An author.
   C) A salesman. D) A student.

3. A) His wife. B) A travel agent staff.
   C) A waiter. D) A hotel clerk.

4. A) He is a plumber. B) He is a telephone operator.
   C) He is a salesman. D) He is an electrician.

5. A) Colleagues. B) Husband and wife.
   C) Employer and employee. D) Mother and son.

6. A) He is a librarian. B) He is a professor.
   C) He is an accountant. D) He is a reporter.

7. A) He’s a secretary. B) He’s a novelist.
   C) He’s a newspaperman. D) He’s a worker.

8. A) Librarian and student. B) Operator and caller.
   C) Boss and secretary. D) Customer and repairman.

9. A) A math teacher and his colleague. B) A teacher and his student.
   C) A student and his classmate. D) A librarian and a student.

10. A) A student. B) A teacher.
    C) A doctor. D) An eye-doctor.

一、地点题专项练习解析

1. M: Hello, Mary. This is John at the office. Is Tom feeling any better today?
W: Oh, yes, John. He’s feeling much better now. But the doctor says he will have to stay in bed until Monday.
Q: Where is Tom now?

【解析】B)地点题。注意关键词“stay in bed”，这是个非常简单的短语，听到这个短语后我们可以判断选项B)为正确答案。

2.W: What kind of account do you want to open?
M: A current account, please.
Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?

【解析】D)地点题。注意关键词“open an account（开立账户），a current account（活期储蓄账户）”。通过这些关键词可以判断对话发生在银行里面。

3. W: Fasten your seat belt, sir.
M: Of course, I didn’t realize that we were going to land so soon.
Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?

【解析】A)地点题。从“fasten, seat belt ”和“land”可知对话发生在飞机上。

4. M: Is this 4700248? I’m trying to reach the foreign students’living quarters.
W: I’m sorry. You must have dialed the wrong number.
Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?

【解析】C)地点题。注意关键词“Is this 470?0248？…dialed”。由此可知，这次谈话是通过电话进行的。

5. M: Has my dictionary arrived yet?
W: Sorry, sir. We haven’t received any special orders this week.
Q: Where is this conversation probably taking place?

【解析】B)地点题。推测发生地点。男士问：“我的字典到了没有？”女士回答：“很抱歉，先生，我们本周末收到任何订货。”据此可推知男士想订购字典，所以很可能发生在书店。

6.M: I’d like to open a savings account.
W: Sure.Have a seat, fill out this application form, and make a small deposit.Then, you?ll be all set.
Q：Where is this conversation taking place？

【解析】B)地点题。savings account指的是“储蓄存款账户”，可见，这段对话是在银行发生的。

7.W: Has Peter returned from England yet？
M: Yes，but he was only here for two days before his company sent him to Germany.
Q: Where is Peter now?

【解析】D)地点题。男士告诉女士，Peter已经从英国回来了，但他待了两天后又被派往德国，所以Peter现在在德国。

8.M：I believe that this is my seat. Here’s my ticket if you want to check.
W：I’m afraid that you’re mistaken. I’m in the correct seat. According to your ticket, you’re in the balcony.
Q：Where is the conversation most probably taking place?

【解析】B)地点题。对话中提到my seat和your ticket, balcony，由此可推断这段对话是在电影院或剧院发生的。

9.W: Excuse me, I’d like to send some flowers to my friend.
M: Let’s see. These fresh roses are very nice.
Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?

【解析】C)地点题。根据对话，知道女士想送花给她的朋友，男士接着回答说这些新鲜的玫瑰花非常漂亮，综合这些信息可以推知发生地点很可能是在花店。

10.M: May I see the menu? I’ve been waiting for half an hour already.
W: Here you are. I’ll be back for your order in just a minute.
Q: Where does this conversation take place?

【解析】C)地点题。从menu和order这些信息可以知道对话发生在一个餐馆里

二、人物关系题专项练习解析

1. M: Do you have a single room with bath for tonight and tomorrow night?
W: Just a moment, sir. Well, we haven’t any singles left, I’m afraid. But we could let you have a twin-bedded room for the same price.
Q: What’s the woman’s job?

【解析】D)人物关系题。本题为推测关系，侧重点是职业。a single room with bath带浴室的单人间，a twin-bedded room双人房间。

2. W: I’m looking for a novel for my literature course. It’s called Gone With the Wind. Do you have it?
M: Yes, we do. You’ll find it in Section 8, on the top shelf.
Q: What’s the woman speaker’s occupation?

【解析】D)人物关系题。本题为两个人的关系，侧重点是职业。抓住关键词literature course（文学课程）。

3.W： Freedom Travel. How may I help you?
M： Yes，I’d like to make a flight reservation for the twenty?third of this month.
Q： Who is the man most probably talking to?

【解析】B)人物关系题。女士首先自报家门：Freedom Travel， 这是一个重要的信息，接着问对方有什么事。男士说他想预订一张本月二十三号的机票，关键词是make a flight reservation, 由此可知女士是旅行社职员 。

4. W: This is Mrs. Anderson. My heater is not getting any power and the temperature is going to get down below zero. Could you come over and fix it?
M: Don’t worry, Madam. I’ll be there in a minute.
Q: What’s the probable occupation of the man?

【解析】D)人物关系题。注意对话中出现的关键词heater，temperature，从这些关键词可以推测出男士的职业应当是electrician（电工）。

5.W：John, what are you doing on your computer? Don’t you remember your promise?
M：This is not a game，it’s only a cross-work puzzle that helps increase my vocabulary.
Q：What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

【解析】D)人物关系题。原文中“扩大我的词汇量”显然说话者是学生，据女士的话“不记得我作的保证了？”可推知：其为家长，因此两者的关系应为母子。A)、B)、C)均不符合原文中的身份关系。

6. W: How do you like your new job, Bill?
M: Fine. This week I have been reading the reports and studying the books. Next week I will probably start to the accounts.
Q: What did the man do for a living?

【解析】C)人物关系题。account账目，听懂了这个单词后基本上这道试题的答案就出来了。

7. W: Robert worked as a secretary for three years. Then he became a newspaperman. After that he started writing.
M: I know. And he is writing a story.
Q: What is the man’s occupation now?

【解析】B)人物关系题。从男士的回答中可以推断出男士的职业novelist。

8. W: How long will it take you to fix my watch?
M: I’ll call you when it?s ready, but it shouldn?t take longer than a week.
Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

【解析】D)人物关系题。判断对话双方关系，对话中女士问：“我的表修一下要花多长时间？”男士回答说：“修好时我会打电话给你，但不会超过一星期。”据此可推知女士是顾客，男士是修理工。

9. W: I heard you got full marks in the math exam. Congratulations!
M: Thanks, I am sure you also did a good job.
Q: What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?

【解析】B)人物关系题。从对话中出现的单词marks，math exam等信息我们可以判断出这是一场师生之间的对话。

10.M: I think I may need glasses, but I?m not entirely sure.
W: I’ll be able to tell you once you have looked at this vision chart.
Q: What is the woman’s profession?

【解析】D)人物关系题。男士说他想配一副眼镜，女士让他先用视力表检查一下视力再说，由此可以判断这位女士应当是一名眼科医生。