英语专四 会话训练 Conversation 7-3

 会话

Questions 7 to 10 are based on the following conversation.

M： I really appreciate your filling me in on yesterday’s lecture.

W： No problem. I thought you might want to go over it together. And, anyway, it helps me review. (8) Hope you’re feeling better now.

M： I am. Thanks. So, you said she talked about squid? Sounds a little strange.

W： Well，(7) actually，it was about the evolution of sea life—a continuation from last week. The octopus¹ and the squid descended² from earlier creatures with shells. (9) They survived by shedding their shells—somewhere between 200 and 500 million years ago.

M： That’s a pretty long span of time. Some squid are really huge. Can you imagine something that big if it still had a shell?

W： Actually, it’s because they lost their shells that they could evolve to a bigger size.

M： Make sense. I’ve read about fishermen who caught squid that weighed over a ton. Did she talk about how that happened?

W： Not really. But she did mention some unusual cases. In 1933 they caught a squid in New Zealand. .. let’s see here... it was twenty-two yards long.

M： Remind me of all those stories of sea monsters.

W： Dr. Simpson thinks there are probably even larger ones that haven’t been found (10) because squid are intelligent and fast—so they can easily get away from humans. Maybe some of those monster stories are true.

 

题目

Conversation 7

Questions 7 to 10 are based on the following conversation ? At the end of the conversation，you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.

Now9 listen to the conversation.

7. What topic are the man and woman discussing?

A. Mating habits of squid and octopus.

B. The evolution of certain forms of sea life.

C. The study of marine³ shells.

D. Survival skills of sea creatures.

8. Why does the man need to talk to the woman about the class?

A. He doesn’t understand the lecture.

B. He wants to borrow her notes next week.

C. He needs help with a makeup⁴ exam.

D. He was sick and unable to attend the class.

9. According to the woman, what happened 200 to 500 million years ago?

A. Some sea creatures developed vertebrae.

B. The first giant squid was captured.

C. Some sea creatures shed their shells.

D. Sea life became more intelligent.

10. What does the woman imply about the sea monsters?

A. She always believes they do exist.

B. She has heard about them in New Zealand.

C. Stories about them may be based on giant squids.

D. The instructor⁵ mentioned them in the lecture.

 

答案解析

Conversation 7

7. B主旨大意题。对话开始是相互的客套，并不是对话的焦点。下面谈话的焦点是 从男士的一个问题开始，B“你说她谈到了乌賊是吗？”而女士的回答很好地概括了 这一问题，她说：“实际上是关于海洋生物进化的，是上堂课的延续。”从这句话开始， 他们的谈论便集中在某些海洋生物的进化上。选项B概括准确。

8. D细节判断题。本题考査的内容和上一题在对话中的顺序有些颠倒，答案出现在 一开始相互客套的部分。她问候男士： “希望你现在感觉好点了。”这句话是我们判 断此题的关键。根据学习英语语言的知识，再加上日常的生活经验，我们应该能想 到选项应该是D项，否则女士说的话就不合时宜了。

9. C细节复现题。本题的难度相对较低，因为对话中出现数字部分较少，很容易锁定 相关答案的出处。原话的意思是“他们在2亿至5亿年之前的这段时间通过脱掉外 壳而幸存了下来。”正确选项C虽用some sea creatures替代了 they,但没有改变 原意。

10. C观点态度题。对话中女士转述了老师课堂上讲述的不同寻常的案例，这使得男 士想到了海里的怪物的故事。女士没有驳斥海怪的存在，而是猜测或许真的存在 一些不为人所知的、超出人们想象之外被人们叫做“怪物”的大的海洋生物。结合 四个选项，最佳答案应该是C项。

 

1 octopus   

n.章鱼

参考例句：

• He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。
• One octopus has eight tentacles.一条章鱼有八根触角。

2 descended   

a.为...后裔的，出身于...的

参考例句：

• A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
• The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

3 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

4 makeup   

n.组织；性格；化装品

参考例句：

• Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
• Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗？

5 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。