九. 含有“抽象含义”的答案是正确选项。
　　请看例题 1：
　　A) The effects of the flood B) The heroic fight against a flood.
　　C) The cause of the flood. D) Floods of the past twenty years.
　　Tape script:
　　M: This has been the worst flood for the past 20 years. It has caused much damage and destruction.
　　W: Look at the price of fruits and vegetables. No wonder they are expensive.
　　Q: What are they talking about?
　　A)项是答案。
　　请看例题 2：
　　A)Families with cars. B) American’s heavy dependence on cars.
　　C) Roads and highways. D) Traffic problems in America.
　　Tape script:
　　W: You Americans are funny! It seems as if you were married to your cars.
　　M: Yeah, I guess that’s true. The country is becoming one big highway. I was reading that there are about 4 million miles of roads and highways in the country now.
　　Q: What are they talking about?
　　B) 项是答案.
　　十. 含“意料之外”的答案是正确的。
　　关键词：
　　请看例题 1:
　　A) The library no longer had the book on reserve.
　　B) The homework assignment wasn’t clear.
　　C) The professor had chosen a mystery book for him instead.
　　D) The library closed earlier than he’d expected.
　　Tape script:
　　W: Were you able to use the book Dr. Brown put on reserve for our homework?
　　M: No, I wasn’t. It’s a mystery to me why the library closed early.
　　Q: What does the man mean?
　　D) 项是正确答案。
　　请看例题 2：
　　A) His teeth hurt him very much.
　　B) He has no time for meals.
　　C) He decided to take the course next semester instead.
　　D) He finds the work harder than he expected.
　　Tape script:
　　M: Everybody said this astronomy course would be so easy.
　　W: But it hasn’t quite worked out that way, has it?
　　Q: What does the woman think about the course?
　　D) 项含有“harder than he expected” 字样，因此是正确答案。
　　十一。含有“变化等”词汇的是正确答案。
　　关键词：
　　请看例题1：
　　A)He went to the administration building to change a class.
　　B)He had a ten o’clock meeting with an administrator.
　　C)He went to his computer class instead of the administration building.
　　D)He attended a morning session of the computer class.
　　Tape script:
　　W: Didn’t I see you going into the administration building this afternoon?
　　M: I needed to switch my computer class to ten o’clock session.
　　Q: What does the man mean?
　　A) 项是正确答案。
　　请看例题2:
　　A) Delivery of the parts has been delayed.
　　B) She doesn’t know whether the parts have arrived.
　　C) She will reorder the parts.
　　D) The man should help carry the parts.
　　Tape script:
　　M: Have the parts we need for the copier arrived yet?
　　W: I ordered them last week, but something’s holding them up.
　　Q: What does the woman mean?
　　A) 项是正确答案。
　　五成答对率的解题方法
　　一. 反义项中含有正确答案
　　请看例题1：
　　A) To run into each other.
　　B) To get bargains.
　　C) To avoid the crowds.
　　D) To join the crowds.
　　Tape script:
　　M: This is a pleasant surprise. It seems to me we ran into each other here last week, too.
　　W: You and I must have the same idea. The only way to beat the crowds when you do the grocery shopping on Saturday is to be here when they open at 9:00 o’clock sharp!
　　C)与D)为反义项，答案就在其中。C)是正确答案。
　　请看例题2。
　　A) He thinks his boss is terrible.
　　B) He thinks his boss is cunning.
　　C) He thinks his boss is frank.
　　D) He thinks his boss makes a lot of mistakes.
　　Tape script:
　　W: What do you think of your new boss, John?
　　M: Well, he is full of praise when you do well. But when you make a mistake, you’d better watch out.
　　Q: What’s John’s opinion of his boss?
　　B)与C)为反义项，答案就在其中。C)是正确答案。
　　十二。形近项中含有正确答案。
　　请看例题1：
　　A) They were both doing their own work.
　　B) They waited for each other at different places.
　　C) They went to the street corner at different times.
　　D) The man went to the corner but the woman didn’t.
　　Tape script:
　　W: George, where were you yesterday evening? I expected to see you at the corner.
　　M: Oh, I waited for you at the corner of your street. Then I looked for you at your flat, but the housekeeper said you were out.
　　Q: Why didn’t they meet that evening?
　　B)、C)为形近项，但C)项中的“the street corner”已出现在录音中，听到的不是答案，因而，B)项是正确答案。
　　请看例题2：
　　A) Peter is going to fly to New York.
　　B) Peter is going to fly to Iran next week.
　　C) Peter went to Iran next week.
　　D) Peter will stay in New York.来源：www.examda.com
　　Tape script:
　　W: I met Peter last week in New York. He doesn’t know when he is leaving the country.
　　M: Oh, he knows now. he called me yesterday and said that he is leaving for Iran next week.
　　Q: What news did the woman hear from the man?
　　A)、B)为形近项，但A)项中的“New York”已出现在录音中，听到的不是答案，因而，B)项是正确答案。