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长对话原文第二篇：
W: Now you’veseen this table of figures about the pocket money children in Britain get?
M: Yes. I thought it was quiteinteresting, but I don’t quite understand the column entitled “change”. Can youexplain what it means?
W: Well, I think it means the changefrom the year before. I’m not a mathematician, but I assume the rise from 72pto 90p, is the rise of 25%。
M: Oh, yes, I see. And the inflationrate is there for comparison。
W: Yes. Why doyou think the rise in pocket money is often higher than inflation?
M: I’m sorry, I’ve no idea. Perhapsparents in Britain
are too generous。
W: Perhaps they are. But it looks as ifchildren were a lot better off in 2001 than they were in 2002. That’s strange,isn’t it? And they seemed to have been better off in 2003 than they are now. Iwonder why that is。
M: Yes, I don’t understand that at all。
W: Anyway, if you had children, how muchpocket money would you give them?
M: I don’t know. I think I probably givethem two pounds a week。
W: Would you? And what would you expect them to do with it?
M: Well, out ofthat they have to buy some small personal things. But I wouldn’t expectthem to save to buy their own socks for example。
W: Yes. By the way, do most children inyour country get pocket money?
M: Yeah, they do。
Questions 23 to question 25 are based onthe conversation you have just heard:
Q 23: What is the table of figuresabout?
Q 24: What do we learn from theconversation about British children’s pocket money?
Q 25: Supposing the man had children,what would he expect them to do with their pocket money?
四级答案/长对话第二篇：
23. A) The pocket money British children get。
24. C) It often rises higher than inflation。
25. B) Pay for small personal things。
解析：本篇长对话讨论英国儿童的零花钱(pocketmoney)，两人讨论的是一张数据表(tableof figures)，里面出现了四级高频词“inflation(通货膨胀)”。23题的答案就是speaker张嘴第一句话，“Now you’ve seen this table of figures about the pocket moneychildren in Britain get?”，可以说是送给考生的一道题目。对话里提到英国儿童零花钱上升的速度要超过该国通货膨胀的速度。同样，最后一题的答案也是出现在对话结尾。
总体而言，两篇长对话的难度基本与往年持平，第一篇相比第二篇难度略低，诸如连读、失爆等语音现象较多，对考生的语音能力进行了较为严格的考察。希望考生在今后的备考中，加强跟读和模仿，改善自己的发音。
