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就四级听力短对话部分而言，这次考试总体难度比往年也略有增加，主要体现在其句长和用词两个方面。整个10段对话中几乎没有一个人的话是少于10个单词的。而且也出现了一些很少在听力中出现的难词，诸如：第5题的swing, 第9题的question作动词，第9题的terrorist,第9题的incredible，第10题的recruit, 第10题的resume等等。但就总体技巧而言，除了这些难词的障碍，也的确从未走出以往考试技巧的圈子，所以说它色厉内荏实不为过，但正是这个“色厉”却很有可能吓倒了无数的考生，从而连透过现象“听”本质的能力都丧失了，因此下文就这次考试的10题进行一个简单分析，希望能起到为众多考生拨云见日、指点迷津。
W: Carol told us on the phone not to worry about her. Her left leg doesn't hurt as much as it did yesterday.
M: She'd better have it examined by a doctor anyway. And I'll call her about it this evening.
Q: What does the man think Carol should do?
本题从女人话中的left leg以及hurt可以明显知道这是我们常考的医疗健康场景，而在男人的回应中明显出现了She'd better一词，作为建议句型的提示信息出现，标明答案所在。以往考试中也反复考察，笔者在对2005年6月考试中也对此作了详细分析(《由2005年6月大学英语四级听力考题看听力考试发展趋势与变化》)，这里不再赘述。本题答案：See a doctor。
2. M: There's a non-stop train for Washington, and it leaves at 2:30.
W: It's faster than the 2:00 train. Besides, we can have something to eat before getting on the train.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
本题通过男人话中的train可知为交通场景。而火车在以往考试中的负面特色往往为：误点、慢、伙食差等几个方面。本题对两列火车作出比较，通过女人口中的faster和have something to eat before getting on即可简单知道2：30分的车较之2：00的车，解决了慢以及伙食差两大问题，所以本题答案自然是：The woman prefers the 2:30 train.
3. M: Hi, Melissa, how's your project going? Have you thought about going to graduate school? Perhaps you can get into Harvard.
W: Everything is coming along really well. I've been thinking about graduate school. But I'll talk to my tutor Dr. Gauthier first and see what she thinks.
Q: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?
本题通过男人的project一词即可推断为学习场景。而在男人对女人反复发问后女人的回答自然重要，而女人回答中的but一词，无数次证明了答案之所在，可谓“重要中之尤其重要者”。如果能在平时加强对but这类小词的听力敏感度，可谓百试不爽。所以本题答案为She'll consult Dr. Garcia about entering graduate school.
值得一提的是，本题答案中那个consult其实也是个词组词汇的考点，因此对不认识该单词的同学来说，也是一大困惑。就本题答案本身而言，用排除法还是不难的。但另一个选项中也考察了一个词组词汇，而且考的还是一词多意，那就是选项中的She has been longing to attend Harvard University.其中的long表示渴望的意思。
4. W: Did you attend Alice's presentation last night? It's the first time for her to give a speech to a large audience.
M: How she could be so calm in front of so many people is really beyond me.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
本题也能同过presentation一词推断为学习场景，从而加快对对话的理解。而本题考察的事实上是反问句式，虽然形式上来说这只是个带主语从句的陈述句，但究其根本会发现，男人的表达就是一个反问式的感叹：How could she be so calm in front of so many people?他在那么多人面前怎么会这么镇定?!而就本题答案而言，也完全符合以往考题中的男生紧张女生从容的特点，使其规律化也变得明朗起来。 本题答案为：Alice didn't seem to be nervous during her speech.
5. W: You've been doing weather reports for nearly thirty years. How's the weather got anywhere in all those years?
M: well, not necessarily worse, but we're seeing more swings.
Q: What does the man say about the weather?
本题通过weather reports推测为天气场景，之后紧跟一特殊疑问句，而特殊疑问的内容一般可以通过回答推测，而且也缺乏重点，因此一般都可以忽略(除其中的场景词以外)。本题也同样适用这一技巧。而男人回答中的but无疑又给“疑无路”的考生指明了那“柳暗花明”的“又一村”。但之后就体现了这次考试的一个很大特点，就是听力原文中的难词：本题中的swing并没太多和天气有关的内容，所以通过其本意和上下文可知，其意思为摇摆不定、大起大落的意思。而答案中只有more extremes一词与此对应。但通过上下文也能推测该答案。男人前句说到不见得真的变差了，后文又用but转折，说明还是有不好的地方，因此容易排除选项中的：It's worse than 30 years ago. 和It remains almost the same as before. 把答案限定到剩下两个，而其中温度上升的选项从未提及，所以通过排除也可以得到正确答案。本题答案为：There are more extremes in the weather.
6. M: Excuse me, I'm looking for the textbook by Professor Jordan for the marketing course?
W: I'm afraid it's out of stock. You'll have to order it. And it will take the publisher three weeks to send it to us.
Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?
本题通过文中的找textbook可知是个和书有关的场景，而四级中一般出现书籍，可大致推测属于买卖场景。到这里基本就能做题了，知道该说话人在书店。但保险起见可以往下看一下。女人的话中out of stock，即没有库存的意思，也同样容易指向书店的特点，当然阅览室借完了也勉强凑合，但再往下的order则绝对排除了阅览室的可能，因为order表示预定买的意思。最后那句中的publisher send又排除了出版社的可能。所以本题答案为：At the book store.
7. M: I'm going to New York next week, but the hotel I booked is really expensive.
W: Why book a hotel? My brother has two spare rooms in his apartment.
Q: What does the woman mean?
本题考点在于原因解释。而本题基本就是往年考题的再现。比如05年6月第10题：
M: This article is nothing but advertising for housing developers. I don't think the houses for sale are half that good.
W: Come on, David. Why so negative? We are thinking of buying a home, aren't we? Just a trip to look at the place won't cist us much.
Q: What can be inferred form the conversation?
再如03年1月考题第5题：
M: Hurry. There's a bus coming!
W: Why run? There will be another one in two or three minutes.
可以说这些题目如出一辙，考察时则可以考察反问句所表示的建议，也可以考察后半句的解释说明。本题就是对后半句解释说明的考察。本题答案为：The man can stay at her brother's apartment.
8. W: In my opinion, watching the news on TV is a good way to learn English. What do you think?
M: It would be better if you could check the same information in English newspapers afterwards.
Q: What does the man say about learning English?
本题为一个建议型的表达，用的是if表原因的形式。而if这个小词也正是我们四级考试的重点，无时无处不提醒着我们答案的出现。此处男人的话的意思说：如果在那之后你能在英语报纸上看看相同的信息就更好了。言下之意：现在还不够完美的原因是你还没看报纸。所以考察的部分是男人认为现在不够完善的原因，当然，从字面上也可以理解为一个建议。无论是原因也好，建议也罢，都是我们四级考试的重点内容，所以本题一如既往地考察了这个知识点。本题答案为：It's more effective to combine listening with reading.
9. M: I hear a newly invented drug can make people tell the truth. And it may prove useful in questioning terrorists. Isn't it incredible?
W: Simple solutions to complex problems rarely succeed. As far as I know, no such drugs are ever known to work.
Q: What does the woman think of the new drug?
本题考察第一大难度就是词汇本身，用作动词质问的question、恐怖分子terrorist以及无法让人相信的incredible都是高端词汇，用于听力中对考生一定会有较大干扰。而本题考察重点在于女人的态度，所以这是一题态度考察题，考察了女人对让人说实话的药品的态度。女人话中的第一句就可以作为参考，但是却难在一个近音词汇rarely上，对该词不熟悉的同学很可能听成really，在这样的情况下，反而得到了截然相反的答案。女人后半句对前半句作出解释，完全可以认为是在as far as I know之前加个because，所以可以认为是个省略了提示信息的原因部分，而这个部分也可以作为答案的支持出现。而现在省略关系词的句子在听力中的考察是越来越多了，需要考生通过实际能力推测句子间关系来完成解题。因此，本题答案为：It will most likely prove ineffective.
值得一题的是，本答案中的likely一词也预示着本答案的正确性，因为该词为一相对性描述词汇，在以往考试中也曾经出现过，如03年1月第1题正确答案：They are likely to have dinner together.