Conversation One M: Guess what? The worst food I ever had was in France. W: Really? That’s odd. [1] I thought the French were all good cooks. M: Yes, that’s right. I suppose it’s really like anywhere else though. You know, some places are good, some bad. But it’s really all our own fault. W: What do you mean? M: Well, it was the first time I’d been to France. This was years ago when I was at school. [2] I went there with my parents’ friends from my father’s school. They hired a coach to take them to Switzerland. W: A school trip? M: Right. Most of them had never been abroad before. We’d crossed the English Channel at night and we set off through France and breakfast time arrived, and the coach driver had arranged for us to stop at this little cafe. There we all were tired and hungry and then we made a great discovery. W: What was that? M: Bacon and eggs. W: Fantastic! The real English breakfast. M: Yes, anyway we didn’t know any better—so we had it, and ugh…! W: What was it like? Disgusting? M: Ah, it was incredible. They just got a bowl and put some fat in it. And then they put some bacon in the fat, broke an egg over the top and put the whole lot in the oven for about ten minutes. W: In the oven? You’re joking. You can’t cook bacon and eggs in the oven! M: Well, they must have done it that way. It was hot, but it wasn’t cooked. There was just this egg floating about in gallons of fat and raw bacon. W: [3] Did you actually eat it? M: [3] No, nobody did. They all wanted to turn round and go home. You know, back to teabags and fish and chips. You can’t blame them really. Anyway, the next night we were all given another foreign speciality. W: What was that? M: [4] Snails——that really finished them off. Lovely holiday that was!
1. What did the woman think of the French? 【试题答案】C 【试题解析】题目问女士认为法国人怎么样?录音开头,男士对女士说他吃过最糟糕的食物是在法国,女士听后表示惊讶,因为她认为法国人都是很好的厨师。C选项“法国人都很擅长烹饪食物”是对录音原文的同义转述,因此正确。A选项“他们对自家的烹饪感到自豪”;B选项“他们对食物很讲究”和D选项“他们喜欢培根和鸡蛋”在录音中均没有信息提及,因此可排除。 2. Who did the man travel with on his first trip to Switzerland? 【试题答案】B 【试题解析】题目问男士第一次去瑞士的时候是和谁一起去的?录音中提及男士第一次去法国是跟随他父母的朋友一起去的。因此B选项“他父母的朋友”正确。A选项“他的父母”和C选项“他的明友”均是利用录音中个别字词断章取义;D选项“他的同学”是利用录音中的when I was at school设置的干扰项,也可排除。 3. What does the man say about the breakfast at the little French cafe? 【试题答案】A 【试题解析】题目问关于法国小咖啡馆的早餐,男士说了些什么?男士描述了那家法国小咖啡馆如何烹饪培根和鸡蛋后,女士问男士到底有没有吃上这道菜,男士马上说没有人愿意吃。因此A选项“没有人吃它”正确。B选项“它煮得有点久”在录音中并没有提及;C选项“用餐时没有配上茶水”只是利用录音中的teabags作干扰,录音中并没有提及是否配有茶水,因此可排除;D选项“它是真正的英式早餐”,在录音中确实有出现,但这是女士的观点并不是男士提出来的,不符合题意,因此也可排除。 4. What did the man think of his holiday in France? 【试题答案】B 【试题解析】题目问男士认为他在法国的假期怎么样?在录音的最后,男士感叹道:“真是个美好的假期啊!”但是根据前面录音男士对那次法国之旅的一系列描述来看,那个假期给他留下的印象并不是很好。由此可知,他最后说的那句实际上是反话。因此,B选项“它相当令人失望”正确。A选项“它实在令人兴奋”;C选项“它是一个冒险的经历”和D选项“它真的很特别”在录音中均没有信息提及,因此排除。