历史老师Smith宣称这个学期我们要搞定两份论文三次考试。可是别的课程也有类似的要求，我都不知道我该怎么去应付了。女生建议道那你为什么不退一门课呢?下学期再选也不迟啊。因此答案选《C》。除了在此需要把握pick up的第五种意思：学习之外，还有两个考点，分别为短语pull through 以及小词drop，对它们的解析请参考相应词条。同时，此题也暗含有女生责怪男生不应该选课太多的语气。可根据规律迅速作出。 2005年12月 No 4
M： The assignment on physics is a real challenge. I don?t think I can finish it on time or by myself. W： Why don?t we join our feet together? It may be easier then.
Q： What does the woman suggest? 此处缺选项和正确答案
A)They join the physics club.
B)They ask for an extension of the deadline. C)They work on the assignment together. D)They choose an easier assignment.
解析：男生觉得物理作业实在太难了，自己一人肯定不能完成，女生(热心地)：我们一起来做吧，总比你一人作要好。注意到assignment， join one?s feet together都是常考的知识点。答案选《c》
3、考试总是难
就像作业一样，考试也是学生往往无奈的话题之一，学生会喜欢考试吗?毫无疑问不喜欢，考试会容易吗?问问学生自己就知道了，总是觉得考试很棘手。通过都往往很困难，更别提得高分了。
典型题目： Test 10 no 3
W： How did you do on the maths exam， John? M： I barely made it. It was just a passing score but better than I had expected.Q： What do we learn from the conversation?
A) John didn?t pass， although he had tried his best.
B) John did better than he thought he was able to.
C) John got an excellent score， which was unexpected.
D) John was disappointed at his maths score. 解析：这是一个典型的考试总是很难场景，在对话中女生说：你数学考试怎么样?男生回答：做的很差，刚及格但是比我预想的好。因此答案选，值得一提的是I barely made it表示我勉强通过的意思。
Test 17 no 2
M： How many students passed the final physics exam in your class?W： Forty. But still as many as 20 percent of the class failed. Quite disappointing， isn?t it?Q： What does the woman think the exam? A) Its results were just as expected.?B) It wasn?t very well designed.?C) It fully reflected the students? ability.
D) Its results fell short of her expectations.?解析：这是一个典型的考试总是很难场景，在对话中男生说：物理期末考试有多少同学通过了。 女生回答：40个。但是还有20%的同学不及格。很令人失望吧?因此答案选 Test 19 no 5
W： Oh dear! I?m afraid I?ll fail again in the national test. It?s the third time I took it.
M： Don?t be too upset. I have the same fate. Let?s try a fourth time.
Q： What does the man mean?
A) He felt upset because of her failure.?B) He believes she will pass the test this time.
C) He is sure they will succeed in the next test.?D) He did no better than the woman in the test.
解析：这是一个典型的考试总是很难场景，在对话中女生说：天!我害怕我这次考试又要不及格了。男生回答：不要太紧张，我跟你一样，让我们再试第四次。因此答案选 4、订房订票总是定不上
在听力的小对话中总是有一些不尽如人意的情况发生，只要留心就会发现处处体现出来“sorry”(遗憾)的情形。比如订房订票无论在四级还是在六级里面总是买不到，定不上。 典型题目： Test 2 no 8
M： I?d like to make two reservations on Flight 651 for June 8th.
W： I?m sorry， we?re booked up on the 8th. But we still have a few seats available on the 9th. Q： When does the man want to leave? A) On the 6th of June. B) On the 8th of June. C) On the 9th of June. D) On the 19th of June.
解析：这是一个典型的订房订票订不上场景，在对话中男生说：我想预定6月8号651航班 ，女生回答：对不起，我们8号的航班定完了，但是我们还有9号的。因此答案选 Test 8 no 2
M： I wonder whether it would be possible to change this double room to two single rooms.
W： Sorry， sir. All the single rooms are occupied. But if you like， I can check with Imperial Hotel to see if they have any.
Q： What?s the woman going to do for the man? A) Let him move to a room with two single beds.
B) Check to see if there are any vacancies in her hotel.
C) Try to help him find rooms in another hotel. D) Show him the way to Imperial Hotel.
解析：这是一个典型的订房订票订不上场景，在对话中男生说：我不知道能不能把这个双人间换成两个单人间。女生回答：对不起先生，所有的单人间都订满了。如果你想要的话，我可以给你查查帝国饭店看看它们有没有。因此答案选。 Test 10 no 1
W： Friday?s speaker is supposed to be wonderful. Are you going to attend the seminar that day? M： Yes. But I haven?t been able to get the ticket yet. Since the lecture is open to the public， I ima