Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 listening exercises. Each of the exercises contains 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, one question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C), and D), and decided which is the best answer.

       人物关系题专项练习

　　1. A) Travel agency clerk. B) Office secretary.

　　C) Youth hostel manager. D) Hotel receptionist.

　　2. A) A traffic guard. B) An author.

　　C) A salesman. D) A student.

　　3. A) His wife. B) A travel agent staff.

　　C) A waiter. D) A hotel clerk.

　　4. A) He is a plumber. B) He is a telephone operator.

　　C) He is a salesman. D) He is an electrician.

　　5. A) Colleagues. B) Husband and wife.

　　C) Employer and employee. D) Mother and son.

　　6. A) He is a librarian. B) He is a professor.

　　C) He is an accountant. D) He is a reporter.

　　7. A) He’s a secretary. B) He’s a novelist.

　　C) He’s a newspaperman. D) He’s a worker.

　　8. A) Librarian and student. B) Operator and caller.

　　C) Boss and secretary. D) Customer and repairman.

　　9. A) A math teacher and his colleague. B) A teacher and his student.

　　C) A student and his classmate. D) A librarian and a student.

　　10. A) A student. B) A teacher.

　　C) A doctor. D) An eye-doctor.

        【答案解析】

       1. M: Do you have a single room with bath for tonight and tomorrow night?

　　W: Just a moment, sir. Well, we haven’t any singles left, I’m afraid. But we could let you have a twin-bedded room for the same price.

　　Q: What’s the woman’s job?

　　【解析】D)人物关系题。本题为推测关系，侧重点是职业。a single room with bath带浴室的单人间，a twin-bedded room双人房间。

　　2. W: I’m looking for a novel for my literature course. It’s called Gone With the Wind. Do you have it?

　　M: Yes, we do. You’ll find it in Section 8, on the top shelf.

　　Q: What’s the woman speaker’s occupation?

　　【解析】D)人物关系题。本题为两个人的关系，侧重点是职业。抓住关键词literature course(文学课程)。

　　3.W： Freedom Travel. How may I help you?

　　M： Yes，I’d like to make a flight reservation for the twenty瞭hird of this month.

　　Q： Who is the man most probably talking to?

　　【解析】B)人物关系题。女士首先自报家门：Freedom Travel， 这是一个重要的信息，接着问对方有什么事。男士说他想预订一张本月二十三号的机票，关键词是make a flight reservation, 由此可知女士是旅行社职员 。

　　4. W: This is Mrs. Anderson. My heater is not getting any power and the temperature is going to get down below zero. Could you come over and fix it?

　　M: Don’t worry, Madam. I’ll be there in a minute.

　　Q: What’s the probable occupation of the man?

　　【解析】D)人物关系题。注意对话中出现的关键词heater，temperature，从这些关键词可以推测出男士的职业应当是electrician(电工)。

　　5.W：John, what are you doing on your computer? Don’t you remember your promise?

　　M：This is not a game，it’s only a cross-work puzzle that helps increase my vocabulary.

　　Q：What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

　　【解析】D)人物关系题。原文中“扩大我的词汇量”显然说话者是学生，据女士的话“不记得我作的保证了?”可推知：其为家长，因此两者的关系应为母子。A)、B)、C)均不符合原文中的身份关系。

　　6. W: How do you like your new job, Bill?

　　M: Fine. This week I have been reading the reports and studying the books. Next week I will probably start to the accounts.

　　Q: What did the man do for a living?

　　【解析】C)人物关系题。account账目，听懂了这个单词后基本上这道试题的答案就出来了。

　　7. W: Robert worked as a secretary for three years. Then he became a newspaperman. After that he started writing.

　　M: I know. And he is writing a story.

　　Q: What is the man’s occupation now?

　　【解析】B)人物关系题。从男士的回答中可以推断出男士的职业novelist。

　　8. W: How long will it take you to fix my watch?

　　M: I’ll call you when it餾 ready, but it shouldn餿 take longer than a week.

　　Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?

　　【解析】D)人物关系题。判断对话双方关系，对话中女士问：“我的表修一下要花多长时间?”男士回答说：“修好时我会打电话给你，但不会超过一星期。”据此可推知女士是顾客，男士是修理工。

　　9. W: I heard you got full marks in the math exam. Congratulations!

　　M: Thanks, I am sure you also did a good job.

　　Q: What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?

　　【解析】C)人物关系题。从对话中出现的单词marks，math exam等信息我们可以判断出这是一场师生之间的对话。

　　10.M: I think I may need glasses, but I餸 not entirely sure.

　　W: I’ll be able to tell you once you have looked at this vision chart.

　　Q: What is the woman’s profession?

　　【解析】D)人物关系题。男士说他想配一副眼镜，女士让他先用视力表检查一下视力再说，由此可以判断这位女士应当是一名眼科医生。

2011年12月四级听力专项训练：人物关系题   摘自 《大学英语四级考试强化训练：听力理解》