M: Is that a map? Are you going sailing orsomething?

　　W: I wish. It's a hurricane-tracking chart. [22]It's amap of tropical ocean areas southeast of us. Itfollows the development of tropical storms, evenhurricanes. They develop and move around theAtlantic in Caribbean and here on Florida coast. Weget hit a lot by those in July or August, at least winds or rain.

　　M: Do you think that the tropical storm is on the way?

　　W: Too early to tell, but we need to be prepared. The radio mentioned possible evacuationroutes.

　　M: Really? It's that serious?

　　W: You'd better believe it. Late summer is hurricane season. The television updates locationsand speeds every hour.

　　M: What did they say is out there now?

　　W: A couple of tropical depressions, two storms and two hurricanes.

　　M: [23]What's the difference?

　　W: [23]Wind velocity. A depression is least serious actually, and a hurricane is the mostserious.

　　M: How serious are the winds in hurricanes?

　　W: They have sustained winds of 74 miles per hour and up.

　　M: What are the names on the map? David, Arlene, Francisco, and Gina.

　　W: [24]You know weather forecasters give the hurricanes the names of people to make stormseasy to identify.

　　M: I wonder what the status of the storm is now.

　　W: [25]You shall turn on the television, and it has the best coverage. There is an up-datecoming up in five minutes.

　　Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　22. What is the conversation mainly about?

　　正确答案：A

　　解析：对话开头女士就说到，“这是一张飓风路线图”，之后两人就一直讨论飓风问题，故A正确。对话提到过几个飓风的名字，也说到风速是区别热带低压(tropical depressions)、暴风(storm)与飓风(hurricane)的指标，最后还提到电视上会有对飓风的报道，B、C、D均是一些细节，但它们都不是对话的主题，都不对。正确答案特征：在对话开头就会提及，往往在对话中多次提到。

　　23. Which is true about a depression, a storm and a hurricane?

　　正确答案：B

　　解析：对话中女士提到了低气压、暴风和飓风，男士就问“它们有什么区别”，女士说，其区别在风速。故B正确。A中的the time they land应改为wind velocity或the speed wind travels;C中的least应改为most，D中的less应改为more。

　　24. Why are hurricanes named after people?

　　正确答案：B

　　解析：男士在问到地图上的人名时，女士解释说：“天气预报工作者给飓风取上人的名字，以便使它们容易区别开来。”B项中的tell apart即对话中的identify之义，故B正确，含有因果、目的等关系的语义突出之处常设考点。|

　　25. What are the man and woman going to do next?

　　正确答案：D

　　解析：对话结尾处女士说，“你该打开电视，它报道最清楚。5分钟后就会有报道了。”因此对话中的两人是准备看电视上的天气预报，选D。四个选项的动词及其宾语构成的搭配，一般由动词确定答案(原词再现或同义替换)。本题原文是turn on the television，应为D而不是B!这里应根据名词TV选出答案!