这种题型的题量在对话部分占相当大的比例,涉及面广,测试考生的判断和推理能力,要求考生体会出隐含在话语中的信息。主要的提问形式包括:
What do we learn from the conversation?
What can we infer from the conversation?
What does the (wo)man imply?
What does the (wo)man mean?
What can we conclude from the (wo)man’s reply?
What happened to the (wo)man?
[例10]
You will hear:
W: How are their talks going on? Have they reached any agreement?
M: They only seemed to have agreed to set another date for further talks.
Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
You will read:
a. The talks haven’t started yet.
b. The talks haven’t achieved much.
c. The talks haven’t produced a general agreement.
d. The talks broke down and could go no further. (1997年6月全真试题)
根据男方的回答:他们好像只是一致同意再定个日子进一步