【听力答案】

1. D 2. A 3. C 4. A

【听力原文】

W: Hey，Tom. How is your literature presentation going?

M: What literature presentation? I don't have to give mine until the end of the next week.

W: You mean you haven't even started working on it yet?

M: No. (1)I need the pressure of a deadline to set inspired.（男士说他事到临头才会激发灵感，可能到下周才做。）

W: Really? (2)I'm quite the opposite.（原因一：与男士的态度相反。） I can't concentrate unless I know I have plenty of time.（原因二：需要足够的时间。）Besides I have a big math test next week.（原因三: 下周有重要考试。）So I want to get my presentation out of the way.

M: What's your presentation on?

W: T. S Eliot.

M: Wasn't he a poet?(3) I thought we were supposed to focus on a novel.（内容须是关于一本小说的。）

W: He wrote novels，do you know?

M: Oh. Really? (4-1) I never knew that. I guess I'll learn more on Tuesday.（男士不了解T. S Eliot的作品。）Is that when you are supposed to talk?

W: Uh-huh. But I was going to offer you a preview. (4-2) I'm looking for someone to tell me whether I'm talking too fast and whether you can follow what I'm saying.（女士需要别人对她的陈述给出意见。）

M: I guess I could do that. When were you thinking of?

W: Will this afternoon be all right? I have a class to go to now but I'll be around before dinner.

M: That sounds good. I'll stop by your room. It's probably quieter there than in my hall.

【核心词汇】

inspired a.受鼓舞的；有创造力的

get out of the way 解决；除去；摆脱

preview n.预演；试映

work on 努力做；从事于