15.
W: I just read in the newspaper that The Lord of the Rings is this year's greatest hit. Why don't we go and see it at the Grand Cinema?
M: Don't you think that cinema is a little out of the way?
Q: What does the man mean?
正确答案：A
解析：本题关键在于理解习惯用语out of the way“遥远的”。对于女士的提议，男士回答说：“你不觉得那家电影院离这儿有点远吗？”故选A。B、C均与原文毫不相干，D为简单原词干扰。out of the way可表示以下含义：1)不挡道，不碍事；2)偏远，难以到达；3)不寻常，奇特。

16.
W: Bob said that Seattle is a great place for conferences.
M: He is certainly in the position to make that comment. He has been there so often.
Q: What does the man say about Bob?
正确答案：A
解析：be in the position to do是个习惯用语，意为“有能力/有资格做”，另外关键是听懂男士说的后面一句“他（Bob）经常去那里（Seattle）”，故选A。B中的chair和D中的live所表达的信息原文根本就没有出现过，C用简单词汇position进行干扰。