16. W: I hope you like the novel I lent you. I wasn’t sure whether it was the kind of book you would be interested in.
M: You know, I had the same doubt at first. But once I started I simply couldn’t put it down.
Q: What does the man mean?
【解析】選[A]。I couldn’t put it down是常用的口語表達(dá)方式，意思是“愛不釋手”，用于表示非常喜歡某本書、某個(gè)游戲等。
17. W: I appreciate your professional opinion. Do you think I should invest in the project?
M: Under no circumstance should you do that.
Q: What does the man mean?
【解析】選[B]。男士所說的under no circumstance指“決不”，等于完全不贊同，標(biāo)明女士在本對話中所說要做的一切都不應(yīng)做，故選[B]。
18. M: Dan’s talking about getting a cat from one of his relatives.
W: Yeah. I hear his apartment building is about to lift the ban on pets.
Q: What does the woman mean?
【解析】選[C]。本題關(guān)鍵在于理解女士的答語，其中be about to指“將要”，lift the ban on意思是“取消禁令”，也就是說Dan所居住的公寓馬上就要取消養(yǎng)寵物的禁令了，[C]是其同義轉(zhuǎn)述。
Conversation One
M: Hi, Sally. Welcome back. How was the West Coast?
W: Terrific. I had a wonderful time. It was really nice to get away from the city for a while.
M: What did you think of LA?
W: It was all right. I liked it better than I thought I would. It’s very clean and spacious, and it’s got lots of trees. The problem is transportation. The bus service is terrible, and, of course, they don’t have a subway, so it’s a little difficult to get around. We had to rent a car.
M: And what did you see?
W: Oh, the usual things. We took a drive around Hollywood and looked at the stars homes, and then we went to Universal Studios and Disneyland.
M: How did you like Disneyland?
W: It was great! We really enjoyed it. We took all the rides, some of them twice, and had lots of fun. I felt just like a kid again.
M: You know, I had the same doubt at first. But once I started I simply couldn’t put it down.
Q: What does the man mean?
【解析】選[A]。I couldn’t put it down是常用的口語表達(dá)方式，意思是“愛不釋手”，用于表示非常喜歡某本書、某個(gè)游戲等。
17. W: I appreciate your professional opinion. Do you think I should invest in the project?
M: Under no circumstance should you do that.
Q: What does the man mean?
【解析】選[B]。男士所說的under no circumstance指“決不”，等于完全不贊同，標(biāo)明女士在本對話中所說要做的一切都不應(yīng)做，故選[B]。
18. M: Dan’s talking about getting a cat from one of his relatives.
W: Yeah. I hear his apartment building is about to lift the ban on pets.
Q: What does the woman mean?
【解析】選[C]。本題關(guān)鍵在于理解女士的答語，其中be about to指“將要”，lift the ban on意思是“取消禁令”，也就是說Dan所居住的公寓馬上就要取消養(yǎng)寵物的禁令了，[C]是其同義轉(zhuǎn)述。
Conversation One
M: Hi, Sally. Welcome back. How was the West Coast?
W: Terrific. I had a wonderful time. It was really nice to get away from the city for a while.
M: What did you think of LA?
W: It was all right. I liked it better than I thought I would. It’s very clean and spacious, and it’s got lots of trees. The problem is transportation. The bus service is terrible, and, of course, they don’t have a subway, so it’s a little difficult to get around. We had to rent a car.
M: And what did you see?
W: Oh, the usual things. We took a drive around Hollywood and looked at the stars homes, and then we went to Universal Studios and Disneyland.
M: How did you like Disneyland?
W: It was great! We really enjoyed it. We took all the rides, some of them twice, and had lots of fun. I felt just like a kid again.