23. A) She knows how to write best-selling novels.

　　B) She can earn a lot of money by writing for adults.

　　C) She is able to win enough support from publishers.

　　D) She can make a living by doing what she likes.

　　24. A) The characters. B) The readers.C) Her ideas. D) Her life experiences.

　　25. A) She doesn't really know where they originated.

　　B) She mainly drew on stories of ancient saints.

　　C) They popped out of her child-hood dreams.

　　D) They grew out of her long hours of thinking.

　　通看下劃線部分不難發(fā)現,幾乎所有的選項都與女性會話者有關,可料想此對話中男性會話者多提出問題,女性多做答復,聽時當然主要聽女性會話者所說的內容。

　　二、聽時抓“點”

　　有了充分的聽前預測,聽時的主要任務就是抓住考點,且掌握如下兩個原則:

　　1. 考點均勻分布,易出現在話輪轉換處

　　首先,長對話后設的3-4個小題一般均勻地分布在對話的每個回合,極少出現某一個回合包含兩個考點的情況。這樣,我們在一個對話回合中找到一個考點后,剩余的部分就可不做詳聽,讓緊張的神經稍做放松,有利于將精力集中于下面的考點。

　　其次,考點的位置多是話輪轉換的時候。具體的說,就是對話一方某段發(fā)言的開頭和結尾部分,這也完全符合西方人的思維習慣,即在發(fā)言伊始多是開門見山,而在發(fā)言結尾處又總括強調。

　　仍以2006年12月Conversation Two為例:

　　M: Hi, Miss Rowling, how old were you when you started to write? And what was your first book?

　　W: I wrote my first story when I was about six. It was about a small animal, a rabbit, I mean, and I've been writing ever since. (22題考點)

　　M: Why did you choose to be an author?

　　W: If someone asked me how to achieve happiness, step one would be finding out what you love doing most and step two would be finding someone to pay you to do this. I consider myself very lucky indeed to be able to support myself by writing. (23題考點)