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题目：

听力原文：

Hi Brian. This is Amanda, Amanda Smith. I’m calling to let you know that I might be a little late for our meeting. They’ve can celled my train. It’s really annoying actually as the train’s the fastest way to get into town. I tried to get a cab, but the queue at the station was so long. It’ll be quicker to rush home and get my own car rather than wait for a taxi. So I’ll see you soon, hopefully.

解析：

这个题的答案是A。这种问题看上去题目和选项都非常简单，说明埋伏主要集中在听力中。题目中出现了“Tried to”，也就是单词“Try”的过去式，意思为尝试去做某事，说明这件事情只是听力中的人试图去做，并不代表这个人真的实际做到了，而后面再一次出现了那个噩梦般的单词“But”，表达了虽然这个人试图去打一个出租车，但是排队太长，所以放弃了这个选择。

除了刚才例题中出现的 “Want”和“Try”之外，还有其他代表计划或者想法的动词，比如“Expect”或者“Think”还有“Plan”这些动词的过去式，都要格外注意，因为有的时候，想过，尝试过，计划过，不代表真正落实做了。

考生考试时需要耐心，把听力听完。转折词并非只是以“But”这个单词的形式出现，也有可能是以“In fact”或者“Actually”或者“However”这样代表和暗示逻辑转折的单词为标志。

考生要想“不翻车”，除了要对时间敏感，还要注意区分听力中“想去做”“计划做”“试图做”和“真正做”的区别。

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题目：

Part 2 第8小题

8  You will hear two students talking about a history book.They agree that

A it should be shorter.

B it helps with their schoolwork.

C it has some information missing from it.

听力原文：

Eight. You will hear two students talking about a history book.

Girl: What did you think of that history book I lent you?

Boy: Well, I'm not sure I'll remember much from it.

Girl: Really? I used it to help me with an essay and I found some parts of it pretty useful. The last two chapters just repeat information from earlier in the book.though, so l don't know why they included them.

Boy: For studying I prefer books with maps and photos and stuff. That makes it easier to understand. The book you lent me has pages and pages of details that aren't necessary. Some of it could be left out.

Now listen again.

解析：

A项：女孩说书的最后两章重复了前面提过的信息，并对最后两章被加入书中的意义表示疑问。男孩说这本书有好多页 (pages and pages)不必要的信息，且其中有些内容可以省略(Some of it could be left out)。也就是说这本书可以更加简短。这道题的正确答案为选 A。

B项：女孩说 some parts of it are pretty useful(书中有些部分非常有用)，但是后面出现了转折，男孩并没有同意这个说法，很多考生听到这里没有仔细辨别的话就会掉入选项B的这个坑里了。

C项：两人均未提到书中缺失信息，所以选项C不正确。