16.

　　M: I ran out of coins while doing my laundry.

　　W: That’s too bad!

　　Q: What does the woman mean?

　　答案A

　　解析：选项是关于发生在男士身上的事。听力过程中，考生需要关注男士干了什么，结果如何。男士说，洗衣服的时候，硬币用完了，其中run out of表示“用完，花光”;女士感叹说，这可太糟了，并不是说衣服洗的不好，而是对男士的遭遇表示同情。

　　17.

　　W: It’s a shame you didn’t win your badminton match.

　　M: I might have won if I’d listened to my coach.

　　Q: What does the man imply?

　　答案D

　　解析：选项是关于男士的做法。女士说，没有赢得羽毛球比赛，太遗憾了;男士使用了虚拟语气，说如果听从教练的建议，可能就赢了。因此男士暗示，他没有采取教练的建议。

　　18.

　　W: Professor Louis seems to think there’s only one way to write a paper, and that’s her way!

　　M: No kidding? She sure wasn’t like that last semester.

　　Q: What can be inferred about Professor Louis?

　　答案D

　　解析：从选项中可以推断she指代的是一位教师。考生要关注对教师的评价。女士说，Louis教授似乎只知道一种写论文的方式，那就是她的方式。男士首先用no kidding的形式表示惊讶，接着补充说，上一学期她并不是这样啊。男士的回答暗示上一学期她比较灵活。

　　Conversation One

　　W: 【19】Bob, can we really afford a holiday? We’re paying for this house and the furniture is on HP and...

　　M: Now listen, Peggy. You work hard and I work hard. 【20】We’re not talking about whether we can have a holiday. We’re talking about where and when.

　　W: Shall we go to Sweden?

　　M: Sweden is colder than Sheffield. I’d rather not go to Sweden.

　　W: What about Florida? Florida’s warmer than Sheffield.

　　M: Yes, but it’s a long way. How long does it take to get from here to Florida?

　　W: All right. Let’s go to Hawaii.

　　M: You must be joking. How much would it cost for the two of us?

　　W: But the brochure says the problem of money will disappear. Bob, where do you really want to go?

　　M: 【21】I’m thinking of Wales or Scotland. Do you know why?

　　W: Yes. They’re right on our doorstep and so close to home.

　　Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　19. What might be the possible relationship between the two speakers?

　　20. What are they talking about?

　　21. Where does Bob want to go?

　　19. 答案D

　　解析：从选项可以判断问题是关于两个人之间的关系。听力对话一开始，说两个人已经买了房子，还买了家具，随后两个人讨论度假的问题。从中可以判断两个人最有可能的关系是夫妻。注意听力开头提到的HP指hire purchase，为“分期付款”的意思。

　　20. 答案B

　　解析：根据选项，考生推断问题可能是两个人讨论的话题。听力开始，男士说，我们要讨论的，不是能不能去度假，而是什么时候，去哪里度假。所以选项B为正确答案。

　　21. 答案C

　　解析：四个选项都是地点，考生推断问题可能是他们度假的地方。听力最后，男士想着要去威尔士或苏格兰。而选项A、B、D都是女士建议的地方。

　Conversation Two

　　W: What a beautiful day! It’s a shame to stay inside all day.

　　M: Do you have a suggestion?

　　W: Actually, I guess I do. Why don’t we go for a run?