3）计算题 计算题在四六级英语听力中属于比较难的题型,要求同学们不仅能分辨不同的时间、金钱等数量概念，还应能将听到的各个数量联系起来进行加减运算。如： ①m: your son seems to have made much progress in playing the piano. does he attend any piano classes?
w: yes, he takes lessons twice a week, but from next week on, he will go to the class on saturday evenings, too. q: how often will the woman’s son have piano lessons from next week on? a. once a week. b. twice a week. c. three times a week. d. four times a week. 两次加一次自然是三次,答案是c。 ②w: professor clark said that the mid-term exam would cover the first 15 lessons. m: really? i thought it only included the first 12 lessons. then i must spend the weekend going over the rest of the lessons. q: how many lessons must the man review over the weekend? a. five lessons. b. three lessons. c. twelve lessons d. fifteen lessons. 这是最简单的计算题,只要同学们不将答案误认为是c或d,就不会出错。 ③w: here’s a 10-dollar bill. give me two tickets for tonight’s show please. m: sure. two tickets and here is ’1,40 change. q: how much does one ticket cost? a.’1.40. b.’4.30. c.’6.40. d.’8.60 10美元,两张票,找零1.40美元,说明每张票为4.30美元。 从以上例子可以看出,含有数量概念的题,对话中提到的数量一般不可能为正确答案,总要同学们进行一些简单的加减运算。 4）言外之意、弦外之音 推测说话者话中之话是听力中必考的题型。从试题的设计特点来看,大体有一下几种： (1)对虚拟语气的考查 包含虚拟语气的听力考题中一般都有"是与非"相对的选项,这就要求同学们了解虚拟语气的表意功能,根据虚拟语气判断正确选项。 如： ①w: i’m thinking of going to austin for a visit. do you think it’s worth seeing? m: well, i wish i had been there. q: what do we learn from the conversation? a. the man is planning a trip to austin. b. the man has not been to austin before. c. the man doesn’t like austin. d. the man has been to austin before. i wish i had been there.说明说话人没有去过。 ②w: if it hadn’t been snowing so hard, i might have been home by 9 o’clock. m: it’s too bad you didn’t make it. jane was here and she wanted to see you. q: what happened to the woman? a. she got home before 9 o’clock. b. she had a bad cold. c. she had a car accident. d. she was delayed. if it hadn’t been snowing so hard, i might have been home by 9 o’clock.说明因为雪太大,说话者未能在9点前到家。也就是说she was delayed。