Exercise: Main ideas and opinions
1.A.Only half of the book is useful.
B.The book is not worth reading at all.
C.No all chapters require intensive reading.
D.Only a few lines can cover the main idea of each chapter.
2.A.Not all terrorists are armed.
B.Using computers or mobile phones aboard may cause problem for the plane.
C.He is not likely to take a plane anyway.
D.Plane safety is not something that he cares.
3.A.This job requires hard work all the time.
B.The working environment is quite comfortable.
C.He wants to change a job right away.
D.He is not satisfied with his current job.
4.A.The acquisition is not likely to happen soon.
B.He thought it is shallow to be happy for a pay raise.
C.The acquisition is totally out of his expectations.
D.He is worried about the possible problems caused by the acquisition.
5.A.She thought it was an ideal place to store their wines.
B.She thought it was too small to store their wines.
C.She thought their wines need to be replaced with beers.
D.She thought it would take them too much time to store their wins there.
6.A.It is too strange that a lot of people do not like Brad.
B.Brad needs to add more creativity in his novels.
C.The man knows Brad in person so he can better understand his novel.
D.The man thinks highly of Brad as a writer.
7.A.It is quite timeconsuming to cook meals with them.
B.It takes too much time to buy them.
C.They contains less nutrition than fresh ones do.
D.They are too expensive than fresh ones.
8.A.He enjoyed reading it very much.
B.He is searching that book eagerly.
C.He has heard a lot of positive comments on it.
D.He does not think he will ever read it.
Answer Keys and Analysis 答案与解析
1.【参考答案】 C
【试题分析】 男士很疑惑女士竟然已经完成了教授指定的阅读任务，女士回答说她没有逐行去阅读全书，她甚至跳过了一些关系不大的章节，所以女士的意思是并非所有章节都要仔细阅读（No all chapters require intensive reading），其他选项和原文的关联分别在于A选项的half，D选项的lines和chapter，但都和原文意义有出入，需要考生做完后体会一下。
【语言知识】 how come 怎么，如何；assigned by由某人布置的任务；line by line逐行阅读；skip跳读，略过；relevant相关的，有关联的
2.【参考答案】 B
【试题分析】 女士看到电视上关于武装恐怖主义的新闻，感到很害怕，说自己都不敢再坐飞机了，男士说其实遇到类似事情的可能性是很小的，但如果有人在飞机飞行的过程中使用笔记本电脑或者手机，则会造成真正的威胁，所以B选项是正确答案。A选项和D选项都在利用男士话语里有转折信息这一点进行曲解，C选项的is not likely to这个表达直接来自原文，提醒考生需要精确理解对话内容，才能有效避开干扰选项，做出正确选择。
【语言知识】 armed terrorists武装恐怖主义；be likely to有可能；encounter遇到，遭遇；laptop笔记本电脑
3.【参考答案】 D
【试题分析】 本题是一个虚拟语气的题目，女士询问男士对目前工作的感受，男士的回答是如果在学校的时候读书更用功一些，现在就该在舒适的办公室里工作了，言下之意是他对目前的工作不满。所以应该选择D选项。
【语言知识】 虚拟语气
4.【参考答案】 D
【试题分析】 女士听说公司要被一家大的集团收购，很高兴，感觉也许还会加薪，而且在大集团上班很光荣，男士指出公司兼并通常会有一些意想不到的新问题出现，在选项中，D对于男士要表达的意思是概括的最好的。
【语言知识】 acquire, acquisition兼并，收购；pay raise加薪；
5.【参考答案】 B
【试题分析】 男士认为这是一个储存酒的好地方，但是女士指出储存白酒需要储存啤酒四倍的空间，所以需要找一个更大一些的空间，言外之意就是这个地方对于他们的酒来说太小了，这一点B选项进行了正确的概括；A选项的“an ideal place to store their wines”这样的表达直接来自原文，但这是男士的观点，问题询问的是女士的观点，不能选
【语言知识】 store储存；take up占据（时间，空间等）
6.【参考答案】 D
【试题分析】 女士说很多人都觉得Brad的
