一、地点型题

在这类题目中，往往不能直接听到对话中出现关键的地名。必须根据对话情节来推断事件发生的地点。做这类题目的时候需要：

1)熟悉一些与常考地点相关的词。例如：

饭店，旅馆：waiter, tip, check, menu, soup, salad, check in/out, book, room, reception, order, drink, steak, beef, cafeteria, cream, hamburger, beer, etc.

邮局，银行：post office, stamp, mail, package, postage,postcard, letter, parcel, bank, cash, account, savings, check

法院，医院：court, judge, crime, criminal, lawyer, sentence,admit, doctor, patient, operation, medicine, temperature,headache, dentist, symptom, treatment, cure, blood, etc.

加油站，商店：fill it up, check the oil, change,expensive,cheap, petrol, price, fashion, suit, afford, etc.

学校：campus, teacher, exam, mark, homework, subject, etc.

车站，飞机场，海关：stop, ticket, subway,plane customs, visa, platform, flight, etc.

2)把对话中人物的身份和关系作为判断基础，然后再与对话情节结合起来。

3)注意一些介词和地点名词的组合，以及一些表示方位的词。例如:

W: These tomatoes are dry. You must have watered them a lot.

M: Yes, I did. They ought to be ripe enough to pick by next weekend when we have our picnic.

Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?

A. In a kitchen

B. In an orchard

C. At a picnic

4)熟悉这类题目常见的发问句型。

例如：Where did the conversation take place?

二、职业与身份题型

与地点型题一样，职业与身份型题也是往往不能直接从对话了解对话双方的职业，身份，国籍与双方之间的关系。必须根据对话中的关键词，对话的内容，对话发生的地点，对话双方的语气来作推断。这类题目经常碰到的有：teacher and student, doctor and patient, shop assistant and customer, mother and son, driver and passenger, boss and secretary等。每一个行业有它的特点：每一个人在不同的场合有不同的角色，说不同的话。如：

M: Could you have Jane Smith come in for an interview?

W: Sure, I will call her up immediately, sir.

Q: What is the probably relationship between the two speakers?

A. Interviewer and interviewee

B. Teacher and student

C. Boss and secretary

其中男士对女士提出要求，让她叫Jane Smith来进行面试，而女士说会这样做的，男士是要求的口吻，女士是应允的口气，又和面试有关，所以我们选C项。再比如：

W: Can you make me a counter four feet high and three feet wide?

M: Sure. How many shelves do you need?

Q: What most probably is the man’s occupation?

A. A shoe maker

B. A carpenter

C. A tailor

显然，A正确答案。