23. A) It helps her to attract more public attention.

　　B) It improves her chance of getting promoted.

　　C) It strengthens her relationship with students.

　　D) It enables her to understand people better.

　　24.A) Passively.

　　B) Positively.

　　C) Skeptically.

　　D) Sensitively.

　　25. A) It keeps haunting her day and night.

　　B) Her teaching was somewhat affected by it.

　　C) It vanishes the moment she steps into her role.

　　D) Her mind goes blank once she gets on the stage.

　　M: So, Claire, youre into drama!

　　W: Yes, I have a masters degree in drama and theatre. At the moment, Im hoping to get onto a Ph. D program.

　　M: What excites you about drama?

　　W: Well, I find its a communicative way to study people and you learn how to read people in drama. So usually I can understand what people are saying even though they might be lying.

　　M: That would be useful.

　　W: Yeah, its very useful for me as well. Im an English lecturer, so I use a lot of drama in my classes such as role plays. And I ask my students to create mini-dramas. They really respond well. At the moment, Im hoping to get onto a Ph. D course. Id like to concentrate on Asian drama and try to bring Asian theatre to the worlds attention. I dont know how successful I would be, but heres hoping.

　　M: Oh, Im sure youll be successful. Now, Claire, what do you do for stage fright?

　　W: Ah, stage fright! Well, many actors have that problem. I get stage fright every time Im going to teach a new class. The night before, I usually cant sleep.

　　M: What? For teaching?

　　W: Yes. I get really bad stage fright. But the minute I step into the classroom or get onto the stage, it just all falls into place. Then I just feel like: Yeah, this is what I mean to do. And Im fine.

　　M: Wow, thats cool!

　　預覽三道題各選項，提到her relationship with students, her teaching, get on the stage等表達，由此推測對話可能與老師教學相關。

　　23. Why does the woman find study in drama and theatre useful?D) It enables her to understand people better.四個選項中的動詞help, improve, strengthen, enable等都表示事物能夠起到的作用，因此推測本題考查某事物的作用。對話中男士詢問女士為什么對戲劇如此感興趣，女士回答說她發現戲劇是研究別人的很好的方式，可以讀懂戲劇中的人物，還補充說，即使有人撒謊，通常也能知道人們的真實想法。故正確答案為D)。

　　24. How did the womans students respond to her way of teaching English?B) Positively.四個選項都是表示人的態度的詞語，聽音時要留意人們對事物的態度的論述。女士自我介紹說在課堂上經常讓學生扮演不同的角色，創作小話劇。然后補充說，學生們對此反應很好。換句話說，同學們認可她這種獨特的教學方式，所以態度是positively，選項B)正確。

　　25. What does the woman say about her stage fright?C) It vanishes the moment she steps into her role.從選項出現的keep haunting, vanish和her mind goes blank等表達可推測本題考查人對某事物的感覺。女士在談話中先承認自己有嚴重的stage fright感覺，隨后又解釋說，但是一進入教室或走上講臺，就不再有那種感覺了。結合選項來看，選項C)是女士對stage fright的感覺。

　　23. A) It helps her to attract more public attention.

　　B) It improves her chance of getting promoted.

　　C) It strengthens her relationship with students.

　　D) It enables her to understand people better.

　　24.A) Passively.

　　B) Positively.

　　C) Skeptically.

　　D) Sensitively.

　　25. A) It keeps haunting her day and night.

　　B) Her teaching was somewhat affected by it.

　　C) It vanishes the moment she steps into her role.

　　D) Her mind goes blank once she gets on the stage.

　　M: So, Claire, youre into drama!

　　W: Yes, I have a masters degree in drama and theatre. At the moment, Im hoping to get onto a Ph. D program.

　　M: What excites you about drama?

　　W: Well, I find its a communicative way to study people and you learn how to read people in drama. So usually I can understand what people are saying even though they might be lying.

　　M: That would be useful.

　　W: Yeah, its very useful for me as well. Im an English lecturer, so I use a lot of drama in my classes such as role plays. And I ask my students to create mini-dramas. They really respond well. At the moment, Im hoping to get onto a Ph. D course. Id like to concentrate on Asian drama and try to bring Asian theatre to the worlds attention. I dont know how successful I would be, but heres hoping.

　　M: Oh, Im sure youll be successful. Now, Claire, what do you do for stage fright?

　　W: Ah, stage fright! Well, many actors have that problem. I get stage fright every time Im going to teach a new class. The night before, I usually cant sleep.

　　M: What? For teaching?

　　W: Yes. I get really bad stage fright. But the minute I step into the classroom or get onto the stage, it just all falls into place. Then I just feel like: Yeah, this is what I mean to do. And Im fine.

　　M: Wow, thats cool!

　　預覽三道題各選項，提到her relationship with students, her teaching, get on the stage等表達，由此推測對話可能與老師教學相關。

　　23. Why does the woman find study in drama and theatre useful?D) It enables her to understand people better.四個選項中的動詞help, improve, strengthen, enable等都表示事物能夠起到的作用，因此推測本題考查某事物的作用。對話中男士詢問女士為什么對戲劇如此感興趣，女士回答說她發現戲劇是研究別人的很好的方式，可以讀懂戲劇中的人物，還補充說，即使有人撒謊，通常也能知道人們的真實想法。故正確答案為D)。

　　24. How did the womans students respond to her way of teaching English?B) Positively.四個選項都是表示人的態度的詞語，聽音時要留意人們對事物的態度的論述。女士自我介紹說在課堂上經常讓學生扮演不同的角色，創作小話劇。然后補充說，學生們對此反應很好。換句話說，同學們認可她這種獨特的教學方式，所以態度是positively，選項B)正確。

　　25. What does the woman say about her stage fright?C) It vanishes the moment she steps into her role.從選項出現的keep haunting, vanish和her mind goes blank等表達可推測本題考查人對某事物的感覺。女士在談話中先承認自己有嚴重的stage fright感覺，隨后又解釋說，但是一進入教室或走上講臺，就不再有那種感覺了。結合選項來看，選項C)是女士對stage fright的感覺。