W：Just the postman with apackage for our neighbour，theBrowns.They are away visiting theirson.

　　Q:Who was at the door? (答案：D)

　　题目选项：A. The Browns.B.The Browns' son. C.The post-man. D.The neighbour.

　　本题考核目标是获取重要的事实信息的能力。根据女士所说“是邮递员给我们的邻居布朗家送包裹……”，可以知道来人是邮递员，所以C选项为正确答案。本题的关键是：“Just thepostman with a package for ourneighbour，the Browns.They are awayvisiting their son.”听懂了这位女士的话，那么该题就解决了。

　　5. W: Could you tellme thestarting times for both performances?

　　M: The first begins at 7:00 andit lasts 2 hours. The second followsimmediately after a ten-minute break.

　　Q: Atwhat time does the sec-ond show start? (答案：D)

　　题目选项： A.7:00. B. 7:10.

　　C. 9:00. D. 9:10.

　　本题考核目标是获取重要的事实信息的能力。根据男士所说 “……第一场表演7点开始，持续两小时。休息十分钟后紧接着就是第二场”，就可以推算出第二场表演开始的时间，所以D选项为正确答案。本题的关键是这位男士的回答：“The first begins at7:00 and it lasts 2 hours. The sec-ond follows immediately after a tenminute break.”经过简单的计算就得出结论：The second show begins at9:10.

　　3、听清主题，善于总结

　　1)通过主题句归纳主旨大意

　　从历年的高考听力题来看，考查测试考生归纳主旨大意的能力是听力测试的重要内容。在做这类题目时，要注意：1)通过主题句概括中心思想;2)要善于总结短文的大意;3)要透视说话人的目的。要做好归纳主旨大意，就像做阅读题一样，文章都有主题句，所不同的是要找到主题句，阅读时用眼睛去看，去搜索，而做听力题时用耳朵听的。文章的主题句往往出现在文章的开头，有时也在文章的结尾，偶尔也出现在文章的中间。概括了一个段落或一篇文章中心思想的句子就是主题句，主题句往往是一篇听力材料的中心思想，文章的其他内容都是围绕主题句展开的。我们要总结短文的大意和透视说话人的目的，听清主题句就显得很有必要。

　　如2006年听力题的第16题，这篇文章的第一段：

　　Now it's eight o'clock, timefor the educational report.

　　GCSE is a British exam takenby students in England and Walesaround the age of 16. Recently re-searchers at Durham University haveconfirmed the doubt ofmany parentsand employers that some GCSEs areeasier than others, despite officialclaims that each subject is equallydifficult.

　　16.Question:What does the re-port mainly tell us about GCSEs?(答案：C)

　　A. Few students avoid hardersubjects.

　　B. Each subject has the samelevel of difficulty.

　　C. Some subjects aremore diffi-cult than others.

　　D. Pupils are important to thecountry's development.

　　这篇文章第一段的第二句就是主题句，其中最关键的一部分就是“someGCSEs are easier than others”，从中可以判断 “Some subjects are moredifficult than others”

　　本题考核目标为归纳话语的主旨大意。虽然政府官员宣称GCSE考试中的每个科目难度相等，但是研究显示，其实并非如此，而且，越来越多的学生避开难度大的科目，所以C选项为正确答案。

　　2)通过总结归纳主旨大意

　　听力题所用时间短，一时很难判断哪一句是主题句，有些短文主题句没有出现在段首，而是在结尾出现好几句总结性的文字，这时我们就要善于总结，然后从选项中选取正确的选项。

　　如2006年秋季听力的第13题。

　　这篇文章的最后一段：

　　So we bought the company. Thefirst few years were very difficult.Butwe worked hard and

　　we had a bit of luck.We beganto improve three years ago. Sincethen we have done pretty well.

　　Last year we took on four newpeople and so far this year we havetaken on another ten.

　　13.Question:What did the storymainly tell us? (答案：D)

　　A.Why a company lost its cus-tomers.

　　B. Why a company went out ofbusiness.

　　C. How a company went frombad to worse.

　　D. How a company got out ofits difficult situation.

　　本题考核目标为归纳话语的主旨大意。听懂全文就可以知道本文主要讲述的是：一些雇员买下了倒闭的公司，并经过努力使之走出困境，所以D选项为正确答案。