1. 信息題
在訪談或?qū)υ捴袝儐柺懿稍L者或?qū)υ捜说膫€人信息,如身份、行為等。答題所需的信息有可能很明顯,也有可能只是一帶而過;有可能正面詢問,也有可能反面詢問。需要考生抓住細節(jié),并進行合理分析。

如2003年訪談的第1題:
Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about David’s personal background?
A. He had excellent academic records at school and university.
B. He was once on a PhD programme at Yale University.
C. He received professional training in acting.
D. He came from a single-parent family.
這一題要求考生耐心聽完全部關(guān)于受采訪者個人信息的內(nèi)容才能判斷出不正確的選項。解題方法請參閱下文應(yīng)試技巧部分。

又如2006年訪談的第2題:
Which of the following is NOT part of her job with the Department of Employment?
A. Doing surveys at workplace. B. Analyzing survey results.
C. Designing questionnaires. D. Taking a psychology course.
這一題也要求考生耐心聽完全部關(guān)于受采訪者在勞工部工作的信息后才能判斷出不符合原文內(nèi)容的選項。解題方法請參閱下文應(yīng)試技巧部分。

2. 態(tài)度題
這種題目是訪談類材料出現(xiàn)頻率相當(dāng)高的題型。有的題目對應(yīng)的選項只是表達情感的詞或詞組,而有的題目對應(yīng)的選項是句子。在做這種題的時候,考生一般無法從錄音材料原文中找到答案,需要一定的推理分析能力。下面我們來看一看具體的題目。

2003年訪談的第4題:
From the interview, we know that at present David feels .
A. a sense of frustration B. haunted by the unknown things
C. confi dent but moody D. successful yet unsatisfi ed

2003年訪談的第5題:
How does David feel about the divorce of his parents?
A. He feels a sense of anger. B. He has a sense of sadness.
C. It helped him grow up. D. It left no effect on him.

2004年訪談的第3題:
In Professor Wang’s opinion, technical skills.
A. require good education B. are secondary to education
C. don’t call for good education D. don’t confl ict with education

2005年訪談的第2題:
Which of the following is NOT Professor McKay’s view?
A. People change in old age a lot more than at the age of 21.
B. There are as many sick people in old age as in middle age.
C. We should not expect more physical illness among old people.
D. We should not expect to fi nd old people unattractive as a group.

2005年訪談的第4題:
Professor McKay is towards the tendency of more parents living apart from their?children.
A. negative B. positive C. ambiguous D. neutral

2006年訪談的第5題:
How did Miss Green react to a heavier workload in the new job?
A. She was willing and ready. B. She sounded mildly eager.
C. She was a bit surprised. D. She sounded very reluctant.

2008年對話的第5題:
We learn from the conversation that Freddy is Mary’s ideas.
A. strongly in favour of B. mildly in favour of
C. strongly against D. mildly against

2012年訪談的第4題:
Which of the following features of a creative personality is NOT mentioned in the interview?
A. Unconventional. B. Critical. C. Resolute. D. Original.

不難看出,要做好態(tài)度題,必須熟悉經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)的體現(xiàn)態(tài)度的詞匯,如2003年第4題的frustration(挫折),haunted(受折磨的),confident but moody(自信但憂郁的),successful yet unsatisfi ed(成功但不滿足的);2003年第5題的anger(憤怒),sadness(悲傷),help(幫助),no effect(無用);2005年第4題的positive(肯定的),neutral(中立的);2006年第5題的willing and ready(愿意并準備好了),mildly eager(有一點愿意),a bit surprised(有點驚訝),very reluctant(非常不愿意);2008年第5題的strongly?in favour of(完全贊同),mildly in favour of(略為贊同),strongly against(完全反對),mildly against(略為反對);2012年第4題的unconventional(不依慣例的),critical(挑剔的),resolute(果斷的),original(新穎的)等。

積累了一定量的體現(xiàn)態(tài)度的詞匯后,在聽錄音時就可以從一些詞語或句子中推斷出受采訪者或?qū)υ捜说膽B(tài)度,從而得出答案。如2008年對話的第5題詢問Freddy對Mary意見的看法。該對話的主要內(nèi)容是對建立新機場發(fā)表意見。Mary始終持否定態(tài)度并提出若干理由。Freddy對Mary的看法有些是同意的,有些并不同意。如:But, uh, airports do bring?some local advantages. But, the airport infra... infrastructure relies on housing and other... ; Yes,?you’re right. But, for a lot of people, personal contact is important. And this means travel, and?means quick travel, air travel. And, uh, we just need a new airport. 由此可見,F(xiàn)reddy總體上反
對Mary的意見,但語氣委婉,因此選擇D(mildly against)。

以上提到的是圍繞受采訪者設(shè)計的兩種題型,下面是從題目本身區(qū)分的題型。