Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

22.
[A] She's worried about the seminar. 
[B] The man keeps interrupting her. 
[C]She finds it too hard. 
[D] She lacks interest in it.

23.
[A]The lecturers are boring. 
[B]The course is poorly designed. 
[C] She prefers Philosophy to English. 
[D] She enjoys literature more. 

24.
[A]Karen's friend. 
[B] Karen's parents. 
[C]Karen's lecturers. 
[D]Karen herself.  

25.
[A] Changing her major. 
[B]Spending less of her parents' money. 
[C]Getting transferred to the English Department. 
[D]Leaving the university. 

M: Hey, Karen, you are not really reading it, are you?
W: Pardon?
M: The book! You haven't turned the page in the last ten minutes.
W: No, Jim, I suppose I haven't. I need to get through although, but I keep drifting away.
M: So it doesn't really hold your interest?
W: No, not really. I wouldn't bother with it, to be honest, but I have to read it for a seminar. I'm at the university.
M: It's a labor of labor then rather than a labor of love.
W: I should say, I don't like Dickens at all really, the author, indeed, I am starting to like the whole course less and less. 沪江四六级 http://cet.hjenglish.com
M: It's not just the book, it's the course as well?
W: Yeah, in a way, although the course itself isn't really that bad, a lot of it is pretty good, in fact, and the lecturers are fine. It's me, I suppose. You see, I wanted to do philosophy rather than English, but my parents took me out of it.
M: So the course is OK as such. It's just that hadn't been left to you. You would have chosen a different one.
W: Oh, they had my best interest at heart, of course,[24B] my parents. They always do, don't they? They believe that my job prospects would be pretty limited with the degree of philosophy. Plus they give me really a generous allowance, but I am beginning to feel that I'm wasting my time and their money. They would be so disappointed though if I told them I was quitting.

预览四道题各选项，由22题可推测对话中女士（Karen）很可能对某一课程缺乏兴趣或感觉吃力，23题则涉及到Karen对专业的喜好问题，25题则表明对话很可能与Karen更换专业有关。综合来看，对话很可能是围绕Karen不满目前专业想调换这一话题展开。 沪江四六级 http://cet.hjenglish.com

22. Why can't Karen concentrate on the book?
【解析】由worried, find it too hard, lack interest可推测本题很可能是与Karen对it的感受有关。由本题[A]中的seminar（讨论会）及其他题选项中course, major等词可推测本题中it应该与某一课程有关。[B]是说男士一直打扰Karen，与其他三项（Karen自己的感受）内容明显不同，故可初步排除。而根据23题中prefer和enjoy可推测本题很可能是与Karen的兴趣有关，即本题答案很可能为[D]。

23. Why is Karen starting to like the course less and less?
【解析】根据上题分析，选项中boring, poorly designed与prefer, enjoy表明本题很可能是关于Karen对该课程缺乏兴趣的原因有关。两道题结合起来分析，问题应该是Karen主观方面的原因引起的。因此本题的答案应主要在[C]和[D]之间选择，重点辨别Karen是更喜欢“philosophy（哲学）”还是更喜欢“literature（文学）”。rather than意为“而不是”。 沪江四六级 http://cet.hjenglish.com

24. Who thinks Philosophy graduates have limited job opportunities?
【解析】选项均为人物角色表明本题是针对“who”进行提问。联系对话主题，本题很可能与影响Keren对课程或专业的喜好或选择的人有关。听音时注意辨认选项中的关键词。Have one’s best interest at heart意为“处处为某人的利益着想”。

25. What is Karen thinking of doing?
【解析】选项均为现在分词表明本题为考查“行为活动”类型。[B]与对话主题及其他选项均无关系，故可初步排除。[D]是说要退出大学，而根据对主题的分析，对话主要涉及的是专业问题，没有提到要退学的问题，故本题答案更可能在[A]和[C]之间选择。而[C]选项是说转到外语系，实际上也是改变专业，包含在[A]之内，故本题答案最有可能为[A]。注意这里的quit是指退出现在的专业，而不是指退出大学，选择答案时需根据上下文，切忌根据常识进行判断。 沪江四六级 http://cet.hjenglish.com