(一)语气：
W: Prof. Smith sure was acting strangely today.
M: I noticed that too. She was talking so quietly and then — not giving us any homework. Can you believe that?
Q: What can be inferred about Prof. Smith?
(A)She didn’t teach class today.
(B)She noticed that the students didn’t do their homework.
(C)She usually assigns homework.
(D)She usually talks quietly.
关于语气题的总结：
1、停顿之后是重点。
(二)转折
W: Excuse me, do you sell calculators, I looked over in the office supply section, but I couldn’t find any.
M: That is where you’d find them, but we’re all sold out, we probably won’t have any in for a few more weeks.
Q: What does the man mean?
(A)He expects to sell all of the calculators soon.
(B)The woman should look in a different section of the store.
(C)The store doesn’t have any calculators to sell now.
(D)Calculators are on sale this week.
M: Excuse me, Prof. Jones. I was absent from the first class. And, um, I heard that’s when you handed out the course outline. Would you happen to have an extra copy?
W: I don’t have any with me. But there are a few left in my office. Why don’t you stop by after class?
Q: What does the woman imply?
(A)She hasn’t prepared the course outline yet.
(B)She’ll distribute the course outline during the next class.
(C)There aren’t any copies of the course outline left.
(D)The man can get the course outline after class.
转折题型最主要是以BUT为标志，其次还有一些标志词。
在这些词的后面往往都是考点。
因此在做题时，把这些词后面的句子听懂，即可选对答案。
:P 重点：
转折的后面经常是考点
2、当but起到 强转折 作用时，
把前面句子的意思取非即可
(三)标志词
M: Look we are almost out of gas. We’d better stop at the next gas station.
W: We have enough to make it to the campus. If we stop now, we’ll be late for class.
Q: What does the woman imply?
(A)Class has already started.
(B)They should stop the car right now.
(C)She doesn’t have enough money to buy gas.
(D)This isn’t a good time to go to a gas station.
W: This is such a great time to buy winter clothes. So many stores are having sales now and the price reductions are pretty substantial.
M: Yeah, it’s just what I’ve been waiting for. There are so many things I need.
Q: What does the man imply?
(A)He thinks clothing prices will decrease even further.
(B)He’s going to go shopping soon.
(C)He didn’t know tat stores were having sales now.
(D)He wants to see what the woman bought.