關于英語六級短對話
除了和英語四級相同的一些視聽反向原則(即聽到的單詞和短語要慎選)和同義詞替換原則(即準確答案經常是原文的同義詞語的替換)之外，六級的小對話在出題方向上出現過一些明顯的特點，總結如下：
教授要求嚴格：例如布置作業很多、考試不容易過，上課要求準時、講座難度高等等；
2002年6月 第9題：
M： Erh-erh… Looks like I‘m going to be a little late for class. I hope Pro. Clark doesn’t start on time today。
W： Are you kidding？ You can set your watch by the time he starts his class。
Q： What can be inferred about Pro. Clark？
A) He wants his students to be on time for class。
B) He doesn‘t allow his students to tell jokes in class。
C) He is always punctual for his class。
D) He rarely notices which students are late。
解析：男生說：可能我得遲到一會兒了，我希望Clark教授今天沒有準點開課。女生回答：開玩笑吧，他每次開始上課(時間都很準，以至于)你都可以對你的表。因此答案選C。
2003年1月 第6題
W： Professor Smith， I really need the credits to graduate this summer。
M： Here at this school the credits are earned， not given。
Q： What do we learn from the conversation？
A) The man thinks the woman can earn the credits。
B) The woman is begging the man to let her pass the exam。
C) The woman has to attend a summer course to graduate。
D) The woman is going to graduate from summer school。
解析：女生說：教授，我需要這些學分才能暑假順利畢業。教授回答：這個學校的學分是掙來的而不是給的。因此答案選B。
另外：作業總是很重的負擔，需要了解的是，作業包括各種各樣的assignment 、homework 以及reading list。
2003年6月 第8題
M： Mr. Smith， our history professor， announced we would be doing two papers and three exams this semester. I wonder how I’m going to pull through when two other courses have similar requirements。
W： Well， can‘t you drop one course and pick it up next semester？
Q： What does the woman suggest the man do？
A) Do the assignments towards the end of the semester。
B) Quit the history course and choose another one instead。
C) Drop one course and do it next semester。
D) Take courses with a lighter workload。
解析：男生抱怨道我們的歷史老師Smith宣稱這個學期我們要搞定兩份論文三次考試。可是別的課程也有類似的要求，我都不知道我該怎么去應付了。女生建議道那你為什么不退一門課呢？下學期再選也不遲啊。因此答案選C。
預訂難以成功：房間、交通或演出的票、商品等都很難訂到或買到。
M： I wonder whether it would be possible to change this double room to two single rooms。
W： Sorry， sir. All the single rooms are occupied. But if you like， I can check with Imperial Hotel to see if they have any。
Q： What’s the woman going to do for the man？
A) Let him move to a room with two single beds。
B) Check to see if there are any vacancies in her hotel。
C) Try to help him find rooms in another hotel。
D) Show him the way to Imperial Hotel。
解析：中男生說：我不知道能不能把這個雙人間換成兩個單人間。女生回答：對不起先生，所有的單人間都訂滿了。如果你想要的話，我可以給你查查帝國飯店看看它們有沒有。因此答案選C。
