2020年7月大学英语四级听力真题第1套-Conversation1

题目：
8.
A) Her children's disruption.
B) Quiet atmosphere.
C) A sense of isolation.
D) Longer working hours.

9.
A) It doesn't offer coffee.
B) It's too quiet.
C) It doesn't have free Wi-Fi.
D) It lacks the material he needs.

10.
A) The sense of being out in the world.
B) The coffee it provides.
C) The coffee table.
D) The comfortable working condition.

11.
A) People don't order anything.
B) People bring their laptops and paperwork.
C) People occupy valuable table space in quiet times.
D) People of two occupy a table for six.

原文：
Conversation 1 
M: How do you like your new flexible working arrangement? Do you enjoy working from home?
W: Yes and no. I find the isolation challenging at times. Apart from my mother, not too many people I know have time for phone chats during working hours. I tried the library but found I wasn't really keen on working there.
M: No, neither would I. I find the library a bit too quiet. I'd lack inspiration or stimulation, which would be counter-productive to getting a lot of work done.
W: I found the same thing. So, lately, I've been going out to cafés occasionally. I love the noise, the people, the busyness of a café, the sense of being out in the world.
M: Coffee shops seem to have effectively become office spaces for so many people in this digital age. Though I'm not sure how café owners feel about it – having so many people who go to their places to work rather than drink and eat.
W: Yes, some people seem to spend a lot of time there and not order much. The most annoying ones for café owners must truly be those, usually only two of them, who occupy a table for six with their laptops and paperwork.
M: They should sit at a table for two, not at a table for six. Some obviously stay so long, they need to plug their laptops into a power outlet. I nearly tripped over someone's computer electrical lead the other day in my local café.
W: It's a double-edged sword, no doubt about that, for a café owner. While remote workers help to keep the café full in quiet times, they can take up valuable table space in busy periods.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
Question 8: What does the woman say is the disadvantage of working from home?
Question 9: What does the man say is counter-productive to getting work done in the library?
Question 10: What does the woman like about doing one's work in a café?
Question 11: What is most annoying for café owners according to the woman?

答案：
8. C
9. B
10. A
11. D