Question 12 is based on the conversation you have just heard.

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W: (12) [Wow, congratulations, Simon! The place looks absolutely amazing.]

M: Really? You think so? 

W: Of course. I love it! It looks like you had a professional interior designer. But you didn’t, did you?

M: No. I did it all by myself with a little help from my brother Greg. He’s actually in the construction business, which was really helpful.

W: (12) [Well, honestly, I’m impressed.] I know I could probably repaint the walls in my house over a weekend or something, but not a full renovation. Where did you get your ideas? I wouldn’t know where to start.

M: (13) [Well, for a while now, I’ve been regularly buying home design magazines. Every now and then, I’d saved a picture I liked.] Believe it or not, I had a full notebook of magazine pages. Since my overall style was quite minimal, I thought and hoped a whole renovation wouldn’t be too difficult. And sure enough, with Greg’s help, it was very achievable.

W: Was it very expensive? I have imagined a project like this could be.

M: (14) [Actually, it was surprisingly affordable.] I managed to sell a lot of my old furniture and put that extra money towards the new material. Greg was also able to get some discount materials from a recent project he was working on as well.

W: Great! If you don’t mind, I’d like to pick your brain a bit more. Jonathan and I are thinking of renovating our sitting room, not the whole house, not yet anyway. (15) [And we’d love to get some inspiration from your experience. ]Are you free to come over for a coffee early next week?

12. What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?

解析：D。四个选项均以She开头，可推测题目会询问对话中女士的相关信息，听音时需要留意女士的描述。录音开头女士就说到，男士的房子看起来非常棒，像是请了专业室内设计师，随后说到她对男士新装修的房子感到很震撼（impressed）。D项内容与录音表述一致，impressed为原词复现，由录音中的place和a professional interior designer也可推断出女士是在夸赞男士新装修的房子，故正确答案为D。

错项排除：录音开头女士提到了a professional interior designer（专业的室内设计师），但女士说的是男士自己装修的房子像是请了专业设计师，并没有说她自己是个专业的室内设计师，故A项错误。录音中女士提到，她打算把自己的屋子也重新粉刷一遍，并没有说她对设计业务了如指掌，录音前面出现了construction business，但这说的是男士的兄弟格雷格在建筑行业工作，而且construction business（建筑业务）并不等同于design business（设计业务），故B项错误。录音末尾女士提到了sitting room，但她说的是她打算重新装修客厅，并没有说她被男士客厅的颜色所吸引，color在录音中未提及，故C项错误。