Question 4 is based on the conversation you have just heard.

Conversation One

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W: (1) [Mr. David Jackson, a staff writer at The New Yorker,] is known for his nonfiction books of adventure. Today, we go on a different kind of adventure: Jackson’s life of parenting his offspring. David, as a parent of an 11- and a 14-year-old, what is the most interesting issue you are dealing with right now?

M: It’s easy to focus on the challenges, but so far I find these ages to be kind of wonderful. (2) [They are independent and they have their own curiosities and obsessions.] You can talk to them about fairly sophisticated subject matters such as politics.

W: Yes, that does sound refreshing compared with talking to younger children. Do they ask you to proofread their essays?

M: Certainly, with writing, they do. (3) [I really just try to be encouraging.] I think at this age editorial guidance is less important than encouragement.

W: Are there books that you think are important that your children read and that all children read?

M: My general thought is to read widely and to incorporate a love for reading. Learning to love to read, I think, is the optimal thing because it gives you a skill you can take anywhere.

W: So, you are not too concerned, like some parents, with the content they’re reading. I know I have some worries about that.

M: Yeah, read what you like. If a child loves graphic novels or comic books, whatever it is that is turning them on to read and turning on their imagination.

W: (4) [I feel that children’s tastes in books change as they reach adolescence. I know that mine certainly did when I was a teenager.] What do you think?

M: I think it’s especially important as they get older to read subject matter that will open their eyes to the world and people. So, I think both fiction and nonfiction are really important because they give you the power to begin to perceive the world through the lives of others.

4. What does the woman say about herself when she was a teenager?（关于她的青少年时期，女士说了什么？）

解析：A。录音中女士提到，她觉得儿童的读书喜好会随着他们进入青春期而改变（tastes in books change as they reach adolescence），而她自己在青少年时期确实也是这样。A项符合题意，几乎全部原词复现，故为正确答案。

错项排除：B项利用录音中的power、C项利用录音中的open their eyes to the world、D项利用录音中的perceive the world进行干扰，但录音中男士是说读一些能够开阔他们视野的东西（open their eyes to the world）尤其重要，他认为小说和纪实作品都非常重要，因为它们给人一种能力（power），使其能够通过他人的生活来感知这个世界（perceive the world），这些都是男士的观点，与女士的青少年时期无关，故B、C、D三项均可排除。