Question 5 is based on the conversation you have just heard.

Conversation Two

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M: Welcome to this week’s episode of Book Talk. (5) [With me today is Heidi Brown, a historian who has written five critically acclaimed books about military history.]

W: Thanks for having me, John. I’m so excited to talk about my latest book, which was published last month.

M: So this book is a novel, your first attempt at that genre. And that’s a bit of a departure for you.

W: (6) [I’d say it’s a major departure as it’s not just a work of fiction. It’s set 200 years in the future.]

M: Right. So how did that happen? You spent three decades writing about the past and focusing on the 18th and 19th centuries. And now you’re speculating about the future.

W: Well, after years of researching soldiers and chronicling their lives during battle, I just started wondering about other facets of their lives, especially their personal lives.

M: I can see that. Your novel is about soldiers, but it focuses on their relationships, especially the bonds between sons and mothers, and men and their wives.

W: Yes. (7) [That focus came about when I still intended to write another book of history. I started by researching soldiers’ actual personal lives, studying their letters home.]

M: So how did that history book become a novel?

W: Well, I realized that the historical record was incomplete, so I’d either have to leave a lot of gaps or make a lot more assumptions than a historian should.

M: But why write a novel set in the future, when your credentials are perfect for a historical novel? As a historian, any historical novel you write would have a lot of credibility.

W: (8) [I felt too constrained working with the past. Like what I wrote needed to be fact as opposed to fiction.] But writing about the future gave me more freedom to imagine, to invent.

M: Well, having read your book, I’m glad you made that choice to move into fiction.

5. What does the man say about the woman? （关于女士，男士说了什么？）

解析：D。在录音开头男士提到，今天和他一起的是海蒂·布朗，她是一位历史学家（historian），写了五本关于军事史的书（books about military history）。D项与此内容相符，其中的historian和military history原词复现，故为正确答案。

错项排除：A项利用录音中的military进行干扰，但critic在录音中无依据，故排除。B项利用录音中的acclaimed和Book Talk进行干扰，但由录音可知，男士是Book Talk的主持人，女士是一位历史学家，写了五本广受好评的（acclaimed）书，B项细节拼凑，故排除。C项利用录音中的genre和researching进行干扰，但录音中男士是说那本小说是女士在这一类型（genre）中的第一次尝试，女士提到她对士兵进行过多年研究（researching），C项细节拼凑，故排除。