Question 14 is based on the conversation you have just heard.

Conversation Two

W: Our topic today is about something that foreigners nearly always say when they visit Britain. It’s “Why are the British so cold?”（12）And they’re talking about the British personality—the famous British “reserve”. It means that we aren’t very friendly, we aren’t very open.

M: So do you think it’s true?

W: It’s a difficult one. So many people who visit Britain say it’s difficult to make friends with British people. （12）They say we’re cold, reserved, unfriendly...

M: I think it’s true. Look at Americans or Australians. They speak the same language,

but they’re much more open. And you see it when you travel, people—I mean strangers—speak to you on the street or on the train. （13）British people seldom speak on the train. Or the bus. Not in London, anyway.

W: “Not in London.” That’s it. Capital cities are full of tourists and are never friendly.

People are different in other parts of the country.

M: Not completely. I met a woman once, an Italian.（14） She’s been working in Manchester for two years, and no one—not one of her colleagues—had ever invited her to their home. They were friendly to her at work, but nothing else. She couldn’t believe it. She said that would never happen in Italy.

W: You know what they say—“an Englishman’s home is his castle”. It’s really difficult to get inside.

M: Yeah. （15）It’s about being private. You go home to your house and your garden and you close the door. It’s your place.

W: That’s why the British don’t like flats. They prefer to live in houses.

M: That’s true.

What does the man say about the Italian woman working in Manchester?

该题目为细节题。问题是：对于在曼彻斯特工作的意大利女人， 本文男士说了什么？出题位置在第三个话题，语音强调处。根据原文“...and no one—not one of her colleagues—had ever invited her to their home. They were friendly to her at work, but nothing else. She couldn’t believe it. She said that would never happen in Italy”，没有一个她的同事曾经邀请她去家里做客， 他们在工作中很友好，但是仅此而已，她不相信，因为在意大利绝对不会发生这样的事。答案 B）she was never invited to a colleague’s home（她从来没有被同事邀请到家中做客），完全再现原文。因此，正确选项为 B。