Jack: 26 It rained for a few days towards the end of our holiday, but mostly it was fine.
答案：(C) Not too bad
Jack先簡短回應天氣狀況「還不算太差」，接著補充細節（下雨幾天但大多晴朗），Not too bad 符合這種中性偏正面的語氣，並呼應後面「mostly it was fine」；It couldn't be better（好到不能再好，太正面）、Don't mention it（不客氣，答非所問）、It was terrible（很糟，跟後面矛盾）都不合。
本題大考中心未公布逐題答對率，以下不談數據，只談觀念。
四個選項都是完整的應答句，單獨看都成立，所以很容易憑第一印象挑一個。這一格不必猜語氣——Jack 自己在同一段話裡就把答案講出來了。
John 問 What was the weather like while you were camping?（你們露營的時候天氣怎麼樣？）空格是 Jack 的回答，而他緊接著自己補充：It rained for a few days towards the end of our holiday, but mostly it was fine.（假期快結束時下了幾天雨，但大多數時候是晴的。）下了幾天雨、但大部分是好天氣——這是「不算太差」，中性偏正面，填 Not too bad。這一篇是對話體，通用解法就是往後讀一句：說話的人自己補充的細節，會把前一句的語氣定死。
It couldn’t be better（好得不能再好）：這是表面否定、實為最高級的說法，與「下了幾天雨」直接衝突。（這個說法在 89 年第 31 題與 101 年第 28 題都出現過，那兩次是答案，這一次換它當陷阱。）It was terrible（糟透了）：與 mostly it was fine 矛盾。Don’t mention it（別客氣）：這是回應別人道謝的話，John 沒有道謝，答非所問。
Not too bad.（還不錯、不算太差）、It couldn’t be better.（再好不過了）、Don’t mention it.（別客氣）、What was the weather like?（天氣怎麼樣）、go camping（去露營）、towards the end of（接近……的尾聲）。
John: What was the weather like while you were camping? Jack: 26 It rained for a few days towards the end of our holiday, but mostly it was fine. We weren't able to visit the Rainbow Waterfalls as we planned, but…
John: 27
Jack: Well, apart from that, we did everything we wanted to—hiking, fishing and swimming. We even managed to visit an aboriginal village in the forest.
John: 28 did you get so far? Jack: We rode bicycles there. We also went to the beach several times. John: Did you take your bikes with you? Jack: No, we rented some at the nearby village.
John: Where did you stay 29 ? Jack: Oh, in a lovely valley, about three miles north of the National Park.
John: I remember when we went camping last summer. We forgot to take a can-opener along! Jack: 30 Do you know what happened to us? A goat came in our tent at night and ate most of our food!