13. A) Wash the dishes.
B) Go to the theatre.
C) Pick up George and Martha.
D) Take her daughter to hospital.
M：You are not going to do all those dishes before, we leave, are you? If we don’t pick up George and Martha in 25 minutes, we will never get to the theater on time.
W：Oh, didn’t I tell you Martha called to say her daughter was ill and they could not go tonight?
Q：What is the woman probably going to do first?
［答案］A)。[听前猜测]四个选项都是动词短语，内容涉及到洗碗、看电影、接人等，故推测本题考查说话人的动作。[精解]对话中男士反问女士不会等洗完了碗再走吧，接着说如果不在25分钟内接上George 和Martha，可能无法按时到达剧院；女士回答说Martha来电话说女儿病了，今晚去不了了，可见他们不用去接人了，时间也就不紧张了。因此，女士首先可能做的事情是洗碗。故答案为A)。