A、Nearly a year. B、Four years. C、Three years. D、Nine months. C男士说他去艺术学院读了一个三年期的课程，以取得艺术文凭，可见选C。A“近一年”是男士说他在会计事务所工作的时间，故排除。B“四年”在

W: Good morning, Mr. Pitt. Do sit down.
M: Thank you.
W: First of all, Mr. Pitt,(12)I’d like you to tell me a bit about what you’ve been doing.
M: Well, I took four subjects in school: French, German, Chemistry and, uh, Art. Chemistry wasn’t my cup of tea but Art has always been.
W: Art?
M: Well, I really wanted to study Art.(13)It didn’t turn out like that because a friend of my father’s offered me a job—he’s an accountant in London. A quite big firm, you know.
W: I see. A firm of accountants. Interesting!(12)In your application, you say that you only spent nine months with this firm of accountants. Why was that?
M: It was nearly a year actually. Well, to be quite honest, I didn’t like it I just couldn’t seem to get interested in the job although there were fairly good prospects.(14)So I got a place at the Art College to do a three-year diploma course.
W: I see. Now, Mr. Pitt, what about hobbies and interests? Uh, what do you do in your spare time?
M: I like jazz, traditional and folk music. I don’t play, of course,(15)but I go to quite a lot of concerts, and I go to the theatre occasionally and act a bit myself. I’m in the local dramatic society. I read quite a lot and I’ve done a bit of photography. Also, I’ve traveled a lot—hitchhiked all over Europe—last year, that was...
W: Very interesting, Mr. Pitt. I think that’s all I wanted to ask about your background.
12. What might be the relationship between the woman and the man?
13. Why didn’t Mr. Pitt study Art immediately after he left school?
14. How long did it take the man to get a diploma at the Art College?
15. Which is one of the things Mr. Pitt does in his spare time?