Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) Section A
11. [A] It is definitely worthwhile. [B] It may not be so good now. [C] It is even more interesting now. [D] It is even more useful to students. 12. [A] The man should wait a minute. [B] It‟s too late for the man to register.
[C] The man should have done things earlier.
[D] There might still be a chance even if it is the last minute. 13. [A] She lost Sally‟s new address. [B] Sally had to move unexpectedly. [C] She‟s no longer in contact with Sally.
[D] She‟ll be glad to take the mail to Sally‟s house. 14. [A] Save time by using a dictionary. [B] Take the dictionary out of the library. [C] Borrow her English teacher‟s dictionary. [D] Buy her own German-English dictionary.
15. [A] The woman didn‟t make sure what kind of movie to see. [B] The woman must have seen a horror movie last week. [C] The movie left the woman a lasting impression. [D] The woman went to the movie with the man. 16. [A] She can use his car. [B] She can borrow someone else‟s car. [C] She must get her car fixed. [D] She can‟t borrow his car. 17. [A] She is confused by the man‟s question.
[B] She doesn‟t have time to repeat the explanation now. [C] She doesn‟t mind repeating her words.
[D] The man shouldn‟t apologize to her. 18. [A] He had to cancel his interview. [B] He‟s disappointed with his interview. [C] He shouldn‟t have applied for the job.
[D] He doesn‟t want to discuss the interview now.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. [A] Her parents love her very much.
[B] Her parents never force her to do anything she doesn‟t want to do. [C] She is allowed to have whatever career. [D] She has too much freedom.
20. [A] She didn‟t need her parents‟ money any more. [B] She began to get on well with her parents. [C] She always stayed with her parents.
[D] She rented a government house and lived alone. 21. [A] The two speakers are from different countries. [B] The man gets along very well with his parents.
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[C] British parents never interfere with their children. [D] The man doesn‟t like his parents at all.
22. [A] They allowed him to come to England immediately. [B] They thought he should go abroad as a child.
[C] They were reluctant until their son persuaded them. [D] They tried to control his English study.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. [A] To see different places of the world for relaxation. [B] To work for his thesis about network management. [C] To look for some specific investment opportunities.
[D] To see the effects of the technology in North America on other parts of the world. 24. [A] It is a very nice place partly because of many successful people. [B] There are lots of business opportunities in Silicon Valley. [C] Silicon Valley is the world‟s best place for studying. [D] There are numerous schools in Silicon Valley. 25. [A] It makes their life easier.
[B] It brings more opportunities to them.
[C] It brings them more advanced technology.
[D] It brings them more competition and challenges. Section B Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. [A] To cool down. [B] To protect the boy. [C] To frighten it away. [D] To get ready to fight. 27. [A] They are afraid of noises. [B] They hesitate before they hit.
[C] They are bigger than we think. [D] They like to attack running people. 28. [A] By keeping shouting and hitting. [B] By making a wall with his arms. [C] By throwing himself on the cougar.
[D] By swinging his fists at the cougar‟s eyes. 29. [A] Jeb held Tom across his body. [B] Jeb asked Tom to get the knife. [C] Tom struggled free of his father. [D] The cougar jumped from the rock. Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. [A] To see her mother‟s quilts. [B] To help prepare for a show.
[C] To discuss her grandmother‟s life. [D] To get together for the family dinner. 31. [A] The quilt looked very strange. [B] Her grandmother liked the quilt.
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[C] The quilt was the best she had seen. [D] Her mother had made some changes. 32. [A] A quilt show. [B] The mother‟s home. [C] The grandmother‟s quilt. [D] A Monday family dinner. Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. [A] She has been Queen for many years. [B] She has a less upper-class accent now. [C] Her speeches are familiar to many people. [D] Her speeches have been recorded for 50 years. 34. [A] Dutay. [B] Citee. [C] Hame. [D] Lorst.
35. [A] The changes in a person‟s accent.
[B] The Queen‟s Christmas speeches on TV.
[C] The recent development of the English language. [D] The relationship between accents and social classes. Section C
The idea behind the “rule of law” is that impartial laws, not human beings with their (36) ________ and arbitrary tastes and judgments, should govern the formal aspects of social (37) ________.
“We live under a rule of law, not of men,” American teachers tell their students. The students accept the idea. They believe that “no man is above the law,” that laws apply (38) ________ to all people, (39) ________ of their wealth, personal connections, or stations in life. Their faith in the rule of law explains the (40) ________ many Americans held, and many foreigners could not understand: the President Richard Nixon should be (41) ________ from office as a result of his behavior in connection with what was called the “Watergate Scandal”. Nixon had broken the law and therefore should be punished, Americans believed, even if he was the president.
The belief in the rule of law goes beyond the (42) ________ of politics to the other areas of life that are governed by formal rules and (43) ________. (44) __________________________________________________________________________. Personal connections are not supposed to matter under the rule of law.
(45)
__________________________________________________________________________. They may. What is said above describes the ideal to which Americans subscribe. In reality, connections can sometimes help a person get a government job. (46) __________________________________________________________________________. But in general the rule of law prevails, and Americans are proud that it does.
标准听力（二）
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) Section A
11. [A] It was rather dull.
[B] It was not well-organized.
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[C] It was better planned in advance. [D] It made the speakers really being tire
12. [A] Women have got as much freedom as they could want. [B] Women are struggling for their rights all the time.
[C] She understands what this Women‟s Lib business is all about.
[D] She doesn‟t think that British women have got as much freedom as wanted. 13. [A] She couldn‟t talk to the consultant before two. [B] She would talk to the consultant during lunch. [C] She couldn‟t contact the consultant‟s secretary.
[D] She talked with the consultant about the new program until two. 14. [A] He‟ll probably quit school to play tennis. [B] He‟s teaching a tennis class now. [C] He‟s trying to relax this semester. [D] He‟s busy with sports and study. 15. [A] To visit more places in the city. [B] To snap as many pictures as possible. [C] To leave some film for his friends. [D] To spare some time to meet his friends.
16. [A] The woman often misunderstood the man. [B] The man is a poorer driver than the woman. [C] The man had to fix the car again for the woman.
[D] The man does not seem to have a good sense of time. 17. [A] She is worried about the errors made. [B] She is still searching for directions. [C] She needs someone to lend her a hand. [D] She has been doing things in a correct way. 18. [A] The two speakers are classmates. [B] The woman is majoring in psychology.
[C] The man is majoring in children‟s literature. [D] The woman is majoring in elementary education.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. [A] Two police officers. [B] Friends.
[C] A police officer and an investigator. [D] A police officer and a program hostess. 20. [A] He is a good supervisor. [B] He is an experienced police officer. [C] He doesn‟t like his present job. [D] He enjoys doing the patrol work. 21. [A] Detective work. [B] Undercover work. [C] Patrol work. [D] Supervising investigations. 22. [A] A police officer is always not very alarm at the beginning.
[B] It is necessary for a police officer to be familiar with his surroundings. [C] The stress is too large for a policeman at the beginning.
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[D] More policemen have injured during a routine stop.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. [A] In his own apartment. [B] In his wife‟s parents. [C] In his grandparents. [D] In student housing. 24. [A] He works at the university housing office. [B] He has more than one child. [C] His wife is a graduate student. [D] He is a full-time student.
25. [A] She isn‟t as busy in the afternoon. [B] She isn‟t there in the morning.
[C] Her assistant isn‟t there in the morning.
[D] She won‟t have the forms he needs until the afternoon. Section B Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. [A] The exercise of rights is a luxury. [B] The practice of choice is difficult.
[C] Choice and right exist at the same time. [D] The right of choice is given but at a price.
27. [A] Professionals find it hard to decide on a suitable product. [B] Shoppers may find themselves lost in the broad range of items.
[C] People are likely to find themselves overcome by business persuasion. [D] Companies and advertisers are often misleading about the range of choice. 28. [A] Everyday goods need to be replaced often. [B] Advanced products meet the needs of people. [C] Products of the latest design fold the market. [D] Competitions are fierce in high-tech industry. 29. [A] The helplessness in purchasing decisions. [B] The variety of choices in modern society.
[C] The opinions on people‟s right in different countries. [D] The problems about the availability of everyday goods. Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. [A] Ms. Mellor‟s English-teaching instruction. [B] Praises to Ms. Mellor from other teachers. [C] Teacher of the Year 2004 in the United States. [D] Ms. Mellor‟s teaching skills of learning English. 31. [A] English special learners. [B] English study learners.
[C] English speaking and listening. [D] English as a second language.
32. [A] Ms. Mellor‟s students have no problems in learning English. [B] The American government pays much attention to education. [C] Middle school teachers in the USA have to get master‟s degrees.
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[D] Middle school teachers from each state are honored Teachers of the Year. Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. [A] That their daughter isn‟t as lovely as before. [B] That they can‟t read their daughter‟s mind exactly. [C] That they don‟t know what to say to their daughter.
[D] That their daughter talks with them only when she needs help 34. [A] Teenagers talk a lot with their friends. [B] Teenagers talk little about their own lives. [C] Teenagers do not talk much with their parents. [D] Teenagers do not want to understand their parents.
35. [A] Parents have suitable ways to talk with their teenagers. [B] Parents should be patient with their silent teenagers. [C] Parents are unhappy with their growing children. [D] Parents should try to understand their teenagers. Section C
Ironically, in the United States, a country of immigrants, prejudice and discrimination continue to be serious problems. There was often tension between each established group of immigrants and each (36) ________ group. As each group became more (37) ________ successful, and more powerful, they excluded newcomers from full participation in the society. Prejudice and discrimination are part of American history; however, this prejudicial treatment of different groups is nowhere more (38) ________ than with black Americans.
Blacks had (39) ________ disadvantages. For the most part, they came to the land of opportunity as slaves and they were not free to keep their heritage and cultural (40) ________. Unlike most European immigrants, blacks did not have the protection of a support group. They could not mix easily with the (41) ________ society either because of their skin color. It was difficult for them to adapt to the American culture. Even after they became free people, they still (42) ________ discrimination in employment, housing and education.
Until the twentieth century, the (43) ________ of the black population lived in the southern part of the United States. Thenere was a population shift to the large cities in the North. Prejudice against blacks is often associated with the South.
(44)
__________________________________________________________________________. Because their neighborhoods are segregated, many blacks feel that educational opportunities are not adequate for their children. (45) __________________________________________________________________________. Naturally, all parents want the best possible education for their children.
(46)
__________________________________________________________________________. Time will be the real solution to the problem of race.
标准听力（三）
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
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Section A
11. [A] The woman is an unusual student. [B] The man is a rigid person.
[C] The woman‟s request will be granted. [D] No make-up exam will be given. 12. [A] He does want the woman to pay. [B] He doesn‟t understand the woman.
[C] He is wondering what the woman is thinking. [D] He is surprised that the woman would think that. 13. [A] He probably has a poor memory. [B] He is very forgiving and tolerant. [C] He is well liked by his customers. [D] He has been introduced to the staff.
14. [A] The man doesn‟t want to see Mr. Williams. [B] Mr. Jones is in an inferior position. [C] Mr. Jones used to be in charge.
[D] Mr. Williams doesn‟t want to do it tomorrow. 15. [A] It will probably be cold. [B] It will be mild as usual.
[C] It will probably rarely be cold. [D] It will be warm and comfortable. 16. [A] Ask someone to help the woman.
[B] Give the woman the notes for her reference. [C] Lend the woman his pencil and paper. [D] Feel sorry that he can‟t help the woman. 17. [A] The dirty street. [B] The noisy place. [C] The low voice of the man. [D] The crowded park. 18. [A] The woman should join the chess club.
[B] The woman needs a lot of time to play chess. [C] He himself is not a very good chess player, either. [D] He‟s willing to teach the woman how to play chess.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. [A] More work as a teaching assistant. [B] A higher salary.
[C] A longer vacation period. [D] A research assignment. 20. [A] He‟ll start next week. [B] He wouldn‟t enjoy it.
[C] He would like time to decide. [D] He wants his adviser‟s opinion. 21. [A] Finish his degree in the fall. [B] Let someone else read his evaluation. [C] Consider taking fewer courses. [D] Get more teaching experience. 22. [A] Frank‟s talent for teaching.
[B] Frank‟s interesting approach to research. [C] A present Frank will receive for graduation. [D] A congratulatory letter from the department.
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Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. [A] He is sad to have lost his job.
[B] He totally supports the woman‟s choice. [C] He insists that the woman major in business. [D] He doesn‟t believe in his wife. 24. [A] He is out of employment. [B] He lets the woman down.
[C] He has to delay the woman‟s study. [D] The woman chooses the wrong major. 25. [A] In their home. [B] In the school. [C] At a grocery. [D] On the telephone. Section B Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. [A] More than 12%. [B] Almost 50%. [C] Nearly 60%. [D] About 70%. 27. [A] They are self-evident. [B] They are yet to be proved. [C] They are to be further studied.
[D] They are supported by scientific evidence. 28. [A] Different Forms of Exercise [B] Exercise — The Road to Health
[C] Running — A Popular Form of Sport [D] Scientific Evidence of Health Benefits Passage Two
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. [A] To improve her computer program. [B] To find out their attitudes towards food. [C] To find out details she can make use of.
[D] To predict what food they‟ll like in the future. 30. [A] People believe what the computer tells them. [B] People can be led to believe in something false. [C] People tend to forget their childhood experiences. [D] People are not always aware of their personalities. 31. [A] If they learn it is harmful for health.
[B] If they lie to themselves that they don‟t want it. [C] If they are willing to let doctors control their minds. [D] If they think they once had a bad experience of eating it. 32. [A] Whether it is moral. [B] Who it is best for. [C] When it is effective. [D] How it should be used. Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. [A] Helicopters have only been worked on by man since 1940. [B] Chinese children were the first to achieve flight in helicopters.
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[C] Helicopters were considered more dangerous than the early airplanes.
[D] Some people thought they would become widely used by average individuals. 34. [A] They are used for rescue work.
[B] They are taking the place of high-flying jets.
[C] They have been widely used for various purposes.
[D] They are now used exclusively for commercial projects. 35. [A] For high-speed transportation. [B] For extremely high altitude flights. [C] For overseas passenger transportation.
[D] For urgent mission to places inaccessible to other kinds of craft. Section C
Prospective students should bear in mind that housing will be an expensive item in their budget, (36) ________ in magnitude the cost of tuition and food. In (37) ________, the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to (38) ________ one-fifth or one-fourth of the total (39) ________ for living expenses (as opposed to educational expenses, such as tuition and fees). If the amount spent for housing reaches one-third of the total (40) ________ for living expenses, the student is certainly spending too much; however, if it drops to one-sixth, it is possible that the quarters are unsafe, unhealthy, and possibly (41) ________.
For detailed information on local housing (42) ________, students should contact the housing office or the foreign student adviser of the institution that has (43) ________ them. (44) _________________________________________________________________,
because public transportation in many towns and cities in the United States is simply not adequate or convenient.
(45) _________________________________________________________; the housing office of the institution; bulletin boards located in dormitories, cafeterias, libraries, etc. on the campus; the “for rent” columns of campus or community newspapers; fellow students who attend the institution; and a host family in the community. (46) ________________________________________________________________.
标准听力（四）
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) Section A
11. [A] The man must be an excellent student. [B] The man‟s idea is probably a good one.
[C] The man had better drop more than one course.
[D] The man would not have dropped the best course of the four. 12. [A] The movie was really wonderful.
[B] The movie was so full of violent scenes.
[C] The movie wasn‟t as good as he had expected.
[D] The movie was overly concerned with romantic relationships. 13. [A] She wasn‟t able to manage the project well.
[B] She‟s not sure how she was able to finish so early.
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[C] She‟s not sure how to solve the mystery. [D] She still hasn‟t heard what was shocking. 14. [A] He thinks the woman is unfair.
[B] He agrees that the workload is heavy. [C] He feels the assignment is reasonable. [D] He won‟t be able to go to the lab today. 15. [A] Lose weight. [B] Quit smoking.
[C] Weigh himself frequently. [D] Have a talk with the doctor. 16. [A] Getting dressed. [B] Collecting old clothes. [C] Trying out new clothes. [D] Looking for her black dress. 17. [A] The man should go to bed at eleven.
[B] The man should give up watching the movie. [C] The man should stay up and watch the program. [D] The man should read something exciting instead. 18. [A] She was born there. [B] Her children were born there.
[C] She has lived there since 1970.
[D] Her husband was teaching English there.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. [A] They are looking for an apartment to live in.
[B] They are discussing living places and children‟s education. [C] They are complaining about their children. [D] They are planning for the next weekend. 20. [A] There‟s much to do besides work and study. [B] It‟s convenient for people to go anywhere.
[C] The natural environment is beneficial to children. [D] The countryside is a perfect place for weekends. 21. [A] The children are too young to benefit from city life.
[B] Even adults themselves cannot go everywhere in the city. [C] There is a lot to see and do for children and adults. [D] There isn‟t a lot to see and do for children. 22. [A] She is a full-time housewife.
[B] She does not care for her children.
[C] She used to live in the suburbs in her childhood. [D] She will go to a museum next weekend.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. [A] She couldn‟t go to Spain for holiday this summer.
[B] She couldn‟t communicate with Spanish people very well. [C] She didn‟t learn enough Spanish vocabulary. [D] She had few chances to speak Spanish in Spain. 24. [A] By reading the BBC book.
[B] By going to an evening class of BBC. [C] By watching BBC programs.
[D] By going to Spain to talk with Spanish people.
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25. [A] Learn more grammar and vocabulary. [B] Watch more BBC television programs. [C] Understand Spanish cultures well. [D] Do more practice in speaking Spanish. Section B Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. [A] Opera is only for rich people. [B] Opera is famous for its history.
[C] Young people are not interested in operas.
[D] Opera companies are trying to keep operas alive. 27. [A] Because it is hard to find long versions. [B] Because they can make people interested. [C] Because short versions are easy to perform.
[D] Because they can be performed in public libraries. 28. [A] To reduce the cost. [B] To attract young people. [C] To make Cinderella popular. [D] To celebrate its 75th anniversary.
29. [A] Opera is not so popular an art form today. [B] Students enjoy performing operas very much.
[C] The tickets for opera are very expensive at present.
[D] Opera is performed in a language difficult to understand. Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. [A] Because it is part of a historical cave system.
[B] Because it is the largest body of water in Tennessee. [C] Because it is the biggest underground lake in the world. [D] Because it is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. 31. [A] By diving into the water. [B] From “The Council Room”.
[C] By riding far out onto the lake. [D] From an opening in a mountainside. 32. [A] They serve as a tourist attraction.
[B] They serve as an Indian meeting ground. [C] They serve as an underground testing site. [D] They serve as a motorboat race course. Passge Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. [A] Because only rich people can afford the watches. [B] Because the watches were made many years ago. [C] Because only a few watches of the kind were made.
[D] Because the watches were made by a Swiss watchmaker. 34. [A] Its new uses. [B] Its splendid color. [C] Its fashionable style. [D] Its mechanical movement.
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35. [A] Buy the watch. [B] Return the watch. [C] Wear the watch. [D] Receive the service. Section C
The family in Britain is changing. The once typical British family headed by two parents has (36) ________ substantial changes during the twentieth century. In particular there has been a rise in the number of single-person households, which (37) ________ from 18 to 29 percent of all households between 1971 and 2002. By the year 2020, it is (38) ________ that there will be more single people than (39) ________ people. Fifty years ago this would have been socially (40) ________ in Britain.
In the past, people got married and stayed married (41) ________ was very difficult, expensive and took a long time. Today, people‟s views on marriage are changing. Many (42) ________, mostly in their twenties or thirties, live together without getting married. Only about 60%of these couples will (43) ________ get married.
In the past, people married before they had children, but now about 40%of children in Britain are born to unmarried parents. In 2000, (44) _________________________________________________________________.
Before 1960 this was very unusual. People are generally getting married at a later age now and many women do not want to have children immediately. (45) _________________________________________________________________. The number of single-parent families is increasing. This is mainly due to more marriages ending in divorce, (46) ________________________________________________________________.
标准听力（五）
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) Section A
11. [A] Talking about their house. [B] Looking for a place to live in. [C] Walking on the campus. [D] Reading a newspaper. 12. [A] He lent her his extra pen. [B] He offered her a pencil.
[C] He was afraid of losing his pen. [D] He said he didn‟t have any extra ink. 13. [A] They should wait patiently.
[B] They should ask that man to leave.
[C] They should serve that man immediately.
[D] That man is old enough to order things he likes. 14. [A] Change a partner. [B] Ask the teacher for advice.
[C] Meet his partner in the mid-town. [D] Make a compromise with his partner. 15. [A] Go to the game. [B] Have her supper. [C] Miss her class. [D] Meet her friends any minute. 16. [A] It was burned down. [B] It was robbed. [C] It was blown up. [D] It was closed down.
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17. [A] He takes it as a kind of exercise. [B] He wants to save money.
[C] He loves doing anything that is new. [D] His office isn‟t very far.
18. [A] The assignment looks easy but actually it‟s quite difficult. [B] The assignment is too difficult for them to complete on time. [C] They cannot finish the assignment until Thursday. [D] They have plenty of time to work on the assignment.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. [A] Her roommate won‟t share expenses. [B] The apartment needs a lot of repair work. [C] The apartment is too far from the campus.
[D] She‟s having trouble with the owner of the apartment. 20. [A] Paula doesn‟t pay the rent on time. [B] She has to buy a new dishwasher.
[C] Paula repairs the dishwasher without her permission. [D] She can‟t find anyone to repair the dishwasher.
21. [A] Friends. [B] Classmates. [C] Lawyer and client. [D] Lifesaver and drowned victim. 22. [A] He can bring a lawsuit against the owner. [B] He has some knowledge of the law. [C] He once had the same problem. [D] He knows the owner.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. [A] Making a travel to Finland. [B] How to post a letter. [C] Reserving airline tickets. [D] Booking a train ticket. 24. [A] Flight 1070 and 90. [B] Flight 1017 and 19. [C] Flight 1070 and 19. [D] Flight 1017 and 90. 25. [A] At 10:00 a.m. on the 23rd of this month. [B] At 10:00 a.m. on the 22nd of this month. [C] At 4:35 p.m. on the 29th of this month. [D] At 5:55 p.m. on the 22nd of this month. Section B Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. [A] Pollution in the air. [B] A lack of parking. [C] A lack of bridges. [D] Accidents with bicycles. 27. [A] The law of the road. [B] International law. [C] Federal law. [D] Local law. 28. [A] To reduce the number of cars. [B] To train bicyclists.
[C] To help build special bike paths. [D] To help buy more bikes.
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29. [A] Bicycles are causing all the problems. [B] Bicycling would be safer in the future.
[C] There are special paths set aside for bicycles. [D] Bicycles cannot help clean up the environment. Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. [A] Space Travel [B] Problems of Astronauts [C] Water Pollution [D] The Spaceship Earth 31. [A] The present population on earth is fourteen billion. [B] Water is recycled every seventy million years.
[C] The planet earth travels around the sun at 18 miles per second.
[D] The earth is compared to a spaceship because they both travel around the sun. 32. [A] The spaceship Earth cannot make a trip to the moon when its supplies are used
up.
[B] Man must stop abusing the environment in order to have a better future. [C] Someday human beings will be able to live on a spaceship. [D] Space travel will cause pollution to other planets. Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. [A] The family was extremely large. [B] He didn‟t live very long with them.
[C] He was too young when he lived with them. [D] He was fully occupied with observing nature. 34. [A] He was first of all a scientist.
[B] He was not only a naturalist but also a scientist. [C] He was no more than a born naturalist. [D] He was a scientist as well as a naturalist
35. [A] He came up with solutions in a most natural way. [B] He lacked some of the qualities required of a scientist. [C] He had a great deal of trouble doing mental arithmetic.
[D] He just read about other people‟s observations and discoveries.
Section C
Perched among the highlands of western Cameroon, bordered by green mountains and cliff faces, Lake Nvos is a scene of (36) ________ beauty. But the picture cannot be trusted. A detailed study (37) ________ that the lake could release a deadly cloud of carbon dioxide, capable of wiping out entire (38) ________ around its shores.
The warning, from a team of scientists, comes nearly 20 years after the lake discharged an (39) ________ 80m cubic metres of CO2 into the atmosphere. (40) ________ than air, the cloud of gas rolled down surrounding hillsides and villages. Silent and (41) ________, it exhausted the air of oxygen, killing hundreds of cattle and (42) ________ the lives of more than 1,700 people up to 26 kilometers away. “It was one of the most mysterious (43) ________ scientists have ever investigated,” said George Kling, an ecologist at the University of Michigan.
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(44) _________________________________________________________. Gas bubbling up from the Earth‟s magma (岩浆) was under such pressure at the bottom of the 200metredeep lake that it dissolved until it reached max. (45) ________________________________________________________________.
To prevent a recurrence, in 2001 engineers installed a pipe to suck CO2 from the bottom of the lake and release it harmlessly into the air. A pipe was also installed at Lake Monoun, where an outbreak of CO2 killed 37 people in 1984. (46) _____________________________________________________________. “By 2010, those five pipes would be enough to get the carbon dioxide down to safe levels,” he said.
标准听力（一）答案解析
Part III Listening Comprehension Section A
11. M: I understand that the extra 【听前预测】根据意思相反的两个选项中
mathematics course this semester is 有一个很可能是答案的命题规律, 答案锁interesting. 定在[B]和[C]之间。 W: It used to be. But now Prof. Paulson
【解 析】选[B]。对话中女士提到，
has retired.
，其中的It指Q: What does the woman say about the It used to be（曾经是那样）
的是男士说的the…course…is course?
interesting，[B]是对女士话的同义转述，
used to be…指“曾经…”, 用于故为答案。
表示过去的动作或事物的状态，但现在发生了变化。
12. M: I can‟t talk for long. I‟d better get in 【听前预测】由选项中的The man should，
my registration form if I still got time. too late，earlier等可知，本题考查女士对男W: Why do you always wait till the last 士做某事时间早晚的看法，女士的话为听minute?
音重点。
Q: What does the woman mean?
【解 析】选[C]。对话中女士提到，Why do you always wait till the last minute?，指出男士总是把事情拖到最后一刻才办，
也就是建议男士应尽早办事，故答案为[C]。
13. M: Do you know Sally‟s new address? 【听前预测】Sally由选项中重复出现的She，
She got some mails and I‟d like to 和new address，in contact with可知，本题forward them to her. 考查女士和Sally之间的联系。 W: Sorry, we weren‟t exactly on good
【解 析】选[C]。对话中女士提到，we
terms when she left.
weren‟t exactly on good terms when she left
Q: What does the woman mean?
（她走时我们的关系并不好），可推断出女士应该没再和Sally保持联系，故答案为[C]。forward sth. to sb.意为“将某物转交给
be on good/bad terms (with sb. )意为某人”；
“（与某人）关系好/坏”。
14. W: My English teacher suggested that I 【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的dictionary
come in and borrow a German-English 和Take…out of，Borrow，Buy可知, 对话与字Dictionary. 典有关，涉及获得字典的方式。 M: Of course, Miss Helen. You‟re
【解 析】选[D]。对话中男士提到，
welcome to use our dictionaries, but
Wouldn‟t it be better if you had one of your
they may not be taken out of the
[D]（你有一本自己的岂不是更好？），library. Wouldn‟t it be better if you had own?
故为答one of your own? Think how much 的内容是对男士的话的同义转述，
案。 time you could save.
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Q: What did the man suggest Helen do? 15. W: I still can‟t get over the movie last
Saturday evening. I keep having frightening dreams all night.
M: So, next time before you walk into a cinema, make sure you know what you are going to see.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 16. W: I need a car this weekend, but mine
has broken down.
M: I‟m sorry to hear it, but you can always rent one if you have a license. Q: What does the man mean?
17. M: Excuse me, Prof. Grey. But I‟m still
confused. Could you go over that last point one more time?
W: Of course! That‟s what I‟m here for. Q: What does the woman mean?
18. W: You look different today. How did
your job interview go?
M: I don‟t think I came across as well as I could have.
Q: What does the man mean?
【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的The woman，see/seen，movie可知，对话与女士看电影有关。 【解 析】选[B]。对话中女士提到，still can‟t get over the movie last Saturday evening和keep having frightening dreams all night可推断出，女士上周六看过一部恐怖电影，故答案为[B]。get over意为“度过，从…中恢复过来”。
【听前预测】根据意思相反的两个选项中有一个很可能是答案的命题规律, 答案范围锁定在[A]和[D]之间。
but 【解 析】选[D]。对话中男士提到，
you can always rent one（但你总可以租一辆）， [D]中的can‟t borrow his car是男士所说话中的真实想法，故[D]为答案。
【听前预测】由选项中的question, explanation, repeat等可知, 对话与解释疑问有关。由The man shouldn‟t等可知, 女士的话为听音重点。
【解 析】选[C]。对话中女士提到，Of course！That‟s what I‟m here for.（当然能！我在这就是干这个的），其中的what指男士问题中的go over that last point one more time，由此可知女士并不介意再解释一遍, 故答案为[C]。
【听前预测】由选项中的He doesn‟t want to和重复出现的interview可知，本题与男士参加面试有关，男士的话为听音重点。
【解 析】选[B]。对话中男士提到，I don‟t think I came across…well…（我觉得自己没有发挥好），[B]中的disappointed是对男士所说话的同义转述，故答案为[B]。come across意为“使人产生某种印象”。
Now you’ll hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由选项中的parents，career，freedom， interfere，get on well等可知，对话双方谈论的是父母对自己的教育，涉及对自己专业选择、职业规划的干涉以及与父母的关系。
M: Do you think young people are given too much freedom nowadays, and that as a result they‟ve lost respect for their parents and their elders generally?
W: I don‟t think so. My parents never interfered with my plans too much. They advised me but never forced me to do anything I didn‟t want to do. I was allowed to take up the career I wanted. I think I
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. According to the woman, why does she respect her parents?
【解析】选[B]。对话开始女士说她父母绝不逼迫她做自己不喜欢的事情，所以她很尊重父母，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】but转折处常为考点，其后的句子
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respect and love them more for this.
M: Are you quite independent of them now? W: Yes. As soon as I left school and started my studies as a nurse I became independent financially. I have a government grant. It is enough for my daily life. But I still stay with them a lot, as you know.
M: You seem very close to your parents.
W: I am. Many young people today say they have nothing in common with their parents, but I‟m rather lucky because I get on very well with mine. What about you? M: Well, we value family life very much in my country. I‟m very fond of my family, but I don‟t always get on very well with them. They try to control me too much. W: But they allow you to come to study in England on your own.
M: Yes, but only after a lot of persuasion! Your parents treat you as an adult; my parents treat me as a child.
W: As I said, I‟m lucky. Some English parents are like yours. They interfere too much and they just refuse to understand our generation.
为真正要表达的意思；定语从句I didn‟t want to do修饰anything，[B]是对此的同义转述。
20. What happened when the woman began to study nursing?
As soon 【解析】选[A]。对话中女士提到，
as I…started my studies as a nurse I became independent financially（自从我…开始学习
[A]中的didn‟t 护士后便在经济上独立了），
need…money any more是对其中became independent financially的同义转述，故为答案。
【点睛】问题中的began to study nursing是对对话中started...studies as a nurse的同义转述。
21.What can we learn from the conversation?
we value 【解析】选[A]。对话中男士提到，
family life very much in my country（在我们国家，人们非常看重家庭生活），由此可推
断出他们来自不同的国家，故答案为[A]。
22. What attitude did the man’s parents have towards his study abroad?
【解析】选[C]。选项均以They开头，由其
reluctant和their son，go abroad，中的allowed，
study等可知，本题可能考查男士父母对他出国的态度。对话中女士说“they allow you to come to study in England on your own”，男士回答“but only after a lot of persuasion”，可推断出，男士父母起初并不情愿，直到男士说服他们，故答案为[C]。
【点睛】[C]中的reluctant until…persuaded them是对对话中的but only…persuasion的同义转述。
Conversation Two 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，结合23题中的network，24题中的Silicon Valley及25题中的advanced technology等推断，对话可能与先进的网络技术和硅谷有关。
W: Mr. Rick Segal is an expert in network management and software development. I know you‟re planning to take a world tour. Can you tell me when you got the idea for this upcoming tour?
M: Two years ago, I thought about going around to various places to see if all this technology and progress in North America had any effects on the rest of the world. W: You have criticized Silicon Valley, particularly its venture community for arrogance, for seemingly believing it is the center of the universe. Why is this?
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. What is the purpose of the man’s world tour?
【解析】选[D]。选项均以动词不定式开头表明，本题可能考查做某事的目的。对话开头男士提到，going around…to see if all this technology and progress in North America had any effects on the rest of the world，即他想看看美国的科技在其他国家的效果及影响，[D]是对此的同义转述，故为答案。
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M: I have actually not criticized SV nor made a 24. Which is true about Silicon Valley big deal about the Valley‟s according to the man?
center-of-the-universe attitude. I have been 【解析】选[A]。预览选项可知, 本题与对trying to make the point that I believe there is Silicon Valley的评价有关。对话中男士说life on other planets. “硅谷确实是个最棒的地方之一，因为它拥W: Champions of Silicon Valley see it as the
有高质量的学校、众多帮助他人成功的成
world‟s best ecosystem for tech startups. In
[A]中的many 功人士，还有一些其他原因”，your view, is this still true?
M: It is one of the best places because of the successful people表述正确, 故为答案。
[B]在对话中没有提到；[C]中的the quality of schools, the number of 【点睛】
successful people who hung around and world‟s best place与对话中的one of the best seeded others to be successful, and other places表述不一致；[D]中的numerous reasons. Again, I hope that other places schools是对quality of schools的错误表述。 can begin to build these required 25. What effect does the connected world ecosystems, so we begin to see more bring to entrepreneurs in remote centers of excellence springing up around locations? the world. 【解析】选[B]。选项中的It makes/bringsW: How has the connected world changed the
表明，本题考查It的影响。对话中女士说“联
opportunities for businessmen in remote
系紧密的世界是怎样为偏远地区的商人提locations?
紧接着男士将现在和以前的M: In the old days, it was very hard to get a 供机会的？”，
voice or have that voice heard. That is the 情况进行了对比, 表明现在的商人比以前single greatest barrier to entry. Today, a 的机会多了，故答案为[B]。
free block, or a good service or idea, can 【点睛】听清问题中的the connected worldget noticed and take off. 明确选项中的It的指代内容是解答本题的W: How do you see investment opportunities 关键。 change because of the connected world? M: Companies have to think globally from the perspective of resources, customers, etc. This is important because with technology and a global infrastructure, making it big might mean making it big in the UK, New Zealand, and Canada.
Section B
Passage One 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由选项中的Jeb，Tom，cougar，fight等可知，短文可能与Jeb或Tom和美洲豹的搏斗有关。
Lying in the sun on a rock, the cougar saw Jeb and his son, Tom, before they saw it. Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both hands, making himself look big to the cougar. It worked. The cougar hesitated, ready to attack Jeb, but ready to forget the whole thing, too.
Jeb let go of his jacket, grasped Tom and held him across his body, making a cross. Now the cougar‟s enemy looked even bigger, and it rose up, ready to move away, but unfortunately Tom got scared and struggled free of Jeb.
“Tom, no!” shouted his father.
But Tom broke and ran and that‟s the last thing you do with a cougar. The second Tom broke free, Jeb threw himself on the cougar, just as it jumped from the rock. They hit each other in mid-air and both fell. The cougar was on Jeb in a flash, forgetting about Tom, which was what Jeb wanted.
Cougars are not as big as most people think and a determined man stands a chance, even with
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just his fists. As the cougar‟s claws got into his left shoulder, Jeb swung his fist at its eyes and hit hard. The animal howled and put its head back. Jeb followed up with his other fist. Then out of the corner of his eye, Jeb saw Tom. The boy was running back to help his father.
“Knife, Tom!” shouted Jeb.
The boy ran to his father‟s bag, while Jeb started shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar‟s attention away from Tom. Tom got the knife and ran over to Jeb. The cougar was moving its head in and out, trying to find a way through the wall Jeb was making out of his arms. Tom swung with the knife, into the cougar‟s back. It howled horribly and ran off into the mountains.
The whole fight had taken about thirty seconds.
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. Why did Jeb pull his jacket open when he saw the cougar?
【解析】选[C]。选项均以动词不定式开头表明，本题考查行为目的。短文开头提到看到美洲豹时，Jeb…pulled his jacket open with both hands, making himself look big to the cougar（用两只手把他的夹克À开到最大，是自己的体型大于美洲豹），而美洲豹面对一个体型大于它的人，就会害怕，所以Jeb这样做是为了吓退美洲豹，故答案为[C]。 【点睛】现在分词做伴随状语，由making himself look big to the cougar可推出，其目的是为了吓退美洲豹。
27. What do we know about cougars?
【解析】选[D]。短文中提到Tom broke and ran and that‟s the last thing you do with a cougar （Tom因害怕跑了, 这是面对美洲豹时的大忌），由此可推断出，美洲豹喜欢攻击奔跑中的人，故答案为[D]。the last thing 意为“最不应该做的事”。
【点睛】听清问题中的cougars，明确选项中They的指代是解答本题的关键。
28. How did Jeb try to hold the cougar’s attention?
【解析】选[A]。选项均以By + doing开头表明，本题考查方式方法。短文后面提到, Jeb started shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar‟s attention away from Tom（Jeb开始大声叫喊，同时用È头打美洲豹，将豹的注意力从Tom身上引开），故答案为[A]。
【点睛】问题中的try to hold the cougar‟s attention是对对话中to keep the cougar‟s attention away的同义转述。
29. Which of the following happened first?
【解析】选[A]。短文中提到，Jeb将Tom十字交叉抱着后Tom挣脱父亲跑掉，Tom跑掉之后，美洲豹从岩石上跳下来，最后Tom给父亲拿来一把刀，故答案为[A]。 【点睛】听清问题中的happened first是解题的关键。
Passage Two 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的her mother/grandmother，family，quilts等可知，短文与说话者的家庭生活有关，涉及到被子的情况。
I arrived at my mother‟s home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food flew over from the kitchen. My mother was pulling out quilt after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30. Why did the speaker go to mother’s home? 【解析】选[D]。选项均以不定式开头表明，本题可能考查行为目的。短文开头就提到I arrived at my mother‟s home for our Monday family dinner，即说话者去母亲家是为了周
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bottom of one box. I pulled it out. “What is 一的家庭聚餐，故答案为[D]。 this?” I asked. 【点睛】[D]中的family dinner是对短文中
“Oh?” Mom said, “That‟s Mama‟s quilt.” family dinner的信息再现，for表目的。 I spread the quilt. It looked as if a group 31. Why was the speaker surprised? of school children had pieced it together:
“Grandmother 【解析】选[A]。短文中提到，
irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked
made this?” I said, surprised，其中的this指line on the right.
“Grandmother made this?” I said, 的前面提到的被子，It looked as if a group surprised. My grandmother was a master at of school children had pieced it together: making quilts. This certainly didn‟t look like irregular designs，childish pictures，a
crooked line on the right，可见这条被子特any of the quilts she had made.
“Yes, right before she died. I brought it 别奇怪，故答案为[A]。
home with me last year and made some 【点睛】[A]中的strange是对短文中irregular changes,” she said. “I‟m still working on it. designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on See, this is what I‟ve done so far.” the right的归纳概括。
I looked at it more closely. She had made 32. What is mainly talked about in the straight a crooked line. In the center of the passage?
quilt, she had stitched(缝) a piece of cloth with 【解析】选[C]。选项均为概括性强的名词these words: “My mother made many quilts.
短语表明，本题可能考查短文的主题或主
She didn‟t get all lines straight. But I think this
is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last 旨。短文通过母亲的被子引出姥姥的被子，
讲述这条被子的制作等，并说明“爱的传递”quilt.”
“Oh, this is so nice, Mom,” I said. It 是这条被子的意义所在，故答案为[C]。 occurred to me that by completing my 【点睛】短文主旨要根据短文内容进行总grandmother‟s quilt, my mother was honoring 结。 her own mother. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family treasure. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another.
Passage Three a less upper-class accent，Her speeches， 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的She，accents and social classes表明，短文与口音和社会地位的关系有关。 The Queen‟s English is now sounding less upper-class, a scientific study of the Queen‟s Christmas broadcasts had found. Researchers have studied each of her messages to the Commonwealth countries since 1952 to find out the change in her pronunciation from the noble Upper Received to the Standard Received.
Jonathan Harrington, a professor at Germany‟s University of Munich, wanted to discover whether accent changes recorded over the past half-century would take place within one person. “As far as I know, there just is nobody else for whom there is this sort of broadcast records,” he said.
He said the noble way of pronouncing vowels had gradually lost ground as the noble upper-class accent over the past years. “Her accent sounds slightly less noble than it did 50 years ago. But these are very, very small and slow changes that we don‟t notice from year to
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. Why were the Queen’s broadcasts chosen for the study?
【解析】选[D]。短文一开始提到一项针对女王口音的变迁的研究，接着说出原因：想通过过去半个世纪的记录来发现口音变化是否会在一个人身上发生，而除了女王，别人都没有50年的相关记录，故答案为[D]。
【点睛】短文中没有直接说明原因，但通过一些关键的信息点还是能够轻易选出答案。[D]中的50 years是对half-century的同义转述。
34. Which is an example of a less noble accent in English?
【解析】选[B]。短文中给出几个例子, 如以前尊贵的读法是citay，dutay，hame，lorst，现在的读法是citee，dutee，home，lost。[B] citee是现在的读法，也就是不太
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year.” 尊贵的英语口音，故答案为[B]。
“We may be able to relate it to changes in 【点睛】听清问题中的less noble accent是the social classes.” he told The Daily 解答本题的关键。
Telegraph, a British newspaper. “In 1952 she 35. What is the passage mainly about? would have been heard saying „thet men in
【解析】选[A]。选项均为概括性强的名词
the bleck het‟. Now it would be „that man in
the black hat‟. Similarly, she would have 短语表明，本题可能考查短文主旨。短文spoken of „the citay‟ and „dutay‟, rather than 一开始就提到女王口音的变化，接着引出
以女王的广播为研究对象，„citee‟ and „dutee‟, and „hame‟ rather than 一项口音研究，
„home‟. In the 1950s she would have been 研究一个人在50年中的语音变化，故答案„lorst‟, but by the 1970s „lost‟.” 为[A]
The Queen‟s broadcast is a personal message to the Commonwealth countries. Each Christmas, the 10-minute broadcast is put on TV at 3 p.m. in Britain as many families are recovering from their traditional turkey lunch.
Section C
36.【解析】irrational。由空前的their和空后的and可知，本空应填一和arbitrary意义相近的形容词。irrational在此意为“非理性的”。
37.【解析】interaction。由空前的social可知，本空应填一名词。social interaction意为“社会交际”。 38.equally。【解析】由空前的apply和空后的介词to可知，本空应填一副词来修饰apply。equally在此意为“公平地，公正地”。
39.【解析】regardless。上文中提到没有人能凌驾于法律之上，本空所在句是对people的进一步限定，应该说的是不考虑财富、个人关系或者地位。regardless of意为“不管，不考虑”之意。
40.【解析】conviction。由空前的explains和the可知，本空应填一名词。conviction在此意为“信念，信条”。
41.【解析】removed。由空前be和空后的from可知，本空应填一过去分词形式的动词。be removed from office意为“免除职务”。
42.【解析】realm。由空前的the和空后的of可知，本空应填一名词。realm在此意为“领域”。
43.【解析】procedures。由空前的rules和and可知，本空应填一复数名词。procedures在此意为“程序”。
44.【答案】Getting a job with a government agency or getting a government grant for a research project, fulfills following published requirements
【Main Points】Getting a post with a government agency or getting a government grant for a research project, fulfills following published requirements 45.This is not to say that personal contacts, wealth, and social influence do not matter 【答案】
where laws and rules are concerned 【Main Points】This is not to say that personal contacts, wealth, and social influence is not important where laws and rules are concerned
46.【答案】Rich people can sometimes go unpunished for illegal behavior that poor people would likely to be punished for
【Main Points】The rich can sometimes go unpunished for illegal behavior which poor people would likely to be punished for
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标准听力（二）答案解析
Part III Listening Comprehension Section A
11. W: Let‟s talk about the preparations for 【听前预测】由选项中的It，dull，not
the party. well-organized，tired等可知，对话可能与ItM: Right, I think we really need to plan （极可能是某个活动或会议）的缺点有关。
better and get things done in advance
【解 析】选[B]。对话中男士提到上次
this time. Still remember what a mess
的派对真是一团糟，[B]中的not it was at the last party?
Q: What do we know about the last party well-organized是对男士说的what a mess的
同义转述，故答案为[B]。in advance意为from the conversation?
“提前”。
12. M: I‟ve never understood what this 【听前预测】由选项中的She
Woman‟s Lib business is all about. I understands/doesn‟t think，Women，freedomcan understand women in some 等可知，对话与女士对妇女权利的看法有countries struggling for their rights.
关，女士的话为听音重点。
But it strikes me that here in Britain
选[D]。女士的话You are foolingwomen have already got as much 【解 析】
freedom as they could possibly want. （你被愚弄了）为听音重点，结合男士提到
women have already 的Britain W: You are fooling.
got…freedom…they…want（英国女性已经-Q: What does the woman mean?
获得…她们…想要的…自由）可知，答案为[D]。Woman‟s Lib意为“妇女解放”。
13. M: By the way, Jane, did you talk to the 【听前预测】由选项中的She，talk，
consultant about our health program? consultant和时间短语可知，对话与女士与W: I contacted his office, but his 顾问谈话的时间有关。
secretary said he would be out for
【解 析】选[A]。女士的转折表述he
lunch until two.
would be out for lunch until two（他出去吃
Q: What does the woman mean?
饭了，要两点才能回来）表明，女士两点前不能与顾问谈话，故答案为[A]。
14. M: Have you seen Tom at all this semester? 【听前预测】由选项中的He，quit school，
I used to see him everywhere! But now, play tennis，sports，study等可知，对话与 Hehe‟s never around. 的运动和学习有关。 W: Well, he‟s got a really heavy course
【解 析】选[D]。对话中女士提到he‟s got
load and he is on the tennis team now!
a really heavy course load and he is on the
Q: What does the woman say about Tom?
tennis team now（他现在课程负担很重，而且他还在网球队打球）。[D]是对女士的话的综合表述，故为答案。
15. W: Oh, this is a beautiful city. I‟m really 【听前预测】选项中的for/meet his friends表
glad I‟ve brought my camera. 明，男士的话为听音重点。
M: Yes, there are lots of things to take 【解 析】选[D]。对话中男士提到I have
pictures of here. But I hope you will some friends who would like to meet younot plan to spend all of your time
（我有几个朋友想见你），由此可知，男士
snapping. I have some friends who
暗示女士抽时间跟他的朋友们见面，故答would like to meet you.
Q: What does the man want the woman to 案为[D]。 do?
16. W: You are late again! We‟ve been 【听前预测】由选项中的The man，driver，
expecting you for an hour. For what car等可知，对话与男士的汽车有关。 reason this time? 【解 析】选[D]。对话中女士提到You M: I‟m terribly sorry. I couldn‟t start my
are late again!（你又迟到了！），[D]中的not
car, and then I had to send for my
mechanic to fix it. I really don‟t know seem to have a good sense of time与女士所说
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things would turn out to be like this. Q: What can we infer from the
conversation?
17. M: How are you doing with your plan?
W: No one knows how to do the work
correctly, so we have to learn how to do it by a process of trial and error. But I think things are getting better and better.
Q: What do we learn from the
conversation about the woman?
turn out to 的late again相对应，故答案为[D]。
be…意为“结果是…”。
【听前预测】由选项中的She is worried/needs等可知，女士的话为听音重点。
【解 析】选[B]。对话中女士提到，No one knows how to do the work correctly…learn…by…trial and error（没人知道怎么正确开展工作，通过…不断摸索…来学习），[B]是对女士的话的同义转述，故为答案。trial and error意为“反复实验（以摸索到好方法）”。
【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的The woman，The man，majoring in可知，对话与男士和女士的专业有关。
【解 析】选[D]。对话中女士提到Are you also majoring in elementary education（你的专业也是初等教育？），由其中的also推断出[D]的表述正确，故答案为[D]。elementary education意为“初等教育”。
18. W: Hi, Peter. I was surprised to see you in
the class in children‟s literature yesterday. Are you also majoring in elementary education?
M: No, I‟m not. But as a psychology major I
can use this to fulfill the requirement in developmental psychology.
Q: What do you learn from the
conversation?
Now you will hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由选项中的police officer，Detective/Patrol work等可知，对话可能与警察的工作有关。
W: Welcome to our program, Mr. Smith. M: Thank you.
W: Mr. Smith, how long have you been a police officer?
M: I‟ve been a police officer for thirty years. W: Thirty years. And you‟ve had different types of assignments on the police force, I guess.
M: Yeah, I‟ve done everything from patrol to undercover work to detective work, and now I‟m supervising investigations.
W: Mr. Smith, I think most people would say that being a police officer is a very stressful job. Would you agree?
M: Yes, it‟s definitely a stressful job. But it depends on your assignment.
W: So, what‟s probably the most stressful job you can have?
M: I‟d say patrol is the most stressful assignment.
W: That‟s interesting! In what way?
M: Well, I guess the biggest part of the stress is the fear factor, the fear of the unknown. W: What do you mean, Mr. Smith?
M: Well, in patrol work, you don‟t know from moment to moment who you are talking to or what their reaction is going to be to
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
【解析】选[D]。预览选项可知，本题考查人物关系。根据女士的开场白Welcome to our program以及接下来的问题How long…a police officer?可推测，对话双方的身份分别是电视台节目女主持人和警察，故答案为[D]。
【点睛】人物关系题要根据对话双方的语气、关键信息词进行推理判断。
20. What do we know about Mr. Smith from the conversation?
【解析】选[B]。对话中Mr. Smith提到，他
undercover work做过patrol（巡警），（卧底），
detective work（刑侦工作），supervising investigations（督察），可推断出他是一个经验丰富（experienced）的警察，故答案为[B]。
21. What assignment does Mr. Smith believe is the most stressful?
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justify your presence. Let‟s say, for example, a patrol officer stops someone for a traffic violation. It seems as though that would be a very low-stress situation. W: Yes, it is a very low-stress situation.
M: But the truth is, there are more police officers injured during a routine stop. W: Really?
M: Really! That‟s why all police officers are taught from the very beginning to be aware of their surroundings: people back over policemen, people shoot policemen, people jump out at policemen — different kinds of things. So that‟s probably the most stressful time.
W: I see. Let‟s take a break and then we‟ll move on to our next topic. M: All right.
patrol 【解析】选[C]。对话中Mr. Smith提到，
is the most stressful assignment（巡逻是最有压力的工作），并进行了解释说明，故答案为[C]。
【点睛】最高级处常设为考点，听音时多加留意，问题中的most stressful是听音关键。
22. Why are all police officers taught to be aware of their surroundings from the very beginning?
【解析】选[D]。对话中男士提到，事实上在一些例行的检查中可能会有更多的警察受伤，那就是所有的警察在一开始受训时就要对周围的环境时刻保持警惕的原因，故答案为[D]。
【点睛】问题原句在对话中以That‟s why出现，那么其答案应该在该句之前。
Conversation Two 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的apartment, student housing等可知，对话与住宿有关。 W: Good morning. This is Housing Office. How can I help you?
M: Hi. I‟m calling about the new subsidized low-cost housing for graduate students. W: Are you aware that it‟s only available to married graduate students and their families?
M: Yes. I think my wife and I may qualify since she‟s still in graduate school. But I was wondering whether there were any other requirements.
W: Well, unless you have more than one child, you have to have a combined annual income that‟s less than 5,000 dollars.
M: I‟m working as a part-time research assistant so that‟s no problem. But right now we‟re living with my wife‟s parents. Does that mean we have to include their income too?
W: Not necessarily. Why don‟t you stop by our office so I can give you some forms to fill out and explain everything in more detail? M: That sounds like a good idea. Would tomorrow morning be all right?
W: I think the afternoon might be better. You know it can be pretty crazy around here on a Friday morning.
M: All right then. I‟ll try to make it in the afternoon. Is there anyone special I should ask for?
W: You can ask for me, Susan Davidson, or
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. Where does the man live?
【解析】选[B]。预览选项可知，本题考查
But 与男士有关的地点。对话中男士提到，
right now we‟re living with my wife‟s parents，由此可知，男士现在和妻子的父母同住，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】But转折处常设为考点，应注意其后的句子通常为答案所在。
24. Why does the man believe he’s eligible for low-cost housing?
【解析】选[C]。对话中女士提到，申请低
I think 价住宿的条件是已婚研究生，男士说，
my wife and I may qualify since she‟s still in graduate school，由此可知，男士的妻子是研究生，符合申请条件，故答案为[C]。
25. Why does the woman suggest that the man visit her office in the afternoon? 【解析】选[A]。对话中男士提出明天早上拜访女士，女士表示拒绝并提出在明天下午见，并解释了原因，it can be pretty crazy around here on a Friday morning（周五上午人太多了），也就是说，她周五上午太忙，故答案为[A]。
【点睛】考查时间的题一般对话中给出两个以上时间，听清问题是解答此类题目的
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my assistant Bill Brown. We‟ll be glad to 关键。 give you any help you need. M: OK. Thanks a lot. See you then.
Section B
Passage One 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由选项中的The right of choice，products，purchasing decisions，variety of choices等可知，短文与商品购买的决定有关。 Almost every day we come across situations in which we have to make decisions one way or another. Choice, we are given to believe, is a right. But for a good many people in the world, in rich and poor countries, choice is a luxury, something wonderful but hard to get, not a right. And for those who think they are exercising their right to make choices, the whole system is merely an illusion, a false idea created by companies and advertiser, hoping to sell their products.
The endless choice gives birth to anxiety in people‟s lives. Buying something as basic as a coffee pot is not exactly simple. Easy access to a wide range of everyday goods leads to a sense of powerlessness in many people, ending in the shopper giving up and walking away, or just buying an unsuitable item that is not really wanted. Recent studies in England have shown that many electrical goods bought in almost every family are not really needed. More difficult decision-making is then either avoided or trusted into the hands of the professionals, lifestyle instructors, or advisors.
It is not just the availability of the goods that is the problem, but the speed with which new types of products come on the market. Advances in design and production help quicken the process. Products also need to have a short lifespan so that the public can be persuaded to replace them within a short time. The typical example is computers, which are almost out-of-date once they are bought. This indeed makes selection a problem. Gone are the days when one could just walk with case into a shop and buy one thing; no choice, no anxiety.
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What do we learn from the passage? 【解析】选[B]。短文中提到，The endless choice gives birth to anxiety in people‟s lives. Buying something as basic as a coffee pot is not exactly simple，由此可知，选择并不简单，故答案为[B]。
27. Why do more choices of goods give rise to anxiety?
【解析】选[B]。短文中提到，The endless choice gives birth to anxiety in people‟s lives和Easy access to a wide range of everyday goods leads to a sense of powerlessness in many people，也就是说，商品的种类太多了，顾客都挑花眼了，很难做出选择，从而产生了忧虑， [B]中的the broad range of items对应短文中的a wide range of everyday goods，故为答案。 【点睛】问题中的more choices of goods give rise to anxiety是对短文中The endless choice gives birth to anxiety的同义转述。 28. What does the speaker want to prove by using computers as an example? 【解析】选[C]。短文中提到，The typical example is computers, which are almost out-of-date once they are bought，该例子是为了证明前面的话：Products also need to have a short lifespan so that the public can be persuaded to replace them within a short time，也就是说是为了证明新设计的商品搅乱了市场，使人们的选择变得更加困难，故答案为[C]。
【点睛】注意举例处一般是为了证明前面的观点。
29. What is this passage mainly about? 【解析】选[A]。选项均为概括性强的名词短语表明，本题可能考查短文主旨。短文主要是讲人们在选购商品时的困难和无助，故答案为[A]。
Passage Two
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【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，结合第30题中多次出现Ms. Mellor，English-teaching，Teacher等可知，短文很可能与Ms. Mellor作为英语教师的相关情况有关。
A teacher of English as a second language Questions 30 to 32 are based on the is the 2004 Teacher of the Year in the United passage you have just heard.
States. Kathy Mellor of Rhode Island will 30. What is the passage mainly about? spend the next year as an international 【解析】选[C]。选项均为概括性强的名词spokeswoman for education. President Bush 短语表明，本题很可能考查短文主旨。由and his wife, Laura, honored her during a 短文开头提到的A teacher of English as a ceremony at the White House last week. second language is the 2004 Teacher of the
For the past nineteen years, Kathy Mellor
Year in the United States.可知，短文主要谈
has taught English as a second language at
“2004年美国年度教师”的相关情
Davisville Middle School in North Kingstown, 论的是
Rhode Island, in the northeastern United States. 况，故答案为[C]。
She redesigned the program for ESL students at 【点睛】短文主旨和标题一般在开头或结her school to provide each student with one to 尾有所提及，应给予足够的重视。 three periods per day in classes for English learners. How much instruction the students get depends on their level of skill in listening, speaking, reading and writing. The amount of
time they spend in these classes is reduced as 31. What does “ESL” in the passage stand their level of English increases. for?
A teacher describes this as the most 【解析】选[D]。短文中多次出现English as successful ESL program in North Kingstown. a second language，由此可知ESL是其简写She also praises Kathy Mellor for providing 形式，故答案为[D]。 help to students and their families by forming a local parents group for speakers of other languages. This improved their ability to help their children.
Kathy Mellor earned a master‟s degree in 32. What can we learn from the passage? education from Rhode Island College. She
【解析】选[B]。短文主要谈论的是the 2004
studied teaching English as a second language.
She was chosen for the national honor of Teacher of the Year，开头提到，President Teacher of the Year from among top teachers in Bush and his wife, Laura, honored her each of the fifty states. As Teacher of the Year, during a ceremony at the White House last Kathy Mellor will travel around the United week，由此可推断出，美国政府很注重教States and to other countries. She will talk 育，故答案为[B]。 about the importance of education and the work of teachers.
Passage Three 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，结合第35题中重复出现的Parents和their teenagers可知，短文可能与父母和孩子之间的关系有关。 Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers. But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son: suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. “The door to his room is always shut,” Joanna noted.
Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. “She used to cuddle up with me on the sofa and talk,” said
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. What troubles Tina and Mark most? 【解析】选[B]。短文中提到，The problem is figuring out which time is which，其中的The problem指的就是上文Tina and Mark提到的他们不知道女儿的心思，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】解答本题的关键是通过直接引语（女儿什么时候需要被当作小女孩，什么
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Mark. “Now we joke that she does this only 时候需要被当作一位年轻的女士）来理解when she wants something. Sometimes she The problem is figuring out which time is wants to be treated like a little girl and which。
sometimes like a young lady. The problem is 34. Which statement best explains “the figuring out which time is which.” wall of silence” in the passage?
Before age 11, children like to tell their 【解析】选[C]。the wall of silence字面意parents what‟s on their minds. “In fact, parents
思为“沉默的墙壁”，而根据短文内容可推
are first on the list,” said Michael Riera, author
of Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers. 断出，此处是比喻用法，指的是青少年跟“This completely changes during the teen years,” 他们父母交流不多，故答案为[C]。
Riera explained. “They talk to their friends first, 【点睛】理解比喻处的关键是根据上下文then maybe their teachers, and their parents last.” 语境来明确比喻的深层含义。
Parents who know what‟s going on in 35. What can be learned from the their teenagers‟ lives are in the best position passage?
to help them. To break down the wall of 【解析】选[D]。短文末尾对父母应如何了silence, parents should create chances to 解青春期的孩子提出建议，给出了父母们understand what their children want to say, 具体的做法：to be a friend，not a manager，and try to find ways to talk and write to them. with their children is a better way to know And they must give their children a mental
them，由此可推测父母应该尽量理解青春
break, for children also need freedom, though
young. Another thing parents should 期的孩子，[D]中的understand是对其中a
remember is that to be a friend, not a better way to know的同义转述，故为答案。
manager, with their children is a better way to know them.
Section C
36.【解析】succeeding。空后的名词group表明，本空应填一形容词，与并列连词and前的each established group of immigrants形成对比。succeeding在此意为“新兴的，新建立起来的”。
37.【解析】financially。空后的形容词successful表明，本空应填一副词。 38.【解析】unjust。空前的比较级标志词more表明，本空应填一形容词。 39.【解析】distinct。空后的名词disadvantages表明，本空应填一形容词。
40.【解析】traditions。空前的形容词cultural表明，本空应填一名词。cultural traditions意为“文化传统”。
41.【解析】established。空后的名词society表明，本空应填一形容词作定语。上文中的each established group对本空有很强的提示作用。
42.【解析】experienced。空前的became和主语they表明，本空应填一过去式形式的动词。
43.【解析】majority。空前的定冠词the和空后的of表明，本空应填一名词，修饰black population。
44.【答案】In the 1950s and 1960s, blacks fought to gain fair treatment, and they now have legal protection in housing, education and employment
【Main Points】In the 1950s and 1960s, blacks struggled to be treated equally, and now they have legal protection in housing, education and employment 45.Busing children from one neighborhood to another is one solution to inequality in 【答案】education
【Main Points】Busing children from one neighborhood to another is a solution to education inequality
46.【答案】The situation of blacks is better today than it was in the 1950s, but racial tension persists
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【Main Points】The situation of blacks is better than in the 1950s, but racial tension still exists
标准听力（三）答案解析
Part III Listening Comprehension Section A
11. W: May I take a make-up exam next 【听前预测】由选项中的student，make-up
week? exam等可知，对话可能与学生补考有关。 M: It‟s not my policy to give make-up 【解 析】选[C]。对话中男士提到It‟s not exams, but the circumstances in my policy to give make-up exams, but the your case are unusual. circumstances in your case are unusual. Q: What can be concluded from this
（让学生补考不是我的一贯做法，不过你
conversation?
的情况比较特殊），即男士允许女士补考。[C]的内容与此一致，故为答案。
12. W: I‟d like to pay my share of the meal, 【听前预测】由选项中的He does want/is
but I guess you won‟t mind treating wondering可知，女士的话为听音重点。 me just this time. 【解 析】选[A]。对话中女士说I guess M: Oh, that‟s what you think.
you won‟t mind treating me（我猜你不会
Q: What does the man mean?
介意请我吧），男士答that‟s what you think表达了相反意见，即男士想让女士付款，故答案为[A]。treat sb.在此意为“请某人客”。
13. M: The new sales manager says he has 【听前预测】由选项中的He，forgiving，
never met you before. tolerant，liked by等可知，本题考查对HeW: We‟ve been introduced about three 的评价和看法。 times. He seems a little forgetful.
【解 析】选[A]。对话中女士提到He
Q: What do we learn about the new
seems a little forgetful（他似乎有点健忘），sales manager?
[A]是对此的同义转述，故为答案。[D]中的has been introduced是针对女士提到的introduced about three times所设的干扰。
14. M: I‟d like to speak to Mr. Jones, please. 【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的Mr. W: Sorry, sir. But Mr. Jones isn‟t here Williams和Mr. Jones可知，对话与这两any more. Mr. Williams is in charge 人的情况有关。 now.
【解 析】选[C]。对话中女士提到，But
Q: What can we infer from the
Mr. Jones isn‟t here any more. Mr.
conversation?
Williams is in charge now. （Mr. Jones已经不在这儿了，现在负责人是Mr. Williams）。由此可推知，原来是Mr. Jones负责，[C]的内容与此一致，故为答案。
15. M: It is a good place to spend my 【听前预测】根据意思相反的两个选项中
holidays. Many people say the 有一个很可能是答案的命题规律，将答案winter here is usually mild. How do 锁定在[A]和[C]之间。 you feel?
【解 析】选[A]。对话中女士提到，
W: Usually? But I think this year it will
But…it will be very different（天气会大不be very different.
，结合男士提到的usually mild（通Q: What does the woman imply about 相同）常温和）可知，答案为[A]。mild意为“（天this winter?
气）温和的”，相当于warm and comfortable。
16. W: I forgot to bring paper and a pencil to 【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的help the
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take notes with me in class. woman可知，对话与男士帮助女士有关，M: That‟s all right. I have enough for 男士的话为听音重点。 both of us. 【解 析】选[C]。对话中男士提到，I have Q: What will the man most probably do
enough for both of us（我的足够咱俩用），
next?
结合女士所说的I forgot to bring paper and a pencil可知，男士要借纸和笔给女士，故答案为[C]。
17. W: Can we go to some place and talk? I 【听前预测】选项均为名词性短语，且含
can‟t even hear my voice in here. 有dirty，noisy等消极词，可知本题可能M: Well, there‟s a little park down the 考查女士抱怨的对象。 street. It‟s usually quiet this time of
【解 析】选[B]。对话中女士提到I can‟t
the day.
Q: What is the woman complaining even hear my voice in here （在这儿我连
自己的声音都听不见了），[B]是对此的同about?
义转述，故为答案。
18. W: I‟d really like to learn how to play 【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的play
chess, but it looks so complicated. It chess可知，对话与下棋有关。[A]中的seems like it will take a really long The woman should表明男士的话为听音time to learn.
重点。
M: Well, it does take a long time to get
选[D]。对话中男士提到，But good at it. But we can go over the 【解 析】
we can go over the basics…if you want，basics this afternoon if you want.
[D]是对此的同义转述，故为答案。go over Q: What does the man mean?
the basics在此意为“熟悉一遍（下棋的）基本规则”。But后的内容常设为考点和答案出处所在，听音时应注意。
Now you will hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由选项中的work，higher salary，courses等可知，对话很可能与男士的工作和学业冲突有关。 M: Hello, Prof. Diana, you wanted to see me?
W: Oh, yes, Frank. Thanks for coming. It‟s about your work as a teaching assistant. I‟ve just read your evaluations, the ones the students filled out toward the end of the semester.
M: Yes? Well, how were they?
W: Would you like to take a look? Out of a possible score of five, you got a 4.8. That‟s very high, Frank.
M: Well, what a pleasant surprise.
W: When we see such a high score, we generally try to keep the teaching assistant on a little longer and perhaps even ask them to cover more classes. What do you say, Frank? Would you like this?
M: I sure would, but I don‟t know if I can. Next fall will be my last semester of course work for my master‟s and I‟ll be very busy doing research on my thesis.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What does Prof. Diana offer Frank? 【解析】选[A]。对话中女士提到Frank的助教工作，接下来对他的工作给予了肯定，提到希望Frank继续当助教，后面的对话也都是围绕此话题展开，故答案为[A]。
20. What’s Frank’s answer to Prof.
Dianna’s offer?
【解析】选[C]。女士征求意见时，男士表示I sure would，但接着又用but进行转折，表示自己下学期时间会很紧张，最后要求考虑几天再给答复，故答案为[C]。 21. What does Prof. Dianna suggest that
Frank do?
【解析】选[D]。选项均以原形动词开头表明，本题可能与建议有关。女士说不希望男士耽误学业，接着用but转折，认为男士应该consider getting more experience in the classroom，故答案为[D]。
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Could I have a few days to think about it?
W: Certainly. I wouldn‟t want you to fall behind in your course work, but I do think you should consider getting more experience in the classroom. You seem to have a real gift.
M: Thanks for your praise, Professor.
W: Let me know by the beginning of next week, will you?
M: Sure thing. I‟ll drop by again on Monday or Tuesday.
【点睛】but转折处为常考点，其后的句子通常为答案所在。
22. What is the “gift” the professor refers
to?
【解析】选[A]。对话中女士赞扬男士You seem to have a real gift。由对话中提到的teaching，evaluations，score，very high可推断车，女士是对男士的教书能力赞赏有加，故答案为[A]。gift在此含“天赋（talent）”之意。
【点睛】问题中的gift为一词多义，听清对话所陈述的主要内容是解题的关键。
Conversation Two 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的He，lost his job，woman‟s study，chooses the wrong major等可知，对话与男士的工作和女士的专业有关。
M: Hi, honey! What‟s going on?
W: I have great news to tell you. I just found out that I was accepted as an RA!
M: That‟s really great news! I‟m sorry that you had to postpone your studying abroad because I lost my job. I just interviewed at a home grocery delivery business, so we‟ll see if I get hired. W: Don‟t worry. Everything will be OK! M: I think so. Don‟t forget I‟m an optimist. W: Eh, dad, I want to talk with you about declaring a major anthropology. Business isn‟t the best choice for me.
M: Well, I don‟t know why you can‟t declare your own major. If this is what you really want to do, then your mother and I will support your decision.
W: Thanks, dad! I just want you to know that I will make you proud!
M: Your mother and I are already proud of you.
W: Thanks, dad. I am really interested in anthropology and I promise that I will become a success with my degree. M: We believe in you!
W: Well, I‟d better hang up. I have a lot of reading to catch up on before finals. Talk to you soon!
Section B
Passage One 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的Exercise，Running，Health Benefits等可知，短文可能与运动和健康有关。
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Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. Which is true about the man
according to the conversation?
【解析】选[B]。对话中女士说她要修人类学，男士说your mother and I will support your decision，故答案为[B]，同时排除[C]。由对话中男士提到的Don‟t forget I‟m an optimist（乐观主义者）可排除[A]。 24. Why does the man feel sorry?
【解析】选[C]。选项中的He，out of employment，lets…down等表明，本题考查男士做某件可能是不好的事情。男士提到I‟m sorry that you had to postpone your studying abroad because I lost my job，即男士为因自己的失业而推迟女士出国留学的时间而感到抱歉，故答案为[C]。 【点睛】[C]中的delay与对话中的postpone同义。
25. Where does this conversation most
probably take place?
【解析】选[D]。预览选项可知，本题考查对话发生的地点。对话末尾女士明确说她得挂电话了，抓住关键词hang up不难选出答案为[D]。
【点睛】地点题要根据对话中的关键信息进行推断。
America is a country on the move. In Questions 26 to 28 are based on the unheard of numbers, people of all ages are passage you have just heard.
exercising their way to better health. 26. According to the passage, what was According to the latest figures, 59 percent of the percentage of American adults American adults exercise regularly, up 12 doing regular physical exercises two percent from just two years ago and more years ago? than double the figure of 25 years ago. Even 【解析】选[B]。本题涉及到数字。近年来，non-exercisers believe they would be more 本题的听音重点是现在和两年前各自对attractive and confident if they were more 应的百分比：现在为59%；现在比两年前active.
上涨12%，所以两年前应为59%-12%，
It is not hard to get the message. The
virtues of physical fitness are shown on 即47%，故答案为[B]。
magazine covers, postage stamps, and 【点睛】短文中一般会出现几组数据，而television ads for everything from beauty 问题的答案一般需要将几组数字进行简soaps to travel books. Exercise as a part of 单计算。
daily life did not catch on until the late 27. What can be learnt about the health 1960s when research by military doctors benefits of exercise from the passage? began to show the health benefits of doing 【解析】选[D]。根据意思相反的两个选项，regular physical exercise. Growing publicity 其中之一很可能是答案的命题规律，将答for races held in American cities helped fuel 案锁定在[A]和[D]之间。短文中提a strong interest in the ancient sport of
到，…research…show the health benefit of
running.
Although running has levelled off in doing regular physical exercises，由此可recent years as Americans have discovered 知，答案为[D]，其中的are supported by equally rewarding and sometimes safer scientific evidence是对短文中forms of exercise, such as walking and research…show的同义转述。
swimming, running remains the most 28. Which would be the best title for the popular form of exercise. passage?
As the popularity of exercise continues 【解析】选[B]。由选项内容的实词首字母to mount, so does scientific evidence of its 均大写可知，本题考查短文标题。短文主health benefits. The key to fitness is 要介绍了体育锻炼对健康的好处，故答案exercising the major muscle groups
为[B]。
vigorously enough to approximately double
the heart rate and keep it doubled for 20 to 【点睛】短文标题或短文主旨可先根据选30 minutes at a time. Doing such physical 项进行推断，再根据短文内容进行确定，
exercises three or more times a week will 短文开头和短文结尾要给予足够的重视。
produce considerable improvements in physical health in about three months.
Passage Two 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由选项中的attitudes，like，believe，forget，minds等可知，短文可能与人类思想的研究有关。
A study published in September suggests there is a surprising way to get people to avoid unhealthy foods: change their memories. Scientist Elizabeth Loftus of the University of California at Irvine asked volunteers to answer some questions on their personalities and food experiences. “One week later,” Loftus says, “we told those people we‟d fed their answers into our smart computer and it came up with an account of their early childhood experiences.” Some accounts included one key additional detail — “You got sick after eating strawberry
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. Why did Loftus ask the volunteers to
answer some questions? 【解析】选[C]。选项均以不定式开头表明，本题考查某人做某事的目的或原因。由短文中Loftus所说的“One Week Later,”和“we told those people we‟d fed their answers into…computer…”可以推断，Loftus让志愿者回答问题是为了收集他们的个人信息，以使在此基础上设计出的false memory更有效。[C]的内容是对此目
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ice-cream.” The researchers then changed this detail into a manufactured memory through leading questions — Who were you with? How did you feel? By the end of the study, up to 41% of those given a false memory believed strawberry ice-cream once made them sick, and many said they‟d avoid eating it.
When Loftus published her findings, she started getting calls from people begging her to make them remember hating chocolate or French fries. Unfortunately, it‟s not that easy. False memories appear to work only for foods you don‟t eat on a regular basis. But most important, it is likely that false memories can be implanted only in people who are unaware of the mental control. And lying to a patient is immoral, even if a doctor believes it‟s for the patient‟s benefit.
Loftus says there‟s nothing to stop parents from trying it with their overweight children. “I say, wake up — parents have been lying about Father Christmas for years, and nobody seems to mind. If they can prevent diseases caused by fatness and all the other problems that come with that, you might think that‟s a more moral lie. Decide that for yourself.”
的的进一步概括，故为答案。 【点睛】feed sth. into a computer意为“将…输入到计算机中”。
30. What did Loftus find out from her
research?
【解析】选[B]。短文指出调查结果：41%的被调查者都相信了researchers为他们设计的false memory，[B]的内容与此调查的结果一致，故为答案。
31. According to the study, under what circumstances may people stop having a certain food?
【解析】选[D]。分析选项可知，此处的it指代的应该是food，该研究的结果是：41%的人都相信，在他们的记忆当中，ice-cream once made them sick，并表示they‟d avoid eating，[D]是对此的抽象概括，故为答案。
【点睛】[D]中的think对应短文中的believed; bad experience对应made them sick。
32. What is the biggest concern with the
method?
【解析】选[A]。短文中提到，这种方法的缺点之一就是lying to a patient is immoral，而Loftus则举例辩解说，这种方法是a more moral lie，可见人们最关心的是这种方法是否道德，故答案为[A]。 【点睛】注意对If引导的虚拟语气句的理解。
Passage Three 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中重复出现helicopters, used for等可知，段文应与直升飞机有关，并涉及它的用途。 For centuries man dreamed of achieving vertical flight. The ancient dream was finally realized in 1940 when a Russian engineer piloted a strange-looking craft of steel tubing with a rotating fan on top. It rose awkwardly and vertically into the air from a standing start, hovered a few feet above the ground, went sideways and backwards, and then settled back to earth. The vehicle was called a helicopter.
Imaginations were fired. Man dreamed of going to work in their own personal helicopters. People anticipated that vertical flight transports would carry millions of passengers as the airliners of today do. Such fantastic expectations were not fulfilled.
The helicopter has now become an extremely useful machine. It excels in
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. What is said about the development of
the helicopter?
【解析】选[D]。短文中提到People anticipate that vertical flight transports would carry millions of passengers as the airliners of today do，[D]的表述与此一致，故为答案。 【点睛】问题中的helicopter对应短文中的vertical flight transports。
34. How has the use of helicopters
developed?
【解析】选[C]。短文中提到The helicopter has now become an extremely useful machine. It excels in military missions…use them in police work…for
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military missions, carrying troops, guns and site selection，由此可知，直升飞机的用strategic instruments where other aircraft 途是多种多样的，故答案为[C] 。
cannot go. Corporations use them as 【点睛】听清问题中的helicopters，明确airborne offices, many metropolitan areas
选项中They的指代内容是解答本题的关
use them in police work, construction and
logging companies employ them in various 键。
advantageous ways, engineers use them for 35. Under what conditions are helicopters
found to be absolutely essential? site selection and surveying, and oil
companies use them as the best way to make 【解析】选[D]。选项均以“For+名词短语”offshore and remote work stations accessible 开头表明，本题可能考查某物的用途，很
短文中提到，Any urgent to crews and supplies. Any urgent mission to 可能是直升飞机。
a hard-to-get-to place is a likely task for a mission to a hard-to-get-to place is a likely helicopter. Among their other multitude of task for a helicopter可知答案为[D]。 uses they deliver people across town, fly to 【点睛】[D]中的places inaccessible to是对and from airports, assist in rescue work, and 短文中hard-to-get-to place的同义转述。 aid in the search for missing or wanted persons.
Section C
36.【解析】approaching。分析句子成分，空所在句作前面主句的伴随状语，故本空应填一现在分词形式的动词。
37.【解析】general。分析句子结构，可知In (37) ________构成固定短语，在句中作状语。In general意为“通常来讲”。
38.【解析】approximately。分析句子成分且由空后的数字可知，本空需要填一副词来修饰。
39.【解析】available。空前the total与空后的介词短语for living expenses表明，本空很可能应填一过去分词形式的动词或一形容词。
40.【解析】budget。空前的名词短语the total与空后的介词短语for living expenses表明，本空所填词很可能为动词的过去分词或形容词或一名词。
41.【解析】illegal。空前的and表明，本空应填一与unsafe和unhealthy一样都表示负面意义的形容词。
42.【解析】alternatives。空前的housing表明，本空应填一名词。
43.【解析】admitted。空前的现在完成时标志词has表明，本空应填一动词的过去分词。
44.【答案】Students should also be advised that commuting to campus from a distance is usually very difficult
【Main Points】Students should be advised that commuting far to campus is very hard 45.【答案】On arrival in the United States, students can usually obtain further information on local housing options from the foreign students adviser
【Main Points】Arriving in US, students can get more information on local housing options from their adviser 46.【答案】A local international hospitality organization may also be a source of assistance in finding a suitable place to live
【Main Points】A local international hospitality organization may also help in finding a suitable place to live
标准听力（四）答案解析
Part III Listening Comprehension Section A
11. M: I‟ve been taking four courses, but I 【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的drop，
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think I‟ll drop one of them at the end course可知，对话与放弃课程有关。由of this term. The man must/had better可知，女士的话W: That may be for the best. You should 为听音重点。 have done so earlier.
【解 析】选[B]。对话中女士提到，That
Q: What does the woman mean?
may be for the best（那或许再好不过了），[B]的内容是对女士的话的同义转述，故为答案。
12. W: How was the movie that you went to 【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的The
last night? I know how much you movie和wonderful、good等词可知，对wanted to see it. 话与对电影的评价有关。 M: Well, I was hoping for something
【解 析】选[C]。对话中男士提到，I was
really wonderful. But the movie was
hoping for something really wonderful.
full of stereotypes, and relationships
But… （我之前一直希望能很精彩，但that never fully developed.
是…），转折处说明电影没有男士期望的Q: What does the man mean?
那么精彩，故答案为[C]。
13. M: I was shocked when I heard you‟d 【听前预测】根据意思相反的两个选项中
finished your research project a 有一个可能是答案的命题规律，答案锁定whole month early. 在[A]和[B]之间，女士的话为听音重点。 W: How I managed to do it is still a
【解 析】选[B]。对话中女士提到，How
mystery to me.
I managed to do it is still a mystery to me.
Q: What does the woman mean?
（我是怎么做到的对我来说仍是个谜），[B]的内容是对女士的话的同义转述，故为答案。
14. W: I can‟t believe we have another lab 【听前预测】根据意思相反的两个选项中
report due so soon. Dr. White must 有一个可能是答案的命题规律，答案锁定think that we don‟t have any other 在[B]和[C]之间。男士的话为听音重点。 classes.
【解 析】选[B]。对话中男士提到，I‟ll
M: I know just what you mean. I‟ll be
be really pressed（我也很有压力），[B]的really pressed to get it done.
内容为男士的话的同义转述，其中的Q: What does the man mean?
heavy与对话中pressed对应，故[B]为答案。
15. M: The doctor said if I kept smoking, I 【听前预测】由选项均以原形动词开头可
would increase my chances of 知，本题考查行为动作或观点建议，且对having a heart attack. 话与身体健康有关。 W: Did he suggest reducing weight, too?
【解 析】选[A]。对话中女士提到，
Q: What does the woman think the man
reducing weight（减肥），[A]的Lose weightshould also do?
是对reducing weight的同义转述，故为答案。
16. W: I don‟t know what I‟m going to wear 【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的clothes，
to the party. All of my clothes look so dress可知，对话与穿着有关。
old. It‟s too bad I don‟t have any 【解 析】选[A]。由对话中女士提到I money to get something new.
don‟t know what I‟m going to wear（不知
M: Why don‟t you wear your black
道要穿什么）可知，女士在穿衣服，故[A]velvet dress?
为答案。 Q: What is the woman doing?
17. M: I‟m really exhausted, but I don‟t want 【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的The
to miss the film that comes on at 11. man should可知，女士的话为听音重点。 W: If I were you, I‟d skip it. We both 【解 析】选[B]。女士的话If I were you, have to get up early tomorrow, and
I‟d skip it.（如果我是你，就不看了）为
anyway, I‟ve heard it isn‟t that
听音重点。[B]中的give up与女士话中的exciting.
skip同义，故为答案。If I were you, I‟d…Q: What does the woman mean?
表示一种委婉的建议。
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18. M: Have you and your family lived in 【听前预测】预览选项可知，对话可能与
Chicago for a long time? She一家人在there的情况有关。 W: Oh, yes, but only since 1970. My 【解 析】选[C]。对话中男士提到，Have
oldest child was born in Seattle and
you…lived in Chicago…?（你在芝加哥…
my second oldest child was born
，并结合女士提到的yes, but overseas when my husband was 住过…吗？）
only since 1970（是的，但只是从1970年teaching English.
Q: What did the woman say about life in 才开始）可知答案为[C]。 Chicago?
Now you will hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由选项中的apartment，children，natural environment等可知，对话很可能与居住地有关，涉及到居住地对孩子的影响、居住地的周边环境等。 Questions 19 to 22 are based on the M: You like living in the city, don‟t you？
W: Oh，I love it. It‟s so convenient. I can conversation you have just heard.
take the bus to work, or the subway, or 19. What are the two speakers talking
about? the taxi. And there is so much more to
【解析】选[B]。对话中提到，living in the do.
M: I know what you mean. I‟d like to live in city…It‟s so convenient…There are lots of the city, but to live in the suburbs is things for them(children) here，由此可知，better for children. 对话双方都是围绕居住地和孩子所受的W: Well, there are a lot of good things about 教育展开谈话的，故[B]为答案。
suburban living. But, as a working 【点睛】对话话题首先可根据选项进行推woman, I think a city has all the
断，然后根据对话内容进行确定。对话开
conveniences, including the best food
头和对话结尾一定要给予重视。 and fastest news.
M: But there are more trees, grass and fresh 20. What does the man think of living in
the suburbs? air in the suburbs.
W: Yeah, but living in a city, it‟s convenient 【解析】选[C]。预览选项可知，本题可能
对话中to go everywhere. There are lots of 考查居住地的环境对孩子的影响。
movie houses, theaters and so on. You 提到，to live in the suburbs is better for can take them to the suburbs on the children…there are more trees, grass and weekends. fresh air in the suburbs，由此可知答案为M: Yeah, my children are the right age. [C]。 There are lots of things for them here. 【点睛】but转折处为常考点，其后的句子W: You are right. They are at the library in
通常为答案所在。
Brooklyn. And they come back home for
21. What is the man’s opinion of the city?
lunch, then go uptown to the Museum of
Natural History. There is so much for 【解析】选[C]。根据意思相反的两个选项
中有一个可能是答案的命题规律，答案锁young people to see and do.
M: Not just for young people. What about 定在[C]和[D]之间。短文中提到，children me? I‟ve never been to the Museum of are the right age…lots of things for them Natural History. here和Not just for young people，由此可W: Neither have I. When I was a child, I 知，男士认为在城里孩子和成年人都有很used to go to the Museum of Art. 多可看的东西和可做的事，故[C]为答案。 M: I‟ve been there several times. Twice with 22. What do we know about the woman children. according to the conversation?
W: Well, I have an idea. Next weekend, let‟s 【解析】选[D]。对话中女士提到，Next go to the Museum of Natural History. weekend, let‟s go to the Museum of Natural M: OK, that‟s really a very nice idea.
History可知，女士下周末将要去自然历史博物馆，故[D]为答案。
Conversation Two 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的Spain，holiday，summer，BBC，grammar
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and vocabulary等词可推知，对话很可能与女士去西班牙有关，涉及到出国前的准备，如语言学习等。 W: Good evening, professor. My name is Questions 23 to 25 are based on the Alice Brown. conversation you have just heard.
M: Good evening, Alice. What is your 23. What made Alice feel disheartened? question? 【解析】选[B]。对话中提到的But I find it W: I‟ve been studying Spanish for some very difficult to speak, and when I went to years. I go to Spain on holiday some Spain…couldn‟t understand the Spanish times. I‟ve learnt quite a lot of grammar peoples at all… disheartened可知，Aliceand vocabulary. But I find it very 感到沮丧的原因是她不能跟西班牙人很difficult to speak, and when I went to
好地交流，[B]的内容与此一致，故为答
Spain this summer I couldn‟t understand
the Spanish people at all. I got really 案。
【点睛】But转折处常设为考点，其后的disheartened.
M: Yes, it is a problem. How long have you 句子通常为答案所在。
been studying Spanish?
W: About four years.
M: Yes, how exactly? Go to an evening
class, using tapes?
W: I‟ve been going to an evening class and 24. What is one of the ways Alice learns
Spanish? I‟ve watched quite a lot of the BBC
【解析】选[C]。选项均以By开头及BBCtelevision programs.
M: Oh, they‟re very good. Did you buy the 等词表明，此题可能与学习西班牙语的方BBC book? 式有关。对话中提到，I‟ve been going W: No, we just use a different book in the to…the BBC television programs可知答案class.
为[C]。
M: Yes, I see, Alice. I always think that
learning a language is rather like learning 【点睛】[C]是对对话中watched quite a lot to drive. Now, you couldn‟t learn to drive of the BBC television programs的同义转a car by sitting in a classroom or 述。 watching television. I think what you need is a lot of practice in using the
language.
W: That‟s all very well if you live in the
country where they speak the language, 25. What does the professor think Alice
needs? but I don‟t.
M: Yes, I understand the problem. Though 【解析】选[D]。选项均以动词原形开头可even if you live in the country where the 知，本题可能考查方法建议。对话中提到，language is spoken, you have to reach a I was thinking perhaps you might…regular certain standard before you are able to conversation practice可知，教授给Alicehave conversations with the natives. I 的建议是让她多练习讲西班牙语，故[D]was thinking perhaps you might arrange
为答案。
with another student or students to have
【点睛】[D]是对对话中have regular regular conversation practice.
W: I see what you mean. Thank you very conversation practice的同义转述。 much, professor.
M: You are welcome, Alice.
Section B
Passage One 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，结合第26题和第29题中重复出现的opera(s)可知，短文与歌剧有关。 For a 400-year-old art form, opera Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage had a bad fame: overweight actresses you have just heard.
singing the words which were hard to 26. What is the main idea of the passage?
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understand in one of those romance languages you were supposed to learn in high school. And with tickets costing as much as $145 a performance, opera goers also had a certain appearance in people‟s minds: rich, well-dressed and old.
But now opera companies around the country are loosening their ties and kicking off their shoes in an attempt to keep opera alive and take it to a younger and not so wealthy audience.
Opera producers have found that to attract this crowd, they need to associate opera with the common people. That means no formal suits, old-style theatre or bank-breaking ticket prices. And because young people don‟t or won‟t come to the opera, companies are bringing the opera to them, giving performances in such usual places as parks, libraries and public schools.
The Houston Grand Opera‟s choice is the public library, where it performs “mobile operas”, shortened version of child-friendly operas. This summer‟s production is Hansel & Cretel. By performing smaller versions of large productions, producers are able to make people interested while keeping costs at a reasonable level. The San Francisco Opera, which will be celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, is staging Cinderella free of charge, keeping costs down by employing students from its Young Artists‟ Training Program.
【解析】选[D]。根据短文中提到的But now opera companies around the country… in an attempt to keep opera alive… audience以及上下文可知，本文主要讲述的是歌剧公司正在努力将歌剧变“活”，以此来吸引年轻但不富有的观众，故[D]为答案。
【点睛】But转折处为常考点，其后的句子通常为答案所在。短文主旨首先可根据选项内容进行推断，然后根据短文内容进行确定。 27. Why do opera companies prefer to
perform smaller versions? 【解析】选[B]。由短文中提到的By performing smaller versions of large productions, producers are able to make people interested…可知，通过表演巨著的较短剧本，制片人在保证合理票价的同时可以使人们对此感兴趣，故[B]为答案。
【点睛】问题中的perform smaller versions是听音关键。
28. What is the purpose of the San Francisco
Opera employs young students?
【解析】选[A]。选项均以To+原形动词开头表明，本题很可能考查做某事的目的。由短文末尾提到的…keeping costs down by employing students from its Young Artists‟ Training Program可知，旧金山歌剧院雇佣年轻学生的目的是使演出成本降低，故[A]为答案。
29. What can you infer from the passage? 【解析】选[A]。短文开头就提到了拥有四百年历史的歌剧有一个较差的名声，由此可推测歌剧在现在并不受人们欢迎，故[A]为答案。 【点睛】选项内容比较分散，故听音时要做详细的笔记。
Passage Two 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，结合Indians, water, lake, underground lake等词可推知，本文可能与湖和印第安人有关。 Deep inside a mountain near Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage Sweet-water in East Tennessee is a body of you have just heard.
water known as the Lost Sea. It is listed by 30. Why is the Lost Sea unique according to the Guinness Book of World Records as the the passage?
world‟s largest underground lake. The Lost 【解析】选[C]。根据短文中提到的It is Sea is part of the extensive and historic listed…as the world‟s largest underground cave system called Craighead Caverns. lake可知，the Lost Sea是世界上最大的地
The caverns have been known and 下湖，故[C]为答案。 used since the days of the Cherokee Indian
【点睛】问题中的Lost Sea是听音关键。
nation. The cave expands into a series of
huge rooms from a small opening in the unique意为“独一无二的”。
side of the mountain. Approximately one 31. According to the passage, how can the
caverns be entered? mile from the entrance is a room called
“the Council Room”. Many Indian artifacts 【解析】选[D]。短文开头提到Deep inside a
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have been found. Some of the items discovered include pottery, arrow-heads, weapons, and jewelry.
For many years, there were persistent rumors of a large underground lake somewhere in a cave, but it was not discovered until 1905. In that year, a thirteen-year-old boy named Ben Sands crawled through a small opening three-hundred-feet underground. He found himself in a large cave half filled with water.
Today tourists visit the Lost Sea and ride far out onto it in glass-bottomed boats powered by electric motors. More than thirteen acres of water have been mapped out so far and still no end to the lake has been found. Even though teams of divers have tried to explore the Lost Sea, the full extent of it is still unknown.
mountain…is a body of water known as the Lost Sea，后来又提到through a small opening男孩发现了地下湖，由此可知只有通过山里的一个入口才能进入洞穴，故[D]为答案。
【点睛】[D] From an opening in a mountainside对应短文中的a small opening。
32. What can be inferred about the present
Craighead Caverns from the passage? 【解析】选[A]。选项均以They serve as开头表明，本题可能考查They的用途。短文末尾提到的Today tourists visit the Lost Sea… by electric motors表明，现在的克雷格赫德大洞穴是一个旅游胜地，故[A]为答案。
【点睛】选项中的They 指the present Craighead Caverns. [A]中的tourist attraction对应短文中的tourists visit。
Passage Three 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由watches可推知，短文涉及到表；再由 by a Swiss watchmaker， fashionable style等词可推知，短文可能涉及到表的制造者和款式等。 Have you ever dreamed of having a Questions 33 to 35 are based on the fashionable watch of great value？A small passage you have just heard.
watchmaker in Switzerland in 1922 designed 33. Why are the original automatic
watches valuable? the first automatic watch to show the day,
month, and date. Only seven of these 【解析】选[C]。选项均以Because开头表splendid watches were ever made and these 明，本题考查原因。根据短文中提到的watches were almost lost to history. Today, it Only seven of these splendid watches were is so hard to get an original watch that some ever made and these watches were almost watch historians are even willing to offer lost to history可知[C]为答案。 $200,000 for one. 【点睛】splendid意为“豪华的”。
These watches attracted a lot of people for their splendid color, fashionable style, and new uses in the 1920s. The owners of
the watches were admired and set apart from 34. Which feature of the improved watch the crowd. Because the number of the awakes watch collectors’ desire to get original watches is very limited, owning one? such a watch will make you feel very
【解析】选[D]。预览选项可知，此题可能
special.
Today, you are offered the same kind of 与表的特点有关。短文中提到It has a watch with improvement. It has a 24jewel 24jewel mechanical movement…made
the movement of the watch much more
mechanical movement， the kind desired by
watch collectors. The watchmaker has made modern 表明，正是因为表独特的机械运the movement of the watch much more 转装置，手表收藏者才想购买，故[D]为modern with an automatic rotor so that the 答案。 watch never needs to be wound by hand. To get a watch in such a perfect design means to
get a chance to know a piece of 35. What does the passage encourage the
readers to do according to the watchmaking history and to wear such a
passage? watch will show your personal taste and
【解析】选[A]。前三个选项都与watch有social position.
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You can get the watch either in person 关，而[D]却没有提到，故首先排除。再or by mail all at an affordable price. You will 根据文中提到的To get a watch in such… also receive good service from the watch taste and social position可知，短文鼓励读seller. If you are not satisfied with the watch
者买手表，故[A]为答案。
after you get it， you may simply return it
【点睛】短文通篇都与表有关，且主要介
within 30 days. Don‟t miss the chance to
绍表的收藏价值。 realize your dream.
Section C
36.【解析】undergone。空前的has表明此处应填一动词的过去分词。首句提到英国家庭正在发生变化，接着具体介绍其变化过程。undergone意为“经历”。
37.【解析】increased。空所在句是一个定语从句，修饰single-person households，空后的from 18 to 29 percent表明比例是在增加（increased）。between 1971 and 2002表明要用动词的过去式。 38.【解析】estimated。空前的is表明此处应填一动词的过去分词。下文提到single-person households到2020年还会增加，而这一趋势是被估计（estimated）的。
39.【解析】married。空后的people和空前的single people than表明，此处应填一类人与than前的一类人进行比较，根据常理，单身家庭应该与已婚家庭进行比较。 40.【解析】unacceptable。空前的have been表明此处应填一动词的过去分词或形容词。上文提到单身家庭比已婚家庭多，而这种反传统的社会现象在50年前是不被社会接受的（unacceptable）。
41.【解析】Divorce。空所在的句子缺一主语。上句提到在过去人们结婚后就一直在一起生活，这表明离婚是很难的。
42.【解析】couples。空前的Many表明此处应填一复数名词。文中提到一种现象，很多恋人（couples）在没有结婚前就同居，这也是一种变化。下文也提到these couples，此处属于原词复现。
43.【解析】eventually。空所在的句子成分完整，故此空应填一副词，修饰get。上文提到恋人同居现象，下文提到他们中只有60%的人最终（eventually）结婚。
44.【答案】around a quarter of unmarried people between the ages of 16 and 59 were living together in Great Britain
【Main Points】around 1/4 of unmarried people aged 16 to 59 were living together in Great Britain
45.【答案】They prefer to concentrate on their jobs and put off having babies until their late thirties
【Main Points】They prefer to focus on their jobs and delay having babies until late thirties
46.【答案】but some women are also choosing to have children as a single parent without being married
【Main Points】but some women also choose to have babies as a single unmarried parent
标准听力（五）答案解析
Part III Listening Comprehension Section A
11. W: Here‟s an ad for an apartment with 【听前预测】由选项均为动名词且概括性
two bedrooms. It‟s near the campus 强可知，本题可能考查对话双方正在进行and not too high. 的行为，再由house和live in 可知，这种M: What‟s the number? I‟ll find out if
行为可能与房子有关。
it‟s available for immediate
【解 析】选[B]。由对话中女士提到ad occupancy.
for an apartment（公寓广告）和男士提到的Q: What are the speakers doing?
I‟ll find out if…immediate occupancy（我看
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12. W: Could you lend me your pen? Mine
has just run out of ink.
M: I‟m afraid I don‟t have an extra one. Would a pencil do?
Q: How did the man respond to the woman‟s request? 13. M: See that man over there facing the
window? He comes in every Friday night and just sits there for hours. W: It‟s odd, but there isn‟t much we can do as long as he orders something. Q: What does the woman mean? 14. M: My chemistry project is in trouble
because my classmate and I had completely different ideas about how to process next.
W: Why shouldn‟t you meet each other
halfway?
Q: What does the woman suggest the
man do?
15. M: Don‟t eat too fast. It‟s not good for
you.
W: OK, but the girls will be here any minute, and I don‟t want to miss the game.
Q: What will the woman probably do?
16. W: Did you hear that the convenience
store next to the gas station was held up last night?
M: Yes, I heard it on the radio this
morning.
Q: What happened to the convenience store? 17. W: Hi, Frank. I hear you walk all the
way to the office these days?
M: Yes, I‟ve found great pleasure in walking. That‟s the type of exercise I enjoy very much.
Q: Why does the man walk all the way to the office? 18. M: Wow, that‟s a big assignment we got
for the English class.
看是否能立刻入住）可知答案为[B]。immediate occupancy在此意为“立可迁入”。
【听前预测】由He lent/offered/was afraid/said等可知，男士的话为听音重点。 【解 析】选[B]。对话中男士提到，Would a pencil do?（铅笔行吗？），由此可知，男士要借铅笔给女士，故答案为[B]。
【听前预测】浏览选项可知，对话与They应该对that man做什么有关。由serve和order可知，They可能是服务员。 【解 析】选[A]。对话中女士提到，but there isn‟t much we can do（但我们也做不了什么），[A]是对此的同义转述，故答案为[A]。as long as意为“只要”。
【听前预测】由选项均以原形动词开头以及重复出现的his partner可知，本题可能考查与搭档有关的建议。
【解 析】选[D]。对话中女士提到，Why shouldn‟t you meet each other halfway?，[D]中的Make a compromise是对meet each other halfway的同义转述，故答案为[D]。Why shouldn‟t you…是一种表示建议的委婉表达方式。meet sb. halfway意为“各让一步，妥协”。
【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的her可知，本题可能考查女士的行为动作，女士的话为听音重点。
【解 析】选[A]。对话中女士提到，I don‟t want to miss the game. （我不想错过比赛），[A]的内容与此一致，故为答案。[D]是针对the girls will be here any minute设的干扰。
【听前预测】由选项中的It was，burned，robbed等可知，对话与It的遭遇有关。 【解 析】选[B]。对话中女士提到，the convenience store…was held up（便利店遭劫了），[B]中的was robbed是对was held up的同义转述，故答案为[B]。hold up 在本对话中相当于rob，意为“抢劫”。 【听前预测】选项中的He wants to，love等表明，本题可能考查He做某事的原因或目的，男士的话为听音重点。 【解 析】选[A]。对话中男士提到That‟s the type of exercise I enjoy（那是我喜欢的锻炼方式），[A]中的a kind of exercise是对the type of exercise的同义转述，故答案为[A]。
【听前预测】根据意思相反的两个选项中有一个很可能是答案的命题规律，答案锁
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W: Well, it‟s not as bad as it looks. It 定在[B]和[D]之间。 isn‟t due until Thursday morning. 【解 析】选[D]。对话中女士提到It‟s Q: What does the woman mean? not due until Thursday morning（到周四早
上才交），由until可知女士认为能按时完成作业，[D]的内容与此一致，故为答案。big assignment在此是说作业量大。
Now you will hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由选项中的roommate，share expenses，repair work，apartment，rent等可知，对话双方很可能在商讨合租的相关事宜。 M: Hello. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the W: Hello, Sam. This is Paula Hanson. conversation you have just heard. Sorry to bother you. But I‟m having a 19. Why is Paula unhappy?
small problem I thought you might 【解析】选[D]。根据对话中女士（Paula）提be able to help me with. 到的the dishwasher broke down, for less M: Sure, Paula. What is up? money和Now she‟s threatening to drive us W: Well, you know Sarah and I moved
away for not paying the full rent可知，因为修
into an off-campus apartment in the
理洗碗机的费用，房东想把她们赶出去，故fall, over on the west side of town.
答案为[D]。 M: Yeah. What happened?
W: Well, the dishwasher broke down. So 20. Why is Ms. Connor angry?
we reported it to Ms. Connors, the 【解析】选[C]。选项中的buy，repairs，find, owner, and she said she‟d take care dishwasher等表明，本题可能与修理洗碗机of it. But a month went by and 有关。[C]信息含量大，根据命题规律，很可nothing happened. 能是答案。对话中提到，When I didn‟t hear M: Did you get back in touch with her? from her, I had the repair done，[C]的表述与此W: I got a repair person to give me an
一致，故为答案。
estimate, then I sent it to her. When I
didn‟t hear from her, I had the repair 【点睛】问题中的angry对应对话中的as a done. And I removed the cost from mad cow。
21. What is the relationship between Paula the rent check.
and Sam? M: So what is the problem?
W: She called here as a mad cow. She 【解析】选[A]。选项均为表示身份的名词，said she could have gotten the repair 本题可能考查人物关系。对话开始Paula对done for less money. Now she‟s Sam说有个小问题请Sam帮忙解决。她之所threatening to drive us away for not 以求助于Sam，是因为他是学法律的。再根paying the full rent. 据对话中提到的you are over at the law M: Hold on, Paula. It does sound pretty
school和I haven‟t studied…about contracts
serious. But I‟m sure you can all sit
yet可知，Sam已在法律学院毕业，但他与down and work this out.
W: Well, you are over at the law school, Paula不是律师与委托人的关系，由此可知，so I wondered if you would mind 答案为[A]。 coming with Sarah and me when we 【点睛】人物关系要根据对话中的关键信息词go to talk to Ms. Connors. We‟re 进行判断。
supposed to meet her tomorrow night 22. Why does Paula think Sam could help at eight. her? M: Sure. I haven‟t studied a lot about 【解析】选[B]。由选项主语均为He和其中的contracts yet. But I‟d be glad to help the same problem可知，女士可能让男士帮她you straighten things out. Why don‟t
解决问题。再根据对话中女士提到的you are
I stop by at about 17:30?
over at the law school可知，男士学过法律，W: Thanks, Sam. You are a lifesaver.
因此Paula认为他可以提供帮助，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】[B]是对对话中you are over at the law
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school的同义转述。
Conversation Two 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的travel，ticket，Flight等可知，对话很可能与度假有关，涉及到度假出行方式、时间等。 W: Freedom Travel. May I help you? Questions 23 to 25 are based on the M: Yes, I‟d like to make a flight reservation conversation you have just heard. for 23rd of this month. 23. What is the conversation mainly W: Okay. What is your destination? about? M: Well, I‟m flying to Helsinki, Finland. 【解析】选[C]。选项概括性强，本题可能W: Okay. Let me check what flights are 考查对话话题。由对话中的I‟d like to available. And when will you be make a flight reservation可知答案为[C]。returning?
对话中只提到男士要订一张去芬兰的机
M: Uh, well, I‟d like to catch a return flight
on 29th. Oh, and I‟d like the cheapest 票，并未提到是否去芬兰旅行，[A]属于
过度推断，故排除。 flight available.
【点睛】对话主题要根据主要内容进行总W: Okay. Let me see. Um, hmm…
结，对话开头要给予足够的重视。 M: Yeah?
W: Well, the price for the flight is almost 24. What are the two flights the man will half the price you would pay if you leave take? the day before. 【解析】选[A]。选项内容表明，本题涉及M: Whoo. Let‟s go with the cheaper flight. 到两趟不同的航班。由对话中的That‟s By the way, how much is it? Flight 1070 from…transferring to Flight W: It‟s only $980. 90…可知，答案为[A]。 M: Alright. Well, let‟s go with that.
【点睛】注意辨清17和70，19和90的发
W: Okay. That‟s Flight 1070 from Salt Lake
City to New York, Kennedy Airport, 音。
transferring to Flight 90 from Kennedy 25. When will the man start off from Salt
Lake City? to Helsinki.
M: And what are the departure and arrival 【解析】选[B]。选项表明，本题可能考查
离开或到达某地的具体日期和时间。由对times for each of those flights?
W: It leaves Salt Lake City at 10:00 a.m., 话可知，男士原计划23日出发，但后来arriving in New York at 4:35 p.m., then 选择提前一天走，因为这样机票比较便transferring to Flight 90 at 5:55 p.m., and 宜，又由对话中的It leaves Salt Lake City arriving in Helsinki at 8:30 a.m. the next at 10:00 a.m.可知，答案为[B]。 day.
【点睛】对话中一般会给出两个以上的时
M: Alright. And, uh, I‟d like to request a
间或数字，往往需要根据问题进行简单的vegetarian meal.
W: Sure, no problem. And could I have your 计算或推断才能得出答案。 name please?
Section B
Passage One 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由选项中的Pollution in the air，bicycles，road，bike paths等可知，短文与交通方式有关，尤其是自行车。 In an attempt to resist the rising cost Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage of fuel and fight the pollution choking you have just heard.
our cities, many outgoing students have 26. What is the newest problem facing people taken to riding bicycles to school. The who ride to school?
unfortunate result of this otherwise 【解析】选[D]。短文提到，In an attempt positive trend is the traffic problems to…fight the pollution…students…riding caused by bicycles having to share the bicycles to school…traffic problems caused by same road with cars. Unfortunately, bicycles，为了减少空气污染，学生们开始骑traffic accidents involving bicycles are 自行车上学，但这又引起了新的交通问题，
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on the increase throughout the country, 即自行车交通事故太多，故答案为[D]。 so this new solution has lead to a 27. What is the basis for the law that doesn’t dilemma. allow bicyclists in the middle of the
To solve this dilemma, special bike street?
paths have been created on most roads 【解析】选[C]。预览选项可知，本题考查法leading to and from college campuses. It 律名称。短文中提到，The federal fines are is essential that cyclists stay on those currently running at $25 for a first-time paths. It is necessary for the safety of
violation…，即联邦法律规定第一次在路中间
those of you who ride bicycles as well as
the motorists that you share the road 骑自行车的人要罚25美元，故答案为[C]。
【点睛】问题中的bicyclists in the middle of the with.
Obviously, it may be inconvenient street对应短文中的bicyclists who ride down to ride in the bike paths at times, but we the middle of the street。
must insist on it. To enforce the necessity 28. How will the money from the fines be of staying on the paths, there are fines used?
for bicyclists who ride down the middle 【解析】选[C]。选项均以不定式开头表明，of the street. The federal fines are 本题考查将来的行为动作或目的。短文中提currently running at $25 for a first-time 到，The money…from the fines will…help violation, but if the law is continually
build better bike paths，即罚款将用来修建更
violated, the fines will increase by
different amounts depending on your 好的自行车道，[C]是对短文中to help build
better bike paths的同义转述。故答案为[C]。 local orders.
The money that is collected from 【点睛】问题中的the money from the fines对the fines will go towards a fund to help 应短文中的The money that is collected from build better bike paths. You may have the fines。
special bicycle bridges in your 29. What can we learn about bicycles from neighborhood right now. If not, you can the passage?
count on seeing them in the future. We 【解析】选[B]。预览选项可知，本题考查自are committed to making bicycling a safe 行车的特点或作用。短文末提到，making alternative to using cars and we
bicycling a safe alternative，故答案为[B]。
appreciate your help in making that goal a reality.
Passage Two 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的spaceship，以及第31题和第32题选项中多次出现earth可知，短文可能涉及宇宙飞船和地球。 Spaceships travel around the earth, go Questions 30 to 32 are based on the to the moon, and return home safely. The passage you have just heard.
astronauts carry important supplies with 30. Which would be the best title for the them on the spaceship — food, water and air. passage?
Sometimes there are problems on the 【解析】选[D]。选项的概括性较强且实词spaceship, and the astronauts have to 首字母基本都大写，本题可能考查短文的understand how the spaceship works in order 标题。短文中提到，In a way, all of us are to repair the problems.
really on a spaceship, the planet Earth，由
In a way, all of us are really on a
spaceship, the planet Earth. We move around 此可知，答案为[D]。
the Sun at 18 miles per second and never 【点睛】短文标题首先可根据选项内容推stop. On our spaceship we have four billion 断，然后根据短文内容确定。短文开头和people and a limited supply of air, water and 结尾要给予足够的重视。 land. These supplies, just like the limited supplies on the astronauts‟ spaceship, have to be used carefully because we can‟t buy new air, water or land from anywhere else.
Everyone needs air, water and land to live — 31. Which is true according to the this is our environment. passage?
The environment on our planet is a 【解析】选[C]。短文中提到，We move
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closed system; nothing new is ever added. around the sun at 18 miles per second…，由Nature recycles its resources. Water, for 此可知，答案为[C]。根据常识即可排除example, evaporates and rises to form [A]。 clouds. This same water returns to the earth
【点睛】选项信息比较分散，故听音时注
as rain or snow. The rain that falls today is
actually the same water that fell on the 意做好笔记。
dinosaurs 70 million years ago.
Over the years, people have changed the environment. We have poured back into the land, air, and water more wastes than
nature can clean. So we have pollution 32. What can we conclude from the
passage? today.
选[B]。短文末尾提到，To continue To continue to survive, we must learn 【解析】
how to use the Earth‟s resources wisely, to survive, we must…To save the spaceship without destroying them. To save the Earth, we must…not to abuse our
由此可知，这两句点明文章spaceship Earth, we must cooperate with environment，
nature and learn better ways to use, not to 主题，答案为[B]。 abuse our environment.
Passage Three 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由33题中的family和34题中提到的各种“职业”可知，短文可能讲述的是He的家庭和职业的故事。 Before World War II, we spent our Questions 33 to 35 are based on the summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the passage you have just heard.
dim memory of the house we lived in, of my 33. Why couldn’t the speaker remember room and my toys. Nor do I recall clearly the his relatives clearly?
large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles 【解析】选[D]。选项中的family，live，and cousins who gathered next door. But I with等表明，本题可能与He和家庭成员do have a clear memory of the dogs, the 在一起居住有关。由短文中提到的Nor do farm animals, the local birds, and above all, I recall clearly the large family of…But I the nature.
do have a clear memory of…the nature推
I‟m a naturalist, not a scientist. I have a
说话者不能清晰记得亲戚的原因是他strong love of the natural world and my 断，
enthusiasm has led me into varied 一心只想着观察自然，故答案为[D]。 investigations. I love discussing my favorite 【点睛】But转折处常设为考点，其后内topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil 容常为答案。
while reading about other people‟s 34. What can be inferred about the observations and discoveries. Then speaker from the passage?
something happens and brings these 【解析】选[C]。选项表明，本题是就Heobservations together in my conscious mind. 的身份进行提问。[B]和[D]意思相近，根Suddenly you fancy you see the answer to 据命题规律，两项为答案的可能性小。由the riddle, because it all seems to fit together.
短文中提到的I‟m a naturalist, not a
This has resulted in my publishing 300
papers and books, which some might honor scientist及A naturalist is born可知，说话
故答案为[C]。 with the title of scientific research. But 者是一个天生的自然学家，
curiosity, a keen eye, a good memory and 35. Why did the speaker think he was a
naturalist rather than a scientist? enjoyment of the animal and plant world do
选[B]。由短文中提到的But… not not make a scientist: one of the outstanding 【解析】
and essential qualities required is make a scientist: one of the outstanding and
qualities required is self-discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist essential
requires not only self-discipline but hard self-discipline, a quality I lack推断，说话training, determination and a goal. A 者认为自己缺少科学家需要具备的一些scientist, up to a point, can be made. A 素质，故答案为[B]。
naturalist is born. If you can combine the 【点睛】[B]中的He lacked some of the two, you get the best of both worlds.
qualities是对短文中的self-discipline, a
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quality I lack的同义转述。
Section C 36.【解析】breathtaking。空后的名词beauty表明，本空应填一形容词。breathtaking beauty意为“令人惊叹的美”。 37.【解析】reveals。空前的主语A…study表明，本空应填一第三人称单数形式的动词。 38.【解析】communities。空前的形容词entire表明，本空应填一名词。
39.【解析】estimated。空后的名词表明，本空应填一以元音音素开头形容词或相当于形容词用法的动词分词。
40.【解析】Heavier。空后的than表明，本空应填一比较级形容词，且首字母要大写。 41.【解析】invisible。空前的and表明，本空应填一与Silent表达场景相似的形容词。 42.【解析】claiming。空前的and和killing表明，本空应填一动词的现在分词。
43.【解析】disasters。空前的形容词mysterious表明，本空应填一名词。由one of 可知该名词应为复数形式，书写时别漏掉词尾的s。
44.【答案】Researchers called in after the 1986 tragedy discovered that the lake contained record levels of carbon dioxide
【Main Points】After the 1986 tragedy researchers found the lake had record levels of CO2
45.【答案】A slight shake then released the dissolved gas as a dangerous bubble 【Main Points】A slight shake released the gas as a dangerous bubble
46.【答案】The science team suggests the urgent installation of a further four pipes in each lake at a rate of one a year
【Main Points】The team suggests urgent installing a further 4 pipes in each lake at a rate of 1 a year
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