Part III  Listening Comprehension

Section A
11. B
M: Prof. Johnson seems soserious.
W: But his lectures are quitehumorous, aren't they?
Q: What does the woman think ofProf. Johnson?
【聽前預測】
1．四項均以he開頭。
2．三項含有用于評價的形容詞(quiet，amusing，serious)。
3．三項含有與教學有關的詞匯(lectures，talks)。
結論：結合選項中的he gives…lectures和he lectures可以判斷，對話談論的是一名男教師，本題很可能考查對男教師教學情況的評價。
【解析】男士說約翰遜教授看起來很嚴肅，女士回答道：“但是他的講座很幽默。”題干問女士對約翰遜教授的評價，故選B。該選項中的amusing是原文中humorous的同義替換。
12．B
"W: Chuck, why is it that whenever I open my mailbox lately, I pull outletters addressed to you?
M: Because until I find a newapartment, I'm having the post office forward my mail to your place.
Q: What is happening to Chuck'sletters?
【聽前預測】
1．兩項以the開頭，兩項以they開頭。
2．兩項提到Chuck。
3．三項含有與郵寄有關的詞匯(mailing，address，postoffice，forwarded)。
結論：對話很可能與郵局給Chuck家投遞信件有關。
【解析】對話中女士問查克，為什么她近每次打開自家信箱的時候都會有寄給他的信件，查克回答說在他找到新的公寓之前，都會讓郵局將他的信件轉寄到女士的地址。故選B。forward的意思是“轉寄，轉發”。
13．C
M: They said the train won'tarrive until nine.
W: Well, what that boils downto is yet another delay in our schedule.
Q: What does the woman mean?
【聽前預測】
1．兩項以they開頭。
2，兩項與“熱”有關(overheated，hot)。
3．四項均含有與時間有關的詞匯(arrives，wait，late，schedule)。
結論：對話很可能與兩個人的時間安排有關，還需留意是否有與溫度有關的信息。
【解析】男士說火車得九點鐘才能到，女士回答說：“這就是說我們的日程又得往后拖了。”習語boil down to與煮或加熱沒有關系，意思是“簡而言之，歸根結底”。故選C。
14．A
W: If our director was willingto give us a three-day extension to finish the project, maybe he'll give us a fewmore days.
M: Let's not push our luck, OK?
Q: What does the man mean?
【聽前預測】
1．四項均以they開頭。
2．兩項含有shouldn’t，兩項含有should。
3．兩項含有與請求有關的詞匯(requests，ask for)。
結論：對話可能與某人是否應該請求某事有關。
【解析】女士說：“既然主任準許我們延期三天完成項目，不如我們請求他給我們再多延幾天。”男士回答說：“還是不要得寸進尺了吧!”也就是說男士建議他們不要提出進一步的請求了。故選A。固定搭配 “push one’s luck(得寸進尺。貪心)”是解答本題的關鍵。
15．A
M: That's an amazing sculpture,isn't it?
W: You can say that again.
Q: What does the woman mean?
【聽前預測】
1．四項均以she開頭。
2．四項均與男士有關(the man，his，he)。
3．三項與談話行為有關(agrees with，hear，issurprised by his opinion)。
結論：本題可能問女士在與男士的交談中持何種觀點。
【解析】男士稱贊一座雕塑很棒。女士用一句習語回應：“You cansay that again．(我同意。)”這句話表示認同對方的觀點。故選A。
16．D
M: Want to go for a long walkor a bike ride?
W: You don't want to study now,do you?
Q: What does the woman mean?
【聽前預測】
1．兩項以she開頭。
2．三項含有the man。
3．三項合有與學習有關的詞W(study，studying)。
結論：對話可能談論與男士學習有關的內容。
【解析】男士問女士想不想散散步或者騎車出去遛彎，女士回答：“你現在不想學習，是不是?”故選D。
17．D
"W: I borrowed Peter'sfavorite pen; and now I've lost it.
M: When he finds out, he willreally raise the roof.
Q: How will Peter react when hehears what the woman did?
【聽前預測】四項均以動詞原形開頭(try，repair，lend，become)，相互之間關聯度不高。本題可能是問某人在將來某個時間應該或可能做某事。
【解析】女士說她借了彼得心愛的筆，可是卻把它弄丟了。男士說：“當他得知這事的時候，一定會把屋頂掀掉的。”本題考查固定搭配“raise the roof(非常生氣)”，其同義表達還有hit the roof以及hit the ceiling。故選D。
18. B
M: Harry seems to be in a badmood today.
W: He'll snap out of it when hefinishes his biology project this afternoon.
Q: What does the woman implyabout Harry?
【聽前預測】
1．四項均以he開頭。
2．兩項提及project。
3．兩項提及biology。
4．兩項含有與情緒有關的詞；E(happier，annoyed)。
結論：對話可能與男士的生物課程項目有關，應留意與心情有關的信息。
【解析】男士說：“哈里今天心情好像不太好。”女士回答說：“等他今天下午把生物學課程的項目完成的時候心情就會好起來了。”故選B。in a bad mood意為“心情不好”，snap out of．．．意為“迅速從……當中恢復過來；振作起來”。
Conversation One
M: Lisa, what show are youwatching?
W: An old Japanese film. Ifigure if I'm going to spend all next year there, I'd better startfamiliarizing myself with the culture.
M: [19] You mean you areaccepted into the program?
W: Sure was.
M: That's wonderful. You mustbe excited.
W: Excited and nervous. Youknow [20] I owe a lot to Professor Kawada. He wrote a letter of recommendationfor me and he bought me a set of practice tapes and a book that goes with themso I can work on my basic conversation skills.
M: How much Japanese can youunderstand?
W: Not a lot right now. But Isigned up for intensive Japanese this semester.
M: I wish I were as talented asyou are in foreign languages. I'd love to study abroad.
W: Then why don't you? Theuniversity has lots of overseas programs that don't require mastery of aforeign language. The tuition is about the same. [21] You just have to be thekind of person who is receptive to new ways of looking at things and willing toadapt to a different kind of life style.
M: I had assumed that allprograms require you to know a foreign language. I might check into this.
W: You won't regret it,
19. Why is the woman soexcited?
20. Why does the woman feelgrateful to Professor Kawada?
21. What does the woman sayabout what one needs to have in order to study ina program like hers?
19．A
【聽前預測】
1．四項均以she開頭。
2．三項為一般過去時(received，got，met)，一項為be going to結構，表示將來。
3．兩項提及Japanese。
4．兩項提及travel agency。
結論：本題可能是問女士經歷了什么事情或將要做什么事情，應留意與日本、旅行社等有關的信息。
【解析】題干問女士感到很激動的原因是什么。在對話開頭處，女士說她正在看一部日本老電影，因為如果明年她要在日本待上一整年的話，必須先對日本文化有所了解，男士據此問道：“這么說那個項目已經接收你了?”女士對此給予了肯定回答，然后男士說：That’s wonderful．You must be excited．可見女士感到很激動是因為她將要去另一個國家(日本)深造。故選A。
20．A
【聽前預測】
1．四項均以he開頭，謂語動詞均為一般過去時(helped，recorded，gave，told)。
2．四項均提及her。
3．三項含有表示幫忙含義的詞匯(helped，especially for her，gave her a good grade)。
結論：本題可能考查某位男士對女士的幫助。
【解析】題干問女士為什么對河田教授十分感激。對話中女士提到，河田教授給予了她很多幫助，不僅幫她寫推薦信，而且還幫她買了磁帶和書，幫助她提高日語口語能力。可見，河田教授在一定程度上幫助女士成功申請到了項目名額。故選A。
21．D
【聽前預測】
1．四項均為名詞短語，相互之間聯系度不高。
2．四項均含有表示條件、要素的詞匯(money，maturity，commonsense,mastery，flexibility，open-mindedness)。
結論：本題可能考查做某件事需要達到的條件或需要具備的要素。
【解析】題干問要想像女士那樣被項目錄取，需要具備些什么條件。女士提到：“你只要成為這樣一種人——對于看待事物的新思維持包容的態度，并且愿意適應一種新的生活方式。”選項D(靈活性以及思想的開放性)是對這一闡述的周義概括。
Conversation Two
M: [22] It's good to see you back. How wasyour trip to Arizona? Did you see the Grand Canyon?
W: Yes, it was fantastic. Now Iknow why it is listed together with the Nile River as one of the great natural wondersof the world. Here, want to see the pictures I took?
M: Oh, what a view! It is evenbigger than I had imagined. I remember reading about the Grand Canyon and I thinkit said that it was formed suddenly when the earth's crust was split openduring an earthquake.
W: Well, not that quickly.Look, here is the picture of the Colorado River. See way down at the bottom ofthe canyon, that river and its branches have been wearing the canyon floor awayfor ten million years.
M: Then the canyon is theresult of soil erosion. I'll bet geologists have made some interestingdiscoveries there.
W: [23] Not only thegeologists, archaeologists have found the bones of extinct animals in caves inthe canyon walls. [24] In a cave one hundred and forty feet above the river,they found driftwood that dates back as far as thirty seven thousand years.
M: That means the river musthave been a hundred and forty feet higher up when it carried the drift woodinto the cave.
W: It's very possible, but ofcourse, who knows. The Grand Canyon is full of mysteries. [25] Wouldn't youlike to go to Arizona some day?
M: You bet I would.
22. Where has the woman been?
23. What type of scientificdiscoveries does the woman mainly talk about?
24. Where does the woman saythe driftwood was found?
25. What would the man like todo some day?
22．B
【聽前預測】四項均是地點名稱(colorado，Arizona，the Nile River，the Museum of Natural History)。因此本題可能考查做某事的地點。    。
【解析】男士在對話開頭就問道：“很高興看到你回來。你的亞利桑那之行怎么樣?”可見女士是去了亞利桑那州。故選B。
23．A
【聽前預測】四項均為表示學科的形容詞，分別為“archaeological(考古學的)”、“biologicaI(生物學的)”、 “meteorological(氣象學的)”、“sociological(社會學的)”。在聽錄音時應注意對話中是否提及以上關鍵詞，也可能需要根據對話中出現的科學解釋辨別是屬于哪一門學科。
【解析】本題問女士主要討論了哪一學科的研究發現。對話中男士提到：“對于大峽谷，地理學家應該有很多有趣的發現。”女士回答道：“不僅是地理學家，考古學家在大峽谷的巖壁上也發現了已滅絕動物
24．A
【聽前預測】四項均為in引導的介詞短語，in后面接地點。應留意與地點有關的信息。
【解析】本題問浮木是在什么地方被發現的。女士提到，在高于河面140英尺的一個洞穴中，考古學家發現了有37000年歷史的浮木。故選A。
25．B
【聽前預測】四項均以動詞原形開頭(solve，see，find，take)，表示某種行為。本題可能考查某人將要做的事情。
【解析】本題問男士未來某一天要做什么事，答案線索在對話結尾處。女士問：“你不想有一天到亞利桑那州去看看嗎?”男士回答：“You bet I would．(我肯定會去。)”可見他會去亞利桑那州看大峽谷，短語you bet意為“的確，一定”。故選B。選項A未提及，C和D太過具體，在對話中找不到依據。
Section B
Passage One
【聽力原文】
[26] As director of the Alumni Office, let mewelcome you to this meeting, and thank you for your interest in our internshipprogram. While it may seem odd to start planning now in September yourfour-week program next January, experience has shown that such advancedplanning is essential. [27] The purpose of the program is to give youundergraduates a chance to investigate career opportunities through work experience.Such short-term experience will be helpful in finding permanent employmentafter graduation. The program basically provides you with a full-time jobwithout pay or academic credit for the month of January when the college isclosed. Opportunities are available in a wide range of fields includingpublishing, public
administration, health, careand finance. [28] The jobs are sponsored by alumni who are active in thesefields. When you take on one of these jobs, the sponsor will define your tasksand supervise your work. The function of the Alumni Office is to bring you andthe sponsors together. Based on your responses to a questionnaire that I'll handout to you in a minute, we will match you with one or more sponsors. Now yourmost important responsibility is to write to the sponsors and apply for theinternship. The career advisory service here on campus can help you prepareyour letters. This task must be done before November. You are also responsiblefor making your own housing arrangements and paying your living expenses forthe time you are involved in the program.
26. Who is the speaker?
27. Whom is the speakeraddressing?
28. What' s the function of thealumni in the program?
【整體預測】
快速瀏覽各題選項，根據Alumni Office、professor、students、program等關鍵詞推測，該短文涉及的內容很可能與校友會的項目有關。由于前兩道題目的選項均為表示人群的名詞，第三道題目的選項均為某一特定人群所做的事情，因此應重點關注與人有關的信息。
26．A
【解題思路】
1．四項均為表示人物身份的名詞短語。
2．三項的關鍵詞均與校園生活有關(head of the Alumni Office，professor,student)。
3．四項均為單數，其中三項以a開頭。
結論：鑒于本題是該短文的題，可能考查對話開頭處出現的對于人物身份的介紹。
【解析】本題考查講話者的身份。一開始講話者就開門見山地表明自己是“directorof the Alumni Office (校友辦公室主任)”。故選A。
27．B
【解題思路】
1．四項均為表示人物身份的名詞短語。
2．四項均為復數，其中兩項與學生身份有關(interns，students)，兩項與社會身份有關(executives，sponsors)。
結論：本題涉及一個人群，需注意辨別短文中出現的相關信息。
【解析】address作及物動詞時的含義是“向……致辭”，因此本題是在問講話者的講話對象是誰。講話者在講話內容的前半部分提到：“The purpose of the program is to give you under graduates achance…”可見，講話者是在向一些本科生介紹校友會提供的實習項目。故選B。
28．C
【解題思路】
1．四項均以they開頭。
2．謂語動詞均為一般現在時，都表示提供某種助(give，write，provide，work for)。
結論：本題可能考查某一特定人群的角色、職能。
【解析】本題考查校友在該實習項目中的作用。短文中提到：“這些職位是由活躍在這些領域中的校友提供的，當你獲得了其中的某一個職位的時候，崗位的提供者會為你解釋工作任務并監督你的工作。”故選C。
passage two
【聽力原文】
Good evening. Welcome to"Travelogue Night". [29] Tonight our spotlight is on Santa CatalinaIsland, located 26 miles up the southern California coast. For years the islandwith its tiny resort town of Avalon, has been a haven for campers, fishers andswimmers. The island was discovered by a Portuguese explorer in 1542.During itshistory, Santa Catalina passed through the hands of many nations. [30] In 1919,after a fire destroyed much of Avalon, chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley Jr.purchased the island with three million dollars. [31] Wrigley bought the islandprimarily as the training camp for his baseball team, the Chicago Cubs. Soon, however,the millionaire became interested in developing Catalina further as a beautifulpeaceful retreat with something for everyone. During the next ten years, hotelswere constructed, the golf course enlarged, and even a special steamer theCatalina was built to carry 2,000 passengers. In 1928, Mr. Wrigley decided tobuild a huge dance hall called the Casino Ball Room. With the ball room dancecraze sweeping the country then the casino became the favorite venue of bigname band leaders. [32] The most famous musicians and singers of the 1930s and1940s played there for those who enjoyed dancing to their big band tunes. Youcan see for yourself what Catalina looks like as we turn down the lights now.
29. What is the main purpose ofthe talk?
30. Who was William WrigleyJr.?
31. Initially, what wasWrigley's purpose of buying the island?
32. What kind of music waspopular on Santa Catalina Island?
【整體預測】
快速瀏覽各題選項，根據其中的關鍵詞Santa CatalinaIsland、baseball、build、establish、retreat、camp、music等可以推測，短文可能與某一度假小島有關，需重點關注與小島的建沒、棒球、休閑、音樂等有關的信息。
29．A
【解題思路】
1．四項均為不定式短語。
2．四項均合有與介紹有關的詞匯(give background information，tell，introduce)。
3．兩項含有Santa Catalina。
結論：由于本題為該短文的題，因此很有可能考查講話者的意圖，即短文的主旨。
【解析】講話者在開頭處就介紹了主題：“今天的《旅行見聞之夜》將帶大家來到圣卡塔利娜島。”接著，講話者介紹了小島的地理位置、歷史、后期建設開發等等，可見應選A。
30．B
【解題思路】
1．四項均為名詞短語，都以不定冠詞引導。
2．四項均指A．(bandleader，businessman，settler，baseball player)。
結論：此類選項一般與兩種問題有關：種是考查講話者的身份，第二種涉及短文中提到的一個人。因本題已是第二題，故考查講話者身份的可能性稍小。需重點關注短文中提到的人物。
【解析】文中有關William Wrigley Jr．的身份信息主要有兩處：1．chewing—gum magnate William Wrigley Jr．purchased the island with three million dollars．(口香糖業大亨小威廉·里格利以300萬美金的價格買下了這個小島。)2．Soon，however,the  millionaire became interested in developingCatalina further as a beautiful peaceful repeat with something for everyone．(然而不久之后，這個百萬富翁就對進一步將圣卡塔利娜島開發成為一個人人可以前往的美麗寧靜的度假勝地產生了興趣。)由此可知，William Wrigley Jr．的身份是一個富商。故選B。
31．D
【解題思路】
1．四項均為to引導的不定式短語。
2．四項均含有表示建立、建設含義的詞匯(setup，build，establish，start)。
3．兩項含有與旅游、度假有關的詞匯(resort，retreat)。
結論：本題考查做某件事的目的，具體可能涉及建設某種場所或設施。
【解析】題干問里格利買下小島的初目的是什么。短文中間部分提到：里格利初買下小島是為了給他的棒球隊“芝加哥幼獸隊”當訓練營地。故選D。
32．C
【解題思路】
1．四項均為名詞或名詞短語。
2．四項均含有與音樂有關的詞匯(music，opera，big—band)。
結論：應留意短文中提到的關于音樂的信息，聽音重點在短文的后半部分。
【解析】講話者在結尾處提到：在20世紀30和40年代，著名的音樂家和歌手在這里為那些愛好伴著大樂隊樂曲跳舞的人們表演(大樂隊是一種以演奏爵士樂和搖擺樂為主的人數較多的樂隊)。故選C。
Passage Three
【聽力原文】
[33] Did you ever have someone's name on thetip of your tongue and yet you were unable to recall it? When this happensagain, do not try to recall it. Do something else for a couple of minutes, andthe name may come into your head. The name is there since you have met thisperson and learned his name. It only has to be dug out. [35] The initial effortto recall prepares the mind for operation, but it is the subconsciousactivities that go to work to dig up a dim memory. Forcing yourself to recallalmost never helps because it doesn't loosen your memory; it only tightens it.Students find the preparatory method helpful in the examinations. They read overthe questions before trying to answer any of them. [34] Then they answer firstthe ones of which they are most confident. Meanwhile, deeper mental activitiesin the subconscious mind are taking place; work is being done on the moredifficult questions. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers tothe more difficult ones will usually begin to come into consciousness. It isoften just a question of waiting for recall to come to the memory.
33. What's the passage about?
34. According to the passage,what kind of order do students usually follow when they answer questions inexams?
35. Which of the following isTRUE according to the passage?
【整體預測】
快速瀏覽各題選項，根據recalling、memory、conscience、mind、recall、subconscious等關鍵詞推測，該短文很可能談論與記憶、回憶等有關的話題，具體細節需要在聽音中進一步分析。   
33．A
【解題思路】
1．四項均為名詞或名詞性短語。
2．三項含有與人的意識有關的詞匯(recalling，memory，conscience，mind)。
結論：本題可能考查短文的主旨，其內容與意識有關。
【解析】不少人都有過這樣的經歷：當你想叫出某人的名字時。卻突然想不起來了。本篇短文以此為引子，介紹了喚醒記憶的方法，并以學生在考試時答題的過程為例進行具體講解，可見短文主要論述的是如何喚醒記憶。故選A。
34．D
【解題思路】
1．四項均為from…to…結構。
2．四項均提及0nes，其中兩項包含一對反義詞(short/long，complicated／easy)。
結論：本題可能考查做某事的先后順序，需注意辨別ones指代何物。
【解析】題干問學生在考試答題時往往依照怎樣的順序。短文后半部分提到，學生總是先做那些自己有把握的題目，等這些比較簡單的題目答完了，那些較難題目的答案也就想起來了。可見學生答題的順序是由易到難，故選D。A項中的familiar表述不夠準確，可排除。
35．C
【解題思路】
1．四項均為成分完整的句子，其中兩項以when開頭。
2．三項含有第二人稱代詞(you，yourself)。
3．四項均含有與記憶、回憶相關的詞匯(recall，mind，subconscious，memory)。
結論：結合以上三點以及選項的結構來看，本題可能考查說法正誤，需結合原文信息——進行辨別。
【解析】短文中間部分提到，初試圖進行回憶的努力使意識準備好開始運轉，但是，是潛意識活動負責去挖掘模糊的記憶。強迫自己去回憶幾乎從來都不會奏效，因為這樣做非但不會使你的意識放松。而且會使其更緊張。故選C。
Section C
【聽力原文】
Careercast.com is out with itslist of best and worst jobs of 2012. It's bad news for the writer of thisstory, but much brighter for the [36] folks who program the code that keepsthis [37] website humming.
Using a methodology that lookedat [38] physical demands, work environment, income, stress and [39]hiringoutlook, career website Careercast.com, ranked the top 200 jobs. They alsoranked the jobs with the most stress. Not surprisingly, none of the most [40]stressful jobs show up on the best jobs list.
At the top is software [41]engineer and at the bottom is the woodcutter. [42] Tree-felling failed to skate above the bottom 10 percent inall ranking categories, excluding income. [43] Unemployment for woodcutters is veryhigh, and [44] the demand for their services is expected to continue to fallthrough 2016. And while working outside all day may seem like a great job perk,being a woodcutter [45] not only is considered the worst
job, butalso one of the world's most dangerous.
And, thesalary that most dangerous job can expect to earn is a little more than $32,000a year. [46] That's about $56,000 less than the light job of a softwareengineer, which has the average salary of $88,000 a year,
accordingto Careercast.
36．folks人們  
37．website網站
38．physical體力的
39．hiring雇用，聘用
40．stressful有壓力的
41．engineer工程師
42．Tree-felling伐木
43．Unemployment失業率

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