Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension
Section A
11．C
M." I think Tom left his umbrella on the bus.
W: Why he's so careless is really beyond me.
Q: What does the woman say about Tom?
【聽前預測】
1．四項均以he開頭，其中一項為一般過去時，三項為一般現(xiàn)在時。
2．四項均含有負面或消極色彩的詞匯(wrong，angry，isn'tcareful，doesn’thave)。
結論：對話可能與發(fā)生在某位男士身上的不好的事情有關。
【解析】男士說：“我想湯姆將他的雨傘忘在公共汽車上了。”女士回答道：“我真不能理解他怎么會這樣粗心。”isn’t careful為careless的同義轉述，故選C。
12．D
M: Professor Jones, when can we meet to discuss my grade?
W: Would four o'clock be all right?
Q: What does the professor mean?
【聽前預測】
1．四項均以she開頭。
2．三項含有與學生有關的詞匯(grade，student)
3．兩項含有與約見有關的詞匯(meeting，meet)。
結論：對話很可能與見面以及學生的分數有關。
【解析】男士問道：“瓊斯教授，我們什么時候可以見面討論一下我的分數的事?”女士回答說：“四點怎么樣?”可見女士將在下午與男士見面。故選D。
13．A
M: My chemistry project is in trouble because my partner and I hadtotally different ideas about how to proceed.
W: You should try to meet each other half way.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
【聽前預測】
1．四項均以動詞原形開頭，可能指某人將要做某事。
2．兩項提及project。
結論：對話可能與進行某一項目有關，應將聽音重點放在動作上。
【解析】男士說：“我的化學研究項目碰到了麻煩，因為我和同伴對于研究應該如何繼續(xù)有完全不同的想法。”女士回答道：“你們應該互相妥協(xié)一下。”meet each other half way是習語，意為“取折中意見，互相妥協(xié)”，應注意掌握。故選A。
14．A
M: I have to look for a room to rent.
W: How about trying Carters? They usually have a long list ofplaces.
Q: Where will the man probably go?
【聽前預測】
1．四項均以to開頭，后接目的地。
2．兩項含有agency，兩項含有store。
結論：本題可能考查某人將要去某個地方。應留意對話中的地點名詞。
【解析】男士說：“我得租一間房子。”女士說：“去卡特斯試試看吧。他們通常有很多房源。”不難推斷出卡特斯應該就是房產代理公司，故選A。real estate意為“房產，不動產”。
15．B
W: The art museum shop has all sorts of paints that areinexpensive and colorful.
M: Especially if you like modern art.
Q: What does the man say about the shoo?
【聽前預測】
1．兩項以it開頭，兩項以its開頭。
2．三項含有與藝術有關的詞匯(artists，art paints，colon)。
結論：對話可能與藝術、顏色等有關。應先辨別it所指代的對象。
【解析】女士對男士說道：“藝術館的商店賣各種各樣的顏料，色彩鮮艷而且價格不貴。”男士回答道：“尤其是如果你喜歡現(xiàn)代藝術的話(那就更好了)。”it指代藝術館的商店。故選B，即“該商店的主打商品是現(xiàn)代藝術顏料”。
16．A
W: Can you listen for my telephone?
M: Sure, I'm planning to be here all day.
Q: What does the woman want the man to do?
【聽前預測】
1．四項均以動詞原形開頭，可能指某人要做的事情。，
2．四項均含有her。
3．三項含有與電話有關的詞匯(calls，telephone)。
結論：對話應該和接打電話有關。
【解析】女士問男士：“你能幫我聽著點電話嗎?”男士答道：“沒問題，我一天都會在這兒。”可見女士想讓男士在她不在的時候接聽一下打給她的電話。故選A。
17．D
M: I don't know whether I should time my speech now or keep onrevising my notes. What do you think?
W: I'd carry on with what you are doing.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
【聽前預測】
1．四項均以動詞原形開頭，可能指某人要做某事。
2．兩項提及her．兩項提及time。
3．兩項含有與演講有關的詞匯(notes，speech)。
結論：本題可能與演講、時間等有關。
【解析】男士說：“我不知道是該測一下我演講的時間還是斷續(xù)修改我的筆記。你覺得呢?”女士回答道：“(如果我是你的話)我會繼續(xù)做你正在做的事情。”可見女士建議男士繼續(xù)修改他的筆記。carry on with sth．意為“繼續(xù)做某事”。故選D。
18．C
W：Would you like to go mountain—climbing withus?
M：That’s the last thing in the world I'd everwant to do．
Q：What does the man mean?
【聽前預測】
1．四項均以he開頭。
2．兩項合有與爬山有關的詞匯(climbed，climbin9，mountain)，一項提及traveled。
結論：對話可能與男士和爬山有關。
【解析】女士問男士要不要和她們一起去爬山，男士回答道：“這是整個世界上我不愿意做的一件事了。”本題考查的是句型That's the last thing in the world I'd ever want to do。類似的句型還有：He is the
last person in the world I want to see．(他是我在世界上不愿意見的人)故選C。
Conversation One
M: Hello.
W: Oh, hello. You must be a new student. Did you find it OK?
M: Well, I got a bit lost because I asked a stranger. But I got iteventually,
W: Oh, dear. Have you come far today?
M: Only from Brighton. I was staying with my brother.
W: Oh. Good. [19] How did you get here?
M: My brother took me to the railway station. And I got on a busat this end.
W: Aha. Well, you'd better tell me your name so I can find yourform.
M: It's Mark Bum,
W: Bum, Bum. Ah, yes. [20] Oh, you've changed since this photo. Whathappened to your beard and moustache? And not wearing glasses, either.
M: No, I thought I'd better look smarter.
W: Here is the key to your room. It's 501.
M: Thanks. How do ! get there?
W: Go to the end of this corridor, turn left and it's the thirddoor on the right,
M: "Thank you. [21] Oh, here's a meeting for new students.What time is that?
W: Half past five in the Common Room on the ground floor at theother end of the corridor.
M: Thanks a lot. Goodbye.
19. How did Mark get to his new school?
20. Which of the following about Mark has NOT changed since hispicture?
21. Where is the meeting for new students to be held?
19．C
【聽前預測】
1．四項均為by…and by…結構的短語。
2．四項均包含兩種交通方式，具體有train、car、plane、coach和bus。
結論：本題可能考查從某地到某地的交通方式。
【解析】當女士問男士他是如何到達學校時，男士回答道：“我哥哥送我到火車站，之后我又坐上了來這里的汽車。”可見男士是先坐火車再坐汽車。故選C。
20．B
【聽前預測】四項分別為眼鏡、短發(fā)、髭(鼻子與嘴之間的胡子)、須(下巴上的胡子)，都與人的外貌有關。因此需留意聽男士的外貌特征。
【解析】題干問男士本人與照片相比，什么地方沒有變。女士在看到男士的照片時說道：“哦，與這張照片比起來你變樣子了，你的胡須呢?而且你現(xiàn)在也不戴眼鏡了。”可見A、C和D均有變化，應選B。
21．B
【聽前預測】
1．四項均為以in開頭的短語。
2．四項均含有room。
結論：可能考查與地點有關的細節(jié)。
【解析】題干問新生大會將在哪里舉行。當男士問起有關新生大會的事情時，女士說道：“會議將于5點半在公共禮堂舉行，在一樓走廊的另一端盡頭。”可見正確的地點是在the Common Room，答案為B。
Conversation Two
M: How are your new neighbors, Nancy?
W: They seem nice enough, but they have a son who's driving mecrazy.
M: What do you mean?
W: [22] He comes home every night around 10 with his car windowsrolled down and radio blaring. [23] It stops as soon as he turns the car off.But by then Brian and Lisa are wide awake.
M: Oh, no.
W: Oh, yes. Sometimes it takes us till midnight just to get themsettle down again.
M: Have you tried talking to them?
W: [24] We haven't even really met them except to say a quickhello. I hate to get off on the wrong foot.
M: You are not going to like them when you do meet them if youkeep on simmering.
W: I know, but I feel stupid complaining. It's not as though he'sblasting his stereo all night.
M: You said yourself it is driving you crazy.
W: Well, you know how early I have to get up to be here at theoffice. I'm just not getting enough sleep and neither are the kids. They're soirritable when I get home in the afternoon.
M: [25]Maybe you could go over sometime with a little gift: aplant for the yard or something. Then you could ask about their son, whetherthey have any other children and they'll he sure to ask about yours.
W: Yeah and then what?
M: Then you could mention that the hardest thing at this stage isgetting your kids to get sleep at night.
W: And keeping them in the sleep.
M: That's the idea, and you should do it soon. The longer youwait, the harder it'll be to do politely.
22. What bothers Nancy about her neighbor's son?
23. When does the noise stop?
24. Why is Nancy reluctant to speak to her neighbors about theproblem?
25. What suggestion does Nancy's friend make?
22．B
【聽前預測】
1．兩項以he開頭，兩項以his開頭。
2．三項含有too，三項含有與聲音大有關的詞匯(wakes…up，loudly，noisy)。
結論：本題可能與某位男士制造噪音有關。
【解析】對話中女士提到，鄰居家的兒子每晚10點左右才回家，并且總是開著車窗大聲地播放著收音機。當他關閉汽車發(fā)動機的時候噪音會停止，但到那個時候她的兩個孩子都已經被吵醒了。故選B。
23．D
【聽前預測】一項以at開頭，一項以in開頭，兩項以when開頭。四項都表示時問。應留意對話中與時間有關的細節(jié)。
【解析】題干問收音機發(fā)出的噪音什么時候會停止，由上一題可知，當鄰居兒子關閉汽車發(fā)動機的時候噪音會停止。故選D。
24．A
【聽前預測】
1．四項均以she開頭，其中兩項后接is afraid，一項接doesn't want，一項接knows。
2．兩項提及they。
結論：本題可能與女士不愿做某事有關系，需先辨別they的指代對象。
【解析】題干問女士為什么不愿意去找鄰居談談她的困擾，女士在對話中說道：“我們除了匆匆打過一次招呼之外還沒有真正地互相認識。而且我討厭一開始就給人留下不好的印象。”故選A。原文中的get off on the wrong foot是習語。意為“一開始就不成功，一開頭就不順利”。
25．D
【聽前預測】
1．四項均以對話中女士的名字開頭(Nancy should…)。
2．四項均含有her neighbors。
結論：本題可能考查南希應該對她的鄰居怎樣做。
【解析】題干問南希的朋友(即對話中的男士)給她提出了怎樣的建議。男士對南希的建議是：“也許你應該帶上一份小禮物，比如盆栽之類的，去他們家拜訪一下。然后你可以問起他們家的兒子，他們是否還有其他的孩子等等，這樣他們自然也就會問起關于你的孩子的事了。”故選D。
Section B
Passage One
【聽力原文】
[26] Are electric cars theway of the future? Automobile manufacturers are under pressure to develop cars thatdo not pollute. One powerful motive is a California law requiring that by theyear 2010 ten percent of new car sales in the state be so-called zero-emissionvehicles. These cars must put no pollutants whatsoever into
the atmosphere. California is a huge market for the automobilecompanies, so they are working hard to meet these standards. [27]So far theelectric car seems to be the best alternative. So the big advantage of electriccars is
that they don't pollute. However, they will be in competition withgas-powered cars and that's where the weaknesses come out. The big problem isthat the batteries that power electric cars weigh a lot relative to the amountof power they deliver. For instance, in one prototype electric car, [28] thebatteries weighed 400 kilograms. And they provide enough energy to go 250kilometers before recharging, which takes eight hours.
Compare that to a moderately fuel-efficient conventional car, itcan go 600 to 700 kilometers on a tank of gas and refilling takes just minutes.If there are other drains on an electric car's batteries besides the motor,headlights, air-conditioning or a heater, its already limited range will besignificantly reduced. So automobile engineers are trying to make more powerfulbatteries that would increase the cars' range and make them more attractive tobuyers.
26. What is the talk mainly about?
27. What is the main advantage of electric cars over gas-poweredcars?
28. What is the main drawback of the electric car?
【整體預測】
快速瀏覽各題選項，根據electric cars、fuel efficiency、pollution、automobile、pollute、drive、faster、go long distances、recharging、steer、engine等關鍵詞推測，該短文與電動汽車以及其優(yōu)勢有關，因為選項中涉及“不會產生污染”，當然還可能與其不足或劣勢有關(根據第28題的選項預測)。
26．A
【解題思路】四項均為名詞短語，分別為電動汽車、提高燃料效率、加利福尼亞州的污染法規(guī)、汽車安全，相互之間的關聯(lián)度不高，加之本題為該短文的題，因此很有可能考查短文主題。
【解析】短文開頭開門見山，直入主題：“Are electric cars the way of the future?(電動車會成為未來的主流交通工具嗎?)”如果聽到此句時沒有抓住主題，后面還有機會，因為整篇文章就是圍繞electriccars的優(yōu)勢和劣勢展開的。故選A。
27．B
【解題思路】
1．四項均為以they開頭的句子，they可能指代的是電動汽車。
2．四項都涉及優(yōu)勢(cheaper，do not pollute，simpler，faster)。
結論：本題可能考查電動汽車的優(yōu)勢，需留意相關細節(jié)。
【解析】短文中提到：迄今為止電動汽車似乎是的替代品，它的一大優(yōu)勢就是不會污染環(huán)境。故選B。
28．B
【解題思路】
1．四項均為完整句子，其中三項以it開頭，一項以its開頭。
2．四項都涉及缺點或劣勢(not comfortable，cannot go long，difficult，overheats)。
結論：本題可能考查電動汽車的缺點或劣勢，需留意相關細節(jié)。
【解析】短文中提到：電動汽車的電池重400千克，充滿電后可使汽車行駛250公里，充一次電需要8個小時，相比之下，一輛一般的傳統(tǒng)耗油汽車，一箱油能行駛600到700公里，而加滿油只需要幾分鐘。可見電動車的劣勢就在于單次行程短而充電時間長，故選B。
Passage Two
【聽力原文】
Thank you. It's great to see so many of you interested in thisseries on "Survival in the Outer Space". [29]Tonight I'm going totalk about one of the most basic aspects of survival: the space suit. When mostof you imagine astronaut, that's probably the first thing that comes to mind,right? Well, without space suit it will not be
possible for us to survive in space. For example, 30 outer spaceis a vacuum. There's no gravity or air pressure. Without protection, a bodywould explode. What's more, we cook in the sun or freeze in the shade withtemperatures ranging from a toasty 300 degrees above to a cool 300 degrees belowzero Fahrenheit. The space suit that NASA has developed is truly a marvel. 31This photo enlargement here is a life size image of an actual space suit wornby astronauts on the last space shuttle mission. This part is the torso. It ismade of seven extremely durable layers. This thick insulation protects againsttemperature extremes and radiation. Next is what they call a bladder of oxygen.That's an inflatable sack filled with oxygen to simulate atmosphere pressure.This bladder presses against the body with the same force as the earthatmosphere at sea level. The innermost layers provide liquid cooling andventilation. Despite all the layers the suit is flexible, allowing freemovement, so we can work. Another really sophisticated part of the space suitis the helmet. I brought one along to show you.
29. What's the speaker's main purpose?
30. What would cause an unprotected human body to explode in theouter space?
31. What does the speaker show the audience as she describes thedifferent parts of space suit?
29．D
【解題思路】四項均為不定式短語，均提及space。由于該題處于題，且選項核心動詞分別為show、gain、describe、inform，因此本題很有可能是問講話者的目的，即短文的主旨。
【解析】短文開頭處提到：“歡迎收看《外太空生存》系列節(jié)目，今晚我們來談一談涉及太空生存的基本因素中的其中一個：宇航服。”隨后講話者簡要介紹了宇航服的功能以及其各個部分。故選D。
30．A
【解題思路】四項均為名詞短語，其中三項與太空中的獨特條件(air pressure，temperature，radiation)有關，可能考查宇航服的某種設計原理。
【解析】短文中提到，宇航服是太空生活所必需的，因為外太空是一個真空空間，沒有任何重力和氣壓，如果沒有防護的話，人體將會爆炸。故選A。
31．C
【解題思路】四項均為名詞或名詞短語，分別為一盤錄像帶、一本書、一幅照片、一個氧氣罐。應注意短文中是否提到相應的細節(jié)。
【解析】短文后面部分提到：“這張放大版的照片是一個實物大小的宇航服照片，上一次執(zhí)行太空任務的宇航員所穿的就是這套宇航服。”接著，講話者介紹了宇航服各個組成部分。picture是對原文中photo enlargement的同義轉述，故選C。
Passage Three
【聽力原文】
Last week I told you about how the body uses vitamin C and foodsthat contain vitamin C, such as oranges and tomatoes. [32] Now I want todiscuss vitamin D which is important to human nutrition because it helps thebody to absorb calcium. Calcium as you know is essential for maintaining healthybones and teeth. Vitamin D deficiency an lead to serious bone diseases. E33] Soin the United States it is added to milk, a staple food in most people's diet.Vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin. That's because the bodyrequires sunlight in order to make use of it. Here's how it works: [34] whenultraviolet rays from the sun strike the vitamin D in our skin, the sunlightconverts vitamin D to its active form and a substance called calciferol isproduced.Calciferol is what carries the calcium to our bones. [34] [35]If ourbodies are not exposed to ultraviolet rays from the sun we cannot convertvitamin D to its active form, and thus cannot make use of any of the calcium
that we have consumed in our food. Eventually we would suffer froma calcium deficiency and have weak bones.Luckily it takes only 10 to 20 minutesof exposure to sunlight a day to ensure sufficient vitamin D production.Exceptin extremely atmospheric conditions like very heavy smog or a sunless climate,most people are able to get enough exposure to the sun. Doctors recommend thatpeople who don't drink much milk take vitamin supplements and that everyonespend at least 10 minutes in the sun every day.
32. Why is vitamin D important?
33. In the United States, what is the main source of vitamin D formost people?
34. What is necessary to convert vitamin D to its active form?
35. According to the speaker what might happen to the people who stayindoors all the time?
32．C
【解題思路】
1．四項均以it開頭。兩項后接helps，一項接keeps，一項接prevents。
2．三項與人體健康有關，其中兩項直接提及body。
結論：本題可能考查某種因素對人體健康的影響。應先辨別it的指代內容。
【解析】題干問為什么維生素D非常重要，我們可以在短文開頭處找到線索。講話者提到：“Now I want todiscuss Vitamin D which is important to human nutrition because it helps thebody to absorb calcium．(現(xiàn)在我要講的是對人體健康很重要的維生素D，因為它能夠幫助人體吸收鈣。)”故選c。
33．B
【解題思路】四項均為食物：橙子、牛奶、西紅柿、面包。本題可能問哪種食物中含有較多的維生素D，對于短文中提到的食物要多加留意。
【解析】題干問在美國什么是人們攝取維生素D的主要來源。短文中提到，在美國，維生素D被添加到牛奶這種大多數人的主要食物中。故選B。
34．B
【解題思路】四項均為名詞短語，分別為：每天l0分鐘的鍛煉、紫外線、維生素補充劑、每天8小時的睡眠。需留意文中是否有對以上信息進行詳細分析的地方。
【解析】短文中兩次提到ultraviolet rays。次：“when ultraviolet raysfrom the sun strike the vitamin D in our skin．thesunlight converts vitamin D to its active form(當陽光中的紫外線照到我們皮膚中的維生素D的時候，陽光就將維生素D轉化為其活躍形式)”；第二次：“If our bodies are not exposed toultraviolet rays from the sun we cannot convert vitamin D to its active form(如果我們的身體不與陽光中的紫外線接觸的話，我們就無法將維生素D轉化為其活躍形式)”。文中重復敘述的內容大都是重要內容，也往往是考點。故選B。
35．A
【解題思路】
1．三項以they開頭，一項以their開頭。
2．四項均含有may。
3．三項都是不好的結果：become weak、develop wrinkles、become allergic。lose weight則對一部分人來說是不好的結果。
結論：整篇短文都在談維生素D這種營養(yǎng)元素，因此本題可能是問當人體缺乏這種元素時可能會有什么不好的結果。
【解析】實際問題與預測略有偏差，題干問：如果人們長期待在室內的話會怎樣。文中提到：如果我們的身體不與陽光中的紫外線接觸的話，我們就無法將維生素D轉化為其活躍形式，也就無法利用我們從食物中所攝入的鈣，終將會導致鈣缺乏和骨質疏松。故選A。根據之前的預測，我們一般會將聽音重點放在不良結果上，因此即使稍有出入應該也能答對此題。
【聽力原文】Section C
Women still have a complex and contradictory relationship withtheir own image according to a poll that found 25 percent of those [36]questioned would rather win the "America's Next Top Model" TV showthan the[37] Nobel Peace Prize.
And although 75 percent of women E38J surveyed said they would bewilling to [39] shave their heads to save the life of a stranger; more than a [40]quarter of those taking part admitted they would make their best friend fat forlife, if it meant they could be thin.
As for that age-old [41] dilemma of whether to marry for wealth orlooks, half of the 18- to 24-year-olds questioned said they would marry an uglyman if he were a E [42] multimillionaire.
The poll for U.S. television network Oxygen, which is [43]targeted at young women, also found that [44]88 percent of 18- to 34-year-oldwomen would happily give up their cell phone, jewelry and makeup to keep afriendship.
"This survey reveals [45] an interesting analysis of today'swoman and how she relates her personal image with what she values in herlife," said Dr. Jenn Berman, psychotherapist and judge of the upcoming newOxygen series " Pret Wicked".
"As shown in several results, [46] women today are a complexcombination of altruistic and materialistic,vain and insecure．loyal and self-serving．This survey highlights the dichotomy(對分；二分法)inall of US．”Berman said．
More than 2．000 women aged 18-34 were interviewed for thepoll．
36．question詢問   40．quarter四分之一
37．Nobel諾貝爾41．dilemma窘境，進退兩難的困境
38．survey調查42．multimillionaire千萬富翁，富豪
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