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标准听力（八）听力原文及答案解析Section A11. W: There is a limit of three books each person, but you take four books.M: Thank you for telling me this. Ill drop this one and be certain to return the other three on time.Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?12. W: I dont have enough money to pay the registration fee until tomorrow. So I come here to ask for an extension (延期).M: Today is the deadline for the course registration. Im sorry, but I cant make an exception.Q: What is the womans problem?13. W: Do you have any idea what this notice is about? I have thought about it for a whole day.M: Let me see. Oh, Im as in the dark (不明白) as you are.Q: What does the man mean?14. M: I want to play football tomorrow. How nice it will be if tomorrow is sunny and warm!W: But thats not what they forecast, is it?Q: What does the woman imply about the weather tomorrow?15. M: I have an appointment with Dr. Stevens at 3 oclock tomorrow. But somethings come up. Id like to reschedule. Uh, any chance I can get in by the end of this week?W: Well, we just had a cancellation (取消预定) for Friday. After that, the doctor will be out of the office for two weeks.Q: What does the woman mean?16. W: There are only a few drops left in the can. I guess well have to buy some in the morning. M: Well, we can finish up this job tomorrow. Lets just wash out（洗净） our brushes for now.Q: What does the woman probably want to buy?17. M: I need to go out. Mary is waiting for me in the coffee shop. Is it still raining?W: Yes, but its starting to let up（减缓，减弱） a little. Q: What does the woman mean?18. M: Id like to have some flowers delivered to Peace Hospital.W: Certainly. If you step over here, Ill show you some flower arrangements (插花).Q: What does the man want to do?Conversation OneM: Hi, Mrs. Dupree. You asked me to come by（来访）?W: Oh, yes. Clinton. Thanks for coming in. How is it going?M: Not too bad. I thought Id have it tough after changing universities, but Ive been able to catch up with my academics, and Ive even managed to make a couple of friends. I dont know how since I havent really been out that much.W: Well, its good to hear that about your classes. Actually, I was just chatting with your journalism professor, and she told me that she was impressed with your writing skills and that it would be such a shame（真是惭愧） to keep it in the confines of the classroom during your stay here at the university.M: She said that? Well, Im really happy to hear that. Well, yeah, of course, I intend to write for a newspaper when I graduate.W: No, she didnt mean that. She thinks you should apply for the campus newsletter（大学校报）. Thats why I called you here.M: What? Whoa, thats a big step for me. I never even tried out for the newsletter in my former college and Im only a sophomore with not that much experience in writing.W: Yes, yes, she knows all that, but your professor thinks you should be on the staff of the newsletter. She said youd be great in features. When I heard that I just had to talk to you.M: But dont they have enough writers at the newsletter? What would they do with a beginner like me?W: I see youre in need of a bit of confidence, young man. Listen, why dont you just go over there and give it a try? Lets just see how it goes, what do you say?M: OK, if you say so.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What did the man worry about when he was going to change universities?20. Why does the woman ask the man to come by?21. What can be inferred about the man?Conversation TwoW: Department of Art, Design and Media. Can I help you?M: Yes. Id like some information about photography courses.W: Let me just get the prospectus（计划表）OK, well, we do have several different courses. Ill just run through（浏览） them for you. The first is “Introducing Photography”. That runs for ten weeks and its a foundation-level course, so its for people just beginning in photography.M: Right.W: Thats on Monday evenings, from 6:30 to 9:30. Next, theres “Black and White Photography”, which is at intermediate level, so you would need some previous experience for that one. And you also have to have an interview with a tutor beforehand.M: Sounds interesting. Which evening is it on?W: Its a daytime course, actually. From 2:00 to 4:30 on Tuesdays. Thats also for ten weeks.M: Thats a pity, I work on Tuesday afternoons.W: Theres also “Landscape Photography”, which is on Tuesday evenings, from 6:30 to 9:00. Thats a longer course than the others, it runs for sixteen weeks.M: And do you need previous experience for that one?W: Let me just checkMm, its advanced level. So yes, you would, and again youd have to be interviewed beforehand. OKthen the only other one we do is “The Art of Digital Photography”.M: Im not sure thats for me, but which evening is it?W:Its a flextime（弹性时间） course. Its on Wednesday, but you can do it at any time to suit you during the daytime.M: How many weeks is that?W: Its up to you（由你决定）, really. You have to do 60 hours in all. And again, theres an interview.M: Thats OK.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22. What is the conversation mainly about?23.When is “Black and White Photography” ?24.Which course mentioned in the conversation doesnt need an interview?25. What does the woman say about “The Art of Digital Photography”?Section BPassage OneThe vast oceans of the world are dark, deep and mysterious places where eyesight counts for little as soon as you venture very far beneath the surface.For humans, who live in a world dominated by visual stimuli, to exist in such conditions would be impossible. But for whales and dolphins that live in the ocean or, in the case of a few species, muddy rivers, the darkness is unimportant. What is important to them is sound.Sound is an efficient way to transmit and sense information, especially as it travels five times faster through water than through air. If humans shout to someone, it is unlikely that they will be heard a kilometer away. But if a whale shouts in an ocean channel, another whale may hear it tens, if not hundreds, of kilometers away.Whales and dolphins use sound in two ways: for communication and for echolocation. Dolphins and toothed whales communicate through a wide variety of high-frequency sounds.But as well as using sounds to communicate, toothed whales and dolphins also rely on echolocation to learn about their immediate environment, including prey（捕食者） that might be waiting nearby. They produce intense short broad-band pulses of sound in the ultrasonic（超声波） range. These clicks are brief, typically less than one millisecond long but they are repeated many times each second.Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. For whales and dolphins, which sense is most important?27. How much faster does the sound travel in the water than in the air?28. How do the dolphins and toothed whales communicate?Passage TwoThe latest report from the institute for International Education gives information from the school year that began in September of last year and ended in May of this year. It says more than 500,000 foreign college students attended American schools during that school year.New York University in New York City had the largest number of foreign students. Almost 5,000 foreign students attended NYU last year. The University of Southern California at Los Angeles had the second largest number of students, about 4,500.The report says the State of California had the most foreign students, with about 66,000 living there last year. New York State was next, with about 55,000 foreign students.China sent the most foreign students to the United States last year. More than 54,000 Chinese students attended American schools. Japan sent the next highest number of students, almost 47,000. India was next, with about 42,000. And Korea was fourth, sending more than 41,000 students to the United States.The report says the most popular subjects of study for international students in the United States last year were business and management. Twenty percent of all foreign students were studying those subjects. Fifteen percent studied engineering. Nineteen percent studied mathematics and computer science.Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. Which university had the second largest number of foreign students in America ?30. What can we learn about the State of California according to the latest report?31. What were the most popular subjects for the international students in the United States last year?Passage ThreeAdvertising is the tool that has always been used to convince the public to buy products. In the beginning, it was a basic and crude（粗糙的） tool. Craftsmen cried out to passersby, telling the quality of their products. Today, newspapers, magazines, radio, and television use a variety of means to introduce the public to many products developed through technology.The Romans started using recorded advertisements. They smoothed and whitened areas on a wall where advertisements could be written or carved.In the Middle Ages, people continued to use verbal announcements and written messages, but a new form of advertising, using symbols, was developed as well. Shops displayed a special symbol to indicate what goods or services could be found inside.The Industrial Revolution caused an explosion（激增、繁荣） in the advertising field. The abundance of luxury goods, coming both from new inventions and from trade with different parts of the world, meant that consumers had to be told more about products than ever before. They had to be persuaded that the