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HostessGo out of ones way特意不怕麻烦做某事DentistPhysicianReplacePart I Listening ComprehensionSection A1. M: I think the hostess really went out of her way to make the party a success.W: Yes. The food and drinks were great, but if only we had known a few the other guests.Q: What did the two speakers say about the party?【解析】选B。选项表明对话与参加party的感受有关。B、C、D 都是关于party的不足之处，只有A 是对party完全的肯定，故可初步排除。听音时需留意以下要点：不足knew none；food and drinks；long way。本题的关键在于搞清说话人是对party的哪方面不太满意。本题是在but转折处命题。but后往往表达说话人的真实意图，常为考查重点。女士通过虚拟语气 “if only we had known（要是我们认识几个其他的客人就好了）”来表达一种遗憾，其中隐含的事实是“他们不认识其他客人（knew none of the other guests）”。2. M: Can you stop by the post office and get me some envelops and 39 cents stamps?W: Well, I am not going to stop by the post office but I can buy you some at the book store after I see the dentist down Marker Street.Q: Where will the woman go first?【解析】选A。选项特点（to+地点）表明本题问的是“去哪”，疑问词应为“where”。对话中很可能会出现不只一个地点，因此需有针对性地做适当笔记，然后根据问题对号入座。本题仍然是针对but转折处命题，但but后面出现了两个地点，如没有抓住“after I see the dentist”这一时间状语从句，则很容易误选C。3. M: How do you like the new physician who replaced Doctor Andrews?W: He may not seem as agreeable or as thorough as Doctor Andrews, but at least he doesnt keep patients waiting for hours.Q: What can we infer from the womans answer?【解析】选D。A、C 表明对话与女士对Dr. Andrews的看法有关。A 中还提到了the new physician（医生），故对话中可能涉及二者的比较。B 是有关Dr. Andrews升职的情况，与女士对他的看法无关，而且其他三项都是对Dr. Andrews持否定的态度，而B 是对他持肯定态度，故B 可初步排除。A、C 意思相近（dislike, disagree），故二者很可能都不是答案。因此本题的听音重点应放在D 项上。女士是将the new physician与Dr. Andrews进行比较（not asas），最后一句中的he是代指the new physician，暗指Dr. Andrews的情况正好相反。本题与前两题一样，仍然是针对but转折处命题，需引起注意。4. W: Tom must be in a bad mood today. He hasnt said half a dozen of words all afternoon.M: Oh, really? Thats not like the Tom we know.Q: What does the man imply?【解析】选A。选项表明对话可能与Tom的性格和同事对其的印象有关。D 项是说Tom有好多事情要做，与其他三项内容明显不同，故可初步排除。听音时需留意以下要点：talkative（爱说话的）；bad temper（坏脾气）；disliked by colleagues。其实通过女士话中的hasnt saidwords就可以猜测对话应该与Tom说话方面的性格有关。男士话中“Thats not like the Tom we know”意味着Tom平常（usually）不是那样（hasnt saidwords all afternoon），即Tom平常很爱说话（talkative）。5. W: Do you have the seminar schedule with you? Id like to find out the topic for Friday.M: I gave it to my friend, but there should be copies available in the library. I can pick one up for you.Q: What does the man promise to do?【解析】选C。选项均为不定式形式表明本题与目的或行为有关。由选项中的the woman可知本题是针对男士提问，故听音时应重点关注男士的话。A、B、C 均与seminar（研讨会）有关，D 则与这一主题无关，故可初步排除。听音时需留意以下要点：find out topic（主题）；get schedule（时间安排表）for friend/woman。本题首先应该搞清男士想要了解研讨会的“主题”还是拿到“时间安排表”，其实要辨别男士要把时间安排表给“谁”（friend还是woman）。男士话中的pickup意为“取（某）”，而D 中的pickup意为“接（某人）”物。6. W: I wonder if you could sell me the psychology textbooks. You took the course last semester, didnt you?M: As a matter of fact, I already sold them back to the school book store. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?【解析】选B。选项表明对话与购买和出售旧教科书有关。A、B 表示男士为卖书者，女士为买书者；C、D 则表示女士为卖书者，男士为买书者。故听音时需首先搞清二者的角色。如是第一种情况，则答案很可能为B ，因为如果男士不想把书卖给女士，那也就意味着女士要另想办法了；如是第二种情况，则答案很可能为C ，因为对话是关于购买用过的教科书，不大可能是打算去书店买。因此本题的关键就在于分清谁是“买书者”和谁是“卖书者”。7. W: Here is this weeks schedule, Tony. On Monday there is the board meeting. Your speech at the Lions Club is on Tuesday afternoon. Then on Wednesday you have the appointment with your lawyer. AndM: Wait! You mean the business conference on Tuesday is canceled?Q: What will the man do this Tuesday?【解析】选A。选项均以动词原形开头，表明本题为考查“行为活动类型”。选项中的活动都与工作有关，很可能是某人的工作日程安排。对话中可能会涉及到不只一项活动，故听音时需有针对性地做适当笔记，尤其注意可能出现的时间。对话一开始就出现了schedule一词，证实了我们之前的猜测，接下来的听音过程中就要尤其注意把时间和活动逐一对应，然后根据问题对号入座。8. M: Can you believe it? Jessie told her boss he was wrong to have fired his marketing director.W: Yeah. But you know Jessie. If she has something in mind, everyone will know about it. Q: What does the woman mean?【解析】选D。选项表明对话与对Jessie的评价有关。A 是说Jessie更了解市场总监，这与对Jessie的评价无关，故可初步排除。听音时需留意以下要点：wrong to find fault with boss（不该挑老板的错）；have a lot on her mind（有很多事要操心）；says what she thinks（想什么说什么）。本题再次针对but转折处命题，需加以注意。9. M: Weve got three women researchers in our group, Mary, Betty and Helen. Do you know them?W: Sure. Mary is active and sociable. Betty is the most talkative woman Ive ever met. But guess whatHelen is just the opposite.Q: What do we learn from the womans remark about Helen?【解析】选A。选项表明问题是关于Helen的性格。C 中sociable（好交际的）与D 中active（积极的，活跃的）都表示喜欢与人交往，这两种性格往往是相融合的，故二者很可能都不是答案。A 中quiet与B 中的talkative则正好相反，故二者中很可能有一个为答案。因此本题的关键就在于判断Helen是比较“安静（quite）”还是比较“爱说话（talkative）”。Opposite意为“相反的”。本题再次针对but转折处命题，需加以注意（本套题中已有5道）。10. W: Jimmy said that he was going to marry a rich French business woman. M: Dont be so sure. He once told me that he had bought a big house, yet he is still sharing an apartment with Mark.Q: What does the man imply?【解析】选C。选项表明本题与对Jimmy的评价有关。D 是说Jimmy将来会后悔娶了一个法国女人，这与对Jimmy的评价无关，故可初步排除。听音时需留意以下要点：not serious in decisions；rich to buy house；words not reliable。从对话中Jimmy said和he once told可推知对话与Jimmy所说的话有关，便可初步推测答案可能为C。Section BPassage OneUnless you have visited the southern United States, you probably have never heard of Kudzu. Kudzu, as any farmer in the south will sadly tell you, is a super-powered weed. It is a strong climbing plant. Once it gets started, Kudzu is almost impossible to stop. It climbs to the tops of the tallest trees. It can cover large buildings. Whole barns and farm houses have been known to disappear from view. Wherever it grows, its thick wristing stems are extremely hard to remove. Kudzu was once thought to be a helpful plant. Originally found in Asia, it was brought to America to help protect the land from being swallowed by the sea. It was planted where its tough roots which grow up to five feet long could help hold back the soil. But the plant soon spread to places where it wasnt wanted. Farmers now have to fight to keep it from killing other plants. In a way, Kudzu is a sign of a labor shortage in the south. Where there is no one to work the fields, Kudzu soon takes over. The northern United States faces no threat from Kudzu. Harsh winters kill it off. The plant loves the warmth of the south, but the south surely doesnt love it. If someone could invent some use for Kudzu and remove it from southern farmland, his or her fortune would be assured.预览三道题各选项，由farmers, soil, plant, growth等词以及12题中的Kudzu一词，可推知本文很可能是对一种名为“Kudzu”的植物的介绍。 11. What do we learn about “Kudzu” from the passage?【解析】选A。由选项中harm, good, kill和protect等词可推测本题可能与Kudzu这种植物的作用或影响有关。B 是关于它是如何传入美国的，与其作用或影响无关，故可初步排除。注意选项中分别出现了south America和Northern America，这提示Kudzu在这两个地区的情况可能会有所不同，听音时需加以留意。本题的听音重点为：好的作用（USA）kill harmful weeds/protect buildings；坏的影响（Northern A）more harm than good。由sadly一词可推知Kudzu应该是给the farmers in the south带来了不好的影响，可初步判断答案为A。12.What will happen if the fields are neglected in the southern United States?【解析】选B。由选项中plough（耕种），overgrown with Kudzu可推知本题中they指土地。本题很可能与Kudzu对土地的影响有关。C 未提到对Kudzu对土地的影响，故可初步排除。听音时需留意以下要点：hard plough；hard protect；overgrown with Kudzu。如果能够抓住Kudzu 生长力很强这一特点（a super-powered weed），便可初步确定答案为B。13. Why isnt Kudzu a threat to the northern United States?【解析】选D。A、D 是关于该地区不利于Kudzu生长的条件；B、C 则是关于对Kudzu的控制或利用。综合来看，四个选项都表示Kudzu没有在该区形成危害，故可推知本题很可能是关于Kudzu没有形成危害的原因。听音时需留意以下要点：不利条件soil/climate；factories use；farmers control。抓住文中harsh winter（严寒的冬季）即可确定是气候方面的原因。Passage TwoThe word university comes from the Latin word “universitas”, meaning “the whole”. Later, in Latin legal language, “universitas” meant a society or corporation. In the Middle Ages, the word meant “an association of teachers and scholars”. The origins of universities can be traced back to the 12th to 14th centuries. In the early 12th century, long before universities were organized in the modern sense, students gathered together for higher studies at certain centers of learning. The earliest centers in Europe were at Bologna in Italy, founded in 1088. Other early centers were set up in France, the Czech Republic, Australia and Germany from 1150 to 1386. The first universities in Britain were Oxford and Cambridge. They were established in 1185 and 1209 respectively. The famous London university was founded in 1836. This was followed by the foundation of several universities such as Manchester and Birmingham, which developed from provincial colleges. It was in the 1960s that the largest expansion of higher education took place in Britain. This expansion took three basic forms: existing universities were enlarged, new universities were developed from existing colleges and completely new universities were set up. In Britain finance for universities comes from three sources: the first, and the largest source, is grants from the government, the second source is fees paid by students and the third one is private donations. All the British universities except one receive some government funding. The exception is Buckingham which is the Britains only independent university.预览三道题各选项，由teachers and scholars，colleges，universities等词可推知本文的主题与大学有关。 14. What did the word “universitas” mean in the Middle Ages?【解析】选C。由选项中society（社团），association（协会），corporation（公司）可推测本题与某种机构有关。A 意为“整个宇宙”，范围太大，可初步排除。B、D 分别是关于法律（legal）和商业（business），而本文的主题是关于大学，故二者为答案的可能性也不大。因此可初步判断本题的答案为D （一个由教师和学者组成的协会）。听音过程中注意对所做推测加以确认。15. Why was the 1960s so significant for British Higher Education?【解析】选B。四个选项均是陈述高校所经历的某种事情或变化，根据B 中的during that period可推知本题可能是考查高校在某一时期发生了什么变化或经历了什么事。A、C 都表示学校的规模变得更大，实际上都包含在B （expansion）之内，故A 和C 都不大可能为答案。D 是说高校的社会角色发生了巨变，与其他三项内容明显不同，故也可初步排除。因此可初步判断本题答案为B。听音过程中注意对所做推测加以确认。16. What is main financial source for British universities?【解析】选C。四个选项都是表示资金来源，故可推测本题很可能是关于高校经费的主要来源。D （公司拨款）属于A （私人捐款）的一部分，故二者都不大可能为答案。因此本题答案可能在B（学生学费）和C （政府资助）之间。根据常识，大多数国家的高校经费都主要来源于政府。Passage ThreeOne of the biggest problems in developing countries is hunger. An organization called Heifer International is working to improve this situation. The organization sends farm animals to families and communities around the world. An American farmer Dan West developed the idea for Heifer International in the 1930s. Mr. West was working in Spain where he discovered a need for cows. Many families were starving because of the Civil War in that country. So Mr. West asked his friends in the United States to send some cows. The first Heifer animals were sent in 1944. Since that time more than 4, 000, 000 people in 115 countries have had better lives because of Heifer animals. To receive a Heifer animal, families must first explain their needs and goals. They must also make a plan which will allow them to become self-supporting. Local experts usually provide training. The organization says that animals must have food, water, shelter, health care and the ability to reproduce. Without them the animals will not remain healthy and productive. Heifer International also believes that families must pass on some of their success to others in need. This belief guarantees that each person who takes part in the program also becomes a giver. Every family that receives a Heifer animal must agree to give that animals first female baby to other people in need. Families must also agree to pass on the skills and training they received from Heifer International. This concept helps communities become self-supporting.预览三道题各选项，由cows, raise animals, animal breeding等词可推测本文涉及到动物的饲养，而从help starving families,