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标准听力 一 听力原文及答案解析标准听力 一 听力原文及答案解析 Listening Comprehension Section A 11 W I really want to see the play at the outdoor theater tonight Will you come with me M You know I hate battling all those mosquitoes but if you have your heart set on it Q What can be inferred about the man 听前预测听前预测 选项中的 He doesn t expect can t go doesn t like 等表明 本题可能与男士的观 点态度有关 男士的话为听音重点 解解 析析 选 A 对话中女士说她今晚非常想去露天剧院看戏剧 并问男士是否会与她 同去 男士说他很讨厌和蚊子作斗争 紧接着用 but 转折 说 but if you have your heart set on it 但是 如果你非常想去看 由此可推断 男士也会去看戏剧 但是并不期望自己 能好好地欣赏戏剧 故答案为 A have one s heart set on sth 意为 某人非常想 12 W Do you think the prices of mobile phones are still going up M Now that more and more mobile phones are pouring into the markets the prices won t be any higher Q What does the man mean 听前预测听前预测 选项中的 prices will stop rising either rise or fall 等表明 对话可能与价格走 势有关 解解 析析 选 B 对话中女士问男士手机的价格会不会继续上涨 男士回答说 the prices won t be any higher 手机价格不会再高了 由此可推断 男士认为手机的价格不 会再涨了 故答案为 B 13 M Hi Lucy I heard you found a part time job at a restaurant How much are you getting paid W Just the minimum wage Anyway it s a good chance to improve my English Q What is Lucy s part time job like 听前预测听前预测 选项中的 Tiring Low paid easy 等表明 本题可能考查某份工作的特点 解解 析析 选 B 男士听说女士在餐馆找了一份兼职 询问她待遇如何 女士回答时先 说 Just the minimum wage 只是最低工资 然后说 Anyway it s a good chance to improve my English 不管怎么说 这是个能提高我的英语的好机会 由此可知 女士 即 Lucy 的工作虽然工资不多 但对她很有帮助 故答案为 B 14 M Hi Susan if you are not doing anything for dinner tonight a bunch of us are going to that new Italian restaurant in town W Well I am in the mood for some spaghetti and I have heard the food there is not bad Q What does the woman imply 听前预测听前预测 选项中的 restaurant dinner order spaghetti 等表明 对话可能与外出就餐有 关 解解 析析 选 B 男士建议女士一起去镇上新开的意大利餐馆 女士说她正好想吃意大 利面 而且她听说那里的味道还不错 言外之意是说她会跟男士一起吃晚饭 故答案为 B spaghetti 意为 意大利面 15 M May I help you madam W I bought this T shirt yesterday but I find a stain here And I d like to return it Q Why does the woman want to return the T shirt 听前预测听前预测 选项中的 too small for her doesn t like a spot on it 等表明 本题可能与女士 不想要 it 有关 听音时注意 it 指代什么 解解 析析 选 C 男士询问女士是否需要帮助 女士说她昨天买的这件 T 恤 但是后 来她发现上面有个污点 所以想把它退掉 由此可知 答案为 C 其中的 a spot 是对 a stain 的同义转述 16 M The math test we took last week worried me a lot And we haven t got the scores on the test yet Do you think I should call the math teacher to make inquiries W There is no hurry The math teacher always releases the test scores at least two weeks after the test Q What does the woman suggest the man do 听前预测听前预测 选项均以原形动词开头 结合其中的 check his scores test 等可推测 本题可 能考查女士所给的与男士考试有关的观点建议 女士的话为听音重点 解解 析析 选 A 由对话中女士所说的 There is no hurry 不要着急 和 The math teacher always releases the test scores at least two weeks after the test 数学老师通常在考试 两周后才宣布成绩 可知 女士建议男士耐心等待考试成绩 故答案为 A 17 W Jack would you like to go to my party tonight M I wish I could but I have to burn mid night oil to finish reading the book Q What does the man mean 听前预测听前预测 选项中重复出现的 party 表明 对话可能与聚会有关 由选项中的 He can t attend doesn t like 等可推测 男士的话为听音的重点 解解 析析 选 A 对话中女士问男士是否想参加她今晚的聚会 而男士则用先肯定后转 折的句式 I wish I could but 说他今晚必须熬夜把书看完 不能参加聚会 故答案为 A burn mid night oil 意为 熬夜 18 W Are you sure this is the right way to the Main Auditorium I can t afford to be late M Oh that won t happen we ll be there in no time Q What does the man mean 听前预测听前预测 由选项中的 auditorium stop and ask for directions be late 等可推测 对话可 能与去主会堂有关 解解 析析 选 C 女士问男士 Are you sure this is the right way to the Main Auditorium 是否肯定这就是通往主会堂的路 并且她表示 I can t afford to be late 我不能迟到 男 士回答说 that won t happen we ll be there in no time 不会错的 我们马上就到了 其言外 之意是说女士不会迟到 故答案为 C Now you will hear the two long conversations Conversation One 听前预测听前预测 预览四道题各选项 选项中重复出现的 job 以及 staff cutting job redundancy 等提示 对话与工作有关 涉及裁员问题 M Hi there Have you heard that the company is cutting staff I just hope I wouldn t be that unlucky W Ha don t be afraid of that To tell you actually I just took voluntary redundancy four years ago M I can t imagine that But how do you go through it W Oh it is of course not a very happy experience to go through But as we may find out sometimes it can be a blessing in disguise M I do need some advice to turn it into a good thing W My advice would be to see it as an opportunity to create a new life And if you reinvent your life remember that you ve got to re educate yourself and that means investing in yourself And one of the best ways is to do a lowly paid or unpaid internship or to be an apprentice M I thought you d tell me to go and blow it on a cruise or a holiday W That is not bad But getting some experience will help you into a next kind of life M Oh then what was your plan You had anything different W Well you know I have received some compensation and I saw that as an opportunity to get rid of some debts so I paid off some bills And the financial freedom then allowed me to develop some new skills find out what I enjoy in life things that I am good at M Sounds sensible but how are things with you now W Basically I have now developed what they call a career portfolio That means instead of being able to do just one job in life you are able to do more than one Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard 19 What are the two speakers talking about 解析解析 选 C 选项均以 How to 开头 句子含义各不相同且具有概括性 问题可能考 查对话的主题 根据 staff cutting job redundancy losing a job 推测 问题可能是关于 裁员或失业 对话开头 男士提到公司在裁员 想咨询女士一些意见 接下来主要讲 女士以自己参加自愿离职的经历 给男士给出意见 故答案为 C 点睛点睛 长对话开头是常设题处 听音时 注意对照选项 20 According to the woman what is the best way to reinvent one s life 解析解析 选 D 选项均为动词 ing 形式 根据选项内容推测 问题可能与建议有关 男 士咨询女士有关如何度过被裁员的艰难时期的意见 女士先概括地指出 see it as an opportunity to create a new life 把它当作一个开始新生活的机会 接着具体提到 one of the best ways is to do a lowly paid or unpaid internship or to be an apprentice 最好的方法 是做一个工资低廉或无偿的实习工作或者是一个学徒 故答案为 D D 是对这句话 的主要信息的描述 去掉了修饰的成分 点睛点睛 细节理解可以通过对比选项认真听对话 逐一排除干扰项 最后锁定答案 21 What did the woman do when she took voluntary redundancy four years ago 解析解析 选 A 选项句子含义各不相同 根据 began doing was prepared for 和 found a new job 推测 问题可能与女士重新开始一段生活有关 对话主要围绕女士给男士讲自 己参加 voluntary redundancy 的经验并提供建议进行 对话开头部分提到女士四年前就 took voluntary redundancy 参加了自愿离职 对话结尾部分 女士提到她 received some compensation 得到了一些补偿 并且 find out what I enjoy in life things that I am good at 找到了自己喜欢做且自己擅长的事情 故答案为 A 22 What is a career portfolio according to the woman 解析解析 选 B 根据 plan to restart one s career records work experience and capabilities 和 provides choices for job seekers 推测 it 指与工作或职业有关的某项服 务或术语 对话结尾部分提到 career portfolio 指 instead of being able to do just one job in life you are able to do more than one 你一生不止能做一份工作 而是好几份工作 由 此推知 人们用 career portfolio 记录职业履历 故答案为 B 点睛点睛 听音时 注意认真听与名词解释相关的信息 Conversation Two 听前预测听前预测 预览三道题各选项 选项中重复出现的 Laughter laugh ing 提示 对话与笑 有关 W We ve all heard the saying Laughter is the best medicine How important is it to our health Dr Berk M This saying has been scientifically proven According to our research laughter strengthens the immune system and lowers the levels of stress hormones W Can you be more specific M Well after a bout of laughter blood pressure drops to a lower healthier level than when the laughter began Dr William Fry of Stanford University fount that twenty seconds of laughing gives the heart the same workout as three minutes of hare rowing W What else M Another year long study of heart attack victims done at the Oakhurst Health Research Institute in California found that of those patients who spent half an hour a day watching comedy videos 10 percent had a second heart attack whereas 30 percent of those who did not watch had a second attack W Wow Laughter is really a good medicine to patients So do we have to learn to laugh M Not necessarily Since laughing is something people can do sitting down costs no money and requires no special exercise equipment or skill it s the perfect workout for anyone who doesn t have the time or desire to participate in a regular fitness program W Oh I see What about the situation in which you aren t in a mood to laugh M Ok remember even when you fake a smile or laugh you get the same physiological benefits as when it s the real thing because your mind is smart but your body is stupid and can t tell the difference W Great I ve learned it Thank you very much M My pleasure Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard 23 What will happen to a person after a bout of laughter 解析解析 B 根据 will be lowered drop to a lower level 和 better appetite 推测 问题可 能与某事或某物给人体带来的影响有关 男士提到 after a bout of laughter blood pressure drops to a lower healthier level than when the laughter began 一轮笑声过后 血压会下降 到一个比笑声开始时更低的 对身体有益的水平 故答案为 B 点睛点睛 听音时 注意听清题干中的条件 after a bout of laughter 是解答本题的关键 24 Why is laughter considered to be the perfect workout for all people 解析解析 A 根据重复出现的 People Laughter 以及 anytime and anywhere better more effective 推测 问题可能与提倡笑有关 男士提到 Since laughing is something people can do sitting down costs no money and requires no special exercise equipment or skill it s the perfect workout for anyone 可知 人们可以坐下来笑 而且笑是免费的 并且不需要特 殊的运动器材或技能 it 指 laughing 由此可知 答案为 A 点睛点睛 听音时 注意 since 等原因处的信息 25 Why would it still be good for us to fake a smile or laugh sometimes 解析解析 D 根据重复出现的 We want to 以及 fake smile fooled easily by laughing 推测 问题可能与人们假笑的原因有关 男士提到假笑和真笑一样对人的生理有好处 因为 body is stupid and can t tell the difference 身体很笨 不能辨别其中的差别 故答 案为 D D 是对 your body is stupid and can t tell the difference 的同义转述 点睛点睛 转折词 But 后常常是设题处 听音时 注意认真听 but 前后的信息 Section B Passage One 听前预测听前预测 预览四道题各选项 选项中重复出现的 reunion graduates her students college graduations 及 Ms Yates speech 等提示 短文可能与毕业典礼和重聚活动 有关 涉及 Ms Yates 的演讲 Barditch High School decided to have an All School Reunion Over 450 people came to the event There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days Ms Mabel Yates the English teacher for fifty years was wheeled to the Park Many started looking at their watches when Ms Yates was about to speak and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined Then Ms Yates started to speak I can t tell you how pleased I am to be here I haven t seen many of you since your graduation but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students Although I haven t appeared in person I have attended your college graduations weddings and even the birth of your children in my imagination Ms Yates paused and started crying a bit Then she continued It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me Regardless of our motives I can see that you have all been successful in your chosen path There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then everybody started clapping Lawyers truck drivers bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard 26 What can we learn from the passage 解析解析 选 C 选项含义各不相同提示 本题可能考查细节理解 由短文中提到的 Many started looking at their watches when Ms Yates was about to speak had few kind words for her students and made them work harder 可知 许多学生不喜欢 Ms Yates 的教 育方式 故答案为 C 27 What can we learn from Ms Yates speech 解析解析 选 A 选项含义各不相同提示 本题可能考查细节理解 第 26 题选项中重复 出现的 Ms Yates 提示 She 可能指代 Ms Yates 短文中提到 but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories crying for your tragedies I have photographs of my students I have attended your college graduations weddings and even the birth of your children 由此可知 Ms Yates 一直在关注着她的学生们 故答案为 A 点睛点睛 转折词 but although 是常设题处 听音时 注意认真听 but although 后面的 信息 28 What was Ms Yates belief in teaching teenagers 解析解析 选 B 选项中的 Students Teachers 提示 本题可能考查师生之间的关系 短 文中提到 Ms Yates continued It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me 由此可知 Ms Yates 相信逼着学习更可能让学生们取得成功 故答案为 B 29 Which can best describe Ms Yates 解析解析 选 D 选项均为描述人物性格特征的形容词提示 本题考查某人的性格特征 Ms Yates 首先提到她一直在关注着学生们高中毕业后的成长 然后提到她曾经逼着学 生学习 由此可知 Ms Yates 有关怀之心但是在学业上要求严格 故答案为 D 点睛点睛 听音时 注意和形容词有关的信息 对比选项 锁定答案 Passage Two 听前预测听前预测 预览三道题各选项 选项中的 free MIT OpenCourseWare free computer program MIT Harvard MIT free program online edX free online courses 等提示 短文 可能讲述与 MIT 和 Harvard 有关的免费网上课程 涉及 MIT OpenCourseWare 和 edX In a recent announcement Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide Beginning this fall a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new 60 million program known as edX Anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses Harvard President Drew Faust said during a meeting to announce the plan MIT has offered a program called OpenCourseWare for ten years that makes materials from more than 2 000 classes free online It has been used by more than 100 million people In December the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate known as MITx for people who complete certain online courses Harvard has long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program The MITx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform MIT President Susan Hockfield said more than 120 000 people signed up for the first MITx course She said Harvard and MIT hope other universities will join them in offering courses on the open source edX platform Get ready for this educational change Hockfield said Other universities including Stanford Yale and Carnegie Mellon have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online The Harvard MIT program will be monitored by a not for profit organization based in Cambridge to be owned equally by the two universities Both MIT and Harvard have provided 30 million to start the program They also plan to use the edX platform to research how students learn and which teaching methods and tools are most successful Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard 30 What is edX according to this passage 解析解析 选 C 由选项均为名词短语及其中重复出现的 MIT Harvard program 可知 本题考查某种事物 该事物极可能是某个项目 且与麻省理工大学和哈佛有关 短文 开头部分提到 Harvard 和 MIT 然后紧接着提到 Beginning this fall a number of courses at both universities will be offered online known as edX 由此可知 edX 是 Harvard 和 MIT 在今年秋季开始推出的网络课程 故答案为 C 31 What is said about online education in the passage 解析解析 选 A 选项中重复出现的 online courses 表明 本题与网络课程有关 短文首 先讲 Harvard 和 MIT 已经开始合作推出网络课程 然后提到 Other universities have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online 由此可知 大学一直在尝 试开发网络课程 故答案为 A 32 What can be said about MITx according to the passage 解析解析 选 C 由选项 B 中的 another free MIT Harvard online learning program 推测 It 指的是某个网络学习项目 本题考查这种网络学习项目的情况 短文中提到 it also would begin offering a special certificate known as MITx for people who complete certain online courses 其中 it 指代前面的 MIT 由此可知 MITx 是一种麻省理工大学提供的 需要通过某些网络课程才可以获得的特殊证书 故答案为 C 点睛点睛 听清问题中的 MITx 是解题的关键 Passage Three 听前预测听前预测 预览三道题各选项 选项中重复出现的 Climate change Plants flowering Scientists experiments 等提示 短文可能与科学家研究植物开 花与气候变化有关 Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in reaction to climate change which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems Global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world changing some living patterns scientists say Increased carbon dioxide CO2 in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth Predicting species reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology said the researches of several U S universities They said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services The study published on the Nature website uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1 634 species It found that some experiments had underestimated the speed of flowering by 8 5 times and leafing by 4 times Across all species the experiments under predicted the speed of the advance for both leafing and flowering that results from temperature increases the study said The design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change it said Plants are necessary for life on the Earth They are the base of the food chain producing sugar from carbon dioxide and water They let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard 33 What is the key information the speaker wants to give in the beginning of the passage 解析解析 选 C 选项含义各不相同提示 本题可能考查细节理解 短文开头部分提到 Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in reaction to climate change 由此可知 植物开花的时间比 scientists 的预期要早 故答案为 C 点睛点睛 短文开头是常设题处 听音时 注意对照选项 34 What can we learn from the study published on the Nature website 解析解析 选 C 选项中的 8 5 times faster 1 634 plant species experiments 等提示 本 题可能考查试验的结果 短文中提到 The study published on the Nature website found that some experiments had underestimated the speed of flowering and leafing 最后指出 The design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change 由此可知 自然 网站上的研究指出未来在科学实验的设计构 思上要进行改进 故答案为 C 35 Why do scientists pay special attention to the study of plants 解析解析 选 B 选项中的 can prove very important play a leading role 等提示 本题可 能考查某人做某事的原因 短文结尾部分提到 Plants are necessary They are the base