2012年3月全国英语听力等级考试第二级

1、2012年3月全国英语听力等级考试第二级2012年3月全国英语等级考试第二级Text 1W: How do I look?M: Not bad. Does it fit all right?W: Uh, a bit tight around here.M: I really like the color. It matches your handbag.1. What is the woman doing? BA. Buying a handbag.B. Trying on a piece of clothing.C. Drawing a picture of the countryside.

2、Text 2W: We havent seen much of you lately in the company. Have you been away on business?M: No, Ive been away on holiday. Ive got a cousin in Edinburgh.2. What is the possible relationship between the speakers? CA. Family members.B. Classmates.C. Co-workers.Text 3M: It drives me mad when people use

3、 their cell phones at the wheel.W: Hmm. What happened?M: I nearly had an accident because the woman was talking on her cell phone while driving and didnt see the traffic lights turn red. She nearly killed me!3.What is the man angry about? AA. Telephoning while driving.B. Some women drivers.C. Traffi

4、c lights.Text 4M: Sarah, Im prepared to run for class monitor, and Im wondering if I, erif I can count on your support.W: Oh, maybe if you had asked me sooner, but my roommates running, too, and Ive already promised her that she had my support.4. What does the woman mean? BA. She will choose the man

5、.B. The man was late in asking.C. She may run for the position.Text 5W: Have you bought a new camera again? Youre turning my flat into a camera museum!M: Ill stop. Ill try. But I probably cant. I see a new model and my knees go weak!5. What does the woman want the man to do? CA. Set up a museum.B. S

6、tart doing exercise.C. Stop buying cameras.Text 6W: May I help you, sir?M: Yes, please. I want to buy a personal gift for my brother. Hes taking a trip to South America.W: Is he going by ship or plane?M: Hes flying. My gift will have to be something light in weight. What can you suggest?W: What abou

7、t this tie? Its made of pure silk.M: My sister already gave him one. Id like something unusual. Let me look aroundoh, that clock looks nice, butW: Hey, here is a gift for the man who has everything.M: Oh, a folding toothbrush! Thats a wonderful idea! Ill take it.6. How will the mans brother go to So

8、uth America? BA. By ship. B. By plane. C. By train.7.What will the man probably buy for his brother? AA. A toothbrush. B. A silk tie. C. A clock.Text 7W: Have you heard that the boss of the law office where Rick works wants him to fly to Brazil and do a months work there?M: Thats nice. He will love

9、it because everything will be paid for, such as air travel, meals, hoteland this is his first time to get out of the States.W: Indeed. You wont believe how much he is looking forward to it, and how much his little sister admires him! Hes going to enjoy lying on the beaches when work is done, and he

10、promised to buy his sister gifts.M: Who else is going besides him?W: Hes going alone.M: When will he be leaving?W: He was told about it three days ago, and I think hell leave in a week.8. Where is Rick working now? C A. In a travel company. B. In a hotel. C. In a law office.9. How does Rick feel abo

11、ut his trip? A A. Excited. B. Curious. C. Nervous.10. When will Rick leave? B A. In three days. B. In a week. C. In a month.Text 8M: Oh, who is the beautiful old woman in front of the house?W: Thats my grandmother.M: Oh, then that must be your house in the background. Where is it?W: No, thats my gra

12、ndmothers house. She lives in Kentucky. We live in Boston, about two-and-a-half hours away by plane.M: Then, does she live with your uncle or aunt?W: No. Since her husband died, she has lived alone.M: Alone? But she is so old! Who takes care of her?W: She takes care of herself, though she is 81 this

13、 year and is beginning to slow down a little. She has a cleaning lady who comes for a few hours a week to clean house and help with the shopping.M: But isnt she lonely without family?W: Of course not. She has lived in the same neighborhood since she was first married, so she knows all the neighbors,

14、 young and old, and she has lots of friends.M: Why doesnt she live with you? Dont you miss her?W: Well, actually, we talk to her on the phone every week and visit her at least once a year, but we are busy with our lives and so is she. We love to have her visit, but we all know that if she lived with

15、 us, we might not get along so well.11. What do we know about the grandmother? A A. She lives by herself. B. Shes as healthy as before. C. She often does some cleaning.12. How long has the grandmother lived in Kentucky? B A. Since her husband died. B. Since she was married. C. Since her son moved aw

16、ay.13. What does the grandmother enjoy about her present life? C A. Being busy with housework. B. Being with relatives. C. Being with friends.Text 9W: And I realized we were completely lost, but at least we got there in the end.M: Funny you should say that because, er, a similar thing happened to me

17、 one time when I was abroad. We were actually doing a concert in this bar in Germany. W: Really?M: I was actually about to appear on stage, you know, with the band, and I just thought, “Ill just go out for a little walk and get some fresh air,” cause I had about a half an hour before we had to go on

18、.W: Uh-huh.M: And I went outside, you know, had a look around, walked around for a bitand then I decided to go back and, uh, I couldnt find it! It was about two minutes before we were supposed to start.W: No, youre joking!M: Yeah! I thought, “Ah! What am I gonna do?”W: Could you ask for directions?M

19、: Well, I tried. I asked this old woman, but she didnt speak English, and I dont speak GermanW: Dont you? Oh, right.M: And then, I realized I couldnt remember the name of the bar, or the street it was on or anything. So, you know, I was in the middle of a town I didnt know, not knowing the languagea

20、nd luckily, I saw someone wearing one of our T-shirts. He was obviously going to the concert, so I sort of followed him back to the bar.W: Wow, that was lucky! Thank goodness!M: And when I got there, the guys were like, “Where have you been? We thought youd run out on us!” Anyway, we managed.14. Wha

21、t was the woman talking about at beginning of the conversation? BA. Her story of completing a task.B. Her experience of being lost.C. Her trip abroad.15. What did the man do in the bar in Germany? CA. Met his friends.B. Attended a lecture.C. Gave a performance.16. How did the man find his way back t

22、o bar? AA. By following a man.B. By looking at a map.C. By asking an old woman.17.What do we know about the man? CA. He cannot stand the noise in the bar.B. He doesnt like to wear T-shirts.C. He doesnt speak German.Text 10M: Hello. Im Callum Robertson, and this is London Life. In the program today,

23、let me ask you a question first: What do you think would be the hardest job in Britain? A police officer? Perhaps a deep-sea fisherman? Well, no, according to recent research, being a London taxi driver takes that prize. Its really a hard job, really difficult. One reason is the traffic. Its getting

24、 worse and worse in London. For most of us, if we have to sit in a traffic jam for a few minutes, we get anxious. But imagine if you had to do that all day, every day as your job. Whats more, passengers get into the taxi and want to get from A to B as quickly as possible. Theyre in a hurry, and that makes things worse for the drivers. To prepare for the test, would-be drivers have to remember ways and places of interest around Central London. This is an area which has about 25,000 streets. They need to be able to take passengers from A to B without having to look at a map and witho