托福历年真题 0008听力文字

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PartA

1.M:doyouhavethisstyleshirtinmysize?

W:r11check.But...totelluthetruth,ithinkthisone,srightforu.

Q:whatdoesthewomanmean?

2.M:oh,rmsorry.IjustrealizedthatIforgottcbringthetaperecorderyoulent

me.Ileftitbackinmydorm.

W:That'sal1right.Iwon'tneedituntiltonighz.AslongasI'vegotitbythen.

Q:whatdoesthewomanImply?

3.M:Sohowmuchwasyourplaneticket?

W:MorethanIcouldreallyafford.Ihadtoclipintomysaving（动用存款）.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanimply?

4.W:Wed.aregoingtobobusydaysformenextsemester.Threeclassinthemorning

andthentwomoreintheafternoon.Iwon*tevenhavetimeforlunch.

M:Youreallyshouldtrytofititin,youknow.Thoseafternoonclasses

wouldbetoughtositthrough（耐者性子听完）ifustomach*srumbling（咕噜叫）.

Q:Whatdoesthemansuggestthewomando?

5.W:YouaredroppingoutoftheMarchingBand?Bu:Ithoughtyoulovedit.Allthe

travel1ing,playingbeforebigcrowds.

M:Ido.But...withallthattimeawayfrommystudiesmygradesarereallystarting

toslip.

Q:whatdoesthemanmean?

6.W:rmthinkingofgettinganewpantsuit（长裤与衣相配成套的便服）toweartoJames,

wedding.

M:Ijusthopethatinyoldsuitstillfits.YouknowhowIfeelaboutshopping.

Q:Whatdoesthemanimply?

7.M:What'smyshareofthebill?18.50?Thatcan*tberight!Ionlyhada

saladfordinner.

W:don*tgetexcited.letmecheckthemout（核对）.

Q:whatwillwomanprobablydonext?

8.M:I*msurprisedthatSarahtoldherbosshewaswrongtohavefiredhissecretary.

W:Iknow.ButthatSarah...Ifshehasanopinion,everyone'sgottoknowit.

Q:whatdoesthewomanmean?

9.M:howaboutamovietonight?Thatnewcomedyisopeningintown.

W:Soundsgreat,butI'vegottoputfinishingtouchesonmypsychologyresearch

paper.

Q:Whatdoosthewomanimply?

10.W:youwon*thavetolookveryhardtofindajoboncampus.ButIdon,tthinkyou，11

findanythingthatisn'tjustpart-time.

M:Thatsuitsme.Anythingmorethanthat,andIhavetochangemyclassschedule.

Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

11.M:Douthinkufeelenergeticenoughtowalktoourstudygroupsessiontonight?

W:Tfthereisone!Iguessuhaven*theardtheweatherreport,overafootofsnow

isexpected.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanimply?

12.M:Oh!Iturnedallofmywhitesockpink!IthrewaredT-shirtinbyaccident.

W:Haveutriedrunningthemthroughagainwithbleach?

Q:whatdoesthewomansuggestthemando?

13.W:Ihearthatyourbrotherisplanningtotransfertoanotheruniversity

M:notifIcantalkhimoutofit.Andbelieveme,I'mtrying.

Q:whatdoesthemanimply?

14.W:I*dliketoenrollinthefreeseminaruadvertisedinnewspaper.Theoneon

managingyourpersonalfinances.

M:Okay.Nowtheaddidsaythatuhavetohaveasavingaccountatourbanktobe

eligible.Douhaveonehere?

Q:Whatdoesthemanwanttoknow?

15.W:Didyouseetheweatherforecastforthisweekend?Ican,tbelievehowthe

temperature*sgonnadip（卜降）.

M:Iknow.Thatisn'二myideawhatOct.shouldbe1ike.

Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

16.M:Thisexhibitisatotalbore!Ican*tbelievetheycallthisart.

W:IthinkI*veseenenough.

Q:Whatwillthewomanprobablydonext?

17.W:Weshouldprobablythinkaboutselectingsorreonetoleadourstudygroupyou

know,somebodyreallyorganized.

M:Thenucancountmeout.

Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

18.W:whatdoyouthinkwou1dbeareasonablepricetopayforanewcomputer?

M:Youareaskingthewrongperson.mybrothergavememine.

Q:Whatdoesthemanimply?

19.W:That'sanice-lookingjacket.Itfitsuperfectly.Isitsomethingubought

recently?

M:Thanks.No,I'vehaditawhile.I'vejustbeenwaitingfortheweatherto

cooldown.

Q:Whatdoesthemanimply?

20.M:What'swrongwithHeraldtoday?hosnapped（厉声说）tomefornoreason.

W:Don'tworry,it'sjusttheendofthesemesterpressure.He'11behisoldself

nextweek.（变回原来的样子）

Q:WhatdoesthewomansayaboutHerald?

21.W:I*msorry.Ineedtoworklatetonight.Soushouldprobablycancelourreservation

attherestaurant.

M:Oh,actuallyI'venevergot1'oundtomakingoneinthefirstplace.

Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?

22.M:ProfessorJohnson,formysociologyprojectthistermI'mthinkingof

interviewingal1theresidentsintownontheirTVviewinghabit.

W:Wellthat'squiteanundertakingforsuchashorttermproject.Maybe

youshouldtotakealittlewhiletothinkaboutwhatthatwouldentai1（使

必须的）beforemakingyourfinaldecision.

Q:Whatdoesthewomansuggestthemando?

23.M:howdoIlookinthisnewsweaterIboughtyesterday?Iwasinahurry,sodicin't

haveachancetotryiton.

W:Well,Ireal1y1ikethestyle.Butitlooksa1ittletight.Youmightwantto

takeitbackandgetthenextsizeup.

Q:Whatdoesthewomansuggestthemando?

24.M:Doyouhaveanyideawhatit'11costtosendthislittlepackagetoAustralia?

W:You'vegotme!ThefarthestI'veeversentapackageisCanada.

Q:Whatdoosthewomanmean?

25.M:Thisisn*tthedishIordered,butI'mgladIgotit.It*sdelicious.

W:AsfarasI'mconcerned,thewaitershou1dsti11hearaboutit.

26.M：I*vestillgottofulfillmyforeignlanguagerequirement,threesemesters,

worse.Whatabou:you?

W:Notme.ItestedoutofSpanish.Don*tyouremembermydadgotajobinMexico

whenIwas5?I'velivedtherefor8years,soI'mprettyfluent.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanmean?

27.W:Excuseme.DoyouknowwhenthenexttrainforPhiladelphialeaves?

M:No,Idon,t.Butthere,sascheduleintherack,rightinfrontoftheticket

window.

Q:Whatcanbeinferredabouttheman?

28.W:IwanttotakesomepicturesofmyfamilywhenIgohomethisweekend,butI

hateluggingmycameraaround.It'ssobulky（体枳大的）andheavy.

M:Youcantakemineinstead.Iwon,tneeditthisweekendandittakesgreat

picturesdespitethesize.

Q:WhatdoesthemanimpIy?

29.W:YouknowwhattheWildlifeClubneeds?Weneedanadvisor,someonewhoknows

alotabouttheenvironmentandwild1ifeconservation.

M:There*ssomeonenewintheBiologyDepartment,ProfessorBell.I'11seeif

she,11beinterested.

Q:Whatwillthemanprobablydo?

30.M:Youwerealsowearingabluescarfwhenyoucamein,weren,tyou?IthinkI

grabbedyoursbyaccident.

W:No,youdidn,t.Mine,sstillhangingbythedoor.Icanseeitfromhere.

Q:Whatdoesthewomanmean?

PartB

31-35

M:Whathappenedtoyoutoday?

W:IwenttotheBardMusicFestivalindowntownNewYork.I1istenedtoareal1ynice

concert.

M:Really?Thenwhosemusicweretheyplayed?

W:JustHaydn*s.ItwassobeautifulthatIwashumming（哼唱的）themusicmyselfal1

thewayhomeontheTrain.Whattimeisit,anyway?Itmustbegettinglate.

M:7o*clock.Didyouforget?WeweresupposedtomeettheothermembersoftheComputer

ScienceClubthisaf:ernoon.

W:Oh,Iamsorry.Itcompletelysiippedmymind.

M:Sallywasgoingtoshowusasoftwareprogramshebought.Iwantedtoseeit.

W:Whydidn*tyougo?

M:Well,Iwaswaitingforyou,likeweplanned.AndbeforeIknewit,itwastoolate.

Butforgetit,theconcertwouldprobablybemoreinteresting.

W:MyfavoritepieceofHaydn*tBaritoneTrionNo.97.TheBarilone（萨克斯号）isan

oldtypeofstringinstrument.It'sunusualthatithadtwosetsofstrings.One

setyouplaywithabow,likeaviolin,theothersetyoucanpluckwithyourfigjres.

Thebalanceofthepluckingandbowingwasbeautiful.

M:I've1istenedtoseveralofHaydn*ssymphoniesbefore.Ihaveacoupleof（）CDs.

W:Youdo?I'dliketoborrowthemsometimeifyoudon'tmind.

M:IfIcanfindthem,sure.MyCDcollectionsstuffawaysomewhere.

W:IhopeIcangettheCDoftheBaritoneTrioI'veheard.

M:Well,westillhavesometimebeforethemallcloses.Whydon'twechecktosee

ifthemusicshop'sgotit.

W:Allright.

31,whatistheconversationmainlyabout?

32,whydidthewomanapologizetotheman?

33,whatisunusualaboutthebaritone?

34,whatdoesthewomanwanttoborrowfronttheman?

35,wherewillthespeakersprobablygonext?

Question36through39;

M:lei'ssayyouaregeologist,anduwanttoinvestigatethegeologicalhistoryof

aplace,thatis,howdidgeologistsdeterminethingslike...say..Howweretherocks

formed?Orwasanareaonceunderwater?Ifso,when?Howshouldugoaboutit?

W:rdstartwithstratigraphy（地层学）.

M:coulduexplainwhatthatistotheclass?

W:well,stratigraphyis:hcdescriptionofstrata（地层，stratum的复数）insedimentary

rock.Iguessthat*snotsoclear,huh?Ok,let'ssayoneoftheinvestigatorsspot

nearariver,forexample,well,overthehistoryofthearea,everytimetheriver

flooded,itwoulddepositalayerofsedimentallthroughwithfloodplain（泛滥平

原）.Sometimesabiggerlayer,sometimesasmaller,dependingonthesizeofthe

flood.Well,onelayerorstratumgetsdepositedoveranother.Obviouslythesestrata

builtupovermillionsofyears.Stratigraphyisthestudyoftheselayersof

depositedsettlement.

M:sodoesthatmeanifiexamineeachofthesestrata,icantellhowlongagoeach

oneisdeposited?

W:notnecessarily.Yousee,theremight'vebeensomeyearswhentheriverdicin'tflood

andnosettlementwasdeposited.Youneedotherkindsofevidencetotel1howmuch

timemight*vegonebybetweenwhenonelayergotdepositedandoneontopofitgot

deposited.

M:andwhatarethoseo:herkindsofevidenceuaretalkingabout?

W:well,fossilsforone.Youcandetermineexactlyhowoldafossilisandthat'show

ucantellhowtherocksurroundingitis.

M:verygood.Thediscoveryofthatparticulartechniqueisaninterestingstory.It

wasamannamedWi11iamSmithwhofirstusedfossiIsforthepurposeofdatingstrata

backinthe1800s.Ie:*stakealookathowhowentaboutmakingthisgeological

breakthrough.

36whatisthediscussionmainlyabout?

37whatdoesthewomanexplainwhenshetalksabou:rivers?

38accordingtothediscussion,whyaregeologistsunabletodeterminethe

geologicalageofanareabystudyingsedimentdepositalone?

39whatwilltheclassprobablydiscussnext?

PartC

Question40through43（这篇文章Gter的笔记有缺失）

Recentlysomeanthropologistconductedaninterestingcasestudyinethnology,now

ethnology（人种学）asurecallisabranchofanthropologythatdealwithhowvarious

culturesdevelopedchange.Thestudywasaboutthedevelopmentofbasketweavingby

African-americanwomenwholiveinthetownofMountPleasant,SouthCarolina.Thetown

isknownforitshighqualitysweetgrassbasketswhicharewovenbyethesewomen.

They'vebeenwcavingthebasketsforgenerations,handingclowntheskillfrommother

todaughter.SomeofthebasketshavebeenplaceonpermanentdisplayatthePhiladelphia

MuseurnofArt.theoriginoftheirbasketweavingdatesbacktothe17thcenturyand

evenearlierwhenthesewomenJsancestorscametotheUnitedStatesfromthewestcoast

ofAfrica.Now,it'smainlyahobby.Butbackinthe17thand18thcenturyAfricanand

Americanwomenwovetheoasketsforuseonthericeplantations.Thereweretwotypes

ofbasketsthen:workbasketsandbasketsforuseinthehome.Theworkbasketsweremade

outofbulrushes（芦苇）.Bulrushesarelongtoughgrassthatgrowinmarshes.Onetype

ofworkbasketswasfanbasket]/

whichwasusedtoseparatethegrainofricefromwaste.Thebasketsusedinthehome

weremadeoutofthemoredelicatesweetgrass.Theyworeusedforeverythingfromfruit

basketstobabycradles.

40whatisthetalkmainlyabout?

41howdidthewomenmentionedinthetalklearntowavebasket?

42accordingtothespeaker,whattypeofbasketswasmakeoutofbulrush?

43whatisthemainreasonthatthewomeninSouthCarolinanowweavebaskets0

Questions44through46:

ThismorningIwantto:elluaboutarecentscientificdiscoverydealingwiththe

relationbetweenplantsandanimals,thisisaboutadesertshrubwhoseleavescanshoot

astreamofpoisonousresin（树脂）adistanceofsixfeet.Youthinkitwi11besafe

fromallattacksbyinsects.Butarecentstudyhasfoundoneinsect,abeetle,that

canchewitswaypasttheplant*sdefensesystembycuttingthemainveinthatdelivers

thepoisontotheleaves.Thisveincuttingisjutonemethodthebeetlesusedtoprepare

asafemeal.Anotherisbycuttingapathallthewayacrosstheleavetoholdtheflow

ofchemicals.Thentheysimplyeatbetweentheveinsofpoison.Inthepast,scientists

whostudiedinsetadaptationtoplantdefenseshavefocusedonchemicalresponses.That

is,howtheinsectscanneutralizeoralterthepoisonoussubstancesplantsproduce,

what'suniqueaboutthischewingstrategyisthatthebeetleisactuallyexhibiting

abehavioral（行为的）responsetotheplant*sdefensesratherthanthemoreconmon

chemicalresponse.Itisonlyafterabeetle'ssurvivedseveralencounterswiththe

plant*resinthatitlearnshowtoavoidthepoison:bychewingthroughtheresin

transportingveinsonthenextleafiteats.Andthusgivesitselfameal,however,

itcantakeabeetleanhoursanahalfofcarefulveincuttingtoprepareasmal1leaf

thattakesitonlyafewminutestoeat.So,thoughthemethodiseffective,it'snot

veryefficient.

41whatisthetalkmainlyabout?

42whatisunusualabou:thedesertplant?

43howcanthebeetlesavoidbeingpoisonedbytheplant?

Questions47through50:

WefregoingtostartourdiscussionofpoetryinWesternEuropewiththeIliadandthe

Odyssey.thesetwogreatpoemsstandoutasgreatexamplesoftheearliestEuropean

poems,theyarebelievedtohavebeenwrittensometimebetween800BCand700BC,partly

becausethepoemsrefertothesocialconditionsofthattime,conditionsthathave

beenvalidated（验证）bythefindingsofarcheologists,butjustwhowasthepoetwho

laiddownthesecornerstonesi）ofwestern1iterature?Well,traditionascribles

themtoamannamedHomer,butweknowvirtuallynothingaboutthisHomer.Infact,

somesaythat