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托福TPO听力54原文及题目：STORYTHEATER.故事剧院

Listentoaconversationbetweenastudentandaprofessorofhertheater

class.

Student:So,ProfessorBaker,aboutournextassignmentyoutalkedaboutin

class.

Professor:Yes,thistimeyou'llbeingroupsofthree,eachofyouwill

haveachancetodirecttheothertwoinashortscenefromaplayyou'vechosen

yourself.

Student:Right,and,well,I'vebeenreadingaboutstorytheater,and…

Professor:Ah,storytheater,tellmeaboutwhatyou'veread.

Student:Wei1,it'saformoftheaterwherefolkorfairytalesareacted

out.Itwas…eh,introduced,bythedirectorPaulSillsinthe1960s.InSills*s

approach,anactorbothnarrates,andactsoutatale.So,likesomeonewill

appearonstage,andthenwi11startnarratingatale,about…sayaking,and

thenthesamepersonwillimmediatelyswitchtoandstartactingouttheroleof

theking,withnopropsorscenery.

Professor:Sills,youknowIactuallysawhisfirststorytheaterproduction

in1968,hedidthefairytale*thebluelight*.

Student:Really,sowhatevergavehimtheideatoproducethat?

Professor:Well,asyouknow,backinthelate1960s,lotsofpeopleinthe

UnitedStatesweredisillusionedwiththegovernment.Si1Iswasgrapplingwith

howtoproducetheaterthatwasrelevantinsuchtimes.Thenhehappenedtoread

*thebluelight*,andherealizedthatithadjustthemessagehewanted.

See,inthestory,amanhaslostal1hopeasaresultoftheunfortunate

eventsinhislife,completelyturnshislifearound,withthehelpofamagical

bluelight.So,thebluelightinthestorysymbolizesawayoutofseemingly

unsolvablehumanprob1ens.AndforSiIls,thatlightsymbolizedananswertothe

politicalturmoi1inthrUS.

Student:Butweren'tyou…um,audiencesbotherthattheactorswere

performingonabarestage?

Professor:Well,storytheaterisadeparturefromtraditional

dramatictheaterwithitsrealisticelaboratepropsandscenery,butSiIlscould

makeussee,sayabigtallmountainthroughthefacialexpressionsandbody

movementsoftheactors,andthey*retellingofthestory.

Wewereallsweptup,energizedbysuchaninnovativeapproachtotheater,

evenifoneortwoofthecriticsweren'tasenthusiastic.

Student:Cool,so,anyway.WhatIreallywantedtoask,I,dlovetotrydoing

storytheaterformyprojectinsteadofjustascenefromatraditional

play.

Professor:®,that'spossible.Ashorttalecanbeaboutthesamelengthas

asinglething.Whichfairytalewouldyoudo?

Student:Actually,Iwasreadingaboutanotherdirectorofstorytheater,

RackStevenson.Youknow,heproducesplaysbasedonfolktalesaswell.MaybeI

coulddirectoneofthose.

Professor:Okav,ves.RackStevenson.Now,Stevenson*sstyle'sstorvtheater

isalittledifferentfromSills*s.He*11usesimpleprops,achairwill

representamountain,butthesignificantdifferenceiswiththenarrator.The

narratorwillplayonlythatrole.Let*stalkaboutwhy.

题目：

1.Whydoesthestudentgotoseetheprofessor?

A.Tolearnaboutthebackgroundofadirectorwhowasdiscussedin

class

B.Toaskpermissiontouseaspecifictypeoftheaterforherclass

assignment

C.Todiscussthesymbolisminaplayshewantstouseforher

assignment

D.Tofindoutwhatscenerysheisallowedtouseinpresentingher

assignment

2.WhydoestheprofessordiscussthepoliticalenvironmentintheUnited

Statesinthe1960s?

A.Tocompareeventsatthattimetoeventsthatoccurredinoneof

Stephenson*splays

B.Tosuggestthatthewomandoadditionalresearchonthatperiodof

UnitedStateshistory

C.Topointoutwhypoliticalthemesarecommoninfolkandfairytales

D.ToexplainSills'sinspirationforhisfirststorytheatre

production

3.Accordingtotheprofessor,whatdoesthebluelightinthefairytale

called“TheBlueLight*represent?

A.Aplanthatisimpossibletofollow

B.Aconflictbetweentwoopposingforces

C.Asolutiontocomplexproblems

D.Aquestionthathasnoclearanswer

4.WhatistheprofessorsopinionaboutSills'sproductionofTheBlue

Light?

A.Hethinksthatitwasaninventiveandpowerfulperformance.

B.Hebelievesthattheuseofsomepropswouldhaveenhancedthe

performance.

C.Hethinksthatthethemeisevenmorerelevanttodaythanitwasinthe

1960s.

D.Hebelievesthatitwaslesseffectivestylisticallythansomeof

Stephenson'splays.

5.Accordingtotheprofessor,whatisthemostimportantdifferencebetween

Stephenson'sandSills'sstyleofstorytheatre?

A.Theactorwhoplaystheroleofthenarratorplaysonlythatrolein

Stephenson*sproductions.

B.TheactorswearelaboratecostumesinStephenson*sproductions.

C.ThestagesettingsarerealisticinStephenson'sproductions.

D.PoliticalthemesareavoidedinStephenson,sproductions.

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托福TP0听力54原文+题目：MigrationofZooplankton浮游动物的迁移

Listentopartofthelectureinthemarinebiologyclass.

Andtheseaisteamingwithtinyorganisms,buttheydon'Igetasmuch

popularattentionassay,whales.

Microscopicalgaejustaren*tasexcitingIsuppose..4ndyetthoseorganisms

arethefoundationofthebulkofthemarinefoodchain.Withoutplanktonwhich

istheglobaltermforthesetinyorganisms,therewillbenowhales.

PlankIonisfoundhothinfreshwatnrandmarinoenvironmnnts.Againit'sa

termweuseforanysmal1organismsthatfloatalongwiththecurrent,either

becausetheyaretoosmal1orweaktoswimagainstit,orbecausetheydon，t

haveanycapacityatalltomovebythemselves.

Plantsandplant-likeplanktonarecalledphytoplanktonwhileanimalsand

animal-likeplanktonarecalledzooplankton.

Foroveracenturynow,researchershavebeentryingtosolvethemystery

aboutzooplankton.

Youseesomespeciesofzooplanktonmigrateare...un....notthewaybirdsdo

whentheseasonschange.Butdaily,inthephenomenonwecal1DielVertical

MigrationorDVM,intheDielVerticalMigration,soleplanktonswimupnearthe

surfaceofthewaterduringthenightandswimdowntodeeperwaterduringthe

day.Dependingonthespeciesandregion,thiscanbearoundtripofbetween100

and400meters.

Foratinymicroscopicorganism,thatfsahugedistance.Remembernow,

zooplanktoncan*tswimverywellandDVMrequiresalotofenergy.Sotheremust

beanimportantbenefittothesedailyup-and-downcommuting.We'renotexactly

surewhatthisbenefitis.Thoughthereareseveralcompel1ingtheories.

r11talkabouttheminamoment,butfirstIwanttotalkaboutwhatwedo

knoworratherwhatweareprettysureweknow.

SoresearchersgenerallyagreethatthestimulusforzooplanktonDVMis

1ight.Zooplanktontendtoswimawayfromsunlightintodeeperwaterwherethe

sun*sraysbarelypenetrate.Atnight,whenthesunnolongerilluminates

shallowerwater,zooplanktonheadbacktowardthesurface.

Nowwhywould1ightcausezooplanktontoexpendallthatenergyin

migrate?

Onepopulartheoryisthatzooplanktonarehidingduringthedayfrom

visualpredators,eh...thoseanimalsthathuntbysight,thedarknessprovides

safetyduringtheday.

Thenatnightaftermigratingupward,theyhaveanopportunitytofeedon

phytoplanktonthatfloatatthesurface.Makesense,doesn'tit?

Butwhatdowedowiththedatashowingthatmanykindsofzooplankton

don*tdivedeepenoughduringthedaytobecomeinvisibletopredatorsorthat

othersdivedeeperthanit'snecessarytoescapehunters'eyes.Andsome

zooplanktonarebioluminesccnt,whichmeanstheyhavespecialorgansthatligh

upandmakethemvisibleevenatgreatdepth.

Well,despiteallthese,webelievepredatoravoidanceisapossible

explanationbecauseofstudiesdoneinfreshwaterlakes.Itturnsoutthereisa

correlationbetweenthepresenceorabsenceofverticalmigration,andthe

presenceorabsenceoffishthatfindtheirpreybysight.

Butwhataresomeotherpossibleexplanations?

Someresearcherssuggestthatzooplanktonmigratetoavoidthesun's

ultra-violetlight.Thatwouldexplainwhysomezooplanktonarefoundatsuch

greatdepth.Visiblelightmaynotpenetrateveryfardown,butultra-violet

lightcan.Andweknowthatsomezooplanktonhavespecialpigmentsthatprotect

themfromthedamageultra-violetlightcancause.

Thatcouldbewhysomezooplanktonareabletostayclosertothesurface

duringdaylighthours.

Andthereisathirdtheory.

Althoughittakesalotofenergyforthezooplanktontomigrate,they

conserveenergywhilefloatingindeepercolderwater.Sowhilethey*renot

feeding,theyarequietlydigestingincoolerwater.

Butremember,zooplanktonconsistofanynumberofdifferentorganisms.From

microscopicwormstocrablarvaetotinyfish,andtheyarefoundinalarge

rangeofmarinehabitats,coldwater,warmwater,shallowwater,deepwater.

Sotheremaybedifferentreasonsfordifferentspecies.

题目:

l.Whatdoestheprofessormainlydiscuss?

A.Theimportanceofzooplanktoninthemarinefoodchain

B.Theinterdependenceoftwotypesoftinymarineorganisms

C.Aphysicalfeatureofzooplanktonthatmakesthemwc11adaptedfor

swimming

D.Aphenomenonobservedinsomespeciesofzooplankton

2.Whydocstheprofessorconcludethatzooplanktonmustderiveanimportant

benefitfromdielverticalmigration?

A.Dielverticalmigrationusesupalotofenergy.

B.Dielverticalmigrationexposeszooplanktontopredators.

C.Dielverticalmigrationpreventszooplanktonfrombeingabletodigest

phytoplankton.

D.Dielverticalmigrationforceszooplanktonpopulationstolive

permanentlyincoldwater.

3.Whatdoestheprofessorimplyaboutbioluminescentzooplankton?

A.Theirfoodsourceisdifferentfromthatofotherzooplankton.

B.Theyprobablydonotrelyondielverticalmigrationtoavoid

predation.

C.Theymigratedeeperthanotherzooplanktonspeciesdo.

D.Mostspeciesarefoundinverycoldwater.

4.Whydoestheprofessormentionfishthat1iveinfreshwaterlakes?

A.Topointoutthatmanyaquaticspeciesexhibitdielvertical

migration

B.Togiveanexampleofaspeciesoffishthatfeedsonbioluminescent

zooplankton

C.Tomakeacomparisonbetweenfishandzooplankton

D.Tosupportoneofthetheoriesexplainingwhyzooplanktonmigrate

5.Avoidingpredatorsisonepossibleexplanationforwhyzooplanktondive

sodeeplyintheocean.Whattwootherexplanationsforthisphenomenondoesthe

professoroffer?Clickon2answers

A.Toavoidultravioletlight

B.Toavoidstrongoceancurrents

C.Todigestincolderwaters

D.Tofindabundantfoodsources

6.Whatdoestheprofessorimplyaboutthereasonsfordielvertical

migrationinzooplankton?

A.Nosingleexplanationforal1speciescanaccountforthis

phnnfimonon.

B.Researchershavenotbeenabletoproposeplausibletheoriestoexplain

thisphenomenon.

C.Allindividualorganismshaveseveralreasonsformigrating.

I).Researcherswereabletoagreeonanexplanationforthisphenomenon

aftermanyyearsofinvestigation.

托福TPO听力54原文：BenefitsofMuonDetectors介子探测器的好处

Listentopartofalectureinanarchaeologyclass.

Professor:Apopularmisconceptionaboutarchaeology,somepeopleimagine

wejustgooutintothefieldwithashovelandstartdigging,hopingtofind

somethingsignificant.

Well,whilethereisanelementofluckinvolved,wehaveanarrayof

high-techtoolstohelpusfigureoutwheretoconcentrateourefforts.

Oneofthenewertoolsactuallyreliesonparticlephysics,talkabout

inter-disciplinary.

Hereisamachinethatbringstogethertwoverydifferentsciences.This

machineiscalledamuondetector.

Muonsaresubatomicparticlesthatresultfromcosmicravs.

OK,letmestartover.Cosmicraysaren'tactuallyrays.Theyarebasically

protonszippingthroughouterspaceatclosetolightspeed.And,whenthey

collidewiththeatomsinearth'satmosphere,theybreakupintosmaller

particles-muons.

Nowthesemuonsarestillhighlyenergized,sotheycaneasilypassondown

totheearth'ssurface.Infact,theycanpassthroughsolidmatter,sotheycan

alsopenetratedeepintothesurface.Andit*sthispropertyofmuonsthat

archaeologistsaretakingadvantageof.

Letmeexplain,withtherightkindofequipment,scientistscanusemuons

tocreateakindofpictureofthestructurestheyarestudying.

LettssaywearestudyingaMayanpyramidincentralAmerica.Andweare

interestedinfindingoutifthereareburialchambersorotherrooms

inside.Well,amuondetectorwi11showagreaternumberofmuonspassingthrough

thelessdenseareasinsidethepyramid.

Yes,Andrew?

Andrew:Um…I'mnotsure1gethowthismuondetectorworksexactly.

Professor:Well,muonsloseenergyastheypassthroughdensematerial,

1ikethestonewa11softheMayanpyramid.Somoremuor.sandmoreenergeticmuons

willbepassingthroughemptyspaces.Themuondetectorcandifferentiatethe

areaswheremoremuonsarepassingthrough-theemptyspaces,aswellaswhere

therearefewermuons,thewallsanddenseareas.

Theseemptyspaceswillshowupasdarker,sowewindupwithakindof

pictureofthepyramid,anditsinternalstructure.

Andrew:Apicture?

Professor:SortoflikeanX-rayimage.

Andrew:Ok,soifweseedarkerareasinsidethepyramid,weassumeit'san

emptyspacewithmoremuons.

Professor:Exactly,withthistechnology,wccanseewhat'sinsidethe

structurebeforewedig,soweknowexactlywheretoexploreandwecanminimize

Ihndamageexcavationenncause.

Evenalittledamagecouldresultinuslosingvitalinformation

forever.

Now,muondetectorshavebeenaroundforsometime,buttheyhavebeen

improveduponsincearchaeologistsstartedusingthem.

In1967aphysicistplacedamuondetectorbeneaththebaseofoneofthe

EgyptianpyramidsofGiza.Andhewaslookingforburielchambers.Nowithappened

thatthemuondetectorfoundnone.Buthediddemonstratethatthetechnique

worked.

Unfortunatelythemachineheusedwassobigthatmanyarchaeologists

doubtedmuondetectioncouldbepractical.Howcouldtheygetamassivepieceof

equipmentinto,say,thejungleofBelize?

Thentherewastheissueofrange.

Themachineusedin1967couldonlyscanformuonsdirectlyaboveit,not

fromthesides.Soitactuallyhadtobeputunderneaththepyramid,soitcould

lookup.Thatmeantifyouwantedtofindoutwhatwasinsideanancient

structure,youfirsthadtoburythedetectorbcncalhit.

There'sbeenalotofworkonthesemachinessincethen.Andtheseproblems

havebeensolvedbyandlarge.That,snottosaythetechnologyisperfect,it

wouldbeniceforexample,tohaveasystemthatdidn'ttake6monthstoproduce

animage.Isupposethat'sbetterthantheyearittookforthe1967studytoget

results.

Butstill...well,thereisgoodreasontobelievethatwithbetter

equipment,we'regoingtoseemuondetectorsusedmuchmorefrequently.Theyare

alreadybeingusedinotherareasofscience,forexainplcJapanesescientists

studyingtheinteriorofvolcanoes,andthereareplentyofarchaeologistswho

wouldlovetousethistechnology.

托福TPO听力54题目：

1.Whatisthelecturemainlyabout?

A.Misconceptionsaboutmuondetectors

B.AninvestigationofanEgyptianpyramidusingamuondetector

C.Thecollaborationbetweenphysicistsandarchaeologistsinthe

developmentofthemuondetector

D.Benefitsthatmuondetectorscanprovidetoarchaeologists

2.Whataspectofmuonsismostusefultoarchaeologists?

A.Theirabi1itytocarryinformationfromouterspace

B.Theirabilitytobreakdowncosmicraysintosmallerparticles

C.Theirabilitytopassthroughsolidmatter

I).Theirabilitytochangethecolorofsomesurfaces

3.Accordingtotheprofessor,whatinformationcanamuondetectorprovide

aboutanancientstructure?

A.Theinternaltemperatureofthestructure

B.Thelocationofroomswithinthestructure

C.Theageofthestructure

D.ThematerialsusedtobuiIdthestructure

4.Whydocstheprofessordiscussdamagetoarchaeologicalsites?

A.Toindicateabenefitofusingmuondetectorsinarchaeological

rpsparch

B.Todescribeanaccidentwithamuondetectorduringapyramid

excavation

C.Toexplainhowmuondetectorsareusefulinreconstructingdamaged

sites

D.Toexplainwhymuondetectorswerenotoftenusedinthepast

5.Inwhatwaysaremodernmuondetectorsdifferentfrommuondetectorsused

in1967?C1ickon3answers

Moderndetectorsarclessexpensive.

B.Moderndetectorsuselessenergy.

C.Moderndetectorsarenotaslarge.

D.Moderndetectorstakelesstimetoproduceanimage.

Moderndetectorscanscaninmorethanonedirection.

6.Whatistheprofessorsopinionaboutthenewermuondetectors?

A.Sheappreciatesthehelptheyprovidedespitethetimetheytaketo

produceimages.

B.Shefearsthatmanyarchaeologistswillbeunwillingtolearntouse

them.

C.Shefeelsthattheyhavegreaterpotentialinareasofscienceother

thanarchaeology.

I).Theyprovidemoreaccurateinformationabouttheageofobjectsthan

olderdetectorsdid.

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托福TPO听力54原文+题目：FindingHistorica1Material寻找历史材料

Listentoaconversationbetweenastudentandanemp1oyeeinthe

university,shistoricallibrary.

Employee:Morning,whatcanIhelpyoufind?

Student:Wei1,Isawtheinternetthattheuniversity1ibraryhasmenusand

thingsfromlocalrestaurants,liketheSpringfieldEatery?

Employee:Right,alotoflocalbusinesseshavedonatedmaterialstoour

collection,includingthatrestaurant.Tmprettysurewehavetenorfifteen

boxesofmaterialsfromthere.

Student:Good,Ithoughtyouwerelocatedinthemain1ibrary,soIwent

therefirstandtheysentmehere.Ihaven*trealizedtheuniversityhasa

separatehistoricallibrary.Ithinkwhatyou*redoingisgreat,collectinglocal

documentsandphotos,keepingarecordoftheregion.

Employee:I'mgladyouseethevalueofit.We'vebeencollectingmaterials

forgoingonseventyyearsnow.Lastyearwehadanexhibitionthatshowcasehow

thetownsquarehaschangedoverthepastfiftyyears.

So,thatgotthewordoulalittle,butyou*reright.Alolofstudents

don'tknowweexist.Wei.unlessthemajorofnewhistory.So.vou'relookingfor

somethingforclass?

Student:Notexactly.Mygrandmotherwenttothisuniversity,andwhileshe

washere,sheworkedasawaitress.

Employee:AttheSpringfieldEatery?

Student:Yes,andthat*swhereshemetmygrandfather.So,they're

celebratingtheirfiftiethanniversarythisyear.AndInoticedonlinethatyou

haveoldmenusfromsomeoftherestaurants.IwasthinkingIcouldfindonefrom

theyeartheymetandprintacopyforthem.

Employee:Whatauniqueidea!Whatyearyouarelookingfor?

Student:Um,1954.

Employee:Iknowwehaveafewmenusfromthe1950s,butyou'11haveto

check.Therearesomegaps,someyearswedidn'treceiveanynewmaterials,and

sometimesrestaurantsgoawhilewithoutchangingtheirmenus.

Student:Ohno,Ireallywanttogivethemsomethingspecial.

Employee:Well,howaboutthis?Wealsohavealotofphotos,somaybeyou

couldfindoneofyourgrandmother,ormaybeevenonewithbothyour

grandparents.

Student:Thatwouldbeawesome.

Employee:Theonlythingismostofourmaterialsarestillinboxes.No

one*severtakenthetimetoorganizethem.So,it-itmightrequireafair

amountofsifting.

Student:Um,Ihaveacoupleoftestscomingup,butIcantakeaquick

look,ifthat'sokay.Iknowsomelibrarieshavespecialrulesforhandling

delicateoroldmatei'ials.

Employee:Well,thesearen*Iparticularlyold.Justiheusualrulesapply,

nofoodordrinks.

Student:Okay,thanksforyourhelp.

托福TPO听力54题目:

1.Whydoesthemangotoseethewoman?

A.Toaskthewomanifshehasphotographsof1oralbusinesses

B.Toconductresearchforahistoryclass

C.Totrytofindagiftforhisgrandparents

D.Tofindouthowlongalocalrestauranthasbeeninbusiness

2.Whatdoesthewomansayaboutanexhibitionthelibraryheldlast

year

A.Itwasinhonorofthetown*sseventiethanniversary.

B.Ithelpedincreaseawarenessofthecollection.

C.Itwasarrangedbystudentswhostudyhistory.

D.Itmostlyincludedphotographsfromthe1950s.

3.Whatdoesthewomanimplyaboutthemenus?

A.MostofthemenusinthecollectionarefromtheSpringfieldEatery.

B.Allofthemenusinthecollectionarecarefullyorganizedinboxes.

C.Themenuthemanislookingforisprobablyinthemainlibrary.

D.Themanmightnotfindthemenuheislookingfor.

4.Whatdoesthewomansuggestthatthemanconsiderdoing?

A.Lookforaphotoofhisgrandparents

B.Frameaphotographofamenufromadifferentvear

C.Calltherestauranttoaskwhethertheyhavewhatheis1ookingfor

D.Takeapictureoftherestaurant

5.Whydoesthemansaythis:

A.Toinformthewomanthathehashandledoldmaterialsinthepast

B.Toinquirewhetherthe1ibraryhasregulationsforhandlinghistorical

documents

C.Toimplythatthelibraryshoulddoabetterjobprotectinghistorical

documents

D.Toarguethatspecialprecautionsarenotnecessaryinthiscase

托福TPO听力54原文+题目:WilliamWheatleyandBroadwayTheaters威廉?惠特利和百

老汇

Listentopartofalectureinatheaterhistoryclass.

OneofthethingsNewYorkcityisknownforisitsBroadwaytheaters,the

productionsofelaboratemusicals.Alotofmoneygoesintoproducingamusical

withtheactors,costumes,sceneryandsoon.Theshowsaredesignedtoappealto

1argeaudiences,tomaketheproductionfinanciallyviable.Buttheaterdidn't

alwaysappealtothemasses.Inthemiddleofthe19thcentury,withmostly

wealthyresidentswhoweregoingtoBroadway,theywouldseeanoperathatwas

probablywrittenandproducedinEuropebeforemakingitswayallovertoNew

York.Itwasascenefor,well,thesociallyprominent,theupperclass,who

attendedthesefunctions,perhaps,becausetheyfeltobligatedratherthan

becauseofagenuineinterestingtheater.

But,inthe1860s,