Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension(35 minutes) Section A
11. A) The man didn't have much time to spend working on his essay. B) The man was too busy to complete the assignment. C) The man shouldn't have turned in the essay late. D) She's sorry she couldn't help .
12. A) At the information desk. B) In a department store. C) In a restaurant. D) At a railway station.
13. A) She'll go to the game later. B) Noise disturbs her when she's reading. C) She prefers to . D) The man should turn off the radio.
14. A) The man should not have stayed up so late. B) She likes to go to see new films. C) She wants to go to a film with the man. D) She prefers old films to new ones.
15. A) She doesn't know where the man went. B) She doesn't know how to get to the library. C) She can give the man directions. D) She wants to find out where Olympic Street is.
16. A) It's a bestseller of the year. B) She has temporarily forgotten the title. C) The title pronounce. D) She can never recall the title of the book.
17. A) She thinks Henry is not funny enough. B) She enjoys Henry's humor a great deal. C) She must learn to understand Henry's humor better. D) She doesn't appreciate Henry's humor.
18. A) He's waiting to hear from potential employers. B) He plans to write the letters soon. C) He missed the job application deadlines. D) His job interviews went very well.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. A) On a bicycle trip. B) Toa recycling center. C) To a paper mill. D) On a business trip.
20. A) Reading cards, calendars and writing paper. B) Art books and other high-quality printed matter. C) Insulation for basements. D) Imitation wood.
21. A) The quality of paper will improve. B) Paper prices will go down. C) Garbage dumps will decrease in size. D) Trees will be saved.
22. A) Husband and wife. B) Mother and son. C) Teacher and student. D) Friends.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. A) The man's brother. B) The man's roommate. C) A neighbor. D) A photographer.
24. A) He's noisy. B) He's messy. C) He has too many boxes. D) He goes to class alone.
25. A) He worked for a radio station. B) He lived in a dormitory. C) He took a long trip. D) He visited the man's family.
Section B Passage One Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. A) To buy goods or obtain services without immediate payment. B) To buy goods directly from a central billing office. C) To obtain services with a check. D) To buy goods with a check.
27. A) A company's number. B) A bank's number. C) An account number. D) A check number.
28. A) It calculates the total price of purchases by the card holder during the month. B) It sends the card holder a bill. C) It sends the card holder a check. D) Both A and B.
Passage Two Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. A) In Asian culture. B) In Islamic culture. C) In western culture. D) In ancient culture.
30. A) Folk music and classical music. B) Classical music and popular music. C) Popular music and folk music. D) None of the above.
31. A) Entertainment. B) Social adherence. C) Communication. D) Religious ritual.
Passage Three Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. A) On April 26, 1611. B) On April 23, 1611. C) On April 26, 1616. D) On April 23, 1616.
33. A) In 1585. B) In 1584. C) In 1583. D) In 1586.
34. A) People know almost nothing about Shakespeare's early life. B) Shakespeare was already well known before he went to London. C) People know a lot about Shakespeare's life in London. D) People know only a little about Shakespeare's life in London.
35. A) Shakespeare was not interested in making a profit. B) Shakespeare could get one-tenth of the profits of the Globe Theater. C) Shakespeare, like his fellow writers, had no business sense. D) Shakespeare's fellow writers shared the same profits.
Section C Recently, air travel is becoming more and more popular and many large airports have now reached the limit of the number of aircraft movements they can 36 . The problem is made worse by the size of many major cities which prevents the 37 of existing airports. Any new airports to be built a long way from city centers will create 38 problems arid in many countries there simply isn't enough land for such developments. Now a new 39 has been put forward which would help to 40_ the congestion, as far as short flights are concerned. This 41 the use of smaller aircraft, carrying about 50 passengers, which only require a short take-off or landing area and which make 42_ little noise because they are propeller-driven. The main problem 43 is the question of noise. 44 __________ _____________ ___ _ , that any government can expect to find considerable resistance to building new airports in towns, even though these short-range small planes are relatively quiet. 45______________ ______ if they can have the conveniences of an airport near the city center. In the end, 46______________
Section A 11. M: I can't believe the low mark I got on my last essay —it couldn't have been that bad. W: Last week was so busy for you. I'm surprised you were even able to get it done on time. Q: What does the woman imply?您看到来自www.233.com的新闻 答案A 解析：根据选项，考生可推断听力对话是关于男士的作文问题。男士说，不敢相信作文分数那么低;女士回应：上周你太忙了，我很惊讶你能准时做完。女士暗示，上周男士花在作文上的时间太少了。 12. W: I have a complaint to make, sir. I waited 10 minutes at the table before the waiter showed up. When I finally got served, I found it was not what I ordered. M: I'm terribly sorry, madam. It is a bit unusually busy tonight. As a compensation, your meal will be free. Q: Where does the conversation probably take place? 答案C 解析：根据选项，考生可判断问题是关于地点的，所以在听力过程中，考生要特别关注对话中暗示地点的词组。女士提及到“the waiter，got served，what I ordered”，男士提到“your meal will be free”，从中可以判断对话发生在饭店。 13. M: Does it bother you if I have the ball game on? I can if you like. W: Actually a little peace and quiet would be nice. At least until I finish this chapter. Q: What does the woman imply? 答案B 解析：根据选项，考生要特别注意对话中男士和女士的做法。男士说：我听球赛会不会影响你?如果你愿意，我可以戴耳机。女士没有直接回答男士的问题，而是说：安静当然好了，至少我要读完这一章。从中可以判断噪音是会影响女士读书的，而选项C是干扰项，是男士戴上耳机。 14. M: I'm exhausted! I was up till 3 a. m. watching Romeo and Juliet. It was great! W: Oh, I missed it! You should've called me. I'll take those old classics over modern movies any time. Q: What does the woman mean? 答案D 解析：选项是关于女士对新、老电影的看法。男士说：昨晚看《罗密欧和茱丽叶》看到凌晨三点!女士感叹自己错过了这部电影，然后用should have called的形式表示虚拟，暗示男士应该叫醒自己的，随后女士用了动词短语take A over B，表示“比起B，更喜欢A”，从中可以看出女士的态度，她更偏爱老电影。 15. M: Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the library? W: Well, do you know where Olympic Street is? Q: What does the woman's question indicate?www.233.com考试就上考试大 答案C 解析：选项是关于问路的。男士问：去图书馆怎么走啊?女士并没有直接回答男士的问题，而是问：你知道Olympic Street在哪里吗?女士暗示，如果男士知道Olympic Street，她就可以给男士指路，从而表明女士知道去图书馆的路。 16. M: Are you sure you can't recall the name of the book? W: It's just on the tip of my tongue! Q: What does the woman say about the book? 答案B 解析：根据选项，考生要注意听力对话中的书名。男士问：你确定记不起书名了吗?女士说：就在嘴边!这里on the tip of one's tongue，表示“就在嘴边，暂时想不起来”，选项B中的temporarily意为“暂时地”。 17. M: Henry is certainly the funniest person in class; he can always make everyone laugh. W: I think I still have to get used to his sense of humor. Q: What does the woman mean? 答案D 解析：选项是女士对Henry幽默的看法。男士说：Henry绝对是班里最幽默的;女士没有直接回应，而说：我想，我需要习惯他的幽默感。从中，可以判断女士并不喜欢Henry的幽默。 18. W: Well, I have my first job interview on Monday. Have you had any luck with those letters of application you sent out? M: It's still too soon to tell. Most of the application deadlines haven't even passed yet. Q: What can be inferred about the man? 答案A 解析：选项是关于男士的工作、面试问题。考生在听力中要特别关注面试的结果等细节。女士说：周一我要去面试。你寄出去的求职信有结果吗?男士回答说：还很早，不知道结果;求职信的最后期限还没有到。从中可以推断，男士目前没有收到面试通知，正在等待可能的回复。
Conversation One W: 【19】I'll go over to the recycling center this after noon. Would you like me to take your old newspaper and paper bags along? M: I do have a lot of papers and magazines down in the basement. Volunteers used to come by these apartments regularly to collect waste paper. I still save it. But people seldom ask for nowadays and I've never gone over to the recycling center myself. W: That's typical. A few years ago, people were really enthusiastic about reusing waste paper. Unfortunately, interests have been decreasing lately. Manufacturers now use wastepaper for things like they need to find new commercial uses for recycled paper. M: 【20】I suppose things like reading cards, calendars and writing paper could be made from it too. But recycled paper usually has a dingy color, doesn't it?来源：考试大考试大成就你的梦想 W: Well, it wouldn't be suitable for art books or high-quality magazine paper. But who cares about the drab color 【21】if the waste paper can take the place of the virgin woods, pulp and so help to preserve forests. M: You are right. 【22】I'll bring my waste paper over to your apartment a little while. Thanks for offering to take it. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you've just heard. 19. Where is the woman going this afternoon? 20. According to the speakers, what products are now made from recycled paper? 21. What major benefit does the woman see to using waste paper? 22. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?
Conversation Two W: Let's go in here and order some coffee while we look at your pictures. M: Good idea. We'd both like coffee, please. OK, here's one of Ed's, 【23】my roommate. I took this picture right after we had arrived at the school this fall. We had just met, in fact. And this was our room of the dormitory while we were unpacking all our things. What a mess ! W: You certainly had a lot of boxes. How did you ever find room for everything? M: In the beginning, we thought we'd never get all arranged but now we are very comfortable. Lucky for me, Ed keeps his things neat. W: Do you like living in the dormitory? M: It's not bad. 【24】Sometimes Ed turns his radio up too loud and makes too much noise. Then I get angry. Sometimes I leave my books lying around and he gets angry. But usually we get along. 【25】Here's a picture of him taken when we went to visit my family during vacation. W: And this last one? M: That's my dog Spot. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the first conversation you've just heard. 23. Who is Ed? 24. Why does the man sometimes get angry at Ed? 25.What did Ed do during vacation?
Section B Passage One 【26】A credit card permits its holders to buy goods or obtain services without immediate payment. Possession of a card identifies the owner, who can obtain consumer credit. 【27】Each card has an account number which is recorded by the seller, who sends it to a central billing office. 【28】The office calculates the total price of purchases by the card holder during the month and sends him a bill. The buyer sends his check to the central office, which allocates the money to establishments extending credit. Credit cards were used in some American stores during the 1920s, but they did not gain wide acceptance. In 1938 rival American oil companies issued them to consumers and established a national pool to honor each company's card. This was the start of the credit card's popularity. Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you've just heard. 26. What does a credit card permit its holders to do? 27. What does each credit card have? 28. What does a central billing office do?
Passage Two 【29】In western culture music is regarded as good by birth, and sounds that are welcome are said to be "music to the ears". In some other cultures for example, Islamic culture——it is of low value, associated with sin and evil. In the West and in the high cultures of Asia, it is said that there are three types of music. First, 【30】classical music, composed and performed by trained professionals originally under the support of courts and religious establishments; second, folk music, shared by the population at large and passed on orally; and third, 【30】popular music, performed by professionals, spread through radio, television, records, films, and print, and consumed by the urban mass public. Music is a major component in religious services, theatre, and entertainment of all sorts. 【31】The most universal use of music is as a part of religious ritual. Another less obvious function of music is social adherence. Music also symbolizes military, patriotic and funeral moods and events. In a more general sense, music may express the central social values of a society. In western music, the interrelationship of conductor and orchestra symbolizes the need for strong cooperation among various kinds of specialists in a modern industrial society.
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you've just heard. 29. In what culture is music regarded as good by birth? 30. Which of the following is performed by professionals? 31. According to the passage, what is the most universal use of music?
29. 答案C 解析：根据选项，考生要特别判断音乐在不同文化中的地位。听力一开始，就说在西方文化中，音乐地位很高，而在Islamic(伊斯兰)文化中，音乐价值很低，所以C为正确选项。 答案B 解析：根据选项，考生要关注不同音乐形式之间的异同。听力接下来讲到三种音乐形式，古典音乐是有专业人士谱曲演奏，民间音乐却在人民大众之间分享，而流行音乐也是由专业人员表演。从中，考生可以总结，古典音乐和流行音乐都是由专业人士制作。 答案D 解析：考生已经确定本篇听力的主题是音乐，所以从选项中可以推测问题是关于音乐的功能。听力第二段一开始，讲到音乐最普遍的功能是宗教仪式的一部分。选项A、B、C都是音乐的功能，却不是本篇听力认为的the most universal use of music。
Passage Three William Shakespeare was christened in the market town of Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, 【32】on April 26, 1564; traditionally; his actual birthday was three days earlier, on St. George's day, the same day as his death fifty-two years later. His father, John, was a respected middle-class trader, and his mother, Mary Arden, came from a family of local landowners. It seems probable that young William received a fair education (for his day) at the local Grammar School; 【33】at the age of eighteen he married a girl eight years older than himself, Anne Hathaway, who gave him a child the following year and twins in 1585. Little else is known of his early life, and so we cannot tell what made him decide to leave Stratford in 1586 for London, where he stayed until 1611. 【34】In London he must soon have attracted attention, because by 1592 he was a popular enough writer and actor to be laughed at by an older dramatist as an uneducated Jack of all trades. He is mentioned as being among the principal actors of the city as early as 1598, and 【35】in 1599 we find that he is a member of the company running the Globe Theater, with one-tenth interest in the profits—showing a business sense rarely seen in his fellow writers. His popularity is indicated by the fact that not only were his own plays published under his name, which was a rare procedure in his day, but also plays by others are to be found attributed to him, as if to indicate that his name alone would promise a good sale. Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you've just heard. 32. When did William Shakespeare die? 33. When did Shakespeare and his wife have their first child? 34. Which one can we infer from the article? 35. Which of the following is true? 答案D 解析：选项是时间，考生要注意听力篇章中不同时间的表达。考生如果了解Shakespeare，可能知道他去世的时间。如果不知道，听力一开始说他洗礼的时间是1564年4月26日，比他生日晚三天。52年后他去世的日子和真正的生日同一天，由此可以推断他死于1616年4月23日。 答案C 解析：选项依然是关于时间。听力篇章中间讲，Shakespeare在18岁的时候娶妻，第二年生子。因此他们第一个小孩出生在1583年。 答案C 解析：选项是人们对Shakespeare的了解。听力篇章中间讲，在伦敦，他很快就引起了大家的关注。选项A是个干扰项，人们对Shakespeare早期的生活是有所了解，虽然了解的不多。 答案B 解析：选项讨论Shakespeare是否有经济头脑。听力篇章靠后讲，Shakespeare经营the Globe Theater，拥有十分之一的利润，这表明他很有经济头脑。
Section C 答案handle 解析：在情态动词can的后面需要用动词原型。handle是个比较常用的动词，意为“处理，解决”。 答案extension 解析：在定冠词the的后面，需要用名词。extension是动词extend的名词形式，表示“扩充，扩张”。考生要注意，后缀是-sion，并非-tion。 答案communication 解析：在动词create和名词problems之间，应该是对problems的修饰，解释说明什么样的问题。communication是个常见的名词，在这里意为“交通”。 答案proposal 解析：不定冠词a的后面应该使用可数名词，再加上后面的动词put forward，考生可以推测缺少的名词是关于“建议，提议”的，proposal是propose的名词，以-al结尾。 答案relieve 解析：help to do sth.的结构让考生判断空白处可能是个动词。根据上下文，这个提议是帮助缓解交通阻塞问题的。动词relieve表示“缓解压力”，考生要注意relief是名词，此处要用动词。 答案involves 解析：此处有主语，有宾语，缺少谓语动词。主语是个单数，所以考生要注意动词involve后面要加上表示第三人称单数的-s。 答案comparatively 解析：根据语法，本空是个副词来修饰后面的little。comparatively是个比较常用的副词，“比较地，相对地”。 答案remaining 解析：本空是个后置定语，用来修饰前面的名词problem。Remain是个不及物动词，用-ing形式表示“遗留的，仍然存在的”。 答案There has been so much publicity in recent years regarding the high level of noise near airports 解析：空白处之后的一句话讲，在城镇建立新机场，政府可能会遇到相当大的阻力，那前半句应该是“对这个问题争论了很久”。此句中需要注意的词汇：publicity，regarding。 答案 The fact remains that increasing numbers of people want to travel by air and will accept somewhat slower flights 解析：空白处是在后面特定条件下的某种结果。如果市中心有方便的机场，将会出现怎样的结果?此句中需要注意的词汇：increasing，somewhat，slower(考生注意其中的比较级)。 答案it's a question of compromise between the travelers and the local inhabitants. 解析：此句为文章的最后一句，表示最终的结果。此句中需要注意的词汇：compromise，travelers，inhabitants。考生要注意其名词复数形式。
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