Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension
Section A
11．C
M." I think Tom left his umbrella on the bus.
W: Why he's so careless is really beyond me.
Q: What does the woman say about Tom?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以he开头，其中一项为一般过去时，三项为一般现在时。
2．四项均含有负面或消极色彩的词汇(wrong，angry，isn'tcareful，doesn’thave)。
结论：对话可能与发生在某位男士身上的不好的事情有关。
【解析】男士说：“我想汤姆将他的雨伞忘在公共汽车上了。”女士回答道：“我真不能理解他怎么会这样粗心。”isn’t careful为careless的同义转述，故选C。
12．D
M: Professor Jones, when can we meet to discuss my grade?
W: Would four o'clock be all right?
Q: What does the professor mean?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以she开头。
2．三项含有与学生有关的词汇(grade，student)
3．两项含有与约见有关的词汇(meeting，meet)。
结论：对话很可能与见面以及学生的分数有关。
【解析】男士问道：“琼斯教授，我们什么时候可以见面讨论一下我的分数的事?”女士回答说：“四点怎么样?”可见女士将在下午与男士见面。故选D。
13．A
M: My chemistry project is in trouble because my partner and I hadtotally different ideas about how to proceed.
W: You should try to meet each other half way.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以动词原形开头，可能指某人将要做某事。
2．两项提及project。
结论：对话可能与进行某一项目有关，应将听音重点放在动作上。
【解析】男士说：“我的化学研究项目碰到了麻烦，因为我和同伴对于研究应该如何继续有完全不同的想法。”女士回答道：“你们应该互相妥协一下。”meet each other half way是习语，意为“取折中意见，互相妥协”，应注意掌握。故选A。
14．A
M: I have to look for a room to rent.
W: How about trying Carters? They usually have a long list ofplaces.
Q: Where will the man probably go?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以to开头，后接目的地。
2．两项含有agency，两项含有store。
结论：本题可能考查某人将要去某个地方。应留意对话中的地点名词。
【解析】男士说：“我得租一间房子。”女士说：“去卡特斯试试看吧。他们通常有很多房源。”不难推断出卡特斯应该就是房产代理公司，故选A。real estate意为“房产，不动产”。
15．B
W: The art museum shop has all sorts of paints that areinexpensive and colorful.
M: Especially if you like modern art.
Q: What does the man say about the shoo?
【听前预测】
1．两项以it开头，两项以its开头。
2．三项含有与艺术有关的词汇(artists，art paints，colon)。
结论：对话可能与艺术、颜色等有关。应先辨别it所指代的对象。
【解析】女士对男士说道：“艺术馆的商店卖各种各样的颜料，色彩鲜艳而且价格不贵。”男士回答道：“尤其是如果你喜欢现代艺术的话(那就更好了)。”it指代艺术馆的商店。故选B，即“该商店的主打商品是现代艺术颜料”。
16．A
W: Can you listen for my telephone?
M: Sure, I'm planning to be here all day.
Q: What does the woman want the man to do?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以动词原形开头，可能指某人要做的事情。，
2．四项均含有her。
3．三项含有与电话有关的词汇(calls，telephone)。
结论：对话应该和接打电话有关。
【解析】女士问男士：“你能帮我听着点电话吗?”男士答道：“没问题，我一天都会在这儿。”可见女士想让男士在她不在的时候接听一下打给她的电话。故选A。
17．D
M: I don't know whether I should time my speech now or keep onrevising my notes. What do you think?
W: I'd carry on with what you are doing.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以动词原形开头，可能指某人要做某事。
2．两项提及her．两项提及time。
3．两项含有与演讲有关的词汇(notes，speech)。
结论：本题可能与演讲、时间等有关。
【解析】男士说：“我不知道是该测一下我演讲的时间还是断续修改我的笔记。你觉得呢?”女士回答道：“(如果我是你的话)我会继续做你正在做的事情。”可见女士建议男士继续修改他的笔记。carry on with sth．意为“继续做某事”。故选D。
18．C
W：Would you like to go mountain—climbing withus?
M：That’s the last thing in the world I'd everwant to do．
Q：What does the man mean?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以he开头。
2．两项合有与爬山有关的词汇(climbed，climbin9，mountain)，一项提及traveled。
结论：对话可能与男士和爬山有关。
【解析】女士问男士要不要和她们一起去爬山，男士回答道：“这是整个世界上我不愿意做的一件事了。”本题考查的是句型That's the last thing in the world I'd ever want to do。类似的句型还有：He is the
last person in the world I want to see．(他是我在世界上不愿意见的人)故选C。
Conversation One
M: Hello.
W: Oh, hello. You must be a new student. Did you find it OK?
M: Well, I got a bit lost because I asked a stranger. But I got iteventually,
W: Oh, dear. Have you come far today?
M: Only from Brighton. I was staying with my brother.
W: Oh. Good. [19] How did you get here?
M: My brother took me to the railway station. And I got on a busat this end.
W: Aha. Well, you'd better tell me your name so I can find yourform.
M: It's Mark Bum,
W: Bum, Bum. Ah, yes. [20] Oh, you've changed since this photo. Whathappened to your beard and moustache? And not wearing glasses, either.
M: No, I thought I'd better look smarter.
W: Here is the key to your room. It's 501.
M: Thanks. How do ! get there?
W: Go to the end of this corridor, turn left and it's the thirddoor on the right,
M: "Thank you. [21] Oh, here's a meeting for new students.What time is that?
W: Half past five in the Common Room on the ground floor at theother end of the corridor.
M: Thanks a lot. Goodbye.
19. How did Mark get to his new school?
20. Which of the following about Mark has NOT changed since hispicture?
21. Where is the meeting for new students to be held?
19．C
【听前预测】
1．四项均为by…and by…结构的短语。
2．四项均包含两种交通方式，具体有train、car、plane、coach和bus。
结论：本题可能考查从某地到某地的交通方式。
【解析】当女士问男士他是如何到达学校时，男士回答道：“我哥哥送我到火车站，之后我又坐上了来这里的汽车。”可见男士是先坐火车再坐汽车。故选C。
20．B
【听前预测】四项分别为眼镜、短发、髭(鼻子与嘴之间的胡子)、须(下巴上的胡子)，都与人的外貌有关。因此需留意听男士的外貌特征。
【解析】题干问男士本人与照片相比，什么地方没有变。女士在看到男士的照片时说道：“哦，与这张照片比起来你变样子了，你的胡须呢?而且你现在也不戴眼镜了。”可见A、C和D均有变化，应选B。
21．B
【听前预测】
1．四项均为以in开头的短语。
2．四项均含有room。
结论：可能考查与地点有关的细节。
【解析】题干问新生大会将在哪里举行。当男士问起有关新生大会的事情时，女士说道：“会议将于5点半在公共礼堂举行，在一楼走廊的另一端尽头。”可见正确的地点是在the Common Room，答案为B。
Conversation Two
M: How are your new neighbors, Nancy?
W: They seem nice enough, but they have a son who's driving mecrazy.
M: What do you mean?
W: [22] He comes home every night around 10 with his car windowsrolled down and radio blaring. [23] It stops as soon as he turns the car off.But by then Brian and Lisa are wide awake.
M: Oh, no.
W: Oh, yes. Sometimes it takes us till midnight just to get themsettle down again.
M: Have you tried talking to them?
W: [24] We haven't even really met them except to say a quickhello. I hate to get off on the wrong foot.
M: You are not going to like them when you do meet them if youkeep on simmering.
W: I know, but I feel stupid complaining. It's not as though he'sblasting his stereo all night.
M: You said yourself it is driving you crazy.
W: Well, you know how early I have to get up to be here at theoffice. I'm just not getting enough sleep and neither are the kids. They're soirritable when I get home in the afternoon.
M: [25]Maybe you could go over sometime with a little gift: aplant for the yard or something. Then you could ask about their son, whetherthey have any other children and they'll he sure to ask about yours.
W: Yeah and then what?
M: Then you could mention that the hardest thing at this stage isgetting your kids to get sleep at night.
W: And keeping them in the sleep.
M: That's the idea, and you should do it soon. The longer youwait, the harder it'll be to do politely.
22. What bothers Nancy about her neighbor's son?
23. When does the noise stop?
24. Why is Nancy reluctant to speak to her neighbors about theproblem?
25. What suggestion does Nancy's friend make?
22．B
【听前预测】
1．两项以he开头，两项以his开头。
2．三项含有too，三项含有与声音大有关的词汇(wakes…up，loudly，noisy)。
结论：本题可能与某位男士制造噪音有关。
【解析】对话中女士提到，邻居家的儿子每晚10点左右才回家，并且总是开着车窗大声地播放着收音机。当他关闭汽车发动机的时候噪音会停止，但到那个时候她的两个孩子都已经被吵醒了。故选B。
23．D
【听前预测】一项以at开头，一项以in开头，两项以when开头。四项都表示时问。应留意对话中与时间有关的细节。
【解析】题干问收音机发出的噪音什么时候会停止，由上一题可知，当邻居儿子关闭汽车发动机的时候噪音会停止。故选D。
24．A
【听前预测】
1．四项均以she开头，其中两项后接is afraid，一项接doesn't want，一项接knows。
2．两项提及they。
结论：本题可能与女士不愿做某事有关系，需先辨别they的指代对象。
【解析】题干问女士为什么不愿意去找邻居谈谈她的困扰，女士在对话中说道：“我们除了匆匆打过一次招呼之外还没有真正地互相认识。而且我讨厌一开始就给人留下不好的印象。”故选A。原文中的get off on the wrong foot是习语。意为“一开始就不成功，一开头就不顺利”。
25．D
【听前预测】
1．四项均以对话中女士的名字开头(Nancy should…)。
2．四项均含有her neighbors。
结论：本题可能考查南希应该对她的邻居怎样做。
【解析】题干问南希的朋友(即对话中的男士)给她提出了怎样的建议。男士对南希的建议是：“也许你应该带上一份小礼物，比如盆栽之类的，去他们家拜访一下。然后你可以问起他们家的儿子，他们是否还有其他的孩子等等，这样他们自然也就会问起关于你的孩子的事了。”故选D。
Section B
Passage One
【听力原文】
[26] Are electric cars theway of the future? Automobile manufacturers are under pressure to develop cars thatdo not pollute. One powerful motive is a California law requiring that by theyear 2010 ten percent of new car sales in the state be so-called zero-emissionvehicles. These cars must put no pollutants whatsoever into
the atmosphere. California is a huge market for the automobilecompanies, so they are working hard to meet these standards. [27]So far theelectric car seems to be the best alternative. So the big advantage of electriccars is
that they don't pollute. However, they will be in competition withgas-powered cars and that's where the weaknesses come out. The big problem isthat the batteries that power electric cars weigh a lot relative to the amountof power they deliver. For instance, in one prototype electric car, [28] thebatteries weighed 400 kilograms. And they provide enough energy to go 250kilometers before recharging, which takes eight hours.
Compare that to a moderately fuel-efficient conventional car, itcan go 600 to 700 kilometers on a tank of gas and refilling takes just minutes.If there are other drains on an electric car's batteries besides the motor,headlights, air-conditioning or a heater, its already limited range will besignificantly reduced. So automobile engineers are trying to make more powerfulbatteries that would increase the cars' range and make them more attractive tobuyers.
26. What is the talk mainly about?
27. What is the main advantage of electric cars over gas-poweredcars?
28. What is the main drawback of the electric car?
【整体预测】
快速浏览各题选项，根据electric cars、fuel efficiency、pollution、automobile、pollute、drive、faster、go long distances、recharging、steer、engine等关键词推测，该短文与电动汽车以及其优势有关，因为选项中涉及“不会产生污染”，当然还可能与其不足或劣势有关(根据第28题的选项预测)。
26．A
【解题思路】四项均为名词短语，分别为电动汽车、提高燃料效率、加利福尼亚州的污染法规、汽车安全，相互之间的关联度不高，加之本题为该短文的题，因此很有可能考查短文主题。
【解析】短文开头开门见山，直入主题：“Are electric cars the way of the future?(电动车会成为未来的主流交通工具吗?)”如果听到此句时没有抓住主题，后面还有机会，因为整篇文章就是围绕electriccars的优势和劣势展开的。故选A。
27．B
【解题思路】
1．四项均为以they开头的句子，they可能指代的是电动汽车。
2．四项都涉及优势(cheaper，do not pollute，simpler，faster)。
结论：本题可能考查电动汽车的优势，需留意相关细节。
【解析】短文中提到：迄今为止电动汽车似乎是的替代品，它的一大优势就是不会污染环境。故选B。
28．B
【解题思路】
1．四项均为完整句子，其中三项以it开头，一项以its开头。
2．四项都涉及缺点或劣势(not comfortable，cannot go long，difficult，overheats)。
结论：本题可能考查电动汽车的缺点或劣势，需留意相关细节。
【解析】短文中提到：电动汽车的电池重400千克，充满电后可使汽车行驶250公里，充一次电需要8个小时，相比之下，一辆一般的传统耗油汽车，一箱油能行驶600到700公里，而加满油只需要几分钟。可见电动车的劣势就在于单次行程短而充电时间长，故选B。
Passage Two
【听力原文】
Thank you. It's great to see so many of you interested in thisseries on "Survival in the Outer Space". [29]Tonight I'm going totalk about one of the most basic aspects of survival: the space suit. When mostof you imagine astronaut, that's probably the first thing that comes to mind,right? Well, without space suit it will not be
possible for us to survive in space. For example, 30 outer spaceis a vacuum. There's no gravity or air pressure. Without protection, a bodywould explode. What's more, we cook in the sun or freeze in the shade withtemperatures ranging from a toasty 300 degrees above to a cool 300 degrees belowzero Fahrenheit. The space suit that NASA has developed is truly a marvel. 31This photo enlargement here is a life size image of an actual space suit wornby astronauts on the last space shuttle mission. This part is the torso. It ismade of seven extremely durable layers. This thick insulation protects againsttemperature extremes and radiation. Next is what they call a bladder of oxygen.That's an inflatable sack filled with oxygen to simulate atmosphere pressure.This bladder presses against the body with the same force as the earthatmosphere at sea level. The innermost layers provide liquid cooling andventilation. Despite all the layers the suit is flexible, allowing freemovement, so we can work. Another really sophisticated part of the space suitis the helmet. I brought one along to show you.
29. What's the speaker's main purpose?
30. What would cause an unprotected human body to explode in theouter space?
31. What does the speaker show the audience as she describes thedifferent parts of space suit?
29．D
【解题思路】四项均为不定式短语，均提及space。由于该题处于题，且选项核心动词分别为show、gain、describe、inform，因此本题很有可能是问讲话者的目的，即短文的主旨。
【解析】短文开头处提到：“欢迎收看《外太空生存》系列节目，今晚我们来谈一谈涉及太空生存的基本因素中的其中一个：宇航服。”随后讲话者简要介绍了宇航服的功能以及其各个部分。故选D。
30．A
【解题思路】四项均为名词短语，其中三项与太空中的独特条件(air pressure，temperature，radiation)有关，可能考查宇航服的某种设计原理。
【解析】短文中提到，宇航服是太空生活所必需的，因为外太空是一个真空空间，没有任何重力和气压，如果没有防护的话，人体将会爆炸。故选A。
31．C
【解题思路】四项均为名词或名词短语，分别为一盘录像带、一本书、一幅照片、一个氧气罐。应注意短文中是否提到相应的细节。
【解析】短文后面部分提到：“这张放大版的照片是一个实物大小的宇航服照片，上一次执行太空任务的宇航员所穿的就是这套宇航服。”接着，讲话者介绍了宇航服各个组成部分。picture是对原文中photo enlargement的同义转述，故选C。
Passage Three
【听力原文】
Last week I told you about how the body uses vitamin C and foodsthat contain vitamin C, such as oranges and tomatoes. [32] Now I want todiscuss vitamin D which is important to human nutrition because it helps thebody to absorb calcium. Calcium as you know is essential for maintaining healthybones and teeth. Vitamin D deficiency an lead to serious bone diseases. E33] Soin the United States it is added to milk, a staple food in most people's diet.Vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin. That's because the bodyrequires sunlight in order to make use of it. Here's how it works: [34] whenultraviolet rays from the sun strike the vitamin D in our skin, the sunlightconverts vitamin D to its active form and a substance called calciferol isproduced.Calciferol is what carries the calcium to our bones. [34] [35]If ourbodies are not exposed to ultraviolet rays from the sun we cannot convertvitamin D to its active form, and thus cannot make use of any of the calcium
that we have consumed in our food. Eventually we would suffer froma calcium deficiency and have weak bones.Luckily it takes only 10 to 20 minutesof exposure to sunlight a day to ensure sufficient vitamin D production.Exceptin extremely atmospheric conditions like very heavy smog or a sunless climate,most people are able to get enough exposure to the sun. Doctors recommend thatpeople who don't drink much milk take vitamin supplements and that everyonespend at least 10 minutes in the sun every day.
32. Why is vitamin D important?
33. In the United States, what is the main source of vitamin D formost people?
34. What is necessary to convert vitamin D to its active form?
35. According to the speaker what might happen to the people who stayindoors all the time?
32．C
【解题思路】
1．四项均以it开头。两项后接helps，一项接keeps，一项接prevents。
2．三项与人体健康有关，其中两项直接提及body。
结论：本题可能考查某种因素对人体健康的影响。应先辨别it的指代内容。
【解析】题干问为什么维生素D非常重要，我们可以在短文开头处找到线索。讲话者提到：“Now I want todiscuss Vitamin D which is important to human nutrition because it helps thebody to absorb calcium．(现在我要讲的是对人体健康很重要的维生素D，因为它能够帮助人体吸收钙。)”故选c。
33．B
【解题思路】四项均为食物：橙子、牛奶、西红柿、面包。本题可能问哪种食物中含有较多的维生素D，对于短文中提到的食物要多加留意。
【解析】题干问在美国什么是人们摄取维生素D的主要来源。短文中提到，在美国，维生素D被添加到牛奶这种大多数人的主要食物中。故选B。
34．B
【解题思路】四项均为名词短语，分别为：每天l0分钟的锻炼、紫外线、维生素补充剂、每天8小时的睡眠。需留意文中是否有对以上信息进行详细分析的地方。
【解析】短文中两次提到ultraviolet rays。次：“when ultraviolet raysfrom the sun strike the vitamin D in our skin．thesunlight converts vitamin D to its active form(当阳光中的紫外线照到我们皮肤中的维生素D的时候，阳光就将维生素D转化为其活跃形式)”；第二次：“If our bodies are not exposed toultraviolet rays from the sun we cannot convert vitamin D to its active form(如果我们的身体不与阳光中的紫外线接触的话，我们就无法将维生素D转化为其活跃形式)”。文中重复叙述的内容大都是重要内容，也往往是考点。故选B。
35．A
【解题思路】
1．三项以they开头，一项以their开头。
2．四项均含有may。
3．三项都是不好的结果：become weak、develop wrinkles、become allergic。lose weight则对一部分人来说是不好的结果。
结论：整篇短文都在谈维生素D这种营养元素，因此本题可能是问当人体缺乏这种元素时可能会有什么不好的结果。
【解析】实际问题与预测略有偏差，题干问：如果人们长期待在室内的话会怎样。文中提到：如果我们的身体不与阳光中的紫外线接触的话，我们就无法将维生素D转化为其活跃形式，也就无法利用我们从食物中所摄入的钙，终将会导致钙缺乏和骨质疏松。故选A。根据之前的预测，我们一般会将听音重点放在不良结果上，因此即使稍有出入应该也能答对此题。
【听力原文】Section C
Women still have a complex and contradictory relationship withtheir own image according to a poll that found 25 percent of those [36]questioned would rather win the "America's Next Top Model" TV showthan the[37] Nobel Peace Prize.
And although 75 percent of women E38J surveyed said they would bewilling to [39] shave their heads to save the life of a stranger; more than a [40]quarter of those taking part admitted they would make their best friend fat forlife, if it meant they could be thin.
As for that age-old [41] dilemma of whether to marry for wealth orlooks, half of the 18- to 24-year-olds questioned said they would marry an uglyman if he were a E [42] multimillionaire.
The poll for U.S. television network Oxygen, which is [43]targeted at young women, also found that [44]88 percent of 18- to 34-year-oldwomen would happily give up their cell phone, jewelry and makeup to keep afriendship.
"This survey reveals [45] an interesting analysis of today'swoman and how she relates her personal image with what she values in herlife," said Dr. Jenn Berman, psychotherapist and judge of the upcoming newOxygen series " Pret Wicked".
"As shown in several results, [46] women today are a complexcombination of altruistic and materialistic,vain and insecure．loyal and self-serving．This survey highlights the dichotomy(对分；二分法)inall of US．”Berman said．
More than 2．000 women aged 18-34 were interviewed for thepoll．
36．question询问   40．quarter四分之一
37．Nobel诺贝尔41．dilemma窘境，进退两难的困境
38．survey调查42．multimillionaire千万富翁，富豪
39．shave刮，剃43．target瞄准，以……为目标

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