标准听力(四)—标准听力(六)

标准听力（四）

Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes）
Section A
11. [A] It is definitely worthwhile.
[B] It may not be so good now.
[C] It is even more interesting now.
[D] It is even more useful to students.

12. [A] The man should wait a minute.
[B] It’s too late for the man to register.
[C] The man should have done things earlier.
[D] There might still be a chance even if it is the last minute.

13. [A] She lost Sally’s new address.
[B] Sally had to move unexpectedly.
[C] She’s no longer in contact with Sally.
[D] She’ll be glad to take the mail to Sally’s house.

14. [A] Save time by using a dictionary.
[B] Take the dictionary out of the library.
[C] Borrow her English teacher’s dictionary.
[D] Buy her own German-English dictionary.

15. [A] The woman didn’t make sure what kind of movie to see.
[B] The woman must have seen a horror movie last week.
[C] The movie left the woman a lasting impression.
[D] The woman went to the movie with the man.

16. [A] She can use his car. [B] She can borrow someone else’s car.
[C] She must get her car fixed. [D] She can’t borrow his car.

17. [A] She is confused by the man’s question.
[B] She doesn’t have time to repeat the explanation now.
[C] She doesn’t mind repeating her words.
[D] The man shouldn’t apologize to her.

18. [A] He had to cancel his interview.
[B] He’s disappointed with his interview.
[C] He shouldn’t have applied for the job.
[D] He doesn’t want to discuss the interview now.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. [A] Her parents love her very much.
[B] Her parents never force her to do anything she doesn’t want to do.
[C] She is allowed to have whatever career.
[D] She has too much freedom.

20. [A] She didn’t need her parents’ money any more.
[B] She began to get on well with her parents.
[C] She always stayed with her parents.
[D] She rented a government house and lived alone.

21. [A] The two speakers are from different countries.
[B] The man gets along very well with his parents.
[C] British parents never interfere with their children.
[D] The man doesn’t like his parents at all.

22. [A] They allowed him to come to England immediately.
[B] They thought he should go abroad as a child.
[C] They were reluctant until their son persuaded them.
[D] They tried to control his English study.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. [A] To see different places of the world for relaxation.
[B] To work for his thesis about network management.
[C] To look for some specific investment opportunities.
[D] To see the effects of the technology in North America on other parts of the world.

24. [A] It is a very nice place partly because of many successful people.
[B] There are

lots of business opportunities in Silicon Valley.
[C] Silicon Valley is the world’s best place for studying.
[D] There are numerous schools in Silicon Valley.

25. [A] It makes their life easier.
[B] It brings more opportunities to them.
[C] It brings them more advanced technology.
[D] It brings them more competition and challenges.

Section B
Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. [A] To cool down. [B] To protect the boy.
[C] To frighten it away. [D] To get ready to fight.

27. [A] They are afraid of noises. [B] They hesitate before they hit.
[C] They are bigger than we think. [D] They like to attack running people.

28. [A] By keeping shouting and hitting.
[B] By making a wall with his arms.
[C] By throwing himself on the cougar.
[D] By swinging his fists at the cougar’s eyes.

29. [A] Jeb held Tom across his body.
[B] Jeb asked Tom to get the knife.
[C] Tom struggled free of his father.
[D] The cougar jumped from the rock.

Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30. [A] To see her mother’s quilts.
[B] To help prepare for a show.
[C] To discuss her grandmother’s life.
[D] To get together for the family dinner.

31. [A] The quilt looked very strange.
[B] Her grandmother liked the quilt.
[C] The quilt was the best she had seen.
[D] Her mother had made some changes.

32. [A] A quilt show. [B] The mother’s home.
[C] The grandmother’s quilt. [D] A Monday family dinner.

Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. [A] She has been Queen for many years.
[B] She has a less upper-class accent now.
[C] Her speeches are familiar to many people.
[D] Her speeches have been recorded for 50 years.

34. [A] Dutay. [B] Citee.
[C] Hame. [D] Lorst.

35. [A] The changes in a person’s accent.
[B] The Queen’s Christmas speeches on TV.
[C] The recent development of the English language.
[D] The relationship between accents and social classes.

Section C
The idea behind the “rule of law” is that impartial laws, not human beings with their (36) ________ and arbitrary tastes and judgments, should govern the formal aspects of social (37) ________.
“We live under a rule of law, not of men,” American teachers tell their students. The students accept the idea. They believe that “no man is above the law,” that laws apply (38) ________ to all people, (39) ________ of their wealth, personal connections, or stations in life. Their faith in the rule of law explains the (40) ________ many Americans held, and many foreigners could not understand: the President Richard Nixon should be (41) ________ from office as a result of his behavior in connection with what was called the “Watergate Scandal”. Nixon had broken the law and therefore should be pu

nished, Americans believed, even if he was the president.
The belief in the rule of law goes beyond the (42) ________ of politics to the other areas of life that are governed by formal rules and (43) ________. (44) _________________________________________________________________. Personal connections are not supposed to matter under the rule of law.
(45) __________________________________________________________. They may. What is said above describes the ideal to which Americans subscribe. In reality, connections can sometimes help a person get a government job. (46) _________________________________________________________________. But in general the rule of law prevails, and Americans are proud that it does.


标准听力（五）

Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes）
Section A
11. [A] It was rather dull.
[B] It was not well-organized.
[C] It was better planned in advance.
[D] It made the speakers really being tired.

12. [A] Women have got as much freedom as they could want.
[B] Women are struggling for their rights all the time.
[C] She understands what this Women’s Lib business is all about.
[D] She doesn’t think that British women have got as much freedom as wanted.

13. [A] She couldn’t talk to the consultant before two.
[B] She would talk to the consultant during lunch.
[C] She couldn’t contact the consultant’s secretary.
[D] She talked with the consultant about the new program until two.

14. [A] He’ll probably quit school to play tennis.
[B] He’s teaching a tennis class now.
[C] He’s trying to relax this semester.
[D] He’s busy with sports and study.

15. [A] To visit more places in the city.
[B] To snap as many pictures as possible.
[C] To leave some film for his friends.
[D] To spare some time to meet his friends.

16. [A] The woman often misunderstood the man.
[B] The man is a poorer driver than the woman.
[C] The man had to fix the car again for the woman.
[D] The man does not seem to have a good sense of time.

17. [A] She is worried about the errors made.
[B] She is still searching for directions.
[C] She needs someone to lend her a hand.
[D] She has been doing things in a correct way.

18. [A] The two speakers are classmates.
[B] The woman is majoring in psychology.
[C] The man is majoring in children’s literature.
[D] The woman is majoring in elementary education.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. [A] Two police officers.
[B] Friends.
[C] A police officer and an investigator.
[D] A police officer and a program hostess.

20. [A] He is a good supervisor.
[B] He is an experienced police officer.
[C] He doesn’t like his present job.
[D] He enjoys doing the patrol work.

21. [A] Detective work. [B] Undercover work.
[C] Patrol work. [D] Supervising investigations.

22. [A] A police officer is always not very alarm at the beginning.
[B] It is necessary for a police officer to be familiar with his surroundings.
[C] The stress is too large for a policeman at the beginning.
[D] More policemen have injured during a routine stop.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. [A] In his own apartment. [B] In his wife’s parents.
[C] In his grandparents. [D] In student housing.

24. [A] He works at the university housing office.
[B] He has more than one child.
[C] His wife is a graduate student.
[D] He is a full-time student.

25. [A] She isn’t as busy in the afternoon.
[B] She isn’t there in the morning.
[C] Her assistant isn’t there in the morning.
[D] She won’t have the forms he needs until the afternoon.

Section B
Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. [A] The exercise of rights is a luxury.
[B] The practice of choice is difficult.
[C] Choice and right exist at the same time.
[D] The right of choice is given but at a price.

27. [A] Professionals find it hard to decide on a suitable product.
[B] Shoppers may find themselves lost in the broad range of items.
[C] People are likely to find themselves overcome by business persuasion.
[D] Companies and advertisers are often misleading about the range of choice.

28. [A] Everyday goods need to be replaced often.
[B] Advanced products meet the needs of people.
[C] Products of the latest design fold the market.
[D] Competitions are fierce in high-tech industry.

29. [A] The helplessness in purchasing decisions.
[B] The variety of choices in modern society.
[C] The opinions on people’s right in different countries.
[D] The problems about the availability of everyday goods.

Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30. [A] Ms. Mellor’s English-teaching instruction.
[B] Praises to Ms. Mellor from other teachers.
[C] Teacher of the Year 2004 in the United States.
[D] Ms. Mellor’s teaching skills of learning English.

31. [A] English special learners.
[B] English study learners.
[C] English speaking and listening.
[D] English as a second language.

32. [A] Ms. Mellor’s students have no problems in learning English.
[B] The American government pays much attention to education.
[C] Middle school teachers in the USA have to get master’s degrees.
[D] Middle school teachers from each state are honored Teachers of the Year.

Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. [A] That their daughter isn’t as lovely as before.
[B] That they can’t read their daughter’s mind exactly.
[C] That they don’t know what to say to their daughter.
[D] That their daughter talks with them only when she needs help.

34. [A] Teenagers talk a lot with their fr

iends.
[B] Teenagers talk little about their own lives.
[C] Teenagers do not talk much with their parents.
[D] Teenagers do not want to understand their parents.

35. [A] Parents have suitable ways to talk with their teenagers.
[B] Parents should be patient with their silent teenagers.
[C] Parents are unhappy with their growing children.
[D] Parents should try to understand their teenagers.

Section C
Ironically, in the United States, a country of immigrants, prejudice and discrimination continue to be serious problems. There was often tension between each established group of immigrants and each (36) ________ group. As each group became more (37) ________ successful, and more powerful, they excluded newcomers from full participation in the society. Prejudice and discrimination are part of American history; however, this prejudicial treatment of different groups is nowhere more (38) ________ than with black Americans.
Blacks had (39) ________ disadvantages. For the most part, they came to the land of opportunity as slaves and they were not free to keep their heritage and cultural (40) ________. Unlike most European immigrants, blacks did not have the protection of a support group. They could not mix easily with the (41) ________ society either because of their skin color. It was difficult for them to adapt to the American culture. Even after they became free people, they still (42) ________ discrimination in employment, housing and education.
Until the twentieth century, the (43) ________ of the black population lived in the southern part of the United States. Thenere was a population shift to the large cities in the North. Prejudice against blacks is often associated with the South.
(44) __________________________________________________________. Because their neighborhoods are segregated, many blacks feel that educational opportunities are not adequate for their children. (45) _________________________________________________________________. Naturally, all parents want the best possible education for their children.
(46) __________________________________________________________. Time will be the real solution to the problem of race.

标准听力（六）

Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes）
Section A
11. [A] Both speakers think half of the staff are efficient.
[B] The woman has a favorable opinion of the staff.
[C] Neither of them has a favorable opinion of the staff.
[D] The woman is a restaurant manager herself.

12. [A] In a bike parking lot. [B] At a bike repair shop.
[C] In a bike showroom. [D] In a bike factory.

13. [A] Shop for new clothes. [B] Lose some weight.
[C] Have his jeans altered. [D] Wear clothes that fit more tightly.

14. [A] Paul should take over his uncle’s business now.
[B] He doesn’t agree with the woman’s remarks.
[C] Paul should stay another year for his studies.
[D] He felt upset by Pa

ul’s hasty decision.

15. [A] Go cross the bridge. [B] Repeat the experiment.
[C] Come to the bridge game. [D] Wait and see what will happen.

16. [A] It wasn’t good investment.
[B] It should have lasted longer.
[C] The man should buy new parts for it.
[D] The man won’t be able to get it repaired.

17. [A] Nick repaired it himself.
[B] Nick now works in a garage.
[C] Nick had his motorcycle fixed.
[D] Nick wasted his money.

18. [A] He wishes to have more courses like it.
[B] He finds it hard to follow the teacher.
[C] He wishes the teacher would talk more.
[D] He doesn’t like the teacher’s accent.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. [A] The man’s pay raise.
[B] A career ladder for the man.
[C] The man’s education.
[D] A new chance for everyone to be promoted.

20. [A] Three years. [B] Four years.
[C] Five years. [D] Six years.

21. [A] The person who has the strong will.
[B] The person who has attended the adult school.
[C] The person who can pass the test of arithmetic.
[D] The person who can work at computers quickly after a two-day training.

22. [A] The man is eager to attend the training.
[B] The man is not very interested in this chance for promotion.
[C] The man has been training for computer work since last year.
[D] The man is not confident in his chance to be promoted to the Grade 7.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. [A] To see his tutor for help.
[B] To help the woman with her report.
[C] To find some materials for his essay.
[D] To read books on the effect of smoking by parents on their children.

24. [A] The computer doesn’t work properly.
[B] Peter is writing an essay on environment.
[C] Mary is much better than Peter in using computers.
[D] Peter is taking a computer class which is helpful.

25. [A] Stand in the queue.
[B] Wait for a free computer.
[C] Ask his tutor to recommend him some books.
[D] Use the computer to find the needed information.

Section B
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. [A] Remember the entire trade route.
[B] Know the making of products.
[C] Receive certain special training.
[D] Deal with a lot of difficulties.

27. [A] It was made up of different routes.
[B] Silk trading became less popular.
[C] Sea travel provided easier routes.
[D] People needed fewer foreign goods.

28. [A] People learned from one another.
[B] People shared each other’s beliefs.
[C] People traded goods along the route.
[D] People earned their living by traveling.

Passage Two
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. [A] They worry about school.
[B] They dislike living with their parents.
[C] They have to be locked in to avoid troubles.
[D] They quarrel

a lot with other family members.

30. [A] They don’t want to make family decisions.
[B] They don’t want to share family responsibility.
[C] They don’t want to go boating with their family.
[D] They don’t want to cause trouble in their families.

31. [A] They give their children more freedom.
[B] They care less about their children’s life.
[C] They are much stricter with their children.
[D] They go to clubs more often with their children.

32. [A] Negotiation in family. [B] Education in family.
[C] Harmony in family. [D] Teenage trouble in family.

Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. [A] Amery was fond of games. [B] Amery was of similar size.
[C] Amery was good at sports. [D] Amery looked like an animal.

34. [A] He was laughed at by other boys.
[B] He pushed Amery hard and hurt him.
[C] He played a joke on an outstanding athlete.
[D] Amery turned out to be in the same grade.

35. [A] The speaker could run faster than Amery.
[B] The speaker liked playing on boys of all sizes.
[C] Amery was a student in Grade Four.
[D] Amery forgave the speaker for his rude behavior.

Section C
Sixteen-year-old Michael Viscardsi of San Diego won first prize in the Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology. He showed (36) ________ to a nineteen-century math problem.
Michael has been (37) ________ by his mother, who has a doctorate in neuroscience. He also worked on his project with a professor at a university.
The National Center for Education Statistics did its (38) ________ research on home-schooling in 2003. Researchers (39) ________ that more than one million American students learned at home. That was more than two percent of the school-age population.
Michael Viscardsi, for example, has been taught mostly at home, but with (40) ________ math classes at a local university.
The researchers asked parents why they home-schooled their children. Thirty-one percent said the most important reason was (41) ________ about the environment of the local schools. Thirty percent said it was to provide (42) ________ instruction. Sixteen percent said they were not satisfied with the quality of the (43) ________ in the local schools.
(44) _________________________________________________________. An education expert said much of this increase was in cities with histories of racial tension. Also, (45) ________________________________________________________________.
Critics of home-schooling say children need to attend school to help them learn social skills. They also say that home-schooled children do not get a very good education. Still, (46) ________________________________________________________________.


标准听力（四）答案解析

Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes）
Section A

11. M: I understand that the extra mathemati

cs course this semester is interesting.
W: It used to be. But now Prof. Paulson has retired.
Q: What does the woman say about the course? 【听前预测】根据意思相反的两个选项中有一个很可能是答案的命题规律, 答案锁定在[B]和[C]之间。
【解 析】选[B]。对话中女士提到，It used to be（曾经是那样），其中的It指的是男士说的the…course…is interesting，[B]是对女士话的同义转述，故为答案。used to be…指“曾经…”, 用于表示过去的动作或事物的状态，但现在发生了变化。 12. M: I can’t talk for long. I’d better get in my registration form if I still got time.
W: Why do you always wait till the last minute?
Q: What does the woman mean? 【听前预测】由选项中的The man should，too late，earlier等可知，本题考查女士对男士做某事时间早晚的看法，女士的话为听音重点。
【解 析】选[C]。对话中女士提到，Why do you always wait till the last minute?，指出男士总是把事情拖到最后一刻才办，也就是建议男士应尽早办事，故答案为[C]。 13. M: Do you know Sally’s new address? She got some mails and I’d like to forward them to her.
W: Sorry, we weren’t exactly on good terms when she left.
Q: What does the woman mean? 【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的She，Sally和new address，in contact with可知，本题考查女士和Sally之间的联系。
【解 析】选[C]。对话中女士提到，we weren’t exactly on good terms when she left（她走时我们的关系并不好），可推断出女士应该没再和Sally保持联系，故答案为[C]。forward sth. to sb.意为“将某物转交给某人”；be on good/bad terms (with sb. )意为“（与某人）关系好/坏”。 14. W: My English teacher suggested that I come in and borrow a German-English Dictionary.
M: Of course, Miss Helen. You’re welcome to use our dictionaries, but they may not be taken out of the library. Wouldn’t it be better if you had one of your own? Think how much time you could save.
Q: What did the man suggest Helen do? 【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的dictionary和Take…out of，Borrow，Buy可知, 对话与字典有关，涉及获得字典的方式。
【解 析】选[D]。对话中男士提到，Wouldn’t it be better if you had one of your own?（你有一本自己的岂不是更好？），[D]的内容是对男士的话的同义转述， 故为答案。 15. W: I still can’t get over the movie last Saturday evening. I keep having frightening dreams all night.
M: So, next time before you walk into a cinema, make sure you know what you are going to see.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的The woman，see/seen，movie可知，对话与女士看电影有关。
【解 析】选[B]。对话中女士提到，still can’t get over the movie last Saturday evening和keep having frighteni

ng dreams all night可推断出，女士上周六看过一部恐怖电影，故答案为[B]。get over意为“度过，从…中恢复过来”。 16. W: I need a car this weekend, but mine has broken down.
M: I’m sorry to hear it, but you can always rent one if you have a license.
Q: What does the man mean? 【听前预测】根据意思相反的两个选项中有一个很可能是答案的命题规律, 答案范围锁定在[A]和[D]之间。
【解 析】选[D]。对话中男士提到，but you can always rent one（但你总可以租一辆）， [D]中的can’t borrow his car是男士所说话中的真实想法，故[D]为答案。 17. M: Excuse me, Prof. Grey. But I’m
still confused. Could you go over that last point one more time?
W: Of course! That’s what I’m here for.
Q: What does the woman mean? 【听前预测】由选项中的question, explanation, repeat等可知, 对话与解释疑问有关。由The man shouldn’t等可知, 女士的话为听音重点。
【解 析】选[C]。对话中女士提到，Of course！That’s what I’m here for.（当然能！我在这就是干这个的），其中的what指男士问题中的go over that last point one more time，由此可知女士并不介意再解释一遍, 故答案为[C]。 18. W: You look different today. How did your job interview go?
M: I don’t think I came across as well as I could have.
Q: What does the man mean? 【听前预测】由选项中的He doesn’t want to和重复出现的interview可知，本题与男士参加面试有关，男士的话为听音重点。
【解 析】选[B]。对话中男士提到，I don’t think I came across…well…（我觉得自己没有发挥好），[B]中的disappointed是对男士所说话的同义转述，故答案为[B]。come across意为“使人产生某种印象”。
Now you’ll hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One
【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由选项中的parents，career，freedom， interfere，get on well等可知，对话双方谈论的是父母对自己的教育，涉及对自己专业选择、职业规划的干涉以及与父母的关系。

M: Do you think young people are given too much freedom nowadays, and that as a result they’ve lost respect for their parents and their elders generally?
W: I don’t think so. My parents never interfered with my plans too much. They advised me but never forced me to do anything I didn’t want to do. I was allowed to take up the career I wanted. I think I respect and love them more for this.
M: Are you quite independent of them now?
W: Yes. As soon as I left school and started my studies as a nurse I became independent financially. I have a government grant. It is enough for my daily life. But I still stay with them a lot, as you know.
M: You seem very close to your parents.
W: I am. Many young people today say they have nothing in common with their parents, but I’m rather lucky because I get on very well wit

h mine. What about you?
M: Well, we value family life very much in my country. I’m very fond of my family, but I don’t always get on very well with them. They try to control me too much.
W: But they allow you to come to study in England on your own.
M: Yes, but only after a lot of persuasion! Your parents treat you as an adult; my parents treat me as a child.
W: As I said, I’m lucky. Some English parents are like yours. They interfere too much and they just refuse to understand our generation. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. According to the woman, why does she respect her parents?
【解析】选[B]。对话开始女士说她父母绝不逼迫她做自己不喜欢的事情，所以她很尊重父母，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】but转折处常为考点，其后的句子为真正要表达的意思；定语从句I didn’t want to do修饰anything，[B]是对此的同义转述。
20. What happened when the woman began to study nursing?
【解析】选[A]。对话中女士提到，As soon as I…started my studies as a nurse I became independent financially（自从我…开始学习护士后便在经济上独立了），[A]中的didn’t need…money any more是对其中became independent financially的同义转述，故为答案。
【点睛】问题中的began to study nursing是对对话中started...studies as a nurse的同义转述。
21.What can we learn from the conversation?
【解析】选[A]。对话中男士提到，we value family life very much in my country（在我们国家，人们非常看重家庭生活），由此可推断出他们来自不同的国家，故答案为[A]。
22. What attitude did the man’s parents have towards his study abroad?
【解析】选[C]。选项均以They开头，由其中的allowed，reluctant和their son，go abroad，study等可知，本题可能考查男士父母对他出国的态度。对话中女士说“they allow you to come to study in England on your own”，男士回答“but only after a lot of persuasion”，可推断出，男士父母起初并不情愿，直到男士说服他们，故答案为[C]。
【点睛】[C]中的reluctant until…persuaded them是对对话中的but only…persuasion的同义转述。

Conversation Two
【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，结合23题中的network，24题中的Silicon Valley及25题中的advanced technology等推断，对话可能与先进的网络技术和硅谷有关。

W: Mr. Rick Segal is an expert in network management and software development. I know you’re planning to take a world tour. Can you tell me when you got the idea for this upcoming tour?
M: Two years ago, I thought about going around to various places to see if all this technology and progress in North America had any effects on the rest of the world.
W: You have criticized Silicon Valley, particularly its venture community for arrogance, for seemingly believing it is the center of the universe. W

hy is this?
M: I have actually not criticized SV nor made a big deal about the Valley’s center-of-the-universe attitude. I have been trying to make the point that I believe there is life on other planets.
W: Champions of Silicon Valley see it as the world’s best ecosystem for tech startups. In your view, is this still true?
M: It is one of the best places because of the quality of schools, the number of successful people who hung around and seeded others to be successful, and other reasons. Again, I hope that other places can begin to build these required ecosystems, so we begin to see more centers of excellence springing up around the world.
W: How has the connected world changed the opportunities for businessmen in remote locations?
M: In the old days, it was very hard to get a voice or have that voice heard. That is the single greatest barrier to entry. Today, a free block, or a good service or idea, can get noticed and take off.
W: How do you see investment opportunities change because of the connected world?
M: Companies have to think globally from the perspective of resources, customers, etc. This is important because with technology and a global infrastructure, making it big might mean making it big in the UK, New Zealand, and Canada. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. What is the purpose of the man’s world tour?
【解析】选[D]。选项均以动词不定式开头表明，本题可能考查做某事的目的。对话开头男士提到，going around…to see if all this technology and progress in North America had any effects on the rest of the world，即他想看看美国的科技在其他国家的效果及影响，[D]是对此的同义转述，故为答案。






24. Which is true about Silicon Valley according to the man?
【解析】选[A]。预览选项可知, 本题与对Silicon Valley的评价有关。对话中男士说“硅谷确实是个最棒的地方之一，因为它拥有高质量的学校、众多帮助他人成功的成功人士，还有一些其他原因”，[A]中的many successful people表述正确, 故为答案。
【点睛】[B]在对话中没有提到；[C]中的the world’s best place与对话中的one of the best places表述不一致；[D]中的numerous schools是对quality of schools的错误表述。






25. What effect does the connected world bring to entrepreneurs in remote locations?
【解析】选[B]。选项中的It makes/brings表明，本题考查It的影响。对话中女士说“联系紧密的世界是怎样为偏远地区的商人提供机会的？”，紧接着男士将现在和以前的情况进行了对比, 表明现在的商人比以前的机会多了，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】听清问题中的the connected world明确选项中的It的指代内容是解答本题的关键。
Section B
Passage One
【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由选项中的Jeb，Tom，cougar，fight等可知，短文可

能与Jeb或Tom和美洲豹的搏斗有关。

Lying in the sun on a rock, the cougar saw Jeb and his son, Tom, before they saw it. Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both hands, making himself look big to the cougar. It worked. The cougar hesitated, ready to attack Jeb, but ready to forget the whole thing, too.
Jeb let go of his jacket, grasped Tom and held him across his body, making a cross. Now the cougar’s enemy looked even bigger, and it rose up, ready to move away, but unfortunately Tom got scared and struggled free of Jeb.
“Tom, no!” shouted his father.
But Tom broke and ran and that’s the last thing you do with a cougar. The second Tom broke free, Jeb threw himself on the cougar, just as it jumped from the rock. They hit each other in mid-air and both fell. The cougar was on Jeb in a flash, forgetting about Tom, which was what Jeb wanted.
Cougars are not as big as most people think and a determined man stands a chance, even with just his fists. As the cougar’s claws got into his left shoulder, Jeb swung his fist at its eyes and hit hard. The animal howled and put its head back. Jeb followed up with his other fist. Then out of the corner of his eye, Jeb saw Tom. The boy was running back to help his father.
“Knife, Tom!” shouted Jeb.
The boy ran to his father’s bag, while Jeb started shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar’s attention away from Tom. Tom got the knife and ran over to Jeb. The cougar was moving its head in and out, trying to find a way through the wall Jeb was making out of his arms. Tom swung with the knife, into the cougar’s back. It howled horribly and ran off into the mountains.
The whole fight had taken about thirty seconds. Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. Why did Jeb pull his jacket open when he saw the cougar?
【解析】选[C]。选项均以动词不定式开头表明，本题考查行为目的。短文开头提到看到美洲豹时，Jeb…pulled his jacket open with both hands, making himself look big to the cougar（用两只手把他的夹克?开到最大，是自己的体型大于美洲豹），而美洲豹面对一个体型大于它的人，就会害怕，所以Jeb这样做是为了吓退美洲豹，故答案为[C]。
【点睛】现在分词做伴随状语，由making himself look big to the cougar可推出，其目的是为了吓退美洲豹。
27. What do we know about cougars?
【解析】选[D]。短文中提到Tom broke and ran and that’s the last thing you do with a cougar （Tom因害怕跑了, 这是面对美洲豹时的大忌），由此可推断出，美洲豹喜欢攻击奔跑中的人，故答案为[D]。the last thing 意为“最不应该做的事”。
【点睛】听清问题中的cougars，明确选项中They的指代是解答本题的关键。
28. How did Jeb try to hold the cougar’s attention?
【解析】选[A]。选项均以By + doing开头表明，本

题考查方式方法。短文后面提到, Jeb started shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar’s attention away from Tom（Jeb开始大声叫喊，同时用?头打美洲豹，将豹的注意力从Tom身上引开），故答案为[A]。
【点睛】问题中的try to hold the cougar’s attention是对对话中to keep the cougar’s attention away的同义转述。
29. Which of the following happened first?
【解析】选[A]。短文中提到，Jeb将Tom十字交叉抱着后Tom挣脱父亲跑掉，Tom跑掉之后，美洲豹从岩石上跳下来，最后Tom给父亲拿来一把刀，故答案为[A]。
【点睛】听清问题中的happened first是解题的关键。
Passage Two
【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的her mother/grandmother，family，quilts等可知，短文与说话者的家庭生活有关，涉及到被子的情况。

I arrived at my mother’s home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food flew over from the kitchen. My mother was pulling out quilt after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the bottom of one box. I pulled it out. “What is this?” I asked.
“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.”
I spread the quilt. It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together: irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right.
“Grandmother made this?” I said, surprised. My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This certainly didn’t look like any of the quilts she had made.
“Yes, right before she died. I brought it home with me last year and made some changes,” she said. “I’m still working on it. See, this is what I’ve done so far.”
I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. In the center of the quilt, she had stitched(缝) a piece of cloth with these words: “My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”
“Oh, this is so nice, Mom,” I said. It occurred to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was honoring her own mother. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family treasure. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another.
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30. Why did the speaker go to mother’s home?
【解析】选[D]。选项均以不定式开头表明，本题可能考查行为目的。短文开头就提到I arrived at my mother’s home for our Monday family dinner，即说话者去母亲家是为了周一的家庭聚餐，故答案为[D]。
【点睛】[D]中的family dinner是对短文中family dinner的信息再现，for表目的。


31. Why was the speaker surprised?
【解析】选[A]。短文

中提到，“Grandmother made this?” I said, surprised，其中的this指的前面提到的被子，It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together: irregular designs，childish pictures，a crooked line on the right，可见这条被子特别奇怪，故答案为[A]。
【点睛】[A]中的strange是对短文中irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right的归纳概括。


32. What is mainly talked about in the passage?
【解析】选[C]。选项均为概括性强的名词短语表明，本题可能考查短文的主题或主旨。短文通过母亲的被子引出姥姥的被子，讲述这条被子的制作等，并说明“爱的传递”是这条被子的意义所在，故答案为[C]。
【点睛】短文主旨要根据短文内容进行总结。
Passage Three
【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的She，a less upper-class accent，Her speeches， accents and social classes表明，短文与口音和社会地位的关系有关。

The Queen’s English is now sounding less upper-class, a scientific study of the Queen’s Christmas broadcasts had found. Researchers have studied each of her messages to the Commonwealth countries since 1952 to find out the change in her pronunciation from the noble Upper Received to the Standard Received.
Jonathan Harrington, a professor at Germany’s University of Munich, wanted to discover whether accent changes recorded over the past half-century would take place within one person. “As far as I know, there just is nobody else for whom there is this sort of broadcast records,” he said.
He said the noble way of pronouncing vowels had gradually lost ground as the noble upper-class accent over the past years. “Her accent sounds slightly less noble than it did 50 years ago. But these are very, very small and slow changes that we don’t notice from year to year.”
“We may be able to relate it to changes in the social classes.” he told The Daily Telegraph, a British newspaper. “In 1952 she would have been heard saying ‘thet men in the bleck het’. Now it would be ‘that man in the black hat’. Similarly, she would have spoken of ‘the citay’ and ‘dutay’, rather than ‘citee’ and ‘dutee’, and ‘hame’ rather than ‘home’. In the 1950s she would have been ‘lorst’, but by the 1970s ‘lost’.”
The Queen’s broadcast is a personal message to the Commonwealth countries. Each Christmas, the 10-minute broadcast is put on TV at 3 p.m. in Britain as many families are recovering from their traditional turkey lunch. Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. Why were the Queen’s broadcasts chosen for the study?
【解析】选[D]。短文一开始提到一项针对女王口音的变迁的研究，接着说出原因：想通过过去半个世纪的记录来发现口音变化是否会在一个人身上发生，而除了女王，别人都没有50年的

相关记录，故答案为[D]。
【点睛】短文中没有直接说明原因，但通过一些关键的信息点还是能够轻易选出答案。[D]中的50 years是对half-century的同义转述。



34. Which is an example of a less noble accent in English?
【解析】选[B]。短文中给出几个例子, 如以前尊贵的读法是citay，dutay，hame，lorst，现在的读法是citee，dutee，home，lost。[B] citee是现在的读法，也就是不太尊贵的英语口音，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】听清问题中的less noble accent是解答本题的关键。



35. What is the passage mainly about?
【解析】选[A]。选项均为概括性强的名词短语表明，本题可能考查短文主旨。短文一开始就提到女王口音的变化，接着引出一项口音研究，以女王的广播为研究对象，研究一个人在50年中的语音变化，故答案为[A]
Section C
36.【解析】irrational。由空前的their和空后的and可知，本空应填一和arbitrary意义相近的形容词。irrational在此意为“非理性的”。
37.【解析】interaction。由空前的social可知，本空应填一名词。social interaction意为“社会交际”。
38.【解析】equally。由空前的apply和空后的介词to可知，本空应填一副词来修饰apply。equally在此意为“公平地，公正地”。
39.【解析】regardless。上文中提到没有人能凌驾于法律之上，本空所在句是对people的进一步限定，应该说的是不考虑财富、个人关系或者地位。regardless of意为“不管，不考虑”之意。
40.【解析】conviction。由空前的explains和the可知，本空应填一名词。conviction在此意为“信念，信条”。
41.【解析】removed。由空前be和空后的from可知，本空应填一过去分词形式的动词。be removed from office意为“免除职务”。
42.【解析】realm。由空前的the和空后的of可知，本空应填一名词。realm在此意为“领域”。
43.【解析】procedures。由空前的rules和and可知，本空应填一复数名词。procedures在此意为“程序”。
44.【答案】Getting a job with a government agency or getting a government grant for a research project, fulfills following published requirements
【Main Points】Getting a post with a government agency or getting a government grant for a research project, fulfills following published requirements
45.【答案】This is not to say that personal contacts, wealth, and social influence do not matter where laws and rules are concerned
【Main Points】This is not to say that personal contacts, wealth, and social influence is not important where laws and rules are concerned
46.【答案】Rich people can sometimes go unpunished for illegal behavior that poor people would likely to be punished for
【Main Points】The rich can sometimes go unpunished for illegal behavior which poor people would likely to

be punished for

标准听力（五）答案解析

Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. W: Let’s talk about the preparations for the party.
M: Right, I think we really need to plan better and get things done in advance this time. Still remember what a mess it was at the last party?
Q: What do we know about the last party from the conversation? 【听前预测】由选项中的It，dull，not well-organized，tired等可知，对话可能与It（极可能是某个活动或会议）的缺点有关。
【解 析】选[B]。对话中男士提到上次的派对真是一团糟，[B]中的not well-organized是对男士说的what a mess的同义转述，故答案为[B]。in advance意为“提前”。 12. M: I’ve never understood what this Woman’s Lib business is all about. I can understand women in some countries struggling for their rights. But it strikes me that here in Britain women have already got as much freedom as they could possibly want.
W: You are fooling.
Q: What does the woman mean? 【听前预测】由选项中的She understands/doesn’t think，Women，freedom等可知，对话与女士对妇女权利的看法有关，女士的话为听音重点。
【解 析】选[D]。女士的话You are fooling（你被愚弄了）为听音重点，结合男士提到的Britain women have already got…freedom…they…want（英国女性已经获得…她们…想要的…自由）可知，答案为[D]。Woman’s Lib意为“妇女解放”。 13. M: By the way, Jane, did you talk to the consultant about our health program?
W: I contacted his office, but his secretary said he would be out for lunch until two.
Q: What does the woman mean? 【听前预测】由选项中的She，talk，consultant和时间短语可知，对话与女士与顾问谈话的时间有关。
【解 析】选[A]。女士的转折表述he would be out for lunch until two（他出去吃饭了，要两点才能回来）表明，女士两点前不能与顾问谈话，故答案为[A]。 14. M: Have you seen Tom at all this semester? I used to see him everywhere! But now, he’s never around.
W: Well, he’s got a really heavy course load and he is on the tennis team now!
Q: What does the woman say about Tom? 【听前预测】由选项中的He，quit school，play tennis，sports，study等可知，对话与 He的运动和学习有关。
【解 析】选[D]。对话中女士提到he’s got a really heavy course load and he is on the tennis team now（他现在课程负担很重，而且他还在网球队打球）。[D]是对女士的话的综合表述，故为答案。 15. W: Oh, this is a beautiful city. I’m really glad I’ve brought my camera.
M: Yes, there are lots of things to take pictures of here. But I hope you will not plan to spend all of your time snapping. I have some friends who would like to meet you.
Q: What does the man want the woman to do? 【听前预测】选项中的for/meet his friends表明，男士的话

为听音重点。
【解 析】选[D]。对话中男士提到I have some friends who would like to meet you（我有几个朋友想见你），由此可知，男士暗示女士抽时间跟他的朋友们见面，故答案为[D]。 16. W: You are late again! We’ve been expecting you for an hour. For what reason this time?
M: I’m terribly sorry. I couldn’t start my car, and then I had to send for my mechanic to fix it. I really don’t know things would turn out to be like this.
Q: What can we infer from the conversation? 【听前预测】由选项中的The man，driver，car等可知，对话与男士的汽车有关。
【解 析】选[D]。对话中女士提到You are late again!（你又迟到了！），[D]中的not seem to have a good sense of time与女士所说的late again相对应，故答案为[D]。turn out to be…意为“结果是…”。 17. M: How are you doing with your plan?
W: No one knows how to do the work correctly, so we have to learn how to do it by a process of trial and error. But I think things are getting better and better.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation about the woman? 【听前预测】由选项中的She is worried/needs等可知，女士的话为听音重点。
【解 析】选[B]。对话中女士提到，No one knows how to do the work correctly…learn…by…trial and error（没人知道怎么正确开展工作，通过…不断摸索…来学习），[B]是对女士的话的同义转述，故为答案。trial and error意为“反复实验（以摸索到好方法）”。 18. W: Hi, Peter. I was surprised to see you in the class in children’s literature yesterday. Are you also majoring in elementary education?
M: No, I’m not. But as a psychology major I can use this to fulfill the requirement in developmental psychology.
Q: What do you learn from the conversation? 【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的The woman，The man，majoring in可知，对话与男士和女士的专业有关。
【解 析】选[D]。对话中女士提到Are you also majoring in elementary education（你的专业也是初等教育？），由其中的also推断出[D]的表述正确，故答案为[D]。elementary education意为“初等教育”。
Now you will hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One
【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由选项中的police officer，Detective/Patrol work等可知，对话可能与警察的工作有关。

W: Welcome to our program, Mr. Smith.
M: Thank you.
W: Mr. Smith, how long have you been a police officer?
M: I’ve been a police officer for thirty years.
W: Thirty years. And you’ve had different types of assignments on the police force, I guess.
M: Yeah, I’ve done everything from patrol to undercover work to detective work, and now I’m supervising investigations.
W: Mr. Smith, I think most people would say that being a police officer is a very stressful job. Would you agree?
M: Yes, it’s definitely a stressf

ul job. But it depends on your assignment.
W: So, what’s probably the most stressful job you can have?
M: I’d say patrol is the most stressful assignment.
W: That’s interesting! In what way?
M: Well, I guess the biggest part of the stress is the fear factor, the fear of the unknown.
W: What do you mean, Mr. Smith?
M: Well, in patrol work, you don’t know from moment to moment who you are talking to or what their reaction is going to be to justify your presence. Let’s say, for example, a patrol officer stops someone for a traffic violation. It seems as though that would be a very low-stress situation.
W: Yes, it is a very low-stress situation.
M: But the truth is, there are more police officers injured during a routine stop.
W: Really?
M: Really! That’s why all police officers are taught from the very beginning to be aware of their surroundings: people back over policemen, people shoot policemen, people jump out at policemen — different kinds of things. So that’s probably the most stressful time.
W: I see. Let’s take a break and then we’ll move on to our next topic.
M: All right. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
【解析】选[D]。预览选项可知，本题考查人物关系。根据女士的开场白Welcome to our program以及接下来的问题How long…a police officer?可推测，对话双方的身份分别是电视台节目女主持人和警察，故答案为[D]。
【点睛】人物关系题要根据对话双方的语气、关键信息词进行推理判断。


20. What do we know about Mr. Smith from the conversation?
【解析】选[B]。对话中Mr. Smith提到，他做过patrol（巡警），undercover work（卧底），detective work（刑侦工作），supervising investigations（督察），可推断出他是一个经验丰富（experienced）的警察，故答案为[B]。


21. What assignment does Mr. Smith believe is the most stressful?
【解析】选[C]。对话中Mr. Smith提到，patrol is the most stressful assignment（巡逻是最有压力的工作），并进行了解释说明，故答案为[C]。
【点睛】最高级处常设为考点，听音时多加留意，问题中的most stressful是听音关键。


22. Why are all police officers taught to be aware of their surroundings from the very beginning?
【解析】选[D]。对话中男士提到，事实上在一些例行的检查中可能会有更多的警察受伤，那就是所有的警察在一开始受训时就要对周围的环境时刻保持警惕的原因，故答案为[D]。
【点睛】问题原句在对话中以That’s why出现，那么其答案应该在该句之前。
Conversation Two
【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的apartment, student housing等可知，对话与住宿有关。

W: Good morning. This is Housing Office. How can I help you?
M: Hi. I’m calling about the new subs

idized low-cost housing for graduate students.
W: Are you aware that it’s only available to married graduate students and their families?
M: Yes. I think my wife and I may qualify since she’s still in graduate school. But I was wondering whether there were any other requirements.
W: Well, unless you have more than one child, you have to have a combined annual income that’s less than 5,000 dollars.
M: I’m working as a part-time research assistant so that’s no problem. But right now we’re living with my wife’s parents. Does that mean we have to include their income too?
W: Not necessarily. Why don’t you stop by our office so I can give you some forms to fill out and explain everything in more detail?
M: That sounds like a good idea. Would tomorrow morning be all right?
W: I think the afternoon might be better. You know it can be pretty crazy around here on a Friday morning.
M: All right then. I’ll try to make it in the afternoon. Is there anyone special I should ask for?
W: You can ask for me, Susan Davidson, or my assistant Bill Brown. We’ll be glad to give you any help you need.
M: OK. Thanks a lot. See you then. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. Where does the man live?
【解析】选[B]。预览选项可知，本题考查与男士有关的地点。对话中男士提到，But right now we’re living with my wife’s parents，由此可知，男士现在和妻子的父母同住，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】But转折处常设为考点，应注意其后的句子通常为答案所在。


24. Why does the man believe he’s eligible for low-cost housing?
【解析】选[C]。对话中女士提到，申请低价住宿的条件是已婚研究生，男士说，I think my wife and I may qualify since she’s still in graduate school，由此可知，男士的妻子是研究生，符合申请条件，故答案为[C]。


25. Why does the woman suggest that the man visit her office in the afternoon?
【解析】选[A]。对话中男士提出明天早上拜访女士，女士表示拒绝并提出在明天下午见，并解释了原因，it can be pretty crazy around here on a Friday morning（周五上午人太多了），也就是说，她周五上午太忙，故答案为[A]。
【点睛】考查时间的题一般对话中给出两个以上时间，听清问题是解答此类题目的关键。
Section B
Passage One
【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由选项中的The right of choice，products，purchasing decisions，variety of choices等可知，短文与商品购买的决定有关。

Almost every day we come across situations in which we have to make decisions one way or another. Choice, we are given to believe, is a right. But for a good many people in the world, in rich and poor countries, choice is a luxury, something wonderful but hard to get, not a right. And for those who think they are exercising their right to make choices, the whole s

ystem is merely an illusion, a false idea created by companies and advertiser, hoping to sell their products.
The endless choice gives birth to anxiety in people’s lives. Buying something as basic as a coffee pot is not exactly simple. Easy access to a wide range of everyday goods leads to a sense of powerlessness in many people, ending in the shopper giving up and walking away, or just buying an unsuitable item that is not really wanted. Recent studies in England have shown that many electrical goods bought in almost every family are not really needed. More difficult decision-making is then either avoided or trusted into the hands of the professionals, lifestyle instructors, or advisors.
It is not just the availability of the goods that is the problem, but the speed with which new types of products come on the market. Advances in design and production help quicken the process. Products also need to have a short lifespan so that the public can be persuaded to replace them within a short time. The typical example is computers, which are almost out-of-date once they are bought. This indeed makes selection a problem. Gone are the days when one could just walk with case into a shop and buy one thing; no choice, no anxiety. Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What do we learn from the passage?
【解析】选[B]。短文中提到，The endless choice gives birth to anxiety in people’s lives. Buying something as basic as a coffee pot is not exactly simple，由此可知，选择并不简单，故答案为[B]。
27. Why do more choices of goods give rise to anxiety?
【解析】选[B]。短文中提到，The endless choice gives birth to anxiety in people’s lives和Easy access to a wide range of everyday goods leads to a sense of powerlessness in many people，也就是说，商品的种类太多了，顾客都挑花眼了，很难做出选择，从而产生了忧虑， [B]中的the broad range of items对应短文中的a wide range of everyday goods，故为答案。
【点睛】问题中的more choices of goods give rise to anxiety是对短文中The endless choice gives birth to anxiety的同义转述。
28. What does the speaker want to prove by using computers as an example?
【解析】选[C]。短文中提到，The typical example is computers, which are almost out-of-date once they are bought，该例子是为了证明前面的话：Products also need to have a short lifespan so that the public can be persuaded to replace them within a short time，也就是说是为了证明新设计的商品搅乱了市场，使人们的选择变得更加困难，故答案为[C]。
【点睛】注意举例处一般是为了证明前面的观点。
29. What is this passage mainly about?
【解析】选[A]。选项均为概括性强的名词短语表明，本题可能考查短文主旨。短文主要是讲人们在选购商品时的困难和无助，故答案为[A]。
Passage Two
【听前预测】预