Part B: Listening Comprehension
1. Statements
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short statements. These statements will be spoken ONLY ONCE, and you will not find them written on the paper; so you must listen carefully. When you hear a statement, read the answer choices and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSER BOOKLET.

Question1.
This report is urgent. I have to finish typing it by Monday morning. So there goes my sleep this weekend.

Question2.
What this office needs is better sound proofing. I can’t concentrate here with all that traffic passing by on the street below.

Question3.
Learning a language is a laborious process and adjusting to the subtle cultural differences require much more time and patience than anyone can imagine.

Question4.
If you can talk your boss into investing in that project, it will be a turning point for your company, and we both shall benefit in the long run.

Question5.
I’m afraid we’ve undercharged them. The invoice does not include the legal fee and our agency commission. I think we need to inform them of this immediately.

Question6.
Being bilingual or multilingual can be an advantage in landing a job abroad, although fluency in other languages is not always a requirement.

Question7.
I believe our proposal is a real contender for the contract. All we need to do is to work ourselves into position to close the deal.

Question8.
We must prepare the ground for the deeper understanding of our differences and problems. Only through a share view of our problems, shall we be able to carry our collaboration forward.

Question9.
Given the size of the order and the amount of heavy expenses on our side, anything less than a 10% discount is not worth the trouble.

Question10.
Working burns calories. It takes about 3500 calories to lose just one pound of weight. And a one-hour walk at a moderate pace will burn up only 300 to 350 calories.

【解析】

1. 該題描述場景是在趕一份報(bào)告。此題難度較小。重點(diǎn)在前兩句。
2. 該題描述了說話人對街上車輛噪音的不滿。難點(diǎn)為sound proofing，意思是“隔音設(shè)備”。考生應(yīng)注意抓住重點(diǎn)信息，前后進(jìn)行推測。
3. 該題描述的是語言的學(xué)習(xí)。難點(diǎn)在laborious，譯為“艱苦的，費(fèi)勁的”。聽力時(shí)，應(yīng)抓住大意。
4. 該題在談?wù)撏顿Y項(xiàng)目的問題。A turning point譯為“轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)”。
5. 該題討論的是關(guān)于費(fèi)用的問題。主要應(yīng)掌握幾個(gè)單詞和詞組的意思。undercharge譯為“索價(jià)低于常價(jià)”；legal fee譯為“訴訟費(fèi)”；agency commission譯為“代理手續(xù)費(fèi)”。
6. 該題討論的是語言與海外工作的關(guān)系。主要應(yīng)掌握幾個(gè)單詞和詞組的意思。Bilingual譯為“雙語者”；multilingual譯為“使用多種語言的人”；land a job譯為“找工作”。
7. 該題討論的是合同競爭的問題。主要難點(diǎn)在于兩個(gè)單詞，contender譯為“競爭者”，deal譯為“交易”。
8. 該題討論的是合作間相互理解的問題。難點(diǎn)為collaboration，譯為“合作”。
9. 該題討論的是開支的問題。重點(diǎn)在兩個(gè)單詞，expenses譯為“開支，費(fèi)用”，discount譯為“折扣”。
10. 該題是有關(guān)消耗卡路里的問題。需掌握單詞calorie，譯為“卡路里（熱量單位）”?？忌诼犃^程中需注意對具體數(shù)字的掌握。

2. Talks and Conversations
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear several short talks and conversations. After each of these, you will hear a few questions. Listen carefully, because you will hear the talk or conversation and the questions ONLY ONCE. When you hear a question, read the four answer choices and choose the best answer to that question. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
Question 11—14

W: Hello, Purchasing Department. Earls Roger’s speaking.
M: Good morning, Ms Roger. This is John Stone from ABS Company. How are you?
W: Quite good, thank you. Well, Mr Stone, we’re still studying your catalog and your products?
M: That’s very thoughtful of you, Ms Roger, but I’m calling to see if you’d like to see our showroom at the trade fair that opened last week.
W: Oh, I didn't know you would have a showroom there, I’d be glad to go and have a tour around the exhibition.
M: Just tell me when it would be convenient for you and we can arrange for the tour.
W: Let me see. How about next Monday afternoon around 2:00?
M: That’s fine. I’ll be over at 1:30. It’s only a ten- to fifteen-minute drive from your department.
W: I can drive there in my own car. Shall we meet at the main gate of the trade fair?
M: That’s Ok. I’ll be at the main gate at about 1:50. See you then.
W: Right. Goodbye.

11. Why is the man telephoning the woman?
12. What is the man’s profession according to the conversation?
13. When will the woman be free to visit the showroom at the trade fair?
14. Where will the man and the woman meet at the trade fair?

【解析】

文章背景：本篇屬于情景對話，首先應(yīng)當(dāng)抓住關(guān)鍵詞Purchasing Department，接下來的對話就比較好理解了。在對話中男人打電話邀請女人去交易會，然后互相約定了時(shí)間和見面地點(diǎn)。對話內(nèi)容比較簡單，也無特別復(fù)雜的單詞，但需要特別注意對話中時(shí)間和日期的表達(dá)。

關(guān)鍵詞：
Purchasing Department 采購部；
showroom n. 陳列室；
trade fair 商品交易會；
exhibition n. 展覽會；
convenient adj. 方便的，適合的；

Questions 15—18

Every human being, no matter where they are from, is born with the ability to smile. A smile is a natural reaction to a positive moment, like a friendly face or a clever joke.

Most babies first smile between 6 and 8 weeks old. At first, it is only the expression made when exercising their facial muscles or passing wind, but once they realize a smile gets them
a lot of attention, huge smiles in return, happy noises, extra treats, they learn to try it again. And why wouldn’t they？It takes 43 muscles to frown, but only 17 to smile.

We smile when we are happy. We smile when we see people we know, but what happens when you are not happy to see someone you know? You smile anyway. You fake a smile. Unfortunately, however, a fake smile never looks quite the same as a real one. In the genuine smile you not only show your lower teeth, but also move the muscles running all the way around the mouth, which in turn makes the skin around the eyes become tighter and then your smile is real.

However, when someone smiles politely rather than because they really want to. They use the muscle which only raises the sides of the mouth and which does not move the muscles at the corners of the eyes, this kind of fake smile is sometimes referred to as the Pan-Am smile as it is named after the former airline whose flight attendants welcomed every passenger with the same forced smile.

15. According to the talk , what is a smile？
16. What happens in a real smile?
17. What do we learn about the Pan-Am smile?
18. Which of the following is not true according to the talk？

【解析】

本篇的話題是smile. 首先介紹what is smile; 然后講到when and why people smile; 接下來分析了real smile and fake smile, 并在文章最后簡要介紹了Pan-Am smile（a kind of fake smile）.
這篇聽力整體難度不大，基本沒有生僻詞，結(jié)構(gòu)也比較簡單?？键c(diǎn)也依然集中在我們課上講過的強(qiáng)調(diào)詞、強(qiáng)調(diào)句式附近，比如not only…but also句型，refer to 等等。

Questions 19—22

M: Hello, this is Peter Smith’s speaking.
W: Hello, Peter. Betty’s speaking. I’m calling about the open-door concert in London. Will it still be held this Sunday as is scheduled. It’s been so cold that I haven’t been outside for a week. I do hate the cold.
M: Yes, it’s best to stay indoors in such beastly weather. But I’m afraid I have no idea about the oncoming concert. You noticed your new neighbors who have arrived at NO. 35 though, surely. Perhaps they knew something.
W: Well, I called on them yesterday. They seemed such nice people at first. But now, I’m not so sure.
M: Really? Why?
W: Well, they’re from London. And they think it’s the only place in the world worth talking about.
The wife made some very catty remarks about this area.
M: Londoners always think they are better than other people. But I always find them less cultured. What’s she look like?
W: Quite young and pretty. But she does wear a lot of makeup. And she certainly dyes her hair. Perhaps, she isn’t as young as she looks.
M: Anyway, I don’t want to mix with people like that. Because I knew they would be snobs when I saw their huge car. Surely, they don’t need such a big one.
W: No…Still…My husband says it’s 4 years old. And probably cost less than ours second hand. And ours is certainly as fast as theirs. Besides, it uses so much petrol. You can hardly afford to run it.

19. What has the woman done for the past week?
20. Why is the woman telephoning?
21. What does the man say about Londoners in general?
22. What does the man think of his new neighbor’s car?

【解析】

文章內(nèi)容為男女對話，難度中等。對話主題從open-door concert、天氣，到男女對新鄰居的看法。關(guān)鍵詞如cold(the beastly weather)，new neighbors，less cultured，snob，以及關(guān)鍵句子如提示女士致電意圖的I’m calling about the open-door concert in London.說明女士上個(gè)星期做了什么事的It’s been so cold that I haven’t been outside for a week.以及男士對于新鄰居的看法But I always find them less cultured等等。對話中沒有出現(xiàn)難詞，考生在把握整個(gè)對話的意思和意圖的同時(shí)，還需要留心關(guān)鍵詞，這樣可以根據(jù)選項(xiàng)對題目會問些什么做出推測。

Questions 23—26

Most people are too anxious doing tests, their anxiety overshadows or even interferes with the ability to reason and make them less efficient than normal. As a result, they score far lower than they should. This is an unnecessary handicap, especially if you are a student who is going to spent 12 to 16 years or more taking tests. The solution of course is to learn the rules and techniques of successful test taking. Success builds assurance and confidence, which in turn freeze you to perform better and better. Once you realize that eight tenths of your score depends on the way you take a test, it becomes obvious that learning rules of the test-taking game is crucial. It is not complicated, you do not have to be clever, brilliant or dishonest to do it, it is just a matter of observation and practice. Oddly, most people have not really thought much about what is means to make, give and take tests. Once you see tests are school games that have actual little meaning in the real work, once you realize the game has a format that can be recognized, rules that can be mastered, playing strategies that can be learned, it can become as entertaining as crossword puzzles. Mastering test taking like learning to absorb and retrieve information, is part of the process of educating yourself. So the efforts will not be wasted or pointless. Figuring out test is a problem solving experience, and developing confidence to recognize and solve problems is not just a school game, but true educational activity.

23. Why do many students score far lower than they should in the test?
24. According to the speaker what is crucial for successful test-taking?
25. What does the speaker think of the school tests?
26. Which of the following is not an educational activity?

【解析】

文章背景：本文屬于一般的議論文問題，探討的是關(guān)于考試的話題。作者認(rèn)為通過學(xué)習(xí)一些考試技巧可以有效提高成績并且提升個(gè)人的自信；作者認(rèn)為這也是一種具有教育意義的行為。

本文難度不大，只需掌握基本核心詞匯，基本不影響學(xué)生理解做題。

關(guān)鍵詞：
anxious adj. 焦慮的；
overshadow v. 遮蔽，使相形見絀；
handicap n. 障礙，缺陷；
crucial adj. 至關(guān)重要；
format n. 設(shè)計(jì)，安排，格式；
master v. 掌握；精通；

Questions 27—30

Woman: I have a really strange experience while I was walking around on Saturday morning.
Man: Oh, what was it?
Woman: There was a crowd and at first I thought there had been an accident. But then I saw that they were making a movie.
Man: That’s not so strange. You see a lot of film crews around the town these days.
Woman: Yes, but when I started to walk away, one of the men called me over. He turned out to be the director.
Man: Really? The director himself?
Woman: Believe it or not. He wanted me to be in the picture!
Man: No kidding! Did he want you to say anything or were you just a part of the crowd?
Woman: I didn’t say anything, but I had to do something. This woman in pajamas was in the phone booth.
Man: Did you know who she was? Was she somebody famous?
Woman: She wasn’t anybody I knew. Anyway, I had to walk up to the phone booth, then when I saw there was somebody in it, I had to look disgusted and walk away.
Man: You mean we’ll be able to see your face in it when it comes out?
Woman: Well, maybe, but you know how it is. I’ll probably be cut out before anybody ever sees the movie.
Man: How long did it take? Don’t they have to shoot those scenes over and over again?
Woman: It didn’t take that long. After we’d done it four times, the director said everything was Ok!
Man: I hope you got paid.
Woman: They took my name and address and they said they’d sent me a check.
Man: Wonderful! Now we’re going to have a movie star in the office.

27. What was the woman’s strange experience?
28. According to the woman, who was in the phone booth when she was approaching it?
29. What was the woman supposed to do as she saw somebody in the phone booth?
30. What is the most likely relationship between the man and the woman in the conversation?

【解析】

本對話講述了一位女士被一個(gè)電影攝制組請去當(dāng)了一回演員的經(jīng)歷。內(nèi)容比較簡單，難度不大，整體把握好對話的意思。在一問一答之間，女士比較詳細(xì)地描述當(dāng)時(shí)拍攝的場景，從她被攝制組的導(dǎo)演選中，以及女士在其中所要做的動作 “I didn’t say anything…I had to walk up to the phone booth…h(huán)ad to look disgusted and walk away” 雖然沒考到，但是我們在聽的時(shí)候也要保持對數(shù)字的高度敏感，及時(shí)記錄下相關(guān)數(shù)據(jù)。最后一題考人物關(guān)系，題型比較常見，通常從對方說話的語氣就能推測出，文章最后還給出 “in the office” 這個(gè)很明顯的提示，所以在聽聽力時(shí)，不要急躁，一定要聽到最后一個(gè)單詞為止。

重點(diǎn)詞匯：
film crews 影片攝制組；
disgusted adj. 厭惡的，厭煩的；
shoot v. 攝影；射擊；
picture n. 照片；影片；