Part III Listening Comprehension

Section A

11.W:It’s high time we increased our supplies of football equipment. Volleyballand tennis are both out of fashion.

M:I couldn’t agree more.

Q:Which should they increase?

【解析】［C］ 女士說是時候該增加足球設(shè)備的供應(yīng)了，排球和網(wǎng)球都過時了。男士說我再

同意不過了。本題關(guān)鍵是聽懂It’s high time 和out of fashion 這兩個固定短語。

12.W:John, do you want to go swimming with me today?

M:Sure, but I can’t leave now. I have an appointment with my professor at 3 o’

clock.

Q:Why can’t John go swimming now?

【解析】［A］ 男士說他三點與他的老師有個會面。I have an appointment with my professor

at 3 o’clock.從這句可以得出答案。

13.M:Is this school really as good as people say?

W:It used to be even better.

Q:How’s the school?

【解析】［A］ 男士問這座學(xué)校真的像人們說的那樣好么。女士回答說它過去更好些。因此，

即是說這座學(xué)校不如過去好了，從這得出對這座學(xué)校的評價。

14. W:Did you watch the game yesterday?

M:I wanted to, but Marie was watching a movie on Channel 5, so I watched it with

her.You know Marie, she can’t stand football.

Q:Why didn’t the man watch the game?

【解析】［D］本題關(guān)鍵在于聽出瑪麗亞受不了足球這句 You know Maria, she can’t stand

football.因此，男士雖然本想看球賽的，但是瑪麗亞在看五頻道的一個電影，他就跟她一

起看了那個電影。

15.M:Good morning, I’m Jim Green. My father asked me to come over and see you about a vacation job.

W:Oh, come in, Jim. I haven’t seen you for ages. I hear you’re at the university

now.

Q: What does Jim want?

【解析】［A］ 男士說他父親叫他來這兒問關(guān)于一個假期工作的事。女士說她很久都沒見到他了，她聽說他現(xiàn)在上大學(xué)呢。這個叫吉姆的男士還是學(xué)生，他想找個假期的兼職做。因此，他想找的是一份暫時的工作。

16.M:Could you describe the two people who robbed the bank?

W:Well, the man was tall with dark hair and he was wearing a black sweater. The main

thing that I remembered about the woman was that she did most of the talking.

Q:What do you learn from this conversation?

【解析】［A］ 男士問能否形容一下?lián)尳巽y行的兩個人的外貌。女士說那個男的個子高，深色頭發(fā)，穿一件黑色毛衣，關(guān)于那個女的主要就是搶劫時她說的話比較多。The main thingthat I remembered about the woman was that she did most of the talking.從這句中可以得出答案。

17.M:Is that nice looking straw hat light and strong?

W:Yes, you can wear it rain or shine.

Q: What are they talking about?

【解析】［D］ 這句關(guān)鍵在于聽出nice looking straw hat 一頂非常好看的草帽，可以得出兩人討論的是一頂好看的帽子lovely hat。

18.W:How long will it take you to fix my watch?

M:I’ll call you when it’s ready. But it shouldn’t take longer than a week.

Q:What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

【解析】［D］ 女士問修好我的手表要多長時間，男士說修好的時候他會打電話給她，但是不會花一個多星期的時間。從這個對話里可以看出說話者之間是顧客和修表人之間的關(guān)系。

Now you’ll hear two long conversations.

Conversation One

W: Hello, Gary. How’re you?

M: Fine! And yourself?

W:Can’t complain. Did you have time to look at my proposal?

M: No, not really. Can we go over it now?

W:Sure.I’ve been trying to come up with some new production and advertisingstrategies. First of all, if we want to stay competitive, we need to modernize ourfactory. New equipment should have been installed long ago.

M: How much will that cost?

W:We have several options ranging from one hundred thousand dollars all the way up

to half a million.

M:OK.We’ll have to discuss these costs with finance.

W: We should also consider human resources. I’ve been talking to personnel as well

as our staff at the factory.

M: And what’s the picture?

W:We’ll probably have to hire a couple of engineers to help us modernize the factory.

M: What about advertising?

W: Marketing has some interesting ideas for television commercials.

M:TV? Isn’t that a bit too expensive for us? What’s wrong with advertising in the

papers, as usual?

W:Quite frankly, it’s just not enough anymore.We need to be more aggressive in order

to keep ahead of our competitors.

M: Will we be able to afford all this?

W:I’ll look into it, but I think higher costs will be justified.These investments

will result in higher profits for our company.

M:We’ll have to look at the figures more closely.Have finance draw up a budget for

these investments.

W: All right.I’ll see to it.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19. What are the two speakers talking about?

【解析】［D］ 女士問Did you have time to look at my proposal? 你有時間看看我的建議么。聽完全文，可見是一個關(guān)于新的商業(yè)計劃的提案，因此正確答案是Suggestions

concerning new business strategies.

20. What does the woman say about the equipment of their factory?

【解析】［B］ 女士說New equipment should have been installed long ago.即早就該給工廠裝新的設(shè)備了。所以正確答案為工廠應(yīng)該引進最新的設(shè)備。

21.What does the woman suggest about human resources?

【解析】［B］女士說We’ll probably have to hire a couple of engineers to help usmodernize the factory.女士建議雇用一些工程師幫助實現(xiàn)工廠的現(xiàn)代化。所以正確答案應(yīng)

是 B 項：A few engineers should be employed to modernize the factory.

22. Why does the woman suggest advertising on TV?

【解析】［C］ 從女士的話it’s just not enough anymore.We need to be more aggressivein order to keep ahead of our competitors 中可看出，僅僅在報紙上做廣告是不夠的了。

Conversation Two

W:Sir, you’ve been using the online catalogue for quite a while.Is there anything

I can do to help you?

M:Well, I’ve got to write a paper about Hollywood in the 30s and 40s, and I’m reallystruggling.There are hundreds of books, and I just don’t know where to begin.

W:Your topic sounds pretty big.Why don ’ t you narrow it down to somethinglike...uh...the history of the studios during that time?

M:You know, I was thinking about doing that, but more that 30 books came up when

I typed in “movie studios.”

W:You could cut that down even further by listing the specific years you want.Tryadding “1930s” or “1940s” or maybe “Golden Age.”

M:“Golden Age” is a good idea.Let me type that in ...Hey, look, just 6 books thistime.That’s a lot better.

W:Oh...another thing you might consider...have you tried looking for any magazineor newspaper articles?

M: No, I’ve only been searching for books.

W:Well, you can look up magazine articles in the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature.And we do have the Los Angeles Times available over there.You might go through their indexes to see if there’s anything you want.

M:Okay, I think I’ll get started with these books and then I’ll go over the magazines.

W:If you need any help, I’ll be over at the Reference Desk.

M: Great, thanks a lot.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

23.What is the man doing?

【解析】［A］ 男士準備寫一篇關(guān)于20 世紀三、四十年代好萊塢電影的論文，他現(xiàn)在正在檢索所需要的參考書，所以答案是“他在搜尋參考材料”。

24. What does the librarian think of the topic the man is working on?

【解析】［A］ 此題關(guān)鍵在于聽出女士，即這位圖書館員說：Your topic sounds pretty big.Why don’t you narrow it 她認為這位男士的題目太大，因此答案應(yīng)為It’s too broad to cope

with.

25. Where can the man find the relevant magazine articles?【解析】［D］ 本題在聽力原文中可直接找出答案。女圖書館員說Well, you can look up magazine articles in the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature.因此男士可以在Reader’s Guide to Periodical

Literature 找到相關(guān)的雜志文章。

Section B

Passage One

There are many reasons why family life in Britain has changed so much in the lastfifty years.The liberation of women in the early part of the twentieth century andthe social and economic effects of World War II had a great impact on traditional family life.Women became essential to industry and the professions.During the war

they had worked in factories and proved their worth, now, with the loss of millions of men, their services were indispensable to the nation.

More recently, great advances in scientific knowledge, and particularly in medicine,have had enormous social consequences.Children are better cared for and are far

healthier.Infant death rate is low.Above all, parents can now plan the size of their family if they wish through more effective means of birth control.

Different attitudes to religion, authority and tradition generally have also greatly contributed to changes in family life.But these developments have affected all aspects of society.It is particularly interesting to note that the concept of “the family” as a social unit has survived all these challenges.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26.What is this passage mainly about?【解析】［D］ 短文第一句就點出了文章的主

旨，There are many reasons why family life in Britain has changed so much in the

last fifty years.即主要講了英國家庭生活變化的諸多原因。

27.Why did British women become indispensable to industry after World War II?

【解析】［A］ 為什么英國婦女二戰(zhàn)之后在工業(yè)上起著不可或缺的作用？During the war theyhad worked in factories and proved their worth, now, with the loss of millions ofmen, their services were indispensable to the nation.從這兩句話中可得出答案，由于戰(zhàn)爭中成千上萬的男子犧牲了，因此女子必須承擔起勞動的重任。

28.What remained unchanged in spite of all the challenges in family life?【解

析】［A］ 雖然文中花了大量篇幅介紹英國人家庭生活變化的種種原因。但本題的答案出現(xiàn)在文章最后一句，即It is particularly interesting to note that the concept of “thefamily” as a social unit has survived all these challenges.

Passage Two

In the next few decades people are going to travel very differently from the way they do today.Everyone is going to drive electrically powered cars.So in a few yearspeople won’t worry about running out of gas.Some of the large automobile companies are really moving ahead with this newtechnology.F & C Motors, a major auto company, for example, is holding a pressconference next week.At the press conference the company will present its new,electronically operated models.

Transportation in the future won’t be limited to the ground.Many people predict that traffic will quickly move to the sky.In the coming years, instead of radio reports about road conditions and highway traffic, news reports will talk about traffic jams in the sky.

But the sky isn’t the limit.In the future, you’ll probably even be able to take a trip to the moon. Instead of listening to regular airplane announcements, you’ll hear someone say, “The spacecraft to the moon leaves in ten minutes.Please check your equipment.And remember, no more than ten ounces of carry on baggage are allowed.”

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29.What will be used to power cars in the next few decades?

【解析】［D］ 以后的數(shù)十年汽車用什么作能源，Everyone is going to drive electrically powered cars.每個人都將用上電力驅(qū)動的車，因此將用電作能源。

30.What will future news reports focus on when talking about transportation?

【解析】［A］本題也可在聽力材料中直接聽出答案。In the coming years, instead of radio reports about road conditions and highway traffic, news reports will talk about traffic jams in the sky.未來的新聞報道在談到交通狀況時將主要報道空中的交通狀況。

31. What is the special requirement for passengers traveling to the moon?

【解析】［B］ 從短文最后的announcement 提醒去往月球旅行的乘客：And remember, no morethan ten ounces of carry on baggage are allowed，只能帶不超過十盎司的隨身行李，因此，對于去月球旅行的旅客的特殊要求就是Take little luggage with them.

Passage Three

My parents ran a small restaurant.The restaurant was open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.And my first job when I was six years old was shining shoes for customers.My

duties increased as I grew older.By age ten I was clearing tables and washing plates.My father made it clear that I had to meet certain standards.I had to be ontime, hard working and polite to the customers.I was never paid for any work I did.One day I made a mistake of telling Dad I thought he should give me 10 pounds a week.He said, “OK, then how about you paying me for the three meals a day when you eat here and for the times you bring in your friends for free drinks.” He figured I owed him about 40 pounds a week.This taught me quite a lot.

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

32. What was the speaker’s job before he was 10 years old?

【解析】［C］男孩的工作就是給顧客擦皮鞋。

33.What was one of the requirements laid down by the boy’s father?

【解析】［B］從這一句I had to be on time 中可知他工作不能遲到。

34.What did the boy ask his father to do one day?

【解析】A 男孩認為爸爸應(yīng)該付他工錢I thought he should give me 10 pounds a week.

35.Why did the boy’s father refuse to pay him?

【解析】［D］ 因為父親認為 it was his son who should pay him。

Section C

36.【答案】medical

【解析】medical 意為“醫(yī)學(xué)的”?？v觀全文可知此處應(yīng)填medical，美國人對本國所達到

的醫(yī)學(xué)成就倍感驕傲。

37. 【答案】prevention

【解析】prevention 意為“預(yù)防、防止”。醫(yī)學(xué)家已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)預(yù)防和治療腦灰質(zhì)炎以及肺結(jié)核

的方法。

38. 【答案】cancer

【解析】cancer 意為“癌癥”。他們對癌癥和心臟病做了大量研究。

39. 【答案】equipped

【解析】equip 意為“裝備、配備”。美國的醫(yī)院是最現(xiàn)代化的，配備有世界上最好的醫(yī)療

設(shè)備。

40. 【答案】national

【解析】national 意為“國家的”。美國有一個全民健康計劃。

41. 【答案】available

【解析】available 意為“可用到的，可利用的”。為了這個全民健康目的美國有許多項目

計劃。

42.【答案】sum

【解析】sum 意為“一筆(金額)”a sum of money 是固定搭配。公司定期付一筆款項到這

個基金里。

43. 【答案】employee

【解析】employee 意為“職員、雇員”。當職員需要就醫(yī)，他可以從這個基金里拿錢付醫(yī)療

費用。

44.【答案】They pay insurance premiums each month to insurance companies which then pay for medical expenses when they are needed

45.【答案】People regularly pay the hospital directly

46. 【答案】The government has health insurance programs for older people, poor people and those with long term illness