Part III  Listening Comprehension

Section A
11. B
M: Prof. Johnson seems soserious.
W: But his lectures are quitehumorous, aren't they?
Q: What does the woman think ofProf. Johnson?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以he开头。
2．三项含有用于评价的形容词(quiet，amusing，serious)。
3．三项含有与教学有关的词汇(lectures，talks)。
结论：结合选项中的he gives…lectures和he lectures可以判断，对话谈论的是一名男教师，本题很可能考查对男教师教学情况的评价。
【解析】男士说约翰逊教授看起来很严肃，女士回答道：“但是他的讲座很幽默。”题干问女士对约翰逊教授的评价，故选B。该选项中的amusing是原文中humorous的同义替换。
12．B
"W: Chuck, why is it that whenever I open my mailbox lately, I pull outletters addressed to you?
M: Because until I find a newapartment, I'm having the post office forward my mail to your place.
Q: What is happening to Chuck'sletters?
【听前预测】
1．两项以the开头，两项以they开头。
2．两项提到Chuck。
3．三项含有与邮寄有关的词汇(mailing，address，postoffice，forwarded)。
结论：对话很可能与邮局给Chuck家投递信件有关。
【解析】对话中女士问查克，为什么她近每次打开自家信箱的时候都会有寄给他的信件，查克回答说在他找到新的公寓之前，都会让邮局将他的信件转寄到女士的地址。故选B。forward的意思是“转寄，转发”。
13．C
M: They said the train won'tarrive until nine.
W: Well, what that boils downto is yet another delay in our schedule.
Q: What does the woman mean?
【听前预测】
1．两项以they开头。
2，两项与“热”有关(overheated，hot)。
3．四项均含有与时间有关的词汇(arrives，wait，late，schedule)。
结论：对话很可能与两个人的时间安排有关，还需留意是否有与温度有关的信息。
【解析】男士说火车得九点钟才能到，女士回答说：“这就是说我们的日程又得往后拖了。”习语boil down to与煮或加热没有关系，意思是“简而言之，归根结底”。故选C。
14．A
W: If our director was willingto give us a three-day extension to finish the project, maybe he'll give us a fewmore days.
M: Let's not push our luck, OK?
Q: What does the man mean?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以they开头。
2．两项含有shouldn’t，两项含有should。
3．两项含有与请求有关的词汇(requests，ask for)。
结论：对话可能与某人是否应该请求某事有关。
【解析】女士说：“既然主任准许我们延期三天完成项目，不如我们请求他给我们再多延几天。”男士回答说：“还是不要得寸进尺了吧!”也就是说男士建议他们不要提出进一步的请求了。故选A。固定搭配 “push one’s luck(得寸进尺。贪心)”是解答本题的关键。
15．A
M: That's an amazing sculpture,isn't it?
W: You can say that again.
Q: What does the woman mean?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以she开头。
2．四项均与男士有关(the man，his，he)。
3．三项与谈话行为有关(agrees with，hear，issurprised by his opinion)。
结论：本题可能问女士在与男士的交谈中持何种观点。
【解析】男士称赞一座雕塑很棒。女士用一句习语回应：“You cansay that again．(我同意。)”这句话表示认同对方的观点。故选A。
16．D
M: Want to go for a long walkor a bike ride?
W: You don't want to study now,do you?
Q: What does the woman mean?
【听前预测】
1．两项以she开头。
2．三项含有the man。
3．三项合有与学习有关的词W(study，studying)。
结论：对话可能谈论与男士学习有关的内容。
【解析】男士问女士想不想散散步或者骑车出去遛弯，女士回答：“你现在不想学习，是不是?”故选D。
17．D
"W: I borrowed Peter'sfavorite pen; and now I've lost it.
M: When he finds out, he willreally raise the roof.
Q: How will Peter react when hehears what the woman did?
【听前预测】四项均以动词原形开头(try，repair，lend，become)，相互之间关联度不高。本题可能是问某人在将来某个时间应该或可能做某事。
【解析】女士说她借了彼得心爱的笔，可是却把它弄丢了。男士说：“当他得知这事的时候，一定会把屋顶掀掉的。”本题考查固定搭配“raise the roof(非常生气)”，其同义表达还有hit the roof以及hit the ceiling。故选D。
18. B
M: Harry seems to be in a badmood today.
W: He'll snap out of it when hefinishes his biology project this afternoon.
Q: What does the woman implyabout Harry?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以he开头。
2．两项提及project。
3．两项提及biology。
4．两项含有与情绪有关的词；E(happier，annoyed)。
结论：对话可能与男士的生物课程项目有关，应留意与心情有关的信息。
【解析】男士说：“哈里今天心情好像不太好。”女士回答说：“等他今天下午把生物学课程的项目完成的时候心情就会好起来了。”故选B。in a bad mood意为“心情不好”，snap out of．．．意为“迅速从……当中恢复过来；振作起来”。
Conversation One
M: Lisa, what show are youwatching?
W: An old Japanese film. Ifigure if I'm going to spend all next year there, I'd better startfamiliarizing myself with the culture.
M: [19] You mean you areaccepted into the program?
W: Sure was.
M: That's wonderful. You mustbe excited.
W: Excited and nervous. Youknow [20] I owe a lot to Professor Kawada. He wrote a letter of recommendationfor me and he bought me a set of practice tapes and a book that goes with themso I can work on my basic conversation skills.
M: How much Japanese can youunderstand?
W: Not a lot right now. But Isigned up for intensive Japanese this semester.
M: I wish I were as talented asyou are in foreign languages. I'd love to study abroad.
W: Then why don't you? Theuniversity has lots of overseas programs that don't require mastery of aforeign language. The tuition is about the same. [21] You just have to be thekind of person who is receptive to new ways of looking at things and willing toadapt to a different kind of life style.
M: I had assumed that allprograms require you to know a foreign language. I might check into this.
W: You won't regret it,
19. Why is the woman soexcited?
20. Why does the woman feelgrateful to Professor Kawada?
21. What does the woman sayabout what one needs to have in order to study ina program like hers?
19．A
【听前预测】
1．四项均以she开头。
2．三项为一般过去时(received，got，met)，一项为be going to结构，表示将来。
3．两项提及Japanese。
4．两项提及travel agency。
结论：本题可能是问女士经历了什么事情或将要做什么事情，应留意与日本、旅行社等有关的信息。
【解析】题干问女士感到很激动的原因是什么。在对话开头处，女士说她正在看一部日本老电影，因为如果明年她要在日本待上一整年的话，必须先对日本文化有所了解，男士据此问道：“这么说那个项目已经接收你了?”女士对此给予了肯定回答，然后男士说：That’s wonderful．You must be excited．可见女士感到很激动是因为她将要去另一个国家(日本)深造。故选A。
20．A
【听前预测】
1．四项均以he开头，谓语动词均为一般过去时(helped，recorded，gave，told)。
2．四项均提及her。
3．三项含有表示帮忙含义的词汇(helped，especially for her，gave her a good grade)。
结论：本题可能考查某位男士对女士的帮助。
【解析】题干问女士为什么对河田教授十分感激。对话中女士提到，河田教授给予了她很多帮助，不仅帮她写推荐信，而且还帮她买了磁带和书，帮助她提高日语口语能力。可见，河田教授在一定程度上帮助女士成功申请到了项目名额。故选A。
21．D
【听前预测】
1．四项均为名词短语，相互之间联系度不高。
2．四项均含有表示条件、要素的词汇(money，maturity，commonsense,mastery，flexibility，open-mindedness)。
结论：本题可能考查做某件事需要达到的条件或需要具备的要素。
【解析】题干问要想像女士那样被项目录取，需要具备些什么条件。女士提到：“你只要成为这样一种人——对于看待事物的新思维持包容的态度，并且愿意适应一种新的生活方式。”选项D(灵活性以及思想的开放性)是对这一阐述的周义概括。
Conversation Two
M: [22] It's good to see you back. How wasyour trip to Arizona? Did you see the Grand Canyon?
W: Yes, it was fantastic. Now Iknow why it is listed together with the Nile River as one of the great natural wondersof the world. Here, want to see the pictures I took?
M: Oh, what a view! It is evenbigger than I had imagined. I remember reading about the Grand Canyon and I thinkit said that it was formed suddenly when the earth's crust was split openduring an earthquake.
W: Well, not that quickly.Look, here is the picture of the Colorado River. See way down at the bottom ofthe canyon, that river and its branches have been wearing the canyon floor awayfor ten million years.
M: Then the canyon is theresult of soil erosion. I'll bet geologists have made some interestingdiscoveries there.
W: [23] Not only thegeologists, archaeologists have found the bones of extinct animals in caves inthe canyon walls. [24] In a cave one hundred and forty feet above the river,they found driftwood that dates back as far as thirty seven thousand years.
M: That means the river musthave been a hundred and forty feet higher up when it carried the drift woodinto the cave.
W: It's very possible, but ofcourse, who knows. The Grand Canyon is full of mysteries. [25] Wouldn't youlike to go to Arizona some day?
M: You bet I would.
22. Where has the woman been?
23. What type of scientificdiscoveries does the woman mainly talk about?
24. Where does the woman saythe driftwood was found?
25. What would the man like todo some day?
22．B
【听前预测】四项均是地点名称(colorado，Arizona，the Nile River，the Museum of Natural History)。因此本题可能考查做某事的地点。    。
【解析】男士在对话开头就问道：“很高兴看到你回来。你的亚利桑那之行怎么样?”可见女士是去了亚利桑那州。故选B。
23．A
【听前预测】四项均为表示学科的形容词，分别为“archaeological(考古学的)”、“biologicaI(生物学的)”、 “meteorological(气象学的)”、“sociological(社会学的)”。在听录音时应注意对话中是否提及以上关键词，也可能需要根据对话中出现的科学解释辨别是属于哪一门学科。
【解析】本题问女士主要讨论了哪一学科的研究发现。对话中男士提到：“对于大峡谷，地理学家应该有很多有趣的发现。”女士回答道：“不仅是地理学家，考古学家在大峡谷的岩壁上也发现了已灭绝动物
24．A
【听前预测】四项均为in引导的介词短语，in后面接地点。应留意与地点有关的信息。
【解析】本题问浮木是在什么地方被发现的。女士提到，在高于河面140英尺的一个洞穴中，考古学家发现了有37000年历史的浮木。故选A。
25．B
【听前预测】四项均以动词原形开头(solve，see，find，take)，表示某种行为。本题可能考查某人将要做的事情。
【解析】本题问男士未来某一天要做什么事，答案线索在对话结尾处。女士问：“你不想有一天到亚利桑那州去看看吗?”男士回答：“You bet I would．(我肯定会去。)”可见他会去亚利桑那州看大峡谷，短语you bet意为“的确，一定”。故选B。选项A未提及，C和D太过具体，在对话中找不到依据。
Section B
Passage One
【听力原文】
[26] As director of the Alumni Office, let mewelcome you to this meeting, and thank you for your interest in our internshipprogram. While it may seem odd to start planning now in September yourfour-week program next January, experience has shown that such advancedplanning is essential. [27] The purpose of the program is to give youundergraduates a chance to investigate career opportunities through work experience.Such short-term experience will be helpful in finding permanent employmentafter graduation. The program basically provides you with a full-time jobwithout pay or academic credit for the month of January when the college isclosed. Opportunities are available in a wide range of fields includingpublishing, public
administration, health, careand finance. [28] The jobs are sponsored by alumni who are active in thesefields. When you take on one of these jobs, the sponsor will define your tasksand supervise your work. The function of the Alumni Office is to bring you andthe sponsors together. Based on your responses to a questionnaire that I'll handout to you in a minute, we will match you with one or more sponsors. Now yourmost important responsibility is to write to the sponsors and apply for theinternship. The career advisory service here on campus can help you prepareyour letters. This task must be done before November. You are also responsiblefor making your own housing arrangements and paying your living expenses forthe time you are involved in the program.
26. Who is the speaker?
27. Whom is the speakeraddressing?
28. What' s the function of thealumni in the program?
【整体预测】
快速浏览各题选项，根据Alumni Office、professor、students、program等关键词推测，该短文涉及的内容很可能与校友会的项目有关。由于前两道题目的选项均为表示人群的名词，第三道题目的选项均为某一特定人群所做的事情，因此应重点关注与人有关的信息。
26．A
【解题思路】
1．四项均为表示人物身份的名词短语。
2．三项的关键词均与校园生活有关(head of the Alumni Office，professor,student)。
3．四项均为单数，其中三项以a开头。
结论：鉴于本题是该短文的题，可能考查对话开头处出现的对于人物身份的介绍。
【解析】本题考查讲话者的身份。一开始讲话者就开门见山地表明自己是“directorof the Alumni Office (校友办公室主任)”。故选A。
27．B
【解题思路】
1．四项均为表示人物身份的名词短语。
2．四项均为复数，其中两项与学生身份有关(interns，students)，两项与社会身份有关(executives，sponsors)。
结论：本题涉及一个人群，需注意辨别短文中出现的相关信息。
【解析】address作及物动词时的含义是“向……致辞”，因此本题是在问讲话者的讲话对象是谁。讲话者在讲话内容的前半部分提到：“The purpose of the program is to give you under graduates achance…”可见，讲话者是在向一些本科生介绍校友会提供的实习项目。故选B。
28．C
【解题思路】
1．四项均以they开头。
2．谓语动词均为一般现在时，都表示提供某种助(give，write，provide，work for)。
结论：本题可能考查某一特定人群的角色、职能。
【解析】本题考查校友在该实习项目中的作用。短文中提到：“这些职位是由活跃在这些领域中的校友提供的，当你获得了其中的某一个职位的时候，岗位的提供者会为你解释工作任务并监督你的工作。”故选C。
passage two
【听力原文】
Good evening. Welcome to"Travelogue Night". [29] Tonight our spotlight is on Santa CatalinaIsland, located 26 miles up the southern California coast. For years the islandwith its tiny resort town of Avalon, has been a haven for campers, fishers andswimmers. The island was discovered by a Portuguese explorer in 1542.During itshistory, Santa Catalina passed through the hands of many nations. [30] In 1919,after a fire destroyed much of Avalon, chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley Jr.purchased the island with three million dollars. [31] Wrigley bought the islandprimarily as the training camp for his baseball team, the Chicago Cubs. Soon, however,the millionaire became interested in developing Catalina further as a beautifulpeaceful retreat with something for everyone. During the next ten years, hotelswere constructed, the golf course enlarged, and even a special steamer theCatalina was built to carry 2,000 passengers. In 1928, Mr. Wrigley decided tobuild a huge dance hall called the Casino Ball Room. With the ball room dancecraze sweeping the country then the casino became the favorite venue of bigname band leaders. [32] The most famous musicians and singers of the 1930s and1940s played there for those who enjoyed dancing to their big band tunes. Youcan see for yourself what Catalina looks like as we turn down the lights now.
29. What is the main purpose ofthe talk?
30. Who was William WrigleyJr.?
31. Initially, what wasWrigley's purpose of buying the island?
32. What kind of music waspopular on Santa Catalina Island?
【整体预测】
快速浏览各题选项，根据其中的关键词Santa CatalinaIsland、baseball、build、establish、retreat、camp、music等可以推测，短文可能与某一度假小岛有关，需重点关注与小岛的建没、棒球、休闲、音乐等有关的信息。
29．A
【解题思路】
1．四项均为不定式短语。
2．四项均合有与介绍有关的词汇(give background information，tell，introduce)。
3．两项含有Santa Catalina。
结论：由于本题为该短文的题，因此很有可能考查讲话者的意图，即短文的主旨。
【解析】讲话者在开头处就介绍了主题：“今天的《旅行见闻之夜》将带大家来到圣卡塔利娜岛。”接着，讲话者介绍了小岛的地理位置、历史、后期建设开发等等，可见应选A。
30．B
【解题思路】
1．四项均为名词短语，都以不定冠词引导。
2．四项均指A．(bandleader，businessman，settler，baseball player)。
结论：此类选项一般与两种问题有关：种是考查讲话者的身份，第二种涉及短文中提到的一个人。因本题已是第二题，故考查讲话者身份的可能性稍小。需重点关注短文中提到的人物。
【解析】文中有关William Wrigley Jr．的身份信息主要有两处：1．chewing—gum magnate William Wrigley Jr．purchased the island with three million dollars．(口香糖业大亨小威廉·里格利以300万美金的价格买下了这个小岛。)2．Soon，however,the  millionaire became interested in developingCatalina further as a beautiful peaceful repeat with something for everyone．(然而不久之后，这个百万富翁就对进一步将圣卡塔利娜岛开发成为一个人人可以前往的美丽宁静的度假胜地产生了兴趣。)由此可知，William Wrigley Jr．的身份是一个富商。故选B。
31．D
【解题思路】
1．四项均为to引导的不定式短语。
2．四项均含有表示建立、建设含义的词汇(setup，build，establish，start)。
3．两项含有与旅游、度假有关的词汇(resort，retreat)。
结论：本题考查做某件事的目的，具体可能涉及建设某种场所或设施。
【解析】题干问里格利买下小岛的初目的是什么。短文中间部分提到：里格利初买下小岛是为了给他的棒球队“芝加哥幼兽队”当训练营地。故选D。
32．C
【解题思路】
1．四项均为名词或名词短语。
2．四项均含有与音乐有关的词汇(music，opera，big—band)。
结论：应留意短文中提到的关于音乐的信息，听音重点在短文的后半部分。
【解析】讲话者在结尾处提到：在20世纪30和40年代，著名的音乐家和歌手在这里为那些爱好伴着大乐队乐曲跳舞的人们表演(大乐队是一种以演奏爵士乐和摇摆乐为主的人数较多的乐队)。故选C。
Passage Three
【听力原文】
[33] Did you ever have someone's name on thetip of your tongue and yet you were unable to recall it? When this happensagain, do not try to recall it. Do something else for a couple of minutes, andthe name may come into your head. The name is there since you have met thisperson and learned his name. It only has to be dug out. [35] The initial effortto recall prepares the mind for operation, but it is the subconsciousactivities that go to work to dig up a dim memory. Forcing yourself to recallalmost never helps because it doesn't loosen your memory; it only tightens it.Students find the preparatory method helpful in the examinations. They read overthe questions before trying to answer any of them. [34] Then they answer firstthe ones of which they are most confident. Meanwhile, deeper mental activitiesin the subconscious mind are taking place; work is being done on the moredifficult questions. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers tothe more difficult ones will usually begin to come into consciousness. It isoften just a question of waiting for recall to come to the memory.
33. What's the passage about?
34. According to the passage,what kind of order do students usually follow when they answer questions inexams?
35. Which of the following isTRUE according to the passage?
【整体预测】
快速浏览各题选项，根据recalling、memory、conscience、mind、recall、subconscious等关键词推测，该短文很可能谈论与记忆、回忆等有关的话题，具体细节需要在听音中进一步分析。   
33．A
【解题思路】
1．四项均为名词或名词性短语。
2．三项含有与人的意识有关的词汇(recalling，memory，conscience，mind)。
结论：本题可能考查短文的主旨，其内容与意识有关。
【解析】不少人都有过这样的经历：当你想叫出某人的名字时。却突然想不起来了。本篇短文以此为引子，介绍了唤醒记忆的方法，并以学生在考试时答题的过程为例进行具体讲解，可见短文主要论述的是如何唤醒记忆。故选A。
34．D
【解题思路】
1．四项均为from…to…结构。
2．四项均提及0nes，其中两项包含一对反义词(short/long，complicated／easy)。
结论：本题可能考查做某事的先后顺序，需注意辨别ones指代何物。
【解析】题干问学生在考试答题时往往依照怎样的顺序。短文后半部分提到，学生总是先做那些自己有把握的题目，等这些比较简单的题目答完了，那些较难题目的答案也就想起来了。可见学生答题的顺序是由易到难，故选D。A项中的familiar表述不够准确，可排除。
35．C
【解题思路】
1．四项均为成分完整的句子，其中两项以when开头。
2．三项含有第二人称代词(you，yourself)。
3．四项均含有与记忆、回忆相关的词汇(recall，mind，subconscious，memory)。
结论：结合以上三点以及选项的结构来看，本题可能考查说法正误，需结合原文信息——进行辨别。
【解析】短文中间部分提到，初试图进行回忆的努力使意识准备好开始运转，但是，是潜意识活动负责去挖掘模糊的记忆。强迫自己去回忆几乎从来都不会奏效，因为这样做非但不会使你的意识放松。而且会使其更紧张。故选C。
Section C
【听力原文】
Careercast.com is out with itslist of best and worst jobs of 2012. It's bad news for the writer of thisstory, but much brighter for the [36] folks who program the code that keepsthis [37] website humming.
Using a methodology that lookedat [38] physical demands, work environment, income, stress and [39]hiringoutlook, career website Careercast.com, ranked the top 200 jobs. They alsoranked the jobs with the most stress. Not surprisingly, none of the most [40]stressful jobs show up on the best jobs list.
At the top is software [41]engineer and at the bottom is the woodcutter. [42] Tree-felling failed to skate above the bottom 10 percent inall ranking categories, excluding income. [43] Unemployment for woodcutters is veryhigh, and [44] the demand for their services is expected to continue to fallthrough 2016. And while working outside all day may seem like a great job perk,being a woodcutter [45] not only is considered the worst
job, butalso one of the world's most dangerous.
And, thesalary that most dangerous job can expect to earn is a little more than $32,000a year. [46] That's about $56,000 less than the light job of a softwareengineer, which has the average salary of $88,000 a year,
accordingto Careercast.
36．folks人们  
37．website网站
38．physical体力的
39．hiring雇用，聘用
40．stressful有压力的
41．engineer工程师
42．Tree-felling伐木
43．Unemployment失业率

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