Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
1l.D
M: I'm sorry I returned your course guide too late for your classat 10.
W: That's OK, I looked on with a friend.
Q: How did the woman solve the problem?
【听前预测】
1．四项均为句子，均以she开头。
2．四项均为一般过去时(copied，decided，went，shared)。
3．两项提及course guide(课程指南)。
结论：本题可能考查女士做了什么事情，与课程指南有关。
【解析】男士对女士说：“很抱歉，我没能赶在你10点上课的时候把课程指南还给你。”女士回答说：“没关系，我和朋友合看了。”lookon with someone意为“和某人合看”，是一个固定表达，应注意掌握。
12．C
W: Would you prefer to work here in my office or go over to thelanguage laboratory?
M: Neither. Let's forget about it.
Q: What does the man mean?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以he开头。
2．两项为一般过去时，两项为一般现在时。
3．三项与工作有关(office，laboratory，work)。
结论：本题可能涉及与男士的工作有关的话题，应将听音重点放在男士的话语上。
【解析】女士问男士想在哪里工作，是在她的办公室还是去语言实验室?男士回答道：“我哪儿也不想去。还是先忘了这事儿吧。”可见男士暂时还不想工作。故选c。
13．D
M: I've had this great idea for my Linguistics paper, and I'mreally excited about sitting down to write it.
W: Wouldn't it be wise to get Dr. Cooper to approve it first?
O: What does the woman suggest the man do?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以动词原形开头(start，ask，come，get)。
2．两项含有与学习有关的词汇(writing，professor)。
结论：本题可能考查某人将要做某事，应将听音重点放在动作处。
【解析】男士说：“关于语言学论文我有了一个好点子!这就要坐下来开始写了，我好兴奋。”女士回答道：“先看看库珀博士是否同意这个选题再写不是比较明智吗?”可见女士建议他先问问教授的意见再动笔。故选D。
14．B
W: Don't you think the work's been easier this month?
M: Maybe for you!
Q: What does the man mean?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以he开头。其中两项为现在完成时，一项为一般现在时，一项为现在进行时。
2．两项含有与工作有关的词汇(work，working)。
结论：对话很可能与男士的工作有关。应注意男士表达观点的句子。
【解析】女士对男士说：“你不觉得这个月的工作容易一些了吗?”男士回答道：“也许对你来说是这样的。”言外之意就是：“我可不这么认为。”you一词重读，强调他和女士的感觉是不同的，对于他来说工作并没有变得容易。故选B。
15．A
M: Aren't you watching the movie on television?
W: It won't be on until 8:30.
Q: What does the woman mean?
【听前预测】
1．两项以she开头，两项以her开头。
2．两项含有watch。
3．两项提及电视(television，TV)，一项提及电影。
结论：对话可能与女士看电视或看电影有关。
【解析】男士问女士：“你不在电视上看电影了吗?”女士回答道：“八点半才开始呢!”可知她要过一会儿才看。故选A。
16．B
M: This is the longest assignment we've had all semester.
W: You're telling me. We'll be lucky if we can do half of it.
Q: What does the woman say about the assignment?
【听前预测】
1．两项以she开头，一项以they开头。
2．四项均提及it。
结论：对话可能与女士有关，根据semester(学期)判断，二人的身份可能是学生或老师。需辨别it所指代的内容。
【解析】男士说：“这是我们这学期长的作业了。”女士回答道：“还用你告诉我吗?我们能做完一半都很幸运了。”You are telling me．是习语，意为：“还用你说吗?/当然是这样。”故选B。
17．A
M: What time should I be at the festival this evening?
W: Oh, so you can come? About 7:30.
Q: What had the woman assumed?
【听前预测】
1．两项以the man开头。
2．三项提及the festival，其中两项含有attend。
结论：festival前如果有attend，则不再是指一般节日，很可能指活动节，如音乐节、艺术节等等。应注意与男士有关的信息。
【解析】男士问：“今天晚上我应该什么时候来参加这个活动节?”女：“噢，这么说你能来?大约七点半吧。”题干问：女士原来是怎么认为的?根据女士的回答可以推知，她原以为男士不能来参加了。解题的关键就在于oh和so这两个词所体现的语气。答案为A。
18．C
W: Why do you think Harry Potter is so popular these years?
M: Because there are not many good children's books available
Q: What does the man mean?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以he thinks开头。
2．三项提及children。
3．两项提及books，其中一项提及publishers。
结论：本题可能考查男士的观点，可能与少儿读物有关。
【解析】女士问男士觉得《哈利·波特》受欢迎的原因是什么，男士回答说：“因为现在给孩子们看的好书太少了。”故选C。
Conversation One
M：Hey．Sophie．lookslike you’ve got some sun this weekend．
W：Yeah．I guess s0．Ispent the weekend at the beach．
M: Oh, that's great. Where did you stay?
W: Some friends of my parents live out there and they invited mefor as long as I wanted to stay.
M: [19] So what are you doing back here already?
W: Oh, I have a paper to work on and I just couldn't do anyserious studying at the beach.
M: I don't blame you. So what did you do out there? I mean besideslying on the sand obviously.
W: I jogged up and down at the beach and [20] I played somevolleyball. You know I never realized how hard it is to run on the sand. Icouldn't even get through a whole game before I had to sit down. It's much easierto run on the wet sand near the water.
M: Not to mention cooler. [21] Did you go swimming?
W: I wanted to, but they said the water isn't warm enough for thatuntil a couple of months from now. So I just waded in up to my knees.
M: Sounds so relaxing. I wish I could get away to the beach likethat.
19. Why did the woman come back so soon?
20. Why did the woman have to stop playing in the volleyball game?
21. Why didn't the woman go swimming?
19．D
【听前预测】
1．三项以she开头。
2．四项均为一般过去时，均在某种程度上属于不利因素。其中两项含有与任务有关的词汇 (appointment，schoolwork)。
结论：本题可能考查与女士有关的某种原因。
【解析】女士周末去了海边度假，男士问她为什么这么早就回来，女士回答说因为她有一篇论文要写，在海边没法认真做研究。故选D。
20．B
【听前预测】
1．四项均以she开头。
2．四项均包含不利因素(had t0，tired，thirsty)。
结论：本题可能与女士不能做某事有关。听音重点依然应该放在原因上。
【解析】对话中女士提到：“I played some volleyball．You know I neverrealized how hard it is to run on the sand．I couldn’teven get through a whole game before I had to sit down．”可见女士没有预料到在沙滩上跑有多累，一场球打不完就得坐下来休息。故选B。
21．A
【听前预测】
1．两项以the water开头．两项以she开头。
2．三项含有与游泳有关的词汇(swim，water)。
结论：本题可能考查女士为什么没有游泳。
【解析】男士问女士为什么没有游泳，女士回答说她也想游，但被告知水还很凉，要再等几个月，于是她只在海边走了一下，水刚刚过膝。故选A。
Conversation Two
W: Have you ever looked really closely at the snowflakes?
M: Sure, but they usually melt too fast for me to get a closelook. Why do you ask?
W: [22] [23] I'm just curious. I was reading an article about theformation of snowflakes, and I realized that I had never paid much attention tothem before.
M: Well, there is a big variety, isn't there?
W: Yeah, but they all have one of the three basic forms: hexagonalcolumns, thin hexagonal plates and the branching star-shaped form.
M: I wonder why the forms are different, maybe because ice startsto form on dust particles with different shapes.
W: Well, I thought it might have something to do with the watersaturation of the air. But we're both wrong. [24] The author of this articledid extensive research and concluded that the shape of snow crystals is largelycontrolled by the temperature of the air. For example, the feathery star-shapedsnowflake that everyone thinks is typical occurs only at a specifictemperature.
M: Doesn't the relative humidity have anything to do with theshapes?
W: Apparently not. The effect of super saturation is simply toalter the growth rate. The greater the saturation, the faster the snowflakesform.
M: Wow, [25] next time it snows, I'll make a point of taking aclose look.
22. What are the two persons talking about?
23. Why has the woman brought up the subject of snowflakes?
24. What determines the shape of the snowflakes?
25. What does the man say he's going to do?
22．B
【听前预测】
1．四项均以疑问词开头(whether，how，what，where)。
2．四项均含有与雪有关的词汇(snowflakes，snowstorm)。
结论：本题可能问某人正在研究什么问题，或者对话中的两人正在讨论什么问题，与雪有关。
【解析】题干问对话中的两人正在讨论什么问题，一般情况下，我们在对话开头就可以找到关于话题的线索。女士问男士是否注意观察过雪花，并说她近读了一篇关于雪花形成的文章。在接下来的对话中，他们谈到了造成雪花形状不同的因素。故选B。
23．D
【听前预测】
1．四项均以she开头，时态均为现在时。
2．三项含有snow，一项含有snowflakes。
3．两项与看有关(seen，read)，两项与做有(conducting，make)。
结论：本题可能考查女士做某事的原因，具体与雪有关。
【解析】题干问女士为什么提到了雪花这个话题。对话开头部分女士提到，她近读了一篇关于雪花形成的文章，才意识到自己从来没有注意过雪花。故选D。
24．C
【听前预测】
1．四项均为以the开头的名词短语。
2．两项含有air。
3．一项提及温度(humidity)，一项提及温度(temperature)。
结论：本题可能与影响雪花形成的某些条件有关。
【解析】题干问是什么影响着雪花的形状。女士提到，文章的作者通过广泛的研究发现，雪花晶体的形状在很大程度上是由空气的温度决定的。故选C。对话中还提到了男士和女士的猜测，但他们所提到的都不是真正的影响因素，需注意排除。
25．A
【听前预测】
1．四项均以动词原形开头(inspect，make，write．draw)。
2．三项含有与研究有关的词汇(inspect…carefully，make a copy，draw diagrams)。
结论：本题可能是问某人将要做某事，结合前面几题可以推测，男士或者女士可能要对所谈论的话题作进一步研究。
【解析】题干问男士说他将要做什么。在听完了女士的讲解之后，男士说道：“Wow,next time it snows．I’ll make appoint oftaking a close look．(哇，等再下雪的时候，我可要注意仔细观察一下。)”make a point
of意为“特别注意(做某事)，重视”。故选A。
Section B
Passage One
【听力原文】
Good morning, everyone. Community service is an importantcomponent of education here at our university.[26] We encourage all students tovolunteer for at least one community activity before they graduate. A new communityprogram called "One on One" helps elementary students who've fallenbehind. You education majors might be especially interested in it, because itoffers the opportunity to do some teaching--that is tutoring in math andEnglish. You'll have to volunteer two hours a week for one semester. You canchoose to help a child with math, English or both. Half-hour lessons are fine,so you could do a half hour of each subject two days a week. [27] ProfessorHoward will act as a mentor to the tutors. He'll be available to help you with lessonplans or to offer suggestions for activities. He has office hours every Tuesdayand Thursday afternoon. You can sign up for the program with him and begin thetutoring next week. I'm sure you'll enjoy this community service and you'llgain valuable experience at the same time. It looks good on your resume too,showing that you have experience with children and that you care about yourcommunity. [28] If you'd like to sign up or if you have any questions, stop byProfessor Howard's office this week.
26. What is the purpose of the talk?
27. What does Professor Howard do?
28. What should students interested in the tutorials do?
【整体预测】
快速浏览各题选项，根据students、project、program、elementary school resume等信息推测，该短文与某个特别项目、小学有关。具体细节需要进一步分析各个选项。
26．B
【解题思路】
1．四项均为to引导的不定式短语。
2．四项均与学校生活有关(graduation，students，elementary school，teachers)。
结论：本题为该短文的题，很有可能是问讲话者的目的。
【解析】讲话者提到：“社区服务是大学教育的重要组成部分，在学生毕业之前，希望所有学生参加至少一项社区活动。”而现在有一个新的叫做“一对一”的社区项目，旨在辅导课业不太好的小学生的数学或英语，霍华德教授将担任所有教员的导师。可知该讲话的目的是吸引大学生们参加一个社区服务项目。故选B。
27．A
【解题思路】
1．四项均为以he开头的句子。
2．四项的谓语动词均与帮助学生有关(advises，teaches，observes，helps)。
结论：he很有可能是教师，可能考查某位老师的职责是什么，与其如何帮助学生有关。
【解析】短文提到，霍华德教授将担任所有学生教员的导师，他将帮助教员们制定教学计划或者为他们提供活动建议。故选A。
28．D
【解题思路】四项均以动词原形开头．(contact，sign，submit，talk)，分别为“与小学联系、报名参加一个特殊的培训班、向院长提交简历、与霍华德教授交谈”。可以推断本题可能考查想参加项目的学生接下来应该做什么。
【解析】题干革命问对此项目感兴趣的学生应该做些什么。短文结尾处提到：“如果你想报名，或者有任何问题的话，都可以在本周来霍华德教授的办公室。”故选D。
Passage Two
【听力原文】
At the beginning of the 20th century, the railroads were used totransport everything. Powerful railroad companies made fortunes without havingto be accountable to the public or considerate of customers. [29] But cars andtrucks changed all of that. And by 1970, the rail industry was beset withproblems. Trucks were taking all the new business. And even so, the railindustry remained indifferent to customers. Also, many regulations kept therail industry from adjusting to shifting markets. But in 1980, the railindustry entered the modern era when a deregulation bill was passed thatallowed railroad companies to make quick adjustments to fees and practices.Companies reduced their lines by 1/3 and used fewer employees. They also tooksteps to minimize damage to products and to increase their shipping capacity bystacking freight containers on railroad cars. [30] To accommodate these taller loads,under passes and tunnels were enlarged. The image of the rail industry has changeddramatically. Today companies are very responsive to customers and are gainingincreasing market share in the shipping industry. The railroad safety record isalso strong. Freight trains have an accident rate that is only 1/3 of that ofthe truck industry. [31] Trains also come out ahead of the trucks onenvironmental grounds
because they give off only 1/10 to 1/3 the pollution that isemitted by trucks, And railroading does not wear out highways as trucks do.
29. What development caused the decline in the use of railroads?
30. Why were the under passes and tunnels enlarged?
31. What is one of the reasons why the railroad industry isgaining public support?
【整体预测】
快速浏览各题选项，由其中的关键词freight containers、railroad、tracks、railway、shipping、loads等可以推断本文的主题应与交通业、铁路、货运等相关。从各题选项的结构来看，应重点关注解释原因的地方。
29．C
【解题思路】
1．四项均为名词短语。
2．三项含有与交通运输有关的词汇(freight containers，railroad tracks，automotive industry)。
3．三项明显为不利因素(oversized，safety problems，high cost)。
结论：本题有可能考查导致某结果的不利因素。
【解析】题干问是什么的发展导致铁路运输的应用率下降。20世纪初，铁路运输业曾盛极一时，一切运输都依赖铁路。后由于汽车运输业的发展，铁路运输一度衰退，到了20世纪70年代，卡车运输包揽了很多新业务。可见铁路运输是受到了汽车运输业发展的影响。故选C。
30．C
【解题思路】四项均为to引导的不定式短语，表目的，而且是为了使某事物更好。需重点关注相关信息。
【解析】短文中间部分提到，铁路行业为了增加运力，开始在车厢内放货物集装箱，为适应这种高度更高的装载，地下通道和隧道都变得更宽大了。故选C。
31．A
【解题思路】
1．三项以it开头，一项以its开头，需先辨别所指代的对象。
2．四项多为有利因素。
结论：本题可能考查某事物的竞争优势何在。
【解析】题干问为什么铁路运输业渐渐赢得了人们的支持。短文在结尾处提到铁路行业努力提高了运输的安全性，而且在环境保护方面也更有优势，其排放的污染物仅为卡车的l/10到1/3。故选A。
Passage Three
【听力原文】
[32]In ancient times the most important examinations werespoken,not written,In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome，testing usually consisted ofsaying poetry aloud or giving speeches．
[32] In the Europeanuniversities of the Middle Ages,，students who were working for advanced degrees hadto discuss questions in their field of study with people who had made a specialstudy of the subject．This custom exists today as partof the process of testing candidates for the doctor's degree．
Generally，however，modem examinations are written．[33]The written examination．where allstudents are tested on the same question,was probably not known until thenineteenth century,．Perhaps it came into existence withthe great increase in population and the development of modern industry．A room full of
candidates for a stateexamination，timed exactly by electric clocks and carefully watched over bymamagers resembles a group of workers at an automobile factory．Generally．during examinations teachers andstudents are expected to act like machines．
[34] One type of test is sometimes called an“objective”test．It is intended to deal withfacts,not personal opinions．To make up an objectivetest the teacher writes a series of questions，each ofwhich has only one correct answer .Along with each question the teacher writesthe correct answer and also three statements that look
like correct answers to students who have not learned the materialproperly．
32．What did Middle Ages’students do about exams?
33．Which of the following about modem industry is TRUE?
34．In what kind of tests students must select the correct answer?
35．What’s the general topic of the passage?
【整体预测】
快速浏览各题选项，根据tests、modem industry、developed、ages、exams等关键词推断，该短文谈论的内容很可能与考试、时代演变等有关，具体细节需要进一步分析各个选项。
32．C
【解题思路】
1．四项均以they开头，时态均为一般过去时。
2．一项含有tests，一项含有were timed by。
结论：本题与考试有关，they可能指代学生。
【解析】短文在开头处即指出，在古代，重要的考试是口试，而不是笔试。在中世纪欧洲的一些大学里，想获得高级学位的学生需要与在该领域从事专业研究的人进行辩论。故选C。
33．B
【解题思路】
1．四项均为完整句子，均以modern industry must have developed开头。
2．三项以介词加时间或地点结尾。
结论：本题与现代工业的发展有关，需重点关注与时间和地点有关的信息。
【解析】短文中间部分提到，笔试是19世纪才为人们所知的，可能是随着人口的大规模增长和现代工业的发展而出现的。由此可知，现代工业在l9世纪左右开始发展。故选B。
34．A
【解题思路】四项均为以tests结尾的名词短语，分别为“客观考试、口试、个人考试、主观考试”。需注意短文中介绍考试类型的地方。
【解析】短文后半部分提到，出客观题的时候，老师先设计一系列的问题，并在每个问题后面附上一个正确答案和三个看似正确的答案，学生需要从中选出正确答案。由此可知，学生必须选择答案的考试是客观考试。故选A。
35．B
【解题思路】
1．两项由疑问词how引导，两项为以the开头的名词短语。
2．四项均提及exams，但相互之间关联度不高。
3．两项提及ages。
结论：本题可能考查对短文主旨或句群意思的概括，涉及考试与时代的关系。
【解析】题干问全篇主要讨论的话题是什么，需综合概括全文意思。短文首先指出，在现代工业产生以前，如古希腊和中世纪，考试的形式多为口试，但随着现代工业产生，笔试取代口试逐渐成为广泛应用的考试类型，学生在一间屋子里答题，老师监考并且计时，师生都好像机器一样。笔试中比较有代表性的一种题型是客观题，旨在考查学生对客观事实的认识，而不是其主观观点。可见，短文主要讨论的是考试形式的沿革，故选B。
Section C
【听力原文】
Baroness Thatcher is at the centre of a new row at OxfordUniversity after plans to name a building after Britain's first female PrimeMinister were revealed.
Some [36] academics are hoping to snub one of the university'smost illustrious alumnae again--more than 25 years after protests there led toher being [37] denied an honorary degree. Thatcher became the first Oxford
[38] educated Prime Minister since the Second World War to berefused an honorary degree from the University in 1985 following studentprotests amidst [39] cuts to education.
And now, a new [40] revolt could halt plans to name a new [41]facility after her. Oxford donor and Syrian born [42] billionaire Wafic Sah'dis said to have [43] donated ￡15 million towards a new facility at Oxford'sSaa'd Business School, due to open in the autumn, and [44] has indicated thathe wants to name it after the women
he describes as "lioness".
But the news is not being welcomed by everyone.
Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, Bernard Sufrin, a fellow atWorcester College, said [45] signatories would be "lining up" toforce a vote against the "inconceivable" plans.
He said "I hope that those responsible for naming thebuilding will take advice from those--now retired--leading members of theUniversity [46] who oversaw the embarrassing failure of an honorary degree forMrs.
Thatcher being proposed only to be rejected by a large majority ofthe Congregation."
36．academic大学教师，学者40．revolt抗议；反叛
37．deny否决。否定41．facility设施
38．educate教育42．billionaire亿万富翁
39．cut削减，减少43．donate捐赠

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