Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. B
M: Our basketball team's won every game so far.
W: Isn't that because of the new coach?
Q: What does the woman imply?
【听前预测】
1．两项以the team开头，两项以the new coach开头。
2．四项均为表示判断的句子。
结论：对话可能与球队和新教练有关。
【解析】男士说：“到目前为止，我们的篮球队赢得了所有比赛。”女士回答道：“这难道不是因为新教练的缘故吗?”言外之意即是：新教练的作用非同一般。故选B。
12．A
W: Were there a lot of people at the concert last night?
M: It was really pretty crowded; some people were standing in theaisles.
Q: What does the man mean?
【听前预测】
1．两项含有与音乐会有关的词；E(concert，seats)。
2．两项与人有关(crowd，people)，应是指观众。
结论：对话可能与音乐会以及观众有关。
【解析】女士问昨晚的音乐会是不是人非常多。男士回答道：“挤得不得了，还有些人站在过道里。”可见观看音乐会的人非常多。故选A。
13．A
M: Do you have any idea what this notice is about?
W: I'm as in the dark as you are.
Q: What does the woman mean?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以she开头，其中三项为否定句。
2．两项与看有关(see，notice)。两项提及字迹(wfidn9，mark)，应该是看的对象。
结论：本题可能与女士无法看清或看懂某信息有关。
【解析】男士问：“这个通知是关于什么的，你看明白了吗?”女士回答道：“我和你一样，也没看明白。”本题考查固定搭配“be in thedark(在黑暗中，全然不知)”。故选A。
14．C
W: I thought you were planning to take that psychology course atgraduate school.
M: I was, but I spoke with Dean Johnson and she talked me out ofit.
Q: What did Dean Johnson do?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以she开头，其中三项为she…theman这一结构。
2．两项含有与心理有关的词汇(psychology，psychologist)。
3．三项含有与学习有关的词汇(lecture，class，course，graduate school)。
结论：本题可能与女士劝男士做或不做某事有关。
【解析】本题中出现了一位新的女士，因此选项中的she并非对话中说话的女士。对话中女士说道：“我以为你计划选研究生院的那门心理学课程的。”男士回答：“我原本是想选的，但我和约翰逊院长谈了一下，她劝我还是别选了。”故选C。本题的考点为固定搭配talk sb．outof sth．(劝说某人不做某事)。
15．B
W: The seminar originally scheduled for today has been cancelled,
M: Too bad, but it's still on for next week, isn't it?
Q: What does the man assume about the seminar?
【听前预测】
1．三项提及it。
2．两项与it的时间或次数有关(the following week，two seminars)。
结论：结合选项C中的attend可推知，it应是指某种课程或会议。
【解析】女士说：“原定于今天举行的seminar(研讨课)被取消了。”男士回答：“那太糟糕了，但下个星期还有，是不是”由此可以推断，男士认为下个星期这个研讨课还会继续上。故选B。
16．D
M: Judy's taking sixteen credits and working in a computer centertoo.
W: How she manages to handle all that? I'll never understand.
Q: What does the woman mean?
【听前预测】
1．四项均以she开头，均提及Judy。
2．两项含有与Judy的工作有关的信息，一项含有与她学习有关的信息。
结论：对话可能谈到Judy的学习或工作，也可能二者兼而有之，应留意对话中女士的观点。
【解析】男士说：“朱迪选修了16个学分，同时她还在计算机中心工作。”女士回答道：“她怎么能应付这么多的事情，我真是无法理解。”故选D。
17．A
W: Where do you want me to drop you off ?
M: Right here is fine.
Q: What will the man probably do?
【听前预测】
1．四项均为以动词原形开头的短语。
2．三项含有与开车有关的词汇(car，parking，turn)。
结论：本题可能考查某人将要做某事，与开车有关。
【解析】女士问男士：“你想在什么地方下车?”男士回答：“这里就行。”可见男士即将下车。故选A。注意掌握drop sb．off这一固定表达，该短语意为“(开车的人停下车)让某人下车”。另一相关短语pick sb．up意为“开车接某人”。
18．C
W: Is that math course really as hard as everybody says?
M: Worse, believe it or not.
Q: What does the man say about the course?
【听前预测】
1．四项均含有it’s。it’a后面的表语均为hard或harder。
2．两项含有he。
结论：本题与做某事比较困难有关，应留意男士说话的内容。
【解析】女士问男士：“数学课是不是真像大家说得那么难?”男士回答道：“信不信由你，我觉得比大家说的更难。”故选C。
Conversation One
W: Can I see your license and registration please?
M: What's the matter, officer? Did I do something wrong?
W: You were speeding.
M: [20] I was speeding?
W: You certainly were. Do you have any idea how fast you weregoing?
M: I'm not sure, but I think I was going about 35.
W: This street is in a 25-mile-per-hour speed zone, you know.
M: It is?
W: In this state, the speed limit in residential area is 25 unlessotherwise posted. [19] Besides, there are signs all along this street.
M: I'm sorry, officer, [20] I guess I didn't notice. I wasthinking about my job interview.I,m on my way to it right now and I hadn'tplanned to come this way,
W: What do you mean?
M: Well, I was going to come down Fleet Street but the traffic wasreally backed up. There was some kind of
construction going on. I turned on to a side street and ended uphere. Give me a break. I'm nervous enough as it is.
W: [21] Well, since you have an interview. I'll give you a warningthis time. But keep your eye on the speedometer from now on, whether you're ona street you are familiar with or not.
19. Why did the police officer think the man should notice thespeed limit?
20. What can be inferred about the man?
21. What did the police officer finally do?
19．C
【听前预测】
1．两项提及speed。
2．四项均含有与驾车有关的词；E(speed limits，speed，signs along the road，driving license)。
结论：本题可能与驾车、超速等有关。
【解析】题干问为什么女交警认为男士应该能注意到限速标志。在对话中女交警提到，州政府的规定是除非特殊告知，在住宅区域的限速是25千米，小时，而且在路的两旁都有标示牌。故选C。对话中的along this street被替换成为along the road。
20．D
【听前预测】
1．四项均为以he开头的完整句子。
2．两项含有与驾车有关的词汇(speedometer，speeding)。
3．一项提及男士在上班的路上，一项提及男士的住处。
结论：本题考查对男士情况的判断。
【解析】由对话内容可以判断，男士并没有注意到路边的限速标示牌，也没有意识到自己在超速行驶，因为他一边开车一边在想待会儿要面试的事。可见D正确。男士是在去参加面试的路上，因此A错误。对话中虽然提到“speedometer(速度计)”，但并没有提到男士的速度计坏掉了，B也可排除。男士要面试的地方在舰队街，并不是说他住在舰队街，所以C也不正确。
21．B
【听前预测】
1．四项均以she开头，均含有the man。
2．三项含有与处罚有关的词汇(took away…license，warning，speeding ticket)。
结论：本题可能与女交警对男士的处罚有关。
【解析】由于男士即将参加一个面试，因此女交警只给予他警告处分，告诉他无论行驶在熟悉的还是不熟悉的道路上，都要注意看车的速度计。故选B。
Conversation Two
W：[22]Hey!You got a new television．
M：Yeah!It was delivered yesterday．What do youthink of it?
W：It’s huge．Itpractically takes up the entire side of the room．
M: I know, I know. You don't think it's...well.., excessive, doyou?
W: I didn't say that. I mean, if you enjoy it, why not? Whathappened to your old TV, anyhow?
M: [23] It just stopped working last Friday. It was pretty old anddidn't work well. I thought: I can afford it, why not get a new one?
W: It must've been very expensive.
M: Well, not as much as you might think. I got it on sale for 50%off.
W: Really? Where?
M: At the Household Appliances City on Route 7. You know at firstI just wanted to replace what I had--a TV of about the same size and quality.But the salesman was pushing these because of the 50% off.
W: Yeah. But 50% off what?
M: 2,400 dollars.
W: You spent $1,200 on a TV?
M: It's got a lot of special features. Look at this remotecontrol.
W: I'm sure. [24] But that's still a lot of money for atelevision. I didn't think you watch TV that much.
M: Well, I don't. Do you think I ought to return it? If I do itwithin a week of purchase, I can get my money back.
W: Honesdy, yes. And you know what, [25] I think you ought to readup on relative websites first and choose the model you want before you go tothe store. That way you will get what you want.
M: I think you are right.
22. What is the main topic of the conversation?
23. Why did the man buy a new TV?
24. What is the woman's attitude toward the television?
25. What will the man probably do as a result of the conversation?
22．C
【听前预测】四项均为以a开头的名词短语，分别为“一个受欢迎的电视节目、一项技术突破、近的一次购物、一家新开的电器商店”。可能考查对话谈论的话题是什么。
【解析】女士看到了男士新买的一台屏幕巨大的电视，随后与他谈论了买电视的经过、电视的价格以及是否有必要买这么贵的一台电视等等。可见对话谈论的核心话题是近的一次购物。故选c。
23．A
【听前预测】
1．四项均以because开头。
2．一项提及old one的缺点，一项提及new TV set的优点。
结论：本题可能考查购买新电视的原因。
【解析】在对话中男士说，他以前的电视又老又不好用，于是他想“既然能负担得起，为什么不买一台新的?”选项A为对话中信息的原词复现。
24．D
【听前预测】
1．四项均以she开头。
2．两项含有与电视有关的词汇(model，remote controls)，另两项结尾处的it也应指代电视。
结论：本题可能考查女士对男士所买电视的观点态度。
【解析】女士对于男士花1200美元买了一台电视感到惊讶，并且由于男士平时不怎么看电视，她觉得男士不应该买一台这么贵的。故选D。
25．A
【听前预测】
1．四项均为以动词原形开头的短语。
2．两项提及television。
结论：本题涉及某人将要做某事，可能与男士将如何处置这台新电视有关。
【解析】对话后女士觉得男士把这台昂贵的电视退掉，而且应该在购买之前先在相关网站上研究一下不同电视机的型号，挑选一台真正适合他的。故选A。
Section B
Passage One
【听力原文】
Jacqueline is a teenage girl. She thinks she is a bit too fat, orrather too strong. But she doesn't know how she became that way. Nowadays,people become interested in losing weight because being overweight can bringabout many diseases. Jacqueline has made up her mind to follow others' exampleand plans to lose weight as well. [26]Sometimes she feels so unhappy withoutknowing why. At these times, she often goes out to restaurants, bars andsupermarkets for food. The things she likes to eat include bread, biscuits, andchocolates. Although she feels very full in her stomach, she can't stop eatingbecause of the enjoyment she gets. She is a little worried about her behaviorand thinks that she might have an unknown disease or an unhealthy mind. Withthese questions,
Jacqueline went to see a doctor. The doctor doesn't think she has adisease, but suggests that she need self-discipline. People often say "eatless and exercise more," but one needs discipline to follow this advice.Since Jacqueline says she enjoys eating although she feels very full, thedoctor thinks this might be because Jacqueline wants to forget about finishingwork or doing a complicated homework assignment. [27] Her feeling ofunhappiness could start from something deeper, such as problems with familymembers or friends. The doctor says that Jaeque line needs to find somethingthat can bring fun to her life. [28] Perhaps she should give up the habit ofeating too much, and do something else instead, such as talking to someone overthe phone, playing a video game or drinking extra tea. These methods could helpJacqueline change the habit of eating too much and become healthy again.
26. What does Jacqueline normally do when she feels unhappy?
27. According to the doctor, which could be the real reason whyJacqueline eats too much when feeling unhappy?
28. Which of the following suggestions is NOT made by the doctor?
【整体预测】
快速浏览各题选项，根据buys、many、a lot of、problems、teachers、classmates、diet coke等关键词推测，短文与某人过度做某事、遇到问题并设法解决有关。此人的身份可能是学生。具体情况需要进一步在听音中辨别。
26．C
【解题思路】
1．四项均为以she开头的一般现在时句子，均与生活习惯有(buys，eats，sleeps)。
2．四项均含有表示很多的词汇(many，alot of,agreatdeal)。
结论：本题可能与某位女士不健康的生活习惯有关。
【解析】题干问当杰奎琳感觉不开心的时候通常会做什么事情。短文开头处提到，有时她会觉得莫名其妙地不开心，每当这时候，她总会去餐馆、酒吧、超市去找吃的东西。故选C。
27．B
【解题思路】
1．四项均以problems with开头。
2．两项与校园生活有关(teachers，classmates)。
结论：本题可能考查与某人遇到的与校园生活有关的烦恼。
【解析】题干问导致杰奎琳在不开心时大量吃东西的真正原因是什么。短文提到，由于杰奎琳即使感觉很饱也喜欢吃东西，医生判断她有可能是想忘掉必须完成某项工作或者复杂的作业的压力。她不开心的感觉可能由更深层次的原因造成的，比如与家人或朋友之间存在矛盾。可见本题应选B。
28．A
【解题思路】四项均以动词ing形式开头(substituting，talking，playing，drinking)，相互之间的关联度不高，可能考查某人的行为。
【解析】题目问四个选项中哪一项不属于医生给杰奎琳的建议，应采用排除法，将选项与短文信息一一核对，不难发现选项A未提及，应为本题答案。
Passage Two
【听力原文】
[29] Corn was one food that dominated the food-growing activitiesof those early American Indiantribes that relied on farming for food. The earlyfarmers, or the American Indians, planted lots of varieties of corn, includingthe kind of corn that we eat today as popcorn. The corn was prepared indifferent ways. It could be eaten fresh from the field; sometimes it wasboiled; sometimes the corn was roasted or parched. E301 But most of the cornwas dried on the cob, and later it was ground into flour. The advantage of thismethod was that the dried corn could bc stored for long periods of time withoutspoiling. The American Indians harvested the corns twice, the first harvest wasthe green corn or sweet corn harvest. This harvest was accompanied by aceremony of
thanksgiving. The farmers thought that this celebration wouldprotect the farmers from disaster. The final harvesting of the ripe corn andthe harvest ceremony took place about six weeks later. During this harvesting,the farmers pulled back the husks of corn and braided them together. Bigbundles were prepared this way and were dried for use later on throughout thewinter. [31] After the corn was eaten, these farmers used the dried husks tomake all sorts of different things like mats, moccasins (软拖鞋), dolls and ceremonial masks.
29. What is the main subject of this talk?
30. According to the speaker, how was most of the corn prepared?
31. After the farmers ate the corn from the second corn harvest,what did they do with the husks?
【整体预测】
快速浏览各题选项，根据corn、planting、harvest、prepare、boiled、dried、braided(编成辫)、steamed、husk(外皮)推测，短文与玉米的种植、收获和食用方式有关。具体细节需在听音中进一步分析。
29．A
【解题思路】四项均为名词短语，虽有三项都提及corn，但各个选项相互之间关联度不高，又由于本题为该短文的题，因此很有可能考查短文的主题。
【解析】短文句说道：“玉米是早期的美洲印第安部落主要依赖的一种农作物”，接下来短文介绍了印第安人如何食用和储存玉米，一年收获几次，玉米皮还可以用来做什么等等。因此选项A“美洲印第安人与玉米”地概括了短文主题。
30．C
【解题思路】
1．四项均以it was开头。
2．四项均含有表示加工方法的动词(boiled，dried，braided，steamed，ground，roasted，wrapped)。
结论：it指玉米，听音重点应放在对玉米的加工方式上。
【解析】题干问大部分的玉米是被如何加工的。短文提到，大部分的玉米被留在穗棒上晾干，然后被磨成粉，这种方法的优点就是干燥的玉米可以储存更长时间而不腐坏。故选C。
31．D
【解题思路】
1．四项均为句子，均提到they和them。
2．四项的谓语均表示加工方式(braided，bundled，used，made)。
结论：根据短文内容及前面几题可知，they可能指人，them可能指玉米。
【解析】题干问：当农民们吃完了第二次收获的玉米之后，他们用玉米皮(husks)故什么?预测和实际情况有一些出入，选项中的them不是指玉米，而是玉米皮，但这种预测的误差并不影响听力理解和做题。文章结尾提到：“Afterthe corn was eaten，these farmers used the dried husks tomake all sorts of different things like mats，moccasins，dolls and ceremonial masks．(当玉米被吃完之后，农民们用干燥的玉米皮做威各种物品，如：垫子、软鞋、玩偶以及各种仪式上使用的面具等等。)”故选D。

Passage Three
【听力原文】
Today, I would like to begin by discussing early Europeansettlement along one of our well known rivers --the Hudson, which empties intothe Atlantic to form New York bay. [32]The Hudson river has a couple ofinteresting physical features that made it very attractive for settlement bythe Europeans. [33] The first is that the river extends inland from theAtlantic Ocean for more than 150 miles with no waterfalls or rapids. Itssurface is virtually fiat for that entire distance, with no obstacles. Second,[34] the whole 150 mile stretch is influenced by tides from the Atlantic Ocean.Roughly every six hours, the river reverses direction, flowing north when thetide is rising and south toward the ocean when the tide is going down.Obviously there were no obstacles to prevent settlers from moving furtherupstream on the Hudson river, and this explains why the Dutch penetrated so farinland. They were the first Europeans to settle in the Hudson valley. Ofcourse, to go upstream, the Dutch settlers needed the right kind of boat, andso to navigate the river, they designed a sloop with only one mast but with twosails, one rigged in front of the mast and one behind. [35] The mast was verytall, in many cases over 100 feet tall, so that the large sails could catchwinds blowing above the shore line hills. Hudson river sloops carriedpassengers and cargo. The cargo ranging from coal, lumber and hay to fruit,vegetables and livestock. Travelling only ten miles an hour in a good wind, thesloop was not too speedy by modern standards, but it was ideally suited to theDutch settlement, and in fact when the steam boat eventually was introduced, itcouldn't keep up with the sloop.
32. What attracted the Europeans to the Hudson river area?
33. What is the characteristic of the first 150 miles inland onthe Hudson river?
34. How do tides from the Atlantic Ocean influence the Hudson river?
35. According to the speaker, why did Hudson fiver sloops havetall .masts?
【整体预测】
快速浏览各题选项，根据shipbuilding、river、climate、rapids、waterfalls、wind、navigation、storms、riverboats、waves、current、flow、tide、sails等关键词推测，该短文可能与河流有关，此外还会谈到河流的通航、水流、河上的风、船上的帆等等。具体细节需要进一步分析各个选项。
32．B
【解题思路】
1．四项均为以the开头的名词短语，但从后两项来看，并不像是考查主旨的题目。
2．两项含有与优点有关的词汇(strength，abundance)。
结论：本题可能是问某种优势，具体内容可能与河流有关。
【解析】题干问是什么吸引欧洲人来到了哈德逊河流域。文章开头处提到：“哈德逊河因其自身具有的某些有趣的自然特征吸引了欧洲人来此区域定居。”选项B中的physical features为原词复现，故选B。
33．A
【解题思路】
1．四项均为句子，其中两项以there开头。
2．两项含有与航行有关的词汇(navigation，riverboats)。
3．三项含有与自然条件有关的词汇(rapids，waterfalls，wind，storms)。
结论：问题可能涉及航行与自然条件的关系，需留意该河流有什么样的特征。
【解析】短文中提到：这条河流自大西洋向内陆延伸150多英里，没有任何瀑布和湍流，河面全程都非常平静，没有任何障碍。选项A中的rapids or waterfalls与文中相比只是两词调换了顺序。故选A。
34．C
【解题思路】
1．四项均为句子，其中两项以the river开头。
2．四项均含有与河水的流动有关的词汇(big waves，current，flows，high tides)。
结论：需留意河水的流动具有什么特征。
【解析】短文中提到：哈德逊河150英里的全流域都受到大西洋潮汐的影响。几乎每隔6个小时，河水就要反向倒流，当涨潮的时候，河水向北流，当落潮的时候，河水向南流。可见，河水的流向在一天之内要变换几次，故选C。
35．B
【解题思路】
1．四项均为以to引导的不定式短语，表目的。To后面所接的动词中，两项为allow，一项为catch，一项为add。
2．两项提及sails(风帆)。
结论：本题可能与做某事的目的有关，需留意与风帆有关的信息。
【解析】短文中部指出：The mast was very tall，in many cases over100 feet tall，so that the large sails could catch windsblowing above the shore line hills．为了适应哈德逊河特殊的水文环境，荷兰人设计了一种单桅帆船，这种船有一桅两帆，一帆在桅前，一帆在桅后，很多时候，桅杆高达100英尺，这样就可以利用到从岸旁的山顶上吹过来的风。故选B。
Section C
【听力原文】
Fast food, for the first time ever, now makes up more than half ofall the meals eaten outside of the home in the United Kingdom.The recession,and the subsequent squeeze on [36] disposable income, has encouraged millionsof families to cut back on spending on [37] luxuries, especially on meals in restaurants.This has encouraged many to [38]trade down to cheaper meals, especially burgersand fried chicken.According to NPD, the market research company which [39]tracks consumer spending, 5.54 billion visits were made to a fast food [40]chain in the year 2011, out of the 11 billion meals eaten in I41] total out ofthe home--be it at a work [42] canteen, restaurant, pub or sandwich shop.Thismeans that 50.4 percent of all[43] meals eaten out of the home are now at aso-called quick service restaurant, up from 47.3 percent just two years ago.The term "quick service restaurant" [44] is used by the industry todescribe any outlet where the consumer queues to buy take-away food so thisdoes include coffee shops.Guy Fielding at NPD said: "It's a lot abouttrading down. Because fast food has become so cheap,[45] it has driven familiesin particular away from independent restaurants and pubs to the fast foodchains.""Families want to know what they are getting. And [46] withthe likes of McDonald's or KFC they know it is a consistent experience and goodvalue."
36．disposable可任意支配的 40．chain连锁店
37．1uxury奢侈品41．total全部的，所有的
38．trade(down)购进价格较低的商品42．canteen食堂
39．track追踪，跟踪43．meal饭，餐

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