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告。此題難度較小。重點在前兩句。
2. 該題描述了說話人對街上車輛噪音的不滿。難點為sound proofing，意思是“隔音設(shè)備”�？忌鷳�(yīng)注意抓住重點信息，前后進(jìn)行推測。
3. 該題描述的是語言的學(xué)習(xí)。難點在laborious，譯為“艱苦的，費勁的”。聽力時，應(yīng)抓住大意。
4. 該題在談?wù)撏顿Y項目的問題。A turning point譯為“轉(zhuǎn)折點”。
5. 該題討論的是關(guān)于費用的問題。主要應(yīng)掌握幾個單詞和詞組的意思。undercharge譯為“索價低于常價”;legal fee譯為“訴訟費”;agency commission譯為“代理手續(xù)費”。
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。主要難點在于兩個單詞，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。難點為collaboration，譯為“合作”。
9. 該題討論的是開支的問題。重點在兩個單詞，expenses譯為“開支，費用”，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)”。考生在聽力過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，然后互相約定了時間和見面地點。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。考點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。
