Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. W: I forgot to tell you that Fred called last night to borrow your sleeping bag.
M: Oh, I saw him at the gym this morning, but he didn't say anything. So he must have asked somebody else.
Q: What does the man imply?
D)。[聽(tīng)前猜測(cè)] 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中有call，lend，borrow等動(dòng)詞，和sleeping bag等名詞，且有兩項(xiàng)有Fred一人。根據(jù)這些詞匯，本題很可能是有人打電話借睡袋或其他東西。
[精解] 女士說(shuō)，她忘了告訴男士Fred打過(guò)電話說(shuō)要借睡袋；男士說(shuō)，自己在體育館見(jiàn)過(guò)Fred，但他沒(méi)有說(shuō)借睡袋的事，男士用must have done句式推斷他可能向別人借了。故本題答案為D)。
12. W: These summer days are getting to be more than I can take. It was even too hot to go to the pool yesterday.
M: Hang in there. According to the weather report we should have some relief by the end of the week.
Q: What does the man mean?
  B)。[聽(tīng)前猜測(cè)] 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中有三項(xiàng)與天氣有關(guān)，且有hot，cool down，weather forecast等詞匯，因此可猜測(cè)問(wèn)題可能與天氣變化有關(guān)。
[精解] 女士抱怨夏天天氣熱得讓人難以忍受，甚至無(wú)法游泳；男士則說(shuō)，天氣預(yù)報(bào)說(shuō)周末我們可以得到一些安慰，可見(jiàn)男士暗示周末天氣將轉(zhuǎn)涼。所以B)為本題答案。
  13. W: Well, tonight we have Professor Brown in our studio to talk about the famous oil painting of Queen Victoria, Good evening, professor.
M: Good evening, madam, my pleasure to be here tonight.
Q: What is the woman doing?
  C)。[聽(tīng)前猜測(cè)] 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中都是以動(dòng)名詞開(kāi)頭，這表明問(wèn)題是與動(dòng)作或行為相關(guān)的內(nèi)容。
[精解] 女士首先介紹說(shuō)，今晚請(qǐng)Brown教授來(lái)到演播室來(lái)談?wù)撽P(guān)于維多利亞女王的油畫，然后向男士問(wèn)候；男士回應(yīng)問(wèn)候�？梢月�(tīng)出這個(gè)對(duì)話發(fā)生在演播室里，女士是主持人，男士是嘉賓。故C)符合題意，為本題答案。
  14. M: The plants next to the window always look brown. You wouldn't know by looking at them that I water them every week.
W: Maybe they don't like direct sunlight. I had the same problem with some of my plants. And a little shade helps them immensely.
Q: What does the woman imply?
  D)。[聽(tīng)前猜測(cè)] 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)都與plants有關(guān)，且有的選項(xiàng)還提到sunlight，shady spot，water等詞匯，因此可猜測(cè)問(wèn)題與如何栽培植物有關(guān)。
[精解] 男士說(shuō)窗子旁邊的植物變成棕色了，而且每周都給它澆水；女士解釋了其中的原因，這些植物可能不喜歡陽(yáng)光直射，她也遇到過(guò)同樣的問(wèn)題，把它們放到陰涼處對(duì)它們會(huì)有幫助，女士的言外之意是應(yīng)該把這些植物放到陰涼處。故D)為本題答案。
  15. M: I'm really exhausted, Mary. But I don't want to miss the Hollywood movie that comes on at 11.
W: If I were you, I'd skip it. We both have to get up early tomorrow. And anyway I've heard it's not as exciting as advertised.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
  C)。[聽(tīng)前猜測(cè)] 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)是關(guān)于看電視和電影的，另外兩項(xiàng)是關(guān)于睡覺(jué)和熬夜的。故可猜測(cè)本題可能是關(guān)于選擇看電影或電視還是睡覺(jué)的問(wèn)題。
[精解] 男士首先表明自己很累了，但他還不想錯(cuò)過(guò)11點(diǎn)的好萊塢電影；女士使用If I were you結(jié)構(gòu)提出建議，放棄看電影，并且指出兩個(gè)原因：明天需要早起床，而且電影沒(méi)有廣告中說(shuō)的那么好。由此可知，女士建議男士早點(diǎn)睡覺(jué)。所以C)為本題答案。
  16. M: Those modern sculptures over there are really weird. Don't you think So?
W: Well, I couldn't stand them either at first. But now I've come to like modern art, particularly those sculptures carved by Italian artists.
Q: What does the woman mean?
  B)。[聽(tīng)前猜測(cè)] 選項(xiàng)中出現(xiàn)了modern art，modern sculptures，artists等詞語(yǔ)，可以推測(cè)對(duì)話與藝術(shù)品有關(guān)。
[精解] 男士抱怨那些現(xiàn)代雕塑很怪異，并詢問(wèn)了女士的看法，女士說(shuō)她剛開(kāi)始也無(wú)法忍受，但現(xiàn)在她開(kāi)始喜歡現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)，尤其是那些意大利藝術(shù)家的雕刻作品�？梢�(jiàn)，女士經(jīng)歷了從不喜歡到喜歡這些雕塑的轉(zhuǎn)變，所以本題答案為B)。
  M: I'm really glad our club decided to raise money for the children's hospital. And most of the people we phoned seemed happy to contribute.
W: Yeah! I agree. Now that we've gone through all the numbers on our list, I guess we can call it a day.
Q: What do we learn about the speakers?
  A)。[聽(tīng)前猜測(cè)] 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)都是以they開(kāi)頭，本題應(yīng)該是關(guān)于幾個(gè)人一起干了某種事。
[精解] 男士表明自己很高興俱樂(lè)部決定為兒童醫(yī)院籌錢，并說(shuō)明大部分人都愿意幫忙；女士表示同意，并提議收工。因此本題答案為A)。
  18. M: Have you heard of Professor Smith? I'm thinking of taking an advanced engineering course with him. What do you think?
W: Yeah! You really should. He's published dozens of books so far. One's been recommended as a textbook for postgraduates.
Q: What does the woman imply?
  A)。[聽(tīng)前猜測(cè)] 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中提到了course，professor，undergraduate等詞匯，由此可以推測(cè)對(duì)話可能與課程有關(guān)。
[精解] 男士詢問(wèn)女士有沒(méi)有聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)Smith教授，他想選修Smith教授的高級(jí)工程學(xué)方面的課程，并詢問(wèn)女士的建議；女士建議他應(yīng)該選，并說(shuō)Smith教授出版了幾十本書，有的還被推薦為研究生教材，可知女士建議男士選修Smith教授的課程。所以本題答案為A)。
  Conversation One
W: You're the editor of Public Eye. (19)What kind of topics does your program cover?
M: Well, (19)there are essentially domestic stories. We don't cover international stories. We don't cover party politics or economics. We do issues of general social concern to our British audience. They can be anything from the future of the health service to the way the environment is going downhill.
W: How do you choose the topic? (20)Do you choose one because it's what the public wants to know about or because it's what you feel the public ought to know about?
M: (20)I think it's a mixture of both. Sometimes you have a strong feeling that something is important and you want to see it examined and you want to contribute to a public debate. Sometimes people come to you with things they are worried about and they can be quite small things. They can be a story about corruption in local government, something they can't quite understand, why it doesn't seem to be working out properly, like they are not having their litter collected properly, or the dustbins emptied.
W: (21)How do you know that you've got a really successful program? One that is just right for the time?
M: (21)I think you get a sense about it after working in it in a number of years. You know which stories are going to get the attention. They are going to be published just the point when the public are concerned about that.
  19．What kind of topics does Public Eye cover?
B)。[聽(tīng)前猜測(cè)] 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中出現(xiàn)了四個(gè)完全不同的話題，因此可以推測(cè)本題是與選項(xiàng)中的某一個(gè)話題有關(guān)。
[精解] 女士詢問(wèn)男士他們的欄目包括哪些話題，男士回答說(shuō)：主要是關(guān)于國(guó)內(nèi)的，不包括國(guó)際方面，也不包括政黨政治和經(jīng)濟(jì)方面，主要是社會(huì)普遍關(guān)注的事情。而題干詢問(wèn)的是Public Eye的話題是什么，所以B)為本題答案。
20．How does Public Eye choose its topics?
D)。[聽(tīng)前猜測(cè)] 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)體現(xiàn)了四種不同的方式，因此本題可能是關(guān)于某種方式的問(wèn)題。
[精解] 女士詢問(wèn)男士如何選擇話題，是因?yàn)楣�眾想知道，還是因?yàn)樗麄兏械焦�眾�?yīng)該知道，男士回答說(shuō)兩者都有，既有公眾的期望也有編輯的判斷。故本題答案為D)。
21．What factor plays an important role in running a successful program?
B)。[聽(tīng)前猜測(cè)] 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)之間的相關(guān)度不大，但都是名詞短語(yǔ)，因此推測(cè)本題可能提問(wèn)某一事物。
[精解] 女士問(wèn)男士他們?nèi)绾沃�道欄目是否成功，男士回答說(shuō)在這個(gè)崗位工作幾年就能夠感覺(jué)到是否成功，即工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)。所以本題答案為B)。
Conversation Two
W: Hi, Professor Smith. I hear you've written a book titled Visions.
M: Yes. It explains how science will revolutionize the 21st century.
W: Could I ask you some questions concerning the book?
M: Sure.
W: Are you optimistic about the future?
M: Generally, yeah. (22)If we go back to the year of 1900,most Americans didn't live beyond the age of 50. Since then, we've had improvements in health care and technology. There is no reason why these won't continue far into the 21st century.
W: Are we ready for the changes that will come?
M: Changes are already happening. The future is here now. We have DNA, microchips, the Internet. Some people's reaction is to say, we are too old；we don't understand new technology. (23)My reaction is to say, we must educate people to use new technology now.
W: Is world population going to be a big problem?
M: Yes, and no. (24)I think that world population will stop increasing as we all get richer. If you are a part of the middle class, you don't want or need 12 children.
W: Will there be a world government?
M: Very probably. We will have to manage the world and its resources on a global level because countries alone are too small.
W: Will we have control of everything?
M: I think we'll learn to control the weather, volcanoes and earthquakes. Illness won't exist. We'll grow new livers, kidneys, hearts, and lungs like spare parts for a car. People will live to about 130 or 150. (25)For 2000 years, we have tried to understand our environment. Now we'll begin to control it.
22. What does Professor Smith say about most Americans around the year of 1900?
  A)。[聽(tīng)前猜測(cè)] 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)都是一般過(guò)去時(shí)，且提到average life span，have 12 children，retired from work，optimistic about their future，可知本題提問(wèn)以前的人們的生活情況。
[精解] 女士就男士出版的書的內(nèi)容提出幾個(gè)問(wèn)題，首先，女士問(wèn)男士是否對(duì)未來(lái)很樂(lè)觀；男士做出肯定回答，并舉例說(shuō)在1900年的時(shí)候，大多數(shù)美國(guó)人壽命都不會(huì)超過(guò)50歲。所以本題答案為A)。
23．What does Professor Smith advise we do?
C)。[聽(tīng)前猜測(cè)] 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中涉及的都是不同的措施，涉及生態(tài)、環(huán)境、科技和保持年輕等方面，因此可猜測(cè)該題可能詢問(wèn)要干什么。
[精解] 在對(duì)話中，女士詢問(wèn)男士我們是否已經(jīng)為將來(lái)的變化做好了準(zhǔn)備；男士說(shuō)，有人認(rèn)為我們太老了，無(wú)法適應(yīng)新科技，而他的觀點(diǎn)是教育人們使用新的科技。本題提問(wèn)Smith教授的建議，所以本題答案為C)。
24．When will the world population stop growing according to Professor Smith?
D)。[聽(tīng)前猜測(cè)] 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)都以when開(kāi)頭，由此可猜測(cè)本題提問(wèn)發(fā)生某個(gè)事件的時(shí)間。
[精解] 在對(duì)話中，女士問(wèn)男士，人口是不是大問(wèn)題，男士的回答是Yes，and no，然后解釋為什么不是大問(wèn)題：當(dāng)人們富有的時(shí)候，人口增長(zhǎng)就會(huì)停止。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，本題答案為D)。
25．What does Professor Smith think human beings will be able to do?
C)。[聽(tīng)前猜測(cè)] 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)都是動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)，由此可推斷，該題可能是詢問(wèn)干什么或怎么樣的問(wèn)題。
[精解] 在對(duì)話末尾，女士問(wèn)道我們是否能夠控制一切東西，男士回答是，我們可以控制天氣、火山、地震，能夠像生產(chǎn)汽車部件一樣種植肝臟、腎臟、心臟和肺，人們能夠活到130或150歲，人們將會(huì)控制兩千年來(lái)我們一直試圖去了解的環(huán)境。所以C)為本題答案。