[B] Saving some of the checks.
[C] Lending her some of the checks. [D] Getting more travelers’ checks. 15. [A] His memory is very terrific.
[B] He is very familiar with the route. [C] He is tired of having a meeting at that hotel. [D] He has many meetings in that hotel. 16. [A] She doesn’t like to go shopping. [B] She preferred shopping to studying. [C] She doesn’t live near shops. [D] She went shopping yesterday. 17. [A] His wife deposited some money. [B] His wife also opened an account. [C] His wife also spent some money.
[D] There is something wrong with the bank. 18. [A] They will keep the chairs for a long time. [B] The man suggests they move to another place.
[C] The woman is complaining about the bad chairs.
[D] The man thinks they had better have the chairs replaced.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. [A] He has never been promoted and feels dull about his work. [B] He doesn’t like the glass ceiling in his office. [C] He hopes to get an offer of a better position. [D] He feels it is an advancement to get this new job. 20. [A] He possesses the “can-do” spirit.
[B] He is hardworking, responsible and diligent.
[C] He is qualified with his graduate school training and internship. [D] He is good at motivating people and leading them to work together. 21. [A] He is an honest, flexible and easy-going person. [B] He worked once as an administration personnel. [C] He is a salesman and this time he is selling himself. [D] He has just lost his job and is hunting for another one. 22. [A] When he can’t get his point across.
[B] When people are not receptive to new ideas. [C] When he comes into conflict with his colleagues.
[D] When it is impossible to learn or to grow in his field.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. [A] To a radio studio. [B] To a television studio. [C] To a party. 24. [A] He gets higher salary in a radio station. [B] He likes to dress up to work.
[D] To a fashion show.
[C] He can wear something casual in a radio studio. [D] He has to work under pressure in TV studio. 25. [A] He has to wear jeans. [B] He has to wear a tie. [C] He has to wear a coat.
[D] He has to wear shoes.
Section B Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. [A] It’s very far from the heart of the city.
[B] Its doors face the 42nd Street and 5th Avenue. [C] It’s at the 42nd Street and 15th Avenue crossing. [D] It’s at the crossroads of 42nd Street and 5th Avenue. 27. [A] The Library needs more books and paintings. [B] The Library’s running costs are going down.
[C] It is impossible to grow grass and trees in the heart of New York.
[D] There are many precious books of historical value in the Public Library. 28. [A] It closes at Saturday and Monday.
[B] The running cost of the Library is rising. [C] The Library is a very special place.
[D] The government doesn’t pay for the Library.
29. [A] It contains all our knowledge.
[B] It is one of New York’s most valuable buildings.
[C] Well-known New York writers and artists are trying to use it. [D] There are a lot of rooms, in which readers can sit and think in comfort. Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. [A] They read poetry aloud. [B] They delivered a speech. [C] They took objective tests.
[D] They discussed questions with experts in a particular field. 31. [A] There are more candidates than before.
[B] The modern industry is developing slowly.
[C] The written examinations are much easier than before.
[D] The written examinations are more objective than the spoken ones. 32. [A] The objective test always deals with the personal opinions. [B] The objective test is timed exactly by electric clocks.
[C] The question of the objective test has only one correct answer.
[D] The objective test resembles a group of workers at an automobile factory. Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. [A] They will disappear gradually. [B] They exist widely in the world. [C] Their influence is psychological. [D] They will not develop into phobias. 34. [A] They will make the same old mistake. [B] They will experience the worst of things. [C] They will overcome them by themselves. [D] They will grow up lacking self-confidence. 35. [A] Ask the child to stroke it. [B] Keep the child away from it.
[C] Show the child how to approach it. [D] Tell the child not to be afraid of it.
Section C
It’s official that married people are healthier, or at least they think they are. An American (36) ________ of over 100,000 people shows that despite changing social (37) ________ in society, there is a link between being married and being (38) ________.
One reason could be that people with physical, mental or (39) ________ problems are (40) ________ likely to marry in their first place, but married people also (41) _________ from greater support from family and friends and this (42) ________ their health. Divorce and loss of a close friend or relative increase depression, as well as affecting many people (43) ________.
Married people are less likely than single people to smoke, drink heavily or drive after they have been drinking. (44) _______________________________________________________. All of these reduce the chances of disease or injury. Single people, by contrast, (45) _______________________________________________________.
So it seems that the best advice is to get married, but make sure you find the right partner. If you get it wrong, (46) _______________________________________________________.
标准听力（十）
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) Section A
11. [A] The man wants to rent a house. [B] The man wants to sell his room.
[C] The man wants to rent a room where he can have a bath and can cook. [D] The man wants to rent an apartment with toilet. 12. [A] The place where they want to see a film. [B] How to learn to drive.
[C] The time to go to movies. [D] The old days of their childhood. 13. [A] He doesn’t like cheese in the cafeteria. [B] He prefers his own cooking.
[C] The man’s favorite is the chicken salad. [D] He doesn’t have any favorite food. 14. [A] Finish putting her book away. [C] Finish her work elsewhere. 15. [A] She painted it by herself. [C] It needs to be painted. 16. [A] Jobs are easier to find in the city. [B] Living in the city is not expensive. [C] Her job is in the city. [D] She can go to the cinema every day.
[B] Stop what she is doing.
[D] Help the man a little bit later. [B] She hired her brother to paint it. [D] It isn’t beautifully painted.
17. [A] At a gas station. [B] At a bank.
[C] At a hospital. [D] At a school. 18. [A] He is always happy with his life. [B] He is not easy to deal with.
[C] He is always complaining. [D] He is careless about his children. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. [A] In a shop today. [B] In a street today. [C] In the street yesterday. 20. [A] It sold sport shoes near a bank.
[B] It sold sport shoes but soon went bankrupt. [C] It sold sport suits near a bank.
[D] It sold sport suits but soon went bankrupt. 21. [A] His beer was not fine.
[D] In a shop yesterday.
[B] He sold hard drinks.
[C] He sold beer. 22. [A] Some people didn’t support him.
[D] His hard drinks were not fine.
[B] Some people are jealous of him.
[C] His wife wanted him to give up his business.
[D] He has no confidence to run his business any more.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. [A] An annual cycling event.
[B] Major Canadian bicycle races.
[C] The contribution of cycling to health.
[D] How to increase one’s speed in a bicycle race. 24. [A] The length of the course. [B] The route the cyclists take.
[C] The number of participants. [D] The month in which the tour is held. 25. [A] Have lunch before the tour.
[B] Drink water at the relay stations. [C] Bring water and lunch with them.
[D] Bring candy and chocolate to improve energy.
Section B Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. [A] Good looks. [C] Sweet personality. 27. [A] They should be at the age of 18 to 23.
[B] Clever brains.
[D] Willingness to serve.
[B] They should have the bachelor degree.
[C] They should speak fluent mother tongue and English. [D] They should be single.
28. [A] They can prepare and serve meals.
[B] They know how to take care of children. [C] They have received proper training. [D] They know the theory of flying. 29. [A] The career of an air hostess. [B] How to go air-traveling.
[C] The knowledge of an aircraft in detail.
[D] A newspaper advertisement of Japan Air Lines. Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. [A] All the buildings in the city look alike. [B] There are no signs to direct them. [C] No tour guides are available.
[D] The university is everywhere in the city. 31. [A] They award their own degrees.
[B] They select their own students. [C] They set their own exams.
[D] They organize their own laboratory work. 32. [A] They were not treated equally until 1881. [B] They were not awarded degrees until 1948. [C] They have no exams until 1948.
[D] Very few of them are engaged in research. Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. [A] To help older politicians get elected. [B] To practice their law knowledge.
[C] To prepare for their own future elections. [D] To find a job in the political club.
34. [A] Having frequent meetings with their supporters. [B] Winning public support by making speeches. [C] Balancing government budget. [D] Fighting corruption.
35. [A] His standpoint in important issues. [B] His effort to get equal rights for women. [C] His ability to create job opportunities. [D] His performance at work.
Section C
American cities are similar to other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the (36) ________ of the culture. Cities contain the very best aspects of a society: (37) ________ for education, employment, and entertainment. They also contain the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial conflict, and (38) ________. American cities are changing, just as American society is changing.
After World War II, city residents became wealthier, more prosperous. They had more children. They needed more (39) ________. They moved out of their apartments in the city to buy their own homes. They bought houses in the (40) ________, areas near a city where people live. There are (41) ________ without many offices or factories. During the 1950s the
American “dream” was to have a house in the suburbs.
Now things are changing. The children of the people who left the cities in the 1950s are now (42) ________. They, unlike their parents, want to live in the cities. Many young professionals, doctors, lawyers, and (43) ________ are moving back to the city. (44) __________________________________________________________________. They prefer the city to the suburbs because their jobs are there; they are afraid of the fuel shortage; (45) __________________________________________________________________. A new class is moving into the city — a wealthier, more mobile class.
(46) __________________________________________________________________. Some city residents now see a bright, new future. Others see only problems and conflicts. One thing is sure: Many dying cities are alive again.
标准听力（六）答案解析 Part III Listening Comprehension Section A
11. M: The service in this restaurant is really terrible.
W: Right. It’s high time they got rid of half of the staff here, if you ask me. Q: What conclusion can we draw from the conversation?
【听前预测】由选项中的Both，The woman，Neither，the staff，opinion等可知，对话与对员工的看法有关。 【解 析】选[C]。对话中男士提到The service…is really terrible（服务真是糟透了），女士回答说Right，即认同男士的观点，故答案为[C]。It’s high time +过去式是一种虚拟句型，表示“是时候做…了”。
【听前预测】由选项均为地点可知，本题考查对话地点或场所。
【解 析】选[B]。对话中女士提到the brake hasn’t worked well（刹车不灵了），选项[B]中的repair与女士的话对应，故[B]为答案。sth. doesn’t work well意为“某物坏了”。
【听前预测】选项均以原形动词开头表明, 本题可能考查建议。由[C]中的his jeans可知，女士的话为听音重点。
【解 析】选[B]。女士的话just cut down on what you eat为听音重点，[B]的内容是对女士话的同义转述，故为答案。have trouble doing sth.意为“做某事有麻烦”；cut down on sth.意为“减少、削减某物”；lose weight意为“减肥”。
【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的Paul, should可知, 本题可能考查与Paul有关的建议。
【解 析】选[C]。对话中男士提到I couldn’t agree with you more，结合女士所说的Paul…wiser to…another year finishing…Degree可知，[C]的内容为男士的话的同义转述，故[C]为答案。couldn’t agree with sb. more意为“非常同意某人的观点”；take over sb’s business意为“接管某人的生意”。
【听前预测】选项均以原形动词开头表明, 本题考查行为动作。
【解 析】选[D]。对话中男士提到cross that bridge when I come to it，[D]的内容是对男士话的同义转述，故为答案。cross the bridge when…come to it意为“船到桥头自然直”。
【听前预测】选项中的wasn’t good，should have lasted longer和反复出现的the man，should等表明，对话可能与某种东西坏了之后男士应该怎么做有关，女士的话为听音重点。
【解 析】选[D]。由女士所说的You’ll never be able to get parts for it（你永远都买不到它的零件了）可推断出，女士认为洗衣机没法修了，[D]的表述与此一致, 故为答案。
【听前预测】根据意思相反的选项其中一个可能为正确答案的命题规律, 答案锁定在[A]和[C]之间。
【解 析】选[A]。对话中男士提到Did he take it to the garage to be fixed?（他是到车店修理的吗？），女士回答时提到Don’t be foolish.（不要傻了），否定了男士的看法，即认为Nick没有到车店修理，自己修理，故答案为[A]。flat tire意为“瘪的车轮”。
【听前预测】选项以He wishes/finds/ doesn’t like开头表明，男士的话为听音重点。 【解 析】选[B]。对话中男士提到，the more the professor talks, the less I understand（老师讲得越多，我越不明白）由此可知，男士跟不上老师的进度，[B]的表述与此一致, 故为答案。follow意为“（学习等）跟得上，听得懂”。
12. W: Could you have my bike ready before ten? Recently the brake hasn’t worked well. M: Sure, I’ll check it. That won’t be a big problem. You may come and pick it up before ten o’clock.
Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?
13. M: I’m having trouble fitting into my jeans. Looks like I’ll have to get some new ones. W: Oh, you wouldn’t do that if you just cut down on what you eat. Q: What does the woman imply the man should do?
14. W: Paul would be much wiser to stay in this country another year finishing his Master’s
Degree than to rush home and to take over his uncle’s business now. Don’t you think so?
M: Yes, I couldn’t agree with you more. Q: What does the man mean?
15. W: Do you think Professor Green will make you redo the entire experiment? M: I don’t know. I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it. Q: What is the man planning to do?
16. M: The washing machine in our apartment is more than seventeen years old, and it worked just fine until last night.
W: You’ll never be able to get parts for it. It might be time to invest in a more recent
model. Q: What does the woman imply about the washing machine?
17. M: There is Nick on his motorcycle. Did he take it to the garage to be fixed? W: Don’t be foolish. That would have been a waste of money. It only had a flat tire. Q: What does the woman imply?
18. W: You took an optional course this semester, didn’t you? How is it going? M: Terrible. It seems like the more the professor talks, the less I understand. Q: How does the man feel about the course?
Now you will hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由选项中的career ladder, pay raise, training等可知，对话可能与职业升迁、加薪和培训有关。
M: Good morning, Mrs. Green. You want to see me?
W: Yes, Jim. Let’s review what you’ve done so far. You were hired as a mail clerk about five years ago. You’ve learned a lot since then, haven’t you?
M: Sure. I learned more about the company because I went around to different offices. Then I was promoted to mail distribution clerk. That’s two grades higher than the mail clerk. So I skipped a grade. I went from Grade 1 to Grade 3. W: Did you like that job?
M: Yeah, my pay went up, and every year I moved up a step. Every time I moved up a step, I got a pay raise. It was a Grade 3, Step F. But I didn’t go outside. I was usually in the mail room. I was in charge of the other messenger clerks. W: You were a boss.
M: Right. After three years, the manager said he wanted to help me move up. They gave me a little test — arithmetic, alphabetizing, and some typing. W: You did well on the test.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What is mainly discussed in the conversation?
【解析】选[B]。选项均为概括性强的名词短语表明，本题可能考查对话主旨。对话开头简短的问候之后，女士直接说明谈话目的review what you’ve done so far(回顾一下你的工作历程)，后面提到现在又有一个晋升机会（move up the ladder），由此可知，对话的主要内容就是男士的职业提升，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】对话主旨一般要根据对话开头的主要信息进行总结。
20. How many years did it take the man to move up to Grade 5?
【解析】选[C]。对话中女士说男士5年前刚到公司是一名邮政职员，男士说他自己现在是5级高级职员，故答案为[C]。
【点睛】本题设题点为数字信息处，此类题一般需要对描述进行推理方可得出。 21. Who can get the chance to go to school for more training?
【解析】选[D]。对话中女士说掌握较快（learn quickly）的人能去学校接受进一步培训（more training），故答案为[D]。
M: Yes. I did well because I studied at an adult school, and I practiced at home before the test. So I got this job as senior clerk. I’m a Grade 5 now. W: Well, Jim, here is another chance to move up the ladder. The Mail Department is getting some new computers. We will give everybody two days of training. The people who learn quickly can go to school for more training. M: You mean going to school on company time? Go to school instead of coming to work? W: Yes, because it will help you in your work later. You can be promoted to production programming after you’ve learned to use computer. The job starts at Grade 7.
【点睛】[D]是对We will give everybody two days of training和The people who learn quickly can go to school for more training的综合表述。
22. What can be inferred from the conversation?
【解析】选[B]。选项均以The man开头，其中涉及男士对培训的态度。对话后面提男士到， I’d like to think about it for a few days（他要考虑几天），但Maybe I should stay where I am now（可能会留在原职位）， 由此可推断出，他对这次脱产培训带来的升迁机会不是很感兴趣，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】听音时应注意表示观点态度的词汇（例如对话中的Maybe I should表不确定
M: Well, I’d like to think about it for a few days. Maybe I should stay where I am now. 性），从而推断出说话者的态度。
Conversation Two 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的tutor，report，essay，computer等可知，对话可能与写论文有关。
M: Hello, Mary. Fancy meeting you here!
W: Hi, Peter. Yes, I’m here again, there always seems to be a queue. I’m writing a report for my economics class. How about you?
M: I’m still working on my essay for environmental science. I need to check out a reference.
W: You know, when I first started doing my report I was frightened to use these computer catalogues. I was sure something would go wrong. M: But they’re so useful. You can see at a glance what books you need and if they’re checked out or not.
W: I know that now, but at the beginning I really missed the card catalogues. But anyway I still have the same problem I used to have, knowing what to look up!
M: Yes, I agree, it’s the same for me. Last week I must have wasted two hours looking for information on a topic I was working on. W: Really? What was the topic?
M: It was about the effect of smoking by parents on their children’s sleep. I looked up sleeping, child psychology, child development, problems in social work, children’s medical problems, and I can’t remember what else. In the end, I had to go back and ask my tutor for help.
W: You know, I took a study skills class because I thought it would help me locate information, and all I learned was how to read the cards, which wasn’t of much help! My real problem is knowing what card to look up.
M: Yes, and that takes thinking! Pity the computer can’t do that for us. W: Maybe it will some day. Oh, look, there’s a free computer now. M: Yes, thanks. See you! Section B
Passage One 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的trade route，silk trading，traded goods等可知，短文与丝绸贸易有关。 Runners in a relay race pass a stick in one direction. However, merchants passed silk, gold, fruit, and glass along the Silk Road in more than one direction. They earned their living by traveling the famous Silk Road.
The Silk Road was not a simple trading network. It passed through thousands of cities and towns. It started from eastern China, across Central Asia and the Middle East, and ended in the Mediterranean Sea. It was used from about 200 B.C. to about A.D. 1300, when sea travel offered new routes. It was sometimes called the world’s longest highway. However, the Silk Road was made up of many routes, not one smooth path. They passed through what are now 18 countries. The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun, deep snow and even battles. Only experienced traders could return safe.
The Silk Road got its name from its most prized product. Silk could be used like money to pay taxes or buy goods. But the traders carried more than just silk. Gold, silver, and glass from Europe were much found in the Middle East and Asia. Horses traded from other areas changed farming practices in China. Indian merchants traded salt and other valuable goods. Chinese merchants traded paper, which produced an immediate effect on the West. Apples traveled from central Asia to Rome. The Chinese had learned to graft (to join a part of a plant or tree onto another plant or tree) different trees together to make new kinds of fruit. They passed this science on to others, including the Romans. The Romans used grafting to grow the apple. Trading along the Silk Road led to worldwide business 2,000 years before the World Wide Web.
The people along the Silk Road did not share just goods. They also shared their beliefs. The Silk Road provided pathways for learning, diplomacy, and religion.
Passage Two 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由选项中的They，parents，family members等可知，短文可能与青少年和父母的关系有关。 Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. What was needed for traders along the Silk Road to do?
【解析】选[D]。选项均以原形动词开头表明，本题可能考查行为动作。短文中提到，However，the Silk Road was made up of many routes, not one smooth path，以及后面提到的many dangers，由此可知，在丝绸之路上有很多困难，[D]中的difficulties是对其中dangers的同义转述，故为答案。
【点睛】However转折处常设为考点，其后通常为答案所在。
27. Why did the Silk Road become less important?
【解析】选[C]。短文中提到It was used from about 200 B.C. to about A.D. 1300, when sea travel offered new routes，即由于海路的发现使得丝绸之路变得没那么重要了，[C]是对短文中when sea travel offered new routes的同义转述，故为答案。
【点睛】听清问题中的the Silk Road become less important 是解答本题的关键。
28. Why could new technologies travel along the Silk Road?
【解析】选[A]。短文中提到They passed this science on to others，也就是说人们互相学习新技术，[A]中的learned from one another对应短文中的passed this science on to others，故为答案。 【点睛】听清问题中的new technologies travel along the Silk Road是解答本题的关键。
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. What is the man’s purpose to come here?
【解析】选[C]。选项均以不定式开头表明, 本题可能考查行为目的。对话一开始男士提到，…working on…essay for environmental science…need to check out a reference（为环境科学论文查找参考资料），故答案为[C]。
【点睛】[C]中的find some materials是对对话中check out a reference的同义转述。
24. What can we learn from the conversation?
【解析】选[B]。对话中男士提到，I’m still working on my essay for environmental science（他正在写环境科学方面的论文）， 故答案为[B]。
【点睛】[B]中的writing an essay是对男士所说working on my essay的同义转述。
25. What is the man going to do soon? 【解析】选[D]。对话结尾处女士提到，there’s a free computer now（有一台空闲的电脑），由此可推断出，男士将要做的是用电脑查资料了，故答案为[D]。 【点睛】听音时对话末尾要留意，它容易成为设题点。