Passage Two?
A small dog brought disaster to a small English town last week. It was trying to cross a busy street but was too frightened to leave the strip in the middle of the street.?
A truck drive parked his truck on the side of the road and got out to help it. While he was going to get the dog, his truck rolled down the street. It smashed into four parked cars, crashed through a fence, rolled down a bank and smashed into a row of houses. Only the driver was hurt. The dog bit him on the hand while he was carrying it.?
Here is another story about dogs. A nine?year?old child who nearly drowned while she was swimming in a home swimming pool, was saved by the family dog on Saturday. The child was alone in the large pool at the time.?
The family of the dog said it would receive an extra large bone as a reward.? Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.?
14.What happened to the dog that brought disaster to the town??
15.Who was hurt in the disaster??
16.Where did the second story about dog take place??
17.What would be the reward given to the dog in the second story??
Passage Three?
If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of year.
A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington, concluded from other men’s work and his own among people in different climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities.?
He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in summer.?
Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that
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bring about great changes in all nature.?
Fall is the next?best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking.?
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.?
18.What is the passage mainly about??
19.What is the best season for thinking??
20.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage??
答案与详解?
Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension?
Section A?
1. 【答案】C?
【试题分析】推理判断题。?
【详细解答】对话中男士说他想找Mr.Jones。但女士说Mr.Jones已不在这
儿，现在是Mr. Williams负责。由此可以推论出Mr.Jones以前是这儿的负责人。故答案C正确。?
2. 【答案】D?
【试题分析】信息明示题。?
【详细解答】对话中男士说还有一大堆工作等着我们去做。女士则说事情
还不是那么糟糕，毕竟，工作的大部分已经做完了。句子“ the greater part of it has already been done.”给了我们明确信息，把被动变为主动，意思即为“they’ve finished more than half of it.”故选项D正确。?
3. 【答案】B?
【试题分析】态度题。?
【详细解答】对话中女士对男士说：下一次你进我的办公室之前能不能先
敲一下门?男士马上说：对不起，仅是因为我太匆忙了，问题问的是关于女士的态度。从女 士的婉转建议中“can’t you knock on the door ?”可推论出她有些生气。所以选B是正确的。?
4. 【答案】D?
【试题分析】推理判断题。?
【详细解答】对话中女士说Jane 曾告诉过她要在这个星期的某个时间乘飞
机到巴黎。男士则说一分钟之前我还在超市里见过她呢。由此，选项中的“撒谎”与“不撒
谎”并不确定，但是很明显Jane 今天不在巴黎。?
5. 【答案】B?
【试题分析】推理判断题。?
【详细解答】对话中女士对男士说：Bob 认为你不该用你那么好的小刀去
做修理那种事情。但男士说：告诉他这不是他的小刀。从男士的说话中，我们可以推断出男士认为Bob应该管他自己的事，言外之意为Bob是多管闲事。选项中词组“mind one’s business”是“管闲事”之意。?
6. 【答案】C?
【试题分析】推理判断题。?
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【详细解答】对话中男士问女士：此次聚会要持续多长时间?四点钟，还要
去参加一个会议。女士则说：可以的，主人约定的是三点钟。由此我们可以推论出，男士不
会因此错过了开会。?
7. 【答案】A?
【试题分析】原因关系题。?
【详细解答】对话中男士问女士：为什么你显得很焦虑?在你前面完成的就
只有一个人呀。女士则说：我已向我妈允诺过要拿第一的。由此，我们知道她焦虑是因为她
不能实现她的诺言。?
8. 【答案】C?
【试题分析】推理判断题。?
【详细解答】对话中女士说：昨晚朋友在电话里和我聊了两个小时。男士
则问：电话费免费吗?该句中“toll”意指长途电话费，“free”是“免费”的意思。由此 我们可以推论出：男士认为他们通电话的时间太长，得花多少电话费呀。?
9. 【答案】D?
【试题分析】地点题。?
【详细解答】对话中女士说：我们有这种颜色，但是很遗憾这种颜色没有
中号的。男士则说：既然这样，我就买蓝色的。从此对话中的一些词语“color, size, take the blue one”,可以推知对话发生在百货商店里，是营业员与顾客间的对话。?
10.【答案】B?
【试题分析】细节信息明示题。?