补充听力（一）听力原文及答案解析
Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. M: Would you please come to my office at five o’clock this afternoon?
W: Can I meet you tomorrow? My son will be home from school at 5:30. And I must finish this report before then.
Q: What is the woman going to do first?
【听前预测】选项均以原形动词开头，选项 [B]（去学校接她的孩子），[C]（去办公室见男士），[D]（为她的儿子准备晚饭）提示，对话可能与女士的行为有关。女士的话是听音的重点。
【解 析】选[A]。由女士所说的My son will be home from school at 5:30. And I must finish this report before then可推断，女士先要完成报告，故答案为[A]。
12. M: So you need someone to take care of your cat while you’re away for your holiday in
Hawaii?
W: Yes, I plan to stay there for 2 weeks, so I hope someone really caring can make it. Would
that be a problem for you?
Q: What do we learn about the woman?
【听前预测】选项中的vacation，Hawaii，take care of her cat提示，对话可能与女士去度假时谁来照顾猫有关。
【解 析】选[D]。结合男士所说的So you need someone to take care of your cat …?及女士所说的Yes … Would that be a problem for you?可推断，女士希望男士帮她照顾猫，故答案为[D]。
13. W: Excuse me, could you spare a few minutes to discuss the agenda with me after dinner? M: I don’t mind working after dinner. But I have time before dinner. Why should we put it off?
Q: What does the man mean?
【听前预测】选项中重复出现的after dinner和discuss the agenda提示，对话可能与晚餐后讨论议程有关。
【解 析】选[D]。结合女士所说的discuss the agenda with me after dinner及男士所说的But I have time before dinner. Why should we put it off?可推断，男士认为没有必要把议程推迟到晚餐后，晚餐前就可以讨论，也就是说，他建议了一个不同的讨论议程的时间，故答案为[D]。
14. W: Jack, I have an urgent issue to deal with immediately. Here is an important note from
Mike’s manager. Could you give this note to him? M: Give it to Mike? What am I? A messenger? Q: What does the man mean?
【听前预测】选项中的messenger，deliver the note提示，对话可能与给某人便条有关。 【解 析】选[C]。结合女士所说的Could you give this note to him?及男士所说的Give it to Mike? What am I? A messenger?可推断，男士不愿意送便条，故答案为[C]。
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15. M: Are you sure you don’t mind getting the tickets for the film? I wouldn’t be able to pay you
back until Friday when I get paid.
W: No problem. I’m glad I can help and we’ll be able to go together. Q: What does the woman mean?
【听前预测】选项中的borrow，ticket，film提示，对话可能与女士买电影票有关。
【解 析】选[C]。结合男士所说的…you don’t mind getting the tickets for the film? I wouldn’t … pay you back until Friday …及女士所说的No problem. I’m glad I can help 可推断，女士愿意帮男士先期垫付电影票，故答案为[C]。
16. W: Do you think it’ll be possible to get this ink stain out of my trousers?
M: That’s an extra day’s time. It won’t be a problem, but I’ll need to send them over to the main cleaning facility. Q: What does the man mean?
【听前预测】选项中的woman，stain，pants，laundry，Cleaning提示，对话可能与女士去除裤子上的污物有关。
【解 析】选[D]。由男士所说的That’s an extra day’s time可推断，男士认为需要加一天时间来完成这项工作，故答案为[D]。
17. M: What’s wrong with Emily? She used to be full of energy everyday, but she seems to be
exhausted recently.
W: Her wedding is around the corner, so she has many things on her mind. Q: What do we know about Emily?
【听前预测】选项中重复出现的her wedding等提示，对话与某位女士的婚礼有关。 【解 析】选[C]。结合男士所说的…Emily…exhausted recently及女士所说的Her wedding is around the corner, so she has many things on her mind可推断，Emily正忙于准备婚礼，故答案为[C]。
18. W: What do you think of my new idea for that contract, Tom? M: I can’t come up with a better one, Jenny. Q: What does the man mean?
【听前预测】选项中的a better idea，the woman’s idea is the best，the woman’s idea is new to him等提示，对话与男士的观点、看法有关。
【解 析】选[C]。结合女士问男士What do you think of my new idea for that contract及男士说的I can’t come up with a better one可推断，男士认为女士的观点是最好的，故答案为[C]。
Now you will hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，选项中的design proposal, cell phones, research等表明，对话可能是关于某项方案或研究，可能与手机有关。 M: Hi, Professor Whitaker.
W: Oh, George, hello, come in, have a seat.
M: I just want to know if you’ve had a chance to look at my design proposal, the one on ergonomics.
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W: As a matter of fact, I guess you want some feedback. M: Yes, if you have time.
W: Well, I have a class in about ten minutes, but I suppose I can give you some pointers, maybe just to help you rethink your ideas before I hand the proposals back. Don’t look disappointed now. You had some very interesting ideas. It’s the first time I get a proposal to redesign the cell phone for ease of use.
M: No one else has made a similar proposal? I would have thought schemes had been made to change the typical cell phone design.
W: Well, that’s just it, George. Why did you decide on the cell phone? M: I guess because I have such a hard time using it.
W: Have you done a sort of mini-survey to check what other people think?
M: Well…no, I hadn’t thought about that. I just assumed everybody else was having a hard time. W: Although I think your concept for making the cell phone easier to use is definitely worth looking into, I didn’t think you had sufficient basis for suggesting that the design be changed to one easier to use. You might want to check how other cell phone users cope with the buttons, how they use their finger to send messages or make phone calls to an unrecorded number. Have you compared how you use it with the way others use theirs? Do you see what I’m getting at?
M: OK, Professor. I see your point.
W: Anyhow, let’s talk more tomorrow. I really must go. M: OK, thanks for your advice.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What’s the man’s real purpose of meeting the woman?
【解析】选[B]。选项均为动词不定式结构，根据选项中ask her, get her feedback, hand…to her推测，问题可能是关于男士找女士的目的。男士说他来是想知道女士是否看了他的设计方案(design proposal)，而女士指出男士的实际目的是想获取一些反馈(want some feedback)，男士说的确如此，由此可知，男士来见女士的真正目的是听取女士对他的设计方案的反馈，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】对话开头的内容容易成为考点，听音时应加以留意。 20. What’s the man’s design proposal about?
【解析】选[D]。Producing…cell phones, Make cell phones more attractive, Adding…to cell phones提示，问题可能是关于对手机进行改进的建议或计划。女士在点评男士的设计方案时说这是她第一次看到“重新设计手机，以使其使用方便(ease of use)”这样的设计方案，由此可知男士的设计方案就是设计出使用方便(user-friendly)的手机，故答案为[D]。 21. What can be inferred about the man’s design proposal?
【解析】选[B]。结合主题和选项[A]中的well-written推测，It可能指设计方案，问题可能是关于它的不足和缺陷，根据主题一致原则可排除[C]。女士问男士在提出设计方案之前是否做过调查，征询过别人的观点，男士回答说没有，于是女士说她认为男士提出的“设计使用方便的手机”这一方案没有充分的根据，由此可知男士在设计方案时没有做过初步的调查研究(preliminary research)，故答案为[B]。 【点睛】做题时，需要归纳总结。对比选项，锁定答案。 22. What is the woman going to do after the conversation?
【解析】选[B]。选项均以原形动词开头，问题可能考查某人将来的行为活动。对话开始的时候女士说她10分钟后要去上课(have a class in 10 minutes)，但她可以利用这点时间
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讲一下男士的设计方案，再结合男士对女士的称呼professor可知，对话结束后女士要去教课，故答案为[B]。
Conversation Two 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，选项中的college newsletter, out-of-class activities, journalism class, dormitory等表明，对话可能与校园生活有关，可能与男士为报纸写作有关。 M: Hi, Mrs. Dupree. You asked me to come by? W: Oh, yes, Clinton. Thanks for coming in. How is it going?
M: Not too bad. I thought I’d have it tough after changing universities, but I’ve been able to catch up with my academics, and I’ve even managed to make a couple of friends. I don’t know how since I haven’t really been out that much.
W: Well, it’s good to hear that about your classes. Actually, I was just chatting with your journalism professor, and she told me that she was impressed with your writing skills and that it would be such a shame to keep it in the confines of the classroom during your stay here at the university.
M: She said that? Well, I’m really happy to hear that. Well, yeah, of course, I intend to write for a newspaper when I graduate.
W: No, she didn’t mean that. She thinks you should apply for the campus newsletter. That’s why I called you here.
M: What? Whoa, that’s a big step for me. I never even tried out for the newsletter in my former college and I’m only a sophomore with not that much experience in writing.
W: Yes, yes, she knows all that, but your professor thinks you should be on the staff of the newsletter. She said you’d be great in features. When I heard that I just had to talk to you. M: But don’t they have enough writers at the newsletter? What would they do with a beginner like me?
W: I see you’re in need of a bit of confidence, young man. Listen, why don’t you just go over there and give it a try? Let’s just see how it goes, what do you say? M: OK, if you say so.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. Why does the woman ask the man to come by?
【解析】选[B]。选项均为动词不定式结构，根据encourage him, help him和talk about推测，问题可能是关于女士找男士的目的。女士说男士的老师对他的写作技巧印象深刻，认为他应该申请加入大学校报(apply for the campus newsletter)，所以女士把男士叫来，就是要跟男士讨论这件事情，并通过反问句why don’t you just go over there and give it a try建议并鼓励男士尝试申请加入大学校报，故答案为[B]。
24. What did the man worry about when he was going to change universities?
【解析】选[C]。根据选项中wouldn’t find, lose contact, fall behind, couldn’t write推测，问题可能是关于男士曾经的担忧。男士说他原以为转校后日子会很难过(have it tough)，可是实际上他的功课跟得上(catch up with my academics)，而且还交了几个朋友，由此可推断，男士曾担心自己转校后功课不好，不能交到朋友，选项[C]属于担心之一，故为答案。 25. What can be inferred about the man?
【解析】选[C]。结合选项中的not sure，would rather，doubtful，worried推测，问题可能是关于男士的态度或观点。女士屡次提到男士的老师推荐他加入大学校报，但男士表示他从没加入过校报，而且他只是一个大二的学生，缺乏写作经验，还反问女士校报为何
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会用他这样一个初学写作者，男士的这些表现以及女士话中的in need of a bit of confidence都表明，男士不确定自己是否有能力为校报写报道，故答案为[C]。 【点睛】做题时，需要归纳总结。抓住文中的表达特殊语气的信息（如反问句等），可以帮助锁定答案。
Section B
Passage One 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，选项中的their parents，activities，checkups，early education, TV，play，computer等表明，短文很可能与孩子的日常活动有关。 Next time you bring your kids in for a checkup, don’t be surprised if the doctor asks about their tastes and entertainment. The American Academy of Medicine suggested last week that doctors work with parents to evaluate how much TV kids watch and what they see, what video and computer games they play, which websites they visit on the internet, whether they play, website they visit on the Internet, whether they view R-rated videos with the company of their parents, what music they like and what books they read. Doctors are worried that kids who spend too much time in front of the tube don’t get enough exercise and can become overweighted. The Academy is also concerned that the message the kids get from entertainment media can make them more violent and sexually active. The Academy recommends that children under age two not watch any TV. “Children need activities to stimulate the brain during the first two years of life,” says Doctor Marien Barren, who chairs the Academy’s Committee on public education. “They need feedback and socialization. Older children,” she says, “should watch TV in a common area. Their bedrooms should be electronic-media-free zones where they could have a quiet place to read, study, play or just relax.”
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What unusual question may doctors ask when giving kids a checkup next time?
【解析】选[C]。选项均为特殊疑问词开头并结合选项中的exercise，entertainment, their parents等可推测，本题可能与小孩子的日常生活有关。短文开头部分提到Next time you bring your kids in for a checkup, don’t be surprised if the doctor asks about their tastes and entertainment（下次带小孩做检查，如果医生问及孩子的喜好和娱乐活动，你不要感到惊讶），故答案为[C]。
【点睛】听音时，注意exercise，entertainment等名词或者名词短语。 27. What does the academy suggest children under age two should do?
【解析】选[A]。选项均以原形动词开头并结合选项中的more activities，early education等可推测，本题可能与给小孩子的建议有关。根据短文中提到的The Academy recommends that children under age two not watch any TV. “Children need activities to
stimulate the brain during the first two years of life”可知，该学会建议不要让两岁以下儿童看电视而应该让他们参加活动以开发大脑），故答案为[A]。 28. What do we learn about children’s bedrooms from the report?
【解析】选[A]。选项均以They should开头并结合选项中的no TV sets，no place for play， a computer for study可推测，They很可能指代儿童，本题可能与给儿童的建议有关。短文结尾部分提到Their bedrooms should be electronic-media-free zones where they could have a quiet place to read, study, play or just relax（卧室不要放置任何电子媒体，这样他们就可以很安静地读书，学习，玩耍或休息），故答案为[A]。
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