补充听力（六）
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes）
Section A
11. [A] Both speakers think half of the staff are efficient. [B] The woman has a favorable opinion of the staff. [C] Neither of them has a favorable opinion of the staff. [D] The woman is a restaurant manager herself.
12. [A] In a bike parking lot. [C] In a bike showroom.
13. [A] Shop for new clothes. [C] Have his jeans altered.
14. [A] Paul should take over his uncle’s business now. [B] He doesn’t agree with the woman’s remarks. [C] Paul should stay another year for his studies. [D] He felt upset by Paul’s hasty decision.
15. [A] Go cross the bridge.
[B] Repeat the experiment. [D] Wait and see what will happen. [B] Lose some weight.
[D] Wear clothes that fit more tightly.
[B] At a bike repair shop. [D] In a bike factory.
[C] Come to the bridge game.
16. [A] It wasn’t good investment. [B] It should have lasted longer.
[C] The man should buy new parts for it. [D] The man won’t be able to get it repaired.
17. [A] Nick repaired it himself.
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[B] Nick now works in a garage. [C] Nick had his motorcycle fixed. [D] Nick wasted his money.
18. [A] He wishes to have more courses like it. [B] He finds it hard to follow the teacher. [C] He wishes the teacher would talk more. [D] He doesn’t like the teacher’s accent.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. [A] The man’s pay raise. [B] A career ladder for the man. [C] The man’s education.
[D] A new chance for everyone to be promoted.
20. [A] Three years. [C] Five years.
21. [A] The person who has the strong will.
[B] The person who has attended the adult school. [C] The person who can pass the test of arithmetic.
[D] The person who can work at computers quickly after a two-day training.
22. [A] The man is eager to attend the training.
[B] The man is not very interested in this chance for promotion. [C] The man has been training for computer work since last year. [D] The man is not confident in his chance to be promoted to the Grade 7.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. [A] To see his tutor for help.
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[B] Four years. [D] Six years.
[B] To help the woman with her report. [C] To find some materials for his essay.
[D] To read books on the effect of smoking by parents on their children.
24. [A] The computer doesn’t work properly. [B] Peter is writing an essay on environment. [C] Mary is much better than Peter in using computers. [D] Peter is taking a computer class which is helpful.
25. [A] Stand in the queue. [B] Wait for a free computer.
[C] Ask his tutor to recommend him some books. [D] Use the computer to find the needed information.
Section B
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. [A] Remember the entire trade route. [B] Know the making of products. [C] Receive certain special training. [D] Deal with a lot of difficulties.
27. [A] It was made up of different routes. [B] Silk trading became less popular. [C] Sea travel provided easier routes. [D] People needed fewer foreign goods.
28. [A] People learned from one another. [B] People shared each other’s beliefs.
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[C] People traded goods along the route. [D] People earned their living by traveling.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. [A] They worry about school.
[B] They dislike living with their parents. [C] They have to be locked in to avoid troubles. [D] They quarrel a lot with other family members.
30. [A] They don’t want to make family decisions. [B] They don’t want to share family responsibility. [C] They don’t want to go boating with their family. [D] They don’t want to cause trouble in their families.
31. [A] They give their children more freedom. [B] They care less about their children’s life. [C] They are much stricter with their children. [D] They go to clubs more often with their children.
32. [A] Negotiation in family. [C] Harmony in family.
[B] Education in family. [D] Teenage trouble in family.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. [A] Amery was fond of games. [B] Amery was of similar size. [C] Amery was good at sports. [D] Amery looked like an animal.
34. [A] He was laughed at by other boys. [B] He pushed Amery hard and hurt him.
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[C] He played a joke on an outstanding athlete. [D] Amery turned out to be in the same grade.
35. [A] The speaker could run faster than Amery. [B] The speaker liked playing on boys of all sizes. [C] Amery was a student in Grade Four.
[D] Amery forgave the speaker for his rude behavior.
Section C
Sixteen-year-old Michael Viscardsi of San Diego won first prize in the Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology. He showed (36) ________ to a nineteen-century math problem.
Michael has been (37) ________ by his mother, who has a doctorate in neuroscience. He also worked on his project with a professor at a university.
The National Center for Education Statistics did its (38) ________ research on home-schooling in 2003. Researchers (39) ________ that more than one million American students learned at home. That was more than two percent of the school-age population.
Michael Viscardsi, for example, has been taught mostly at home, but with (40) ________ math classes at a local university.
The researchers asked parents why they home-schooled their children. Thirty-one percent said the most important reason was (41) ________ about the environment of the local schools. Thirty percent said it was to provide (42) ________ instruction. Sixteen percent said they were not satisfied with the quality of the (43) ________ in the local schools.
(44) _________________________________________________________. An education expert said much of this increase was in cities with histories of racial
tension.
Also,
(45)
________________________________________________________________.
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Britain.
The debate was (42) ________ by the Government, which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBC — (43) ________ ordinary listeners and viewers — to
say
what
was good or bad about
the Corporation. (44)
________________________________________________________________. Defenders of the Corporation of whom there are many are fond of quoting the American slogan “If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.” The BBC “isn’t broke”, they say, by which they mean it is not broken, so why bother to change it? (45) ________________________________________________________________. The commercial TV channels were required by the Thatcher Government’s Broadcasting Act to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers,
and
cutting
costs
and
jobs.
(46)
________________________________________________________________.
补充听力（八）
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
11. [A] The woman is an unusual student. [B] The man is a rigid person.
[C] The woman’s request will be granted. [D] No make-up exam will be given.
12. [A] He does want the woman to pay. [B] He doesn’t understand the woman.
[C] He is wondering what the woman is thinking. [D] He is surprised that the woman would think that.
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13. [A] He probably has a poor memory. [B] He is very forgiving and tolerant. [C] He is well liked by his customers. [D] He has been introduced to the staff.
14. [A] The man doesn’t want to see Mr. Williams. [B] Mr. Jones is in an inferior position. [C] Mr. Jones used to be in charge.
[D] Mr. Williams doesn’t want to do it tomorrow.
15. [A] It will probably be cold.
[B] It will be mild as usual.
[C] It will probably rarely be cold. [D] It will be warm and comfortable.
16. [A] Ask someone to help the woman.
[B] Give the woman the notes for her reference. [C] Lend the woman his pencil and paper. [D] Feel sorry that he can’t help the woman.
17. [A] The dirty street.
[B] The noisy place.
[C] The low voice of the man. [D] The crowded park.
18. [A] The woman should join the chess club. [B] The woman needs a lot of time to play chess. [C] He himself is not a very good chess player, either. [D] He’s willing to teach the woman how to play chess.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. [A] More work as a teaching assistant.
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[B] A higher salary.
[C] A longer vacation period. [D] A research assignment.
20. [A] He’ll start next week.
[B] He wouldn’t enjoy it.
[C] He would like time to decide. [D] He wants his adviser’s opinion.
21. [A] Finish his degree in the fall.
[B] Let someone else read his evaluation. [C] Consider taking fewer courses. [D] Get more teaching experience.
22. [A] Frank’s talent for teaching.
[B] Frank’s interesting approach to research. [C] A present Frank will receive for graduation. [D] A congratulatory letter from the department.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. [A] He is sad to have lost his job.
[B] He totally supports the woman’s choice. [C] He insists that the woman major in business. [D] He doesn’t believe in his wife.
24. [A] He is out of employment. [B] He lets the woman down.
[C] He has to delay the woman’s study. [D] The woman chooses the wrong major.
25. [A] In their home. [C] At a grocery.
[B] In the school. [D] On the telephone.
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Section B
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. [A] More than 12%. [C] Nearly 60%.
27. [A] They are self-evident. [B] They are yet to be proved. [C] They are to be further studied.
[D] They are supported by scientific evidence.
28. [A] Different Forms of Exercise [B] Exercise — The Road to Health [C] Running — A Popular Form of Sport [D] Scientific Evidence of Health Benefits
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. [A] To improve her computer program. [B] To find out their attitudes towards food. [C] To find out details she can make use of. [D] To predict what food they’ll like in the future.
30. [A] People believe what the computer tells them. [B] People can be led to believe in something false. [C] People tend to forget their childhood experiences. [D] People are not always aware of their personalities.
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[B] Almost 50%. [D] About 70%.
31. [A] If they learn it is harmful for health.
[B] If they lie to themselves that they don’t want it. [C] If they are willing to let doctors control their minds. [D] If they think they once had a bad experience of eating it.
32. [A] Whether it is moral. [C] When it is effective.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. [A] Helicopters have only been worked on by man since 1940. [B] Chinese children were the first to achieve flight in helicopters. [C] Helicopters were considered more dangerous than the early airplanes. [D] Some people thought they would become widely used by average
individuals.
34. [A] They are used for rescue work.
[B] They are taking the place of high-flying jets. [C] They have been widely used for various purposes. [D] They are now used exclusively for commercial projects.
35. [A] For high-speed transportation. [B] For extremely high altitude flights. [C] For overseas passenger transportation.
[D] For urgent mission to places inaccessible to other kinds of craft.
[B] Who it is best for. [D] How it should be used.
Section C
Prospective students should bear in mind that housing will be an expensive item in their budget, (36) ________ in magnitude the cost of tuition and food. In
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(37) ________, the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to (38) ________ one-fifth or one-fourth of the total (39) ________ for living expenses (as opposed to educational expenses, such as tuition and fees). If the amount spent for housing reaches one-third of the total (40) ________ for living expenses, the student is certainly spending too much; however, if it drops to one-sixth, it is possible that the quarters are unsafe, unhealthy, and possibly (41) ________.
For detailed information on local housing (42) ________, students should contact the housing office or the foreign student adviser of the institution that has (43)
________
them.
(44)
_________________________________________________________________, because public transportation in many towns and cities in the United States is simply not adequate or convenient.
(45) _________________________________________________________; the housing office of the institution; bulletin boards located in dormitories, cafeterias, libraries, etc. on the campus; the “for rent” columns of campus or community newspapers; fellow students who attend the institution; and a host family
in
the
community.
(46)
________________________________________________________________.
补充听力（九）
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
11. [A] The man must be an excellent student. [B] The man’s idea is probably a good one. [C] The man had better drop more than one course.
[D] The man would not have dropped the best course of the four.
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12. [A] The movie was really wonderful. [B] The movie was so full of violent scenes. [C] The movie wasn’t as good as he had expected.
[D] The movie was overly concerned with romantic relationships.
13. [A] She wasn’t able to manage the project well. [B] She’s not sure how she was able to finish so early. [C] She’s not sure how to solve the mystery. [D] She still hasn’t heard what was shocking.
14. [A] He thinks the woman is unfair. [B] He agrees that the workload is heavy. [C] He feels the assignment is reasonable. [D] He won’t be able to go to the lab today.
15. [A] Lose weight.
[B] Quit smoking.
[D] Have a talk with the doctor.
[C] Weigh himself frequently.
16. [A] Getting dressed.
[B] Collecting old clothes. [D] Looking for her black dress.
[C] Trying out new clothes.
17. [A] The man should go to bed at eleven. [B] The man should give up watching the movie. [C] The man should stay up and watch the program. [D] The man should read something exciting instead.
18. [A] She was born there.
[B] Her children were born there. [C] She has lived there since 1970.
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[D] Her husband was teaching English there.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. [A] They are looking for an apartment to live in.
[B] They are discussing living places and children’s education. [C] They are complaining about their children. [D] They are planning for the next weekend.
20. [A] There’s much to do besides work and study. [B] It’s convenient for people to go anywhere. [C] The natural environment is beneficial to children. [D] The countryside is a perfect place for weekends.
21. [A] The children are too young to benefit from city life. [B] Even adults themselves cannot go everywhere in the city. [C] There is a lot to see and do for children and adults. [D] There isn’t a lot to see and do for children.
22. [A] She is a full-time housewife. [B] She does not care for her children.
[C] She used to live in the suburbs in her childhood. [D] She will go to a museum next weekend.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. [A] She couldn’t go to Spain for holiday this summer. [B] She couldn’t communicate with Spanish people very well. [C] She didn’t learn enough Spanish vocabulary. [D] She had few chances to speak Spanish in Spain.
24. [A] By reading the BBC book.
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[B] By going to an evening class of BBC. [C] By watching BBC programs.
[D] By going to Spain to talk with Spanish people.
25. [A] Learn more grammar and vocabulary. [B] Watch more BBC television programs. [C] Understand Spanish cultures well. [D] Do more practice in speaking Spanish.
Section B
Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. [A] Opera is only for rich people. [B] Opera is famous for its history.
[C] Young people are not interested in operas. [D] Opera companies are trying to keep operas alive.
27. [A] Because it is hard to find long versions. [B] Because they can make people interested. [C] Because short versions are easy to perform. [D] Because they can be performed in public libraries.
28. [A] To reduce the cost.
[B] To attract young people.
[C] To make Cinderella popular. [D] To celebrate its 75th anniversary.
29. [A] Opera is not so popular an art form today. [B] Students enjoy performing operas very much. [C] The tickets for opera are very expensive at present. [D] Opera is performed in a language difficult to understand.
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Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. [A] Because it is part of a historical cave system. [B] Because it is the largest body of water in Tennessee. [C] Because it is the biggest underground lake in the world. [D] Because it is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.
31. [A] By diving into the water. [B] From “The Council Room”. [C] By riding far out onto the lake. [D] From an opening in a mountainside.
32. [A] They serve as a tourist attraction. [B] They serve as an Indian meeting ground. [C] They serve as an underground testing site. [D] They serve as a motorboat race course.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. [A] Because only rich people can afford the watches. [B] Because the watches were made many years ago. [C] Because only a few watches of the kind were made. [D] Because the watches were made by a Swiss watchmaker.
34. [A] Its new uses.
[B] Its splendid color. [D] Its mechanical movement.
[C] Its fashionable style.
35. [A] Buy the watch. [C] Wear the watch.
[B] Return the watch. [D] Receive the service.
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【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，结合cloned food，cloned milk and meat等可知，本文应与克隆食品有关。
The
Food
and
Drug Questions 26 to 29 are based on the
Administration is, again, threatening to passage you have just heard. impose milk and meat from cloned 26. What is the speaker’s attitude animals on a public that opposes the technology and its products.
Respected polls report that more than 60% of Americans think animal cloning is immoral, and that most people said they wouldn’t knowingly eat the products even if the FDA
towards cloning?
【解析】选[B]。短文末句提到的The president should halt further FDA action on cloning 表明，作者认为总统应该阻止FDA的克隆行动，由此可推测说话者对克隆是持反对态度的，故答案为[B]。
approved them. But because the FDA 【点睛】should常用来表达建议，或would allow cloned meat and milk to be sold without identifying labels,
consumers wouldn’t be able to avoid 27. Why do many people in U.S. buy them. The FDA has consistently tilted
cloned foods? 表明说话者的观点。
toward those who want cloned milk 【解析】选[D]。问题询问美国许多and meat in our food. Agency officials have repeatedly asserted that science shows cloned milk and meat are safe for humans. But the FDA has never published the complete scientific studies it says support that claim.
The argument that cloning is safe for animals is unconvincing. Cloned meat and milk offer no public 28. economic benefits. Having cloned
Which
statement
is
true
人购买克隆食品的原因。短文中提到，But because the FDA would allow cloned meat and milk to be sold… be able to avoid them由此可知，[D]为答案。
【点睛】But转折处和because表原因处常设为考点。
according to the passage?
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cows produce more milk wouldn’t 【解析】选[C]。短文中提到，U.S. reduce milk prices. U.S. farmers produce more milk than we drink, and the government is required to buy the surplus. Since 2000, dairy support programs have cost taxpayers more than $5 billion.
Most important, this first decision
29. What do we know about cloning
technique from the passage? farmers produce more milk than we drink…，由此可知，美国农民生产了比人们所能消费的更多的牛奶，故[C]为答案。
to advance animal biotechnology raises 【解析】选[A]。根据意思相反的两ethical issues beyond the FDA’s expertise. Techniques used to clone animals will advance the ability to clone humans — and create animals with human genes. Neither the agency nor animal scientists are qualified to tell us whether and when it is ethically
个选项中有一个很可能是正确答案的命题规律，将答案锁定在[A]和[C]之间。短文末尾提到，Given the risk of unintended consequences, we should proceed cautiously，由此可推断出，克隆产品可能会对人类产生难以预料的后果，故[A]为答案。
acceptable for humans to alter the 【点睛】Given the risk of unintended essential nature of animals. We need a national discussion, including ethicists and religious leaders, to consider the wisdom of cloned and transgenic animals. Given the risk of unintended consequences, we should proceed cautiously. The president should halt further FDA action on cloning and set in motion a process for beginning this broader discussion.
Passage Two
consequences中的Given是介词，意为“如果有；假如；考虑到”。
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【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，结合China, bridge和第27题中的数字可知，本文可能与中国某座桥及其长度有关。
China began work on one of the Questions 30 to 32 are based on the world’s longest bridges in Zhejiang passage you have just heard. Province On June 8. The 36km bridge 30. What is the purpose of the over Hangzhou Bay will cut the
passage?
journey between Ningbo and Shanghai 【解析】选[D]。短文开头提到，China by 120kms.
The construction work is expected to be finished in five years and the
began work on one of the world’s longest bridges…，接着具体解释了要建桥的原因，故[D]为答案。
bridge will open for traffic in 2009. 【点睛】短文目的首先可根据选项内The project will cost 11.8 billion yuan and is thought to last 100 years.
The bay itself is at the center of a
容进行推断，然后根据短文内容进行确定，短文开头和短文结尾一定要给予足够的重视。
densely-populated region that includes 31. What will be the distance Shanghai on the northern edge and the major port of Ningbo, Zhejiang
between Shanghai and Ningbo when the bridge is completed?
Province, to the south. Shanghai and 【解析】选[B]。由短文中提到的but Ningbo have close economic ties, but it is 304 kilometers long between the two cities. The bridge will shorten the distance by 120kms. The flat structure could be the longest seacrossing bridge
it is 304 kilometers long between the two cities. The bridge will shorten the distance by 120kms，由此可推断出，桥建成后上海和宁波之间的距离应是304-120=184kms，故[B]为答案。
in the world. According to the 【点睛】解答数字题关键是要听清短Guinness Book of Records, the record over water is now held by the
文中的数字，并弄清它们之间的关系。
lakecrossing bridge in Lousiana, US, at 32. What is the main purpose of 38.5kms.
building the longest bridge
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Jin Jianming, an official in charge across the sea?
of the Chinese bridge project says that 【解析】选[C]。本题考查建桥原因。the new bridge reflects China’s growing economic power.
The bridge is also one part of a 5,200 km highway planned as a link between the northern province of Heilongjiang and the southernmost city
短文中提到的Shanghai and Ningbo have close economic ties（上海和宁波有密切的经济联系），桥建成后将缩短这两座城市之间的距离，由此可推断出建桥的目的是促进经济发展，故[C]为答案。
of Sanya on the island province of 【点睛】but转折处通常为考点，其Hainan.
Work on the dam began a week after engineers began filling the Three Gorges Dam reservoir on the Yangtze River.
Passage Three
【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的names，family tree，babies等可知，短文与给婴儿起名有关。
One of the first questions anybody Questions 33 to 35 are based on the asks about a new-born is “what is the passage you have just heard. baby’s name?” Faced with this tiny 33. What do we often do with the pink new-born, we want to put a name
things we love?
后的句子通常为答案所在。
to it, as if by doing so, we welcome it 【解析】选[D]。选项均以原形动词to this world of individuals. We always name the things we love. A small child will give names to even his tiniest toys or his well-chewed blanket. And the
开头表明，本题可能考查行为活动或观点建议。短文中提到，We always name the things we love，可知答案为[D]。
difference between “blankie” and the 【点睛】[D] Choose names for them
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blanket is an entire personality.
There are many ways to choose a
是对短文中name the things we love的同义转述。
name for a baby. One of the most 34.Under what condition is the common is to use an old family name. If the family tie is strong enough,
unpleasant meaning of an old family name often overlooked?
parents are often willing to overlook an 【解析】选[B]。选项中的the nameunpleasant feeling or meaning. If all the men for five generations have been named Branden, who are you to complain that the name means “smelly hair”? Inspiration need not be limited
和重复出现的the family表明，本题与家庭和起名有关。短文中提到，If the family tie is strong…willing to overlook…，由此可知答案为[B]。family tree意为“家谱，族谱”。
to the family tree. Pick an attribute, or 【点睛】If虚拟条件从句常设为考点。 pick the name of an Italian city where 35. What will happen to a baby’s the baby was born. Name the baby
name after several months?
after your favorite poet or interesting 【解析】选[C]。根据意思相反的两个scent. It can be difficult to find a perfect name for your baby. But the beauty of the process is this. By the time the baby is a few months old, his personality erases all other associations the name may hold, the evil snake or the much-loved poet fades away and the name becomes quite simply the name of your child. And you will have made the right choice.
选项中有一个很可能是正确答案的命题规律，将答案锁定在[B]和[C]之间。短文中提到，By the time the baby is a few months old…erases all other associations the name may hold，由此可知，几个月以后，婴儿的名字就会失去原有的含义，由此可知[C]为答案。
Section C
36.【解析】coverage。空前的news表明，本空应填一名词，且能和news构成名词短语，作watch的宾语。news coverage意为“新闻报道”。
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