mile for the company
【Main Points】Instead, this shows initiative and the willingness to do more for the firm
补充听力（七）答案解析
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. W: How was the movie that 【听前预测】选项中的movie，wonderful，
you went to last night? I wasn’t…good等表明，对话可能与对电影的know how much you
评价有关。
wanted to see it.
M: Well, I was hoping for 【解 析】选[C]。对话中男士提到I was
something really hoping for something really wonderful. But…wonderful. But the （我之前一直希望能很精彩，但是…），由movie was full of but表转折可知，电影没有男士期望的那么精stereotypes, and
彩，故答案为[C]。
relationships that never fully developed. Q: What does the man mean? 12. W: You must have enjoyed
using your new camera 【听前预测】由选项中的He left/lost it等可
知，对话可能与男士丢了it有关，听音时注on your trip.
M: I would have, but after 意it指代什么。
buying the new camera 【解 析】选[D]。对话中男士提到left it in the especially for that trip, I
car with my friend（把它落在朋友的车上了），
left it in the car with my
friend who drove me to [D]是对男士的话的同义转述，故为答案。 the airport.
Q: What did the man say
about his camera?
13. M: Hello. This is Tom Davis 【听前预测】由选项内容可知，本题考查时
speaking. I have an 间，听音时应记录相应的时间。 appointment with Mrs.
【解 析】选[B]。根据对话中男士提到
Jones for nine o’clock this
morning, but I’m afraid 的…nine o’clock…but…fifteen minutes lateI’ll have to be about （…9点…但…要晚15分钟）和女士提到的
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fifteen minutes late. That’s all right（没关系）可知，见面时间W: That’s all right, Mr. 应为9:15，故答案为[B]。 Davis. She doesn’t have another appointment scheduled until ten o’clock.
Q: When will Mr. Davis most
probably meet Mrs. Jones?
14. W: I have a complaint to 【听前预测】由选项均为地点可知，本题可
make, sir. I had waited 能考查对话的地点或场景，问题以Whereten minutes at the table
开头。
before the waiter showed
up, and I finally got 【解 析】选[B]。对话中女士提到waiter
、ordered（点菜）以及meal（饭），served. And I found it （服务员）
was not what I ordered. [B]中的“restaurant”与此对应，故答案为M: I am terribly sorry, [B]。show up意为“出现”；as compensation
madam. It’s a bit
意为“作为补偿”。
unusually busy tonight. As compensation, your meal will be free. Q: Where does the
conversation most probably take place?
15. W: Hi, Tony. How did your
experiment go 【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的Tony和
experiment可知，对话与Tony做实验有关。 yesterday?
M: Well, it wasn’t as easy as 【解 析】选[D]。对话中男士提到it wasn’t
I had thought. I have to as easy as I had thought（没有我原来想的那continue doing it tonight.
么容易），[D]是对男士的话的同义转述，
Q: What do we learn from the
故为答案。
conversation? 16. M: I thought you’d finished 【听前预测】选项中的She can’t/wants表明，
your report. So I got
女士的话为听音重点。
tickets for the symphony
【解 析】选[C]。女士的话But it’s not due tonight.
W: Well, it’s not done. But until next week（但下周才交）为听音重点。
it’s not due until next not due until…说明时间充裕，即女士今晚可week. 能会和男士去听交响乐，故答案为[C]。 Q: What can be inferred
about the woman? 17. M: Uh, looks like I’m going 【听前预测】由选项中的He wants/doesn’t
to be a little late for class. allow，his students，punctual，late等可知，
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18. W: Can you give me an
【听前预测】由The man doesn’t know
indication as to which
way you’re going to vote, /refuses可知，男士的话为听音重点。 sir? 【解 析】选[C]。男士的话I had the M: I thought that right…not to reveal（我有权…不透露）为constitutionally I had the
听音重点。[C]中的refuses to answer是对男
right not only to vote but
also not to reveal how I 士的话的同义转述，故答案为[C]。 voted. Am I right or not? Q: What do we learn from the
conversation?
Now you’ll hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One David可能是一位老师，对话可能与David的上课情况有关。
M: Maths Department, Doctor Winston Questions 19 to 22 are based on the speaking. conversation you have just heard. W: Hello, Prof. Winston. This is Eliza 19. What’s David’s problem?
Smith calling. I’m living two doors
【解析】选[C]。由对话中女士提到的
down from your teaching assistant,
David Williams. David asked me to David…lost his voice and can’t talk…call you because he lost his voice 可知，David声音哑了不能说话，故and can’t talk to you himself. 答案为[C]。
M: Lost his voice? Oh, what a shame! Is 【点睛】[C]中的unable to speak是对
there anything I can do for him?
对话中lost his voice and can’t talk的
W: Well, he has a class this afternoon
from 2:30 to 4:00 and he won’t be 同义转述。 able to teach it, but he doesn’t want to cancel it either. 20. What favor does David want M: Want me to try to find somebody
someone to do for him? else to teach the class?
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I hope Professor Clark 对话可能与He或其学生是否准时有关。
doesn’t start on time
【解 析】选[A]。对话中女士提到You can
today.
set your watch by the time he starts his class，
W: Are you kidding? You
[A]项是对女士的话的同义转述，故为答案。
can set your watch by the
set the watch by the time sb. does sth.直译为time he starts his class.
“以某人做某事的时间来调时间”，形容某人
Q: What can be inferred
做某事非常准时。
about Professor Clark?
【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由David’s class，David’s students等可知，W: No, not exactly. What he wants to 【解析】选[D]。选项均以原形动词
do is to get someone to go in for 开头表明，本题考查行为动作或观点him, just to pass back the mid-term
建议。对话中女士说What he wants to
exams. He’s already marked them
and they are on the desk in his do is to get someone to go in for him, office. The whole thing wouldn’t just to pass back the mid-term exams，take more than ten minutes. 也就是找人帮忙把期中考试试卷发M: His class is at 2:30, eh? Well, at that 下去，故答案为[D]。
time I am going to be on campus
【点睛】[D]中的return是对对话中
anyway, so I can do it for him. What
pass back的同义转述。 room is his class in?
W: Building 4, Room 214. Will you
need his office key to get the 21. What does Eliza offer to do? exams? He’s given it to me and I
【解析】选[B]。Eliza在提到office key
could bring it to you.
M: Actually, that won’t be necessary. 时说I could bring it to you，由此可
We have a master key in the Maths 知，答案为[B]。
Department. So I can get into his 【点睛】解答本题的关键是听清题目office if necessary. 问的是Eliza而不是Professor WinstonW: Thanks very much, Prof. Winston.
愿意做什么。
David doesn’t have another class to teach until Tuesday, and hopefully,
he will be able to talk by then. He’ll 22. What does Eliza almost forget to call you as soon as he can. Oh, yes,
ask Prof. Winston to do?
I almost forgot. Could you put up
the next assignment on the board, 【解析】选[C]。Eliza最后又提到I too? It’s all the problems on Page almost forgot，还需请对方put up the 45, and they are due at the next next assignment on the board（将布置class. 的作业写到黑板上），[C]的内容是M: No trouble at all. Thanks for passing
对该句的同义转述，故为答案。
all the news about David, and please
tell him not to worry about 【点睛】board指“黑板”；due意为“到
期的”。 anything.
Conversation Two 【听前预测】选项中的listen to some music，violin，complicated but soft等表明，对话可能与演奏会有关，涉及到小提琴表演。
M: Would you like to go hear some Questions 23 to 25 are based on the
music tonight? conversation you have just heard. W: Where? To Peter’s Home again?
23. What are they going to do?
M: No, let’s go to City Hall. There will
be a concert there starting at nine. 【解析】选[C]。选项均以They are
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W: Don’t tell me it is the same thing we going to+原形动词开头表明，本题考
heard last time at Peter’s Home. 查对话双方的打算。对话一开始男士M: No, those are symphonies we heard.
问女士Would you like to go hear
But this time…
W: Yes, symphonies. Frankly speaking, some music tonight？接着女士问To
they are too heavy and complicated Peter’s Home again？男士回答No, for me. I didn’t enjoy them really; I let’s go to City Hall，故答案为[C]。 should say I don’t understand 【点睛】[D]中的Peter’s Home是根据classical music.
To Peter’s Home again 设的干扰项，
M: Neither do I. I feel like hearing it
sometimes, that’s all. I don’t want to 听清男士的回答No即可排除。 talk you into going. But…you
know, someone gave me two tickets 24. What does the woman think of this afternoon, I should make use of
symphonies?
them, shouldn’t I? So here I am!
W: Well, what sort of music will the 【解析】选[D]。预览选项可知，本
题可能考查女士对them的看法，且由concert have tonight?
M: String Quartets. The composers are [B]和[C]可推测They指某种乐器。女
Haydn, Beethoven…I remember 士对symphonies发表了看法：I don’t you told me the other day that you
understand classical music，故答案为
liked the violin better than any other
[D]。 musical instruments.
W: Yes, I did say that. The violin is 【点睛】听清问题中的symphonies是
rather soft and sounds more or less 解答本题的关键。 like a human voice.
M: I suppose you will like this concert, 25. Why does the woman finally
then the string quartet is a kind of delicate chamber music played by agree to go with the man? four musicians, let’s say, by a small 【解析】选[B]。对话中男士说记得女four-men orchestra, with two
士说过她喜欢听小提琴，然后介绍了
violins, one viola and one cello…
女士听后说
W: In that case, I’ll go…By the way, 这场音乐会就有小提琴，
（如果是那样的话，why don’t you ask Doris to go with In that case, I’ll go
you? 我去…），由此可知，女士是因为喜M: Doris? She hates anything 欢小提琴才去的，故答案为[B]。 “classical”.
【点睛】由男士提到的you liked the
violin better than any other musical instruments可知，女士喜欢小提琴。
Section B
Passage One 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，结合26题中的food shortage，large population
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