标准听力（一）听力原文及答案解析
Part III Listening Comprehension Section A…………………………………………………………………………………………………
11. W: I have to think about your offer. I can?t say “yes” 【听前预测】选项中的The man thinks，the woman
should save his time，The woman need not hurry等表or “no” at the moment. M: You can take your time. It will do if you let me 明，本题可能与男士给女士的建议有关。 【解 析】选[D]。女士说她现在还不能马上对男士know your decision in a day or two.
的提议给予回复，男士让女士不必着急，还说她在Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
一两天内给他答复就行了，由此可知，女士不必立刻做出决定，故答案为[D]。
12. M: Here comes my secretary. She?s an extremely 【听前预测】选项中的She is，good-looking，perfect，good at work等表明，本题与对女士的评价有关。 good-looking young woman, don?t you think?
选[D]。男士提到自己的秘书长得很漂亮，W: Yes, but I heard that her work isn?t as good as her 【解 析】
女士表示同意，但接着用but转折提到她听说她（即appearance. Q: What does the woman think of the secretary?
男士的秘书）的工作能力没有外表那么好（her work isn?t as good as her appearance），言外之意就是男士的秘书的工作能力不行，故答案为[D]。
13. W: Were all the books I recommended useful?
【听前预测】选项中重复出现的books表明，对话与
M: Yes, they were. All of us are grateful to you and 书有关。The man does not think/appreciates表明，男
my classmates asked me to thank you for your 士的话为听音重点。
【解 析】选[D]。女士问男士她推荐的书是否有用，help.
男士的回答“Yes, they were. All of us are grateful to Q: What can we conclude from the conversation?
you and my classmates asked me to thank you…”为听
音重点。由男士的回答可知，男士很感谢女士推荐的书，故答案为[D]。
14. M: I borrowed some CDs from Jim last week, but I 【听前预测】选项均以原形动词开头以及其中的
lost them. Would you tell Jim I?m sorry about Express his apology，Jim，CDs等表明，本题与女士
给男士的建议有关，该建议涉及Jim和CD。 that?
【解 析】选[C]。男士踢打他把Jim的CD丢了，W: Hadn?t you better tell him yourself?
希望女士能帮他向Jim转达歉意，而女士通过反问句Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
Hadn?t you better tell him yourself?（你自己告诉他不是更好吗？）建议男士自己去跟Jim道歉，故答案为
[C]。
15. W: There was a new quiz show on television last 【听前预测】选项中重复出现的dinner，show表明，
night, but we were just outside and sitting down 对话涉及晚餐和某个节目。 【解 析】选[C]。女士说昨晚有一个新的智力竞赛to dinner when it came on.
，但是节目播出的时候她正在外面M: I watched it and it was great! The first four 节目（quiz show）
contestants won only small prizes, but the fifth 吃饭，由此可知，女士昨天错过了智力竞赛节目的
播出时间，故答案为[C]。 left with a new luxury car. Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?
16. M: I?m really worried about Susan. How is Susan?s 【听前预测】选项中的Meeting Susan，Making sure，
Asking Susan等表明，本题可能与某人的建议有关，lab experiment coming along?
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W: I?m not sure. Why don?t we go have a look? Q: What does the woman suggest doing?
该建议涉及Susan。
【解 析】选[C]。男士问女士Susan的实验进行得怎么样了，女士通过反问句Why don?t we go have a look?建议去看看Susan做实验的进展情况，故答案为[C]。
17. W: Why do we always have to argue about money?
【听前预测】选项中的She spends money
M: If it wasn?t money, you?d argue about something lavishly/should get a job等表明，本题可能考查对女士
的看法。 else; I think you enjoy arguments.
【解 析】选[D]。女士不明白为什么她和男士总是Q: What does the man think of the woman?
为钱而争吵，男士通过虚拟语气提到“如果不是为
钱，你也会为其他东西争吵；我认为你喜欢争吵”，由此可知，男士认为女士喜欢争吵，故答案为[D]。
18. M: I wish Susie would stop reciting that poem. I?ve 【听前预测】选项中的poem(s)和poet表明，对话可能与诗歌有关。 heard her repeat it hundreds of times.
W: At least that much. I used to really like 【解 析】选[A]。男士通过虚拟语气I wish Susie
Whitman?s poems until I had to listen to her over would stop reciting that poem表示他不想再听Susieand over again.
Q: What do the two speakers mean?
朗诵那首诗了，女士也说她以前很喜欢惠特曼的诗，她听Susie朗诵这么多遍之后也不想再听到这首诗了，由此可知，说话双方都厌倦听这首诗了，故答案为[A]。
Now you will hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One 【听前预测】选项中的physically healthy，arm muscles，arm weights，swimming，Jogging等表明，对话可能与运动有关。
W: Exercise, exercise, exercise. We hear so much about Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you it these days, yet even the experts can?t agree on have just heard.
which exercises are best. Now some doctors are 19. What’s the main reason that many doctors strongly encouraging arm exercises. recommend arm exercises?
选[C]。女士说现在很多医生大力推荐手臂运M: Arm exercises? Is that because our arms are too fat or 【解析】
动（arm exercises），男士问是不是因为很多人的手臂flabby? W: Actually, that?s not the main reason. They say that
arm exercises are an ideal way to become physically fit.
too fat or flabby，女士说那不是主要原因，而是因为手臂运动是一种保持健康（become physically fit）的理想方式，故答案为[C]，其中的physically healthy
与女士提到的physically fit对应。 M: But don?t arm exercises raise your blood pressure?
W: That they do. But the article I read mentioned ways 20. What is the problem caused by arm exercises, to compensate for that. M: How?
W: By adding leg exercises, so the arms don?t do all the work. Arm exercises alone aren?t enough to increase metabolism before fatigue sets in. The more of the body that?s involved in the exercise, the better.
M: And in turn, I?m sure that there?s a greater chance of
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according to the conversation? 【解析】选[D]。选择中的They，damage arm muscles，raise one?s blood pressure等表明，本题考查They的缺点，听音时注意They指代什么。对话中男士提到But don?t arm exercises raise your blood pressure?女士说That they do表示同意，由此可知，手臂运动的一个缺点就是它会使血压升高，故答案为[D]。
losing weight.
【点睛】But转折处为常考点，听音时应注意。
W: Sounds right to me. 21. What exercises do the experts recommend?
【解析】选[C]。选项中的Wearing arm weights，Jogging M: So what exercises do the experts recommend?
W: They mentioned quite a few, but some of the more vigorously，Walking slowly等表明，本题可能与运动popular ones are cycling with special bicycles that 有关。男士问专家推荐什么样的运动，女士说专家make you use both your arms and legs. And walking 推荐了几种，最普遍的就是骑特殊的自行车，这种
车子能使人手脚并用，故答案为[C]。 vigorously while you wear arm weights. 【点睛】列举处为常考点，是听音的重点。 M: I must try that. I like to walk a lot.
W: I hope you could get the result you want. And then I may follow your step to do arm exercises. M: No problem.
Conversation Two 【听前预测】选项中的grade，lab report，her lab experiment，lab techniques等表明，对话可能与女士的实验有关。由his classes可推测出，男士的身份应该是老师。
W: Professor Keyes? May I come in?
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you
M: Jessica, sure. Have a seat. What can I do for you? have just heard.
W: It?s the lab experiments, Professor. I?m getting 22. Why does the woman go to see the man?
different results from everyone else, so I thought I?d 【解析】选[C]。选项均以“To+原形动词”开头以及
其中的ask him to explain，lab experiment/report表明，better ask for your advice or else I?ll fail the class. M: Not everyone gets the right results. I thought you
might?ve discovered on your own what you were doing wrong.
W: Well, I?ve gone over every step of every experiment we did in the lab, and I haven?t been able to figure
本题考查女士的行为目的，该行为目的与实验室实验或报告有关。对话一开始，女士说她为了实验室的试验（lab experiments）来找男士，因为她得到的试验结果与其他人都不同，所以她想从男士这里寻求建议，由此可知，女士是为了问一些做实验方面
的建议才来见男士的，故答案为[C]。 out where I went wrong in any of them.
M: OK. I think you probably study the steps carefully. 【点睛】so表目的处为常考点，听音时应注意。 But I?ve observed something in my classes ever since 23. Why does the man talk about a phenomenon in I started teaching chemistry. Some students know the his chemistry classes?
steps involved in an experiment but they don?t 【解析】选[D]。选项均以“To+原形动词”开头以及
本题与男士的行为目的understand the purpose and the objectives of the 其中的help the woman表明，experiment. Do you actually read through the
reference and the handouts I give?
W: Um, not really. I just find it very difficult reading. M: Well, Jessica. Knowing what the steps are will help you when you write up a lab report, but would you be able to write a conclusion about the results if you didn?t understand what you were doing? W: No, I guess not.
有关。男士以为女士已经找出了她做实验时所犯的错误，而女士却说她检查了每个实验的各个环节，但是没有发现哪个环节出了差错，于是男士提及他教化学以来观察到的一个经常存在的现象：学生知道实验的步骤，但是却不理解实验的目的和目标是什么，以此来帮助女士认清她的问题所在，故答案为[D]。
24. What does the man suggest the woman do?
M: So why not spend just half an hour going through the 【解析】选[B]。选项均为原形动词开头以及the material and if it isn?t clear to you, you can either ask handouts he provides表明，本题考查男士的观点建
议。男士得知女士每次都是熟知实验步骤，但是却me or you can go over to the chemistry club.
不怎么看他发的实验参考资料和讲义（the reference W: OK. I?ll do that.
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M: There?s something else. I?ve noticed that you aren?t and the handouts），所以男士通过反问句why not
always precise in your measurements. You?re not spend just half an hour going through the material建议
going to get the results you?re looking for if you 女士要看他发给大家的参考资料和讲义，故答案为don?t measure things right or heat an ingredient at the [B]。
right heat or heat it for the exact amount of time 【点睛】why not…?为表建议的常用句式。 required.
W: OK, Professor. I see what I?m doing wrong.
25. What can be inferred about the woman? 【解析】选[D]。选项中的She，does not like chemistry，too busy to study，careless about lab techniques等表明，本题可能与女士在学习中的情况或存在的问题有关。对话中男士提到他发现女士在测量（measurements）方面不是很准确，由此可推断出，女士在实验方法上有些粗心，故答案为[D]。
Section B…………………………………………………………………………………………………
Passage One 【听前预测】选项中的feed the birds，starved，couldn?t open the door/get off the window，made a mistake等表明，短文与喂鸟有关，涉及不好的遭遇。
Jack?s friend, Kate Smith kept birds. One day Kate Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have phoned and told Jack she was going away for a week. just heard.
She asked Jack to feed the birds for her and said that she 26. What did Kate ask Jack to do?
【解析】选[A]。选项中的check her mailbox，help herwould leave the key in Jack?s mailbox.
Unfortunately, Jack forgot all about the birds until 等表明，本题可能考查男士的行为动作。短文开头the night before Kate was going to return. What was 提到，Kate要外出一周，所以她请Jack帮忙喂鸟，
由此可知，worse, it was already dark when Jack arrived at Kate?s 并把自己的钥匙留在了Jack的信箱里了，house. Jack soon found the key Kate gave him could not
Kate让Jack来她家喂鸟，故答案为[A]。
unlock either the front door or the back door. He was 27. Why did Jack feel desperate?
getting desperate. He kept thinking of what Kate would 【解析】选[B]。选项中重复出现的He couldn?t表明，
本题可能与男士遇到的问题有关。短文中提到，Jacksay when she came back.
也打不开后门，Jack was just going to give up when he noticed that 发现Kate给他的钥匙既打不开前门，
one bedroom window was slightly open. He found a 所以他感到绝望，故答案为[B]。
barrel and pushed it under the window. As the barrel was 28. What happened when Jack just prepared to enter very heavy, Jack made a lot of noise. But in the end, he the room through the window?
managed to climb up and open the window. Jack actually 【解析】选[B]。短文中提到，Jack打不开Kate家的had one leg inside the bedroom when he suddenly 门，没有办法他只能从Kate家的窗户钻到屋里，当realized that someone was shining a torch up at him. He looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one
他把一只腿迈进卧室时，突然发现有人用手电筒晃他，故答案为[B]。
of Kate?s neighbors. “What are you doing up there?” said 【点睛】[B]中的highlighted与短文中提到的shiningthe policeman. Feeling like a complete fool, Jack replied, 对应。 “I was just going to feed Mrs. Smith?s birds.”
Passage Two 【听前预测】选项中重复出现的advertisement以及expensive，unreliable等表明，短文与广告有关，涉及广告的特点等。
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When you turn on the radio, you hear an Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have advertisement. When you watch television, you hear and just heard.
see an advertisement. If you turn the pages of a 29. What is the passage mainly about?
newspaper or magazine, again you find an 【解析】选[D]。选项均为名词短语且概括性强表明，advertisement. If you walk down the street, you see one 本题考查短文的主题。由选项中重复出现的
该主旨与广告有关。短文开头提advertising board after another. All day, every day, advertisement可知，
people who want to sell you something compete to catch 到，我们通过广播、电视、报纸等各种途径都能看your attention. As a result, advertisements are almost everywhere. In the West, advertisements are the fuel that makes mass media work. The government does not give
到广告，接着讲了广告的定义，结尾再次总结了广告在日常生活的普遍性，这些都是在说明广告的繁荣发展，故答案为[D]。
money to mass media such as TV stations, newspapers, 【点睛】短文的主旨可以根据短文的主要内容进行推magazines and radio stations. They are all owned 断，短文的开头和结尾要给予足够的重视。 privately, so where does the money come from? From 30. What is the financial source for the mass media in advertisements. Without advertisements, there would not the West?
【解析】选[C]。短文中提到在西方国家，政府不给予be these private businesses.
Have you ever asked yourself what advertising is? 诸如电视台、报纸、杂志、电台等传媒经济支持，Through the years, people have given different answers to the question. For some time it was felt that advertising was a means of “keeping your name before the public”. well told”. Now more and more people describe it in this
它们都是私有的，并用自问自答的形式指出这些传媒的资金来源于广告（So where does the money come from? From advertisements），故答案为[C]。
And some people thought that advertising was “truth 31. According to the passage, what is one of the features of advertisements?
选[B]。选项中的They，expensive，unreliable，way: Advertising is the paid, non-personal, and usually 【解析】
persuasive description of goods, services and ideas misleading等表明，本题考查They的特点，They可
能是广告。短文结尾提到，现在越来越多的人是这through various media.
All advertisements try to make people believe that 样描述广告宣传的：广告通过各种媒介对商品、服the product, idea, or service advertised can do well to 务和理念进行有偿、非个人并且通常是有说服力的
说明，由此可知，广告的特点之一就是有说服力，them. Advertisements exist everywhere in our lives.
故答案为[B]。
【点睛】[B]中的convincing是对短文中提到的persuasive的同义转述。
Passage Three 【听前预测】选项中的location，George Washington，construction，located等表明，短文可能与美国的某个地点或建筑有关，涉及乔治·华盛顿。
During the American War of Independence (1775—Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have 1783) and in the first days after the founding of the just heard.
nation, there was a dispute between the northern and 32. What was the dispute between the northern and southern states as to where the capital of the new country southern states just after the U.S. was founded?
【解析】选[C]。短文开头提到，在美国成立最初的日should be located.
For most of the Revolutionary War period, the 子里，南部和北部各州争论的内容是关于首都的选址rebels? capital was Philadelphia. The First Continental 问题（where the capital of the new country should be
，故答案为[C]。 Congress of 1774 was held there, so was the second one located）
in 1776, the one which proclaimed The Declaration of 33. Where was the First Continental Congress held?
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