Passage Two 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，结合31题选项中的his term of office as President可推断出，短文可能与某位总统有关。
“First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have countrymen.” This was a description given of George just heard.
Washington shortly after his death. It remains the 29. Where is Washington’s hometown?
prevailing opinion of him today. Washington was born in 【解析】选[D]。选项表明，本题考查地点场所，快速colonial Virginia in 1732. He had little formal schooling 浏览四个选项中的地点场所，并在听音时捕捉关键but he was educated in the practical life of his day. He 信息词对号入座即可选出答案。短文开头提到，first became a surveyor, then a frontier soldier for Britain
Washington出生于英属殖民地弗吉尼亚（Virginia），
in its struggle against the French. After this, he settled 故答案为[D]。
into the comfortable life of a planter and a legislator. 30. What was Washington’s first post?
When the American colonies rebelled against England in 【解析】选[B]。选项表明，本题可能是考查某人的身1775, Washington was selected as America?s senior 份或职务，听音时应留意体现身份职务的信息。短general. His greatest contribution was in keeping his army alive and the rebellion going. He was an adequate tactician and a farseeing strategist. His personal courage,
文中提到，华盛顿几乎没有受到过正式的学校教育，他是在实践中不断获取知识，他最开始是一名勘测员（surveyor），故答案为[B]。
character, and determination were important in seeing 【点睛】问题中的first post是听音的关键。 America through the war. At conflict?s end, he retired to 31. What can we learn about Washington according the quiet of his plantation. to the passage?
选[D]。选项均为与He有关的完整句子表明，As America?s most respected leader, Washington 【解析】
played an important role in developing the American 本题考查与He有关的事实状况。根据[C]中as constitution. He was unanimously elected as his President推测，He可能指某位总统。短文中提到，country?s first president. As president, he strictly limited 华盛顿在战场上做出了重大的贡献，但战役末期，the power of the presidency. It was his great joy to give up the presidency and become a private citizen again.
Washington was a great man in every respect. His character is unquestioned, his ideals lofty. He led his
他甘为布衣（retired to the quiet of his plantation），短文结尾还提到，作为总统，他严格限制了自己任职期间的权力，放弃总统任职并且能再次成为平民是他最快乐的事，由此可推断出，华盛顿是一个淡泊
country through a difficult war and the complex job of 名利的人，故答案为[D]。
【点睛】本题需要根据短文内容进行推断。 creating a government.
Passage Three 【听前预测】结合33题、34题各选项的内容以及35题各选项中重复出现的H&M可推断出，短文可能与H&M公司有关，涉及公司的优势、经营策略等。
Since Erling Persson began H&M, a women?s Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have
clothing store in 1947, the company has always wanted just heard.
to expand across continents. In 1964, it took its first step 32. When did H&M open its first store in Britain? outside Sweden, moving into Norway. In 1974, it went 【解析】选[C]。选项表明，本题考查某个年份，听音public on the Swedish Stock Exchange, and two years later it opened its first store in Britain. The company now has more than 950 stores in 18 countries. In less than
11
时应留意与年份相关的信息。短文开头提到，1974年H&M公司上市了（went public），而两年后，也就是1976年，H&M公司便在英国开了第一家店铺，
four years, H&M has opened 66 stores in the United
故答案为[C]。
States, starting in New York, in an aggressive expansion 【点睛】听清问题中的open its first store in Britain是that has focused on the East Coast. However, it is not as 解题的关键。
profitable in Poland, Italy, and Czech Republic, Portugal 33. What contributes most to H&M’s success, and the United States as those countries it has entered according to the passage?
relatively a long time ago. Much of the company?s 【解析】选[C]。选项中的wide distribution，satisfying success so far hinges on getting the fashion right. The service，diverse styles 等表明，本题与H&M公司的company is adept at knowing what is attractive and desirable and puts merchandise in the stores at low prices before tastes change. But whether the company can make
优势有关。短文中提到，到现在为止，公司的成功很大程度上取决于他们总是能设计出顺应潮流的服装（getting the fashion right），故答案为[C]。
。 money in the United States with this strategy is still 【点睛】hinge on sth.表示“依赖某事物”
unclear. Competitors, industry experts and shoppers 34. What is the strategy of H&M to attract young wonder how the company can maintain high-cost American shoppers?
locations and sell products at Wal-Mart-style prices. So 【解析】选[B]。选项中的Keeping...styles changing，far, its American operation is not profitable. A good part Selling...at a low price，Designing unusual styles等表
本题可能考查H&M公司的经营方法或策略。短of H&M?s attraction for young American shoppers lies in 明，its low prices. H&M?s stores are concentrated in 12
Eastern States: two new stores in Chicago are an exception. As a result, discount retailers like Old Navy say they don?t constitute a threat. “They are certainly a relatively new player on the landscape,” said Susan
文中提到了this strategy（经营策略），也就是H&M公司的经营策略，联系上文可知this strategy指的就是上一句话：H&M公司通晓衣服的流行趋势以及顾客的需求，并且将店内商品定在低端价位，[B] Selling the products at a low price正是对策略中提到的put
故Wayne, Old Navy?s executive vice president for merchandise in the stores at low prices的同义转述，
marketing. Nevertheless, H&M?s executives say they are 为答案。
fairly confident that their formula is solid and the 35. What is H&M’s executives’ attitude towards the company will eventually be a national and global player. future of the company?
【解析】选[D]。选项中的They worry/think，H&M will be crushed/grow slowly等表明，本题可能考查某类人
对H&M公司未来发展所持的态度或观点。短文结尾提到，H&M公司的执行总监们说他们非常confident，认为公司的经营策略很好，最终H&M公司一定会成为全国和全球的重要一员（a national and global player），由此可推断出，H&M公司的执行总监对公司的未来持乐观的态度，故答案为[D]，其中的optimistic与短文中提到的confident对应。
【点睛】Nevertheless转折处为常考点，听音时应留意。
Section C…………………………………………………………………………………………………
36.【解析】wireless。空后的名词phones表明，本空应填一形容词。空后的usually call them cell phones提示，
______ phones是手机的另一种叫法。 37.【解析】describes。分析句子结构可知，which从句缺少谓语，故本空应填一动词，充当which引导的定语从句中的谓语。根据上下文的一般现在时态可知，本空应填一第三人称单数形式的动词。 38.【解析】Signals。分析句子结构可知，本句缺少主语。空后的谓语动词travel表明，本空应填一复数名词。本句是在描述手机的原理，根据常识可知这一原理是“信号”随人走。 39.【解析】information。空后的and表明，organize (39) _______与receive e-mail...search the Internet为并列
12
成分，根据e-mail，instant messages，the Internet等可推断出，本空也应填一名词作organize的宾语。 40.【解析】store。空后的and表明，(40) _______ music与play games，do other things并列，故(40) _______ music也应该为动宾短语。根据play和do可知，本空也应填一原形动词。 41.【解析】discussing。分析句子结构可知，本空应填一现在分词，与系动词are构成现在进行时。下句中the talk中的定冠词the表明talk可能为所填词的近义复现，所填词很可能表达“谈论”的意思。 42.【解析】digital。空前的a和空后的名词camera表明，本空应填一形容词。
43.【解析】screens。分析句子结构可知，The color (43) _______为句子的主语，根据空后的谓语are可知，本空应填一复数名词。本段主要在讲照相手机的组成部件，空后的on the phone表明the color 也应是照相手机的零部件，由此不难联想到手机的“彩屏”，故所填词可能表示“屏幕”的意思。 44.【答案】Millions of camera phones are in use in Japan and other Asian countries
【Main Points】Millions of camera phones are being used in Japan and other Asian countries 45.【答案】pictures taken of women in public bathhouses have appeared on the Internet 【Main Points】photos taken of women in public bathhouses have been put on the Internet 46.【答案】All these activities have led officials to ban camera phones in some public places
【Main Points】Because of all these activities, officials have banned camera phones in some public places
标准听力（三）听力原文及答案解析
Part III Listening Comprehension Section A…………………………………………………………………………………………………
选项中的She, felt lost, forgot, work, promotion11. M: I didn?t know you got a promotion. Why 【听前预测】
didn?t you tell me earlier so that we could 等表明, 对话与女士的工作有关，女士的话为听音重点。
【解 析】选[C]。女士的话it slipped my mind为听音重have celebrated it?
W: I guess it slipped my mind. My mind was 点, it指代的是男士所说的you got a promotion。[C]是对女
士的话的同义转述，forgot对应slipped my mind, 故答案为lost to other things because of work.
[C]。sth. slip sb.?s mind意为“某人忘记某事”。 Q: What does the woman mean? 12. M: Professor Linda, we were wondering if we 【听前预测】选项中的She, rejects, their request, accepts等表明, 对话与女士是否接受their的请求有关。 could sit in on your English class.
W: I wish I could say yes, but if I accepted you two, 【解 析】选[A]。女士巧妙地运用I wish I could say yes,
I wouldn?t know how to say no to a lot of others who have made the same request. Q: What does the woman mean?
but…（我希望我能答应, 但??）的虚拟语气和but委婉拒绝了男士的请求, 故答案为[A]。but后的话才是说话人的真实想法, 常为考点和答案出处。
13. W: I?m going to India next month. Is there any 【听前预测】由选项中的To find her way, To remember her
advice you?d like to give me on my first culture可知, 本题可能考查对女士的建议, 男士的话为听
音重点。 trip?
M: Well, see as much as you can because it?s a 【解 析】选[B]。男士的话see as much as you can（尽
country with a very different culture from 可能多地看）为听音重点, 结合女士所说的trip可知, [B]
中的enjoy herself thoroughly是对男士的话的同义转述, ours.
Q: What does the man advise the woman to 故答案为[B]。find one?s way意为“找得到路”。[D]是针对different culture设置的干扰项。 do?
由选项均以The man should开头以及重复出现14. M: I didn?t get financial aid. I don?t think I can 【听前预测】
的bank可知, 本题考查与银行有关的建议, 女士的话为听take any courses this semester.
13
W: I would advise you to approach a bank.
音重点。
They have plenty of loans available for 【解 析】选[D]。女士的话approach a bank…They students.
have…loans available（通过银行??, 他们??提供贷
Q: What does the woman suggest?
款）为听音重点。[D]是对女士的话的同义转述，get a loan对应loans available, 故答案为[D]。
15. W: I forgot all about the milk. It is spilling over. 【听前预测】根据选项可知本题考查人物情绪, 听音时应
M: Oh, my God, it isn?t the first time it has 重点留意说话者的语气和有关心情的关键词。
happened. It?s really upsetting that 【解 析】选[B]。对话中男士提到It is really upsetting, something important always slips your [B]中的Angry与此对应, 故答案为[B]。It is upsetting
mind.
Q: How does the man feel about the woman?s
that…是一种表示对某事很生气、很烦恼的说法。sth. slip one?s mind意为“某人忘记某事”。
forgetfulness?
16. M: If you don?t mind, I?d like to have a little longer 【听前预测】选项中的sign, contract等表明, 对话可能与签
订合同有关。 to look over the piece before I sign it.
选[C]。男士的话I?d like to…look over the piece W: Certainly if you decide to sign, you can be 【解 析】
the first to make the motion.
Q: What does the man want to do?
before I sign为答案出处, 选项中能体现男士意愿的只有[C]。又根据男士的before I sign以及女士的…if you decide to sign可知, 男士最终并没有决定要不要签合同, 故排除
[A]。
17. M: Dana looks so relaxed and happy. She was 【听前预测】选项中的Dana, likes, food, put on weight,
always eating whenever I saw her. She must unhappy等表明, 对话可能与Dana的饮食及体重增加有
关。 have put on weight, I think.
对话中男士提到Dana体重肯定增加了, W: Yes, the food here is great and it must have 【解 析】选[B]。
女士说the food here is great and it must have agreed with agreed with her. her, 由此可知, 这些food很合Dana的胃口, 故答案为[B]。 Q: What does the woman mean?
18. M: Gloria, have you met the new student union 【听前预测】选项中的She wants, not eager, sure等表明, 本
题考查She的意愿。 president yet?
选[B]。结合男士的have you met the…presidentW: No. I don?t think we?ve met before. Could 【解 析】
you make an appointment for us this 以及女士的No…Could you make an appointment for us可afternoon?
Q: What does Gloria mean?
Now you will hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One 【听前预测】选项中的actress, Mei Lanfang, female lead, clown, painted face, costume 等表明, 对话可能讨论京剧和其中的人物、服装等话题。
M: I hear that the make-up in Beijing opera is almost Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you an art form in itself, isn?t it?
have just heard.
W: That?s true. Apart from the costumes, the 19. Which is not included in the four main types of characters are differentiated by their faces. character?
【解析】选[D]。选项均为京剧角色名称。对话中女士提M: In what way?
14
知, 女士（即Gloria）打算跟student union president会面, 故答案为[B]。注意student union president指“（大学的）学生会主席”, 中心词是president, 不要误选[A]。
W: There are four main types of character; the lead, the
到的There are four main types of character; the lead, the
female lead, the painted face and the clown. Take a female lead, the painted face and the clown为答案出处, careful look at the actors and see if you can tell 即京剧中有四种人物, 生、旦、净、丑, 没有提到the old
lead “老生”, 故答案为[D]。 which is which.
M: That man there with a white nose is the clown. 20. Which is true according to the conversation?
【解析】选[A]。选项中的The actress, looks, younger, older, That beautiful girl is the female lead.
W: That?s right. By the way, how old do you think real age等表明, 本题与旦角演员的年龄有关。对话中的the actress is?
M: She looks as if she?s in her teens. W: In fact, she is in her late forties.
M: My goodness, it?s almost unbelievable!
W: That?s where the art comes in Mei Lanfang, a very
She looks as if she?s in her teens…和In fact, she is in her late forties为答案出处, 故答案为[A]。
【点睛】本题也可根据常识进行判断。“in one?s+十的整数倍数的复数”表示“在某人多少岁的时候”, 如in her late forties表示“在她四十多岁时”。
famous actor, who used to play the role of a young 21. How do they differ among the characters in Beijing female lead until he was in his seventies. opera?
M: Really? He must be an excellent actor! Well, I 【解析】选[C]。对话中女士提到They paint their faces in different patterns with different colors to reveal their
W: There are actually more than one. They paint their characters, 由此可知, 各种不同的脸谱代表不同的性格, faces in different patterns with different colors to 故答案为[C]。
reveal their characters. Red stands for loyalty, and 22. What does “white” on the painted face stand for? white for the opposite meaning, black for 【解析】选[B]。选项中重复出现的It stands for表明，问
题询问It的指代意义。对话中女士提到Red stands for uprightness and integrity. M: Yes, the make-up seems as much fun as the
performance.
W: I?m glad you enjoy it.
loyalty, and white for the opposite meaning….表明, 红色代表忠诚, 白色反之, 那么白色应代表不忠诚, 故答案为[B]。
can?t tell which the painted face is.
Conversation Two 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，结合第25题中多次出现eat可知，对话很可能与吃有关。
M: Time to eat!
W: Coming. Oh, I?m starving. M: Good, good.
W: Oh yuck! What?s that? M: Ah, now don?t complain!
W: But what is it, and where is mom?
M: Now, your mom put me in charge of dinner because
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. What does the conversation imply about the mother?
【解析】选[C]。根据对话中提到的Now, your mom put me in charge of dinner because she?s not feeling well tonight可知，母亲身体不适，应该正在休息，
故答案为[C]。 she?s not feeling well tonight.
【点睛】[C] She is resting in bed.是根据she?s not W: But what is it… and that smell!
M: It?s pizza. I just followed an old family recipe here, feeling well tonight推断出来的。
and… W: Let me see that… Oh, Dad. M: What?
W: You?re missing a page! M: Oh, uh, well, uh… well I couldn?t find the second page
of the recipe, but don?t worry. I have plenty of experience 24. How does the girl know her father doesn’t like
15