Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws on its wings when young. They build their homes about 4.6m above the river, an important feature for the safety of the young. It is called the hoatzin.
just heard.
32. What is the passage mainly about?
【解析】选[D]。选项均为名词短语且概括性强表明，本题可能考查短文的话题。短文的开头和结尾处都没
有明确短文的话题，因此做题时需从整体上把握全文
短文的开头部分讲的是hoatzinsIn appearance, the birds of both sexes look very much 并归纳出短文的话题。
alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the 的appearance(外观)，后面接着提到hoatzins成长，怎
即hoatzins的生活习性，故答案为underside. The head is small, with a large set of feathers on 样度过旱季和雨季，
the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. Its nearest relatives [D]。
are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most striking feature, 【点睛】做题时应注意把握住短文的主要内容，切勿
以偏概全。 though, is only found in the young.
Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each 33. Why are young hoatzins different from their
wing and another at the end of each wing tip. Using these parents?
four claws, together with the beak, they can climb about in 【解析】选[C]。选项中的claws，young等表明，本题the bushes, looking very much like what primitive birds 可能考查小hoatzins的特点。根据短文中提到的Baby must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to hoatzins have a claw...(小hoatzins有爪子)和When the fly, they lose their claws. young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their
During the drier months between December and March claws(小hoatzins学会飞后，爪子就消失了)可知，小hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but hoatzins和成年hoatzins的区别就是有没有爪子，故答in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together 案为[C]。
in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing 34. What can we infer about primitive birds from the purposes. passage?
【解析】选[C]。短文中提到，Using these four
claws...they can climb about in the bushes, looking very what much like primitive birds must have done. (小hoatzins使用四个爪子和嘴来帮助在灌木中行走，就像
原始鸟类一样)，由此可推知原始鸟类用爪子帮助爬行，故答案为[C]。
【点睛】听到Using these four claws和like primitive birds，本题不难得出答案。
35. Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller
groups when the rainy season comes?
【解析】选[B]。选项均以To+原形动词开头表明，本题可能考查目的。短文中提到，when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.(雨季开始时，他们就组成两个到七个的小群体来繁殖)，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】[B] To produce their young是对短文中for producing purposes的同义转述。
Section C
36.【解析】crash。空前的a表明本空应填一名词，根据上文所述，本词还应与驾车有关。
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37.【解析】dangerous。空前的is，more…than表明，本空应填一多音节形容词。
38.【解析】trap。空前的may表明本空应填一原形动词。
39.【解析】drowned。空前are burnt to death对应burning，所以本空应填一与has fallen into the water对应的表示不好后果的动词，极可能是drowned“溺亡”。
40.【解析】sinking。空前的or表明，本空所填词与fire同属于意外事故的一种，且与上文提到的has fallen into water指同一件事。
41.【解析】unconsciously。句子成分很完整，可知本空应填一副词来修饰动词knocked。 42.【解析】undo。空前的is able to和空后的名词seat belt表明，本空应填一及物动词。 43.【解析】attack。空前的an表明本空应填一以元音音素开头的单数可数名词。
44.【答案】But even in democratic countries there are many things people are denied the right to do 【Main Points】But even in democratic countries there are many things people are not allowed to do 45.【答案】In what way does it interfere with the rights of others if someone refuses to wear a seat belt 【Main Points】In what way does it violate the rights of others if someone declines to wear a seat belt 46.【答案】who after all also have the right to be protected as much as possible from accidents 【Main Points】who after all also should be protected from accidents to the greatest extent
标准听力（六）听力原文及答案解析
Part III Section A
Listening Comprehension 【听前预测】选项均以The professor开头及重复出现的11. W: Professor, have you graded my term paper yet?
M: To tell you the truth, I?ve been tied up in grade the paper等表明，本题考查教授批试卷的情况。
【解 析】选[C]。由对话中男士提到的I?ve been tied committee meetings all week.
up in…meetings all week可知，男士整个星期都在忙着Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
开会，即他没有时间批试卷，故答案为[C]。be tied up指“忙得不可开交”。
根据意思相反的两个选项中有一个很可能12. W: About the class tonight, it?s unlikely I?ll be able to 【听前预测】
是答案的命题规律，把答案锁定在[A]和[B]之间。 make it.
【解 析】选[B]。男士提到we could just skip it M: You said it. Well, we could just skip it together. Q: What does the man suggest doing?
together.(我们一起翘课)，[B]的内容为男士所说的话的同义转述，故为答案。You said it表示同意对方的说法。
13. M: Why did you come to the meeting late? I left a 【听前预测】由选项中的her roommate和The man
message with your roommate about the time shouldn?t可知，对话与女士的室友有关，故女士的话为
听音重点。 change. W: She has a very short memory and really gets on my 【解 析】选[C]。女士的话She has a very short memory and really gets on my nerves sometimes.为听音nerves sometimes. 重点，[C] 的内容与此一致，故为答案。short memory意为“健忘”。get on one?s nerves意为“使人心烦不安”。
选项均为地点场所表明，本题可能考查对14. W: Prof. Nelson said that I should find the book in 【听前预测】Q: What does the woman imply?
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故简要记录符合各场所基本特点的标志this section. But nothing even similar to that 话发生的场所，
词是解题关键。 book is here.
M: Maybe somebody already borrowed it. Let?s 【解 析】选[A]。由对话中提到的book，borrowed，
subject catalog(按学科分类的图书目录)可知，对话最有check the subject catalog.
Q: Where does the conversation most probably take 可能发生在图书馆，故答案为[A]。 place?
15. M: You?re slimmer than you used to be, aren?t you?
【听前预测】选项中均包含She was和then以及其中的
W: You bet I am! I?ve been dieting for 5 months. I?ve slimmer，160 pounds，figure等表明，本题考查She以前
lost 20 pounds. I?m down to 140, and I feel great 的体形情况。
【解 析】选[C]。对话中女士提到，I?ve lost 20 now. Q: What was the woman like five months ago?
pounds. I?m down to 140(我已?减掉了20磅。我现在140磅重)，即女士五个月前的体重是160磅(140+20=160)，故答案为[C]。其他三项均是女士现在的状况，而不是五个月之前的状况。
由选项中的It，change，fine，good等判断，16. W: I?m looking forward to the sunny day that the 【听前预测】
It很可能是指天气，对话可能与其变化有关。 forecast has been predicting.
选[C]。对话中女士提到I?m looking forward M: If all goes well we?ll also have some time to enjoy 【解 析】
to the sunny day(我一直在盼望晴天)，男士的回答表明，it for a change.
假如天气转晴了，他们还得需要时间来适应天气的这一Q: What does the man imply about the weather? 变化，由此可知最近的天气一直不好，故答案为[C]。
17. W: I?ve got to hurry home; my favorite television 【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的watch和television可
知，对话与看电视有关。由The woman should/shouldn?tshow comes on in a few minutes.
可知，男士的话为听音重点。 M: Don?t you have anything better to do?
【解 析】选[C]。男士的话Don?t you have anything Q: What does the man mean?
better to do?(你难道就没更有意义的事情可干吗？)为听
音重点，[C]的内容是对男士的话的同义转述，故为答案。come on在此意为“(电视等)上演”。
由各选项中均出现disgusting可知，对话可18. M: The way that boy behaves! Disgusting, that?s 【听前预测】
能与对某人或某物的评价有关。选项中的More/most what I call it.
disgusting等表明，听音时应留意disgusting的程度。 W: It could hardly be more disgusting.
Q: What does the woman say about the way the boy 【解 析】选[D]。女士所说的It could hardly be more
disgusting.(没有比这更恶心的了)为听音重点，[D]的内behaves?
容是女士所说的话的同义转述，故为答案。英文中否定词与比较级连用表示最高级，而非表示否定。
Now you will hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，结合Student Federation, classes, new students等推断，对话很可能与学生有关。
M: Hello, University Books. This is Tim Weber Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you speaking.
W: Hi, Tim, this is Ruth. M: Oh, hi, Ruth. What?s up?
have just heard.
19. Where does Tim work?
【解析】选[B]。选项均为机构或组织表明，本题可能
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由对话开头提到的…University W: Well, the Student Federation needs a couple of 考查某个机构或组织。
volunteers to give guided tours to the new students Books…可知，Tim在University Books工作，故答案为
[B]。 next week. Would you be able to help out?
M: That depends on the days you have in mind. I?m 20. Why does Ruth call Tim?
working here full-time before classes begin. It?s 【解析】选[D]。选项均以To + do开头表明，本题考
really busy now, with all the textbook orders coming 查行为目的。由对话中女士提到的the Student Federation needs…volunteers to give guided tours to the
W: What about Saturday? Most new students arrive on new students…可知答案为[D](帮忙迎接新生)。
【点睛】[D]中的welcome the new students是对对话中the weekend.
in, but I do have some time off.
M: Sorry, I have to work all day Saturday. How about give guided tours to the new students的同义转述。
Thursday and Friday? I?ve got both mornings free. 21. What does Tim offer to do? W: I don?t have the schedule on me. Ken?s got it. Maybe 【解析】选[A]。选项均以原形动词开头表明，本题可
能考查行为目的。对话中男士提到的…but I do have you can set something up with him.
some time off表明，他如果有时间还是愿意帮忙的，M: I?ll only be able to spare a couple of hours, though.
W: No problem. I?ll ask Ken to get in touch with you 故答案为[A]。
【点睛】have some time off意为“有些休息的时间”。 later today. Will you be at this number? M: Yeah, till four at weekends. Look, I?ve got to go. I 22. When can Ken get in touch with Tim at the same
have to get all the orders out before I leave today. number?
【解析】选[B]。预览选项可知，本题考查时间。对话W: OK, thanks, Tim. Bye.
中女士提到 I?ll ask Ken to get in touch with you later today，接着男士回答till four at weekends，由此可知
Ken将在周末四点之前与Tim联系，故答案为[B]。
Conversation Two 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由 books, overdue, library等可推知，对话很可能与在图书馆借书有关。
M: Do you know what happened to me today? I was so Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you embarrassed. have just heard. W: What? 23. Why did the man decide to go to the library?
选[A]。对话中男士说…so I went to the library M: Well, Dr. Brown?s class finished ten minutes early, so I 【解析】
so之前的内容就是他决定去图书馆借went to the library between classes. I knew I didn?t between classes，
have much time, but I wanted to get those books on the 书的原因：Brown教授提前十分钟下课了，故答案为Industrial Revolution. I looked them up in the card [A]。 catalog and went right to the stacks and found them. So 【点睛】[A]中的finished early与对话中的finished ten I put them in my book bag and headed back toward the minutes early相对应；因果关系处常设为考点。 door. Then it happened. The exit gate in front of the 24. According to the man, what happens to all the door wouldn?t open, and a guard immediately warned books in the library?
me that I hadn?t checked out my books. He thought I 【解析】选[B]。预览选项可知，They指的是books。
对话中男士说the books in the library are all was trying to steal them.
W: That must have been embarrassing. But why didn?t the magnetically coded，即使不知道magnetically的意思也没有关系，只要捕捉住coded一词，就可以判断答案为exit gate open?
M: I asked them that. It seems the books in the library are [B]。
all magnetically coded, and when you check them out, 25. According to the man, what does the librarian the librarian behind the desk demagnetizes them, then behind the desk do?
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the exit gate will open.
W: How interesting! I still don?t quite understand how they do it, though. I?ll have to go to the library and see it for myself.
【解析】选[C]。预览选项可知，本题考查行为动作。对话中男士说…the librarian behind the desk demagnetizes them, then…，them指的就是books。只要听到demagnetizes，就可以判断答案为[C]。
【点睛】[C]是对话中when you check them out, the librarian behind the desk demagnetizes them的同义转述。
Section B
Passage One
【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由married man，Marriage和housework等可知，短文的主题很可能与婚姻生活有关。
Having a husband means an extra seven hours of Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have housework each week for women, according to a new study. just heard.
For men, getting married saves an hour of housework a week. 26. What do we infer about the “well-known “It?s a well-known pattern,” said lead researcher Frank pattern” ?
选[C]。选项均以A married man开头及其中的Stafford at the University of Michigan?s Institute for Social 【解析】
Research. “Men usually work more outside the home, while takes on heavier work，more housework等表明，本题
考查已婚男性在工作和家务上的特点。短文中提到，women take on more of the housework.”
He points out that differences among households exist. a well-known pattern…Men usually work more outside
But in general, marriage means more housework for women the home…women…more…housework，也就是我们常and less for men. “And the situation gets worse for women 说的“男主外，女主内”，故答案为[C]。
【点睛】[C] A married man is the main breadwinner是when they have children,” Stafford said.
Overall, times are changing in the American home. In 对短文中的Men usually work more outside the home的1976, women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of 同义转述。breadwinner指“挣钱养家的人”。
sweeping-and-dusting work, compared with 17 hours in 27. What kind of man is doing most housework according 2005. Men are taking on more housework, more than to the passage?
doubling their housework hours from about six in 1976 to 【解析】选[A]。短文中提到，Single men worked the 13 in 2005. hardest around the house, more than that of all other age
Single women in their 20s and 30s did the least groups of married men，也就是说，男人未婚时做的家housework, about 12 weekly hours, while married women 务比婚后多，由此可知，答案为[A]。
in their 60s and 70s did the most—about 21 hours a week. 28. What can we conclude from Stafford’s research?
Men showed a somewhat different pattern, with older 【解析】选[C]。选项概括性强等表明，本题可能考查men picking up the broom more often than younger men. Single men worked the hardest around the house, more than that of all other age groups of married men.
Having children increases housework even further.
短文主旨或结论。从短文中提到的times are changing…1976, women…26 weekly…17 hours in 2005. Men are taking on more housework…six in 1976 to 13 in 2005可知，美国家庭的家务分工随着时间在变，故答
With more than three children, for example, wives took on 案为[C]。
[C]是通过对短文中所提到的几个数据信息概more of the extra work, clocking about 28 hours a week 【点睛】compared with husbands? 10 hours.
括得出。
Passage Two
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