【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由American newspaper，leaders和The Washington Post等可知，短文的主题很可能与美国报业有关。
The American newspaper has been around for about Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have three hundred years. In 1721, the printer James Franklin, just heard.
Benjamin?s older brother, started the New England 29. What can we learn about the New England
Courant? Courant, and that was what we might recognize today as
a real newspaper. He filled his paper with stories of 【解析】选[B]。选项中的It，mainly about，beginning，
adventure, articles on art, on famous people, and on all newspaper，successful等表明，本题考查美国某报纸的特
点。由短文中提到的James Franklin…started the New sorts of political subjects.
Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin?s England Courant…what we might recognize today as a real
Courant, few believe that newspapers in their present newspaper可知，《新英格兰报》被认为是第一份真正的printed form will remain alive for long. Newspaper 报纸，即标志着美国报纸的开始，故答案为[B]。
companies are losing advertisers, readers, market value, 【点睛】[B] It marks the beginning of the American and, in some cases, their sense of purpose at a speed that newspaper.是对that was what we might recognize today would not have been imaginable just several years ago. as a real newspaper的同义转述。
The chief editor of the Times said recently, “At places 30. Which of the following found a new way for its where they gather, editors ask one another, ?How are development?
you??, as if they have just come out of the hospital or a 【解析】选[A]。短文结尾部分提到，The Washington
由此lost law case.” An article about the newspaper appeared Post Company has prevented the trouble only by ...，
on the website of the Guardian, under the headline “NOT 可知，答案为[A]。 DEAD YET.”
Perhaps not, but the rise of the Internet which has made the daily newspaper look slow and out of step with the world, has brought about a real sense of death. Some American newspapers have lost 42% of their market
【点睛】问题中的found a new way是对prevented the trouble only by changing part of its business to education的同义转述。
31. How does the speaker seem to feel about the
future of new-spapers?
value in the past three years. The New York Times 【解析】选[C]。短文中提到，…the rise of the Internet Company has seen its stock drop by 54% since the end of which has made the daily newspaper look slow...has 2004, with much of the loss coming in the past year. A brought about a real sense of death，由此可见说话者对manager at Deutsche Bank suggested that stock-holders 报纸未来的担忧，故答案为[C]。 sell off their Times stock. The Washington Post Company has prevented the trouble only by changing part of its business to education. Its testing and test-preparation service now brings in at least half the company?s income.
Passage Three 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由products，Tea trade，IT industry和development等，以及多次出现的Indian和China可知，短文的主题很可能与中印贸易和经济发展有关。
When I was going home to India last year, I called up my mother to ask if she wanted anything from China.
When India had not opened up its markers to the world, I carried suitcase loads of dark glasses and jeans.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. Why did the mother ask for Chinese green tea? 【解析】选[C]。短文中提到，My mother and her
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brother…believed that Chinese green tea was the wonder drug for all illnesses，由此可知，mother认为green teaStill, her answer surprised me: “Green tea.”
As long as I can remember she didn?t even drink 有药用价值，故答案为[C]。
【点睛】[C]中的it had a curing effect是对Chinese green Indian tea.
I dutifully bought a big packet of Longjing and tea was the wonder drug for all illnesses的同义转述。 Thankfully, we can get all these anywhere in India now. headed home to hear the story. My mother and her brother, both regular newspaper readers, believed that
Chinese green tea was the wonder drug for all illnesses. 33. What does the speaker mean by saying “it’s a
At the turn of the century, China was not really two-way street”?
【解析】选[D]。短文中it?s a two-way street之后的内familiar to the average Indian. It was a strange country.
容，是通过举例对其作了解释：Shenzhen office workers How things change! And how soon!
Now every town of any size seems to have a “China who have gone to Bangalore to train in software. Market”. And everyone is talking about China. Meanwhile, all the IT majors are setting up a strong
The government of India has planned to send a team presence in China，由此可知，两国有互惠、互相学习to China to see how things are done. A minister once said 借鉴的关系，故答案为[D]。 that India must open the doors for more foreign
investment and such a step would “work wonders as it did for China”. 34. What do we know about the Indian IT industry?
选[B]。短文中提到，all the IT majors are setting But it?s a two-way street. I just heard about a 【解析】
thousand Shenzhen office workers who have gone to up a strong presence in China，也就是说，印度的大IT
故答案为[B]。之后提到的Bangalore to train in software. Meanwhile, all the IT 公司正大张旗鼓登陆中国，majors are setting up a strong presence in China.
No wonder that trade, which was only in the millions just ten years ago, is expected to hit about US$15 billion for last year and US$20 billion by 2008, a goal set by
US$15 billion是指两国的贸易总额，未特指IT业，故排除[C]。
【点睛】IT majors是听音的关键。
both governments.
No wonder, my colleague wrote some weeks ago 35. What does the speaker express in the passage?
[A]和[B]不是短文的中心话题，可先排除。about this being the Sino-Indian century as the two 【解析】选[C]。
countries started on January 1st the Sino-Indian 综合理解短文主旨可知，说话者感慨于中国近年的迅猛发
展，故答案为[C]。 Friendship Year.
But what is still a wonder to me is my mother
drinking Chinese tea.
Section C
36.【解析】adulthood。空前的in和his表明，本空应填一名词，浏览全文可知，文章是关于Sigmund Freud的生平和经历，故所填词应表示人生的某个阶段。
37.【解析】developing。空前的he was和空后的ideas表明，本空应填一动词的现在分词，且该动词可以和idea搭配。
38.【解析】publications。空前的his，first，scientific及空后的dealt表明，本空应填一名词，所填词作句子的主语。
39.【解析】collection。空前的is和the及空后的of表明，本空应填一名词。
40.【解析】involve。空前的activities和that表明，所填词应为that引导的定语从句的谓语，主句的谓语动词is及先行词activities表明，本空应填一原形动词。
41.【解析】emotional。空前的mental，and和空后的problems表明，本空应填一形容词，所填词在语义上与
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mental并列，并修饰problems。
42.【解析】ease。空前的help和空后的minds表明，本空应填一原形动词，所填词应可以和minds搭配。
43.【解析】effects。空前的found和the表明，本空应填一名词。再根据空前的cases推测，所填词很可能为复数名词。
44.【答案】His method involved sitting with his patients and listening to them talking about whatever they were thinking
【Main Points】His method included sitting with patients and listening to them talking about all they think 45.【答案】There could be no holding back because of fear or guilt 【Main Points】There could be no hiding due to fear or guilt
46.【答案】He thought that if these memories could somehow be brought into the conscious mind 【Main Points】He thought if these memories could anyway be brought into the conscious mind
标准听力（七）听力原文及答案解析
Part III Listening Comprehension Section A
【听前预测】由The woman should可知，男士的话为11. W: What do you think of my new hat?
M: I?m sure you?ll never need to bring an umbrella 听音重点。
with you wearing it. And besides, do you think the 【解 析】选[B]。男士的话do you think the color is
right for your age?(你认为帽子的颜色适合你的年龄color is right for your age? Q: What does the man mean?
吗?)为听音重点，反问表示相反的意思。由此可知，男士认为帽子的颜色不合适，故答案为[B]。you?ll
never need to bring an umbrella with you wearing it说明帽子太大。
12. W: Tom, where were you yesterday evening? I 【听前预测】由选项中的They waited/went, different
places/times等可知，本题可能考查They错过(在音乐expected to see you at the concert.
M: Oh, I waited for you at the corner of your street. Then 会)见面的原因。 I looked for you at your flat, but the house-keeper said you were out.
Q: Why didn?t they meet that evening?
13. M: You?ve been at university for over a year. Have
you had any problems adjusting to campus life？
【解 析】选[B]。由对话中女士提到的I expected to see you at the concert和男士提到的I waited… of your street可知，双方在不同的地方等对方，故答案为[B]。 【听前预测】根据意思过于绝对的选项往往不是答案的
命题规律，首先排除[A]。由She has/hasn?t可知，女士的
W: Well, you know we all have our ups and downs 话为听音重点。
【解 析】选[B]。女士的话have our ups and downs but none to speak of.
but none to speak of为听音重点。[B]是对女士的话的同Q: What does the woman mean?
义转述，故为答案。ups and downs意为“盛衰，浮沉”，在此指problems。none/nothing to speak of意为“不值一提”。
【听前预测】由选项中的Her diet，gained，lost weight
14. W: Everyone seems to be on a diet. Have you noticed 等可知，对话与She的减肥有关。
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that? 【解 析】选[A]。由对话中男士提到的she doesn?t
男士这位邻居M: Yes, a neighbor of mine is on a banana diet. She look any thinner (她看起来没变瘦)可知，
[A]是对男士的话的同义转述，故为eats one banana for breakfast, one for lunch, and 的节食没有效果，
答案。on a diet意为“节食”。 two for dinner, yet she doesn?t look any thinner.
Q: What do we learn about the man?s neighbor?
15. M: Some people think that walking is better for their 【听前预测】由选项中的He prefers/ likes可知，对话
与He的喜好有关。 health. In my opinion, swimming is more fun. 选[B]。对话中女士提到spend all of his life W: But if John had his way, he would spend all of his 【解 析】
playing tennis(把一生都用在打网球上)，[B]是对该句life playing tennis.
的同义转述，故为答案。听清问题中的John是解题的Q: What does the woman say about John?
关键。
16. W: Do you think you?ll recognize Carl when you see 【听前预测】由选项中的Carl, changed, be recognized等
him？ 可知，对话与Carl的变化有关。
M: Yes, I think so. I haven?t seen him since he was 【解 析】选[A]。对话中男士提到he won?t have sixteen, but he won?t have changed all that much. changed all that much(他不会变化那么大)，[A]是对该
句的同义转述，其中的a lot对应all that much，故答案Q: What does the man say about Carl? 为[A]。
17. W: The supermarket down the street is selling 【听前预测】根据意思相反的两个选项中有一个可能
everything half price because they are going out of 是答案的命题规律，答案锁定在 [A]和[C]之间。
【解 析】选[A]。对话中男士提到an ideal time to business.
[A]与此意M: Sounds like an ideal time to stock up on coffee. stock up on coffee(是大量买咖啡的好时机)，Tell you what, how about we go there after class?
Q: What does the man mean?
18. W: You Americans are funny. It seems as if you were
married with cars.
思一致，故为答案。[B]中的stack up“堆放”是对stock up“备货，存货”在音上的干扰。
【听前预测】由选项均为名词或名词词组且概括性强可知，本题考查对话的话题。
M: Yeah, I guess that?s true. The country is becoming 【解 析】选[B]。对话中女士提到It seems as if you one big highway. I was reading that there are about 4 were married with cars(你们好像跟车结了婚)，男士回million miles of roads and highways in this country 答时提到Yeah。[B]的heavy dependence on cars与
married with cars对应，故为答案。 now. Q: What are they talking about?
Now you will hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One 【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由vote, candidates, election process等可推知，对话可能与投票选举有关。
W: I?m going to leave work early today. There?s a debate this evening at 6 o?clock. So I?m going to get an early dinner and head over there. M: Who?s debating about what?
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. Why is the woman going to the debate?
【解析】选[D]。选项均以To+原形动词开头表明，本题
对话中女士所说的I just want to learn more W: The two candidates for the states senate are going to 考查行为目的。
answer questions from reporters. The Daily News is about the candidates so I can make an informed decision表sponsoring the event. Members of the audience will 明，女士去听辩论只是想多了解候选人的想法以便她作also have a chance to ask questions, so maybe I?ll 决策，故答案为[D]。
【点睛】[D] To hear more about the speaker?s ideas是对speak, too.
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M: Oh, so you?re interested in politics. Are you helping learn more about the candidates的同义转述。 one of them?
W: No, I just want to learn more about the candidates so I can make an informed decision.
M: Well, I don?t think I?ll be voting, so I guess I won?t bother with that.
W: Why aren?t going to vote? M: Oh, My one vote doesn?t matter. W: Sure it does!
20. What reason does the man give for not voting? 【解析】选[D]。选项均为有关He的完整句子表明，本题考查男士的相关情况。对话中女士说要去听辩论，男士说I don?t think I?ll be voting和My one vote doesn?t matter.，由此可知，男士认为他的一票并不能起多大作用，故答案为[D]。
【点睛】My one vote doesn?t matter意为“我的一票也没多大作用”，[D]中的it doesn?t make a difference与此相对
M: Well, besides that I don?t think any of the politicians 应。
these days represent my ideas. I?d like to see the 21. According to the woman, what is an important government support guaranteed loans for people who issue in the upcoming election?
start small businesses. I?ve wanted to open my own 【解析】选[C]。对话中男士说他看到政府支持贷款建
小型企业，他想开面包店但总是贷不下款；女士接着bakery for years and I can?t get a loan.
W: You know what? That?s one of the issues they?ll 说That?s one of the issues they?ll probably discuss
由此可知，今晚的议题将会提到男士所抱怨的probably discuss tonight. One of the candidates wants tonight，
tax breaks for large companies. He says that will 贷款问题，故答案为[C]。
create more jobs. The other candidate owns a 【点睛】注意女士说的That指代上句男士所说的restaurant. She wants to start programs to promote government support guaranteed loans for people who
start small businesses。 more small businesses.
M: Hmm. What do you know? Maybe I should show up 22. What will the man probably do? there myself.
【解析】选[B]。选项均以原形动词开头表明，本题考 查行为动作。对话中女士说今晚的议题将会涉及男士 所头疼的贷款问题，接着男士说Maybe I should show up there myself，由此可知，男士将去听今晚的辩论， 故答案为[B]。
Conversation Two 【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由wrist, knees, ache, operation等可推知，对话很可能发生在医生和患者之间，涉及手术等。
W: Hello, I?m Jenny Johnson. How are you this Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you morning? have just heard.
M: Hello, Doctor Johnson. I can?t say I?m feeling well. I 23. What is the problem with the man?
【解析】选[D]。对话中女士问How about your wrist or have a pain and swelling in my knee.
toes?，男士回答only my knees and fingers，由此可知，W: What kind of pain is it?
M: It is a dull ache. But sometimes the pain is constant,
but it doesn?t disturb my sleep.
W: How long have you been feeling pain in your knee?
M: For about two years. But recently, I feel pain in my fingers.
W: Have you had any swelling in your fingers?
男士的膝盖和脚指疼，故答案为[D]。
【点睛】听力选择题第一题的答案出处一般都在对话开头，比较简单。
M: Yes, a little. 24. How does the woman treat the man’s problem?
【解析】选[D]。选项中的She asks him to,have W: How about your wrist or toes?
M: No, only my knees and fingers. The pain becomes injections/an operation 等表明，本题考查女士对男士的
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