Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked [A], [BI, [C] and [D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
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11. [A] Oxford Street.
[B] Buckingham Palace.
[C] Trafalgar Square.
[D] King’s Cross.
12. [A] That she will go away.
[B] That she will be sorry.
[C] That she will not quit her job.
[D] That she will not buy him a present.
13. [A] She doesn’t think the man could finish it.
[B] She doesn’t think the man worked hard enough.
[C] She doesn’t think it is the man’s fault.
[D] She doesn’t like the idea of going to parties.
14. [A] She’s worried that the man will miss next week’s deadline.
[B] She doesn’t know when the deadline for tuition payment is.
[C] The man should have paid his tuition a week ago.
[D] The man has all week to pay his tuition.
15. [A] She wants to move to the new apartment.
[B] She doesn’t want to move to the new apartment.
[C] She likes the newly built student dormitory.
[D] She likes the idea of moving into the dormitory.
16. [A] He has never been to the laboratory.
[B] He wants to stop and ask for directions.
[C] The woman won’t be late,
[D] The program in the laboratory, has already begun.
17. [A] He thinks children are normally silly.
[B] He thinks we are short of good children’s books.
[C] He thinks we need to produce more interesting books.
[D] He thinks children have no taste at all.
18. [A] There would be some problems for the man to secure a ticket.
[B] There would be no problem for the man to secure a ticket.
[C] There might be some extra tickets available for the man.
[D] The man should book the ticket even earlier.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. [A] Judging people’s behavior.
[B] Common causes of anger.
[C] Changing people’s attitudes.
[D] The effects of negative behavior.
20. [A] When they’re unable to control the person’s behavior.
[B] when the causes of the behavior are obvious.
[C] when the consequences of the behavior are unpleasant.
[D] When the behavior is expected.
21. [A] Their behavior should be attributed to factors beyond their control.
[B] Their behavior should be attributed to internal factors.
[C] Their behavior should be attributed to external factors.
[D] Their behavior should be attributed to others.
22. [A] We should blame external factors,
[B] We should blame internal factors.
[C] We should blame others.
[D] We needn’t blame ourselves.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. [A] His notes are poor.
[B] His vision is getting worse.
[C] He has missed a couple of classes.
[D] He doesn’t have any money to buy notes.
24. [A] At a library.
[B] At a copy shop.
[C] At a laboratory.
[D] At a coffee shop.
25. [A] That they skip class.
[B] That they get some rest.
[C] That they study together.
[D] That they go to the cafeteria.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked I A 1, I B 1, ~ C ~ and [ D 1. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
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Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.
[A] Recalling something from one’s memory.
[B] Something about preparatory method in exam.
[C] Conscience.
[D] Man’s mind.
27. [A] From the ones they are familiar with to the difficult ones.
[B] From the short ones to the long ones.
[C] From the long ones to the short ones.
[D] From the ones they are confident of to the more difficult ones.
28. [A] When you can’t recall something instantly, you should try your best to do it.
[B] When you can’t recall something instantly, you’d better have an operation on your mind.
[C] The subconscious activities may go to work to dig up a dim memory.
[D] Forcing yourself to recall may loosen your memory.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. [A] There were only grandparents and children.
[B] There was one father, one mother, and their children.
[C] There were many relatives.
[D] There were two or more brothers with their wives.
30. [A] The women have more freedom and can share in decisions.
[B] The women do not have to be the heads of the family.
[C] The women’s relatives do not help them with the housework and childcare.
[D] The women have all the power of the family.
31. [A] Husbands have to share power with their wives and help them with the housework.
[B] Older women do not often have important positions in a large group and often live alone when their husbands die.
[C] Family structure is more patriarchal in the nuclear family.
[D] Women have to help sisters, grandparents with housework and childcare.
32. [A] They want to stay home and do the housework.
[B] They don’t have enough money.
[C] They have too much work and not much free time.
[D] They have more freedom than in the past.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. [A] Equivalent to a hydrogen bomb.
[B] Equivalent to tons of TNT.
[C] Equivalent to tons of hydrogen bombs.
[D] Equivalent to a ton of TNT.
34. [A] Lightning and thtmder,
[B] Warm air and cold air.
[C] A great deal of water vapor and a rapidly rising air current.
[D] A great amount of vapor and electricity.
35. [A] Nearly 15,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
[B] Nearly 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
[C] Nearly 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
[D] Nearly 150,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you haue just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you hove written.
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Part III Section C
A college education is an investment in the future. But it can be a (36)__ investment. The College Board (37) __ that the costs at a four-year public college in the United States increased 10 percent this past school year. That was less than the (38)__ percent increase the year before, but still much higher than the (39)_ rate. Public colleges and universities still cost a lot less than private ones.
Financial aid often helps. But financial (40) __ tell parents to start college (41) __ plans when their child is still very young.
All 50 states and the District of Columbia (42) __ what are called 5-20-9 plans. These plans are named after the part of the federal tax law that created them in 1996. States use private investment companies to (43) most programs.
Every state has its own rules governing 5-20-9 plans. Some of the plans are free of state taxes. And all are free of federal taxes. (44) (45)
Families must decide how aggressively they want to put money into stocks, bonds or other investments.(46) This kind of savings program is called a prepaid tuition plan.
Section A 11．B信息明示題。男士讓女士到白金漢宮時(shí)提醒自己，由此可知，男士要去白金漢宮，所以B正確。 12．C綜合推斷題。女士說：“簡告訴我她要辭職……”，男士說：“她總這么說。如果我是你，我不會送她離別禮物?！庇纱送茢?，男士認(rèn)為簡不會辭職，所以C正確。 13．B綜合推斷題。男士說自己無法解答這道復(fù)雜的數(shù)學(xué)題，女士則表示如果男士不參加那么多聚會他就能解答了，言外之意即男士學(xué)習(xí)不夠努力，所以B正確。 *考點(diǎn) ●在有些條件句中，主句的謂語和從句的謂語所表示的動作在時(shí)間上并不一致，這類條件句稱為錯(cuò)綜時(shí)間條件句，一般用虛擬語氣來表示，如：If the weather had been more favorable，the crops would be growing still better．如果前些時(shí)候天氣好一點(diǎn)，莊稼就會長得更好。 14．C綜合推斷題。男士說：“請告訴我，我沒錯(cuò)過交學(xué)費(fèi)的后期限。”女士說：“恐怕你晚了一周左右?！毖酝庵馐悄惺繎?yīng)該在一周之前來交學(xué)費(fèi)，所以C正確。本題的關(guān)鍵是女士所說的I’m afraid(表示遺憾、惋惜)和aweek late。 15．B綜合推斷題。男士說新建成的學(xué)生宿舍更寬敞、更舒適，女士則說它相應(yīng)地也要貴很多，言外之意是自己不會搬到新建的宿舍去，所以B正確。 16．C綜合推斷題。女士問：“你確定這是去實(shí)驗(yàn)室的路嗎?我可不能遲到?！蹦惺空f：“別擔(dān)心，我們馬上就到?！毖酝庵馐桥坎粫t到，所以C正確。 *考點(diǎn) ●afford意為“買得起，負(fù)擔(dān)得起”，通常與call或could連用，如：You Can’t afford to criticize others when you behave so badly yourself．自身品行不端，哪能批評他人。 17．B綜合推斷題。女士問男士覺得《哈利·波特》流行的原因是什么，男士回答說是因?yàn)楝F(xiàn)在適合孩子們看的好書不多，言外之意是他認(rèn)為缺乏好的兒童書，所以B正確。 *考點(diǎn) ●available指“可用的”或“可得到的”，如：Tickets are available at the box office．票房有票出售。還可指“(人)可接見的”或“可取得聯(lián)系的”，如：The Prime Minister is not available for comment．首相無暇做出評論。 18．B綜合推斷題。男士要預(yù)定10天后的火車票，因?yàn)榇汗?jié)快到了。女士讓男士不用擔(dān)心，因?yàn)榈綍r(shí)候會有加車，言外之意是男士肯定會買到票，所以B正確。 *考點(diǎn) ●happen to，意為“偶然發(fā)生”，如：I happened to be out when he called．他來電話時(shí)，我恰巧出去了。Happen on(upon)，意為“巧遇，偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)”，如：I happened on an old country hotel during the last summer holiday．去年暑假期間我偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了一家古老的鄉(xiāng)村旅館。 Conversation One 19．A綜合推斷題。對話開頭指出we ask about people’s behavior，再結(jié)合聽力材料可知，對話主要討論了人的行為背后的原因，即對行為舉止的評價(jià)，所以A正確。 20．C信息明示題。男士提到…when the behavior could have negative consequences，由此可知，C正確。 21．B綜合推斷題。男士說you automatically attribute the driver’s behavior to an internal factor，由此可以推斷，大多數(shù)人會為他人的過失行為尋找內(nèi)在原因，所以B正確。 22．A綜合推斷題。男士后問：“你應(yīng)該怎樣解釋自己所犯的錯(cuò)誤呢?”女士回答：“我會找客觀原因。”由此推斷，我們都會為自己的錯(cuò)誤找客觀原因，所以A正確。 *考點(diǎn) ●say有“例如說，譬如說”的意思，與for example和for instance意思相近，是let us say的簡化語。當(dāng)前面是假設(shè)的條件或某種特定的情況需要舉例說明時(shí)，通常用say，如：If you were to get a large sum of money，say，10，000 dollars，what would you do with it?如果你能得到一大筆錢，比如說，一萬美元，你打算用來做什么? ●attribute to意為“將某事歸因于……”，如：delays attributed to snow因下雪而耽擱；它還有“被認(rèn)為是……寫的”的意思，如：This tune is usually attributed to Chopin．這首曲子通常被認(rèn)為是肖邦所作。 ●be to blame意為“應(yīng)受譴責(zé)的，是起因或某事的根源”，如：A freak storm was to blame for the power outage．停電的起因是一場特大的暴風(fēng)雨。 Conversation Two 23．A信息明示題。女士不明白男士為什么要向自己借筆記，男士說自己總是打完工后直接去上課，所以上課時(shí)總是打瞌睡，筆記也記得不好，故選A。 24．D信息明示題。男士明確說明了工作日早上自己在一間咖啡店里做收銀員，故選D。 25．C信息明示題。女士說自己需要找個(gè)人一起學(xué)習(xí)，而男士需要找個(gè)人讓他學(xué)習(xí)時(shí)保持清醒，所以建議和男士成為學(xué)習(xí)上的同伴，共同學(xué)習(xí)，故選c。 *考點(diǎn) ●nod off為口語表達(dá)，意為“睡著”，與nod相關(guān)的表達(dá)還有：Homer(sometimes)nods．智者千慮，必有一失。have a nodding acquaintance with sb．／sth．與某人有點(diǎn)頭之交，對某事物略知一二，如：I have no more than a nodding acquaintance with the writer’s novels．我對這位作家的小說不甚了解。 Section B Passage One 文章精要 不少人有過這樣的經(jīng)歷：當(dāng)你想叫出某人的名字時(shí)卻忽然想不起來了。文章以此為引子，介紹了喚醒記憶的方法，并以學(xué)生在考試時(shí)答題的過程為例具體講解了該方法。 26．A主旨題。文章主要論述了喚醒記憶的方法，并舉例加以說明，故選A。 27．D信息明示題。文章提到…they answer first the ones of which they are most confident，由此可知D正確。 28．C信息明示題。文章提到…do not try to recall it．Do something else for a couple of minutes…由此排除A和B，由文中…it doesn’t loosen your memory；it only tightens it．可排除D，由it is the subconscious activities that go to work to dig up a dim memory可知，C項(xiàng)與之吻合。 Passage Two 文章精要文章對比了過去和現(xiàn)在的家庭模式，特別是分析對比了女性在過去和現(xiàn)在兩種家庭模式下的生活狀態(tài)。 29．C信息明示題。文章開頭指出，過去的大家庭里可能包含祖父母、父母、孩子甚至兄弟姊妹，由此可知，在過去的大家庭中，親戚們都住在一起，故選C。 30．A信息明示題。文章第二段指出，她們擁有更多自己的空間而且她們與男性有著同等的家庭決策權(quán)，由此可知，A正確。 31．B信息明示題。文章第四段先指出wives do not often enjoy this benefit，這里的benefit即上文指出的老年女性在家族中占有重要地位，然后指出，由于她們的丈夫大都比她們先去世，older women from these families often have to live alone。由此可知，這些家庭中的老年女性地位不如從前且往往會晚年孤寂，故選B。 32．C信息明示題。文章后指出，如今的女性雖然能在外工作，也有更多的自由，但她們?nèi)匀灰龊芏嗉覄?wù)——相當(dāng)于兩份全職工作，所以她們并沒有那么多自由時(shí)間，由此可知C正確。 Passage Three 文章精要 文章討論了暴風(fēng)雨這一自然現(xiàn)象并簡單分析了產(chǎn)生暴風(fēng)雨的原因。 33．A信息明示題。文章第一段指出，A single thunderstorm call release energy to the atmosphere equivalent to a hydrogen bomb．由此可知A正確。 34．C信息明示題。文章第二段開頭指出，the air must contain a great deal of water vapor…must be a rapidly rising air current(空氣中必須包含大量的水氣……還要有快速上升的氣流)，由此可知c正確。 35．B信息明示題。文章第二段指出，The temperature produced by lightning is nearly 50，000 degrees Fahrenheit．由此可知B正確。本題的關(guān)鍵是要聽清fifty-thousand而不是fifteen-thousand。 Section C 文章精要 美國高等教育費(fèi)用日漸昂貴。各州都有資助政策，但父母必須從孩子很小時(shí)就開始為其大學(xué)學(xué)費(fèi)進(jìn)行儲蓄或投資。 36．costly37．estimates38．13|thirteen39．inflation 40．a(chǎn)dvisers 41．savings 42．offer 43．operate 44．However，the government could start to tax with drawls in 201 1 if Congress does not change the law． 45．5—20-9 plans include investment accounts that increase or decrease in value with the investments they contain． 46．Another kind of5-20—9 plan lets parents begin to pay for their child’s education long before their child starts college．
Section A 11. M: Could you remind me when we get to Buckingham Palace, please? W: Sure, no problem! Now we’re at Oxford Street, and we can get there after 30 minutes. Q: Where is the man heading for? 12. W: Jane told me that she was going to quit her job. I’ll certainly be. sorry to see her go. M: She always says that! I wouldn’t buy her a going-away present if I were you. Q: What does the man think about Jane? 13 M: I could hardly solve this complicated mathematics problem. W: You could if you had not gone to so many parties! Q: What does the woman mean? 14. M: Please tell me I haven’t missed the deadline for tuition payment. W: I’m afraid you are about a week late. Q: What does the woman mean? 15. M: The newly built student dormitory is much larger and more comfortable. W: But it is much more expensive as well. Q: What does the woman mean? 16. W: Are you sure this is the right way to the laboratory? I can’t afford to be late. M: Don’t worry. We’ll be there in no time. Q: What does the man mean? 17. W: Why do you think Harry Potter is so popular these days? M: Because there are not many good children’s books available. Q: What does the man mean? 18. M: I’m going to book a train ticket 10 days in advance because it happens to be Spring Festival. W: Don’t worry. There will be extra trains added to the original schedule. Q: What does the woman imply? Now you’ll hear two long conversations. Conversation One M: One of the most common questions we ask about people’s behavior is why. Why does she say this? Why does he do that? Sometimes the reason is obvious. For example, someone is driving down the street, the light turns red, and he stops, why? W: Because he has to, legally I mean. M: Exactly! In this case the reason is obvious, so we usually don’t question it. But when the reason is not so obvious and especially when the behavior could have negative consequences, we’re more likely to feel a need to explain the causes of the behavior. Social psychologists have a term for this, for the process of explaining the causes of behavior. It’s called causal attribution. And one theory suggests there’s a pattern in the way we go about attributing causes to people’s behavior. According to this theory, there are two categories of reasons: internal factors and external factors. Again, Lisa, say you’re driving down the road and all of a sudden some guy turns into the lane right in front of you, and you have to slam on your brake to avoid an accident. How do you react? W: I’ll probably get very angry. M: Because... W: Well, he’s not paying attention; he’s a bad driver. M: So you automatically attribute the driver’s behavior to an internal factor. He himself is to blame because he is careless. W: So if I said it was because of heavy traffic or something, I’d be attributing his behavior to an external factor, something beyond his control. M: Good. Now how will you explain your own negative behavior? W: I should blame external factors. M: That’s right. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What is the main topic of the discussion? 20. According to the professor, when are people likely to try to explain someone else’s behavior? 21. According to the discussion, how do most people explain others’ negative behavior? 22. According to the discussion, what should we do to explain our own negative behavior? Conversation Two M: Holly, is it possible to borrow your notes? I’ll return them tomorrow. W: Sorry, but I usually go to the cafeteria and review them. Say, how about copying them over in the library? M: OK. I think I’ve got enough coins for the machines. W: No problem. But I don’t understand why you need my notes, Carter; you haven’t missed any classes. M: Weekday mornings, I’m a cashier at a coffee shop downtown. After work, I come directly to school! W: Wow, you’re probably exhausted! M: That’s exactly why I want to borrow your notes. I’ve been nodding off during class, so my notes aren’t very good. W: Well, here’s Professor Labelle. How are you feeling? M: I’m usually awake at the beginning. But after thirty minutes into class, I’m having trouble keeping my eyes open. W: Listen, I need someone to study with, and you need someone to keep you awake; want to be study partners? M: Yeah, I’d sure appreciate it. W: OK, let’s start today at the library. We’re going there anyway, and I don’t have to go to the cafeteria. M: Sounds good. Oh, no, it looks like he’s brought along some more of his slides; elbow me if I start drifting off. W: I’m afraid I won’t be very helpful. His slides make me sleepy too! Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. Why does the man ask the woman for her notes? 24. Where does the man work? 25. What does the woman propose to the man? Section B Passage One Did you ever have someone’s name on the tip of your tongue and yet you were unable to recall it? When this happens again, do not try to recall it. Do something else for a couple of minutes, and the name may come into your head. The name is there since you have met this person and learned his name. It only has to be dug out. The initial effort to recall prepares the mind for operation, but it is the subconscious activities that go to Work to dig up a dim memory. Forcing yourself to recall almost never helps because it doesn’t loosen your memory; it only tightens it. Students find the preparatory method helpful in examinations. They read over the questions before trying to answer any of them. Then they answer first the ones of which they are most confident. Meanwhile, deeper mental activities in the subconscious mind are taking place; work is being done on the more difficult questions. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers to the more difficult ones will usually begin to come into consciousness. It is often just a question of waiting for recall to come to the memory. Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. What’s the passage about? 27. According to the passage, what kind of order do students usually follow when they answer questions in exams? 28. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? Passage Two The family is changing. In the past, grandparents, parents, and children used to live together, and they had an extended family. Sometimes two or more brothers with their wives and children were part of this large family group. But family structure is changing throughout the world. Nowadays, many families consist of only one father, one mother, and children. It is becoming the main family structure everywhere. The new family structure offers married women some advantages: they have freedom from their relatives, and the husband does not have all the power of the family. Studies show that in these families, men and women usually make an equal number of decisions about family lives. In the past, wives usually have to pay for the benefits of freedom and power. When women lived in extended families, sisters and grandparents and aunts helped one another with housework and childcare. In addition, older women in a large family group had important positions. But now, wives do not often enjoy this benefit, and they have another disadvantage too: women generally live longer than their husbands, so older women from these families often have to live alone. Studies show that women are generally less satisfied with marriage than men are. In the past, men worked outside the home and women worked inside. Housework and childcare were a full time job, and there was no time for anything else. Now women work outside and have more freedom than they did in the past, but they still have to do most of the housework. The women actually have two full-time jobs, and they have not much free time. Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. Who used to live together in an extended family? 30. What advantages do families nowadays offer women? 31. What are the disadvantages of families nowadays for women? 32. Why are many women dissatisfied with marriage and families nowadays? Passage Three Thunderstorms are the least dangerous and least violent of all the storms. Almost everyone has experienced a thunderstorm with its heavy rains, high winds, lightning and accompanying thunder. This type of storm can release a great deal of energy. A single thunderstorm can release energy to the atmosphere equivalent to a hydrogen bomb. There are some 50,000 thunderstorms that occur on earth daily. This would make the daily energy released into the atmosphere equal to billions of tons of TNT. Certain conditions must exist for thunderstorms to develop. First, the air must contain a great deal of water vapor. Second, there must be a rapidly rising air current. Thunderstorms may produce lightning and thunder. Lightning is a result of the rapidly rising air. The temperature produced by lightning is nearly 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. This tremendous amount of heat causes the air to expand suddenly. This causes sound waves to be produced in the air which are heard as a crashing or loud noise called thunder. Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. How much energy can be released by a single thunderstorm? 34. What are the two conditions that must exist for thunderstorms to develop? 35. What is the temperature produced by lightning? Section C A college education is an investment in the future. But it can be a (36)costly investment. The College Board (37)estimates that the costs at a four-year public college in the United States increased 10 percent this past school year. That was less than the (38)13 percent increase the year before, but still much higher than the (39)inflation rate. Public colleges and universities still cost a lot less than private ones. Financial aid often helps. But financial (40)advisers tell parents to start college (41)savings plans when their child is still very young. All 50 states and the District of Columbia (42)offer what are called 5-20-9 plans. These plans are named after the part of the federal tax law that created them in 1996. States use private investment companies to (43)operate most programs. Every state has its own rules governing 5-20-9 plans. Some of the plans are free of state taxes. And all are free of federal taxes. (44) However, the government could start to tax withdrawals in 2011 if Congress does not change the law. (45)5-20-9 plans include investment accounts that increase or decrease in value with the investments they contain. Families must decide how aggressively they want to put money into stocks, bonds or other investments. (46)Another kind of 5-20-9 plan lets parents begin to pay for their child’s education long before their child starts college. This kind of savings program is called a prepaid tuition plan.
Section A 11．B信息明示題。男士讓女士到白金漢宮時(shí)提醒自己，由此可知，男士要去白金漢宮，所以B正確。 12．C綜合推斷題。女士說：“簡告訴我她要辭職……”，男士說：“她總這么說。如果我是你，我不會送她離別禮物?！庇纱送茢?，男士認(rèn)為簡不會辭職，所以C正確。 13．B綜合推斷題。男士說自己無法解答這道復(fù)雜的數(shù)學(xué)題，女士則表示如果男士不參加那么多聚會他就能解答了，言外之意即男士學(xué)習(xí)不夠努力，所以B正確。 *考點(diǎn) ●在有些條件句中，主句的謂語和從句的謂語所表示的動作在時(shí)間上并不一致，這類條件句稱為錯(cuò)綜時(shí)間條件句，一般用虛擬語氣來表示，如：If the weather had been more favorable，the crops would be growing still better．如果前些時(shí)候天氣好一點(diǎn)，莊稼就會長得更好。 14．C綜合推斷題。男士說：“請告訴我，我沒錯(cuò)過交學(xué)費(fèi)的后期限。”女士說：“恐怕你晚了一周左右?！毖酝庵馐悄惺繎?yīng)該在一周之前來交學(xué)費(fèi)，所以C正確。本題的關(guān)鍵是女士所說的I’m afraid(表示遺憾、惋惜)和aweek late。 15．B綜合推斷題。男士說新建成的學(xué)生宿舍更寬敞、更舒適，女士則說它相應(yīng)地也要貴很多，言外之意是自己不會搬到新建的宿舍去，所以B正確。 16．C綜合推斷題。女士問：“你確定這是去實(shí)驗(yàn)室的路嗎?我可不能遲到?！蹦惺空f：“別擔(dān)心，我們馬上就到?！毖酝庵馐桥坎粫t到，所以C正確。 *考點(diǎn) ●afford意為“買得起，負(fù)擔(dān)得起”，通常與call或could連用，如：You Can’t afford to criticize others when you behave so badly yourself．自身品行不端，哪能批評他人。 17．B綜合推斷題。女士問男士覺得《哈利·波特》流行的原因是什么，男士回答說是因?yàn)楝F(xiàn)在適合孩子們看的好書不多，言外之意是他認(rèn)為缺乏好的兒童書，所以B正確。 *考點(diǎn) ●available指“可用的”或“可得到的”，如：Tickets are available at the box office．票房有票出售。還可指“(人)可接見的”或“可取得聯(lián)系的”，如：The Prime Minister is not available for comment．首相無暇做出評論。 18．B綜合推斷題。男士要預(yù)定10天后的火車票，因?yàn)榇汗?jié)快到了。女士讓男士不用擔(dān)心，因?yàn)榈綍r(shí)候會有加車，言外之意是男士肯定會買到票，所以B正確。 *考點(diǎn) ●happen to，意為“偶然發(fā)生”，如：I happened to be out when he called．他來電話時(shí)，我恰巧出去了。Happen on(upon)，意為“巧遇，偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)”，如：I happened on an old country hotel during the last summer holiday．去年暑假期間我偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了一家古老的鄉(xiāng)村旅館。 Conversation One 19．A綜合推斷題。對話開頭指出we ask about people’s behavior，再結(jié)合聽力材料可知，對話主要討論了人的行為背后的原因，即對行為舉止的評價(jià)，所以A正確。 20．C信息明示題。男士提到…when the behavior could have negative consequences，由此可知，C正確。 21．B綜合推斷題。男士說you automatically attribute the driver’s behavior to an internal factor，由此可以推斷，大多數(shù)人會為他人的過失行為尋找內(nèi)在原因，所以B正確。 22．A綜合推斷題。男士后問：“你應(yīng)該怎樣解釋自己所犯的錯(cuò)誤呢?”女士回答：“我會找客觀原因。”由此推斷，我們都會為自己的錯(cuò)誤找客觀原因，所以A正確。 *考點(diǎn) ●say有“例如說，譬如說”的意思，與for example和for instance意思相近，是let us say的簡化語。當(dāng)前面是假設(shè)的條件或某種特定的情況需要舉例說明時(shí)，通常用say，如：If you were to get a large sum of money，say，10，000 dollars，what would you do with it?如果你能得到一大筆錢，比如說，一萬美元，你打算用來做什么? ●attribute to意為“將某事歸因于……”，如：delays attributed to snow因下雪而耽擱；它還有“被認(rèn)為是……寫的”的意思，如：This tune is usually attributed to Chopin．這首曲子通常被認(rèn)為是肖邦所作。 ●be to blame意為“應(yīng)受譴責(zé)的，是起因或某事的根源”，如：A freak storm was to blame for the power outage．停電的起因是一場特大的暴風(fēng)雨。 Conversation Two 23．A信息明示題。女士不明白男士為什么要向自己借筆記，男士說自己總是打完工后直接去上課，所以上課時(shí)總是打瞌睡，筆記也記得不好，故選A。 24．D信息明示題。男士明確說明了工作日早上自己在一間咖啡店里做收銀員，故選D。 25．C信息明示題。女士說自己需要找個(gè)人一起學(xué)習(xí)，而男士需要找個(gè)人讓他學(xué)習(xí)時(shí)保持清醒，所以建議和男士成為學(xué)習(xí)上的同伴，共同學(xué)習(xí)，故選c。 *考點(diǎn) ●nod off為口語表達(dá)，意為“睡著”，與nod相關(guān)的表達(dá)還有：Homer(sometimes)nods．智者千慮，必有一失。have a nodding acquaintance with sb．／sth．與某人有點(diǎn)頭之交，對某事物略知一二，如：I have no more than a nodding acquaintance with the writer’s novels．我對這位作家的小說不甚了解。 Section B Passage One 文章精要 不少人有過這樣的經(jīng)歷：當(dāng)你想叫出某人的名字時(shí)卻忽然想不起來了。文章以此為引子，介紹了喚醒記憶的方法，并以學(xué)生在考試時(shí)答題的過程為例具體講解了該方法。 26．A主旨題。文章主要論述了喚醒記憶的方法，并舉例加以說明，故選A。 27．D信息明示題。文章提到…they answer first the ones of which they are most confident，由此可知D正確。 28．C信息明示題。文章提到…do not try to recall it．Do something else for a couple of minutes…由此排除A和B，由文中…it doesn’t loosen your memory；it only tightens it．可排除D，由it is the subconscious activities that go to work to dig up a dim memory可知，C項(xiàng)與之吻合。 Passage Two 文章精要文章對比了過去和現(xiàn)在的家庭模式，特別是分析對比了女性在過去和現(xiàn)在兩種家庭模式下的生活狀態(tài)。 29．C信息明示題。文章開頭指出，過去的大家庭里可能包含祖父母、父母、孩子甚至兄弟姊妹，由此可知，在過去的大家庭中，親戚們都住在一起，故選C。 30．A信息明示題。文章第二段指出，她們擁有更多自己的空間而且她們與男性有著同等的家庭決策權(quán)，由此可知，A正確。 31．B信息明示題。文章第四段先指出wives do not often enjoy this benefit，這里的benefit即上文指出的老年女性在家族中占有重要地位，然后指出，由于她們的丈夫大都比她們先去世，older women from these families often have to live alone。由此可知，這些家庭中的老年女性地位不如從前且往往會晚年孤寂，故選B。 32．C信息明示題。文章后指出，如今的女性雖然能在外工作，也有更多的自由，但她們?nèi)匀灰龊芏嗉覄?wù)——相當(dāng)于兩份全職工作，所以她們并沒有那么多自由時(shí)間，由此可知C正確。 Passage Three 文章精要 文章討論了暴風(fēng)雨這一自然現(xiàn)象并簡單分析了產(chǎn)生暴風(fēng)雨的原因。 33．A信息明示題。文章第一段指出，A single thunderstorm call release energy to the atmosphere equivalent to a hydrogen bomb．由此可知A正確。 34．C信息明示題。文章第二段開頭指出，the air must contain a great deal of water vapor…must be a rapidly rising air current(空氣中必須包含大量的水氣……還要有快速上升的氣流)，由此可知c正確。 35．B信息明示題。文章第二段指出，The temperature produced by lightning is nearly 50，000 degrees Fahrenheit．由此可知B正確。本題的關(guān)鍵是要聽清fifty-thousand而不是fifteen-thousand。 Section C 文章精要 美國高等教育費(fèi)用日漸昂貴。各州都有資助政策，但父母必須從孩子很小時(shí)就開始為其大學(xué)學(xué)費(fèi)進(jìn)行儲蓄或投資。 36．costly37．estimates38．13|thirteen39．inflation 40．a(chǎn)dvisers 41．savings 42．offer 43．operate 44．However，the government could start to tax with drawls in 201 1 if Congress does not change the law． 45．5—20-9 plans include investment accounts that increase or decrease in value with the investments they contain． 46．Another kind of5-20—9 plan lets parents begin to pay for their child’s education long before their child starts college．
Section A 11. M: Could you remind me when we get to Buckingham Palace, please? W: Sure, no problem! Now we’re at Oxford Street, and we can get there after 30 minutes. Q: Where is the man heading for? 12. W: Jane told me that she was going to quit her job. I’ll certainly be. sorry to see her go. M: She always says that! I wouldn’t buy her a going-away present if I were you. Q: What does the man think about Jane? 13 M: I could hardly solve this complicated mathematics problem. W: You could if you had not gone to so many parties! Q: What does the woman mean? 14. M: Please tell me I haven’t missed the deadline for tuition payment. W: I’m afraid you are about a week late. Q: What does the woman mean? 15. M: The newly built student dormitory is much larger and more comfortable. W: But it is much more expensive as well. Q: What does the woman mean? 16. W: Are you sure this is the right way to the laboratory? I can’t afford to be late. M: Don’t worry. We’ll be there in no time. Q: What does the man mean? 17. W: Why do you think Harry Potter is so popular these days? M: Because there are not many good children’s books available. Q: What does the man mean? 18. M: I’m going to book a train ticket 10 days in advance because it happens to be Spring Festival. W: Don’t worry. There will be extra trains added to the original schedule. Q: What does the woman imply? Now you’ll hear two long conversations. Conversation One M: One of the most common questions we ask about people’s behavior is why. Why does she say this? Why does he do that? Sometimes the reason is obvious. For example, someone is driving down the street, the light turns red, and he stops, why? W: Because he has to, legally I mean. M: Exactly! In this case the reason is obvious, so we usually don’t question it. But when the reason is not so obvious and especially when the behavior could have negative consequences, we’re more likely to feel a need to explain the causes of the behavior. Social psychologists have a term for this, for the process of explaining the causes of behavior. It’s called causal attribution. And one theory suggests there’s a pattern in the way we go about attributing causes to people’s behavior. According to this theory, there are two categories of reasons: internal factors and external factors. Again, Lisa, say you’re driving down the road and all of a sudden some guy turns into the lane right in front of you, and you have to slam on your brake to avoid an accident. How do you react? W: I’ll probably get very angry. M: Because... W: Well, he’s not paying attention; he’s a bad driver. M: So you automatically attribute the driver’s behavior to an internal factor. He himself is to blame because he is careless. W: So if I said it was because of heavy traffic or something, I’d be attributing his behavior to an external factor, something beyond his control. M: Good. Now how will you explain your own negative behavior? W: I should blame external factors. M: That’s right. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What is the main topic of the discussion? 20. According to the professor, when are people likely to try to explain someone else’s behavior? 21. According to the discussion, how do most people explain others’ negative behavior? 22. According to the discussion, what should we do to explain our own negative behavior? Conversation Two M: Holly, is it possible to borrow your notes? I’ll return them tomorrow. W: Sorry, but I usually go to the cafeteria and review them. Say, how about copying them over in the library? M: OK. I think I’ve got enough coins for the machines. W: No problem. But I don’t understand why you need my notes, Carter; you haven’t missed any classes. M: Weekday mornings, I’m a cashier at a coffee shop downtown. After work, I come directly to school! W: Wow, you’re probably exhausted! M: That’s exactly why I want to borrow your notes. I’ve been nodding off during class, so my notes aren’t very good. W: Well, here’s Professor Labelle. How are you feeling? M: I’m usually awake at the beginning. But after thirty minutes into class, I’m having trouble keeping my eyes open. W: Listen, I need someone to study with, and you need someone to keep you awake; want to be study partners? M: Yeah, I’d sure appreciate it. W: OK, let’s start today at the library. We’re going there anyway, and I don’t have to go to the cafeteria. M: Sounds good. Oh, no, it looks like he’s brought along some more of his slides; elbow me if I start drifting off. W: I’m afraid I won’t be very helpful. His slides make me sleepy too! Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. Why does the man ask the woman for her notes? 24. Where does the man work? 25. What does the woman propose to the man? Section B Passage One Did you ever have someone’s name on the tip of your tongue and yet you were unable to recall it? When this happens again, do not try to recall it. Do something else for a couple of minutes, and the name may come into your head. The name is there since you have met this person and learned his name. It only has to be dug out. The initial effort to recall prepares the mind for operation, but it is the subconscious activities that go to Work to dig up a dim memory. Forcing yourself to recall almost never helps because it doesn’t loosen your memory; it only tightens it. Students find the preparatory method helpful in examinations. They read over the questions before trying to answer any of them. Then they answer first the ones of which they are most confident. Meanwhile, deeper mental activities in the subconscious mind are taking place; work is being done on the more difficult questions. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers to the more difficult ones will usually begin to come into consciousness. It is often just a question of waiting for recall to come to the memory. Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. What’s the passage about? 27. According to the passage, what kind of order do students usually follow when they answer questions in exams? 28. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? Passage Two The family is changing. In the past, grandparents, parents, and children used to live together, and they had an extended family. Sometimes two or more brothers with their wives and children were part of this large family group. But family structure is changing throughout the world. Nowadays, many families consist of only one father, one mother, and children. It is becoming the main family structure everywhere. The new family structure offers married women some advantages: they have freedom from their relatives, and the husband does not have all the power of the family. Studies show that in these families, men and women usually make an equal number of decisions about family lives. In the past, wives usually have to pay for the benefits of freedom and power. When women lived in extended families, sisters and grandparents and aunts helped one another with housework and childcare. In addition, older women in a large family group had important positions. But now, wives do not often enjoy this benefit, and they have another disadvantage too: women generally live longer than their husbands, so older women from these families often have to live alone. Studies show that women are generally less satisfied with marriage than men are. In the past, men worked outside the home and women worked inside. Housework and childcare were a full time job, and there was no time for anything else. Now women work outside and have more freedom than they did in the past, but they still have to do most of the housework. The women actually have two full-time jobs, and they have not much free time. Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. Who used to live together in an extended family? 30. What advantages do families nowadays offer women? 31. What are the disadvantages of families nowadays for women? 32. Why are many women dissatisfied with marriage and families nowadays? Passage Three Thunderstorms are the least dangerous and least violent of all the storms. Almost everyone has experienced a thunderstorm with its heavy rains, high winds, lightning and accompanying thunder. This type of storm can release a great deal of energy. A single thunderstorm can release energy to the atmosphere equivalent to a hydrogen bomb. There are some 50,000 thunderstorms that occur on earth daily. This would make the daily energy released into the atmosphere equal to billions of tons of TNT. Certain conditions must exist for thunderstorms to develop. First, the air must contain a great deal of water vapor. Second, there must be a rapidly rising air current. Thunderstorms may produce lightning and thunder. Lightning is a result of the rapidly rising air. The temperature produced by lightning is nearly 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. This tremendous amount of heat causes the air to expand suddenly. This causes sound waves to be produced in the air which are heard as a crashing or loud noise called thunder. Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. How much energy can be released by a single thunderstorm? 34. What are the two conditions that must exist for thunderstorms to develop? 35. What is the temperature produced by lightning? Section C A college education is an investment in the future. But it can be a (36)costly investment. The College Board (37)estimates that the costs at a four-year public college in the United States increased 10 percent this past school year. That was less than the (38)13 percent increase the year before, but still much higher than the (39)inflation rate. Public colleges and universities still cost a lot less than private ones. Financial aid often helps. But financial (40)advisers tell parents to start college (41)savings plans when their child is still very young. All 50 states and the District of Columbia (42)offer what are called 5-20-9 plans. These plans are named after the part of the federal tax law that created them in 1996. States use private investment companies to (43)operate most programs. Every state has its own rules governing 5-20-9 plans. Some of the plans are free of state taxes. And all are free of federal taxes. (44) However, the government could start to tax withdrawals in 2011 if Congress does not change the law. (45)5-20-9 plans include investment accounts that increase or decrease in value with the investments they contain. Families must decide how aggressively they want to put money into stocks, bonds or other investments. (46)Another kind of 5-20-9 plan lets parents begin to pay for their child’s education long before their child starts college. This kind of savings program is called a prepaid tuition plan.