



◆短对话
Directions:Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, one question will be asked, and you have fifteen seconds to read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, decide which is the best answer.
Short Conversation 1
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A. Because he didn’t finish the proposal.
B. Because his proposal wasn’t mentioned in the report.
C. Because his report was too long.
D. Because he didn’t hear the report.
【录音原文】
M: Was there anything in the report concerning my proposal?
W: No. They only mentioned John’s proposal. I didn’t see anything about yours.
M: That’s not fair. I work long and hard on that proposal.
Question: Why is the man upset?
【答案】 B
【解析】 对话中女士提到报告里根本没见到男士的提议,只提到了John的提议,可见男士是因为报告里自己的提议未被提及而生气。
Short Conversation 2
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A. It became too big.
B. It no longer interested her.
C. She wanted to sell it.
D. It didn’t earn her money.
【录音原文】
W: I’ve officially closed the business now.
M: But why? When it is going from strength to strength! Why closed it down when you could have sold it to someone?
W: Well, I’ve done it for 9 years and it became in that time the largest of its kind in Europe, although, to be honest, it was all in my head, so there is only the good will to pass on really and phone numbers. It wasn’t that big. Now I just got fed up with it and thought it was jolly well time to try my hand at something else.
Question: Why did the woman give up her business?
【答案】 B
【解析】 根据女士的话Now I just got fed up with it and thought it was jolly well time to try my hand at something else.可知,放弃经营是因为对此厌倦,想尝试新东西,故选B。
Short Conversation 3
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A. Packing up to go abroad.
B. Enjoying her summer holiday.
C. Brushing up on her English.
D. Applying for a visa to the United Sates.
【录音原文】
M: So, that’s what’s been keeping you so busy recently!
W: Yes, I’ve been tied up with my studies. You know I’m planning to go to the United States this coming summer, but I’m a bit nervous about my English.
Question: What is the woman busy doing?
【答案】 C
【解析】 男士问女士在忙什么,女士讲她打算这个夏天去美国,而她有点担心自己的英语。实际就是说她正忙于温习英语。brush up温习,复习。所以选C。
Short Conversation 4
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A. At a railway station.
B. At a travel agency.
C. At an airport.
D. At a cinema.
【录音原文】
W: Can I have your ticket, sir? And your passport?…Ah, I’m sorry, sir, but I’m afraid this flight is fully booked.
M: That’s not possible. I confirmed the booking a few days ago.
W: I’m very sorry, sir, but the flight has been overbooked. We can offer you a place on a later flight. There’s one at 16:30.
Question: Where does the conversation probably take place?
【答案】 C
【解析】 文中提到flight、ticket、passport、booking等可知此对话发生在机场,故选C。
Short Conversation 5
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A. A car which had an accident getting onto a ferry.
B. A driver who fell asleep at the wheel.
C. A man who lost his way driving to a ferry.
D. A car ran over a man on the road.
【录音原文】
M: Did you read about the family who drove from the north of England to catch a ferry on the south coast?
W: I did see something about it, but I didn’t have time to read the whole article.
M: Well, apparently, they’d been driving for hours when they reached the main ring road around London. It was about midnight and the father was driving. The mother had gone to sleep and the father wasn’t very good at following signposts in the dark, so they just kept going round in a circle! Anyway, they ended up missing the Ferry they were booked on.
Question: What was the story in the newspaper about?
【答案】 C
【解析】 男士说“The father wasn’t very good at following signposts in the dark, so they just kept going round in a circle!”可知他迷路了。
Short Conversation 6
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A. 10:15.
B. 11:15.
C. 1:55.
D. 2:05.
【录音原文】
W: Dr. Brown’s Clinic. Can I help you?
M: Yes. Can I have an appointment to see the doctor, please?
W: Well, he’s free at a quarter past eleven today or tomorrow at a quarter past ten or five to two.
M: I’ll come tomorrow afternoon.
Question: What time is the appointment?
【答案】 C
【解析】 根据男士的回答I’ll come tomorrow afternoon 可知他明天下午来,医生明天at a quarter past ten or five to two有空,所以此预约是five to two,即2点差5分,因此时间为1:55。
Short Conversation 7
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A. By plane.
B. By coach.
C. By train.
D. By car.
【录音原文】
M: Are you going to take the train up to Edinburgh?
W: We’ve booked tickets on the coach, actually. We wanted to drive up there, but we’ve been having problems with the car and we can’t afford to fly.
Question: How will they travel to Edinburgh?
【答案】 B
【解析】 对话中女士提到We’ve booked tickets on the coach,所以他们决定by coach。
Short Conversation 8
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A. $ 16.50.
B. $ 15.00.
C. $ 12.50.
D. $ 10.00.
【录音原文】
M: Can you tell me how much it is for a ticket for Saturday’s performance of Macbeth?
W: The front stalls and the circle are the most expensive at $16.50. The middle seats in the stalls cost $15 and the back three rows cost $12.50, but the view isn’t so good. All seats are $10 for students.
M: I’ll have one in the middle, please. I’m not a student. I’ve got my credit card here.
Question: How much is the man’s ticket?
【答案】 B
【解析】 由男士所说最后一句话可知他卖的中间位置的票,价格$15。
Short Conversation 9
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A. Because of the lorry accident.
B. Because of the train strike.
C. Because of the bus strike.
D. Because of the car accident.
Question: Why was the man late home?
【录音原文】
W: Hi! Have you had a busy day at the office?
M: Yes, sorry I’m late. I didn’t get the bus because John offered me a lift. We didn’t realize the motorway was closed because of a lorry accident, so it took much longer than usual. I’ll be even later tomorrow with the train strike.
【答案】 A
【解析】 根据because of a lorry accident可知男士晚回家的原因是碰上卡车事故。
Short Conversation 10
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A. In the sports center.
B. In the library.
C. In the lecture room.
D. In the cinema.
Question: Where are the man and the woman talking?
【录音原文】
W: It’s a bit crowded isn’t it...worse than a football match! Can you see well enough from here?
M: It doesn’t matter. As long as I can hear and get down the important points of what he says, it’s OK.
W: I’m going to the library after this. I want to get this report finished so that I can go to the cinema later.
【答案】 C
【解析】 由a bit crowded,hear and get down the important points可知他们是在听一场报告。
◆长对话
Directions:Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer or complete the following sentences with one word according to what you hear.
Long Conversation 1
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1 The programme“The Truth”is about _____.
2 The two speakers are talking about the subject of _____.
3 Jeanne Calment gave up smoking at the age of _____.
4 Scientists think that how long a person lives may be in our _____.
5 The result of experiment on the mice can’t prove that it works in _____.
【录音原文】
M: Hello and welcome to The Truth, the programme that brings science into your home. Today our topic is The Truth about Ageing and expert Helen Foster is with us today... Hello, Helen.
W: Hello.
M: So, what’s the truth about ageing? Have scientists found a way to stop ageing and for us all to live longer?
W: Not yet! However, the question that many scientists are interested in is,“Why do some people live a long time and others don’t?”... Studies of the lifestyles of very old people don’t really show a common pattern. Many of them drink and smoke and don’t do much exercise ... In fact, the oldest person ever, a woman called Jeanne Calment, who lived to the age of 122, only gave up smoking when she was 120.
M: Really?
W: Yes. So if lifestyle isn’t the answer, then scientists think that it might be in our genes ... that some people are born with genes that protect them from ageing and diseases better than other people.
M: Can we do anything to change the genes that we’re born with?
W: Well, there are some experts who believe that the answer is in your diet, specially, a low-calorie diet. Experiments with mice show that when they eat one third fewer calories every day, they live 40% longer. But there’s no proof that it works in humans.
【答案与解析】
1 science
(录音中主持人的开场白介绍了The Truth是一档科学节目,故答案为science。)
2 ageing
(根据录音内容可知,两人的主要是围绕着人类变老的话题进行开展,故答案为ageing。)
3 120
(录音中Hellen提到世界上最长寿的人Jeanne Calment活到了122岁,但她直到120岁才戒烟,故答案为120。)
4 genes
(录音中Hellen指出,改变生活方式不能阻止变老,然后科学家认为根源可能存在于我们的基因里,故答案为genes。)
5 humans
(对话结尾Hellen在介绍老鼠的实验时表示“there’s no proof that it works in humans”,故答案为humans。)
Long Conversation 2
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1 _____ University Shuttle Bus lines are introduced in this conversation.
2 The woman wants to know the location of the Recreation Centre Bus stop which has the letters of“RC”_____ the windshield.
3 The Recreation Centre Bus runs every _____ minutes during the day.
4 Bill says the Recreation Centre Bus runs always on time except the _____ hour.
5 Bill is going to take the Family Housing Bus which is arriving _____ than the Recreation Centre Bus.
【录音原文】
W: Bill, could you tell me where the University Shuttle Bus is?
M: Well, it depends on the bus. Both the Family Housing Bus and the Recreation Centre Bus stop in front of the bookstore, but the bus to the Music Complex stops around the comer.
W: Oh, how can I tell which one is the Recreation Centre Bus?
M: It has the letters“RC”above the windshield. All the buses have the initials of their final destination posted there.
W: Do you know the schedules?
M: For the“RC”bus, about every twenty minutes during the day, but after five o’clock, it runs every hour until midnight.
W: Is it usually on time?
M: Yes, except during rush hour.
W: So I should go now if I’m going to catch it?
M: Not quite so soon. Look, I have to catch the Family Housing Bus. The Recreation Centre Bus should come before mine. We can go together and I’ll let you know which one to get on.
W: Oh, thank you.
M: Not at all.
【答案与解析】
1 Three/3
(录音中Bill介绍了三种校车:Family Housing Bus,Recreation Centre Bus和Music Complex bus,故答案为Three/3。)
2 above
(在女方问到如何辨认RC bus时,Bill的回答是只需要看校车挡风玻璃上的缩写,故答案为above。)
3 twenty
(录音中Bill提到RC bus的发车时间是白天每20分钟一班,故答案为twenty。)
4 rush
(在女方问到RC bus的运营是否准时,Bill回答道是的,除了高峰时间段以外,故答案为rush。)
5 later
(对话后半部分女方问如果她要赶上RC bus是否需要现在就出发,Bill说不用急,RC bus会在他要乘坐的FH bus之前到站,可以等他一起过去这样他就能告诉她该坐哪辆。故答案为later。)
Long Conversation 3
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1 Mobile-tracking service is now mostly used by husbands or wives to _____ on their partners.
2 Only when we have consent can we go ahead and track, and we can locate a person’s _____ position.
3 The technology was going to be developed that one would be _____ by text if the person he or she is tracking has moved.
4 The existence of this technology is putting relationship at a far greater _____ than ever before.
5 The theme of the interview is the functions, uses and controversial influences of mobile-_____ service on our life.
【录音原文】
W: And tonight we are discussing the revelations that your mobile may very well have been used by your bosses or your spouse to track you down and spy on your whereabouts. Douglas Street, from one of our largest telecommunications companies, tell us more. Any truth in it all?
M: It’s true that technology now rules our lives in even more insidious ways than ever before. The new mobile-tracking service has now emerged that by far the most popular service is finding out if someone is cheating on their partner. It has been also attractive to bosses, worrying that their staff are playing away from work!
W: But don’t you have to give your permission for your mobile to be tracked?
M: Accessing the service means registering your details and the number of mobile phone you wish to track on an internet website. A text alert will then be sent to the owner of the phone, asking for permission to be monitored in future.
W: Surely it would be totally illegal to spy on people ... how do you make sure this isn’t simply spying?
W: Only when we have consent can we go ahead and track, and we can locate a person’s exact position. The technology was going to be developed so that we could warn people by text if the person they are tracking has moved from one pre-defined area to another ... but unfortunately we have run into problems with the Data Protection Laws.
W: Surely the existence of this technology is putting relationship at a far greater risk than ever before ... I mean, what would you say if your wife asked you if it was OK to track down your mobile phone?
M: Well, I’d say no ... but I couldn’t prevent my boss from tracking me during working hours.
【答案与解析】
1 spy
(访谈中Douglas Street提到新的手机追踪技术已经出现,目前该项服务在调查配偶是否出轨的人群中和需要监督员工是否在岗的老板中最受欢迎,故答案为spy。)
2 exact
(在回答该技术是否具有秘密监视的性质时,Douglas说只要得到同意,就可以对一个人所处的位置进行准确定位。故答案为exact。)
3 warned
(Douglas指出该技术的发展方向是在追踪对象离开某区域范围内就向监控者发出警告。故答案为warned。)
4 risk
(主持人提到该技术的应用会对人们的关系带来很多风险,故答案为risk。)
5 tracking
(结合整段录音内容可知,访谈既提到了手机追踪技术的性能和用途又涉及了其颇具争议性的方面,故答案为tracking。)
Long Conversation 4
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1 The relationship between the speakers is probably interviewer and _____.
2 Hall International builds _____ in developing countries.
3 The man got the information about Hall International from the _____.
4 The man majored in _____ Engineering at college.
5 The man worked extremely hard and he was enthusiastic about all aspects of the _____.
【录音原文】
W: Good morning. Take a seat.
M: Thank you. This’s a very nice office. It must be nice working in an office like this.
W: Yes. Now, do you know anything about Hall International?
M: Yes, indeed I do. And I’m very interested in what you do.
W: What do we do?
M: The organization was set up to build hospitals in the developing world. I was reading your website and I found that at the moment, you’re building hospitals in India, Peru and Brazil. Well, I really want to do work like that. Well, is there any travel involved?
W: Yes, there certainly is. We plan to send the successful candidates to places where we have building projects. Now let’s have a look at your application form... second class degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College, London. Good university, but not a very good degree.
M: Well, it’s a very difficult course. I worked extremely hard and I’m very enthusiastic about all aspects of the subject.
W: OK, I see.
【答案与解析】
1 candidate
(根据录音中提到的“This is a very nice office”可知,他们是在一个办公室里,再根据后面的“we plan to send the successful candidates to…Let’s have a look at your application form”,可以断定他们是面试官和候选人,故答案为candidate。)
2 hospitals
(录音中提到“The organization was set up to build hospitals in the developing world”,可知答案为hospitals。)
3 website
(录音中男士提到“I was reading your website”,可知他是从网站上了解的信息,故答案为website。)
4 Civil
(女士在看男士简历时提到“second class degree in Civil Engineering”,由此推断男士的专业是土木工程,故答案为Civil。)
5 subject
(录音中男士最后说,“I worked extremely hard and I’m very enthusiastic about all aspects of the subject.”,可知答案为subject。)
Long Conversation 5
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1 The relationship between the man and the woman is _____ and student.
2 The woman wanted to find books about famous _____.
3 Benjamin Franklin was a printer, writer, philosopher, scientist, and _____.
4 Everything that is in the library is listed in the _____ system.
5 According to the man, the computer will tell you about a short _____ of the book.
【录音原文】
W: Where are famous Americans from?
M: They’re from all over America. Some of them weren’t even born in America, but came to America and became U.S. citizens.
W: Do you happen to know where Benjamin Franklin was from?
M: Boston. Benjamin Franklin was a printer, writer, philosopher, scientist, and diplomat! Is there anything else you’d like to know?
W: Yes. I would be very grateful if you could show me where to find the books about famous Americans.
M: Sure. If you follow me, I’ll show you how our library is organised. Everything that we have in our library you can find is listed in our computer system.
W: Really? How does it work? How can I find the books I’m looking for?
M: Just type in the name of the author or the title of the book and the computer will tell you where the book is located in the library. It will also give you a short description of the book.
W: How convenient!
【答案与解析】
1 librarian
(通过整个对话及男士提到的“If you follow me, I’ll show you how our library is organised.”可知,两人的关系为图书管理员和学生。故答案为librarian。)
2 Americans
(根据女士提到的“where to find the books about famous Americans”可知,答案为Americans。)
3 diplomat
(男士提到Benjamin Franklin时说“Benjamin Franklin was a printer, writer, philosopher, scientist, and diplomat”,可知他是一位外交家,故答案为diplomat。)
4 computer
(在介绍如何找到图书时男士说“Everything that we have in our library you can find is listed in our computer system”,故答案为computer。)
5 description
(在电脑上查图书信息时“the computer will tell you where the book is located in the library. It will also give you a short description of the book”,可知答案为description。)
Long Conversation 6
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1 What are the members of the club required to do?
A. To register when they arrive.
B. To bring up to three guests.
C. To register their guests.
D. To show membership cards on arrival.
2 What can we learn about the changing rooms?
A. They are not available for the guests.
B. There are showers and lockers in the changing rooms.
C. The use of showers has time limit.
D. People should pay for them.
3 What can we learn about the locker?
A. There is no charge for the use of the locker.
B. Lockers are not available sometimes.
C. Twenty cents should be paid for the locker.
D. Personal belongings should not be left in the lockers.
4 How long can members play on the tennis courts?
A. For 30 minutes only.
B. For one hour only.
C. Within the booked time only.
D. Longer than the booked time.
5 What can we learn from the conversation?
A. Players can’t eat in the club room.
B. Players have to leave the club by ten o’clock.
C. The courts are closed earlier than the club room.
D. Players can’t use both the club room and the courts.
【录音原文】
M: Right, this is the tennis club reception area. As a member, you don’t have to register when you arrive. But you must remember to register your guests. And you must be able to produce your membership card if a club official asks to see it.
W: How many guests can I bring with me?
M: You can bring up to 3 at any one time.
W: Hum, that’s good.
M: Yes. Well, we want to attract people to our club. Now, here are the changing rooms with showers and lockers for your clothes and things. Obviously, you don’t have to leave your clothes in the lockers. But we strongly advise you to. It’s much safer.
W: How much do the lockers cost?
M: Twenty cents. But you get the coin back when you take your things out. Right, and the tennis courts are round here to the left.
W: Hum. And we can play for an hour at a time?
M: You can book the courts for thirty minutes or an hour. But you can carry on playing until the next players arrive.
W: Of course. What about cafe or bar?
M: Yes, we have a club room which serves food and drink behind the reception. The club room is open until 11 o’clock. But all players must leave the courts by 10 o’clock.
W: Hum. That seems very good. Thank you very much for showing us around.
M: Pleasure.
【答案与解析】
1C 对话中的“But you must remember to register your guests”已经表明了正确答案是C项。
2B 文中提到“here are the changing rooms with showers and lockers for your clothes and things”,故B项正确。
3A 当问及存物柜是否收费时,服务人员一开始回答说“Twenty cents”,但随后又补充说“But you get the coin back when you take your things out”,即实际上是不收费的。故选A项。
4D 对话中先提到了会员可以预定半小时或一小时,但是可以“carry on playing until the next players arrive”,即在下一组会员到来之前可以一直打下去,也就是可以比预定时间长。所以正确答案为D项。
5C 对话中提到“The club room is open until 11 o’clock”,但是“all players must leave the courts by 10 o’clock”。可以得出结论:客人离开场地的时间要早于离开club room的时间,因此答案为C项。
Long Conversation 7
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1 Which can we learn about Mary from the conversation?
A. She is enjoying her language study.
B. She is enjoying her management study.
C. She is not feeling very well at the moment.
D. She is not happy about her study pressure.
2 What does Mary think of the course initially?
A. It is useful.
B. It is difficult.
C. It is challenging.
D. It is interesting.
3 What is Mary’s problem of living in a family house?
A. She dislikes the food she eats.
B. She is unable to sleep well.
C. She has no chance to make friends.
D. She finds the rent high.
4 What language course does Mary enjoy most?
A. German.
B. Spanish.
C. Italian.
D. English.
5 Which of the following is Mr. Davies’advice?
A. To try to make more friends.
B. To try to change accommodation.
C. To spend more time on English.
D. To stop attending language classes.
【录音原文】
M: Come sit down, Mary.
W: Thanks, Mr. Davies.
M: Now, which course are you doing?
W: I’m doing management studies with English and German.
M: Uh-huh, how’s it all going?
W: Well, it’s not going too well. I’m not really enjoying the course. And…well, I’m not very happy.
M: All right, let’s take things slowly. Tell me something about the course.
W: Well, huh, there’s just so much work. I thought that to do two languages with management studies will be very useful. But I find the management course very difficult sometimes. And then to study English and German too. It means I’m working all the time. And I never have time to relax.
M: What about your accommodation? Are you happy with that?
W: Not really. I mean the other students on my course are living in the student dormitory. So they see each other all the time. I’m living in a rented room in a family house. I eat breakfast and dinner with the family. But I get lonely in the evenings and at weekends.
M: So, making friends is a problem too.
W: Yes.
M: OK, I’m going to make two suggestions.
W: All right.
M: First, which of the two languages do you enjoy most?
W: English. I find it easier too.
M: So I’d like you to go and see your German tutor and say that you are going to stop attending German classes for the moment.
W: OK.
M: Next, I think you should go to each of the five student dormitories. Choose the one you like best and ask if you can move in there. Students are always moving in and out so there shouldn’t be a problem.
W: Thanks a lot for your advice.
M: Not at all.
【答案与解析】
1D 考点:细节题。Mary首先说自己因为课程而感到不高兴,并且在后面具体说到“It means I’m working all the time. And I never have time to relax”,因为没有时间休息。所以选D项。
2A 考点:细节题。当Mr. Davies让Mary说说自己的课程时,Mary说到“I thought that to do two languages with management studies will be very useful”,这里“thought”用到了过去时态,表明是她最初的想法,认为管理知识加上两门外语的用途会很大。
3C 考点:细节题。Mary首先说寄宿在别人家,晚上和周末感觉很寂寞,Mr. Davies指出是不是因为交朋友方面有问题,Mary承认了,所以选C项。
4D 考点:细节题。对话中男士问女士两种语言中最喜欢哪一种,女士回答说English,故答案为D项。
5B 考点:细节题。Mr. Davies建议让她到那五个学生宿舍去看看,然后“Choose the one you like best and ask if you can move in there”,因此选择B项。
Long Conversation 8
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1 What’s the most probable relationship between the man and the woman?
A. Interviewer and chef.
B. Customer and chef.
C. Baker and chef.
D. Manger and customer.
2 Who did Louis work for ten years ago?
A. Chef Yoshi Ikeda from Japan.
B. Some of the best chefs in the world.
C. A chef from Thailand.
D. Some chefs from Europe.
3 What’s the worst accident that has happened to him in all that time?
A. Cutting his fingers.
B. Burning his arms.
C. Gas explosion.
D. Making mistakes in kitchen.
4 What kind of food is there in Louis’s restaurant?
A. Food from European countries.
B. Food from Asian countries.
C. Food from all over the world.
D. Food from the local area.
5 How long has Louis been living in England?
A. Since 1990.
B. Since 1992.
C. Since 1982.
D. Since 1980.
【录音原文】
W: Chef Louis, well done on your new restaurant!
M: Thank you. I’ve been dreaming of this day for a very long time. Yes, I worked for some of the best chefs in the world ten years ago. And now, finally, I have my own place.
W: When and where did you start your career?
M: I started in a small restaurant in France when I was just sixteen. You know I’ve been cooking for a very long time.
W: Tell me: what’s the worst accident that has happened to you in all that time?
M: Well, nothing disastrous fortunately, but I’ve cut my finger more times than I can remember!
W: Can you tell us about your life in England?
M: Well, I’ve been living here since 1992. And in that time I had some wonderful experiences. I’m very happy here.
W: And so tell us about your restaurant.
M: I love food. It’s my source of passion. In my restaurant we have food from all over the world. I have a new chef, Yoshi Ikeda. He teaches me some techniques from Japan. And I also have lessons from another fantastic chef from Thailand. Come and try our new dishes!
W: I’d love to. Well, I’ve been enjoying our chat today. Thank you for your time.
【答案与解析】
1A 录音中女士首先提到“Chef Louis,你的新餐厅真不错”,可知对方是一名厨师,通过对话过程中女士向对方提到的一系列问题,如对方是何时何地开始他的事业的,过程中出现过什么事故等,可推测她是一位记者。
2B 男士提到“Since I worked for some of the best chefs in the world ten years ago.”可知B项正确。
3A 在提到出过什么严重的事故时男士说“but I’ve cut my finger more times than I can remember!”,即A项为正确答案。
4C 男士说他的饭店“In my restaurant we have food from all over the world.”,故C项正确。
5B 女士问男士在英国呆多长时间了,男士回答“I’ve been living here since 1992.”,B项为答案。
Long Conversation 9
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1 What did the man do before attending a drama school?
A. He joined a band.
B. He joined an amateur theatre club.
C. He worked for a club as a waiter.
D. He worked for a club for a long time.
2 Why did the man take up“busking”?
A. To earn extra pocket money.
B. To support his family.
C. To support himself while he studied.
D. To enrich his life.
3 How did the man’s grandmother influence him?
A. She encouraged him in his ambitions.
B. She taught him how to perform.
C. She had been involved in the theatre.
D. She created her own theatre.
4 What does the man say about actors who are shy?
A. They prefer to perform on their own.
B. They are eager to perform.
C. They concentrate more on their performances.
D. They concentrate more on the audience’s reaction.
5 When do actors play a role better, in the man’s opinion?
A. When they can identify with the character they are playing.
B. If they know what the audience wants.
C. If they are familiar with the plot of the play.
D. If they are familiar with the characters of the protagonist.
【录音原文】
W: What did you do before you went to a drama school?
M: Well, I’d joined an amateur theatre club. We did about six plays a year, and I found that I was living for the evenings and weekends. I eventually got a place in a drama school and, although it was tough, I’ve never looked back.
W: And while at drama school you worked as a busker. Why?
M: Financially it was a necessity, for it supported me through drama school. I used to play my guitar and sing in underground stations in London during the Friday morning rash hour.
W: And this interest in performing goes back to your grandmother, doesn’t it?
M: Yes, apparently she had once worked in the theatre, although I never knew her.
W: And you describe yourself as a very shy person. Why do you want to perform if you’re shy?
M: I suppose nobody likes being shy, not being able to cope in social situations, so shy people are always looking for a way to join in somehow.
W: So does that mean that, as a shy person, you enjoy playing exciting roles, because you can have a goal at being the type of person you’re not in real life?
M: Well, I’m not lacking in energy. I do put a lot of energy into my work and I like playing all sorts of characters.
W: But, on the other hand, presumably you play a role better if there are some similarities between you and the kind of guy you play?
M: Yes, I don’t think that. On screen you can play a character unless you can find some similarities. The audience knows. And if the actor is, having to try too hard, it doesn’t work.
【答案与解析】
1B 本题的题目正是对话开始女士问男士的问题,男士的回答是Well, I’d joined an amateur theatre club.
2C 根据Financially it was a necessity, for it supported me through drama school.可知,男士街头卖艺是为了可以继续他的学业。
3C 由…apparently she had once worked in the theatre可知男士的祖母曾经在剧院工作过。
4B 根据so shy people are always looking for a way to join in somehow.可知男士认为害羞的人在某种程度上更渴望参加表演,故答案选B。
5A 根据On screen you can play a character unless you can find some similarities.可知,男士认为演好一个角色应该找到角色与自己之间的共同点,即与角色产生共鸣,故选项A正确。
Long Conversation 10
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1 What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Professor and postgraduate student.
B. Interviewer and analyst.
C. Customer and businessman.
D. Parent and child
2 What was the result of the changes boo.com made after Christmas 1999?
A. Their website was much expanded.
B. Their spending was cut by 40 percent.
C. Their sales improved slightly.
D. Their profits dropped.
3 How much more money did boo.com try to raise in May?
A. $80 million.
B. $100 million.
C. $20 million.
D. $120 million.
4 According to Marlene, what was the biggest financial mistake boo.com made?
A. They spent too much money launching their site in other countries.
B. Their products were too expensive.
C. They wasted a lot of money on advertising.
D. They wasted a lot of time on promotion.
5 Why didn’t investors want to risk any more money by investing in boo.com?
A. Because it didn’t have the right kind of staff.
B. Because it didn’t have a good business strategy.
C. Because it didn’t have high quality products.
D. Because it didn’t have advanced corporation culture.
【录音原文】
W: Today in our series on.com businesses, we’ll be talking about the infamous collapse of boo.com. Marlene, who is a retail analyst, would you say that it was inevitable that boo.com got into trouble?
M: Absolutely. Even by Christmas 1999 it was becoming clear that the company had big financial problems. Sales were much lower than anticipated at that stage.
W: How did they get into that situation?
M: I’d say it was caused by poor management decisions. They were over-ambitious and I think they made a big mistake when they decided to launch the site in eighteen countries. It increased their start-up costs enormously.
W: How did they deal with these problems?
M: Well, after Christmas the site was totally redesigned to make it easier to use. They also reduced prices by as much as 40 percent on some products. The strategy seemed to work and sales began to recover in the spring.
W: So how come everything went wrong in May?
M: They ran out of money. By then they’d used up all the initial $80 million funding and were looking for an additional $20 million to survive. They didn’t get it. The original investors lost confidence in the company and refused to put in extra money.
W: Do you think a company like Boo would attract that level of investment in today’s business climate?
M: I doubt it. The collapse of Boo made investors very nervous. Today’s investors are only interested in high quality businesses with experienced people, and a really good business plan. Boo had a great idea and some very talented people, but they really hadn’t thought it through.
【答案与解析】
1B 由对话开头女士的介绍可知,女士正在就collapse of boo.com.问题采访一位叫Marlene的分析师。
2C 根据The strategy seemed to work and sales began to recover in the spring.可知boo.com在圣诞节后作出的改变使产品销量有所恢复。
3C 由By then they’d used up all the initial $80 million funding and were looking for an additional $20 million to survive.可知boo.com不仅用光了最初的$80 million,还在寻求更多的资本($20 million)来维持生存。
4A 由They were over-ambitious and I think they made a big mistake when they decided to launch the site in eighteen countries. It increased their start-up costs enormously.可知,分析师认为boo.com犯的最大的错误是启动经费过于庞大。
5B 根据对话最后结尾Today’s investors are…and a really good business plan. Boo had a great idea and some very talented people, but they really hadn’t thought it through.可知,boo.com虽然有人才,但没有好的商业策略,故选项B正确。
◆新闻
Directions:Each item will be read only once. At the end of each item, there will be a fifteen-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
News Item 1
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What is the new discovery about?
A. Converting A, B and AB blood types into type O blood.
B. A safe way of transfusing blood.
C. An important use of type O blood.
D. The production of blood.
【录音原文】
O type blood can be transfused safely into humans of any blood type without medical risk. The problem is that it’s not always readily available for those who desperately need blood. Now an international team of scientists believe they have found a way to convert A, B and AB blood types into O type, making it safe to transfusions. Professor Orson of Long University Hospital in Sweden is one of report’s authors.
【答案】 A
【解析】 新闻中提到Now an international team of scientists believe they have found a way to convert A, B and AB blood types into O type, making it safe to transfusions.因此,这里的新发现是指将A、B以及AB型血转换成O型血的方法。
News Item 2
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What kind of mixture is the new treatment?
A. Raw olive leaves and milk.
B. Raw olive leaves and water.
C. Raw olive leaves and beer.
D. Raw olive leaves only.
【录音原文】
The Health Ministry’s anger over the new olive elixir is mainly directed at the country’s populist television chat shows which have been whipping up a frenzy. Several elderly cancer sufferers have been paraded on screen to recount how the mixture of raw olive leaves and water had healed them. The Central Medical Council has warned that the so-called“miracle cure”had not been tested and expressed fears that sufferers will abandon conventional medicine and die as a result.
【答案】 B
【解析】 根据Several elderly cancer sufferers have been paraded on screen to recount how the mixture of raw olive leaves and water had healed them.可知是用新采摘的橄榄叶加水来治愈绝症,故答案选B。
News Item 3
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What percentage of students is staying away from school in Zimbabwe in 2008?
A. 85 percent.
B. 20 percent.
C. 80 percent.
D. 12 percent.
【录音原文】
The UN Children’s Fund reports school attendance in Zimbabwe has rapidly declined from more than 85 percent in 2007 to just 20 percent by the third term of 2008. The UNICEF Representative in Zimbabwe, Roeland Monasch, says the cholera epidemic and the collapse of basic services are adversely affecting the population. He says children are staying away from school because they have to help their parents look for food or find ways to earn money to help support their families.
【答案】 C
【解析】 由新闻第一句可知,2008年津巴布韦的就学率降到了20%,而题目问的是2008年津巴布韦辍学学生的比例,因此答案为C项。
News Item 4
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Who first introduced the concept of practical wisdom?
A. Aristotle.
B. Barry Schwartz.
C. Kenneth Sharpe.
D. Washington.
【录音原文】
Doing the right thing can help individuals and institutions succeed, but knowing what that right thing is, is not always easy. In“Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Things,”authors Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe say that it’s possible to develop the good judgment that helps people make the right decisions. It takes experience, failure and determination. The concept of practical wisdom comes from Aristotle. Co-author Barry Schwartz explains that the ancient Greek philosopher made two arguments about behaviour.
【答案】 A
【解析】 新闻后一部分提到the concept of practical wisdom comes from Aristotle,由此可知实践智慧来源于亚里士多德,故选A。
News Item 5
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What is the main difficulty Qatar faces in hosting the 2022 World Cup?
A. Financial difficulties.
B. Very high temperatures.
C. The disapproval of the AFC.
D. The shortage of water.
【录音原文】
Qatar won the right to host the World Cup in 2022 despite its scorching temperatures, which often exceed 40 degrees Celsius. The super-rich Gulf state promised to install solar-powered cooling systems in the stadiums, and fan zones. But Peter Velappan, who led the development of Asian football for three decades, until he left the AFC in 2006, has suggested a different solution. He said no one would want to play in those conditions and has strongly recommended that FIFA reschedule the tournament for January or February.
【答案】 B
【解析】 新闻的首句提到“尽管卡塔尔灼热的气温经常超过40度,但是卡塔尔赢得了2022年世界杯的举办权”,而且后文中主要是围绕如何解决高温这一问题展开的,由此可知高温是卡塔尔面临的主要难题。
News Item 6
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Which countries are having talks over gas prices?
A. Russia and the UK.
B. Russia and other former Soviet Republics.
C. Russia and Ukraine.
D. Russia and the Uganda.
【录音原文】
Ukrainian politicians claim there are political motives behind the price rise originally demanded by the Russian energy giant Gazprom. They say Russia is offering much more favourable terms to other former Soviet Republics. Russian officials insist it’s a purely commercial matter.
【答案】 C
【解析】 Ukrainian政治家认为油价上涨有政治的原因,Russian官员坚持认为是商业的原因。
News Item 7
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What does the British government want to do?
A. Ban smoking in indoor public places.
B. Ban smoking in all public places.
C. Improve the health care system.
D. Ban smoking in outdoor public places
【录音原文】
Britain’s Labour government is having a difficult week. The government wants to ban smoking in indoor public places, including restaurants and other places of entertainment. This is partly because it wants to discourage people from smoking, since smoking causes so much illness, but also to protect the health of the staff who work there, and who got no choice about breathing in second hand smoke.
【答案】 A
【解析】 新闻中第二句话提到The government wants to ban smoking in indoor public places。
News Item 8
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How many performers joined the Winter Olympics opening ceremony?
A. More than 35,000.
B. More than 2,600.
C. More than 4,700.
D. More than 2,700.
【录音原文】
A crowd of some 35,000, including U.S. First Lady Laura Bush and Italian film legend Sophia Loren, filled the Olympic Stadium. More than 4,700 performers, including fast moving skaters with fiery rocket packs, dancers and even dancing cows opened the festivities. Some 2,600 athletes from more than 80 countries and territories marched into the stadium accompanied by American pop music from the 1970s and 1980s.
【答案】 C
【解析】 新闻中提到的数字中,35000是指观众,4700是指performers,2600是指athletes。
News Item 9
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What is the passage mainly talking about?
A. Mobile phone gambling is on the rise in Europe.
B. Mobile phone gambling is on the rise in Australia.
C. Mobile phone gambling is on the rise in Asia.
D. Mobile phone gambling is on the rise in China.
【录音原文】
Governments from Singapore to South Korea are increasingly lifting restrictions on gambling. But gamblers do not have to wait for new casinos to open to place their bets: they can just use their mobile phones. Europe is the largest market for mobile gambling, but telecommunications analysts predict that Asia will catch up soon.
【答案】 C
【解析】 这一段新闻主要在讲gambling在亚洲十分猖獗,快赶上欧洲了。
News Item 10
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Which part of the United States was attacked by snowstorm?
A. The north-eastern part
B. The south-eastern part.
C. The north-western part.
D. The south-western part
【录音原文】
The United States National Weather Service says that this huge winter storm has dumped some 68.3 centimetres of snow in Central Park, making it the worst blizzard to hit New York City since records began in 1869. To add to the problems facing the entire north-eastern seaboard, winds across the region have been gusting at up to 96 kilometres an hour, causing serious localised drifting.
【答案】 A
【解析】 根据To add to the problems facing the entire north-eastern seaboard可知受灾的是东北部沿海地区。
◆独白
Directions: In this section, you will hear one monologue. The monologue will be read twice. After listening, answer the questions using no more than five words.
Monologue 1
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1 What’s the function of brain pills?
2 Except for students, what other professions who don’t get much sleep will be benefited by brain pills?
3 What challenge will memory pills bring?
4 What are the examples given in the passage to show that memory pills are not used correctly?
5 What is the attitudes of many scientists towards the memory pills?
【录音原文】
Imagine the scene: you have an important exam tomorrow morning. Your future depends on it. You stay up all night, trying to memorize three or four years’information in twelve hours. Sounds familiar? But imagine you didn’t need to do this. (1) Imagine you could just take a brain pill and immediately remember everything.
A memory pill, or any other pill that wakes up the brain, is a great idea, not only for students, but for lots of other professions. (2) Soldiers, who have to function with just a few hours’sleep, would welcome it. So would pilots on long trips, and shift workers who have to work with heavy machines at night.
But are we close to finding such a pill? A number of companies are already working on it. They see enormous financial possibilities in a pill that increases the memory, and laboratories have already been testing pills on both animals and humans.
(3) But a memory pill raises ethical questions too. Research tells us that the pill would be used not only by ill people, but also by people who just wanted to remember everyone’s name at parties, or the laziest students. Is this fair on poorer students who couldn’t afford the pill? Would businesses start asking their workers to take pills so that they performed better?
Medicine and its processes evolve. Often, the original purpose gets lost. (4) This has happened with plastic surgery. It may happen with cloning . The truth is, we don’t know how a memory pill would affect society. Fortunately, we probably have a few more years to think about it. (5) Most scientists believe that the drugs need much more testing . Some of these drugs work well with animals, but as one of the scientists says,“It isn’t clear that animals use the same kind of memories as humans. A mouse doesn’t have to remember a shopping list during the day.”
【答案与解析】
1 Increase the memory.
(录音中提到“... take a brain pill and immediately remember everything.”,即药能帮助提高记忆力。)
2 Soldiers, pilots, and shift workers.
(录音中提到“Soldiers... So would pilots on long trips, and shift workers…”,即士兵,飞行员或需要轮班的工人也会因这种药受益。)
3 They will raise ethical questions.
(录音中提到“But a memory pill raises ethical questions too.”可知记忆药片会带来伦理问题。)
4 Plastic surgery and cloning.
(录音中提到记忆药片可能会违背原来的目的,这可能发生在整形手术和克隆问题上。)
5 They should be tested more.
(录音中提到,“Most scientists believe that the drugs need much more testing.”,可知科学家们认为药品在安全使用之前需要多加实验。)
Monologue 2
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1 How did people distinguish values of coins at first?
2 Why did governments start to use paper receipts?
3 Where did paper money first appear?
4 What is the advantage of“the euro”?
5 What is the smallest coin made of?
【录音原文】
Today, currency is a mixture of coins and paper money. But it wasn’t always that way. Before people had metal coins and paper bills, they used a lot of unusual things for money. In one part of the world, for example, people used sharks’teeth for money. In some places, brightly colored feathers and rare seashells were money. People in one area even used the hair from elephants’tails for money.
No one knows for sure when people started using metal coins for money. The oldest coins are over 2,500 years old, so we know that people used coins a very long time ago. At first, people used precious metals, such as gold and silver, to make coins. (1) They stamped the shape of a person or animal on each coin to indicate its value.
(3) In the 13th century, people in China used iron coins for their currency. These coins weren’t worth very much, and people had to use many of them to buy things. (2) Because it was inconvenient to carry so many coins, the government started making paper receipts. People took these receipts to banks and traded them for coins. (3) This was the first example of paper money.
Today, most countries use a mixture of coins and paper bills for their currency. In the United States, the paper bills are all the same size and color. For example, the $1 bill is the same size and color as the $100 bill. In many other countries, the bills have different sizes and colors. The smaller bills are worth less money. This makes it easier for people to tell the value of their money.
In 2002, twelve European countries started using a completely new currency. (4) It’s called“the euro”. Many Europeans miss their old currencies, but now it’s easier to move money from one country to another.
Here are a few more fascinating facts about the history of money.
Feathers were the lightest money ever used. People on the Pacific island of Santa Cruz used them. Stones were the heaviest money ever used. People on the Pacific island of Yap used them. Some weighed over 500 pounds.
(5) The smallest money ever used was in Greece. The coins were made of metal, but they were smaller than an apple seed.
【答案与解析】
1 By the stamps on them.
(独白中提到起初人们多在硬币上盖上人或动物的戳记以对硬币的价值进行区分。)
2 Carrying many coins is inconvenient.
(独白中提到由于携带大量硬币很不方便,因此政府开始使用纸质收据。)
3 In China.
(独白中先是提到13世纪中国人使用铁质硬币,而因其不便政府开始使用纸质收据,且人们可以用纸质收据换取硬币。随后指出这便是第一个使用纸质钱币的例子。因此可以判断,纸质钱币最先出现在中国。)
4 Help move money across countries.
(独白中提到虽然很多欧洲人怀念他们从前的货币,但是有了欧元,钱币的跨国流通更为方便。)
5 Metal.
(独白最后提到最小的硬币出现在希腊,随后指出它是由金属制成的。)
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1 In the distance learning revolution, which media play a key part?
2 What supports Pitman’s shorthand teaching?
3 Who can learn a course in the Open University?
4 What does the Discovery Channel focus on?
5 Which programme was the most-watched documentary in TV history until 2000?
【答案与解析】
1 Internet, DVD and cable TV.
(独白中提到网络、数字视盘和有线电视等媒体是远程学习中的关键部分。)
2 A reliable postal system.
(独白中提到Pitman借助了可靠的邮政系统才得以通过邮件教授速记法。)
3 Anyone older than 18.
(独白中提到开放大学没有入学资质和面试的门槛,只要是18岁以上的人群都可以学习其中的一门课。)
4 Documentaries and nature programmers.
(独白中提到探索频道是第一个致力于纪录片和自然节目的有线电视频道。)
5 Walking with Dinosaurs.
(独白中提到《与恐龙同行》在2000年一经播出就成为播放量最高的纪录片。)
【录音原文】
Knowledge, according to the proverb, is power. (1) And in this electronic age, more and more of our information is gained not in the classroom, but via media such as the Internet, DVD and cable TV…all of which are playing a key part in the distance learning revolution. Here are three figures in this key educational exchange which is transforming our lives in the 21st century.
The Pitman Shorthand System
Those who think that distance learning is a relatively new idea might be surprised to learn that English educator, Sir Isaac Pitman, had the same idea—only then it was called correspondence course—more than 150 years ago. (2) Taking advantage of the development of a reliable postal system in 1840, Pitman began teaching shorthand by mail to thousands of students who did not have time to attend school. “Lessons”consisted of copying short passages of the Bible in shorthand, and posting them to Mr. Pitman to be corrected. His brother, Benn Pitman, introduced the idea to the United States, and the Pitman shorthand system—which has been adapted to fifteen other languages—is still one of the most widely used shorthand systems in the world.
The Open University
When it was established in 1969, the Open University offered courses via mail; with the back-up of regular TV and radio programmes shown outside normal broadcast times. Each student was assigned a tutor who discussed the course work over the phone, and in group sessions in the evenings or at weekends.
Thirty years on, the Open University has expanded to include the Internet, video-conferencing, satellite broadcast and email. (3) There are no entry qualifications or admission interviews, and anyone over the age of eighteen can follow one of their courses. It is now Britain’s largest single teaching institution, with more than 200,000 people studying its courses every year, with another 16,000 in other countries around the world.
John Hendricks and the Discovery Channel
(4) After a successful career in university education, John S. Hendricks entered the TV business and launched the Discovery Channel—the first cable TV channel exclusively devoted to documentaries and nature programmes—in June 1985. Today, the company’s programmes reach over 150 million subscribers in more than a hundred countries. In an age when competition for TV audiences has never been tougher, the Discovery Channel’s high-quality, educational approach continues to defy those who believe that TV is only about mindless entertainment. (5) The BBC programme Walking with Dinosaurs became the most-watched documentary in TV history when it was shown on the Discovery Channel in 2000.