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◆短对话
Directions：Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, 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.
Short Conversation 1
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A. Work in the garden.
B. Go to the beach.
C. Watch TV.
D. Stay at home.
【录音原文】
W: Bye, Mark, have a nice weekend.
M: Thanks, same to you. Doing anything exciting?
W: No, not really. We were thinking of going to the beach, but I don’t think Martin is well enough to go. So he will probably stay in and watch TV. And I’ll plant the rose bushes I bought yesterday.
Question: What’s the woman going to do this weekend?
【答案】 A
【解析】 女士说他们本打算去海边，但是Martin身体不大好，所以她会plant the rose bushes，而Martin则待在家里看电视。
Short Conversation 2
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A. A book.
B. A film.
C. An exhibition.
D. A TV show.
【录音原文】
M: Well, I’m not sure. It sounds as if the movie is rather violent for us.
W: Yes, but it’s very famous. The director won some kind of award. Peter saw it a few months ago, and according to him, some of it was violent, but it was all done in a very “matter-of-fact” way. Nothing to... eh... you know...
M: OK, then. I suppose it will make a change from comedies.
Question: What are the speakers talking about?
【答案】 B
【解析】 对话在讨论一部很著名而又有些暴力的电影（movie）。
Short Conversation 3
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A. The item is more expensive than she expected.
B. The item has been seriously damaged.
C. The item obviously doesn’t serve her purpose.
D. The item is obviously faulty.
【录音原文】
W: Right, let’s have a look. Oh, no.
M: What’s the matter? Faulty?
W: No. but it’s no use.
M: Why?
W: I told them what I needed it for. And they said this one will do, but it obviously won’t. Look!
M: I see what you mean.
Question: Why is the woman disappointed?
【答案】 C
【解析】 女士感到沮丧的原因在于提供给她的产品不合她的要求。
Short Conversation 4
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A. A financial burden.
B. A good companion.
C. A real nuisance.
D. A well-trained pet.
【录音原文】
M: I hear John left his cat in your care while he’s on vacation abroad. How are you getting along with it?
W: Well, it never comes when I call it. It spills its food and sheds all over the place. I can’t wait till John gets back.
Question: How does the woman find the cat?
【答案】 C
【解析】 考点：推理题。女士一直在抱怨那只猫，说它把食物和猫毛弄得到处都是。可见她非常讨厌它，故选C项。从对话中并不能看出这只猫给女士造成经济负担，所以排除A项。
Short Conversation 5
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A. They might have to change their plan.
B. He has got everything set for their trip.
C. He has a heavier workload than the woman.
D. They could stay in the mountains until June 8.
【录音原文】
W: I just called the travel agency. It’s all set. On June 1st, we are heading for the mountains, and we’ll be camping there for a whole week.
M: Have you checked the academic calendar? My classes aren’t over until the 8th.
Question: What does the man imply?
【答案】 A
【解析】 考点：推理题。女士计划6月1日去游玩，而男士说Have you checked the academic calendar? My classes aren’t over until the 8th，由此可知他们或许需要改变原计划。
Short Conversation 6
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A. Beef curry.
B. Lamb curry.
C. Chicken curry.
D. Rice curry.
【录音原文】
W: Hello!
M: Good evening, Toushmorho restaurant.
W: Oh, good evening. I’d like to order a take-away.
M: Certainly, what would you like?
W: I’d like a curry with beef, a hot lamb curry and a mild chicken curry, your special. Oh, and three portions of rice.
M: Did you know that chicken curry comes with rice?
W: Oh, I see. Better make that just two portions of rice. Thanks.
Question: Which curry comes with rice included?
【答案】 C
【解析】 对话中男士询问女士Did you know that chicken curry comes with rice?也就是说，鸡肉咖喱中是包含米饭的。
Short Conversation 7
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A. Clothes.
B. Books.
C. Food.
D. Films.
【录音原文】
W: Morning, Mr. Roberts, have you been to that new shop in the High Street?
M: Good morning, Mrs. White. Yes, I just thought I pop in and browse around, seeing if there is anything I like. I must say I’m very impressed. They have a very good literature section and there is a little café where you can go and read a book in peace.
W: Have they got any nice love stories? That’s what I really like, a bit of romance and excitement.
Question: What does the shop sell?
【答案】 B
【解析】 由对话中提到的literature section，read a book in peace，love stories等词可推断出他们讨论的是书店。
Short Conversation 8
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A. The woman need not consider her advisor in her decision.
B. The woman should not take Dr. Sullivan’s course.
C. The woman need not worry about her physics course.
D. The woman will not do a bad job in her physics course.
【录音原文】
W: I’d like to take Dr. Sullivan’s section of Physics 100, but my advisor is teaching it too, and I don’t want her to be offended.
M: Who cares?
W: Well, I don’t want to get on her bad side.
M: I wouldn’t worry about it.
Question: What does the man mean?
【答案】 A
【解析】 女士想选Dr. Sullivan的课，而她的导师也开此课，她便向男士征求意见，男士说Who cares?可知男士告诉女士在她的决定里不用考虑导师。
Short Conversation 9
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A. So many teenagers were happy at home.
B. So few teenagers got on well with their parents.
C. So many teenagers wanted to participate in the survey.
D. So many teenagers don’t say the truth.
【录音原文】
W: Hi John, did you get many respondents to your survey on teenagers?
M: Yes, I had a huge number of responses, which was great. I had a quick look at the results last night. It was quite surprising because over half of the teenagers we spoke to said they actually had a good relationship with their parents. I was expecting it to be a lot less than that. I mean the popular myth is that very few teenagers are happy at home.
W: Clearly that’s not true, is it?
Question: Looking at the survey results, why was the man surprised?
【答案】 A
【解析】 男士对调查所得的结果很吃惊是因为调查中有超过一半的少年与父母关系很好，而他预想的数字要比这少。
Short Conversation 10
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A. She has never had a car before.
B. She never bought such a complicated car.
C. She thinks the salesman ignored her.
D. She thinks she cannot drive the car.
【录音原文】
W: Never before have I been so insulted. I’m not going to buy any car from them.
M: What happened? I thought he explained things okay.
W: He paid no attention to me and only looked at you. He thought I couldn’t afford it.
Question: What does the woman mean?
【答案】 C
【解析】 女士提到He paid no attention to me and only looked at you，她因售货员对她不理睬而生气，她想他一定觉得她买不起车。
◆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 International Friendship Club was established three _____ ago.
2 A club member has to pay for _____ arranged trips.
3 An active participant can get a special medal as _____.
4 The membership fee is £_____ for an academic year.
5 One needs to provide _____ and address to become a club member.
【录音原文】
M: 2466. Simon speaking.
W: Hello. Is that the right number for the International Friendship Club?
M: Yes, that’s right. How can I help?
W: I picked up a copy of your newsletter in the Students’ Union, and I was wondering if you could tell me a bit more about the club?
M: Yes, of course. We set up the club three years ago as a way of promoting international understanding. So we’ve been established for a while now. And there’re meetings every Thursday evening, during term time, that is...
W: Thursday, right?
M: Yes, we usually show a film or maybe run a competition of some kind. But mostly it’s an opportunity for people to get together, relax and make friends. And we also produce a regular newsletter—I think you said you’d seen a copy of that...
W: The newsletter? Yes, it looked interesting.
M: So, you know, it got loads of information about what’s on in the area and about living in Britain in general. We also have quite a busy social programme with outings to places of interest like London or Oxford.
W: Sounds great.
M: And one other thing to mention. We like to encourage people to attend regularly and play a real part in the club. So we give special certificates as a reward for active participation. It’s something you can put on your CV, for example.
W: I see. And I meant to ask, does it cost anything to join? Is there a fee?
M: Yes, membership costs £5 for a term but you can save a bit of money if you pay for the whole academic year. Then it’s only £12, instead of £15. That doesn’t include special trips. But they’re subsidized by the university, so they’re not too expensive.
W: Fine. How do I go about joining?
M: OK. So could I have your name, please?
W: Maria Lanzerac.
M: Right. Where are you from, Maria? I should be able to tell from your accent, but...
W: Don’t worry. Most people think I’m from Australia but I’m actually South African.
M: Fantastic. Well, I think that’s all I need for now. You should get the pack in the post tomorrow. Just give me a call if you’ve got any questions.
W: Thanks. Bye.
【答案与解析】
1 years
(女士打电话询问有关the International Friendship Club的相关事宜，第一件事即问到其建立时间，对方回答“We set up the club three years ago as a way of promoting international understanding”，由此可得知答案。)
2 special
(男士为女士介绍了该社团所举办的相关活动，然后女士询问了费用问题。男士先提及了基本的会员费，但是他说special trips不算在内，由此可得知答案。)
3 reward
(男士在介绍社团活动时，谈到了“we give special certificates as a reward for active participation”，即社团为了鼓励大家参与活动而设立了特别的证书（而不是奖牌）作为奖励，由此可得知答案。)
4 12
(关于会员费，对话中涉及了两种费用，一个是每学期£5，一个是每学年£12。而男士提到£15是为了鼓励女士直接支付一个学年的费用而做的比较，并没有这一类别。)
5 name
(对话最后，女士问加入社团需要什么信息，男士只问了其两个问题，一个是叫什么名字，一个是来自哪里。)
Long Conversation 2
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1 Jennifer Jenkins is a lecturer of _____ Linguistics.
2 International English is said to be English spoken mainly by _____ speakers across the world.
3 The sound [θ] or [ð] would be _____ out in International English.
4 _____ is the most important factor in International English according to Jennifer Jenkins.
5 More and more people are learning International English because they have a _____ that they actually have rather less to do.
【录音原文】
M: I’ve come to Kings College, London, to talk to Dr. Jennifer Jenkins, who’s a Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics. Now Jennifer, you’re quite interested in the teaching and learning of International English. Can you explain in general terms what this is?
W: It’s based on the fact that nowadays the majority of people who speak English around the world are nonnative speakers of English—they’ve learnt it as a second or subsequent language. They use it to speak with each other and therefore, they’re not really learning what’s always been called English as a foreign language—English to speak to native speakers of English. They’re learning it for more international communication, and that has all sorts of implications for the sorts of things that they need to be able to do.
M: So, what would be the main differences between the kind of English that’s widely taught around the world today, and perhaps what you describe as a more international form?
W: Well, there’d be various differences. There’d be differences in what they need to be able to do when they’re pronouncing English.
M: Is there anything that’s widely taught when teaching English that would be missed out in International English?
W: Yes, I think, for example, that... there doesn’t seem to be much point in teaching learners to say the T-H, the [θ] and [ð] sounds, erm, because most of the world’s learners of English, speakers of English who are non-native speakers don’t pronounce the [θ].
M: And, what is the thinking behind the idea of International English?
W: Well, the more different groups of people round the world speak English, the more important it becomes to make sure that they have enough in common so that they can understand each other, that they’re intelligible to each other and here, pronunciation is very important because their pronunciation is the thing that will vary most, among different speakers of English.
M: So, what would you say are the advantages for students and teachers of this form of English?
W: Well, one advantage would be that they actually have rather less to do, rather less to learn because instead of trying to learn the entire way of speaking of a native speaker, which is incredibly complicated and most learners never do achieve this in any case, so they’ve got less to do, but they’re also allowed to keep something of themselves in their English.
M: Well, Dr. Jenkins, thank you for talking to me about that.
【答案与解析】
1 Applied
(对话第一句男士就直接指出他来的目的，并且交代出Jennifer Jenkins的身份，即“a Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics”，由此可得知答案。)
2 non-native
(男士向女士提出的第一个问题就是希望她能广泛意义地解释一下International English的含义，女士回答到所谓的International English主要是指non-native speakers用的英语，由此可得知答案。)
3 missed
(男士询问International English与标准英语的区别，女士提出发音问题，并特别指出[θ]和[ð]的发音。她说到这两个音之所以常常不发，正是因为“most of the non-native speakers don’t pronounce the [θ]”，即很多非母语使用者不发这个音而不是因为不会发这个音也不影响沟通。)
4 Pronunciation
(随后男士又询问了女士关于International English的背后理念问题，女士指出其中最重要的一点就是人们的发音问题。)
5 advantage
(对话最后男士问到International English的优势问题，女士认为其优势主要在于人们只欲实现沟通，学习国际英语比学习真正标准的英语要简单得多。)
Long Conversation 3
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1 The teenagers are made to listen to orchestras because they play _____ rock music which disturbs the neighbors.
2 The landlord was ordered to live in his own building for a _____.
3 The speakers thought the special punishment was too _____.
4 The woman hided in the _____ room during the gym class.
5 The woman still _____ the gym class after being punished.
【录音原文】
W: Hey, listen to this. “A judge in Minnesota has sentenced some young people to listen to orchestras playing love songs.”
M: What?
W: As a punishment. For playing loud rock music.
M: Why? How is that a punishment?
W: They were playing some kind of loud music—rock, or rap or something—in their cars. It was disturbing the neighbors, who called the police. So the judge gave them a choice between paying a fifty-dollar fine or listening to the style of music that they most disliked. It says here, “The judge sees her method as an effective way to make the teenagers consider their crime. ‘If they are making people listen to their music, I will make them listen to mine,’ she said.”
M: Hah! I think that’s a good idea.
W: I suppose so. Actually... I don’t know if it would really be effective.
M: Well, it might make them see things from other people’s point of view.
W: Yes. I guess that’s why she did it.
M: It’s like that “landlord story” a few weeks ago.
W: What was that about?
M: Well, this guy was in court because he was renting apartments that were in terrible condition—no heat, no water, or anything. His building was a mess. So the judge ordered him to live in his own building for a while.
W: Wow! Good idea!
M: He said he should experience the same conditions. And also, if he was living in it, it would ensure that the repairs got done.
W: It’s better than going to prison.
M: Yes. Well, he could have gone to prison, otherwise. But this was a more practical solution.
W: Prison wouldn’t have been as effective. At least this way, the repairs probably got done.
M: I agree. It seems more logical to make the punishment fit the crime.
W: I had a teacher once who believed in that idea.
M: Really?
W: When I was in seventh grade, I hated gym class, and I always tried to get out of it. My friend and I used to hide in the locker room during class. Well, eventually we were caught.
M: What happened?
W: We had to go to the library and do a whole project on physical fitness. We had to get statistics. For example, how many people in the population are overweight, why exercise is good for you.., things like that. And we had to do it during gym class. Then we had to present it to the class.
M: That’s really good. I bet you learned a lot.
W: Yes, I learned a lot, but I still hated gym?
【答案与解析】
1 loud
（对话中提到“As a punishment. For playing loud rock music”，“It was disturbing the neighbors, who called the police. So the judge gave them a choice between paying a fifty-dollar fine or listening to the style of music that they most disliked”，可知这些年轻人玩摇滚打扰了邻居，作为惩罚，法官让这些年轻人选择交50元的罚款还是听一种他们不喜欢的音乐，这些年轻人选择了听不喜欢的音乐。由此可知正确答案。）
2 while
（对话中提到房东的故事，这位房东因为出租的房子没有暖气，没有供水，情况糟糕而被告上了法庭，“So the judge ordered him to live in his own building for a while”，法官要求这位房东在自己这么糟的房里住上一段时间体验一番（而不是立即对房子进行改造），由此可知正确答案。）
3 logical
（两位说话者对这种特殊惩罚的态度，文中提到“Wow! Good idea!”，“It seems more logical to make the punishment fit the crime”，可以看出两人认为特殊惩罚是一个好办法。由此可知正确答案。）
4 locker
（女士在对话中说到“I hated gym class, and I always tried to get out of it.”，她不喜欢上体育课，总是想着逃避，因此“My friend and I used to hide in the locker room during class.”，可以知道女士经常藏在上锁的房间，由此可知正确答案。）
5 hated
（在对话的最后一句，女士说到“Yes, I learned a lot, but I still hated gym”，可以看出尽管女士从中学习了很多，但仍旧讨厌上体育课。由此可知正确答案。）
Long Conversation 4
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1 Angela Baker is a _____, whose book Emma is controversial.
2 Computer games won’t cause serious harm if played no more than _____ hours a day according to Angela Baker.
3 As a result of Emma’s playing computer games excessively, she dropped out of _____.
4 Emma phoned Angela from a _____ station.
5 Angela’s book centres around some _____ that Emma experienced.
【录音原文】
M: I have with me in the studio today, Angela Baker, founding member of the pressure group arcade and writer of the recent controversial book Emma’s all right now. Angela, your book has been seen as criticizing computer games quite directly. Are these games really as bad as that?
W: I just want to make it clear, first of all, that I don’t see computer games themselves as the enemy that some people do. Most games can generally be played for up to 3 hours each day without causing any serious harm to the user.
M: But your book centres around some of the problems your daughter experienced that you claim were the result of playing a game called Bloodbath Ⅱ.
W: Yes, and our experience agrees with the result of a recent report that playing for more than five hours can often result in the player developing severe emotional problems.
M: Yes, Hoffman and Lake have especially pointed to the increased aggression that can be seen in subjects. But doesn’t your book just say the same things but less scientifically?
W: Well, yes, but our book is a true story of real people’s experiences. Emma did become more aggressive but what is important is that she cut herself off from her friends and teachers by physically attacking them. So here was a normal healthy fifteen-year-old girl with no friend who the school refused to accept.
M: And how did you react at this point?
W: Well, of course I was very worried and I knew I had to do something. And looking back, perhaps I did the wrong thing.
M: That was when you destroyed her home computer.
W: Well, like I say, I was going out of my mind. She would just sit down and play and not speak to me. So, in the end, one day, I picked up the computer and threw it out of the window.
M: And that’s when Emma ran away from home?
W: Yes, she just walked out of the house right afterwards and I didn’t hear from her for three weeks. Next thing we heard, she was in a police station in Brighton. She telephoned us from there, and said she wanted to come home.
M: That must have been quite a difficult moment for you.
W: Well, yes, hut the important thing was that she was willing to talk and start sorting out her problems.
M: And is Emma all right now?
W: She’s a totally new person. She’s made up with her friends and started studying for her A-level again but moat importantly she realized that Bloodbath Ⅱ and other such games were responsible for ruining her friendship and her studies.
M: So she doesn’t play any more.
W: Well, naturally all computer games are right out of the question now, hut after a year or so I went out and got her a new computer to help her with her studies and I’m really delighted that now she can make positive use of computers.
【答案与解析】
1 writer
（录音开头提到“Angela Baker, writer of the recent controversial book Emma’s all right now.”，可以看出Angela Baker是一位作者，她最近的一本书《Emma》饱受争议。由此可知正确答案。）
2 3/three
（Angela Baker在对话中提到“Most games can generally be played for up to 3 hours each day without causing any serious harm to the user”，即大部分游戏每天玩3个小时不会对用户造成任何严重的伤害。由此可知正确答案。）
3 school
（对话中提到“So here was a normal healthy fifteen-year-old girl with no friend who the school refused to accept”，可以知道Emma因为玩游戏而变得没有朋友，并且学校也拒绝接收她。由此可知正确答案。）
4 police
（文中提到Emma离家出走。这位女士三天没有Emma的音信，后文中提到“Next thing we heard, she was in a police station in Brighton. She telephoned us from there, and said she wanted to come home”，可知Emma从布莱顿的警察局打电话回家，由此可知正确答案。）
5 problems
（对话中男士提到“But your book centres around some of the problems your daughter experienced that you claim were the result of playing a game called Bloodbath Ⅱ.”，可以看到Angela的书主要是关于她女儿经历的一些问题，Angela将这些问题归因于她女儿玩一种叫Bloodbath Ⅱ的游戏。由此可知正确答案。）
Long Conversation 5
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1 The woman in this conversation is a _____ worker.
2 The principle of “Assistance Pyramid” means that _____ goods must be top priority on all occasions.
3 The ICRC identified priorities in a region to provide the best possible _____.
4 The _____ is a problem in areas hit by natural disasters because of pollution.
5 According to the woman, the relief workers of ICRC are all strongly _____ by humanitarian work.
【录音原文】
M: Today we welcome Alvaro Solomou, one of the 1,200 relief workers with the ICRC, who is going to talk about the ICRCS approach to giving assistance. Welcome to the programme, Alvaro.
W: Hello, thank you for inviting me.
M: Alvaro, can you tell us about how the ICRC assists victims of famine and drought, and other natural disasters?
W: Well, we should remember that all too often natural disasters happen in areas where there’s already some other sort of problems, such as economic crisis, or a period of political instability. We’re the only agency to get through the front lines and deliver aid to where it’s most needed. We usually offer tents, water, and sanitation kits to the refugees. Where necessary, we charter helicopter to get supplies to villages in remote areas. Winter survival packs contain the best combination of food, blankets and plastic sheeting needed to get a refugee family through the winter.
M: I imagine that different contexts also create extra problems, how’s that done?
W: We use what’s called the ‘Assistance Pyramid’. This establishes that preference must be given in any relief situation to the foundations of the pyramid, in other words, to food, water, and essential goods, before anything else is done.
M: What about health care? Isn’t that a priority?
W: Hygiene and medical care take second and third places in the pyramid.
M: Does the ICRC only assist when there’s a crisis?
W: No, not at all. In fact, in recent years it has been the policy to provide help in developing countries once a crisis has passed, or even before one has occurred.
M: How’s that actually done?
W: Well, for example, the ICRC identifies priorities in a region in order to provide the best possible assistance.
M: Isn’t it true that millions of people across the world have difficulties gaining access to water?
W: Oh yes, that’s absolutely true, and of course in many places the water that’s available is actually extremely unhealthy, and may carry waterborne disease. The ICRC has a programme of assistance which includes construction, engineering and providing access to water, along with hygiene and environmental protection, thus ensuring that water is clean and safe to use.
M: Is it dangerous working for the ICRC?
W: Well, in any crisis situation there’re dangers, but all of us are strongly motivated by humanitarian work, hopefully we can all cope with stress and the pressures which are bound to exist.
M: Alvaro, thank you for giving us such an interesting insight into the work of the ICRC.
【答案与解析】
1 relief
（根据录音开头对女士的介绍“Alvaro Solomou, one of the 1,200 relief workers with the ICRC”，可知女士的身份为救灾工作人员。由此可知正确答案。）
2 essential
（对话中男士提到不同的环境会带来额外的困难，问对方是如何开展救援工作的，根据女士回答中提到的“We use what’s called the ‘Assistance Pyramid’. This establishes that preference must be given in any situation to...food, water, and essential goods...”可知“Assistance Pyramid”的原则是首先解决基本生活所需品而不是急救工作。由此可知正确答案。）
3 assistance
（根据对话中女士提到的“...the ICRC identifies priorities in a region in order to provide the best possible assistance”，可知“尽可能地提供最好的援助”是the ICRC确定优先度的原因。由此可知正确答案。）
4 water
（对话中男士问到是否世界上有数以百万的人无法获得水资源，女士给与了肯定回答，并提到“...in many places the water that’s available is actually extremely unhealthy, and may carry waterborne disease”，说明灾区的水资源问题主要是污染带来的饮水安全问题，由此可知正确答案。）
5 motivated
（录音最后男士问为the ICRC工作是否危险，女士回答中指出任何存在危机的情形下都会有危险，“but all of us are strongly motivated by humanitarian work...”，可知女士认为the ICRC的救灾工作人员工作积极性很高。由此可知正确答案。）
Long Conversation 6
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1 Why is it said that the economy is healthy with 20 million unemployed?
A. It’s not that big compared with the working population.
B. The quantity of jobs added is bigger than 20 million.
C. The unemployment ratio is quite low compared with that of other countries.
D. It’s the lowest in the past 14 years.
2 Which one below is correct about employment-to-population ratio?
A. It has been 60% for five years.
B. It’s one-seventh of the ratio pre-recession.
C. It has been the lowest in recent 45 years.
D. It’s the same with that of the early 1980s.
3 How is the quality of new jobs?
A. 15% to 25% of adults are working in poverty level jobs.
B. New jobs accelerate the development of the economy greatly.
C. The quality of new jobs shows no improvement in wages.
D. 75% of the new jobs are highly-paid ones.
4 Which one below about health care is correct?
A. Nurses are among the highly-paid in health care.
B. Home health care are the lowest-paid in health care.
C. Baby boom will lead to the growth in better jobs.
D. Jobs in health care are analyzed because they’re the most promising ones.
5 Which one below best summarizes the conversation?
A. Big growth in wage can be expected.
B. The US employment ratio is soaring.
C. Low paying jobs boost US’ employment ratio.
D. 200,000 jobs were added.
【录音原文】
Interviewee (I): Good news and bad news.
Reporter (R): You know, it seems like every month, I interview someone like you on the first Friday of the month, and they say, good news, bad news.
I: That’s right. There’s a reason for that, the good news, 200,000 jobs in a month added. That’s great. The bad news, the level of pain out there has not changed. There’s still about 20 million people who are either umemployed, working part time, but would like full-time jobs, or not in the labor force, but would like to be in the labor force. That number is just stable, and it’s a lot of pain.
R: The unemployment rate stayed constant, but that’s because we added 200,000 jobs, added 200,000 people to the labor force.
I: That’s right. But think of the population and think of the number of people in the population who are working. That tells you how healthy the economy is, how good the job market is. That number plummeted in the recession, and has barely climbed back up. We’re not at pre-recession on levels.
R: Indeed the so-called employment-to-population ratio has been below 60 percent for five years now, down almost one-seventh from the ratio pre-recession, to a low last seen in the Reagan recession of the early 80’s. Now, the economy is adding jobs. In fact, May marked a milestone. Five years after the end of the great recession, we have finally regained the nearly nine million jobs that were lost. But Osterman, who has researched the quality of the new jobs, says they represent no progress in wages for the economy as a whole.
I: Twenty to 25 percent of all adults who are working are in poverty level jobs, jobs that if they worked full-time, full year, wouldn’t raise them above 125 percent of the poverty rate for a family of three.
R: In May, for example, some of the biggest job gains were in health care. Seems promising. Yet many of those jobs are low-paying.
I: Health care is very bifurcated, polarized industry. You have got the doctors and nurses at the top. You have got the home health care aides. You have got CNAs, the certified nursing assistants, at the bottom. These bottom jobs are going to grow immensely because of the retirement of the baby boom, because of the demand for home health care. And so a growth in health services, while expected, doesn’t necessarily lead to better jobs at all.
R: “Consider the entire economy”, say Osterman, “and what the average job has been paying.”
I: If you look at wage growth in the economy, over the last 12 months, it’s been about 2.1 percent. That’s barely ahead, barely ahead of inflation, so people are not going ahead in terms of their earnings in this recovery.
【答案与解析】
1 A 根据录音可知，一个月内增加了二十万个工作岗位，但还是有两千万的人没有正式工作。由被访者的话“But think of the population and think of the number of people in the population who are working. That tells you how healthy the economy is”可知，他们看到的是相对比例，整个人口中有正式工作的人数所占比例相对较高，所以他们认为经济发展稳定。因此选A项。
2 C 根据录音中谈到employment-to-population ratio(就业与人口比例)的地方可知，该比例已经连续五年在60%以下，由“down almost one-seventh from the ratio pre-recession, to a low last seen in the Reagan recession of the early 80’s”可知，如此低的比例只在上一次的里根经济衰退时期出现过。由此可知，这是八十年代初期至今最低的比例。因此选C项。
3 C 根据录音中的“...who has researched the quality of the new jobs, says they represent no progress in wages for the economy as a whole”可知，新的工作岗位的薪水并无任何改善。因此答案为C项。
4 A 根据录音中对health care(医疗保健)部分的对话可知，虽然这是个赚钱的行业，但是也有些工作岗位薪水很低。随后被访者对该行业的工作薪酬排序。医生和护士最高，其次是家庭护理，最后是certified nursing assistants(注册护士助理)。因此选A项。
5 C 根据本篇录音，经济状况发展并不乐观。虽然新增很多就业机会，使得就业人口比例稍微上升，但这些岗位均为低收入的岗位，并不能让整体经济复苏。因此选C项。
Long Conversation 7
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1 Where did the woman get the advertisement?
A. From newspaper.
B. From the television.
C. From the Internet.
D. From the radio.
2 Why did the woman’s plane land at Brussels for a stopover?
A. Because the airport in Paris was not fit for the scheduled landing.
B. Because it was found to have run short of gasoline.
C. Because it wanted to pick up passengers from another flight.
D. Because there was a sudden mechanical problem.
3 What did the woman say about the hotel she was put into?
A. It was really luxurious and comfortable.
B. It was far from what she had expected.
C. It didn’t provide breakfast as promised.
D. It has a nice overlooking view.
4 What did the woman and husband do after they arrived in the hotel?
A. They complained about the conditions in the hotel.
B. They took a taxi and went sightseeing in the town.
C. They went out for dinner and spent the rest of the night in a club.
D. They were so tired that they took a bath and went to bed immediately.
5 What lessons could the woman probably draw from her trip to Paris?
A. Paris is not as good as it boasts.
B. She should take better care of herself when travelling.
C. She should learn to protect her right as a consumer.
D. Advertisements can not be trusted.
【录音原文】
M: Well, how did your trip go? Paris, was it?
W: It was an absolute disaster. In fact, it was so bad, it was really quite hilarious. I saw this ad in the colour supplement which offered “weekend breaks with a difference to the glamour spots of Europe for less than it costs to stay at home”. Well, I suppose we should have been on our guard when we read the ad. It really was too good to be true.
M: What happened? Do tell me.
W: Well, to start with, the ad said we would travel by air direct from London to Pairs with a well-known airline and be met at the airport and then be taken by taxi to a luxury hotel with a view of Montmartre. Well, what it didn’t say was the flight was with an unknown charter company. We did leave from London, but we flew via Brussels where we hung around for two hours waiting for passengers on another obscure charter flight from Bucharest. We finally landed in Paris six hours after leaving London, only to discover that our personal taxi service had turned into a coach journey.
M: What about the hotel? Did it live up to expectations?
W: You must be joking! The ad promised luxury double bedrooms with adjoining bath and toilet in a three- star hotel overlooking a unique historic area of Paris, within walking distance of some of the city’s best hot spots.
M: Sounds wonderful.
W: Yeah, it was. The deception, I mean. It was a real fleapit. The sort you read about but never expect to see. “Luxury double bedroom with adjoining bath and toilet” translates as a glorified cupboard at the end of a dark corridor with one toilet and bath for the entire floor. The sheets hadn’t been changed and there were cigarette ends in the ashtrays. Not to mention no soap or towels.
M: What about the view? Was it overlooking a deserted railway line or something even more awful?
W: Even that would have been more interesting than brick wall we could see from the window, if you climbed on a chair, you could just see the top of the dome of Montomartre—which I suppose justified the “view of Montmartre”. And as for the hot spots, well, I’ll leave you to imagine what the neighborhood was like!
M: What did you do? Did you complain?
W: What could we do? We had no choice. It was terribly late when we got there. No, we decided to put up with the hotel and go out to the town. So we called a taxi and went to a restaurant in the Latin Quarter. And then we went to a nightclub and stayed there until the early hours. When we got back to the hotel, we were so tired that we didn’t notice our surroundings. We checked out at ten and moved into a decent place for the following night.
M: So you did have a good time in the end. But I suppose it cost a lot more.
W: An absolute fortune. But we’ve put in a complaint and we’re trying to get our money back.
【答案与解析】
1 A 本题的关键是理解录音开头女士提到的“I saw this ad in the colour supplement...”，colour supplement (尤指报纸周末版的)彩色增刊，因此答案选A。
2 C 录音中女士指出他们确实从伦敦乘坐飞机出发，同时提到“...but we flew via Brussels where we hung around for two hours waiting for passengers on another obscure charter flight...”，由此可知女士所乘坐飞机在Brussels中途停留的原因是为了搭载另一航班上的乘客。
3 B 当男士问及女士度假时所下榻旅馆的情况时，女士指出“It is a real fleapit”(fleapit肮脏的建筑物)，并解释说广告上描述的连着浴室和厕所的豪华双人房实际上就是漆黑走廊尽头的一个密室，并且整个楼层只有一个浴室和厕所。由此可见该旅馆与女士期望的远远不同。故答案选B。
4 C 对话中女士说她和丈夫到达旅馆后已经相当晚了，所以就叫了一个出租车，去吃了晚饭，然后就“went to a nightclub and stayed there until the early hours”，由此可知C项正确。
5 D 录音开女士便提到“I suppose we should been on our guard when we read the ad. It really was too good to be true”，由此可知女士从中得出的教训是“广告不可信”，故答案选D项。
Long Conversation 8
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1 Where is the woman getting information about the Opera House tour?
A. From a brochure.
B. From a travel agency.
C. From a TV advertisement.
D. From a website.
2 How long is the most popular tour in the Opera House?
A. 2 hours.
B. 0.5 hour.
C. 1 hour.
D. 8 hours.
3 The Opera House would give discounts to all the following people except ______.
A. senior citizens
B. disabled people
C. full-time students
D. children under 16
4 What will the man experience if he books the backstage tour?
A. He can appear on the stage and see where the orchestra plays.
B. He can chat with some famous actors and actresses.
C. He will watch a fascinating opera performance.
D. He will see what is going on behind the scene.
5 For more information or tour booking, the man should call ______.
A. 92507205
B. 92257250
C. 92527205
D. 92507250
【录音原文】
W: Hello.
M: Hi, Erica? Tim here.
W: Oh, hi, Tim. Helen said you might ring. You’re going to Australia, right? And you wanted some information about tours of the Sydney Opera House?
M: That’s right.
W: I got a printout from the Opera House website. Let me just get it…right. Opera House Tour. OK. It says: “This is our most popular tour…” blah blah. “Visitors are given a fascinating account of the history and architecture of the building.” You see the concert hall, the opera theatre, you hear about the current programme, et cetera. What else do you need to know?
M: Does it say how often the tour goes?
W: Let me see…it’s a one-hour tour and, yes, “it leaves every half hour between 9 a.m. and to 5 p.m.”
M: Right, every half hour. So they’re pretty frequent. And does it say how much the tour costs?
W: I think so, yes, at the bottom here—adults…23 dollars. But there’re some concessionary rates for, um, senior citizens, and also full-time students, plus kids under 16. So remember to take your student card and you’ll only have to pay 16 dollars. Oh, it also says something here about the backstage tour, “An opportunity to explore behind the scenes at the Opera House. Appear on the stage and see where the orchestra plays.” You also get the chance to chat with some of the technical staff and maybe even some performers, if you are lucky...
M: Sounds really great, but how long does that one take?
W: Um, that’s two hours, so twice as long as the first one. But there’s an early start—it goes at 7 a.m.
M: How much is that?
W: Let me see…150 dollars. Well, anyway, if you’re interested, you’d try and book well in advance if you can. I think the tours get quite booked up.
M: OK.
W: There’s a number you can call for bookings or if you want some information. Have you get a pen handy?
M: Yeah. Fire away.
W: OK. It’s 92507250. That’s Sydney, obviously. Did you get that?
M: Got it. That’s brilliant. Erica. Thanks a lot.
【答案与解析】
1 D 对话中女士指出“you wanted some information about tours of the Sydney Opera House?”，得到男士的肯定回答后，女士提到“I got a printout from the Opera House website”，接着便介绍了该资料上的信息，因可知女士是从网站上获得关于Opera House tour的信息的。
2 C 女士在向男士介绍从网站上获得的信息时，读到“This is our most popular tour...”，随后男士问及“Does it say how often the tour goes”，女士回答中提到“it’s a one-hour tour...”。故本题答案选C。
3 B 对话中男士问及门票价格，根据女士回答中提到的“But there’re some concessionary rates for, um, senior citizens, and also full-time students, plus kids under 16”，可知对于老年人、全日制学生和16岁以下的孩子，门票都有优惠。concessionary(对某类人)减价的。可见只有B项中“残疾人”不会获得票价减免。
4 A 在介绍完票价后，女士提到资料上还有backstage tour的相关内容，介绍说“An opportunity to explore behind the scenes at the open House. Appear on the stage and see where the orchestra plays”，因此A项为正确答案。
5 D 该题考查数字听写，对话最后女士告知男士一个电话号码可以订票或进行查询，提到“It’s 92507250”。因此D项正确。
Long Conversation 9
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1 What mentioned as the surprising fact in the study?
A. Society suffers a great deal as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.
B. Working-age adults are greatly impacted by excessive alcohol consumption.
C. Pregnant women have excessive alcohol consumption problems.
D. Many people nowadays start to drink alcohol at a very young age.
2 Who are said to be at a particularly high risk of harms from alcohol consumption?
A. People with chronic diseases.
B. Blue-collar workers.
C. Underage youth.
D. Working women.
3 How do people respond, according to the conversation, when asked about their alcohol consumption?
A. They often under-report it.
B. Many decline to give an answer.
C. They deny they drink at all.
D. Some do admit they are addicted.
4 What may be helpful to reducing excessive alcohol consumption?
A. Raising the price of alcohol and limiting its sale.
B. Educating people on its potential harm.
C. Decreasing the alcoholic content in drinks.
D. Banning alcohol drinking on all social occasions.
5 What does “binge-drinking” in the conversation most probably mean?
A. Free drinking.
B. Expensive drinking.
C. Moderate drinking.
D. Excessive drinking.
【录音原文】
Reporter (R): First of all, we have known that excessive drinking has different costs on society. It’s often a tragedy for the family or the loved ones of the disease, but what surprised you about these numbers in the study?
Interviewee (I): Well, Hari, you are right, we have known that excessive alcohol use is a huge public health problem for a long time. What surprised us in this study was the extent to which that public health impact was focused on working-age adults. And as you noted in your opener, we estimate that about one in 10 deaths among working-age adults, ages 20-64 years, are attributable to excessive alcohol use. That’s a huge number and certainly indicates to us that we need to redouble our efforts to prevent it.
R: So this study also said that—other statistic that reached out to me was the fourth leading cause of death attributable to excessive drinking. How do we define excessive?
I: Well, excessive alcohol use is a sort of an umbrella term that we use for various patterns of alcohol consumption and also for drinking among certain high-risk groups. So under the umbrella, we would include binge-drinking, which is, for a woman, consuming four or more drinks on an occasion that is within a short period of time, for men, five or more drinks within an occasion that is again within a short period of time, basically drinking to the point of acute intoxication. And then any alcohol consumption by groups that we know to be at particularly high risk of harms from alcohol consumption, specifically underage youth, that is youth under age 21, and pregnant women.
R: And what are these factors that influence that? Does it happen more among males, more among young people？
I： Well, there certainly are some important differences across different population groups. And yes, we know that men tend to binge-drink more than women. The prevalence, as we call it, the proportion of people who report binge-drinking is higher in younger-age groups, 18-24, but also 25-34. But it’s important to recognize that this really is an important public health problem across the lifespan. But it’s also a very expensive problem for all of us. And, as you noted in your opening, we estimate the economic cost of excessive drinking at about $224 billion a year. And a large proportion of that cost, about $2 out of every $5, is paid for by government. So, essentially, all of us are paying the cost of excessive alcohol use.
R: And the results of this survey are self-reported. So is there a possibility that the numbers you’re talking about could even be higher?
I: Absolutely. The estimates that we reported in our study, which, again, are deaths that are attributable to excessive alcohol use, are calculated in a variety of different ways, but part of that calculation does involve self-reports of alcohol consumption by individuals. And we know that people tend to significantly under-report their alcohol consumption.
R: So what do we know about policies or practices that change consumption behavior? What works?
I: From a public perspective, policies that relate to the price and availability of alcohol are among those that we think can be most impactful in reducing excessive alcohol consumption.
【答案与解析】
1 B 根据录音中被访者的回答“What surprised us in this study was the extent to which that public impact was focused on the working age adults”可知，这项研究最令人惊讶的地方在于，过量饮酒对成年劳动力的影响。因此选B项。
2 C 在谈到对过量饮酒中“过量（excessive）”一词的解释时，被访者列举了不同人群的饮酒量，包括高风险人群。由“then any alcohol consumption by groups that we know to be at particular high risk of harms from alcohol consumption, specially underage youth, that is youth under age 21, and pregnant women”可知，不满21岁的未成年人和孕妇为高风险人群。因此选C项。
3 A 在回答实际人们的饮酒量是否有可能比数据要高时，被访者答道“we know that people tend to significantly under-report their alcohol consumption”，即他认为是有可能的，因为人们总是会明显少报自己的饮酒量。因此选A项。
4 A 在回答是否有改变人们饮酒行为的政策时，被访者回答“politics that relates to the price and availability of alcohol are among those that we think can be most impactful in reducing excessive alcohol consumption”，即调整酒的价格，限制酒的销售是最有效的方法。因此选A项。
5 D 录音中多次出现“binge-drinking”一词。其中第一次出现是在解释过量饮酒（excessive drinking）时，因此，由“excessive alcohol use is a sort of an umbrella term that we used for various patterns of alcohol consumption…we would include binge-drinking”可知，答案为D项。
Long Conversation 10
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1 What does the man say will be lost with the disappearance of a language?
A. A communicative tool.
B. A way of thinking.
C. A certain expression.
D. A specific code.
2 Which language below is mentioned as a dominant one?
A. Japanese.
B. French.
C. Mandarin.
D. Russian.
3 Which of the following is said to play a part in the disappearance of languages?
A. International dispute.
B. Urbanization.
C. Technology.
D. Languages’ complexity.
4 How can we keep languages alive according to the man?
A. Record all the languages.
B. Develop both the oral and written forms.
C. Popularize the knowledge of their origins.
D. Live with them as if they were part of us.
5 What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. The survival and disappearance of languages.
B. The replacement of old languages by the new ones.
C. Differences among various languages.
D. Regional languages now rarely used.
【答案与解析】
1 B 男士说到if you lose the language, you lose that connection with that place, with that way of thinking, with tens of thousands of years of that language’s lineage. 你的语言一旦消失，你就会失去与使用该语言的地区的联系，失去那里的人的思维方式。B项正确。
2 C 女士问到世界上有哪几种语言是占主导地位的？男士回答有英语、汉语普通话和西班牙语。符合录音内容的只有C项“汉语普通话”。
3 C 根据男士的话One cause of the loss of languages, of course, lives around the globe increasingly interconnected through technology, the economy, and the dominance of a few languages，可知一些语言消失的原因之一是技术进步、经济全球化、少数语言的主导地位将世界紧密地联系在了一起。故C项正确。
4 D 根据男士的话A language survives if you have the choice...your language as part of you，可得出当你学习一种语言，并把它当作生活的一部分时，这种语言才能存留下来。故D项正确。
5 A 录音主要讲的是如今很多语言濒临消失的现状、原因以及如何使这些语言存留下来。故A项正确。
【录音原文】
W: Predictions are dire that, by the end of this century, more than half of the world’s 6,000 languages will be gone. With today’s program we’re trying to explore tongues around the globe at risk of being lost forever and what is lost with them.
M: Each of these languages holds a little piece of information or a lot of information. And that’s information that, if you lose the language, you lose that connection with that place, with that way of thinking, with tens of thousands of years of that language’s lineage.
W: So what leads to the loss of some languages?
M: One cause of the loss of languages, of course, lives around the globe increasingly interconnected through technology, the economy, and the dominance of a few languages, including online.
W: Then what are the few dominant languages?
M: Well, it seems English, Mandarin and Spanish are gobbling up languages, as people decide they need to have this in order to assimilate into a culture.
W: What’s the key to a language surviving?
M: A language survives if you have the choice to learn it, if it’s available for you to live your life in some way with your language as part of you. In Wales, you have a choice of whether to go to an English medium school or to a Welsh medium school. And in this way, children can learn in the language that they are speaking at home.
W: But couldn’t you make the argument that it would be better if we all spoke the same language, that we all understood each other?
M: Well, language is the way we think. And it’s the way it’s been handed down through generations. If you begin to think in another language, that’s fine. But if you have to lose the way that your family has been speaking, that’s not so fine. That’s losing who you are. And when we lose who we are, that’s when we become this homogenized consumer of life, rather than a citizen who comes from a place and knows who you are.
◆短新闻
Directions：Each news item will be read only once. At the end of each news item, there will be a twenty-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’s the nationality of those who died in a western Oklahoma accident?
A. Canadian.
B. American.
C. Mexican.
D. England.
【录音原文】
A cold front moving down from Canada and butting up against moisture out of the Gulf of Mexico has produced freezing rain, snow and flash floods from Kansas down to Texas and eastward into Missouri. Cars and trucks getting on icy roads have caused dozens of serious accidents particularly in northern Texas and across Oklahoma. Seven Mexican nationals died on the icy road in Western Oklahoma when the van they were in was hit head-on by a large truck.
【答案】 C
【解析】 新闻中提到七个墨西哥籍人驾车在结冰的路面上行驶，迎面撞上了一辆大卡车，致使七人全部死亡。
News Item 2
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How many Angolan families have been evicted in the past six years?
A. About 10,000 families.
B. About 1,000 families.
C. About 100,000 families.
D. About 1,000,000 families.
【录音原文】
Amnesty International issued a report on the forced eviction of some 10,000 families in the past 6 years in order to make way for large-scale housing projects. The human right organization’s researcher from Angola, Mannok Hanmiti, said the evictions are violation of the African charter to which Angola is a party. “These forced evictions are a human right violation and carried out without prior confirmation, without notification, and without any legal recourse for the people who are forcibly evicted.”
【答案】 A
【解析】 新闻中说过去的6年中some 10,000 families被强行驱逐出境。evict驱逐，赶出。
News Item 3
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Which country was the destination of the smuggled uranium 238?
A. Iran.
B. Tanzania.
C. The Democratic Republic of Congo.
D. UN.
【录音原文】
In 2005, Tanzanian customs officials seized a large shipment of smuggled uranium 238, which can be used to make materials used in nuclear weapons. The shipment was destined for a port in Iran. A UN investigation team concluded the uranium came from Lumonbashi mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a source of high grade uranium that was used to create the bombs dropped by the US on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima at the end of World War Ⅱ.
【答案】 A
【解析】 新闻中明确提到“The shipment was destined for a port in Iran”，所以正确答案为A项。
News Item 4
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Why did the Guinean youths go on demonstration?
A. To combat military intervention.
B. To support the striking workers.
C. To protest against the local media.
D. To make report of the military.
【录音原文】
Dozens of people were arrested after Guinean youths took to the street in support of striking workers. Several others were wounded by rubber bullets and tear gas when the military intervene to disperse the demonstration. Mecyco Convoy, a local journalist, reported on the scene. “There were some rack throws and violence and tear gas,” he said. It was really what he called “a hot day” in this general unlimited strike.
【答案】 B
【解析】 新闻开头讲到Guinean youths游行是为了支持striking workers。
News Item 5
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Where was Henry Tombek assaulted?
A. In Tamworth.
B. In Sydney.
C. In Sudan.
D. In Australia.
【录音原文】
Tamworth, 595 km north of Sydney, is the heart and soul of Australian country music. This dispute of the refugees from Sudan threatens to overshadow the annual festival that starts here later this week. A city counselor says it can’t cope with more Sudanese migrants. Refugees already here like 23-year-old Henry Tombek say they’ve suffered racial abusing in Tamworth. Tombek says he rarely ventures into the city center after he was assaulted in what he says was unprovoked race’s detect.
【答案】 A
【解析】 新闻提到Henry Tombek说他们在Tamworth受到种族歧视，后来因在Tamworth市中心受到过袭击后就再也不敢去那里了，所以本题答案是选项A。
News Item 6
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How long did the ASEAN’s separate summit meeting last?
A. One day.
B. Two days.
C. Three days.
D. Four days.
【录音原文】
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo says the progress of past several days among leaders of foreign ministers from Southeast Asia and its Asian-Pacific neighbors have brought the region a step closer to full economic integration. Mrs. Arroyo says the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) which held the separate summit meeting here Saturday and Sunday can play a key role in reaching that goal.
【答案】 B
【解析】 新闻最后一句话提到东盟held the separate summit meeting here Saturday and Sunday，由此可见会议会持续两天，因此选B项。
News Item 7
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What does the news item say about Senator Obama?
A. He won’t take part in the presidential election campaign.
B. He is the only African-American in the U.S. Senate.
C. He is the most popular politician among African-Americans.
D. He creates a presidential exploratory committee.
【录音原文】
Senator Obama filed the necessary papers creating a presidential exploratory committee as the first step most candidates take before they mount a campaign for the White House. The Illinois Democratic who is the only Africa American in the Senate made the announcement in a recorded message posted on his website.
【答案】 B
【解析】 A项的内容与新闻内容相悖；C项内容新闻没有提及；新闻中指出Senator Obama归档了用于“creating a presidential exploratory committee”的必要文件，并非指他本人创建了总统调查委员会，所以D项错误。文章最后指出他作为伊利诺伊州民主党员是唯一的一位“African American in the Senate”，因此B项正确。
News Item 8
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What is the average age in South Asians for heart attack?
A. 58 or 59.
B. 45 or 46.
C. 53 or 54.
D. 48 or 49.
【录音原文】
A new study in the journal of the American Medical Association confirmed that people from India and other Southeast Asian countries do have heart attacks earlier. Physician Sali Nucer from McMaster University in Hamilton Health Sciences in Ontario, Canada, is one of the researchers. “Age of 53 or 54 is the mean age in Southeast Asia for heart attacks. That is about 58 to 59 in other parts of the world.”
【答案】 A
【解析】 新闻讲到东南亚心脏病患者的mean age（平均年龄）是53到54岁，其他地区是58到59岁。
News Item 9
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How did President Thaho Mbeki react to the reports of the succession battle?
A. By creating a scene of unity.
B. By avoiding encountering the media.
C. By recommending a successor he trusts.
D. By disputing on public issues.
【录音原文】
South African President Thabo Mbeki danced on stage with senior leaders of the African National Congress in the show of unity ended countering reports of intensifying and sometimes bitter fight to succeed him. Mr. Mbeki did not mention the succession battle that is reported almost daily in the news media. He said only the task ahead is to strengthen the party’s alliance with Trade Unions and South Africa’s Communist Party which has been marked by many public disputes in recent months.
【答案】 A
【解析】 根据录音原文中的“danced on stage…in the show of unity”可知他们是在制造一种团结的假象以回击那些关于争夺总统职位的报道。
News Item 10
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What award did the film Babel get?
A. The Golden Globe for best director.
B. The Golden Globe for best dramatic picture.
C. The Golden Globe for best actor.
D. The Golden Globe for best screenplay.
【录音原文】
California governor and superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the Golden Globe for best dramatic picture, “And the Golden Globe goes to ‘Babel’!” An ensemble film Babel begins with a tragic shooting in the Morocco Desert, and follows with intertwining stories of six families around the world. Mexican director, producer Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu accepted the award for everyone involved in the production.
【答案】 B
【解析】 新闻开头讲到Arnold Schwarzenegger宣布Babel获得了金球奖best dramatic picture这一奖项。
◆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 may the idea of a cheap, safe source of electricity soon become with the advancement of technology?
2 What will collect the electricity energy from the Sun?
3 How long will the solar powered satellites involved take to orbit the earth?
4 In what way do the solar-powered satellites produce electricity extremely efficiently?
5 How should the Micro Waves be operated to assure that people and the environment are both safe?
【录音原文】
For many people, electricity is a vital part of everyday life and is often taken for granted, but not everyone has access to it. Improving the supply and availability of electricity across the world has challenged scientists for decades. Now, however, (1) technological advances mean that a cheap, safe source of electricity may soon be available virtually anywhere on the planet.
The idea is to harness the sun’s energy using satellites. Of course, solar powered satellites are not a new idea. They were first thought of over 30 years ago, in fact, but it is only relatively recently that technology has advanced tar enough to make the idea a practical possibility. The basic idea is that the solar powered satellites will convert the energy in sunlight into electricity. (2) The energy will be beamed to Earth in the form of microwaves, which will be collected by a device known quite simply as a microwave collector . A re-conversion plant will then turn the energy harnessed by the microwave collectors into electricity, ready for distribution.
(3) The solar powered satellites involved will take just 90 minutes to orbit the earth. (4) They are able to produce electricity extremely efficiently with less absorption and scattering of radiation . Each solar powered satellite used for harvesting solar energy will be only 200 meters long and also very light in weight. These advantages will make launching them into orbit much cheaper.
As there is no night time in space, it will be possible to generate electricity virtually 24 hours a day. Scientists are anxious to reassure people about the safety of microwaves. After all, many of us have seen what microwave ovens can do to food. And there are definitely some health issues to consider. However, (5) if the Micro waves operate at the correct frequencies, scientists assure us that people and the environment should both be safe.
【答案与解析】
1 It may be available worldwide.
(录音第一段最后一句提到“technological advances mean that a cheap, safe source of electricity may soon be available virtually anywhere on the planet.”，即技术进步意味着，一种廉价、安全的电能来源可能很快就会出现在地球上几乎任何地方。)
2 Microwave collector.
(录音第二段倒数第二句提到“The energy will be beamed to Earth in the form of microwaves, which will be collected by a device known quite simply as a microwave collector.”，即能量将以微波的形式发射到地球上，由一个简单的微波收集器收集。)
3 90 minutes.
(录音第三段第一句提到“The solar powered satellites involved will take just 90 minutes to orbit the earth.”，即太阳能卫星环绕地球一周仅需90分钟。)
4 Less absorption and scattering.
(录音第三段第二句提到“They are able to produce electricity extremely efficiently with less absorption and scattering of radiation.”，即它们发电效率高，但对辐射的吸引和散射极低。)
5 At the correct frequencies.
(录音最后一段最后一句提到“if the Micro waves operate at the correct frequencies, scientists assure us that people and the environment should both be safe.”，即科学家向我们保证，如果微波在正确的频率下工作，人和环境都应该是安全的。)
Monologue 2
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1 What does this monologue mainly talk about?
2 What is the common sensation of being successful?
3 Why do people make excuses for not taking chances?
4 What kinds of fear does success bring?
5 How can people overcome fear of success according to the speaker?
【录音原文】
I’d like to tell you a little about myself first. I started out with nothing more than an inflated idea of my own ability and a lot of hope—but I’m now chairman of the Carocan Group, a multi-national company. (1) So how did I get to be successful? That’s what I’m going to talk about today.
We’ve all got our own definition of being successful. (2) The actual achievements may be very different but the sensation is almost the same, and it’s a very sweet and profound one, accomplishing whatever we set out to do. But most people don’t feel that sensation as often as they’d like to—because of fear. I’m going to talk about those fears, in particular the fear of failure and the fear of success. The fear of failure is easy to understand—and sometimes it can, paradoxically, be a motivator as well as a drawback. (3) People make many excuses for not taking chances—not enough time, family commitments, too much work—and all these are probably based on a subconscious doubt about their ability to actually succeed . But by not trying at all, people never know how much they can or can’t do. So my advice is to admit your fear and meet it head-on. Get your friends around you, and decide that whatever happens, the experience will teach you something, and you will come out of it stronger than before.
The fear of success is more difficult to deal with; once you’re successful, you have further to fall. (4) Success brings with it fear of the unknown, because after all you’ve never done it before and the reactions of those around you are unpredictable. These reactions may include jealousy, resentment. (5) But I can make one suggestion to you for overcoming this fear of success—think ahead. By anticipating the effects in this way you become better able to manage the fear of success. Finally, success is only worth it if we can enjoy it. There is no such thing as luck—success happens when you take advantage of opportunities that come your way, as I did and I can look back with pleasure on all I have achieved. Thank you for your time—and good luck to you all.
【答案与解析】
1 How the speaker succeeded.
(独白开头提到“我”是怎样成功的是今天接下来主要讲的内容。)
2 A sweet and profound feeling.
(独白中提到成功带来的实质性收获是不同的，但带来的几乎都是甜蜜而深切的感觉。)
3 The subconscious doubt of ability.
(独白中提到人们常以没时间、家庭事务、工作太多等理由作为不抓住机会的借口，但这些理由都是基于对自我能力的怀疑。)
4 The fear of the unknown.
(独白提到成功带来的是对于未知的恐惧。)
5 Think ahead.
(独白中演讲者给出的对抗对成功的恐惧的方法是未雨绸缪，提前想好可能带来的影响。)
Monologue 3
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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。)