王长喜四级英语标准听力原文
标准听力（一）听力原文及答案解析
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. W: I thought you were going to drive carefully so you wouldn’t get a traffic ticket.
M: I was, but it didn’t work out that way.
Q: What happened to the man on that day?
【听前预测】选项中的He，traffic ticket，drove carelessly等表明，对话可能与He因粗心驾车而受罚有关。
【解析】选[B]。女士提到的…drive carefully...wouldn’t get a tr affic ticket和男士提到的but it didn’t work out that way表明，男士收到了罚单（get a traffic ticket），故答案为[B]。
12. M: I don’t think Jim particularly likes his cousin. What do you say?
W: You are smart. There have been hard feelings between them for years, but no one knows the details.
Q: What does the woman say about Jim and his cousin?
【听前预测】选项中的The，misunderstanding，like/angry with each other等表明，本题涉及They之间的关系, 听音时留意They的指代对象。
【解析】选[C]。男士指出Jim不喜欢他的cousin，女士说There have been hard feelings between them for years，由此可知，他们（Jim和cousin）不和已很多年，选项中能概括这个含义的是[C]，故为答案。[A]中的four years 是针对女士提到的for years所设的同音干扰。
13. M: I can’t find the kind of jogging shoes I want anywhere in the town.
W: Why not order them from a catalog? It’s easier than running around town looking for them.
Q: What does the woman suggest that the man do?
【听前预测】选项均以原形动词开头表明，本题考查观点建议。由Run，Jog，exercise等可知，对话与运动有关。【解析】选[C]。男士提到自己买不到慢跑鞋，女士用反问语气提出建议Why not order them from a catalog? [C]是对女士的建议的同义转述，故为答案。catalog在对话中意为“网上商品目录”。
14. W: Have you had a chance to wear your new shirt yet? You must look good in it.
M: That reminds me. I’ve been meaning to exchange it for a larger size.
Q: What does the man imply about the shirt?
【听前预测】选项中的shirt，doesn’t fit him，try it on，style等表明，对话可能与男士试穿衣服有关。
【解析】选[B]。由女士提到的your new shirt和男士提到的exchange it for a larger size可知，这件新shirt有点小，不合适男士，答案为[B]。
15. W: Are you going to the post office for stamps or to pick up a package?
M: Neither, I left a letter for the postman to collect yesterday, but he forgot. And it has to be mailed today, so I’d better hurry.
Q: What will the man do?
【听前预测】选项中的stamps，postman，Mail the letter，Deliver a package等表明，对话可能与寄信或包裹有关。
【解析】选[C]。由男士的话I left a letter for the postman…but he forgot...it has to be mailed today…I’d better hurry 可知，因为邮差忘了拿信，男士要亲自去邮局寄信，故答案为[C]。
16. W: Which of these sweaters do you like better?
M: That is not an easy question for me to answer, since this one isn’t my favorite color and the other one is too fancy for me.
Q: What conclusion can be drawn from the man’s answer?
【听前预测】选项中的He likes/doesn’t like以及重复出现的sweater表明，对话可能与男士喜不喜欢sweater有关。【解析】选[B]。由男士提到的this one isn’t my favorite colo r and the other one is too fancy for me可知，他两件衣服都不喜欢，故答案为[B]。17. W: Hi, George. Could you give me a ride? I want to buy some food for the picnic.
M: OK. I’m going home, but I can drop you at the supermarket.
Q: What does the woman want to do?
【听前预测】选项均以动词原形开头表明，本题考查建议或行为。根据[A]、[D]两项均出现picnic推测，谈话可能与野炊有关。
【解析】选[A]。由女士说的I want to buy some food for the picnic可知答案为[A]。give sb. a ride意为“让某人搭便车”。
17. W: Hi, George. Could you give me a ride? I want to buy some food for the picnic.
M: OK. I’m going home, but I can drop you at the supermarket.
Q: What does the woman want to do?
【听前预测】选项均以动词原形开头表明，本题考查建议或行为。根据[A]、[D]两项均出现picnic推测，谈话可能与野炊有关。
【解析】选[A]。由女士说的I want to buy some food for the picnic可知答案为[A]。give sb. a ride意为“让某人搭便车”。
18. W: These tomatoes are huge! You must have watered them a lot!
M: Yes, I did. They ought to be ripe enough to pick by the next Friday when we have our picnic.
Q: Where did the conversation most probably take place?
【听前预测】选项表明，本题考查地点场所，考生需要快速浏览选项，并在听音时捕捉关键信息对号入座。【解析】选[C]。由女士提到的These tomatoes...watered them和男士提到的...ripe enough to pick by the next Friday when we have our picnic可推断出，对话可能发生在菜园，而不是在一次野餐上，故答案为[C]。
Now you will hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One
W: I often read two newspapers. Washington Post and The Sun. What about you?
M: I will buy the newspaper whose headlines catch my eyes in the front page. Do you buy the two newspapers
everyday?
W: Yes, that way I’m sure not to miss my favorite sections. Doesn’t the size of the daily paper surprise you?
M: Yes, it certainly does. The newspaper staff — the reporters, writers, editors, and linotype operators — must be busy continuously. They need a large ci rculation to support such a staff, don’t they?
W: I’m sure they do. Of course, much of a newspaper’s income comes from advertisements.
M: That’s true. You try to read the whole paper, don’t you?
W: No. I just read the parts that interest me. I glance at the headlines, but I read the sports page and the business section carefully. Do you read those?
M: No, but I do read the editorials and the news section. You saw the article about the earthquake in Japan, didn’t you? W: Yes. That was a terrible disaster. Do you think newspapers should print stories like that?
M: Certainly they should! They’re part of the news of the day and people want to know about them. Don’t you agree? W: Yes, I suppose disasters are news, too. It seems to me that newspapers would be more pleasant to read if they had a large society section and more comic strips. Don’t you like to read articles about celebrations and happy events?
M: Yes, I enjoy reading them. But since you don’t like to read unhappy news, why do you subscribe to two newsp apers?
If I were you, I wouldn’t read a newspaper at all.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What sort of newspaper will the man buy?
【解析】选[B]。由选项均为具有不同特点的报纸可知，本题考查报纸的类型。由男士提到的I will buy the newspaper whose headlines catch my eyes可知，他会选择有吸引人的标题的报纸，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】whose headlines catch my eyes in the front page为定语从句，先行词为newspaper。
20. What surprises the speakers?
【解析】选[A]。选项中重复出现的daily newspaper以及size，staff，circulation等表明，本题可能考查日报某方面的特点。女士问道Doesn’t the size of the daily paper surprise you，男士回答Yes, it certainly does，由此可知，使他们感到吃惊的是日报的size，故答案为[A]。
【点睛】对话中也提到了日报的staff, circulation和advertisement，但均不是使人感到吃惊的内容，故排除其他三项。
21. Which part of the newspaper does the woman usually read?
【解析】选[B]。选项中的whole paper，parts that interest her，news section only等表明，本题可能考查女士对报纸内容的阅读喜好。由女士提到的I just read the parts that interest me可知，答案为[B]。
22. Why doesn’t the woman enjoy reading about disasters in the daily newspaper?
【解析】选[B]。选项中的They，not news，aren’t pleasant，difficult to understand等表明，本题可能考查某人不喜欢阅读某类新闻的原因。对话中女士提到newspapers would be more pleasant to read if they had a large society section and more comic strips，根据男士提到的since you don’t like to read unhappy news可知，女士不喜欢灾难新闻是因为它们读起来不愉快，故答案为[B]。
Conversation Two
(Knock, knock…)
M: Come in.
W: Good morning, Mr. Brown.
M: Oh, come in, Mary. I’ve been expecting you. Take a seat.
W: Thanks.
M: And what can I do for you?
W: Well, I was thinking about taking a year off after we finish school this summer, and I wanted some advice.
M: I see. You mean putting off going to university for a year?
W: That’s right. I’ve been offered a place at London University, but what I’d really like to do is take a year out first — do something different, maybe go abroad.
M: So were you thinking of getting some sort of job, or traveling around? I mean, is your main aim to earn some money, or to do something else? Or do you want to do a bit of both?
W: I’d really like to travel —but I don’t have any money. But I’ve heard of an organization called Peterson International —and that’s what I want to ask you about. Do you know anything about it?
M: Sure. It’s a charity and it’s aimed very much at young people like you, and what they do is to get teams of young people to work together on various projects all over the world — environment projects, community projects, that sort of thing.
W: Mum, it sounds great. Is it just English people on the projects?
M: No, they’re international teams. You’d be working with quite a variety of people.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. When does Mary want to take a year off?
【解析】选[D]。选项中的Before/ After/ During/Between等表明，本题考查时间，问题以When开头。对话中女士提到…I was thinking about taking a year off after we finish school this summer，男士问You mean putting off going to university for a year，女士的肯定回答That’s right表明，女士想请假一年，推迟一年进入大学，故答案为[D]。【点睛】[D]在对话中没有直接体现，而是根据双方就请假一事的讨论推断出来的。
24. What project does Peterson International carry out?
【解析】选[B]。选项中重复出现的projects表明，本题与某种项目有关。对话双方在谈论Peterson International 时，男士提到It’s a charity…and what they do is to get…people to work together on various projects all over the world—environment projects, community projects, that sort of thing，由此可知，此项目是关注环境和社会，故答案为[B]。【点睛】在…and what they do is to get terms of young people to…中，what引导主语从句，在从句中作do的宾语，is
后的to…是动词不定式作表语。
25. Where do the people in the Peterson International teams come from?
【解析】选[C]。由男士提到的they’re international teams可知，Peterson International的成员来自不同的国家，故答案为[C]。
Section B
Passage One
The days of the hunter are almost over in India. This is partly because there is practically nothing left to kill, and
partly because some steps have been taken, mainly by banning tiger-shooting, to protect those animals which still survive.
Some people say that Man is a natural hunter. I disagree with this view. Surely our earliest forefathers, who at first
possessed no weapons, spent their time digging for roots, and were no doubt themselves often hunted by meat-eating
animals.
I believe the main reason why the modern hunter kills is that he thinks people will admire his courage in
overpowering dangerous animals. Of course, there are some who truly believe that the killing is not really the important
thing, and that the chief pleasure lies in the joy of the hunt and the beauties of the wild countryside. There are also those
for whom hunting in fact offers a chance to prove themselves and to risk death by design; these men go out after
dangerous animals like tigers, even if they say they only do it to rid the countryside of a threat. I can respect reasons like
these, but they are clearly different from the need to strengthen your high opinion of yourself.
The greatest big-game hunters expressed in their writings something of these finer motives. One of them wrote “You
must properly respect what you are after and shoot it cleanly and on the animal’s own territory. You must fix forever in
your mind all the wonders of that particular day. It is better than letting him grow a few years older to be attacked and
wounded by his own son and eventually eaten, half-alive, by other animals. Hunting is not a cruel and senseless killing —
not if you respect the thing you kill, not if you kill to enrich your memories, not if you kill to feed your people.”
I can understand such beliefs, and can compare these hunters with those who hunted lions with spears and bravely
caught them by the tail. But this is very different from many tiger-shoots I have seen, in which modern weapons were used.
The so-called hunters fired from tall trees or from the backs of trained elephants. Such methods made tigers seem no more
dangerous than rabbits.
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. Why is there no more hunting in India now?
【解析】选[D]。选项中的Partly because及选项内容表明，本题考查猎人不再捕猎的原因之一。短文开头提到The days of the hunter are almost over in India，接着给出两方面原因：partly because there is practically nothing left to kill, and partly because some steps have been taken…to protect those animals…，[D]中的few animals left to hunt与practically
nothing left to kill对应，故答案为[D]。
【点睛】[C]中的原因状语从句的主语是hunters，与短文中的banning不符，是干扰项。
27. What is t he main purpose of modern hunters’ killing?
【解析】选[B]。选项均以To + do开头表明，本题考查行为目的。短文中提到the main reason why the modern hunter kills is that…people will admire his courage in overpowering dangerous animals，即现代人猎杀动物的原因是想通过征服危险的动物得到人们的赞赏，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】短文中的…that he thinks people will admire his courage是表语从句。
28. What do we learn about the big-game hunters?
【解析】选[A]。短文中间引用大型动物猎杀者在他们的日记中写的话，理解了其中提到的Hunting is not a cruel and senseless killing…not if you kill to feed your people即可选出答案[A]。
【点睛】本题考查对not if“如果……就不……”的理解。
29. What is the speaker’s view on the tiger-shoots he has seen?
【解析】选[C]。选项均以Modern hunters开头表明，本题与现代猎人有关。短文最后将过去用长矛猎杀狮子的人和现在拿着现代枪械站在树上猎杀狮子的人进行比较，指出后者并非真有勇气与大型动物面对面地较量，故答案为[C]。
【点睛】But转折处为常考点，其后的内容通常为句子真实含义和答案所在。
Passage Two
Diet, diet, diet! It gets to be a constant battle for many of us to stay fit and healthy. But diets don’t always allow us to learn new eating habits, improve our self-image, or make lifestyle changes. Developing good eating habits and proper exercise is a permanent issue. And it’s the main topic of this workshop.
In order to keep a healthy diet and minimize the risk of disease, it’s essential t o eat a diet that consists of low-fat foods and to maximize energy with carbohydrates. Beef, nuts, oils, and most dairy products are rich in fat, so you should eat less of those; while pastry, rice, potatoes, and bread contain almost no fat and are a high-energy source of complex carbohydrates. You know that many food manufactures use sugar to make low-fat or fat-free foods taste good, but don’t worry too much about that. You don’t necessarily “get fat” by eating sugar, since sugar is an indirect fat.
When you exercise, carbohydrates are the first calories to burn. If you want to burn off fat, it’s good to do some sort of aerobic exercise such as biking, swimming, running, or fast walking. But you have to keep doing this exercise for at least twenty minutes because it takes about that long before we start to burn fat. And then the effect of burning fat decreases after 45 minutes of exercise. So if you do some sort of aerobic exercise for three to four days a week for about thirty to
forty minutes, you’ll have an affective schedule for reducing weight.
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30. According to the speaker, which should you eat more?
【解析】选[B]。选项均为食品名称，故听音时应留意文中有关这几种食品的描述。短文中先提到it’s essential t o eat a diet that consists of low-fat foods and to maximize energy with carbohydrates，然后具体举例说明哪些是富含脂肪，
哪些是含高能量的碳水化合物。很容易听出，Potatoes是属于后者，所以应该多吃，故答案为[B]。
31. What does the speaker say is burned at the beginning of exercise?
【解析】选[A]。由短文中提到的When you exercise, carbohydrates are the first calories to burn可知，碳水化合物最早燃烧，故答案为[A]。
32. According to the speaker, what is the most effective exercise time schedule for reducing weight?
【解析】选[D]。选项中的时间、频率以及重复出现的exercise表明，本题与体育锻炼的时间有关。由短文中提到的for three to four days a week for about thirty to forty minutes…an affective schedule for reducing weight可知，答案为[D]。
【点睛】短文中提到了doing this exercise for at least twenty minutes…以及45 minutes of exercise，但这两个时间段并不是the most effective exercise time schedule，短文最后提到的内容才是本题答案出处。
Passage Three
From the earliest times, the sea has been a place of secrets — a place of mysteries hidden from us by thousands of kilograms
of water. The early Greeks sailed the oceans. They wrote about the seas. But since they could not dive deep into the waters, they
could not lay bare these secrets and so the secrets remained. But today we have more ways to study the sea than did the early
Greeks. Scientists are learning about life in the sea, and how it may improve life on land. The study of sea plants and sea animals
may help us learn new ways of getting food. Scientists are searching the ocean floor for oil and gas, to keep our world running
smoothly. And they are also learning how not to pollute the oceans. For if the sea dies, so does life on earth. The sea may even
become our home some day. People are studying ways to build cities on the ocean, and make more room to live in an
overcrowded world.
Modern study was done, at first, by divers. But it was too dangerous for divers to keep diving and coming to the
surface. So now, laboratories on the ocean floor are the homes for divers for months on end. Divers can work outside in
the water and return to the laboratory to eat and sleep.
Little by little, we are solving the mysteries of the deep. Little by little, the sea is showing us how we can live a better
life on land.
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. Who wrote about the seas in early times?
【解析】选[B]。选项表明，本题考查人物身份。短文中提到The early Greeks sailed the oceans. They wrote about the seas，由此可知，古希腊人航海并记录关于海洋的事情，故答案为[B]。
34. What kept early people from understanding the sea?
【解析】选[C]。短文中用转折表述提到But since they could not dive deep into the waters, they could not lay bare these secrets and so the secrets remained，由此可知，早期的人类无法揭开海洋的奥秘是因为他们无法潜入深水，故答案为[C]。
【点睛】But转折处为常考点，其后的内容通常为答案所在。lay bare意为“暴露，揭发，公开”。
35. What happens if the sea dies?
【解析】选[D]。由短文中提到的…if the sea dies, so does life on earth可知，如果海水死亡了，地球上的生命也将随之灭亡，故答案为[D]。
Section C
36.【解析】recently。空所在句的句子结构完整，不缺少主要成分，故本空应填一副词。fairly在此是副词，意为“相
当地”。
37.【解析】decide。空前的be able to表明，本空应填一原形动词。be able to do sth.是固定短语，意为“能够做某事”。
38.【解析】awareness。空前的不定冠词a和形容词growing表明，本空应填一单数名词，且该词能与空后的of连用。
awareness意为“意识”。
39.【解析】rising。空前的不定冠词a和空后的名词短语world population表明，本空应填一形容词或具有形容词词
性的分词。首段未句中的increasing对本空有提示作用。
40.【解析】improved。上文提到全球人口不断增长，本句旨在讨论其原因，结合空后的名词短语medical skills推
测，本空很可能需填一含有积极意义的形容词。
41.【解析】lowered。空后的and…raised…表明，空前have为助动词，本空应填一过去分词，再根据后面的raised the
birth rate可知，本空应填一与raised意义相反的动词。
42.【解析】survive。who (42) ______early childhood是定语从句修饰babies，该定语从句中缺少谓语动词。根据raised
the birth rate by increasing…the number of babies可推知，所填动词可能有“幸存”的含义。
43.【解析】realization。空前的不定冠词a和形容词growing表明，本空应填一单数名词。realization意为“领悟”。
44.【答案】thus leaving even less for the people in the underdeveloped areas to survive on
【Main Points】thus leaving even less for the people in the poor areas to survive on
45.【答案】There are striking regional differences in the population growth trends
【Main Points】There are big regional differences in the population growth trends
46.【答案】which at present contains about three-fifths of the people in the world
【Main Points】which now has about 3/5 of the people in the world
标准听力（二）听力原文及答案解析
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. W: I’ll make your flight reservations by phone now and then write out the ticket for you.
M: That’s fine. Could you please tell me the departure time again?
Q: What’s the man doing?
【听前预测】选项中的Buying a ticket，Arranging，trip等表明，对话可能与订票事宜有关。
【解析】选[D]。由女士提到的I’ll make your flight reservations by phone now和男士的话tell me the departure time 可知，男士正在安排一次飞机旅行，故答案为[D]。
12. M: The telephone company says that they can send a man between one and three tomorrow afternoon, but someone has
to be at home to let him in.
W: Well, I guess I’ll have to take off from work at noon. We can’t go any longer without a telephone.
Q: What is the woman going to do tomorrow afternoon?
【听前预测】选项中重复出现的telephone表明，对话可能与电话有关。
【解析】选[A]。结合对话中男士提到的The telephone company…send a man…tomorrow afternoon, but someone has to be at home to let him in和女士提到的…I’ll have to take off from work at noon不难推断出，明天下午女士会在家里等电话公司的人来，故答案为[A]。
13. W: I hear the Grand Hotel has a new manager. Did you notice any change when you stayed there last week?
M: Yes, I found the room was surprisingly clean now, and the service was much better, too.
Q: What can we learn about the hotel?
【听前预测】选项中的hotel，better，compared with，the former，clearer等表明，对话可能与对hotel的评价和比较有关。【解析】选[A]。结合女士提到的Did you notice any change和男士提到的Yes…the service was much better可知，hotel比以前更好了，故答案为[A]。男士提到…the room was surprisingly clean是为了证明hotel的环境比以前好很多，故不能听到surprisingly就误选[C]，surprising意为“让人感到吃惊的”。
14. M: Did you get what you wanted? I remember you said you wanted to get a sweater.
W: No, a blouse. But by that time, the ones on sale were all gone, so I settled for a skirt.
Q: What did the woman finally buy?
【听前预测】选项均以She bought开头以及其中的sweater，blouse，skirt等表明，对话与She买东西有关，听音时留意She到底买了什么东西。
【解析】选[C]。听到女士最后的话…s o I settled for skirt可知，她最终买了skirt，故答案为[C]。settle for意为“勉强接受”。
15. W: Professor Hook was so strange today.
M: I noticed that too. He was talking so quietly and then not giving us any homework at all. Can you believe that?
Q: What can be inferred about Professor Hook?
【听前预测】选项中的He，assigns homework，class，students等表明，对话与He布置作业有关。
【解析】选[B]。结合女士说的Professor Hook was so strange today以及男士说的He was…not giving us any homework at all. Can you believe that?可推断，Professor Hook平常总布置家庭作业，故答案为[B]。
16. M: I forgot to bring paper and a pencil to take notes with in class.
W: That’s all right. I have enough for both of us.
Q: What will the woman most probably do next?
【听前预测】选项中的help the man，Give the man the note，Lend the man her pencil等表明，对话与女士帮助男士有关，女士的话为听音重点。
【解析】选[C]。对话开始男士表示自己忘记带纸和笔了，女士说I have enough for both of us（我有足够我们两人用的），由此可推知，女士会把笔和纸借给男士，故答案为[C]。
17. W: I wish Mary would put on a different record. She has played that song a thousand times.
M: At least. It used to be one of my favorites before I had to hear it so often.
Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
【听前预测】选项中的like to listen，the record，song，favorite one，fed up with等表明，对话可能涉及对歌曲的评价。【解析】选[D]。结合女士说的I wish Mary would put on a different record以及男士的附和It used to be one of my favorites before...hear it so often可推知，他们听够Mary的歌了，感到厌烦了，故答案为[D]。put on在此意为“推出，发行（新唱片）”。
18. W: What’s the problem, Paul? You really look panicked.
M: I’m speaking to a group of high school students about engineering this afternoon. But I have no idea how I’m going to simplify some of the concepts for them.
Q: What can be inferred about the man?
【听前预测】由选项中的He，concepts of engineering，explain，gives talks to，high school students等可推断，对话可能与He向高中生解释工程学术语有关，而[D]与此话题无关，故可初步排除。
【解析】选[B]。由对话中男士提到的But I have no idea how...to simplify some of the concepts可推断出，男士感觉自己解释不了某些术语，故答案为[B]。
Now you will hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One
W: Dr. Smith. I need to ask you about something in Chapter 12. Well, it talks about erosion and the deposit of sediment （solid matter that settles at the bottom of a liquid）on the deep sea floor, but I’m confused. For that to happen, there would have to be some kind of force down there moving the mud or sand or whatever, right? But I thought there weren’t any waves or currents that deep in the ocean.
M: That’s not exactly correct. It’s true that deep down on the ocean floor we won’t have the same kinds of currents we
find in shallower parts. But we do find what we call turbidity currents. That wasn’t in the book but the term came up in class. Do you remember what it means?
W: Um, turbidity currents? Oh, yeah! Isn’t that when sediment like sand or mud gets stirred up and mix es with water? And then this mixture flows through the water around it, right?
M: Good!
W: Uh, but I thought that only happened in rivers.
M: Well, yes. This does occur in rivers, but we see turbidity currents deep in the ocean as well.
W: But how do they get started there?
M: Earthquakes mostly. When an earthquake occurs under water, it throws up tremendous amounts of mud or sand that becomes suspended in a layer of water near the bottom of the ocean. This layer is so much denser and heavier than other ocean water that it flows right down the slopes of the ocean floor and gains more and more speed as it moves along. Then it’s just like the winds blowing across the desert picking up sand from one place and moving it along and finally dropping it somewhere else.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What is the main topic of the discussion?
【解析】选[B]。选项内容概括性强，故本题很可能考查对话话题。对话中女士向男士咨询Chapter 12中她不明白的内容，即erosion and the deposit of sediment on the deep sea floor是如何发生的，后面都是男士针对此问题进行回答。由此可见，整个对话讨论的话题是海底沉淀物的运动，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】对话主旨要听清对话的主要内容，也可根据选项内容进行推测。对话开头是听音关键。
20. What does the professor ask the student to explain?
【解析】选[A]。男士解释海底沉淀物运动时提到了turbidity currents，并说这个术语曾经在课堂上提过，然后男士问Do you remember what it means? 由此可见，教授希望学生能解释turbidity current，故答案为[A]。
【点睛】[A] What a turbidity current is对应对话中的what it means，其中的it即turbidity currents。
21. According to the professor, how do earthquakes cause turbidity currents?
【解析】选[B]。选项均以By+现在分词开头表明，本题考查行为方式。对话中教授在解释turbidity currents的形成时说earthquake…throws up…mud or sand that becomes suspended in…water，由此可知，地震带动泥沙运动，最后与海水混合，故答案为[B]。
22. Why does the professor mention desert winds?
【解析】选[A]。选项均以To+原形动词开头表明，本题考查做某事的目的。由对话中提到的Then it’s just like the winds blowing across the desert picking up sand...moving it...dropping it somewhere else可知，是将turbidity currents的作用与desert winds作用进行类比，答案为[A]。
Conversation Two
W: I’m fascinated with them. I often read the stories about their lives and their hobbies.
M: Why should we care about celebrities? When they were born, they were no different than any of us. Just because they have a camera on them doesn’t mean that they have to be ideal citizens.
W: I think many celebrities have fascinating stories, and to read these stories can be very inspirational. They forever inspire us to achieve more.
M: So you hold celebrities as your role models?
W: Yes. But celebrities definitely should consider how their behavior will be seen by those who have chosen them as a role model.
M: But don’t you think celebrities also make us spend money? I mean we have to follow their lavish life styles.
W: Although I may be fascinated with celebrities’ lifestyles, I stop short of imitating them.
M: I think it’s all right to have a normal interest in actors and artists we’re fond of, but if you know more about Britney Spears than your next-door neighbor, you need help.
W: I think too that the most important people in our lives should be our friends and family. But celebrities do keep us entertained whether it is sports, music or movies.
M: The entertainment value cannot be emphasized enough, but cel ebrities shouldn’t be such a big deal so that we are totally obsessed with them.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?
【解析】选[B]。对话中女士一开始说自己经常关注名流的生活和兴趣，接着说从这些名流的故事中可以得到鼓励，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】inspiration是形容词inspirational的名词形式。
24. According to the man, which statement is not true?
【解析】选[B]。根据男士提到的I think it’s all right to have a normal interest in actors and artists we’re fond of 可知，男士赞同对自己的偶像有正常范围内的兴趣，根据问题要求可知答案为[B]。
【点睛】but if you know more about Britney Spears than your next-door neighbor, you need help是[A]项的设题处；But don’t you think celebrities also make us spend money?是[C]项的设题处；When they were born, they were no different than any of us是[D]项的设题处。
25. What do the man and the woman agree most on?
【解析】选[D]。对话中女士和男士对待明星的态度基本不同，最后女士说But celebrities do keep us entertained，男
士说The entertainment value cannot be emphasized enough，由此可知，二人对名流具有娱乐作用这方面的观点还是一致的，故答案为[D]。
【点睛】But转折处通常为考点，其后的句子通常为答案。
Section B
Passage One
Tea-drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea. People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very expensive. It could not be bought in shops. And even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity. Some of them were not sure how to use it. They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with batter and salt. Many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches.
Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.
At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea. Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it. But one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added. She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. Because she was such a great lady her friends thought they must copy everything she did, so they also drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. Why did some Britons cook tea leaves at the beginning?
【解析】选[B]。选项中的They，eat tea leaves，make sandwiches with tea等表明，本题与They使用茶叶的方式有关。短文中提到一些英国人were not sure how to use it，认为它是一种蔬菜并试着cooking the leaves，由此可知，故答案为[B]。[C]是导致的结果，并非原因。
【点睛】选项中的They指问题中的some Britons。
27. What is true of the introduction of tea into Britain?
【解析】选[D]。选项中的Britons got...tea from，brought tea...to Britain等表明，本题考查茶叶传入英国的情况。[C]根据常理可排除；短文中介绍了茶叶传入英国的时间和来源国，即茶叶在英国物少价贵，直到东印度公司在17世纪早期直接从中国运输茶叶，在接下来的几个世纪里茶叶价格才开始下跌，[D]正是对此信息的同义转述，故答案为[D]。
28. Why did people in Europe begin to drink tea with milk?
【解析】选[D]。选项中的popular drink，followed，influenced by等表明，本题与一种喝茶的方法有关。短文末尾介绍了这种喝茶方法的来源：法国的一位贵妇人首创在茶中加奶的喝法，渐渐这种喝茶的方法开始传播直到到达英国，由此可知，答案为[D]。
【点睛】[D]中的They指代people in Europe，a woman in the upper class与短文中提到的a famous French lady对应。
Passage Two
Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland and a major city in commerce and industry. It is one of the most important ship-building and repairing centers of the United Kingdom, and has long been known for its linen textiles. Its manufactures include aircraft, guided weapons, and tobacco and food products. A large petroleum refinery here is supplied by imported petroleum which is received at the city’s deep-water port. Other imports include grain, coal, chemicals and iron and steel. Among the chief exports are petroleum products, soap, food stuffs and textiles.
In Belfast, there are the notable Ulster Museum and the Protestant Cathedral of Saint Anne. As an educational center, the city is home to Queen’s Uni versity of Belfast and Belfast College of Technology.
Although there’s evidence that people once settled in this place during the stone and bronze Ages, the founding of Belfast dates from 1177 when a Norman castle was erected. Edward Bruce destroyed the settlement in 1315, the year he became the Irish King. The city was taken by the English in the 16th century. In the late 17th century, French refugees arrived here and developed the linen industry. The harbor was improved in the late 18th century and ship-building was begun on a large scale. The city was made the capital of Northern Ireland in 1920. During World War II, Belfast was heavily damaged by German bombing raids. Beginning in 1969, the city was the scene of religious disorder involving civil rights agitation and increased violence.
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. For what has Belfast long been famous?
【解析】选[B]。前三项都与商品有关，而[D]却与此无关，可先排除。短文中提到It…has long been known for its linen textiles，其中的It指代Belfast，由此可知，Belfast长久以来以亚麻纺织品最为出名，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】四个选项的内容均在文中有所提到，故听清问题中的long been famous是解题的关键。
30. Which of the following does Belfast chiefly export?
【解析】选[A]。四个选项均为商品，应留意问题问的什么。有短文中提到的...chief exports are…soap, food stuffs…可知，香皂在贝尔法斯特主要出口的商品之列，故答案为[A]。
31. When was Belfast founded?
【解析】选[A]。由短文中提到的the founding of Belfast dates from 1177可知，Belfast于1177年建成，故答案为[A]。【点睛】本题考查时间，故听音时应留意有关时间的表述及问题询问的是什么的时间。
32. What happened in Belfast in the late 18th century?
【解析】选[C]。由短文中提到的The harbor was improved in the late 18th century and ship-building was begun on a large scale可知，在十八世纪后期，Belfast的造船业开始走向繁荣，[C]中的flourish与on a large scale（大规模地）对应，故答案为[C]。
Passage Three
During the past decade, there has been a multifold increase in violent crimes throughout the world. Not only has there been
a frightening increase of murders and rapes, but the chances of being attacked and robbed have grown so that the elderly avoid
leaving their apartments.
The exact cause of this horrifying development has not been found. Some sociologists feel that the growth of crime on
TV is related with the growth of violence in our streets. Others blame the constant threat of complete destruction from
nuclear explosives. If the world is going to be blown up, why not enjoy yourself fully?
Regardless of the cause or causes, a fundamental change in attitude among people is easy to see. Years back, the old
saying “practice what you preach” was a prevalent one. People had moral standards that they could follow; people were
concerned about their fellow human beings.
Today, people have become “I-centered”. They are more i nterested in achieving immediate, selfish pleasure. The best
advice they can give in the rare instances when they do is “Do what I say, not what I do.” They are saying: “There are
moral principles to follow if you want to, but don’t use me as a guide since I no longer follow them”.
The major difference that I see in the quotations points out the tragic change in our morality and social ways. Until
people once more learn to replace “I” with “we”, we shall continue to move toward destructive self-centeredness.
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. What has increased greatly in the past decades?
【解析】选[C]。根据短文开头提到的During the past decade, there has been a multifold increase in violent crimes throughout the world可知，在过去十年中暴力犯罪急剧上升，故答案为[C]。
34. What changes have taken place in people’s morality?
【解析】选[B]。前三项都是肯定句，而[D]却是否定句，与其他选项明显不同，可首先排除。由短文中提到的Today, people have become “I-centered”可知，现在的人都变得较自私，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】[B]中的selfish与短文中的“I-centered”对应。
35. Which is most suitable to describe the speaker’s attitude?
【解析】选[D]。选项均为表示态度的词表明，本题考查观点看法。由短文中提到的The major difference… points out the tragic change in our moral ity and social ways… destructive self-centeredness可知，说话者对人们普遍变得自私的状况是很担忧的，故答案为[D]。
Section C
36.【解析】distribute。空前的动词helps和空后的名词movies表明，本空应填一原形动词。distribute意为“分配”。
37.【解析】rating。空前的介词on和空后的名词systems表明，本空应填一形容词，且能与systems构成名词短语。
rating systems意为“（电影等）评级制度”。
38.【解析】studios。句子不缺少主要成分，本空所填词应与空前的名词构成完整的名词短语。studios意为“工作
室”。
39.【解析】popularly。空所在句的句子成分完整，故本空应填一副词修饰空后的called。popularly意为“流行地”。
40.【解析】morally。空所在句的句子成分完整，故本空应填一副词修饰空后的形容词acceptable。morally意为“有
道德地”。
41.【解析】examined。分析空所在句可知，该句缺少谓语。根据空后before引导的时间状语从句的谓语动词could
receive可知，本空应填一过去式形式的动词。examined意为“检查”。
42.【解析】released。空前的be是被动式符号，故本空应填一过去分词，与to be构成permission的后置定语。released
意为“发行”。
43.【解析】issues。空前的介词about和空后的including表明，本空应填名词。由including后所列举的两个名词可知，
本空应填一复数名词。issues意为“问题”。
44.【答案】The code banned sex scenes, sexual relationships between different races
【Main Points】The code banned sex scenes and affairs between different races
45.【答案】The group developed a new voluntary rating system that tells parents whether a movie is right for children
【Main Points】The group made a new voluntary rating system telling parents if a movie is suitable for children 46.【答案】no children under the age of 17 will be admitted without a parent or adult guardian with them
【Main Points】no children under 17 will be admitted if not being with a parent or adult guardian
标准听力（三）听力原文及答案解析
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. W: There is a limit of three books each person, but you take four books.
M: Thank you for telling me this. I’ll drop this one and be cert ain to return the other three on time.
Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?
【听前预测】选项表明，本题考查地点场所，需要速浏览四个选项中的地点场所，并在听音时捕捉关键信息词对号入座即可选出答案。
【解析】选[A]。女士说每个人最多只可以借三本书，而男士拿了四本，男士说他将放回去一本，并表示一定会按时归还其他三本，由此可知，对话最可能发生在图书馆，故答案为[A]。
12. W: I do n’t have enough money to pay the registration fee until tomorrow. So I come here to ask for an extension.
M: Today is the deadline for the course registration. I’m sorry, but I can’t make an exception.
Q: What is the woman’s problem?
【听前预测】选项中的She，miss the deadline，course registration，can’t decide，lost…fee等表明，对话可能与女士选课时遇到的问题或麻烦有关。
【解析】选[C]。对话中女士说她到明天才有足够的钱交注册费，所以她希望能延期缴费（ask for an extension），但是男士说今天是课程注册的截止日期，并表示can’t make an exception，即无法延期，由此可知，女士遇到的问题就是没有得到延期交费的许可，故答案为[C]。
13. W: Do you have any idea what this notice is about? I have thought about it for a whole day.
M: Let me see. Oh, I’m as in the dark as you are.
Q: What does the man mean?
【听前预测】选项中的He doesn’t know/like/notice等表明，对话与男士的观点态度有关。[A]与其他三项明显不同，故可初步排除。
【解析】选[B]。对话中女士问男士是否明白这则通知的意思，还说她看了一天都没弄明白，男士看后说他也看不明白这则通知在讲什么（I’m as in the dark as you are），故答案为[B]。in the dark用在此处表示“不明白，不懂”。
14. M: I want to play football tomorrow. How nice it will be if tomorrow is sunny and warm!
W: But that’s not what they forecast, is it?
Q: What does the woman imply about the weather tomorrow?
【听前预测】选项中的warm，sunny，weather forecasting等表明，对话可能与天气有关。[C]和[D]选项提示，可能涉及女士对天气的预测。
【解析】选[B]。男士提到的How nice it will be if tomorrow is sunny and warm表明他希望明天的天气既晴朗又暖和，而女士通过反意疑问句But that’s not what they forecast, is it?表明天气预报并不是这么说的，即明天的天气并不是男士所期望的那样，故答案为[B]。
15. M: I have an appointment with Dr. Stevens at 3 o’clock tomorrow. But something’s come up. I’d like to reschedule.
Uh, any chance I can get in by the end of this week?
W: Well, we just had a cancellation for Friday. After that, the doctor will be out of the office for two weeks.
Q: What does the woman mean?
【听前预测】选项中的The man，see the doctor，have an appointment以及选项中出现的时间短语表明，对话可能与男士预约看病的时间有关。
【解析】选[C]。对话中男士提到因为有其他事情（something’s coming up），所以需要重新预约，并问有没有可能在这周其他时间重新安排预约，女士说正好周五有一个预约取消了，言外之意就是男士可以预约周五来看医生，故答案为[C]。
16. W: There are only a few drops left in the can. I guess we’ll have to buy some in the morning.
M: Well, we can finish up this job tomorrow. Let’s just wash out our brushes for now.
Q: What does the woman probably want to buy?
【听前预测】选项中的Paint brushes，paint，ink等表明，对话可能与油漆有关。
【解析】选[C]。对话中女士提到桶里只剩几滴了（a few drops left in the can），男士表示可以明天把活干完，现在先把刷子洗了（wash out brushes），由此可知，二人可能正在刷油漆，而女士之前说的应该是油漆不多了，需要去买油漆，故答案为[C]。
17. M: I need to go out. Mary is waiting for me in the coffee shop. Is it still raining?
W: Yes, but it’s starting to let up a little.
Q: What does the woman mean?
【听前预测】选项中的raining，a little bit，too hard to go out等表明，对话可能与下雨有关，涉及雨的大小。【解析】选[A]。男士问女士现在还下雨吗，女士说“是的，但是开始小了”，由此可推知，现在雨下得没有之前那么大了，故答案为[A]。let up意为“减缓，减弱”。
18. M: I’d like to have some flowers delivered to Peace Hospital.
W: Certainly. If you step over here, I’ll show you some flower arrangements.
Q: What does the man want to do?
【听前预测】选项中的flowers，sent，Deliver，hospital，doctor等表明，对话可能与往医院送花有关。
【解析】选[A]。对话中男士说他想买些花，并拜托把花送到和平医院，故答案为[A]。
Now you will hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One
M: Hi, Mrs. Dupree. You asked me to come by?
W: Oh, yes. Clinton. Thanks for coming in. How is it going?
M: Not too bad. I thought I’d have it tough after changing universities, but I’ve been able to catch up with my academics, and I’ve even managed to make a couple of friends. I don’t know how since I haven’t really been out that much.
W: Well, it’s good to hear that about your classes. Actually, I was just chatting with your journalism professor, and she tol d me that she was impressed with your writing skills and that it would be such a shame to keep it in the confines of the classroom during your stay here at the university.
M: She said that? Well, I’m really happy to hear that. Well, yeah, of course, I intend to write for a newspaper when I graduate.
W: No, she didn’t mean that. She thinks you should apply for the campus newsletter. That’s why I called you here.
M: What? Whoa, that’s a big step for me. I never even tried out for the newsletter in my former college and I’m only a sophomore with not that much experience in writing.
W: Yes, yes, she knows all that, but your pro fessor thinks you should be on the staff of the newsletter. She said you’d be great in features. When I heard that I just had to talk to you.
M: But don’t they have enough writers at the newsletter? What would they do with a beginner like me?
W: I see you’re in need of a bit of confidence, young man. Listen, why don’t you just go over there and give it a try? Let’s
just see how it goes, what do you say?
M: OK, if you say so.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What did the man worry about when he was going to change universities?
【解析】选[C]。选项中的He wouldn’t find，would lose/fall behind，couldn’t write等表明，本题可能与男士过去的担忧或遇到的问题有关。男士说他原以为转校后日子会很难过，可是他的功课跟得上（catch up with my academics），而且还交了几个朋友，由此可推断，男士曾担心自己转校后功课不好，交不到朋友，[C]属于担心之一，故为答案。
【点睛】but转折处为常考点，是听音重点。
20. Why does the woman ask the man to come by?
【解析】选[B]。选项均以“To+原形动词”开头以及其中的encourage/help him等表明，本题考查女士的行为目的。女士首先说男士的老师对他的写作技巧印象深刻，然后提到she（即男士的老师）认为他应该申请加入大学校报（apply for the campus newsletter），所以女士把男士叫来，并通过反问句why don’t you just go over there and give it
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21. What can be inferred about the man?
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Conversation Two
W: Department of Art, Design and Media. Can I help you?
M: Yes. I’d like some information about photography courses.
W: Let me just get the prospectus…OK, well, we do have several different courses. I’ll just run through them for you. The first is “Introducing Photography”. That runs for ten weeks and it’s a fou ndation-level course, so it’s for people just beginning in photography.
M: Right.
W: That’s on Monday evenings, from 6:30 to 9:30. Next, there’s “Black and White Photography”, which is at intermediate level, so you would need some previous experience for that one. And you also have to have an interview with a tutor beforehand.
M: Sounds interesting. Which evening is it on?
W: It’s a daytime course, actually. From 2:00 to 4:30 on Tuesdays. That’s also for ten weeks.
M: That’s a pity, I work on Tuesday aftern oons.
W: There’s also “Landscape Photography”, which is on Tuesday evenings, from 6:30 to 9:00. That’s a longer course than the others, it runs for sixteen weeks.
M: And do you need previous experience for that one?
W: Let me just check…Mm, it’s advanced level. So yes, you would, and again you’d have to be interviewed beforehand.
OK…then the only other one we do is “The Art of Digital Photography”.
M: I’m not sure that’s for me, but which evening is it?
W:It’s a flextime course. It’s on Wednesday, but you c an do it at any time to suit you during the daytime.
M: How many weeks is that?
W: It’s up to you, really. You have to do 60 hours in all. And again, there’s an interview.
M: That’s OK.
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22. What is the conversation mainly about?
【解析】选[D]。选项均为名词短语且概括性强表明，本题可能考查对话主题。选项中重复出现的photography courses 表明，短话主题可能与摄影课程有关。对话一开始，男士就说他想了解一下photography courses（摄影课程），接着女士详细地介绍了四种课程，由此可知，对话主要是关于摄影课程的相关信息，故答案为[D]。
23.When is “Black and White Photography” ?
【解析】选[B]。选项表明，本题考查时间，听音时应留意与时间相关的信息。女士说Black and White Photography 是白天上的课程（It’s a daytime course），每周二下午2点到4点半上课，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】对话中出现多个课程的上课时间，故听清问题是解题的关键。
24.Which course mentioned in the conversation doesn’t need an interview?
【解析】选[A]。选项表明，本题与某类课程有关。对话中共提到Introducing Photography，Black and White Photography，Landscape Photography和The Art of Digital Photography四种摄影课程，除了Introducing Photography 之外，其他三门课程都提到需要面试，故答案为[A]。
25. What does the woman say about “The Art of Digital Photography”?
【解析】选[A]。选项中的It，flexible in timing，suitable for intermediate learners等表明，本题可能与It的特点有关，It可能指代某类摄影课程。女士说The Art of Digital Photography是一门上课时间不固定的课程（a flextime course），可以在周三白天的任何时间上课，故答案为[A]。
【点睛】[A] It is flexible in timing是对It’s a flextime course的同义转述。
Section B
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Listening Comprehension Section A 11. A) Given his ankle a good rest. B) Treat his injury immediately. C) Continue his regular activities. D) Be careful when climbing steps. 12. A) On a train. B) On a plane. C) In a theater. D) In a restaurant. 13. A) A tragic accident. B) A sad occasion. C) Smith’s unusual life story . D) Smith’s sleeping problem. 14. A) Review the detail of all her lessons. B) Compare notes with his classmates. C) Talk with her about his learning problems. D) Focus in the main points of her lectures. 15. A) The man blamed the woman for being careless. B) The man misunderstood the woman’ . C) The woman offered to pay for the man’s coffee. D) The woman spilt coffee on the man 16. A) Extremely tedious. B) Hard to understand. C) Lacking a good plot. D) Not worth seeing twice. 17. A) Attending every lecture. B) Doing lots of homework. C) Reading very extensively. D) Using test-taking strategies. 18. A) The digital TV system will offer different programs. B) He is eager to see what the new system is like. C) He thinks it unrealistic to have 500 channels. D) The new TV system may not provide anything better. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. A) A notice by the electricity board. B) Ads promoting electric appliances. C) The description of a thief in disguise. D) A new policy on pensioners’ welfare. 20. A) Speaking with a proper accent. B) Wearing an official uniform. C) Making friends with them. D) Showing them his ID. 21. A) To be on the alert when being followed. B) Not to leave senior citizens alone at home. C) Not to let anyone in without an appointment. D) To watch out for those from the electricity board. 22. A) She was robbed near the parking lot. B) All her money in the bank disappeared. C) The pension she had just drawn was stolen. D) She was knocked down in the post office. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. A) Marketing consultancy. B) Professional accountancy.C) Luxury hotel management. D) Business conference organization. 24. A) Having a good knowledge of its customs. B) Knowing some key people in tourism. C) Having been to the country before. D) Being able to speak Japanese. 25. A) It will bring her potential into full play. C) It will enable her to improve her Chinese. B) It will involve lots of train travel. D) It will give her more chances to visit Japan Section B Passage One Questions 26 to 28 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 26. A) The lack of time. B) The quality of life. C) The frustrations at work. D) The pressure on working families. 27. A) They were just as busy as people of today. B) They saw the importance of collective efforts. C) They didn’t complain as much as moder n man. D) They lived a hard life by hunting and gathering. 28. A) To look for creative ideas of awarding employees. B) To explore strategies for lowering production costs. C) To seek new approaches to dealing with complaints. D) To find effective ways to give employees flexibility.