1、12. W: How was the movie that you went to last night? I know how much you wanted to see it.M: Well, I was hoping for something really wonderful. But the movie was full of stereotypes, and relationships that never fully developed. What does the man mean?【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的The movie和wonderful、good等词可知,对话与
2、对电影的评价有关。【解 析】选C。对话中男士提到,I was hoping for something really wonderful. But (我之前一直希望能很精彩,但是),转折处说明电影没有男士期望的那么精彩,故答案为C。13. M: I was shocked when I heard youd finished your research project a whole month early. How I managed to do it is still a mystery to me.【听前预测】根据意思相反的两个选项中有一个可能是答案的命题规律,答案锁定在A和B之间,女士
3、的话为听音重点。对话中女士提到,How I managed to do it is still a mystery to me.(我是怎么做到的对我来说仍是个谜),B的内容是对女士的话的同义转述,故为答案。14. W: I cant believe we have another lab report due so soon. Dr. White must think that we dont have any other classes. I know just what you mean. Ill be really pressed to get it done.【听前预测】根据意思相反的
4、两个选项中有一个可能是答案的命题规律,答案锁定在B和C之间。男士的话为听音重点。对话中男士提到,Ill be really pressed(我也很有压力),B的内容为男士的话的同义转述,其中的heavy与对话中pressed对应,故B为答案。15. M: The doctor said if I kept smoking, I would increase my chances of having a heart attack. Did he suggest reducing weight, too? What does the woman think the man should also
5、do?【听前预测】由选项均以原形动词开头可知,本题考查行为动作或观点建议,且对话与身体健康有关。【解 析】选A。对话中女士提到,reducing weight(减肥),A的Lose weight是对reducing weight的同义转述,故为答案。16. W: I dont know what Im going to wear to the party. All of my clothes look so old. Its too bad I dont have any money to get something new. Why dont you wear your black velv
6、et dress? What is the woman doing?【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的clothes,dress可知,对话与穿着有关。由对话中女士提到I dont know what Im going to wear(不知道要穿什么)可知,女士在穿衣服,故A为答案。17. M: Im really exhausted, but I dont want to miss the film that comes on at 11. If I were you, Id skip it. We both have to get up early tomorrow, and anyway, I
7、ve heard it isnt that exciting.【听前预测】由选项中重复出现的The man should可知,女士的话为听音重点。女士的话If I were you, Id skip it.(如果我是你,就不看了)为听音重点。B中的give up与女士话中的skip同义,故为答案。If I were you, Id表示一种委婉的建议。18. M: Have you and your family lived in Chicago for a long time? Oh, yes, but only since 1970. My oldest child was born in
8、Seattle and my second oldest child was born overseas when my husband was teaching English. What did the woman say about life in Chicago?【听前预测】预览选项可知,对话可能与She一家人在there的情况有关。对话中男士提到,Have youlived in Chicago?(你在芝加哥住过吗?),并结合女士提到的yes, but only since 1970(是的,但只是从1970年才开始)可知答案为C。Now you will hear the two l
9、ong conversations.Conversation One【听前预测】预览四道题各选项,由选项中的apartment,children,natural environment等可知,对话很可能与居住地有关,涉及到居住地对孩子的影响、居住地的周边环境等。 You like living in the city, dont you? Oh,I love it. Its so convenient. I can take the bus to work, or the subway, or the taxi. And there is so much more to do. I know
10、what you mean. Id like to live in the city, but to live in the suburbs is better for children. Well, there are a lot of good things about suburban living. But, as a working woman, I think a city has all the conveniences, including the best food and fastest news. But there are more trees, grass and f
11、resh air in the suburbs. Yeah, but living in a city, its convenient to go everywhere. There are lots of movie houses, theaters and so on. You can take them to the suburbs on the weekends. Yeah, my children are the right age. There are lots of things for them here. You are right. They are at the libr
12、ary in Brooklyn. And they come back home for lunch, then go uptown to the Museum of Natural History. There is so much for young people to see and do. Not just for young people. What about me? Ive never been to the Museum of Natural History. Neither have I. When I was a child, I used to go to the Mus
13、eum of Art. Ive been there several times. Twice with children. Well, I have an idea. Next weekend, lets go to the Museum of Natural History. OK, thats really a very nice idea.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What are the two speakers talking about?【解析】选B。对话中提到
14、,living in the cityIts so convenientThere are lots of things for them(children) here,由此可知,对话双方都是围绕居住地和孩子所受的教育展开谈话的,故B为答案。【点睛】对话话题首先可根据选项进行推断,然后根据对话内容进行确定。对话开头和对话结尾一定要给予重视。20. What does the man think of living in the suburbs?【解析】选C。预览选项可知,本题可能考查居住地的环境对孩子的影响。对话中提到,to live in the suburbs is better for
15、childrenthere are more trees, grass and fresh air in the suburbs,由此可知答案为C。【点睛】but转折处为常考点,其后的句子通常为答案所在。21. What is the mans opinion of the city?根据意思相反的两个选项中有一个可能是答案的命题规律,答案锁定在C和D之间。短文中提到,children are the right agelots of things for them here和Not just for young people,由此可知,男士认为在城里孩子和成年人都有很多可看的东西和可做的事,
16、故C为答案。22. What do we know about the woman according to the conversation?【解析】选D。对话中女士提到,Next weekend, lets go to the Museum of Natural History可知,女士下周末将要去自然历史博物馆,故D为答案。Conversation Two【听前预测】预览三道题各选项,由选项中的Spain,holiday,summer,BBC,grammar and vocabulary等词可推知,对话很可能与女士去西班牙有关,涉及到出国前的准备,如语言学习等。 Good evening
17、, professor. My name is Alice Brown. Good evening, Alice. What is your question? Ive been studying Spanish for some years. I go to Spain on holiday some times. Ive learnt quite a lot of grammar and vocabulary. But I find it very difficult to speak, and when I went to Spain this summer I couldnt unde
18、rstand the Spanish people at all. I got really disheartened. Yes, it is a problem. How long have you been studying Spanish? About four years. Yes, how exactly? Go to an evening class, using tapes? Ive been going to an evening class and Ive watched quite a lot of the BBC television programs. Oh, they
19、re very good. Did you buy the BBC book? No, we just use a different book in the class. Yes, I see, Alice. I always think that learning a language is rather like learning to drive. Now, you couldnt learn to drive a car by sitting in a classroom or watching television. I think what you need is a lot o
20、f practice in using the language. Thats all very well if you live in the country where they speak the language, but I dont. Yes, I understand the problem. Though even if you live in the country where the language is spoken, you have to reach a certain standard before you are able to have conversatio
21、ns with the natives. I was thinking perhaps you might arrange with another student or students to have regular conversation practice. I see what you mean. Thank you very much, professor. You are welcome, Alice.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. What made Alice f
22、eel disheartened?对话中提到的But I find it very difficult to speak, and when I went to Spaincouldnt understand the Spanish peoples at all disheartened可知,Alice感到沮丧的原因是她不能跟西班牙人很好地交流,B的内容与此一致,故为答案。【点睛】But转折处常设为考点,其后的句子通常为答案所在。24. What is one of the ways Alice learns Spanish?选项均以By开头及BBC等词表明,此题可能与学习西班牙语的方式有关。
23、对话中提到,Ive been going tothe BBC television programs可知答案为C。【点睛】C是对对话中watched quite a lot of the BBC television programs的同义转述。25. What does the professor think Alice needs?选项均以动词原形开头可知,本题可能考查方法建议。对话中提到,I was thinking perhaps you mightregular conversation practice可知,教授给Alice的建议是让她多练习讲西班牙语,故D为答案。【点睛】D是对对
24、话中have regular conversation practice的同义转述。Section BPassage One【听前预测】预览四道题各选项,结合第26题和第29题中重复出现的opera(s)可知,短文与歌剧有关。For a 400-year-old art form, opera had a bad fame: overweight actresses singing the words which were hard to understand in one of those romance languages you were supposed to learn in hig
25、h school. And with tickets costing as much as $145 a performance, opera goers also had a certain appearance in peoples minds: rich, well-dressed and old.But now opera companies around the country are loosening their ties and kicking off their shoes in an attempt to keep opera alive and take it to a
26、younger and not so wealthy audience.Opera producers have found that to attract this crowd, they need to associate opera with the common people. That means no formal suits, old-style theatre or bank-breaking ticket prices. And because young people dont or wont come to the opera, companies are bringin
27、g the opera to them, giving performances in such usual places as parks, libraries and public schools.The Houston Grand Operas choice is the public library, where it performs “mobile operas”, shortened version of child-friendly operas. This summers production is Hansel & Cretel. By performing smaller
28、 versions of large productions, producers are able to make people interested while keeping costs at a reasonable level. The San Francisco Opera, which will be celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, is staging Cinderella free of charge, keeping costs down by employing students from its Young Art
29、ists Training Program.Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. What is the main idea of the passage?根据短文中提到的But now opera companies around the country in an attempt to keep opera alive audience以及上下文可知,本文主要讲述的是歌剧公司正在努力将歌剧变“活”,以此来吸引年轻但不富有的观众,故D为答案。【点睛】But转折处为常考点,其后的句子通常为答案所在。短文主旨首先可根据选项内容进行推断,然后根据短文内容进行确定。27. Why do opera companies prefer to perform smaller versions?由短文中提到的By performing smaller versions of large productions, producers are able to make people interested可知,通过表演巨著的较短剧本,制片人在保证合理票价的同时可以使人们对此感兴趣,故B为答案。【点睛】问题中的perform smaller versi
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