听力填空

本听力材料来自于老托partb，partc，是公认实施有效的听写材料，对于上手托福时间不长的同学非常适合。我曾经一次短时间备考听力提高了7分也归功老托。希望大家和我一样一定要坚持下来噢。相信坚持学习的同学听力上都会有很大的飞跃！

Nopain, no gain.我们的安排是这样的，第一遍用听力软件精听材料（建议做单句听写，听写的时候不要偷看我给的挖空题），然后按照我给的挖空题填关键词，回复后即可看到听力原文和文章精解，我将把难点和易错点oneby one 分析给大家。

回复填空答案格式如下：1____2____3____...et.al.

Let's ______ to the main exhibit hall and look at some of the actual vehicles that have played a ______role in speeding up mail delivery. Consider how long it used to take to send a letter across a relatively short distance. Back in the 1600's it took two weeks on horseback to get a letter from Boston to New York, a distance of about 260 miles. Crossing a river was also a challenge. Ferry service was so ______that a carrier would sometimes wait hours just to catch a ferry. For journeys inland, there was always the stagecoach, but the ride was by no means comfortable because it had to be shared with other passengers. The post office was pretty ______about some routes. In the nineteenth century, in the Southwestern desert, for instance, camels were brought in to help get the mail through. In Alaska, reindeer were used. This practice was discontinued because of the disagreeable temperament of these animals.
We'll stop here a minute so that you can enter this ______of a railway mail car. It was during the Age of the Iron Horse that delivery really started to pick up. In fact, the United States transported most bulk mail by train for nearly 100 years. The first airmail service didn't start until 1918.……

答案原文

【填空答案】

1. Proceed:vi. 开始；继续进行；发生；行进

2. prominent: adj. 突出的，显著的；杰出的；卓越的

3. irregular: adj. 不规则的；无规律的；非正规的；不合法的

4. ingenious: adj. 有独创性的；机灵的，精制的；心灵手巧的

5. replica:n. 复制品，复制物

【听力原文】

Let's proceed to the main exhibit hall and look at some of the actual vehicles that have played a prominent role in speeding up mail delivery. Consider how long it used to take to send a letter across a relatively short distance. Back in the 1600's it took two weeks on horseback to get a letter from Boston to New York, a distance of about 260 miles. Crossing a river was also a challenge. Ferry service was so irregular that a carrier would sometimes wait hours just to catch a ferry. For journeys inland, there was always the stagecoach, but the ride was by no means comfortable because it had to be shared with other passengers. The post office was pretty ingenious about some routes. In the nineteenth century, in the Southwestern desert, for instance, camels were brought in to help get the mail through. In Alaska, reindeer were used. This practice was discontinued because of the disagreeable temperament of these animals.
We'll stop here a minute so that you can enter this replica of a railway mail car. It was during the Age of the Iron Horse that delivery really started to pick up. In fact, the United States transported most bulk mail by train for nearly 100 years. The first airmail service didn't start until 1918.
Please take a few moments to look around. I hope you'll enjoy your tour. And as you continue on your own, may I suggest you visit our impressive philatelic collection. Not only can you look at some of the more unusual stamps issues, but there is an interesting exhibit on how stamps are made.

精解译文

【听力精解】

这篇文章讲的是信史，还算比较好理解，下面我们逐个分析一下要点
1. Ferry service说的是轮渡服务，说白了就是轮船寄信。以前的通信方式都很落后，骑马很久还不一定送到，后来的轮渡也不是很好的选择。各种用动物做通讯工具的方式都相继失败直到有了铁路运输

2. Pick up 有捡起的意思，它的另外一个意思是偷。不过在本文中它的意思就是运行

3. Delivery 是名词交付，递送的意思。它的动词形式是deliver，传递信息就不要再用send 啦，deliver更好

4. Impressive philatelic collection的意思是巨大的集邮集合。Impressive一般用作令人印象深刻的意思

【参考译文】

让我们继续主展览厅,看一些实际的车辆是否发挥了突出的作用,在加快投递邮件。考虑过去要花多长时间寄封信在相对较短的距离。早在1600年代,它花了两周时间骑马去收到一封信从波士顿到纽约,相距约260英里的。过河也是一种挑战。渡轮服务是非常不规则,航空母舰将有时等待数小时只为了看渡轮。为旅行内陆,总有马车,但过程绝不是舒适的,因为它已经被共享与其他乘客。邮局在非常巧妙的关于某些航线。在19世纪,在西南部的沙漠,例如,骆驼被带入帮助将邮件通过。在阿拉斯加,驯鹿被使用。这种做法被停用,因为这些动物的讨厌的气质。

我们会在这儿停一下,这样你才能进入这个副本的一个铁路邮件的车。这是时代的铁马,交付真正开始回升。事实上,美国最大宗邮件乘火车运送了近100年。第一航空服务一直到1918年才启动。

请花几分钟来看看。我希望你能享受你的旅行。当你继续你的自己,我可以建议你访问我们的令人印象深刻的集邮集合。你不仅可以看一些非同寻常的邮票的问题,但有一个有趣的展品邮票是如何做的。

祝大家每天进步一点点！

AmyLee