听力理解1

　Section A
　　Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must rend the four choices marked [A], [B], [C]and [D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
　　11.
　　[A] 1016.
　　[B] 1060.
　　[C] 508.
　　[D] 580.
　　12. [A] Father and daughter.
　　[B] Uncle and niece.
　　[C] Aunt and nephew.
　　[D] Cousins.
　　13. [A] She wasn’t invited.
　　[B] She wasn’t ready to come.
　　[C] She altered her decision.
　　[D] She forgot the invitation.
　　14. [A] The door needs repairing.
　　[B] He had lost all his keys.
　　[C] He couldn’t open the door.
　　[D] He wanted the woman to help him.
　　15. [A] She’s rather happy to hear so.
　　[B] She’s disappointed to hear so.
　　[C] She’s unhappy to hear so.
　　[D] She’s surprised to hear so.
　　16. [A] He thought it was a good car.
　　[B] He thought it was too noisy,
　　[C] He thought there was something wrong with the car.
　　[D] He didn’t like it.
　　17. [A] In a car.
　　[B] In a train,
　　[C] In a ship.
　　[D] In a plane.
　　18. [A] She’ll go to the concert.
　　[B] She’ll have a meeting.
　　[C] She’ll watch her neighbor’s children.
　　[D] She’ll visit her neighbor.
　　Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
　　19. [A] The early history of bookbinding.
　　[B] How old books become valuable.
　　[C] Economical ways to protect old books.
　　[D] Why some books decay.
　　20. [A] They are often handled improperly by readers.
　　[B] The paper is destroyed by chemicals.
　　[C] The ink used in printing damages the paper.
　　[D] The glue used in the binding loses its strength.
　　21. [A] They are difficult to read.
　　[B] They are slowly falling apart
　　[C] They were not made from wood pulp.
　　[D] They should be stored in a cold place.
　　22. [A] Get some books for the man to look at.
　　[B] Ask the man to look over her notes.
　　[C] Continue her research in the library.
　　[D] Find more information on how books are preserved.
　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
　　23. [A] Which major the woman will be choosing.
　　[B] An anthropology course the woman is taking,
　　[C] How to find a job in publishing.
　　[D] which anthropology professors the man recommends.
　　24. [A] It is not as difficult as she had thought it wonld be.
　　[B] She would like her professor to explain it more clearly.
　　[C] She took a class on it last semester.
　　[D] Her professor will write a book on it soon.
　　25. [A] Her professor.
　　[B] A classmate.
　　[C] Her former boss.
　　[D] A foreign diplomat.
　　Section B
　　Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A ], [ B ], [ C ]and [D]. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2 E作答。
　　Passage One
　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　26.
　　[A] Because nobody knew his address.
　　[B] Because nobody knew his age.
　　[C] Because Penury’s private life was a secret.
　　[D] Because Penury was still a bachelor at the age of forty-five.
　　27.
　　[A] He did not spend money freely.
　　[B] He was always well-dressed.
　　[C] He had a luxurious ear.
　　[D] He worked hard for a living.
　　28.
　　[A] A photographer.
　　[B] A burglar.
　　[C] A reporter.
　　[D] A professor.

听力理解2
　　Passage Two
　　Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　29.
　　[A] In 1809.
　　[B] In 1863.
　　[C] In 1865.
　　[D] In 1860.
　　30.
　　[A] Four years.
　　[B] Five years
　　[C] Three years.
　　[D] Six years.
　　3l.
　　[A] A soldier.
　　[B] A thief.
　　[C] A government officer.
　　[D] An actor.
　　32.
　　[A] Because they didn’t like Lincoln being their President.
　　[B] Because they wanted to set up their own government,
　　[C] Because they disagreed with Lincoln on the abolishment of slavery.
　　[D] Because they wanted to stage a war against Lincoln’s government.
　　Passage Three
　　Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　33.
　　[A] 10points.
　　[B] 2 points.
　　[C] 15 points.
　　[D] points.
　　34.
　　[A] They will take one of the six major tests,
　　[B] They will have to write a composition.
　　[C] They will be given a pop test.
　　[D] They will be required to read a short story in class.
　　35.
　　[A] An essay.
　　[B] A magazine article,
　　[C] A poem.
　　[D] A short story.
　　Section C
　　Directions: In this section, you will heat" a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time. you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time. you are required to fill in the blanks numbered.from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally. when the passage is read for the third time. you should check what you have written.
　　注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上；请在答题卡2 上作答。
　　Part Ill Section C
　　Scientists have developed a new cancer drug. So far, they have tested it only on (36) __ animals. The drug is designed to (37) __ and kill cancer cells but not healthy cells.
　　First, the drug enters the cancer and destroys the supply of blood. Then it releases (38)__ to destroy the cancer cells.
　　Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge carried out the study. The (39) __ appeared in Nature ( 40 ) __. A school news release called the drug an "anti-cancer smart bomb".
　　Ram Sasisekharan is a professor at M.I.T. He says his team had to (41) __ three problems. They had to find a way to destroy the blood vessels, then to (42) __ the growth of new ones. But they also needed the blood vessels to supply
　　chemicals to destroy the cancer.
　　So, the researchers designed a two-part "nanocell". The cell is (43) in nanometers, or one thousand millionth of a meter. (44)
　　The scientists say it was small enough to pass through the blood vessels of the cancer, but it was too big to enter normal blood vessels. The surface of the nanocells also helped them to avoid natural defenses.(45)
　　That cut off the blood supply and trapped the nanocell inside the cancer. Then, the nanocell slowly released chemotherapy drugs to kill the cancer cells.(46)
答案详解

　　Section A
　　11．C综合推断题。女士说有1016名学生参加考试，但一半没有通过，由此推断，通过考试的学生人数是508人，所以C正确。这里要注意辨别数字1016(one thousand sixteen)，而不是1060(one thousand sixty)。
　　12．D综合推断题。女士要找玛丽姑姑，男士回答说他妈妈不在，由此推断，两人应该是表亲，所以D正确。
　　13．C信息明示题。女士说苏珊原本要来，但又改变主意了，所以C(她改变了决定)正确。
　　*考点
　　●change one’s mind意为“改变决定或意见”，如：Nothing will make me change my mind．任何事都不能使我改变主意。
　　14．C信息明示题。女士问男士为什么站在外面不进去，男士回答说他试了所有的钥匙，就是打不开门，由此可知，C正确。本题的关键是弄清it指代的是the door。
　　*考点
　　●instead of在意为“代替”时与in place of同义；它还可后接动名词表示“而不”，如：Instead of going to the cinema，I’m going to the concert tomorrow．我明天去听音乐会，而不去看电影。
　　15．A综合推断题。男士说女士看上去不到30岁，女士回答说：“真的吗?事实上我已经35岁了。”由此推断，35岁的女士在听到别人说她看起来不到30时，肯定会很高兴，所以A正确。
　　16．A信息明示题。本题问的是女士的父亲对新车的态度，而女士前面所说的都是她姐姐(或妹妹)对新车的看法，所以本题的关键是女士的最后一句话：“我父亲认为这是一辆好车。”故选A。
　　17．D综合推断题。女士说：“系好安全带，我们马上就要起飞了。”男士问：“你能告诉我怎么系吗?”由关键词take off(起飞)可知，对话发生在飞机上，所以D正确。
　　*考点
　　●fasten作及物动词时意为“系牢，钉牢”，也有“集中”之义，如：She fastened her gaze on the stranger．她把视线集中在陌生人身上。还可指“强加(绰号、罪名等)”，如：fasten the blame on the weather归咎于天气。
　　18．C信息明示题。女士说：“邻居今晚要开会，我答应了要帮他们照看孩子。”由此可知，女士今晚要为邻居看孩子，所以C正确。baby-sit意为“担任临时保姆，照顾婴儿”。
　　Conversation One
　　19．D综合推断题。结合听力材料，特别是对话开头提到的old book...a lot of pages are turning brown and becoming brittle可以推断，对话谈论的是书的腐烂问题，所以D正确。
　　20．B综合推断题。女士认为用木材制纸时要往里面加一些化学制品和酸性物质以让纸变白，而男士说最终腐蚀纸张的就是这些酸性物质，由常识可推断出这类酸性物质也应是化学制品，即男士认为书籍的腐烂是由化学制品造成的，故选B。
　　21．C信息明示题。男士说books have been made from wood pulp only since the 1850s，即19世纪50年代以前的书不是由木浆做成的，所以C正确。
　　22．C同义替换题。女士最后说的get back to my project与选项中continue her research同义，所以C正确。
　　*考点
　　●suppose意为“猜想”，尤指建立在推测性根据上的不确定的猜想，如：Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps．科学家们猜想大型恐龙栖居于沼泽地中。还可指“应该，允许”，如：We are not supposed to play football on Sundays．我们不应该在星期日踢足球。
　　●make sense指“有意义，意思清楚，有道理”，如：What you say makes no sense．你的话没有道理。其他与sense相关的短语还有：make sense of sth．理解或弄清某事物；see sense明白事理，如：I hope she soon sees sense and stops fighting a battle she cannot win．我希望她能尽快明白过来，不要再打这场赢不了的仗了。
　　Conversation Two
　　 23．B综合推断题。女士说自己正在上男士曾上过的格雷教授的人类学课程，两人接着谈论了各自对该课程的看法，还提到了女士为该课程要采访的对象，由此推断，对话主要是关于女士正在上的一门人类学课程的，故选B。
　　24．A综合推断题。女士说一开始“人种学”这个词使她感到有些恐惧，因为那似乎非常专业，但当教授解释人类学家都做些什么时，她就不觉得那很吓人了，由此推断，人种学这一学科没有她想像的那么难，故选A。
　　25．C信息明示题。男士问女士要采访谁，女士回答说她要先采访自己以前的老板——位出版社的女主管，故选C。
　　*考点
　　●start out意为“开始”，该短语还有“起程，动身”的含义，如：Wemust start out early．我们必须早些动身。与start相关的短语还有：start over重新开始；start(sb．)up(in sth．)(使某人)开始工作等，如：He started his daughter up in the trade．他让女儿从事贸易工作。
　　Section B
　　 Passage One
　　文章精要
　　文章主要谈论了一个名叫Penury的夜贼。在作者看来，Penury是个非常神秘的人，人们不了解他，而且他的日常生活也让人觉得奇怪，后来作者才知道，原来Penury是一个夜贼。
　　26．C信息明示题。文章第一段指出，he had a way of keeping his private life to himself in all but the unessential details，由此可知，作者之所以认为Penury是个神秘的人是因为所有人都不了解Penury的私生活，故选C。
　　27．A信息明示题。文章第一段指出，he was not especially well dressed and he did not even have a car．排除B、C，并可以推断出，Penury是一个不随便花钱的人。该段还指出，It seemed that he did not have to work for a living as we did，排除D。
　　28．B信息明示题。文章最后指出，he was the most accomplished burglar，由此可知Penury是个夜贼，所以B正确。
　　Passage Two
　　文章精要
　　文章简要介绍了亚伯拉罕·林肯的生平事迹，尤其介绍了林肯对废除奴隶制度所做出的努力和贡献。
　　29．D信息明示题。文章第三段指出，In 1860，Lincoln was elected President of the United Statest. 由此可知D正确。
　　30．A信息明示题。文章第三段指出，Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865，由此可知美国内战持续了四年，故选A。
　　31．D信息明示题。文章第五段指出，Lincoln was shot by an actor named John Wilkes Booth．由此可知，林肯是被一名演员刺杀的，所以D正确。
　　32．C综合推断题。文章第三段指出，This party opposed the creation of new slave states．由此可以推断，南部各州之所以要退出联盟是因为林肯所在的共和党反对奴隶制，所以C正确。
　　Passage Three
　　文章精要
　　本文的主要内容是一位大学老师向学生介绍自己的写作课程以及这门课程对学生的要求。
　　33．D信息明示题。文章指出，A misspelled word will cost you 5 points．由此可知D正确。
　　34．B信息明示题。文章指出，学生在周五expect to write a short in-class theme，故选B。
　　35．D信息明示题。文章指出，Your assignment for Wednesday is to read Hemingway’s short story．此可知D正确。
　　Section C
　　文章精要
　　科学家发明了一种治疗癌症的新型药物，这种药物可以进入癌细胞并杀死癌细胞，同时对正常细胞没有损害。
　　36．1aboratory37．invade38．poison39．results
　　 40．magazine 4 1．solve 42．prevent43．measured
　　 44．The particle used was two hundred nanometers-much，much smaller than a human hair．
　　45．The scientists designed the cell as a balloon inside a balloon．They loaded the outer part with a drug that caused the
　　blood vessels to fall in on themselves．
　　46．The team says the treatment shrank the cancer and avoided healthy cells better than other treatments．
听力原文

　Section A
　　11．M：How many students passed the College English Test last term?
　　W：Well，let me see．1016 students took the exam，but half of them failed．
　　Q：How many students did the woman believe had passed the exam?
　　12．W：Is Aunt Mary in? I’ve got something important to tell her．
　　M：Sorry，mother has gone shopping．She won’t be back until lunch time．
　　Q：What is the relationship between the two speakers?
　　13．M：Susan isn’t here yet．Did you forget to invite her?
　　W：She was ready to come．but then changed her mind．
　　Q：Why isn’t Susan present?
　　14．W：Why are you just standing outside instead of going in?
　　M：I have tried all my keys in the lock，but it won’t open．
　　Q：Why didn’t the man go in?
　　15．M：You don’t look a day over thirty．
　　W：Really? In fact．I’m thirty-five．
　　Q：How does the woman feel about the man’s remark?
　　16．M：Did your sister like her new car?
　　W：She thought it was too noisy．and something got wrong with the tyres；but my father believed it was quite a good Car．
　　Q：What did the woman’s father think of the new car?
　　17．W：Fasten your belts．and we will take off soon．
　　M：But would you like to tell me how to fasten it?
　　Q：Where did the conversation take place?
　　18. M: Are you going to the concert tonight?
　　W: No, I promised to baby-sit for my neighbors while they have a meeting.
　　Q: What will the woman do tonight?
　　Now you’ll hear two long conversations.
　　Conversation One
　　W: Excuse me, I’ve been using this old book for a research project and I notice that a lot of pages are turning brown and becoming brittle.
　　M: Yes. Unfortunately, that’s a common problem with books made from wood pulp.
　　W: I suppose that to make paper from wood you have to add a lot of chemicals and acids to make it turn white.
　　M: Exactly, and it’s the acid that eventually eats away the paper.
　　W: Oh, that actually makes sense, but this book’s not even 75 years old and I’ve seen books in museum that are hundreds of years old and they’re in free condition.
　　M: Well, you see, books have been made from Wood pulp only since the 1850s, before that they were made from materials mostly animals’ skins, and no chemicals were added.
　　W: It’s a shame those older wood pulp books are going to fall apart some day. Is there anything that can be done to preserve them?
　　M: En, currently the only way to stop the books from decaying is to remove the binding and treat each page individually to remove the acid.
　　W: That doesn’t sound very economical.
　　M: No, it isn’t. It’s not practical to treat a large number of books with this process, so we only try to rescue the most valuable edition books in our collection.
　　W: Well, thanks for the explanation. I’d better get back to my project.
　　M: Good luck and I hope the old book will hold long enough for you to finish it.
　　Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
　　19. What are the speakers mainly discussing?
　　20. According to the man, why do modem books decay?
　　21. What does the man say about books published before 1850?
　　22. What will the woman probably do next?
　　Conversation Two
　　M: Do you want to go to the cinema with us on Saturday?
　　W: Thanks, but I have to study for my research project. I’m taking that same anthropology course you took with Professor Gray.
　　M: The one on ethnographic interviewing? Oh, good! I’m sure you’ll get a lot out of it.
　　W: I have to admit the word "ethnography" scared me a little at first. It seems so technical. But then when she explained that it’s what anthropologists do, you know, how they investigate and record aspects of a culture, it didn’t seem so intimidating!
　　M: Yeah, it’s a part of the field work anthropologists conduct and it’s good to start doing that now before you become a graduate student and have to conduct large projects yourself. Who are you going to interview?
　　W: You know the publishing office where I used to work? Vivian, the woman I worked for, has been a manager there for over 30 years and seen a lot of changes in the industry. I thought I’d start out by interviewing her about how the people in the office interact with each other and with outside clients.
　　M: The best part of that course is that it shows you that ethnographic research can also be done on a familiar ground.
　　W: Yeah. I got the idea for my project from reading Robert Marshal’s study of office life and I realized I already had some background in that. So far, I’m really enjoying this course.
　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
　　23. What is the conversation mainly about?
　　24. What does the woman say about the subject of ethnography?
　　25. Who is the first person the woman will interview?
　　Section B
　　Passage One
　　Penury was what people called a mystery man. We had known him for over seven years, ever since he became a member of our modest club, but he had a way of keeping his private life to himself in all but the unessential details. We knew his address, though he never invited us to his home, and his age, too, but only unimportant matters of this kind. It seemed that he did not have to work for a living as we did, in our various ways. He had once hinted about an inheritance on which he managed to live comfortably. He was not, however, a man of luxurious habits: he was not especially well dressed and he did not even have a car. At the age of forty-five he was still a bachelor though. Since marriage was not a subject he ever discussed, we had no means of finding out whether he regretted not having a wife.
　　Penury disappeared suddenly from our circle and shortly afterwards we came to learn the first really solid facts about our mystery man. From reports that appeared in the newspapers, together with photographs of the man who was without doubt, our Mr. Penury, it was revealed that he was the most accomplished burglar in the London area; and that he had practiced this profession for many years, until he was arrested and sent to prison.
　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　26. Why did the author think Penury was a mystery man?
　　27. Which of the following descriptions of Penury is TRUE?
　　28. What was Penury’s profession?
　　Passage Two
　　Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky on February 12, 1809. When he was a small boy, his family moved to the frontier of Indiana. Here, his mother taught him to read and write.
　　When Lincoln was a young man, his family moved to the new state of Illinois. Lincoln had to earn a living at an early age, but in his leisure time he studied law. He soon became one of the best known lawyers in the state capital at Springfield, Illinois. It was here that Lincoln became famous for his debates with Stephen on Douglas on the subject of slavery.
　　In 1860 Lincoln was elected President of the United States. He was the candidate of the new Republican Party. This party opposed the creation of new slave states. Soon after his election, some of the Southern states withdrew from the Union and set up the Confederate States of America. This action brought on the terrible Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865.
　　On January 1, 1863, during the war, Lincoln issued his famous Emancipation Proclamation. In 1865, after the war ended, the Thirteenth Amendment was added to the Constitution of the United States. This amendment put an end to slavery everywhere in the United States.
　　Early in 1865, the Civil War came to an end with the defeat of the South by the North. Only a few days after the end of the war, Lincoln was shot by an actor named John Wilkes Booth. The President died on April 14, 1865. In his death, the world lost one of the greatest men of all time.
　　Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　29. When was Lincoln elected President of the United States?
　　30. How many years did the Civil War last?
　　31. Who shot Lincoln?
　　32. Why did some of the Southern states withdraw from the Union?
　　Passage Three
　　If you’ve been on campus for very long, I’m certain that you’ve already heard about this course. You may know that last semester about 50 percent of the students enrolled in my course failed it. Let me explain how this came about before you jump to any conclusions. In the first place, since this is a composition class, I expect my students to follow certain roles of formality. Unfortunately, many students today dislike having to follow roles of any kind, especially those that they may feel to be unnecessary. For example, I ask that each of your papers be typed and centered on the paper correctly. I count off points for various kinds of mistakes. A misspelled word will cost you 5 points. You’ve lost 25 points if you’ve misspelled five words. If you write in complete sentences, you’ve lost 10 points. If you give me two complete sentences as one without adequate punctuation, you’ve lost 15 points. I do not accept late papers. You will receive a zero for any theme which you fail to submit on time. I expect you to read each assignment. I will give you a short unannounced quiz from time to time. This class meets on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. If you have any questions at any time, you can see me on Tuesdays. My office is on the second floor of this building. Your assignment for Wednesday is to read Hemingway’s short story on page 55. Friday will be the last class day of this week, so you can expect to write a short in-class theme for me then. That’s all for today, I’ll see you on Wednesday.
　　Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　33. How many points will a student lose if he misspells a word on a composition?
　　34. What will the students do in class on Friday?
　　35. What must the students read for Wednesday?
　　Section C
　　Scientists have developed a new cancer drug. So far, they have tested it only on (36) laboratory animals. The drag is designed to (37)invade and kill cancer cells but not healthy cells.
　　First, the drug enters the cancer and destroys the supply of blood. Then it releases (38)poison to destroy the cancer cells.
　　Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge carried out the study. The (39)results appeared in Nature (40) magazine. A school news release called the drug an "anti-cancer smart bomb".
　　Ram Sasisekharan is a professor at M.I.T. He says his team had to(41)solve three problems. They had to find a way to destroy the blood vessels, then to (42)prevent the growth of new ones. But they also needed the blood vessels to supply chemicals to destroy the cancer.
　　So the researchers designed a two-pan "nanocell". The cell is (43) measured m nanometers, or one thousand millionth of a meter. (44)The particle used was two hundred nanometers-much, much smaller than a human hair.
　　The scientists say it was small enough to pass through the blood vessels of the cancer, but it was too big to enter normal blood vessels. The surface of the nanocells also helped them to avoid natural defenses.
　　(45)The scientists designed the cell as a balloon inside a balloon. They loaded the outer part with a drug that caused the blood vessels to fall in on themselves. That cut off the blood supply and trapped the nanocell inside the cancer. Then, the nanocell slowly released chemotherapy drugs to kill the cancer cells.
　　(46)The team says the treatment shrank the cancer and avoided healthy cells better than other treatments.