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 read 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] The class thought the demonstration was too complex.
　　[B] Too many students showed up.
　　[C] The professor didn’t show up.
　　[D] The professor cancelled it.
　　12.
　　[A] Because nine is an odd number.
　　[B] Because the elevator got stuck.
　　[C] Because the elevator is too old.
　　[D] Because there are too many people in the elevator.
　　13. [A] The rain has stopped.
　　[B] She wants to soak her clothes.
　　[C] She is looking for her clothes.
　　[D] It’s raining heavily.
　　14. [A] She goes home for lunch.
　　[B] She spends her time shopping.
　　[C] She gets interested in what she is reading.
　　[D] She doesn’t wake up in time.
　　15. [A] To buy some potatoes.
　　[B] To pass him some potatoes.
　　[C] To have some potatoes.
　　[D] To help him cook some potatoes.
　　16. [A] It involved a few lunches.
　　[B] There wcrc free lunches.
　　[C] There were three lunches.
　　[D] There were more than free lunches.
　　17. [A] He decided to continue his project.
　　[B] He was unable to get sufficient money.
　　[C] Lack of land prevented his success.
　　[D] He was successful with his project.
　　18. [A] Painting the room white.
　　[B] Buying white furniture.
　　[C] Waiting the man to decide.
　　[D] Asking Mr. White for advice.
　　Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
　　19. [A] In the student recreation center.
　　[B] In the campus dining hall.
　　[C] In the university bookstore.
　　[D] In a classroom.
　　20. [A] Studying.
　　[B] Preparing snacks.
　　[C] Playing cards.
　　[D] Learning how to play bridge.
　　21. [A] Miss her card game.
　　[B] Stay up too late.
　　[C] Take too heavy a work load next semester.
　　[D] Neglect her studies to play bridge.
　　22. [A] He already knows how to play.
　　[B] He doesn’t like to play games.
　　[C] He doesn’t have a partner.
　　[D] He doesn’t have enough free time.
　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
　　23. [A] The effect of the atmosphere on rainfall.
　　[B] How conditions on earth support life.
　　[C] How water originated on earth.
　　[D] A new estimate of the age of earth.
　　24. [A] The surface of the ocean is expanding.
　　[B] Volcanic activity is increasing.
　　[C] The surface of earth contains tons of cosmic dust.
　　[D] Thousands of comets are colliding with earth’s atmosphere.
　　25. [A] They are found under the oceans.
　　[B] They were most active when earth was first formed.
　　[C] Their emissions created earth’s atmosphere.
　　[D] Their fumes are mostly water in the state of a gas.
听力理解2
　　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 I A 1, E B ~, E C ~ and I 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上作答。
　　Passage One
　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　26.
　　[A] He was trained as an electronics engineer.
　　[B] He was trained as a mechanical engineer.
　　[C] He was trained as a communication engineer.
　　[D] He was trained as a nuclear engineer.
　　27.
　　[A] Fishing and hunting.
　　[B] He began to show great interest in natural beauty.
　　[C] Nuclear science.
　　[D] Amateur radio.
　　28.
　　[A] An old friend of his.
　　[B] His elder brother.
　　[C] His younger brother.
　　[D] His younger son.
　　Passage Two
　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　29.
　　[A] The Bachelor’s degree.
　　[B] The Associate degree.
　　[C] The Master’s degree.
　　[D] The Doctor’s degree.
　　30.
　　[A] A technical associate degree.
　　[B] A degree which is designed for transfer.
　　[C] A bachelor’s degree.
　　[D] The last degree one can ever hope to attain.
　　31.
　　[A] 120 quarter hours.
　　[B] 95 quarter hours.
　　[C] 120 credit hours.
　　[D] 72 credit hours.
　　Passage Three
　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　32. [A] In 1848.
　　[B] In 1846.
　　[C] In 1884.
　　[D] In 1849.
　　33. [A] 8,000 people.
　　[B] 10,000 people.
　　[C] 80,000 people.
　　[D] 100,000 people.
　　34. [A] From the western United States.
　　[B] From all parts of the country.
　　[C] From only the east coast of the American Continent.
　　[D] From San Francisco Bay.
　　35. [A] Because many settlements were abandoned.
　　[B] Because there were many gold-hungry sailors.
　　[C] Because private gold could not be protected by law.
　　[D] Because everybody raced for California.
　　Section C
　　Directions: In this section, you will hear 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。
　　 Mark Twain, who wrote the story we’re going to read, traveled quite a lot often because circumstamces, usually (36) circumstances, forced him to. He was born in Florida, Missouri in 1835 and moved to Hannibal, Missouri with his family when he was about 4 years old. Most people think he was born in Hannibal but that isn’t true. After his father died when he was about 12, Twain worked in Hannibal for a while and then left, so he could (37) __________ more money. He worked for a while as a typesetter on (38) newspapers and then got a job as a river (39) __ on the Mississippi.
　　Twain loved this job and many of his books show it. The river job didn’t last, however, because of the (40) __________ of the Civil War. Twain, was in the (41) __ Army for just 2 weeks and then he and his whole (42) __________ went west to get away from the war and the army. In Nevada and California Twain (43) __________ for silver and gold without much luck, but did succeed as a writer. (44) __________ (45) __________ (46) __________
听力答案

　Section A
　　11．D信息明示题。虽然男士的话较长，但关键点在最后，即he decided to cancel the class…由此可知，男士没上地理课的原因是因为教授取消了课程。而男士前面说的很多同学缺席则是教授取消课程的原因，所以D正确。
　　12．A信息明示题。解答本题的关键是理解even(偶数)和odd(奇数)，只要明白这两个词的含义，本题就可迎刃而解。女士说电梯只在偶数层停，而第九层是奇数层，所以A正确。
　　13．D综合推断题。男士问女士雨停了没有，女士回答说她的衣服都湿透了，言外之意是雨下得很大，故选D。
　　*考点
　　●soak意为“浸泡；湿透”，常见短语有：soak sth．off/out浸泡以除去某物；soak sb．through使某人全身湿透；soak sth．up吸收某物，此时既可指具体吸收某种物质，也可指抽象地吸收，如：The boy soaks up new knowledge like a sponge．那个男孩像海绵一样吸收新知识。
　　14．D综合推断题。女士说自己把大部分午饭时间花在图书馆，但那里太安静以至于她睡着了，由此可以推断，女士之所以回来迟了是因为睡过了头，所以D正确。
　　15．C信息明示题。本题的关键是对manage的理解，它在本段对话中相当于have或eat。男士问女士是否再要些土豆，女士回答说自己吃不下了，故选C。
　　*考点
　　●manage此处指的不是“经营，管理”，而是“做成(某事)，应付”的意思，如：Despite his disappointment，he managed a smile．尽管很失望，他还是强颜欢笑。
　　16．B信息明示题。男士说，I said free lunches…由此可知，B正确。解答本题的关键是听清男士说的这句话，以避免three lunches，many lunches的干扰。
　　17．B信息明示题。男士说自己听说格林先生陷入财政危机，女士赞成了男士的说法，由此可知，格林先生没有足够的资金继续他的项目，所以B正确。
　　18．A建议题。男士说不知该把房间漆成什么颜色，女士建议漆成白色，说白色和家具的颜色很相配，故选A。
　　*考点
　　●match此处作动词，意为“相配，匹配”；它还可作名词，指“相匹配的人或物，相似或相像的人或物”，如：I’ve found a vase that’s an exact match of the one we already have．我找到一只和我们已有的那只一模一样的花瓶。
　　Conversation One
　　19．B综合推断题。女士说This food is terrible．I can’t even finish my dinner．男士说the university could hire a better food service，结合这两句话可以推断，对话发生在食堂，所以B正确。
　　20．C信息明示题。女士说I’m going over to the student recreation center to play some bridge．接下来男士问You are spending your time on a card game?此可知，女士计划晚上play bridge(打桥牌)，故选C。
　　21．D信息明示题。男士说You should be caleful not to play so much that you don’t get your studying done．所以D正确。
　　22．D信息明示题。男士说I have a pretty heavy workload this semester．I have to spend my evenings studying．由此可知，男士这学期的学业很重，他晚上也要学习，故选D。
　　Conversation Two
　　23．C综合推断题。男士在对话开始时提到了海水来自彗星这一新理论，接下来的对话主要就是围绕该理论展开的，最后还引出了海水来自火山这一传统理论，由此推断，对话主要与地球上水的来源，特别是海水的来源有关，故选C。
　　24．D信息明示题。男士说海水来源的新理论是基于最近人造卫星所拍摄的照片的，宇宙人造卫星最近探测到，每天有将近四万颗小彗星与地球外层大气相碰撞，故选D。
　　25．D信息明示题。女士指出，地质学者认为火山气体大多为蒸汽，故选D。
　　*考点
　　●fill sth．up意为“填写，填满，充满”，与fill相关的短语还有：fin sb．’s shoes接替某人的工作、职务等；fill in(for sb．)临时接替某人；fill sth．in除了指“填写，补充，填满”以外，还可指“打发，消磨(时间)”，如：Jack filled in the afternoon watching television．杰克以看电视打发下午的时间。
　　Section B
　　Passage One
　　文章精要
　　文章简单介绍了一个名叫亨利·文森特的人的生活。由于战争他在16岁的时候就背井离乡与家人失散。在他退休之后却因一个十分偶然的机会最终与自己的兄弟重逢。
　　26．A信息明示题。文章第一段指出,…．Australia, where he was trained as an electronics engineer．由此可知A正确。
　　27．D信息明示题。文章第二段指出,…being an amateur radio operator，由此可知D正确。
　　28．C信息明示题。文章第三段指出，…Henry realized that this man was in fact his younger brother，Peter由此可知C正确。
　　Passage Two
　　文章精要
　　文章简要介绍了四种不同的大学学位，即肄业学(associate degree)，学士学位(bachelor’s degree)，硕士学4i(master’s degree)和博学位(doctor’s degree)以及获得这些学位需要花费的大致课时。
　　29．B信息明示题。文章开头便指出，…four types of college degrees，starting with the associate degree．由此可知B正确。
　　30．A信息明示题。文章指出，Not all associate degrees ale designed for transfer．Some are technical degrees which are called terminal degrees，which mean they do not count toward a bachelor’s．由此可知A正确。
　　31．C信息明示题。文章最后指出，The BA(or BS)is 120 credit hours or 185 quarter hours．由此可知C正确。
　　Passage Three
　　文章精要
　　1848年，旧金山附近开始出现“淘金热”，成千上万的人涌入加利福尼亚沿岸开始了他们的淘金生涯，“淘金热”成为美国西部殖民地化的重要组成部分。文章简要叙述了当年这股“淘金热”的盛况。
　　32．A信息明示题。文章开头就指出，淘金热始于1848年，故选A。
　　33．D信息明示题。文章提到Within a year，100，000 people…had reached the coast of California，故选D。
　　34．B综合推断题。文章提到More than half of them had traveled overland across the American continent，由此可以推断，来淘金的人来自美国各地，故选B。
　　35．C信息明示题。文章提到…it was a risky business．Law and order broke down…由此可知，淘金危险是因为它不受法律和秩序的保护，故选C。
　　Section C
　　文章精要
　　马克·吐温游历过很多地方，有时候他会一边旅游一边工作，而且他的旅行往往会给他带来写作的灵感以及对生活的感悟，文章主要介绍了马克·吐温的游历经历。
　　36．financial37．earn38．various39．pilot
　　40．outbreak 41．Confederate 42．company 43．prospected
　　44．Once that happened Twain traveled around the country giving lectures and earning enough money to go to Europe．
　　45．Twain didn’t travel much the last l o years of his life and he didn’t publish much either．
　　46．Like many other popular writers Twain derived much of the materials for his writing from the wealth and diversity of his own personal experiences．
听力原文

Section A
　　11. W: Why didn’t you have your geology class today?
　　M: Only three out of a class of twenty-five showed up. Since the professor had planned to present a complex demonstration, he decided to cancel the class until everybody could be present.
　　Q: Why didn’t the geology class meet today?
　　12. M: Does this elevator stop on every floor?
　　W: No, it stops only on the even ones. If you want an odd one, go to the even one above it and then walk down.
　　Q: Why won’t the elevator stop on the ninth floor?
　　13. M: Has the rain stopped?
　　W: Stopped? Look at my clothes. They are soaked.
　　Q: What does the woman mean?
　　14. M: You have been getting back from lunch late every day. You do your shopping, don’t you?
　　W: No. I spend most of my lunch hour at the library, but it’s so quiet that I fall asleep.
　　Q: Why does the woman come back late from lunch now?
　　15. M: Would you like some more potatoes?
　　W: I’m sorry I can’t manage more. Thank you.
　　Q: What does the man ask the woman to do?
　　16. W: I am sorry I am having trouble reading my notes. Did you say three lunches in that first paragraph?
　　M: No. I said free lunches, the children don’t have to pay for them. And there are many lunches involved, you know, a lot more than three.
　　Q: What did the man say about the lunches?
　　17. M: How did Mr. Green’s projects turn out? I heard he had trouble with the financing and then he couldn’t get the land he wanted.
　　W: It’s true! He did have difficulties and it couldn’t have turned out worse.
　　Q: What did you learn about Mr. Green?
　　18. M: I can’t decide which color to paint my room.
　　W: What about white? It matches the furniture.
　　Q: What does the woman suggest?
　　Now you’ll hear two long conversations.
　　Conversation One
　　 W: This food is terrible. I can’t even finish my dinner.
　　 M: I know. You think with all the money we pay for room and board, the university could hire a better food service Where are you headed next?
　　 W: I’m going over to the student recreation center to play some bridge.
　　 M: You are spending your time on a card game?
　　 W: Not just any card game. It’s one of the most strategic there is.
　　 M: So I’ve heard. Don’t you play with a partner?
　　 W: Yeah. Four people play, two against the other two.
　　 M: So you try to play in cooperation with your partner.
　　 W: Actually, the cards of one of the four players are turned face up. That player is called the dummy.
　　 M: I wouldn’t want to be called that. When you are the dummy what do you do while the cards are being played?
　　 W: Anything you want. Sit there and study, shuffle another deck, get snacks for everyone. I like to stand behind my partner and watch.
　　 M: You know. I’ve heard that bridge is habit forming. You should be careful not to play so much that you don’t get your studying done.
　　 W: Don’t worry about me. I only play Thursdays after dinner, and sometimes when they need a fourth player. If you like, I could teach you.
　　 M: Thanks. But I have a pretty heavy workload this semester. I have to spend my evenings studying. I don’t really know how to do it yet.
　　 Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
　　 19. Where does the conversation take place?
　　20. How does the woman plan to spend her evening?
　　21. What does the man warn the woman not to do?
　　22. Why does the man refuse the woman’s offer?
　　Conversation Two
　　M: How did you like yesterday’s astronomy class?
　　W: It was interesting. But the point she was trying to make seemed a little far-fetched.
　　M: Oh, that new theory that ocean water came from comets?
　　W: Yeah. Do you remember what it was based on?
　　M: Some recent satellite photos, I think. Apparently, space satellites recently detected thousands of small comets colliding with earth’s outer atmosphere, almost 40,000 per day.
　　W: OK, they’re collided with atmosphere. So that’s what created the water?
　　M: It’s not the collision that created water. Comets contain water. They’re made up mostly of cosmic dust and water. When they collide with the atmosphere, they break up. And the water they contain rains down to earth. Ocean water came from that rain.
　　W: Oh well, this morning I asked my geology professor about that. He said that most geologists don’t accept it.
　　M: Why not?
　　W: Special research indicates that most of the water molecules from the comet would have burned up as they fell through the atmosphere. Enough rain couldn’t have reached the earth to fill up the ocean.
　　M: Well, did the geologists have an alternative theory to explain where ocean water came from?
　　W: Yeah, he said the more traditional view is that the ocean water came from volcanoes.
　　M: From volcanoes?
　　W: Right. They say volcanic fumes are mostly steam. And they claimed that it was the volcanic steam that created the oceans, not rain from comets.
　　Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
　　23. What are the speakers mainly discussing?
　　24. What did recent photographs from a space satellite indicate?
　　25. What aspect of volcanoes does the woman mention?
　　Section B
　　Passage One
　　At sixteen, Henry Vincent was separated from his family as a result of the war. He wandered aimlessly from one country to another before finally settling down in Australia, where, he was trained as an electronics engineer. He established his own business but it called for so much work that marriage was out of the question.
　　His retirement suddenly made him realize how lonely he was and he decided to take up a hobby. With his interest in electronics, being an amateur radio operator seemed a natural choice. He installed his own equipment and obtained a license and his call sign, which is the set of letters and numbers used to identify oneself when making radio contact with other amateur operators all over the world.
　　Soon Henry had a great many contacts in far off places. One in particular was a man in California with whom he had much in common. One night the man in California happened to mention the village in Europe he had come from.
　　Suddenly, Henry realized that this man was in fact his younger brother, Peter. At first, the two brothers were at a loss for words but then little by little they filled in the details of their past lives and not long afterwards Henry Vincent flew to California to be reunited with his brother.
　　Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　26. What kind of training did Henry get when he was in Australia?
　　27. What hobby did Henry take up after his retirement?
　　28. Who is the person Henry had much in common with?
　　Passage Two
　　 There are four types of college degrees, starting with the associate degree. The associate takes about two years to complete when one is enrolled full time. The bachelor’s degree takes four years when one is enrolled full time with the master’s taking an additional one to two years, and the doctor’s three to four years. The associate degree may be substituted for the first two years of a bachelor’s degree if it is a transfer degree. Not all associate degrees are designed for transfer. Some are technical degrees which are called terminal degrees, which means they do not count toward a bachelor’s. The bachelor’s is normally required before one can work at the master’s level. Likewise, the master is normally required before one can work at the doctor’s level.
　　 The number of credit hours of university degree programs varies from one school to another. In general, the AA is 60 credit hours or 95 quarter hours. The BA (or BS) is 120 credit hours or 185 quarter hours. The MA is 30 credit hours or 45 quarter hours and the PhD is 60 to 72 credit hours or 95 to 120 quarter hours.
　　 Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　 29. What is the first American college degree?
　　 30. What is the terminal degree?
　　 31. What is the number of credit hours for a BA?
　　Passage Three
　　 In 1848, gold was discovered near San Francisco, and the first great gold-rush began. When the news spread, farmers, lawyers, sailors, soldiers and school teachers rushed to California by what ever means they could. Within a year, 100,000 people only 8,000 of whom were women had reached the coast of California. More than half of them had traveled overland across the American continent. "Gold fever" began to spread. Settlements throughout the United States were deserted. Homes, farms and stores were abandoned as everybody raced for California. Many came by sea, and in July 1850 more than 500 ships were anchored in San Francisco Bay, many of which had been deserted by gold- hungry sailors. A few people became very rich, but it was a risky business. Law and order broke down. Even if a miner "struck it rich", there were always those who would try to take it away: gamblers, outlaws, and thieves. Gold and silver were discovered in Nevada a few years later, and “gold fever” was an important part of the colonization of the western United States.
　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
　　32. When did the first great gold-rush begin?
　　33. How many people had reached the coast of California within a year?
　　34. Where were those gold seekers from?
　　35. Why was gold-mining a risky business?
　　Section C
　　 Mark Twain, who wrote the story we’re going to read, traveled quite a lot because circumstances, usually (36)financial circumstances, forced him to. He was born in Florida, Missouri in 1835 and moved to Hannibal, Missouri with his family when he was about 4 years old. Most people think he was born in Hannibal but that isn’t true. After his father died when he was about 12, Twain worked in Hannibal for a while and then left, so he could (37)earn more money. He worked for a while as a typesetter on (38)various newspapers and then got a job as a river (39)pilot on the Mississippi. Twain loved this job and many of his books show it. The river job didn’t last, however, because of the (40)outbreak of the Civil War. Twain was in the(41)Confederate Army for just 2 weeks and then he and his whole (42)company went west to get away from the war and the army. In Nevada and California Twain (43)prospected for silver and gold without much luck, but did succeed as a writer. (44)Once that happened Twain traveled around the country giving lectures and earning enough money to go to Europe. (45)Twain didn’t travel much the last 10 years of his life and he didn’t publish much either. (46)Like many other popular writers Twain derived much of the materials for his writing from the wealth and diversity of his own personal experiences.