听力真题

Test 11
Sydney Opera House must be one of the most recognizable images of the modern world-up there with the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building-and one of the most photographed. Not only is it recognizable, it has come to represent "Australia". Although only having been open since 1973, it is as (36) ______ of Australia as the pyramids are of Egypt and the Colosseum of Rome. The Opera House is (37) ______ on Bennelong Point, which reaches out into the harbour. The (38) ______ of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the blue water of the harbour and the Sydney Opera House, (39) ______ from a ferry or from the air, is (40) ______ and unforgettable. Ironic, perhaps, that this Australian icon was designed by (41) ______ Danish architect-Jorn Utzon. In the late 1950s the NSW Government established an appeal fund to (42) ______ the construction of the Sydney Opera House, and (43) ______ a competition for its design. Utzon's design was chosen. The irony was that (44) _____________________________________________________________ . Utzon spent a couple of years reworking the design. It was 1961 before (45) __________________________________________________________________________________ . The venture experienced cost blow-outs and there were occasions when the NSW Government was tempted to call a halt. (46) ________________________________________________________________________________ . In 1966 the situation reached crisis point and Jorn Utzon resigned from the project. The building was eventually completed by others in 1973.

答案解析

答案解析：
36. representative
解析：representative指“代表”，常见词。
37. situated
解析：根据空格前的be，可推断此处可能是形容词或动词的分词形式。
38. skyline
解析：此处需要一个名词作主语的中心语。skyline意为“天际线”。
39. viewed
解析：空格所在句为分词短语作状语，注意听清是-ed形式还是-ing形式。
40. dramatic
解析：此处应填入一个与unforgettable并列的形容词。
41. renowned
解析：此处应填入修饰Danish architect的形容词或名词，renowned意为“有名的，享有名声的”。
42. finance
解析：finance既可作名词，也可作动词，做动词时意为“为……提供资金”。
43. conducted
解析：填入的动词与established一致，故为-ed形式。
44. 标准答案：his design was, arguably, beyond the capabilities of engineering of the time
听音关键：design, beyond, capabilities, engineering
画龙点睛：此句结构简单，不建议重构。注意arguably“有争论地”一词的拼写。
45. 标准答案：he had solved the problem of how to build the distinguishing feature-the "sails" of the roof
听音关键：solved, problem, distinguishing feature, sails of the roof
答案重构：he had tackled the problem of building the distinguishing feature-the "sails" of the roof
画龙点睛：distinguishing feature意为“特征；特点”，注意拼写。
46. 标准答案：There were arguments about cost and the interior design, and the Government was withholding progress payments
听音关键：arguments, cost, interior design, Government, withholding progress payments
答案重构：People argued about cost and the interior design, and the Government was withholding progress payments
画龙点睛：interior design意为“室内设计”；progress payments意为“施工分期付款”。