听力原文+真题

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M:Congratulations! I heard your baseball team is going to the Middle Atlantic Championship.
W:Yeah, we're all working real hard right now!
Q:What is the woman's team doing?

A)Training for the Mid-Atlantic Championships.

B)Making preparations for a trans-Atlantic trip.

C)Collecting information about baseball games.

D)Analyzing their rivals' on-field performance.

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W:John's been looking after his mother in the hospital. She was injured in a car accident two weeks ago and still in critical condition.
M:Oh, that's terrible. And you know his father passed away last year.
Q:What do we learn about John?

A) He had a narrow escape in a car accident.

B) He is hospitalized for a serious injury.

C) He lost his mother two weeks ago.

D) He has been having a hard time.

答案详解

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A. Training for the Mid-Atlantic Championship.

男：祝贺你，我听说你们的棒球队将要参加亚特兰大中部地区冠军争夺赛了。

女：是呀，我们现在正紧锣密鼓地练习呢！

问：这个女人所在的球队正在做什么？

答：对话开头男生提到女生所在的棒球队要参加Mid-Atlantic Championship.女生说：“we're all working real hard right now!”（我们现在正紧锣密鼓地练习呢！）由此可知，女生所在的棒球队正在进行赛前训练。
此题还有一个迷惑选项B, Making preparations for a trans-Atlantic trip,必须注意的是：这里并不是准备旅行，而是准备参赛。

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D） He has been having a hard time.

女：约翰正在医院里照顾他妈妈，她在两个周前的一次交通事故中受了伤，现在情况依然不容乐观。

男：哦，那太可怕了，你知道，他父亲去年去世了。

问：关于约翰，我们能了解到什么？
答案：解析：根据听力原文可知，“John's mother is in the hospital and his father died last year.”（约翰的母亲出车祸住院了，父亲两年前也过世了）由此可见，John的近况还是蛮悲惨的；答案也就显而易见了。