1、标准听力（七）听力原文及答案解析Listening ComprehensionSection A11. W: Ill make your flight reservations by phone now and then write out the ticket for you.M: Thats fine. Could you please tell me the departure time again?Q: Whats the man doing?【听 前 预 测 】选 项 中 的 Buying a ticket， Arranging， trip等 表 明 ， 对 话 可 能 与 订 票
2、事 宜 有关 。【解 析 】选D 。由女士提到的 Ill make your flight reservations by phone now和男士的话tell me the departure time可知，男士正在安排一次飞机旅行，故答案为D。12. M: The telephone company says that they can send a man between one and three tomorrow afternoon, but someone has to be at home to let him in.W: Well, I guess Ill have to ta
3、ke off from work at noon. We cant go any longer without a telephone.Q: What is the woman going to do tomorrow afternoon?【听前预测】选项中重复出现的telephone表明，对话可能与电话有关。【解 析 】选A。结合对话中男士提到的The telephone companysend a mantomorrow afternoon, but someone has to be at home to let him in和女士提到的Ill have to take off from
4、 work at noon不难推断出，明天下午女士会在家里等电话公司的人来，故答案为A。13. W: I hear the Grand Hotel has a new manager. Did you notice any change when you stayed there last week?M: Yes, I found the room was surprisingly clean now, and the service was much better, too.Q: What can we learn about the hotel?【听 前 预 测 】选 项 中 的 hote
5、l， better， compared with， the former， clearer等 表 明 ， 对话 可 能 与 对 hotel的 评 价 和 比 较 有 关 。【解 析】 选A。结合女士提到的Did you notice any change和男士提到的Yesthe service was much better可知，hotel比以前更好了，故答案为A。男士提到the room was surprisingly clean是为了证明hotel的环境比以前好很多，故不能听到surprisingly 就误选 C，surprising意为“让人感到吃惊的”。14. M: Did you
6、get what you wanted? I remember you said you wanted to get a sweater.W: No, a blouse. But by that time, the ones on sale were all gone, so I settled for a skirt.Q: What did the woman finally buy?【听 前 预 测 】选 项 均 以 She bought开 头 以 及 其 中 的 sweater， blouse， skirt等 表 明 ， 对 话 与She买 东 西 有 关 ， 听 音 时 留 意 She
7、到 底 买 了 什 么 东 西 。【解 析 】选 C。 听 到 女 士 最 后 的 话 so I settled for skirt可知，她最终买了skirt， 故答案为C。settle for意为 “勉强接受”。15. W: Professor Hook was so strange today.M: I noticed that too. He was talking so quietly and then not giving us any homework at all. Can you believe that?Q: What can be inferred about Profes
8、sor Hook?【听前预测】选项中的He，assigns homework，class，students 等表明，对话与He布置作业有关。【解 析】选 B。结合女士说的Professor Hook was so strange today以及男士说的He wasnot giving us any homework at all. Can you believe that?可推断，Professor Hook平常总布置家庭作业 ，故答案为B。16. M: I forgot to bring paper and a pencil to take notes with in class.W: Th
9、ats all right. I have enough for both of us.Q: What will the woman most probably do next?【听 前 预 测 】选 项 中 的 help the man， Give the man the note， Lend the man her pencil等 表 明 ， 对 话 与 女 士 帮 助 男 士 有 关 ， 女 士 的 话 为 听 音 重 点 。【解 析 】选C。对话开始男士表示自己忘记带纸和笔了，女士说I have enough for both of us（我有足够我们两人用的 ），由此可推知 ，女士会
10、把笔和纸借给男士，故答案为 C。17. W: I wish Mary would put on a different record. She has played that song a thousand times.M: At least. It used to be one of my favorites before I had to hear it so often.Q: What can we infer from the conversation?【听 前 预 测 】选 项 中 的 like to listen， the record， song， favorite one， f
11、ed up with等 表明 ， 对 话 可 能 涉 及 对 歌 曲 的 评 价 。【解 析 】选D。结合女士说的I wish Mary would put on a different record以及男士的附和It used to be one of my favorites before.hear it so often可推知，他们听够Mary的歌了 ，感到厌烦了 ，故答案为D 。put on在此意为“ 推出，发行（新唱片）”。18. W: Whats the problem, Paul? You really look panicked.M: Im speaking to a grou
12、p of high school students about engineering this afternoon. But I have no idea how Im going to simplify some of the concepts for them.Q: What can be inferred about the man?【听 前 预 测 】由 选 项 中 的 He， concepts of engineering， explain， gives talks to， high school students等 可 推 断 ， 对 话 可 能 与 He向 高 中 生 解 释
13、工 程 学 术 语 有 关 ， 而 D与 此 话 题 无 关 ，故 可 初 步 排 除 。【解 析】选B 。由对话中男士提到的 But I have no idea how.to simplify some of the concepts可 推 断 出 ， 男士感觉自己解释不了某些术语，故答案为B。Now you will hear the two long conversations.Conversation One【听前预测】由选项中的ocean currents，movement of sediment，turbidity current，underwater earthquakes等可
14、知，对话可能与海洋的各种自然现象有关。W: Dr. Smith. I need to ask you about something in Chapter 12. Well, it talks about erosion and the deposit of sediment（solid matter that settles at the bottom of a liquid）on the deep sea floor, but Im confused. For that to happen, there would have to be some kind of force down th
15、ere moving the mud or sand or whatever, right? But I thought there werent any waves or currents that deep in the ocean.M: Thats not exactly correct. Its true that deep down on the ocean floor we wont have the same kinds of currents we find in shallower parts. But we do find what we call turbidity cu
16、rrents. That wasnt in the book but the term came up in class. Do you remember what it means?W: Um, turbidity currents? Oh, yeah! Isnt that when sediment like sand or mud gets stirred up and mixes with water? And then this mixture flows through the water around it, right?M: Good!W: Uh, but I thought
17、that only happened in rivers.M: Well, yes. This does occur in rivers, but we see turbidity currents deep in the ocean as well.W: But how do they get started there?M: Earthquakes mostly. When an earthquake occurs under water, it throws up tremendous amounts of mud or sand that becomes suspended in a
18、layer of water near the bottom of the ocean. This layer is so much denser and heavier than other ocean water that it flows right down the slopes of the ocean floor and gains more and more speed as it moves along. Then its just like the winds blowing across the desert picking up sand from one place a
19、nd moving it along and finally dropping it somewhere else.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What is the main topic of the discussion?【解析】选B 。选项内容概括性强，故本题很可能考查对话话题。对话中女士向男士咨询Chapter 12中她不明白的内容，即 erosion and the deposit of sediment on the deep sea floor是如何发生的 ，后面
20、都是男士针对此问题进行回答。由此可见，整个对话讨论的话题是海底沉淀物的运动，故答案为B。【点睛】对话主旨要听清对话的主要内容，也可根据选项内容进行推测。对话开头是听音关键。20. What does the professor ask the student to explain?【解析】选 A。 男 士 解 释 海 底 沉 淀 物 运 动 时 提 到 了 turbidity currents， 并 说 这 个 术 语 曾 经在 课 堂 上 提 过 ， 然 后 男 士 问 Do you remember what it means? 由 此 可 见 ， 教 授 希 望 学生 能 解 释 tur
21、bidity current， 故 答 案 为 A。【点睛】A What a turbidity current is对应对话中的what it means，其中的it即turbidity currents。21. According to the professor, how do earthquakes cause turbidity currents?【解 析 】选 B。 选 项 均 以 By+现 在 分 词 开 头 表 明 ， 本 题 考 查 行 为 方 式 。 对 话 中 教 授在 解 释 turbidity currents的形成时说 earthquakethrows upmud
22、or sand that becomes suspended inwater， 由 此 可 知 ， 地 震 带 动 泥 沙 运 动 ， 最 后 与 海 水 混 合 ，故 答 案 为 B。22. Why does the professor mention desert winds?【解析】选A 。选项均以“ To+原形动词”开头表明，本题考查做某事的目的。由对话中提到的Then its just like the winds blowing across the desert picking up sand.moving it.dropping it somewhere else可知，是将tu
23、rbidity currents的作用与desert winds作用进行类比， 答案为A 。Conversation Two【听前预测】由选项中的lifestyles of celebrities，values of celebrities等可知，对话可能是在讨论社会名流。W: Im fascinated with them. I often read the stories about their lives and their hobbies.M: Why should we care about celebrities? When they were born, they were no
24、 different than any of us. Just because they have a camera on them doesnt mean that they have to be ideal citizens.W: I think many celebrities have fascinating stories, and to read these stories can be very inspirational. They forever inspire us to achieve more.M: So you hold celebrities as your rol
25、e models?W: Yes. But celebrities definitely should consider how their behavior will be seen by those who have chosen them as a role model.M: But dont you think celebrities also make us spend money? I mean we have to follow their lavish lifestyles.W: Although I may be fascinated with celebrities life
26、styles, I stop short of imitating them.M: I think its all right to have a normal interest in actors and artists were fond of, but if you know more about Britney Spears than your next-door neighbor, you need help.W: I think too that the most important people in our lives should be our friends and fam
27、ily. But celebrities do keep us entertained whether it is sports, music or movies.M: The entertainment value cannot be emphasized enough, but celebrities shouldnt be such a big deal so that we are totally obsessed with them.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. Wha
28、t do we learn about the woman from the conversation?【解析】选B 。对话中女士一开始说自己经常关注名流的生活和兴趣，接着说从这些名流的故事中可以得到鼓励，故答案为B。【点睛】inspiration是形容词inspirational 的名词形式。24. According to the man, which statement is not true?【解 析 】选 B。 根 据 男 士 提 到 的 I think its all right to have a normal interest in actors and artists wer
29、e fond of 可 知 ， 男 士 赞 同 对 自 己 的 偶 像 有 正 常 范 围 内 的 兴 趣 ， 根据 问 题 要 求 可 知 答 案 为 B。【点睛】but if you know more about Britney Spears than your next-door neighbor, you need help是A项的设题处；But dont you think celebrities also make us spend money?是C项的设题处；When they were born, they were no different than any of us是D
30、项的设题处。25. What do the man and the woman agree most on?【解析】选D 。对话中女士和男士对待明星的态度基本不同，最后女士说But celebrities do keep us entertained，男士说The entertainment value cannot be emphasized enough，由此可知，二人对名流具有娱乐作用这方面的观点还是一致的，故答案为D 。【点睛】But 转折处通常为考点，其后的句子通常为答案。Section BPassage One【听前预测】由选项中的tea leaves，make sandwiche
31、s with tea，Britons got.tea from，became a popular drink等可推知，短文可能与茶叶的历史有关，涉及茶叶的用法以及英国的茶叶的来源等。Tea-drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea. People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very
32、 expensive. It could not be bought in shops. And even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity. Some of them were not sure how to use it. They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed wit
33、h batter and salt. Many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches. Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next
34、few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea. Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it. But one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided
35、to see what tea tasted like when milk was added. She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. Because she was such a great lady her friends thought they must copy everything she did, so they also drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached
36、 England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk.Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. Why did some Britons cook tea leaves at the beginning?【解析】选 B。 选 项 中 的 They， eat tea leaves， make sandwiches with tea等 表 明 ， 本 题与 They使 用 茶 叶 的 方 式 有 关 。 短 文 中 提 到 一 些
37、 英 国 人 were not sure how to use it， 认为 它 是 一 种 蔬 菜 并 试 着 cooking the leaves，由此可知，故 答 案 为 B。 C是 导 致 的结 果 ， 并 非 原 因 。【点睛】选项中的They指问题中的some Britons。27. What is true of the introduction of tea into Britain?【解析】选D 。选项中的Britons got.tea from，brought tea.to Britain等表明，本题考查茶叶传入英国的情况。C根据常理可排除；短文中介绍了茶叶传入英国的时间和
38、来源国，即茶叶在英国物少价贵，直到东印度公司在17世纪早期直接从中国运输茶叶，在接下来的几个世纪里茶叶价格才开始下跌，D正是对此信息的同义转述，故答案为D。28. Why did people in Europe begin to drink tea with milk?【解析】选D 。选项中的popular drink，followed，influenced by等表明，本题与一种喝茶的方法有关。短文末尾介绍了这种喝茶方法的来源：法国的一位贵妇人首创在茶中加奶的喝法，渐渐这种喝茶的方法开始传播直到到达英国，由此可知，答案为D 。【点睛】D中的 They指代people in Europe，a
39、 woman in the upper class与短文中提到的a famous French lady对应。Passage Two【听前预测】预览四道题的选项，由Deepwater port，harbor ，Ship-building 等可推知，短文很可能与港口、造船业有关。Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland and a major city in commerce and industry. It is one of the most important ship-building and repairing centers of the
40、United Kingdom, and has long been known for its linen textiles. Its manufactures include aircraft, guided weapons, and tobacco and food products. A large petroleum refinery here is supplied by imported petroleum which is received at the citys deep-water port. Other imports include grain, coal, chemi
41、cals and iron and steel. Among the chief exports are petroleum products, soap, food stuffs and textiles.In Belfast, there are the notable Ulster Museum and the Protestant Cathedral of Saint Anne. As an educational center, the city is home to Queens University of Belfast and Belfast College of Techno
42、logy. Although theres evidence that people once settled in this place during the stone and bronze Ages, the founding of Belfast dates from 1177 when a Norman castle was erected. Edward Bruce destroyed the settlement in 1315, the year he became the Irish King. The city was taken by the English in the
43、 16th century. In the late 17th century, French refugees arrived here and developed the linen industry. The harbor was improved in the late 18th century and ship-building was begun on a large scale. The city was made the capital of Northern Ireland in 1920. During World War II, Belfast was heavily d
44、amaged by German bombing raids. Beginning in 1969, the city was the scene of religious disorder involving civil rights agitation and increased violence.Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. For what has Belfast long been famous?【解析】选B 。前三项都与商品有关，而D却与此无关，可先排除。短文中提到I tha
45、s long been known for its linen textiles，其中的It 指代B elfast，由此可知，Belfast长久以来以亚麻纺织品最为出名，故答案为B。【点睛】四个选项的内容均在文中有所提到，故听清问题中的long been famous是解题的关键。30. Which of the following does Belfast chiefly export?【解析】选A 。四个选项均为商品，应留意问题问的什么。有短文中提到的.chief exports aresoap, food stuffs可知，香皂在贝尔法斯特主要出口的商品之列，故答案为A 。31. Whe
46、n was Belfast founded?【解析】选A 。由短文中提到的 the founding of Belfast dates from 1177可知，Belfast于1177 年建成，故答案为 A。【点睛】本题考查时间，故听音时应留意有关时间的表述及问题询问的是什么的时间。32. What happened in Belfast in the late 18th century? 【解析】选C 。由短文中提到的The harbor was improved in the late 18th century and ship-building was begun on a large
47、scale可知，在十八世纪后期，Belfast 的造船业开始走向繁荣，C中的flourish与on a large scale（大规模地）对应，故答案为C 。Passage Three【听前预测】预览三道题的选项，由population of elderly people，People are more destructive/selfish等可推知 ，短文很可能论述人类的相关情况。During the past decade, there has been a multifold increase in violent crimes throughout the world. Not onl
48、y has there been a frightening increase of murders and rapes, but the chances of being attacked and robbed have grown so that the elderly avoid leaving their apartments.The exact cause of this horrifying development has not been found. Some sociologists feel that the growth of crime on TV is related
49、 with the growth of violence in our streets. Others blame the constant threat of complete destruction from nuclear explosives. If the world is going to be blown up, why not enjoy yourself fully?Regardless of the cause or causes, a fundamental change in attitude among people is easy to see. Years back, the old saying “practice what you preach” was a prevalent one. People had moral standards that they could follow; people were co
