Unit3-listening

Unit 3

Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension

A．答案与详解 Section A

11.【答案与详解】A。关键字眼处设题。女士说如果一段时间内停止正常活动，脚踝将很快

恢复。可以推断A)“让脚踝休息”是最合适的选项。

12.【答案与详解】C。关键字眼处设题。对话中出现了ticket, seat 及balcony（包厢）等字

眼，可以推断发生的地点在剧院。

13.【答案与详解】B。隐含语义处设题。对话中得知Smith是在睡梦中去世，从而排除了

A)和D)。男士提到了葬礼（funeral）, 因此B)最符合语境。

14.【答案与详解】D。细节处设题。对话中提到了将精力放在Professor Young课上讲的重点，D)与此一致。

15.【答案与详解】D。隐含语义处设题。根据对话中jacket，lasting marks等词可以推断女

士可能将咖啡洒在男士的夹克上了。通过男士所说的that’s all right可以得知他并没有在意，从而排除其他选项。

16.【答案与详解】B。隐含语义处设题。对话中表示电影的情节很复杂，看不懂。男士说在

看完第二遍之后才将片段串联起来。因此推断这部电影很难理解。

17.【答案与详解】A。隐含语义处设题。女士说自己从不缺课，因此推断她成绩好的原因在于此。通过男士的话可以排除C); 而B)、D)对话中并没有涉及。

18.【答案与详解】D。关键字眼处设题。男士在回答时用了but表示意思上的转折。doubt

表示“不确信”，即他在怀疑数字电视系统提供的众多频道与现有的没有什么不同。换句话说就是D)他认为新的电视系统可能没有什么改进。

19.【答案与详解】C。本题关键句为：it says there’s a man going around pretending he is from the

electricity board…steals…,C)中thief in disguise与句意一致。

20.【答案与详解】D。对话中表示尤其在出示证件以后会更相信来者，可以听出card，ID等词。A)中的accent出现在文章末尾，用来描述窃贼特征，是干扰项。对话中未出现uniform，make friends，因此B)、C)排除。

21.【答案与详解】C。各选项中关键词分别是being followed, senior citizens, appointment, electricity board。对话中关键句是the police are warning people…not to admit anyone unless they have an appointment, 结合选项中的关键词确定选C)。

22.【答案与详解】C。选项的关键词分别是 robbed, parking lot, bank, pension, stolen, knocked down, 关键句she’s just been to the post office to draw her pension,…He stole the whole lot, 这里的lot指“她的退休金”。A)中的parking lot表示“停车场”。

23.【答案与详解】A。本题答案出现在对话最开始，关键词为consultant, marketing。所以选A)。

24.【答案与详解】D。关键句是As I speak Japanese, I had a very big advantage.所以选D)。 25.【答案与详解】B。同样属于细节考查题。关键句是I love train travel. That’s why I am very interested in this job. B)中的involve表示“涉及，包含”，与对话内容一致。 Section B

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Passage One

【短文大意】本文主要介绍了多数人都抱怨时间不够用，没有足够的时间陪亲人和孩子，这种抱怨并不是最近才出现的。文章中还描述了古人为了生存，过着十分忙碌的生活。最后说话者建议老板们能够如报道中所说的那样，给员工一定的灵活性，对于那些创造性地、有效地完成工作的员工给予奖励。并推荐大家阅读这篇报道。

26.【答案与详解】 A。本题询问说话者抱怨的问题，文章开始提到了time, lack等词后；后提到race against the clock (争分夺秒)；接着以数据的形式反映了人们在不同的方面都缺乏时间，所以这里说话者抱怨的是缺少时间。

27.【答案与详解】A。关键句是It’s also not a new complaint; and complained about how little time they had…,A) 指出“他们与现代人一样忙碌”，与原文意思最为相近。

28.【答案与详解】D。此题询问的是说话者对所有老板的建议，属于细节考查题，关键句是…most effective ways to give their workers flexibility, D)与原文意思一致。 Passage Two

【短文大意】本文讲述了一个感人的故事。说话者的父母在经济大萧条时期离婚了，后来他们的生活中出现了一位善良、有爱心的继母，是她拉近了孩子们与父亲间的距离，她无条件地爱着这些不是自己亲生的孩子们，并且将他们视为己出。当她丈夫去世时，她还宽容地允许他的前妻去参加葬礼，说因为她是孩子们的母亲。

29.【答案与详解】B。本题询问导致说话者父母离婚的原因，属于细节考查题。关键句是Great Depression took its toll on my parents’ relationship and resulted in their divorce… take its toll表示“造成损失”。所以选B)。

30.【答案与详解】 D。细节推断题。关键句是It was because of our other mother, daddy’s second wife, that he became closer to his own children.前文讲到这位继母将继子、继女视为己出。D)中的positive influence符合句意。

31.【答案与详解】 B。此题可以用排除法。A)“爱情是盲目的”、C)“离婚通常后果严重”、D)“在重新组合的家庭中难有幸福可言”，三个选项均不符合文义。B)中breed指“繁殖，再生”。同时，文章最后讲述了这位继母爱屋及乌，她爱她的丈夫，同时也对这些孩子视为己出。所以得出，爱可以衍生爱。 Passage Three

【短文大意】本文主要讲了说话人是如何从与一位顾客的交谈中得到启示，从而决定租赁温室，把生意做大的故事。由于他所工作的温室老板突然离世，老板的家人们想要停业，说话人正要挂牌停业时来了位顾客，说要为公司接待区和办公区挑选植物。简短的谈话使说话人得到很大的启发，于是驱车去了办公园区，签下合同。

32.【答案与详解】 B。本题考查关于温室的信息，属于细节考查题。关键句是Just as suddenly, the owner of the greenhouse…died of a heart attack. B)最符合文义。文章中提到的office park是指“办公区”，又称为“花园办公或生态办公”，与A)中的park（公园）意义不同。同时，文章指出the new office park在城郊，因此可以排除A)。C)信息错误。D)lease“租赁”，potted plants“盆栽”，这是一个干扰项。文章在后来提到了说话者要租赁温室，但没有指出只租赁“盆栽”。

33.【答案与详解】 C。细节推断题。关键句是…I was hanging out “Going Out of Business” sign…in walked a customer. hang out“挂出”，与C)中的put up意思相近。

34.【答案与详解】 C。该题考查说话者在与顾客谈论时的思路，关键句是Perhaps as many as

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a dozen firms have recently opened offices in the new office park, and there were several hundred more acres with construction under way.说话者在做这笔生意的时候想到的是新办公区会有更多的公司开张，很多公司会需要植物做装饰。C)表示说话者在思考新的生意机遇，符合句意。

35.【答案与详解】 A。细节判断题。关键句是And one day, we hope to be the proud owners of the greenhouse. 做篇章听力时，一定要坚持听到最后，最后一句话也可能设问，通常是询问关于将来的打算或者抒发见解等。 Section C

【短文大意】本文论述了当今知识经济对人们工作的影响。 在基于信息和知识的经济条件下，传统的劳动力将不再吃香，如今最重要的“原材料”是知识。而作为知识工人，也需要做好相应的准备和调整。

We're now witnessing the emergence of the advanced economy based on information and knowledge. Physical (36) labor, raw materials, and capital are no longer the key (37) ingredients in the creation of wealth. Now the (38) vital raw material in our economy is knowledge. Tomorrow's wealth depends on the development and exchange of knowledge. And (39) individuals entering the workforce offer their knowledge, not their muscles. Knowledge workers get paid for their education and their ability to learn. Knowledge workers(40) engage in mind work. They deal with symbols: words, (41) figures, and data. What does all this mean for you? As a future knowledge worker, you can expect to be (42) generating, processing, as well as exchanging information. (43) Currently, three out of four jobs involve some form of mind work, and that number will increase sharply in the future. Management and employees alike (44) will be making decisions in such areas as product development, quality control, and customer satisfaction. In the new world of work, you can look forward to being in constant training to acquire new skills that will help you keep up with improved technologies and procedures. You can also expect to be taking greater control of your career. Gone are the nine-to-five jobs, lifetime security, predictable promotions, and even the conventional workplace, as you are familiar with. (46) Don't expect the companies will provide you with a clearly defined career path. And don't wait for someone to “empower” you. You have to empower yourself.

B．Script of Unit 3

Section A

11. M: Today’s a bad day for me. I fell off a step and twisted my ankle.

W: Don't worry. Usually ankle injuries heal quickly if you stop regular activities for a while. Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?

12. W: May I see your ticket please? I think you are sitting in my seat. M: Oh, you are right. My seat is in the balcony. I'm terribly sorry. Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? 13. W: Did you hear Jay Smith died in his sleep last night?

M: Yes, it's very sad. Please let everybody know that whoever wants to may attend the funeral. Q: What are the speakers talking about?

14. M: Have you taken Professor Young's exam before? I'm kind of nervous.

W: Yes. Just concentrate on the important ideas she's talked about in the class, and ignore the

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details.

Q: How does the woman suggest the man prepare for Professor Young's exam? 15. W: I'm so sorry sir. And you'll let me pay to have your jacket cleaned, won't you?

M: That's all right. It could happen to anyone. And I'm sure that coffee doesn't leave lasting

marks on clothing.

Q: What can we infer from the conversation?

16. W: Have you seen the movie “The Departed”? The plot was so complicated that I really got

lost.

M: Yeah. I felt the same. But after I saw it a second time, I could put all the pieces together. Q: How did the two speakers find the movie?

17. M: I'm really surprised you got an A on the test. You didn't seem to have done a lot of reading. W: Now you know why I never missed a lecture. Q: What contributes to the woman's high score?

18. W: Have you heard about the new digital television system? It lets people get about 500

channels.

M: Yeah, but I doubt they will have anything different from what we watch now. Q: What does the man mean? Now you’ll hear two long conversations.

Conversation One

W: Gosh, have you seen this, Richard? M: See what?

W: In the paper, it says there's a man going around pretending he is from the electricity board. He's been calling at people's homes, saying he's come to check that all their appliances are safe. Then he gets around them to make him a cup of tea, and while they are out of the room, he steals their money, handbag, whatever and makes off with it.

M: But you know, Jane, it's partly their own fault. You should never let anyone like that in unless you are expecting them.

W: It's all very well to say that, but someone comes to the door and says electricity or gas. And you automatically think they are OK, especially if they flashed a card to you. M: Does this man have an ID then?

W: Yes, that's just it. It seems he used to work for the electricity board at one time. According to the paper, the police are warning people, especially pensioners not to admit anyone unless they have an appointment. It's a bit sad. One old lady told them, she'd just been to the post office to draw her pension, when he called, she said he must have followed her home. He stole the whole lot.

M: But, what does he look like? Surely they must have a description.

W: Oh, yes. They have. Let's see. In his thirties, tall, bushy dark hair, slight northern accent. Sounds a bit like you actually.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What does the woman want the man to read in the newspaper?

20. How did the man mentioned in the newspaper try to win further trust from the victims? 21. What is the warning from the police?

22. What does the woman speaker tell us about the old lady? Conversation Two

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