Part III Listening Comprehension

　　Section A

　　11.

　　M: Hills, are you going to Jack's party tonight? Maybe I can give you a ride.

　　W: Thanks, Tom. I'd like to go for a change, but I have my history exam tomorrow morning.

　　Q: What will the woman probably do tonight?

　　答案C

　　解析：選項是關于某人的動作行為。男士邀請女士去參加Jack的宴會;女士表示感謝，但用but表達了自己真正要做的事情：明天上午有歷史考試。從中可判斷女士要復習歷史。

　　12.

　　W: I Can't bear the air pollution in this city any more. It's getting worse and worse. The sky looks grey most of the time.

　　M: You said it! We've never had so many factories before.

　　Q: What does the man mean?

　　答案A

　　解析：選項是關于空氣污染的問題。女士說：我再也忍受不了這個城市的空氣污染了，越來越糟糕，天空大部分時間都是灰色的。而男士附和女士的看法，并說以前沒有多少工廠，暗示工廠導致了空氣污染加重。

　　13.

　　W: Lots of people enjoy dancing in the ball. Why not go dancing with me? I think it's the most interesting thing in the world.

　　M：Believe it or not, that is the last thing I'd ever want to do.

　　Q：What does the man mean?

　　答案B

　　解析：選項是關于跳舞的看法。女士說：這么多人都在跳舞，為什么不和我一起跳呢?我認為這是世界上最有意思的事。男士回答說：不管你信不信，這是我最不愿意做的。考生要注意一個固定搭配，that is the last thing后面加一個句子，指的是“最不想干的事情”，所以B為正確答案。

　　14.

　　W: Jean really lost her temper in Dr. Brown's class this morning. We were all shocked by her aggressiveness.

　　M: Oh. did she? But I think her frankness is really something to be appreciated.

　　Q: What does the man mean?

　　答案A

　　解析：選項是男士對Jean的看法。女士說：Jean在Dr. Brown課堂上發火了;男士用but表達了自己的看法：我倒覺得她的直率讓人佩服。由此可以看出男士對Jean是欽佩的。

　　15.

　　M: I thought you were going to call me last night about the plans for the conference on language teaching.

　　W: Sorry, I should have, but Tom and Jane stopped by and stayed until midnight.

　　Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

　　答案D

　　解析：根據選項，考生要特別注意女士的行為。男士說：我以為昨晚你會給我打電話，通知教學會議的計劃呢;女士使用了虛擬語氣：我本應該打電話的，但Tom和Jane順便拜訪我，他們一直待到午夜。從中考生可推斷女士沒有打電話的原因，一晚上都有客人。

　　16.

　　M: Your son certainly shows a lot of enthusiasm on the tennis court. He talked like a professional.

　　W: I only wish he'd show as much for his studies.

　　Q: What does the woman imply about her son?

　　答案D

　　解析：選項是對某位男士的看法。男士說：你兒子在球場真有激情，像個專業人士;女士使用了虛擬語氣：我希望他在學習上同樣有激情。虛擬語氣告訴考生，他在學習上并沒有太用功。

　　17.

　　W: How come Jim lost his job?

　　M: I didn't say he had lost it. All I said was if he didn't get out and started selling a few cars instead of idling around all day, he might not find himself looking for a new job.

　　Q: What does the man say about Jim?

　　答案C

　　解析：選項是關于某位男士的工作。女士問：Jim為什么丟了工作呢?男士強調Jim現在并沒有失業，他說，如果Jim現在不開始賣車，他可能要開始找新工作了，暗示Jim可能被解雇。選項D是個干擾項，目前Jim并沒有失業。

　　18.

　　W: Jerry, last night we held a discussion in that small room numbered 405 on the third floor and you were so conspicuous by your absence.

　　M: Well, I made a mistake about the room number and stayed in room 415 for an hour waiting

　　Q: What can we learn about Jerry?

　　答案B

　　解析：考生要特別注意Jerry做了什么事。女士說：昨晚在405討論時，大家都注意到你缺席了;男士說：我把房間號弄錯了，在415等了一個小時。從中可以判斷開會時Jerry并不在場。

　　Conversation One

　　W: This is English Language Centre. How can I help you?

　　M: Yes. I'm calling to find out more information about your program. For example, what kind of course do you offer?

　　W: Well, first of all, 【19】the purpose of our program is to provide language learning opportunities to this area's community, whether a student's goal is to master basic functional language skills, let's say, for his or her job, or to study intensively to enter a US college or university.

　　M: Okay. I'm calling for a friend who is interested in attending a US university. My friend is considering about further education.

　　W: And that's the kind of, uh, 【20】instruction that we provide, from basic communication course to content-based classes such as computer literacy, intercultural communication, and business English.

　　M: That sounds great. What are your application deadlines for the next semester?

　　W: 【21】Well, we ask applicants to apply no later than two months before the semester begins.

　　M: Alright. What is the tuition for a full-time student?

　　W: Let me see. It's two thousand thirty dollars for a full time student.

　　M: And how does one apply? Is it complicated?

　　W: Well, we can send you an application and you can mail it back to us, or you can fill out our application that's on our Website.

　　M: Great. Thank you for help. I appreciate that.

　　W: You are welcome. You can call at any time if you have any other questions. Goodbye.

　　Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　19. Which is the purpose of the English Language Centre?

　　答案A

　　解析：選項用動詞不定式表示目的。聽力對話一開始，女士就介紹了這個課程的目的，旨在給大家提供學習語言的機會。

　　20. Which course is taught at the English Language Centre?

　　答案C

　　解析：選項是某一門課程，考生要注意語言學習中心提供的課程有哪里。聽力對話接下來女士介紹課程，basic communication course，content-based classes，如 computer literacy, intercultural communication, business English，因而判斷C為正確答案。

　　21. If a semester begins on August 29th, by what date should one apply for it? 答案B

　　解析：選項是關于時間。聽力對話接下來問報名時間，女士回答說，截止到課程開始前兩個月。如果課程8月29號開始，那報名時間截止到6月29號。