Passage Two

　　【29】In western culture music is regarded as good by birth, and sounds that are welcome are said to be "music to the ears". In some other cultures for example, Islamic culture——it is of low value, associated with sin and evil. In the West and in the high cultures of Asia, it is said that there are three types of music. First, 【30】classical music, composed and performed by trained professionals originally under the support of courts and religious establishments; second, folk music, shared by the population at large and passed on orally; and third, 【30】popular music, performed by professionals, spread through radio, television, records, films, and print, and consumed by the urban mass public.

　　Music is a major component in religious services, theatre, and entertainment of all sorts. 【31】The most universal use of music is as a part of religious ritual. Another less obvious function of music is social adherence. Music also symbolizes military, patriotic and funeral moods and events. In a more general sense, music may express the central social values of a society. In western music, the interrelationship of conductor and orchestra symbolizes the need for strong cooperation among various kinds of specialists in a modern industrial society.

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you've just heard.

　　29. In what culture is music regarded as good by birth?

　　30. Which of the following is performed by professionals?

　　31. According to the passage, what is the most universal use of music?

　　29. 答案C

　　解析：根據選項，考生要特別判斷音樂在不同文化中的地位。聽力一開始，就說在西方文化中，音樂地位很高，而在Islamic(伊斯蘭)文化中，音樂價值很低，所以C為正確選項。

　　答案B

　　解析：根據選項，考生要關注不同音樂形式之間的異同。聽力接下來講到三種音樂形式，古典音樂是有專業人士譜曲演奏，民間音樂卻在人民大眾之間分享，而流行音樂也是由專業人員表演。從中，考生可以總結，古典音樂和流行音樂都是由專業人士制作。

　　答案D

　　解析：考生已經確定本篇聽力的主題是音樂，所以從選項中可以推測問題是關于音樂的功能。聽力第二段一開始，講到音樂最普遍的功能是宗教儀式的一部分。選項A、B、C都是音樂的功能，卻不是本篇聽力認為的the most universal use of music。

　　Passage Three

　　William Shakespeare was christened in the market town of Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, 【32】on April 26, 1564; traditionally; his actual birthday was three days earlier, on St. George's day, the same day as his death fifty-two years later. His father, John, was a respected middle-class trader, and his mother, Mary Arden, came from a family of local landowners. It seems probable that young William received a fair education (for his day) at the local Grammar School; 【33】at the age of eighteen he married a girl eight years older than himself, Anne Hathaway, who gave him a child the following year and twins in 1585. Little else is known of his early life, and so we cannot tell what made him decide to leave Stratford in 1586 for London, where he stayed until 1611. 【34】In London he must soon have attracted attention, because by 1592 he was a popular enough writer and actor to be laughed at by an older dramatist as an uneducated Jack of all trades. He is mentioned as being among the principal actors of the city as early as 1598, and 【35】in 1599 we find that he is a member of the company running the Globe Theater, with one-tenth interest in the profits—showing a business sense rarely seen in his fellow writers. His popularity is indicated by the fact that not only were his own plays published under his name, which was a rare procedure in his day, but also plays by others are to be found attributed to him, as if to indicate that his name alone would promise a good sale.

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you've just heard.

　　32. When did William Shakespeare die?

　　33. When did Shakespeare and his wife have their first child?

　　34. Which one can we infer from the article?

　　35. Which of the following is true?

　　32.答案D

　　解析：選項是時間，考生要注意聽力篇章中不同時間的表達。考生如果了解Shakespeare，可能知道他去世的時間。如果不知道，聽力一開始說他洗禮的時間是1564年4月26日，比他生日晚三天。52年后他去世的日子和真正的生日同一天，由此可以推斷他死于1616年4月23日。

　　33.答案C

　　解析：選項依然是關于時間。聽力篇章中間講，Shakespeare在18歲的時候娶妻，第二年生子。因此他們第一個小孩出生在1583年。

　　34.答案C

　　解析：選項是人們對Shakespeare的了解。聽力篇章中間講，在倫敦，他很快就引起了大家的關注。選項A是個干擾項，人們對Shakespeare早期的生活是有所了解，雖然了解的不多。

　　35.答案B

　　解析：選項討論Shakespeare是否有經濟頭腦。聽力篇章靠后講，Shakespeare經營the Globe Theater，擁有十分之一的利潤，這表明他很有經濟頭腦。

　　Section C

　　36.答案handle

　　解析：在情態動詞can的后面需要用動詞原型。handle是個比較常用的動詞，意為“處理，解決”。

　　37.答案extension

　　解析：在定冠詞the的后面，需要用名詞。extension是動詞extend的名詞形式，表示“擴充，擴張”。考生要注意，后綴是-sion，并非-tion。

　　38.答案communication

　　解析：在動詞create和名詞problems之間，應該是對problems的修飾，解釋說明什么樣的問題。communication是個常見的名詞，在這里意為“交通”。

　　39.答案proposal

　　解析：不定冠詞a的后面應該使用可數名詞，再加上后面的動詞put forward，考生可以推測缺少的名詞是關于“建議，提議”的，proposal是propose的名詞，以-al結尾。

　　40.答案relieve

　　解析：help to do sth.的結構讓考生判斷空白處可能是個動詞。根據上下文，這個提議是幫助緩解交通阻塞問題的。動詞relieve表示“緩解壓力”，考生要注意relief是名詞，此處要用動詞。

　　41.答案involves

　　解析：此處有主語，有賓語，缺少謂語動詞。主語是個單數，所以考生要注意動詞involve后面要加上表示第三人稱單數的-s。

　　42.答案comparatively

　　解析：根據語法，本空是個副詞來修飾后面的little。comparatively是個比較常用的副詞，“比較地，相對地”。

　　43.答案remaining

　　解析：本空是個后置定語，用來修飾前面的名詞problem。Remain是個不及物動詞，用-ing形式表示“遺留的，仍然存在的”。

　　44.答案There has been so much publicity in recent years regarding the high level of noise near airports

　　解析：空白處之后的一句話講，在城鎮建立新機場，政府可能會遇到相當大的阻力，那前半句應該是“對這個問題爭論了很久”。此句中需要注意的詞匯：publicity，regarding。

　　45.答案 The fact remains that increasing numbers of people want to travel by air and will accept somewhat slower flights

　　解析：空白處是在后面特定條件下的某種結果。如果市中心有方便的機場，將會出現怎樣的結果?此句中需要注意的詞匯：increasing，somewhat，slower(考生注意其中的比較級)。

　　46.答案it's a question of compromise between the travelers and the local inhabitants.

　　解析：此句為文章的最后一句，表示最終的結果。此句中需要注意的詞匯：compromise，travelers，inhabitants。考生要注意其名詞復數形式。

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