Part II Listening Comprehension
Section A
News Report One
【听力原文】
Some unusual weather from around the world.Starting in the US state Washington, more than 63 centimeters of snow fell in just two days in some areas.The first big storm of the winter blanketed the Lake Tahoe area of Nevada with snow that had caused travel chaos for Christmas travelers.[1]Meanwhile in Moscow, snow completely disappeared from the city's streets as warm air moved into the European part of Russia.An abnormally warm winter has brought flowers into bloom.Several types of plants that usually wake up in the spring have already bloomed.While hazardous smoke choked Beijing on Friday with pollution levels exceeding the index.Neighbouring cities were also hit by heavy air pollution.[2]Weather forecasts say the pollution should ease from Saturday afternoon when as hoped a cold front in Beijing will disperse the smog.
1.What kind of unusual weather did Moscow experience this winter?
2.When will Beijing's air pollution index begin to decrease?
【听前预测】
利用播放答题导语的时间，快速浏览每道小题的四个选项。由第1题选项关键词abnormal、snow storm、warm front、unusual、warm winter和第2题中表示时间的选项可知，该则新闻可能会谈到异常的天气情况，听音时应侧重听异常天气的类型、时间和受影响的地点等。
1.D
【做题提示】四个选项均为与天气相关的名词性短语，可知本题以what提问。听到问题后立刻回忆所听新闻内容，结合选项作答。
【解析】新闻开头就明确指出其报道的主要内容是世界各地的异常天气，其中的第二个例子提到莫斯科因为罕见的暖冬导致市内冰雪融化，花朵盛开，故本题选D。
2.A
【做题提示】四个选项均表示时间，可知本题以when提问。听到问题后立刻回忆所听新闻内容，结合选项作答。
【解析】新闻中的最后一个例子提到了北京从周五开始出现严重空气污染。其中提到周六下午到来的冷锋会吹散雾霾，减轻污染，由此可知污染指数的下降也应从周六下午开始，故答案为A。
News Report Two
【听力原文】
More than 100 million people in Nigeria are not connected to the Internet.There are only a few networks that offer service and it is costly and undependable.[3]Now, a new project provides a resource for off-line viewing at no cost.A non-profit organization called the WiderNet Project has developed the offline eGranary Digital Library.The service puts millions of digital documents, multimedia work and websites onto a server.The information is then available to students, medical workers, and researchers at no cost, whether there is Internet or not.[4]Users can access informative websites that eGranary updates every day such as Wikipedia, Khan Academy, Project Gutenberg, MIT OpenCourseWare, and MIT BLOSSOMS(which is Math and Science video lessons for high school students).Other resources on the service include university and medical publications, computer software, and educational games.Ahmadu Bello University is the largest university in Nigeria and the second largest in Africa.The university uses eGranary's digital educational resources.Kasa Mathias is head of the school's database department.He says students can access tens of thousands of educational materials without much problem.
3.What is the news report mainly about?
4.What kind of resources is updated daily at eGranary?
【听前预测】
利用播放答题导语的时间，快速浏览每道小题的四个选项。由两道题选项中的关键词off-line resources、video lessons、digital library和 informative websites可知，该则新闻可能会与信息技术和互联网资源等有关，听音时应侧重这些方面。
3.A
【做题提示】四个选项均为名词性短语，可知本题以what提问。听到问题后立刻回忆所听新闻内容，结合选项作答。
【解析】新闻的前两句虽然提到尼日利亚糟糕的网络服务，但这不是新闻的主题，而是为了引出下文中的免费离线数字资源项目。后面的内容也是对这个项目中的各种资源、服务人群的进一步介绍，故答案为A。
4.C
【做题提示】四个选项均是名词性短语，可知本题可能以what提问。听到问题后立刻回忆所听到的细节，结合选项作答。
【解析】新闻中提到，eGranary的服务器上有数字文档、多媒体作品和网站信息等资源，但是每天更新的是信息类网站，如维基百科等，故本题选C。
News Report Three
【听力原文】
Google's self-driving car hit a small bump in the road.The driverless car had an accident February 14th in California.The accident was reported to the Department of Motor Vehicles in California February 23rd.[5]According to WIRED, a technology publication, the car changed traffic lanes and moved into the path of a bus.The driverless car was a Lexus SUV.When it hit the bus, the Google car was moving at around 3 kilometers per hour.[6]The speed of the bus was 24 kilometers per hour at the time of the collision.No injuries were reported.The left front wheel and fender of the Google car were damaged.[7]In a May 2015 monthly report Google said: “We'll inevitably be involved in accidents; sometimes it's impossible to overcome the realities of speed and distance… In the six years of our project, we've been involved in 12 minor accidents during more than 1.8 million miles of autonomous and manual driving combined.”Google has predicted the cars will be ready for the road by 2020.
5.What happened to Google's self-driving car?
6.How fast was the bus when the accident happened?
7.What is inevitable to self-driving cars according to Google's report?
【听前预测】
利用播放答题导语的时间，快速浏览每道小题的四个选项。由第5、7题选项关键词hit、bus、road、speed、accidents和第6题中表示速度的选项可知，该则新闻可能是关于道路交通事故的，听音时应侧重这些方面。
5.C
【做题提示】三项涉及交通事故，一项涉及超速行驶，可知本题很可能提问具体的事故类型。听到问题后立刻回忆所听新闻内容，结合选项作答。
【解析】新闻中明确指出了具体的事故，即谷歌无人驾驶汽车更改车道时，进入公交车道与公交车相撞，故正确答案为C。
6.C
【做题提示】四个选项均表示时速，可知本题以how fast或what speed提问。听音时应注意相关数字，结合问题和选项作答。
【解析】新闻中提到，两车相撞时无人驾驶汽车的时速是每小时3公里，而公交车的速度是每小时24公里，故答案是C。
7.B
【做题提示】四个选项均为名词性短语，可知本题会以what提问。听到问题后立刻回忆所听新闻内容，结合问题和选项作答。
【解析】新闻中明确指出，谷歌的5月月报称，因为现实中的速度和距离难以应对，所以交通事故是无法避免的，故排除A, 正确答案为B。
Section B
Conversation One
M:Asen Employment Agency.Good morning!
W:Good morning! I wonder if you can help me.I'm looking for a job.
M:I'll see what we can do.Er, have you been to us before?
W:[8]No, but you've managed to get jobs for some of my friends, so I thought perhaps… you know.
M:Yes, I see.First of all, could you give me your full name?
W:Yes, of course.Susan Hollis.
M:Good.And could I have your phone number?
W:Yes, 7788992.
M:Fine, and your date of birth please?
W:February 3rd, 1980.
M:Thank you.Now, education.Which school did you go to?
W:[9]I went to a secondary school in South town.
M:And have you been to college?
W:No, I left full-time education when I was 18.
M:I see.Any qualifications?
W:Yes, I gained a shorthand and typing diploma at evening classes.
M:That's good! Now, where are you working at the moment?
W:[10]Well, I've got a job as a shorthand-typist, but I'm not enjoying it very much and it doesn't pay very well.
M:I see.Have you applied for any other jobs?
W:Yes, I thought I'd like to be a policewoman but they turned me down because I was too short.
M:What would you like to do now then?
W:[11]Well, I think I'd like to work in a travel agency.
M:I see, I think the best thing is for me to see what we might find for you.And then…
8.How did the woman get to know about the man's company?
9.What formal education did the woman receive?
10.What do we learn about the woman's occupation?
11.What sort of job would the woman like to take now?
8.A
【听前预测】四项均为from引导的介词短语，该题可能对地点或出处进行提问。四个选项的信息点比较分散，较难推测出该题的考查点，但由B、C两项中的wanted column和telephone directory可推测，该题可能涉及求职招聘。听音时应先关注与四个选项的关键词有关的内容，听到问题后再作进一步判断。
【解析】从对话的开头我们得知，男士所在的公司是一家职业介绍所。女士说自己想找一份工作，想要得到帮助，男士问女士之前是否来过他们公司，女士说没有，但表示该公司曾经帮助她的一些朋友找到了工作。由此可知，女士是从她的朋友那里了解到男士的公司的。故A项为正确答案。其他三项对话中均未提及，可排除。
9.A
【听前预测】
1.四项均以she开头。
2.四项均含有与学校或教育有关的词汇(secondary school, vocational college, open university, full-time education abroad)。
结论：该题可能对女士的情况进行考查，涉及她的受教育情况。听音时，应重点关注各选项关键词，听到问题后再作出进一步判断。
【解析】在对话中，当男士得知女士想要找份工作后，详细询问了女士的姓名、联系方式、出生日期等，接着又问了女士的受教育程度。女士说她曾在南镇的一所中学就读，没有上过大学，在18岁后就没有接受过全日制教育了。由此可知，女士接受过的正式教育只有中学教育。故选项A为正确答案。其他三项对话中均未提及，都可排除。
10.D
【听前预测】
1.四项均以she开头。
2.四项均含有表示职业的词语(teaches an evening class, works as a tour guide, policewoman, shorthand-typist)。
结论：该题可能是对女士的职业进行提问。听音时，应结合选项留意与职业相关的信息，听到问题后再作进一步判断。
【解析】在对话中，男士问女士目前在哪里任职，女士说自己得到了一份速记打字员的工作。由此可知，女士是一名速记打字员，故D项为正确答案。A项是由evening class设置的干扰项，女士只是读过夜校，并非在夜校任教；B项是女士接下来想要从事的工作；C项是女士曾经想从事但被拒绝的工作，故A、B、C三项均可排除。
11.A
【听前预测】四个选项均表示职业，可推测本题仍询问职业相关问题。听音时应注意与职业信息相关的细节。
【解析】对话最后，男士问女士现在想找什么样的工作，女士回答说，她想在旅行社工作。由此可知，本题应选A。
Conversation Two
W:Steve, can you tell me how long you've been a pub owner?
M:Well, four years, I suppose.[12]I've been involved with pubs off and on for ten years.I've sort of done hotel work.And I've also run a restaurant pub and now I've got what you call a good old fashion pub.[13]That is a public bar with all the social games going with it, which is what we've always wanted to have, you know.
W:It sounds like you've always worked in pubs but not always in this one.
M:No, no, I've worked in quite a variety of pubs.
W:What makes a good pub? I mean you said, you know, it has got a good variety of things.
M:Well, I think having the right customers to start with, selling the right beer, keeping it good, [14]and most of all keeping a good attitude yourself even though you probably feel very tired.But the idea is if you generate it from your side, it's got to affect the other side if you're getting the right customers in.
W:Yeah, I must say that's one thing that's always struck me about being a pub owner.I mean a lot of people seem to think that is a nice job, you know.Everybody says, “Oh, I'd love to retire and get a country pub.”[15]But it seems to me that it's actually very hard work.
12.What does the man say about his involvement with pubs?
13.What characterizes the old fashion pub according to the man?
14.What does the man say is most important in making a good pub?
15.What does the woman think of running a country pub?
12.B
【听前预测】
1.四项均以it开头，一项提到了his, 一项提到了him。
2.两项提到了与时间有关的词语(four years, off and on for ten years)。
3.两项提到了与工作对象或职业相关的词语(customer network, career)。
结论：该题可能考查某件事情的发展情况或对男士的影响。听音时，应先弄清楚it的指代对象，并将重点放在各个选项的关键词上，听到问题后再作进一步的判断。
【解析】在对话的开头，女士问男士当酒吧老板有多长时间了，男士说有四年了，但他断断续续(off and on)从事与酒吧相关的工作有十年的时间了。由此可知，选项B为正确答案。A项是根据男士当酒吧老板的时间设置的干扰项，C、D两项对话中均未提及，都可排除。
13.C
【听前预测】四项均为名词短语，推测该题以what进行提问。四项内容分别为环境、服务、社交游戏及啤酒，推测考查的内容与饭店或酒吧相关。听音时，应将重点放在四个选项所提到的内容上，听到问题后再作进一步的判断。
【解析】在对话的开头，男士说自己现在开着一家人们所说的复古酒吧。接着又对所谓的复古酒吧进行了解释——这是一家公众酒吧，所有的社交游戏里面都有。由此可知，复古酒吧的特点是具有丰富的社交游戏，故C项为正确答案。D项为干扰项，对话中男士提到好的酒吧要售卖好的啤酒，但并未说是自制的啤酒，故排除。其他两项对话中均未提及，都可排除。
14.B
【听前预测】四项均为名词短语，推测该题以what进行提问。结合上一题的推测，该题可能考查酒吧或饭店的某个特点。具体是啤酒的质量、老板的态度、氛围还是地理位置，需要根据听音内容作进一步的判断。
【解析】在对话中，女士说既然酒吧中有各式各样的东西，那么男士认为什么样的酒吧才是好的酒吧呢，男士说他认为首先得有合适的顾客，要卖好的啤酒，有好的经营，但最重要的是要保持好的态度，即使你可能已经非常累了。由此可知，男士认为老板的态度是成就一家好酒吧最重要的因素，故B项为正确答案。其他三项均可排除。
15.D
【听前预测】
1.四项均以it开头；两项含有与老年人相关的词语(retirees, old people)。
2.两项含有与生意或工作相关的词语(profitable business, tough job)。
结论：该题考查与it相关的内容，推测it是一项生意或工作，可能与老年人这一群体有关。听音时，应将重点放在四个选项的关键词上，同时弄清楚it的指代对象，听到问题后再作进一步的判断。
【解析】在听完男士说保持好的态度是成就一家好酒吧的最重要的因素后，女士说这也是她感触最深的地方，并说虽然很多人认为当酒吧老板很不错，但是那实际上是一项非常辛苦的工作。由此可知，女士认为开一家乡村酒吧相当辛苦，D项为正确答案。其他三项对话中均未提及，都可排除。
Section C
Passage One
【听力原文】
To help ourselves and others, it's important to know something about drugs.A drug is a chemical substance.It can bring about a physical, emotional or mental change in people.Alcohol and tobacco are drugs.Caffeine, a substance found in coffee and some soft drinks, is also a drug.
[16]Drug abuse is the use of a drug legal or illegal that hurts a person or someone close to him.A drug user is the person who takes the drug.There are many kinds of drug users.Experimental users may try drugs once or twice.They want to see what the effects will be.[17]Recreational users take drugs to get high.They use drugs with friends or at parties to get into the mood of things.Regular users take drugs all the time.But they are often able to keep up with the normal routine of work.[18]Dependent users can't relate to anything but drugs.Their whole life centers around drugs.They feel extreme mental or physical pain without drugs.
It's not always easy to tell if someone is using drugs.In the early stages, drug use is often hard to see.Sometimes people like drugs or need drugs so much that they can't do without them.They are dependent upon drugs.Only a few kinds of drugs can cause physical dependence.But almost any drug, when it's misused, can make a person think he needs it all the time.By this time it's too late and the person is “hooked”.
16.What does the speaker say about drug abuse?
17.What does the speaker say about recreational drug users?
18.What does the speaker say about drug dependence?
【整体预测】
快速浏览各题选项，根据关键词take drugs、drug use等可大致推断本文介绍与吸毒有关的内容，且很多选项描述的都是与drug的负面影响有关的细节，听音时应重点听此类信息。
16.C
【解题思路】四项均为以it为主语的描述性句子，有三个选项描述“它”的负面影响，可推测本题考查某事物导致的消极后果。听音时应首先判断it的指代对象，再有针对性地作答。
【解析】文章提到毒品滥用是指对毒物的合法或非法使用，并对使用者或其身边的人造成伤害，故正确答案为C项。其余三项文中均未提及，故排除。
17.A
【解题思路】四个选项的主语均为they, 且四项中均包含表示“吸毒”的短语，前三项分别表述了吸毒的不同目的，可推测这是本题考查的重点。听音时应首先判断they的指代对象，再有针对性地作答。
【解析】文中明确提到娱乐型使用者通过吸毒获得快感，故正确答案为A项。其余三项文中均未提及，故排除。
18.B
【解题思路】四个选项的主语均为it, 且四项中有三项描述了it的负面影响：致命的、难以戒除、导致社会问题。听音时应首先判断it的指代对象，再有针对性地作答。
【解析】文中提到毒品依赖者无法离开毒品，他们全部的生活都围绕着毒品，没有毒品他们就会感觉到精神或身体上的极度痛苦，故正确答案为B项。其余三项文中均未提及，故排除。
Passage Two
【听力原文】
According to Charles Harper, Chairman of ConAgra, the Healthy Choice line of frozen dinners began with his own heart attack.It've been brought on by years of eating anything he could get his hands on.[19]As he lay in the hospital recovering, Harper imagined the line of healthy frozen foods—the tasty good.[20]The Healthy Choice product line was carefully tested with consumers before being introduced to the general public.ConAgra's research and development staff spent a year working under the instruction, whatever the cost, don't sacrifice taste.The first test market results surprised even the ConAgra team.The low sodium, low fat frozen dinners sold much better than expected.[21]According to the firm's vice-president of marketing and sales, “We benefited from low expectations.The products were much better than people thought they would be.”This finding supported ConAgra's decision to position the product against other high-quality frozen dinners rather than as a diet or health food.The new product brand's name and packaging were an important part of the development process.[22]The name “Healthy Choice”was chosen for the positive implication it held for consumers.Because ConAgra felt the product would be an impulse purchase, it was important to make the item stand out in the freezer case.This was accomplished through the dark green packaging that not only differed from the competitors but also suggested freshness and richness in vitamins.
19.What did Charles Harper think of while he was in hospital?
20.What does the passage say about the “Healthy Choice”product line before it went to market?
21.What is said to contribute to ConAgra's business success?
22.What does the speaker say about the name “Healthy Choice”?
【整体预测】
快速浏览各题选项，根据关键词food、consumers和purchasing等可大致推断本文介绍的是与某种食品有关的内容，听音时应重点关注这方面的信息。
19.D
【解题思路】四个动名词短语描述的内容都与身体健康有关：锻炼、治疗疾病的方法、节食、健康食品。可推测本题考查与健康或食品有关的细节内容，听音时应注意判断。
【解析】文中明确提到当哈珀躺在医院里进行康复时，萌生了生产健康的速冻食品的设想，故正确答案为D项。其余三项文中均未提及，故排除。
20.A
【解题思路】四个选项主语均为it, 且描述的内容均与某类人群或组织的态度有关：消费者、饮食专家、卫生组织、公众。可推测本题考查与某个群体有关的细节内容。听音时应首先判断it的指代对象，再有针对性地作答。
【解析】文中提到在被介绍给公众之前，“健康选择”系列产品在消费者中进行了仔细的检验，故正确答案为A项。其余三项文中均未提及，故排除。
21.C
【解题思路】四个名词短语描述的内容都与产品的特点有关：价格、促销、期望值、原料。可推测本题考查与产品特点有关的细节内容，听音时应注意判断。
【解析】文中提到“我们从低预期中获益。产品比人们预想的要好很多。”故正确答案为C项。其余三项文中均未提及，故排除。
22.A
【解题思路】四项均为以it为主语的描述性句子，且描述的内容仍是与某种商品相关的细节。听音时应首先判断it的指代对象，再有针对性地作答。
【解析】文中提到“健康选择”这一名称是出于其向消费者所传达的积极内涵而入选的，故正确答案为A项。文章末尾提到，康尼格拉公司认为该产品是一种即兴购买的产品，但没有提到诱使老年人购买，故排除B项；文中也提到在冰柜中的众多商品里吸引人眼球是非常重要的，其深绿色的包装做到了这一点，这表明深绿色包装的目的是为了醒目，但没有提到品牌名与包装相匹配的信息，因此C项可排除。
Passage Three
【听力原文】
[23]In the United States, 36 states currently allow capital punishment for serious crimes such as murder.Americans have always argued about the death penalty.[24]Today, there is a serious question about this issue: Should there be a minimum age limit for executing criminals? In other words, is it right for convicted murderers who kill when they are minors, that is under the age of 18, to receive the death penalty?
In most other countries of the world, there is no capital punishment for minors.In the United States, though, each state makes its own decision.Of the 36 states that allow the death penalty, 30 permit the execution of minors.
In the state of South Carolina, a convicted murderer was given the death penalty for a crime he committed while he was a minor.In 1977, when he was 17 years old, James Terry Roach and two friends cruelly murdered three people.Roach's lawyer fought the decision to execute him.The young murderer remained on death row for ten years while his lawyer appealed to the governor.The lawyer argued that it is wrong to execute a person for a crime he committed while he was a minor.In the United States, the governor of a state has the power to change a sentence from the death penalty to life in prison.Nonetheless, the governor of South Carolina refused to stop the execution.[25]Roach was finally executed in 1986.
23.What does the speaker say about the death penalty in the United States?
24.What is the focus of the debate around the death penalty?
25.What does the speaker say about James Terry Roach?
【整体预测】
快速浏览本部分各题的所有选项，根据abolished、practiced、approved、criticism可大致推断本文是关于人们对某种事物的看法，有赞同也有批评。此外，根据criminals、execution、life in prison、death sentence等可推断，本文很可能与犯罪或法律方面的话题有关，而且还涉及youngsters和minor。听录音时需特别注意相关的内容，注重对短文细节信息的提取。
23.B
【解题思路】
1.四项的主语均为it。
2.四项的内容都是陈述性的，涉及的动词有abolished, practiced, approved, drawn…criticism。
结论：本题考查的内容应该是某个细节，考查对文章的理解，听录音时应将重点放在it所指的事物以及四项的关键词上(abolished, practiced, approved, drawn…criticism)。
【解析】文章第一句提到在美国，目前有36个州允许对重罪判处死刑，36个州占美国总州数的大部分，因此可以得出B项为正确答案。A项和C项在原文中均未明确提及，属于过度推断，故排除；D项在原文中也未提及，文章中只提到美国人自己在争论，没有涉及国外人的看法，故排除。
24.C
【解题思路】四项均是特殊疑问词加陈述性语序，而且两项以whether开头，涉及的内容可能与某项争论有关。
结论：本题考查的内容应该是某个细节，通过对选项内容的理解，可推断本题应该是与某项争论有关，听音时应将重点放在四项的关键信息上(youngsters, type of criminals, minimum age limit, continue)。
【解析】文章中提到美国人一直都在争论死刑，关于这点，有一个严肃的问题，即处死罪犯是否应该有最小年龄限制，可以得出C项为正确答案。其他三项在原文中未提及，故排除。
25.D
【解题思路】
1.四项均与he有关。
2.四项的内容都是描述性的，涉及对罪犯的判决。
结论：本题考查的内容应该是关于he的某个细节，听录音时应注意对细节的理解以及对内容的整体把握，将重点放在与选项相关的内容上。
【解析】文中提到罗奇在17岁时杀害了别人，因此他在犯罪时还是未成年人。接着他的辩护律师就对他被判处死刑进行过辩护，但最终失败了，罗奇在1986年被处死，因此D项为正确答案。A项与原文内容不符，因为原文中提到的是詹姆斯·特瑞·罗奇和他的两个朋友杀害了别人，故排除；B项与原文内容不符，文中提到州长拒绝了改变判决的上诉，没有将死刑改为终身监禁，故排除；C项在原文中未提及，故排除。