Part II　Listening Comprehension

Section A

News Report One

【听力原文】

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote a letter to his baby girl, Max, on Tuesday.He wants her “to grow up in a world better than ours today.”[1]Zuckerberg wrote that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, would donate 99% of his Facebook stock shares, [2]worth about $45 billion, to do just that.

Even with the large donation, Zuckerberg will remain extremely rich.After the news came out, Zuckerberg was one of the most searched names on Google.His Facebook post received more than one million likes.Well-known people like Shakira and Arnold Schwarzenegger also gave the thumbs-up.Financial analysts say it is a good move to prevent the shares from being taxed when they are sold.

The shares will be donated to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative over Zuckerberg's lifetime.Zuckerberg and his wife, Chan, head the organization, of course.

1.What is the news report mainly about?

2.How much are the stock shares to be donated by Zuckerberg worth now?

1.D

【做题提示】本题四个选项句子均以Zuckerberg作主语，可推测该题应该是与扎克伯格有关的事件。听到问题后立刻回忆所听新闻内容，结合选项作答。

【解析】新闻开头提到，扎克伯格和妻子将把99%的Facebook股份捐出去，为世界的改变尽一份力，接着提到外界对扎克伯格此举的反应和金融分析人士的相应评论。由此可知，该则新闻主要针对扎克伯格捐出股份一事，所以本题选D。其他三项虽在新闻中提到，但均只是新闻的具体信息之一，并不能概括该新闻的主题，故排除。

2.C

【做题提示】四个选项均为金额数字，可知本题应该以how much来提问。听音时重点记录与金额数字相关的内容，听到问题后立刻回忆所听内容，并结合选项作答。

【解析】新闻中提到，扎克伯格和妻子将捐出99%的Facebook股份，市值约450亿美元，为创造更美好的世界尽一份力。由此可知，C项为答案。

News Report Two

【听力原文】

Delegates from almost 200 nations at the UN climate change summit in Paris have reached a draft agreement on how to move forward on the issue.

[3]The text, which runs to 42 pages, was approved on Saturday after four years' work that started in Durban in 2011.It presents options for dealing with everything from the long-term goals of combating climate change, to financial assistance for developing nations that will need help to move away from fossil fuels.There's a broad political will to come to a global agreement here in Paris and that is good news.What is still missing in the text is a clear vision to go 100 percent renewable energy by mid-century, which gives us a chance to help those people who suffer from catastrophic climate change.

To draw attention to what they see as the time pressure on the issue, campaigners led by Danish artist Olafur Eliasson, [4]have installed 12 mini-icebergs in the shape of a clock in the Place le Pantheon.The ice was brought all the way from Greenland in temperature-controlled containers.

3.What can we learn about the draft agreement?

4.Where have the twelve mini-icebergs been placed?

3.B

【做题提示】四个选项均以it为主语，描述了四种情况。听到问题后应先确定it指代的对象，回忆所听新闻内容，并结合选项作答。

【解析】新闻开头部分提到，该协议草案长达42页，历经4年的工作于周六获得通过，故本题选B，排除A项。新闻中提到，草案为发展中国家提供资金援助，帮助它们摆脱化石燃料，因此C项表述错误。新闻中指出，该草案中仍然缺乏的是一个清晰的愿景，即到本世纪中期完全使用可再生能源，故排除D。

4.D

【做题提示】四个选项都是地点，可推测本题应该以where提问。听音时要重点记录与地点相关的内容，听到问题后立刻回忆相关信息，并结合选项作答。

【解析】新闻结尾部分提到，以丹麦艺术家奥拉维尔·埃利亚松为首的活动者认为解决气候变化问题时间紧迫，为了引起人们对这一时间压力的关注，他们在先贤祠安置了12座时钟形状的小冰山。因此，本题选D。其他三个选项都是针对新闻中出现的地名设置的干扰项。

News Report Three

【听力原文】

On Sunday, Argentinians voted for their country's next president.Many opinion surveys showed that the ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli would be the clear winner.Mr.Scioli is governor of Buenos Aires province and the chosen successor of Argentina's president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

But the surveys were wrong.Mr.Scioli won 35.9 percent, but not enough to win the presidency.[5]Mauricio Macri, the mayor of Buenos Aires, finished in second place with 35.2 percent of the vote.This means Argentina will hold its first-ever runoff election next month.Voters will choose between the two men on November 22.[6]Mr.Macri says he wants to lift some financial controls and trade restrictions in an effort to help the country's economy.Mr.Scioli has promised to defend the central ideas of what observers are calling “kirchnerism.”These are populist beliefs built around trade protectionism, social welfare programs and defense of the working class.Mr.Scioli adds that he will seek a more measured approach to economic reform.

[7]Under Argentine law, a candidate must have more than 45 percent of the vote to be declared the winner.A candidate can also win with at least 40 percent of the vote and a margin of 10 points over the next candidate.

5.Who is Mauricio Macri?

6.What does Mr.Macri want to do?

7.What was said about the Argentine election law?

5.D

【做题提示】四个选项均表示身份，推断本题询问某个人物的身份或职位。听到问题后首先确定提问对象，然后立刻回忆新闻中与该提问对象相关的内容，并结合选项作答。

【解析】新闻中提到，布宜诺斯艾利斯市的市长毛里西奥·马克里获得35.2%的选票，位居第二。因此D项为答案。其他三项都是对马克里的竞选对手——肖利的身份表述，故排除。

6.B

【做题提示】本题四个选项均为动宾短语，前三项均为社会经济方面的措施。听到问题后立刻回忆所听新闻内容，结合选项作答。

【解析】新闻中提到，马克里先生希望取消一些金融管制和贸易限制，以帮助促进阿根廷经济的增长。此处lift一词意为“取消，撤销”，因此，本题选B项；A项的表述与新闻内容恰好相反。C项内容“实施社会福利计划”是肖利先生的建议措施，故排除；D项是根据原文中的economic reform设置的干扰项，原文强调的是“寻求更加谨慎的措施进行经济改革”，而不是“寻求经济改革的帮助”，且该建议是肖利先生提出的，故排除。

7.A

【做题提示】四个选项均为一般现在时的句子，分别陈述了与（总统）选举有关的四条信息，可判断本题询问与（总统）选举有关的信息。听到问题后立刻回忆所听新闻内容，结合选项作答。

【解析】新闻结尾部分提到，根据阿根廷选举法要求，总统候选人得票率需超过45%，才能被宣布为获胜者；或者，得票率至少为40%，并比第二名候选人多出10%以上的得票率，方可当选。由此可知，阿根廷法律规定，得票率高于45%的候选人可以当选为总统，故A项正确。干扰项B缺少了“得票率至少为40%”这一条件，干扰项D缺少了“比第二名候选人多出10%以上的得票率”这一条件，均不符合原文含义，故排除。

Section B

Conversation One

8.B

【听前预测】四项均以it开头，均含有表示语言的词语，前三项出现了英语，且均含有表示比较的词语。

结论：该题考查的内容可能是某一种语言与英语相比较而言的特点或优势等。听音时，应首先弄清楚it的指代对象，并留意各个选项中表示比较的内容。听到问题后结合选项作进一步的判断。

【解析】在对话一开始，女士问男士为什么说英语将会变成世界语言，男士回答说，因为英语的使用非常广泛，唯一比英语使用人数多的只有汉语。由此可知，选项B为正确答案。其他三项对话中均未提及，都可排除。

9.C

【听前预测】

1.前两项以its开头，讨论it的相关信息；后两项含有表示影响的词语(influence, effect)。

2.后两项出现了与英国相关的信息(the British Empire, the Industrial Revolution)。

结论：该题可能考查某种事物的影响，可能涉及有关英国的信息，如外来词、大英帝国、工业革命等。听音时，应重点关注各个选项中的关键词。听到问题后，结合选项作进一步的判断。

【解析】对话中女士问及为什么英语被如此众多的人使用，根据男士的回答，世界上很多国家说英语是因为以前的大英帝国，可知C选项正确。选项A的内容对话中虽然提到，但并未说它是英语被广泛使用的原因，故排除；B和D对话中都未提及，故也排除。

10.A

【听前预测】四个选项均以it开头。两项含有表示单词的词语(a lot of words, newly coined words)，两项提到了表示语言的词语(other languages, all languages)。

结论：四项讨论的均是it的相关信息，而根据前两题的选项推测，it可能指的是英语。该题可能考查英语或其单词的信息。四个选项的信息点比较分散，听的过程中可以进行信息比对。听到问题后再结合选项作进一步的判断。

【解析】在对话中，男士在谈及英语的第一大优势时提到，英语含有很多德语、荷兰语、法语、西班牙语和意大利语词汇，说这些语言的人会在英语中找到许多熟悉的词汇。也就是说，英语中含有许多来自其他语言的词语，故选项A为答案。选项B对话中未提及；对话中提到说英语的人去过很多地方旅行，所以带回了其他语言的词语，而不是英语很容易被外国旅行者所习得，选项C可排除；对话中提到说英语的人数仅次于汉语，故英语并非世界上最大的一门语言，故选项D也可排除。

11.C

【听前预测】四项均以it（或its)开头，且均说明了一种特征，由此可知，该题可能询问it的某种特点，首先应确定it(its)所指，然后根据问题作进一步的判断。

【解析】在对话中，当女士问起男士英语的另一个优势是什么时，男士回答说，英语的语法真的非常简单，不像拉丁语、俄语或者德语那样，名词、形容词和动词都有许多不同的词尾。由此可知，英语的第二个优势就是其语法非常简单，故本题选C。

Conversation Two

12.C

【听前预测】四项均为不定式短语；一项含有与商品销售有关的词语(place an order)，两项含有与商品售后有关的信息(return some goods, make a complaint)。

结论：该题可能对原因或目的等进行提问，可能涉及商品的销售或售后。听音时，应留意与商品销售或售后有关的信息，并将重点放在四个选项的关键词上，听到问题后结合选项作进一步的判断。

【解析】在对话的开头部分，女士打电话给男士，问是否是销售部，男士回答是，接着女士介绍了自己的身份，并称自己所在的公司需要为设计室采购一些物品。由此可知，女士打电话来是为了采购物品，四个选项中只有C项符合此意，故为答案。其他三项对话中均未提及，故排除。

13.B

【听前预测】

1.四项均以he开头；一项提到了与产品信息有关的词语(details of the goods)。

2.两项提到了表示工作的词语(worked, works on a part-time basis)，两项提到了与公司或部门有关的词语(sales department, company)。

结论：该题询问男士的有关情况，可能涉及男士所工作的公司或部门，男士对产品信息的了解程度。听音时，应先确定he的指代对象，并将听音重点放在四个选项的关键词上。听到问题后，结合选项作进一步的判断。

【解析】在对话中，当女士询问DO45型号的画板总价中是否包含增值税、画板是由什么材质制成以及发货所需时长时，男士都没有给出确定的回答。由此可知，男士对商品的细节信息不太熟悉，故选项B为答案。其他三项对话中均未提及，故排除。

14.D

【听前预测】四项均以it开头；一项中出现了his；两项含有与订单或快递有关的词语(large orders, express delivery)，两项含有与价格有关的词语(free, ￡15)。

结论：该题考查与it有关的信息，可能涉及订单派送、价格等内容，很可能与男士有关。听音时，应首先弄清楚it的指代对象，并留意男士所说的内容，同时将重点放在各个选项的关键词上。听到问题后，结合选项作进一步的判断。

【解析】对话中，当女士问起画板的发货时间，男士表示不太确定，并说那取决于他们手头上的工作量以及还有多少其他订单需要寄出等。由此可知，男士表示，订单的发货时间取决于很多因素，故选项D为答案。其他三项对话中均未提及，故排除。

15.C

【听前预测】四项均以动词原形开头；三项提到了与女士有关的信息(her, saleswoman, she)。

结论：该题涉及某位女士的具体行动意图。四个选项的信息点比较分散，分别是向上级汇报、拜访女销售、回电话和咨询其他公司。听音时，应重点关注与女士有关的信息，同时留意与四个选项的关键词有关的内容。听到问题后，结合选项作最终判断。

【解析】在对话的结尾部分，得知负责订单业务的女孩上午不在公司之后，女士说她明天再打电话过来，接着男士问之前提到的画板是否还要货，女士说她需要好好考虑一下再给出答复。由此可知，女士第二天很可能做出决定并给男士回电话，故选项C为答案。其他三项对话中均未提及，故排除。

Section C

Passage One

【听力原文】

[16]No one knows for sure just how old kites are.In fact, they've been in use for centuries.25 centuries ago, kites were well-known in China.These first kites were probably made of wood.They may even have been covered with silk, because silk were used a lot at that time.Early kites were built for certain uses.[17]In ancient China, they were used to carry ropes to cross rivers.Once across, the ropes were tied down and wooden bridges were hung for them.Legend tells of one General who flew musical kites over the enemies' camp.The enemy fled, believing the sounds to be the warning voices of angels.By the 15th century, many people flew kites in Europe.Marco Polo may have brought the kite back from his visit to China.The kite has been linked to great names and events.[18]For instance, Benjamin Franklin used a kite to prove that lightening is electricity.He flew the kite in the storm.He did this in order to draw lightening from the clouds.He tied a metal key and a strip of silk to the kite line.The silk ribbon would stop the lightening from passing through his body.Benjamin's idea was first laughed at.But later on, it led to the invention of the lightening rod.With such a grand history, kite flying is sure to remain an entertaining and popular sport.

16.What does the speaker say about kites?

17.What did ancient Chinese use kites to do?

18.Why did Benjamin Franklin fly a kite in the storm?

16.B

【解题思路】四项均为以No one knows为主语和谓语的描述性句子；四项中包含的从句都以they为主语。

结论：四项描述的内容包括“they”的制作地点、出现时间、用途及未来的样子。听音时应首先判断“they”的指代对象，重点注意与“No one knows”有关的信息。听到问题后结合选项作答。

【解析】文章第一句就提到没有人确切地知道风筝的历史有多久，即没有人知道风筝最早出现的时间，故正确答案为B项。其余三项文中均未提及，故排除。

17.A

【解题思路】四项均为动词短语，描述的内容包括运送绳索、测风速、传递消息以及发出警告，都属于“用途”的范畴，可推断本题考查某事或某物的用途。听音时应重点注意与“用途”有关的信息，听到问题后，再结合选项有针对性地作答。

【解析】文章明确提到，在古代的中国，风筝被用来向河对岸运送绳索，故正确选项为A项。D项有一定的干扰性，文中提到敌军听到风筝的声音后，误以为是神灵的警告，纷纷逃走，但这个故事是个传说(legend)，无法证明是事实，故排除。其余两项文中均未提及，也排除。

18.D

【解题思路】四项均为不定式短语结构；四项中有三项提到了lightning。

结论：四项均为不定式，表目的，且三项中都包含lightning，可推测本题考查与雷电有关的用途。听音时应重点注意与lightning有关的信息。听到问题后，结合选项有针对性地作答。

【解析】文章提到，本杰明·富兰克林曾利用风筝来证明雷电是带电的，之后具体讲述了他在雷电中放风筝的事例，故正确答案为D项。其余三项文中均未提及，故排除。

Passage Two

【听力原文】

[19]I have learnt many languages, but I've not mastered them the way the professional interpreter or translator has.Still, they have open doors for me.They have allowed me the opportunity to seek jobs in international contexts and help me get those jobs.[20]Like many people who have lived overseas for a while, I simply got crazy about it.I can't image living my professional or social life without international interactions.Since 1977, I have spent much more time abroad than in the United States.I like going to new places, eating new foods and experiencing new cultures.If you can speak the language, it's easier to get to know the country and its people.If I had the time and money, I would live for a year in as many countries as possible.Beyond my career, my facility with languages has given me a few rare opportunities.[21]Once, just after I returned from my year in Vienna, I was asked to translate for a German judge at an Olympic level horse event and learned a lot about the sport.[22]In Japan, once when I was in the studio audience of a TV cooking show, I was asked to go up on the stage and taste the beef dish that was being prepared and tell what I thought.They asked, “Was it as good as American beef? ”It was very exciting for me to be on Japanese TV, speaking in Japanese about how delicious the beef was.

19.What does the speaker say about herself?

20.What does the speaker say about many people who have lived overseas for a while?

21.How did the speaker's experience of living in Vienna benefit her?

22.What was the speaker asked to do in the Japanese studio?

19.B

【解题思路】四项均是以she为主语的描述性句子；四项中有三项都包含languages一词。

结论：四项中有三项都提及languages一词，可推测本题考查与语言有关的内容。听音时应首先判断she的指代对象，重点把握与languages有关的信息。听到问题后，结合选项作答。

【解析】讲话人一开始就表明自己曾学习过很多种语言，可直接确定答案为B项。D项稍有迷惑性，但讲话中并未提及，考生不要根据自己的主观理解妄加推断，从而误选；其余两项文中均未提及，故排除。

20.D

【解题思路】四项均是以they为主语的描述性句子；四项中有三项都包含与国外生活相关的信息。

结论：四项中分别提到culture shock、live abroad、foreign languages、cross-cultural interactions, 可推测本题考查与国外生活有关的内容。听音时应首先判断they的指代对象，听音重点为与国外生活有关的信息。

【解析】根据问题可知，选项中的they指代many people who have lived overseas。讲话人提到，和很多在国外生活过的人们一样，她也完全热衷于这种生活方式，她无法想象没有国际交流的职业和社会生活会是什么样，由此可知“这种生活方式”即cross-cultural interactions, 故本题应选D。其余三项文中均未提及，故排除。

21.C

【解题思路】四项描述的内容均为she的某种成就或机遇，听音时应首先判断she的指代对象，重点把握与她的优势或成绩有关的信息，再有针对性地作答。

【解析】讲话者提到，在她结束了在维也纳一年的生活之后，她受邀在一场奥运会马术比赛中担任一位德国裁判的翻译，可确定答案为C项。其余三项文中均未提及，故排除。

22.A

【解题思路】四项均为动词短语结构；四项都包含与食物和烹饪相关的信息。

结论：四项中分别提到beef、cooking competition、food、cooking lessons on Western food，可推测本题询问与食物和烹饪有关的内容。听音时应重点关注此类信息。

【解析】根据问题中的关键词Japanese studio，锁定原文最后几句话。原文最后提到，讲话者在日本时，曾现场观看一场电视烹饪节目，她被邀请到台上品尝牛肉并讲出自己的感受，由此可得出答案为A项。其余三项文中均未提及，故排除。

Passage Three

【听力原文】

[23]Dr.Ben Carsen grew up in a poor single-parent household in Detroit.His mother, who had only a 3rd grade education worked two jobs cleaning bathrooms.[24]To his classmates and even to his teachers, he was thought of as the dumbest kid in the class, according to his own not-so-fond memories.

He had a terrible temper, and once threatened to kill another child.Dr.Carsen was headed down a path of self-destruction until a critical moment in his youth.His mother, convinced that she had to do something dramatic to prevent him from leading a life of failure, laid down some rules.He could not watch television except for two programs a week, could not play with his friends after school until he finished his homework, [25]and had to read two books a week and write book reports about them.His mother's strategy worked.“Of course, I didn't know she couldn't read.So there I was submitting these reports.”he said.“She would put check marks on them like she had been reading them.As I began to read about scientists, economists and philosophers, I started imaging myself in their shoes.”As he got into the habit of hard work, his grades began to soar.Ultimately he received a scholarship to attend the Yale University, and later he was admitted to the University of Michigan Medical School.

He is now a leading surgeon at Johns Hopkins Medical School and he's also the author of three books.

23.What do we learn about Ben Carsen?

24.What did Ben Carsen's classmates and teachers think of him when he was first at school?

25.What did Ben Carsen's mother tell him to do when he was a school boy?

23.C

【解题思路】四项都是以he为主语的句子；四项都是描述性的，涉及主要人物的信息。

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】本文开头提到，本·卡森医生出生在底特律的一个贫穷的单亲家庭中，因此C项为答案。A项与原文不符，因为原文中说卡森的母亲只接受过三年的教育，而不是他本人，故排除。B项与原文不符，因为原文中提到卡森曾威胁说要杀死另一个孩子，而不是他的老师，故排除。D项在原文中未提及，故排除。

24.B

【解题思路】四个选项均为形容词，反映了人的四种品性，由此可知，本题询问的应该是关于某人的性格或在别人眼中的印象等方面的内容，听录音时应注意与人物性格有关的描述，将重点放在与选项相关的内容上。

【解析】文中介绍说，在本·卡森辛酸的记忆中，他的同学甚至老师都把他当成班级里最笨的学生。dumb和stupid是同义词，都有“愚蠢的”之意，因此B选项为答案。

25.A

【解题思路】四个选项均为动词短语，涉及人物的日常活动。由此可以推测，本题询问某人在某时所从事的活动，听音时应将重点放在四项的关键信息上(book reports, diary, housework, TV programs)。

【解析】短文提到，母亲让卡森每周必须读两本书并撰写读书报告，由此可得出A项为答案。B项和C项在原文中未提及，故排除。文中说母亲规定卡森每周除了两档电视节目以外不能看其他的节目，并没有说只看教育类的电视节目，D选项为过度推断，故排除。