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1、Model Test ThreeSection 111. W: Look what a mess youve made! Ive told you several times, but you just turndeaf ear to me. Can you listen to my words for once?M: Shut up! Y oure dri ving me mad with your constant complaining.Q: What does the woman complain about the man?【听前预测】由选项中的madly, always impat

2、ient等可知,对话可能与对男士的抱怨有关。【解释】选C。对话中的女士提到you just turn a deaf ear to me, C是对女士的话的同义转述,故答案为C。turn a deaf ear to sb.意为对某人说的话充耳不闻,drive sb. mad意为把某个逼疯。A和B是针对a deaf ear 和mad 设的干扰项。12. W: Bill, will you tell me Marys phone number?M: Well, its just at the tip of my tongue, but I have to look it up in my noteb

3、ook.Q: What does the man mean?【听前预测】由He cant, He doesnt know可知,男士的话为听音重点。【解释】由B。男士的话its just at the tip of my tongue为听音重点,B是对男士的话的同义转述,故答案为B。sth. is at the tip of ones tongue意为话到嘴边,某人记得某事但一时没想起来。Look up 意为查找。13. M: My father wants me to see a new kid a guy named Tom. How about goingwith me?W: Okay.

4、I might as well go. Nothing better to do.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?【听前预测】由选项中的should, will, might, going to 等可知,本题考查将来的动作。【解释】选D。对话中男士提到to see a new kid, 女士回答I might as well go.Nothing better to do(我也去,反正没其他事好做。D是对两人所说的话的概括,故为答案。How about后接名词或动名词,意为怎么样?,表示建议。14. W: Have Michael and

5、Joan Smith had a baby yet? Theyve been married for twoyears now.M: Michael indicated to me that theyd postpone having children until he gets his law degree.Q: How do the Smiths feel about children?【听前预测】由选项中的They, dont want, wishes to have等可知,对话可能与They 是否要孩子有关。【解释】选B。对话中男士提到postpone having children

6、until(推迟要孩子,直到,B中的notfor the time being对应postponeuntil,wantchildren对应having children,故答案为B。15. W: Mr.David, you are such a nice young man and you have been taking good careof me ever since I first arrived here. I shall always feel grateful to you for everything youve done for me.M: Its very kind of

7、you to say so, but really I dont think I had done nearly enough.Q: What does the man mean?【听前预测】根据意思相反的两个选中有一个很可能是答案的命题规律,答案范围锁定在C和D之间。由选项中的He has done和he could等可知,男士的话为听意重点。【解释】选D。男士的转折表述but really I dont think I had done nearly enough. (但我觉得自已做的真的不够为听音重点。D是对男士所说的话的同义转述,故答案为D。16. M: Ive been workin

8、g out at the gym since February soId been waiting to getin better shape.W: Y ou look terrific! Seems like all your hard work has paid off.Q: What does the woman mean?【听前预测】选项中反复出现的The man以及working, hard, work等表明,对话可能与男士的行为(努力程度有关。【解释】选C。对话中男士说Ive been working out to get in better shape (我一直在锻炼让体型变得更

9、好,女士回答Seems like all your hard work has paid off (看上去你的辛苦努力得到了回报表明,男士经过努力锻炼体型已经改善了,故答案为C。Work out在此指健身、锻炼。pay off 在此意为成功。17. M: Why did Margaret call yesterday?W: She wanted to pick up some magazines she lent me.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?【听前预测】由选项中的magazines, return, lend, borrow, ge

10、t 等可知,对话与杂志的借和还有关。【解释】选D。对话中女士回答She (Margaret wanted to pick up some magazines she lent me ( Margaret要取回她借给我的杂志,D为该话的同义转述,故为答案。18. M: Y ou know I had leave the basketball game halfway through last night, so Inever found out who won.W: Well, dont look at me. I was just a few minutes behind you.Q: Wha

11、t does the woman mean?【听前预测】由选项中均出现the game可知,对话与比赛有关。Shes also curious表明,女士的话为听音重点。【解释】选B。女士的话I was just a few minutes behind you (我就比你晚几分钟提前离开 为听音重点,B是对女士的话的同义转述,故为答案。干扰项D中的behind(指空间是对女士说的behind(指时间在意义上的干扰。Now you will hear the two long conversations.Conversation One【听前预测】预览四道题的选项,由purchases, sho

12、pping, time 等可推知,对话很可能与购物时间有关。W: I just read a curious fact. Did you know that people who spend less than ten minutes in a drugstore are five times more likely to make a purchase than those who spend half an hour there?M: I saw that article, too. But I think, I think, if someone runs into a drugstor

13、e for ten minutes, its usually to make a specific purchase.W: And someone who spends more time there may just be looking.M: Exactly. Havent you ever gone into a store thinking that youd like to buy something, and then talk yourself out of it?W: Y es, I have, especially when I thought I would get it

14、for less elsewhere, or I really didnt need it after all.M: Exactly. But if you run into the store, wanting to buy something specific and have very little time, you pick it up, pay for it immediately and then leave.W: Thats true. Maybe we should learn a lesson from that. Take your time and youll spen

15、d less money.M: I doubt if that would be true in all stores, though. In a department store, for instance, you may see a sweater or something you never intended to buy, and buy it because you have time to look around.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What is the

16、 main topic of the conversation?【解释】选A。选项概括性强,故本题可能考查对话话题。对话由一篇文章(that article所说的人们在药店买药所用的时间说起,进而引发双方对购物时间的讨论,故答案为A。【点睛】对话话题类题目概括性很强,对话开头部分往往为其答案出处。20. What started the conversation?【解释】选B。通过上题的分析,对话时由女士所读的一篇文章引起的,提及了人们在药店买药所用的时间,男士的话I saw that article, too.为本体答案出处。21. What fact has the man and the

17、 woman learned about the drugstore?【解释】选C。选项中的people enjoy/spend, buy something in it, in drugstore 等表明,本题考查人们在it购物时的特点,且it可能指代the drugstore.对话双方经讨论得出结论:去药店买药时若购物时间充足,你就会想或许在别的店可以买到更便宜的东西等;相反,若时间紧急,你就会冲进店里,毫不犹豫就付款拿货,由此可知答案为C。22. What does the man say about people who shop quickly?【解释】选A。They know, s

18、hop, buy, purchase等表明,本题考查They的购物情况。对话中男士说waiting to buy some thing specificpick it up, pay for it immediately and then leave, 由此可知答案为A。【点睛】选项中的They指代的是people who shop quickly.Conversation Two【听前预测】预览三道题各选项,由student, teacher, assistant, a job application等可知,对话双方是老师和学生,计论的是有关工作的话题。W: Hello, Professor

19、 Daniel, my name is Anna Adams. I read in the university newspaper that you were looking for a student to work as a language laboratory assistant?M: Y es, we are. Are you interested in the job?W: I think so, but before I apply, Id like you to tell me more about th e work.M: Have you worked with tape

20、 recorders before?W: I used cassettes a lot when I was studying French in High school.M: Good. There are many different kinds of language labs. Ours is a small one, and its fairly easy to operate. This is the main con trol panel. Y ou can set the controls to a lot of students to listen to the lesson

21、s they want to hear. If you decide to take the job, Ill explain how the system operates. Most of the lessons are on cassette tapes of records. The cassettes are kept in order on these shelves, and they are clearly numbered with the language and the lesson number. For example, the cassettes in the gr

22、een boxes are French lessons. Records and tapes are over there. W: How many hours would I work?M: We need someone ten hours a week, Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.This is one of the busiest times for this laboratory.W: Ill fill out an application for this job right now. It would fit into

23、 my schedule nicely.M: Fine, Ill get back to you in a week or so after we review the applications.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23.What is the woman?【解释】选C. 选项表明,本题考察人物身份。由女士问男士you werelookingfor a student work ?以及I apply可推知女士是一名学生,故答案为 C.24. What is the mans o

24、pinion of the language laboratory?【解释】选D。选项中的tapes, laboratories, operated等表明,该题可能与语音的情况有关。A、B、D都涉及到了具体的工作,C只讲到了与其他实验室的不同,与主题无关,故可初步排除。由男士所说,他认为操作语音室很简单,故答案为D【点睛】DIt can be operated rather easily是对its fairly easy to operate的同义转述。25. What will the woman do right now?【解释】选B。选项均以原形动词开头表明,该题考查行为动作。B正是对女

25、士所说的fill out an application for this job的同义转述,故答案为B。【点睛】A与女士说的It would fit into my schedule nicely相矛盾。Section BPassage One【听前预测】选项中的readings, poor reading等表明短文很可能与阅读能力有关。Some people have the feeling that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability. They feel hopeless about it. Can you learn

26、 to read better, or must you agree that nothing can be done about it?To be sure, people are different. Y ou cannot expect to do everything as well as certain other people do. If all the students in a class tried out for basketball, some would be very good players; others would be very poor; and many

27、 would be in between. But even the very poor players can become much better players if they are guided in the right way, and with plenty of practice . It is the same with reading. Some seem to enjoy reading and to read well without any special help. Others find reading a slow and tiring job. In betw

28、een, there are all degrees of reading ability.Many experiments have shown that just about every poor reader can improve his reading ability. In these experiments, the poor readers were given tests of reading ability. After some of the causes of their poor reading were discovered, they ere given spec

29、ial instruction and practice in reading. After a few months, another test of the same kind was given. In nearly all cases, these people had raised their reading scores. Questions26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. What does the author show with the example of basketball players

30、?【解释】选B。短文开头就引出话题:阅读能力问题。接着指出人是不同的,然后用打篮球来类比阅读能力,指出不同人阅读能力是不同的,故答案为B【点睛】B中的there are di fferences in peoples ability是对短文中的people are different的同义转述。举例类比处也能常为考点。27. What should people do to improve their reading ability? 【解释】选D 选项均以原动词开头表明，本题考查行为动作。短文中用篮球来作类 。 比，其中提到一些篮球技巧就会有所提高，同样，阅能力差的人也是如此，故答案为 D

31、。 28. What do the experiments mentioned in the passage show? 【解释】选B 短文最后提到一项实验，实验表明，每个阅读技巧差的人都能够提高 。 阅读能力，故答案为B 。 【点睛】 B是对短文中 just about every poor reader can improve his reading ability 的同类转 述。 Passage Two 【听前预测】预览四道题的选项，由 Coca Cola, artist taste, paintings, by Rockwell 等可知，短文与 Cara Cola 公司及 Rockwe

32、ll 为其画的油画有关。 Coca Cola Co., often viewed as a symbol of modern American culture, said on Thursday that it had acquired a lost 1931 painting commissioned by the famous U.S. artist Norman Rockwell. “The Barefoot Boy” was one of six Rock well oil paintings commissioned by the soft drink giant between 1

33、928 and 1935. Copies of the painting appeared on nearly 2 million Coca Cola calendars, on posters and in window displays. The painting, which shows a grinning boy in straw hat and suspenders holding a bottle of Coke and a sandwich, disappeared from public view shortly after it was produced. It was r

34、ecently discovered in the hands of a retired Virginia executive. Coca Cola, the worlds No.1 soft drink company, did not disclose how much it paid for the work, but did say its value was in line with other Rockwell pieces. “The Barefoot Boy”, however, is believed to be worth a little bit more than $

35、345.000 recently paid for “The Dugout”, a 1948 Rockwell oil painting. “This is an exciting and important link to our heritage by the great artist. Norman Rockwell and is reminding of the Cocas deep connection over more than a century with the people who enjoy our products,” said Coca Cola Chairman a

36、nd Chief Executive Officer Douglas Daft. Rockwell, once criticized by art critics as an over-com-mercial lightweight, gained widespread fame in the 1930s and 1940s for works that often focused on the slow ebb and flow of life in rural America. He died in 1978 at the age of 84. Coca Cola said it was

37、possible. “The Barefoot Boy” would be displayed at its World of Coke Museum in Atlanta. The company has previously acquired two of the six Rockwell originals it commissioned. It said it was still searching for the three missing Rockwell originals. Questions29 to 32 are based on the passage you have

38、just heard. 29. According to the passage, how many oil paintings did Rockwell paint for Coca Cola? 【解释】选C 。根据短文中提到的 “The Barefoot Boy” was one of six Rockwell oil paintings commissioned可知， Rockwell 曾为可口可乐公司画了六幅油画， 故答案为C 。 【点睛】问题中的 Rockwell paint 是听音的关键。 30. Why did Coca Cola have those paintings pai

39、nted at that time? 【解释】选B 。选项均以 To+原形动词开头表明，本题可能与做某事的目的有 关。由短文中提到的 Copies of the painting appeared on nearly 2 million Coca Cola calendars, on posters and in window displays 可知， 那时这些油画被用来做 广告，故答案为B 。 【点睛】calendars 意为“台历”， posters 意为“海报”。 31. Which of the following statements about Rockwells work is

40、true? 【解释】选A 。根据短文中提到的 Rockwell, once criticized by art critics as an over-commercial light-weight 可知，Rockwell 的早期油画主要是商业性质的， 故答案为A 。 【点睛】选项信息比较分散，故听音时注意对关键信息做笔记。 32. Why is Coca Cola trying to find the paintings? 【解释】 D 由短文中提到的 This is an exciting and important linkover more 选 。 than a century with

41、 the people who enjoy our products 可知，可口可乐公司试图 找到这些油画的真品，是因为这些油画反映了可口可乐公司与其顾客长久的 关系，故答案为D Passage Three 【听前预测】选项中的 He, the author, motorcycle, cars 等表明，短文是发生在 He 和作者之间的故事，故事涉及到摩托车和汽车等。 My father and I were very close. I loved pleasing him, and he was always proud of my success. If I won a spelling c

42、ontest at school, he was on top of the world. Later in life whenever I got a promotion, Id call my father right away and hed rush out to tell all his friends. In 1970, when I was named President of us was more excited. Like many native Italians, my parents were very open. With their feelings and the

43、ir lovenot only at home, but also in public. Most of my friends would never hug their fathers. But I hugged and kissed my dad at every opportunitynothing could have felt more natural. He was a curious man who was always trying new things. He was the first person in Allentown to buy motorcycle. Unfor

44、tunately, my father and his motorcycle didnt get along too well. He fell off it so often that he got rid of it just a month after buying it. As a result, he never again trusted any vehicle with less than four wheels. Because of that motorcycle, I wasnt allowed to have a bicycle when I was growing up

45、. Whenever I wanted to ride a bike, I had to borrow one from a friend. On the other hand, my father let me drive a car as soon as I turned sixteen. Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. What would the authors father do when he won a contest at school? 【解释】选C 。选项中的 surprised, excited, happy 等表明本题考查 He 的心理 状况。短文开头提到，If I won a spelling contest at school, he was on top of the world,即作者在学校竞赛中得奖时，父亲是最高兴的，故答案为C 。 【点睛】 C的 extremely happy 是对短文中的 on top of the