Section A

　　11. W: Look at the mess! And the guests will be here soon!

　　M: Take it easy. I’ll make sure the house is spotless.

　　Q: What does the man mean?

　　【解析】選[A]。男士說他肯定會讓屋子干干凈凈的，也就是他會打掃屋子的，選項[A]符合題意。spotless意為“一塵不染的，干凈的”。選項[B]、[C]誤解了對話中的take it easy。

　　12. M: Is the next game going to be held at our stadium or theirs?

　　W: Do you really think it will make much of a difference with a losing record like ours?

　　Q: What does the woman imply?

　　【解析】選[C]。女士說對我們這樣一直保持失敗記錄的隊伍來說，比賽在什么地方舉行有很大不同嗎？言下之意是他們的隊伍終將失敗，也就無所謂在什么地方舉行比賽了，故選項[C]符合題意。

　　13. M: Mum, I got a part-time job at the supermarket. Three hours a day weekday and all day Saturday.

　　W: Congratulations！But are you sure you can handle it? What about homework?

　　Q: What’s the woman worried about?

　　【解析】選[B]。母親第一次使用疑問語氣，反映出她對兒子能否兼顧工作和學習的擔心。第二次疑問則突出反映了她對兒子學習的憂慮，故選[B]。

　　14. W: You see, there are too many people here. Let’s go to some other places.

　　M: All right. But cold weather in December cannot keep people away from the busy shops.

　　Q: What does the man mean?

　　【解析】選[B]。女士說這里人太多了，到其他地方去看看吧。男士說，沒問題，但是12月的冷天也不能阻擋人們來這些熱鬧的商店，言下之意是盡管12月的天氣很冷，逛商店的人仍然會多，故選項[B]符合題意。

　　15. W: Your exam is over, isn’t it? Why aren’t you cheerful?

　　M: Oh, I don’t know. It isn’t that the questions were too hard, but I always feel uneasy when the exam doesn’t seem to have much to do with the book.

　　Q: What was the man’s opinion of the exam?

　　【解析】選[B]。在but后男士提到試卷與書的聯系不大時，他就總覺得不安。選項[B] 是對此的同義轉述。對話提到...it isn’t that the questions were too hard, 意思是這些問題其實并不難。由此可以排除選項[A]、[D]。[C]項中time(考試時間)在對話中沒有提及。

16. W: What do you think of the movie?

　　M: It was worth neither the time nor the money.

　　Q: What does the man mean?

　　【解析】選[B]。“neither...nor...”結構是對兩個內容的否定，也就是說時間和錢花得都不值，言外之意就是這部電影根本不值得一看。

　　17. M: Good afternoon. I’m Mr. Jackson. I answered your ad for an experienced advertising executive. 　

　　W: Oh, yes, Mr. Jackson. Won’t you have a seat? The manager will see you shortly. 　

　　Q: What do we learn about Mr. Jackson?

　　【解析】選[D]。男士來應聘廣告上說的有經驗的廣告主管職位。女士說經理馬上就會見他。關鍵詞是experienced(有經驗的)、see you(會見)，另外前面的ad指報紙上的招聘廣告，后面的advertising executive指的是廣告主管職位，選項[D] 符合題意。

　　18. M: Excuse me, would you please tell me when the next flight to Los Angeles is?

　　W: Sure. The next direct flight to Los Angeles is two hours from now, but if you do not mind transferring at San Francisco you can board now.

　　Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

　　【解析】選[D]。the next flight、direct flight(直達航班)、transferring(轉機，換乘)構成了“在機場咨詢航班情況”的特定場景。由女士所說的if you do not mind transferring at san Francisco you can board now可知答案為[D]。

　　Conversation One

　　W: Can I help you?

　　M: Yes, I’m looking for a book on the presidential election system in the United States.

　　W: Well, all of our textbooks are arranged by subject and course number in the back of the store. Is this a required text for one of the University’s political science courses?

　　M: No, it isn’t. I’ve already looked through all the political science books in the back, but the ones I saw only had a few pages, at most, on the topic.

　　W: How about the paperback section? There may be something there.

　　M: Okay.

W: Or better yet, you should try looking in Books in Print.

　　M: I’ve never heard of that. What is it?

　　W: It’s an index that lists all of the books currently available from publishers. If you have a specific book in mind, you can look under the author’s last name.

　　M: But I don’t.

　　W: Then look directly under your subject, presidential elections.

　　M: What happens if I find a book I want?

　　W: Well, if it’s not in stock, we can order it for you.

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

　　19. What is the man looking for?

　　【解析】選[B]。男士說“I’m looking for a book on the presidential election system...”，后來說到“I’ve already looked through all the political science books”，由此可以推斷，a book on the presidential election system屬于the political science books。因此，他要尋找的是[B] A political science book。

　　20. Where does the woman first direct the man to?

　　【解析】選[C]。當男士說需要一本關于總統選舉體制的書時，女士以為他說的是textbook，于是馬上說“all of our textbooks are ...in the back of the store”。因此，選項[C]符合題干要求。

　　21. What kinds of books are listed in Books in Print?

　　【解析】選[C]。女士說“you should try looking in Books in Print”，在男士不知道什么是Books in Print的情況下，女士解釋說，Books in Print是“an index that lists all of the books currently available from publishers”，選項[C]符合題干要求。注意，in print是指“(books)currently available from publishers，正在出售的”；out of print是它的反義詞組，表示“已售完”，也很常用。

Conversation Two

　　W: Didn’t you write a paper about Albert Kahn last semester?

　　M: Yes, for my history of architecture class.

　　W: Oh, I am taking it now and I have to do some research on industrial architecture. I need to read up on Kahn’s factories. So I would like to see what you wrote about them.

　　M: I don’t think my paper will help; I focus on his classical design like Clements library and office buildings, but you are interested in the modern building he is famous for.

　　W: Yes he is best known for his factory, especially the auto plants in Detroit. He made a breakthrough in industrial design. You know before his time, factories were so cramped and inefficient but his factory provide enough light and air and open space. So the cars could be assembled in one huge plant.

　　M: I remember reading that previously, factories had wooden frame and the heavy machinery made the buildings vibrate and there were firehazards too. But when Kahn started to design auto plants around the turn of the century, reinforced concrete had just been invented. Talk about the breakthrough, not only were the buildings sturdy and fireproof but they were cheap to put up too!

　　W: You seem to know a lot of about his industrial career.

　　M: Actually even though I wrote about his other works, I did a lot of background reading. Let me see if I can dig up that paper for you. There were some books of articles included in my bibliography that you might want to look up at the library.

　　Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

　　22. Why are the students discussing Albert Kahn?

　　【解析】選[D]。由女士所說的...I have to do some research...I need to read up on kahn’s factories可以推知，女士在研究卡恩的作品，整個對話就此展開。

　　23. In which is Albert Kahn best known for?

　　【解析】選[B]。聽音時注意和Kahn 相關的信息：the modern building he is famous for以及best known for his factory。問題問Kahn因為什么最有名，[B]為該細節的同義轉述。

　　24. To what industry did Albert Kahn make a major contribution?

　　【解析】選[D]。聽音時注意提到的行業。根據especially the auto plants“汽車車間”及So the cars could be assembled in one huge plant。可推出答案為[D]“運輸行業”。

　　25. According to the talk, what was one problem with factories before Kahn’s time?

　　【解析】選[A]。聽音時注意和建筑缺點相關的信息，對話中男士提到there were firehazards too。問題問卡恩時代之前的汽車工廠存在的問題，[A]為細節再現。