【答案及解析】

　　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?來源：www.examda.com

　　【解析】選[A]。男士說他肯定會(huì)讓屋子干干凈凈的，也就是他會(huì)打掃屋子的，選項(xiàng)[A]符合題意。spotless意為“一塵不染的，干凈的”。選項(xiàng)[B]、[C]誤解了對(duì)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(duì)我們這樣一直保持失敗記錄的隊(duì)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(duì)伍終將失敗，也就無所謂在什么地方舉行比賽了，故選項(xiàng)[C]符合題意。

　　13. M: Mum, I got a part-time job at the supemp3arket. 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(duì)兒子能否兼顧工作和學(xué)習(xí)的擔(dān)心。第二次疑問則突出反映了她對(duì)兒子學(xué)習(xí)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(huì)多，故選項(xiàng)[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(lián)系不大時(shí)，他就總覺得不安。選項(xiàng)[B] 是對(duì)此的同義轉(zhuǎn)述。對(duì)話提到...it isn’t that the questions were too hard, 意思是這些問題其實(shí)并不難。由此可以排除選項(xiàng)[A]、[D]。[C]項(xiàng)中time(考試時(shí)間)在對(duì)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(jié)構(gòu)是對(duì)兩個(gè)內(nèi)容的否定，也就是說時(shí)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(yīng)聘廣告上說的有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的廣告主管職位。女士說經(jīng)理馬上就會(huì)見他。關(guān)鍵詞是experienced(有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的)、see you(會(huì)見)，另外前面的ad指報(bào)紙上的招聘廣告，后面的advertising executive指的是廣告主管職位，選項(xiàng)[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(dá)航班)、transferring(轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)，換乘)構(gòu)成了“在機(jī)場(chǎng)咨詢航班情況”的特定場(chǎng)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(dāng)男士說需要一本關(guān)于總統(tǒng)選舉體制的書時(shí)，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(xiàng)[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(xiàng)[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 cmp3ped 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 fmp3e 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(gè)對(duì)話就此展開。

　　23. In which is Albert Kahn best known for?

　　【解析】選[B]。聽音時(shí)注意和Kahn 相關(guān)的信息：the modern building he is famous for以及best known for his factory。問題問Kahn因?yàn)槭裁醋钣忻琜B]為該細(xì)節(jié)的同義轉(zhuǎn)述。

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

　　【解析】選[D]。聽音時(shí)注意提到的行業(yè)。根據(jù)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(yùn)輸行業(yè)”。

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

　　【解析】選[A]。聽音時(shí)注意和建筑缺點(diǎn)相關(guān)的信息，對(duì)話中男士提到there were firehazards too。問題問卡恩時(shí)代之前的汽車工廠存在的問題，[A]為細(xì)節(jié)再現(xiàn)。

　　Section C

　　26.【解析】claim。從manufacturer’s這個(gè)所有結(jié)構(gòu)可知所填詞為名詞，而且可以和介詞for搭配。另外，live up to和所填詞構(gòu)成動(dòng)賓搭配，live up to意為　“遵守(諾言、原則等)，符合”。句中的or表示：faulty和or后面的部分是選擇性并列關(guān)系。那么，consumer買的商品可能有瑕疵或者不像manufacturer標(biāo)榜得那么好。claim作名詞時(shí)常和for搭配，for后面的it指代的是an item。

　　27.【解析】produce。空前will限定所填詞為一原形動(dòng)詞，并在句中作謂語，和results構(gòu)成動(dòng)賓搭配。主語this action是指上句中的present the guarantee at the store of purchase，在很多情況下，這種方式都比較有效。表示“產(chǎn)生好的效果”的搭配有produce / bring about / bear / give / yield (good) results。

　　28.【解析】complaint。從in general(一般而言)可知，這句話是對(duì)上一句的進(jìn)一步說明，所填詞很可能和上一句中的關(guān)鍵詞complain有關(guān)，而且作空后settled的賓語。Settle暗含“解決(棘手的或令人不愉快的事情)”。complaint是complain的名詞形式，take one’s complaint意為“抱怨”，等同于complain。

　　29.【解析】assuming。空前的句子結(jié)構(gòu)已完整，所以本空應(yīng)填一“動(dòng)詞+ing”，即現(xiàn)在分詞作伴隨狀語。

　　30.【解析】person。in person意為“親自，本人”，為固定短語。空后的轉(zhuǎn)折句but if they cannot get to the place of purchase...to phone or write the complaint in a letter起提示作用。

　　31.【解析】acceptable。空前的It is及to phone…表明本空中應(yīng)填一形容詞。考生應(yīng)注意：短文聽寫中若出現(xiàn)It is/was to do結(jié)構(gòu)時(shí)，所填詞往往為以?able結(jié)尾的形容詞。

　　32.【解析】fimp3ly。所填詞前面的but表示“盡管…還是…”，所填詞和 politely應(yīng)該詞性相同，但意義相對(duì)。短文聽寫中的副詞往往以?ly結(jié)尾。

　　33.【解析】question。in question為固定搭配，意為“正在談?wù)摰摹保揎梩he item。在文章語境中，正在談?wù)摰纳唐芬簿褪穷櫩拖蚪?jīng)理抱怨的商品。

　　34.【答案】the consumer will succeed best by presenting specific infomp3ation as to what is wrong, rather than by making general statements

　　【Main Points】the consumer will succeed by presenting specific infomp3ation，but not by making general statements

　　35.【答案】the consumer should do this, stating the complaint as politely and as fimp3ly as possible

　　【Main Points】the consumer should do this, stating the complaint politely and fimp3ly

　　36.【答案】She or he can threaten to take the seller to court or report the seller to a private or public organization responsible for protecting consumers rights

　　【Main Points】She or he can threaten to accuse the seller or report the seller to an organization responsible for protecting consumers rights