a taxi ride in Cape Town last November,just over two weeks after their wedding. 3.What can we learn about Shrien Dewani according to the court ruling? 【A】【详解】新闻开头提到，Shrien Dewani向高级法院提出申诉，希望在适合出庭受审时才被遣返回英国，但他的申诉失败。法庭裁决，若最终可以证明Shrien Dewani不适合受审，只要南非政府摆正将他遣返回英国，Shrien Dewani可以被遣返。由此可知，A“尽管他不合适出庭受审也得被遣返”为答案，同时排除C。一旦证明合适就在南非出庭受审\。法庭裁决没有提及治疗的问题，故排除B和D. What was Dewani accused of?
【D】【详解】新闻的开头和结尾都提到Dewani的罪行雇用罪犯杀害妻子，D。让人杀害自己的妻子°为答案。Dewani计划在南非度蜜月时雇凶杀害妻子，A错在in the U.K.Dewani的妻子是在搭乘的士时被杀的，新闻中没有谈及的士事故，B·涉嫌与一起的士事故有关。没有依据。Dewani主要是被控杀人，故排除C。雇用一帮罪犯\。 Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.
Dozens of children at a Utah elementary school had their lunch trays taken away from them before they could take a bite this week Salt lake City School District officials said the trays were taken way at Utah Elementary School Tuesday because some students had negative balances in their accounts used to pay for lunches.But they admit the situation should have been handled differently.Instead of regular lunches,the students were given fruit and milk.“We don’t ever let kids go without any food entirely,”said Salt Lake City School District spokesman Jason Olsen.One mother said,she was“blindsided”when her daughter described what a school district official told her:“You don’t have any money in your account,so you can’t get lunch.”“There were a lot of tears,”she said,“and it was pretty upsetting for them.”The district said it started notifying parents about negative account balances Monday.But the mother said she and other parents were never told about the problem.
5.Why were some children offered only fruit and milk for lunch?
【C】【详解】新闻提到，犹他州的许多小学生被收走了午餐盘，原因是他们用于支付午餐的账户余额不足(had negative balance)；学校没有给这部分孩子提供惯常的午餐，而是给他们发了水果和牛奶。由此可知，C。父母未支付午餐费用'为答案。A\学校停止提供午餐\与新闻不符。B·们的家长更喜欢水果和牛奶当午餐。和D。他们选择要不一样的东西'都属于无中生有。
6.How did parents react to the school’s way of handling the situation? 【B】【详解】新闻提到，当听到女儿描述学区要员对她说”你的账户里没有钱了，所以不能得到午餐”时，妈妈遭受了意外的打击(blindsided)。由此可知，由此可知，B为答案，其中surprised对应录音中的blindsided.A“满意的“。与家长到的反应截然相反。新闻没有提及家长们很愤怒，排除C.新闻中提到的a lot of tears和pretty upsetting都是孩子的反应，排除D。
7.When were the parents informed of negative balances according to the district? 【C】【详解】新闻提到，学区要员称周一已通知家长账户余额不足，C为正确答案。A“本周”在新闻开头提到，是说本周许多犹他州的小学生被收走了午餐盘。B。故排除。周二'是盐湖城学校的学区要员说明学生被收走餐盘二事的时间，故排除。 Section B
Conversation One Conversation One
M:Hi,Diana.I'm surprised to see you on the city bus.Your car in the shop?
W:No.I've just been thinking a lot about the environment lately.So I decided the air will be a lot cleaner if we all use public transport when we could.
M:I'm sure you are right.The diesel bus isn't exactly pollution free.
W:True.They'll be running a lot cleaner soon.We were just talking about that in my environmental engineering class.
M:What could the city do?Install pollution filters in all their buses?
W:They could,but those filters make the engines work harder and really cut down on the fuel efficiency.Instead,they found a way to make their engines more efficient. M:How?
W:Well,there is a new insulator.And you spray a thick coat of it on the engine. M:An insulator?
W:Yeah.What it does is reflect back the heat of burning fuel.So the fuel will burn much hotter and burn up more completely.
M:So a lot less unburned fuel comes out to pollute the air.
W:And the bus will need less fuel.So with the saving on fuel cost,they say this will all pay for itself in just six months.
8.Why does Diana take a bus that day?
【A】【详解】男士问Diana为什么乘坐公共汽车，是不是她的汽车在维修。女士回答说不是，她乘坐的公交车是因为最近她在考虑环境问题。大家都是用公共交通的话，空气会更干净一些。课件她关注环境，故A正确。B未提及。C和D内容与对话无关。 9.What is true about Diana? 【C】【详解】女士说到：“在环境工程课上我们刚刚谈到过这一点。”可见她修了一门环境工程课，故C正确。四个选项都以Diana为主语，本题定然问她的情况。要根据选项关键词听对话，把涉及关键词的信息与选项对照，判断选项正误。
10.What justifies the installation of a new insulator in the buses according to Diana?
【A】【详解】对于安装新的绝热器，女士说。它的作用在于它可以把燃料燃烧的热量反射回来，这样燃料燃烧时的温度就会更高，燃烧也就更彻底。。可见绝热器可以提高燃烧率，A正确。鉴于我们并不知道it指什么，听录音时，必须对有关事物予以重视。对话中，男士重复反问了一个词。”An insulator?”。表明它是对话中讨论的一个重点，问题it可能与它有关。紧接着女士的回答又用了。”What it does is...”的强调结构，并用。So..，。说明结果相关内容及构成本题的答案。
11.What is the major concern of the woman?
【D】【详解】对话中女士有车不开，宁愿挤公交，上环境工程课；对节能环保绝热器感兴趣，均表明她关注环境有浓厚的环保意识。故选D。实际上本题是问对话主题，选项D概括性最强，为答案。其余的均是细节或与对话无关。 Conversation Two
M:Hi.I have a reservation for tonight.My name is Charles Nelson. W:Okay.Mr.Nelson.That's a room for five under your name. M:No.No.Hold on.There must be some mistake.
W:Okay.Let's check this again.Okay,Mr.Charles C.Nelson for tonight...
M:Ah.There's the problem.My name is Charles Nelson,not Charles C.Nelson.You must have two guests under the name.
W:Okay.Let me check this again.Oh.Okay.Here we are.Charles Nelson.A room for one for the 19th...
M:Wait,wait!It was for tonight.Not tomorrow night.
W:Hum.Hum.I don't think we have any rooms for tonight.There's a convention going on in town,and uh,let's see.Yeah,no rooms.Well.We do have some rooms under renovation with just a roll-away bed.None of the normal stuff like a TV or working shower or toilet. M:Ah madam.Come on.There must be something else.
W:Well.Let me check my computer here.Ah!There has been a cancellation for this evening.A honeymoon suite is now available. M:Great.I'll take it.
W:But I'll have to charge you two hundred fifty dollars for the night. M:Ah.Madam.I should get a discount for the inconvenience.
W:Well.The best I can give you is a ten percent discount plus a ticket for a free continental breakfast.
12.What was the first problem with the man's reservation?
【A】【详解】曼上上在入住酒店时，遇到了一系列难题首先，他自报家门时，服务员把他和另一个同名同姓的人搞混淆了其次，他原订的这一天的房间没有了，第2天才有房间；第三，其他房间也都已订满，只有正在装修中的临时房。本题问他遇到的第1个问题，故选A.本对话前面开头部分一直在说人名。听到有关name,mistake,problem,have two guests under the name即可确定答案。
13.Why was it hard to get a room that day? 【C】【详解】女士在解释房子紧张的原因时说，。我想我们今晚是没房子了。城里正在开一个会........conference convention之义，故C正确。A.C旬型一致，区别在conference和marathon(马拉松长跑)上；B。几乎所有酒店都在翻修。显然不合常理D中的时间在对话中未提及。
14.What do we know about the rooms under renovation in the hotel?
【C】【详解】女士在说到客房全部订满时，提到酒店倒是有一些在装修的客房，里面只有一张折叠床，没有电视或可使用的洗手间这样的正常配套，可见选C,同时可排除B和D.预读选项时，根据A和B可知them和They指的是rooms，听音时要留意某种客房的相关信息。 15.What did the man get finally? 【B】【详解】女士查到有人取消订房，是一个蜜月套房，每晚需250美元。男士表示要住这个套房，但要求打折。女士说\我最多给你打9折，另外再免费送一张欧洲大陆式早餐用餐券。。可见男士最后得到的是以225美元住一晚蜜月套房，并获得免费西式早餐。故B正确。 Section C Passage One
Television now plays such an important part in so many people's lives that it is essential for us to try to decide whether it is a blessing or a curse.Obviously television has both advantages and disadvantages.But do the former outweigh the latter?In the first place,television is not only a convenient source of entertainment,but also a comparatively cheap one.They just sit comfortably at home and enjoy endless series of programs rather than to go out in search of amusement elsewhere.Some people,however,maintain that this is precisely where the danger lies.The television viewer needs to do nothing.He is completely passive and has everything presented to him without any effort on his part.Secondly,television keeps one informed about current events,allows one to follow the latest developments in science and politics.Yet here again there is a danger.The television screen itself has a terrible,almost physical fascination for us.We get so
used to looking at its movements,so dependent on its pictures that it begins to dominate our lives.There are many other arguments for and against television.The poor quality of its program is often criticized.But it is undoubtedly a great comfort to many lonely elderly people.And does it corrupt or instruct our children?I think we must realize that television in itself is neither good nor bad.It is the uses to which it is put that determine its value to society. 16.What is NOT mentioned as the disadvantages of TV? 【A】【详解】本文分析电视的利弊，它带来益处的同时也有潜在的弊端。文章分别提到，观看电视是被动接受的行为即B)，它使人产生依赖性(即C)，有些电视节目质量太差(即D)。未提到的弊端是A,故选A.此外，A。看电视会导致牛珲疾病。的说法闻所未闻。这是对原文中almost physical fascination“几乎有生理上的迷恋”。的曲解，换言之，有些选项可据常识加以判断。
17.What is the speaker's opinion of television?
【D】【详解】短文结尾处，作者在给出了正反观点后，给出了中允的观点\我想我们必须认识到，电视本身无月刊胃好坏。'即D正确。C太绝对，可以排除；A.B针锋相对，D则不偏不倚。根据短文中作者的口吻，他是持中立态度的，应选D.本题可以。听到什么选什么。 18.What determines the value of television to society?
【C】【详解】文章最后说电视本身无所谓好坏，人们使用它的方式决定了它对社会的价值。C与此同义。A(电视机的价格).D(观看电视的人数)与全文中心无关，可以排除；B在文中有所提及，是某个细节，属于答非所问。 Passage Two
Beethoven probably began to go deaf in 1797,but he tried to keep it a secret,while consulting doctors and trying various remedies,such as the application of almond oil.He was extremely anxious about its possible effect on his career as a musician,and embarrassed by its effect on his social life.In the summer of 1801 he wrote to two friends expressing the anxietythat his best years would pass\my being able to achieve all that my talent and my strength have commanded me to do\my art.For indeed it seemed to me impossible to leave this world before I had produced all the works that I felt the urge to compose\development of his art:isolated from the world,and unable to perform,he could devote all his time to composing.In 1804 his friend Stephan von Breuning,with whom he briefly shared lodgings,wrote to Franz Wegler about the terrible effect his gradual loss of hearing was having on Beethoven:it had caused him to distrust his friends,and he was becoming very difficult to be with.But above all else,Beethoven was dedicated to his art and the urge to compose remained with him throughout his life.It may be that he shielded away from the commitment of marriage because he knew it would interfere with his art. 19.Why did Beethoven try to conceal his going deaf? 【D】【详解】短文开头就说贝多芬不愿透露自己耳聋的消息，并紧接着说明了原因“他极为担心这个消息对他作为一位音乐家的事业可能带来的影响，他也不知道该如何处理该消息对他的社交生活产生的影响。”D(他对它的负面影响极为担心)全面概括了相关内容，故正确。 20.What was the result from Beethoven's gradual loss of hearing in 1804? 【C】【详解】短文中提到。1804年，贝多芬的朋友在信中说“失去听力使他(贝多芬)不相信朋友，他变得非常难以相处”故C正确。由选项中共同的时间可知，本题问1804年发生在。”他”身上的事情。听到”1804”即当留意选项中对应的关键词。C为原词再现。 21.What do we know about Beethoven in this passage?
【B】【详解】短文最后说。情况可能是这样因为他知道结婚会影响他的艺术创作，所以他逃避了婚姻的承诺。信之意是，贝多芬一辈子未婚，故B正确。四个选项主语都是He，但具体内容互不相干，须听记所有相关信息并做出相应标记。 Passage Three
Over the years,new technologies have changed farming.Change in a general direction is a trend.Yet people often recognize trends only when they consider the past.Today,we look back at some trends in American agriculture.In 1920,America had more than 25 million horses and mules.Most were used for farm work.Around the same time,a competitor began to appear in large numbers.Tractors could turn soil,pull loads and speed harvests—and they could do it better.More tractors meant fewer horses and mules.By the 1960s,the numbers of these work animals settled to where they remain today.That is about one-tenth the levels in 1920.Yet even the demand for tractors had its limits.Their numbers have been slowly decreasing since 1982.Experts say farmers can do more with less now because of new technologies.As tractors replaced horses and mules,farmers no longer needed to raise crops to feed work animals.Oats have long been food for horses and mules.In 1954,American farmers planted over sixteen million hectares of oats.By 2000,that was down to less than one million hectares.So what did the farmers do with the extra land?More and more farmers began to plant a new crop around the same time that the tractor became popular.It was the soybean.The soybean is one of the oldest plants harvested.Yet it was not planted widely in the United States until the 1920s.By the year 2000,close to 30 million hectares were planted with soybeans.It is the nation's most important crop for high-protein animal feed and for vegetable oil.In fact,soybeans are the second most valuable crop grown by American farmers after corn.Much of the soybean production goes to exports.
22.In which year did tractors begin to appear in large numbers?
【A】【详解】短文中提到，1920年，美国用于农业生产的马、骡数量有2500多万，。同时一个竞争者开始大量出现。拖拉机.............意即1920年拖拉机开始大量涌现，故A正确。 23.How many horses and mules did America have in the 1960s?
【D】【详解】短文说，1920年，美国用于农业生产的马、骡数量总共有2500多万，此后一路减少，到20世纪60年代，数目趋于稳定，迄今没有变化。目前约有1920年的1/10。由此可计算出，20世纪60年代美国用于农业生产的马、骡牲口共250多万，故D正确。 24.What is America's most important crop for high-protein animal feed and for vegetable oil? 【B】【详解】短文提到，到2000年，近3000万公顷土地种了大豆。。它是全国最重要的高蛋白动物饲料和植物油农作物。朴故B正确。昕短文答题时，要特别留意\语义强调之处。。本题。the nation's most important crop。显然符合此语义特征。 25.What is the most valuable crop grown by American farmers?
【A】【详解】短文结尾处提到，姓事实上，大豆是继玉米之后美国农民种植的第二大最有价值的农作物。。可见最有价值的农作物是玉米，答案是A.答题方法与上题一样。对于文中语义强调的内容要有所辨别，最后才能按听到的问题答题。若能听记most valuable这语义要点，本题就容易了。 Model test 3 Section A
Directions:In this section,you will hear three news reports.At the end of each news report,you will hear two or three questions.Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked