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ModelTestTwo答案解析Model Test Two试题解析Part I Listening ComprehensionSection A1. May I have your ticket, please?【解析】A。
本题考查对请求的回答。
此题询问“请把你的票给我，好吗？”，选项A的意思是“给你”表示同意的肯定回答，因此得知A为正确答案。
2. Excuse me, are you Mr. Brown from London?【解析】B。
本题考查对是非疑问句的回答。
此题询问“打扰了，请问您是伦敦来的布朗先生吗？”，此类问句的肯定回答是“Yes, I am”，否定回答是“No, I’m not”，因此得知B 为正确答案。
3. How does the new machine work?【解析】C。
本题考查对特殊疑问句的回答。
此题询问“新机器运行的怎么样？”，此类问句的回答不能用“Yes”或“No”，选项C （非常好）最符合题意，为正确答案。
4. Shall I meet you at your office Friday morning?【解析】C。
本题考查对建议的回答。
此题询问“周五上午我去你办公室和你见面，如何？”，只有选项C（没问题）可用于对该句的回答，因此为正确答案。
5. Could you ask him to call me when he’s back?【解析】D。
本题考查对他人提出请求的回答。
此题询问“他回来时您可以让他给我打个电话吗？”，选项D（当然可以，我会的）是对此类请求做出的肯定回答，因此为正确答案。
Section B6．W：Have you ever thought about your future career?M：Sure. I’d like to be an engineer．Q：What does the man want to be in the future?【解析】C。
听说教程1Test1Test2听力原文答案
Test 1Part A1.W:The sports meet will be held on Thursday,Nov.20th.M: You are right. That is the day after tomorrow.Q: What date is today?(a)2.W: The train is leaving in half an hour.M: Yes, it is a quarter to ten now.Q: When will the train leave?(c)3.W: Do you like Professor Zhang’s classes?M:I never miss her class, you know.Q: What do you learn from the conversation?(c)4.M: Well, what did you think of the party?W: I don’t know why I let you talk me into going. I felt quite our of place there.Q: What do you learn from the conversation?(b)5.M: Chen Lin has a great sense of humor, doesn’t she?W:I couldn’t agree more.Q: What can you learn from the conversation?(d)6.M: I was surprised that Laura and David have become good friends.W: I know. They didn’t use to get along well, did they?Q: What do you know about Laura and David from the conversation?(d)7.W:I need to advertise for a roommate for next semester.M: Why bother? Sandy is interested.Q: What does the man mean?(b)8. W: Do you really mean you want to quit the job?M: well, May be I’d better give it a second thought.Q: What is the man going to do?(d)Part BDirections: You’ll hear two conversations. Each will be read once. Listen carefully and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. (7 points)Conversation 1M: Good morning, Susan. How’s it going?W: Pretty good, Bill. How about you?M: Oh, I’m OK. I have to teach five classes today, so I’m really busy. How is that English class you’re teaching?W: It’s going really well. I have a great class this year. I’ve got 30 students, and most of them are putting a lot of time into their work.M: That’s great. I love to teach English. Right now I’m only teaching history, but I hope I can teach English next year.W: Well, it can be a lot of fun when the students want to learn.M: Yes, you’re right. Oh, I’ve got a class in a few minutes. I’ve got to get going. Have a good morning.W: All right, you too. Bye.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversations you’ve just heard.9.What is this conversations mainly about?(a)10. How many classes does the man teach today? (c)11. What do you know about the man? (b)12. What does the woman say about her students? (d)Conversation 2M: Hello, Lena.W: Hi, Kurt. It’s be a long time since I saw you last. Don’t you live in the dorm any more?M: No, I’ve moved out.W: Where are you living now?M: I moved to a new apartment near the school. I’m sharing a unit with 3 other people, one from Brazil, one from Japan and from China.W: Sounds interesting. How are you getting along with your roommates?W: Generally everything is working out just fine. They all share the cooking and I do the shopping since I have a car. But we’ve had a few other problems.W: Like what?M: Well, one was that we got confuse d when the first month’s phone bill came.W: What happened?M: We couldn’t remember how many calls each of us had made, so we didn’t know how much each person owed. After a lot of discussion, we ended up paying for the calls we were sure of and dividing the equally.Now we all jot down the number whenever we make a call, especially the long distance calls. Now we have no telephone problems.W: Hope it stays that way.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversations you’ve just heard.13. Where did the man live before? (b)14. Where do two of the man’s roommates come from? (c)15. What problems did the roommates have? (d)Part CDirection: Listen to the passage three and fill in the blank with the missing word.(10 points) Listening is an important language skill. We must acquire this skill for success and enjoyment throughout our lives. Just think how much time we spend every day listening. We listen to the radio, television programs, concerts, tapes and disks. We also listen to teachers, friends, our family members and other people. The better we listen, the more we will succeed in our work and study.Listening is basically the understanding of words and the relationship between sentences. Bad listeners only listen to separate words and separate sentences. The try to understand every word and every sentence. This is impossible even when we listen in our own language. A good student will constantly examine his listening habits so that he can find out his strengths and weaknesses. In this way he can improve his listening skills.Part DDirections: You are going to hear three passages. Each will be read once. Listen carefully and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.(10 points)Passage 1Mr.and Mrs. Green were going abroad for their holidays. They had a dog called Blackie which they were very fond of, but they could not take him abroad with them, so they wanted to look for a good place to leave him while they were away. First they asked their neighbour Mrs. White for help. Then they called their colleague Mr. Black. But both of them said they would not be able to take Blackie. At last they found a dog care center which looked after dogs while their owners were away. The couple took Blackie there just before they left for their holiday, and sadly said goodbye to him.At the end of their holiday, they got back to England very late at night, and as they thought the center might be closed at that late hour, they decoded to wait until the next day before going to get Blackie. So the next morning Mr. Green got into his car and drove off happily to collect him. When he reached home with the dog, he said to his wife, “Do you know, dear, I don’t think Blackie can have enjoyed his time at the center very much. He barked all the way home in the car as if he wanted to tell me something.”Mrs. Green looked at the dog carefully and then answered,”You’re quite right, dear. He was certainly trying to tell you something. But he wasn’t trying to tell you that he hadn’t enjoyed his stay. He was only trying to t ell you that you were bringing the wrong dog home. This isn’t Blackie!”Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.26.What do you know about Mr, Green? c27.Where did Mr. and Mrs. Green leave Blackie while they were on holiday? d28.When did they come back from holiday? c29.Why did the dog bark all the way home? cPassage 2Barbara, a night duty nurse in the local hospital, was driving home in stormy weather. The road was icy and she had to drive very carefully. Suddenly she noticed that the car ahead of her had lost control on a patch of ice. In a minute, the car moved wildly, rolled over and then crashed sideways into a telephone pole.It was an emergency, Barbara realized at once. She stopped her car and threw open the door. Thank goodness she was a nurse--she might be able to help. Without delay, she ran towards thecrash site. It was worse than she’d feared. Two girls of hight-school age were in the car. One, on the passenger seat, had been killed instantly. The driver, however, was still breathing. She was unconscious though. Barbara quickly applied pressure to the wound in the teenager’s head while her nurse’s eye took in the other injuries -- a broken leg, maybe two, along with probable internal bleeding. But if help came soon the girl might remain alive.Meanwhile ,a truck had pulled up and the driver was calling for help on his cell phone. Soon Barbara heard the ambulance coming.A few moments later, rescue workers arrived. “Good job,” one said as he examined the girl’s wounds. “You’ve probably saved her life.”Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.30.How were the weather and road conditions when the accident happened? d31.What did Barbara do to deal with the emergency? b32.What can we conclude from the story?dPassage 3Tow years ago I entered university. I was not excited but depressed.One reason was that the campus was not so large and so beautiful as I expected. Also I found many books in the library were out of date. Moreover, I was told that the job prospects of university graduates were not so promising.The other reason was that, although I was acquainted with a great number of new classmates, I feel uncomfortable communicating with them.Eventually I became silent. I seldom entered conversations with others. I was in low spirits. I didn’t truly know myself. At the end of the first semester I surprisingly found I did a poor job in the exams of almost all subjects. It was really a great shock to me.Then I decided to pluck up my courage and change my thinking, Now I spend several hours a day in the library to obtain new knowledge. I know that knowledge acquisition is very important to university students. I keep informed of what is going on in the world. I’ve also learned to help and care for others. I’m no w lively and self-confident. I believe that my future is bright. Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.33.How did the speaker feel when she entered university?c34.What was one of the reasons why the speaker didn’t like her university?d35.What can you learn about the speaker?cTest 2Part ADirections: You are going to hear eight short conversations between two speakers. Each will be read only once. After each conversation, a question will be asked what you are heard. Listen carefully and choose the right answer to the question you hear. (8points)1.W:We are planning a trip to Hainan Island this winter vacation. Want to join us? (C)M: I would love to, but I will be working full-time in a restaurant.Q: What will the man do during the winter holidays?2.W: How much are these notebooks? (B)M: They used to be 90centseach but now it is 1dollar and 50cents for two.Q: How much will the woman pay if she buys two notebooks?3.W: Why did not you call me last night Peter? (C)M: I did .But your line was always busy.Q: What does the man mean?4.W: Excuse me, Professor Davis, could I talk to you about my paper now? (D)M: I have a class in a few minutes. Why don not you come to my office after3tomorrow afternoon?Q: When will the woman see the professor?5.M: Can I open savings account here? (A)W: I am sorry, you will have to step over to the managers desk.Q: What does the woman imply?6.M:The supermarket down the street is selling everything half price.(D)W: Sounds like an idea time to buy some groceries.Q: What does the woman mean?7.W: Lots of people enjoy listening to pop songs. (C)M: But that is the last thing I would ever want to do.Q: What does the man mean?8.W: Some people are always after large, short-term profits. And they become victims offinancial tricks. (A)M: Well, they should know that if something seems too good to be true ,it probably is.Q: What does the man think people should know?Part BDirections: You will hear two conversations. Each will be read once. Listen carefully and choose the right answers to the question you hear. (7 points)Conversations 1M: Are you feeling OK, Jane? You look pretty tired.W: Yeah, you are right, Mike. My sister and I had a birthday party for my brother last night. I didn’t get much sleep.M: Where did you have the party?W: It was at my aunt’s house. Then right after the party, I had to start a history paper that was due first thing this morning. I was kind of nervous because the professor said he wouldn’t accept any late papers.M: I don’t know how you do it. I can’t handle a pressure situation like that.W: Well, anyway I’ve turned the paper in, and now I’m going home to bed. See you later. Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversations you’ve just heard.9.Who had a party ?(a)10.What was Jane do after the party ?(b)11.Why was Jane nervous ?(d)12.What does the man say that he is unable to do ?(b)Conversation 2W: Hi, Ed. Are you in town for another job interview?M: Yes, I’m pretty hopeful this time .I’ve just finished my second interview with thiscompany.W: That sounds great. I hope it works out for you. But wasn’t it expensive just getting here?M: No, in fact the company is paying all my expenses. They’ve put me up in a hoteldowntown.W: How nice! How many people are they interview?M: Well, they interviewed 16 the first time, and then four of us were chosen to come back for this interview.W: It sounds like you have a good chance to be selected then.M: I hope so. The manager told me he would call us on Monday.W: Well, I hope it goes well. Jo hn and I would love it if you’d come to this area to work.M: I would too. But my girlfriend doesn’t want to leave her family. She hopes I find a jobclose to home.W: Oh dear, what a decision.M: I’m trying to convince her of how good it is to live here. But anyway, I have to wait until Monday to find out whether I even have the chance.W: Good luck.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversations you’ve just heard.13.How does the man seem to feel after the interview?(d)14.How many people have been asked for a second interview?(b)15.What does the man’s girlfriend want?(d)Part cDirections: Listen to the passage three times and fill in the blanks with the missing words.(10points)Everyone knows the value of money. If you have a lot of money, you can make yourself very comfortable by having a fine house to live in, fashionable clothes to wear and delicious food to eat. With money you can do whatever you like. Money is so important and so useful that people are naturally keen on possessing it.But money can also be a source of evil. For the sake of money, some do not care about their means of getting it. They will steal, gamble, cheat and even kill to get money, profiting at the expense of their victims.It is true that money can bring people happiness. With money the basic necessities can be provided for. With money the theatre and other places of entertainment can be enjoyed. But in my opinion the truly happy are those who make money through their work and live with their income. In short, money is important and useful but in itself it has little value if it does not give people real happiness.Part DDirections: You are going to hear three passages. Each will be read once. Listen carefully and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.(10 points)Passage 1Nicholas Mac Mahon is a four-year-old child. He is studying at college because he is too intelligent for school. Nicholas has computer lessons at the West London Institute. He spoke well before he was one year old. At eighteen months he took telephone messages for his parents. At the age of two he began to learn French. The strange thing about Nicholas is that he taught himself to read before he could speak. His father said,“We knew immediately that he could read. When he could speak, he corrected my spelling.” When Nicholas went to school, his teachers just gave him pictures to color and toys to play with and didn’t have time to prepare special lessons for him. Nicholas tried two different schools, but he was bored and unhappy. Then his parents dec ided that he couldn’t stay at an ordinary school. But they had no idea what to do with him. Then the West London Institute offered to help. Nicholas spends some of his time there, and also studies at home. Now he reads newspapers every day, and he play the violin well. His father said, “Nicholas is our life. He is a clever child and we want to help him in every way.”Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.26. Which adjective can best describe Nicholas? (b)27. When did Nicholas learn to take telephone messages for his parents? (c)28. What is Nicholas studying at college? (c)29. Which of the following is true about Nicholas? (d)Passage 2Tom Johnson came to London from Scotland to start a new job as a hotel porter. He had rented a flat and was enjoying a simple but good life in London.However, it all ended suddenly when he because jobless and couldn’t pay the rent. Tom had to leave his rented home and found himself alone in a big city with no money or friends. After that, he had to beg for money in busy streets and sleep in parks. It was a sad and dangerous life indeed.Then one day his luck changed. He came across a man named Johnny Reid who opened a hotel and needed a porter. Johnny felt sorry for Tom and decided to give him a job as a porter and a room at his hotel.Tom was so excited. He said, “It’s nice to know that there are still kind people in the world. It is Johnny’s Kindness that saved me. Actually that’s a lesson for everyone. Some people think homeless people are lazy. W hy should we help them? Actually we don’t want to live on the streets, but we’re totally helpless. It’s so unpleasant especially when it’s cold and wet outside. So don’t be afraid to help someone in trouble. And please, don’t be rude or nasty to homeless people.”Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.30. What happened when Tom lost his job? (c)31. Who is Johnny Reid? (c)32. What’s tom’s advice? (d)Passage 3There’s a lot of to learn about shopping. In my opinion not everyone is a good shopper. Some people spend a lot of time and money but bring back something not worth price they paid for it. Thus quarrels occur between husband and wives. So try to be a smart shopper.Here are some tips.First of all, before you go shopping, make a list of things that you are going to buy. It saves you time and keeps you from forgetting something.Secondly, try to locate where you can buy these things and find our prices. To do this, you can buy a local newspaper and read th e “sale” section in the classified advertisements. Once you’ve found something that you want, call the store immediately and make sure that’s still there. Cheap things and things of value usually sell very quickly. So try to be the first one to reach the seller.Thirdly, compare the prices of the same product in different stores, either by telephoningor visiting them.Lastly, it’s generally cheaper to shop in chain stores and supermarkets, Shops that remain open until quite late may charge rather higher prices in return for their longer hours for service.Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you’ve just heard.33.What does the passage mainly tell us?(b)34.What does the speaker say we should do first before shopping?(d)35.Where can we buy things cheap according to the passage?(c)。
剑桥雅思9真题及解析Test2口语
When do you give gifts or presents in your country?在你们国家，人们一般何时赠送礼物？名师点题剑9口语“礼物”话题是一直循环出现的，旧题库中多出现于Part 1部分。
与birthday话题联系考查。
在近期的考题中怕向于出现在Part 2中.如"A gift you gave to a friend".对于这种话题，回答思路可来用“总分式”结构。
高分示例1 When it comes to some special festivals and special occasions, people usually give gifts, such as birthdays, weddings, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Father's Day.当一些特殊的节日来临时或在一些特殊场合.人们通常都会赠送礼物，比如生日、婚札、圣诞节、情人节、母亲节和父亲节。
高分示例2 In our country, there are many occasions to give gifts. We usually send gifts to each as a kind of sincere blessing. And there are some conventional rules for giving gills. For example, you shouldn't give a clock to somebody, because "sending a clock" has the same pronunciation as "the end of life" in Chinese.在我们国家，很多场合下都会赠送礼物。
剑桥雅思9Test2雅思听力Section2答案解析
剑桥雅思9Test2雅思听力Section2答案解析SECTION 2谈话场景：旅游场景人物关系：导游谈话话题：向新会员介绍位于英国南部的Wildlife Club剑桥雅思9Test2雅思听力Section2答案解析交际与语言表达1. 本部分采用了独白(monologue)的形式，介绍了伦敦附近的一些公园和开放性区域。
I’ll start by telling you about some of the parks and open spaces nearby(首先，我将会给大家讲一下附近的一些公园和开放性区域)，其中“by”有“通过、凭借”之意，表示一种手段或方式。
2. 接下来这位介绍者介绍了一个地方：This has been public land for hundreds of years…，其中“hundreds of years”表示“数百年”，通常我们会看到“hundreds of people”表示“数百人”。
3. Then t here’s Holt Island, which is noted for its great range of trees. 其中“which”是关系代词，指代前面的“Holt Island”。
4. 然后介绍者又说Longfield Park has a programme of activities throughout the year…(Longfiled 公园全年都有活动)，“throughout”表示“自始至终，一直”之意，同“during”。
5. On Monday you can le arn about herbs…(周一你能了解一些关于草药的知识)，其中，指具体某一天时要用介词“on”，而不用“in 或at”，比如on Monday;in the evening 表示“在晚上(未说明具体时间点)”;at weekend 则表示“在周末(未说明具体哪一天)”。
剑桥雅思阅读解析8（test2）
剑桥雅思阅读解析8(test2)店铺为大家整理收集了剑桥雅思阅读8真题解析：test2阅读原文解析，希望对各位考生的备考有所帮助,祝每位烤鸭考试顺利，都能取得好成绩!剑桥雅思阅读8原文(test2)READING PASSAGE 1You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.Sheet glass manufacture:the float processGlass, which has been made since the time of the Mesopotamians and Egyptians, is little more than a mixture of sand, soda ash and lime. When heated to about 1500 degrees Celsius (℃) this becomes a molten mass that hardens when slowly cooled. The first successful method for making clear, flat glass involved spinning. This method was very effective as the glass had not touched any surfaces between being soft and becoming hard, so it stayed perfectly unblemished, with a 'fire finish'. However, the process took a long time and was labour intensive.Nevertheless, demand for flat glass was very high and glassmakers across the world were looking for a method of making it continuously. The first continuous ribbon process involved squeezing molten glass through two hot rollers, similar to an old mangle. This allowed glass of virtually any thickness to be made non-stop, but the rollers would leave both sides of the glass marked, and these would then need to be ground and polished. This part of the process rubbed away around 20 per cent of the glass, and the machines were very expensive.The float process for making flat glass was invented by Alistair Pilkington. This process allows the manufacture of clear, tinted and coated glass for buildings, and clear and tinted glass for vehicles. Pilkington had been experimenting with improving the melting process, and in 1952 he had the idea of using a bed of molten metal to form the flat glass, eliminating altogether the need for rollers within the float bath. The metal had to melt at a temperature less than the hardening point of glass (about 600℃), but could not boil at a temperature below the temperature of the molten glass (about 1500℃). The best meta l for the job was tin.The rest of the concept relied on gravity, which guaranteed that the surface of the molten metal was perfectly flat and horizontal. Consequently, when pouring molten glass onto the molten tin, the underside of the glass would also be perfectly flat. If the glass were kept hot enough, it would flow over the molten tin until the top surface was also flat, horizontal and perfectly parallel to the bottom surface. Once the glass cooled to 604℃ or less it was too hard to mark and could be transported out of the cooling zone by rollers. The glass settled to a thickness of six millimetres because of surface tension interactions between the glass and the tin. By fortunate coincidence, 60 per cent of the flat glass market at that time was for six-millimetre glass.Pilkington built a pilot plant in 1953 and by 1955 he had convinced his company to build a full-scale plant. However, it took 14 months of non-stop production, costing the company ￡100,000 a month, before the plant produced any usable glass. Furthermore, once they succeeded in making marketable flat glass, the machine was turned off for a service to prepare it for years of continuous production. When it started up again it took another four months to get the process right again. They finallysucceeded in 1959 and there are now float plants all over the world, with each able to produce around 1000 tons of glass every day, non-stop for around 15 years.Float plants today make glass of near optical quality. Several processes —melting, refining, homogenising —take place simultaneously in the 2000 tonnes of molten glass in the furnace. They occur in separate zones in a complex glass flow driven by high temperatures. It adds up to a continuous melting process, lasting as long as 50 hours, that delivers glass smoothly and continuously to the float bath, and from there to a coating zone and finally a heat treatment zone, where stresses formed during cooling are relieved.The principle of float glass is unchanged since the 1950s. However, the product has changed dramatically, from a single thickness of 6.8 mm to a range from sub-millimetre to 25 mm, from a ribbon frequently marred by inclusions and bubbles to almost optical perfection. To ensure the highest quality, inspection takes place at every stage. Occasionally, a bubble is not removed during refining, a sand grain refuses to melt, a tremor in the tin puts ripples into the glass ribbon. Automated on-line inspection does two things. Firstly, it reveals process faults upstream that can be corrected. Inspection technology allows more than 100 million measurements a second to be made across the ribbon, locating flaws the unaided eye would be unable to see. Secondly, it enables computers downstream to steer cutters around flaws.Float glass is sold by the square metre, and at the final stage computers translate customer requirements into patterns of cuts designed to minimise waste.Questions 1-8Complete the table and diagram below.Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.Write your answers in boxes 1-8 on your answer sheet.Early methods of producing flat glassMethod Advantages Disadvantages1............Glass remained2........... ? Slow3.............RibbonCould produce glass sheets of varying 4.............non-stop process ? Glass was 5...........20% of glass rubbed awayMachines were expensive图片11Questions 9-13Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?In boxes 9-13 on your answer sheet, writeTRUE if the statement agrees with the informationFALSE if the statement contradicts the informationNOT GIVEN if there is no information on this9 The metal used in the float process had to have specific properties.10 Pilkington invested some of his own money in his float plant.11 Pilkington’s first full-scale plant was an instant commercial success.12 The process invented by Pilkington has now beenimproved.13 Computers are better than humans at detecting faults in glass.READING PASSAGE 2You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on Reading Passage 2 on the following pages.Question 14-17Reading passage 2 has six paragraphs, A-F.Choose the correct heading for paragraphs B and D-F from the list of headings below.Write the correct number, i-ix, in boxes 14-17 on your answer sheet.List of Headingsi Predicting climatic changesii The relevance of the Little Ice Age todayiii How cities contribute to climate change.iv Human impact on the climatev How past climatic conditions can be determinedvi A growing need for weather recordsvii A study covering a thousand yearsviii People have always responded to climate changeix Enough food at lastExample AnswerParagraph A Viii14 Paragraph BExample AnswerParagraph C V15 Paragraph D16 Paragraph E17 Paragraph FTHE LITTLE ICE AGEA This book will provide a detailed examination of the Little Ice Age and other climatic shifts, but, before I embark on that, let me provide a historical context. We tend to think of climate — as opposed to weather — as something unchanging, yet humanity has been at the mercy of climate change for its entire existence, with at least eight glacial episodes in the past 730,000 years. Our ancestors adapted to the universal but irregular global warming since the end of the last great Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, with dazzling opportunism. They developed strategies for surviving harsh drought cycles, decades of heavy rainfall or unaccustomed cold; adopted agriculture and stock-raising, which revolutionised human life; and founded the world's first pre-industrial civilisations in Egypt, Mesopotamia and the Americas. But the price of sudden climate change, in famine, disease and suffering, was often high.B The Little Ice Age lasted from roughly 1300 until the middle of the nineteenth century. Only two centuries ago, Europe experienced a cycle of bitterly cold winters; mountain glaciers in the Swiss Alps were the lowest in recorded memory, and pack ice surrounded Iceland for much of the year. The climatic events of the Little Ice Age did more than help shape the modern world. They are the deeply important context for the current unprecedented global warming. The Little Ice Age was far from a deep freeze, however; rather an irregular seesaw of rapid climatic shifts, few lasting more than a quarter-century, driven by complex and still little understood interactions between the atmosphere and the ocean. The seesaw brought cycles of intensely cold winters and easterly winds, then switched abruptly to years of heavy spring and early summer rains, mild winters,and frequent Atlantic storms, or to periods of droughts, light northeasterly winds, and summer heat waves.C Reconstructing the climate changes of the past is extremely difficult, because systematic weather observations began only a few centuries ago, in Europe and North America. Records from India and tropical Africa are even more recent. For the time before records began, we have only 'proxy records' reconstructed largely from tree rings and ice cores, supplemented by a few incomplete written accounts. We now have hundreds of tree-ring records from throughout the northern hemisphere, and many from south of the equator, too, amplified with a growing body of temperature data from ice cores drilled in Antarctica, Greenland, the Peruvian Andes, and other locations, we are close to a knowledge of annual summer and winter temperature variations over much of the northern hemisphere going back 600 years.D This book is a narrative history of climatic shifts during the past ten centuries, and some of the ways in which people in Europe adapted to them. Part One describes the Medieval Warm Period, roughly 900 to 1200. During these three centuries, Norse voyagers from Northern Europe explored northern seas, settled Greenland, and visited North America. It was not a time of uniform warmth, for then, as always since the Great Ice Age, there were constant shifts in rainfall and temperature. Mean European temperatures were about the same as today, perhaps slightly cooler.E It is known that the Little Ice Age cooling began in Greenland and the Arctic in about 1200. As the Arctic ice pack spread southward, Norse voyages to the west were rerouted into the open Atlantic, then ended altogether. Storminess increased in the North Atlantic and North Sea. Colder, much wetter weatherdescended on Europe between 1315 and 1319, when thousands perished in a continent-wide famine. By 1400, the weather had become decidedly more unpredictable and stormier, with sudden shifts and lower temperatures that culminated in the cold decades of the late sixteenth century. Fish were a vital commodity in growing towns and cities, where food supplies were a constant concern. Dried cod and herring were already the staples of the European fish trade, but changes in water temperatures forced fishing fleets to work further offshore. The Basques, Dutch, and English developed the first offshore fishing boats adapted to a colder and stormier Atlantic. A gradual agricultural revolution in northern Europe stemmed from concerns over food supplies at a time of rising populations. The revolution involved intensive commercial farming and the growing of animal fodder on land not previously used for crops. The increased productivity from farmland made some countries self-sufficient in grain and livestock and offered effective protection against famine.F Global temperatures began to rise slowly after 1850, with the beginning of the Modern Warm Period. There was a vast migration from Europe by land-hungry farmers and others, to which the famine caused by the Irish potato blight contributed, to North America, Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa. Millions of hectares of forest and woodland fell before the newcomers' axes between 1850 and 1890, as intensive European farming methods expanded across the world. The unprecedented land clearance released vast quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, triggering for the first time humanly caused global warming. Temperatures climbed more rapidly in the twentieth century as the use of fossil fuels proliferated and greenhouse gas levels continued to soar. The rise has been even steeper since theearly 1980s. The Little Ice Age has given way to a new climatic regime, marked by prolonged and steady warming. At the same time, extreme weather events like Category 5 hurricanes are becoming more frequent.Questions 18-22Complete the summary using the list of words, A-I, below.Write the correct letter, A-I, in boxes 18-22 on your answer sheet.Weather during the Little Ice AgeDocumentation of past weather conditions is limited: our main sources of knowledge of conditions in the distant past are 18...........and 19.................. We can deduce that the Little Ice Age was a time of 20.............. , rather than of consistent freezing. Within it there were some periods of very cold winters, other of 21...............and heavy rain, and yet others that saw 22................with no rain at all.A climatic shiftsB ice coresC tree ringsD glaciersE interactionsF weather observationsG heat waves H storms I written accountsQuestions 23-26Classify the following events as occurring during theA Medieval Warm PeriodB Little Ice AgeC Modern Warm PeriodWrite the correct letter, A, B or C, in boxes 23-26 on your answer sheet.23 Many Europeans started farming abroad.24 The cutting down of trees began to affect the climate.25 Europeans discovered other lands.26 Changes took place in fishing patterns.READING PASSAGE 3You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 on the following pages.Questions 27-32Reading Passage 3 has six paragraphs, A-F.Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.Write the correct number, i-viii, in boxes 27-32 on your answer sheet.List of Headingsi The difficulties of talking about smellsii The role of smell in personal relationshipsiii Future studies into smelliv The relationship between the brain and the nosev The interpretation of smells as a factor in defining groups vi Why our sense of smell is not appreciatedvii Smell is our superior senseviii The relationship between smell and feelings27 paragraph A28 paragraph B29 paragraph C30 paragraph D31 paragraph E32 paragraph FThe meaning and power of smellThe sense of smell, or olfaction, is powerful. Odours affect us on a physical, psychological and social level. For the most part, however, we breathe in the aromas which surround us without being consciously aware of their importance to us. It is only when the faculty of smell is impaired for some reason that we begin torealise the essential role the sense of smell plays in our sense of well-beingA A survey conducted by Anthony Synott at Montreal's Concordia University asked participants to comment on how important smell was to them in their lives. It became apparent that smell can evoke strong emotional responses. A scent associated with a good experience can bring a rush of joy, while a foul odour or one associated with a bad memory may make us grimace with disgust. Respondents to the survey noted that many of their olfactory likes and dislikes were based on emotional associations. Such associations can be powerful enough so that odours that we would generally label unpleasant become agreeable, and those that we would generally consider fragrant become disagreeable for particular individuals. The perception of smell, therefore, consists not only of the sensation of the odours themselves, but of the experiences and emotions associated with them.B Odours are also essential cues in social bonding. One respondent to the survey believed that there is no true emotional bonding without touching and smelling a loved one. In fact, infants recognise the odours of their mothers soon after birth and adults can often identify their children or spouses by scent. In one well-known test, women and men were able to distinguish by smell alone clothing worn by their marriage partners from similar clothing worn by other people. Most of the subjects would probably never have given much thought to odour as a cue for identifying family members before being involved in the test, but as the experiment revealed, even when not consciously considered, smells register.C In spite of its importance to our emotional and sensorylives, smell is probably the most undervalued sense in many cultures. The reason often given for the low regard in which smell is held is that, in comparison with its importance among animals, the human sense of smell is feeble and undeveloped. While it is true that the olfactory powers of humans are nothing like as fine as those possessed by certain animals, they are still remarkably acute. Our noses are able to recognise thousands of smells, and to perceive odours which are present only in extremely small quantities.D Smell, however, is a highly elusive phenomenon. Odours, unlike colours, for instance, cannot be named in many languages because the specific vocabulary simply doesn't exist. ‘It smells like…,’ we have to say when describing an odour, struggling to express our olfactory experience. Nor can odours be recorded: there is no effective way to either capture or store them over time. In the realm of olfaction, we must make do with descriptions and recollections. This has implications for olfactory research.E Most of the research on smell undertaken to date has been of a physical scientific nature. Significant advances have been made in the understanding of the biological and chemical nature of olfaction, but many fundamental questions have yet to be answered. Researchers have still to decide whether smell is one sense or two — one responding to odours proper and the other registering odourless chemicals in the air. Other unanswered questions are whether the nose is the only part of the body affected by odours, and how smells can be measured objectively given the non-physical components. Questions like these mean that interest in the psychology of smell is inevitably set to play an increasingly important role for researchers.F However, smell is not simply a biological and psychologicalphenomenon. Smell is cultural, hence it is a social and historical phenomenon. Odours are invested with cultural values: smells that are considered to be offensive in some cultures may be perfectly acceptable in others. Therefore, our sense of smell is a means of, and model for, interacting with the world. Different smells can provide us with intimate and emotionally charged experiences and the value that we attach to these experiences is interiorised by the members of society in a deeply personal way. Importantly, our commonly held feelings about smells can help distinguish us from other cultures. The study of the cultural history of smell is, therefore, in a very real sense, an investigation into the essence of human culture.Questions 33-36Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.Write the correct letter in boxes 33-36 on your answer sheet.33 According to the introduction, we become aware of the importance of smell whenA we discover a new smell.B we experience a powerful smell.C our ability to smell is damaged.D we are surrounded by odours.34 The experiment described in paragraph BA shows how we make use of smell without realising it.B demonstrates that family members have a similar smell.C proves that a sense of smell is learnt.D compares the sense of smell in males and females.35 What is the write doing in paragraph C?A supporting other researchB making a proposalC rejecting a common beliefD describing limitations36 What does the write suggest about the study of smell in the atmosphere in paragraph E?A The measurement of smell is becoming more accurate.B Researchers believe smell is a purely physical reaction.C Most smells are inoffensive.D Smell is yet to be defined.Questions 37-40Complete the sentences below.Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.Write your answers in boxes 37-40 on your answer sheet.37 Tests have shown that odours can help people recognise the.......... belonging to their husbands and wives.38 Certain linguistic groups may have difficulty describing smell because they lack the appropriate ................ .39 The sense of smell may involve response to................ which do not smell, in addition to obvious odours.40 Odours regarded as unpleasant in certain.................are not regarded as unpleasant in others.剑桥雅思阅读8原文参考译文(test2)PASSAGE 1 参考译文：玻璃板制造：浮法工艺早在美索不达米亚时期和古埃及时期人们就开始制造玻璃，当时制作出的玻璃只不过是沙子、碳酸钠和石灰的混合物而已。
2021年剑桥雅思8听力解析test2
Section1Question 1 答案 Milperra 听前预测 :提示词为 address,此处应填地址。
题目解析 :本题难度不大,按照拼写记录下来即可得分。
英文地址顺序是由小到大,普通为：门牌号+路名+区域名。
紧记该模式,听录音之前,可以达到精确预测目。
Question 2 答案 First Class Movers 听前预测 :提示词为 shipping agent,此处应填机构名称。
题目解析 :所听即所得,机构名称属于专有名词,答案应大写首字母。
Question 3 答案 28 November 听前预测 :定位词为 arrival,提示词为 date,此处应填日期或星期。
题目解析 :本题出题句为 It left on the 11th of October and got to Sydney on the 28th of November(货品 10 月 11 号寄出,11 月 28 日到悉尼)。
要注意区别出发时间和到达时间,本题强调 arrival(到达),故答案为 28 November。
Question 4 答案screen 听前预测:定位词为television,提示词为the...needs to be replaced,此处需填名词(单数)。
题目解析:原文中用TV替代了题干中television,出题句为It isn’t an electrical problem. The screen has a huge crack in it so it’s unusable(不是电路问题,屏幕有一种大裂缝,所以看不了)。
从而得知是 screen 需要修理。
Question 5 答案 bathroom 听前预测 :定位词为 item,提示词为 the...cabinet,此处应填名词或形容词。
题目解析 :本题难度不大,Judy 问 What was the second item?(第二件物品是什么?)这是本题很重要一种提示语。
2014英语一test2解析
2014年英语一test2解析一、听力部分1. 听力部分共分为四大题型，包括对话理解、短文理解、信息转述和短文理解。
2. 对话理解部分主要考察考生对于日常对话的理解能力，包括购物、订餐、问路等场景。
3. 短文理解部分主要考察考生对于长篇对话的理解能力，包括采访、讲座、广播节目等。
4. 信息转述部分要求考生听取一段口语信息，并对其进行简要的总结和表达。
5. 短文理解部分要求考生对一段长篇口语材料进行理解和总结。
6. 听力部分考试时间为25分钟，共有30题，每题1分。
二、阅读部分1. 阅读部分共分为三个大题型，包括选择题、配对题和填空题。
2. 选择题主要考察考生对于英语文章的整体理解能力，包括细节理解、主旨概括等。
3. 配对题主要考察考生对于文章段落的匹配能力，包括段落主题、段落细节等。
4. 填空题主要考察考生对于文章内容的综合掌握能力，包括语法、词汇等。
5. 阅读部分共有40题，总分为40分，考试时间为40分钟。
三、完形填空部分1. 完形填空部分要求考生对于一篇叙述性文章进行整体理解和词汇语法的运用。
2. 考生需要根据上下文的逻辑关系，填入合适的词语来完善文章的整体意思。
3. 完形填空部分共有20题，总分为20分，考试时间为15分钟。
四、作文部分1. 作文部分为英语一的核心部分，要求考生围绕所给的话题进行思考和组织语言，进行一篇150字左右的短文写作。
2. 考生需要在规定的时间内，准确表达自己的观点和思想，注意语法、拼写和逻辑的连贯性。
3. 作文部分共占总分的15，考试时间为30分钟。
五、总结2014年英语一test2考试难度中等，主要考察考生对于听力、阅读和写作的整体表达和理解能力。
希望考生能够根据以上解析，做好备考工作，取得优异的成绩。
2014年英语一test2解析续六、听力部分解析1. 对话理解部分的考察内容主要涉及日常生活中的购物、订餐、问路等场景，要求考生对于口语的理解和听力的敏感程度。
剑桥考试二级答案
剑桥考试二级答案1. 请根据所给的对话内容，选择正确的回答。
对话：A: Excuse me, could you tell me the way to the nearest post office?B: Certainly. It's just around the corner on your left.A) Yes, it's on the right.B) No, it's not on the right.C) It's around the corner on your left.正确答案：C2. 阅读以下短文，并回答下列问题。
In the heart of the city stands a beautiful park where people often go to relax. The park is surrounded by tall buildings, but it remains a green oasis amidst the concrete jungle. During the day, children play on the swings and slides, while adults enjoy a quiet walk or read a book under the shade ofthe trees. At night, the park is illuminated by street lamps, making it a perfect spot for evening strolls.问题：What activities can be found in the park during the day?A) Children playing on swings and slides.B) Adults reading books under trees.C) Both A and B.正确答案：C3. 根据所给图表，选择正确的描述。
英语视听说2试题及答案
英语视听说2试题及答案一、听力理解（共20分）1. 根据所听对话，选择正确答案。
（每题2分，共10分）(1) What is the man going to do this weekend?A. Visit his parents.B. Go to a concert.C. Stay at home.Answer: A(2) Why does the woman refuse the man's invitation?A. She has to work.B. She is not interested.C. She has another appointment.Answer: C(3) What is the weather like today?A. Sunny.B. Rainy.C. Cloudy.Answer: B(4) What does the man suggest they do?A. Go shopping.B. Watch a movie.C. Have dinner together.Answer: B(5) What is the relationship between the two speakers?A. Colleagues.B. Friends.C. Strangers.Answer: B2. 根据所听短文，回答问题。
（每题2分，共10分）(1) What is the main topic of the passage?Answer: The importance of environmental protection.(2) What does the speaker suggest we should do to reduce pollution?Answer: Use public transportation and recycle more.(3) What are the consequences of ignoring environmental issues?Answer: Loss of biodiversity and health problems.(4) How can individuals contribute to environmental conservation?Answer: By planting trees and reducing waste.(5) What is the speaker's final call to action?Answer: To take immediate action to save the planet.二、口语表达（共30分）1. 根据所给情景，完成对话。
雅思ogtest2答案
雅思ogtest2答案【篇一：雅思og题目转换test 2】teningsection 1 questions 1-10questions 1-6complete the notes below.write no more than two words and/or a number for each answerquestions 7-10complete the sentences below.section 2 questions 11-20questions 11-17answer the questions below.write no more than three words for each answer.sea life centre - information11 what was the sea life centre previously called? ...........12 what is the newest attraction called? ...............13 when is the main feeding time? ..................14 what can you do with a vip ticket? ................15 what special event will the sea life centre arrange foryou? ...........116 where will the petition for animal conservation be sentto? ...........17 what can you use to test what you have learnt? ............questions 18-20what does the guide say about each attraction?choose three answers from the box and write the correct letter, a-e, next to questions 18-20.181920 must not miss ...... ……………… temporarily closed………large queues ..... ………………section 3 questions 21 -30questions 21-22choose two letters, a-e.which two subjects did martina like best before going to university?questions 23-26complete the summary below.write no more than two words for each answer.george’s experience of universitygeorge is studying mechanical engineering which involves several disciplines. he is finding 23…………………the most difficult. at the moment, his course is mainly 24………………he wil l soon have an assignment which involves a study of and would like less of them. 25…………………………he thinks there are too many 26……………………………questions 27-30choose the correct letter, a, b or c.27 martina thinks the students at her university area sociableb intelligentc energetic28 george hopes that his tutor will help hima lose his shyness.b settle into university.c get to know his subject better.29 what does martina know about her first assignment?a the topicb the lengthc the deadline30 george would like to livea in a hall of residence.b in a flat on his own.c with a host family.section 4 questions 31-40complete the notes below.write no more than two words for each answer.3readingreading passage 1you should spend about 20 minutes on questions 1-13, which are based on reading passage 1 below.no matter how much we talk about tasting our favorite flavors, relishing them really depends on a combined input from our senses that we experience through mouth, tongue and nose. the taste, texture, and feel of food are what we tend to focus on, but most important are the slight puffs of air as we chew our food - what scientists call retronasal smell’.certainly, our mouths and tongues have taste buds, which are receptors for the five basic flavors: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami, or what is more commonly referred to as savory. but our tongues are inaccurate instruments as far as flavor is concerned.they evolved to recognize only a few basic tastes in order to quickly identify toxins, which in nature are often quite bitter or acidly sour.all the complexity, nuance, and pleasure of flavor come from the sense of smell operating in the back of the nose. it is there that a kind of alchemy occurs when we breathe up and out the passing whiffs of our chewed food. unlike a hounds skull with its extra long nose, which evolved specifically to detect external smells, our noses have evolved to detect internal scents. primates specialize in savoring the many millions of flavor combinations that they can create for their mouths.taste without retronasal smell is not much help in recognizing flavor. smell has been the most poorly understood of our senses, and only recently has neuroscience, led by yale universitys gordon shepherd, begun to shed light on its workings. shepherd has come up with the term neurogastronomy’ to link the disciplines of food science, neurology, psychology, and anthropology with the savory elements of eating, one of the most enjoyed of human experiences.in many ways, he is discovering that smell is rather like face recognition. the visual system detects patterns of light and dark and. building on experience, the brain creates a spatial map. it uses this to interpret the interrelationship of the patterns and draw conclusions that allow us to identify people and places. in the same way, we use5【篇二：雅思og test 2 passage 1】ading passage 1 (35 points)you should spend about 20 minutes on questions 1-13 which are based on reading passage 1 below.the flavor of pleasurewhen it comes to celebrating the flavor of food, our mouth gets all the credit. but in truth, it is the nose that knows.no matter how much we talk about tasting our favorite flavors, relishing them really depends on a combined input from our senses that we experience through mouth, tongue and nose. the taste, texture, and feel of food are what we tend to focus on, but most important are the slight puffs of air as we chew our food - what scientists call ‘retronasal smell’.certainly our mouths and tongues have taste buds, which are receptors for the five basic flavors: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami, or what is more commonly referred to as savory. but our tongues are inaccurate instruments as far as flavor is concerned. they evolved to recognize only a few basic tastesin order to quickly identify toxins, which in nature are often quite bitter or acidly sour.all the complexity, nuance, and pleasure of flavor come from the sense of smell operating in the back of the nose. it is there that a kind of alchemy occurs when we breathe up and out the passing whiffs of our chewed food. unlike a hound’s skull with its extra long nose, which evolved specifically to detect external smells, our noses have evolved to detect internal scents. primates specialise in savoring the many millions of flavor combinations that they can create for their mouths.taste without retronasal smell is not much help in recognizing flavor. smell has been the most poorly understood of our senses, and only recently has neuroscience, led by yale university’s gordon shepherd, begun to shed light on its workings. shepherd has come up with the term‘neurogastronomy’ to link the disciplines of food science, neurology, psychology, and anthropology with the savory elements of eating, one of the most enjoyed of human experiences.in many ways, he is discovering that smell is rather like face recognition. the visual system detects patterns of light and dark and, building on experience, the brain creates a spatial map. it uses this to interpret the interrelationship of the patterns and draw conclusions that allow us to identify people and places. in the same way, we use patterns and ratios to detect both new and familiar flavors. as we eat, specialized receptors in the back of the nose detect the air molecules inour meals. from signals sent by the receptors, the brain understands smells as complex spatial patterns. using these,as well as input from the other senses, it constructs the idea of specific flavors.this ability to appreciate specific aromas turns out to be central to the pleasure we get from food, much as our ability to recognize individuals is central to the pleasures of social life. the process is so embedded in our brains that our sense of smell is critical to our enjoyment of life at large. recent studies show that people who lose the ability to smell become socially insecure, and their overall level of happiness plummets.working out the role of smell in flavor interests food scientists, psychologists,and cooks alike. the relatively new discipline of molecular gastronomy, especially, relies on understanding the mechanics of aroma to manipulate flavor for maximum impact. in this discipline, chefs use their knowledge of the chemical changes that take place during cooking to produce eating pleasures that go beyond the ‘ordinary’.however, whereas molecular gastronomy is concerned primarily with the food or ‘smell’ molecules, neurogastronomy is more focused on the receptor molecules and the brain’s spatial images for smell. smell stimuli form what shepherd terms ‘odor objects’, stored as memories, and these have a direct link with our emotions. the brain creates images of unfamiliar smells by relating them to other more familiar smells. go back in history and this was part of our survival repertoire, like most animals, we drew on our sense of smell, when visual information was scarce, to single out prey.thus the brain’s flavor- recognition system is a highly complex perceptual mechanism that puts all five senses to work in various combinations. visual and sound cues contribute, such as crunching, as does touch, including the texture and feel of food on our lips and in our mouths. then there are the taste receptors, and finally, the smell, activated when we inhale. the engagement of our emotions can be readily illustrated when we picture some of the wide-ranging facial expressions that are elicited by various foods- many of them hard- wired into our brains at birth. consider the response to the sharpness of lemon and compare that with the face that is welcoming the smooth wonder of chocolate.the flavor-sensing system, ever receptive to new combinations, helps to keep our brains active and flexible. italso has the power to shape our desires and ultimately our bodies. on the horizon we have the positive application of neurogastronomy: manipulating flavor to curb our appetites.questions 1 - 5questions 6 - 9questions 10 - 13【篇三：雅思og阅读答案test3】=txt>小站教育自2014年9月1日开始，独家推出必备宝典：系列，包括雅思、托福、sat、gmat四大类考试。
modeltest2 答案分析及听力原文
modeltest2 答案分析及听力原文－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－T est 2Part ⅠWriting参考范文：Internet, a T wo edged SwordInternet is playing an increasingly important role in people's life. As a newborn information delivering system, Internet has made diverse information available at our finger's tip. Besides, Internet serves as the most convenient means for communication. Through Internet, people can discuss various problems and make friends who share common views. Internet is also a faithful aid in our daily life since people can go shopping and get medical services online. So Internet is indeed one of the most interesting and important invention ever made.But Internet also has its own drawbacks which should not be neglected. First, it costs an alarming amount of money to construct the system and thus it is costly to most Chinese consumers. Second, it is sometimes difficult for people to find the right information they are looking for since there is much rubbish on the net. Finally, it is also difficult to prevent the net from theinvasion of hackers and viruses.Nevertheless, we should not give up eating for fear of choking. I think we should further develop the net and also exert stronger supervision over it so that we can make full use of it.Part ⅠReading Comprehension （Skimming and Scanning）文章大意：本文主要讨论的是梦，涉及到四个方面：做梦的原因，做梦与睡眠的关系，怎样提高对梦的记忆及对一些梦境的解析。
雅思14test2小作文答案
雅思14test2小作文答案英文回答：A detailed plan for the development of the town square:1. Rejuvenate the existing park: Enhance the existing park by adding new seating areas, landscaping, and a small fountain or water feature to create a more inviting and relaxing space.2. Establish a farmers' market: Designate a specific area within the square for a farmers' market on a regular basis, providing an opportunity for local farmers to sell their produce and crafts.3. Create a performance space: Construct a stage or amphitheater to host live music, plays, and other performances, encouraging community engagement and cultural expression.4. Introduce public art: Commission local artists to create sculptures, murals, or other public artinstallations to enhance the aesthetic appeal and provide a sense of civic pride.5. Provide shade and shelter: Install awnings, umbrellas, or shade structures to offer protection from the sun and rain, making the square more comfortable for all to enjoy.6. Improve accessibility: Ensure that the square is fully accessible to individuals with disabilities by installing ramps, tactile paving, and accessible restrooms.7. Incorporate green elements: Integrate green spaces, such as trees, shrubs, and flower beds, throughout the square to improve air quality, provide shade, and create a more sustainable environment.8. Encourage community involvement: Host regular events and activities in the square, such as festivals, markets, and community gatherings, to foster a sense of communityand make the space a vibrant hub for social interaction.中文回答：城镇广场详细发展计划：1. 改造现有公园，加强现有公园，增加新的休息区、景观美化和一个小型喷泉或水景，营造更吸引人和放松的空间。
2012年成人英语考试test2
Part I. Use of English1 — Hello, this is David speaking. Is Michael there?—____________ 正确答案解析A. Hold on. I'll get him.B. No, he isn't.C. Yes, I am David.D. Yes, what do you want? 正确答案：A2 — Mary, help yourself to some salad.—____________ 正确答案解析A. I don't like salad.B. Sorry, I can't help.C. Thanks, but I’ve had enough.D. No, I can't. 正确答案：C3 — Are you free tonight, Jenny? How about going to the concert together?—____________ 正确答案解析A. I don't think so.B. Never mind.C. Take it easy.D. I'd like to, but I have to drive my mother home tonight.正确答案：D4 — Excuse me, sir. Are you ready to order your meal, please?—____________ 正确答案解析A. Yes, I can.B. Please don't order it.C. Yes, I want a pizza and some soup.D. No, I am not. 正确答案：C5 — Mr. Smith, must we hand in our composition next Monday?—____________ 正确答案解析A. Yes, you will.B. Yes, you must. It's the deadline.C. No, you mustn't.D. You can wait. 正确答案：B6 — I think the movie is really exciting and touching.—____________ 正确答案解析A. So am I.B. So do I.C. Neither do I.D. The same to you.正确答案：B7 — Which one do you prefer, the window seat or the aisle seat?—____________ 正确答案解析A. I prefer a window seat.B. I like neither.C. Both will do.D. I don't know.正确答案：A8 — Have you ever been to the Great Wall in Beijing?—____________ 正确答案解析A. Yes, I am .B. No, I don't.C. No, I've never been there.D. Certainly, I went there. 正确答案：C9 — What is your major, Jack?—____________ 正确答案解析A. I study very hard.B. I'm learning course.C. I major English.D. I'm majoring in computer science.正确答案：D10 — You look tired. What's the matter?—____________ 正确答案解析A. It doesn't matter.B. Oh, my head aches badly.C. It is not the matter.D. Don't worry.正确答案：BPart II. Reading ComprehensionDirections: There are three passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE that you think is the best answer.Passage 1V ersailles is the site of the Palace of Versailles, one of the most storied buildings in the history of France. It was originally built as a hunting chateau by King Louis VIII in 1624. In 1669, King Louis XIV began searching for a grand site where he could conduct the affairs of France and control the government. He settled on the hunting palace and expanded it into the world’s largest palace. In addition, the King hoped to build a governmental center apart from Paris.The palace took 36,000 workers fifty years to build. The palace is spread out over 280 acres and can house 20,000 people! The palace features over 700 rooms and 67 staircases. There are dozens of unique rooms, features, gardens, and halls. One of the most renowned rooms of the Palace of Versailles is the Hall of Mirrors. Recently restored, the Hall of Mirrors is the centerpiece of the dazzling building. Originally added to the palace in 1684, the Hall of Mirrors was built to be a dazzling display of the power and wealth of the French Monarchy. The hall, which measures 73 meters in length features 357 gold-coated stucco mirrors, ornate paintings, crystal chandeliers, marble fixtures, a parquet floor, and ceilings with colorful murals painted by artist Charles Le Brun. The Hall of Mirrors has also played a prominent role in history. Both the proclamation of the German Empire in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles that formally ended World War One were signed here.11 When was the Palace of Versailles originally built? 正确答案解析A. In 1684.B. In 1624.C. In 1669.D. In 1786.正确答案：B12 Why did King Louis XIV want a grand palace? 正确答案解析A. So he and his queen could retire comfortably.B. As a hunting chateau.C. As a place to conduct his nation's business.D. He wanted to impress his wife.正确答案：C13 Which of the following is NOT true? 正确答案解析A. The Hall of Mirrors has been recently restored.B. The Hall of Mirrors is considered the centerpiece of the Palace of Versailles.C. The Hall of Mirrors features a parquet floor.D. Two major treaties were signed in the Hall of Mirrors.正确答案：D14 Which of the following is not mentioned as a feature of the Hall of Mirrors? 正确答案解析A. Bronze moldings.B. Ornate paintings.C. Marble fixtures.D. Crystal chandeliers. 正确答案：A15 Which of the following could be an appropriate title for this passage? 正确答案解析A. Louis XIV and the Palace of Versailles.B. The ceilings of the Hall of Mirrors.C. The Amazing Palace of V ersailles.D. A History of France.正确答案：CGilbert Arenas was born on January 6, 1982 in Tampa, Florida. His father played college football at the University of Miami. In 1984, the pair moved to Los Angeles, California where Gilbert's father was an actor in commercials and soap operas.When Gilbert was about 11, he started playing basketball. By the time Gilbert was 14, he was already the best player on Ulysses S. Grant High School in Van Nuys, California. He decided to wear the number "0" because people told him he would get "zero playing time". After his sophomore year, Gilbert decided to enter the NBA draft. Many coaches thought that Gilbert was not ready. As a result, he was drafted a disappointing 31st overall by the Golden State Warriors. Gilbert worked hard at Golden State, despite the fact his coach kept him on the bench for much of the season. When he finally got his chance, Gilbert averaged 14 points and 5 assists per game as the Warriors point guard.After a successful individual year for Gilbert, it was time to test the NBA's free-agent market. Much to the disappointment of Warriors fans, Gilbert signed a 6-year, 65 million dollar deal with the Washington Wizards in 2003. Not surprisingly, he became an instant star with the Wizards. Fans loved to watch him race up the court, dish-off passes, and make difficult shots and lay ups. Although the Wizards only won 27 games his first year in Washington, Gilbert led them with 19.6 points per game. Gilbert, along with teammates Larry Hughes and Antawn Jamison, led the Wizards to the NBA playoffs during his second year. The highlight of the decade for the Wizards was their post-season victory against the Chicago Bulls in the NBA playoffs.16 What did Gilbert's father do for a living in California?. 正确答案解析A. He was an artist.B. He was a basketball player.C. He was an actor.D. He was a football player.正确答案：C17 When did Gilbert become the best player on Ulysses S. Grant High School? 正确答案解析A. When he was 11.B. In 1984.C. When he was 14D. As a junior in high school.正确答案：C18 Why was Gilbert drafted a disappointing 31st overall by the Golden State Warriors? 正确答案解析A. Because many coaches thought that he was not ready.B. Because the Golden State Warriors liked him very much.C. Because his family has moved to the Golden State.D. Because his performance is disappointing in the season.正确答案：A19 Which of the following players did NOT help the Wizards make the playoffs in Gilbert's second year? 正确答案解析A. Gilbert Arenas.B. Gold State Warriors.C. Antawn Jamison.D. Larry Hughes.正确答案：B20 Which of the following words best describes Gilbert Arenas as described by the passage? 正确答案解析A. Overrated.B. Hard-working.C. Talented.D. Both B and C.Passage 3Manners are very important in every country, but the trouble is that different countries have different ideas about what counts as polite behavior. What is good manners in one country may not be appropriate behavior in another. Chinese people may be shocked at what counts as good manners in England.When an Englishman passes a friend in the street he does not always stop to talk. He may just nod, say "hello" and pass on. If two friends do stop to talk, they do not shake hands. It is only at parties for young people (students, for instance) that a person could go up to someone he does not know and introduce himself. On more formal occasions or at parties run by older people a guest always waits to be introduced to someone he does not know by the host, hostess or another guest who he already knows. At even a formal dinner an Englishman does not wait for a toast before he has a drink. The English reserve toasts for very formal or very special occasions. In these cases the toast will usually be accompanied by a short speech, for example, at a wedding reception or at a party for somebody who is retiring. After a private dinner in someone's house an Englishman will only shake hands with the host and hostess if it is a fairly formal occasion, like a business dinner, and he will usually put his coat on and say goodbye as he leaves the house.Luckily, like Chinese people, the English usually excuse foreign students over matters of etiquette. But even so, perhaps the safest advice for the overseas student, no matter what country he is visiting, is to follow the old proverb: when in Rome, do as the Romans do.21 When an Englishman meets a friend in the street, he may ____________. 正确答案解析A. stop to talk to his friendB. just nod and say “hello”C. shake hands with his friendD. just say goodbye正确答案：B22 What will a person do when he attends a party run by older people? 正确答案解析A. Go up to a stranger and introduce himself.B. Ask his friend to introduce him to others.C. Give a speech in front of others to introduce himself.D. Wait to be introduced by the host / hostess.正确答案：D23 On which occasion will the English toast? 正确答案解析A. A wedding reception.B. A dinner party.C. A speech.D. A meeting.正确答案：A24 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? 正确答案解析A. Different countries have similar ideas about what good manners are.B. Chinese people seem to be more polite than English people.C. An Englishman will shake hands with the host after a private business dinner.D. The English usually can’t understand foreign students, impolite behaviors.正确答案：C25 Which of the following best explains the proverb: when in Rome, do as the Romans do. 正确答案解析A. If you go to Rome, you must do things like the Romans.B. When you go to a foreign country, you should learn something about their manners.C. Romans always do the right thing, so you should follow them.D. Manners in Roman are as easy to follow as in other countries.正确答案：BPart III. Vocabulary and StructureSection ADirections: In this part, there are 15 incomplete sentences. For each sentence, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.26 We have ____________ two seats for the 8:30 flight to New York tomorrow. 正确答案解析A. boughtB. soldC. bookedD. ordered正确答案：C27 Candies and chocolates are treats suitable for festive ____________ . 正确答案解析A. conditionsB. occasionsC. situationsD. events正确答案：B28 The young couple ____________ their new life to a railway train on a long unknown track. 正确答案解析A. imaginedB. figuredC. comparedD. cheered正确答案：C29 Some passengers complain that it usually takes so long to ____________in travel insurance documents. 正确答案解析A. finishB. fillC. completeD. write正确答案：B30 As the ____________ manager of the company, Alan White should be responsible for all the sales of the department. 正确答案解析A. chiefB. mainC. commonD. general正确答案：D31 Some customers complain that it usually ____________so long to get refund for the inferior goods they bought. 正确答案解析A. takesB. costsC. spendsD. spares正确答案：A32 If the boy had ____________ the dog alone it wouldn't have bitten him. 正确答案解析A. setB. madeC. hadD. left正确答案：D33 Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. ____________, I can't speak too highlyof him. 正确答案解析A. As a resultB. By the wayC. In any caseD. In a word正确答案：D34 Stressful environments lead to unhealthy behaviors such as poor eating habits, which ____________ increase the risk of heart disease. 正确答案解析A. in turnB. in returnC. by chanceD. by turnse正确答案：B35 With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth ____________ each year.正确答案解析A. is washing awayB. are being washed awayC. are washing awayD. is being washed away正确答案：D36 Millions of pounds' worth of damage ____________ by a storm which swept across the north of England last night. 正确答案解析A. has been causedB. have been causedC. will be causedD. will have been caused正确答案：A37 In the past, people used ____________ that the moon was too far away ____________ . But now it is possible for man ____________ there by spaceship. 正确答案解析A. to think ... not to reach ... to getB. to think ... to reach ... to getC. to thinking ... to reach ... will getD. thought ... to reach ... to get to正确答案：B38 Her son promised ____________ in the bedroom until the baby stopped ____________. 正确答案解析A. staying ... to cryB. to stay ... cryingC. for staying ... to cryD. to stay ... to cry正确答案：B39 Mrs. Smith warned her daughter ____________ after drinking. 正确答案解析A. never to driveB. to never driveC. never drivingD. never drive正确答案：A40 As she is looking forward to ____________ from me, please remember ____________ this letter on your way to school. 正确答案解析A. hear ... postB. be heard ... postingC. hearing ... to postD. be hearing ... to posting 正确答案：CSection BDirections: In this part there are 15 incomplete sentences. For each blank, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.Andy loved the idea. Mary Arthur 41 ____________ it. Kurt Mendez didn’t think it was any big deal. Mr. El thought it was a brilliant idea. After all, it was 42 ____________ idea."It’s only fair," Mr. El explained to his new fourth graders as they stood in line waiting for the lunch bell 43 ____________, "that we turn things around. Every year you guys line up in alphabetical order. Alphabetical order to go to lunch, to go to gym, to go home, and so on. This year we’re using reverse alphabetical order."Mindy Vale put her hand down as Mr. El pointed 44____________ her. "I’ve always had to stand at the bac k of the line, ever since kindergarten! Now I’m near the 45 ____________. Thank you, thank you!"The teacher smiled. 46 ____________, he called on Christopher Cash, a serious and thoughtful young man. "Mr. El, I think you should 47 ____________ this policy. This is very drastic and unnecessary. This could confuse our fragile young minds!""Put a lid on it, Chris!" shouted David Tyler."We won’t have any outbursts like that, David!" Mr. El said firmly. He turned 48 ____________ Christopher. "Don’t 49____________, Christopher. We only have strong minds in this class.""How many of you think this is a good idea?" Mr. El asked. As you would probably 50 ____________, most of the hands that went up were in the latter half of the line.41 正确答案解析A. hatedB. likedC. heardD. needed正确答案：A42 正确答案解析A. noB. thatC. hisD. her正确答案：C43 正确答案解析A. ringB. to ringC. ringingD. rung正确答案：B44 正确答案解析A. outB. forC. inD. to正确答案：D45 正确答案解析A. lastB. frontC. bottomD. forward正确答案：B46 正确答案解析A. SoB. ThereforeC. ThenD. After正确答案：C47 正确答案解析A. reconsiderB. carryC. thinkD. make正确答案：A48 正确答案解析A. atB. inC. towardD. down正确答案：C49 正确答案解析A. moveB. worryC. screamD. speak正确答案：B50 正确答案解析A. expectB. doubtC. forgetD. review正确答案：APart IV. WritingDirections: In this part, you are asked to write a paragraph about "My Mother / Father".参考答案：My father is fifty years old. He is not very tall, and he is not very handsome, either. He is a professor in the Chinese Department of a university. In my memory, my father always works very hard by reading and writing day after day. I remember when I was a little child, he hadn't much time to go to park with me. In the holidays, he might take me to the park. But he always took a book in his bag and read it in the rest time. Now I come to understand that my father's success is because of his hard work. I'm proud of my father and I will love him forever.。
TEST2全面解析
Speaking
Part 1 – Home town, films Part 2 – An interesting place Part 3 – Places that tourists visit, being a tourist
Test 2
LISTENING
SECTION 1 Questions 1–10
背景信息（Background information）
Section 1 是一个典型的填写信息题。通常会要求填写名字、地址、电话、年龄、城市等简单信息，或是参 加活咨询组织方关于活动的安 排细节。填写内容比较简单，涉及到时间、地点、年龄和一部分的注意事项。听力原文是一段对话，考生 可将注意集中在回答者的录音上。
听前预测（Prediction before listening）
这个部分的题目有简答题和配对题两种。面对简答题需要划出每一题的关键词。11 题为 previously，答案 是一个名称。12 题是 newest，答案也是名称。13 题是 feeding，答案填的是时间或者时间段。14 题是 VIP ticket， 答案是一个动词词组。 15 题是 special event， 答案是一个名词词组。 16 题是 petition 和 sent， 答案是个人或者组织。17 题是 test，答案是一个名词。18-20 题是配对题，18 题强调了是不能错过的景 点，19 题强调的是暂时关闭，20 题是排长队。五个选项中有两个是混淆信息，考生要做好辨别的准备。
Listening
Section 1 – Short Story Competition Section 2 – Sea Life Centre-information Section 3 –Experience of university Section 4 – Giving presentation