2001年高考听力录音原文

2001年高考英语试题(全国)

2001年全国普通高等学校招生统一考试英语试题第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)（略）第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)21.- Good morning, Grand Hotel.-Hello, I'd like to book a room for the nights of the 18th and 19th.-_______A. What can I do for you?B. Just a minute, please.C. What's the matter?D. At your service.22. The film brought the hours back to me _____ I was taken good care of in that far-away village.A. untilB. thatC. whenD. where23. As we joined the big crowd I got ______ from my friends.A. separatedB. sparedC. lostD. missed24. Selecting a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because technology _____ so rapidly.A. is changingB. has changedC. will have changedD. will change25. The Parkers bought a new house but _____ will need a lot of work before they can move in.A.theyB.itC. oneD. which26. We didn't plan our art exhibition like that but it ______ very well.A. worked out 13. tried out C. went on D. carried on27. The home improvements have taken what little there is ______ my spare time.A. fromB. inC. ofD. at28. It is generally believed that teaching is ______ it is a science.A. an art much asB. much an art asC. as an art much asD. as much an art as29. The warmth of ______ sweater will of course be determined by the sort of _____ wool used.A. the; theB. the;不填C. 不填;theD.不填；不填30. I ______ ping-pong quite well, but I haven't had time to play since the new year.A. will playB. have playedC. playedD. play31. A computer can only do _____ you have instructed it to do.A. howB. afterC. whatD. when32. Visitors ______ not to touch the exhibits.A. will requestB. requestC. are requestingD. are requested33. 1 was really anxious about you. You _____ home without a word.A. mustn't leaveB. Shouldn't have leftC. Couldn't have leftD.needn't leave34. _____ is known to everybody, the moon travels round the earth once every month.A.ItB.AsC.ThatD.What35. ______ such heavy pollution already, it may now be too late to clean up the river.A. Having sufferedB. SufferingC. To sufferD. Suffered第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）He has been called the "missing link." Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world-Mount Everest.He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The 36 of the Snowman has been around for 37 Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest. The native people said they 38 this creature and called it the "Yeti," and they said that they had 39 caught Yetis on two occasions 40 none has ever been produced as evidence( 证据).Over the years, the story of the Yetis has 41 . In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow ofEverest. Shipton believed that they were not 42 the tracks of a monkey or bear and 43 that the Abominable Snowman might really 44.Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were 45 footprints.Most believe the footprints are nothing more than 46 animal tracks, which had been made 47 as they melted (融化) and refroze in the snow. 48 in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was 49 and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But, 50 , no evidence has ever 51 been produced.These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman 52 . But if they ever 53 catching one, they may face a real 54 Would they put it in a 55 or give it a room in a hotel?36. A. event B. story C. adventure D. description37. A. centuries B. too long C. some time D. many years38. A. heard from B. cared for C. knew of D. read about39.A. even B. hardly C. certainly D. probably40. A. as B. though C. when D. until41.A.developed B. changed C. occurred D. continued42. A. entirely B. naturally C. clearly D. simply43. A. found B. declared C. felt D. doubted44. A. exist B. escape C. disappear D. return45.A.clearer B. more C. possible D. rare46. A. huge B. recent C. ordinary D. frightening47.A.strange B. large C. deep D. rough48.A. In the end B. Therefore C. After all D. However49. A. imagined B. real C. special D. familiar50. A. so B. besides C. again D. instead51. A. rightly B. actually C. normally D. particularly52. A. lightly B. jokingly C. seriously D. properly53. A. succeed in B. insist on C. depend on D. join in54. A. decision B. situation C. subject D. problem55. A. zoo B. mountain C. museum D. laboratory第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

英语高考听力录音原文(一)

英语高考听力录音原文（一）第一节Text1M:Billyneedssomebeansforhisscienceprojectatschool. Maybewecanstopbyastoreonour wayhome.W:Let’sgotoGreens. It’sjustaroundthecorner.M: Okay.Text2W: Hi, Stephen, guesswhoIsawatthecitylibrary? AndyClarkestheleadingactorinTheGoodLawyer— thefamousTVseries.M:Whatwashedoingthere? Hispopularityhasslippedsincethefinalseasonoftheshow.Text3W:ItseemsasifeverybodyistalkingaboutJason’sretirement.M:Yes, hisofficeisfilledwithgifts. IgavehimaT-shirtwithabaseballpatternonit.W:That’snice. I’llgethimsomethingthisafternoon. Hopeit’snotlate.Text4W: DidyougotoCooper’slastnight?M:No, wasthereanythingspecial?W:Yes, theemployeesdressedupasmoviecharacters, andeverycustomerreceivedadiscount card.M:Thatwasinteresting.Text5W:Oh, theroadisjammedwithtrafficagain. Wearegoingtobelateforwork.M:Let’smakeaU-turnatthenextcrossroadsandtryanotherway.第二节：Text6W:DoyouthinkJanetcouldmakeit?M:I’msureshecan. Haveyoutriedcallingher?W: Yes, ofcourse. ButIcan’tgetthrough. Theflighthasalreadybeencalledtwice. Whatarewe goingtodo? Boardwithouther Ishouldhaveremindedherattheofficeyesterday. Shemay havetotallyforgottenit.M:Takeiteasy, Sarah. Letmecallherhomenumber. Oh, theresheis.Text7M:Welcometoourprogram, MissJohnson. CongratulationsonwinningtheTeacheroftheYear award.W:Thankyou, Peter. I’mmorethanhappytobehere.M:Whatinspiredyoutobeateacher, MissJohnson?W:Well, I’vealwayslovedtolearn, butI’veenjoyedteachingothersevenmore. It’sinthefamily.M:Couldyoutelluswhatthebestpartaboutyourjobis?W:Gettingtokno wallofthedifferentkidsandcommunicatingwiththem. Ihavealwaysloved kids. So, Iwillalwaysenjoythatpartofmyjob.M:Then, whatdoyouhopetoachievebybeingateacher?W:Mygoalistohelpmystudentsdevelopawarenessoftheirstrengths, weaknesses, andlearning needs, andtoenablethemtolearnthroughouttheirlives.M:Thatsoundsgreat.Text8W:Ethan, haveyouthoughtaboutgettingyourownhouse?M:Yeah. ButI’mconvincedmyparentslovehavingmeback. Whataboutyou?W:Um... Notsureyet. Rightnow,Ienjoygettingmymealscookedformeeveryday.M: Doyoupayacontributiontothehouse?W:Ofcourse, Ido. Butit’sstillmuchlessthanIwouldpaytoliveinmyownflat. Right?M:Obviously.W:TheonlythingIdon’tlikeisthatmymomwantstoknoweverypartofmylife. Becky, what areyoudoingtomorrow? Where? Withwhom? Thesamequestionseveryday.M:Momsarelikethat. Theyaskbecausetheycare. You’vegottobepatientwiththem. My parentsaskthosequestionstoo, butImaynotmoveoutsoon. Thethoughtofleavingthemfills mewithfear. Whatifoneofthemfallsover? Whatiftheybothhaveafalltogether?W:Thatwouldbeterrible.Text9W:It’saprettygoodconference, huh?M:Yeah. Allspeakersarewell-knownandknowledgeableinthesubjectmatter. Didyoulistento JohnMiller’sspeechonhowtoavoidbusinessrisksthismorning?W:No, Imissedthatone. IwenttoaspeechatAlanBrownHall. ThespeakerwasDavid Thompson.M:Oh, thatshouldbeagoodone, too. Iattendedhislecturelastyear. Bytheway, therewillbea workshopthisafternoononhowtomotivateemployees. Areyouinterested?W:Sure. Iwaspromotedtothepositionofmanagerafewmonthsago. AndIhavetomanagea staffof12 people. Itcanbequiteadifficultsituationsometimes. That’swhyIamheretoday.M: Samehere. Ionlyhavesevenpeoplereportingtome. Yet, sometimesIfeellikepullingmyhair out.Ineedtofindawaytocreateharmonywithinmydepartment.Text10W:WelcometoStarFitnessClub. I’mTinaHarrison. Beforeyoustart, I’dliketoofferyou sometips. Weallknowthatregularexerciseisimportant, butfewofusknowhowtoexercise properly. I’veseenmanypeoplemakethesameworkoutmistakesinthisplace. Onemistake peopleoftenmakeisstickingtothesameroutine. Itisnotgoodforbuildingupyourmuscles. I’d liketosuggestthatyouchangeyourroutineeveryothermonth. What’smore, youcantrydifferent kindsofworkouts, suchasjogging, biking, orswimming. Thiscanhelpkeepyourwholebodyinshape.Anothermistakemostpeoplemakeistoworkoutintenselyalmosteveryday. Youneedto giveyourbodyabreak, andallowtimeforthemusclestogrow. Itisnottheharderthebetter. Two hardworkoutdayseveryweekisenough. Ifyoureallyhatetoskipaday, youcanplaneasy exercisesonotherdays. However, experts’suggestionisthatyoutakeonedayoffcompletelyeachweek.。

2001年6月听力原文

2001年6月听力原文1. W: I’m trying to find out how this dishwasher works, the manual is in French, Ican’t wait for Bill to translate it for me.M: Don’t worry, Mary, I can do the dishes before the machine starts to work.Q: What does the man mean?2. M: The doctor said if I kept smoking, I would increase my chances of having aheart attack.W: Did he suggest reducing weight, too?Q: What does the woman think the man should also do?3. W: The people next door are making so much noise, I just can’t concentrate on.M: Why don’t you stay at the library? It’s much quiet there.Q: What does Tom mean?4. M: This is hopeless, these figures still don’t add up right, let’s do the calculationsover again.W: Yes, but why not do them tomorrow? It’s very late now.Q: What does the woman suggest they do?5. M: To collect a data for my report, I need to talk to someone who knows thatsmall city very well. I was told that you lived there for quite a long time.W: Oh, I wish I could help, but I was only a child then.Q: What does the woman imply?6. M: Are you moving into a new house? Need a hand with those boxes?W: That’s okay, I can manage. They look big, but aren’t very heavy actually.Q: What does the woman mean?7. M: It’s good you brought the books back.W: I thought you might need novels at the weekend. Thanks for letting me use them.Q: What do we know about the woman from the conversation?8. M: Do you want to turn on the air conditioner or open the window?W: I love fresh air if you don’t mind.Q: What can be inferred from the woman’s answer?9. W: Hi, Michael, I can hardly recognize you, why are you dressed up today? Areyou going to the theatre?M: No, actually, I just had an interview at the photo studio this morning.Q: What do we learn about Michael from this conversation?10. M: Good morning, what can I do for you?W: I’d like to have my emergency brake fixed. The car rolls when I park it on the hill.Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?Passage oneLast August, Susan and 42 other students got wet and dirty while removing six tons of garbage from the river running across their city. They cleaned up the river as part of a week-long environmental camp. Like one in three American rivers, this river is so polluted that it’s unsafe for swimming and fishing, still, Susan, who has just completed her third summer on the river clean-up, scene has changed in this river. “Since we started three years ago, the river is getting a lot cleaner”, she says. Environmental scientists praised the teenagers for removing garbage that can harm wild life. Waterbirds, for example, can choke on plastic bottle rings and get cut by scrap metal. Three years ago, when the clean-up started, garbage was everywhere, but this year, the teenagers had to hunt for garbage. They turn the clean-up into a competition to see who could find the most garbage and unload their boats fastest. By the end of the six hour shift, they have removed enough garbage to fill more than two large trucks. “Seeing all their garbage in the river makes people begin to care about environmental issues,” Susan says. She hopes that when others read that she and her peers care enough to clean it up, maybe they will think twice before they throw garbage in the river.Questions 11-13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. What does the passage tell us about American rivers?12. What did the students find when they came to the river this year?13. What is the expected reaction of the local people to the students’ efforts?Passage TwoWhy do we cry? Can you imagine life without tears? Not only do tears keep your eyes lubricated, they also contain a substance that kills certain bacteria so they can’t infect your eyes. Give up your tears, and you’ll lose this on-the-spot defense. Nobody wants to give up the flood of extra tears you produce when you get something physical or chemical in your eyes. Tears are very good at washing this irritating stuff out. Another thing you couldn’t do without your tears is cry from joy, anger or sadness. Humans are the only animals that produce tears in response to emotions, and most people say a good cry makes them feel better. Many scientists, therefore, believe that crying somehow helps us cope with emotional situations. Tear researcher, Winifred, is trying to figure out how it happens. One possibility he says is that tears discharge certain chemicals from your body, chemicals that build up during stress. When people talk about crying it out, “I think that might actually be what they are doing”, he says. If Fred is right, what do you think will happen to people who restrain their tears? Boys, for example, cry only about a quarter as often as girls once they reach teenage years, and we all cry a lot less now than we did as babies. Could it possibly be that we face less stress? Maybe we found another ways to deal with it, or maybe we just feel embarrassed.Questions 14-17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. What’s the topic discussed in this passage?15. What is Winifred trying to find out?16. What does the passage say about teenage boys and girls?17. What’s the difference between human beings and other animals when sheddingtears?Passage threeImaging this: you wake up each morning to find your sister lying beside you, to get dressed and tie your shoes, you use one hand and she uses another. You do everything out together, too, even sitting on the same chair at lunch and riding on the same bicycle. That’s what life is like for six-year-old Betty and Abby. Like most twins, the two girls look very much alike, but unlike most twins, Betty and Abby share partsof the same body. Twins like Betty and Abby are rare. Only about 40 sets are born in the United States each year. Few survive as long as Betty and Abby. That’s because twins often share vital organs, like a heart or brain. The shared organs are often badly shaped and may not be strong enough to support both twins. But Betty and Abby each has her own head, heart and stomach which function normally. Because she has three or four lungs which provide plenty of oxygen for both twins. Most of their completely shared organs lie below the waist. Betty And Abby live relatively normal lives. They attend a regular school, and each does her own school work. They prefer to do some projects together, though, for example, to cut out paper dolls, one twin holds the paper, while the other uses the scissors. But sometimes, the girls don’t want to do the same thing, for example, sometimes they want to play with different toys. What do they do then? “We toss a coin”, says Abby.Questions 18-20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. In what aspect, do Betty and Abby differ from most twins?19. What does the passage tell us about twins who share parts of the same body?20. What does the passage say about the education of the twin girls?。

2001年高考全国卷英语听力试题(含试题、听力音频、听力原文和答案)

绝密★启用前2001年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试全国卷英语听力试题2001年高考全国卷英语听力音频双击图标打开收听.mp3（请用电脑，双击上面图标，打开收听）注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。

2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号，回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答案卡一并交回。

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?A. £19.15.B. £9.18.C. £9.15.答案是C。

1.Where did this conversation most probably take place?A.At a concert.B.At a flower shop.C.At a restaurant.2.What did Paul do this morning?A.He had a history lesson.B.He had a chemistry lesson.C.He attended a meeting.3.What can we learn about the man from the conversation?A.He's anxious to see his sister.B.He wrote to his sister last month.C.He's expecting a letter from his sister.4.At what time does the train leave?A.3:00.B.3:15.C.5:00.5.What is the man’s problem?A.He can’t decide how to go.B.He can’t drive himself.C.He doesn’t like travelling by train.第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)听下面5段对话或独白。

2001年2级听力原文

問題Ⅰ1番男の人と女の人が話しています。

女の人は何を幾つ買って来なければいけませんでしたか。

女：買ってきたよ。

サンドイッチが五つ、ケーキ四つ、それにジュースが2本。

男：あれ、サンドイッチとケーキが反対だよ。

女：えっ？それだった？ごめん、ごめん。

女の人は何をいくつ買って来なければいけませんでしたか。

答え：２2番二人のお母さんが子供について話しています。

子供はどんな格好をしていますか。

母１：ああ、寒い。

それにしても、シンちゃん、元気ねえ。

裸みたいな格好をして、幼稚園の方針なの？母2：いえ、お父さんの。

母１：ええっ？子供はどんな格好をしていますか。

答え：２格好（かっこう）：外表，样子裸（はだか）解析：本题考点是虚拟表达。

设问：“孩子是怎样一付样子”。

该题是两个年轻的妈妈在议论孩子。

一个说：阿新这孩子真够精神的，这么冷的天，竟然像光着身子似的。

这是学校要求的吗？另一个答道：不是的，是跟他爸爸学的。

3番男の人と女の人が車が見ながら話しています。

車はどうなりましたか。

女：あなた、見て。

うちの車、凹んでるわ。

男：おいおい。

何だよ、これ。

まーるく、凹んじゃってるよ。

車はどうなりましたか。

答え：３凹む（へこむ）解析：女的说，你看，咱们的车，陷下去了；男的补充说，这是怎么了，圆圆的，陷下去了！4番料理教室でお菓子を作っています。

できたお菓子はどんな形ですか。

女：はい、生地をよく練って、棒状に伸ばしてくださいね。

それから捻ります。

ええ、それを輪にして、丸くしてね。

火が通りやすいように真中に穴を残しておきましょう。

できたお菓子はどんな形ですか。

答え：４練る（ねる）捻る（ひねる）輪（わ）生地を練る：揉面棒状に伸ばす：抻成棒状捻る：捻成卷，捻成麻花状輪にする：丸くする：輪にする：做成环状丸くする：做成圆形解析：本题考察描述点心形状及制作方法的表达方式。

女教师在说明一种点心的做法：首先揉好面，抻成棒状，捻成卷，然后做成环状。

2001年高考英语试题及答案

2001年高考英语试题·附答案所属：沪江英语来源：高考英语网第一卷(共115分)一、听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

10例：How much is the shirt?A. ￡19.15.B. ￡9.15.C.￡9.18.答案为B。

1. Where did this conversation most probably take place?A. At a concert.B. At a flower shop.C. At a restaurant.2. What did Paul do this morning?A. He had a history lesson.B. He had a chemistry lesson.C. He attended a meeting.3. What can we learn about the man from the conversation?A. He's anxious to see his sister.B. He wrote to his sister last month.C. He's expecting a letter from his sister.4. At what time does the train to Leeds leave?A. 3:00.B. 3:15.C. 5:00.5. What is the man's problem?A. She can't decide how to go.B. He can't drive himself.C. He doesn't like travelling by train.第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。

2001年全国高考英语试题及答案

2001年全国高考英语试题及答案第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分) 作题时，先将答案划在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A 、B 、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

例 :How much is the shirt? A. ￡19.15. B. ￡9.15. C. ￡9.18. 答案是B 1. Where did this conversation most probably take place? A. At a concert. B. At a flower shop.C. At a restaurant. 2. What did Paul do this morning? A. A. He He He had had had a a a history history history lesson. lesson. B. B. He He He had had had a a a chemistry chemistry chemistry lesson. lesson. C. C. He He He attended attended attended a a meeting. 3. What can we learn about the man from the conversation? A. He's anxious to see his sister. B. He wrote to his sister last month. C. He's expecting a letter from his sister. 4. At what time does the train to Leeds leave? A.3:00. B.3:15. C.5:00. 5. What is the man's problem? A. He can't decide how to go. B. He can't drive himself. C. He doesn't like travelling by train. 第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 听下面5段对话或独白。

2001年高考听力录音原文

2001年高考听力录音原文Text 1M：The music and flowers are lovely．W：Yes．I hope the food is good，too．Text 2W：What about your chemistry class this morning，Paul?M：We were supposed to have a chemistry class，but Mr．Anderson was out of town for a meeting．So we had a history lesson instead．Text 3M：I haven’t heard from my sister since last month．W：Don’t worry, Charley．Letters from the United States can be slow sometimes．Text 4W：Excuse me. Could you tell me when the next train to Manchester is?M：Sure．Well，it's three now．The next train to Manchester leaves in two hours．But you can take the train to leads which leaves in fifteen minutes and then get off at Manchester because it stops at Manchester on the way．Text 5W：Fine, So you're going to the Smith's again this weekend?M：Yes. But I can’t make up my mind whether to go by road or rail. The trains are generally less of an effort，but it's a terrible walk from the nearest station to the village．Text 6M: Sally, here is a letter for us．It’s from Tom．W: Can you read it please? My hands are wet with all this washing.M : Well, OK.Dear Sally and John:Thanks for your letter. It was good to hear from you. Just a short note in reply. I was happy to hear that you two been in town in January. I think that's the first time you will come to visit us after your marriage. Please do call me when you arrive so that I can pick you up at the station and then we may have dinner together in town. In case you don' t have my phone number, it’s 7807842. I look forward to meeting you soon.Yours,TomText 7M: Hello, Nancy. This is Bob. How are you?W: Fine, thank you. A bit too busy thorough. You know, I' m trying to put everything in order in my new flat.M: Oh, I see. Well, I was wondering if you would like to go to a concert tomorrow night. I think it will be good. And if I rememher correctly, you did say you like country music.W: Yes. That' s right, I do. It' s nice of you to ask, Bob. But I don' t think I can. Mother has already asked me to see a friend and then we' 11 go to the theatre together. In fact she' s getting the tickets this evening.M: Oh, well, never mind. What about next weekend? This concert is still on then, I think, if you are free next Saturday.W: Oh, I'd like to very much. But what time exactly?M :It starts at 7: 30, I think.W: Oh, good. That' 11 be fine. The tennis match will be over by 5 o' clock, I' m sure.M: Good, I' 11 call you again when I get the tickets.W: Sure. Bye nowText 8W: Excuse me, but I think you made a wrong turn. You supposed to turn left on Rosen Bulevard.M: Oh, I'm sorry. Didn't you see 1323 Willson?W: No, 3023. It' s OK though. You don' t have to take me there. I can walk from here.M: Why don' t I just make a U turn at the corrner?W: Well, you shouldn' t make a U turn there. It' s the one way street. See the sign up the head? M: Well, maybe if I turn left here I can come down the next street.W: You can't do that either during the rush hour. Really though, don't go to any trouble. Sometimes one can wait thirty minutes for a taxi. So I' m happy to get this close.M: Thirty minutes! I've been riding around all day looking for passengers.Text 9W: Hello!M: Hello, Lucy. This is John. Look, could you do me a favor? I' ve tried to phone my wife six times and I can't get through. The line is busy all the time. Could you possibly go to next door and give her a message?W: Sure! What do you want to tell Mary?M: Could you just say I run into an old friend and 1' m staying with him. I' m not at the hotel and I'll give her a ring later.W: Sure, I'll go right now.M: Thanks a lot, Lucy.W: OK. Bye!M: Bye !Text 10What happened to me that day is just unbelievable. The first thing to go wrong was that all the parking spaces were taken. So I had to park on the grass, and hoped that I would not get a parking ticket. When I got to the admission' s office, there was already a long line of students waiting. By the time it was my turn, two of the courses I needed were filled, and I had to go back to my adviser and make out a whole new timetable. Although I did sign up for all my courses, I missed the lunch. The next thing to go wrong was that the bookstore had sold out one of the textbooks required. As I was leaving, I wondered what else could possibly happen, there I saw a policeman standing beside my car and writing out a ticket.。

2001年1月听力原文

2001年1月听力原文Section A1. W: Have you heard about the plane crash yesterday? It caused a hundred andtwenty deaths. I am never at ease when taking a flight.M: Though we often hear about air crashes and serious casual deeds, flying is one of the safest ways to travel.Q: What do we learn from this conversation?2. W: I have a complaint to make, Sir. I had waited ten minutes at the table beforethe waiter showed up, and I finally got served. And I found it was not what I ordered.M: I am terribly sorry, madam. It’s a bit unusually busy tonight. As a compensation, your meal will be free.Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?3. M: I can’t find my pen. I need to write a letter.W: I’ll look for it later. Right now I need you to help fix the shelf before paint it.Q: What would they do first?4. M: Mrs. Winter, I need your advice, I want to buy a dress for my wife, can youtell me where I can get one at a reasonable price?W: Sure, go to Richard’s. It has the latest styles and gives a 30% discount to husbands who shop alone.Q: What do we know about Richard’s shop?5. M: My headaches are terribly. Maybe I need more sleep.W: Actually, you need less sun and some aspirin. It would help if you wear a hat.Q: What does the woman think is the cause of the man’s headache?6. M: Did you know this: after almost ten years in the United States, with such astrong accent.W: Yes, but he is proud of it. He says it is a part of his identity.Q: What does the conversation tell us about Mr. Li? Li still speaks English.7. W: This is Mrs. Starched, my heater is not getting any power and weathermansays the temperature is to fall below zero tonight. Could you get someone to come over and fix it?M: This is the busiest time of the year, but I’ll speak to one of our men about going over some time today.Q: Who did Mrs. Starched want to come over?8. M: Though we didn’t win the game, we were satisfied with our performance.W: You did a great job. You almost beat the world’s champions. It’s a real surprise to many people.Q: What do we learn from this conversation?9. W: Sorry I did not come yesterday, because I had a temperature. Could you tellme the requirement for my term paper?M: The theme of your paper can be about business management or touring resources in China, and the length of the paper should be no less than fifteen pages.Q: What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?10. W: I don’t think we should tell Tom about the surprising party for Lucy.M: It’s all right. He promised not to tell, and he does not make promises likely.Q: What does the man mean?。

2001全国卷英语听力文本

1.Where did this conversation most probably take place?A. At a concert.B. At a flower shop.C. At a restaurant.2. What did Paul do this morning?A. He had a history lesson.B. He had a chemistry lesson.C. He attended a meeting.3. What can we learn about the man from the conversation?A. He's anxious to see his sister.B. He wrote to his sister last month.C. He's expecting a letter from his sister.4. At what time does the train leave?A.3:00.B.3:15.C.5:00.5. What is the man’s problem?A. He can’t decide how to go.B. He can’t drive himself.C. He doesn’t like travelling by train.第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A．B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话成独白读两边。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. What is Sally doing?A. Reading a letter.B. Washing clothes.C. Making a phone call.7. Why does Tom ask Sally and John to call him?A. He wants to meet them at the station.B. He wants to invite them to dinner.C. He wants them to visit his family.8. What is Tom’s telephone number?A. 680-6840.B. 780-6842.C. 780-7842.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

2001年高考试题—英语听力（全国卷）录音稿

2001年高考试题—英语听力（全国卷）录音稿2001普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语（全国卷）第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分) 第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

例:How much is the shirt?A. ￡19.15.B. ￡9.15.C. ￡9.18. 答案是B1. Where did this conversation most probably take place?A. At a concert.B. At a flower shop.C. At a restaurant.2. What did Paul do this morning?A. He had a history lesson.B. He had a chemistry lesson.C. He attended a meeting.3. What can we learn about the man from the conversation?A. He's anxious to see his sister.B. He wrote to his sister last month.C. He's expecting a letter from his sister.4. At what time does the train leave?A.3:00.B.3:15.C.5:00.5. What is the man’s problem?A. He can’t decide how to go.B. He can’t drive himself.C. He doesn’t like travelling by train.第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)听下面5段对话或独白。

2001年高考试题—英语听力(全国卷)录音稿

2001普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语（全国卷）第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分) 第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

例:How much is the shirt?A. ￡19.15.B. ￡9.15.C. ￡9.18. 答案是B1. Where did this conversation most probably take place?A. At a concert.B. At a flower shop.C. At a restaurant.2. What did Paul do this morning?A. He had a history lesson.B. He had a chemistry lesson.C. He attended a meeting.3. What can we learn about the man from the conversation?A. He's anxious to see his sister.B. He wrote to his sister last month.C. He's expecting a letter from his sister.4. At what time does the train leave?A.3:00.B.3:15.C.5:00.5. What is the man’s problem?A. He can’t decide how to go.B. He can’t drive himself.C. He doesn’t like travelling by train.第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)听下面5段对话或独白。

[高考真题]2001年全国卷

2001年全国卷第一卷(共115分)一、听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

10例：How much is the shirt?A. ￡19.15.B. ￡9.15.C.￡9.18.答案为B.1. Where did this conversation most probably take place?A. At a concert.B. At a flower shop.C. At a restaurant.2. What did Paul do this morning?A. He had a history lesson.B. He had a chemistry lesson.C. He attended a meeting.3. What can we learn about the man from the conversation?A. He’s anxious to see his sister.B. He wrote to his sister last month.C. He’s expecting a letter from his sister.4. At what time does the train to Leeds leave?A. 3:00.B. 3:15.C. 5:00.5. What is the man’s problem?A. She can’t decide how to go.B. He can’t drive himself.C. He doesn’t like travelling by train.第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。

01年英语专四听力原文和答案

2001年专四听力答案PART ⅠDICTATIONCharacteristics of a Good ReaderTo improve your reading habits ,/you must understand the characteristics of a good reader. /First, the good reader usually reads rapidly./0f course, he does not read every piece of material at the same rate. /But whether he is reading a newspaper or a chapter in a physics text,/his reading rate is relatively fast./He has learned to read for ideas rather than words one at a time./Next, the good reader can recognize and understand general ideas and specific details./Thus he is able to comprehend the material with a minimum of effort and a maximum of interest. /Finally, the good reader has at his command several special skills ,/which he can apply to reading problems as they occur. /For the college student, the most helpful of these skills include/ making use of the various aids to understanding that most textbooks provide /and skim-reading for a general survey.PART ⅡLISTENING COMPREHENSIONSECTION A CONVERSATIONSQuestions I to 3 are based on the following conversation.W: Hi, you had an encounter with an elephant yesterday?M: Yeah, (1) it scared me to death.W:What happened?M: I was walking in the park (1) when a female elephant came charging at me right from behind.W:How terrifying!M: Yes. As I wag running I tripped and fell to the ground. Just as I turned around the tusks were already about a foot from my chest.W:She was trying to stab you with her tusks?M: She was going for a kill. (2) I just had time to grab the tusks and kind of pulled them past my body. And one tusk stabbed into the earth about a few centimeters from my head. I held on and she just tried to stab me. Miraculously she didn't touch anything vital.W:When she stabbed into the earth, she must liTive been right on top of you?M: Oh yes, she was. (3) Her eyeballs were about two inches from my eyeballs.W: Just at that second when you were staring at her in the eye, was there anything going through your head or were you over- whelmed with terror?M:My thought was. If you let go of these tusks, you are dead meat.W: Well,what did happen? Why didn't you die?M: Usually the elephant is just as scared as you are. Someone came up and screamed at the elephant. That probably distracted her and she decided to run away.Key:1.B 2.C 3. AQuestions 4 to 6 are based on the following conversation.M: Math department, Doctor Webster speaking.W: Hello, Prof. Webster, this is Janet Hill calling. I live two doors down from your teaching assistant, Don Williams. (4) Don asked me to call you because he has lost his voice and can't talk to you himself.M:Lost his voice? Oh, what a shame! Is there anything I can do for him?W: Well, he has a class this afternoon from 2:30 to 4:00 and he won't be able to teach it. But he doesn't want to cancel it, either.M:Does he want me to try to find somebody else to teach the class?W: No, not exactly. (5) What he wants to do is to get someone to go in for him, just to pass back the mid-term exams.M;His class is at 2:30, you say? Well, I'm free at that time and I was going to be on campus anyway; so I could do it for him. What room is his class in?W: Cater Hall, Room 214. (6) Will you need his office key to get the exams? He's given it to me and I could bring it to you.M: Actually, that won't be necessary. We have a master key in the math department. So I can get into his office if necessaryW: Thank you very much, Prof. Webster.M:My pleasure.Key: 4.C 5. A 6.BQuestions 7 to 10 are based on the following conversation.M: Hey, Jane. What's so interesting'?F: I'm reading this fascinating article on the societies of the Ice Age during the Pleistocene period.M: (7)The Ice Age? There weren't any societies then. Just a bunch of cave people.F: That's what people used to think. But a new exhibit of the America museum of natural history showed Ice Age people were surprisinglyadvanced:M: Oh, really? In what ways?F: Well, Ice Age people were the inventors of language, art, and music as we know it. And they didn't live in caves, they built their own shelters.M: What did they use to build them? The cold weather would have killed off most of the trees so they couldn't have used wood.F: (8) In some of the warmer climates, they did build the houses of wood. In other places, they used animal bones and skins or lived in natural stone shelters.M: How did they stay warm? Animal skin walls don't sound very sturdy.F: (9) Well, in the early Ice Age, they often faced the house towards south, to take the advantage of the sun, a primitive sort of solar heating.M: Hey, that's pretty smart. I guess I spoke too soon. (10) Can I read that magazine article after you've done? I think I'm going to try to impress my history teacher with my amazing knowledge of the Ice Age civilization.F:What a show off.Key: 7.A 8.C 9.D 10.BSECTION B PASSAGESQuestions II to 13 are based on the following passage.(11) There is probably no area of human activity in which OUT values and lifestyles are reflected more vividly than they are in the clothes that we choose to wear. The dress of an individual is a kind of "sign language" that communicates a complex set of information and is usually the basis on which immediate impressions are formed.(12) Traditionally a concern for clothes was considered to be a feminine preoccupation, while men took pride in the fact that they were completely lacking in clothes consciousness.Time has changed as masculine dress takes on greater variety and color. As early as 1955 ,a research revealed that men attached high importance to the value of clothing in daily life. White-collar workers in particular viewed dress as a symbol capable of manipulation, which could be used to impress or influence others, especially in work situations. (13) Although blue collar workers were less aware that they might be judged on the basis of their clothing, they recognized that any difference from the accepted pattern of dress would draw ridicule from fellow workers.Since that time, the pattern has changed: the typical office worker may now be wearing the blue shirt, and the laborer a white shirt; but the importance of dress has not diminished.Key: 11.A 12. A 13.DQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage.(14)To work in an international organization, such as the United Nations or the European Commission, you need to be accredited by one of the various international translators' or interpreters' associations. To achieve this, you must undergo strict and lengthy training, either at an accrediting organization's own school, or on a postgraduate course at university.But a qualification in languages is not the only route into the job. At the European Commission, for example, a recent intake of trainee interpreters included several with degrees in subjects like economics,linguistics,philosophy,law and,of course,languages.(16) To become a successful interpreter, candidates need to be at a high level in between three and five languages. However,regardless of how many languages they speak, (16) they voll only be required to translate from their acquired languages into their mother tongue.(15) Compared with using a foreign language, manipulating their own language is more crucial for them. With this skill, and a lot of practice, they will be able to clearly communicate information or messages which have been expressed in a verydifferent way in another language.Yet, while interpreters may be seldom noticed, they are always looking carefully at the people for whom they are interpreting, (16)ln particular, they are looking at the body language of the speaker, because they must also use this information when theytranslate what he or she said.Key: 14.B 15.A 16.BQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage.How many of you drink cola? Nearly everybody. (17) Did you know that cola started out not as a soft drink but as acure for headache back in the late 1800's? John S. Pamberton, a druggist from Atlanta, had experimented for many monthstrying to find a cure for the common headache. He worked in his backyard, mixing and heating different combinations of oilsand flavors until he found one that seemed promising. (18) Pamberton bottled the mixture and began selling it in drugstoresas concentrated syrup that the customer had to mix with water before drinking. Cola's transformation from concentrated syrupto a carbonated soft drink came about quite by accident. One day, a customer came into a drugstore complaining of a head-ache and asked for a bottle of cola syrup. He wanted to take it right away. So he asked the clerk to mix the medicine while hewaited. The clerk,instead of walking to the other end of the counter to get plain water, (19) suggested mixing the syrup withsoda water. The customer agreed, and after drinking it, remarked how good it tasted.(19) The clerk continued offering the mixture and the cola grew in popularity. Today carbonated cola is sold in most countries around the world. And althought they no longer contain the ingredients to kill headaches, they are still very refreshing.Key: 17.B 18.C 19.D 20.CSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTNews Item I(21) "Commonwealth leaders agree to lift Nigeria's three and a half years' suspension on May 29, the day the military government hands over power to an elected president, " the organization's Secretary General announced yesterday.(22) Nigeria was suspended from the 54-nation group of mainly former British colonies in 1995 after it executed nine minority rights activists, including writer Ken Saro-Wiwa. But now that the country has embarked on a return to democracy. Commonwealth heads of government have agreed to end the estrangement. Secretary General Chief Amecka Anyaoku said in a statement, "I'm delighted that an unfortunate episode in Nigeria-Commonwealth relations will now come to an end and Nigeria is resuming its rightful place in the Commonwealth.Key: 21.C 22.ANews Item 2The space shuttle Discovery made a rare night landing at the Kennedy Space Center early on Thursday. (23) The night landing, the eleventh in the center's ninety-four shuttle missions, ended a ten-day mission to outfit the orbiting international space station. (24) Although the spacecraft created a sonic boom that could be heard along much of Florida's eastern seaboard, witnesses on the ground could not see the orbiter until it was directly over the runway lights. Scattered showers off the Florida coast had threatened to postpone the shuttle's return, but forecasters gave the green light when they decided no rain would fall within forty-eight kilometers of the space center.Key: 23.C 24.ANews Item 3(25)" Five people died, two were missing, and at least eighteen were injured on Wednesday when an Italian patrol boat vessel collided with a dinghy filled with refugees crossing the Adriatic Sea from Albania," authorities said."The victims were believed to be Albanians from either Albania or Kosovo, " said authorities from Italy's tax police division, which along with the coast guard patrols the nationa’s coast. The cause of the collision was not immediately known. (26) There A Three Albanians, believed to have smuggled the refugees, were arrested a few hours after the accident.Key: 25.D 26.BNews Item 4(27) " Malaysian authorities are discussing possible salvage efforts with Sun Cruises, the Singapore owner of a luxury liner which sank off Malaysia last week, " a news report said yesterday, " Sun Cruises has received some advice from Malaysia on the matter, " the Business Times newspaper quoted company's spokeswoman, Judy Chu, as saying. Chu and other Sun Cruise officials could not immediately be reached for further comment, as they were away in Indonesia. The Sun Vista went down in international waters, the nearby Malaysia may have the right to order the wreck's removal, the newspaper said. Salvage experts said the wreck of the Sun Vista, which sunk in sixty meters of the water, poses no threat to ships passing over it, but Malaysia may still want it removed.Key: 27.ANews Item 5(28) An international Roman Catholic organization says human rights violations have sharply increased in the Central American countries. The organization, Pax Christi, made the statement to the UN Human Rights Commission. (29) It said that murder, torture and disappearances have risen in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Pax Christi said that security forces in Guatemala completely destroyed six villages, killing all citizens. It said 1500 persons are killed in Guatemala every month. TheCatholic organization said killings and disappearances have increased in El Salvador since the rightist election victory there last March. (30) Pax Christi also charged that officials in Honduras were responsible for mistreating refugees from EL Salvador.Key: 28.A 29.C 30.D。

2000年-2013年江苏高考英语听力文本(除2004年)

W：Yes．I hope the food is good，too．
2. W：What about your chemistry class this morning，Paul?
M：We were supposed to have a chemistry class，but Mr．Anderson was out of town for a meeting．So we had a history lesson instead．
W: I usually go shopping and have my hair done during the weekend and you usually watch the football games on TV.
M: Yes, you often have tea with your friends and I sometimes play cards with my friends. We seldom do anything together. It's quite unlike when we were first married.
M: Good evening. Tonight, the main news is about the bad weather we are having. Storms are reported in all parts of the country. In the north, many roads were closed because of high winds. Two main roads near Glasgow were blocked by trees. In the south, too, heavy rains and storms are reported. Near Dover 50 houses have been flooded and last night a lorry was blown over by the wind. In the East quite a few areas have been flooded. Many small boats have been lost and this morning one boat was found 2 miles inland. Things were better of the West the two villages have been flooded by a river. Four people nearly drowned in the flood. More storms are expected tomorrow.

高考英语听力试音部分原文

高考英语听力试音部分原文你好！高考英语听力试音部分通常是一些简单的问候语、自我介绍或介绍考试流程等内容。

由于不同地区的高考英语听力试音部分可能有所不同，以下是我为您提供的一个可能的示例：试音时间：X分钟(播放一段音乐或提示音，让考场内的音响系统进入准备状态)Hello, this is the language laboratory. We are going to conduct an English listening test in a few minutes. Please turn off all electronic devices and keep quiet to allow the system to reach its optimal condition.(短暂的等待时间，播放一段空白音乐或提示音)We are now going to play a short recording of the test environment. Please listen carefully and adjust your hearing device accordingly. This will help ensure that you are comfortable and confident during the actual test.(播放一段模拟考试环境的录音，学生可以听到考场内的环境声音，如其他学生的声音、监考员的声音等)(短暂的等待时间，播放一段空白音乐或提示音)Next, we will be playing a recording of the language laboratory instructions. Please listen carefully and familiarize yourself with the test instructions and procedures. This will help ensure that you are familiar with the format and timing of the test, as well as the correct use of the hearing device.(播放一段关于考试流程和设备使用的录音，包括考试时间、答题方式、设备操作等)(短暂的等待时间，播放一段结束音乐)Thank you for your cooperation. We wish you all the best for the test! Please be on time and bring your identification card when you arrive at the testing area. Good luck!以上是一个简单的示例，实际的试音部分可能还会包括其他内容，例如考场布局介绍、考试流程提醒等。

2001年6月听力原文

2001年6月听力原文1. W: I’m trying to find out how this dishwasher works, the manual is in French, Ican’t wait for Bill to translate it for me.M: Don’t worry, Mary, I can do the dishes before the machine starts to work.Q: What does the man mean?2. M: The doctor said if I kept smoking, I would increase my chances of having aheart attack.W: Did he suggest reducing weight, too?Q: What does the woman think the man should also do?3. W: The people next door are making so much noise, I just can’t concentrate on.M: Why don’t you stay at the library? It’s much quiet there.Q: What does Tom mean?4. M: This is hopeless, these figures still don’t add up right, let’s do the calculationsover again.W: Yes, but why not do them tomorrow? It’s very late now.Q: What does the woman suggest they do?5. M: To collect a data for my report, I need to talk to someone who knows thatsmall city very well. I was told that you lived there for quite a long time.W: Oh, I wish I could help, but I was only a child then.Q: What does the woman imply?6. M: Are you moving into a new house? Need a hand with those boxes?W: That’s okay, I can manage. They look big, but aren’t very heavy actually.Q: What does the woman mean?7. M: It’s good you brought the books back.W: I thought you might need novels at the weekend. Thanks for letting me use them.Q: What do we know about the woman from the conversation?8. M: Do you want to turn on the air conditioner or open the window?W: I love fresh air if you don’t mind.Q: What can be inferred from the woman’s answer?9. W: Hi, Michael, I can hardly recognize you, why are you dressed up today? Areyou going to the theatre?M: No, actually, I just had an interview at the photo studio this morning.Q: What do we learn about Michael from this conversation?10. M: Good morning, what can I do for you?W: I’d like to have my emergency brake fixed. The car rolls when I park it on the hill.Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?Passage oneLast August, Susan and 42 other students got wet and dirty while removing six tons of garbage from the river running across their city. They cleaned up the river as part of a week-long environmental camp. Like one in three American rivers, this river is so polluted that it’s unsafe for swimming and fishing, still, Susan, who has just completed her third summer on the river clean-up, scene has changed in this river. “Since we started three years ago, the river is getting a lot cleaner”, she says. Environmental scientists praised the teenagers for removing garbage that can harm wild life. Waterbirds, for example, can choke on plastic bottle rings and get cut by scrap metal. Three years ago, when the clean-up started, garbage was everywhere, but this year, the teenagers had to hunt for garbage. They turn the clean-up into a competition to see who could find the most garbage and unload their boats fastest. By the end of the six hour shift, they have removed enough garbage to fill more than two large trucks. “Seeing all their garbage in the river makes people begin to care about environmental issues,” Susan says. She hopes that when others read that she and her peers care enough to clean it up, maybe they will think twice before they throw garbage in the river.Questions 11-13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. What does the passage tell us about American rivers?12. What did the students find when they came to the river this year?13. What is the expected reaction of the local people to the students’ efforts?Passage TwoWhy do we cry? Can you imagine life without tears? Not only do tears keep your eyes lubricated, they also contain a substance that kills certain bacteria so they can’t infect your eyes. Give up your tears, and you’ll lose this on-the-spot defense. Nobody wants to give up the flood of extra tears you produce when you get something physical or chemical in your eyes. Tears are very good at washing this irritating stuff out. Another thing you couldn’t do without your tears is cry from joy, anger or sadness. Humans are the only animals that produce tears in response to emotions, and most people say a good cry makes them feel better. Many scientists, therefore, believe that crying somehow helps us cope with emotional situations. Tear researcher, Winifred, is trying to figure out how it happens. One possibility he says is that tears discharge certain chemicals from your body, chemicals that build up during stress. When people talk about crying it out, “I think that might actually be what they are doing”, he says. If Fred is right, what do you think will happen to people who restrain their tears? Boys, for example, cry only about a quarter as often as girls once they reach teenage years, and we all cry a lot less now than we did as babies. Could it possibly be that we face less stress? Maybe we found another ways to deal with it, or maybe we just feel embarrassed.Questions 14-17 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. What’s the topic discussed in this passage?15. What is Winifred trying to find out?16. What does the passage say about teenage boys and girls?17. What’s the difference between human beings and other animals when sheddingtears?Passage threeImaging this: you wake up each morning to find your sister lying beside you, to get dressed and tie your shoes, you use one hand and she uses another. You do everything out together, too, even sitting on the same chair at lunch and riding on the same bicycle. That’s what life is like for six-year-old Betty and Abby. Like most twins, the two girls look very much alike, but unlike most twins, Betty and Abby share partsof the same body. Twins like Betty and Abby are rare. Only about 40 sets are born in the United States each year. Few survive as long as Betty and Abby. That’s because twins often share vital organs, like a heart or brain. The shared organs are often badly shaped and may not be strong enough to support both twins. But Betty and Abby each has her own head, heart and stomach which function normally. Because she has three or four lungs which provide plenty of oxygen for both twins. Most of their completely shared organs lie below the waist. Betty And Abby live relatively normal lives. They attend a regular school, and each does her own school work. They prefer to do some projects together, though, for example, to cut out paper dolls, one twin holds the paper, while the other uses the scissors. But sometimes, the girls don’t want to do the same thing, for example, sometimes they want to play with different toys. What do they do then? “We toss a coin”, says Abby.Questions 18-20 are based on the passage you have just heard.18. In what aspect, do Betty and Abby differ from most twins?19. What does the passage tell us about twins who share parts of the same body?20. What does the passage say about the education of the twin girls?。

2001年英语专业八级考试听力MP3附听力原文

2001年英语专业八级考试听力MP3附听力原文Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (40 min)SECTION A TALK1. Changes in the size of the World Bank’ s operation s refer to ___.A. the expansion of its loan programmeB. the inclusion of its hard loansC. the inclusion of its soft loansD. the previous lending policies2. What actually made the Bank change its overall lending strategy?A. Reluctance of people in poor countries to have small families.B. Lack of basic health services and inequality in income distribution.C. The discovery that a low fertility rate would lead to economic development.D. Poor nutrition and low literacy in many poor countries of the world.3. The change in emphasis of the Bank’s lending policies meant that the Bank would ___.A. be more involved in big infrastructure projectsB. adopt similar investment strategies in poor and rich countriesC. embark upon a review of the investment in huge dams and steel millsD.invest in projects that would benefit the low-income sector of society4. Which of the following is NOT a criticism of the bank?A. Colossal travel expenses of its staff.B. Fixed annual loans to certain countries.C. Limited i mpact of the Bank’s projects.D. Role as a financial deal maker.5. Throughout the talk, the speaker is ___ while introducing the Wor ld Bank.A. biasedB. unfriendlyC. objectiveD. sensationalSECTION B CONVERSATION6. The man sounds surprised at the fact that ___.A. many Australians are taking time off to travelB. the woman worked for some time in New ZealandC. the woman raised enough money for travelD. Australians prefer to work in New Zealand7. We learn that the woman liked Singapore mainly because of its ___.A. cleannessB. multi-ethnicityC. modern characteristicsD. shopping opportunities8. From the conversation we can infer that Kaifeng and Yinchuan impressed the woman with their ___.A. respective locationsB. historic interestsC. ancient tombsD. Jewish descendants9. Which of the following words can best describe the woman’s feelings a bout Tibet?A. Amusement.B. Disbelief.C. Ecstasy.D. Delight10. According to the conversation, it was that made the woman ready to stop traveling.A. the unsettledness of travelB. the difficulties of trekkingC. the loneliness of travelD. the unfamiliar environmentSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTQuestions 11 and 12 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item , you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.11. Mike Tyson was put in prison last August because he ___.A. violated the traffic lawB. illegally attacked a boxerC. attacked sb. after a traffic accidentD. failed to finish his contract12. The license granted to Tyson to fight will be terminated ___.A. by the end of the yearB. in over a yearC. in AugustD. in a few weeksQuestion 13 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you wil l be given 15 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.?13. The Russian documents are expected to draw great attention because ___.A. they cover the whole story of the former US presidentB. the assassin used to live in the former Soviet UnionC. they are the only official documents released about KennedyD. they solved the mystery surr ounding Kennedy’s assassinationQuestion 14 and 15 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you willbe given 30 seconds to answer the questions. New listen to the news.14. In the recent three months, Hong Ko ng’s unemployment rate has ___.A. increased slowlyB. decreased graduallyC. stayed steadyD. become unpredictable15. According to the news, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Business conditions have worsened in the past three months.B. The past three months have seen a declining trend in job offers.C. The rise of unemployment rate in some sectors equals the fall in others.D. The unemployment rate in all sectors of the economy remains unchanged.SECTION D NOTE-TAKING AND GAP-FILLING?The Press Conference?The press conference has certain advantages. The first advantage lies with the?(1)___ nature of the event itself; public officials are supposed to 1.___?submit to scrutiny by responding to various questions at a press conference.?Secondly, statements previously made at a press conference can be used as a?(2)___ in judging following statements or policies. Moreover, in case 2.___?of important events, press conferences are an effective way to break the news?to groups of reporters.?However, from the point of view of (3)___, the press conference 3.___?possesses some disadvantages, mainly in its(4)___ and news source. 4.___?The provider virtually determines the manner in which a press conference?proceeds. This, sometimes, puts news reporters at a(n)(5)___ , as can 5.___?be seen on live broadcasts of news conferences.?Factors in getting valuable information preparation: a need to keep up? to date on journalistic subject matter;?—(6)___ of the news source: 6.___?1 ) news source’ s (7)___ to7.___?provide information;?2)news-gathering methods.?Conditions under which news reporters cannot trust the information?provided by a news source?— not knowing the required information;?— knowing and willing to share the information, but without?(8)___ skills; 8.___?— knowing the information, but unwilling to share;?— willing to share, but unable to recall.?(9)___ of questions asked 9.___?Ways of improving the questions:?no words with double meanings;?no long questions;?— specific time, place, etc.;?— (10) questions; 10.___?—clear alternatives, or no alternatives in answers.听力原文SECTION A TALK?The World Bank is one of the major channels through which development aid is passed from industrial west to the poor and developing nations of the world. Its scale of operations is vast, which is why its lending program exceeds 7 billion a year, and its work force numbers about 4500. In the last decade important changes have taken place in the size of the bank’s operations and in the emphasis of its lending policies. What immediately strikes anyone looking at the lending figures ov er the last 10 years is the tremendous expansion in the bank’s loan program. This has increased from 1 billion to nearly 7 billion. The figure includes hard loans, which are made at the current rate of interest, and soft loans, which are allocated to poor countries at concessionary rates, and usually channel led through the bank’s affiliate—the International Development Association.? In deciding the emphasis of its lending policy, the bank has had to take into account the population explosion which is occuring in many poor countries of the world. It is a fact that the fertility rate of the poor countries is often very high. This is one of the main reasons for these countries remaining poor. Unfortunately, wide-ranging country section programs do not usually reduce this r ate because this was a strong and deeply rooted tradition among people in thesecountries to have big families. What the bank discovered was that there was a link between economic and social development on the one hand, and reduction of fertility rate on the other. Thus by improving basic health services, by introducing better nutrition, by increasing literacy, and by promoting more even income distribution in a poor country, a lower and more acceptable fertility rate will be achieved. This advanced thinking persuaded the bank to change its overall lending strategy, where previously it concentrated on the big infrastructure project s, such as dams, roads and bridges. It begun to switch to projects which directly improve the basic services of the country. There was a shift, if you like, from building dams to digging water holes to provide clear water.?A second reason for the change of approach was that the bank has learned a big lesson from projects financed in the 1960s. Many of its major capital investment had scarcely touched the lives of urban and rural poor, nor have they created much employment. The project did not have the trigger-down effect they have in industrialized countries. Instead the huge dams, steel-mills, and so on were left as monuments to themselves. This redirection of its lending has meant that the bank has tended to support labour intensive activities, rather than capita l intensive ones. Both rural and urban areas, there is a better chance in the first case, that its funds will benefit the bottom 40% of the country’s population. ?The bank is also looking for ways of stimulating the growth of the small businesses in many developing countries since this would create employment opportunities for people with lower incomes. Being such a big, obvious target, the bank has often come under fire. For example, its officials have been taken to task for u sing Concord supersonic aircraft so frequently, about 500 times in one year. Also, the large growth of the organization’s personnel has not pleased some critic s . A more substantial criticism has concerned the bank’s policy of setting annual target for lending to specified countries. This could lead to the deterioration in quality of loans, some say. One former bank official has said, rather than encourage growth for its own sake, the bank should begin to think of itself less as a foreign aid agency and more of a financial deal-maker, combining official wit h the private resources for specific purposes.?Finally, some people maintain that the impact of the projects funded by the bank has been modest. When one looks around the world at regions or countries that have successfully transformed to industrial status, it seems that one should be aware of over-estimating the bank’s impact. Take Hong Kong for example. Its changes have come about as a result of trade offensive. The purpose has been to flood western market with low price goods made by capitalist methods of production. The example seems to indicate that some regions c an prosper without the bank’s aid as well.??SECTION B CONVERSATIONW: Well, it seems quite common actually. A lot of people in Australia no w are travelling and taking time off. And when I was actually travelling, I met so many people doing the same thing.? M: Yeah, yeah, so where did you start off??W: Well, I went to New Zealand first. Eh, and got a job in a computer company as a secretary. And I worked there for 4 months.?M: Really? You can do that, can you? I mean it’s possible for anyone to get a j ob in New Zealand, without being a New Zealander??W: No, not everybody, only Australians and New Zealanders can exchange either. You know youcan work in either country.’?M: Right, yeah.?W: So that was easy. So I worked there for 4 months and raised enough money for the rest of travels really. So from there I went to Indonesia, and travelled around the different islands around Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, China , Nepal and India. ?M: What about Indonesia? What did you do? Did you fly mostly between the Islands??W: Eh, I did a bit of that, and boats, mainly local boats between the Islands.?M: What about Singapore? People said it’s very very modern. But because it is s o modern,it’s rather boring. Did you find that??W: Well, it’s difficult to say really. It has different attractions. You know t h e Chinese, Malay, and Hindu communities are there. Each has his own culture and custom, very different from the others. And it’s a great big shopping center an d I really enjoy it f rom that point of view. And it was very clean.?M: And after, you said you went what, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and then China? That’s a great country to travel in, isn’t it??W: Eh, it was. Yeah, it was fabulous. It really was. You have been there then??M: No, I haven’t. No, I mean it’s very big. What did you do??W: Yeah. Well, I had only one month to travel in China, and that was too short f or such a vast country as China. I felt I didn’t have enough time, so I sacrifced a lot of places and di d the main tourist throughout really. I went to Beijing, the capital, Kaifeng, Yinchuan, and Tibet.?M: Well, how exciting! You said after Beijing, you went to??W: That was Kaifeng in central China’s Henan province. It’s a charming city, and has got a l ot to look around, like temples and pagodas, very traditional.?M: Eh, eh.?W: What fascinated me when I was there was that some Jews went to live in Kaifeng many years ago. As early as 16th century, there were Jewish families there. They have their synagogue and five books of Masses. Even today several hundred descendants of the original Jews still live in Kaifeng.?M: Really, I’ve never heard of that. And where did you go after Kaifeng??W: I went to northwest to Yinchuan, the provincial city of Ningxia Hui autonomous region.M: Is this the place where there always is a shortage of water??W: No, no, on the contrary, it has got abundant supply of water, because it is n ear the Yellow River. In this sense, Yinchuan has a favorable geographical posit on in otherwise harsh surroundings.?M: What did you see there then??W: Ningxia was once the capital of Western Xia during the 11th century. So outside Yinchuan, you can still see the Western Xia mausoleum, where the Kings and t heir Kingdoms were buried. The tombs were scattered in a pretty big area at the foot of the Henan Mountain, and inside the city there are famous mosques in the architectural style of Middle East. It’s really a place worth visiting. You got to know something about Chinese Moslems.?M: And that sounds really interesting. Where did you travel after that??W: I was lucky enough to get into Tibet, and that was brilliant.?M: Yeah. What was the most interesting place you visited, do you think??W: Well, I think actually Tibet is the most fascinating and exciting. I’ve never been anywhere sodifferent. The people there are wonderful, the clothes .they w ear, the food they eat.?M: And you said you went to Nepal as well??W: Yeah, eh, that’s a sort of easier passion of Tibetans really and there are a lot ofTibetans---there as well as other tribes and Nepalese, so that was good because I went trekking in Nepal, you should do that.?M: How long did you trek for??W: Oh, I only did a short one, only for a week. I was lazy.?M: Was it very tiring??W: No, it wasn’t actually. I mean you just set your own pace, and don’t pace you rself too hard, that was a stupid thing to do. Eh, you don’t have to walk very far, so that was great.?M: So how did you feel after all this travelling? How did you feel to stop travelling? I mean you were on the move alone for months and months ,and suddenly you’re here ,and not traveling any more. How does it feel??W: I was ready to stop anyway. You get pretty sick, wearing the same clothes, and washing them in the different hotels. I never stay in the same place for longer than two days. And since I was ready to stop, I don’t think I could keep doing it. I mean I’ve met people who’ve been travelling for 2 or 3 years. I couldn' t do it.?M: Yeah, yeah. May be it’s something I should try after this.?W: I think you really should.?SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTNews Item 1(For Questions 11-12)Mike Tyson could sign a deal by Friday to face either Germany’s Axo Shos or Denmark’s Brian Nielsen here on August 21 in the heavy weight’s first fight since his release from jail. The former World Heavy Weight champion was released on Monday after 4 months behind bars for an assault in the wake of a traffic accident last August. His deal with Showtime makes an August come back likely. “August 21st is certainly a day we’re looking at,” Showtime board director, James Lock en s said , “Hopefully in the next few days we’ll have something concrete”. Nevada boxing officials revoked Tyson’s license for more than a year after he bit Evander Holyfield’s ear off in June 1997. But they plan no action on Tyson because the license they granted him to fight doesn’t expire until the end of the year. That came before the assault charge had been heard, and with the victim’s support.News Item 2(For Question 13)?The United States has begun to review Russians documents about the life and death of former president John F. Kennedy, and is expected to release them once the review is complete, the White House said on Monday. The documents which the Russians gave the United States on Sunday would be of particular interest because Kennedy’s assassin Lee Harvey Oswald lived in the former Soviet Union for several years before he returned to the United States, and was arrested for killing t he former president on November 22, 1963. Russian President Boris Yeltsin surprised US president Bill Clinton on Sunday when he turned over what was described a s the result ofexhaustive search of Russian government, military and private archives for papers about Kennedy and his assassination.??News Item 3(For Questions 14-15)?Hong Kong’s unemployment rate has remained stable at 6.3% in the past 3 months, as business conditions have improved in the last month Figures indicate that from March to May this year, the size of the labor force was provisionally at 3,469,000, while the number of the unemployed people stood at 216,000. The number of cases of insolvency 破产, sensational businesses and retrenchment, and numbers of workers affected these cases as recorded by the Labor Department have shown a declining trend in recent months. From March to May 1999, 78 such cases involving 3,882 workers were recorded as compared 93 cases affecting 5,220 workers for the 3 months from December 1998 to February 1999. Figures for the period from March to May 1999 when compared with those from February to April 1999 show an increase in the unemployment rate, mainly in renovation, maintenance, whole sale, and retail and transportSECTION D NOTE-TAKING AND GAP-FILLING?The Press Conference?Press conferences are an all too familiar phenomena around us. However, when people start thinking about its advantages, it sometimes seems difficult to think of any that press conference provides for the competent news reporter. Use of the press conference by public officials and private entrepreneurs help give rise to the phrase “pseudo-event”, and the event contrive d to create news cove rage, where none has considered wanted. ?However, having said that, one value of news conference by a public official is the symbolic nature of the event. And perhaps this is reasoned enough to continue the practice. At a press conference, a public official supposedly submits to examination by responding to unsolicited and perhaps hostile questions. A related advantage to the reporter is that press conference offers an opportunity to get the public official on the record, with regard to the government policies. Stat ements from the press conference can serve as criteria against subsequent statements and policies are measured. In that regard, press conference information may be used as reference point, more so than comments reported by single news medium. Also, when there is a single issue or topic to address, such as a new government program, an earthquake, or the nomination of a new government minister, the press conference offers benefits of efficiency in that officials can speak to a number of reporters at once on the issue of public concern and interest. The press conference may be at its best in this almost one-way format.?Now let’s move on to the disadvantages. And there are serious ones. Generally speaking, the press conference format, as it stands, makes it difficult for t he reporters to get worthwhile information. At press conference, particularly a large one, the well-prepared reporter may never get asked question and certainly is unlikely to have chance to ask follow-up questions. Another disadvantage in the press conference comes from the news source, that is, the news provider.The news source generally decides who asks the questions, determines the length of the answers, and can avoid any follow-up question and rephrase tough questions t o his or her liking, and setsthe time, place and duration of the interview. Press conferences televise live for the news audience, sometimes only highlights the disadvantages for the news reporters since there is little or no time to challenge, clarify or place context materials provided by the news source. Despite these disadvantages and others inherent how reporters get information, t he dews reporter can help assure the worthwhile information from a news source in share with the news audience. One way to reduce the likely heard of errors is to use multiple forms of interviewing by telephone, in person, and press conferences as well as multiple sources, common to the success of these approaches, how ever, are such interrelated ingredient as the preparation of the news reporter, the componentof the news source and nature of the questions asked.?Let’s look at the preparation first.The nature of much news coverage re quires news reporters to be well-read on contemporary events. Like other professionals and craftsmen, the reporter must keep up to date on journalistic subject matter, that is the human condition. Although the subject is broad, it offers the advantages that there is a little a reporter can read or witness. That will not help in covering the news at one time or another. Next, being prepared for an interview includes giving some thought to the competence of the news source. The relationships between news reporters and news sources would benefit the news audience more, if reporters would frequently ask themselves: What is this news resource competent to talk about? What can this person tell the news audience that few others can? Towards the caution regarding the issue of competence, first, the reporter should not take for granted that, because of position or experience, the news source should know, does know, and can provide information. Second, the competence of t he news source needs to be linked with the news-gathering-methods. Let’s just spend a few minutes on the fir st point. There are generally 4 conditions under which the reporter should not give prints to the news source information. One, the source may not know the information the reporter wants. Two, the source may have the information and want to share it, but may lack the verbal skills or concepts to do so. Three, the source may have the desired information but not to want to share it, or worse, may lie to avoid sharing information. Last, t he source may be willing to share this information but unable to recall it.?Now in addition to preparation of the reporter and competence of the news source, there is one more important ingredient in successful news coverage, that is ,the nature of questions asked. It is generally agreed that the nature of the question can shape the nature of the answer. General questions like “Are you for market economy” may lead to the respondent saying virtually anything, and s till being rather vague. On the other hand, a too narrow question may limit the respondent to one particular answer only. In order to gather information from news sources as accurately as possible, reporters can improve the question in the following 5 ways. Firstly, avoid words wit h double meanings. Secondly, avoid long questions. Thirdly, specify the time, pl ace and context you want the respondent to assume, and number 4, it is often helpful to ask questions in terms of the respondent’s own immediate and recent experience rather than in generalities. Finally, either make explicit all the alternative the respondent should have in mind when answering the question or make none of them explicit. Do not leave the news resource by suggesting a desired answer and not mentioning other alternatives.?OK, to sum up, today’s lecture has covered some of the advantages and disadvantages of the press conference, and three important factors and successful news coverage. In our next lecture, we will continue to discuss how to become a competent news reporter.?1-5 ACDDC 6-10 BDBCA 11-15 CABCCSection d note-taking and gad-filling1. symbolic2. Reference3. Reporters4. Format5. disadvantage6. component7. Competence8. V erbal9. nature10. asking。