高三英语听力材料及参考答案(20200223154226)

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I. Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions：In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1. M: The switch in the bathroom is broken and we need a new one for the light.

W: Why not get Mr. Black to come and take a look?

Q: What is probably Mr. Black?

2. M: I’m looking for a nice dress for my mother. How much is this one?

W: It’s 20 dollars, but you can have it at half price if you buy two.

Q: How much does the man have to pay if he buys two dresses?

3. M: Another rejection letter! Maybe I will never get a good job.

W: Oh, no!

Q: How does the woman feel about the man’s remark?

4. W: What’s the hurry? We’d like you to stay for dinner.

railway station.

M: Well, thank you. I’d love to. But Mary and I have to meet my parents at the

Q: What will the man do next?

5. W: Jack must have been joking when he said that he was going to quit his job.

M: Don’t be so sure. He told me that he expects to sell his house.

Q: What conclusion can we draw from the man’s statement?

6. W: How many more cups should we get for the picnic?

M: Don’t we have enough by now?

Q: What does the man imply?

7. W: Does Jerry really want the scholarship he’s applied for?

M: No one wants the scholarship more than Jerry.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

8. W: John, how did your maths exam go?

M: I thought I might have failed, but the result was top 10% in the class.

Q: What can we learn about the man from the conversation?

9: M: I haven’t heard from my family since last month.

W: Don’t worry, Bo b. Overseas mail is often slow.

Q: What can you learn about the man from the conversation?

10. W: I heard you received the top grade on all four exams this semester.

M: Only on three, I’m afraid.

Q: What does the man mean?

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three

questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

In China, people use chopsticks when they eat meals. Chinese people can use chopsticks to eat any kinds of food except soup. They use a spoon to eat soup. They cut the meat into small pieces before they cook it. They do not need to cut the meat up while they are eating, so they can eat their meals with chopsticks.

In the U.S., people use forks, spoons, and knives when they eat. In fact, American people usually eat beef, steak, or chicken. They cook that meat in one whole piece. They need to use knives and forks to cut them up.

Americans use the fork with their left hand and use the knife with their right hand when they

cut meat. After they cut it into small pieces, they change the fork from the left hand to the right hand. Then they eat the meat. When Chinese people use a fork and a knife, they feel that their hands are very busy and that this way of eating is too complicated.

11. Why do Chinese people like to use chopsticks?

12. Why do Americans use knives and forks when they eat?

13. What is the main idea of the passage?

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

Tom, a reporter friend of ours, passed the large street level windows of the New York Public Library. He noticed that a man on the other side of the window was reading that day's newspaper. With delight Tom saw that the paper was open to the very page for which he had written a big article.

The reporter stopped, fixing his eyes on the man. Would the man read deeply into the article? To the bottom of the page? It was one of those rare, unexpected moments of which a writer dreams. The writer's nose got closer to the glass. The page wasn't turned: good, the reader was interested. Our friend stayed there a bit longer to learn the answer to the important question: Would the reader turn to the page where the story was continued?

Two minutes passed. Four minutes. Nothing. The man must be a very slow reader indeed. A few moments more and the writer stepped around to look carefully at the reader's face, at his eyes. That was when he realized the reader had fallen asleep.

14. Why did Tom stop to look at the man?

15. What did Tom expect the man to do next?

16. What are the man doing while Tom was looking at his face?