标准听力(一)

标准听力（一）听力原文及答案解析

Part III Listening Comprehension

Section A…………………………………………………………………………………………………

11. W: I have to think about your offer. I can’t

say “yes” or “no” at the moment.

M: You can take your time. It will do if you let me know your decision in a day or two.

Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 【听前预测】选项中的The man thinks，the woman should save his time，The woman need not hurry 等表明，本题可能与男士给女士的建议有关。

【解析】选[D]。女士说她现在还不能马上对男士的提议给予回复，男士让女士不必着急，还说她在一两天给他答复就行了，由此可知，女士不必立刻做出决定，故答案为[D]。

12. M: Here comes my secretary. She’s an

extremely good-looking young woman,

don’t you think?

W: Yes, but I heard that her work isn’t as good as her appearance.

Q: What does the woman think of the secretary? 【听前预测】选项中的She is，good-looking，perfect，good at work等表明，本题与对女士的评价有关。

【解析】选[D]。男士提到自己的秘书长得很漂亮，女士表示同意，但接着用but转折提到她听说她（即男士的秘书）的工作能力没有外表那么好（her work isn’t as good as her appearance），言外之意就是男士的秘书的工作能力不行，故答案为[D]。

13. W: Were all the books I recommended useful?

M: Yes, they were. All of us are grateful to you and my classmates asked me to thank you

for your help.

Q: What can we conclude from the conversation? 【听前预测】选项中重复出现的books表明，对话与书有关。The man does not think/appreciates表明，男士的话为听音重点。

【解析】选[D]。女士问男士她推荐的书是否有用，男士的回答“Yes, they were. All of us are grateful to you and my classmates asked me to thank you…”为听音重点。由男士的回答可知，男士很感女士推荐的书，故答案为[D]。

14. M: I borrowed some CDs from Jim last week,

but I lost them. Would you tell Jim I’m

sorry about that?

W: Hadn’t you better tell him yourself?

Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? 【听前预测】选项均以原形动词开头以及其中的Express his apology，Jim，CDs等表明，本题与女士给男士的建议有关，该建议涉及Jim和CD。

【解析】选[C]。男士踢打他把Jim的CD丢了，希望女士能帮他向Jim转达歉意，而女士通过反问句Hadn’t you better tell him yourself?（你自己告诉他不是更好吗？）建议男士自己去跟Jim道歉，故答案为[C]。

15. W: There was a new quiz show on television

last night, but we were just outside and 【听前预测】选项中重复出现的dinner，show表明，对话涉及晚餐和某个节目。

sitting down to dinner when it came on. M: I watched it and it was great! The first four contestants won only small prizes, but the fifth left with a new luxury car. Q: What can be inferred from the conversation? 【解析】选[C]。女士说昨晚有一个新的智力竞赛节目（quiz show），但是节目播出的时候她正在外面吃饭，由此可知，女士昨天错过了智力竞赛节目的播出时间，故答案为[C]。

16. M: I’m really worried about Susan. How is

Susan’s lab experiment coming along?

W: I’m not sure. Why don’t we go have a look?

Q: What does the woman suggest doing? 【听前预测】选项中的Meeting Susan，Making sure，Asking Susan等表明，本题可能与某人的建议有关，该建议涉及Susan。

【解析】选[C]。男士问女士Susan的实验进行得怎么样了，女士通过反问句Why don’t we go have a look?建议去看看Susan做实验的进展情况，故答案为[C]。

17. W: Why do we always have to argue about money?

M: If it wasn’t money, you’d argue about something else; I think you enjoy

arguments.

Q: What does the man think of the woman? 【听前预测】选项中的She spends money lavishly/should get a job等表明，本题可能考查对女士的看法。

【解析】选[D]。女士不明白为什么她和男士总是为钱而争吵，男士通过虚拟语气提到“如果不是为钱，你也会为其他东西争吵；我认为你喜欢争吵”，由此可知，男士认为女士喜欢争吵，故答案为[D]。

18. M: I wish Susie would stop reciting that poem.

I’ve heard her repeat it hundreds of

times.

W: At least that much. I used to really like Whitman’s poems until I had to listen to

her over and over again.

Q: What do the two speakers mean? 【听前预测】选项中的poem(s)和poet表明，对话可能与诗歌有关。

【解析】选[A]。男士通过虚拟语气I wish Susie would stop reciting that poem表示他不想再听Susie朗诵那首诗了，女士也说她以前很喜欢惠特曼的诗，她听Susie朗诵这么多遍之后也不想再听到这首诗了，由此可知，说话双方都厌倦听这首诗了，故答案为[A]。

Now you will hear the two long conversations.

Conversation One

W: Exercise, exercise, exercise. We hear so much about it these days, yet even the experts can’t agree on which exercises are best. Now some doctors are strongly encouraging arm exercises.

M: Arm exercises? Is that because our arms are too fat or flabby?

W: Actually, that’s not the main reason. They say that arm exercises are an ideal way to become physically fit.

M: But don’t arm exercises raise your blood Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19. What’s the main reason that many doctors

recommend arm exercises?

【解析】选[C]。女士说现在很多医生大力推荐手臂运动（arm exercises），男士问是不是因为很多人的手臂too fat or flabby，女士说那不是主要原因，而是因为手臂运动是一种保持健康（become physically fit）的理想方式，故答案为[C]，其中的physically healthy与女士提到的physically fit对应。