听力原文
PARTⅢLISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTIONASTATEMENT
1.During this morning’s test, I couldn’t do the last four questions, but I did the first five.
2.According to Jane there is no better cheese than Swi cheese in our local supermarket.
3.Before going to the gas station to have his tank filled, John had his emergency brakechecked and fixed at the service station near the local cinema.
4.Betty would rather that her husband didn’t send away the cleaning lady, but he will anyway.
5.Fred would have paid twice as much as he did for his car if the salesman had insisted, as he really needed a car.
6.The idea of permanent education is practical because people are never really too old to go on learning.Of course there are certain limits but these are not age limits.
7.It is getting much easier to travel nowadays, but increasingly harder to get away from people, and that is perhaps the most difficult thing for holiday makers.
8.According to Tom, William lost his job not because he was always sick and usually went to work late, but because he made a big error in last month’s accounting and the bo was angry with him.
SECTION BCONVERSATION
9.W: Do you know that Mark turned down that job offer by a travel agency?
M: Yeah, the hours were convenient, but he wouldn’t have been able to make ends meet.
10.W: Can we eat somewhere else? Very few small restaurants like this serve good food.
M: I know, but there isn’t anywhere else in this town.Look! The waiter is coming over for our order.
11.W: Mary is fluent in English and she’s just started to learn Japanese.
M： I hear she also knows a few words in Chinese and French.
12.M: John must have been joking when he said that he was going to live in Boston.
W: Don’t be so sure.He told me that he was looking for an agent to sell his house.
13.W: Excuse me, I wonder if the bus would come at all.It’s already 10:45.
M: Oh, I’m afraid you’ve just mied the last one which left 5 minutes ago.
14.W: Hi, John, haven’t seen you for a quite few days.I heard you’ve been sick.How are you
feeling now?
M: They must confuse me with my brother, Jack.Anyway, he is feeling better now.
15.W: After the way it is being used, the photocopier is not going to make it through the rest of
the year.
M: The year! It’s supposed to be good for four!
16.W: Look at all those cars and trucks lined up for the ferry.There must be at least 40 ahead of ours.
M: True, I think it will takequite a while for us to be on board.
SECTION CNEWS BROADCAST
News Item One (17-18)
Haitian hunger strikers at the US labor base at Guantannamo Bay, Cuba, have begun refusing all fluids and medical treatments.15 of the 267 Haitians are at the base.7 are prepared to die, if neceary, to force the US to admit the rest of them.The Haitians are eligible to pursue political asylum in the US, but have been barred from entry because most have the AIDS virus.The Clinton Administration says they would lift the ban on their entry, but it is not known when.
News Item Two (19)
The top three US auto-makers have decided not to proceed with plans to file a trade complaint with Japanese auto-makers.General Motors, Ford and Chrysler had planned to accuse Japanese companies of dumping cars below market prices in the US, but they dropped the idea, citing a pledge by the Clinton Administration to addre the US-Japan trade imbalance.
News Item Three (20-21)
About 100 people are now known have died in what has been described as “the worst storm” ever to hit the eastern US this century.The hurricane-force winds first struck the Gulf of Mexico and have now spread acro the Canadian border, continuing to bring reckle snowfalls, severe flooding, and causing millions of dollars in damage.All major airports have now reopened and airlines are beginning to cope with a backlog of thousands of stranded paengers.The storm also paralyzed areas of Cuba, where several people were killed, and property and crops destroyed.
News Item Four (22)
France has carried out another underground nuclear test in the South Pacific.It is the fifth in the region since September.The test was conducted at the Moruroa atoll on Wednesday.Paris has
come under strong criticism for its nuclear testing programme, especially from Asia-Pacific countries.A State Department spokeswoman in Washington expreed disappointment at the latest French test.France has promised to sign a global test ban treaty after it completes its current series of nuclear tests in the Pacific.
News Item Five (23)
The aociation representing British airline pilots says that there is an urgent need to raise levels of air safety throughout the world.In the statement,the aociation, known as Bobo, warns that unle air safety improves travelers face a perilous future.The aociation also said that the standard of training must be raised among fly crews and air traffic controllers as the sky has become ever more crowded.
News Item Six (24-25)
The Western European Union, the defense organization linking most countries of the European Community, is meeting in Luxembourg to discu ways to reinforce economic sanctions against the Serbs by tightening controls on the River Danube.It is expected to approve of a proposal to send patrol boats manned by armed police and customs officers with power to search and turn back ships suspected of breaking the sanctions.International efforts to isolate Serbia have been undermined by ships carrying oil and other illegal supplies from the Black Sea region along the Danube into the former Yugoslavia after ignoring attempts by the local authorities to stop them.It is reported that most of the illegal traffic of goods is believed to be arriving in Serbia over land from Greece and former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonian.
PART Ⅲ LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A STATEMENT
1．答案：C
【问句译文】讲话者考试做得怎样？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】解答本题的关键是听清\"I couldn\'t do the last four ...but I did the first five．\"这里是说她不会做后面的四个题，但做了前面的五个题，故选项C为正确答案。
2．答案：A
【问句译文】 Jane认为瑞士奶酪怎样？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】解答本题的关键词是\"no better cheese than Swi cheese \"，由此可知，Jane认为瑞士奶酪是最好的，故选A。
3．答案：D
【问句译文】John先去了哪儿？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】解答本题的关键是分清做事的先后顺序，\"Before．．．John had his emergency brake checked and fixed at the service station...\"，由此得出John应该首先去\"the service station\"。
【问句译文】Betty的愿望是什么？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】 解答本题的关键词有would rather（宁愿......倒愿意......）和send away（解雇，开除，赶走）。故\"Betty would rather that her husband didn\'t send away...\"是说\"Betty倒宁愿丈夫不解雇那个清洁女工，但她丈夫将会解雇她。\"故选项C为正确答案。
5．答案：A
【问句译文】Fred花了多少钱买那辆车？
【试题分析】本题为推理题。
【详细解答】解答本题的关键是要听出这是一个虚拟语气句，\"...would have paid twice as mush as he did...if the salesman had insisted...\"，意思是说\"如果售货员坚持的话，Fred宁愿为此付两倍的价钱。\"由此可知，售货员没有坚持原价，Fred只用要价的一半的钱就把车买下了。
6．答案：B
【问句译文】为何终身教育是有实际意义的？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】在谈到终身教育时，讲话者说\"Of course there are certain limits but these are not age limits.\"由此可知，选项B为正确答案。
7．答案：B
【问句译文】根据讲话者的观点，最困难的事是什么？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】解答本题的关键句是\"And that is perhaps the most difficult...\"，但这里的that指的是上句中的\"get away from people\"，故本题的正确答案为B。
8．答案：C
【问句译文】William为何被解雇？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】只要听清关键句\"...because he made a big error...\"，就可判断正确答案为C。 SECTION B CONVERSATION
9．答案：B
【问句译文】Mark为何拒绝了那份工作？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】当女士说到Mark拒绝了那份工作时，男士说\"the hours were convenient but he wouldn\'t have been able to make ends meet．\"由此可以看出，Mark嫌这份工作的薪水太低，所以拒绝了。
10．答案：B
【问句译文】他们认为那家餐馆如何？
【试题分析】本题为推理题。
【详细解答】本题可以从女士的话中推理出答案，她说\"Very few small restaurants like this serve good food\"，即\"很少有像这样的小餐馆能提供好的食物的。\"也就是说这餐馆的食物可能不好吃，因此答案选B。
11．答案：D
【问句译文】Mary说得好的是哪种语言？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】解答本题的关键词是\"fluent in English\"，由此判断Mary说得好的是英语。
【问句译文】那位女士认为John怎样？
【试题分析】本题为推理题。
【详细解答】男士说\"John must have been joking when he said that he was going to live in Boston.\"他认为John说要去波士顿居住是一句玩笑话，女士则说\"Don\'t be so sure\"，说明她不同意男士的看法，也就是说她认为John或许真的要去波士顿居住，故选项C为正确答案。
13.答案：B
【问句译文】那位女士应该在几点种之前赶到？
【试题分析】本题为计算题。
【详细解答】已经是l0:45，女士还没有等到公汽，就问身边的一位男士是否还有公汽，男士回答说\"...you\'ve just mied the last one which left 5 minutes ago\"，意思是说末班车5分钟前已离去，由此可以计算如果女士在10:40赶到，就可以赶上末班车。故答案选B。
14．答案：A
【问句译文】由对话我们可以知道什么？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】女士以为男士病了，男士说\"They must have confused me with my brothe Jack．\"意思是说\"把我和我弟弟Jack搞混了\"，由此可知，John并没生病，生病的是他的弟弟Jack，故答案选A。
15．答案：A
【问句译文】男士的语气如何？
【试题分析】本题为推理题。
【详细解答】当女士说按照现在这样使用的话，影印机将用不到年底。男士回答说\"The year? It\'s supposed to be good for four．\"意思是\"今年?那可是说要用四年的。\"可见男士对影印机只用一年就要坏感到吃惊，故答案选A。
16.答案：B
【问句译文】两位讲话者很可能在哪儿？
【试题分析】本题为推理题。
【详细解答】由关键句\"cars and trucks lined up for the ferry\"和\"take a quite while for us to be on board.\"可以知道，谈话者是在等渡船过河，故答案选B。
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
17.答案：C
【问句译文】一些海地人罢工是为了什么？
【试题分析】本题为推理题。
【详细解答】新闻第四句说\"The Haitians are eligible to pursue political asylum in the US, but have been barred from entry because most have the AIDS virus.\"即\"这些海地人是有资格在美国寻求政治避难的，但却因为他们大部分携带有爱滋病毒而被禁止入境。\"由此可知，海地人是因为反对美国政府禁止他们入境而罢工的，因此选项C为正确答案。
18．答案：A
【问句译文】那些罢工者为何被禁止进入美国？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】本题答案在上一题中已分析过，新闻第四句说\"...because most have the AIDS virus．\"即\"因为他们大部分人携带有爱滋病毒而被禁止入境\"，故答案选A。
19．答案：B
【问句译文】美国汽车制造商为何决定停止行动？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】新闻最后一句说\"But they dropped the idea，signing a pledge by the Clinton Administration to addre the US-Japan trade imbalance．\"意思是\"他们放弃了这种想法是因为克林顿政府声称要对美日贸易不平衡提出抗议。\"因此选项B为正确答案。
20．答案：B
【问句译文】暴风最先袭击哪儿？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】新闻的第二句说\"The hurricane-force winds first struck the Gulf of Mexico...\"，由此可直接得知飓风最先袭击了墨西哥湾。
21．答案：D
【问句译文】暴风没有造成下列哪一灾难？
【试题分析】本题为细节题，可用排除法解答。\"About 100 people are now known to havedied...\"，\"...and causing millions of dollars in damage.\"，\"All major airports have now reopened \"，\"...and property and crops destroyed\"，新闻中没有提到\"relocation of people\"这一问题，故答案选D。
22．答案：B
【问句译文】根据该新闻，法国为何遭受强烈的批评？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】新闻第四句说\"Paris has come under strong criticism for its nucleartesting program ...\"，由此可知，法国是因为其核试验而遭受强烈的批评，故答案选B。
23．答案：B
【问句译文】该新闻主要是关于什么的？
【试题分析】本题为主旨题。
【详细解答】新闻首句说\"...there is an urgent need to raise levels of air safetythroughout the world.\"，可见这篇新闻主要讲的是提高航空安全性的问题，故选项B为正确答案。
24.答案：C
【问句译文】Luxembourg会议的目的是什么？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】新闻首句就点明了会议的目的，\"The Western European Union...is meeting in Luxembourg to discu ways to reinforce economic sanctions against the Serbsby tightening controls on the River Danube.\"即西欧联盟会晤是为了商讨通过加强对多瑙河的控制重新施加对塞尔维亚的经济制裁，故选项C为正确答案。
25.答案：A
【问句译文】国际上孤立塞尔维亚的努力失败的原因是什么？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】新闻倒数第二句说\"International efforts to isolate Serbia have been undermined by ships carrying oil and other illegal supplies from the Black Sea region along the Danube into the former Yugoslavia after ignoring attempts by the local authorities to stop them.\"，由此可知国际上孤立塞尔维亚的努力之所以失败，是因为运送石油和其他非法物资的船只仍然能够在多瑙河上通行，所以答案选A。
