Part II　Listening Comprehension

Section A

News Report One

【聽力原文】

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote a letter to his baby girl, Max, on Tuesday.He wants her “to grow up in a world better than ours today.”[1]Zuckerberg wrote that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, would donate 99% of his Facebook stock shares, [2]worth about $45 billion, to do just that.

Even with the large donation, Zuckerberg will remain extremely rich.After the news came out, Zuckerberg was one of the most searched names on Google.His Facebook post received more than one million likes.Well-known people like Shakira and Arnold Schwarzenegger also gave the thumbs-up.Financial analysts say it is a good move to prevent the shares from being taxed when they are sold.

The shares will be donated to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative over Zuckerberg's lifetime.Zuckerberg and his wife, Chan, head the organization, of course.

1.What is the news report mainly about?

2.How much are the stock shares to be donated by Zuckerberg worth now?

1.D

【做題提示】本題四個選項句子均以Zuckerberg作主語，可推測該題應該是與扎克伯格有關的事件。聽到問題后立刻回憶所聽新聞內容，結合選項作答。

【解析】新聞開頭提到，扎克伯格和妻子將把99%的Facebook股份捐出去，為世界的改變盡一份力，接著提到外界對扎克伯格此舉的反應和金融分析人士的相應評論。由此可知，該則新聞主要針對扎克伯格捐出股份一事，所以本題選D。其他三項雖在新聞中提到，但均只是新聞的具體信息之一，并不能概括該新聞的主題，故排除。

2.C

【做題提示】四個選項均為金額數字，可知本題應該以how much來提問。聽音時重點記錄與金額數字相關的內容，聽到問題后立刻回憶所聽內容，并結合選項作答。

【解析】新聞中提到，扎克伯格和妻子將捐出99%的Facebook股份，市值約450億美元，為創造更美好的世界盡一份力。由此可知，C項為答案。

News Report Two

【聽力原文】

Delegates from almost 200 nations at the UN climate change summit in Paris have reached a draft agreement on how to move forward on the issue.

[3]The text, which runs to 42 pages, was approved on Saturday after four years' work that started in Durban in 2011.It presents options for dealing with everything from the long-term goals of combating climate change, to financial assistance for developing nations that will need help to move away from fossil fuels.There's a broad political will to come to a global agreement here in Paris and that is good news.What is still missing in the text is a clear vision to go 100 percent renewable energy by mid-century, which gives us a chance to help those people who suffer from catastrophic climate change.

To draw attention to what they see as the time pressure on the issue, campaigners led by Danish artist Olafur Eliasson, [4]have installed 12 mini-icebergs in the shape of a clock in the Place le Pantheon.The ice was brought all the way from Greenland in temperature-controlled containers.

3.What can we learn about the draft agreement?

4.Where have the twelve mini-icebergs been placed?

3.B

【做題提示】四個選項均以it為主語，描述了四種情況。聽到問題后應先確定it指代的對象，回憶所聽新聞內容，并結合選項作答。

【解析】新聞開頭部分提到，該協議草案長達42頁，歷經4年的工作于周六獲得通過，故本題選B，排除A項。新聞中提到，草案為發展中國家提供資金援助，幫助它們擺脫化石燃料，因此C項表述錯誤。新聞中指出，該草案中仍然缺乏的是一個清晰的愿景，即到本世紀中期完全使用可再生能源，故排除D。

4.D

【做題提示】四個選項都是地點，可推測本題應該以where提問。聽音時要重點記錄與地點相關的內容，聽到問題后立刻回憶相關信息，并結合選項作答。

【解析】新聞結尾部分提到，以丹麥藝術家奧拉維爾·埃利亞松為首的活動者認為解決氣候變化問題時間緊迫，為了引起人們對這一時間壓力的關注，他們在先賢祠安置了12座時鐘形狀的小冰山。因此，本題選D。其他三個選項都是針對新聞中出現的地名設置的干擾項。

News Report Three

【聽力原文】

On Sunday, Argentinians voted for their country's next president.Many opinion surveys showed that the ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli would be the clear winner.Mr.Scioli is governor of Buenos Aires province and the chosen successor of Argentina's president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

But the surveys were wrong.Mr.Scioli won 35.9 percent, but not enough to win the presidency.[5]Mauricio Macri, the mayor of Buenos Aires, finished in second place with 35.2 percent of the vote.This means Argentina will hold its first-ever runoff election next month.Voters will choose between the two men on November 22.[6]Mr.Macri says he wants to lift some financial controls and trade restrictions in an effort to help the country's economy.Mr.Scioli has promised to defend the central ideas of what observers are calling “kirchnerism.”These are populist beliefs built around trade protectionism, social welfare programs and defense of the working class.Mr.Scioli adds that he will seek a more measured approach to economic reform.

[7]Under Argentine law, a candidate must have more than 45 percent of the vote to be declared the winner.A candidate can also win with at least 40 percent of the vote and a margin of 10 points over the next candidate.

5.Who is Mauricio Macri?

6.What does Mr.Macri want to do?

7.What was said about the Argentine election law?

5.D

【做題提示】四個選項均表示身份，推斷本題詢問某個人物的身份或職位。聽到問題后首先確定提問對象，然后立刻回憶新聞中與該提問對象相關的內容，并結合選項作答。

【解析】新聞中提到，布宜諾斯艾利斯市的市長毛里西奧·馬克里獲得35.2%的選票，位居第二。因此D項為答案。其他三項都是對馬克里的競選對手——肖利的身份表述，故排除。

6.B

【做題提示】本題四個選項均為動賓短語，前三項均為社會經濟方面的措施。聽到問題后立刻回憶所聽新聞內容，結合選項作答。

【解析】新聞中提到，馬克里先生希望取消一些金融管制和貿易限制，以幫助促進阿根廷經濟的增長。此處lift一詞意為“取消，撤銷”，因此，本題選B項；A項的表述與新聞內容恰好相反。C項內容“實施社會福利計劃”是肖利先生的建議措施，故排除；D項是根據原文中的economic reform設置的干擾項，原文強調的是“尋求更加謹慎的措施進行經濟改革”，而不是“尋求經濟改革的幫助”，且該建議是肖利先生提出的，故排除。

7.A

【做題提示】四個選項均為一般現在時的句子，分別陳述了與（總統）選舉有關的四條信息，可判斷本題詢問與（總統）選舉有關的信息。聽到問題后立刻回憶所聽新聞內容，結合選項作答。

【解析】新聞結尾部分提到，根據阿根廷選舉法要求，總統候選人得票率需超過45%，才能被宣布為獲勝者；或者，得票率至少為40%，并比第二名候選人多出10%以上的得票率，方可當選。由此可知，阿根廷法律規定，得票率高于45%的候選人可以當選為總統，故A項正確。干擾項B缺少了“得票率至少為40%”這一條件，干擾項D缺少了“比第二名候選人多出10%以上的得票率”這一條件，均不符合原文含義，故排除。

Section B

Conversation One

8.B

【聽前預測】四項均以it開頭，均含有表示語言的詞語，前三項出現了英語，且均含有表示比較的詞語。

結論：該題考查的內容可能是某一種語言與英語相比較而言的特點或優勢等。聽音時，應首先弄清楚it的指代對象，并留意各個選項中表示比較的內容。聽到問題后結合選項作進一步的判斷。

【解析】在對話一開始，女士問男士為什么說英語將會變成世界語言，男士回答說，因為英語的使用非常廣泛，唯一比英語使用人數多的只有漢語。由此可知，選項B為正確答案。其他三項對話中均未提及，都可排除。

9.C

【聽前預測】

1.前兩項以its開頭，討論it的相關信息；后兩項含有表示影響的詞語(influence, effect)。

2.后兩項出現了與英國相關的信息(the British Empire, the Industrial Revolution)。

結論：該題可能考查某種事物的影響，可能涉及有關英國的信息，如外來詞、大英帝國、工業革命等。聽音時，應重點關注各個選項中的關鍵詞。聽到問題后，結合選項作進一步的判斷。

【解析】對話中女士問及為什么英語被如此眾多的人使用，根據男士的回答，世界上很多國家說英語是因為以前的大英帝國，可知C選項正確。選項A的內容對話中雖然提到，但并未說它是英語被廣泛使用的原因，故排除；B和D對話中都未提及，故也排除。

10.A

【聽前預測】四個選項均以it開頭。兩項含有表示單詞的詞語(a lot of words, newly coined words)，兩項提到了表示語言的詞語(other languages, all languages)。

結論：四項討論的均是it的相關信息，而根據前兩題的選項推測，it可能指的是英語。該題可能考查英語或其單詞的信息。四個選項的信息點比較分散，聽的過程中可以進行信息比對。聽到問題后再結合選項作進一步的判斷。

【解析】在對話中，男士在談及英語的第一大優勢時提到，英語含有很多德語、荷蘭語、法語、西班牙語和意大利語詞匯，說這些語言的人會在英語中找到許多熟悉的詞匯。也就是說，英語中含有許多來自其他語言的詞語，故選項A為答案。選項B對話中未提及；對話中提到說英語的人去過很多地方旅行，所以帶回了其他語言的詞語，而不是英語很容易被外國旅行者所習得，選項C可排除；對話中提到說英語的人數僅次于漢語，故英語并非世界上最大的一門語言，故選項D也可排除。

11.C

【聽前預測】四項均以it（或its)開頭，且均說明了一種特征，由此可知，該題可能詢問it的某種特點，首先應確定it(its)所指，然后根據問題作進一步的判斷。

【解析】在對話中，當女士問起男士英語的另一個優勢是什么時，男士回答說，英語的語法真的非常簡單，不像拉丁語、俄語或者德語那樣，名詞、形容詞和動詞都有許多不同的詞尾。由此可知，英語的第二個優勢就是其語法非常簡單，故本題選C。

Conversation Two

12.C

【聽前預測】四項均為不定式短語；一項含有與商品銷售有關的詞語(place an order)，兩項含有與商品售后有關的信息(return some goods, make a complaint)。

結論：該題可能對原因或目的等進行提問，可能涉及商品的銷售或售后。聽音時，應留意與商品銷售或售后有關的信息，并將重點放在四個選項的關鍵詞上，聽到問題后結合選項作進一步的判斷。

【解析】在對話的開頭部分，女士打電話給男士，問是否是銷售部，男士回答是，接著女士介紹了自己的身份，并稱自己所在的公司需要為設計室采購一些物品。由此可知，女士打電話來是為了采購物品，四個選項中只有C項符合此意，故為答案。其他三項對話中均未提及，故排除。

13.B

【聽前預測】

1.四項均以he開頭；一項提到了與產品信息有關的詞語(details of the goods)。

2.兩項提到了表示工作的詞語(worked, works on a part-time basis)，兩項提到了與公司或部門有關的詞語(sales department, company)。

結論：該題詢問男士的有關情況，可能涉及男士所工作的公司或部門，男士對產品信息的了解程度。聽音時，應先確定he的指代對象，并將聽音重點放在四個選項的關鍵詞上。聽到問題后，結合選項作進一步的判斷。

【解析】在對話中，當女士詢問DO45型號的畫板總價中是否包含增值稅、畫板是由什么材質制成以及發貨所需時長時，男士都沒有給出確定的回答。由此可知，男士對商品的細節信息不太熟悉，故選項B為答案。其他三項對話中均未提及，故排除。

14.D

【聽前預測】四項均以it開頭；一項中出現了his；兩項含有與訂單或快遞有關的詞語(large orders, express delivery)，兩項含有與價格有關的詞語(free, ￡15)。

結論：該題考查與it有關的信息，可能涉及訂單派送、價格等內容，很可能與男士有關。聽音時，應首先弄清楚it的指代對象，并留意男士所說的內容，同時將重點放在各個選項的關鍵詞上。聽到問題后，結合選項作進一步的判斷。

【解析】對話中，當女士問起畫板的發貨時間，男士表示不太確定，并說那取決于他們手頭上的工作量以及還有多少其他訂單需要寄出等。由此可知，男士表示，訂單的發貨時間取決于很多因素，故選項D為答案。其他三項對話中均未提及，故排除。

15.C

【聽前預測】四項均以動詞原形開頭；三項提到了與女士有關的信息(her, saleswoman, she)。

結論：該題涉及某位女士的具體行動意圖。四個選項的信息點比較分散，分別是向上級匯報、拜訪女銷售、回電話和咨詢其他公司。聽音時，應重點關注與女士有關的信息，同時留意與四個選項的關鍵詞有關的內容。聽到問題后，結合選項作最終判斷。

【解析】在對話的結尾部分，得知負責訂單業務的女孩上午不在公司之后，女士說她明天再打電話過來，接著男士問之前提到的畫板是否還要貨，女士說她需要好好考慮一下再給出答復。由此可知，女士第二天很可能做出決定并給男士回電話，故選項C為答案。其他三項對話中均未提及，故排除。

Section C

Passage One

【聽力原文】

[16]No one knows for sure just how old kites are.In fact, they've been in use for centuries.25 centuries ago, kites were well-known in China.These first kites were probably made of wood.They may even have been covered with silk, because silk were used a lot at that time.Early kites were built for certain uses.[17]In ancient China, they were used to carry ropes to cross rivers.Once across, the ropes were tied down and wooden bridges were hung for them.Legend tells of one General who flew musical kites over the enemies' camp.The enemy fled, believing the sounds to be the warning voices of angels.By the 15th century, many people flew kites in Europe.Marco Polo may have brought the kite back from his visit to China.The kite has been linked to great names and events.[18]For instance, Benjamin Franklin used a kite to prove that lightening is electricity.He flew the kite in the storm.He did this in order to draw lightening from the clouds.He tied a metal key and a strip of silk to the kite line.The silk ribbon would stop the lightening from passing through his body.Benjamin's idea was first laughed at.But later on, it led to the invention of the lightening rod.With such a grand history, kite flying is sure to remain an entertaining and popular sport.

16.What does the speaker say about kites?

17.What did ancient Chinese use kites to do?

18.Why did Benjamin Franklin fly a kite in the storm?

16.B

【解題思路】四項均為以No one knows為主語和謂語的描述性句子；四項中包含的從句都以they為主語。

結論：四項描述的內容包括“they”的制作地點、出現時間、用途及未來的樣子。聽音時應首先判斷“they”的指代對象，重點注意與“No one knows”有關的信息。聽到問題后結合選項作答。

【解析】文章第一句就提到沒有人確切地知道風箏的歷史有多久，即沒有人知道風箏最早出現的時間，故正確答案為B項。其余三項文中均未提及，故排除。

17.A

【解題思路】四項均為動詞短語，描述的內容包括運送繩索、測風速、傳遞消息以及發出警告，都屬于“用途”的范疇，可推斷本題考查某事或某物的用途。聽音時應重點注意與“用途”有關的信息，聽到問題后，再結合選項有針對性地作答。

【解析】文章明確提到，在古代的中國，風箏被用來向河對岸運送繩索，故正確選項為A項。D項有一定的干擾性，文中提到敵軍聽到風箏的聲音后，誤以為是神靈的警告，紛紛逃走，但這個故事是個傳說(legend)，無法證明是事實，故排除。其余兩項文中均未提及，也排除。

18.D

【解題思路】四項均為不定式短語結構；四項中有三項提到了lightning。

結論：四項均為不定式，表目的，且三項中都包含lightning，可推測本題考查與雷電有關的用途。聽音時應重點注意與lightning有關的信息。聽到問題后，結合選項有針對性地作答。

【解析】文章提到，本杰明·富蘭克林曾利用風箏來證明雷電是帶電的，之后具體講述了他在雷電中放風箏的事例，故正確答案為D項。其余三項文中均未提及，故排除。

Passage Two

【聽力原文】

[19]I have learnt many languages, but I've not mastered them the way the professional interpreter or translator has.Still, they have open doors for me.They have allowed me the opportunity to seek jobs in international contexts and help me get those jobs.[20]Like many people who have lived overseas for a while, I simply got crazy about it.I can't image living my professional or social life without international interactions.Since 1977, I have spent much more time abroad than in the United States.I like going to new places, eating new foods and experiencing new cultures.If you can speak the language, it's easier to get to know the country and its people.If I had the time and money, I would live for a year in as many countries as possible.Beyond my career, my facility with languages has given me a few rare opportunities.[21]Once, just after I returned from my year in Vienna, I was asked to translate for a German judge at an Olympic level horse event and learned a lot about the sport.[22]In Japan, once when I was in the studio audience of a TV cooking show, I was asked to go up on the stage and taste the beef dish that was being prepared and tell what I thought.They asked, “Was it as good as American beef? ”It was very exciting for me to be on Japanese TV, speaking in Japanese about how delicious the beef was.

19.What does the speaker say about herself?

20.What does the speaker say about many people who have lived overseas for a while?

21.How did the speaker's experience of living in Vienna benefit her?

22.What was the speaker asked to do in the Japanese studio?

19.B

【解題思路】四項均是以she為主語的描述性句子；四項中有三項都包含languages一詞。

結論：四項中有三項都提及languages一詞，可推測本題考查與語言有關的內容。聽音時應首先判斷she的指代對象，重點把握與languages有關的信息。聽到問題后，結合選項作答。

【解析】講話人一開始就表明自己曾學習過很多種語言，可直接確定答案為B項。D項稍有迷惑性，但講話中并未提及，考生不要根據自己的主觀理解妄加推斷，從而誤選；其余兩項文中均未提及，故排除。

20.D

【解題思路】四項均是以they為主語的描述性句子；四項中有三項都包含與國外生活相關的信息。

結論：四項中分別提到culture shock、live abroad、foreign languages、cross-cultural interactions, 可推測本題考查與國外生活有關的內容。聽音時應首先判斷they的指代對象，聽音重點為與國外生活有關的信息。

【解析】根據問題可知，選項中的they指代many people who have lived overseas。講話人提到，和很多在國外生活過的人們一樣，她也完全熱衷于這種生活方式，她無法想象沒有國際交流的職業和社會生活會是什么樣，由此可知“這種生活方式”即cross-cultural interactions, 故本題應選D。其余三項文中均未提及，故排除。

21.C

【解題思路】四項描述的內容均為she的某種成就或機遇，聽音時應首先判斷she的指代對象，重點把握與她的優勢或成績有關的信息，再有針對性地作答。

【解析】講話者提到，在她結束了在維也納一年的生活之后，她受邀在一場奧運會馬術比賽中擔任一位德國裁判的翻譯，可確定答案為C項。其余三項文中均未提及，故排除。

22.A

【解題思路】四項均為動詞短語結構；四項都包含與食物和烹飪相關的信息。

結論：四項中分別提到beef、cooking competition、food、cooking lessons on Western food，可推測本題詢問與食物和烹飪有關的內容。聽音時應重點關注此類信息。

【解析】根據問題中的關鍵詞Japanese studio，鎖定原文最后幾句話。原文最后提到，講話者在日本時，曾現場觀看一場電視烹飪節目，她被邀請到臺上品嘗牛肉并講出自己的感受，由此可得出答案為A項。其余三項文中均未提及，故排除。

Passage Three

【聽力原文】

[23]Dr.Ben Carsen grew up in a poor single-parent household in Detroit.His mother, who had only a 3rd grade education worked two jobs cleaning bathrooms.[24]To his classmates and even to his teachers, he was thought of as the dumbest kid in the class, according to his own not-so-fond memories.

He had a terrible temper, and once threatened to kill another child.Dr.Carsen was headed down a path of self-destruction until a critical moment in his youth.His mother, convinced that she had to do something dramatic to prevent him from leading a life of failure, laid down some rules.He could not watch television except for two programs a week, could not play with his friends after school until he finished his homework, [25]and had to read two books a week and write book reports about them.His mother's strategy worked.“Of course, I didn't know she couldn't read.So there I was submitting these reports.”he said.“She would put check marks on them like she had been reading them.As I began to read about scientists, economists and philosophers, I started imaging myself in their shoes.”As he got into the habit of hard work, his grades began to soar.Ultimately he received a scholarship to attend the Yale University, and later he was admitted to the University of Michigan Medical School.

He is now a leading surgeon at Johns Hopkins Medical School and he's also the author of three books.

23.What do we learn about Ben Carsen?

24.What did Ben Carsen's classmates and teachers think of him when he was first at school?

25.What did Ben Carsen's mother tell him to do when he was a school boy?

23.C

【解題思路】四項都是以he為主語的句子；四項都是描述性的，涉及主要人物的信息。

結論：本題考查的內容應該是關于he的某個細節，聽錄音時應注意對細節的理解以及對內容的整體把握，將重點放在與選項相關的內容上。

【解析】本文開頭提到，本·卡森醫生出生在底特律的一個貧窮的單親家庭中，因此C項為答案。A項與原文不符，因為原文中說卡森的母親只接受過三年的教育，而不是他本人，故排除。B項與原文不符，因為原文中提到卡森曾威脅說要殺死另一個孩子，而不是他的老師，故排除。D項在原文中未提及，故排除。

24.B

【解題思路】四個選項均為形容詞，反映了人的四種品性，由此可知，本題詢問的應該是關于某人的性格或在別人眼中的印象等方面的內容，聽錄音時應注意與人物性格有關的描述，將重點放在與選項相關的內容上。

【解析】文中介紹說，在本·卡森辛酸的記憶中，他的同學甚至老師都把他當成班級里最笨的學生。dumb和stupid是同義詞，都有“愚蠢的”之意，因此B選項為答案。

25.A

【解題思路】四個選項均為動詞短語，涉及人物的日?；顒?。由此可以推測，本題詢問某人在某時所從事的活動，聽音時應將重點放在四項的關鍵信息上(book reports, diary, housework, TV programs)。

【解析】短文提到，母親讓卡森每周必須讀兩本書并撰寫讀書報告，由此可得出A項為答案。B項和C項在原文中未提及，故排除。文中說母親規定卡森每周除了兩檔電視節目以外不能看其他的節目，并沒有說只看教育類的電視節目，D選項為過度推斷，故排除。