Section B

【聽力短文·指點(diǎn)迷津】

聽力段落信息比較集中，考生應(yīng)學(xué)會(huì)通過選項(xiàng)來猜測(cè)段落大意，判斷聽力重點(diǎn)，用自己的方式做筆記，強(qiáng)化自己的記憶。

Passage One

【聽力原文】

The New Year always brings with it a cultural tradition of new possibilities. 【26】We see it as a chance for renewal. We begin to dream of new possible selves. We design our ideal self or an image that is quite different from what we are now. For some of us, we roll that dreamy film in our heads just because it is the beginning of the New Year, but we are serious about making changes. We just make some half heart resolution and it evaporates after a week or two. The experience makes us less successful and leads us to discount ability to change in the future. It's not the changes impossible but it won't last unless our resolutions are supported with plans for implementation. 【27】We have to make our intensions manageable by detailing the specific steps that will carry us to our goal. Say your goal is to lose weight by dieting and cutting off sweets. But one night you just have to have a cookie. And you know there is a bag of your favorites in the cupboard. You want one, you eat two, you check the bag and find out that you've just shot 132 calories. You say to yourself, "What the hell. I'll polish off the whole bag." Then you begin to draw all kinds of unpleasant conclusions about yourself. To protect your sense of yourself, you begin to discount the goal. You may think, "Well, dieting wasn't that important to me and I wouldn't make it anyhow." 【28】So you'll abandon the goal and return to your bad habits.

26.

【題目】?

What do people usually wish to do at the beginning of a New Year?

A) Improve themselves.

B) Get rid of empty dreams.

C) Follow the cultural tradition.

D) Attempt something impossible.

【答案解析】

A)這篇聽力開篇就談到新年，對(duì)考生來講相對(duì)比較簡(jiǎn)單，因?yàn)榉现袊?guó)人的習(xí)慣。新年新決定，但很多時(shí)候人們會(huì)半途而廢。隨后說我們把新年當(dāng)做自我更新的機(jī)會(huì)，我們做與現(xiàn)在的我們完全不一樣的計(jì)劃安排。

27.

【題目】

How can people turn their New Year's resolutions into reality?

A) By finding sufficient support for implementation.

B) By taking into account their own ability to change.

C) By constantly keeping in mind their ultimate goals.

D) By making detailed plans and carrying them out.

【答案解析】

D)by+doing表示方式方法。在26題的基礎(chǔ)上，考生可以推測(cè)問題有可能是人們通過什么方式來實(shí)現(xiàn)自己給自已設(shè)計(jì)的目標(biāo)。段落中間為了實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)，我們應(yīng)該列出具體步驟并在生活中踐行。

28.

【題目】

Why does the speaker mention the example of sweets and cookies?

A) To show people how to get their lives back to normal.

B) To show how difficult it is for people to lose weight.

C) To remind people to check the calories on food bags.

D) To illustrate how easily people abandon their goals.

【答案解析】

D)to show, to remind, to illustrate等詞的不定式一般表示目的。段落最后舉了個(gè)戒掉糖果來減肥的例子。最后說人們放棄了自己的目標(biāo)，又回到自己的壞習(xí)慣中。這些做法也出現(xiàn)在我們的現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中，很容易理解。

Passage Two

【聽力原文】

25 years ago, Ray Anderson, a single parent with a one-year-old son, witnessed a terrible accident which took place when the driver of a truck ran a red light and collided with the car of Sandra Drinkens. 【29】The impact of the collision killed Sandra instantly, but her three-month-old daughter was left trapped in the burning car. While others looked on in horror, 【30】Anderson jumped out of his vehicle and crawled into the car through the shattered rear window to try to free the infant. Seconds later, the car was enclosed in flames, but to everyone's amazement, Anderson was able to pull the baby to safety. While the baby was all right, Anderson was seriously injured. Two days later, he died. But his heroic act was published widely in the media. His son was soon adopted by relatives. The most remarkable part of this story unfolded only last week. Karen and her boyfriend Michael were looking through some old boxes when they came across some old newspaper clippings. "This is me when I was a new born baby. I was rescued from a burning car but my mother died in the accident," explained Karen. Although Michael knew Karen's mother had died years earlier, he never fully understood the circumstances until he skimmed over the news paper article. To Karen's surprise, Michael was absorbed in the details of the accident and 【31】he began to cry uncontrollably. Then he revealed that the man that pulled Karen from the flames was the father he never knew. The two embraced and shed many tears, recounting stories told to them about their parents.

29.

【題目】?

What happened 25 years ago?

A) Michael's parents got divorced.

B) Karen was adopted by Ray Anderson.

C) Karen's mother died in a car accident.

D) A truck driver lost his life in a collision.

【答案解析】

C)通看選項(xiàng)可以判斷很有可能是篇記敘文，過去時(shí)態(tài)表明發(fā)生在過去的事情。聽力開始講在事故中Sandra當(dāng)場(chǎng)死亡，而她三個(gè)月的女兒還在車中。Karen是個(gè)女姓名，考生可以推測(cè)是女兒的名字，聽力最后也可確認(rèn)推測(cè)是正確的。

30.

【題目】?

What does the speaker say about Michael's father?

A) He ran a red light and collided with a truck.

B) He sacrificed his life to save a baby girl.

C) He was killed instantly in a burning car.

D) He got married to Karen's mother.

【答案解析】

B)看過選項(xiàng)，考生應(yīng)該把聽力注意力集中在一位男性的所作所為。Sandra當(dāng)場(chǎng)死亡，Anderson去救嬰兒，受重傷，兩天后死亡。

31.

【題目】?

Why did Michael cry uncontrollably when he skimmed over the newspaper article?

A) The reported hero turned out to be his father.

B) He did not understand his father till too late.

C) Such misfortune should have fallen on him.

D) It reminded him of his miserable childhood.

【答案解析】

A)聽力一開始說到Anderson是個(gè)單身父親，小男孩一歲多?？忌梢圆聹y(cè)Michael可能是這個(gè)男孩的名字。聽力最后，Michael才意識(shí)到那位英雄是自己從未謀面的父親。

Passage Three

【聽力原文】

Americans suffer from an overdose of work. Regardless of who they are or what they do, Americans spend more time at work than at any time since World War II. In 1950, the US had fewer working hours than any other industrialized country. 【32】Today, it exceeds any country but Japan, where industrial employees log 2,155 hours a year, compared with 1,951 in the US, and 1,603 in the former West Germany. Between 1969 and 1989, employed Americans added an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules. 【33】The workweek has remained at about 40 hours, but people are working more weeks each year. Specifically paid time-off holidays, vacations, sick leave shrank by 50 % in the 1980s. 【34】As corporations have experienced stiff competition and slower growth productivity, they have pressed employees to work longer. Cost cutting lay-offs in the 1980s reduced the professional and managerial ranks, leaving fewer people to get the job done. In lower paid occupations where wages have been reduced, workers have added hours in overtime or extra jobs to preserve their living standards. The government estimates that more than 7 million people hold a second job. 【35】 For the first time, large numbers of people say they want to cut back on working hours even if it means earning less money. But most employers are unwilling to let them do so. The government, which has stepped back from its traditional role as a regulator of work time should take steps to make shorter hours possible.

32.

【題目】?

In which country do the employees work the longest hours?

A) Germany.?????????????? B) Japan.

C) The U.S.??????????????? D) The U.K.

【答案解析】

B)四個(gè)國(guó)家名，考生應(yīng)注意聽力的話題。開篇說道美國(guó)人工作超時(shí)，考生可斷定本段文章討論超時(shí)工作。接著，聽力中說它超過了除了日本的其他任何國(guó)家，"它"在這里指代美國(guó)?？忌珊?jiǎn)單按照工作時(shí)間從多到少將提到的國(guó)家排序。

33.

【題目】?

How do employed Americans manage to work more hours?

A) By doing odd jobs at weekends.

B) By working long hours every day.

C) By putting in more hours each week.

D) By taking shorter vacations each year.

【答案解析】

D)by+doing表示方式方法。聽力主要討論超時(shí)工作，考生可推測(cè)此題是討論如何做到這一點(diǎn)的。四個(gè)選項(xiàng)都是合理的方法，所以考生要注意聽力細(xì)節(jié)，哪一個(gè)是文章提到的。聽力中間講人們每年工作的周數(shù)增多了，具體的講他們的假期降了50%，考生注意shrink的理解，"縮減"。

34.

【題目】?

Why do corporations press the employees to work longer hours according to the speaker?

A) To combat competition and raise productivity.

B) To provide them with more job opportunities.

C) To help them maintain their living standard.

D) To prevent them from holding a second job.

【答案解析】

A)to do不定式一般表目的，前后相互聯(lián)系，考生要關(guān)注超時(shí)工作的目的和原因。中間講公司經(jīng)歷了殘酷的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，生產(chǎn)力低下，所以他們強(qiáng)迫工人超時(shí)工作。反言之，超時(shí)工作的目的是為了與競(jìng)爭(zhēng)抗衡，提高生產(chǎn)力。

35.

【題目】?

What does the speaker say many Americans prefer to do?

A) Change their jobs.

B) Earn more money.

C) Reduce their working hours.

D) Strengthen the government's role.

【答案解析】

C)四個(gè)選項(xiàng)表明采取的措施。聽力最后，人們想減少工作時(shí)間，哪怕這意味著自己的收入降低了。cut back on意為"減少"。

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