2009年高考英语听力（上海卷）

2009年高考试题——英语听力（上海卷）

1.
M: I am so sick of calling the ticket office, the line is always busy.
W: Why don’t you order through the Internet?
Question: What does the women suggest the man do?

2.
W: What was the best moment of the race for you?
M: Oh, when I got to the finishing line, definitely¹.
Question: What kind of person is probably the man?

3.
W: I'd like to mail this package special delivery². Can it arrive within two days?
M: Sure, no problem.
Question: Where does this conversation probably take place?

4.
W: My brother is thinking of eating out with us Saturday night. Any suggestions?
M: It is up to you. I don't know the restaurant around here that well.
Question: What does the man mean?

5.
W: The floor is awfully³ wet, what happened?
M: The moment I got into the shower, the phone rang.
Question: What does the man imply⁴?

6.
M: I'm going to a party at Carol's house.
W: you can't be serious. We've got two tests at school tomorrow.
Question: How does the woman feel about the man's idea?

7.
W: Where shall we go today then?
M: Shall we try the Royal Garden, recommended in the leaflet⁵?
Question: What will the two speakers do next?

8.
M: I have come to repair your doorbell.
W: You should have come earlier. I'm just going out.
Question: What does the woman imply?

9.
M: It has been pouring for days now.
W: Tomorrow is my day at the beach. I will just have to forget about it if it doesn't clear up
Question: What does the woman imply?

10.
W: When I'm playing the piano, I don't worry about anything. How about you?
M: I go to the gym everyday. It helps me deal with stress.
Question: What are the two speakers talking about?

11-13
When I was 12, my parents moved out of London to a small village in Oxford⁶. I was the only Asian girl in my school, and I suddenly felt a bit lonely. Luckily, I had a brilliant art teacher who encouraged me to go to art college.
However, on the day of my college interview in Bath, I woke up late. I left the house wearing two odd⁷ shoes and didn't notice that my bottle of chocolate milk had poured all over the painting in my bag. Then when I finally got to the station, I got on the wrong train. Who knows, if I had gone to Bath that day, I might have become a professional artist. But I went to Swenden instead. I told the woman next to me on the train about what had happened, and she suddenly cried with laughter. It turned out she was a producer of a comedy program on the radio. To cut a long story short, I got an invitation a week later to attend an interview for the show, and the rest, as they say, is history. I am very lucky my life has been full of happy accidents. Now I am in charge of a very popular TV comedy program.
11. Why did the speaker feel lonely in her new school?
12. Where did the speaker plan to go for her college interview?
13. What incident had changed her fate⁸?

14-16
Today, I will make a speech on zoos. Many people think zoos are cruel, and have no place in the modern world. It is my own opinion that zoos, although not perfect, do have a useful function.
Firstly, zoos are places of education. Zoos can help children to appreciate nature. Further more, research into animal behavior is done in zoos, and has increased on knowledges of zoology⁹, genetics and even psycology. Above all, zoos can protect the future of many species¹⁰ of animal. Many species today are in danger of extinction¹¹, and thanks to zoos, they have a chance of survival¹².
Opponents¹³ of zoos say that they are cruel. First of all, they argue, zoos can not recreate the   environment in which animals live and because of this, animals are bored and depressed¹⁴. Secondly¹⁵, animals have frequent contact with human visitors. Which can be stressful?
However, in my opinion, most zoos have improved recently. It is now quite rare to see animals in cages, and most zoos try hard to recreate the environment in which different animals live.
In conclusion, although zoos are not perfect environment for animals, I believe that they have more advantages than disadvantages. In an ideal¹⁶ world, zoos would not be necessary. But as long as man hunts animals for profit and destroy their environments, zoos are essential.

14: What is the most important function of zoos according to the speaker?
15: Why are some people against zoos?
16: What does the speaker think of zoos?

17-20
W: Good morning, I'd like to rent a family car, please.
M: Yes, man, for how long?
W: Em, 14 days.
M: Where do you want to leave the car?
W: Can I leave it at the downtown office?
M: Sure, may I see your driver's license¹⁷?
W: I have an international driver's license.
M: Fine, thank you.
W: Now, do you want a personal accident insurance?
M: Yes, please.
W: Right, can you sign your name here?
M: There you go!
W: How do you want to pay?
M: Cash please.

21-24
M: In England today, are schools mixed, or single sex?
W: Well, there are both. 50 years ago, all schools used to be single sex. I mean, girls only or boys only. Then in the 1970s, many schools changed and became mixed.
M: Do parents still prefer mixed schools?
W: No, things have changed. Today, many parents, especially parents of girls, think their children get a better education in single sex schools.
M: Why do girls do better at single sex schools?
W: Because girls learn to be more self-confident and less worried about their appearance.
M: What about boys?
W: Well, today many parents of boys want to send them to mixed schools. They think that the girls will be a positive influence on boys.
M: So generally speaking, who does better at mixed schools?
W: Oh, the girls. They get better exam results than boys.
 

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1 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

2 delivery   

n.交付；投递；分娩；解救者；演讲的风格

参考例句：

• The strike caused a great delay in the delivery of the mail.这次罢工严重地延误了邮件的投递。
• He was employed at the local grocery store as a delivery boy.他受雇于当地杂货店当送货员。

3 awfully   

adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地

参考例句：

• Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
• I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。

4 imply   

vt.暗示；意味着

参考例句：

• Cheerfulness doesn't always imply happiness.快活并不总是意味着幸福。
• What did she imply in her words?她的话意味着什么？

5 leaflet   

n.传单，活页，广告

参考例句：

• He picked up a leaflet about care of the teeth.他拾起一张宣传保护牙齿的传单。
• This leaflet contains your operating instructions.这份活页包含你应知道的操作说明。

6 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

7 odd   

adj.奇特的；临时的；奇数的；n.[pl.]机会

参考例句：

• She looks a bit odd.I wonder what has happened to her.她的神色有些异样，不知出了什么事。
• He's an odd character and no mistake!他的确是个怪人！

8 fate   

n.命运；结局，结果；将来，前景

参考例句：

• The Titanic met her fate by crashing into a huge iceberg.泰坦尼克号客轮因撞上一个大冰山而沉没。
• Your future is bound up with the fate of your motherland.你的前途同祖国的命运紧密相联。

9 zoology   

n.动物学，生态

参考例句：

• I would like to brush up my zoology.我想重新温习一下动物学。
• The library didn't stock zoology textbooks.这家图书馆没有动物学教科书。

10 species   

n.物种，种群

参考例句：

• Are we the only thinking species in the whole of creation?我们是万物中惟一有思想的物种吗？
• This species of bird now exists only in Africa.这种鸟现在只存在于非洲。

11 extinction   

n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种

参考例句：

• The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
• The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。

12 survival   

n.留住生命，生存，残存，幸存者

参考例句：

• The doctor told my wife I had a fifty-fifty chance of survival.医生告诉我的妻子，说我活下去的可能性只有50%。
• The old man was a survival of a past age.这位老人是上一代的遗老。

13 opponents   

n.对手，敌手( opponent的名词复数 )；反对者

参考例句：

• Somehow he always manages to outwit his opponents. 他反正总能设法智胜对手。
• to use strong-arm tactics against your political opponents 用强制手段对付政敌

14 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

15 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

16 ideal   

adj.理想的，完美的；空想的，观念的；n.理想

参考例句：

• The weather at the seaside was ideal—bright and breezy.海边的天气最宜人，风和日丽的。
• They promised to be faithful to their ideal for ever. 他们保证永远忠于自己的理想。

17 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。