王迈迈英语AB级考试讲解B8

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[00:00.41]王迈迈英语B级考试全真模拟试题与详解test8
[00:00.52]test8
[00:03.14]Part I
[00:05.32]Section A
[00:07.62]Directions:
[00:09.80]This section is to test your ability to give proper answers to questions.
[00:15.06]There are 5 recorded questions in it.
[00:17.99]After each question, there is a pause.
[00:20.83]The questions will be spoken two times.
[00:24.06]When you hear a question,
[00:25.62]you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A) , B) , C) and D) 
[00:31.53]given in your test paper.
[00:33.60]Then you should mark the corresponding¹ letter on the Answer Sheet
[00:37.09]with a single line through the center.
[00:39.49]Example:
[00:40.60]You will hear:Mr. Smith is not in,would you like to leave him a message?
[00:46.24]You will read:A)I'm not sure.
[00:49.83]B)You're right.
[00:51.90]C)Yse,certainly.
[00:54.23]D)That's interesting.
[00:57.10]From the question we learn that the speaker is asking the listener to leave a message.
[01:01.70]Therefoe, C) is the correct answer.You should mark C) on the Answer Sheet.
[01:07.51]Now the test will begin.
[01:10.42]1. What is your campus² like, Tony?
[01:16.63]What is your campus like, Tony?
[01:33.35]2. What are you majoring in?
[01:38.86]What are you majoring in?
[01:55.01]3. Mary, how about going to the library this evening?
[02:02.36]Mary, how about going to the library this evening?
[02:19.98]4. Do you know who is the cleverest in the class?
[02:26.80]Do you know who is the cleverest in the class?
[02:44.23]5. What does your brother do for a living?
[02:51.13]What does your brother do for a living?
[03:07.89]Section B
[03:10.14]Directions:
[03:12.36]This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues.
[03:16.86]There are 5 recorded dialogues in it.
[03:19.66]After each dialogue, there is a recorded question.
[03:23.58]The dialogues and questions will be spoken two times.
[03:27.36]When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer
[03:30.96]from the 4 choices marked A) , B) , C) and D)  given in your test paper.
[03:36.30]Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet
[03:39.57]with a single line through the center.
[03:42.84]6. M: I'm here for quite some time, you see.
[03:47.35]How long do you think I have to wait?
[03:49.35]W: Sorry, sir. But there will be a table in 5 minutes.
[03:53.67]Q: Where does this conversation probably take place?
[04:01.16]M: I'm here for quite some time, you see.
[04:03.48]How long do you think I have to wait?
[04:05.44]W: Sorry, sir. But there will be a table in 5 minutes.
[04:09.95]Q: Where does this conversation probably take place?
[04:29.77]7. W: May I have a look at that blue skirt?
[04:33.84]M: Yes, what size do you take?
[04:36.89]Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?
[04:44.38]W: May I have a look at that blue skirt?
[04:46.31]M: Yes, what size do you take?
[04:49.36]Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?
[05:09.28]8. M: The last bus must have left. How are we going to get home?
[05:15.66]W: It looks as though we have no choice but to call a taxi.
[05:20.02]Q: What are they talking about?
[05:25.36]M: The last bus must have left. How are we going to get home?
[05:29.76]W: It looks as though we have no choice but to call a taxi.
[05:33.75]Q: What are they talking about?
[05:52.42]9. W: I am told Tony is on holidays.
[05:56.48]M: Oh, yeah? But I hear that he has left his job for good.
[06:01.35]Q: What does the man mean?
[06:07.24]W: I am told Tony is on holidays.
[06:09.34]M: Oh, yeah? But I hear that he has left his job for good.
[06:14.17]Q: What does the man mean?
[06:32.41]10. W: Does this bus go to the art museum?
[06:36.77]M: Yes. It is due to leave at 4: 00. There are 10 minutes to go.
[06:42.04]Q: What time is it now?
[06:48.47]W: Does this bus go to the art museum?
[06:50.86]M: Yes. It is due to leave at 4: 00. There are 10 minutes to go.
[06:56.06]Q: What time is it now?
[07:14.44]Section C
[07:16.62]Directions:
[07:18.88]In this section you will hear a short recorded passage.
[07:22.54]The passage is printed in the test paper, but with some words or phrases missing³.
[07:28.02]The passage will be read three times.
[07:31.03]During the second reading,
[07:32.63]you are required to put the missing words or phrases on the Answer Sheet
[07:36.81]in order of the numbered blanks according to what you hear.
[07:40.88]The third reading is for you to check your writing.Now the passage will begin.
[07:47.21]The word horsepower⁴ was first used two hundred years ago.
[07:51.48]James Watt⁵ had made the world's first widely used steam engine.
[07:55.70]He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was,
[07:59.75]for at that time there were no units for measuring power.
[08:03.64]Watt decided⁶ to find out
[08:05.17]how much work one strong horse could do in one minute.
[08:09.24]He called that unit one horsepower.
[08:12.11]With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.
[08:16.14]He discovered that a horse lift a 3300 pound weight 10 feet in one minute.
[08:22.97]Because his engine did ten times as much as the horse,
[08:26.97]Watt called it a ten horsepower engine.

[08:33.29]The word horsepower was first used two hundred years ago.
[08:37.47]James Watt had made the world's first widely used steam engine.
[08:43.68]He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was,
[08:47.68]for at that time there were no units for measuring power.
[08:53.68]Watt decided to find out
[08:55.17]how much work one strong horse could do in one minute.
[09:01.23]He called that unit one horsepower.
[09:04.14]With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.
[09:08.14]He discovered that a horse lift a 3300 pound weight 10 feet in one minute.
[09:16.93]Because his engine did ten times as much as the horse,
[09:22.93]Watt called it a ten horsepower engine.

[09:29.32]The word horsepower was first used two hundred years ago.
[09:33.53]James Watt had made the world's first widely used steam engine.
[09:37.71]He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was,
[09:41.74]for at that time there were no units for measuring power.
[09:45.74]Watt decided to find out
[09:47.14]how much work one strong horse could do in one minute.
[09:51.29]He called that unit one horsepower.
[09:54.16]With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.
[09:57.94]He discovered that a horse lift a 3300 pound weight 10 feet in one minute.
[10:04.93]Because his engine did ten times as much as the horse,
[10:08.97]Watt called it a ten horsepower engine.

1 corresponding   

adj.符合的，一致的，相同的，相应的，相当的

参考例句：

• We shall take the corresponding measures.我们将采取相应措施。
• Finally,some corresponding advices are put forword based on the above experiments.最后提出了几个相应的建议。

2 campus   

n.大学校园，学校校园；大学　

参考例句：

• They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
• The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。

3 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

4 horsepower   

n.马力(功率单位)

参考例句：

• The engine puts out thirty horsepower.这台发动机可产生30马力。
• Cars are normally rated in horsepower.汽车通常用马力定级。

5 watt   

n.瓦，瓦特

参考例句：

• The invention of the engine is creditable to Watt.发动机的发明归功于瓦特。
• The unit of power is watt.功率的单位是瓦特。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。