新编大学英语四级听力对话 第215期

Conversation Two

23.

A. He visited it in person.

B. He learned from a friend about it.

C. He read of it in a magazine.

D. He knew the sculptor¹.

24.

A. They are very expensive.

B. They weigh very much.

C. They are made of pieces of aluminum².

D. They have triangles all over.

25.

A. It was too expensive.

B. It was too heavy to hand.

C. It was not pretty.

D. It was easy to get rotten.

 

 

Conversation Two

M: How do you like the new art museum?

W: Wonderful! I spent most of my time at the art museum. I especially liked the new wing. I was amazed to hear the guide explain the problems they had building it.

M: Right. [23]I just read an article that went on and on about the cost. 90 million in total I think.

W: Yeah. The guide mentioned that. You could see they spared no expense.

M: Hm. It looked really unusual, at least from what I saw in the picture.

W: It is. [24]The basic design is two triangles. In fact there are triangles all over, the paving³ stones in the courtyard, the skylights and even a lot of the sculptures. One sculpture is a mobile. It's in the courtyard and it's made of pieces of aluminum that moves slowly in the air. It's really impressive.

M: That was in the article too. [25]It said that the original was steel and it weighed so much that it wasn't safe to hand.

W: Right. They did it over in aluminum so it wouldn't come crashing down on someone's head.

M: You know the article went into that in detail. There was even an interview with the sculptor.

W: I'd like to read that. Would you mind if I borrow the magazine sometime?

M: No. I wouldn't mind if I haven't thrown it out yet.

答案解析：

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

23. How had the man learned about the museum?

[C]解析：对话中男士说：“我刚读过一篇文章，详细介绍了它的建造费用。”因此只有C最合适。主语都是He，本题应重点关注男士说的话，听到对话中男士说的“I just read an article...”，“听到什么选什么”，动词的原词再现清楚地标示了答案。

24. According to the woman, what do the paving stones, skylights and mobile have in common?

[D]解析：对话中女士说：“其基本设计是两个三角形。事实上，那里到处都是三角形：院子里的铺路石啦、天窗啦，甚至许多雕塑作品都是三角形的。”D正确。本题答题之处语义特征明显，题目本身也指代清楚，所以并不难解答。

25. What was the problem with the original mobile?

[B]解析：男士说：“文章也介绍了那个移动雕塑。它说，该雕塑原本是用钢铁做的，实在太重了，把它挂起来不安全。”句中hand作及物动词，表示“支持、搀扶”，这里指让雕塑在空中悬挂住（而不致摔落），并能在空中移动。因此，B正确。

1 sculptor   

n.雕刻家，雕刻家

参考例句：

• A sculptor forms her material.雕塑家把材料塑造成雕塑品。
• The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一个球状。

2 aluminum   

n.(aluminium)铝

参考例句：

• The aluminum sheets cannot be too much thicker than 0.04 inches.铝板厚度不能超过0.04英寸。
• During the launch phase,it would ride in a protective aluminum shell.在发射阶段，它盛在一只保护的铝壳里。

3 paving   

n.块石面路v.铺( pave的现在分词 )；为…铺平道路

参考例句：

• Weeds grew through the cracks in the paving. 杂草从铺石路面的缝隙中长出来。
• a firm that does paving and walling 从事铺地砌墙的公司