2006年6月大学英语四级考试试题及参考答案（在线收听）

2006年6月大学英语新四级
Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversation and 2 long sentences. At the end of each conversations, one or more questions will be asked about what was both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once, After each question there will be a pause. You must read the four choices with A) B) C)and D).and decide which is the best answer, then letter on Answer sheet 2 with a single line though the centre.
注意：此部分答题在答题卡2上作答。
11.
A)The girls got on well with each other.
B)It's understandable that girls don't get along.
C)She was angry either the other young stars.
D)The girls lacked the courage to fight.
12.
A)The woman does her own housework.
B)The woman needs a housekeeper.
C)The woman's house is in a mess.
D)The woman works as a housekeeper.
13.
A)The Edwards are quite well-off.
B)The Edwards should cut down on their living expenses.
C)It'll be unwise for the Edwards to buy another house.
D)It's too expensive for the Edwards to live in their present house.
14.
A)The woman didn't except it to be so warm at noon.
B)The woman is sensitive to weather changes.
C)The weather forecast was unreliable
D)The weather turned cold all of a sudden.
15.
A)At a clinic.
B)At a restaurant.
C)In a supermarket.
D)In an ice cream shop.
16.
A)The woman did not feel any danger growing up in the Bronx.
B)The man thinks it was quite safe living in the Bronx district.
C)The woman started working at an early age to support her family .
D)The man doesn’t think it safe to send an 8-year-old to buy things.
17.
A)The man has never seen the woman before.
B)The two speakers work for the same company.
C)The two speakers work in the same floor.
D)The woman is interested in market research.
18.
A)The woman can't tolerate any noise.
B)The man is looking for an apartment.
C)The man has missed his appointment.
D)the woman is going to take a train trip.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19.
A)To make a business report to the woman .
B)To be interviewed for a job in the woman's company.
C)To resign from his position in the woman's company.
D)To exchange stock market information with the woman.
20.
A)He is head of a small treading company.
B)He works in an international insurance company.
C)He leads s team of brokers in a big company.
D)He is a public relations officer in a small company.
21.
A)The woman thinks Mr.Saunders is asking for more than they can offer.
B)Mr.Saunders will share one third of the woman's responsibilities.
C)Mr.Saunders believes that he deserves more paid vacations.
D)The woman seems to be satisfied with Mr.Saunders' past experience.
22.
A)She's worried about the seminar.
B)The man keeps interrupting her.
C)She finds it too hard.
D)She lacks interest in it.
23.
A)The lecturers are boring.
B)The course is poorly designed.
C)She prefers Philosophy to English.
D)She enjoys literature more.
24.
A)Karen's friend.
B)Karen's parents.
C)Karen's lecturers.
D)Karen's herself.
25.
A)Changing her major.
B)Spending less of her parents' money.
C)Getting transferred to the English Department.
D)Leaving the university.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C) and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答.
Passage One
Question 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26.
A)Rent a grave.
B)Burn the body.
C)Bury the dead near a church.
D)Buy a piece of land for a grave.
27.
A)To solve the problem of lack of land.
B)To see whether they have decayed.
C)To follow the Greek religious practice.
D)To move them to a multi-Storey
28.
A)They should be buried lying down .
B)They should be buried standing up.
C)They should be buried after being washed.
D)They should be buried when partially decayed.
29.
A)Burning dead bodies to ashes.
B)Storing dead bodies in a remote place.
C)Placing dead bodies in a bone room.
D)Digging up dead bodies after three years.

Passage Two
Question 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30.
A)Many foreign tourist visit the United States every year.
B)Americans enjoy eating out with their friends.
C)The United States is a country of immigrants.
D)Americans prefer foreign foods to their own food.
31.
A)They can make friends with people from other countries.
B)They can get to know people of other cultures and their lifestyles.
C)They can practise speaking foreign languages there.
D)They can meet with businessmen from all over the world.
32.
A)The couple cook the dishes and the children help them .
B)The husband does the cooking and the wife serves as the address.
C) The mother does the cooking while the father and children wait on the guests.
D)A hired cook prepares the dishes and the family members serve the guests.

Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard .
33.
A)He took them to watch a basketball game.
B)He trained them to play European football.
C)He let them compete in getting balls out of a basket.
D)He taught them to play an exciting new game.
34.
A)The players found the basket too high to teach.
B)The players had trouble getting the ball out of the basket.
C)The players had difficulty understanding the complex rules.
D)The players soon found the game boring.
35.
A)By removing the bottom of the basket.
B)By lowering the position of the basket.
C)By simplifying the complex rules.
D)By altering the size Of the basket.

Sectin C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times ,when the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blank numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information, For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

注意：此部分试题在答题卡2上；请在答题卡2上作答。

Part III Reading Comprehension
For Americans, time is money. They say, “you only get so much time in this life; you’d better use t wisely. The (36)_________ will not be better than the past or present, as Americans are (37)________ to see things, unless people use their time for constructive activities. Thus, American (38) __________a “well-organized” person, one who has a written list of things to do and a (39)_________ for doing them. The ideal person is punctual and is (40)________ of other people’s time. They do not (41)_________ people’s time with conversation or other activity that has no (42) _________beneficial outcome.
The American attitude toward time is not (43)_________shared by others, especially non-Europeans. They are more likely to regard time as (44)__________. One of the more difficult things many students must adjust to in the States is the notion that time must be saved whenever possible and used wisely every day.
In this context (45)_________. McDonald’s, KFC, and other fast food establishments are successful in a country where many people want to spend the least amount of time preparing and eating meals. As McDonald’s restaurants (46)_____________, bringing not just hamburgers but an emphasis on speed, efficiency, and shiny cleanliness.

Answer:
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. A 12.A 13. C 14. D 15. C 16. A 17. B 18. B 19. B 20. C
21. D 22. D 23. C 24. B 25. D
Section B
26. D 27. A 28. B 29. A 30. C 31. B 32. C 33. D 34. B 35. A
Section C
36. future 37. trained 38. admire 39. schedule 40. considerate 41. waste
42. visible 43. necessarily
44. something that is simply there around them, not something they can use
45. the fast-food industry can be seen as a clear example of American cultural product
46. spread around the world, they have been viewed as symbols of American society and culture

Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. M: What would be like working with
those young stars?
W: It was a great group, I always got
mad when people said that we didn’t get
along, just because we were girls, there
was never a fight. We had a great time.
Q: What does the woman mean?
【解析】选项表明对话与女孩们之间的相处情况有关，而由［C］可推测这些女孩很可能是一群年轻的明星（young stars）。［ D］与女孩们的相处这一话题关系不大，与其他三项内容明显不同，故可初步排除。［ B］、 ［ C］意思相近，均表示女孩们相处得不太好，故二者均不大可能为答案。［A］则表示女孩们相处得非常好，与［B］、［ C］同时相反，根据命题规律，同时与两个意思相近的选项相反的选项很可能为答案。因此可初步推测本题答案为［A］。 听音时重点留意女孩们相处得如何（“ 好”还是“不好”） 。what would be like
doing sth.?意为“…怎么样？”， 是用于寻问情况的一种常见句式。

12. [A] The woman does her own housework.
[B] The woman needs a housekeeper.
[C]The woman's house is in a mess.
[D]The woman works as a housekeeper.
M: Are you telling me you don't have a housekeeper?
W: No, we don't. If you make a mess, you clean it up yourself.
Q: What do we learn from this conversation?
【解析】选 项中 housework 和 housekeepe（r 管家）表明对话与家务活和管家有关。［ C］是说房间的情况（房间很乱），而其他三项均是陈述女士是否雇佣管家承担家务活有关，故［C］可初步排除。［ D］是说女士是一名 housekeeper，根据常识，housekeeper 的主要工作就是负责管理家务，那她自己的家务活肯定是由她自己来做（［ A］的内容），即［D］成立，［ A］就同时成立，因此［D］不大可能为答案。故听音时应留意以下选项要点： woman － 自己做 housework ； 需要housekeeper。make a mess 意为“弄脏，弄乱”。
13. [A] The Edwards are quite W: I hear that the Edwards are thinking 【解析】由选项中 should, unwise 等词可推测问well off.
[B] The Edwards should cut down on their living expenses.
[C] It'll be unwise for the Edwards to buy another house.
[D] It's too expensive for the Edwards to live in their present
house. of buying another house.
M: Should they be doing that with all the other expenses they have to pay?
Anyhow, they are over 70 now, their present house is not too bad.
Q: What does the man imply?
题应该涉及到看法或建议。选 项中living expenses（生活开支）和 buy another house 表明对话应与the Edwards 的生活开支和购房计划有关。［A］与此主题关系不大，且与其他三项内容明显不同，故可初步排除。［ D］是说 the Edwards 目前的住房开支太大，言 外之意就是［ B］（ the Edwards应该削减生活开支），因此［D］也不大可能为答案。故听音时应重点留意以下两点：cut down expenses；unwise to buy house。对话中男士用反问语气（should they be doing…?）表示反对意见They shouldn’t be doing…（≈It’ll be unwise…to do…）。
14. [A] The woman didn't expect it to be so warm at noon.
[B] The woman is sensitive to weather changes.
[C] The weather forecast was unreliable.
[D] The weather turned cold all of a sudden.
M: You look like you are freezing to death. Why don't you put this on?
W: Thank you, it was so warm at noon. I didn't expect the weather to change so
quickly.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
【解析】选项表明对话与天气变化和女士的反应有关。［ C］是说天气预报的情况，与主题不太相关，与其他选项内容明显不同，故可初步排除。［A］是说没有料到天气突然变暖，［ D］是说天气突然变冷，二者意思正好相反，故很可能有一个为答案。因此听音时重点关注天气是突然“变冷”还是“变暖”， 另外也要注意对话中是否提到了女士对天气变化敏感（sensitive）。抓住男士话中的 freezing to death（冷得要命）即可基本确定答案为［D］。 unreliable 意为“不可靠的”。 All of a sudden 意为“突然，出乎意料地”。
15. [A] At a clinic.
[B]In a supermarket.
[C]At a restaurant.
[D]In an ice cream shop.
M: I'll have the steak, French Fries, and let's see, chocolate icecream
for dissert.
W: Oh, Oh, you know these things will ruin your health, too much fat and
sugar, how about ordering some vegetables and fruit instead?
Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?
【解析】选项表明本题为“地点场景”类型。做这类题目时，在听音时要注意捕捉符合某一地点场景特点的关键词，结合语境作出推断，一般这类题目的信息词都不只一个，因此切忌听到只言片语就妄下结论。本题中如只抓住前面的 steak, French Fries, icecream和后面的 vegetables and fruit 等词，则很有可能会误选［B］。 只有抓住关键词“ order（ 点菜）” 才 可以迅速确定答案为［ C］。
16. [A] The woman did not feel any danger growing up in the Bronx.
[B] The man thinks it was quite safe living in the Bronx district.
[C] The woman started working at an early age to support her family.
[D]The man doesn't think it safe to send an 8yearold to buy things.
M: What was it like growing up in New York's Bronx District? Was it safe?
W: To me, it was. It was all I knew. My mom would send me to the shop and I'd
go and buy things when I was about 8 years old.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
【解析】选项表明对话与在 Bronx 区成长或生活的安全状况有关。由选项中 feel, think 等词可推测问题与某人的看法或感受有关。［ C］是说女士很小就开始工作养家，和主题关系不大，与其他选项内容明显不同， 故可初步排除。选项要点为：woman－no danger；man－safe/ not safe。故听音时重点应留意男士或女士是觉得Bronx 区是“安全”还是“不安全”。
17. [A] The man has never seen the woman before.
[B]The two speakers work for
M: Nice weather, isn't it? Oh, I've seen you around the office, but I don't think we've met, I am Henry Smith, I work in the same company.
【解析】选项表明对话双方很可能是在同一家公
司或同一个楼层上班，但 彼此可能不太相熟。［ D］
项是说女士对市场研究感兴趣，没有提到男士的
[C]The two speakers work on the same floor.
[D]The woman is interested in market research.
the Market Research Section.
W: Nice to meet you, Henry. I am Helen Grant, I am in the Advertising Section on the ninth floor.
Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
情况，与 其他三项内容明显不同，故 可初步排除。因此听音时应主要留意以下要点：对话双方是在“同一公司”上班（［ B］） 还是在“同一楼层”上班（［ C］）； 男士以前是否见过女士（［A］）。 注意“Market Research Section”与“Advertising Section”应该属于同一公司的两个不同部门，由此可判断男士和女士在同一公司上班。
18. [A]The woman can't tolerate any noise.
[B] The man is looking for an apartment.
[C] The man has missed his appointment.
[D] The woman is going to take a train trip.
M: Mam, I hear you have an apartment for rent, can I take a look at it?
W: Sure, you're welcome any time by appointment, but I have to tell you the building is close to a railway with the noise. You might as well save the trip.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
【解析】选项中 noise, look for an apartment 和appointment 表明对话很可能与找公寓或看房子有关。［ D］与其他三项内容几乎没有关联，故可初步排除。因此听音时应重点留意以下要点：woman－can’t tolerate noise；man－looking for apartment, miss appointment。［ A］表示找公寓的是女士，［ B］则表示找工作的是男士，二者中很有可能有一个为答案，因此听音时应重点辨别找公寓的是“男士”还是“女士”。
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
Conversation 1
W: Please have a seat, Mr. Thunders. I received your resume last week, and was very impressed.
M: Thank you!
W: We are a small financial company trading mostly stocks and bonds. May I ask why you are interested in working for us?
M: Your company has an impressive reputation and I always want to work for a smaller company.
W: That's good to hear. Would you mind telling me a little bit about your present job?
M: I'm currently working in a large international company in charge of a team of 8 brokers, we buy and sell stocks for major clients worldwide.
W: Why do you think you are the right candidate for this position?
M: As a head broker, I have a lot of experience in the stock market, I deal with the clients on the daily bases, and I enjoy working with people.
W: Well, you might just be the person we've been looking for. Do you have any questions?
M: Uhhum, if I were hired, how many accounts would I be handling?
W: You will be working with two other head brokers, in another words, you will be handling about a third of our clients.
M: And who would I report to?
W: Directly to me.
M: I see. What kind of benefits package do you offer?
W: Two weeks of paid vacation in your first year employment, you are also been entitled to medical and dental insurance, but this is something you should discuss with our Personnel Department. Do you have any other questions?
M: No, not at the moment.
W: Well, I have to discuss your application with my colleagues and we'll get back to you early next week.
M: OK, thanks, it's been nice meeting you!
W: Nice meeting you too! And thanks for coming in today.
预览三道题各选项，由 21 题可推测对话中男士（Mr. Saunders）很可能是在申请女士公司的职位。故对话很可能是围绕申请工作这一话题而展开。
19. What's the purpose of Mr. Thunder's visit?
【解析】选项均为不定式表明本题很可能是关于某事的目的。而选项内容都是关于男士与女士之间的活动，可推测本题很可能是关于男士拜访女士的目的。由 21 题分析可知，对话是围绕男士申请工作这一话题展开，故本题答案很可能为[B]“to be interviewed（面试）”
20. What is Mr. Thunder's current job?
【解析】选项表明本题很可能是考查的是男士目前的工作。[B]、[C]、[D]均表示他在为其他公司工作，[ A]则是说男士自己经营一家小的贸易公司，与“男士申请女士公司的工作”这一主题不符，也与其他三项内容明显不同，故可初步排除。而从 19题选项中的 business report 和 stock market可推测男士的工作比较可能为[C]（lead a team for brokers）。而 [B]中的 insurance （保险）和[D]中的 public relations（公共关系）在其他各题选项中均找不到任何线索。另外听音时应注意辨别男士是在“大公司”还是在“小公司”工作，通过这一点便可排除两个干扰选项，之后确定答案也就比较容易了。broker 意为“保险经济人”。
21. What can we conclude from the conversation?
【解析】选项[A]、[D]是女士对男士的看法，选项[C]则是男士对工作条件的看法，故本题很可能与面试的结果有关。[ B]是说男士申请的这份工作所需承担的责任，与面试无关，与其他三项内容明显不同，故可初步排除。 [A]表示女士对男士不太满意， [D]则表示女士对男士很满意，二者意思相反，故很可能有一个为答案。听音时应重点留意女士的态度如何。

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
M: Hey, Karen, you are not really reading it, are you?
W: Pardon?
M: The book! You haven't turned the page in the last ten minutes.
W: No, Jim, I suppose I haven't. I need to get through although, but I keep drifting away.
M: So it doesn't really hold your interest?
W: No, not really. I wouldn't bother with it, to be honest, but I have to read it for a seminar. I'm at the university.
M: It's a labor of labor then rather than a labor of love.
W: I should say, I don't like Dickens at all really, the author, indeed, I am starting to like the whole course less and less.
M: It's not just the book, it's the course as well?
W: Yeah, in a way, although the course itself isn't really that bad, a lot of it is pretty good, in fact, and the lecturers are fine. It's me, I suppose. You see, I wanted to do philosophy rather than English, but my parents took me out of it.
M: So the course is OK as such. It's just that hadn't been left to you. You would have chosen a different one.
W: Oh, they had my best interest at heart, of course,[24B] my parents. They always do, don't they? They believe that my job prospects would be pretty limited with the degree of philosophy. Plus they give me really a generous allowance, but I am beginning to feel that I'm wasting my time and their money. They would be so disappointed though if I told them I was quitting.
预览四道题各选项，由 22 题可推测对话中女士（Karen）很可能对某一课程缺乏兴趣或感
觉吃力，23 题则涉及到 Karen 对专业的喜好问题，25 题则表明对话很可能与 Karen 更换
专业有关。综合来看，对话很可能是围绕Karen 不满目前专业想调换这一话题展开。
22. Why can't Karen concentrate on the book?
【解析】由 worried, find it too hard, lack interest可推测本题很可能是与 Karen 对 it 的感受有关。由本题[A]中的 seminar（讨论会）及其他题选项中 course, major 等词可推测本题中 it应该与某一课程有关。[B]是说男士一直打扰Karen，与其他三项（Karen 自己的感受）内容明显不同，故可初步排除。而根据 23 题中prefer 和 enjoy 可推测本题很可能是与 Karen的兴趣有关，即本题答案很可能为[D]。
23. Why is Karen starting to like the course less and less?
【解析】根据上题分析，选项中 boring, poorly designed 与 prefer, enjoy 表明本题很可能是关于 Karen 对该课程缺乏兴趣的原因有关。两道题结合起来分析，问 题应该是 Karen 主观方面的原因引起的。因此本题的答案应主要在[C]和[D]之间选择，重点辨别 Karen 是更喜欢“philosophy（哲学）” 还是更喜欢“literature（文学）” 。 rather than 意为“而不是”。
24. Who thinks Philosophy graduates have limited job opportunities?
【解析】选项均为人物角色表明本题是针对“who”进行提问。联系对话主题，本题很可
能与影响 Keren 对课程或专业的喜好或选择的人有关。听音时注意辨认选项中的关键词。
Have one’s best interest at heart 意为“ 处处为某人的利益着想”。
25. What is Karen thinking of doing?
【解析】选项均为现在分词表明本题为考查“行为活动”类型。[B]与对话主题及其他选项均无关系，故可初步排除。[D]是说要退出大学，而根据对主题的分析，对话主要涉及的是专业问题，没有提到要退学的问题，故本题答案更可能在[A]和[C]之间选择。而 [C]选项是说转到外语系，实际上也是改变专业，包含在[A]之内，故本题答案最有可能为[A]。注意这里的 quit 是指退出现在的专业，而 不是指退出大学，选择答案时需根据上下文，切忌根据常识进行判断。

Section B
Passage One
In Greece, only rich people will rest in peace for ever when they die. Most of the population, however, will be undisturbed for only three years, then they will be dug up, washed, compressed into a small tin box, and placed in a bone room. If the body has only partially decayed, it is reburied in a smaller cheaper grave, but not for long, the body will be dug up again some time later when it has fully decayed. Buying a piece of land for a grave is the only way to avoid this process. The cost of the grave is so great that most people choose to rent a grave for three years and even after being dug up, lasting peace is still not guaranteed. If no one pays for renting space in the bone room, the skeleton is removed and stored in a building in a poor part of the town. Lack of space in Amphons is the main reason why the dead are dug up after three years. The city is so overcrowded that sometimes dead bodies are kept in hospitals for over a week until a grave is found. Amphons city council wants to introduce cremation that is burning the dead bodies as a means of dealing with the problem. But the Greek Church resists this practice, they believe the only place where people burn is a hell, so burning dead bodies is against the Greek concept of life after death. To save space, the church suggested burying the bodies standing up instead of lying down. Some people proposed building multistory underground grave yards.
预览四道题各选项，由反复出现的 bury, body, grave 等词可推测本文与尸体在墓地的安藏有关。
26. What must Greeks do to keep the dead resting in everlasting peace?
【解析】选项均为动词原形表明本题为考查“行为活动”类型。四个选项均与埋藏尸体有关，[B]项概念太泛，其他三项都较具体，故[B]不大可能为答案。 [A]表示“租”墓地，而[D]表示“买”墓地，二者中很可能有一个为答案，听音时应重点关注。Everlasting 意为“持久的”。 根据首句中only rich people…就可基本确定答案为 [D]（没有钱就买不起墓地）。
27. Why are most dead bodies in Amphons dug up after three years?
【解析】选项均为不定式表明本题很可能是考查做某事的目的或原因。根据短文主题及选项中decayed, move 等词可推测， [B]中的 they 和 [C]中 them 应该是代指“bodies”。 根据 [B]、[D]选项内容可推测本题很可能是与移动尸体的目的或原因有关。听 音时应留意表示因果关系的连接词。一般这类询问目的或原因的题目往往是在问题上做句型的转换，也就是对原文的同义转述，答案则经常是原文的细节辨认，因此听音时应重点留意以下要点：lack of land；if decayed； religion；multistorey graveyard。
28. What suggestions does the church give about the burying of the dead bodies?
【解析】选项表明本题很可能是关于尸体埋藏的方式。由选项中的 should 可推测本题很可能与建议或意见有关。故听音时应重点留意表达建议或意见的词句。[D]是说在尸体部分腐烂的时候将尸体下藏，不太符合逻辑，可初步排除。[A]是说埋藏时将尸体躺着放，[B]则是说埋藏时将尸体立着放，二者正好相反，故很可能有一个为答案。本题的选择可结合 27 题，如考生能确定 27 答案为[A]，便 可基本确定本题答案为[B]（ buried standing up→save land→solve the problem of lack of land）。
29. What practice does the Greek church object to?
【解析】选项均为动名词表明本题为考查“行为活动”类型。四个选项均表示处理尸体的方式，故本题很可能是关于除埋藏以外的其他处理尸体的方式。[D]是说三年后将尸体挖出，仍然与埋藏尸体有关，且不属于尸体的安置方式，与其他三项内容明显不同，故可初步排除。听音时应留意以下要点：b urn；st ore in remote place；p lace in bone room。本题只要抓住 burn 一词便不难选出答案。

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Passage Two
If you visit a big city anywhere in the world, you will probably find a restaurant would serve the food of your own native country. Most large cities in the United States offer international sample of foods. Many people enjoy eating the food of other nations. This is probably one reason why there are so many different kinds of restaurants in the United States. A second reason is that many Americans come from other parts of the world. They enjoy tasting the foods of their native lands. In the city of Detroit, for example, there are many people from western Europe, Greece, Latin America, and the Far East. There are many restaurants in Detroit which serve the foods of these areas. There are many other international restaurants too. Americans enjoy the foods in these restaurants as well as the opportunity to better understand the people and their way of life. One of the most common international restaurants to be found in the United States is the Italian restaurant. The restaurant may be a small business run by a single family. The mother of the family cooks all of the dishes, and the father and children serve the people who come to eat there. Or it may be a large restaurant owned by several different people who worked together in the business. Many Italian dishes that Americans enjoy are made with meats, tomatoes and cheese. They are very delicious and tasty.
预览三道题各选项，由选项中 immigrants, other countries, other cultures 以及 eating out, foreign foods, cooking 等词可推测本文与美国的移民及美国人的饮食习惯有关。
30. Why are there so many international restaurants in the United States?
【解析】选项中的 foreign, immigrants 表明本题很可能与美国对外来食物的喜好有关。 [A]、[C]、[D]三项均与“外来食物”有关，[B]是说美国人喜欢和朋友“外出吃饭”， 与外来食物无关，故[可初步排除。[D]是说美国人更偏爱外来食物而不大喜欢自己国家的食物，说法过于绝对（这应该只是一部分美国人的喜好），故也可初步排除。因此本题的关键就是在“ tourists （ 游客）” 和“immigrants（移民）” 之间选择。
31. Why do Americans like to go to international restaurants apart from enjoying the foods there?
【解析】选项中都含有 can 表明本题很可能与做某事能够达到的目的有关。由 选项中的other countries, other cultures, foreign 等可推测本题很可能涉及到与其他国家人民的接触。根 据对主题的分析可知本文主要与饮食有关，而[C]、[D]分别是从语言和商业角度来说，与主题不太相关，且从其他各题选项中均找不到与这两方面相关的线索，故 二者均不大可能为答案。故本题主要应在[A]（make friends）和[B]（know other cultures）之间选择。而根据常识，饮食应该与文化和生活方式联系比较紧密，因此答案为[B]的可能性更大。
32. How is it typical Italian family restaurant run in the United States?
【解析】选项中 waitress, serve, guests 以及husband, mother, children 等表明本题很可能与家庭经营的餐馆中各个家庭成员如何分工有关。四个选项中负责 cooking 的人均不同，分别是 couple, husband, mother 和 hired cook。故听音时只要辨别出由谁来 cooking即可确定答案。wait on sb. 意为“照料或侍侯某人（尤指进餐时）”。

Passage Three
One winter day in 1891, a class of training school in Massachusetts, U. S. A, went into the gym for their daily exercises. Since the football season had ended, most of young men felt they were in for a boring time. But their teacher, Janes Nasmith had other ideas. He had been working for a long time on the new game that would have the excitement of American football. Nasmith showed the men a basket he had hung at the each end of the gym, and explained that they were going to use a round European football, at first everybody tried to throw the ball into the basket no matter where he was standing. “Pass! Pass!” Nasmith kept shouting, blowing his whistle to stop the excited players. Slowly, they began to understand what was wanted of them. The problem with the new game, which was soon called “basketball”, was getting the ball out of the basket. They used ordinary food baskets with bottoms, and the ball, of course, stayed inside. At first, someone had to climb up every time a basket was scored. It was several years before someone came up with the idea of removing the bottom of the basket and letting the ball fall through. There have been many changes in the rules since then, and basketball has become one of the world’s most popular sports.
预览三道题各选项，由选项中 basketball game, basket, rules 等可推测本文与篮球比
赛和比赛规则有关。
33. What did Nasmith do to entertain his students one winter day?
【解析】选项中 train, let, taught 表明 he 很可能是代指“教练”。 本题很可能是问教练
带领或教队员们做什么。[A]是说“观看”篮球比赛，而从本题其他选项及 34 题各选
项可知队员们应该是亲自在“参与”比赛，故[A]可初步排除。[B]是说踢欧洲足球（football），而本题及其他题各选项中涉及的均是篮球（basketball），故[B]也可初步排除。根 据 34 题[C]和 35 题[C]中的rules 可推测本文很可能介绍的是一种新型比赛项目（new game），故本题的答案最有可能为[D]。
34. According to the speaker, what was the problem with the new game?
【解析】选项中 trouble, difficulty 表明本题很可能与比赛中的问题或困难有关。[D]不是比赛过程中具体的问题，与 其他三项内容明显不同，故可初步排除。因此听音时应重点关注以下要点：问 题－basket too high, ball out of basket, complex rules。
35. How was the problem with the new game solved?
【解析】选项表明本题是关于做某事的方式。而前面分析可知，34 题是关于比赛中的问题或困难，故 本题很可能是关于如何解决该问题或困难。因 此本题答案的选择可联系 34 题。而稍加分析便不难发现，本题中[A]、[B]、[C]分别是针对 34 题[B]、[A]、[C]三种问题的解决办法，因此只要抓住问题或解决办法中的任何一方面，便可确定两道题的答案。remove 意为“去除，去掉”。

Section C
For Americans, time is money. They say, “You only get so much time in this life? you’d better use it wisely. ” The (36) ______ will not be better than the past or present, as Americans are (37) ______ to see things, unless people use their time for constructive activities. Thus, Americans (38) ______ a “ wellorganized ” person, one who has a written list of things to do and a (39) ______ for doing them. The ideal person is punctual and is (40) ______ of other people’s time. They do not (41) _______ people’s time with conversation or other activity that has no (42) ______ beneficial outcome. The American attitude toward time is not (43) ______shared byothers, especially nonEuropeans. They are more likely to regard time as (44)________________. One of the more difficult things many students must adjust to in the States is the notion that time must be saved whenever possible and used wisely every day.
In this context (45) _______________. McDonald’s, KFC, and other fast food establishments are successful in a country where many people want to spend the least amount of time preparing and eating meals. As McDonald’s restaurants (46) _______________________, bringing not just hamburgers but an emphasis on speed, efficiency, and shiny cleanliness.

(36) future
(37) trained
(38) admire
(39) schedule
(40) considerate
(41) waste
(42) visible
(43) necessarily
(44) something that is simply there around them, not something they can use
(45) the fast-food industry can be seen as a clear example of American cultural product
(46)spread around the world, they have been viewed as symbols of American society and culture

(36)空前定冠词 the 及空后 will 表明所填词应为名词，并充当句子的主语，而 根据句子后面的 than the past or present 可知此处是与“过去”或“现在”的比较，很容易就可以联想到“future（未来）” 。
(37) 空前系动词 are 及空后不定式表明所填词很可能为过去分词，其逻辑宾语为 Americans。本句中 as 表示“正如”， 引导非限制定语从句，代替前面整个句子，因此应注意所填词在意思上与前面句子的连贯性。
(38) 空前Americans 及空后的名词短语表明所填词应充当句子的谓语动词，主语为复数，且前后句子的时态均为现在时，故此处应填动词原形。“ thus”表明本空所在句子应为前句内容导致的结果。既然美国人认为应该把时间用在有意义的事情上，那么他们对于 “wellorganized person（有条理的人）” 应该是持“赞赏（admire）” 的态度。
(39) 空前不定冠词a 及空后介词短语表明所填词应为单数可数名词。one who has … 应是对前面“ a wellorganized person”的解释，并且and 表明本空应与 a written list 并列。根据上文，“ a wellorganized person”应该是指擅长安排时间的人，因此他在把要做的事情列成清单的同时应该把时间也安排好，故本空很可能填“schedule（时间安排表）” 一词。
(40) 由 and 可知所填词应与 punctual（准时的）并列作表语共同描述“ideal person”的特点。根据上文所述，理 想的人应该能够做到准时并充分“ 尊重”或 “ 考虑”他人的时间。故本空很可能填“respectful”或“considerate”。
(41) 空前 They 及空后的名词短语表明所填词应充当句子的谓语动词，而助动词 do not 决定此处应填动词原形。本空可联系第 40 空的分析。本空所在句子仍然是描述“ideal person”的情况，上句中说他们都很准时，言外之意就是他们不会“浪费（waste）” 别人的时间。
(42)空前的no 和空后的名词短语表明此处应为形容词修饰 outcome（效果）。That 引导定语从句修饰前面的conversation or other activity，根据上一题的分析，本句应该是表示理想的人是不会用那些不能带来(42)______好处的谈话或其他活动去浪费别人的时间的。而从短文前面的内容可知，本文主要是强调时间的效率，因此这里应该有“快速或明显”的含义。
(43)本空位于系动词和谓语动词之间，故所填词很可能为副词，修饰动词 shared。本空所在句子的含义为美国人对时间的态度不(43) ______被其他人分享，尤其是欧洲以外的人。这种说法过于绝对，故所填词应表达一种“（ 不）完全或一定”的含义。后面句子中的 more likely 也提示这里应表达一种非绝对的概念。
(44)空前的 regard time as 表明所缺部分应为 as 的宾语，故其形式应为名词短语。而本句的主语 they 应该指代的是 nonEuropean，根据上句所述，他们应该不像美国人那样看重时间。[Main Points] something that simply exists around them, not something they can use
(45) in this context 意为“在这种概念的促使下”， 指代的应该是上文的情况，即每天要尽可能的节约并有效地利用时间，故接下来描述的应该是上文情况所导致的结果。而根据空后的“McDonald’s, KFC, and other fast food”， 所缺部分应该是描述快餐店的出现。[Main Points] the fast food industry can be viewed as a good example of the cultural product of the U.S
(46) 空前的as McDonald’s restaurants 意为“随着麦当劳餐馆的…”， 而空后的现在分词短语（bringing not…）应该是前面内容导致的结果，即前面的情况不仅给人们带来了汉堡包而且导致了人们对速度、效率和洁净的重视，因此此处很可能是指美国这种快餐店在其他国家的扩展给其他国家带来的影响。填空时要注意由于空前是 as 引导的从句，而 空后是现在分词作状语，故所缺部分应该包含从句的谓语部分及整个主句才能使句子的结构完整。[Main Points] spread around the world, they have been regarded as symbols of the society and culture of the U.S
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