1、 全新版第二版聽說B4U9-A Part I Listening Comprehension ( 29 minutes ) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear several conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After

2、 each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. 1. A) One month. B) Two months. C) Three times. D) Four times. Script: Woman: How long can I hang on the books that I borrow? Man: The borrowing perio

3、d is one month, but of course books can be renewed. You can renew any item a maximum of three times. Question: How many times can the student renew her borrowed books? 正確答案： C 2. A) 75 pounds. B) 150 pounds. C) 75 dollars. D) 150 dollars. Script: Woman: Id like to attend the computing conference on

4、Saturday and Sunday only. Can you tell me how much it will cost? Man: Its 75 pounds for each day. Question: How much should the woman pay for attending the conference? 正確答案： B 3. A) Husband and wife. B) Co-workers. C) Professor and student. D) Father and daughter. Script: Woman: I think I have got t

5、he flu. There are about 6 people off at the moment with flu in the company. Man: Yeah, it is going round. It is best if you stay at home for a day or two I should think. I will take care of the office. Question: What may be the relationship between the two speakers? 正確答案： B 4. A) 326211. B) 326311.

6、C) 336211. D) 336122. Script: Man: Is that 326211? Could I speak to Potter, please? Woman: Im afraid you have got a wrong number. It is 336211 here. Question: What is the number that the man dialed? 正確答案： C 5. A) He wants to change his surgery. B) He wants to see the doctor. C) He wants to change hi

7、s medicine. D) He wants to change the date of his medical check. Script: Woman: Mark Prices Surgery. Can I help you? Man: Yes, please. I would like to change my appointment of medical check with the doctor to March 15, please. Question: What does the man call for? 正確答案： D Questions 6 to 8 are based

8、on the conversation you have just heard. Script: Woman: Oh sorry, what was I saying? I lost my train of thought. Man: You were telling me about the book youre reading. Woman: Oh, yeah. I must have had one of those senior moments of forgetting things. Man: Welcome to the club. Thats what happens when

9、 youre over-the-hill like we are. Woman: Were not over-the-hill! You may be an old man, but I still like to think of myself as middle-aged. Isnt 70 the new 60? Man: Thats what they say, but I dont mind aging. I may be a little absent- minded now and then, but Im not weak. What I cant stand is being

10、treated like I am. The other day, I sat at a table at a restaurant for 20 minutes while the waitress ignored me. She waited on all of the tables around me first, and when she finally came to take my order, she didnt even apologize. Woman: Ageism is everywhere. What I hate is to be talked to like Im

11、a child. Some people think that if youve got gray hair, youre not all there. Im as sharp as ever. Man: I know, but do you know what were doing? Woman: What? Man: Were complaining. Thats what old people are supposed to do all the time, right? Woman: Youve got a point there. Lets go do something more

12、productive before anyone notices! 6. A) A travelling experience. B) A movie. C) A book. D) A piece of music. Script: What was the woman telling the man before she lost the track of thought? 正確答案： C 7. A) He cannot bear the way people treated him. B) He did mind getting old. C) He thought he was weak

13、. D) He thought he was not absent-minded at all. Script: What is the mans feeling towards his old age? 正確答案： A 8. A) She hates to wait in a restaurant. B) She hates to be talked to like she is a child. C) She hates to be called grandma by strangers. D) She hates not being treated with admiration. Sc

14、ript: What does the woman hate about being old? 正確答案： B Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Script: Woman: Today is July 15th, Im almost ready for my granddaughters visit. Shell be here tomorrow and I want everything to be perfect. Man: What have you planned? Woman:

15、Im going to spoil her. My daughter is very strict and doesnt allow her to do anything that a normal 10-year-old wants to do. Man: Like what? Woman: Well, her time is very structured and strictly controlled. Shes never been allowed any time for just fun. Man: And youre taking off the restrictions. Wo

16、man: Thats right. She can play as much as she wants to for the next week. I dont want her to miss out on any experiences just because her mother is overprotective. There will be no curfews and no time schedules. Man: Are you sure thats a good idea? Im sure your daughter has instructions about how yo

17、ur granddaughter should behave and the punishments she should get if she misbehaves. Woman: Youre right about that. Im expecting a long list of rules for my granddaughter while shes here, but she shouldnt expect me to toe the line. Im the grandmother after all, so I have special privileges. Nobody t

18、ells me what to do with my own granddaughter. Man: How did a free spirit like you end up with a daughter who is so strict with rules? Woman: Beats me. Man: Shes not going to thank you for spoiling her daughter, you know. Woman: I know, but Im her mother and theres still a thing or two I can teach he

19、r about raising a daughter! 9. A) July 15th. B) July 16th. C) July 17th. D) July 18th. Script: When will the granddaughter visit？ 正確答案： B 10. A) Free. B) Structured and controlled. C) Full of fun. D) Without any control. Script: What is the granddaughters daily schedule like? 正確答案： B 11. A) She will

20、 be very strict with her. B) She will let the girl play as much as she wants. C) She will follow her daughters list of rules. D) She will make a tight schedule for the girl. Script: What would the grandma do with the granddaughter? 正確答案： B Section B Direstions：Listen to three short passages. At the

21、end of each passage, you will hear some questions. All the recordings will be played once only. After you hear a question, please choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Passage One Questions 12 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard. Script: Mm, blueberrie

22、s. Its the height of the season, and Ive been tossing a handful into cereal, into pancakes or just straight into my mouth. This is a so-called SUPER fruit that may hold you back from aging and are considered extremely good to your eyes. Many of our crops were cultivated thousands of years ago, and w

23、e dont know the individuals responsible. Not so for blueberries. Because the blueberry wasnt planted by human beings until just about a century ago. And we have a botanist named Fred Coville to thank. In 1912 if you wanted blueberries, you picked the wild variety. And it was devilishly difficult to

24、get the plants to grow anywhere but where they were naturally found. Coville figured out after many dead ends that blueberries need exceedingly acidic soil: most plants like the soil at a neutral pH of about 7. Blueberries do best when the pH is about 4.5. Colville also determined that blueberries c

25、ant self-fertilize, so the grower must make sure the crop can be cross-pollinated. His research efforts are described in an article in the U.S. Department of Agriculture magazine Agricultural Research. So next time you pop a blueberry, dont forget to thank Fred. 12. A) Not known. B) Thousands of yea

26、rs ago. C) A decade ago. D) A century ago. Script: When was the blueberry first planted by mankind? 正確答案： D 13. A) Wild land. B) Soil at a pH of about 7. C) Soil at a pH of about 4.5. D) Soil at a pH of about 8.5. Script: What kind of soil will you possibly find blueberries be planted? 正確答案： C 14. A

27、) Anti-virus. B) Antibiotic. C) Good to your eyes. D) Good to your skin. Script: What is the assumed function of blueberries? 正確答案： C Passage Two Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. Script: My formula for staying young is simple: concentrate on the part of you thats youn

28、g and growing your brain. Keep your mind awake and youll stay young all over. These are exciting times. Take an interest in the world around you, and make a point of learning at least one new thing every day. Regardless of your age, its not too late to make your life more interesting. I know a house

29、wife with no previous knowledge who made herself into an outstanding industrial designer. I know a retired electrical engineer who has become a highly paid ceramic artist. Get over the notion that you are ever too old to go back to school. I know a man who entered medical college at 70. He got his d

30、octors degree with honors and became an eminent physician. Another man went to law school at 71, and is now an active lawyer. In spite of years, staying young is easy for those who live in the future. You can do it if you care enough to try. Keep your mind awake and active; thats only youth elixir g

31、uaranteed to work. 15. A) Have good supplement diet. B) Find some friends. C) Keep the mind young. D) Go travelling. Script: What is the speakers suggestion for staying young? 正確答案： C 16. A) She made herself an outstanding designer. B) She became an electrical engineer. C) She became a paid ceramic

32、artist. D) She became a teacher. Script: What does a housewife do in her old age? 正確答案： A 17. A) A bachelors degree in medicine. B) A masters degree in medicine. C) A doctors degree in medicine. D) A postgraduate in medicine. Script: What degree does the 70-year-old man get? 正確答案： C Passage Three Qu

33、estions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. Script: Senior citizen is a common polite designation for an elderly person in both UK and US English, and it implies or means that the person is retired. This in turn implies or in fact means that the person is over the retirement age,

34、which varies according to country. Synonyms include pensioner in UK English and retiree and senior in US English. Some dictionaries describe widespread usage of "senior citizen" for people over the age of 65. "Senior citizen" is replacing the term old-age pensioner traditionally

35、used in UK English. When defined in an official context, "senior citizen"is often used for legal or policy-related reasons in determining who is eligible for certain benefits available to the age group. It is used in general usage instead of traditional terms such as "old person"

36、, "old-age pensioner", or "elderly" as a courtesy and to signify continuing relevance of and respect for this population group as "citizens" of society, of "senior" rank. The term was apparently coined in 1938 during a political campaign. It has come into wide

37、spread use in recent decades in legislation, commerce, and common speech. Especially in less formal contexts, it is often abbreviated as "senior(s)", which is also used as an adjective. In commerce, businesses often offer "senior discounts", sometimes with a special "senior

38、discount card". 18. A) People between 55 to 65. B) People above 60. C) People older than 70. D) People over the age of 65. Script: Which age group does the term of "senior citizens" refer to? 正確答案： D 19. A) It is used for politeness. B) It is used for legal or policy-related reasons.

39、C) It is used to show respect. D) It is a traditional use. Script: What is "senior citizen" defined in an official context? 正確答案： B 20. A) In 1838. B) In 1998. C) In 1938. D) In 1948. Script: When was the term first made? 正確答案： C Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passa

40、ge 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 with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you shou

41、ld check what you have written. Aging is the process of growing old. It occurs eventually in every living thing provided, of course, that an illness or accident does not kill it prematurely. The most (21)_ outward signs of aging may be seen in old people, such as the graying of the hair and the wrin

42、kling of the skin. Signs of aging in a pet dog or cat include loss of energy, a decline in (22)_ and eyesight, or even a slight graying of the coat. Plants age too, but the signs are much harder to (23)_ . Most body parts grow bigger and stronger, and function more effectively during childhood. They

43、 reach their peak at the time of maturity, or early (24)_ . After that, they begin to decline. Bones, for example, gradually become lighter and more brittle. In the aged, the joints between the bones also become rigid and more (25)_ . This can make moving very painful. All the major organs of the bo

44、dy show signs of aging. The brain, for example, works less efficiently, and even gets smaller in size. Thinking process of all sorts are slowed down. Old people often have trouble in (26)_ the recent events. One of the most serious changes of old age (27)_ in the arteries, the blood vessels that lea

45、d from the heart. They become thickened and constricted, allowing less blood to flow to the rest of the body. This condition (28)_ , directly or indirectly, for many of the diseases of the aged. It may, for example, result in heart attacks. Aging is not a (29)_ process. Different parts of the body w

46、ear out at different rates. There are great differences among people in their rate of aging. Even the cells of the body differ in the way they age. The majority of cells are (30)_ of reproducing themselves many times during the course of a lifetime. Nerve cells and muscle fibers can never be replace

47、d once they wear out. Script: Aging is the process of growing old. It occurs eventually in every living thing provided, of course, that an illness or accident does not kill it prematurely. The most familiar outward signs of aging may be seen in old people, such as the graying of the hair and the wri

48、nkling of the skin. Signs of aging in a pet dog or cat include loss of energy, a decline in hearing and eyesight, or even a slight graying of the coat. Plants age too, but the signs are much harder to detect. Most body parts grow bigger and stronger, and function more effectively during childhood. T

49、hey reach their peak at the time of maturity, or early adulthood. After that, they begin to decline. Bones, for example, gradually become lighter and more brittle. In the aged, the joints between the bones also become rigid and more inflexible. This can make moving very painful. All the major organs of the body show signs of aging. The brain, for example, works less efficiently, and even gets smaller in size. Thinking process of all sorts are slowed down. Old people often have trou