News Report One

【主题分类】  新闻听力  一般新闻

【高级表达】

sent out  v. 发送  

vacation  v. 度假   

half- buried  adj. 半埋 

reword  n. 报酬

hold up to sb.promise 信守某人承诺

【关键句型】

Thelong-lost message was discovered by …  消失很久的便条被发现

hefound a soda bottle half buried in the sand 他发现苏打瓶子半埋在沙里

Buffingtonflew to New Hampshire to deliver that message to Paula. 布冯顿飞往新罕布什尔把便条给了帕拉

Sheheld up to her father’s promise, giving Buffington that reward. 帕拉信守父亲承诺给了布冯顿奖励。 

【听力原文】

A messagein a bottle sent out to sea by a New Hampshire man more than five decades agowas found 1,500 miles away and has been returned to his daughter. Thelong-lost message was discovered by Clint Buffington of Utah while he wasvacationing. Buffington says he found a soda bottle half buried in the sandthat “looked like it had been there since the beginning oftime.”The noteinside the bottle said, “Return to 419 Ocean Street and receive a reward of$150 from Richard and Tina Pierce, owners of the Beachcomber Motel.”

The motel was owned by the parents of Paula Pierce in 1960. Herfather had written the notes as ajoke and had thrown it into theAtlantic Ocean. Buffington flew to New Hampshire to deliver that message to Paula Pierce. Sheheld up to her father’s promise, giving Buffington that reward. But the biggestreward is the message in a bottle finding its way back home.

Questions 1 and 2 are based onthe news report you have just heard.

详解：

预览题中选项，由 return，bottledmessage 和history 等词可以初步判断,该新闻与归还漂流瓶里的便条有关。第 1 题各选项均为概括性比较强的名词短语，可能考查新闻的主旨；第 2 题各选项的主语均为 She，结合 wanted to，asked by her father to do so 可推测，此题考查女士做某事的原因。

1. What is the news report mainly about?

答案：A

详解：新闻开篇指出，新罕布什尔州的一位先生把一个装有便条的瓶子扔到海里，五十年后被人在1,500 英里外的海滩捡到并归还给这位先生的女儿。由此可知，新闻的主要内容是漂流瓶中的便条归还主人女儿，答案为 A。

2.Why did Paula Pierce give ClintBuffington the reward?

答案：B

详解：新闻中提到，Buffington飞往新罕布什尔州，将便条给了Paula Pierce. Paula Pierce 遵守父亲的承诺，给予Buffington 便条中所说的 150 美元的奖励。由此可知，Paula Pierce 给 Buffington 奖励就是为了遵守父亲当年的承诺， 答案为 B。

News Report Two

【主题分类】新闻听力一般新闻

【高级表达】

carryout 实行  

combat  v. 抗击 

spray  v. 喷洒 

beekeeper n. 养蜂人 

Zikavirus  寨卡病毒

【关键句型】

Millions of bees have died in South Carolina during aerialinsect spraying operations that were carried out to combat the Zika virus.

在进行针对寨卡病毒的空中昆虫喷洒操作期间，南卡罗来纳州多彻斯特县百万只蜜蜂死亡。

Most of the deaths came from Flower Town Bee farm  大部分的死亡蜜蜂来自于一个叫Flower Town的养蜂场。

Dorchester County officials apologized for the accidentalmass killing of bees.

县官员为这次蜜蜂死亡的事故表示歉意。

【听力原文】

Millions of bees have diedin South Carolina during aerial insect spraying operations that were carriedout to combat the Zika virus. The insectsspraying over the weekend left more than 2 million bees dead on the spot inDorchester County, South Carolina, where four travel-related cases of Zikadisease have been confirmed in the area. Most of the deaths came from Flower Town Bee farm, a company in Somerville thatsells bees and honey products. Juanita Stanley who owns the company said thefarm “looks like it's been destroyed.” The farm lost about 2.5 million bees. DorchesterCounty officials apologized for the accidental mass killing of bees. DorchesterCounty is aware that some beekeepers in the area  that was sprayed on Sunday lost their beecolonies. County manager Jason Ward saidin a statement. “I’m not pleased that so many bees were killed.”

 Questions 3and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.

详解：

预览题中选项，由选项中反复出现的 bees，disease，lost 等词可推测，新闻内容与蜜蜂的遭遇有关。

1. 3.Why were spraying operationscarried out in DorchesterCounty?

答案：B

详解：新闻开头提到，在进行针对寨卡病毒的空中昆虫喷洒操作期间，南卡罗来纳州多彻斯特县200多万只蜜蜂因此死亡，该地区已确认了四例寨卡病毒病，由此可知，空中喷洒的原因是该地区已经确认了多例寨卡病毒，答案为 B。

1. 4.What does the news report sayabout Flower Town BeeFarm?

答案：C

详解：新闻中提到，大部分死亡的蜜蜂来自一个叫作 Flowertown的养蜂场，死亡蜜蜂约 250 万只。因此答案为 C。

News Report Three

【主题分类】新闻听力  科技

【高级表达】

take off  起飞 

flight    n. 飞行 

massive   adj. 巨大的 

develop   v.  开发

Long-range    adj.  长距离的

【关键句型】

The world’s largest aircraft has taken to the skiesfor the first time.

世界上最大的飞机第一次升空。

It was first developed for the US government as along-range spy aircraft, but was abandoned following budget cutbacks.  

它最初是作为远程间谍飞机为美国政府开发的，但在预算削减后就被放弃了。

…while also producing less noise and emitting lesspollution而噪音更小，污染更少。 

But there’s still a long way to go.  还有很长的一段路要走.

【听力原文】

The world’s largestaircraft has taken to the skies for the first time. The Air lander 10 spentnearly two hours in the air, having taken off from Coddington Airfield inBedfordshire. During its flight, it reached 3,000 feet and performed a seriesof gentle turns all over a safe area. The aircraft is massive—as long as a football field and as tall as six double decker buses andcapable of flying for up to five days. It was first developed for the USgovernment as a long-range spy aircraft, but was abandoned following budgetcutbacks. The aircraft cost 25 million pounds and can carry heavier loads thanhuge jet planes while also producing less noise and emitting less pollution.The makers believe it’s the futureof aircraft and one day we’ll be using them to go places. But there’s still along way to go. The Air lander will need to have 200 hours’ flying time beforebeing allowed to fly by the aviation administration. If it passes though, wecan hope we’ll all get some extra legroom.

Questions5 and 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.

详解：

预览题中选项，由 stayed in the air，took off，landed 和 aviation technology 等词可以推测，新闻内容与飞机有关。第 5 题各选项主语均为 It，结合新闻主题可知，It 指飞机，听音时留意对飞机的描述；结合第 6 题和第 7 题各选项语义可推测，两题分别考查该飞机的问题和优点。

5.   What do we learn about the first flight ofthe Airlander 10?

答案：A

详解：新闻开头指出，世界上最大的飞机 Airalnder 10 第一次升空。该飞机在英国贝德福德郡的科丁顿机场起飞，飞行了将近两个小时。因此答案为 A。

6.   What cause the US government to abandon theAirlander 10 as a spy aircraft?

答案：C

详解：新闻中提到，Airlander 10 最初是作为远程间谍飞机为美国政府开发的，但（政府）预算削减后就被放弃了。由此可知，美国政府放弃 Airlander 10 的原因是资金不足，答案为 C。

7.   What is the advantage of the Airlander 10over huge jet planes?

答案：D

详解：新闻中提到，Airlander 10 耗资 2,500 万英镑，比大型喷气飞机载重大，然而它的噪音却更小，污染也更少。由此可知，Airlander 10 为更加环保型的飞机，答案为 D。

Conversation One

【主题分类】听力长对话日常生活  娱乐

【高级表达】

feellike  想要

climatechange 气候变化 

appeal to吸引

apparently adv. 显而易见 

charity   n.  慈善

【关键句型】

Do youfeel like going out tonight？你今晚想出去吗？

Itdoesn’t really appeal to me.  我不是很感兴趣。

Apparently,it’s absolutely brilliant. 显而易见，那一定很不错。

I’ll bookthe tickets online.  我会网上订票。

听力原文：

M: Do youfeel like going out tonight？

W:Yeah，why not? We haven’t been out for ages,What’s on?

M: Well,there’s a film about climate change. Does it sound good to you?

W: Oh,not really. It doesn’t really appeal to me. What’s it about? Just climatechange?

M: Ithink it’s about how climate change affects everyday life. I wonder how theymake it entertaining.

W: Well, itsounds really awful. It’s an important subject, I agree, but I’m not in themood for anything depressing. What else is on?

M：There’s a Spanish Dance Festival.

W: Oh, Ilove dance. That sounds really interesting.

M:Apparently, it’s absolutely brilliant. Let’s see what it says in the paper.“Anna Gomez leads in an exciting production of the great Spanish love story.”

W: Ok,then. What time is it on?

M: At7:30.

W: Well,that’s no good. We haven’t got enough time to get there. Is there anythingelse?

M:There’sa comedy special on.

W:Where’s it on?

M: It’sat the City Theater. It’s a charity comedy night with lots of different acts.It looks pretty good. The critic in the local the paper says it’s the funniestthing he’s ever seen. It says here “Roger Whitehead is an amazing host to anight of fun performances.”

W: Mm…I’m not keen on him. He’s not very funny.

M: Areyou sure your fancy going out tonight? You are not very enthusiastic.

W:Perhaps you are right. Okay, let’s go to see the dance. But tomorrow, nottonight.

M: Great,I’ll book the tickets online.

Questions8 and 11 are based on the news report you have just heard.

详解：

预览题中选项，由 daily life，dancing，theatre，amusing show，comedy 和 tickets等词可以推测，对话为日常生活类，内容可能涉及各种娱乐活动。

8.   What does the woman think of climate change?

答案：A

详解：对话开头，男士说有一场关于气候变化的电影，问女士要不要去看，女士说气候变化是个重要的话题，但是她没有心情看令人沮丧的内容，即女士认为气候变化是一个令人沮丧的话题，答案为 A。

9.   Why do the speakers give up going to theSpanish Dance Festival tonight?

答案：D

详解：对话中女士表示不喜欢有关气候变化的电影，继而追问是否还有其他娱乐项目，当男士告知女士 7 点半有西班牙舞蹈节表演的时候，女士表示没有足够的时间赶到那里。因此答案为 D。

10.What does the critic say about the comedyperformed at the City Theatre?

答案：C

详解：对话中，男士告知女士剧院今晚喜剧特别节目，评论员在当地报纸上说这是他看过的最滑稽的表演。因此答案为 C。

11.What does the woman decide to do tomorrow?

答案：B

详解：对话末尾，女士说出自己的决定：明天晚上去看舞蹈表演。因此答案为 B。

Conversation Two

【主题分类】听力长对话日常生活  学习

【高级表达】

anxious   adj. 焦虑的 

fit in  适应 

transferstudent   转校生

as amatter of fact   事实上 

circle   n.  圈子

【关键句型】

I’m quietanxious about transferring over to our college,

我很担心转校到现在的大学。

I’mafraid I won’t fit in.  担心自己不合群。

We have alot of after-school activities you can join in.

我们有很多课外活动你可以参与。

Allstudents are very friendly with new arrivals.

所有学生都对新来者很友好。

听力原文：

W: Goodmorning, Mr. Lee, May I have a minutes of your time? M: Sure, Catherine, Whatcan I do for you?

W: I’mquiet anxious about transferring over to our college, I’m afraid I won’t fitin.

M: don'tworry, Catherine. It’s completely normal for you to be nervous abouttransferring schools. This happens to many transfer students.

W: Yes, Iknow, but I’m younger than most students in my year. And that worries me a lot.

M: Well,you may be the only younger one in your year, but, you know, we have a lot ofafter-school activities you can join in. And so, this way, you will be able tomeet new friends of different age groups.

W: That’snice. I love games and hobby groups.

M: I’msure you do. So you’ll be just fine. Don’t worry so much and try to make themost of what we have on offer here. Also, remember that you can come to meanytime of the day if you need help.

W: Thanksso much. I definitely feel better now. As a matter of fact, I’ve alreadycontacted one of the girls who’d be living in the same house with me, and sheseemed really nice. I guess living on campus, I’ll have a chance to have aclose  circle of friends, since we’ll beliving together.

M: Allstudents are very friendly with new arrivals. Let me check who would be livingwith you in your flat. Okay, there are Hannah, Kelly, and Bree. Bree is also anew student here, like you. I’m sure you two will have more to share with eachother.

Questions12 and 15 are based on the news report you have just heard.

详解：

预览题中选项，由反复出现的 transfer 和 transfer student 可推测，对话内容与转学有关。结合第 12 题各选项语义可推测，女士为转校生，该题考查女士的情况，听音时应留意对话开头语女士相关的描述；第 13 题和第 14 题各选项均为动词短语结构，结合语义可推测，13 题考查女士将要做什么，14 题考查男士为女士做某事，听音时要留意捕捉相关信息；第 15 题各选项主语均为 She，且均为现在完成时，因此考查 She 已经完成的行为动作。

12.Why does Catherine feel anxious?

答案：D

详解：对话中，男士询问女士能帮她做些什么，女士表示她担心自己作为转校生会不合群。因此答案为 D。

13.Whatdoes Mr. Lee encourage Catherine to do?

答案：C

详解：女士非常担心自己年龄小不能适应新学校的生活。男士说她可以参加学校的各种课外活动，这样就能认识不同年龄段的朋友。由此可知，男士鼓励女士参加课外活动，故答案为 C。

14.What does Mr. Lee promise to do for Catherine?

答案：A

详解：对话中，男士建议女士参加课外活动，并安慰女士不要太担心，尽量充分利用学校提供的一切，并告诉女士如果需要帮助可以随时找他。因此答案为 A。

15.What do we learn about Catherine’s schoolmateBree?

答案：D

详解：对话末尾，男士指出，Bree 和女士一样，也是新来的学生。因此答案为 D。

Passage One

【主题分类】听力短文,科学

【高级表达】

satisfy   v.  满足 

motivating force   驱动力 

outweigh   v.  超过

physical drive 身体需求 

venture  v.  冒险

【关键句型】

In the study, researchers found that hunger outweighedother physical drives, including fear, thirst and social needs.

在研究中，研究者发现饥饿战胜了其他身体本能的需求，包括恐惧、口渴和社交需求。

It turned out that, when the mice were hungry, theyventured into the unsafe areas for food.

结果表明，当老鼠饿了的时候，它们会冒险进入不安全的地方寻找食物。

Mice are usually social animals and prefer to be inthe company of other mice, according to the study.

研究表明老鼠通常是群居动物，喜欢成群结伴。

听力原文

Haveyou ever felt like you would do just about anything to satisfy your hunger? Anew study in mice may help to explain why hunger can feel like such a powerfulmotivating force. In the study, researchers found that hunger outweighed otherphysical drives, including fear, thirst and social needs. To determine whichfeeling won out, the researchers did a series of experiments. In oneexperiment, the mice were both hungry and thirsty. When given the choice ofeither eating food or drinking water, the mice went for the food, theresearchers found. However, when the mice were well-fed but thirsty, they optedto drink, according to the study. In the second experiment meant to pit themice’s hunger against their fear, hungry mice were placed in a cage that hadcertain “fox-scented” areas and other places that smelled safer (in otherwords, not like an animal that could eat them) but also had food. It turned outthat, when the mice were hungry, they ventured into the unsafe areas for food.But when the mice were well-fed, they stayed in areas of the cage that wereconsidered “safe.” Hunger also outweighed the mice’s social needs, theresearchers found. Mice are usually social animals and prefer to be in thecompany of other mice, according to the study. When the mice were hungry, theyopted to leave the company of other mice to go get food.

Questions 16 and 18 are based on the news report youhave just heard.

详解：

预览题中选项，由 investigate 和反复出现的 mice 可推测，短文内容与拿老鼠做实验有关。第 16 题各选项均为不定式结构，考查实验的目的；第 17 题各选项均为表示时间的句子，考查老鼠做某事的时间；第 18 题各选项都是描述喜好的句子，考查老鼠的习性。

16.  What is theresearchers’ purpose in carrying out the series of experiments with mice?

答案：B

详解：短文中提到，对老鼠的一项新研究解释了为什么饥饿是强大的动力源泉，饥饿战胜了其他身体本能的需求，包括恐惧、口渴和社交需求。为了确定哪种感觉的影响更胜一筹，研究人员做了一系列的实验。因此答案为 B。

17.  In whatcircumstances, do mice venture into unsafe areas?

答案：A

详解：短文中提到，在第二个实验中研究者把老鼠的饥饿与恐惧作对照研究，结果表明，当老鼠饿了的时候，它们会冒险进入不安全的地方寻找食物。因此答案为 A。

18.  What is saidabout mice at the end of the passage?

答案：C

详解：短文末尾提到，老鼠通常是群居动物，喜欢成群结伴。因此答案为 C。

Passage Two

【主题分类】听力短文,国防

【高级表达】

mid-sized   adj.  中等规模 

military   adj.  军事的 

national defense   国防

designate   v.  设计 

Congress   n.  国会

【关键句型】

The United States has one of the best highway systemsin the world.

美国具有全世界最好的公路系统之一。

After World War I, the military wanted to build anAmerican highway system for national defense.

一战之后，美国军方想要建造一个国防公路系统。

Such a system could, if necessary, move troops quicklyfrom one area to another.

这样的系统必要时可以高速转移部队。

It could also get people out of cities in danger ofbeing bombed.

它也可以让人民离开有被轰炸危险的城市。

听力原文：

TheUnited States has one of the best highway systems in the world. Interstatehighways connect just about every large and mid-sized city in the country. Didyou ever wonder why such a complete system of excellent roads exists? For ananswer，you would have to go back to the early 1920s. In thoseyears, just after World War I, the military wanted to build an American highwaysystem for national defense. Such a system could, if necessary, move troopsquickly from one area to another. It could also get people out of cities indanger of being bombed. So-called roads of national importance were designated,but they were mostly small country roads. In 1944, Congress passed a bill toupgrade the system, but did not fund the plan right away. In the 1950s, theplan began to become a reality. Over $25 billion was appropriated by Congress,and construction began on about 40,000 miles of new roads. The idea was toconnect the new system to existing expressways and freeways. And, though thesystem was built mostly to make car travel easier, defense was not forgotten.For instance, highway overpasses had to be high enough to allow trailerscarrying military missiles to pass under them. By 1974, this system was mostlycompleted. A few additional roads would come later. Quick and easy travelbetween all parts of the country was now possible.

Questions 19 and 21 are based on the news report youhave just heard.

详解：

预览题中选项，由选项中的 construction，transport，transportation，higher speed 等词可推测，短文内容与建造道路有关。第 19 题考查某道路的建造情况或者影响；第 20 题均为不定式结构，考查道路建造的目的；第 21 题各选项均为时间，可能考查道路建成的时间，听音时要留意出现时间的地方。

19.  What doesthe speaker say about the American highway system?

答案：D

详解：短文开头指出，美国拥有世界上最好的高速公路系统之一。因此答案为 D。

20.  What was theoriginal purpose of building a highway system?

答案：B

详解：短文中提到，美国的公路建造可追溯到 20 世纪 20 年代初，在第一次世界大战后的那些年里，军方想要建造一个国防高速公路系统，以便在必要时迅速转移部队，也可以让人民离开有被轰炸危险的城市。由此可知，美国建造公路的最初动机是部队转移的需求，答案为 B。

21.  When was theInterstate Highway System mostly completed?

答案：A

详解：短文末尾提到，从 20 世纪 50 年代起，美国国会拨款建造公路系统，直到 1974 年，公路系统建造基本完成。因此答案为 A。

Passage Three

【主题分类】听力短文,科技

【高级表达】

text  v.  发短信 

widespread  adj.  广泛的 

steering wheel  方向盘

Keep track of  了解 

come up with  想出

【关键句型】

Texting while driving was listed as a major cause ofroad deaths among young Americans back in 2013.

开车时发短信被列为 2013 年美国年轻人死于交通事故的一个主要原因。

It’s called Smart Wheel, and it’s designed to fit overthe steering wheel of most standard vehicles to track whether or not the driverhas two hands on the wheel at all times.

智能方向盘被设计来适用于多数标准车辆的方向盘，可以检查司机是否一直在双手驾驶。

Evarts’ invention warns the drivers with a light and asound when they hold the wheel with one hand only, but as soon as they placethe other hand back on the wheel, the light turns back to green and the soundstops.

当驾驶员单手驾驶时，智能方向盘就会亮灯并发出声音以示警告；当驾驶员重新双手驾驶时，灯就会重新变为绿色，声音也会消失。

All the data Smart Wheel collects is also sent to aconnected app.

智能方向盘收集的数据都会传到相应的 App。

听力原文：

Textingwhile driving was listed as a major cause of road deaths among young Americansback in 2013. A recent study said that 40% of American teens claim to have beenin a car when the driver used a cell phone in a way that put people in danger.This sounds like a widespread disease but it’s one that technology may nowhelped cure. T.J. Evarts, a 20- year-old inventor, has come up with a novelsolution that could easily put texting drivers on notice. It’s called SmartWheel, and it’s designed to fit over the steering wheel of most standardvehicles to track whether or not the driver has two hands on the wheel at alltimes. Evarts’ invention warns the drivers with a light and a sound when theyhold the wheel with one hand only, but as soon as they place the other handback on the wheel, the light turns back to green and the sound stops. It alsowatches for what’s called “close by hands”, where both hands are close togethernear the top of the wheel, so the driver can type with both thumbs and drive atthe same time. All the data Smart Wheel collects is also sent to a connectedapp. So any parents who install Smart Wheel can keep track of the teen’sdriving habits. If they try to remove or damage the cover, that’s reported aswell.

Questions 22 and 25 are based on the news report youhave just heard.

详解：

预览题中选项，由 driving，highways，steering wheel 和 vehicle 等词可推测，短文内容与驾驶车辆有关。第 22 题各选项描述均为危险驾驶行为，听音时应留意相关描述；第 23 题各选项均为对某物性质的描述，听音时需要确定某物所指；由第 24 题选项中的 keeps flashing，alerted，warning 推测，此题考查驾驶员的某种行为可能触发的警报；第 25 题各选项均为动名词短语，结合语义可推测，此题考查做某事的方法。

22.  What is amajor cause of road deaths among young Americans?

答案：B

详解：短文开头提到，开车时发短信被列为 2013 年美国年轻人死于交通事故的一个主要原因。因此答案为 B。

23.What is Smart Wheel?

答案：D

详解：短文中提到，为提醒开车时发短信的驾驶员，Evarts 发明了智能方向盘（Smart Wheel），该设备适用于多数标准车辆的方向盘，可以检测驾驶员是否一直用双手驾驶。因此答案为 D。

24.  What happensif the driver has one hand on the wheel?

答案：C

详解：短文中提到，当驾驶员单手驾驶时，智能方向盘就会亮灯并发出声音以示警告；当驾驶员重新双手驾驶时，灯就会重新变为绿色，声音也会消失。因此答案为 C。

25.  How doparents keep track of their teen’s driving habits?

答案：B

详解：短文末尾提到，智能方向盘收集的数据都会传到相应的 App，父母只要安装了这个应用程序，就能追踪到孩子的驾驶习惯。因此答案为 B。