News Report 1

【主题分类】新闻听力：安全事故

【高级表达】

1.Collapse v.. 垮塌

2.Vacant a. 空置的

3.Non-worker civilian: 非工作人员

4.Be trapped under: 被困在…下面

5.Non-life threating injuries: 伤势没有生命危险

【关键句型】

1. Rescue crews pulled a man to safety after a collapse at aconstruction site in Brooklyn on Tuesday. 星期二，在布鲁克林倒塌的一处建筑工地，救援人员将一个人安全救出。

2. The Fire Department of New York says the vacant 100-year-old buildingbeing pulled down partially collapsed.纽约消防部门说这座被拆毁的空置建筑部分已倒塌。

3. He was trapped under a beam about 10 feet below the surface fornearly an hour a half.他被困在地下十英尺的一处房梁下面一个半小时。

【听力原文】

Rescue crews pulled a man to safety after a collapse at a construction site in Brooklyn on Tuesday. The incident happened on the 400 block of Rutland Road just after 12:30 p. m. The Fire Department of New York says the vacant 100-year-old building being pulled down partially collapsed. A man described as a "non- worker civilian" was buried up to his waist in the basement. (2) The man was collecting building materials when the first floor collapsed underneath him. He was trapped under a beam about 10 feet below the surface for nearly an hour a half. The man was taken to hospital. Officials said he is in stable condition with non-lifethreatening injuries. The building was reportedly purchased by a neighboring church in 2011. It was the site of a 2006 fire and has remained vacant ever since.

【答案解析】

Q1. What happened at a construction site in Brooklyn on Tuesday?

A)。新闻第一句话提到,星期二,救援人员在布鲁克林一个建筑工地的坍塌处救出了一名男子。因此答案为

Q2. What does the report say about the "non-worker civilian"?

C) 新闻中提到,一楼开始坍塌时,这位男士正在收集建筑材料。因此答案为C)

News Report  2

【主题分类】新闻听力：数学

【高级表达】

1.Campaigner n.倡议者，活动家

2.Calculate v.计算

3. Badge: n. 勋章

4.‘I can’t do maths’ attitude: ‘我数学不好’的态度

5.Prevalent a. 流行的,盛行的

【关键句型】

1.Being bad at maths should no longer be seen as a"badge ofhonor" or down to genetics, according to…数学不好不应再被视作“荣誉勋章”或基因因素，根据…

2.Poor maths skills can affect an individual's life leaving them at ahigher risk of being excluded from school or out of work. 糟糕的数学技能会影响一个人的生活，使他们被学校开除或失业的风险更高。

3. challenge this 'I can't do maths' attitude that is prevalent in theUK挑战英国普遍存在的‘我不会数学’态度

4. it was vital that…至为重要的是

【听力原文】

Millions of people are struggling to understand their paychecks orcalculate money in shops, campaigners have said.(3)Being bad at maths should nolonger be seen as a"badge of honor" or down to genetics, according toNational Numeracy, a new organization which aims to challenge the nation'snegative view of the subject. Chris Humphries, chairman of the group, saidthat poor maths skills can affect an individual's life leaving them at a higherrisk of being excluded from school or out of work. "Figures from agovernment survey, published last year, show that 17 million adults in Englandhave basic maths skills that are, at best, the same as an 11-year-old, "hesaid. Speaking at the lounge of National Numeracy, Mr. Humphries said,"That's a scary figure, because what it means is they often can'tcalculate or give change. "Mike Ellicock, chief executive of NationalNumeracy, said: "We want to challenge this 'I can't do maths' attitudethat is prevalent in the UK, "adding that (4) it was vital that allprimary school teachers understand key maths concepts, as young childrenwho fail to learn the basics will suffer later on.

【答案解析】

Q3 What does the organization National Numeracy aim to do?

B）。新闻中第二句提到,英国国家数学能力中心( National Numeracy)旨在挑战国民对数学科目的消极看法.所以答案为B）.

Q4 What is vital according to the chief executive of National Numeracy?

B）。新闻最后提到,英国国家数学能力中心的行政长官麦克·埃里库克说,所有小学老师都理解关键的数学概念至关重要。因此答案为B）.

News Report 3

【主题分类】新闻听力：新闻人物

【高级表达】

1.      Reveal v.透露，揭示

2.      Now-outdated a. 现在过时的

3.      National airline's fleet 国家航空机队

4.      Phase v. 分阶段逐步实施

【关键句型】

1.      He has hold down a part-time second job alongside his royal duties 他除了履行皇家职责外，还从事兼职。

2.      He recently ended his role as…他最近结束了…的角色

3.      He will now retrain to fly the bigger Boeing 737s as the old planes arebeing phased out of service.

       他将再次受训，驾驶更大的波音737，因为老的飞机逐步淘汰服役。

【听力原文】

The Dutch king has revealed that for more than two decades, he has held down a part-time second job alongside his royal duties. King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands said that he recently ended his role as a regular "guest pilot" after 21 years with the national airline's fleet of now-outdated aircraft. As a guest flier, the king worked about twice a month, always as co-pilot. He will now retrain to fly the bigger Boeing 737s as the old planes are being phased out of service. The50-year-old father of three and king to 17 million Dutch citizens calls flying a "hobby." It lets him leave his royal duties on the ground and fully focus on something else. "You have an aircraft, passengers and crew. You have responsibility for them," the king said. "You can't take your problems from the ground into the skies. You can completely change focus and concentrate on something else. That, for me, is the most relaxing part off lying."  Willem-Alexander said he is rarely recognized by passengers. Very few people pay attention to him as he walks through his airport in his airline uniform and cap.

【答案解析】

Q5. What does the report say about the Dutch king?

D)。新闻第一句提到,荷兰国王透露说,他20多年来除了履行自己的王室职责之外,还一直从事着一份兼职。因此答案为D)

Q6 why does the king say he likes flying?

B）。新闻中提到,这位国王视飞行为爱好,飞行使他将国王职责留在地面上,全身心投入另一件事。之后引用的国王原话中提到,在飞行时他可以转移注意力,并得以放松。因此答案为B）

Q7 What does the king say about passengers at the airport?

C)。新闻最后提到,荷兰国王威廉亚历山大说,很少有乘客能认出他。因此答案为C)

Long Conversation 1

【主题分类】长对话：经济

【高级表达】

1.      constructionboom：建设热潮，大兴土木

2.      providequality yet affordable wooden furniture：提供质优价廉的木质家具

3.      outline v.勾勒，概述

4.      capital n.资金

5.      explode insize：规模扩大

【关键句型】

1.      There wasa great need for: 对…有巨大需求

2.      Their aimwas to: 目的是为了…

3.      There isstrong demand for: 对…需求旺盛

【听力原文】

M: Morning, Miss Semenov. Welcome to ourstudio.

W: Thanks. My pleasure.

M: OK then. Let me start by asking you howold your company is.

W: My grandparents started the company in1955.

M: Why did they decide to open a furnitureplant in Bucharest?

W: At that time there was a constructionboom. There was a great need for furniture and my grandparents saw a businessopportunity. Their aim was to provide quality yet affordable wooden furniture. Andthis goal has never changed.

M: Do you still only work with wood?

W: That’s right. It’s what we know and whatwe do best. If we started trying different materials, our quality wouldprobably suffer.

M: And all the wood is local?

W: Correct. A hundred percent of our rawmaterial comes from Romania.

M: Could you please outline how the companyhas grown over time? What have been the main challenges and opportunities thatyou have faced?

W: Well, back in the 50s and 60s, Romania wasa lot poorer than it is today. My grandfather and father did not have muchcapital, and our customers didn’t have much money either. So that limitedgrowth. The big change was in 2007 when Romania joined the European Union.Suddenly, our market exploded in size and we could now sell our products allacross the continent. There was also more financial investment. And, as aresult, we went from having 20 employees to 200.

M: Which countries are your biggest market?

W: Besides Romania, our biggest market isGermany. There is strong demand there for our traditional style of furniture.

【答案解析】

8. Why did Semenov's grandparents start a furniture plantin Bucharest?

D)。男士问女士她的祖父母为什么决定在布加勒斯特开一家家具厂，女士回答说那时建筑业急速发展，家具需求大，她的祖父母看到了商机因此答案为 D)

9. What was Semenov's grandfather trying to do?

A)。女士提到，她的祖父母办家具厂的目的是提供质优价廉的木制家具。因此答案为 A)

10. What does Semenov say about her company's raw materials?

C)。男士问女士做家具的原材料，女士回答说，他们的原材料百分之百产自罗马尼亚。因此答案为C)

11. Where does Semenov's company sell their products？

A)。男士问女士公司将产品销往哪里，对话中女士提到，2007 年罗马尼亚加入欧盟的时候，工厂有了巨大的改变。突然之间，他们的市场规模扩大，而且现在他们的产品可以销往整个欧洲大陆。因此答案为A)

LongConversation 2

【主题分类】长对话：美食

【高级表达】

1. 1.     have a reservation：预定

2. 2.     column code area：栏目代码区域

3. 3.     sponsor v. 赞助

4. 4.     special set menus：特别设定菜单

5. 5.     at a discounted price：打折的价格

6. 6.     double date：四人约会(两对情侣)

【关键句型】选取材料中3-5个重要的句型，中英双语

1.      Have youheard about: 你听说过…吗？

2.      We’d loveto：我们愿意…

3． It’s a great opportunity to: 是绝好的机会做…

4.  You are in luck. 你很幸运。

【听力原文】

M: Have you heard about the new restaurant, the Pearl?Susan and I are going to try it out this weekend. We have a reservation onSaturday at 7 o’clock. I can call to add two more to the table if you'd like.

W: That sounds great. We’d love to join you. You always seemto know the best places to go. Where do you hear about these things?

M: I have a habit of reading(614)Magazine. It has all theinformation on local events within the(614)column code area.

W: That was a clever name for the magazine then. Does itonly focus on new restaurant openings?

M: They have other information too. Things like concerts,festivals and small shops. I think the restaurant information and reviews arethe most exciting though. Each year they also sponsor a local event calledRestaurant Week.

W: Restaurant Week?  What’s that?

M: Oh, it’s wonderful. All the stylish restaurantsparticipate. They have special set menus for the week, usually in spring，at a number of different price points. Susan and I go to at least three differentplaces during the event. It’s a great opportunity to try some of the moreexpensive restaurants at a discounted price and try something new. That’s howwe found the Pearl, actually.

W: Wow, that’s an event I would be interested in. Whenwill it be happening this year?

M: You are in luck. Restaurant Week starts in just a fewdays, the first Sunday in May. Let’s make sure they set a double date duringthe event. Just let me know what type of food you would like to try.

W: Okay, I will.

【答案解析】

12.What does the man invite the woman to do this weekend?

B。对话开头,男士问女士是否听说过一家叫"珍珠"的新餐厅,并说他和苏珊打算这周末去试一下,他们预订了星期六7点的座位。男士接着说,如果女士想去,他可以给餐厅打电话,加两个座位。|因此答案为B。

13.What does the man say about(614)Magazine?

D)。对话中男士提到,《(614)杂志》上有关于当地活动的所有信息。因此答案为D)。

14.What does the man usually do with Susan duringRestaurant Week?

 C)。对话中男士提到,美食周期间,他和苏珊至少会去三家不同的餐厅吃饭。美食周是一个很好|的机会去比较昂贵的餐厅吃饭有折扣,还可以尝试一些没吃过的东西。因此答案为C)。

15. Why does the man say the woman is in luck?

B)。对话最后,女士问男士今年的美食周什么时候开始,男士说女士很幸运,美食周过几天就开始了。因此答案为B)。

 Passage 1

【主题分类】短文听力：健康

【高级表达】

1.     Exposure to: 接触，暴露于

2.     the least-liked vegetables:最不喜欢吃的蔬菜

3.     a follow-up taste test: 后续的口味测试

4.     consistently：持续地

【关键句型】

1.     Be more likely to…更有可能

2.     The study found that…研究发现…

3.     The taste tests revealed that…口味测试表明…4.     rate  as… 将…列为…

5.     This is in contrast to…这与…形成对比

【听力原文】

Allparents know it is difficult to get children to eat their vegetables. Some ofthem offer rewards or treats for children finishing their share. Butresearchers have discovered that youngsters who are not praised for tryingvegetables are more likely to eat them eventually. The study found that thebest way to get children to eat food they do not like is simply to give them repeated exposure to it. Psychologistsfrom Ghent University in Belgium studied 98 children, They gave them five kindsof vegetables to eat—mushrooms, peas,eggplants, carrots and cabbages. The taste tests revealed that carrots were theleast-liked vegetable among youngsters. The children were then given a bowl ofboiled carrots and told to choose how much to eat. After 8 minutes, they wereasked to rate the dish as “delicious,” “just 0K^” or ^“disgusting.“ The trial went on twicea week for a month, with a follow-up taste test after 8 weeks. Children weresplit into three groups, with one group asked to try the bowl of carrotsrepeatedly with no further encouragement. The other two groups were givenrewards of a toy or verbal praise. After the trial ,81% of children who simplytried the carrots consistently liked them. This is in contrast to 68% for the group given atoy and 75% forthe group given verbal praise.

【答案解析】

16. What is the best way to get children to eatvegetables according to a recent study?

B)短文中提到，研究发现，要让孩子们吃不喜欢的食物，最好的办法就是让孩子们反复接触它。由此可知，要想让孩子们吃蔬菜，好的办法就是让他们反复接触蔬菜，答案为B)

17. What did the researchers find about carrots?

A)短文中提到，味道测试显示，胡萝卜是孩子们最不喜欢的蔬菜，因此答案为 A)

18. What does the result of this research show?

B) 短文中提到，比利时根特大学的心理学家将孩子们分为三组进行试验:一组孩子被多次要求吃胡萝卜，且没有任何鼓励;一组孩子在吃了胡萝卜之后会得到一个玩具;另一组孩子在吃了胡萝卜之后会得到口头表扬。试验之后，没有奖励的组里，81% 的孩子最后开始喜欢吃胡萝卜;有玩具奖励的组里， 68% 的孩子最后喜欢吃胡萝卜;而有口头表扬的组里， 75% 的孩子表示喜欢吃胡萝卡。由此可推，孩子的饮食习惯是可以改变的，答案为 B)

Passage 2

【主题分类】短文听力：太空垃圾

【高级表达】

1.     Leftover n. 残留物，留下的东西

2.     map the moon: 绘制月球地图

3.     crashed into：撞击

4.     garbage heap：垃圾数量

5.     a laser-range reflector：激光反射器

6.     weather v. 经受住

【关键句型】

1.    One thing about...is…关于…的一件事是

2.    …is home to：为…的所在地

3.    as the saying goes, one person’s trash is another’s treasure. 俗话说，一个人的垃圾是另一个人的财富

【听力原文】

One thing about the moon many people don’t knowis that it has a lot of garbage on its surface, leftover from human spaceexploration. But how much garbage exactly have humans left on the moon? It’shard to be accurate, but the trash likely weighs more than 181,000 kilograms onEarth. Much of it was left by American astronauts who landed on the lunarsurface between 1969 and 1972 during NASA’s Apollo missions. The other rubbishcomes from missions that did not have human crews. These missions wereconducted by various space exploring agencies, including those from the US,Russia, Japan, India, and Europe. Many of the older pieces are equipment sentto learn about the moon. The equipment stayed there after its missions ended.The moon is also home to lunar orbiters that mapped the moon before theycrashed into its surface, adding to the garbage heap. The objects left by theApollo astronauts included equipment that was no longer needed. Bringing backunneeded equipment would have used up precious resources such as fuel. But, asthe saying goes, one person’s trash is another’s treasure. Researchers canstudy the garbage left on the moon to see how its materials weathered the radiationand vacuum of space over time. Moreover, some of the objects on the moon arestill being used, including a laser-range reflector left by the Apollo 11 crew.

 【答案解析】

19.What does the passage say may be unknown to manypeople?

D）短文开始提到，关于月球有一件事人们并不知道，那就是月球表面有很多垃圾，是人类太空探索的残留物。所以答案为D.

20.Why has a lot of equipment been left on the moon?

A) 短文中提到把不需要的设备带回地球会耗尽燃料等宝贵资源，所以将设备带回地球的成本很高。答案为A）。

21.What can researchers do with the garbage on the moon?

C)短文最后提到，研究人员可以通过研究遗留在月球上的垃圾了解这些材料是如何经受住太空辐射和真空环境的。因此答案为C)

Passage 3

【主题分类】短文听力：电子邮件

【高级表达】

1.     In one’s line of work: 在某人的工作中

2.     Retain v.保持

3.     Acknowledge v.承认，告知

4.     Recipient n. 接受者，收信人

5.     personalized correspondence：个人通信

【关键句型】

1.     …have taken over some of the roles from...as: 作为…，…已经取代…的部分功能

2.     …is….rather than：是…而不是…

3.     It’s the same as: 如同…

【听力原文】

In my line of work, I receive a lot of emails. I alsosend a lot of emails. Though social media and messaging apps have taken oversome of the roles from email as a form of communication, email is likely toretain an important role for business communication in the future.Surprisingly, though, a lot of companies and organizations lack formalguidelines for emailing. As most of you will soon be entering the workforce, Iwould like to share with you my own rules for emailing. If someone sends you anemail, reply to them acknowledging the email. A simple “thank you” let thesender know that their email has arrived safely, that it has not been lostamong what could be 50 other emails that have arrived in your email inbox thatday. It’s not necessary to reply to a mass email sent to numerous recipients.These emails are often informative rather than personalized correspondencerequiring a response or action. But it’s common politeness to respond to apersonal message, preferably within 24 hours of receiving it. It’s alsoimportant to use proper English. Just because emails are a quick form ofcommunication, doesn’t mean emails, especially business emails, should bewritten using informal shortened forms of words. Think of an email as a letter.Spelling, grammar and punctuation should not be overlooked. And never usecapitals to emphasize a word or words in an email. It’s the same as yelling.

【答案解析】

22.What does the passage say about email?

A)短文开头提到，尽管社交媒体和消息应用程序已经取代了电子邮件作为一种沟通方式的部分功能，但电子邮件在将来的商务交流中可能仍将发挥重要作用。因此答案为A)

23.What should one do upon receiving a personalizedemail?

B)短文中提到，回复个人邮件是一种礼貌，最好在24 小时内回复。因此答案为B)

24.What does the passage say about a mass email?

C)短文中提到，群发的邮件无需回复。因此答案为C) 0

25.What should one do when writing a business email?

D)短文最后提到，在邮件中不要用大写字母来强调一个词或者多个词，用大写字母就如同大喊大叫一样。因此答案为D)