11. W: I can’t believe Karen is late for such an important occasion as a job interview. I reminded her time and time again yesterday.

M: You should’ve known her better by now. Everything you tell her goes in one ear and out the other.

Q: What does the man imply?

  【听前预测】选项均有Karen表明，对话与Karen有关。

  【解   析】选[A]。对话者男士提到Everything you tell her goes in one ear and out the other，[A]中的very forgetful与男士提到的goes in one ear and out the other（左耳朵进右耳多出）对应，故答案为[A]。

12. W: You’re going to make a trip to San Francisco, aren’t you?

M: Yes, but I haven’t got the plane ticket yet. I’m thinking of postponing the trip to next month since this is the busiest month for the airlines.

Q: What do we know about the man from this conversation?

  【听前预测】选项中重复出现的trip，the time表明，对话可能与旅行的时间有关。由He can’t/will可知，男士的话为听音重点。

  【解    析】选[C]。男士提到I haven’t got…ticket…I’m thinking of postponing the trip to next month (我还没拿到票，我在考虑把旅行推迟到下个月)，[C]中提到的has to change the time与postponing the trip to next month对应，故答案为[C]。

13. W: Shall we go to John’s housewarming party this weekend? Everyone is invited.

M: Well, you know what John’s parties are like. Do you think I will go again?

Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?

  【听前预测】根据意思相反的两个选项中有一个可能是答案的命题规律，可将答案锁定在[A]和[B]之间。

  【解    析】选[B]。对话中男士用问句提到Do you think I will go again?(你认为我还会再去吗？)，言外之意就是他不喜欢约翰的宴会，他不去，故答案为[B]。

14. M: I’m sorry to have kept you waiting for such a long time. I didn’t think the meeting would be so long.

W: That’s all right, Dr. Green. I’ve got the data you required and a few reference books which I think may be useful to your representation at the conference.

Q: What’s the purpose of the woman’s visit to the man?

  【听前预测】选择均以To 原形动词开头表明，本题考查行为目的。由To help/tell him可知，女士的话为听音重点。

  【解    析】选[A]。由女士提到的I’ve got the data…and a few reference books which I think may be useful…at the conference (我拿来数据…和一些参考书，我觉得可能有用…在会议上)可推测出，女士是来帮忙，故答案为[A]。

15. W: Strauss, we’ve got a problem. We don’t have enough money to pay the rent this month. I think I’d better ask mom and dad for a loan, or ask my boss for a raise.

M: Well, I don’t know. But maybe I’d better not take another English course this semester.

Q: What do we know from the conversation?

  【听前预测】由The woman doesn’t want可知，女士的话为听音重点。

  【解    析】选[C]。对话中女士提到We don’t have enough money to pay the rent this month.(我们的钱不够付这个月的租金)，[C]是对女士的话的同义转述，故答案[C]。

16. W: I’m not used to heavy reading load, so many seminars and so many papers to write.

M: As everything is presented in English, you may find it difficult to follow at the beginning.

Q: What does the man think the woman’s problem is?

  【听前预测】选项中的She，doesn’t follow the teacher，no interest，too much work等表明，对话与女士的学习问题有关。

【解    析】选[D]。由对话中男士提到的As everything is presented in English，you may find it difficult(因为所有内容都用英语，你会觉得难) 可知，男士认为女士还不能适应英语教学，故答案为[D]。

17. W: Gee, this afternoon Professor Smith’s lecture will last three hours. Going to his lectures is like going to the dentist. What a pain!

M: Why? You can hardly find a better lecturer in this department! Don’t you find his lectures both informative and instructive?

Q: What do we learn about the man?

  【听前预测】选项中的He agrees/is fond of表明，男士的话为听音重点。

  【解    析】选[C]。由男士提到的Why? You can hardly find a better lecturer… (为什么？你很难找到更好的老师了…)可知，男士觉得史密斯教授讲得很好，他很喜欢史密斯教授，故答案为[C]。

18. W: I’ve been waiting here for almost half an hour. Why did you take so long to park the car?

M: I’m sorry, dear. I had driven two blocks before I found a place to park.

Q: What can we learn from this conversation?

  【听前预测】选项中的find a parking lot，find a place to leave the car等表明，对话可能与停车有关。

  【解    析】选[B]。对话中男士提到I had driven two blocks before I found a place to park(我开了两个街区才找到停车的地方)，[B]（很难找到停车的地方）正是对男士的话的同义转述，故答案为[B]。

M: Are you enjoying this tour?

W: Yes. It’s my first time to visit New York.

M: Mine, too. New York is such a big and fascinating place.

W: Do you know how New York came to be the largest city in the United States?

M: Well, I suppose because it is one of the country’s oldest cities. Besides that, it has a good harbor.

W: That’s true, but there are other old port cities in the U.S. like Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. In fact, in our early history, the first two played a much larger role than New York.

M: The big difference is that New York had a water route to travel to the interior. Other cities lacked that.

W: Do you mean a river?

M: Not a natural one; it was a canal. The Erie Canal, which was completed in 1823, connected New York’s port to the Great Lakes in the Midwest.

W: So even before the railroad was invented, goods and supplies could travel via a water route from New York to the West?

M: Yes, and corn and wheat from that area could travel to New York for sale elsewhere.

W: So New York began to grow faster than the other cities?

M: Yes. In fact, within fifteen years after the canal opened in l823, New York doubled in size. It became the trading capital of the U.S., attracting business, banking and industry, and providing work for thousands of new immigrants.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

19. What’s the main topic of the conversation?

  【解析】选[A]。对话开头两人各自谈了纽约之行的感受，接下来女士问how New York came to be the largest city in the United States?,男士对该问题做了详细的回答。由此可知，对话是关于纽约如何变成美国最大的城市的，故答案为[A]。

  【点睛】对话主旨可首先根据选项内容进行推断，然后根据对话内容确定。

20. Who are the speakers?

  【解析】选[C]。选项表明，本题考查对话双方的身份。对话一开始女士说It’s my first time to visit New York，男士接着说 Mine, too，这表明对话双方都是游客，故答案为[C]。

21. What gave New York an advantage over the other cities?

  【解析】选[B]。对话中男士说The big difference is that New York had a water route to travel to the interior. Other cities lacked that.，接着解释了这个water route就是the Eric Canal，故答案为[B]。

  【点睛】that引导表语从句，问题中的an advantage over对应对话中的The big difference。

22. When was the Erie Canal completed?

  【解析】选[D]。由男士提到The Erie Canal, which was completed in 1823可知，答案为[D]。

  【点睛】时间题一般会在对话中出现两个以上的时间点，故听清问题所对应的时间点是解题的关键。

M: Can I speak to you for a few minutes, I have something to tell you, Mrs. Sherwin?

W: I am willing to, but now I can’t talk to you, Jerry. You see that I’m very busy at the moment. Can’t it wait until tomorrow? Then I will be free.

M: Uh, well, it’s rather urgent. And it won’t take long.

W: Oh, all right, then. What is it?

M: It’s a personal matter. Uh, you see, my wife is ill and has to go into a hospital.

W: Sorry to hear that. But why do you want to talk to me about it?

M: Because we have a baby and there’s nobody to look after her while she’s in the hospital.

W: Who? Your wife?

M: No, no. It is not my wife. My wife is not a little baby. It’s my little daughter.

W: Oh, I see. But I still don’t understand what all this has to do with me.

M: But that’s what I’m trying to explain. I’d like to stay at home for a few days.

W: But why?

M: To look after my daughter, of course.

W: I thought you said she was going to a hospital. They’ll look after her there, won’t they？

M: No, no, no, no! It’s my wife who’s going to a hospital! Not my daughter.

W: Really? I thought you said it was your daughter. You were not explaining this very well.

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

23. What happened in the conversation?

  【解析】选[A]。选项表明，本题考查生病的人是谁。由男士提到的my wife is ill and has to go into a hospital可知，男士的妻子病了，故答案为[A]。

  【点睛】根据选项可知，听清是谁病了是解题的关键。对话在此问题上设了husband和daughter三个干扰项。

24. What was Sherwin’s state?

  【解析】选[C]。对话一开始男士要求占用女士几分钟的时间，而女士说尽管她很愿意跟男士谈话，但她很忙，并问能不能等到明天，由此可知，女士即Sherwin很忙，故答案为[C]。

  【点睛】选项中的busy是对话中busy的原词复现，故很容易选出答案。

25. What caused Sherwin to misunderstand Jerry?

  【解析】选[B]。首先来看看Jerry的原话：because we have a baby and there’s nobody to look after her while she’s in hospital，这里有两个人称代词her及she，本来是要分别指代不同的人，但是用在一起就分不清是wife还是daughter，所以最后导致了Sherwin没有理解Jerry所说的话，由此可知，是Jerry没说清楚导致了误解，故答案为[B]。

The flag, the most common symbol of a nation in the modern world, is also one of the most ancient. With a clear symbolic meaning, the flag in the traditional form is still used today to mark buildings, ships and other vehicles related to a country.

The national flag as we know it today is in no way a primitive artifact. It is, rather, the product of thousands of years’ of development. Historians believe that it had two major ancestors, of which the earlier served to show wind direction.

Early human beings used very fragile houses and boats. Often strong winds would tear roofs from houses or cause high waves that endangered travelers. People’s food supplies were similarly vulnerable. Even after they had learned how to plant grains, they still needed help from nature to ensure good harvests. Therefore they feared and depended on the power of the wind, which could bring warmth from one direction and cold from another.

Using a simple piece of cloth tied to the top of a post to tell the direction of the wind was more dependable than earlier methods, such as watching the rising of smoke from a fire. The connection of the flag with heavenly power was therefore reasonable. Early human societies began to fix long pieces of cloth to the tops of totems before carrying them into battle. They believed that the power of the wind would be added to the good wishes of the gods and ancestors represented by the totems themselves.

These flags developed very slowly into modern flags. The first known flag of a nation or a ruler was unmarked: The king of China around 1000 B.C. was known to have a little white flag carried ahead of him. This practice might have been learned from Egyptians even further in the past, but it was from China that it spread over trade routes through India, then across Arab lands, and finally to Europe, where it met up with the other ancestor of the national flag.

Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. What is the best title for the passage?

  【解析】选[A]。选项都涉及到国旗，且首字母大写表明，本题考查短文题目。短文按照从古至今的顺序介绍了国旗的发展，故答案为[A]。

  【点睛】短文标题和主旨为常考题，一定要对短文开头和结尾给予足够的重视。短文只是在一些细节上介绍了国旗的用途和它所代表的自然力，但是这并不能作为短文的题目，故排除[B]和[D]。

27. Why were the earliest flags connected with heavenly power?

  【解析】选[D]。短文先是指出一些自然现象，如tell the direction of the wind was more dependable than earlier methods, such as watching the rising of smoke from a fire，然后指出“旗帜与自然力联系到一起是很合理的”，故答案为[D]。

  【点睛】选项中的They指代的是earliest flags。

28. What does the speaker know of the first national flag?

  【解析】选[D]。选项中的He knows/believes/thinks等表明，本题可能考查He的观点或看法。结合选项中给出的不同国家的名字可知，本题可能考查it(flag) 的来源。短文后面提到The first known flag of a nation or a ruler was unmarked，故答案为[D]。

  【点  睛】问题中的the first national flag为听音关键。

29. What will the speaker most probably talk about next?

  【解析】选[B]。短文开头提到Historians believe that it had two major ancestors, of which the earlier served to show wind direction，接下来都是针对“风向”进行的描述。因此推断下面应该讲述national flags的第二个起源，故答案为[B]。

My husband and children think they are very lucky that they are living and that it’s Christmas again. They can’t see that we live on a dirty street in a dirty house among people who aren’t very good. But Johnny and children can’t see this. What a pity it is that our neighbors have to make happiness out of all this dirt. I decide that my children must get out of this. The money that we’ve saved isn’t nearly enough.

The McGaritys have money but they are so proud. They look down upon the poor. The McGarity girl just yesterday stood out there in the street eating from a bag of candy while a ring of hungry children watched her. I saw those children looking at her and crying in their hearts; and when she couldn’t eat any more she threw the rest down the sewer. Why, is it only because they have money? There is more to happiness than money in the world, isn’t there?

Miss Jackson who teaches at the Settlement House isn’t rich, but she knows things. She understands people. Her eyes look straight into yours when she talks with you. She can read your mind. I’d like to see the children be like Miss Jackson when they grow up.

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.

30. What can we learn about the speaker from the passage?

  【解析】选[C]。说话者在开头提到，自己一家住在一条很脏的街道，家也很破，周围都是穷人，然后说I decide that my children must get out of this，由此可知，说话者对现在的生活不满，故答案为[C]。

  【点睛】选项都描述了说话者对生活的态度，注意听短文中有关生活状态的描述。

31. What do you think of McGarity girl?

  【解析】选[A]。短文中举了一个反例，即McGarity家很有钱，但他们家的女儿在吃糖的时候不分给周围的小伙伴，而是把吃不了的糖果倒进下水道里，这说明她很自私和冷酷，故答案为[A]。

  【点睛】问题中的McGarity girl是听音重点。短文用举例来描述McGarity girl的性格。

32. What does the speaker try to tell us?

  【解析】选[B]。短文最后举了一个正面的例子，即当老师的Jackson虽然没有钱，但她善解人意，待人友善，与之前说的McGarity家冷酷的女儿形成鲜明对比，说话者通过这两个例子告诉人们生活中除了金钱还有很多其他重要的东西，故答案为[B]。

I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything. Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I hadn’t the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go.

It had been snowing heavily that day and I didn’t know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Milly had died. “She meant more to me than anyone even my own wife!” he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal. I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn. “I wouldn’t leave her out in the cold!” he said.

Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground. “She was such a good cow! I wouldn’t let anyone but a doctor touch her!” he said, and burst into tears again.

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

33. What do we know about Milly from the story?

  【解析】选[A]。短文开头提到Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident，由此可知，故答案为[A]。

  【点睛】[A] She had met with an accident对应短文中提到的Milly had had a very bad accident。

34. What might the farmer wish the speaker to do?

  【解析】选[B]。选项均以原形动词开头表明，本题考查行为动作。短文中农夫打电话给说话者，说话者到了之后农夫说She was such a good cow! I wouldn’t let anyone but a doctor touch her，由此可知，说话者是一位医生，这位农夫是想让他救活这头牛，故答案为[B]。

35. What is probably the person who told the story?

  【解析】选[C]。根据上题分析，说话者很可能是一位乡村医生，故答案为[C]。

  【点睛】人物身份可根据短文中的关键信息点进行推断。