Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

Section A

Directions:In this section,you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations.At the end of each conversation,one or more questions will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once.After 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,Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre. 

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

 

1 A) College tuition has become a heavy burden for the students.

 

B) College students are in general politically active nowadays.

 

C)He took part in many protests when he was at college.

 

D)He is doubtful about the effect of the students’ action,

 

2. A) The class has kept the party a secret from Jay.

 

B) Jay is organizing a party for the retiring dean.

 

C) Jay is surprised to learn of the party for him.

 

D) The dean will come to Jay's birthday party.

 

3. A) He found his wallet in his briefcase.

 

B) He went to the lost-and-found office.

 

C) He found the woman to go and pick up his car.

 

D) He left his things with his car in the garage.

 

4. A) The show he directed turned out lo be a success.

 

B) He watched only those comedies by famous directors.

 

C) TV comedies have not improved much since the 1960s.

 

D) New comedies are exciting, just like those in the 1960s.

 

5. A) The man should stop boiling the vegetables.

 

B) The man should try out some new recipes.

 

C) Overcooked vegetables are often tasteless.

 

D) All vegetables should be cooked fresh.

 

6 A) Help them tidy up the house.

 

B) Sort out I heir tax returns.

 

C) Help them to decode a message.

 

D) Figure out a way to avoid taxes.

 

7 A) The woman remains a total mystery to him.

 

B) The woman is still trying to finish her work.

 

C) He has devoted a whole month to his research.

 

D) He didn't expect to complete his work so soon

 

8 A) He has failed to register for the course.

 

B) He would like to major in psychology too.

 

C) There should be more time for registration.

 

D) Developmental psychology is newly offered.

 

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard

 

9. A) The brilliant product design.

 

B) The unique craftsmanship.

 

C) The new color combinations.

 

D) The texture of the fabrics.

 

10. A) Fancy products.

 

B) Local handicrafts.

 

C) Traditional Thai silks.

 

D) Unique tourist attractions.

 

11. A) It will start tomorrow.

 

B) It will last only one day.

 

C) It will be out into the countryside.

 

D) It will be on the following weekend.

 

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard

 

12. A) A year of practical training.

 

B) A happy childhood.

 

C) A pleasant neighborhood.

 

D) A good secondary education.

 

13. A) He is good at carpentry.

 

B) He is academically gifted.

 

C) He should be sent to a private school.

 

D) He ought to get good vocational training.

 

14. A) Donwell School.

 

B) Carlton Abbey

 

C) Enderby High.

 

D) Enderby Comprehensive.

 

15. A) Find out more about the five schools.

 

B) Send their children to a better private school.

 

C) Talk with their children about their decision.

 

D) Put keith in a good boarding school.

 

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 Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。

 

Passage one

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

 

16. A) It will be ventilated.

 

B) It will be brightly lit.

 

C) It will provide easy access to the disabled.

 

D) It will have a large space for storage.

 

17. A) Opposite to the library.

 

B) On the same floor as the labs.

 

C) On the first floor.

 

D) On the ground floor.

 

18. A) To make the building appear traditional.

 

B) To cut the construction cost to the minimum.

 

C) To match the style of construction on the site.

 

D) To embody the subcommittee’s design concepts.

 

Passage Two

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

 

19 A) Sell financial software.

 

B) Write financial software.

 

C) Conduct research on financial software.

 

D) Train clients to use financial software.

 

20 A) Rewarding.

 

B) Unsuccessful.

 

C) Tedious.

 

D) Important.

 

21 A) He provided individual support.

 

B) He held group discussions.

 

C) He gave the trainees lecture notes.

 

D) He offered online tutorial.

 

22 A) Nobody is able to solve all the problems in a couple of weeks.

 

B) The fault might lie in his style of presenting the information.

 

C) The trainees’ problems has to be dealt with one by one.

 

D) The employees were a bit slow to follow his instruction.

 

Passage Three

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

 

23. A) Their teachers meet them only in class.

 

B) Their parents tend to overprotect them.

 

C) They have little close contact with adults.

 

D) They rarely read any books about adults.

 

24. A) Writers and lawyers are brought in to talk to students.

 

B) Real-life cases are simulated for students to learn law.

 

C) More Teacher and Writer Collaboratives are being set up.

 

D) Opportunities are created for children to become writers.

 

25. A) Children like to form partnerships with each other.

 

B) Children are often the best teachers of other children.

 

C) Paired Learning cultivates the spirit of cooperation.

 

D) Sixth-graders can teach first-graders as well as teachers.

 

Section 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 with the exact words you have just heard. Finally，when the passage is read for the third time，you should check what you have written.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。　　

 

The firstcopyright law in the United States was passed by Congress in1 790. .In1976Congress enacted the latest copyright law, __(26) __ the technologicaldevelopments that had occurred since the passage of the Copyright Act of 1909.For example, in 1909, anyone who wanted to make a single copy of a __(27) __work for personal use had to do so by hand. The very process__(28) __ alimitation on the quantity of materials copied. Today, a photocopier can do thework in seconds; the limitation has disappeared. The 1909 law did not provide fullprotection for films and sound recording, nor did it__ (29) __ the need toprotect radio and television. As a result,__(30) __of the law and abuse of theintent of the law have lessened the__(31)__ rewards of authors, arties, andproducers.The1976 Copyright Act has not prevented these abuses fully, but ithas clarified the legal rights of the injured parties and given them an__(32)__for remedy.

 

Since 1976the Act has been__(33)__ to include computer software, and guidelines have beenadopted for fair use of television broadcasts. These changes have cleared upmuch of the confusion and conflict that followed__(34) __ the 1976 legislation.

 

The finepoints of the law are decided by the courts and by acceptable common practiceover time. As these decisions and agreements are made, we modify our behavioraccordingly. For now, we need to__(35) __ the law and its guidelines asaccurately as we can and to act in a fair manner.

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Part II Listening Comprehension

Section A

 

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, oneor more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation andthe questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be apause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C), andD), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter onAnswer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

 

Now let’s begin with the eight shortconversations.

 

Question 1

 

W: The students have been protestingagainst the increased tuition.

 

M: Yeah, I heard about the protest. But Idon’t know how much good it will do.

 

Q: Whatdoes the man mean?

 

Question 2

 

W: Jay will turn 21 this week. Does he knowthe classes are having a surprise party for him?

 

M: No, he thinks we are giving a party forthe retiring dean.

 

Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

 

Question 3

 

M: Hello, this is Carl’s garage. We foundMr. White’s briefcase and wallet after he left his car here this morning.

 

W: He has been wondering where he couldhave left them. I’ll tell him to pick them up this afternoon. Thank you forcalling.

 

Q: Whatdo we learn about Mr. White from the conversation?

 

Question 4

 

W: You know, some TV channels have beenrerunning a lot of comedies from the 1960s’. What do you think of those oldshows?

 

M: Not much. But the new ones includingthose done by famous directors are not so entertaining either.

 

Q: Whatdoes the man mean?

 

Question 5

 

M: How much longer should I boil thesevegetables? The recipe says about 10 minutes in total. W: They look pretty doneto me. I doubt you should cook them anymore.

 

Q: Whatdoes the woman mean?

 

Question 6

 

W: Tom, are you going to your parents’house tonight?

 

M: Yes, I promise to help them figure outtheir tax returns. The tax code is really confusing to them.

 

Q: Whatis the man going to do for his parents?

 

Question 7

 

W: I was surprised when I heard you’dfinished your research project a whole month early.

 

M: How I managed to do it is still amystery to me.

 

Q: Whatdoes the man mean?

 

Question 8

 

W: I was hoping we could be in the samedevelopmental psychology class.

 

M: Me too, but by the time I went forregistration the course was closed.

 

Q: Whatdoes the man mean?

 

Now you’ll hear the two long conversations.

 

Conversation One

 

M: It’s really amazing how many colors thereare in these Thai silks.

 

W: These are our new designs.

 

M: Oh, I don’t think I’ve seen thiscombination of colors before.

 

W: They’re really brilliant, aren’t they?

 

M: Quite dazzling! May I have samples ofthe new color combinations?

 

W: Yes, of course. But aren’t you going toplace an order?

 

M: We order them regularly, you know, but Ido want our buyer who handles fabrics to see them.

 

W: Have you looked at the wood and stonecoverings? Did you like them?

 

M: Oh, they aren’t really what I’m lookingfor.

 

W: What do you have in mind?

 

M: That’s the trouble. I’ve never knowexactly until I see it. I usually have more luck when I get away from thetourist places.

 

W: Out in the countryside you mean.

 

M: Yeah, exactly. Markets in small townshave turned out best for me.

 

W: You’re more interested than inhandicrafts that haven’t been commercialized.

 

M: Yes, real folk arts, pots, dishes,basket ware — the kinds of things that people themselves use.

 

W: I’m sure we can arrange a trip out intothe country for you.

 

M: I was hoping you’d say that.

 

W: We can drive out of Bangkok and stop wheneveryou see something that interests you.

 

M: That would be wonderful! How soon couldwe leave?

 

W: I can’t get away tomorrow. But I think Ican get a car for the day after.

 

M: And would we have to come back the sameday?

 

W: No, I think I’ll be able to keep the carfor three or four days.

 

M: Wonderful! That’ll give me time for areal look around.

 

Questions 9 to 11 are based on theconversation you have just heard.

 

Question 9 What attracts the man to the Thai silks?

 

Question 10 What is the man looking for in Thailand?

 

Question 11 What do we learn about the trip the womanpromised to arrange for the man?

 

Conversation Two

W: Well, before we decide we’re going tolive in Enderby, we really ought to have a look at the schools; we want thechildren to have a good secondary education, so we’d better see what’savailable.

 

M: They gave me some information at thedistrict office and I took notes. It appears there are five secondary schoolsin Enderby: three state schools and two private.

 

W: I don’t know if we want private schools,do we?

 

M: I don’t think so, but we’ll look at themanyway. There’s Saint Mary’s, that’s a Catholic school for girls, and CarltonAbbey— that’s a very old boys’ boarding school, founded in 1672.

 

W: Are all the state schools coeducational?

 

M: Yes, it seems so.

 

W: I think little Keith is going to be verygood with his hands, we ought to send him to a school with good vocationaltraining—carpentry, electronics, that sort of thing.

 

M: In that case we are best off at EnderbyComprehensive. I gather they have excellent workshops and instructors. But itsays here that Donwell also has good facilities. Enderby High has a little, butthey are mostly academic. No vocational training at all at Carlton Abbey orSaint Mary’s.

 

W: What are the schools like academically? Howmany children go on to university every year?

 

M: Well, Enderby High is very good— andCarlton Abbey even better, 70% of their pupils go on to university. Donwellisn’t so good. Only 8%. And Enderby Comprehensive in Saint Mary’s not muchmore, about 10%.

 

W: Well, it seems like there is a broadselection of schools. But we have to find out more than statistics before wecan decide.

 

Question s 12 to 15 are based on theconversation you have just heard.

 

Question 12 What do they want their children to have?

 

Question 13 What do the speakers say about littleKeith?

 

Question 14 What school has the highest percentage ofpupils who go on to university?

 

Question 15 What are the speakers going to do next?

 

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Boththe passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear aquestion, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B),C), and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1with a singleline through the centre.

 

Passage One

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Asinstructed in our previous meeting, the subcommittee on building developmenthas now drawn up a brief to submit to the firm’s architect. In short, thebuilding would consist of two floors. There would be a storage area in thebasement be used by the research center as well as by other departments. Weare, as you know, short of storage base, so the availability of a largebasement would be a considerable advantage. The ground floor would be occupiedby laboratories. Altogether there would be six labs. In addition, there wouldbe six offices for the technicians, plus a general secretarial office andreception area.

 

The first floor would be occupied by theoffices of Research and Development staff. There would be a suite of offices forthe Research and Development director as well as a general office forsecretarial staff. It’s proposed to have a staff room with a small kitchen. Thiswould serve both floors. There would also be a library for research documents andreference materials. In addition, there would be a resource room in which audiovisual equipment and other equipment of that sort could be stored. Finally,there would be a seminar room with closed circuit television. This room couldalso be used to present displays and demonstrations to visitors to the center. Thebuilding would be of brick construction so it’s to conform to the general styleof construction on the site. There would be a pitched roof. Wall and ceilingspaces would be insulated to conform to new building regulations.

 

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passageyou have just heard.

 

Question 16

 

What is said about the planned basement ofthe new building?

 

Question 17

 

Where would be the Research and Developmentdirector’s office?

 

Question 18

 

Why would the building be of brickconstruction?

 

Passage Two

Huang Yi works for a company that sellsfinancial software to small and medium size businesses. His job is to showcustomers how to use the new software. He spends two weeks with each client, demonstratingthe features and functions of the software. The first few months in the jobwere difficult. He often left the client feeling that even after two weeks hehadn’t been able to show the employees everything they needed to know. It’s notthat they weren’t interested; they obviously appreciated his instruction andshowed a desire to learn. Huang couldn’t figure out if the software wasdifficult for them to understand, or if he was not doing a good job ofteaching. During the next few months, Huang started to see some patterns.

 

He would get to a new client site and spendthe first week going over the software with the employees. He usually did thisin shifts, with different groups of employees listening to his lecture. Then hewould spend the next week in installing the program and helping individualstroubleshoot. Huang realized that during the week of troubleshooting andanswering questions, he ended up addressing the same issues over and over. Hewas annoyed because most of the individuals with whom he worked seem to haveretained very little information from the first week. They asked very basicquestions and often needed prompting from beginning to end. At first, hewondered if these people were just a little slow, but then he began to get thedistinct feeling that part of the problem might be his style presentinginformation.

 

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

 

Question 19

 

What does Huang Yi do in his company?

 

Question 20

 

What did Huang Yi think of his work?

 

Question 21

 

What did Huang Yi do in addition tolecturing?

 

Question 22

 

What did Huang Yi realize in the end?

 

Passage Three

As we help children get out into the world to do their learning well, wecan get more of the world into the schools. Aside from their parents, mostchildren never have any close contact with any adults except their teachers. Nowonder they have no idea what adult life or work is like. We need to bring morepeople who are not full-time teachers into the schools. In New York City, underthe teachers’ and writers’ collaborative, real writers come into the schools,read their works, and talk to the children about the problems of their crafts. Thechildren love it. In another school, a practicing attorney comes in every monthand talks to several classes about the law. Not the law that is in books, butthe law as he sees it and encounters it in his cases. And the children listenwith intense interest. Here’s something even easier: let children worktogether, help each other, learn from each other and each other’s mistakes. Wenow know from this experience of many schools that children are often the bestteachers of other children.

 

What’s more important, we know that whenthe fifth floor six-grader who is being having trouble with reading, startshelping a first grader, his own reading sharply improves. A number of schoolsare beginning to use what some call paired learning. This means that you letchildren form partnerships with other children. Do their work even includingtheir tests together and share whatever marks or results this work gets. Justlike grown-ups in the real world. It seems to work.

 

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

Question 23

 

Why does the speaker say most children haveno idea what adult life is like?

 

Question 24

 

What is happening in New York City schools?

 

Question 25

 

What does the experience of many schools show?

 

Section C

Directions: In this section, you will heara passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you shouldlisten carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the secondtime, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have justheard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should checkwhat you have written.

Now listen to the passage.

 

Tests may be the most unpopular part ofacademic life. Students hate them because they produce fear and anxiety aboutbeing evaluated, and focus on grades instead of learning for learning’s sake.

 

But tests are also valuable. Awell-constructed test identifies what you know and what you still need tolearn. Tests help you see how your performance compares to that of others. Andknowing that you’ll be tested on a body of material is certainly likely tomotivate you to learn the material more thoroughly.

 

However, there’s another reason you mightdislike tests: You may assume that tests have the power to define your worth asa person. If you do badly on a test, you may be tempted to believe that you’vereceived some fundamental information about yourself from the professor, informationthat says you’re a failure in some significant way.

 

This is a dangerous—andwrong-headed—assumption. If you do badly on a test, it doesn’t mean you are abad person or stupid. Or that you’ll never do better again, and that your lifeis ruined. If you don’t do well on a test, you’re the same person you werebefore you took the test — no better, no worse. You just did badly on a test.That’s it.

 

In short, tests are not a measure of yourvalue as an individual — they are a measure only of how well and how much youstudied. Tests are tools; they are indirect and imperfect measures of what weknow.

 

Listening comprehension

Section A

1.【解析】D。推理题。本题考查语义推断。女士说学生们针对学费的增长举行了抗议活动。 男士说自己听说抗议活动了，但是他不知道会有多大效果。由此可推知男士对抗议话动的效果表示怀疑。原文中的do(sb.) good意为"有益于"。选项D中be doubtful about意思是"对"……表示怀疑"。故选D。

 

2.【解析】 A。推理题。本题考查语义推断。女士说Jay下周就21岁了，他知不知道我们会 给他办一个惊喜派对。男士说，Jay不知道派对是给他办的，他以为是给退休的系主任办的。由此可知，没有人告诉Jay派对是为他而办的。keep a secret意思是"保守秘密"。故选A。

 

3.【解析】D。细节题。本题考查事实细节。男士是卡尔汽修厂的工作人员，他们发现White先生早上把车开来的时候把公文包和钱包都落在了汽修厂。女士说会让White先生下午过去拿的。本题中garage意为"汽修厂，车库"。故选D。

 

4.【解析】C。推理题。本题考查语义推断。女士说有些电视频道在重播20世纪60年代的很多喜剧，问男士对那些老节目有什么看法。男士说没有什么看法，但是包括知名导演在内的那些新喜剧也不是很有意思。由此可推知男士应该觉得现在的电视喜剧和20世纪60年代的相比没有什么提高。故选C。

 

5.【解析】 A。细节题。本题考查事实细节。男士问女士蔬菜还应该再煮多久，菜谱上说总 共要10分钟左右。女士说，在自己看来已经很熟了，觉得男士不应该再煮了。对话中的anymore意思是"不再"，怀疑不应该再煮蔬菜了，也就是说不应该煮了。选项A中的stop doing sth.表示停止做某事。故选A。

 

6.【解析】 B。细节题。本题考查事实细节。题目问的是男士要为父母做什么。对话中女士问男士今天晚上是不是要去他父家。男士说，是的，答应了帮父母算出捐税收入，他们对税务规定很糊涂。B选项符合对话内容，故选B。对话中的figure out意思是"算出，弃明白"，tax return意思是"捐税收入，纳税申报单"。选项B中sort out意思是"将某物拣出，整理"。

 

7.【解析】 D。推理題。本题考查语义推断。女士说很奇怪男士提早整一个月完成了工作，男士说，怎么做到的对于他自己来说都是个谜。由此可知，男士也没有料到自己能这么早完成工作。故选D。选项D中的complete意思是"完成"。

 

8.【解析】A。推理题。本题考查的是语义推断。女士说希望和男士在发展心理学课程的同一个班。男士说自己也希望如此，但是注册的时候，这个课程已经结束了。由此可知另士没有选上这门课。故选A。fail意思是"在（某事物)中失败"。

 

Conversation One：

9.【解析】C。细节题。本题考查事实细节。题目问的是泰国丝绸什么地方吸引了男士。对话一开始男士就称赞了泰国丝绸用了很多颜色，拫神奇。女士回答到，这是他们的新设计。紧接着男士说之俞没有看到过这样的色彩搭配，女士说颜色确实很灿烂。男士肯定了女士的说法，颜色很耀眼。由此可知泰国丝绸吸引男士的是其色彩搭配。故选C。原文中的amazing意思是令人惊异的，color combinations意思是"色彩搭配"。

 

10.【解析】 B。推理题。本题考查语义推断。对话开始两人在讨论泰国丝绸，但是女士让男士下订单，男士说会定期订购的。女士又推荐了木头和石头的盖子，男士说，这些不是他要找的东趣，但他也不知道自己想找什么东西。女士推测男士对于那些还没有商业化的手工艺品更 感兴趣。男士赞同了女士的说法，由此可知男士想找的 应该是当地的手工业品。对话中的handicraft意思是"手工艺品。

 

11.【解析】 C。细节题。本题考查事实细节。题目问的是我们可以了解到女士答应安排给男士的旅行的什么信息。对话中女士说会安排男士到乡下旅行，但是明天没有时间，要后天出发，持续三四天再回来。由此可知选项A、B、D的内容都是不对的。

 

12.【解析】D。细节题。本题考查事实细节。题目问的是谈话双方想要孩子拥有什么。对话中女士说在决定搬到恩德比之前要先看看学校，因为想要孩子得到良好的中学教育。男士说恩德比 好像有五所学校，两人随后开始讨论这五所学校哪个更合适。由此可知他们想让孩子得到良好的中学教育，其他三个选项的内容文章并设有提到。

 

13.【解析】D。推理题。本題考查语义推断。题目问的是谈话者说到的小Keith的信息。对话中女士说道，小Keith擅长手工，应该把他送到擅长木工、电子等职业教育的学校。对话中的be good with his hands 是指"擅长手工"，vocational training是指"职业教育"。虽然对话中提到了 carpentry，electronics，但这是列举了职业教育包括的内容，并不是小Keith擅长的。故本题选D。

 

14.【解析】B。细节题。本题考查事实细节。题目同的是哪所学校考上大学的学生比例最高。对话中女士问每年有多少人进入大学，男士指出恩德比高中不错，卡尔顿修道院更好，大学的升学率是70%。当维尔不怎么样，只有8%。圣玛利的恩德比综合学校也没有多好，大概10%。由此可知，升学率最好的应该是卡尔顿修道院。

 

15.【解析】 A。:細节题。:本题考查事实細节。题目问的是谈话双方下一步会做什么。对话最后女士指出选择很多，但是还是要在决定之前多找一些其他信息。由此可知他们应该还会继续找信息再做出决定。对话中broad意思是"广泛的"。

 

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16.【解析】 D。细节题。本题考查事实细节。题目问的是新建筑设计地下室的信息。在听短文的时候可以着重注意听basement这个关键词。短文中提到这栋褛会和其他部门一样，在地下室里有一个给研究中心用的存储空间。由此可知地下室会有很大的存储空间。故选D。

 

17.【解析】 C。細节题。本题考查地展信息。題目问的是研发总监的办公室在哪里，听短文的时候只需要着重听位置信息。对话中提到实验员在一楼，研发中心的工作人员在二楼。总监会有一个单独的套间，秘书也会有一间普通办公室。这里需要注意的是，C) On the first floor 和 D) On the ground floor 很容易都被翻译成"在一楼"。first floor在英式英语中通常指二楼，在美语中通常指一楼。 ground floor指的是与地面齐平的那一层，所政是指一楼。故本题选C。

 

18.【解析】 C.细节题。本题考查事实细节。题目问的是为什么建筑是砖建造的。听短文的时候注意brick这个词就可以。短文中指出这栋建筑用砖建造是为了本工地上的鐵筑风格统一。原文中的 conform to意思是"与某事相符合或是一致"。选项C中的match意 为"与（某物）相配"。本题选C。

 

19.【解析】 D。细节题。本题考查事实细节。题目问的是黄易在公司的工作。短文开头就给出了答案。文章指出，黄易在一家卖财务软件的公司工作，工作内容就是给展示客户如何使用这款新软件。本题选D。短文中的customers和选项D中的clients是同义替换。

 

20.【解析】 B。推理题。本题考查文章理解、题目问的是黄易对自己工作的看法。短文最开始介绍了黄易的工作，后面大部分内容都是在说黄易工作上遇到的困难，最后指出原来顾客学习慢是因为黄易演示的方式有问题。由此可知黄易应该认为自己的工作很失败。故本题选B。

 

21.【解析】 A。推理题。本题考查语义理解。题目是问黄易除了演讲还做了什么。短文中提到黄易接下来的一周都在安装程序，帮人解决疑难。短文中的troubleshoot意思是"疑难解答"。如果不认识这个词也没有关系，下一句进一步做出了解释，他是在给人回答问题。由此可知，黄易是为客户提供了个人支持。故本题选A。

 

22.【解析】 B。细节题。本题考查事实细节。题目问的是黄易最后意识到了什么。短文最后黄易认识到不是那些人有点笨，而是他自己讲课的方式有问题。原文中slow意思是"迟钝的"。故本题选B。

 

23.【解析】 C。细节题。本题考查事实细节。题目问的是为什么说话者说大多数孩子不知道成年人的生活是什么样的。对话中提到，大多数孩子除了和父母、老师之外没有和其他成年人有过亲密接触。难怪他们不知道成年人的生活或者工作是什么样子的。故本题选C。原文中的aside from意思是"除了"，no wonder意思是"难怪"， have no idea意思是"不知道"。

 

24.【解析】 A。细节题。本题考查事实细节。题目问的是纽约的学校发生了什么事。文中提到真正的作家被请到学校和学生交流。而在另外一个学校，一位执业律师(attorney)每个月都来给学生讲法律课。故本题选A。选项A中bring in意思是"引进"。

 

25.【解析】 B。细节题。本题考查事实细节。题目问的是很多学校的经验是什么？短文中提到，我们从很多学校的经验中了解到学生通常是其他孩子最好的老师。文章中说的是学校让学生小组学习，不是孩予们自己组成小组的，选项A与文章不符。选项C和D文章中没有提到。故本題选B。

 【参考答案】

1-5 D A D C A

 

6-10 B D A C B

 

11-15 C D D B A

 

16-20 D C C D B

 

21-25 A B C A B

 

26. anxiety

 

27.identifies

 

28.compares to

 

29.a body of

 

30.motivate

 

31.define

 

32.fundamental

 

33.ruined

 

34.In short

 

35.imperfect