标准听力(一)—— 标准听力(十)文本(8)

First we had to read about ancient

Egyptians and their strange way of 30. What made the speaker go painting faces and then go to look at them

through a change that summer?

at the museum. My 12-year-old brother 【解析】选[B]。短文最后提到自己最thought this was so funny, but I was not 后一次去艺术品博物馆的情形，interested. Later we had to learn about something happened when I saw a artists in the Middle Ages who painted painting by a woman called Mary，当people wearing strange long clothing. We 时她被Mary?的一幅?吸引了，故答案had to look at pictures of fat babies with 为[B]。

wings and curly hair and with no clothes 【点睛】问题中的go through a changeon flying around the edges of paintings. I 意为“经历一次改变”。 certainly couldn’t see what was so great about art.

On our last visit to the museum,

something happened when I saw a 31. What can we see from the painting by a woman called Mary. In it, a

passage?

woman was reading to a child. The colors 【解析】选[A]。短文通篇介绍自己were soft and gentle, and you could tell 在艺术品博物馆的情形，由开始对绘by the mother’s expression how happy ?不感兴趣到最后对其中的一位?家she was just to be with the child. I 的所有?感兴趣，可知作者在介绍艺couldn’t stop looking at this painting! I 术对自己的影响，故答案为[A]。 wanted to see every painting Mary had 【点睛】短文主旨首先可根据选项内ever made! It was really worth looking at 容进行推测，然后根据短文内容确so many paintings to find a painter who 定。 could interest me so much.

Passage Three

【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，结合第34题选项的主语he和第35题各选项的内容可知，本文可能与he的某些经历有关。 36

Pulling heavy suitcases all day in the Questions 32 to 35 are based on the summer is hard work, especially when passage you have just heard. you’re a thin 14 year old. That was me 32. What can be inferred about the in 1940 — the youngest and smallest

baggage boys?

baggage boy at New York City’s 【解析】选[C]。由[A]中boys可推测，Pennsylvania Railway Station.

选项中的they指的是男孩们。选项[C]

After just a few days on the job, I 和[D]意思相矛盾，其中之一很可能began noticing that the other fellows 是答案。短文中提到the other fellows were overcharging passengers. I’d like were overcharging passengers，故答案to join them, thinking, “Everyone else is 为[C]。 doing it.”

【点睛】baggage boys意为“行李搬运

When I got home that night, I told 工”。[C]中的earned money in a my dad what I wanted to do. “You give dishonest

way是对短文中

an honest day’s work,” he said, looking overcharging passengers的同义转述。 at me straight in the eye. “They’re 33. What does the father’s advice paying you. If they want to do that, you let them do that.”

imply?

【解析】选[B]。短文中作者父亲建

I followed my dad’s advice for the 议They’re paying you. If they want to rest of that summer and have lived by do that, you let them do that.，由此可父亲暗示自己不要像别人一样向his words ever since. Of all the jobs I’ve 知，

had, it was my experience at 乘客多收费，故答案为[B]。 Pennsylvania Railway Station that has 【点睛】If虚拟语气一般表示建议，stuck with me. Now I teach my players 常为考点。

to have respect for other people and 34. Why can’t the speaker put up their possessions. Being a member of a

with stealing?

team is a totally shared experience. If 【解析】选[A]。[A]、[B]、[C]均与itone person steals, it destroys trust and 的负面影响有关，而[D]却与其他选hurts everyone. I can put up with many 项明显不同，故可首先排除。根据短

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things, but not with people who steal. If 文中提到的If one person steals, it one of my players were caught stealing, destroys trust and hurts everyone.可he’d be gone.

知，偷窃会破坏信任，伤害每个人，

Whether you’re on a sports team, in 故答案为[A]。

an office or a member of a family, if 【点睛】问题中的put up with意为“忍you can’t trust one another, there’s 受”。If虚拟语气常为考点。 going to be trouble.

35. What can be concluded about the

speaker from the passage? 【解析】选[D]。根据短文中提到的Of all the jobs I’ve had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station that has stuck with me可知，行李搬运工这份工作对作者以后的生活有很大的影响，故答案为[D]。

Section C

36.【解析】responsible。空前的is currently和空后的介词for表明此处应填一能与for搭配的形容词。短文开头提到“香烟是致死的主要原因”，接着下文具体提到世界范围内因香烟致死的成年人的数字，由此可知，香烟应该为此负责。be responsible for 意为“对…负责/有责任”。

37.【解析】patterns。空前的smoking及空后的动词表明此处应填一复数名词。本句是一个假设句，如果这种吸烟的状况（patterns）不改变，还会造成更严重的后果。

38.【解析】common。空前的most及空后的名词factor表明此处应填一形容词。下文提到香烟的危害，主要提到香烟致病的危害，所以它是世界最常见的（common）第四大致病的原因。

39.【解析】productivity。空前的their表明此处应填一名词。空所在句是说，香烟在人类壮年的时候扼杀人类。at the height of意为“在最旺盛时，处在…的最巅峰”。productivity意为“生产能力”。

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40.【解析】workforce。空前的a healthy表明此处应填一单数名词。上文提到，香烟不仅导致公共健康成本增加，而且还扼杀了国家健康的劳动力（workforce）。

41.【解析】productive。空前的are表明此处应填一形容词。上文提到香烟使人类劳动力下降，因为烟民活着的时候被疾病折磨，所以生产率（productive）很低。

42.【解析】estimated。空后的that及空前的A 1994 report表明，此处应填一过去式动词作谓语。

43.【解析】expenditure。空前的household及空后的is表明此处应填一单数名词。空前的poorest, low-income等表明，所填词应与“花费”有关。 44.【答案】That means that these families have less money to spend on basic items such as food, education and health care

That means that the families spend less money on basic things 【Main Points】

such as food, education and health care

45.【答案】It also contributes to a higher illiteracy rate, since money that could have been used for education is spent on tobacco instead

【Main Points】It accounts for a higher illiteracy rate, because money that could have been used for education is spent on tobacco

46.【答案】The most cost-effective strategies are population-wide public policies, like bans on direct and indirect tobacco advertising, tobacco tax and price increases

【Main Points】The most cost-effective strategies are population-wide public policies, such as bans on tobacco advertising, tobacco tax and price raises

标准听力（四）答案解析

Part III Listening Comprehension

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Section A

11. W: I’m really looking forward to 【听前预测】由选项中的He doesn’t

this trip with our geology class. know/mind可知，男士的话为听音重But I’m not certain if I have the 点。

strength to carry a backpack up 【解 析】选[C]。男士的话two and

down

the

mountain, donkeys…carry the tools（两头驴…驮

especially when it’s full of 工具）为听音重点。驴驮工具，说明tools.

女士不用背工具，故答案为[C]。

M: They are taking two donkeys to personal items意为“私人物品”。

carry the tools. We just have to carry our personal items, like clothing and sleeping bags. Q: What does the man mean?

12. M: I’m sorry I missed the football 【听前预测】选项中的game，team，game, but I had a terrible cold. Football等表明，对话与足球比赛有关。W: You didn’t miss anything. We She’s never表明，女士的话为听音重点。

couldn’t have played worse. Q: What does the woman imply?

【解 析】选[B]。女士的话We couldn’t have played worse.(我们踢得不能再差了)为听音重点，[B]是对女士的话的同义转述，故为答案。couldn’t have done sth.+比较级，用来表达“某事做得不能再?了”。

13. W: I feel so uneasy about trusting 【听前预测】选项中的David，reliable，

David with our money. What trust，doubts等表明，对话与对David人about you?

品的评价有关。

M: Some people say he’s not 【解 析】选[B]。对话中男士提到I’m reliable, but others have a lot of willing to give him the benefit of the confidence in him. I’m willing to doubt.，[B]是对男士的话的同义转述，give him the benefit of the doubt. 故为答案。give sb. the benefit of the

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