补充听力（六）答案解析
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. M: The service in this restaurant is really terrible.
W: Right. It’s high time they got rid of half of the staff here, if you ask me.
Q: What conclusion can we draw from the conversation?
【解 析】选[C]。对话中男士提到The service…is really terrible（服务真是糟透了），女士回答说Right，即认同男士的观点，故答案为[C]。It’s high time +过去式是一种虚拟句型，表示“是时候做…了”。
12. W: Could you have my bike ready before ten? Recently the brake hasn’t worked well.
M: Sure, I’ll check it. That won’t be a big problem. You may come and pick it up before ten o’clock.
Q: Where did this conversation most probably take place?
【解 析】选[B]。对话中女士提到the brake hasn’t worked well（刹车不灵了），选项[B]中的repair与女士的话对应，故[B]为答案。sth. doesn’t work well意为“某物坏了”。
13. M: I’m having trouble fitting into my jeans. Looks like I’ll have to get some new ones.
W: Oh, you wouldn’t do that if you just cut down on what you eat.
Q: What does the woman imply the man should do?
【解 析】选[B]。女士的话just cut down on what you eat为听音重点，[B]的内容是对女士话的同义转述，故为答案。have trouble doing sth.意为“做某事有麻烦”；cut down on sth.意为“减少、削减某物”；lose weight意为“减肥”。
14. W: Paul would be much wiser to stay in this country another year finishing his Master’s Degree than to rush home and to take over his uncle’s business now. Don’t you think so?
M: Yes, I couldn’t agree with you more.
Q: What does the man mean?
【解 析】选[C]。对话中男士提到I couldn’t agree with you more，结合女士所说的Paul…wiser to…another year finishing…Degree可知，[C]的内容为男士的话的同义转述，故[C]为答案。couldn’t agree with sb. more意为“非常同意某人的观点”；take over sb’s business意为“接管某人的生意”。
15. W: Do you think Professor Green will make you redo the entire experiment?
M: I don’t know. I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.
Q: What is the man planning to do?
【解 析】选[D]。对话中男士提到cross that bridge when I come to it，[D]的内容是对男士话的同义转述，故为答案。cross the bridge when…come to it意为“船到桥头自然直”。
16. M: The washing machine in our apartment is more than seventeen years old, and it worked just fine until last night.
W: You’ll never be able to get parts for it. It might be time to invest in a more recent model.
Q: What does the woman imply about the washing machine?
【解 析】选[D]。由女士所说的You’ll never be able to get parts for it（你永远都买不到它的零件了）
可推断出，女士认为洗衣机没法修了，[D]的表述与此一致, 故为答案。
17. M: There is Nick on his motorcycle. Did he take it to the garage to be fixed?
W: Don’t be foolish. That would have been a waste of money. It only had a flat tire.
Q: What does the woman imply?
【解 析】选[A]。对话中男士提到Did he take it to the garage to be fixed?（他是到车店修理的吗？），女士回答时提到Don’t be foolish.（不要傻了），否定了男士的看法，即认为Nick没有到车店修理，自己修理，故答案为[A]。flat tire意为“瘪的车轮”。
18. W: You took an optional course this semester, didn’t you? How is it going?
M: Terrible. It seems like the more the professor talks, the less I understand.
Q: How does the man feel about the course?
【解 析】选[B]。对话中男士提到，the more the professor talks, the less I understand（老师讲得越多，我越不明白）由此可知，男士跟不上老师的进度，[B]的表述与此一致, 故为答案。follow意为“（学习等）跟得上，听得懂”。
Now you will hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One
M: Good morning, Mrs. Green. You want to see me?
W: Yes, Jim. Let’s review what you’ve done so far. You were hired as a mail clerk about five years ago. You’ve learned a lot since then, haven’t you?
M: Sure. I learned more about the company because I went around to different offices. Then I was promoted to mail distribution clerk. That’s two grades higher than the mail clerk. So I skipped a grade. I went from Grade 1 to Grade 3.
W: Did you like that job?
M: Yeah, my pay went up, and every year I moved up a step. Every time I moved up a step, I got a pay raise. It was a Grade 3, Step F. But I didn’t go outside. I was usually in the mail room. I was in charge of the other messenger clerks.
W: You were a boss.
M: Right. After three years, the manager said he wanted to help me move up. They gave me a little test — arithmetic, alphabetizing, and some typing.
W: You did well on the test.
M: Yes. I did well because I studied at an adult school, and I practiced at home before the test. So I got this job as senior clerk. I’m a Grade 5 now.
W: Well, Jim, here is another chance to move up the ladder. The Mail Department is getting some new computers. We will give everybody two days of training. The people who learn quickly can go to school for more training.
M: You mean going to school on company time? Go to school instead of coming to work?
W: Yes, because it will help you in your work later. You can be promoted to production programming after you’ve learned to use computer. The job starts at Grade 7.
M: Well, I’d like to think about it for a few days. Maybe I should stay where I am now. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What is mainly discussed in the conversation?
【解析】选[B]。
选项均为概括性强的名词短语表明，本题可能考查对话主旨。对话开头简短的问候之后，女士直接说明谈话目的review what you’ve done so far(回顾一下你的工作历程)，后面提到现在又有一个晋升机会（move up the ladder），由此可知，对话的主要内容就是男士的职业提升，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】对话主旨一般要根据对话开头的主要信息进行总结。
20. How many years did it take the man to move up to Grade 5?
【解析】选[C]。对话中女士说男士5年前刚到公司是一名邮政职员，男士说他自己现在是5级高级职员，故答案为[C]。
【点睛】本题设题点为数字信息处，此类题一般需要对描述进行推理方可得出。
21. Who can get the chance to go to school for more training?
【解析】选[D]。对话中女士说掌握较快（learn quickly）的人能去学校接受进一步培训（more training），故答案为[D]。
【点睛】[D]是对We will give everybody two days of training和The people who learn quickly can go to school for more training的综合表述。
22. What can be inferred from the conversation?
【解析】选[B]。选项均以The man开头，其中涉及男士对培训的态度。对话后面提男士到， I’d like to think about it for a few days（他要考虑几天），但Maybe I should stay where I am now（可能会留在原职位）， 由此可推断出，他对这次脱产培训带来的升迁机会不是很感兴趣，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】听音时应注意表示观点态度的词汇（例如对话中的Maybe I should表不确定性），从而推断出说话者的态度。
Conversation Two
【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的tutor，report，essay，computer等可知，对话可能与写论文有关。
M: Hello, Mary. Fancy meeting you here!
W: Hi, Peter. Yes, I’m here again, there always seems to be a queue. I’m writing a report for my economics class. How about you?
M: I’m still working on my essay for environmental science. I need to check out a reference.
W: You know, when I first started doing my report I was frightened to use these computer catalogues. I was sure something would go wrong.
M: But they’re so useful. You can see at a glance what books you need and if they’re checked out or not.
W: I know that now, but at the beginning I really missed the card catalogues. But anyway I still have the same problem I used to have, knowing what to look up!
M: Yes, I agree, it’s the same for me. Last week I must have wasted two hours looking for information on a topic I was working on.
W: Really? What was the topic?
M: It was about the effect of smoking by parents on their children’s sleep. I looked up sleeping, child psychology, child development, problems in social work, children’s medical problems, and I can’t remember what else. In the end, I had to go back and ask my tu
tor for help.
W: You know, I took a study skills class because I thought it would help me locate information, and all I learned was how to read the cards, which wasn’t of much help! My real problem is knowing what card to look up.
M: Yes, and that takes thinking! Pity the computer can’t do that for us.
W: Maybe it will some day. Oh, look, there’s a free computer now.
M: Yes, thanks. See you! Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. What is the man’s purpose to come here?
【解析】选[C]。选项均以不定式开头表明, 本题可能考查行为目的。对话一开始男士提到，…working on…essay for environmental science…need to check out a reference（为环境科学论文查找参考资料），故答案为[C]。
【点睛】[C]中的find some materials是对对话中check out a reference的同义转述。
24. What can we learn from the conversation?
【解析】选[B]。对话中男士提到，I’m still working on my essay for environmental science（他正在写环境科学方面的论文）， 故答案为[B]。
【点睛】[B]中的writing an essay是对男士所说working on my essay的同义转述。
25. What is the man going to do soon?
【解析】选[D]。对话结尾处女士提到，there’s a free computer now（有一台空闲的电脑），由此可推断出，男士将要做的是用电脑查资料了，故答案为[D]。
【点睛】听音时对话末尾要留意，它容易成为设题点。
Section B Passage One
【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的trade route，silk trading，traded goods等可知，短文与丝绸贸易有关。
Runners in a relay race pass a stick in one direction. However, merchants passed silk, gold, fruit, and glass along the Silk Road in more than one direction. They earned their living by traveling the famous Silk Road.
The Silk Road was not a simple trading network. It passed through thousands of cities and towns. It started from eastern China, across Central Asia and the Middle East, and ended in the Mediterranean Sea. It was used from about 200 B.C. to about A.D. 1300, when sea travel offered new routes. It was sometimes called the world’s longest highway. However, the Silk Road was made up of many routes, not one smooth path. They passed through what are now 18 countries. The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun, deep snow and even battles. Only experienced traders could return safe.
The Silk Road got its name from its most prized product. Silk could be used like money to pay taxes or buy goods. But the traders carried more than just silk. Gold, silver, and glass from Europe were much found in the Middle East and Asia. Horses traded from other areas changed farming practices in China. Indian merchants traded salt and other valuable goods. Chinese merchants traded paper, which produced an immediate effect on the West. Apples traveled from
central Asia to Rome. The Chinese had learned to graft (to join a part of a plant or tree onto another plant or tree) different trees together to make new kinds of fruit. They passed this science on to others, including the Romans. The Romans used grafting to grow the apple. Trading along the Silk Road led to worldwide business 2,000 years before the World Wide Web.
The people along the Silk Road did not share just goods. They also shared their beliefs. The Silk Road provided pathways for learning, diplomacy, and religion. Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What was needed for traders along the Silk Road to do?
【解析】选[D]。选项均以原形动词开头表明，本题可能考查行为动作。短文中提到，However，the Silk Road was made up of many routes, not one smooth path，以及后面提到的many dangers，由此可知，在丝绸之路上有很多困难，[D]中的difficulties是对其中dangers的同义转述，故为答案。
【点睛】However转折处常设为考点，其后通常为答案所在。
27. Why did the Silk Road become less important?
【解析】选[C]。短文中提到It was used from about 200 B.C. to about A.D. 1300, when sea travel offered new routes，即由于海路的发现使得丝绸之路变得没那么重要了，[C]是对短文中when sea travel offered new routes的同义转述，故为答案。
【点睛】听清问题中的the Silk Road become less important 是解答本题的关键。
28. Why could new technologies travel along the Silk Road?
【解析】选[A]。短文中提到They passed this science on to others，也就是说人们互相学习新技术，[A]中的learned from one another对应短文中的passed this science on to others，故为答案。
【点睛】听清问题中的new technologies travel along the Silk Road是解答本题的关键。
Passage Two
【听前预测】预览四道题各选项，由选项中的They，parents，family members等可知，短文可能与青少年和父母的关系有关。
The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their rooms after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive today’s young people seem to be about their families,” said one member of the research team. “They’re expected to be rebellious and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s more negotiation and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.
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So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-year-old Daniel Lazall. “I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.” Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. What is the popular image of teenagers today?
【解析】选[B]。短文开头提到，the popularly-held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their rooms after endless family quarrels，即通常人们认为，青少年不愿意和父母们在一起，故答案为[B]。
【点睛】问题中的popular image对应短文中的the popularly-held image；locked in their rooms after endless family quarrels作后置定语修饰teenagers。
30. What do we know about teenagers according to the study?
【解析】选[D]。由选项中重复出现的They don’t want to和family可知，本题考查They不愿意在家里的某种表现。短文中间提到，They don’t want to rock the boat，即他们并不想惹麻烦，故答案为[D]。其中cause trouble是对短文中rock the boat的同义转述。
【点睛】听清问题中的teenagers，明确选项中They的指代内容是解答本题的关键。
31. What do we know about today’s parents compared with parents of 30 years ago?
【解析】选[A]。短文中间通过17岁女孩Daniel Lazall的话说明了现在父母给孩子更多的自由，故答案为[A]。
【点睛】问题中的today’s parents 对应短文中的this generation of parents。
32. What is the passage mainly about?
【解析】选[C]。选项均为概括性强的名词表明，本题可能考查短文主旨。短文一开头就提到，The evidence for harmony（和谐的迹象）may not be obvious in some families, 接下来的几段围绕“家庭和谐”展开叙述，故答案为[C]。
Passage Three
【听前预测】预览三道题各选项，由选项中的Amery，speaker等可知，短文可能与说话者和Amery有关, 涉及到Amery的外貌特征、爱好、行为动作等。
I first went to Harrow in the summer term. The school had the biggest swimming pool I had ever seen. It was a good joke to come up behind a naked boy, and push him into the pool. I made quite a habit of this with boys of my own size or less.
One day I saw a boy wrapped in a towel on the side of the pool. He was no bigger than I was, so I thought him a fair game. Coming secretly behind, I pushed him in, holding on to his towel so that it would not get wet. I was surprised to see an angry face co
me out from the water, and a being of great strength making its way by face strokes to the shore. I fled, but in vain. He overtook me, seized me violently, and threw me into the deepest part of the pool. I soon climbed out on the other side, and found myself surrounded by a crowd of younger boys. “Do you know what you have done?” they said. “It’s Amery; he is in Grade Six. He is champion at gym; he has got his football honor.”
I was frightened and felt ashamed. How could I tell his position when he was wrapped in a bath towel and so small. He didn’t seem pleased at all, so I added in a most brilliant word, “My father, who is a great man, is also small.” At this he laughed, and after some general words about my rude behavior and how I had better be careful in the future, signified the incident was closed. Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. Why did the speaker think Amery “a fair game”?
【解析】选[B]。短文开头提到，作者已经养成了将与自己个子差不多或比自己矮的同学推进游泳池的习惯，所以作者看见Amery的个子跟自己差不多, 所以就觉得Amery是个理想的猎物（fair game），故答案为[B]。
【点睛】根据上下文语境理解a fair game的含义是解答本题的关键。
34. Why did the speaker feel ashamed?
【解析】选[C]。在作者将Amery推进游泳池之后，有一群比他小的男孩围了过来，说“Amery是一名运动健将”，作者以个子大小为标准将一名运动健将推进游泳池，所以作者觉得羞愧，故答案为[C]。
35. Which is true according to the passage?
【解析】选[D]。短文最后提到，大家被说话者的言辞（My father, who is a great man, is also small.）逗笑了，最后Amery告诉说话者以后要小心一点，原谅了说话者，故答案为[D]。
【点睛】细节事实题需要仔细听录音，并做好笔记。
Section C
36.【解析】solutions。空前的showed表明此处应填一名词，且能与空后的to搭配。
37.【解析】schooled。空前的has been表明此处应填一过去分词形式的动词。School在此作动词，意为“教育（某人）”。
38.【解析】latest。空前的its和空后的research表明，此处应填一形容词。
39. 【解析】found。空前的Researchers及空后的that引导的宾语从句表明，此处应填一动词。
40.【解析】advanced。空后的math classes表明此处应填一形容词，一起构成名词短语。
41.【解析】concerned。空前的was表明, 此处应填一形容词，并能与空后的about搭配。
42.【解析】religious。空前的动词provide和空后的名词instruction表明此处应填一形容词。
43.【解析】instruction。空前的定冠词the表明此处应填一名词。
44.【答案】It is recently reported that there is an increase in the number of black Americans home-school their children
【Main Points
】It is lately reported that the number of black African-American home-school their kids rises
45.【答案】some families were concerned that local schools were not teaching about African-American history and culture
【Main Points】some families were worried that local schools were not teaching about African-American history and culture
46.【答案】all fifty states and the District of Columbia permit home-schooling, but some require more parent preparation or student testing than other states do
【Main Points】all fifty states and the District of Columbia allow home-schooling, but some require more parent preparation or student testing than other states do