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答案及听力原文
答案：
1~5 ABBBA 6~10 CAAAB 11~15 BCCAC 16~20 BCABA 21.In 1959 22.eight years 23.Bought a farm 24.documentaries for television 25.In 1975
听力原文：
Text 1
W:Aren’t you going to work today
M:I called my boss and said I was ill,but I’m going to play golf.
Text 2
M:I’ll take these books.Are they fifty cents each
W:These two books are,but this one is 75 cents.
Text 3
W:What a sunny day. The wind is blowing,too. I’m going to fly a kite.
M:That’s a good idea. Go and fly a kite.
W:Do you want to come with me
M:I don’t know. It looks cold.I would like to watch TV at home.
Text 4
M:I can’t believe it!Did you see those tourists in my shop just now
W:Did they buy a painting
M:Not just one. They bought three of them.
Text 5
M:Can I cash a check here
W:Do you have an account with us
M:Yes,I have a checking account here.
Text 6
M:Do you like the food here,Candy
W:Yes,it’s OK. It isn’t delicious,but it’s all right,Bob.
M:Do you know those people over there
W:No,I don’t know.Who’s that girl She’s wearing a bright orange dress.
M:Oh,that’s Kate.She’s a very good student. She studies French with me.
W:Is she American
M:No,she isn’t.She’s Korean.She’s from Seoul,I believe.
Text 7
W:When should we get up
M:How about five
W:It’s too early.
M:Yes.You know,if we get up early as usual,we won’t have the chance to get the tickets.In fact,I just want to be with you longer.The longer,the better.
W:Don’t be silly.
M:If you don’t like to get up early,I’ll go and get the tickets alone and then come back for you at eight.
W:That’s settled.Have a nice dream. Good night!
M:Good night!
Text 8
M:Why do we have to finish this proposal tonight It’s already eight o’clock.Can’t we complete it tomorrow
W:It has to go to the post office by midnight. We must make sure that all the figures are correct.
M:But they’ve been checked over and over again.
W:The finance office made some changes late this afternoon.We have to look at them.
M:Why did they wait until the last minute
W:The proposal hadn’t been sent up to them before.They weren’t very happy about that,either.
W:Well,all right. I just hope it won’t take too long.
W:Here,we’ll have to go into your office. My office hasn’t been cleaned yet.
M:No,mine hasn’t been cleaned either.We can use Jane’s,I guess.
W:All right. You take the adding machine,and I’ll read the figures to you.
M:What are you going to do in case of a mistake The proposal has been typed already. It looks ready to go.
W:We’ll just have to write in any corrections by hand.
M:That won’t look very neat.Do you really think we’re going to get this business
W:I certainly hope so.
M:Well,let’s get to work.
W:Yes,let’s.I’m going to start with the costs for the products.Now the first figure is…
Text 9
M:Anything important happened
W:Nothing except some TV plays.
M:What’s the time
W:Ten to six.
M:There’s a TV play on Channel 23.
W:Don’t you like any TV plays
M:Yes.I only like the interesting ones.
W:When will it begin
M:In twenty minutes.I’m going to look for something to eat. Call me when it begins.
W:OK.
Text 10
Mark Twain,the famous American writer, liked to play jokes on others.But once a joke was played on him.One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man,one of his friends.The young man said that he had an uncle with him. He told Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled,
and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh.“You bring your uncle to my talk tonight,”said Mark Twain.“I’m sure I can make him laugh.”That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front.Mark Twain began to speak.He told several funny stories.This made everyone in the room laugh.But the man never even smiled. Mark Twain told more funny stories,but the old man still kept quiet.Mark Twain told all his funny stories. Finally he stopped. He was tired and quite disappointed. Some days later,Mark Twain told another friend of his about what had happened.“Oh,”said his friend,“I know that old man. He’s been deaf for years.”
Text 11
W:Now let’s go back to your first novel,Rag Doll. When did you write it
M:Rag Doll,yes.I wrote it in 1960,one year after I left school.
W:How old were you then
M:Um,eighteen Yes,eighteen,because a year later I went to Indonesia.
W:Um. And of course it was your experience in Indonesia that inspired your film Eastern Moon.
M:Yes,that’s right,although I didn’t actually make Eastern Moon until 1978.
W:And you worked in television for a time,too.
M:Yes.It was after I gave up farming that I started making documentaries for television in 1973.
W:Farming
M:Yes,that’s right. You see,I stayed in Indonesia for eight years.I met my wife there in 1965,and after we came back we bought a farm in the west of England in 1970.It was really a trying time.
W:And you gave it up three years later.
M:Well,you see it was very hard work,and I was also very busy working on my second novel,The Cold Earth, which came out in 1975.·08
第一节 听第一节5段对话，从题中所给的A，B，C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
1.What is the man going to do today
A.Play golf. B.Visit his boss. C.Go to his doctor.
2.How much are the three books
A.＄1.50. B.＄1.75. C.＄2.25.
3.What do you think the man will do
A.He is happy to go with the woman. B.He will insist on staying at home.
C.He doesn’t know what to do.
4.What does the man do
A.He acts as a guide. B.He sells paintings. C.He buys paintings.
5.Where does the woman work
A.In a bank. B.At a restaurant. C.At a shop.
第二节 听对话或独白，从题中所给的A，B，C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听第六段材料，回答6~7小题。
6.Where are they most probably talking
A.At a hotel. B.At the boy’s home. C.In the dining hall of a university.
7.What can we learn about the boy and Kate
A.They are classmates. B.They are good friends. C.They are Korean.
听第七段材料，回答8~9小题。
8.When should the man get up
A.5:00. B.6:00. C.6:30.
9.Why does the man get up early
A.He wants to get the tickets. B.He wants to let the woman be happy.
C.He wants to spend more time together with the woman.
听第八段材料，回答10~13小题。
10.What time is it when the man and woman check the proposal
A.1 pm. B.8 pm. C.4 pm.
11.Why can’t they finish the proposal tomorrow
A.They have to go to the office by midnight. B.It has to go to the post office by midnight.
C.They have to go by midnight.
12.What are they going to do in case of a mistake
A.They have to read all the corrections. B.They have to write it three times.
C.They have to write in any corrections by hand.
13.What’s the woman going to start with
A.The plan. B.The business. C.The costs for the products.
听第九段材料，回答14~16小题。
14.What’s the girl doing now
A.She’s watching TV. B.She’s doing some reading. C.She’s listening to the radio.
15.When will the play begin
A.At 5:50. B.At 6:00. C.At 6:10.
16.What’s the boy going to look for
A.A newspaper. B.Some food. C.Some drinks.
听第十段材料，回答17~20小题。
17.Mark Twain liked to play jokes on .
A.himself B.another C.others
18.One day Mark Twain met at lunch.
A.a friend B.his brother C.his teacher
19.The young man told Mark Twain that his uncle never .
A.cried B.laughed C.talked
20.Mark Twain stopped finally because he was .
A.disappointed B.ill C.sleepy
第三节 听取信息
听下面一段对话，请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入标号为21~25的空格中。
The Man’s Biography
Time Event
21. Left school.
In 1960 Wrote his first novel Rag Doll.
In 1961 Went to Indonesia and stayed there for 22. .
In 1965 Met his wife.
In 1970 23. in the west of England.
In 1973 Started making 24. .
25. His second novel came out.
