
题型有:1. LISTENING COMPREHENSION
PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)
SECTION A MINI-LECTUREDirections: In this section you sill hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.
听力原文: Advice for Students: How to Talk to Professors Good afternoon. Today I’d like to give you advice on how to talk to professors. A while back, I recommended that students get to know their professors. I realize, though, that many students are intimidated or put off by their professors. This is especially so when students need something—a favor, special help with an assignment, or a second chance on a test. It doesn’t need to be that way. Professors are people, just like everyone else, and if you approach your professors with the same basic respect and decency you offer everyone else you interact with, you’ll probably find that they react with the same. There are, though, a few things that you should keep in mind when you talk to your professors, especially if you’re going to ask for a particular favor: The first thing you should remember to do is: call them by the right title. A “Doctor” is someone with a PhD; not all professors have a PhD. “Professor” is usually appropriate, unless you’ve been told otherwise. I prefer to be called by my first name, and I make that point clearly on the first day of class; if your professor hasn’t said anything about this, you’re better off not using their first name. If you’re totally unsure, a “Mr.” or “Ms.” is usually fine. Do not use “Mrs.” unless the professor herself uses it. Secondly, no matter under what situations, tell the truth. After the first couple of semesters of teaching, your average professor has much heard it all. It’s a sad fact, but true nonetheless, that we grow jaded and take all students’ excuses with a grain of salt. If a professor thinks he or she is being played, they’re not going to respond very well to whatever request you have to make, so you might as well be honest. If you feel you absolutely must lie, at least make it a huge flaming whopper of a lie, so the professor can get a good laugh when they share it at the next faculty meeting. Thirdly, be prepared to do the work. If you’ve missed an assignment or a test or are falling behind in your reading, and you are seeking help to get caught up or a special dispensation to make up the assignment, you’d better be prepared to do the work—and generally under more difficult circumstances. I get the impression that a lot of students imagine I might just say “don’t worry about it, I’ll give you the points anyway”, which, of course, is not going to happen. Fourthly, be clear and concise. Unless you’re paying a “social call”, get to the point quickly: tell your professor what you need or want and be done with it. Don’t spend 30 minutes explaining your childhood and family arrangements and how hard it is getting a job with a few felony convictions on your record and blah blah blah for a 10-point assignment. Simply say “Professor, I missed an assignment, can I make it up? Can I do something else?” Lastly, remember to pay social calls. Your professor is probably required by school policy to be in his or her office and available to students for a set number of hours per week. On top of that, most professors like talking to students—it’s part of the reason we took the job. Pay your professor a visit or two, just to talk. Tell him or her about the work you’re interested in or about problems you’re having. Build relationships with your professors—at the very least, they’ll remember you when you call up three years later asking for a reference letter. On the other hand, there are things you should remember not to do: First of all, do not, under any circumstances, flirt. The days of professors marrying their promising students are long, long gone. Nowadays, even the hint of favoritism can ruin a professor’s career—let alone any actual relationship-type behavior. Unless your professor is a total sleazebag, any sign of flirtation will make him or her shut down immediately. They simply cannot risk it. Second, don’t always prepare for satisfaction. Depending on how far you’ve let your studies slide, there might not be anything a professor can do and still be fair to the rest of his or her students. Or it might not be technically possible: arranging make-up tests, for example, is difficult. Your professor probably spent hours writing his or her syllabus, and probably spent another hour explaining it to you at the beginning of the class, so he or she’s got a lot invested in the rules it explains. So often a professor won’t or can’t help you. Your only option might be to shift into damage control, see what you can do, and ask honestly if you can continue in the class. Third, don’t threaten. Professors get threatened with lawsuits a lot, and even threats of physical violence are not unheard of when things don’t go a student’s way. Obviously, professors aren’t going to respond very well to threats. If you find yourself needing to resort to threats, chances are you probably don’t have much of a reason for a professor to help you out, and you should start thinking about how to do better next time. As I said, most professors will respond in kind if you treat them openly and decently. We didn’t become professors because we wanted to make students’ lives miserable. We became professors out of a passion for our disciplines and a desire to share our knowledge with you. As a general rule, professors respect commitment and genuine curiosity, and will go out of their way to help if they feel you are honestly interested in doing well. On the other hand, professors get to feeling pretty used by the numerous students who work hard only at gaming the system, and if they feel you’re one of those students, they’re not likely to bend very far to make life easier for you. Good luck!
Advice for Students: How to Talk to Professors I. IntroductionA. Professors: normal people, just like everyone elseB. Students: learn to interact with themwith basic respect and【B1】______【B1】______C. Finding: professors react with the sameII. Things for you to keep in mindA. Call them by the【B2】______ title【B2】______— “Professor” is usually acceptable, unless told otherwiseB. Tell the truth— try to be【B3】______ to professors【B3】______— otherwise they’re not going to respond as expectedC. Be prepared to do the work—【B4】______ an assignment or test you missed【B4】______— don’t expect professors to say “don’t worry about it”D. Be clear and【B5】______【B5】______— get to the point quickly— tell professors what you want and be done with itE. Pay social calls— talk to your professors— build【B6】______ with them【B6】______— at least let them remember youIII. Things for you to remember not to doA. Do not【B7】______ under any circumstances【B7】______— flirtation will make professors shut down immediatelyB. Do not always prepare for satisfaction— sometimes professors won’t or can’t help you— you need to【B8】______ into damage control【B8】______C. Do not threaten— professors aren’t going to respond very well to【B9】______【B9】______IV. SummaryA. Professors usually respond in kind ifthey receive open and decent【B10】______【B10】______B. They respect commitment and genuine curiosity
1. 【B1】
正确答案:decency
解析:讲座的主题是如何与教授交谈,接着谈到学生们遇到的困难,讲座人提出“如果你带着基本的尊重和礼节(basic respect and decency)与教授交谈,你会发现他们的反应会与其他人没什么两样”,可知答案为decency。 知识模块:听力
2. 【B2】
正确答案:right∥appropriate
解析:此题开始讲述应注意的事项。根据录音原文,第一件应注意的事为call them by the right title,由此可知答案为right,也可填其近义词appropriate。 知识模块:听力
3. 【B3】
正确答案:honest
解析:录音材料提到“因此,你也应该诚实”,由此可知答案为honest。 知识模块:听力
4. 【B4】
正确答案:make up
解析:录音材料提到“如果你正在寻求帮助以便赶上课程进度,又或者你想通过一种特别形式来弥补(make up)功课”,由此可知答案为make up。 知识模块:听力
5. 【B5】
正确答案:concise
解析:此题具体介绍与教授交谈中应注意的第四个事项,即be clear and concise,可知答案为concise。 知识模块:听力
6. 【B6】
正确答案:relationships
解析:在介绍与教授交谈中应注意的第五个事项时,录音提到“至少,要与教授建立关系”,可知答案为relationships。 知识模块:听力
7. 【B7】
正确答案:flirt
解析:在On the other hand后,文章开始转换视角,谈论与教授交谈中不应该有的行为。录音中首先提到在任何情况下也不要与教授打情骂俏(flirt),由此可知答案为flirt。 知识模块:听力
8. 【B8】
正确答案:shift
解析:原文提到,你唯一的选择是转换到控制损害方面,对照题目,可知答案为shift。 知识模块:听力
9. 【B9】
正确答案:threats
解析:此题谈论与教授交谈中不应该有的第三个行为,即don’t threaten。录音中提到“显然,教授对威胁行为不会有太明显的反应”,对照题目,可知答案为threats。 知识模块:听力
10. 【B10】
正确答案:treatment
解析:第10题是对全文的综述。录音提到“正如我所说,如果你用公开、礼貌的方式对待教授们,他们会乐意帮忙”,其中openly和decently都是修饰treat的副词,题目中将其转换为形容词,故用treat的名词形式treatment。 知识模块:听力
SECTION B INTERVIEWDirections: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the interview.
听力原文:W: Two million high school seniors are gearing up this fall to apply to nearly 3,500 US colleges. So, which are the strongest academically that are toughest to get into, and yah, of course top party schools. We all need to know that, right? Well the Princeton Review ranks The Best 361 Colleges: The Smart Students Guide to Colleges. Robert Franek is the lead author. Rob, good morning, good to see you again.M: Well. Thanks for having me back.W: Look at the size of this thing. I mean this is a lot of information here. And...M: It’s a lot of information, you’re right. We’ve reached up to so many students—110,000—students to put best 361 colleges this year.W: So this is a survey of just the students then with their feedback on their campuses?M: Exactly. We think we know a lot about schools at Princeton Review, but we went directly to whom we considered power experts.W: To the source? How does, how does this differ to US News and World Reports rankings, and Newsweek along with Kaplan’s rankings?M: Yah, it is just that. It’s a qualitative survey of the students’ experience both academically, as well as outside the classroom.W: All right. So let’s take a look at some of the strongest schools academically talking first here. And usually of course we expect the Harvards, Princetons, Yales, which they’re up there as well, but this year, kind of a little bit of surprise is, Reed College in Portland, Oregon score highest marks.M: Yeah! No. 1. Ur... Best overall...W: Why is it? You surprised?M: Actually not surprised. I mean, Reed College is a great school. It’s got great regional reputation, and growing national reputations, only 1,300 students, but a wonderful liberal arts, liberal arts school, we went directly to students, they told us that their professors were great, both inside as well as outside the classroom.W: Tiny school! About ten students per class?M: Yeah! Well. It’s averaged... uh... ten to one, student to faculty ratio. So certainly small and they pride themselves on their relationships with the professors.W: All right! Ivy Leagues did very well in other categories as well, like toughest schools to get into and top in that list, MIT was first, followed then by Yale, Princeton, ur, and Harvard, second, third, fourth respectively. So any surprises there with them?M: There are some unusual suspects on that list. We reach directly out to school administrators through our website Princetonreview.com, and finding out information on schools specifically, where they’re looking from the SAT, ACT, GPA coming into a high school, so that’s how we come up with our list.W: Students’ happiest with their financial aid packages, Princeton University. So what are they doing differently? Obviously, it’s generally a very expensive private school. What are they doing now?M: Yeah, one of the most aggressive policies that Princeton has put into place over the last couple of years is matching students’ aid packages, so mat they need to be allowed to get that aid package for every students. They’re matching any aid that the student needs, once they have been admitted to the university.W: The overall happiest students, Stanford University.M: Stanford is a terrific place to go to school. Certainly a super competitive school, but when we think about quality of life, oh, it’s a beautiful campus, great food, great dorms, great library, overall quality of life. And great and happy students. W: All right! Now speaking of beautiful campuses, Pepperdine scored top, Malibu. How can you go wrong? Right? M: How can you go wrong? It’s perfect. It’s perfect. Boater-by students. Of course, right on the beach, it’s a lovely campus, you know, certainly a wonderful school academically, but thinking about quality of life and overall beauty of campus it certainly came to the top of the list. W: I mean that’s like a travel destination, right there, right? M: Yeah! W: All right! Let’s also talk about best for athletics intercollegiate and intramural, intramural and University of Florida in Gainesville. M: Yeah! Again, I mean, a school that has wonderful school spirit, and so many students are gonna get excited, not only about academics and the experience they’re gonna have there, but the athletic experience overall at school. So University of Florida is certainly No. 1 on the list. W: Can’t let you go without talking about the category best party school. M: Yes. Certainly. W: And topping that list, I’m sure the focus is at University of Wisconsin in Madison. Probably take a little issue with it, but..., they ranked the highest. And of course, Ohio University mats on the mountain. M: Yes. Mats on the mountain. W: You surely talked it about right. M: That’s right. And again we went directly onto students; we asked them about alcohol use on campus, hours of studies spent outside the classroom and popularity for tourism and on, that’s how we came up with that party school list this year. W: All right Robert Franek, always great with the Princeton Review, good to see you. M: Good to see you. W: So good to see you again. Thank you so much.
11. According to Robert Franek, the Princeton Review rankings are different from other ones because
A.they are read by 110,000 students this year.
B.they are designed for students in 361 colleges.
C.they are of different sources and aspects.
D.they are recommended by power experts.
正确答案:C
解析:当主持人问到Princeton Review的排名与其他刊物的排名有什么不同时,Rob提到他们的来源取决于学生对其课内(academically)和课外(outside the classroom)两方面情况的问卷调查,言外之意是Princeton Review与其他刊物在信息来源上不同,故C为答案。 知识模块:听力
12. According to the interview, which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A.Students in Reed College enjoy good relationships with the professors.
B.There are more than 200 professors in Reed College.
C.Reed College’s only got regional reputation compared with other colleges.
D.Reed College is well-known for its scientific subjects.
正确答案:A
解析:在谈到Reed College时,男士说该校的学生与教授比例为10:1,且学生对该校的师生关系感到自豪。可见,A为正确答案。Reed College在校学生为1300人,按师生人数10:1的情况计算,教授大约只有130人,B项夸大了数字,错误。 知识模块:听力
13. According to the interview, what kind of financial policies has Princeton University adopted?
A.Raising students’ tuition and charging them more dorm fees.
B.Giving aid packages to students who come from rural areas.
C.Giving aid packages according to students’ academic performance.
D.Evaluating the students’ needs and giving them aid packages accordingly.
正确答案:D
解析:在谈到Princeton University时,男士说,该校在过去几年开始了对学生需求的评估,并按情况给予财政补助。选D。 知识模块:听力
14. During the interview, Robert Franek indicates that
A.the campus of Pepperdine is on the beach.
B.the students of Pepperdine score high marks.
C.girls in Pepperdine are quite beautiful.
D.male students in Pepperdine enjoy boating.
正确答案:A
解析:至于Pepperdine大学,男士提到right on the beach,可知该大学位于海边,即A。 知识模块:听力
15. The interview mainly focuses on
A.the rankings of universities in the US.
B.the reputations of universities in the US.
C.the financial status of universities in the US.
D.the professors in the US universities.
正确答案:A
解析:此题询问全文主旨。全文听下来,所谈之处均为各类大学的排名情况,根据两人不断提到的rankings可知A为正确答案。 知识模块:听力
SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTDirections: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. At the end of each news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
听力原文: The American Secretary of States Hillary. Clinton is in Moscow to try to persuade Russia to support American policy on Iran. The US wants Russia to agree to the option of imposing additional sanctions on Iran if it does not suspend its uranium enrichment program by the end of the year. As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, Russia has the power to veto resolutions. And Moscow has always said it does not believe sanctions are an effective way of promoting change. But recently, President Medvedev has indicated his government may ultimately accept that sanctions are inevitable. There are other big issues to be discussed while Mrs. Clinton is in Russia, including the plan for Moscow and Washington to sign a new treaty in early December for a further cut in their large arsenals of nuclear weapons.
16. Hillary Clinton’s ultimate aim is to
A.impose sanctions on Iran.
B.veto some resolutions.
C.sign a new treaty with Russia.
D.stop Iran’s uranium enrichment program.
正确答案:D
解析:推理判断题。新闻说,如果伊朗在年底之前不中止铀浓缩计划,美国希望俄罗斯同意向伊朗施加额外的制裁。可见希拉里此行是为了说服俄罗斯同意美国对伊朗的,而美国对伊朗的制裁是为了迫使伊朗中止铀浓缩计划。D正确。如果没有留意题干的ultimate,就很可能误选A。 知识模块:听力
17. Russia is______ towards sanctions.
A.positive
B.negative
C.ambiguous
D.indifferent
正确答案:A
解析:观点态度题。新闻提到,最近,俄罗斯总统Medvedev指出他的最终接受了“制裁是不可避免的”这一点。可见俄罗斯对于制裁的态度是肯定的,A正确。 知识模块:听力
听力原文: Mexico says it’s winning the war against the H1N1 virus. President Phillipe Calderon says, aggressive government action helped get a grip on the outbreak. Hundreds of patients showing symptoms are being treated in isolation units, but the health minister says the number of new cases is declining, so the shut down of Mexico City may ease soon. Businesses there have lost $100 million a day by some estimates. Officials may also reopen schools across the country, but the government says it’s going to be cautious. World Health officials are stressing that you cannot get H1N1 from eating pork, but that isn’t stopping Egypt from killing all the country’s pigs. That’s lead to clashes between police and pig farmers. Fanners in Cairo battled Government forces with stones and bottles. There were several injuries and more than a dozen arrests. Egypt is a mostly Muslim country and most of the people there, therefore consider pigs unclean. The number of confirmed cases in the U.S. has jumped, but officials say, that’s from catching up on a backlog of lab tests, the count now stands at 226, with confirmed cases in 30 states.
18. Which of the following is NOT a result of H1N1 outbreak in Mexico?
A.Patients are being treated in isolation units.
B.Schools are shut down.
C.Economy is damaged.
D.Pigs are killed in the country.
正确答案:D
解析:细节判断题。新闻提到,世界卫生们强调,吃猪肉是不会得H1N1的,但这未能阻止埃及杀掉全国的猪。也就是说,杀掉猪的国家是埃及,不是墨西哥。D是答案。 知识模块:听力
19. Which of the following statements about Egypt is CORRECT?
A.Policemen were injured during the clashes.
B.All people in Egypt consider pigs unclean.
C.World Health officials’ statements make no difference in Egypt.
D.Clashes have worsened between police and Muslim people.
正确答案:C
解析:推理判断题。根据新闻,虽然世界卫生们说吃猪肉不会得H1N1,但埃及还是要宰杀全国的猪。因为埃及是穆斯林国家,大部分人认为猪很肮脏。所以世界卫生们的消息对埃及没有造成任何改变。C正确。 知识模块:听力
听力原文: A coup attempt appears to be under way in Niger. Soldiers have forced their way into the presidential palace and taken the head of state Mamadou Tandja to a military barracks. Latest information says President Tandja has now been separated from his ministers and taken to an unknown military camp. French diplomats have confirmed that he’s indeed in the hands of a mutant faction of the army after soldiers stormed the presidential offices where a cabinet meeting was under way. The heavy exchanges of fire which broke out on Thursday afternoon have left at least 3 people dead and 10 injured. Exactly which part of the military carried out the operation remains unclear. Niger has been rocked by months of political crisis after the president changed the constitution to remain in power.
20. When soldiers were attacking the presidential offices, ______ was in process.
A.a coup attempt
B.a military meeting
C.a heavy fire
D.a cabinet meeting
正确答案:D
解析:细节题。新闻说,法国外交官已经确认,在尼日尔内阁会议正在进行的途中,士兵冲进了总统办公室,而后总统确实落在某个小派系手中。也就是说,当士兵攻击总统办公室的时候,内阁会议正在进行。D正确。 知识模块:听力
