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1、全新版第二版听说B4U9-APart I Listening Comprehension ( 29 minutes )Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear severalconversations. At the end of each conversation, one or morequestions will be asked about what was said. Both theconversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each q
2、uestion 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.1.A) One month.B) Two months.C) Three times.D) Four times.Script: Woman: How long can I hang on the books that I borrow?Man: The borrowing period is one month
3、, but of course books can be renewed. You can renew any item a maximumof three times.Question:Howmany times can the student renew her borrowedbooks?正确答案： C2.A) 75 pounds.B) 150 pounds.C) 75 dollars.D) 150 dollars.Script: Woman:I d like to attend the computing conference on Saturday and Sunday only.
4、Can you tell me how much it will cost?Man: It s 75 pounds for each day.Question: How much should the woman pay for attending the conference?正确答案： B3.A) Husband and wife.B) Co-workers.C) Professor and student.D) Father and daughter.Script: Woman: I think I have got the flu. There are about6 people of
5、f at the moment with flu in the company.Man: Yeah, it is going round. It is best if you stay at home for a day or two I should think. I will take care of the office.Question: What may be the relationship between the two speakers?正确答案： B4.A) 326211.B) 326311.C) 336211.D) 336122.Script: Man: Is that 3
6、26211? Could I speak to Potter, please?Woman:I m afraid you have got a wrong number. It is 336211 here.Question: What is the number that the man dialed?正确答案： C5.A) He wants to change his surgery.B) He wants to see the doctor.C) He wants to change his medicine.D) He wants to change the date of his me
7、dical check.Script: Woman: Mark Price s Surgery. Can I help you?Man: Yes, please. I would like to change my appointment of medical check with the doctor to March 15, please.Question: What does the man call for?正确答案： DQuestions 6 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.Script:Woman:Oh
8、sorry, what was I saying? I lost my trainof thought.Man: You were telling me about the book you re rea ding.Woman: Oh, yeah. I must have had one of those senior moments of forgetting things.Man: Welcome to the club. That s what happens when you re over-the-hill like we are.Woman:We re not over -the-
9、hill! You may be an old man, but I still like to think of myself as middle-aged. Isn t 70 thenew 60?Man: That s what they say, but I don t mind aging. I may be a little absent- minded now and then, but I m not weak. What I can t stand is being treated like I am. The other day, I sat at a table at a
10、restaurant for 20 minutes while the waitress ignored me. She waited on all of the tables around me first, and when she finally came to take my order, she didn t evenapologize.Woman: Ageism is everywhere. What I hate is to be talked to like I m a child. Somepeople think that if you ve got gray hair,
11、you re not all there. I m as sharp as ever.Man: I know, but do you know what we re doing?Woman: What?Man: We re complaining. That s what old people are supposed to do all the time, right?Woman: You ve got a point there. Let s go do something more productive before anyone notices!6.A) A travelling ex
12、perience.B) A movie.C) A book.D) A piece of music.Script:What was the woman telling the man before she lostthe track of thought?正确答案： C7.A) He cannot bear the way people treated him.B) He did mind getting old.C) He thought he was weak.D) He thought he was not absent-minded at all.Script: What is the
13、 man s feeling towards his old age?正确答案： A8.A) She hates to wait in a restaurant.B) She hates to be talked to like she is a child.C) She hates to be called grandma by strangers.D) She hates not being treated with admiration.Script: What does the woman hate about being old?正确答案： BQuestions 9 to 11 ar
14、e based on the conversation you have just heard.Script: Woman: Today is July 15th, I m almost ready formy granddaughter s visit.She ll be here tomorrow and I wanteverything to be perfect.Man: What have you planned?Woman: I m going to spoil her. My daughter is very strict and doesn t all ow her to do
15、 anything that a normal 10-year-old wants to do.Man: Like what?Woman: Well, her time is very structured and strictly controlled. She s never been allowed any time for just fun.Man: And you re taking off the restrictions.Woma n: That s right. She can play as much as she wants to for the next week. I
16、don t want her to miss out on any experiences just because her mother is overprotective. There will be no curfews and no time schedules.Man: Are you sure that s a good idea? I m sure your daughter has instructions about how your granddaughter should behave and the punishments she should get if she m
17、isbehaves.Woman:You re right about that. I m expecting a long list of rules for my granddaughter while she s here, but she shouldn t expect meto toe the line. I m the grandmother after all, so I have special privileges. Nobody tells me what to do with my own granddaughter.Man: How did a free spirit
18、like you end up with a daughter who is so strict with rules?Woman: Beats me.Man: She s not going to thank you for spoiling her daughter, you know.Woman:I know, but I mher mother and there s still a thing or two I can teach her about raising a daughter!9.A) July 15th.B) July 16th.C) July 17th.D) July
19、 18th.Script: When will the granddaughter visit？正确答案： B10.A) Free.B) Structured and controlled.C) Full of fun.D) Without any control.Script: What is the granddaughter s daily schedule like?正确答案： B11.A) She will be very strict with her.B) She will let the girl play as much as she wants.C) She will fo
20、llow her daughter s list of rules.D) She will make a tight schedule for the girl.Script: What would the grandma do with the granddaughter?正确答案： BSection BDirestions ： Listen to three short passages. At the end ofeach passage, you will hear some questions. All the recordings will be played once only.
21、 After you hear a question, pleasechoose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C)and D).Passage OneQuestions 12 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.Script:Mm, blueberries. It s the height of theseason, and I ve been tossing a ha ndful into cereal, into pancakes or just
22、straight into my mouth. This is a so-called SUPERfruit that may hold you back from aging and are considered extremely good to your eyes. Many of our crops were cultivated thousands of years ago, and we don t know t he individuals responsible. Not so for blueberries. Because the blueberry wasn t plan
23、ted by human beings until just about a century ago. And we have a botanist named Fred Coville to thank.In 1912 if you wanted blueberries, you picked the wild variety. And it was devilishly difficult to get the plants to grow anywhere but where they were naturally found. Coville figured out after man
24、y dead ends that blueberries need exceedingly acidic soil: most plants like the soil at a neutral pH of about 7. Blueberries do best when the pH is about 4.5.Colville also determined that blueberries can tself-fertilize, so the grower must make sure the crop can be cross-pollinated. His research eff
25、orts are described in an article in the U.S. Department of Agriculture magazineAgricultural Research. So next time you pop a blueberry, don t forget to thank Fred.12.A) Not known.B) Thousands of years ago.C) A decade ago.D) A century ago.Script: When was the blueberry first planted by mankind?正确答案：
26、D13.A) Wild land.B) Soil at a pH of about 7.C) Soil at a pH of about 4.5.D) Soil at a pH of about 8.5.Script:What kind of soil will you possibly find blueberriesbe planted?正确答案： C14.A) Anti-virus.B) Antibiotic.C) Good to your eyes.D) Good to your skin.Script: What is the assumed function of blueberr
27、ies?正确答案： CPassage TwoQuestions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.Script:My formula for staying young is simple:concentrate on the part of you that s young and growing yourbrain. Keep your mind awake and you ll stay young all over.These are exciting times. Take an interest in the
28、 world around you, and make a point of learning at least one new thing every day.Regardless of your age, it s not too late to make your life more interesting. I know a housewife with no previous knowledge who made herself into an outstanding industrial designer. I know a retired electrical engineer
29、who has become a highly paid ceramic artist.Get over the notion that you are ever too old togo back to school. I know a man who entered medical college at70. He got his doctor s degree with honors and became an eminent physician. Another man went to law school at 71, and is now an active lawyer.In s
30、pite of years, staying young is easy for those who live in the future. You can do it if you care enough to try. Keep your mind awake and active; that s only youth elixir guaranteed to work.15.A) Have good supplement diet.B) Find some friends.C) Keep the mind young.D) Go travelling.Script: What is th
31、e speaker s suggestion for staying young?正确答案： C16.A) She made herself an outstanding designer.B) She became an electrical engineer.C) She became a paid ceramic artist.D) She became a teacher.Script: What does a housewife do in her old age?正确答案： A17.A) A bachelor s degree in medicine.B) A master s d
32、egree in medicine.C) A doctor s degree in medicine.D) A postgraduate in medicine.Script: What degree does the 70-year-old man get?正确答案： CPassage ThreeQuestions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.Script: Seniorcitizen is a commonpolite designationfor an elderly person in both UK an
33、d US English, and it implies or means that the person is retired. This in turn implies or in fact means that the person is over the retirement age, which varies according to country. Synonyms include pensioner in UK English and retiree and senior in US English. Somedictionaries describe widespread u
34、sage of senior citizen for people over the age of 65. Senior citizen is replacing the term old-age pensioner traditionally used in UK English.When defined in an official context, senior citizenis often used for legal or policy-related reasons in determining who is eligible for certain benefits avail
35、able to the age group. It is used in general usage instead of traditional terms such as old person, old-age pensioner, or elderly as a courtesy and to signify continuing relevance of and respect for this population group as citizens of society, of senior rank.The term was apparently coined in 1938 d
36、uring a political campaign. It has come into widespread use in recent decades in legislation, commerce, and commonspeech. Especially in less formal contexts, it is often abbreviated as senior(s), which is also used as an adjective. In commerce, businessesoften offer senior discounts, sometimes with
37、a specialsenior discount card.18.A) People between 55 to 65.B) People above 60.C) People older than 70.D) People over the age of 65.Script:Which age group does the term of senior citizensrefer to?正确答案： D19.A) It is used for politeness.B) It is used for legal or policy-related reasons.C) It is used t
38、o show respect.D) It is a traditional use.Script: What is senior citizen defined in an official context?正确答案： B20.A) In 1838.B) In 1998.C) In 1938.D) In 1948.Script: When was the term first made?正确答案： CSection CDirections:In this section, you will hear a passage threetimes. When the passage is read
39、for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. Whenthe 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.Aging is th
40、e process of growing old. It occurs eventually in every living thing provided, of course, that an illness or accident does not kill it prematurely. The most (21) outward signs of aging may be seen in oldpeople, such as the graying of the hair and the wrinkling of the skin. Signs of aging in a pet do
41、g or cat include loss of energy, a decline in (22)and eyesight, oreven a slight graying of the coat. Plants age too, but the signs are much harder to (23).Most body parts grow bigger and stronger, and function more effectively during childhood. They reach their peak at the time of maturity, or early
42、 (24) .After that, they begin to decline. Bones, for example, graduallybecomelighter and more brittle. In the aged, the joints between the bones also become rigid and more (25).This can make moving very painful.Allthe major organs of the body show signs of aging.The brain, for example, works less ef
43、ficiently, and even gets smaller in size. Thinking process of all sorts are slowed down. Old people often have trouble in (26)therecent events. One of the most serious changes of old age (27)in the arteries, the blood vessels thatlead from the heart. They become thickened and constricted, allowing l
44、ess blood to flow to the rest of the body. This condition (28), directly or indirectly, formany of the diseases of the aged. It may, for example, result in heart attacks.Aging is not a (29)process.Different parts of the body wear out at different rates. There are great differences amongpeople in the
45、ir rate of aging. Even the cells of the body differ in the way they age. The majority of cells are (30)of reproducing themselvesmany times during the course of a lifetime. Nerve cells and muscle fibers can never be replaced once they wear out.Script:Aging is the process of growing old. It occurs eve
46、ntually in every living thing provided, of course, that an illness or accident does not kill it prematurely. The most familiar outward signs of aging may be seen in old people, such as the graying of the hair and the wrinkling of the skin.Signs of aging in a pet dog or cat include loss of energy, a
47、decline in hearing and eyesight, or even a slight graying of the coat. Plants age too, but the signs are much harder to detect.Most body parts grow bigger and stronger, and function more effectively during childhood. They reach their peak at the time of maturity, or early adulthood. After that, they begin to decline. Bones, for example, gradually become lighter and more brittle. In the aged, the joints between the bones also become rigid and more inflexible. This can make moving very painful.Allthe major organs of the body show signs