Part III Listening Comprehension

Section A

11.

M： Shawn‘s been trying for months to find a job. But I wonder how he could get a job when he looks like that.

W： Oh， that poor guy！ He really should shave himself every other day at least and put on something clean.

Q： What do we learn about Shawn？

答案：A. He is careless about his appearance.

解析：男生首先对肖恩能否找到工作表示怀疑，因为他邋遢。女生接着提到肖恩不修边幅，又说他应该每隔一天刮一次胡子，把自己弄得整洁干净一点。由此可知，肖恩是一个对仪容仪表不太注重，比较粗线条的人shave，刮胡子；be careless about不在乎，不介意；

12.

W： I wish Jane would call when she know she’ll be late. This is not the first time we‘ve had to wait for her.

M： I agree. But she does have to drive through very heavy traffic to get here.

Q： What does the man imply？

答案：A. Jane maybe caught in a traffic jam.

解析：本题是推理题，在做题时要注意仔细推敲。女生说：“Jane已经不是第一次迟到让我们等了，我希望她能事先打电话告诉我们一下”，可见女生对Jane迟到的作法是不满的。

男生又说：“I agree. But she does have to drive through very heavy traffic to get here.”（我同意。但是她到这里的确要遭受很拥堵的交通。）由此得出，男生对此事的态度是理解或宽容的。Jane可能被堵在半路了。

13.

M： Congratulations！ I heard your baseball team is going to the Middle Atlantic Championship.

W： Yeah， we’re all working real hard right now！

Q： What is the woman‘s team doing？

答案：A. Training for the Mid-Atlantic Championship.

解析：对话开头男生提到女生所在的棒球队要参加Mid-Atlantic Championship.女生说：“we’re all working real hard right now！”（我们现在正紧锣密鼓地练习呢！）由此可知，女生所在的棒球队正在进行赛前训练。

此题还有一个迷惑选项B， Making preparations for a trans-Atlantic trip，必须注意的是：这里并不是准备旅行，而是准备参赛。

14.

W： John‘s been looking after his mother in the hospital. She was injured in a car accident two weeks ago and still in critical condition.

M： Oh， that’s terrible. And you know his father passed away last year.

Q： What do we learn about John？

答案：D. He has been having a hard time.

解析：根据听力原文可知，“John‘s mother is in the hospital and his father died last year.”（约翰的母亲出车祸住院了，父亲两年前也过世了）由此可见，John的近况还是蛮悲惨的；答案也就显而易见了。

15.

M： What a boring speaker！ I can hardly stay awake.

W： Well， I don’t know. In fact， I think it‘s been a long time since I’ve heard anyone is good.

Q： What do we learn from the conversation？

答案：D The woman thinks highly of the speaker

解析：根据听力原文可知，男生觉得演讲无趣，女生却很淡定地说：“其实我已经很久没有听到那么好的发言了”。由此可见，女生对发言还是很肯定的。选项D中“thinks highly of”即“对…评价高”，故D是正确答案。

16.

W： I‘m having a lot of trouble with logic and it seems my professor can’t explain it in a way that makes sense to me.

M： You know， there is a tutoring service on campus. I was about to drop statistics before they helped me out.

Q： What does the man mean？

答案：C. The woman should seek help from tutoring services.

解析：首先女生说她逻辑学得很辛苦，接受不了老师的讲课方式也理解不了课程内容。

而后男生说学校有辅导班，他在参加之前几乎要挂科了，辅导班帮了他大忙。言下之意是推荐女生也去上辅导班。

17.

M： This is a stylish overcoat. I saw you wearing it last week， did‘t I？

W： Oh， that wasn’t me. That was my sister Jill. She‘s in your class.

Q： What does the woman mean？

答案：C. Jill wore the overcoat last week.

解析：首先男生问女生上周是否穿过拉风外套，然后女生说：“ That was my sister Jill. She’s in your class.”（那是我姐姐Jill，她和你同班）也就是说男生很有可能看到的那个穿着拉风外套的人是女生的姐姐Jill。

18.

M： Jane， suppose you lost all your money while taking a vacation overseas， what would you do？

W： Well， I guess I‘d sell my watch or computer or do some odd jobs till I could afford a return plane ticket.

Q： What are the speakers talking about？

答案：B. An imaginary situation.

解析：根据原文录音可知，对话开头男生讲到：“Jane， suppose you lost all your money while taking a vacation overseas， what would you do？ ”这里的“suppose”表明“假定、料想”由此可见，两人谈论的是一个虚拟场景。