Questions 19--22

　　M: Hello, this is Peter Smith’s speaking.

　　W: Hello, Peter. Betty’s speaking. I’m calling about the open-door concert in London. Will it still be held this Sunday as is scheduled. It’s been so cold that I haven’t been outside for a week. I do hate the cold.

　　M: Yes, it’s best to stay indoors in such beastly weather. But I’m afraid I have no idea about the oncoming concert. You noticed your new neighbors who have arrived at NO. 35 though, surely. Perhaps they knew something.

　　W: Well, I called on them yesterday. They seemed such nice people at first. But now, I’m not so sure.

　　M: Really? Why?

　　W: Well, they’re from London. And they think it’s the only place in the world worth talking about.

　　The wife made some very catty remarks about this area.

　　M: Londoners always think they are better than other people. But I always find them less cultured. What’s she look like?

　　W: Quite young and pretty. But she does wear a lot of makeup. And she certainly dyes her hair. Perhaps, she isn’t as young as she looks.

　　M: Anyway, I don’t want to mix with people like that. Because I knew they would be snobs when I saw their huge car. Surely, they don’t need such a big one.

　　W: No…Still…My husband says it’s 4 years old. And probably cost less than ours second hand. And ours is certainly as fast as theirs. Besides, it uses so much petrol. You can hardly afford to run it.

　　19. What has the woman done for the past week?

　　20. Why is the woman telephoning?

　　21. What does the man say about Londoners in general?

　　22. What does the man think of his new neighbor’s car?

　　【解析】

　　文章內(nèi)容為男女對話，難度中等。對話主題從open-door concert、天氣，到男女對新鄰居的看法。關(guān)鍵詞如cold(the beastly weather)，new neighbors，less cultured，snob，以及關(guān)鍵句子如提示女士致電意圖的I’m calling about the open-door concert in London.說明女士上個(gè)星期做了什么事的It’s been so cold that I haven’t been outside for a week.以及男士對于新鄰居的看法But I always find them less cultured等等。對話中沒有出現(xiàn)難詞，考生在把握整個(gè)對話的意思和意圖的同時(shí)，還需要留心關(guān)鍵詞，這樣可以根據(jù)選項(xiàng)對題目會問些什么做出推測。

　　Questions 23--26

　　Most people are too anxious doing tests, their anxiety overshadows or even interferes with the ability to reason and make them less efficient than normal. As a result, they score far lower than they should. This is an unnecessary handicap, especially if you are a student who is going to spent 12 to 16 years or more taking tests. The solution of course is to learn the rules and techniques of successful test taking. Success builds assurance and confidence, which in turn freeze you to perform better and better. Once you realize that eight tenths of your score depends on the way you take a test, it becomes obvious that learning rules of the test-taking game is crucial. It is not complicated, you do not have to be clever, brilliant or dishonest to do it, it is just a matter of observation and practice. Oddly, most people have not really thought much about what is means to make, give and take tests. Once you see tests are school games that have actual little meaning in the real work, once you realize the game has a format that can be recognized, rules that can be mastered, playing strategies that can be learned, it can become as entertaining as crossword puzzles. Mastering test taking like learning to absorb and retrieve information, is part of the process of educating yourself. So the efforts will not be wasted or pointless. Figuring out test is a problem solving experience, and developing confidence to recognize and solve problems is not just a school game, but true educational activity.

　　23. Why do many students score far lower than they should in the test?

　　24. According to the speaker what is crucial for successful test-taking?

　　25. What does the speaker think of the school tests?

　　26. Which of the following is not an educational activity?

　　【解析】

　　文章背景：本文屬于一般的議論文問題，探討的是關(guān)于考試的話題。作者認(rèn)為通過學(xué)習(xí)一些考試技巧可以有效提高成績并且提升個(gè)人的自信;作者認(rèn)為這也是一種具有教育意義的行為。

　　本文難度不大，只需掌握基本核心詞匯，基本不影響學(xué)生理解做題。

　　關(guān)鍵詞：

　　anxious adj. 焦慮的;

　　overshadow v. 遮蔽，使相形見絀;

　　handicap n. 障礙，缺陷;

　　crucial adj. 至關(guān)重要;

　　format n. 設(shè)計(jì)，安排，格式;

　　master v. 掌握;精通;

　　Questions 27--30

　　Woman: I have a really strange experience while I was walking around on Saturday morning.

　　Man: Oh, what was it?

　　Woman: There was a crowd and at first I thought there had been an accident. But then I saw that they were making a movie.

　　Man: That’s not so strange. You see a lot of film crews around the town these days.

　　Woman: Yes, but when I started to walk away, one of the men called me over. He turned out to be the director.

　　Man: Really? The director himself?

　　Woman: Believe it or not. He wanted me to be in the picture!

　　Man: No kidding! Did he want you to say anything or were you just a part of the crowd?

　　Woman: I didn’t say anything, but I had to do something. This woman in pajamas was in the phone booth.

　　Man: Did you know who she was? Was she somebody famous?

　　Woman: She wasn’t anybody I knew. Anyway, I had to walk up to the phone booth, then when I saw there was somebody in it, I had to look disgusted and walk away.

　　Man: You mean we’ll be able to see your face in it when it comes out?

　　Woman: Well, maybe, but you know how it is. I’ll probably be cut out before anybody ever sees the movie.

　　Man: How long did it take? Don’t they have to shoot those scenes over and over again?

　　Woman: It didn’t take that long. After we’d done it four times, the director said everything was Ok!

　　Man: I hope you got paid.

　　Woman: They took my name and address and they said they’d sent me a check.

　　Man: Wonderful! Now we’re going to have a movie star in the office.

　　27. What was the woman’s strange experience?

　　28. According to the woman, who was in the phone booth when she was approaching it?

　　29. What was the woman supposed to do as she saw somebody in the phone booth?

　　30. What is the most likely relationship between the man and the woman in the conversation?

　　【解析】

　　本對話講述了一位女士被一個(gè)電影攝制組請去當(dāng)了一回演員的經(jīng)歷。內(nèi)容比較簡單，難度不大，整體把握好對話的意思。在一問一答之間，女士比較詳細(xì)地描述當(dāng)時(shí)拍攝的場景，從她被攝制組的導(dǎo)演選中，以及女士在其中所要做的動(dòng)作 “I didn’t say anything…I had to walk up to the phone booth…h(huán)ad to look disgusted and walk away” 雖然沒考到，但是我們在聽的時(shí)候也要保持對數(shù)字的高度敏感，及時(shí)記錄下相關(guān)數(shù)據(jù)。最后一題考人物關(guān)系，題型比較常見，通常從對方說話的語氣就能推測出，文章最后還給出 “in the office” 這個(gè)很明顯的提示，所以在聽聽力時(shí)，不要急躁，一定要聽到最后一個(gè)單詞為止。

　　重點(diǎn)詞匯：

　　film crews 影片攝制組;

　　disgusted adj. 厭惡的，厭煩的;

　　shoot v. 攝影;射擊;

　　picture n. 照片;影片;