Part III Listening Comprehension
　　Section A
　　11.
　　M: I’d like to go camping with you this weekend, but I don’t have a sleeping bag.
　　W: No problem. You can count on me to get one for you. My family has tons of camping gear.
　　Q: What does the woman mean?
　　答案：She can lend the man a sleeping bag.
　　【解析】這是一道較為簡(jiǎn)單的推理題，前提是考生需知道camping gear表示“野餐用具，露營(yíng)裝備”，由此可知，camping gear包括sleeping bag，即女士能借給男士一個(gè)睡袋，此題的設(shè)置稍微繞了個(gè)小彎，為考生解題設(shè)置了一定難度。go camping：去野餐，去露營(yíng)；sleeping bag：睡袋。
　　12.
　　M: I know I promise to drive you to the airport next Thursday, but I’m afraid something has come up. They’ve called a special meeting at work.
　　W: No big deal. Karen said she was available as a back-up.
　　Q: What does the woman mean?
　　答案: Karen can take her to the airport.
　　【解析】此題為細(xì)節(jié)題。從對(duì)話中可知，男士下周四臨時(shí)有事不能送女士去機(jī)場(chǎng)了，女士回答說(shuō)Karen有空。back-up：n. 備用，備份，考生如果知道這個(gè)單詞的意思，對(duì)整個(gè)對(duì)話的理解會(huì)有幫助。
　　13.
　　W: Have you saved enough money for a trip to Hawaii?
　　M: Not even close. My uncle must put the brakes on my travelling plans.
　　Q: What does the man mean?
　　答案：He can’t afford to go traveling yet.
　　【解析】此題為推理題。從男士的回答“我叔叔對(duì)我的旅行計(jì)劃加以限制了。”中可推斷出，這位男士還沒(méi)有足夠的錢(qián)去旅行。put the brakes on sth.表示“對(duì)……加以限制”，即使考生不知道這個(gè)短語(yǔ)的引申含義，但聽(tīng)到brake“剎車(chē)”應(yīng)該也能大概判斷出來(lái)答案。
　　14.
　　M: I’m starving. Do we still have any pie left from the dinner yesterday?
　　W: Oh, Julia invited her friends over in the afternoon and they ate it all.
　　Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
　　答案：The man has to find something else to eat.
　　【解析】此題為簡(jiǎn)單的推理題。從對(duì)話中可知，女士回答說(shuō)Julie下午邀請(qǐng)了她的朋友，他們把剩的餅都吃光了，由此可推斷出這位男士不得不找別的東西吃。starving：adj. 饑餓的。
　　15.
　　W: Three letters of recommendation are required to apply to graduate schools. I was wondering if the one professor Smith wrote for me last year could still be used.
　　M: It’s a bit dated. You’d better submit a recent one.
　　Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
　　答案：Present a new letter of reference.
　　【解析】此題為細(xì)節(jié)題。只要考生抓住這位男士回答中的關(guān)鍵詞dated和recent，就不難找出正確答案，而且，整個(gè)答句也很短，均是簡(jiǎn)單句，易于考生理解。letter of recommendation和letter of reference意思相似，均可表示“推薦信”。
　　16.
　　W: I’ve noticed that you spend a lot of time tending your garden. Would you like to join our gardening club? We meet every other Wednesday.
　　M: Oh, thanks for the invitation, but this is how I relax. I’d rather not make it something formal and structured.
　　Q: What can we infer about the man?
　　答案：He declines to join the gardening club.
　　【解析】此題為暗示推理題，有一定難度。抓住問(wèn)題中的關(guān)鍵詞“infer”，這位男士暗示了什么？從男士的回答“謝謝邀請(qǐng)，但這是我放松的方式，我寧愿我的花園不那么條條框框”中可推斷出，這位男士間接拒絕了參加園藝俱樂(lè)部的邀請(qǐng)。