1/1页1 跳转到查看:359
发新话题 回复该主题
键盘左右键可以进行前后翻页操作
帮助

98 年10 月听力文字

98 年10 月听力文字

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Part A

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

1. A: A bunch of us are getting together to go to the basketball game on Saturday

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

afternoon. You want to come?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: Oh, I’d love to, but I have to work.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What will the woman probably do on Saturday?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

2. A: What do you think of the suit? With this new job, I’ve got to start dressing more

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

professionally.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: Well, the style is fine. You might want to reconsider the choice of color.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the woman imply?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

3. A: We need a quiet place to study. My roommate’s got company. Could we walk

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

over your place?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: Yeah, no problem, but I have to warn you: I haven’t done much cleaning this week.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the man imply?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

4. A: Pam asked me to tell you to call her. She said you have her biology notes.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: Whoops I was supposed to give those to her yesterday.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What can be inferred about the man?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

5. A: I have to give an oral presentation in history next week. I’m really nervous about

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

speaking in front of everyone.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: Try making a tape yourself while you practise. That might help you feel more

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

comfortable.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the woman suggest the man do?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

6. A: Tom, could I bother you for a moment? I need someone to return this book to the

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

library for me.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: That’s no bother at all. I’m on my way there now.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What will the man probably do next?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

7. A: Everything on this menu sounds delicious. What likes good to you?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: Mm, maybe just a salad, I had a late lunch.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the man imply?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

8. A: I hear you are thinking about moving back into the dorm next semester.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: Who told you that? I’d never give up my apartment.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the woman mean?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

9. A: You don’t care if we don’t watch the soccer game, do you?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: You must be joking! My sister is one of the star players.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the woman mean?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

10. A: Hello, this is Margaret Methues. I’m calling to make an appointment with Dr.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Anderson for tomorrow morning.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: Well, I can give you the number of Dr. Anderson’s new office, but I’m afraid he’s not

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

at this office any more.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the man imply?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

11. A: Don’t you just love the hot mid-day sun?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: I sure do. Unfortunately, it doesn’t like my skin.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the woman mean?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

12. A: Professor Sullivan assigned us three more novels to read.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: She must think you don’t have any other classes.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What can be inferred about Professor Sullivan?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

13. A: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

have gotten rid of it years ago.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: It runs well and I actually grown quite attach to it.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the man mean?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

14. A: Bill has tried so hard to win a race since he first joined the track team, but it’s two

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

years later and he still hasn’t.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: I know, and it takes so much time from his class work. Maybe he should just

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

forget about sports from now.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the man mean?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

15. A: Let’s see. Another thing we need to do is show the new students around town,

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

you know, show them all the highlights of the area.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: I don’t see why we need to do that ourselves. I understand the Visitors’ Center

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

offers a wonderful bus tour.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the man suggest they do?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

16. A: What do you think of the assignment we just got in Dr. Bennet’s class.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: A 25-page pager in two weeks? There goes my social life.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the woman imply?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

17. A: I just found up I can’t renew my lease for the next school year.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: Well, don’t worry. There should be plenty of apartments freeing up after

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

graduation.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the woman imply?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

18. A: You looked different today, but I can’t quite put my finger on what it is!

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: I finally got around to trying that new hair saloon in the mall.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What can be inferred about the man?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

19. A: It’s really cold outside. You should ware a scarf to keep your neck warm.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: That’s a good idea, if only I had one with me.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the woman mean?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

20. A: I’m sure glad it’s almost quitting time.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: Me too. I’ve been watching the clock all afternoon.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What can be inferred about the man?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

21. A: You’ve been studying so hard I almost forgot to tell you about the all-day volleyball

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

tournament going on.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: That’s just the kind of news I’ve been waiting to hear. The books can wait.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What will the man probably do?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

22. A: Eh, about that money I loaned you, isn’t today the day you said you’d have it?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: Oh, eh, my finances have been really tight this month, but all I need is few more

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

days.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the man mean?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

23. A: Somebody better tell Julie that the student government meeting has been

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

canceled.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: Bill said he’ll call her about the election results. I’m sure he’ll let her know then.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the woman imply?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

24. A: You are welcome to borrow whatever you’d like from my jazz collection.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: Thanks, but I don’t know where I’m going to play them on.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What can be inferred about the woman?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

25. A: Last Monday when I was at Doctor Smith’s office, I spent over an hour in the

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

waiting room.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: Really? Something must have come up that day!

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the woman imply?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

26. A: Oh, no. Look at this red paint on my new jacket. Why did the school paint that

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

rail any way?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: Oh, that’s too bad! You’d think they might at least put up a sign.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the woman imply?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

27. A: Have you noticed how John’s changed since he became student governing

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

president?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: I think the whole thing has gone to his head, and he used to be so sociable and

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

open.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the woman mean?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

28. A: Our litter brothers are so different that I was afraid they wouldn’t like each other at

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

first.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: They really hit it off right away, didn’t they?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What can be inferred about the speakers’ brothers?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

29. A: Is Sally still around? I was going to ask her if she wanted to walk to class with me.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: I just saw her in the lobby. You may still be able to catch her.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What does the woman imply?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

30. A: I am really glad our club decided to raise money for the children’s hospital and most

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

the people we’d phoned seemed happy to contribute.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

B: Yeah, I agree! That we’ve gone through all the numbers on our list now, so I

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

guess we can call it a day.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What can be inferred about the women?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Part B

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Hi, Mark! How is it going?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Well, not so great.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

What’s wrong?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

I’ve got a big problem with the poetry course that’s required for my major.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Is that all filled up?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

No, no, there is plenty room, but there is a prerequisite. I’ve got to take an introduction

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

to poetry before I can take the special course in poets of the 1960s and the introductory

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

courses only offered in the evenings.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

You don’t like evening classes?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

No, that’s not the point. I work in the cafeteria every evening. I need the money to pay

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

my tuition.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Can you ask someone that work to switch hours with you? Maybe you could just switch

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

a couple of evenings, since the course probably only meets two times a week.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

I wish I could. My boss just did me a favor by putting me on evenings, and he’ll hit the

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

ceiling if I ask to change again.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Wait a minute! I have an idea. Have you checked the courses over at the community

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

college? They might offer introductory poetry course during the day.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Hey! That’s a great idea. I’m free this afternoon. I think I’ll go over and check it out.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Yeah, their courses are actually cheaper and you can transfer the credits over here.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Thanks for the advice, Linda. I’ll let you know what happens.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Sure, Mark! Good luck!

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Oh, while you are there, can you find out when their pool is open?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

No problem!

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

31. What prevents the man from taking the poets of the 1960s class?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

32. What problem does the man have with the introduction to poetry class?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

33. Why doesn’t the man want to change his work schedule?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

34. Why does the man want to take a class at the community college?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Listen to part of a radio interview between a reporter and a climatologist.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Doctor White, we recently learned that a large piece of the Larsen ice shelf in Western

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Antarctica broke off in early January. Could you please tell us exactly what happened?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

I’d be happy to. The piece that broke off was over a thousand square miles in area.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

More recently and quite alarming to scientists is that the forty-mile crack, some thirty feet

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

wide in places has torn through the ice shelf.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

I understand that the Scientific Community is quite concerned. What is the

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

significance of these events?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Well, some scientists believe that this is a clear sign of global warming. Back in 1978,

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

some American researchers predicted that Antarctica would show early signs of global

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

warming due to the green house effect—you know, the process of heat been trapped at

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

the surface of the earth by the atmosphere.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

But couldn’t crumbling ice shelves also be a result of the unusual weather Antarctica

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

itself has experienced lately?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

That’s certainly possible. But you have to remember that over the past thousands of

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

years, ice shelves have been through a lot of weather changes without breaking up.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Remember too that although ice shelves float on the ocean, they are attached to the

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

continent and can be as thick as a thousand feet.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

I think most people know that if the ice cap over Antarctica melts, the level of the

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

oceans will rise. What’s sort of impact will this have?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Well, the ice shelves currently insulate the Antarctic continent from wind, which slows

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

down melting. But without ice shelves to cool the wind, it would be warmer than usual as

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

it flows over Antarctica. If the winds cause even a tenth of the continent’s ice to melt, the

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

world’s oceans could rise as much as thirty feet.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

35. What are the speakers mainly discussing?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

36. Why are the events important?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

37. Why doesn’t the woman believe that weather is responsible for the recent events?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

38. What would be the likely result of melting of the ice cap?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Part C

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Questions 39- 41 Listen to part of a talk in a biology class.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Before moving onto a new topic, I want to finish up our unit on a rag nitby looking at

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

what may seem a very unusual aspect of spider behavior—a species where the young

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

spiders actually consume the body of their mother. Unlike most other spiders, this

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

species lays one and only one-clutch of forty eggs in a lifetime.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

The young spiders hatch in mid-spring or early summer inside a nest of eucalyptus

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

leaves. Their mother spends the warm summer months bringing home large insects,

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

often ten times of weight for meals. The catch is always significantly more than her

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

young spiders can eat. So the mother fattens herself up by this extra prey and stores the

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

nutrients in her extra unfertilized eggs. As the weather turns cooler, there are fewer

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

insect preys to hunt. That is when the nutrients store in those extra eggs begin to seep

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

into the mother’s blood stream. So, when there are no more insects to feed to the young

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

spiders, they attach themselves to the mother’s leg joints and draw nourishment by

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

sucking the nutrient-rich blood. After several weeks, the mother is depleted of all

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

nutrients and she dies.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

But then, how do the young get nourishment? They start to feed on one another.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Now, if you recall our discussion of Darwin, you’ll see the evolutionary value of this.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Only the strongest spiders of the clutch will survive this cannibalism. And the mother

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

spider will have ensured that her genes have an increased chance of survival through

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

future generations.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

39. What is the talk mainly about?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

40. What happens after the mother of the young spiders dies?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

41. What idea of Darwin does the professor relate to the spider’s behavior?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Questions 42-46 Listen to a talk in a Mass Communications class.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Moving away from newspapers, let’s now focus on magazines. Now the first

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

magazine was a little periodical called the Review and it was started in London in 1704.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

It looked a lot like the newspapers of the time, but in terms of its contents it was much

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

different. Newspapers were concerned mainly with news events but the Review focused

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

on important domestic issues of the day, as well as the policies of the government.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Now, in England at the time, people could still be thrown in jail for publishing articles

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

that were critical of the king. And that is what happened to Daniel Defoe. He was the

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

outspoken founder of the review. Defoe actually wrote the first issue of the Review from

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

prison. You see, he had been arrested because of his writings that criticized the policies

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

of the Church of England, which was headed by the king. After his release, Defoe

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

continued to produce the Review and the magazine started to appear on a more frequent

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

schedule, about three times a week.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

It didn’t take long for other magazines to start popping up. In 1709, a magazine

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

called the Tattler began publication. This new magazine contained a mixture of news,

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

poetry, political analysis and philosophical essays.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

42. What is the main topic of the talk?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

43. What is significant about the review?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

44. According to the speaker, how was the Review different from early newspapers?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

46. What does the speaker say about the Tattler?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

Questions 47-50 Listen to a talk given by an art history professor.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

There is an art exhibition here on campus which ties well of discussions we’ve had

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

about folk art. It’s an exhibition of wildlife art calendars from about a hundred years

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

ago. Like most other folk art, the calendar pictures were not considered to be art in their

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

own days. People just thought of them as a way of decorating a practical object. In fact,

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

the calendar pictures were originally painted as advertising for various companies that

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

made hunting or fishing produces, like guns or fishing rods. The calendars were handed

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

out free to customers to thank them for their business. Most people just hung the

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

calendars on their walls where the pictures faded in the sun and then tore the pictures off

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

the calendar as each month passed. As a result, collectors today place of a lot of value

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

on calendars that are complete and in good condition. Even through the people who

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

used the calendars didn’t regard them as art, the original paintings the prints were made

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

from were often of good quality. In fact, many famous wildlife painters created calendar

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

art at some point in their lives. To them, it was way of getting a work reproduced and

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

showed around. One aspect of the exhibit that I find very interesting is the way these

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

pictures reflect changing attitudes toward wildlife. The pictures in the exhibit often

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

portray the thrill and adventure of hunting rather than any particular concern for wildlife

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

preservation. But most of today’s wildlife art shows animals in their natural

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

surroundings without any humans in the scene. This modern wildlife art appeals to large

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

numbers of nature lovers, even those who oppose the practice of hunting.

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

47. What is the talk mainly about?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

48. According to the speaker, why is it difficult to find calendar pictures that are in good

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

condition?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

49. What was the theme of many early wildlife calendars?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

50. According to the speaker, why did artists want to produce work for calendars?

;’¥qu«:ßforum.liuxuehome.comqŒö!ä0Uœ

TOP

 
1/1页1 跳转到
发表新主题 回复该主题