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Section A
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
Q.1- A. He will tell the management how he really feels.
- B. He will meet his new manager in two weeks.
- C. He is going to attend a job interview.
- D. He is going to leave his present job.
解析
解析:问题为What do we learn about the man from the conversation? 从对话中我们了解到了这名男士的哪些事情?先快速扫读4个选项,可推断答案重点在于他目前的工作情况。来听原文,从开头It's my last day at work tomorrow. I'll start my new job in 2 weeks.就能得知,这位男士是今天工作的最好一天,在两周后即将开始新工作。只有D项与其相符,其他三项都与文意不符,因此选D。本题考查细节,需要同学们抓准原文关键句。
Q.2- A. It should be kept private.
- B. It should be carefully analyzed.
- C. It can be quite useful to senior managers.
- D. It can improve interviewees' job prospects.
解析
解析:问题为What does the woman think about the information gained from an exit interview? 对于从离职面谈中获得的信息,女方有什么看法?重点关注女方对此的讲话内容,根据四个选项的大意,往后听原文,可定位至这句:An exit interview is supposed to be private, but often isn't. 离职面谈应该是私人的,但往往不是这样。也就是说,女方的看法是离职面试为私人的。对应A项It should be kept private,should为原文is supposed to的同义替换。其他三项均不是女方本人对离职面试的看法。因此本题选A。
Q.3- A. It may leave a negative impression on the interviewer.
- B. It may adversely affect his future career prospects.
- C. It may displease his immediate superiors.
- D. It may do harm to his fellow employees.
解析
解析:问题为Why does the man want to rethink what he will say in the coming exit interview? 为什么这位男士想重新考虑他在即将到来的离职面谈中要说的内容?从原文Now you've got me rethinking what I'll disclose in the interview. There is always the chance that it could affect my reputation and my ability to network in the industry.可知男士要重新考虑的原因是它总是有可能影响到他的声誉和他在行业中的交际能力。之后女士的回答又说you might lose down the track by injuring your future career prospects. 可以得出其原因在于损失未来的职业前景,B项相符。其他三项都与原文意思相去甚远。本题也是考查推理和归纳能力。
Q.4- A. Prepare a comprehensive exit report.
- B. Do some practice for the exit interview.
- C. Network with his close friends to find a better employer.
- D. Pour out his frustrations on a rate-your-employer website.
解析
解析:问题为What does the man think he had better do? 这位男士认为他最好做什么?在原文结尾,男士提到Perhaps I would be better getting things off my chest by going to one of those rate-your-employer websites. 也就是说他认为去那些评价雇主的网站上把事情说出来会更好。D项意指去评价雇主的网站上倾诉懊恼,与原文意思相符。其他三项不符。本题考查细节和推理。
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
Q.5- A. Her unsuccessful journey.
- B. Her month-long expedition.
- C. Her latest documentary.
- D. Her career as a botanist.
解析
解析:问题为What does the man want Jane Foster to talk about? 文中男士想让简·福斯特谈些什么?从原文开头可知,这是一个对话植物学家简·福斯特的访谈节目。然后男士提到 you've become quite a celebrity, since the release of your latest documentary. Can you tell us a little about it? 可知男士想请简聊聊最新纪录片,C项意思相符,其他三项与原文不符。本题考查细节。
Q.6- A. She had to live like a vegetarian.
- B. She was caught in a hurricane.
- C. She had to endure many hardships.
- D. She suffered from water shortage.
解析
解析:问题为Why does the woman describe her experience as far from glamorous? 为什么文中把她的经历描述成 “远没有那么迷人”?在原文It was far from glamorous, to be honest.之后,简谈到了很多问题,诸如accessible only by canoe;the living conditions in the hut were primitive; no electricity;water supply was a nearby stream等等,但是4个选项中没有完全对应这些的答案,来对比选项,可以发现C项意指“忍受很多磨难”,其实就是对女士问题的高度概括,选C,而其他三项均不符文意。本题考查理解概括能力,在做题时须谨慎。
Q.7- A. A hurricane was coming.
- B. A flood was approaching.
- C. They had no more food in the canoe.
- D. They could no longer bear the humidity.
解析
解析:问题为Why did the woman and those who went with her end their trip halfway? 为什么文中女士和那些和她一起去的人在中途就结束了他们的旅行?往后听原文,可以定位至Halfway through the trip, we received news that e hurricane was approaching, and we had to evacuate on very short notice. 可知在行程中途,他们收到了飓风即将来临的消息,因此缩短了考察时间,A项相符。本题考查细节。
Q.8- A. It was memorable.
- B. It was unbearable.
- C. It was uneventful.
- D. It was fruitful.
解析
解析:问题为What does the woman think of the journey? 文中女士对这次旅行有什么看法?扫读四个选项的意思,难忘的、难以忍受的、平凡的、成果丰硕的。女士的看法更倾向于这四个中的哪个?来听原文后半段,男士提问was the journey unsuccessful? 女士则回答Absolutely not. We gathered a massive amount of data about the local plant life. 也就是说女士认为旅行是成功的,收集了大量关于当地植物的数据。由此推知D项意思相符,其他三个词并不恰当。本题考查理解归纳能力。
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Section B
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Q.9- A. It diminishes laymen's interest in science.
- B. It ensures the accuracy of their arguments.
- C. It makes their expressions more explicit.
- D. It hurts laymen's dignity and self-esteem.
解析
解析:问题为What does the passage say about the use of jargon terms by experts? 文章中关于专家使用术语的看法是什么?先观察四个选项的大意,可推断问题聚焦于专家使用术语会产生的效果。然后再来听原文开头,从Most of them don't realize the harmful effects of this practice.这句可知,这种做法会产生负面的效果,那么其实就可以先排除B、C,这两个都为正面效果。然后由之后这句In a new study, people exposed to jargon when reading about subjects like autonomous vehicles and surgical robots, later said they were less interested in science than others who read about the same topics but without the use of specialized terms.可知,接触到术语的人阅读兴趣不及未看到术语的人。A项指明“削弱了外行人对科学的兴趣”,正好与文意相符。而原文的意思并没有说“损害了外行人的自尊”,D项错误。因此本题选A。
Q.10- A. They can learn to communicate with scientists.
- B. They tend to disbelieve the actual science.
- C. They feel great respect towards scientists.
- D. They will see the complexity of science.
解析
解析:问题为What do researchers find about people reading scientific articles containing jargon terms? 研究人员发现人们在阅读含有行话术语的科学文章时有什么发现?继续往后听原文,可知行话术语会使读者缺乏参与感,并不适合外行人,由此猜测答案更可能为贬义选项。定位至这句In another study, researchers found that reading scientific articles containing jargon led people to doubt the actual science. 也就是说,研究发现阅读含有行话的科学文章会导致人们怀疑科学的真实性。B项意思相符,其他三项不符。本题也是考查大家对文章细节信息的理解。
Q.11- A. Find appropriate topics.
- B. Stimulate their interest.
- C. Explain all the jargon terms.
- D. Do away with jargon terms.
解析
解析:问题为What does Schulman suggest scientists do when communicating with the general public? 舒尔曼建议科学家在与公众交流时要做什么?在原文末尾可以找到对应信息:But scientists who want to communicate with the general public need to modify their language. They need to eliminate jargon. 即指,科学家在和公众交流时,需要去掉行话。D项相符,do away with有“去掉,废除”之意。其他三项意思均不符。因此本题选D。同样是细节题,需要大家将原文各信息点理解透彻。
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Q.12- A. The local gassy hill might start a huge fire.
- B. There was oil leakage along the Gulf Coast.
- C. The erupting gas might endanger local children.
- D. There were oil deposits below a local gassy hill.
解析
解析:问题为What did Texas businessman Patio Higgins believe? 德州商人帕蒂奥·希金斯相信什么?原文开头第二句就说到了关于这个商人的内容:Patio Higgins, a disreputable local businessman, became convinced that there was oil below the gassy hill. 他确信这个总是冒气的山丘下面有石油。D项正确,deposit在这里意指“沉积”。其他三项的意思都不符合原文。
Q.13- A. The massive gas underground.
- B. Their lack of the needed skill.
- C. The sand under the hill.
- D. Their lack of suitable tools.
解析
解析:问题为What prevented Higgins' workers from digging a proper hole to get the oil? 是什么阻碍了希金斯的工人挖出一个合适的洞来获取石油?往后听原文,可以定位至这句:The sand under the hill defeated several attempts by HiRgins' workers to make a proper hole. 可知导致工人挖洞失败的障碍是山下的沙子。C项符合。
Q.14- A. It rendered many oil workers jobless.
- B. It was not as effective as he claimed.
- C. It gave birth to the oil drilling industry.
- D. It was not popularized until years later.
解析
解析:问题为What does the passage say about Captain Lucas's drilling method? 这篇文对卢卡斯上尉的钻井方法是怎么说的?寻找原文中关于卢卡斯上尉的内容,可以定位至后段这句:After encountering several setbacks, Captain Lucas decided to use a drill, and his innovations created the modern oil drilling industry. 指出卢卡斯上尉决定使用钻头,他的发明创造了现代石油钻探业。比较4个选项,只有C项与原文意思相符。本篇的这3题都考查的是细节,抓住原文关键信息理解透彻即可。
Q.15- A. It radically transformed the state's economy.
- B. It resulted in an oil surplus all over the world.
- C. It totally destroyed the state's rural landscape.
- D. It ruined the state's cotton and beef industries.
解析
解析:问题为What do we learn about Texas's oil industry boom? 我们对德克萨斯州的石油工业的繁荣有什么了解?重点关注原文的结尾部分,In those days, Texas was almost entirely rural, with no large cities and practically no industry. Cotton and beef were the foundation of the economy...The boom made some prospectors millionaires, but the sudden surplus of petroleum was not entirely a blessing for Taxes. That would become a familiar pattern of the boom or bust Texas economy. 从这段话可知,德克萨斯州几乎完全是农村,棉花和牛肉是其经济基础,这股热潮使一些探矿者成为百万富翁,同时也造成了石油过剩和美国一些地区的油价暴跌,这将成为德克萨斯州经济繁荣或萧条的常见模式。来看四个选项,先排除C、D项,在原文并未提及。B项指造成世界范围内的石油过剩,在原文并未指出其是世界范围的,因此本项意思也不够准确。A项指出它完全改变了该州的经济,对应于原文最后一句的文意相符。因此本题选A。本题需要大家在理解原文意思的同时,对比四个选项进行进一步推理判断选出最恰当的答案。
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Section C
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.
Q.16- A. Unsuitable jobs.
- B. Bad managers.
- C. Insufficient motivation.
- D. Tough regulations.
解析
解析:问题为What is a primary cause of employee dissatisfaction according to recent research? 根据最近的研究,就业不满意的一个主要原因是什么?开头第三句就为信息点:A primary cause of employee dissatisfaction, according to fresh research, is that many believe they have terrible managers. 研究发现就业不满意的主要原因是很多人认为他们的上司很糟糕(terrible managers)。B项正确,其他三项都不是研发发现的原因。
Q.17- A. Ineffective training.
- B. Toxic company culture.
- C. Lack of regular evaluation.
- D. Overburdening of managers.
解析
解析:问题为What is one of the causes for poor management practices? 造成不良管理措施的原因之一是什么?扫读四个选项,意思为无效培训、有毒的公司文化、缺乏定期评估、上司的重压。然后来听原文,原文中提到了造成员工认为上司很差的四个原因,注意这里并不指造成不良管理措施有四个原因。那么造成不良管理措施的原因在哪?从原文中这句The first cause was company culture which was seen by employees as enabling poor management practices. 就可以找到对应信息,提到了第一个原因公司文化,同时员工认为它就是公司不良管理措施的原因。之后的三句是对公司文化“有毒”的详细描述,可推断B项意思相符。之后又提到的3个原因与其他选项也并不符,并非管理不良的原因。本题需要注意擅长抓住原文细节信息。
Q.18- A. It collected feedback from both employers and employees.
- B. It was conducted from frontline managers' point of view.
- C. It provided meaningful clues to solving the problem.
- D. It was based only on the perspective of employees.
解析
解析:问题为What do we learn about the study on job dissatisfaction? 关于工作不满意的研究,我们了解到什么?在原文阐述完四个原因之后,可以定位至这句:A point worth making is that the study was based only on the perspective of employees. 值得指出的一点是,这项研究只是基于员工的观点。大家在听原文中,可以重点关注“a point worth making”这类起强调或另外其他起转折作用的表达,因为往往之后的就为关键信息。这句可知这项研究只是基于员工观点,依此可先排除A、B项,C项搁置,D项完全与文意相符。再来看C项,结合原文一直到结尾,并没有提出解决问题的线索,也排除。这题也是细节题。
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard.
Q.19- A. It is seeing an automation revolution.
- B. It is bringing prosperity to the region.
- C. It is yielding an unprecedented profit.
- D. It is expanding at an accelerating speed.
解析
解析:问题为What does the passage say about the mining industry in Western Australia? 说的是西澳大利亚的采矿业的什么情况?扫读四个选项,可归纳为自动化革命、地区繁荣、前所未有的利润、加速扩张。来听原文,开头便说到了西澳大利亚州的矿业,之后描述矿区的具体情况。可以发现这部分有一个关键词经常出现,即autonomous(自动化的),构成的元素包括autonomous trucks、autonomous trains、automated vehicles。然后文中提到A range of factors has pushed Western Australia's desert region to the lead of this automation revolution. 指明这一系列元素将西澳大利亚州的沙漠地区推到了自动化革命的前沿。A项意思正好相符。之后的原文便阐述矿区面临的挑战。其他三项的意思在原文并未指明,原文的重点就在于“自动化”。本题考查主旨,大家需要留意文中反复出现的关键词。
Q.20- A. It exhausts resources sooner.
- B. It creates a lot of new Jobs.
- C. It causes conflicts between employers and employees.
- D. It calls for the retraining of unskilled mining workers.
解析
解析:问题为What is the impact of the digitization of the mining industry? 采矿业数字化的影响是什么?往后听原文,找到关于数字化的内容,从这句The automation and digitization of the industry is creating a need for different jobs. 可知,采矿业数字化创造了不同工作需求。四个选项中只有B项与之相符,其他三项的意思在原文都未提到。考查细节。
Q.21- A. They welcome it with open arms.
- B. They will wait to see its effect.
- C. They are strongly opposed to it.
- D. They accept it with reservations.
解析
解析:问题为What is the attitude of Workers' Unions towards the introduction of new technology? 工会对引进新技术的态度是什么?在原文后段这两句Workers' Unions have accepted the inevitability of the introduction of new technology. But they still have reservations about the rise of automation technology. 可知,工会接收引进新技术的不可避免性,但仍持保留态度。来看四个选项,只有D项意思正确,其他三项均不符文意。
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.
Q.22- A. Their cost to the nation's economy is incalculable.
- B. They kill more people than any infectious disease.
- C. Their annual death rate is about twice that of the global average.
- D. They have experienced a gradual decline since the year of 2017.
解析
解析:问题为What does the speaker say about traffic accidents in Thailand? 作者对泰国的交通事故是怎么说的?从开头第一句,就提到了泰国交通事故,According to official statistics, Thailand's annual road death rate is almost double the global average. 泰国每年的道路死亡率几乎是全球平均水平的两倍。比较4个选项,得出C项正好相符。从之后的信息可得全球范围内道路事故每年造成的死亡人数比任何传染病都多(Globally, road accidents kill more people every year than any infectious disease.),并非特指泰国的事故,所以B项不完全恰当。另外A项、D项在原文均未提及,也排除。
Q.23- A. They show a difference between rich and poor nations.
- B. They don't reflect the changes in individual countries.
- C. They rise and fall from year to year.
- D. They are not as reliable as claimed.
解析
解析:问题为What do we learn from an American institute's statistics regarding road deaths? 我们从一个美国研究所关于道路死亡的统计数字中了解到了什么?关注原文中相关的内容,锁定至这几句:Researchers at the institute for health metrics and evaluation in America put the death toll in 2017 at 1.24 million. According to the institute, the overall number of deaths has been more or less static since the turn of the century. But that disguises a lot of changes in individual countries. 指出根据数据,本世纪以来总的死亡人数几乎保持不变,这掩盖了个别国家的许多变化。对比四个选项,仅B项含“个别国家的变化”,指出并没有反映变化,即掩盖变化的意思,B项与原文相符。另外A、C项根据原文来看都未提及。注意D项指“数据并没有像声称得那么可靠”,原文中虽然提到official statistics are so inadequate(数据并不充分),但并没有指出宣称数据及数据的不可靠性的内容,此项为混淆项。因为本题最恰当的答案为B。做本题时注意辨别混淆项,选出最符合文意的答案。
Q.24- A. Many of them have increasing numbers of cars on the road.
- B. Many of them are following the example set by Thailand.
- C. Many of them have seen a decline in road-death rates.
- D. Many of them are investing heavily in infrastructure.
解析
解析:问题为What is said about middle-income countries? 文中关于中等收入国家的说法是什么?在关于重点收入国家的部分,原文提到But the most important and intriguing changes are taking place in middle-income countries, which contain most of the world's people and have some of the most dangerous roads. According to researchers, in China and South Africa, traffic deaths have been falling since 2000, and in India since 2012, and the Philippines reached its peak four years ago. 也就是说,在这些中等收入国家,交通死亡人数是在不断下降的。四个选项中仅C项提到交通死亡人数,并指出人数下降,而其他三项均为无关项。本题同时考查细节判断和推理。
Q.25- A. Foster better driving behavior.
- B. Provide better training for drivers.
- C. Abolish all outdated traffic rules.
- D. Impose heavier penalties on speeding.
解析
解析:问题为What else could be done to reduce fatal road accidents in addition to safer roads? 除了更安全的道路之外,还可以做些什么来减少致命的道路事故?先观察下四个选项,C项、D项分别为“废除所有过时的交通规则”、“对超速处以更严的处罚”。其实在不听原文的情况下,按常识判断可猜测这类答案的准确性可能不高,因为意思过于绝对、激进或片面。A、B项的准确性可能更高。然后来听原文,从The solution lies not just in better infrastructure but in better social incentives. 可知解决方案除了升级基础设施,还可以制定更有效的社会激励政策。People respond to incentives such as traffic laws that are actually enforced. 指出人们会对激励措施做出反应,比如实际执行的交通法规。结合选项一起来看,A项“培养更好的驾驶行为”最为恰当,社会激励政策的目的其实就在于形成更好的驾驶行为。B项提到“提供更好的训练”,在原文中并未具体提到training的意思。因此本题最佳答案为A。鉴于此类和日常生活相关度更高的题,大家可以根据选项意思巧用一些常识判断的技巧,在做题时会更省时省力。