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Part II Listening Comprehension
Section A
News Report one
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
预览两道题各选项，由选项中出现的tourists，stone bridges，Goat Island和boats and ships等词可以推测，新闻内容与某个旅游景点有关，且该景点涉及水。
1.Why does New York State want to turn off Niagara Falls?
B。新闻中提到，纽约州公园系统想在未来的两三年内关闭美国境内的尼亚加拉大瀑布，以更换行人、公园车辆和设备通往山羊岛的两座石桥，这两座石桥距今已有115年的历史了。因此答案为B。
2.What did people find when Niagara Falls were shut off in l9697
D。新闻结尾提到，1969年尼亚加拉大瀑布被关闭后，人们发现河底有数百万的硬币。因此答案为D。
News Report Two
Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
预览两道题各选项，由选项中出现的Libya，Tunisia，border crossings，terrorist attack和security等词可以推测，新闻内容与突尼斯和利比亚边境发生的恐怖袭击有关。.
3. C
4. D
News Report Three
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard.
5. C
6. A
7. D
Conversation One
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. B
9. C
10. A
11. B
Conversation Two
W: This is Kerry Burke from New York Daily News.(12/13) I'm speaking to Delroy Simmonds, anunemployed Brooklyn man who missed a job interview Tuesday for the best of reasons : He was saving1 thelife of a 9-month-old boy who was blown into the path of an oncoming subway train by a high wind.
M: Everybody is making me out to be some sort of superhero. I'm just an ordinary person, and a father of two. Anybody in that situation would have done what I did.
W: You were going to an interview when the incident occurred, right?
M: Yes, I was on my way to apply for a maintenance2 position. I've been looking for a job for a year and more. I'm looking for something to support my family.
W: Tell us what happened at the station.
M: (14) There was a strong wind. It had to be 30 to 40 miles an hour. There was a woman with four kids. One was in a pushchair. The wind blew the baby onto the tracks.
W: (15) Witnesses said people were looking on in horror3 as the child's mother, identified by sources as MariaZamara, stood frozen4 in shock. In the distance, people could see the train rounding a bend, headed intothe station.I guess you were not aware of any of these。right?
M：N0.I just jumped down and grabbed5 the baby.The train was coming around the corner as I lifted the babyfrom the tracks.I really wasn’t thinking.
W：What an amazing story.Thank you very much.
Questions l2 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A
13. B
14. C
15. A
Section C
Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
预览三道题各选项，由选项中出现的ice.cream business，ice.cream truck和ice.cream等词可以推测，短文内容与冰激凌生意有关。
16. D
17. A
18. C
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
预览三道题各选项，由选项中出现的taxes，money，Educating，Improving，Protecting和Building等词可以推测，短文内容与税收及其用途有关。19.What does the speaker mainly talk about?
A。短文开头提到，我们通过交税来享受这些服务，而在短文结尾又提到，我们必须为让我们的生活变得更加舒适的服务支付一定的费用。由此可知，本文主要谈论的是交税的原因，故答案为A。
20.What is most of the government money used for?
C。短文中提到，每个政府的主要职能就是保护人身和财产安全，超过四分之三的政府开销都用在此目的上。因此答案为C。
21.How did the government raise money to pay public bills in the past?
B。短文中提到，以前政府通过出售公有土地来筹集钱款，故答案为B。
Passage Three
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. D
23.B
24. D
25. C
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saving
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| n.节省，节约；[pl.]储蓄金，存款 | |
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maintenance
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| n.维修，保养，扶养费，维持，保持 | |
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horror
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| n.惊骇，恐怖，惨事，极端厌恶 | |
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frozen
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| adj.冻结的，冰冻的 | |
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grabbed
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| v.抢先，抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指匆忙地）取；攫取；（尤指自私、贪婪地）捞取 | |
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