王迈迈英语AB级考试讲解A12

[00:03.37]王迈迈英语A级考试全真模拟试卷与详解 Test Twelve
[00:05.61]Part I Listening Comprehension
[00:09.73]Directions:
[00:11.36]This part is to test your listening ability.
[00:13.94]It consists of 3 sections.
[00:16.74]Section A
[00:18.65]This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues.
[00:22.65]There are 5 recorded dialogues in it.
[00:25.42]After each dialogue, there is a recorded question.
[00:28.79]Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once.
[00:32.87]When you hear a question,
[00:34.37]you should decide on the correct answer
[00:36.22]from the 4 choices marked A), B), C), D)
[00:40.37]given in your test paper.
[00:42.33]Then you should mark the corresponding² letter on the Answer Sheet
[00:45.45]with a single line through the center.
[00:48.66]1. M: How long does it take you to get to work?
[00:52.17]W: It's only a 15-minute bus drive early in the morning.
[00:55.57]But coming home at the end of the day is quite different.
[00:58.87]Then it takes at least 20 to 30 minutes.
[01:02.83]Q: How much time does the woman spend in traveling
[01:06.89]from her home to work in the morning?
[01:24.05]2. W: I hardly ever go shopping by car now.
[01:27.87]The shopping center is within a walking distance.
[01:31.01]M: Well, you are lucky.
[01:32.51]The nearest store I can go to is about two miles away.
[01:36.77]Q: How does the woman usually go shopping?
[01:55.57]3. W: This is the third time you've been late this week, Robert.
[01:59.87]You'll have to do better than that,
[02:01.48]or I might find it necessary to let you go.
[02:04.27]M: It won't happen again, I assure³ you.
[02:07.69]Q: Who spoke¹ to Robert?
[02:25.61]4. W: Oh, I'm too sleepy to study.
[02:29.91]W: Well, Bob, if you hadn't watched that late movie last night,
[02:33.31]you wouldn't be so sleepy.
[02:35.59]Q: What can we learn about Bob?
[02:54.44]5. M: What's the matter, Bill?
[02:57.62]M: These letters are full of mistakes!
[03:00.13]Those typists at the office never do anything right.
[03:03.97]Q: What's the man really complaining about?
[03:22.81]Section B
[03:24.73]This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations.
[03:28.90]There are 2 recorded conversations in it.
[03:31.75]After each conversation, there is a recorded questions.
[03:35.40]Both the conversations and questions will be spoken two times.
[03:39.98]When you hear a question,
[03:41.43]you should decide on the correct answer
[03:43.47]from the 4 choices marked A), B),C), and D)
[03:47.73]given in your test paper.
[03:49.73]Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet
[03:53.10]with a single line through the center.
[03:56.33]Conversation 1
[03:58.68]M: Fast Taxi Service here. Can I help you?
[04:02.15]W: Oh, yes, please.
[04:03.52]I'd like a taxi in about fifteen minutes' time.
[04:06.39]M: OK. Where are you calling from?
[04:08.60]W: I'm at the Singapore Rubber House.
[04:10.12]My name is Lee, Barbara Lee.
[04:12.28]M: Right. Could you just wait in the entrance hall, please?
[04:15.64]W: All right. I'll be there. Let's see...that'll be at nine.
[04:19.63]M: Yes. OK, at nine. Our taxi will be there.
[04:23.42]Err...where are you going?
[04:25.30]W: I want to go to Changi Airport.
[04:27.42]I'm catching⁴ a plane to Bangkok at 9:30.
[04:30.28]M: That's OK. Our taxi will be right there.
[04:33.72]W: Thanks. Good-bye.
[04:36.96]Questions 6-8 are based on the conversation you've just heard.
[04:43.14]6. When is the woman calling Fast Taxi Service?
[04:44.80]7. Where will the woman wait for the taxi?
[05:21.29]8. Why does the woman want a taxi?
[05:40.05]M: Fast Taxi Service here. Can I help you?
[05:43.33]W: Oh, yes, please.
[05:44.70]I'd like a taxi in about fifteen minutes' time.
[05:47.55]M: OK. Where are you calling from?
[05:49.75]W: I'm at the Singapore Rubber House.
[05:51.37]My name is Lee, Barbara Lee.
[05:53.40]M: Right. Could you just wait in the entrance hall, please?
[05:56.92]W: All right. I'll be there. Let's see...that'll be at nine.
[06:00.65]M: Yes. OK, at nine. Our taxi will be there.
[06:04.82]Err...where are you going?
[06:06.64]W: I want to go to Changi Airport.
[06:08.81]I'm catching a plane to Bangkok at 9:30.
[06:11.57]M: That's OK. Our taxi will be right there.
[06:14.99]W: Thanks. Good-bye.
[06:18.36]Questions 6-8 are based on the conversation you've just heard.
[06:24.43]6. When is the woman calling Fast Taxi Service?
[06:43.87]7. Where will the woman wait for the taxi?
[07:02.45]8. Why does the woman want a taxi?
[07:20.99]Conversation 2
[07:23.44]M: Excuse me. I need to find out where the city center is.
[07:26.76]W: Ah well, let me see...
[07:30.13]you turn left and then go straight on.
[07:32.76]M: Ah left, thank you.
[07:35.12]Err...I wonder if you could tell me
[07:37.86]whether there's a museum somewhere in the city.
[07:40.37]W: Well, it's further down the city center.
[07:42.53]You go across the bridge
[07:44.50]and it's on the other side of the river.
[07:46.48]M: I see. Could you tell me a bit more about it?
[07:50.18]W: I'm not really sure. I've never been there myself.
[07:53.41]I think it's quite interesting.
[07:55.58]M: Worth visiting, you think?
[07:56.85]W: Well, it's one of the tourist attractions⁵ of the city.
[08:00.44]M: I see. Thank you very much.
[08:04.91]Questions 9-10 are based on the conversation you've just heard.
[08:10.25]9. Who do you think the man is?
[08:28.06]10. What does the woman say about the Museum?
[08:47.54]M: Excuse me. I need to find out where the city center is.
[08:50.85]W: Ah well, let me see...
[08:54.19]you turn left and then go straight on.
[08:56.81]M: Ah left, thank you.
[08:59.12]Err...I wonder if you could tell me
[09:01.97]whether there's a museum somewhere in the city.
[09:04.42]W: Well, it's further down the city center.
[09:07.07]You go across the bridge
[09:08.64]and it's on the other side of the river.
[09:10.63]M: I see. Could you tell me a bit more about it?
[09:14.24]W: I'm not really sure. I've never been there myself.
[09:17.38]I think it's quite interesting.
[09:19.57]M: Worth visiting, you think?
[09:20.88]W: Well, it's one of the tourist attractions of the city.
[09:24.69]M: I see. Thank you very much.
[09:28.95]Questions 9-10 are based on the conversation you've just heard.
[09:34.26]9. Who do you think the man is?
[09:52.13]10. What does the woman say about the Museum?
[10:11.60]Section C
[10:13.59]This section is to test your ability to comprehend⁶ short passages.
[10:18.16]You will hear a recorded passage.
[10:20.62]After that you will hear five questions.
[10:23.35]Both the passage and questions will be read two times.
[10:27.91]When you hear a question,
[10:29.37]you should complete the answer
[10:30.78]with a word or a short phrase⁷ (in no more than 3 words).
[10:35.53]The questions and incomplete⁸ answers are printed on your test paper.
[10:40.13]You should write your answer on the Answer Sheet correspondingly⁹.
[10:43.74]Now the passage will begin.
[10:46.63]One of the most famous tourist attractions
[10:49.00]in the State of California¹⁰ is the giant redwood.
[10:53.60]This redwood might be described
[10:55.54]as "the tree with the moving foot"
[10:58.07]because it is not even a native California, believe it or not!
[11:02.54]These trees,
[11:03.51]which are among the largest and oldest of all living things,
[11:07.24]moved to California from the Arctic¹¹.
[11:09.82]Long, long ago they grew in the Arctic,
[11:13.00]just as enormous¹² and tall as they are today.
[11:16.01]But the warmer climate drew them southward
[11:18.70]and it took some seventy-five million years to complete the move.?
[11:22.93]Carried by birds, winds, and some strong-teethed animals,
[11:27.12]the seeds of the redwood traveled thousands of miles
[11:30.10]from what is now the northern-most tip of Alaska to California,
[11:34.28]their last stand.
[11:36.05]Only the hardest seeds survived
[11:38.22]—a few that visited Europe soon died out.
[11:40.96]But those that made it to California put down roots,
[11:44.08]grew into luxuriant forests,
[11:46.22]and became camera subjects
[11:48.07]for the hundreds of thousands of tourists
[11:50.61]who visit California's giant redwood each year.
[11:56.12]Questions:
[11:57.79]11. What is the redwood described as?
[12:16.50]12. Where did these trees grow a long time ago?
[12:35.04]13. How long did it take the redwood seeds
[12:38.95]to complete their long journey?
[12:55.97]14. Whom were the seeds of the redwood carried by
[13:00.33]and traveled thousands of miles?
[13:17.46]15. Why did the redwood trees begin to move southward?
[13:36.93]One of the most famous tourist attractions
[13:39.30]in the State of California is the giant redwood.
[13:43.94]This redwood might be described
[13:45.99]as "the tree with the moving foot"
[13:48.40]because it is not even a native California, believe it or not!
[13:52.93]These trees,
[13:53.95]which are among the largest and oldest of all living things,
[13:57.70]moved to California from the Arctic.
[14:00.16]Long, long ago they grew in the Arctic,
[14:03.34]just as enormous and tall as they are today.
[14:06.44]But the warmer climate drew them southward
[14:09.10]and it took some seventy-five million years to complete the move.
[14:13.27]Carried by birds, winds, and some strong-teethed animals,
[14:17.29]the seeds of the redwood traveled thousands of miles
[14:20.60]from what is now the northern-most tip of Alaska to California,
[14:24.64]their last stand.
[14:26.37]Only the hardest seeds survived
[14:28.69]—a few that visited Europe soon died out.
[14:31.33]But those that made it to California put down roots,
[14:34.45]grew into luxuriant forests,
[14:36.83]and became camera subjects
[14:38.61]for the hundreds of thousands of tourists
[14:41.08]who visit California's giant redwood each year.
[14:46.50]Questions:
[14:48.17]11. What is the redwood described as?
[15:06.84]12. Where did these trees grow a long time ago?
[15:25.40]13. How long did it take the redwood seeds
[15:29.37]to complete their long journey?
[15:46.35]14. Whom were the seeds of the redwood carried by
[15:50.94]and traveled thousands of miles?
[16:07.80]15. Why did the redwood trees begin to move southward?

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 corresponding   

adj.符合的，一致的，相同的，相应的，相当的

参考例句：

• We shall take the corresponding measures.我们将采取相应措施。
• Finally,some corresponding advices are put forword based on the above experiments.最后提出了几个相应的建议。

3 assure   

vt.使确信；向…保证，使有保证

参考例句：

• The only ladder to assure success is to work hard.确保成功的惟一途径是刻苦努力。
• I assure you that she can be trusted to do the job.我担保她能做好这项工作。

4 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

5 attractions   

n.吸引( attraction的名词复数 )；具有吸引力的事物；有吸引力的特征（或品质、人）；（尤指两性间的）爱慕

参考例句：

• Venice is one of the great tourist attractions of the world. 威尼斯是世界上令人向往的旅游胜地之一。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Three others like to see some natural attractions of beauty and peacefulness. 另外三个人喜欢美丽、安静的自然景观。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 comprehend   

vt.了解，理解，领会

参考例句：

• I did not comprehend his meaning.我不理解他的意思。
• If you can use a word correctly and effectively,you comprehend it.你如果能正确和有效地使用一个字，你就了解它了。

7 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。

8 incomplete   

adj.不完全的，不完善的

参考例句：

• The building was left incomplete.那座楼没有完工就停下来了。
• His novel was incomplete when he died.他死的时候他的小说没有写完。

9 correspondingly   

ad.相应地

参考例句：

• Correspondingly, any complete electrochemical cell can be separated into two hypothetical half-cells. 同样，任一完整的化学电池也可分为两个假设的半电池。
• If the outflow falls the average duration of unemployment will correspondingly rise. 若流出人数下降，则失业的平均持续期将相应上升。

10 California   

n.加利福尼亚(美国)

参考例句：

• He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。
• We were driving on a California freeway.我们正沿着加利福尼亚的一条快车道驾车行驶。

11 Arctic   

adj.北极的；n.北极

参考例句：

• They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
• The sort of animal lived in the Arctic Circle.这种动物生活在北极圈里。

12 enormous   

adj.巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• An enormous sum of money is injected each year into teaching.每年都有大量资金投入到教学中。
• They wield enormous political power.他们行使巨大的政治权力。