200106-英语听力

[00:00.77]Setion A [00:02.53]1 [00:05.04]W:I'm trying to find out how this dishwasher works, [00:07.84]the manual is in French, [00:10.48]I can't wait for Bill to translate it for me. [00:13.92]M:Don't worry,Mary, [00:14.91]I can do the dishes before the machine starts to work. [00:19.03]Q:What does the man mean? [00:26.84]2 [00:27.92]M:The doctor said if I kept smoking, [00:30.75]I would increase my chances of having a heart attack. [00:33.98]W:Did he suggest reducing weight ,too? [00:36.88]Q:What does the woman think the man should also do? [00:45.86]3 [00:48.37]W:The people next door are making so much noise, [00:51.47]I just can't concentrate on . [00:53.60]M:Why don't you stay at the library? It's much quiet there. [00:57.28]Q:What does Tom mean? [01:05.17]4 [01:07.05] M:This is hopeless,these figures still don't add up right, [01:10.90]let's do the calculations over again. [01:13.74]W:Yes ,but why not do them tomorrow? It's very late now. [01:18.93]Q:What does the woman suggest they do? [01:27.69]5 [01:28.62] M:To collect a data for my report, [01:31.76]I need to talk to someone who knows that small city very well. [01:35.46]I was told that you lived there for quite a long time. [01:38.46]W:Oh ,I wish I could help, but I was only a child then. [01:43.47]Q:What does the woman imply? [01:52.14]6 [01:53.52]M:Are you moving into a new house? Need a hand with those boxes? [01:57.90]W:That's okay, I can manage. [02:00.47]They look big ,but aren't very heavy actually. [02:04.24]Q:What does the woman mean? [02:11.84]7 [02:13.12] M:It's good you brought the books back. [02:15.80]W:I thought you might need novels at the weekend. [02:18.60]Thanks for letting me use them. [02:20.58]Q:What do we know about the woman from the conversation? [02:30.04]8 [02:31.21]M:Do you want to turn on the air conditioner or open the window? [02:34.76]W:I love fresh air if you don't mind. [02:37.86]Q:What can be inferred from the woman's answer? [02:46.89]9 [02:48.61]W:Hi,Michael,I can hardly recognize you , [02:52.02]why are you dressed up today? Are you going to the theatre? [02:56.04]M:No,actually, I just had an interview at the photo studio this morning. [03:01.03]Q:What do we learn about Michael from this conversation? [03:09.78]10 [03:12.25] M:Good morning ,what can I do for you ? [03:14.90]W:I'd like to have my emergency brake fixed. [03:17.86]The car rolls when I park it on the hill. [03:20.87]Q:Where does the conversation most probably take place? [03:31.06]Setion B [03:32.78]Passage one [03:34.81]Last August,Susan and 42 other students got wet and dirty [03:39.68]while removing six tons of garbage from the river running across their city. [03:45.74]They cleaned up the river as part of a week-long environmental camp. [03:50.59]Like one in three American rivers, [03:53.25]this river is so polluted that it's unsafe for swimming and fishing, [03:57.43]still,Susan,who has just completed her third summer on the river clean-up , [04:03.52]scene has changed in this river. [04:06.37]"Since we started three years ago ,the river is getting a lot cleaner",she says. [04:11.86]Environmental scientists praised the teenagers for removing garbage that can harm wild life. [04:20.07]Waterbirds,for example,can choke on plastic bottle rings and get cut by scrap metal. [04:27.04]Three years ago,when the clean-up started,garbage was everywhere, [04:32.02]but this year,the teenagers had to hunt for garbage. [04:35.97]They turn the clean-up into a competition [04:38.62]to see who could find the most garbage and unload their boats fastest. [04:43.90]By the end of the six hour shift, [04:45.67]they have removed enough garbage to fill more than two large trucks. [04:51.74]"Seeing all their garbage in the river makes people begin to care about environmental issues," [04:57.18]Susan says. [04:59.49]She hopes that when others read that she and her peers care enough to clean it up, [05:04.96]maybe they will think twice before they throw garbage in the river. [05:09.80]Questions 11-13 are based on the passage you have just heard. [05:16.15]Q11.What does the passage tell us about American rivers? [05:25.37]Q12.What did the students find when they came to the river this year? [05:35.67]Q13.What is the expected reaction of the local people to the students' efforts? [05:46.88]Passage two [05:49.39]Why do we cry? [05:51.58]Can you imagine life without tears? [05:54.53]Not only do tears keep your eyes lubricated, [05:58.24]they also contain a substance that kills certain bacteria [06:01.54]so they can't infect your eyes. [06:04.55]Give up your tears ,and you'll lose this on-the-spot defense. [06:09.03]Nobody wants to give up the flood of extra tears you produce [06:12.89]when you get something physical or chemical in your eyes. [06:16.21]Tears are very good at washing this irritating stuff out . [06:20.56]Another thing you couldn't do without your tears is cry from joy, [06:25.27]anger or sadness. [06:28.12]Humans are the only animals that produce tears in response to emotions, [06:33.26]and most people say a good cry makes them feel better. [06:37.60]Many scientists,therefore, [06:39.72]believe that crying somehow helps us cope with emotional situations. [06:45.30]Tear researcher,Winifred, is trying to figure out how it happens. [06:50.38]One possibility he says is that tears discharge certain chemicals from your body, [06:56.61]chemicals that build up during stress. [06:59.52]When people talk about crying it out, [07:01.76]"I think that might actually be what they are doing",he says. [07:05.96]If Fred is right,what do you think will happen to people who restrain their tears? [07:12.25]Boys, for example , [07:14.41]cry only about a quarter as often as girls once they reach teenage years, [07:19.98]and we all cry a lot less now than we did as babies . [07:23.72]Could it possibly be that we face less stress? [07:27.93]Maybe we found another ways to deal with it ,or maybe we just feel embarrassed. [07:34.64]Questions 14-17 are based on the passage you have just heard. [07:41.73]Q14.What's the topic discussed in this passage? [07:51.66]Q15.What is Winifred trying to find out? [08:00.09]Q16.What does the passage say about teenage boys and girls? [08:10.95]Q17.What's the difference between human beings and other animals when shedding tears? [08:23.92]Passage three [08:26.37]Imaging this:you wake up each morning to find your sister lying beside you, [08:32.57]to get dressed and tie your shoes, you use one hand and she uses another. [08:38.85]You do everything out together,too, [08:41.75]even sitting on the same chair at lunch and riding on the same bicycle. [08:46.17]That's what life is like for six-year-old Betty and Abby. [08:50.08]Like most twins, the two girls look very much alike, [08:54.03]but unlike most twins,Betty and Abby share parts of the same body . [08:59.37]Twins like Betty and Abby are rare. [09:02.97]Only about 40 sets are born in the United States each year. [09:06.73]Few survive as long as Betty and Abby . [09:09.53]That's because twins often share vital organs, [09:13.86]like a heart or brain. [09:16.19]The shared organs are often badly shaped [09:20.29]and may not be strong enough to support both twins. [09:23.86]But Betty and Abby each has her own head, heart and stomach which function normally. [09:30.46]Because she has three or four lungs which provide plenty of oxygen for both twins. [09:35.88]Most of their completely shared organs lie below the waist. [09:39.89]Betty And Abby live relatively normal lives. [09:43.57]They attend a regular school , [09:45.85]and each does her own school work . [09:48.29]They prefer to do some projects together,though , [09:50.82]for example,to cut out paper dolls , [09:54.07]one twin holds the paper,while the other uses the scissors. [09:58.27]But sometimes,the girls don't want to do the same thing, [10:01.67]for example, sometimes they want to play with different toys. [10:05.88]What do they do then? "We toss a coin",says Abby . [10:10.97]Questions 18-20 are based on the passage you have just heard. [10:17.34]Q18.In what aspect ,do Betty and Abby differ from most twins? [10:27.95]Q19.What does the passage tell us about twins who share parts of the same body? [10:39.32]Q20.What does the passage say about the education of the twin girls?