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2024年上海市春季考试英语听力
I. Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In Section A, you will hear 10 short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and a question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. M:Guess what? My manager offered me a promotion. W:Congratulations! That hardly happens. Question: How does the woman feel about the man's promotion? 2. M:I have two tickets for tonight's concert.May I have your company? W:I'm only too glad to come along. Question: What will the woman most probably do? 3. M:Look. The vegetables on your left have a white covering over the leaves. W:It's frost. With that, vegetables would taste better. Question: Where does the conversation most probably take place? 4. M:How about my new coat? I didn't try it on before buying it. W:Well, I really like the color and the style. But a larger size might be better. Question: What does the woman imply? 5. W::Where is the stadium? I seem to be lost. M:Let me check with my smartphone. Hmm. The road on our right will lead us there. Question: What can we learn from the conversation? 6. W:I used to love this bakery. For years, they had the best bread in town. M:I agree. It was my only choice until I hired a new baker. Question: What do the speakers think about the bakery? 7. W:Tomorrow is Johnny's birthday. We could go out for dinner together. Any suggestions? M:You have the final say. You know the nearby restaurants like the back of your hand. Question: What does the man mean? 8. W:Hi there. Do you know when my motorbike will be ready? M:Not sure. But once the parts are here, we can fix it in three days. Question: What can we learn from the conversation? 9. M:It's raining hard. But I will go jogging as usual anyway. W:Well, if you stick to this mode of thinking, I'm afraid you'll lie in bed for a week. Question: What does the woman mean? 10. M:May I turn the television off? I'm preparing for an exam. W:You don't have to wait long. The talk show will soon be over. Question: What does the woman imply? Section B Directions: In section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation.After each passage or conversation, you'll be asked several questions. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will bespoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. Australia is a very big country, and in the center of the country, there is a lot of space and very few people. Your neighbor might live 50 kilometers away. If you get sick, it's easier for flying doctors to reach you. I am such a flying doctor. I don't have wings, but I do have a small plane to fly to patients who may be hundreds of kilometers away. I don't fly the plane myself. We have a pilot who has worked with us for 10 years. I also do a lot of work with the telephone or online,diagnosing people in remote areas. I've done this job for 15 years, and I love it.Flying in the plane is always the most exciting part of my work. Just in the last year, I've delivered seven babies, and I've collected three people and taken them to the city for life-saving operations. I've even helped one of Australia's most famous children's novelists to have a major surgery. I think there will always be a place for us as this huge country isn't getting smaller. Questions 11.For how many years has the speaker been a flying doctor? 12.Which of the following has the speaker done as a doctor? 13.How does the speaker feel about the job as a flying doctor? Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. About a decade ago, astronauts on the International Space Station got a special treat. Not chocolate, but lettuce they had grown. Lettuce is a leafy vegetable we often use for salads. This snack marked the first time vegetables grown in space had been eaten. The seeds were planted and then watered for 33 days under artificial light instead of sunlight. After harvesting the leaves, astronauts ate half of them, leaving the rest for analysis back on Earth. Besides its amazing taste,there may be a psychological benefit. One of the space project scientists said,"We think that having fresh food grown on the station would make the crew generally happier and healthier." Growing vegetables in space will be key to eventually landing people on other planets. These years, scientists have been testing special gardens on Earth to see what could grow on Earth's neighboring planet, Mars. They have managed to grow lettuce in a special soil made up of small pieces of volcanic rock as it is similar to the soil on Mars. Discoveries made in these Earth-based special gardens will pave the way for future studies on reliable, efficient food production a long way from Earth. Questions 14.What is the passage mainly about? 15.What did one of the space project scientists say about the lettuce aboard? 16.What can be learned about the Earth-based special gardens? Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. W:Panda Hotel, can I help you? M:I'm inquiring about room rates in February,please. W:Do you have specific dates in mind, sir? M:Yes, we're thinking of coming up the weekend of the 17th of February and leaving on the 24th. W:So that's seven nights in all. and for how many people? M:Well, there's myself, my wife and our two children. Could we have a family room?Just W:let me check. M:Thanks. W:Hmm,l can offer you a family room for the nights of the 17th through the night of the 22nd, but all family rooms are booked up for the second weekend. M:So that would mean moving to two rooms for the last one night. W:I'm afraid so. M:Well, that wouldn't be my option. W:Wait, someone has just cancelled his booking. Now we do have a family room available for all the nights you're interested in. This room is most popular for its beautiful sea view. M:Wonderful. What about the price? I'm a registered member of your hotel. W:Then we can offer you a membership discount. Our regular price is 500 yuan per night, but you can have it for 400 yuan. M:OK, I'll take it. Questions 17. What is the man calling for? 18. Why does the man turn down the first offer of the family room? 19. What can be learned about the family room the man finally takes? 20. How much in all does the man need to pay for his family's stay? That's the end of listening comprehension. |
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