历年托福听力考试2000-01
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2000 年 l 月听原文
l. M: I'm really having trouble with this calculus1 course.
If I can't start doing better soon, I'm Going to have to
drop it.
W: Why don't you get some he1p from the graduate assistance. That's what it is there for.
What does the woman suggest the man do?
2. W: Hey, don't forget to drop that book off at the
library on your way home. .
M: 0h, thanks for reminding me. I am on my way.
What wi1l the man probab1y do next?
3. W:I sure wish I had a metric ruler with me .I need the
measurements in millimeters, not in inches and I’m
tires of converting.
M: Would it make thing go faster if you borrow
mine?
What does the man imply?
4. M: Good news. I'm not going to need surgery after
all .The doctor says l can start working out
again soon. And maybe play soccer again in a few
weeks.
W: That's terrific .let would be great if you could get
back in shape in time for the state tournament.
What does the woman mean?
5. M:I already know what I want to take next semester So
why do I have to make an appointment to see my
advisor? All I need is her signature on my course
sheet.
W: I'm afraid it doesn't work that way. She has to talk
with you to make sure everything is on the right.
track.
What does the woman mean?
6. W: Prof. Smith sire was acting2 strangely today.
M: I notice that too .She was talking so quietly and then
not giving us any homework. Can you believe that?
What can be inferred about Prof .Smith ?
7. M: It's been pouring for three days now l begin to
wonder if it will ever stop.
W: And tomorrow is going to be my day at the beach.
But if it doesn't clear up by then, I'll just have to
forget about that.,
What does the woman imply?
8. M: What a boring speaker! I could hardly keep from
falling asleep.
W: Oh, I don't know about that. In fact, it's been a
long time since I have heard anyone as good.
What does the woman mean?
9. W: Gee3, Tom, I hear that you are working as a house.
painter this summer .It's got to be awfully4 hot
working up there on a 1adder in the blazing sun
all day..'
M: Well it's hard work, but I get to be outdoors and the
pay decent.
What does the man imply?
l0. W: I've been working on this report all day. And
I've sti1l got 12 pages to write. At this rate, I'll
never get it done by tomorrow.
M: Oh, that's right .You weren't in class today, so you
probably haven't heard that the deadline has been
extended a week.
What does the man imply?
1l. M: Can you believe the way Larry was talking to his
roommate? No wonder they don't get along.
W: Well, maybe Larry was just reacting to something.
his roommate said. There are two sides to every
story you know.
What does the woman mean?
12.M: I just called the travel agent. It's all set. On June
first, I'm hearing for the mountains for an entire.
week.,
W: Have you checked the academic calendar?.
Because my class aren't over till seventh.
What does the woman imply?
l3. M: What sort of grade did you get on your research
paper? I know how hard you worked on it..
W: Yeah, well, I was hoping for something really good.
But the professor said that I made too many broad
claims that weren't supported enough.
What can be inferred about the woman's paper?
14. W: The state ballets is coming to town next weekend,
and I can't find a ticket anywhere.
M: You know, my sister just happens to have one and
she can't go. She's got some sort of conflict in her
schedule.
What does the man imply the woman should do?
l5. M: Have you found out yet what hotel you will be
staying in ? I'm at the Gordon right across the
stress from the conference center.
W: Huh, Lucky you .I'm at the Apple Gates six miles
away.
What does the woman mean?
16. W: Joe, I thought your article on the school newspaper
was right on target. You certainly convinced me
anyway.
M: Thanks Mary .Unfortunately, based on the general
response, you and I are definitely in the minority.
What does the man mean?
l7. W: Why didn't you go to the hockey finals last
weekend? You missed a great game.
M: 0h, come on. You know how sensitive I am to loud
noise.
What can be inferred about the man?.
l8. W: I know I promised to drive you to the airport next
Tuesday. But I am afraid that something has come
up .And they've called a special meeting at work.
M: No big deal. Karen said she was available as a
backup.
What does the man mean?
19. M: My telephone doesn't seem to be working. And
have lots of calls that I have to return this afternoon.
W: Feel free to use mine if you want, I'll be in a
meeting till five.
What does the woman suggest the man do?
20. M:I don't think we have nearly enough information
for our financia1 plan. But it's due tomorrow So I
guess there isn't a lot we can do about it.
W: Guess not. At this point, we will just have to
make do with what we have got.
What will the speakers probably do?
21. W: Ever since your girlfriend moved to Bridgeport,
you are always driving there. How many trips a
week do you make anyway?
M:I have lost count. But I can do it with my eyes
closed.
What does the man mean?
22. M: I've noticed that you spend a lot of time tending to
your garden. Do you think you might like to join
the university gardening club? We meet every
other Tuesday.
W :Oh, thanks for the invitation .But this is how I
relax. I'd rather not make it something formal and
structured.
What does the woman imply?
23. M: Does this music bother your studying, Pam?
W: Actually I'm not studying any more, but I'm trying
to sleep.
What does Pam imply?
24. W: I think we should hold our first committee meeting
in one of the meeting rooms of the library. So far,
there are 8 of us who plan to come.
M: Wow, if it there weren't more than four, I'd say
that we have it over. at my place. But with 8 of us,
I guess I'd have to get along with your suggestion.
What does the man imply?
25. M: I just don't know if you should call everyone to
collect the data or just send out a questionnaire.
But you'd better make a decision soon.
W: I know .There is only one month till the election.
What does the woman mean?
26. W: What's with you? You sure don't 1ook like
yourself
M: Stay away from me, I don't know what I've got.
But whatever it is, you don't want to catch it.
What can be inferred about the man?
27.W: You waited at the Tear’s Cafe yesterday, didn't you?
Was there much of a wait to be seated?
M: Was there? Wish I'd brought a book or something
to occupy my time.
What does the man imply about the Tear’s Cafe?
28. W: I thought there was still time for me to apply for
student loan. But someone just told me that the
closing date was last Wednesday.
M: Are you sure? I thought we still had another month.
Wait, I've got a brochure right here. Yeah,
Wednesday was the opening date.
What does the man imply?
29. M: This casserole really tastes good .I guess that's
because the vegetables in it are fresh instead of
canned,
W: I know. Kind if a rare treat in this cafeteria.
What does the woman mean?
30. W:I don't think I want to live in the dormitory next
year. I need more privacy.
M:I know what you mean. But check out the cost of
renting an apartment first, l wouldn't be surprised
if you changed your mind.
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Part B
Questions 3l-34. Listen to a conversation between two
students who meet in front of the library.
M: Hi, Sue. Where have you been?
W: 0h, Hi, Dan, I was just at the library. I have to hand in
my biology paper tomorrow.
M: Tomorrow? 0h, no, I thought it wasn't due till
Monday.
W: 0h, Don't worry, It is due Monday. But I'm going
away for the weekend and won't be back till Monday
night.
M: 0h, where are you going?
W: California .We're having a family reunion. It is my
grandmother's ninetieth birthday. So all the cousins
and aunts and uncles are going .She planned the whole I
thing herself.
M: Wow. That's great .How many people wi1l be there?
W: Around sixty. My family is big and spread up but
we're pretty close .So have you started working on
your biology paper?
M: Yeah. I'm doing it on bees and how they're able to
recognize whether another bee is related to them.
W: How can they tell?
M: They use their sense of smell. The sweat bees guard
their nests this way. If another bee approaches the nest,
the guard determines if the new bee if familiar. If it is,
it's allowed to enter.
W: Interesting. Can other insects do this? Well, the paper
wasps6 can. Each wasp5 nest has a special combination
of plant fibers7 and so the wasps that live there have an
unique smell. Those two are the on1y kinds I've read
about so far.
M: Well, you've still got time .It sounds like that the bees
are picky about who comes to their family reunion.
3 l. what is the relationship between the speakers?
32. Why was the man worried at first?
33. According to the man, how do some bees use their
sense of smell?
34. What will the man probably' do over the weekend?
What does the woman mean?
Questions35-38.Listen to a conversation between two
students.
W: Hi, Jim. What are you doing?
M: Oh Hi, Linda. I'm working on a report on energy
resources for my environmental science class. But I'm
having trouble finding enough information.
W: know we were talking about sources of fuel in my.. l
class today.
M: Yeah?
W: Prof. Collins. He is an authority on energy sources. He
was telling us about a new way of getting fuel oi1 from
coal.
M:I didn't know that was possible.
W: He said something about coal being sit on fire and
blasted with a mixture of steam and oxygen. This
process produces a gas made up of hydrogen and.
carbon, the ...hum, the basic elements of oil.
M: And then they do something to change that gas to oil?
W: Right. First, since coal contains fewer hydrogen atoms
than oil, they have to add some extra hydrogen to the
gas .Then impurities8 are washed out with methanol, I
think, before this gas is sent onto reactors9 where it's
changed into oil.
M: Since coal is so plentiful10. I guess it won't be long till
this new type of oil will be available all over the
Place, ah ?
W: I doubt it. Prof. Collins said something about the
process not be economically enough to use in this
country .At any rate, you really ought to talk to him.'
He'll be able to help you more than I can and he's got
office hours all afternoon today
M: Thanks. He's over in Anderson Hall, right?
W: right.
35. What are the students mainly discussing?
36. How did the woman learn about the process she
describes?.
37. In the process described by the woman, why is the
coal burned?
38. What does the woman mention as a disadvantage of
the process she describes?
Questions 39-42 Listen to part of a music class. The
professor is discussing a musical theater
production.
It may seem strange that we're discussing music from
a Broadway production in this class, "The
Lion King" especially, since it's based on a popular
Hollywood movie. I mean music performed for
Broadway theater in the heart of New York city surely
would seem to be in the western tradition of
popular music and not have much in common with the
music we have been studying in this course.
such as gamelan music of Indonesia, or Zulu chants of
South Africa, music that developed outside the
western tradition of Europe and America. But in fact,
musicians have a long -standing tradition of
borrowing from one another's cultures. And this
production's director intentionally11 included both
western and non-western music. That way, some of the
rhythms, instruments, harmonies typical of
non-western music contrast with and complement12 popu1ar
music more familiar to audiences in North
America and Europe, music like rock, jazz or Broadway
style show tunes13. So I want to spend the rest of
this class and most of the next one on the music from the
Show "The Lion King" as a way of
summarizing some of the technical distinctions between
typical western music and the non-western
music that we've been studying. Now the African
influence on the music is clear, the story takes place
in Africa. So the director got a South African composer to
write songs with a distinctly African sound,
And the songs even include words from Africa languages.
But we'll get back to the African influence
Later. First let's turn to the music that was written for the
shadow puppet scenes in "The Lion King",
Music based on the Indonesian music used in the shadow
puppet theater of that region.
39. What is the talk mainly about?
40. What can be inferred about most of the music the
students have studied in the course?
4l. Why were African words included in some songs for
the Broadway version of "The Line King"?
42. What will the professor probably talk about next?
Questions 43-46 Listen to part of a talk in a class on the .
history of science.
In ancient times, many people believed the earth was a
flat disc. Well over 2000 years ago, the
ancient Greek philosophers were able to put forward two
good arguments proving that it was not.
Direct observations of heavenly bodies was the basis of
both these arguments. First, the Greeks knew
that during eclipses of the moon, the earth was between
the sun and the moon, and they saw that during
these eclipses, the earth's shadow on the moon was a1ways..
round. They realized that this could be true
only if the earth was spherical14. If the earth were a flat disc.
then its shadow during eclipses would not'
be a perfect circle, it would be stretched out into a long
ellipse. The second argument was based on
what the Greeks saw during their travels. They noticed. l
that the North Star or Polaris, appeared lower in
the sky when they traveled south, in more northerly
regions, the North Star appeared to them to be
much higher in the sky. By the way, it was also from this
difference in the apparent position of the
North Star that the Greeks first calculated the approximate
distance around the circumference15 of the
Earth, a figure recorded in ancient documents says
400,000 stadia, that's the plural16 of the word stadium.
Today, it's not known exactly what length one stadium.
represents, but let's say it was about 200 meters.
The length of many athletic17 stadiums. This would make
the Greek's estimate about twice the figure
accepted today, a very good estimate for those writing so
long before even the first telescope was
invented.
43. What is the talk mainly ab0ut?
44. According to the professor, what were the beliefs of
the Greek philosophers based upon?
45. What does the professor say about ancient Greeks
who traveled south?
46. What does the professor say the term stadium refers
to?
Ouestions47-50. Listen to the beginning of a lecture given.
by a history professor
Good morning, class. Before we begin today I
would like to address an issue that one of you
reminded me of after the last lecture. As you may
recall, last time I mentioned that Robert E. Peary was.
the first person to reach the north Po1e. What l neglected
to mention was the controversy18 around
Peary's pioneering accomplishment19. In l9l0, a
committee of the national geographical20 society-
examined Comrnodore Peary's claim to have reached the
North Pole on April 6th 1909 and found no
reason to doubt him, This judgement was actually
confirmed by a committee of the Us congress in
l9l l, Nevertheless, Pearl's claim was surround by a
controversy .this was largely due to the
'
competing claim of Doctor Frederic Cook who told the
world he had reached the Pole a four-year
earlier, Over the decades Peary was given the benefit of
the doubt, but critics persisted in raising
questions about his navigation and the distances he
claimed to have covered. So the Navigation
Foundation spent an additional 12 months of exhaustive
examination of documents relating to Peary's
polar expedition. The documents supported Peary's c1aims
about the distances he covered. After also
conducting an extensive computer analysis of photos
taken by Peary at the pole, they concluded that
Pierre and his companions did in fact reach the near
vicinity of the North Pole on April 6th,l909. OK.
today we're going to talk about exploration of the opposite
end of the world. I assume you all read
chapter 3 in our text and are now familiar with the names:
'
Emerson and Scott.
47. Why did the professor mention the controversy
surrounding Peary?
48. Why did Doctor Cook maintain?
49. How did the experts determine that Peary reached the
North Pole?
50. Which topic will most probably be included in the
continuation of today's lecture?
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