IV.短文理解(Passages) (共10小题,计10分)

　　请听下面两篇短文,然后根据你所听到的短文内容,选择能回答所提问题或完成句子的最佳选项。每篇短文读两遍。

　　Passage A

　　21.Someone could find out from this passage _______ .

　　A.how Jack Parrish helped his parents

　　B.what Jack Parrish said in an interview

　　C.how to get a job in Jack Parrish's company

　　D.what the writer thinks Jack Parrish will do next

　　22.What is the writer trying to do in the passage?

　　A.Say how to make a lot of money.

　　B.Give some information about a businessman.

　　C.Give some information about a journalist.

　　D.Explain how to interview successful people.

　　23.The waiter thought the young man at the door of the restaurant _______ .

　　A.was a journalist

　　B.was behaving rudely

　　C.was not as young as he looked

　　D.was pretending to be someone else

　　24.What is the writer's opinion of Jack Parrish?

　　A.He is more important than he appears.

　　B.He is a good example for young people to love their parents.

　　C.He should be more careful when he runs his business.

　　D.He would be an interesting person to work for.

　　25.Which of these headlines does the writer expect to see soon?

　　解题关键:着重对听力材料进行整体性理解。本文主要内容为一个著名记者采访伟大商人Jack Parrish时因迟到没能在约定的纽约饭店遇到他,Jack Parrish到纽约饭店门口来找这位记者却被服务员误认为冒充。其实他真是 Jack Parrish,他年轻、朴素、节俭,与其它电脑公司名人不太一样。

　　录音原文:

　　Listen to the following two passages and choose the best answer to each question. Each passage will be read twice.

　　Passage A

　　There is a story going round at the moment about a well-known journalist who went to interview Jack Parrish at a smart New York restaurant.The journalist was late, but fortunately, when he arrived,he found the great man was not yet there. After fifteen minutes, a waiter came up to him. "There's some young man at the door who says he's supposed to be having lunch with you. I think he's trying to be funny, because he says his name is Jack Parrish!"

　　But of course it was. The twenty-four-year-old is becoming famous for the fact that he doesn't look like the owner of one of the world's most successful computer companies. His manner is polite, his voice is quiet and his clothes are clearly not expensive. Two years ago, when he started his own company, no one had heard of him. Friends say that he hasn't changed at all. He hasn't even moved out of his parents' house.So what does he do with his money? It's all in his company. But some people in the computer world are getting nervous-and they are right. It won't be long before someone in another company picks up the phone to hear that quiet voice saying that he's the new boss.

　　参考答案及解析:

　　21.D。由听力材料大意可知,作者认为Jack Parrish有可能成为某家公司新老板。

　　22.B。由听力材料大意可知,本文介绍著名商人Jack Parrish的有关情况。

　　23.D。由听力材料大意可知,Jack Parrish来找记者时服务员认为他是冒充的。

　　24.A。由听力材料大意可知,他的综合素质比他的外表更重要。

　　25.C。 由听力材料大意可知,如果另一家公司的人在电话中得知Jack Parrish是他们公司的新老板,你别感到意外。

　　Passage B

　　26.Early humans made holes in animal skins with _______ .

　　A.their fingers B.their teeth C.a piece of wood D.an awl

　　27.During the Ice Age,early humans needed to protect themselves _______ .

　　A.from fires caused by lightning

　　B.against freezing weather

　　C.from all the animals

　　D.from large birds

　　28.On the whole,this story is about _______ .

　　A.people's need to wear clothes

　　B.the art of sewing

　　C.the tough outer covering of oak and willow trees

　　D.how brave early humans were

　　29.Why did early humans put animal skins in water that had first been put in the outer covering of an oak or willow tree?

　　A.They were getting ready to eat the animal skins.

　　B.That was the only way for them to wash their clothes.

　　C.They wanted to make the animal skins soft.

　　D.Only by this means could they sell the animal skins.

　　30.Which statement does the story lead you to believe?

　　A.Early humans had many ways of killing animals.

　　B.People still use an awl to make clothes.

　　C.Sewing is a very old art.

　　D.People today still make leather in the same way as early humans.

　　解题关键:既重细节性理解又重整体性理解,还要重逻辑推理。

　　录音原文:

　　Passage B

　　During the Ice Age,early humans had to face freezing weather. They needed to protect their bodies from the cold.

　　Early humans were hunters.To keep warm, they covered themselves with the skin of the animals they killed. As time went on, they learned to shape animal skins into clothes.

　　To make their clothes,early humans invented new tools. They used a sharp stone knife to skin animals and to cut the hides. With a stone tool called an awl, they made holes in the animal skins. Then they used strips of hide to lace the skins together. Most importantly, they invented a needle with an eye and began the art of sewing. Some needles were made from the leg bones of large birds. Others were made of ivory.

　　Clothes made from animal skins became hard. To make them soft, early humans put them in water and then beat them. In time, they learned to make skins softer by rubbing them with animal fats.

　　Later, people learned how to keep the animal skins for a long time. They put the skins in water that they had first put in the tough outer covering of an oak or willow tree. In this way, they turned the hides into leather. Leather did not rot or wear out easily.

　　参考答案及解析:

　　26.D。细节性理解题。听力原材料关键句With a stone tool called an awl, they made holes in the animal skins.体现该题答案。

　　27.B。细节性理解题。听力材料关键句They needed to protect their bodies from the cold.体现答案。

　　28.A。整体性理解题。细听听力材料可知,该独白短文主要介绍人类穿衣的历史,这也是文章的主题。

　　29.C。推理性理解题。兽皮粗糙质硬,放进水里的目的当然是软化兽皮。

　　30.C。整体性理解题。由该听力材料内容可知,早期的人类在缝制衣服时就讲究其工艺,可见缝纫有漫长的历史。

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