95 年12 月 托福听力文字
Part A
1. A: It’s a beautiful day today. Want to go roller-skating?
B: Any other time will be great. But today I’m working on a paper.
What does the woman mean?
2. A: I though you said you are going to call me last week about that car I’m selling.
B: Oh, I’m so sorry. It completely slipped my mind.
What does the man mean?
3. A: Before we go to the movie theater, I have to stop at the bank and get some money.
B: Don’t worry about that. This is my treat.
What does the woman mean?
4. A: How did you like the concert? I found it really moving.
B: I love classical music. But that conductor seemed a bit inexperienced.
What does the man mean?
5. A: I can’t find Elm Drive anywhere on this map. I don’t think there is any such street.
B: It’s probably in the new part of town. We’ll have to call for directions.
What can be inferred from the conversation?
6. A: You seem cheerful today.
B: It’s nice to see the sun for a change.
What does the woman mean?
7. A: I can’t believe that Prof. Lawrence is going to retire.
B: He’s still going to lead a graduate seminar on each semester thought.
What does the man mean?
8. A: We’re having all kinds of troubles finding a new apartment for next year. What about you?
B: My roommate and I decided that this year we’d stay put.
What does the man mean?
9. A: I fixed the window, painted the bookcase and repaired the desk and chair.
B: Been busy, haven’t you?
What does the woman imply about the man?
10. A: Want to go to the library now, Betty?
B: How about an hour or so?
What does Betty mean?
11. A: Excuse me. Your menu has so many salads. Could you recommend something?
B: I think you will find that the chef salad is particularly good. The dressing is made with fresh apples.
What will the man probably do next?
12. A: If this weather keeps up, I’m going to have to buy a warmer coat.
B: Sounds like a good idea. Spring is still a long way off, you know.
What does the man mean?
13. A: I’m so frustrated. We’re supposed to do our assignments for statistics on the computer. But the ones on the student center are always tied up.
B: I know what you mean. I’m looking forward to the day when I can afford to get my
own.
What does the woman mean?
14. A: Ted, would you be interested in serving on the membership committee this year?
B: Ohm, can I get back to you on that?
What will the man probably do?
15. A: Larry got a very high mark on this lab report.
B: How he managed that is a mystery to me.
What does the man imply?
16. A: I heard you went to Colorado skiing over winter break.
B: It was the most fun I’ve had in years.
What does the woman mean?
17. A: I really thought I’d win the match.
B: Oh, well, better luck next time, Harry.
What can be inferred from the conversation?
18. A: I’m going to the store. Need anything?
B: Well, I am low on laundry detergent.
What does the man imply?
19. A: Have you heard? There is going to be a history exam next Friday.
B: Just what I need. Another test to study for.
What does the man imply?
20. A: Sam’s voice sounds awful. I could barely hear him.
B: Yes, he’s got a terrible sore throat. The doctor said he shouldn’t even attempt to whisper.
What does the woman imply about Sam?
21. A: If I’m not mistaken, your birthday is coming up. Has your brother sent you anything?
B: Not yet. He never forgets though.
What does the man imply?
B: Why worry. We have a vacation coming up soon and you’ll have a lot of time.
What does the man mean?
23. A: Everyone’s raving about the new film at the center theater.
B: Yeah, I hear it’s quite something.
What is the attitude of the speakers toward the film?
24. A: I feel so energetic since I started that aerobics class.
B: Yeah, I am jealous. I’ve got to get into shape.
What does the man mean?
25. A: It’s raining again.
B: This makes it four days in a row. Do you think it’ll ever stop?
What does the woman mean?
26. A: I heard Dan twisted his ankle during basketball practice yesterday.
B: I guess that explains why I saw him at the clinic.
What can be inferred about Dan?
27. A: You seem on edge this morning.
B: I have to give a presentation in class this afternoon.
What does the man imply?
28. A: It says here the next train is due in at 6:30.
B: I know, but I don’t know whether I can make that one. I’d rather call you from the station than have you waiting around for an hour.
What does the woman imply?
29. A: I don’t know why we haven’t heard anything from Jane about Sunday.
B: We’ve been in and out all week. Maybe we should try calling her.
What does the man imply about Jane?
30. A: What a gorgeous jacket! It must’ve cost a fortune.
B: Not at all. It’s a hand-me-down.
What does the man say about the jacket?
Part B
Questions 31-34 Listen to a conversation between two students.
Hey, Sue. I was wondering if you could fill me in on Monday’s class? I had to go the dentist for emergency and I missed Prof. Smith’s lecture. What was it on?
It was pretty interesting. She talked about volcanoes, active volcanoes, under the-uh-West Antarctic ice sheet.
There are active volcanoes under the ice?
Apparently so. She said they help protect the ice sheet and prevent melting.
Flooding will be pretty bad if that ice melted, not only there, but all over the world.
You lost me there. Volcanoes are hot. How can something hot prevent ice from melting.
Wait a minute, let me check my notes. Yeah, here it is. Volcanic heat melts just enough ice to create a slippery surface on the bottom of the glacier. This water allows ice to fellow out into the ocean. So the solid interior ice is protected from the ocean’s warm.
Does that make sense?
Sort of. You mean that because the ice is flowing out to the ocean, the warmer ocean water can’t flow in.
Exactly. And the ice that melts is constantly being replaced by snow. Prof. Smith said that if the ice sheet ever broke up and melted, the sea level would go up seven meters. Then we would have those floods.
Is that really possible? Or is it one of those exaggerations you hear all the time.
As far as I can understand, it is possible, because of global warming. I mean if the ocean got a lot warmer that interior ice would be very likely to melt.
Thanks for telling me about the lecture. Sounds like I’ve missed a pretty important class.
嘿，苏。我在想，如果你能填补我在周一的课吗？我不得不去紧急牙医，我错过了史密斯教授的讲座。究竟是什么呢？这是非常有趣。她谈到，南极西部大冰原下的火山，活火山。冰层下有活火山吗？显然如此。她说，他们帮助保护冰盖和防止融化。如果冰融化，洪水将是非常糟糕的，不仅有，但世界各地。你错了。火山是热的。热的东西怎么能防止从融化的冰。等一下，让我查一下我的笔记。是啊，在这儿呢。火山热融化足够的冰，以创建一个冰川底部的光滑表面。此水可以冰到海洋。所以坚实的室内冰保护海洋的热。
这是否有意义？是的。你的意思，因为冰是流动的海洋，温暖的海水不能流入。没错。和融化的冰，雪不断被取代。史密斯教授说，如果冰盖不断打破和融化，海平面将上升七米。然后，我们将有那些洪水。是真的有可能吗？或者是它的夸张，你听到所有的时间。至于我能理解，这是不可能的，因为全球气候变暖。我的意思是，如果海洋得到了很多温暖的室内冰会很容易融化。感谢告诉我的演讲。听起来像我已经错过了一个非常重要的课。
31. Why did the man ask the woman about the lecture?
32. What was the topic of the professor’s lecture?
33. What information confused the man?
34. According to the woman, what protects the interior ice from the warmth of the ocean?
Questions 35-38 Listen to a radio interview about cycling.
And now here is our guest Jane Thomas to tell us about Montreal’s famous yearly island bicycle tour which is coming up in June. Good morning, Jane. What’s the bike tour all about?
Well, Peter, it’s an event that’s opened to anybody who’d like to ride a bicycle through the streets of Montreal. The tour covers a standard distance of 65 kilometers. But the route’s quite different every year. So even people who’ve already done it might enjoy doing it again.
How long does it take to go the whole distance?
It varies. Cyclists are free to go as fast or as slow and do as much or as little of the course as they like.
Well, what’s the typical pace for a participant?
Between 12 and 30 kilometers per hour. Some cyclists stop along the way and don’t cross the finish line until early evening. But the whole point is that there is no rush. It’s not a race.
I understand last year’s tour had 45,000 cyclists and it was the largest mass cycling event in the world. How many do you expect this year?
The same as last year. And since we regularly have so many participants, can I take this opportunity to remind our listeners to sign up early? We filled up quickly last year and we had to refused lots of applications.
Before we close, any other tips for all prospective cyclists?
Yes, take water with you. It is available at the relay station. But it helps to have an additional supply. And pack a good lunch with plenty of fruit for energy. Candy and chocolate don’t do the trick.
现在就是我们的客人简托马斯告诉我们在蒙特利尔的著名年度岛的自行车之旅即将在6月。早上好,简。什么自行车观光吗?
嗯,彼得,这是一个事件,打开谁想骑自行车穿过了蒙特利尔的街道。旅游覆盖标准距离为65公里。但路线每年有很大不同。所以即使那些已经做过这样的可能喜欢做一遍。
要走多久整个距离吗?
因人而异。骑自行车的人都可以走,快或者慢,做多可少的路线他们喜欢。
嗯,什么是典型的速度为参与者吗?
12 - 30公里每小时。有些骑自行车的人停止在沿途不越过终点线,直到傍晚。但关键在于没有匆忙。这不是一个种族。
我知道去年的环法自行车,这是45000以来最大规模的世界上骑自行车的事件。有多少你预计今年吗?
去年相同。由于我们经常有这么多的参与者,我能把这个机会去提醒我们的听众签约早?我们很快就充满了去年和我们不得不拒绝了很多应用程序。
在我们结束之前,任何其它的建议对所有潜在的骑自行车的人吗?
是的,把水与你。它可用于在驿站。但是它有助于具有一个额外的供应。和收拾好午餐用大量的水果为能源。糖果和巧克力不做诡计。
35. What is the main subject of the conversation?
36. According to the woman, what is different every year?
37. What does the woman imply about the participants?
38. What does the woman mention is provided at the relay station?
Part C
Questions 39-42 Listen to talk given by a history professor.
I’m sure almost everyone of you looked at your watch or at a clock before you came to class today. Watches and clocks seem as much part of our life as breathing or eating. Any yet, do you know that watches and clocks were scarce in the United States until the late 1850s. In the late 1700s people didn’t know the exact time unless they were near a clock. Those delightful clocks in the squares of European towns were built for the public.
After all, most citizens simply couldn’t afford a personal timepiece. Well, until the 1800s, in Europe and the United States, the main purpose of a watch, which by the way was off and on a gold chain, was to show others how wealthy you were. The word “wrist watch” didn’t even enter the English language until nearly 1900. By then, the rapid pace of industrialization in the United States meant that measuring time had become essential. How could the factory worker get to work on time, unless he or she knew exactly what time it was. Since efficiency was now measured by how fast the job was done, everyone was interested in time. And since industrialization made possible the manufacture of large quantities of goods, watches became fairly inexpensive. Furthermore, electric lights kept factories going around the clock. Being “on time” had entered the language and life of every citizen.
我敢肯定你的几乎每个人都看着你的手表或钟在你来之前到今天的课。钟表一样似乎我们生活的一部分作为呼吸或吃。然而,你知道稀缺的钟表在美国直到1850年代末。1700年代末,人们不知道确切的时间,除非他们靠近一个时钟。那些令人愉快的时钟在欧洲城市的广场建立了公众。
毕竟,多数国民负担不起一个个人时钟。嗯,直到1800年代,在欧洲和美国,手表的主要目的,是断断续续的一条金链,是展示人们如何富有你。单词“手表”甚至没有进入英语语言到将近1900年。到那时,快速的工业化在美国意味着测量时间已经变得至关重要。工人怎么能按时上班,除非他或她知道现在是什么时刻。因为现在的效率是衡量有快速完成之,大家都感兴趣的是时间。由于工业化生产成为可能的大批量的货物,手表变得相当便宜。此外,电灯保持工厂绕着时钟。“准时”已经进入了语言和生活的每一个公民。
39. What does the professor mainly discuss?
40. What was true of watches before the 1850s?
41. According to the speaker, why did some people wear watches in the 1800s?
42. What effect did industrialization have on watch making?
Questions 43-46 Listen to a guide in an aquarium.
This room is devoted to electric fish. The eel in the tank behind me can produce a strong jolt of electricity to stun its prey. But most of the fish in here produce only weak electrical impulses that are useful for navigating, locating food and even for communicating.
The knife fish is a good example. This fish navigates using tiny receptors in the skin that are sensitive to electrical impulses. The knife fish produces an electrical signal and the receptors in its skin let it know when the signal is distorted by a tree root or other obstacle, so it can go around it.
Fish also use the ability to produce and detective electrical impulses to communicate.
They can tell each other what species they belong to, how big they are and whether they are male or female. We had a tank here that’s specially equipped to convert the inaudible signals that fish produce into sounds you can hear when you put on these headphones. I urge you all to listen in when I’m done speaking.
Now have a look at the electric rays. Rays are specially interesting to medical researchers because of the organs they use to produce electricity. These organs contain a chemical that carries signals from one nerve ending to the next, not only in rays but also in people. By studying these organs, scientists hope to learn more about diseases that interrupt the transmission of impulses from one nerve to another.
本节课讨论电鱼。在我身后水箱里的鳗鱼能产生强烈的电击的电昏猎物。但是大多数的鱼在这里只产生弱的电脉冲,可用于导航、定位食物、甚至为沟通。
刀鱼是一个很好的例子。这条鱼使用微型导航接收器在皮肤敏感,电脉冲。刀鱼产生电信号和受体在它的皮肤让它知道当信号被扭曲了一个树根或其他障碍,因此它可以绕过它。
鱼也使用的生产能力和侦探电脉冲来沟通。
他们可以告诉对方他们属于什么物种,多大他们和性别是男性还是女性。我们有一辆水箱,这里的特别装备的转化,信号,鱼生产成声音你能听到当你穿上这些耳机。我敦促你们听我说完。
现在看一下电鳐。射线是特别有趣的医药研究人员因为器官他们用来发电。这些器官含有一种化学物质,传递信号从一个神经末梢到下一个,不仅在射线也在人。通过研究这些器官,科学家希望了解更多关于疾病传播的中断的神经冲动从一个到另一个。
43. What is the talk main about?
44. What does the knife fish use electricity for?
45. Why does the speaker suggest putting on headphones?
46. According to the speaker, what medical benefits might result from studying electrical
rays?
Questions 47-50 Listen to a lecture given in a dance history class.
So why did what is now called “modern dance” begin in the United States? To begin to answer this question I’ll need to back track a little bit and talk about classical ballet.
By the late 1800s, ballet had lost a lot of its popularity. Most of the ballet dancers who performed in the United States were brought over from Europe. They performed using the rigid techniques that had been passed down through the centuries. Audiences and dancers in the United States were eager for their own contemporary dance form. And so around 1900, dancers created one. So how was this modern dance so different from classical ballet?
Almost notably, it wasn’t carefully choreographed. In stead, the dance depended on the improvisation and free personal expression of the dancers. Music and scenery were of little importance to the modern dance. And lightness of movement wasn’t important either. In fact, modern dancers make no attempt at all to conceal the effort involved in the dance step.
But even if improvisation appealed to audiences, many dance critics were lest enthusiastic about the performances. They questioned the artistic integrity of dancers who were not professionally trained and the artistic value of works that had no formal structure. Loi Fore, after performing fire dance, was described as doing little more than turning round and round like an eggbeater. Yet the free personal expression of the pioneer dancers is the basis of the controlled freedom of modern dance today.
那么为什么现在被称为“现代舞蹈”开始在美国?开始回答这个问题我需要谈论古典芭蕾。
到1800年代末,芭蕾已经失去了很多它的受欢迎程度。大多数的芭蕾舞蹈家谁表现在美国也有从欧洲带过来的。他们采用严格的技术,已经传了几个世纪。观众和舞者在美国也有渴望自己的当代舞蹈形式。所以在1900年,创建了一个舞蹈演员。所以如何在现代舞蹈如此不同于古典芭蕾舞?
几乎值得注意的是,这不是精心策划的。所以,舞蹈取决于即兴演奏和免费的个人表达的舞者。音乐和风景不怎么重要的现代舞蹈。和明度移动不重要或者。事实上,现代舞者都不再企图隐瞒舞步所涉及的工作。
但即使即兴创作吸引观众,许多舞蹈评论家以免热衷于表演。他们质疑的艺术完整性舞者们没有受过专业训练和艺术价值的作品,没有受过正式的结构。意向书的涌现,在演出后火跳舞,被形容为做多一点把周围和像一个搅蛋器。然而,免费的个人表达的先锋的舞者是受控制的自由的基础的现代舞蹈的今天。
47. What does the speaker mainly discuss?
48. Why were ballet performances unpopular in the United Stated in the early 1900s?
49. What is the distinguishing feature of modern dance performances?
50. Why were early modern dancers criticized by dance critics?
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