1听音作答
- A. Read numerous comments users put online.
- B. Blended all his food without using a machine.
- C. Searched for the state-of-the-art models of blenders.
- D. Did thorough research on the price of kitchen appliances.
答案A
解析原文 'I read through maybe hundreds of online user reviews' → …
2听音作答
- A. Eating any blended food.
- B. Buying a blender herself.
- C. Using machines to do her cooking.
- D. Making soups and juices for herself.
答案B
解析女士说她从未想过要自己买一个搅拌机，'I've never thought of getting one myself'…
3听音作答
- A. Cooking every meal creatively in the kitchen.
- B. Paying due attention to his personal hygiene.
- C. Eating breakfast punctually every morning.
- D. Making his own fresh fruit juice regularly.
答案D
解析男士提到他现在经常使用搅拌机制作新鲜的水果汁，'I make a fresh fruit juice in the mo…
4听音作答
- A. One-tenth of it is sugar.
- B. It looks healthy and attractive.
- C. One's fancy may be tickled by it.
- D. It contains an assortment of nutrients.
答案A
解析男士提到商店购买的果汁含糖量很高，'Did you know that store-bought juice is li…
5听音作答
- A. How he has made himself popular as the mayor of Berkton.
- B. How the residents will turn Berkton into a tourist attraction.
- C. How charming he himself considers the village of Berkton to be.
- D. How he has led people of Berkton to change the village radically.
答案D
解析女士问市长是如何让Berkton村发生如此大的变化的，'Just how did you achieve this?'，…
6听音作答
- A. It was developed only to a limited extent.
- B. It was totally isolated as a sleepy village.
- C. It was relatively unknown to the outside.
- D. It was endowed with rare natural resources.
答案C
解析十年前Birkton是relatively unheard-of, sleepy village，即相对不为外界所知，故…
7听音作答
- A. The people in Berkton were in a harmonious atmosphere.
- B. The majority of residents lived in harmony with their neighbors.
- C. The majority of residents enjoyed cosy housing conditions.
- D. All the houses in Berkton looked aesthetically similar.
答案D
解析市长提到通过立法提案，所有的房屋外观都变得相似，'the aesthetic appearance of all the…
8听音作答
- A. They have helped boost the local economy.
- B. They have made the residents unusually proud.
- C. They have contributed considerably to its popularity.
- D. They have brought happiness to everyone in the village.
答案A
解析游客completely revitalised our local economy，直接说明带动经济，故选A。居民pr…
9听音作答
- A. They have created the smallest remote-controlled walking robot in the world.
- B. They are going to publish their research findings in the journal Science Robotics.
- C. They are the first to build a robot that can bend, crawl, walk, turn and even jump.
- D. They are engaged in research on a remote-controlled robot which uses special power.
答案A
解析团队称其为the smallest ever remote-controlled walking robot，故选A。B…
10听音作答
- A. It changes its shape by complex hardware.
- B. It is operated by a special type of tiny motor.
- C. It moves from one place to another by memory.
- D. It is powered by the elastic property of its body.
答案D
解析文章提到这个机器人是通过其身体的弹性属性来驱动的，'The engineers said this is because…
11听音作答
- A. Replace humans in exploratory tasks.
- B. Perform tasks in tightly confined spaces.
- C. Explore the structure of clogged arteries.
- D. Assist surgeons in highly complex surgery.
答案B
解析研究团队希望微型机器人在tightly confined spaces执行实用任务，故选B。下文确提清理堵塞动脉及外科辅…
12听音作答
- A. She threw up in the bathroom.
- B. She slept during the entire ride.
- C. She dozed off for a few minutes.
- D. She boasted of her marathon race.
答案B
解析原文说在前往锡利群岛那次非常颠簸的渡轮上，旅伴整整三个小时都在卫生间呕吐，而说话者却'在塑料椅上愉快地打盹'，与旅伴'整…
13听音作答
- A. They are mostly immune to cognitive impairment.
- B. They can sleep soundly during a rough ride at sea.
- C. They are genetically determined to need less sleep.
- D. They constitute about 13 percent of the population.
答案C
解析精英睡眠者因罕见基因变化而需要较少睡眠，故选C。A把“少睡而无认知衰退风险”泛化为普遍免疫认知损害；B是说话者自己的渡轮…
14听音作答
- A. Whether there is a way to reach elite status.
- B. Whether it is possible to modify one's genes.
- C. Whether having a baby impacts one's passion.
- D. Whether one can train themselves to sleep less.
答案D
解析说话者连续问can you train yourself to need less sleep以及是否有非生物学途径，然…
15听音作答
- A. It is in fact quite possible to nurture a passion for sleep.
- B. Babies can severely disrupt their parents' sleep patterns.
- C. Being forced to rise early differs from being an early bird.
- D. New parents are forced to jump out of bed at the crack of dawn.
答案C
解析一年后发现being forced to get up early不同于being an early bird，故选C。…
16听音作答
- A. We have poor awareness of how many controversial issues are being debated.
- B. No one knows better than yourself what you are thinking about at the moment.
- C. No one can change your opinions more than those who speak in a convincing tone.
- D. We are likely to underestimate how much we can be swayed by a convincing article.
答案D
解析新论文说人们对自己信念变化意识很差，会低估文章的影响，故选D。B类似开头直觉，却被后面的研究转折修正；A改变了poor …
17听音作答
- A. Their belief about physical punishment changed.
- B. Their memory pushed them toward a current belief.
- C. The memory of their initial belief came back to them.
- D. Their experiences of physical punishment haunted them.
答案A
解析阅读反对初始立场的文本后，学生对体罚的信念改变，故选A。B把“对初始信念的记忆朝新信念偏移”反转为记忆推动当前信念；C并…
18听音作答
- A. They apparently have little to do with moderate beliefs.
- B. They don't reflect the changes of view on physical punishment.
- C. They may not apply to changes to extreme or deeply held beliefs.
- D. They are unlikely to alter people's position without more evidence.
答案C
解析研究主要涉及moderate beliefs，并说extreme or deeply held beliefs的结果可能…
19听音作答
- A. American moms have been increasingly inclined to live alone.
- B. The American population has been on the rise in the past 25 years.
- C. American motherhood has actually been on the decline.
- D. The fertility rates in America have in fact been falling sharply.
答案C
解析分析人口普查数据后的直接结论是the decline of American motherhood is real，故选…
20听音作答
- A. More new mothers tend to take greater care of their children.
- B. More new mothers are economically able to raise children.
- C. A larger proportion of women take pride in their children.
- D. A larger proportion of women really enjoy motherhood.
答案B
解析发言人提到年龄转变的一个积极后果是，更多的新妈妈在经济上准备好抚养孩子，'a larger proportion of …
21听音作答
- A. The meaning of motherhood has changed considerably.
- B. More and more mothers go shopping to treat themselves.
- C. More mothers have adult children celebrating the holiday.
- D. The number of American mothers has been growing steadily.
答案C
解析成年子女母亲的比例增加，且成年子女可能更慷慨为不同住的母亲庆祝，是零售支出上升的可能解释，故选C。D母亲人数增长虽有开头…
22听音作答
- A. Add to indoor toxic pollutants.
- B. Absorb poisonous chemicals.
- C. Beautify the home environment.
- D. Soak up surrounding moisture.
答案B
解析NASA的1989年论文声称室内植物可以吸收有毒化学物质，'houseplants can soak up pollut…
23听音作答
- A. NASA did experiments in sealed containers resembling the super-insulated offices of the 1970s.
- B. It was based on experiments under conditions unlike those in most homes or offices.
- C. NASA conducted tests in outer space whose environment is different from ours.
- D. It drew its conclusion without any contrastive data from other experiments.
答案B
解析问题在于NASA的测试是在密封容器中进行的，这与大多数人的家居或办公环境不同，'the problem lies in …
24听音作答
- A. Natural ventilation proves much more efficient for cleaning the air than house plants.
- B. House plants disperse chemical compounds more quickly with people moving around.
- C. Natural ventilation turns out to be most effective with doors and windows wide open.
- D. House plants in a normal environment rarely have any adverse impact on the air.
答案A
解析新评估说普通环境中植物影响很小、natural ventilation is far better，故选A。B将正常人员…
25听音作答
- A. The root cause for misinterpretations of scientific findings.
- B. The difficulty in understanding what's actually happening.
- C. The steps to be taken in arriving at any conclusion with certainty.
- D. The necessity of continually re-examining and challenging findings.
答案D
解析末句用对NASA旧密封实验的重新评估说明研究应continually re-examine and question f…