1听音作答
- A. Changing his major.
- B. His family situation.
- C. Revising his graduation thesis.
- D. His passion for Art History.
答案A
解析男士开门见山地说"I'm having second thoughts about my major"，表明他想讨论的是…
2听音作答
- A. He doesn't think it legitimate to depend on his father.
- B. He thinks his financial situation has now changed.
- C. He doesn't think it will provide him with a living.
- D. He thinks it nourishes the financially secure only.
答案C
解析男士说"Art history nourishes my soul, but does nothing to put f…
3听音作答
- A. Try his best to socialize and build a network in the art industry.
- B. Seek financially viable employment opportunities after graduation.
- C. Investigate all possible ways to become a celebrity in the art world.
- D. Strike a balance between intellectual pursuits and financial security.
答案A
解析女士建议"you need to be more assertive and start talking with pe…
4听音作答
- A. Money.
- B. Time.
- C. Determination.
- D. Optimism.
答案B
解析男士说"Time is a very precious commodity right now... When can …
5听音作答
- A. Their decision on investigating beef consumption.
- B. Their original ideas about the domestic market.
- C. Their different approaches to a case study.
- D. Their end-of-semester business projects.
答案D
解析对话以"what your end-of-semester business project will be on"开篇…
6听音作答
- A. Expanding farmland out west.
- B. Importing most of the beef.
- C. Raising cattle domestically.
- D. Continuing to boost economic growth.
答案C
解析针对"why not raise cattle here"，男士回应"Makes perfect sense... pr…
7听音作答
- A. Technical equipment.
- B. Business consultancy.
- C. Beef.
- D. Carwashing.
答案D
解析对方提出洗车场创意后，女士评价"You've got yourself a vast and continual mar…
8听音作答
- A. Car owners of all walks of life.
- B. High-end customers in big cities.
- C. Consumers craving for professional service.
- D. Well-off dealers seeking a profitable markup.
答案B
解析描述洗车场时说"having it cater to high-end consumers in large citie…
9听音作答
- A. Parents' talking with them during TV time raises their curiosity levels.
- B. Their daily television exposure cuts parent-child conversation time.
- C. The more TV they watch the poorer their progress in development.
- D. Their socioeconomic levels impact their academic achievement.
答案A
解析新研究指出"the more parents engaged in conversation with preschoo…
10听音作答
- A. Kids' enhanced learning.
- B. Kids' curiosity levels.
- C. Kids' reading and math.
- D. Kids' behavioral development.
答案B
解析原文"The study specifically focused on curiosity levels"，故选B；学…
11听音作答
- A. It can hinder kids from getting on with their peers.
- B. It can cut into kids' time on exploratory activities.
- C. It can arouse kids' interest in how people interact in real life.
- D. It can widen the gap between kids from different economic statuses.
答案B
解析原文"Excessive media exposure... can displace exploratory acti…
12听音作答
- A. Exerting ourselves too hard in order to attain our life's goals.
- B. Being possessed with a single thought of professional success.
- C. Trying every means to beat others in terms of personal aspirations.
- D. Being mindlessly driven to possess more and more material things.
答案D
解析原文"The dark side of this drive to acquire is being mindlessl…
13听音作答
- A. We might isolate ourselves from our fellow beings.
- B. We might acquire an incorrect sense of well-being.
- C. We might end up pursuing all the wrong things.
- D. We might make a mess of our personal lives.
答案C
解析原文"If you're not... conscious of your inborn drive to acquir…
14听音作答
- A. They should be based on solid theoretical concepts.
- B. They should take personal interests into account.
- C. They should include goals to help other people.
- D. They should increase our sense of worthiness.
答案C
解析原文"they ought to also include goals to help other people in …
15听音作答
- A. Drifting through life aimlessly.
- B. Giving up the chance to fulfill yourself.
- C. Abandoning all that life has to offer.
- D. Spoiling your character and integrity.
答案A
解析原文"you're putting yourself in the dangerous position of simp…
16听音作答
- A. Grade-raising ways and means.
- B. Pressure-alleviating exercise.
- C. Revision-conducting approaches.
- D. Brain-boosting food and drink.
答案D
解析演讲者以营养专家身份介绍"what brain-boosting food and drink would I reco…
17听音作答
- A. Buying it from coffee shops.
- B. Building up a tolerance of it.
- C. Drinking it after 2 pm.
- D. Consuming it with sugar.
答案C
解析演讲者提醒"stop drinking coffee by 2 p.m."，即不要在下午2点后喝咖啡，故选C。
18听音作答
- A. By taking varied vitamin supplements.
- B. By consuming a rich variety of foods.
- C. By eating both oranges and frozen berries.
- D. By getting components packaged in tablets.
答案B
解析原文"the key to getting as many nutrients as possible is to ea…
19听音作答
- A. Many people across advanced economies think the world is going from bad to worse.
- B. The news focuses on reporting catastrophes that occur across the world.
- C. A significant part of the world is experiencing another great recession.
- D. Many people have no idea of those living under miserable conditions.
答案A
解析原文"many people across advanced economies have no idea that t…
20听音作答
- A. It has experienced ups and downs like any other historical trend.
- B. It is hailed as a miracle by both economists and ordinary people.
- C. It is the only way for all countries to share economic prosperity.
- D. It has given more and more countries a rare chance to thrive.
答案C
解析原文"globalization is the only way forward to ensure that econ…
21听音作答
- A. Their fortunes may take a downturn.
- B. They can be classified as middle class.
- C. Their living standards have been deteriorating.
- D. They are experiencing a radical transformation.
答案B
解析原文"about half of the global population can be considered mid…
22听音作答
- A. Why smells can activate emotional memories.
- B. How powerful the sense of smell can become.
- C. How scent particles revive memories forgotten.
- D. Why the scent of bread has a strong mental impact.
答案A
解析演讲者提出核心问题"why do smells sometimes trigger powerful memories,…
23听音作答
- A. The brain cells' processing of memories experienced as strongly emotional.
- B. The activation of the brain's emotion processing area by chemical particles.
- C. The interaction between chemical particles and the brain cells responsible for smell.
- D. The sensations of scents going directly to the brain's emotional and memory centers.
答案D
解析原文"Scents are the only sensations that travel such a direct …
24听音作答
- A. Imagination.
- B. Association.
- C. Experience.
- D. Context.
答案D
解析原文"the brain uses the context to give meaning to the informa…
25听音作答
- A. Inaccuracy and alterability.
- B. Susceptibility to polar interpretations.
- C. Being personal and individualistic.
- D. Being dependent on relevant scenarios.
答案A
解析原文"They aren't always accurate, and they can change over tim…