1听音作答
- A. He has distinguished himself in foreign service.
- B. He is his country's ambassador to Winopia.
- C. He is currently an electrical engineer.
- D. He craves attention from the media.
答案A
解析对话开头介绍嘉宾Lord Blackwell是该国最有经验和最杰出的职业外交官之一（most experienced a…
2听音作答
- A. A government reshuffle.
- B. A fundamental reform.
- C. Some sort of political reorientation.
- D. Some sort of crisis of legitimacy.
答案D
解析男士明确提到Winopia政府似乎正在经历某种合法性危机（crisis of legitimacy），并且已经过渡性地建…
3听音作答
- A. All diplomats have more or less similar stories to tell.
- B. It is a prerequisite to get some practice in diplomacy.
- C. Different people can take different paths.
- D. It is a must to first obtain a law degree.
答案C
解析男士说进入外交领域有很多不同的路径（many different paths one can take），每个外交官都有…
4听音作答
- A. Key skills required of a diplomat.
- B. The making of an expert diplomat.
- C. Diplomatic discourse and rhetoric.
- D. Contributions by diplomatic envoys.
答案A
解析对话末尾女士问外交官需要哪些关键技能，男士回答了沟通能力、善于表达等技能要求，因此对话最后主要讨论的是外交官所需的关键技…
5听音作答
- A. They have got their work done.
- B. They both look tired.
- C. They can meet again tomorrow anyway.
- D. They are both anxious to go home.
答案B
解析男士说天色已晚，两人都显出疲惫的迹象（displaying signs of weariness），所以建议今天就到这里…
6听音作答
- A. The board members' insufficient support.
- B. Two months devoted to the same contract.
- C. Working two months without any progress.
- D. The man's long concentration on the project.
答案B
解析女士说两个月只做同一份合同确实有点艰难（a little tough），这说明让她觉得困难的是花两个月时间在同一份合同上…
7听音作答
- A. Unprofessional.
- B. Inspirational.
- C. Exceptional.
- D. Delusional.
答案D
解析当女士说运气好的话下周就能完成时，男士直接说她一定是在妄想（delusional），因为还有很多工作要做，因此D选项正确…
8听音作答
- A. Fewer rectifications of the contract.
- B. More support from the board members.
- C. The early implementation of the project.
- D. The alignment of all sections of the contract.
答案C
解析女士说整个管理层都希望看到这个项目尽快实施（implemented as soon as possible），董事会也几…
9听音作答
- A. When two employees propose contrary solutions to their dispute.
- B. When two employees are directed by their respective manager.
- C. When two people behave in an apparently clashing manner.
- D. When two people tell different stories of the same event.
答案D
解析文章明确指出，当两个人对同一事件有不同版本的描述时（different versions of the same eve…
10听音作答
- A. How it got resolved.
- B. How it happened.
- C. What it was about.
- D. When it was settled.
答案A
解析演讲者说那场冲突的性质已经记不清了（forgettable nature of the conflict），不记得争端是…
11听音作答
- A. They intervened promptly lest their dispute escalate.
- B. They tried to ascertain the actual facts of the matter.
- C. They assumed the best about them and moved on.
- D. They persuaded them to put their conflict aside.
答案C
解析演讲者和对方经理一致同意对两位员工假设最好的意图并继续前进（assumed the best about both of…
12听音作答
- A. Dine out daily.
- B. Budget sensibly.
- C. Enjoy cooking.
- D. Shop at groceries.
答案A
解析文章开头指出，越来越多的美国人把外出就餐当作日常行为（just a daily occurrence），这一群体正在成为…
13听音作答
- A. Shopping.
- B. Sewing.
- C. Entertaining oneself.
- D. Fashion designing.
答案B
解析研究者Yoon认为烹饪类似于缝纫（cooking is akin to sewing），就像过去很多美国人自己缝衣服，现…
14听音作答
- A. Satisfy their taste.
- B. Cut down expenses.
- C. Eat more healthily.
- D. Cultivate new hobbies.
答案B
解析文章指出外出买午餐平均花费10美元，而自己准备午餐平均只花6.30美元，因此自己做午餐可以减少开支（cut down e…
15听音作答
- A. People's intense focus on convenience.
- B. People's deteriorating family finances.
- C. People's strong aversion to junk foods.
- D. People's increasing dislike of cooking.
答案D
解析文章明确指出美国人越来越不愿在厨房花时间（growing aversion to spending time in th…
16听音作答
- A. Its owner's flight is delayed because of bad weather.
- B. Airlines cannot find its owner without an ID tag on it.
- C. Airline staff have not correctly coded its destination tag.
- D. Its owner has forgot to pick it up from the baggage claim.
答案B
解析正确答案为B。原文明确说行李丢失的首要原因是没有身份标签，航空公司不知道行李属于谁。后文送往仓库的处理流程补充说明缺少身…
17听音作答
- A. Its tag may get torn off on the conveyor belt.
- B. Its tag may get stuck in the sorting machine.
- C. It may be sent to a wrong destination.
- D. It may be picked up by someone else.
答案A
解析录音指出即使有先进的自动化系统，行李标签仍可能在传送带上被撕掉（torn off on the conveyor bel…
18听音作答
- A. Purchase irretrievably lost things at auction.
- B. Contact the airport staff to find our missing bag.
- C. Get the airline agent's phone number before boarding.
- D. Avoid packing valuable items in our checked baggage.
答案D
解析演讲者在结尾建议不要把有价值的东西放在托运行李中（never pack anything of real value i…
19听音作答
- A. It can be behaviorally hazardous.
- B. It can be especially disappointing.
- C. It can be socially harmful.
- D. It can be really embarrassing.
答案C
解析录音明确指出在社交活动中使用智能手机的行为对社会有害（socially harmful），会让人对面对面互动的满意度降低…
20听音作答
- A. They considered it inevitable.
- B. They held a negative view towards it.
- C. They were concerned with its effects.
- D. They saw it as a sign of social evolution.
答案B
解析研究结果表明，参与者对社交互动中使用手机持负面看法（negative view），手机使用越多，他们对互动质量和关系质量…
21听音作答
- A. Elaborate forms of social contact.
- B. Ill effects on one's sense of pride.
- C. Poor relationships with others.
- D. Vicious cycles of detachment.
答案D
解析录音最后指出这种常见行为会导致疏离的恶性循环（vicious cycles of detachment），即使我们试图与…
22听音作答
- A. The ill treatment they get as tourists.
- B. The nonprofessional business they see.
- C. The impersonal accommodations.
- D. The many adventures on their way.
答案C
解析录音指出旅行者常抱怨的是住宿缺乏个性化（impersonal accommodations），在连续住了五晚类似的酒店后…
23听音作答
- A. They have been the classic way to visit Europe.
- B. They attract tourists with location and decoration.
- C. They have long been competing with chain hotels.
- D. They are in fact a completely new idea in America.
答案A
解析录音指出民宿（B&B）几十年来一直是游览欧洲，特别是英伦三岛的经典方式（the classic way to visit…
24听音作答
- A. Your financial status.
- B. Your family's consent.
- C. Your property.
- D. Your personality.
答案C
解析录音明确指出开办民宿首先要考虑的是你的房产（your property），不仅是建筑本身，还包括位置，因此C选项正确。
25听音作答
- A. Costs for starting the business.
- B. The number of guests to receive.
- C. The facilities to provide.
- D. Opportunities for income.
答案D
解析录音最后指出潜在的民宿经营者必须对收入机会（opportunities for income）持现实态度，专家估计至少需…