Part II Listening Comprehension Section A News Report One 【話題預測】由 college students，sleep，problem，stress，psychological 等詞可推斷，本則新聞與大學生 睡眠或心理健康有關。 【正確答案】1—2 B D 聽力原文 You probably think college students are experts at sleeping, but parties, preparations for tests, personal problems and general stress can wreck a student’s sleep habits, which can be bad for the body and the mind. Texas Tech University is even offering a class called “Improving Your Sleep Habits”. People suffering from sleep loss are at an increased risk from obesity, psychological problems and car crashes. Students who don’t get enough sleep have poor attendance and lower grades. On top of all that, a new study published in the journal Learning and Memory finds you are probably better off sleeping than making last-minute preparations for a test. 200 college kids were taught to play some unfamiliar video games. Subjects who learned the games in the morning lost some skills when they played again 12 hours later, but they did much better after getting a good night’s sleep. So if you really want to do your job well, don’t forget to get some sleep. Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard. 1. What is the news report mainly about? 2. What is the finding of the new study published in the journal Learning and Memory? 試題解析 【話題分類】時事新聞 【新聞大意】 大學生睡眠不好會嚴重影響學習效率和身心健康 ； Texas Tech 大學甚至開設課程教授學生改善睡眠習慣，提高睡眠質量 ； 新的一項研究也證明了提高睡眠質量的重要性。

1. 【考核技能】概括總結 B) 【答案解析】由 How，Why 及對應選項概述可判斷，本題與新聞的主題相關 ；原文開始介紹睡眠不好對身心的不良影響 ： sleep habits, which can be bad for the body and mind ； 中間提到 you are probably better off sleeping than making last-minute preparations for your test（睡覺可能比做考前最后的準備更利于考試） ； 最后又強調 So if you really want to do your job well, don’t forget to get some sleep（如果想做好自己的工作，不要忘記睡覺）； 由此可知，本則新聞主要介紹睡眠為何重要，所以本題選 B。 2. 【考核技能】語義理解 D) 【答案解析】根據原文 ： a new study published in the journal Learning and Memory finds you are probably better sleeping than making last-minute preparations for your test（睡覺可能比做考前最后的準備更利于考試） ，由此可知本題選 D。

News Report Two 【話題預測】從選項中的 airports，built，investment，facilities，assets，offer better service 可知本篇新聞應該與機場及服務有關。 【正確答案】3—4 C D 聽力原文 Long queues, delayed flights and over-crowding at airports have become almost as much a topic for conversation in Britain as the traditional complaining about the weather. Meanwhile, there arecomplaints that poor service at London’s major airports is discouraging foreigners from doing business in Britain. Much of the criticism is directed at the British Airports Authority, which runs 7 major airports, including the 3 main ones serving London. The Competition Commission is now to investigate whether the British Airports Authority needs to sell off some of its assets. The idea is that competition between rival operators would lead to better service at airports. The British Airports Authority, recently bought by a Spanish company, says the root cause of the problem is not the ownership structure, but a lack of runway and terminal capacity, which is addressing through a program of heavy investment. Questions 3 and 4 are based on the news report you have just heard. 3. What is the Competition Commission going to investigate? 4. What is the route cause of the poor service at British airports according to the British Airports Authority? 試題解析 【話題分類】 時事新聞 【新聞大意】 人們日益抱怨英國機場排隊、飛機延誤、擁擠、差勁的服務等問題，并將矛頭指向英國機場管理局。

競爭委員會介入并調查是否需要出售其資產，而剛被西班牙公司收購的英國機場管理局稱，根本原因不在于所有制結構，而是跑道和航站樓的承載能力不足。 3. 【考核技能】事件背景 C) 【答案解析】根據錄音原文 the Competition Commission is now to investigate whether the British Airports Authority needs to sell off some of its assets（競爭委員會在評估是否需要出售英國機場管理局的部分資產） ，選項中 C 完全符合原文。 4. 【考核技能】緣由結果 D) 【答案解析】根據錄音原文 the root cause of the problem is not the ownership structure, but a lack of runway and terminal capacity （根本原因不在所有制結構， 而是跑道和航站樓的承載能力不足） ， 所以本題 D 正確。 News Report Three 【話題預測】由選項中出現的 nicotine，cigarettes，tobacco，smokers 等可預測本則新聞主要與控制煙草中尼古丁的含量相關。

【正確答案】5—7 A A C 聽力原文 Under the law in Massachusetts, tobacco companies have to measure the nicotine content of every type of cigarette and report the results. The Department of Public Health in Boston gathers and carefully examines the figures and then draws its conclusions. 116 brands were looked at for this study. 92 were found to have higher nicotine yield than they did 6 years previously. The biggest increases tended to be in brands that were popular with young smokers. That worries the department because of the addicted nature of nicotine. Stan Glance, a professor of medicine in San Francisco explains why: “The amount of nicotine that’s delivered in every cigarette is 10 percent higher than it was 6 years ago, which means that it’s easier to get hooked and harder to quit. The big tobacco companies have always insisted that they are frank with their customers about the dangers of smoking and provide them with enough detail to make an informed decision. However, none of them were prepared to comment on this study or discuss the detailed nicotine content of their products.” Questions 5 to 7 are based on the news report you have just heard. 5. What do tobacco companies have to do under the law in Massachusetts?6. What do we learn from the study by the Department of Public Health in Boston? 7. What do we learn from the news report about the big tobacco companies? 試題解析 【話題分類】時事新聞 【新聞大意】馬薩諸塞州立法要求煙草公司必須測量每種香煙的尼古丁含量并進行相應報告 ； 波士頓衛生廳對此展開了嚴格的調查。

5. 【考核技能】方式方法 A)【答案解析】 根據錄音開始 Under the law in Massachusetts, tobacco companies have to measure the nicotine content of every type of cigarette and report the results（按照馬薩諸塞州的法律，煙草公司必須測量每種香煙的尼古丁含量并進行結果報告） ，故本題選 A。 6. 【考核技能】得出結論 A) 【答案解析】 根據衛生廳報告 The biggest increases tended to be in brands that were popular with young smokers（尼古丁含量增加最多的牌子，大多是受年輕煙民歡迎的牌子） ，A 項符合錄音的表達，故本題選 A。 7. 【考核技能】得出結論 C) 【答案解析】本題問從這些大型煙草公司身上，我們能了解到什么？根據錄音原文 However, none of them would prepare to comment on this or discuss the detailed nicotine content of their products（然而，這些公司卻不準備解釋或討論香煙里尼古丁的具體含量） ，可知選項 C 符合原文，故選 C。

Section B Conversation One 【話題預測】從第 8—11 題的選項中可知大學英語四級答案，出現最多的是 language，speak，practice 等。由此可預測本對話與學習和練習語言有關。 【正確答案】8—11 Ｂ Ｃ B D 聽力原文 M: And, you know, one thing that I wanted to ask you. It’s great that you have had this experience of teaching in Indonesia. And following up on what you just mentioned, what would you recommend for students who do not live in an English speaking country? And, you know, they want to learn. I don’t know about perfecting but they want at least to be able to communicate decently. How can they go about this? W: Yeah, it’s really hard. That’s the real struggle, because right now I do live in Holland but I really don’t socialize much with Dutch people. And my boyfriend’s English is so good that we just basically speak English all the time. So I have to make a real effort to practice. There is as much listening exposure as I want. All I have to do is to turn on the TV. M: And reading also, right? W: Yeah, reading. There is plenty I can get to read and listen to. But for speaking, there really is no substitute for trying to speak and use the language in a relaxed atmosphere. So I think that’s really the challenge for people who live in a country where their target language isn’t spoken. And for that, gosh, what would I do? If I didn’t have people here, probably… try to find a club? In Sweden, they have a really cool system called “study circles” where it’s not. It’s like a course, but really you just have a course leader, who’s there sort of as a coaching guy and to help out. And you don’t get grades, and you go just because you want to learn. Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 8. Where does the woman live right now?9. What does the woman say is the real challenge? 10. What does the woman suggest do to learn to speak a foreign language? 11. What does the woman say about the “study circles” in Sweden? 試題解析 【話題分類】教育 【對話大意】女士就在非英語國家如何學習英語提出自己的建議和學習的方法。

8. 【考核技能】語義理解 B) 【答案解析】四個選項均是地點，可知本題問 where 的相關問題，根據錄音原文 right now I do live in Holland（目前我確實住在荷蘭） ，故本題選 B) Holland。 9. 【考核技能】 態度信息 C)【答案解析】根據原文錄音 So I think that’s really the challenge for people who live in a country where their target language isn’t spoken（我認為真正的挑戰是生活在一個不講目標語的國家） ，所以 C 項正確。 10. 【考核技能】觀點意見 B) 【答案解析】女士認為最大的困難是生活在不講目標語的國家，緊接著提到 If I didn’t have people here, probably... try to find a club（如果我在那里沒認識的人，我也許會找個俱樂部） 。言外之意，練好外語就是要盡可能地多與人交流，即 Trying to speak as much as one can。所以本題選 B。

11.【考核技能】態度信息 D)【答案解析】女士在介紹如何練習說外語時，提到了 the “study circles” in Sweden（瑞典的學習圈）是如何幫助學生說外語的大學英語四級答案，并在最后總結道 you don’t get grades, and you go just because you want to learn（你去那不是為了分數，而是真的想學習） ，即這個學習圈為學生提供了練外語的機會，故本題選 D。 Conversation Two 【話題預測】由 12—15 題選項中多次出現的 cars，drive，traffic，safety 等可預測本對話會涉及到交通規則或安全駕駛。 【正確答案】12—15 D C A B 聽力原文 W: OK, Nathan, so, we’re talking about driving, and are there any rules or regulation that you’d like to change? M: I’m not sure I want to change rules, but I’d like the police to be stricter on the rules. Like, if peopl...