Questions 19--22

　　M: Hello, this is Peter Smith’s speaking.

　　W: Hello, Peter. Betty’s speaking. I’m calling about the open-door concert in London. Will it still be held this Sunday as is scheduled. It’s been so cold that I haven’t been outside for a week. I do hate the cold.

　　M: Yes, it’s best to stay indoors in such beastly weather. But I’m afraid I have no idea about the oncoming concert. You noticed your new neighbors who have arrived at NO. 35 though, surely. Perhaps they knew something.

　　W: Well, I called on them yesterday. They seemed such nice people at first. But now, I’m not so sure.

　　M: Really? Why?

　　W: Well, they’re from London. And they think it’s the only place in the world worth talking about.

　　The wife made some very catty remarks about this area.

　　M: Londoners always think they are better than other people. But I always find them less cultured. What’s she look like?

　　W: Quite young and pretty. But she does wear a lot of makeup. And she certainly dyes her hair. Perhaps, she isn’t as young as she looks.

　　M: Anyway, I don’t want to mix with people like that. Because I knew they would be snobs when I saw their huge car. Surely, they don’t need such a big one.

　　W: No…Still…My husband says it’s 4 years old. And probably cost less than ours second hand. And ours is certainly as fast as theirs. Besides, it uses so much petrol. You can hardly afford to run it.

　　19. What has the woman done for the past week?

　　20. Why is the woman telephoning?

　　21. What does the man say about Londoners in general?

　　22. What does the man think of his new neighbor’s car?

　　【解析】

　　文章内容为男女对话，难度中等。对话主题从open-door concert、天气，到男女对新邻居的看法。关键词如cold(the beastly weather)，new neighbors，less cultured，snob，以及关键句子如提示女士致电意图的I’m calling about the open-door concert in London.说明女士上个星期做了什么事的It’s been so cold that I haven’t been outside for a week.以及男士对于新邻居的看法But I always find them less cultured等等。对话中没有出现难词，考生在把握整个对话的意思和意图的同时，还需要留心关键词，这样可以根据选项对题目会问些什么做出推测。

　　Questions 23--26

　　Most people are too anxious doing tests, their anxiety overshadows or even interferes with the ability to reason and make them less efficient than normal. As a result, they score far lower than they should. This is an unnecessary handicap, especially if you are a student who is going to spent 12 to 16 years or more taking tests. The solution of course is to learn the rules and techniques of successful test taking. Success builds assurance and confidence, which in turn freeze you to perform better and better. Once you realize that eight tenths of your score depends on the way you take a test, it becomes obvious that learning rules of the test-taking game is crucial. It is not complicated, you do not have to be clever, brilliant or dishonest to do it, it is just a matter of observation and practice. Oddly, most people have not really thought much about what is means to make, give and take tests. Once you see tests are school games that have actual little meaning in the real work, once you realize the game has a format that can be recognized, rules that can be mastered, playing strategies that can be learned, it can become as entertaining as crossword puzzles. Mastering test taking like learning to absorb and retrieve information, is part of the process of educating yourself. So the efforts will not be wasted or pointless. Figuring out test is a problem solving experience, and developing confidence to recognize and solve problems is not just a school game, but true educational activity.

　　23. Why do many students score far lower than they should in the test?

　　24. According to the speaker what is crucial for successful test-taking?

　　25. What does the speaker think of the school tests?

　　26. Which of the following is not an educational activity?

　　【解析】

　　文章背景：本文属于一般的议论文问题，探讨的是关于考试的话题。作者认为通过学习一些考试技巧可以有效提高成绩并且提升个人的自信;作者认为这也是一种具有教育意义的行为。

　　本文难度不大，只需掌握基本核心词汇，基本不影响学生理解做题。

　　关键词：

　　anxious adj. 焦虑的;

　　overshadow v. 遮蔽，使相形见绌;

　　handicap n. 障碍，缺陷;

　　crucial adj. 至关重要;

　　format n. 设计，安排，格式;

　　master v. 掌握;精通;

　　Questions 27--30

　　Woman: I have a really strange experience while I was walking around on Saturday morning.

　　Man: Oh, what was it?

　　Woman: There was a crowd and at first I thought there had been an accident. But then I saw that they were making a movie.

　　Man: That’s not so strange. You see a lot of film crews around the town these days.

　　Woman: Yes, but when I started to walk away, one of the men called me over. He turned out to be the director.

　　Man: Really? The director himself?

　　Woman: Believe it or not. He wanted me to be in the picture!

　　Man: No kidding! Did he want you to say anything or were you just a part of the crowd?

　　Woman: I didn’t say anything, but I had to do something. This woman in pajamas was in the phone booth.

　　Man: Did you know who she was? Was she somebody famous?

　　Woman: She wasn’t anybody I knew. Anyway, I had to walk up to the phone booth, then when I saw there was somebody in it, I had to look disgusted and walk away.

　　Man: You mean we’ll be able to see your face in it when it comes out?

　　Woman: Well, maybe, but you know how it is. I’ll probably be cut out before anybody ever sees the movie.

　　Man: How long did it take? Don’t they have to shoot those scenes over and over again?

　　Woman: It didn’t take that long. After we’d done it four times, the director said everything was Ok!

　　Man: I hope you got paid.

　　Woman: They took my name and address and they said they’d sent me a check.

　　Man: Wonderful! Now we’re going to have a movie star in the office.

　　27. What was the woman’s strange experience?

　　28. According to the woman, who was in the phone booth when she was approaching it?

　　29. What was the woman supposed to do as she saw somebody in the phone booth?

　　30. What is the most likely relationship between the man and the woman in the conversation?

　　【解析】

　　本对话讲述了一位女士被一个电影摄制组请去当了一回演员的经历。内容比较简单，难度不大，整体把握好对话的意思。在一问一答之间，女士比较详细地描述当时拍摄的场景，从她被摄制组的导演选中，以及女士在其中所要做的动作 “I didn’t say anything…I had to walk up to the phone booth…had to look disgusted and walk away” 虽然没考到，但是我们在听的时候也要保持对数字的高度敏感，及时记录下相关数据。最后一题考人物关系，题型比较常见，通常从对方说话的语气就能推测出，文章最后还给出 “in the office” 这个很明显的提示，所以在听听力时，不要急躁，一定要听到最后一个单词为止。

　　重点词汇：

　　film crews 影片摄制组;

　　disgusted adj. 厌恶的，厌烦的;

　　shoot v. 摄影;射击;

　　picture n. 照片;影片;