聽(tīng)力原文]
W: Mr. Glieberman, do you see any change in the high rate of broken marriages?
M: The divorce rate is beginning to level off and probably will begin to drop in the next year or two, though not significantly. The tight economy has made it more difficult for troubled couples to handle all the costs associated with setting up separate house-holds. Also, I believe there’s a comeback of thought—after theturbulent60s and70s—that the family does have value. In the midst of change and family disintegration, people seem to have a greater desire now to create stability in their lives.
W: What is the divorce rate now?
M: About 1 in 3 marriages ends in divorce, a ratio far higher than it was 20 years ago when the philosophy was“Well tough it out no matter what. Society demands that, for appearances sake, we stay together.”
Divorce no longer carries much disgrace. There’s no way, for example, that Ronald Reagan, a divorced man, could have been elected President in 1960.And there are countless other divorced politicians who years ago would have been voted out of office if they had even considered a divorce, let alone gotten one.
The same was true in the corporate structure, where divorced people rarely moved up the executive ladder. Now corporations welcome a divorced man, because they can shift him around the country without worrying about relocating his family or making certain that they are happy.
W: You now have 40 seconds to check your answers to Questions 17-20.
精解：
17．考察考生對(duì)于文章特定信息的掌握以及對(duì)文章大意的理解能力。答案來(lái)自文章最開(kāi)頭第一句“The divorce rate is beginning to level off and begin to drop in the next year or two ,though not significantly.”中l(wèi)evel off和drop推斷出。level off的意思是“穩(wěn)定下來(lái)，達(dá)到平衡”。解答此類(lèi)的問(wèn)題需要考生具有一定的猜詞能力。
18．考察考生對(duì)于細(xì)節(jié)問(wèn)題的掌握。答案來(lái)自原文“In the midst of change and family disintegration, people seem to have a greater desire now to create stability in their lives.”。
19．考察考生對(duì)于細(xì)節(jié)問(wèn)題的掌握。答案來(lái)自原文“Society demands that ,for appearances sake, we stay together.”得到。For appearance’s sake可以翻譯為“礙于面子”。
20．考察考生綜合分析問(wèn)題的能力。聽(tīng)力原文的結(jié)尾部分就是在說(shuō)這個(gè)問(wèn)題，即過(guò)去離婚者所受的待遇問(wèn)題。要求考生邊聽(tīng)邊理解聽(tīng)力內(nèi)容。答案來(lái)自原文中“...The same was true in the corporate structure, where divorced people rarely moved up the executive ladder...”。聽(tīng)力原文中有一些較口語(yǔ)化的句子，讀的語(yǔ)速都較快，除了考生平時(shí)積累此類(lèi)語(yǔ)言，仔細(xì)對(duì)此特定信息進(jìn)行仔細(xì)辨聽(tīng)外，還可以通過(guò)對(duì)前后語(yǔ)境進(jìn)行揣摩，辨別作者意圖。
題型分析：
從聽(tīng)力原文的體裁來(lái)說(shuō)，第三小節(jié)可以分為對(duì)話理解題和獨(dú)白材料題。
對(duì)話理解題的聽(tīng)力原文通常形式為男女一問(wèn)一答式的小會(huì)話，內(nèi)容總不外乎日常生活中的一般對(duì)話，即衣、食、住、行、工作、學(xué)習(xí)等常見(jiàn)話題。根據(jù)對(duì)話所營(yíng)造的場(chǎng)景不同，可以分為校園、工作場(chǎng)合、公共場(chǎng)所、家庭等。
獨(dú)白材料題由一位錄音者單獨(dú)閱讀一段文章，聽(tīng)力原文材料本身一般難度不會(huì)很大。重點(diǎn)考查考生能不能在第一次聽(tīng)后能否對(duì)材料有個(gè)大概的理解。在這類(lèi)獨(dú)白材料的題目設(shè)計(jì)中大都是特殊疑問(wèn)句。題目多關(guān)于材料的細(xì)節(jié)、情節(jié)和主題等。有時(shí)也要求考生對(duì)材料所給予的目的、主題、原因做出推斷。聽(tīng)力原文材料一般以敘事文為主，取材廣泛。
第三節(jié)聽(tīng)力考試中部分題目的句子結(jié)構(gòu)和內(nèi)容都比較簡(jiǎn)單，問(wèn)題常由what、when、where、who、why和how等疑問(wèn)詞引導(dǎo)的特殊疑問(wèn)句，而就題目提問(wèn)方式而言，則可以歸類(lèi)為：細(xì)節(jié)型；計(jì)算型；大意型和推理型等。
細(xì)節(jié)題目往往是針對(duì)錄音聽(tīng)力中的人物、地點(diǎn)、時(shí)間、數(shù)字、價(jià)格等所提及的問(wèn)題，只要考生考前對(duì)考點(diǎn)進(jìn)行預(yù)測(cè)，同時(shí)放錄音時(shí)注意聽(tīng)錄音材料這些內(nèi)容，理順關(guān)系，就能輕松得分。
同樣的，計(jì)算題也往往是針對(duì)錄音聽(tīng)力中的時(shí)間、數(shù)字、和價(jià)格等所提及的計(jì)算。一般來(lái)說(shuō)，題目中涉及的計(jì)算都比較簡(jiǎn)單，只要考生能夠聽(tīng)到錄音材料相應(yīng)內(nèi)容，理順關(guān)系，就能得出答案。
大意題往往是針對(duì)整個(gè)錄音材料而言的，要求考生對(duì)錄音材料的整體內(nèi)容有一個(gè)大致的胖段，同時(shí)考慮說(shuō)話者語(yǔ)氣，語(yǔ)境以及說(shuō)話者的言語(yǔ)中隱含的深層次的意思。解答此類(lèi)題目時(shí)考生應(yīng)要從全局著眼，而后全面做答。
推理題一般來(lái)說(shuō)也是針對(duì)整個(gè)錄音材料而言的，是所有聽(tīng)力題中最難的。要求考生考慮錄音材料的整體內(nèi)容，考慮說(shuō)話者語(yǔ)氣，說(shuō)話環(huán)境及一些其他細(xì)節(jié)的基礎(chǔ)上，綜合判斷得出答案。推理題是對(duì)上面所提到的題目題型的能力的一個(gè)綜合考核。這類(lèi)題目在聽(tīng)力原文中找不到現(xiàn)成的答案，要通過(guò)考生自己的判斷推理來(lái)解答答題目
W: Mr. Glieberman, do you see any change in the high rate of broken marriages?
M: The divorce rate is beginning to level off and probably will begin to drop in the next year or two, though not significantly. The tight economy has made it more difficult for troubled couples to handle all the costs associated with setting up separate house-holds. Also, I believe there’s a comeback of thought—after theturbulent60s and70s—that the family does have value. In the midst of change and family disintegration, people seem to have a greater desire now to create stability in their lives.
W: What is the divorce rate now?
M: About 1 in 3 marriages ends in divorce, a ratio far higher than it was 20 years ago when the philosophy was“Well tough it out no matter what. Society demands that, for appearances sake, we stay together.”
Divorce no longer carries much disgrace. There’s no way, for example, that Ronald Reagan, a divorced man, could have been elected President in 1960.And there are countless other divorced politicians who years ago would have been voted out of office if they had even considered a divorce, let alone gotten one.
The same was true in the corporate structure, where divorced people rarely moved up the executive ladder. Now corporations welcome a divorced man, because they can shift him around the country without worrying about relocating his family or making certain that they are happy.
W: You now have 40 seconds to check your answers to Questions 17-20.
精解：
17．考察考生對(duì)于文章特定信息的掌握以及對(duì)文章大意的理解能力。答案來(lái)自文章最開(kāi)頭第一句“The divorce rate is beginning to level off and begin to drop in the next year or two ,though not significantly.”中l(wèi)evel off和drop推斷出。level off的意思是“穩(wěn)定下來(lái)，達(dá)到平衡”。解答此類(lèi)的問(wèn)題需要考生具有一定的猜詞能力。
18．考察考生對(duì)于細(xì)節(jié)問(wèn)題的掌握。答案來(lái)自原文“In the midst of change and family disintegration, people seem to have a greater desire now to create stability in their lives.”。
19．考察考生對(duì)于細(xì)節(jié)問(wèn)題的掌握。答案來(lái)自原文“Society demands that ,for appearances sake, we stay together.”得到。For appearance’s sake可以翻譯為“礙于面子”。
20．考察考生綜合分析問(wèn)題的能力。聽(tīng)力原文的結(jié)尾部分就是在說(shuō)這個(gè)問(wèn)題，即過(guò)去離婚者所受的待遇問(wèn)題。要求考生邊聽(tīng)邊理解聽(tīng)力內(nèi)容。答案來(lái)自原文中“...The same was true in the corporate structure, where divorced people rarely moved up the executive ladder...”。聽(tīng)力原文中有一些較口語(yǔ)化的句子，讀的語(yǔ)速都較快，除了考生平時(shí)積累此類(lèi)語(yǔ)言，仔細(xì)對(duì)此特定信息進(jìn)行仔細(xì)辨聽(tīng)外，還可以通過(guò)對(duì)前后語(yǔ)境進(jìn)行揣摩，辨別作者意圖。
題型分析：
從聽(tīng)力原文的體裁來(lái)說(shuō)，第三小節(jié)可以分為對(duì)話理解題和獨(dú)白材料題。
對(duì)話理解題的聽(tīng)力原文通常形式為男女一問(wèn)一答式的小會(huì)話，內(nèi)容總不外乎日常生活中的一般對(duì)話，即衣、食、住、行、工作、學(xué)習(xí)等常見(jiàn)話題。根據(jù)對(duì)話所營(yíng)造的場(chǎng)景不同，可以分為校園、工作場(chǎng)合、公共場(chǎng)所、家庭等。
獨(dú)白材料題由一位錄音者單獨(dú)閱讀一段文章，聽(tīng)力原文材料本身一般難度不會(huì)很大。重點(diǎn)考查考生能不能在第一次聽(tīng)后能否對(duì)材料有個(gè)大概的理解。在這類(lèi)獨(dú)白材料的題目設(shè)計(jì)中大都是特殊疑問(wèn)句。題目多關(guān)于材料的細(xì)節(jié)、情節(jié)和主題等。有時(shí)也要求考生對(duì)材料所給予的目的、主題、原因做出推斷。聽(tīng)力原文材料一般以敘事文為主，取材廣泛。
第三節(jié)聽(tīng)力考試中部分題目的句子結(jié)構(gòu)和內(nèi)容都比較簡(jiǎn)單，問(wèn)題常由what、when、where、who、why和how等疑問(wèn)詞引導(dǎo)的特殊疑問(wèn)句，而就題目提問(wèn)方式而言，則可以歸類(lèi)為：細(xì)節(jié)型；計(jì)算型；大意型和推理型等。
細(xì)節(jié)題目往往是針對(duì)錄音聽(tīng)力中的人物、地點(diǎn)、時(shí)間、數(shù)字、價(jià)格等所提及的問(wèn)題，只要考生考前對(duì)考點(diǎn)進(jìn)行預(yù)測(cè)，同時(shí)放錄音時(shí)注意聽(tīng)錄音材料這些內(nèi)容，理順關(guān)系，就能輕松得分。
同樣的，計(jì)算題也往往是針對(duì)錄音聽(tīng)力中的時(shí)間、數(shù)字、和價(jià)格等所提及的計(jì)算。一般來(lái)說(shuō)，題目中涉及的計(jì)算都比較簡(jiǎn)單，只要考生能夠聽(tīng)到錄音材料相應(yīng)內(nèi)容，理順關(guān)系，就能得出答案。
大意題往往是針對(duì)整個(gè)錄音材料而言的，要求考生對(duì)錄音材料的整體內(nèi)容有一個(gè)大致的胖段，同時(shí)考慮說(shuō)話者語(yǔ)氣，語(yǔ)境以及說(shuō)話者的言語(yǔ)中隱含的深層次的意思。解答此類(lèi)題目時(shí)考生應(yīng)要從全局著眼，而后全面做答。
推理題一般來(lái)說(shuō)也是針對(duì)整個(gè)錄音材料而言的，是所有聽(tīng)力題中最難的。要求考生考慮錄音材料的整體內(nèi)容，考慮說(shuō)話者語(yǔ)氣，說(shuō)話環(huán)境及一些其他細(xì)節(jié)的基礎(chǔ)上，綜合判斷得出答案。推理題是對(duì)上面所提到的題目題型的能力的一個(gè)綜合考核。這類(lèi)題目在聽(tīng)力原文中找不到現(xiàn)成的答案，要通過(guò)考生自己的判斷推理來(lái)解答答題目