31.What can we infer from the passage?
【解析】C屬推理題。從文中最后段的最后兩句話"“People will be able to fly from one planet to another in nasty little arrowshaped tubes. I say “people” because I have no intention of being one of them.”可推斷出作者沒有在太空飛行的意圖。故C為正確選項(xiàng)。
Passage Three
When I was at school, my ambition was to be a pilot in the Air Force. But my eyesight wasn’t good enough. So I had to give up the idea. I went to university and studies physics. I wanted to stay on there and do research, but my father died at about that time. So I thought I’d better get a job and earn my living. I started working in an engineering firm.
I expected to stay in that job for a long time. But then, they appointed a new managing director. I didn’t get on with him, so I resigned and applied for a job with another engineering company. I would certainly have accepted the job if they had offered it to me, but on my way to the interview I met a friend who was working for a travel agency. He offered me a job in Spain. And I’ve always liked Spain, so I took it.
I worked in the travel agency for two years and then they wanted to send me to South America. But I had just got married. So I decided to stay here. Then we had a baby and I wasn’t earning enough to support the family. So I started giving English lessons at a school in the evenings.
I liked the English teaching more than working for the travel agency, and then the owner of the school offered me a fulltime job as a teacher. So I resigned from the agency. Two years later, the owner of the school wanted to retire, so he asked me to take over as the director. And here I am.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32.Why did the man give up studying physics?
【解析】D文章第一段，由于我的父親在那段時(shí)間去世了，所以我想我參加工作掙錢生活，開始了工作。I wanted to stay on there and do research, but my father died at about that time. So I thought I’d better get a job and earn my living. I started working in an engineering firm. 所以選D。
33.Why did the man resign from the engineering firm?
【解析】D 公司換了一個(gè)新的經(jīng)理，我和他相處得不好，所以辭去了這份工作，But then, they appointed a new managing director. I didn’t get on with him, so I resigned and applied for a job with another engineering company. 所以選D。
34.Why did the man take the job at the travel agency?
【解析】C文章中說我的一個(gè)朋友介紹我去西班牙工作，我又一直都喜歡西班牙，所以就接受了。選C。
35.Why did the man start to teach English part time?
【解析】B相比在旅游局工作我更喜歡教英語，而且學(xué)校的負(fù)責(zé)人給我提供了一份不錯(cuò)的教師工作。所以選B。
Section C
36.【答案】percent
【解析】percent的意思是百分比，事實(shí)上，世界上400多種鯊魚中有百分之九十四的是對人類有害的。
37.【答案】harmless
【解析】harmless的意思是無害的。這句話的意思同上面的題目。
38.【答案】proves
【解析】prove是改善的意思，美國在一個(gè)鯊魚展上做了點(diǎn)兒措施，使人們能夠觸摸小鯊魚。
39.【答案】dozen
【解析】dozen的意思是一打，就是通指十幾種的東西。
40.【答案】smoothly
【解析】smoothly的意思是平滑的，這兩句話的意思是人們能看到十幾種鯊魚在一個(gè)容器里自由自在地游動。
41.【答案】attacks
【解析】attack的意思是攻擊，很多人很難意識到鯊魚的攻擊行為其實(shí)是很少發(fā)生的。
42.【答案】lightning
【解析】lightning的意思是閃電，人們被閃電打到的概率要比被鯊魚攻擊的幾率要大。
43.【答案】December
【解析】十二月
44.【答案】We want people to discover that sharks are amazing animals that need our respect and protection
【解析】鯊魚是令人驚訝的動物，我們應(yīng)該保護(hù)它們。
45.【答案】A study found that almost all recorded shark species have fallen by half in the past eight to 15 years
【解析】有記錄的鯊魚種類已經(jīng)減少到了一半，在過去的8—15年間。
46.【答案】More than half of all sharks are smaller than one meter long
【解析】有一半的鯊魚是小于一米的。
【解析】C屬推理題。從文中最后段的最后兩句話"“People will be able to fly from one planet to another in nasty little arrowshaped tubes. I say “people” because I have no intention of being one of them.”可推斷出作者沒有在太空飛行的意圖。故C為正確選項(xiàng)。
Passage Three
When I was at school, my ambition was to be a pilot in the Air Force. But my eyesight wasn’t good enough. So I had to give up the idea. I went to university and studies physics. I wanted to stay on there and do research, but my father died at about that time. So I thought I’d better get a job and earn my living. I started working in an engineering firm.
I expected to stay in that job for a long time. But then, they appointed a new managing director. I didn’t get on with him, so I resigned and applied for a job with another engineering company. I would certainly have accepted the job if they had offered it to me, but on my way to the interview I met a friend who was working for a travel agency. He offered me a job in Spain. And I’ve always liked Spain, so I took it.
I worked in the travel agency for two years and then they wanted to send me to South America. But I had just got married. So I decided to stay here. Then we had a baby and I wasn’t earning enough to support the family. So I started giving English lessons at a school in the evenings.
I liked the English teaching more than working for the travel agency, and then the owner of the school offered me a fulltime job as a teacher. So I resigned from the agency. Two years later, the owner of the school wanted to retire, so he asked me to take over as the director. And here I am.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32.Why did the man give up studying physics?
【解析】D文章第一段，由于我的父親在那段時(shí)間去世了，所以我想我參加工作掙錢生活，開始了工作。I wanted to stay on there and do research, but my father died at about that time. So I thought I’d better get a job and earn my living. I started working in an engineering firm. 所以選D。
33.Why did the man resign from the engineering firm?
【解析】D 公司換了一個(gè)新的經(jīng)理，我和他相處得不好，所以辭去了這份工作，But then, they appointed a new managing director. I didn’t get on with him, so I resigned and applied for a job with another engineering company. 所以選D。
34.Why did the man take the job at the travel agency?
【解析】C文章中說我的一個(gè)朋友介紹我去西班牙工作，我又一直都喜歡西班牙，所以就接受了。選C。
35.Why did the man start to teach English part time?
【解析】B相比在旅游局工作我更喜歡教英語，而且學(xué)校的負(fù)責(zé)人給我提供了一份不錯(cuò)的教師工作。所以選B。
Section C
36.【答案】percent
【解析】percent的意思是百分比，事實(shí)上，世界上400多種鯊魚中有百分之九十四的是對人類有害的。
37.【答案】harmless
【解析】harmless的意思是無害的。這句話的意思同上面的題目。
38.【答案】proves
【解析】prove是改善的意思，美國在一個(gè)鯊魚展上做了點(diǎn)兒措施，使人們能夠觸摸小鯊魚。
39.【答案】dozen
【解析】dozen的意思是一打，就是通指十幾種的東西。
40.【答案】smoothly
【解析】smoothly的意思是平滑的，這兩句話的意思是人們能看到十幾種鯊魚在一個(gè)容器里自由自在地游動。
41.【答案】attacks
【解析】attack的意思是攻擊，很多人很難意識到鯊魚的攻擊行為其實(shí)是很少發(fā)生的。
42.【答案】lightning
【解析】lightning的意思是閃電，人們被閃電打到的概率要比被鯊魚攻擊的幾率要大。
43.【答案】December
【解析】十二月
44.【答案】We want people to discover that sharks are amazing animals that need our respect and protection
【解析】鯊魚是令人驚訝的動物，我們應(yīng)該保護(hù)它們。
45.【答案】A study found that almost all recorded shark species have fallen by half in the past eight to 15 years
【解析】有記錄的鯊魚種類已經(jīng)減少到了一半，在過去的8—15年間。
46.【答案】More than half of all sharks are smaller than one meter long
【解析】有一半的鯊魚是小于一米的。