单选题
What does the speaker mean?
a. His performance in the exams made him the head 0fhis class:
b. His performance in the exams made him feel very exhausted.
c. His performance in the exams was often mentioned by him.
d. His performance in the exams made him feel complacent.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文]
The high scores in the final examinations really went to his head.
单选题
What does the speaker mean?
a. Mary sings the best in her grade.
b. The speaker has no idea whether Mary sings well.
c. Mary's singing skills are inferior to a lot of her classmates.
d. Mary's singing skills rank the second in her class.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
I think Mary's singing skills are second to none in her class.
单选题
What does the speaker mean?
a. Many people believed that he was giving a lot of support to the CEO.
b. Many people believed that he was secretly controlling the CEO.
c. Many people believed that he was secretly doing things against the CEO.
d. Many people believed that he was secretly offering bribe to the CEO.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
It was widely believed that he was pulling the strings behind the CEO.
单选题
What does the speaker mean?
a. It is not very possible that this news may change the mind of David.
b. It is not very possible that this news may cause much attention of David.
c. It is not very possible that this news may be welcomed by David.
d. It is not very possible that this news may do any good to David.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
The possibility is quite low that this news may cut the ice with David.
单选题
What does the speaker mean?
a. The moving cost him much money.
b. The moving made him very tired.
c. The moving took him a lot of time.
d. The moving made him lose many belongings.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
Moving into the new apartment has taken a great deal out of him.
[解题思路]
本题型考查考生对一些在语法、搭配、固定用法等方面并非浅显易懂而且在语义上一语双关的句子的理解。
[典型试题解析]
第11题，原句为Those who throw dirt are sure to lose ground，这是一句双关语。“lose ground”在此引申义为“失去理据、失去支持”，与前面的“dirt”刚好相呼应，本题主要考
查考生对“lose ground”这一搭配的意义理解。第17题中考查的词组为“second to none”，考生即使没有接触过该词组，也可以通过字面上的“前面没有名次更前的”而理解为“最好”的意思。第18题考查的中心词组为“pull the strings”，考生可以比较轻松联想到“扯线玩偶”或者“傀儡”等词组，因此不难得出答案。