单选题 Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文]32-35
(32) The world's first completely automatic railway has been built under the busy streets of London. The railway is called the Victoria Line, and it is part of the complete London underground railway.
(32) The new Victoria Line was opened in 1969. This stations on the other lines need a lot of workers to sell tickets, and to check and to collect them when people leave the trains. This is all different from the Victoria Line. (33) Here a machine checks and collects the tickets, and there are no workers on the platforms.
(34) On the train, there is only one worker. If necessary, this man can drive the train. But usually he just starts it; it runs and stops by itself. The trains are controlled by electrical signals which are sent by the so called "command spots". The command spots are the same distance apart. Each sends a certain signal. The train always moves at the speed that the command spots allow. (35) If the command spot sends no signals, the train will stop.
Most of the control work is done by computers. The computers also fix the train's speeds, and send the signals to the command spots.
Other machines make sure that the trains are always a safe distance apart. If one train stays too long at a station, the other trains will then automatically move slower. So there is no danger of accidents on the line.
32.What happened to the London underground railway about three decades ago?

[听前预测] 由选项中的underground platform,replaced,first,added,computer-controlled可推断本题可能与地铁的改进有关。
[答案详解] 细节辨认题[考频:16]。本题关键句为“The world's first completely automatic railway has been built under the busy streets of London... The new Victoria Line was opened in 1969.”1969年第一条全自动地铁在伦敦开通。故正确答案为B)。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[听力原文]
On the Victoria Line, who does all the checking and collecting of tickets?

[听前预测] 四个选项均为名词,听录音时注意听清每个选项的有关信息即可。
[答案详解] 事实细节题[考频:63]。本题关键句为“Here a machine checks and collects the tickets,and there are no workers on the platforms.”有一台机器用于检票、售票,月台上没有工作人员。故正确答案为D)。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
What is the task of the worker on the Victoria Line train?

[听前预测] 四个选项均以动词不定式符号To开头,由此可知本题考查某种行为,根据选项中的drive,start,take care of,send等词,推断本题可能询问工作人员的工作职责。
[答案详解] 事实细节题[考频:63]。本题关键句为“On the train, there is only one worker. If necessary, this man can drive the train. But usually he just starts it; it runs and stops by itself.”火车上只有一名工作人员。如果需要的话由他来驾驶火车,不过通常他只需启动火车,火车能自动运行和停止。故正确答案为B)。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
If no signal is sent from the command spot, what will happen to the train?

[听前预测] 根据选项中的stop,move,slow down,keep a safe distance等词可推断本题询问火车运行过程中的有关问题。
[答案详解] 事实细节题[考频:63]。本题关键句为“If the command spot sends no signals, the train will stop.”如果指令点没有信号发出,火车会停下来。故正确答案为A)。