【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] 32-35
At one time it was the dream of many little girls to become a nurse. However, (32)America is facing its hospitals in the US have shortages. The demand for nurses spreads widely throughout the nursing field. What has become of these women to be nurses? The answer lies in not one but several causes．One possibility is the fact that women have greater career options．(33)In the past, women who chose to work outside the home had two basic choices：nursing or teaching．In fact women today are found in nearly every field of work Nursing has been left behind, as women move onto jobs with higher pay and greater status A woman or man in the nursing students are actually being steered away from nursing, told by teachers that they are "too bright to be a nurse"． In fact，(35)the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years. Obviously they (35) require more nurses. (35)AIDS and other diseases have caused more and more people to need nursing care． Usually fatal diseases mean long hospital stay, that is to say, more nurses are needed to care for these patients. It is estimated that the demand for nurses will be doubled the supply in the coming ten years.
32．What problem is American facing since World War I?

[听前猜测] 选项说明文章的中心话题为护士。选项都是有关现象的陈述，因此在听录音过程中，要辨析有关论述的正误。
[精解] 题干询问一战后美国面临着什么问题。根据文章中的关键词nurse shortage 很容易判断出答案为D)。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
What are the basic career options for woman in the past?

[听前猜测] 四个选项都是有关职业的名词，推断题干可能询问女士从事何种职业。
[精解] 属于细节题，题干询问在过去，女性的职业选择是什么。文章中有关键词career options对应题干，且文章提到过去妇女有two basic choices: nursing or teaching，由此可判断答案为C)。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Why may the teachers be at fault for the nurse shortage?

[听前猜测] 选项提到了学生，推测they为老师，题干可能与老师对于学生的就业指导有关。
[精解] 题干询问为什么老师在护土缺乏这问题上起着负面作用。文章中有关键句子... told by teachers that they are "too bright to be a nurse"，故答案为D。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Why are more nurses needed in America according to this passage?

[听前猜测] 四个选项都是对于事实的陈述，涉及人口增加、人们变老、患上严重疾病、医院没有更多位置，可以推测题干的问题可能是询问出现某个问题的原因。
[精解] 题干询问护士短缺现象产生的原因。文中关键同有the elderly patients，以及AIDS and other fatal diseases，说明一方面是老年病人需要护士照顾，另一方面患上致命疾病的人也需要护士，所以导致护士奇缺。