【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]26-28
There seems never to have been a civilization without toys, but when and how they developed is unknown. They probably came about just to give children something to do. In the ancient world, as in today's world, most boys played with some form of toy and most girls with another. (26) In societies where social roles are rigidly determined, boys imitate their play after the activities of their fathers and girls after the tasks of their mothers. Boys and girls are being prepared, even in play, to step into the roles and responsibilities of the adult world. (27) What is remarkable about the history of toys, is not how they changed over the centuries, but how they remained the same. Changes have come mostly in terms of craftsmanship, mechanics, and technology. Generally the same kinds of toys appeared around the world. Variations depended on local customs and ways of life because toys imitate their surroundings. Nearly every civilization had dolls, little weapons, toy soldiers, tiny animals and vehicles. (28) Toys can be regarded as an art form, as they have not been subjected to technological leaps that characterize inventions for adult use. The progress from the wheel to the oxcart to the automobile is a direct line of way up. The progress from a doll used by a baby in 3000 BC to one used by an infant today, however, is not characterized by invention. Each doll is the product of the artistic tastes of the times and subject to the limitations of available materials.
26．Why are the toys most boys play with different from those that girls play with?

[听前猜测] 由四个选项推测本题可能考查男孩和女孩产生某种区别的原因，注意原文中关于两者的叙述。
[精解] 题目问的是原因，但是在文中是以where引导的定语从句的形式出现的，在文章中说到In societies where social roles are rigidly determined，也就是说正是由于性别角色的模式化，导致男孩和女孩受其父母的影响而选择不同的玩具。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文]
What is remarkable about the history of toys?

[听前猜测] 四个选项均涉及toys的变化状态，另由centuries可知此题与玩具的历史变迁有关，因此听音时应抓住关键词history和change。
[精解] 文中说What is remarkable about the history of toys, is not how they changed over the centuries, but how they remained the same。本句中的not...but...句型是考试中极易设题的地方，而且答案几乎都是but后面的内容。所以D)符合题意。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Why can toys be regarded as an art form?

[听前猜测] 由四个选项中的toys和progress推测本题考查的内容与玩具的发展特征有关。
[精解] 文中说Toys can be regarded as an art form, as they have not been subjected to technological leaps,值得注意的是文中的第二个as作为连词引导原因定语从句，其后的内容往往成为考点。本题正是如此，C)的说法正是as后面从句内容的同义表达。类似的连同还有：so, because, therefore等。