【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文]
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! As instructed in our previous meeting, the subcommittee on building development has now drawn up a brief to submit to the firm's architect. In short, the building would consist of two floors.
There would be a storage area in the basement to be used by the research center as well as by other departments. We are, as you know, short of storage space, so the availability of a large basement would be a considerable advantage.
The ground floor would be occupied by laboratories. Altogether there would be six labs. In addition, there would be six offices for the technicians, plus a general secretarial office and a reception area.
The first floor would be occupied by the offices of research and development staff. There would be a suite of offices for the research and development director as well as a general office for secretarial staff.
It's proposed to have a staff room with a small kitchen. This would serve both floors. There would also be a library for research documents and reference material. In addition, there would be a resource room in which audio visual equipment and other equipment of that sort could be stored.
Finally, there would be a seminar room with closed circuit television. This room would also be used to present displays and demonstrations to visitors to the center. The building would be of brick construction so it's to conform to the general style of construction on the site. There would be a pitched roof. Wall and ceiling spaces would be insulated to conform to new building regulations.
What is said about the planned basement of the new building?
短文中提到There would be a storage area in the basement(地下室将有存储区),而后解释说,由于缺乏存储空间,一个大地下室将益处多多。由此可知,新楼的地下宣将会提供一个很大的存储空间,故答案为D)。短文中提到了新楼各个楼层(包括地下一层)的布局安排,听音时要注意记笔记,并听清问题问的是什么。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
Why would the building be of brick construction?
短文中提到新楼将是砖结构(The building would be of brick construction),这样就能与现有建筑的风格一致(so it's to conform to the general style of construction on the site),由此可知,新楼之所以采用砖结构,是为了匹配现有建筑的风格,故答案为C)。C)选项是对短文的同义转述,其中,to match the style与短文中的to conform to the general style同义。