判断题 {{B}}Part A{{/B}} {{I}} You will hear an interview between a
mathematician and a reporter. As you listen, answer Questions 1 to 10 by
circling TRUE or FALSE. You will hear the interview ONLY ONCE.
You now have 2 minute to read Questions 2 to 10. {{/I}}
判断题
The mathematician has a college degree.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]1-10
(H: Host — the woman M: Mathematician — the man)
H: Could you tell me a little about the beginning of your entering the field of mathematics?
M: I started very, very young. I am self-taught, in fact. I have a high school degree, from the Bronx High School of Science. I don't have a college degree. I only have an honorary doctorate.
H: Can you tell me about your time at high school?
M: Yeah. In 1956 when the Russians put Sputnik in orbit, the United States got terrified, so they started having special programs for gifted children to study science. I benefited from all of this. I went to a special NY high school for science called the Bronx High School of Science; there was a wonderful science and math library there. I was very fortunate that I was there at the right time, at a time when the United States was trying to make new scientists. I took university level courses in high school and they were wonderful courses because they were done by some of the best people in their fields. They were really new. They were not following the old curriculum, the old subjects. In every way they were very up-to-date and modern presentations of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. I didn't have to waste time with a course which was really out of date.
And I also went to a program at Columbia University for bright high school students. There were professors at Columbia University teaching, Saturday morning, bright students from high schools. That was wonderful. One of the things they did which were maybe even better than the course itself was that they let me use the Columbia University libraries. I was allowed to look at the books. I was reading immense quantities of books on my own. I was an unbearable child; my mind was ablaze with mathematics and scientific ideas.
H: It was early that your interest and study of mathematics started. Was there a book or something that triggered it?
M: Well, I swallowed up many books. I looked for books that I could study on my own, books that emphasized the fundamental ideas. One of these books was A Mathematician's Apology by G. H. Hardy that I mentioned before.
H: You read that very early?
M: I read it very, very early. It is a delightful book. The normal textbooks require that you study a vast series of textbooks one by one. I looked for books that enable me to just parachute or jump into a subject without having to do fifteen courses first.
H: Well, as you have been working on it so long, what is your view about science? Is mathematics discovered or is it invented?
M: As far as I am concerned, there are two kinds of science: One kind of science is when you already have an exciting field and you need to progress in that field. The most exciting thing for me is when you create a completely new field.
Is mathematics discovered or is it invented? When I was young, I thought things were black or white but as I grow older I understand that everything is complicated and different viewpoints are also correct. So, some days of the week I think mathematics is invented, other days of the week I think it is discovered. I mean, both viewpoints have validity and they illuminate the same subject from different angles.
在第一个话轮中，男士即在第三、四句指出他只有高中学历，没有大学学位：I have a high school degree... I don't have a college degree，因此题句是错误的。
判断题
The mathematician studied science in Bronx High School of Science.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】在第一个话轮男士的第三句中指出他的学历是在Bronx High School of Science这个学校中获得的，而在第二个话轮中，男士又在其第四句中明确指出他在该校学的是science这一学科：I went to a special NY high school... of Science，因此题句是正确的。
判断题
The mathematician felt very lucky to learn some courses on new and modern scientific fields.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】在第二个话轮的第一段话中，男士用wonderful、very fortunate、the best、new、up-to-date等褒义词对自己去Bronx High School of Science学习进行了评价，其中的fortunate实际上就是题句中的very lucky，因此题句是正确的。
判断题
The mathematician was not allowed to use the Columbia University libraries.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】在第一个话轮男士的第二段第四句指出：... they let me use the Columbia University libraries，即这位数学家是可以使用哥伦比亚大学的图书馆的，因此题句错误。
判断题
The mathematician would like to study a vast series of textbooks one by one.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】在第三个话轮中，男士第二、三句指出：The normal textbooks... to do fifteen courses first (普通教材要求一本一本地读一系列的书，我寻求的则是那种能让我一下子进入一门课程而不需要非得上15门课不可的书)。由此可知，他不喜欢一本一本地读一系列的书，因此题句错误。
判断题
The mathematician believes that there are two kinds of science.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】题句对应于最后一个话轮中男士的第一句话：As far as I am concerned, there are two kinds of science，因此是正确的。
判断题
The mathematician thinks mathematics is both discovered and invented.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】最后一个话轮中，男士的第二段回答了“数学是发现的还是发明的”这个问题。其中第三句指出： So, some days... it is discovered，与题句意思一致，因此题句正确。
判断题
The delightful book the mathematician mentions was written by G. H. Hardy.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】"A delightful book"出现在第四个话轮中男士的第二句，其中的主语it指的是他在上一个话轮中提到的A Mathematician's Apology by G.H. Hardy，因此题句是正确的。事实上，整个对话中只提到了这一本书和其作者，听清这里就可得出题句正确的结论。
判断题
The mathematician prefers to teach himself.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】本题需要进行综合判断。在第一个话轮中男士的第二句话指出他是自学成材(self-taught)，而在第二个话轮男士的倒数第二句中用on my own指出自己看了大量的书，且在最后一句中他又指．出自已是个不受约束的孩子(an unbearable child)。由这些即可推断出题句说“他喜欢自学”是正确的。
判断题
The mathematician was delighted to be admitted to Columbia University.