听力题 Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[听力原文] W: Hello. I"m here with Frederick. Now Fred, you went to university in Canada? M: Yeah, that"s right. W: OK, and you have very strong views about universities in Canada. Could you please explain? M: Well, we don"t have private universities in Canada. They"re all public. All the universities are owned by the government, so there is the Ministry of Education in charge of creating the curriculum for the universities and so there"s not much room for flexibility . Since it"s a government-operated institution, things don"t move very fast. If you want something to be done, then their staff do not have so much incentive to help you because he"s a worker for the government. So I don"t think it"s very efficient. However, there are certain advantages of public universities, such as the fees being free. You don"t have to pay for your education. But the system isn"t efficient, and it does not work that well. W: Yeah, I can see your point. But in the United States we have many private universities, and I think they"re large bureaucracies also. Maybe people don"t act that much differently, because it"s the same thing working or a private university. They get paid for their job. I don"t know if they"re that much more motivated to help people. Also, we have a problem in the United States that usually only wealthy kids go to the best schools and it"s kind of a problem actually. M: I agree with you. I think it"s a problem because you"re not giving equal access to education to everybody . It"s not easy, but having only public universities also might not be the best solution. Perhaps we can learn from Japan where they have a system of private and public universities. Now, in Japan, public universities are considered to be the best. W: Right. It"s the exact opposite in the United States. M: So, as you see, it"s very hard to say which one is better. W: Right, a good point. What does the woman want Frederick to talk about? [解析] 四项均以his开头;两项提到了大学(universities),其中一项是加拿大的大学,另一项是美国的大学;两项提到了高等教育(higher education);三项分别提到了表示观点、理解和建议的词语(view, understanding, suggestions)。该题可能考查与男士有关的信息,涉及他对加拿大或者美国的高等教育的观点、看法或理解。听音时,应重点关注与男士有关的信息,同时留意四个选项的关键词,最后根据问题作出进一步的判断。 在对话一开始,女士问男士是不是在加拿大读的大学,在得到肯定回答后,女士说男士对于加拿大的大学有着非常鲜明的观点,希望男士解释一下。于是男士接着谈了加拿大大学的特点和自己的看法。由此可知,选项A为正确答案。其他三项对话中均未提及,都可排除。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文] What does the man say about the curriculum in Canadian universities? [解析] 四项均以it开头;两项提到了与调整、改变相关的词语(rather inflexible, changes);一项提到了大学(universities)。该题对it的相关信息进行考查,推测it是与大学相关的某方面内容,可能与其是否可改变有关。 在对话中,当女士让男士解释自己对于加拿大大学的观点和看法时,男士说加拿大没有私立大学,所有大学都是公立的,都为政府所有。所以,大学的课程都是由教育部负责制定,导致没有太多灵活调整的余地。由此可知,选项B为正确答案,inflexible是对对话中的there is not much room for flexibility的同义转述。其他三项对话中均未提及,都可排除。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] On what point do the speakers agree? [解析] 三项提到了与大学教育相关的内容,其中两项提到了公立大学和私立大学(Public universities, private universities),并将二者的特征进行了比较(are often superior to, work more efficiently than);一项提到了平等接受高等教育(should be given equal access to higher education)。推测该题考查的内容可能与高等教育有关,可能涉及公立学校和私立学校的教育情况,也可能涉及接受高等教育的机会。 在对话中,当男士说完加拿大大学的情况之后,女士接着说了美国大学的情况,并说在美国只有富裕家庭的孩子才能进入最好的学校,这实际上也是一个问题。男士接着说自己同意女士的观点,他也认为女士所说的情况确实是个问题,因为美国并没有给每个人平等的入学机会。由此可知,在每个人都该得到接受高等教育的公平机会这一点上两位说话者观点一致,故选项C为正确答案。其他三项对话中均未明确提及,都不是两个人一致同意的观点,均可排除。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] What point does the man make at the end of the conversation? [解析] 两项提到了大学的教育体系或者管(university systems, university management),一项同时提到了公立和私立大学(a public university or a private one),一项提到了私立大学的情况(Many private universities...are actually large bureaucracies)。该题可能考查大学的情况,可能涉及大学的教育体系或者管理,也可能涉及公立或私立大学的情况。 在对话中,男士提到加拿大的大学都是公立大学,女士则提到美国有很多的私立大学。之后,男士又说日本有着私立和公立大学并存的教育体系,在日本,目前人们普遍认为公立大学是最好的。女士说这一点与美国正好相反。男士总结说,所以很难判断哪一种教育模式更好。由此可知,选项C为正确答案。其他三项在对话中都有提到,但并不是男士的观点,都可排除。