【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文] As a magician, I try to create images that make people stop and think. I also try to challenge myself to do things that doctors say are not possible. I was buried alive in New York City in a coffin, buried alive in a coffin in April, 1999, for a week. I lived there with nothing but water. And it ended up being so much fun that I decided I could pursue doing more of these things. The next one is I froze myself in a block of ice for three days and three nights in New York City. That was more difficult than I'd expected. The one after that, I stood on top of a hundred-foot pillar for 36 hours. I began to have illusions that the buildings that were behind me started to look like big animal heads. So, next I went to London. In London I lived in a glass box for 44 days with nothing but water. It was, for me, one of the most difficult things I'd ever done, but it was also the most beautiful. There were so many skeptics, especially the press in London, that they started flying cheeseburgers on helicopters around my box to tempt me. So, I felt all was worth when the New England Journal of Medicine actually used the research for science. My next pursuit was I wanted to see how long I could go without breathing, like how long I could survive with nothing, not even air. I didn't realize that it would become the most amazing journey of my life. As a young magician I was obsessed with Houdini and his underwater challenges. So, I began, early on, competing against the other kids, seeing how long I could stay underwater while they went up and down to breathe, you know, five times, while I stayed under on one breath. By the time I was a teenager I was able to hold my breath for three minutes and 30 seconds. I would later find out that was Houdini's personal record. In 1987 I heard of a story about a boy that fell through ice and was trapped under a river. He was underneath, not breathing for 45 minutes. When the rescue workers came they brought him back to life and there was no brain damage. His core temperature had dropped to 77 degrees. As a magician, I think everything is possible. And I think if something is done by one person it can be done by others. I started to think, if the boy could survive without breathing for that long, there must be a way that I could do it. What does the speaker say he tries to do as a magician? 录音开头演讲者提到作为一名魔术师，他试图挑战医生认为不可能的事，C为该处录音的同义表达，为本题答案。 录音开头，演讲者提到他试图做到自己创造的形象能让人们停下来思考，并不是让人停止思考，故A错误。演讲者提到自己1999年在纽约的魔术表演结束后，觉得很有趣，因而决定以后可以尝试做这类表演，并不是说他想追求生活中有趣的事情，故B错误。演讲者提到他曾将自己冻在一块冰里，而非将一头大型动物冻在一块冰里，故D错误。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文] What was the most difficult and beautiful thing the speaker did in London? 演讲者提到他在伦敦的时候在一个玻璃箱里待了44天，期间只喝水，他认为这是迄今为止他所做的最难也是最美的事。故A为答案。 演讲者提到当他待在玻璃箱里只通过喝水生存时，有怀疑者故意乘直升机从空中向他扔芝士汉堡引诱他，并非他本人乘飞机在伦敦上空扔汉堡，B错误。C利用录音中提到的the New England Journal of Medicine... used the research来设置干扰，演讲者是说他在得知他的这个表演试验被医学杂志所用时，感到前面所受的苦都是值得的，并非他在医学杂志发表学术论文，故C错误。演讲者提到自己想挑战一下在没有空气的状态下能生存多久，并未提及自己能在一个没有空气的箱子里待一小时，故D错误。