单选题
What does the speaker mean?
a. He cooperated with his friends and set up a business together.
b. He was given a lot of advice by his friends in setting up his own business.
e. His friends gave him much financial support in setting up his own business.
d. His friends encouraged him to set up his own business.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
After he qualified as a doctor, his friends set him up in a practice of his own.
单选题
What does the speaker mean?
a. The administrative function and the roles were poorly fulfilled, which caused the violence.
b. The deep-seated corruption in the government has contributed to the violence.
c. The government's tyrannical ruling had caused the chaos.
d. The fight for power caused chaos that contributed the violence.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
The commander of the U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said power vacuums in the south where the government had little presence had contributed to the violence.
单选题
What does the speaker mean?
a. June Allyson's movie career gradually declined as she began to appear on TV.
b. The frustration in the movie industry was one of the reasons that June Allyson turned to TV business.
c. June Allyson gradually lost her interest in movie after she got top ranking in the film box office.
d. June Allyson tended to challenge the TV business after she got top ranking in the film box office.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
Although ranked as one of the ten leading box office stars in the mid-1950s, June Allyson's Hollywood career waned at the end of that decade and she moved into television.
单选题
Which of the following is true?
a. Saddam killed 148 Shiites as a reaction when an attempt of murdering him failed.
b. Saddam is on a trial where 7 witnesses are present.
c. Saddam took revenge after 7 people conspired to murder him in 1982.
d. Saddam is the only person charged with crimes against humanity for the massive killing.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]
Saddam and seven co-accused are on trial for crimes against humanity for the killing of 148 Shiites following an attempt on Saddam's life in the town of Dujail in 1982.
单选题
What's true about the orchestra?
a. It failed for the fourth time in public performance.
b. Its performance was so charming that even a dog would enjoy it.
c. It performed poorly the fourth movement.
d. It did not complete the whole performance due to some specific reasons.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[听力原文]
The orchestra made a complete dog's breakfast of the fourth movement.
[解题思路]
本题型考查考生对一些在语法、搭配、固定用法等方面并非浅显易懂而且在语义上一语双关的句子的理解。
[典型试题解析]
每题只有一个句子，考生在完成这一类题目的时候可以根据上下文来推测。例如，第 14题，原句为You don't have to feel surprised. David always likes to fly in the face of the company's rules．如果David像大多数人一样遵守公司的规则，就不会出现前面的“feel surprised”了：又如第12题，原句为We've paid off the mortgage，so we're sitting pretty now，考生也可以根据说话人提到了已经“paid off the mortgage”来推测“sit pretty”为经济压力小、生活状况比较理想的意思。该题还可能考查考生的词汇量，例如，第18题原句为Although ranked as one of the ten leading box office stars in the mid-1950s，June Allyson's Hollywood career waned at the end of that decade and she moved into television. 该题虽长，但是考查核心点为其中的词语“wane”。