浙江CET-3英语三级，2016年12月听力与原文
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Part I Listening Comprehension1. W: Fasten your seat belt, please.M: Of course. I didn’t realize that we were going to land so soon.Q: What does the man mean?2. M: How long can I keep the book?W: Four weeks at most. You’ll have to come here to renew it if you can’t finish it on time.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?3. M: Oh well, nobody can stand this kind of burning heat.W: Tell me about it. You can’t even stay in the sun for 5 minutes.Q: What do we learn from the woman?4. W: Hi Mike, we are having a party tonight. You can bring your girlfriend.M: Well, I’m breaking up with Cathy.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?5. M: I’m really worried about passing the exam tomorrow.W: It’s too late to worry about it now.Q: What does the woman mean?6. M: Fifty dollars? It’s a little expensive. Do you think it’s possible to get a discount?W: Um... How about a 10％ discount? That’s the best I can offer.Q: How much does the man have to pay?7. M: Would you like to have some ice cream?W: I wish I could, but I just can’t. I’ve been trying to lose weight.Q: What does the woman say about ice cream?8. W: How many orders do we still need to pack, John? We’ve been packing all day.M: We still have to do about 10 more.Q: What does the man imply?9. M: Ross, you look so worried. What happened?W: Well, I want to get into that class, but I just found out that there are so many people on the waiting list. I guess chances are probably slim.Q: What is the woman worried for?10. W: You’ve gone through all your money so quickly. I thought you were well-off.M: Not me. You know, money always burns a hole in my pocket.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?In the past, American families tended to be quite large. Over the years, the size of the family has decreased. One reason for this is an increase in the cost of living. On the average, children attend schools for more years than they used to, making them financially dependent on their families longer. Moreover, children nowadays are better dressed and have more money to spend on entertainment. The parents usually take the responsibility for all the expenses. Meanwhile, families are less close than they used to be. The breakup of the family occurs when the parents divorce. Broken families usually result in problems for children and parents alike. Children grow up feeling unsettled as they are moved back and forth between parents. Usually one parent takes the responsibility for raising the children. These single parents must care for the children’s mental needs. This is very demanding and leaves very little time for the parent’s own personal interests. The situations of many American families today are not good. However, recent signs indicate that things are getting better. The divorce rate is declining. The rate of childbirth is rising. Perhaps Americans have learned how important families are.Questions 11-13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. Why have American families become smaller?12. What problems do single parents have to face according to the passage?13. What is the recent sign for better American families?Attending a live musical performance in a huge sports center is exciting. Even in a smaller place, such as a restaurant or theater, a skilled performer can provide a great show. Here in the U.S., a very different kind of performance space is gaining in popularity.Singer-songwriter Annalise Emerick is getting ready to play a show in Nashville, Tennessee. It is something she does most nights in coffee houses, bars, and other small spaces across the country. But tonight, the setting is even smaller. Ms. Emerick will play for a few people in Kristina Shulz’s home.“An artist will come into my house and play music and I don’t have to go anywhere. All I have to do is provide the atmosphere, which I am absolutely happy to do.”Ms. Shulz has been holding such performances in her home for about four years. As many as 30 people have attended past shows. The crowd is usually a mix of family, friends and neighbors. But some strangers might show up, too. The performances are listed on house concert websites.“We’ve done rock. We’ve had blues. We’ve had pop, folk...pretty much anything...anything we’ll have here.”House concerts have become an important part of Ms. Emerick’s earnings.Questions 14-16 are based on the passage you have just heard.14. What does the passage mainly talk about?15. What do we learn from the passage about Ms. Kristina Shulz?16. What do we learn about Ms. Emerick, the music performer?More than 100 million people in Nigeria are not connected to the Internet. There are only a few networks that offer service and it is costly and undependable. Now, a new project provides a resource for off-line viewing at no cost.A non-profit organization called The WiderNet Project has developed the offline library. The service puts millions of documents, multimedia work and websites onto a server. The information is then available to students, medical workers, and researchers at no cost, whether there is Internet or not.Users can access informative websites that the project updates every day. Other resources on the service include university and medical publications, computer software, and educational games.Ahmadu Bello University is the largest university in Nigeria and the second largest in Africa. The university uses the Internet educational resources. Kasa Mathias is head of the school’s database department. He says students can access tens of thousands of educational materials without much problem.“We give them background information on the available databases that they can use for their research work, their assignments, especially projects, and sometimes we will carry them through trying new databases that are available for them.”Questions 17-20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. What does the new project provide people in Nigeria?18. What kind of resources does the project NOT provide?19. What do we learn from the passage about Ahmadu Bello University?20. How does the university help users get the Internet resources?Americans think a great deal about time. They constantly (21)refer to time and the value of keeping busy. From childhood, they learn to value time, and their language (22)reflects this concern for it. From the time of its beginning, American English has (23)conveyed this concern for time. Nowhere can this (24)sense of time be seen more clearly than in the working place. Working Americans are bound to the clock. It is a commonly held (25)belief that one should balance work against a (26)set time, for example, an 8-hour day or a 40-hour week. Anything over these time (27)limits is overtime, and the worker should receive more money per hour for (28)work done during overtime. Time during nonworking hours is also considered very precious. Whether an American decides on a busy weekend schedule, or on a relaxed weekend, the time will be regarded as valuable. Some Americans feel they have a love/hate relationship with time. They love the comforts (29)that progress has brought through work, but they hate the bondage to the clock and the pressures of a time-oriented society. There is little doubt that many Americans feel (30)they have become servants of the clock. 点击量： 0
