95 年12 月托福听力文字Part A1. A: It’s a beautiful day today. Want to go roller-skating（轮滑）?B: Any other time will be great. But today I’m working on a paper.What does the woman mean?1.(A) She doesn’t like roller skating.(B) She writing a story about roller skating.(C) She’s too busy to go roller skating.(D) The man shouldn’t be going roller skating.2. A: I thought you said you are going to call me last week about that car I’m selling.B: Oh, I’m so sorry. It completely slipped my mind.What does the man mean?2.(A) He already bought a car.(B) He didn’t mean to bother the woman.(C) He didn’t say he would call the woman.(D) He forgot to call the woman.3. A: Before we go to the movie theater, I have to stop at the bank and get some money.B: Don’t worry about that. This is my treat（请客）.What does the woman mean?3.(A) Admission to the movie is free.(B) She’ll lend the man some money.(C) She’ll b uy the tickets for the movie.(D) She paid for the movie the last time.4. A: How did you like the concert? I found it really moving（动人的，感动的）. B: I love classical music. But that conductor seemed a bit inexperienced. What does the man mean?(A) He was surprised the woman didn’t like the concert.(B) He enjoyed the concert more that the woman did.(C) He was not impressed by the conducting.(D) He didn’t like the choice of music.5. A: I can’t find Elm Drive anywhere（在任何地方）on this map. I don’t think there is any such street.B: It’s probably in the new part of town. We’ll have to call for directions. What can be inferred from the conversation?(A) The man and woman live on Elm Street.(B) The directions the woman got were wrong.(C) The man and woman are unfamiliar with the area.(D) The woman already called for directions.6. A: You seem cheerful（高兴的）today.B: It’s nice to see the su n for a change.What does the woman mean?(A) She’s usually in a good mood.(B) She doesn’t feel as cheerful as she looks.(C) She enjoyed her son’s visit.(D) She’s happy because of the weather.7. A: I can’t believe that Prof. Lawrence is going to retir e.B: He’s still going to lead a graduate seminar on each semester thought. What does the man mean?(A) He’ll miss Professor Lawrence.(B) He’s surprised to hear the woman’s news.(C) Professor Lawrence will continue to work part-time.(D) Professor Lawrence has found a new job.8. A: We’re having all kinds of troubles finding a new apartment for next year. What about you?B: My roommate and I decided that this year we’d stay put.（留在原地）What does the man mean?(A) He’s not pla nning to move.(B) He has found a new apartment.(C) He’s looking for a new roommate.(D) He’s also having trouble with his apartment.9. A: I fixed the window, painted（上漆）the bookcase and repaired the desk and chair.B: Been busy, haven’t you?What does the woman imply about the man?(A) He should do more.(B) She’d be glad to help him.(C) He should be paid.(D) He’s done a lot.10. A: Want to go to the library now, Betty?B: How about an hour or so（左右）?What does Betty mean?(A) She’d rathe r go later.(B) She’d rath er sew for an hour.(C) The library is only open an hour more.(D) The library closed an hour ago.11. A: Excuse me. Your menu has so many salads. Could you recommend something?B: I think you will find that the chef salad is particularly good. The dressing （调料，连衣裙）is made with fresh apples.What will the man probably do next?(A) Sit down to eat.(B) Take the woman’s order.(C) Look for some apples.(D) Remove the woman’s unfinished salad.12. A: If this weather keeps up（继续下去）, I’m going to have to bu y a warmer coat.B: Sounds like a good idea. Spring is still a long way off（离开）, you know. What does the man mean?(A) The woman should wait to buy new clothes.(B) The cold weather will probably continue.(C) The weather will warm up soon.(D) He already has a warm coat.13. A: I’m so frustrated（沮丧）. We’re supposed to do our assignments for statistics（统计）on the computer. But the ones on the student center are always tied up.（忙的不可开交的）B: I know what you mean. I’m looking forward to the day when I can affo rd to get my own.（省略了computer）What does the woman mean?(A) She’s happy that the student center is getting more computers.(B) She’ll let the man use her computer.(C) She hopes to take a statistics course soon.(D) She’d like to buy a computer.14. A: Ted, would you be interested in serving（服务）on the membership （会员）committee this year?B: Uhm, can I get back to you on that（回去给你答复吗）?What will the man probably do?(A) Reschedule the meeting.(B) Cancel his membership.(C) Take some time to decide.(D) Talk to the committee.15. A: Larry got a very high mark（分数）on this lab report.B: How he managed that is a mystery to me.What does the man imply?(A) Larry usually gets good grades.(B) He helped Larry write the report.(C) He’s surprised at Larry’s grad e.(D) It’s strange that Larry and Mark are lab partners.16. A: I heard you went to Colorado skiing over winter break.B: It was the most fun I’ve had in years.What does the woman mean?(A) She didn’t go skiing last year.(B) She’s just learning to ski.(C) She doesn’t travel very often.(D) She enjoyed her vacation very much.17. A: I really thought I’d win the match.B: Oh, well, better luck next time, Harry.What can be inferred from the conversation?(A) The man was excited about winning.(B) The man is very lucky.(C) The man is feeling better now.(D) The man felt bad about losing.18. A: I’m going to the store. Need anything?B: Well, I am low（不足的）on laundry（洗衣店）detergent（洗涤剂，清洁剂）.What does the man imply?(A) He doesn’t have tim e to do his laundry.(B) He’d like the woman to buy some detergent.(C) He’s going to the store.(D) He’s going to buy some detergent.19. A: Have you heard? There is going to be a history exam next Friday.B: Just what I need. Another test to study for.What does the man imply?(A) He enjoys the history class.(B) He has plenty of time to study.(C) He wants to take another history class.(D) He has too many tests.20. A: Sam’s voice sounds awful（可怕的，极大的，不舒服的）I could barely hear him.B: Yes, he’s got a terrible sore（a 疼痛的，恼火的n 痛处，溃疡，疮）throat. The doctor said he shouldn’t even attempt to whisper（低声唱,低语）.What does the woman imply about Sam?(A) It’s harmful for him to use his voice.(B) He needs to see a doctor.(C) He hasn’t been taking his medicine.(D) It’s difficult to understand him when he whispers.21. A: If I’m not mistaken, your birthday is coming up. Has your brother sent you anything?B: Not yet. He never forgets though.What does the man imply?(A)The woman is wrong about when his birthday is.(B) He expects to hear from his brother.(C) He bought a present for the woman’s birthday.(D) His brother is coming to visit him.22 A:B: Why worry. We have a vacation coming up soon and you’ll have a lot of time.What does the man mean?(A) They’re going to France for a vacation.(B) The woman d oesn’t need to study now.(C) He’s concerned about the woman’s studies.(D) The woman isn’t worrying about her vacation.23. A: Everyone’s raving（vi.说胡话；极力赞美a.赞扬(性)的，胡说的n 胡说）about the new film at the center theater.B: Yeah, I hear it’s qu iet something.What is the attitude of the speakers toward the film?(A) They’re indifferent to its reviews.(B) They’re convince d that it will be good.(C) They’re puzzled by the criticism of it.(D) They’re glad they saw it together.24. A: I feel so energetic（精力充沛的）since I started that aerobics（有氧运动）class.B: Yeah, I am jealous（羡慕的，嫉妒的）. I’ve got to get into（对…发生兴趣）shape（形状，形态）.What does the man mean?(A) He feels energetic too.(B) He jogs because he doesn’t like aerobics.(C) He just joined a health club to lose weight.(D) He realizes he needs more exercise.25. A: It’s raining again.B: This makes it four days in a row（接连不断的）. Do you think it’ll ever stop? What does the woman mean?(A) She wishes the rain would stop soon.(B) She doesn’t care about the weather.(C) She’ll go out after the rain stops.(D) She expects it to rain for four more days.26. A: I heard Dan twisted（扭）his ankle（踝骨）during basketball practice yesterday.B: I guess that explains why I saw him at the clinic.What can be inferred about Dan?(A) He had a doctor examine his injuries.(B) He was supposed to meet the woman yesterday.(C) He’ll have to explain why he missed practi ce.(D) He asked the woman to take him to the clinic.27. A: You seem on edge（紧张不安，烦躁）this morning.B: I have to give a presentation in class this afternoon.What does the man imply?(A) Public speaking makes him nervous.(B) His final examination is this afternoon.(C) He enjoys classroom presentations.(D) He’s going to miss his afternoon classes.28. A: It says here the next train is due（预定的）in at 6:30.B: I know, but I don’t know whether I can make（赶上）that one. I’d rather call you from the station than have you waiting around for an hour.What does the woman imply?(A) She wants the man to be at the station when she arrives.(B) She i sn’t sure which train she’ll be on.(C) The train will be an hour late.(D) She’ll leave home at 6:30.29. A: I don’t know why we haven’t heard anything from Jane about Sunday. B: We’ve been in and out（进进出出）all week. Maybe we should try calling her.What does the man imply about Jane?(A) She has probably had a lot of free time this week.(B) She’s probably not planning to come on Sunday.(C) She’s probably not at home.(D) She has probably tried to call.30. A: What a gorgeous（华丽的）jacket! It must’ve cost a fortune（大笔的钱）.B: Not at all（根本不）. It’s a hand-me-down（用旧的，别人给我的）.What does the man say about the jacket?(A) He bought it at a well-known store.(B) It was very expensive.(C) He doesn’t con sider it attractive.(D) Someone gave it to him.Part BQuestions 31-34 Listen to a conversation between two students.Hey, Sue. I was wondering if you could fill me in on Monday’s class? I had to go the dentist for emergency and I missed Prof. Smith’s le cture. What was it on（演讲是关于什么方面的）?It was pretty interesting. She talked about volcanoes, active volcanoes, under the-uh-West Antarctic ice sheet（冰盾）.There are active volcanoes under the ice?Apparently（显然地）so. She said they help protect the ice sheet and prevent melting.Flooding will be pretty bad if that ice melted, not only there, but all over theworld.You lost me there. Volcanoes are hot. How can something hot prevent ice from melting.Wait a minute, let me check my notes. Yeah, here it is. Volcanic heat melts just enough ice to create a slippery surface on the bottom of the glacier（冰川）. This water allows ice to follow out into the ocean. So the solid interior ice is protected from the ocean’s warm.Does that make sense（有意义）?Sort of.（有点）You mean that because the ice is flowing out to the ocean, the warmer ocean water can’t flow in.Exactly. And the ice that melts is constantly（不断地，经常地）being replaced by snow. Prof. Smith said that if the ice sheet ever broke up（断裂）and melted, the sea level would go up seven meters. Then we would have those floods（洪水）.Is that really possible? Or is it one of those exaggerations（夸张）you hear all the time.As far as（就…，到什么程度）I can understand, it is possible, because of global warming. I mean if the ocean got a lot warmer that interior ice would be very likely to melt.Thanks for telling me about the lecture. Sounds like I’ve missed a pretty important class.31. Why did the man ask the woman about the lecture?(A) His lecture notes weren’t very good.(B) He didn’t understand the lecture.(C) He couldn’t atte nd the lecture.(D) His research was on the same topic as the lecture.32. What was the topic of the professor’s lecture?(A) Survival strategies for extreme Antarctic cold.(B) Why inactive volcanoes become active.(C) The principal causes of global warming.(D) The effects of volcanoes on the Antarctic ice sheet.33. What information confused（使…困惑，混淆）the man?(A) That a snow cover can cause ice to melt.(B) How heat can prevent ice from melting.(C) How water flows into the ocean.(D) Why volcanoes have a slippery surface.34. According to the woman, what protects the interior ice from the warmth of the ocean?(A) Melting ice.(B) Snowfall(C) Glaciers which serve as barriers.(D) Variations in temperature in Antarctica.Questions 35-38 Listen to a radio interview about cycling.（骑自行车运动）And now here is ou r guest Jane Thomas to tell us about Montreal’s famous yearly island bicycle tour which is coming up in June. Good morning, Jane. What’s the bike tour all about?Well, Peter, it’s an event that’s opened to anybody who’d like to ride a bicycle through the streets of Montreal. The tour covers a standard distance of 65 kilometers. But the route’s quite different every year. So even people who’ve already done it might enjoy doing it again.How long does it take to go the whole distance?It varies. Cyclists are free to go as fast or as slow and do as much or as little of the course as they like.Well, what’s the typical pace（节奏）for a participant（参与者）?Between 12 and 30 kilometers per hour. Some cyclists stop along the way and don’t cross the finish line until early evening. But the whole point is that there is no rush（冲刺）.It’s not a race.I understand last year’s tour had 45,000 cyclists and it was the largest mass （群众）cycling event in the world. How many do you expect this year?The same as last year. And since we regularly（经常地）have so many participants, can I take this opportunity to remind our listeners to sign up early? We filled up（填补）quickly last year and we had to refused lots of applications（申请）.Before we close, any other tips for all prospective（可能的，预期的）cyclists? Yes, take water with you. It is available at the relay（n接力）station. But it helps to have an additional supply. And pack（n 背包v 背）a good lunch with plenty of fruit for energy. Candy and chocolate don’t do the trick（诀窍）.35. What is the main subject of the conversation?(A) How to increase one’s speed in a bicycle race.(B) Major Canadian bicycle races.(C) The contribution of cycling to health.(D) An annual cycling event.36. According to the woman, what is different every year?(A) The length of the course.(B) The route the cyclists take.(C) The number of participants.(D) The month in which the tour is held.37. What does the woman imply about the participants?(A) They are not competing with each other.(B) They have to pay a high fee.(C) They tend to be beginning cyclists.(D) Most of them fail to finish the route.38. What does the woman mention is provided at the relay station?(A) Chocolates.(B) Water(C) First aid.(D) Bicycle repair services.Part CQuestions 39-42 Listen to talk given by a history professor.I’m sure almost everyone of you looked at your watch or at a clock beforeyou came to class today. Watches and clocks seem as much part of our life as breathing or eating. Any yet, do you know that watches and clocks were scarce（稀有的，罕见的）in the United States until the late 1850s. In the late 1700s people didn’t know the exact time unless they were near a clock. Those delightful（讨人喜欢的）clocks in the squares（广场）of European towns were built for the public.After all, most citizens simply couldn’t afford a personal timepiece（时钟）. Well, until the 1800s, in Europe and the United States, the main purpose of a watch, which by the way was off and on a gold chain（金链子）, was to show others how wealthy（富有的）you were. The word “wrist watch”didn’t even enter the English language until nearly 1900. By then, the rapid pace of industrialization in the United States meant that measuring time had become essential.（必需的，必不可少的）How could the factory worker get to work on time, unless he or she knew exactly what time it was. Since efficiency was now measured by how fast the job was done, everyone was interested in time. And since industrialization made possible the manufacture of large quantities of goods, watches became fairly（adv 相当）inexpensive. Furthermore（而且，此外）, electric lights kept factories going around the clock. Being “on time” had entered the language and life of every citizen.39. What does the professor mainly discuss?(A) Reasons for increased productivity.(B) How wristwatches are manufactured.(C) The industrialization of the United States.(D) The development of individual timepieces.40. What was true of watches before the 1850s?(A) They were common in the United States, but not in Europe.(B) Only a few people had them.(C) People considered them essential.(D) They were not very accurate.41. According to the speaker, why did some people wear watches in the1800s?(A) They were a sign of wealth.(B) It was important to be on time.(C) It was fashionable to wear them.(D) They were inexpensive.42. What effect did industrialization have on watch making?(A) Watches were of higher quality than ever before.(B) More clocks were manufactured than watches.(C) The availability of watches increased.(D) Watches became less important because factories had clocks.Questions 43-46 Listen to a guide in an aquarium.This room is devoted to（专心于，专注于）electric fish. The eel （鳗鱼）in the tank behind me can produce a strong jolt（颠簸，震动）of electricity to stun （使震惊）its prey（n被掠食者，受害者）. But most of the fish in here produce only weak electrical impulses（脉冲）that are useful for navigating, locating food and even for communicating.The knife fish is a good example. This fish navigates using tiny receptors（接收器）in the skin that are sensitive（敏感的）to electrical impulses. The knife fish produces an electrical signal and the receptors in its skin let it know when the signal is distorted（变形）by（通过）a tree root or other obstacle, so it can go around（绕过走）it.Fish also use the ability to produce and detective（探知，发现）electrical impulses to communicate.They can tell each other what species they belong to, how big they are and whether they are male or female. We had a tank here that’s specially equipped（配备）to convert the inaudible（听不见的）signals that fish produce into sounds you can hear when you put on（带上）these headphones. I urge（敦促，劝）you all to listen in when I’m done speaking. Now have a look at the electric rays（电子射线）. Rays are specially interesting to medical researchers because of the organs they use toproduce electricity. These organs contain a chemical that carries signals from one nerve ending（神经末梢）to the next, not only in rays but also in people. By studying these organs, scientists hope to learn more about diseases that interrupt（中断）the transmission of impulses from one nerve to another.43. What is the talk main about?(A) The difficulty of breeding electric fish.(B) The medical importance of electric fish.(C) How certain fish use electricity.(D) How fish navigate.44. What does the knife fish use electricity for?(A) To destroy tree roots.(B) To digest its food.(C) To protect its territory.(D) To find its way.45. Why does the speaker suggest putting on headphones?(A) To hear a translation of her talk.(B) To hear signals produced by electric fish.(C) To hear sounds used to train electric fish.(D) To hear a tape about electric fish.46. According to the speaker, what medical benefits might result from studying electrical rays?(A) Improved understanding of diseases of the nervous system.(B) Improved understanding of a type of malnutrition.(C) Improved understanding of some types of bone disease.(D) improved understanding of disease of the internal organs.Questions 47-50 Listen to a lecture given in a dance history class.So why did what is now called “modern dance” begin in the United States? To begin to answer this question I’ll need to back track a little bit and talk about classical ballet.By the late 1800s, ballet had lost a lot of its popularity（流行，名望）. Most of the ballet dancers who performed in the United States were brought overfrom Europe. They performed using the rigid（死板的）techniques that had been passed down through the centuries. Audiences and dancers in the United States were eager（渴望的）for their own contemporary（同时代的）dance form. And so around 1900, dancers created one. So how was this modern dance so different from classical ballet?Almost notably（显著地）,it wasn’t carefully choreographed（精心编舞）. Instead（相反）, the dance depended on the improvisation （即席创作）and free personal expression of the dancers. Music and scenery（舞台布景）were of little importance to the modern dance. And lightness（照明度）of movement wasn’t important either. In fact, modern dancers make no attempt at all to conceal （掩盖）the effort involved in the dance step.But even if improvisation appealed to（对…有吸引力）audiences, many dance critics（评论家，批评家）were lest enthusiastic（极热情的）about the performances. They questioned（怀疑）the artistic integrity of dancers who were not professionally trained and the artistic value of works that had no formal structure. Loi Fore, after performing fire dance, was described as doing little more than turning round and round（越来越圆）like an eggbeater （打蛋器，直升机）. Yet the free personal expression of the pioneer dancers is the basis of the controlled freedom of modern dance today.47. What does the speaker mainly discuss?(A) The origins and characteristics of modern dance.(B) The influence of modern dance on ballet.(C) Pioneer modern dancers.(D) The training of modern dance choreographers.48. Why were ballet performances unpopular in the United Stated in the early 1900s?(A) They were created in Europe.(B) They were conventional.(C) The theaters were crowded.(D) The tickets were overpriced.49. What is the distinguishing feature of modern dance performances?(A) Lightness of movement.(B) Elaborate scenery.(C) Free expression.(D) Rigid choreography.50. Why were early modern dancers criticized（批评）by dance critics?(A) They performed mainly in Europe.(B) They imitated the techniques of ballet.(C) They performed to classical music.(D) They weren’t formally trained.。