M: Why not?
W: It is too dirty. They won?t be able to find people to work down coal mines in the future.
M: They will invent new kinds of machinery.
W: Nonsense. The only sort of power they will use in the future is atomic power. (17. interesting 18. rubbish 19. dirty 20. atomic)
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation. M: Is it true that you don?t swim at all now? W: I?m afraid so. I?m too old. M: But you?re only twenty.
W: That?s too old for a swimmer. If I swam in an international competition now, I wouldn?t win. So I rather not swim at all. M: But don?t you enjoy swimming?
W: I used to, when I was small. But if you enter for big competitions you have to
work very hard. I used to get up at 6 a.m. to go to the pool. I had to train before school, after school and at weekends. I swam thirty-five miles every week!
M: But you were famous at fifteen. And look at all those cups.
W: Would you like to polish them? It?s true that I have some wonderful memories. I enjoyed visiting other countries, and the Olympics were very exciting. But I missed more important things. While other girls were growing up, I was swimming. What can I do now?
(21. swimmer 22. too old 23. working (very) hard 24. missed important things)
高考英语听力全真演练（一）
2006年上海高考英语听力答案及原文： I. Listening Comprehension
Part A Short Conversations
Directions： In Part A. you will hear ten short conversations between two
speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it. Read the four possible answers on your paper. and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. -Were you here on March 5th?
-Mm, not really. In fact I arrived three days later. Q: When did the woman arrive?
2. -Is this the Eastern Airline check-in? -Yes. Can I see your ticket, please?
Q: Where does the conversation probably take place?
3. -What did you do on the beach?
-You know, made sand castles that sort of things, and hunted for shells. Q: What are the two speakers probably talking about?
4. -Paul, are you taking the bus or the underground to your office? -My doctor suggests I walk, not even cycle. Q: How will the man go to his office?
5. -Would you like to go to the movies with me this evening？ -I'd love to. But I'm just getting over the flue.
Q: What will the woman probably do this evening？
6. -Yes, madam. What seems to be the problem?
-I'd like to report a robbery. It's my car. It's been stolen. Q: What's probably the man's occupation?
7. -Would you like to go to the ballet next Friday? I've got two tickets. -Oh, that sounds like fun. Q: How does the woman feel?
8. -What about going for a bike-ride? It stopped raining half an hour ago. -But the road might still be wet. Q: What does the woman mean?
9. -How many more cups should we get for the picnic? -Don't we have enough by now? Q: What does the man imply?
10. -Have you completed your assignment? -My computer isn't affected with a virus. Q: What does the man imply?
Part B Passages
Directions: In part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers
on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
5 years ago, I had to make a big decision. At that time, I was working for a small engineering company. However, thing were not going very well for the company and it was losing money. One day, the boss told us that the company was out of business. We were all unemployed. That lunch time we went to the pub as usual. We were all very depressed. While of course, we talked about the problem. Then the landlord of the pub heard the news. He said, \laughed and then we started to discuss it properly. We knew the problems. The company had lost a lot of customers because it hadn't developed new products, but finally we decided to go for it. So we bought the company. The first few years were very difficult. But we worked hard and we had a bit of luck. We began to improve 3 years ago. Since then we have done pretty well. Last years we took on 4 new people. And so far this year we have taken on another ten.
11. Who bought the company that was out of business? 12. When did the company start to employ new people? 13. What did the story mainly tell us?
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following report.
Now it's 8:00, time for the educational report. GCSE is the British exam taken by the students in England and Wales around the age of 16. Recently researchers at
university have confirmed the doubt of many parents and employers that some GCSEs are easier than others, despite official claims that each subject is equally difficult. The researchers found that sciences and modern languages were the hardest GCSEs to do well in. Chemistry ranked the hardest of the major subjects followed by physics and French. They also found that regardless of the ability students were more likely to gain good grades in easier subjects than in chemistry or French. Drama was the easiest GCSE to do well in, followed by physics education, media studies, English, English literature and religions studies. The number of test takers in physical
education and religious studies rose faster than in any other subjects last year. More than 144,000 pupils set GCSEs in physical education last summer, an increase of 7.5 percent, and 147,500 took the religious studies exam, arise of 4.6%. However, it was
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