【正文】 when it is heard. It is， therefore， important for you to adapt written texts or outlines for presentations. Good speakers are much more informal when speaking than when writing. They also use their own words and develop their own speaking styles. Whenever possible， they use short words. Listeners appreciate it when speakers use simple， everyday words in a presentation. One advantage is that it is much easier for speakers to pronounce short words correctly. Another is that long and sophisticated vocabulary choices make listening more difficult. Questions30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 要點(diǎn)定 位理解。 D） Those with 15 items or less. 要點(diǎn)理解歸納。 ， I have learned that a customer is more than someone who buys something. To me， a customer is a person whose memory fails entirely once he or she starts to push a shopping cart. One of the first things customers fet is how to count. There is no other way to explain how so many people get in their express line， which is clearly marked 15 items or less， with 20， Customers also fet why they came to the store in the first place. Just as I finish ringing up an order， a customer will say， “Oops， I fot to pick up a fresh loaf of bread. I hope you ， ， a bottle of milk， and three rolls of paper towels. Strange it seems customers also seem to fet that they have to pay for their groceries. Instead of writing a check or looking for a credit card while I am ringing up the groceries， my customers will wait until I announce the total. Then， in surprise， she says， “Oh no， what did I do with my check book?” After 5 minutes of digging through her purse， she borrows my pen because ， and Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 要點(diǎn)理解歸納。 C） It is no longer valid. 要點(diǎn)定位理解。 B） Near a school. sign? 要點(diǎn)理解推論。 A） Customers’ questions could not be answered on the same day. 要點(diǎn)定位理解。 W： So John， I hear you and Arthur share a job， ou? M： W： Well， how do you divide up your schedule? M： You know we are both sales representatives， and we take orders over the phone. When we started job sharing it was difficult， because we both worked all day Monday. I worked Tuesday and Thursday， and Arthur worked Wednesday and Friday. The problem was that when I was in the office on Tuesday， I would talk to people， then they would call back on Wednesday with a question. But Arthur co， Thursday. Of course， W： Yes， that sounds like a problem. M： So， finally we decided that Arthur would work in the mornings and I would work in the afternoons. Now if someone calls with the question for me in the morning， Arthur tells them to call me in the afternoon. This way， people get their questions answered the same day. W： What do you do about vacations? M： Well， week and Arthur takes a week. W： It sounds like job sharing has worked out well for you. M： Yes， it has. We are both happy with it. Questions 19～ 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 要點(diǎn)定位理解。 B） The man got home late due to the storm. ［預(yù)測(cè)］孩子們的運(yùn)動(dòng)： 女子的孩子 ——喜歡團(tuán)隊(duì)運(yùn)動(dòng)、與男子的兒子踢足球；應(yīng)該每周至少運(yùn)動(dòng)一次，沒事干就感到無聊 ？ 要點(diǎn)理解推論。 C） The old furniture should be replaced. ［預(yù)測(cè)］暴風(fēng)雨 /洪水： 持續(xù)到午夜，使男子到家很遲，把所有路都淹了，讓男子通宵待在實(shí)驗(yàn)室。 D） It is worth the money taking a train to Miami. ［預(yù) 測(cè)］舊家具還是古董？古董： 有益提升形象、必須保存；舊家具應(yīng)該換掉，或搬一個(gè)新的辦公室。 要點(diǎn)歸納推論。 C） She cannot attend the presentation. ［預(yù)測(cè)］ He—一個(gè)成功的生意人： 改變了經(jīng)營策略，計(jì)劃拓展生意， 20 歲就接管了公司？ 要點(diǎn)歸納推論。 要點(diǎn)信息理解。 W： I just heard about a really beautiful park in the east end of the town. There are a lot of roses in bloom. M： Q： What will the speakers probably do? M： My presentation is scheduled for 9： 30 tomorrow morning at the lecture hall. I hope to see you there. W： Oh， sorry. I was about to tell you that I have an appointment with my dentist at 9： 00 o’clock tomorrow. Q： What do we learn about the woman? W： How long have you been running this pany? M： Twenty years if you can believe that. I brought it from a small operation to what it is today. Q： What do we learn about the man? M： Have you read the news on the campus ? Susan has won the scholarship for next year. W： I knew she would from the very beginning. Such a brilliant and diligent girl! She certainly deserves it. Q： What does the woman mean? W： Taking a bus to Miami is cheaper than going by train. M： That Q： What does the man mean? M： W： ique. Q： What do the speakers mean? W： M： Yeah， midnight. Q： What do we learn from the conversation? W： M： Saturday. And they both look forward to it all week. Q： What does the man mean? ［預(yù)測(cè)］做什么？如何去公園；去公園賞花；去市場(chǎng)買花； 種樹。 ［解析］ creating a reality of his own或 putting a ding in the universe題干之 “channelling the magic of puting into products”出現(xiàn)在最后一段倒數(shù)第二句，答案可以是該句中的 created a reality of his own，也可以是最后一句的 結(jié)論性評(píng)述。 ［解析］ D） It originates in the consumer market. 根據(jù)題干之a(chǎn)bout innovation nowadays，確定答案在第六段， 理解該段可知如今的創(chuàng)新源于千家萬戶，是 consumer gadgets， online services， consumer products， ［解析］ closed and inflexible由題干之 “critics plained” 和 products”可知答案在短文第七段第一句。 ［解析］ D） an inspiration. 題干之 suffered failure相當(dāng)于第六句中的 fall from grace和 take a turn for the 。 ［解析］ B） 題干之 Mr Jobs’ great strength指向第三段第一句；答案見第二 句： ...he was keenly interested in product design and aesthetics， and in making advanced technology simple to use。 ［解析］ B） showmanship. 本題明確問及第一段，題干之 nobody could match...指向第一句，答案見該句 when it es to putting on a show， ...，再結(jié)合下文對(duì)他在 product launches上的評(píng)述： performances of a master showman，不難確定答案。第一段解題，把產(chǎn)品推介會(huì)上的 Jobs直接比作魔術(shù)師，第二段從世界對(duì)他突然離世的反應(yīng)回顧他一生的三大成就；接下來三段分別對(duì)這三大成就進(jìn)行展開： 第三段闡述他作為技術(shù)大師的與眾不同；第四段分析他作為領(lǐng)袖人物的天賦；第五段介紹他最突出的第三大成就： 如何培育消費(fèi)者對(duì)其產(chǎn)品的忠誠迷戀；第六段由上述四段進(jìn)一步展開，談?wù)?Jobs對(duì)創(chuàng)新這一理念和過程的逆轉(zhuǎn)性影響；第七段剖析他作為 “控制怪人 ”背后的初衷： 使他的電腦最大限度的變得 ；第八段暗示他的去世對(duì) 蘋果公司乃至整個(gè) IT 領(lǐng)域的損失；最后一段借一位工程師的評(píng)