【正文】 h, we really don’t have much right now. You might be better waiting until next semester. If you really want something, how are your puter skills? Student： About average I’d say. I helped teach some of the basic puter classes. Northeastern offers for new users, if that helps any？ Administrator： OK, the technology support department needs people to work its helpdesk. It’s basically a customer service job, answering questions, helping people solve their puter problems, give you a chance to develop your people skills. Student： Something every diplomat needs. But is there some problem? I mean why is the job still open? Administrator： （ 4） Well, they have extended hours, from 6am to 2am every day. So they need a large staff. But right now they only need people early mornings, late nights, and weekends. You’d probably end up with a bit of everything rather than a regular spot. On the bright side you’ll probably be able to get some studying done between calls. At least it could be a start and then you can try for better hours next semester. Student： Um, I see why the hours might be a problem. But I guess I can’t afford to be too picky if I want a job. Still maybe we can work something out.. 詞匯： diplomat n. 外交家 helpdesk n. 幫助臺(tái) spot n. 地點(diǎn) picky adj. 挑剔的；吹毛求疵的 題目： 1. Why does the student go to the university office? 解析：主旨題，文中學(xué)生找管理員主要是想尋求工作機(jī)會(huì)。 答案： To find out if there are any jobs available on campus 2. Why did the student transfer toCentralUniversity? 解析：細(xì)節(jié)題，定位 transfer,注意文中教授學(xué)生問(wèn)答部分以及學(xué)生解釋原因 but后面的內(nèi)容。文中提到 exchange，不要被 B選項(xiàng)（ To participate in a student exchange program）迷惑。 答案： To explain his interest in a particular field of study 4. What can be inferred about students who apply for the open position at the technologysupport helpdesk? 解析：推測(cè)題，定位 helpdesk. 文中說(shuō)這個(gè)職位需要早晚及周末工作，可能什么事都要做一點(diǎn)，沒(méi)有常規(guī)的時(shí)間。 答案： They are willing to work irregular hours. 5. Why does the woman say this? 解析：復(fù)聽(tīng)意圖推測(cè)題。說(shuō)明如果學(xué)生真的想要得到工作，只能退而求其次選擇不喜歡的工作。 答案： The progression of scientific knowledge about sunspots 7. Why did European astronomers before the time of Galileo not believe sunspots were on the Sun39。s surface，注意 That’s because of后面的內(nèi)容。 答案： The idea was contrary to their beliefs about objects in space. 8. Which hypothesis regarding sunspots did Galileo challenge? 解析：細(xì)節(jié)題，定位 hypothesis和 Galileo，注意文中教授自問(wèn)自答部分。所以他懷疑太陽(yáng)黑子不是太陽(yáng)的影子。s observations? 解析：細(xì)節(jié)題，定位 Schwab. 原文中說(shuō)證據(jù)說(shuō)明太陽(yáng)黑子的數(shù)量以 10年為周期出現(xiàn)或消失，所以太陽(yáng)黑子循環(huán)出現(xiàn)。s and Wolf39。文中教授放慢語(yǔ)氣強(qiáng)調(diào) Wolf做了 40年的研究， Schwabe17年，將 2個(gè)人的研究時(shí)間對(duì)比說(shuō)明他被這個(gè)長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的研究感動(dòng)。s geomagic cycle? 解析：推斷題，注意 but后面的內(nèi)容。 答案： It led to a period of intense scientific research. Lecture 2（學(xué)科分類(lèi) ——藝術(shù)史） Narrow： Listen to part of a lecture in an art history class. Professor: Today we’ll continue our examination of ancient Roman sculpture. We’ve already looked at portrait sculpture which are busts created to memorate people who had died, and we’ve looked at relief sculpture, or sculpting on walls. And today we’ll look at yet another category of sculpture——copies. Roman’s sculptors often made copies of famous Greek sculptures. Girl Student: Why did they do that? Professor: Well, no one knows for sure. You see, in the late 4th century ., the Romans began a campaign to expand the Roman Empire, and in 300 years they had conquered most of the Mediterranean area and parts of Europe. You know the saying, “To the victor belong the spoils”? Well, the Roman army returned to Romewith many works of Greek art. It’s probably fair to say that the Romans were impressed by Greek art and culture and they began making copies of the Greek statues. (13)Now the dominant view in traditional art history is that Roman artists lacked creativity and skill, especially pared to the Greek artists who came before them. （ 17） Essentially, the traditional view, a view that’s been prevalent for over 250 years, is that the Romans copied Greek sculptures because they couldn’t create sculpture of their own. But finally some contemporary art historians have challenged this view. One is Elaine Gazda. Gazda says that there might be other reasons that Romans made copies. She wasn’t convinced that it was because of a lack of creativity. Can anyone think of another possible reason? Boy student: Well, maybe they just admired these sculptures. You know, they liked the way they looked. Professor: Yes. That’s one of Gazda’s points. Another is that while nowadays reproduction is easy, it was not so easy in Roman times. Copying statues required a lot of skill, time and effort. （ 14） So Gazda hypothesizes that copying didn’t indicate a lack of artistic imagination or skill on the part of Roman artists, but rather the Romans made copies because they admired Greek Greek statues represented an idealization of the human body and were considered quite beautiful at the time. Gazda also believes that it’s been a mistake to dismiss the Roman copies as, well, copies for copy’s sake and not to consider the Roman function and meaning of the statues. Girl Student: What do you mean the Roman function? Weren’t they just for decoration? Professor: Well, not necessarily. Under the Emperor Augustus at the height of the Roman Empire, portrait statues were sent throughout the empire. （ 14） They were supposed to municate specific ideas about the emperor and the imperial family and to help inhabitants of the conquered areas bee familiar with the Roman way of life. （ 15） You know Roman coins were also distributed throughout the empire. Anybody care to guess what was on them? Boy student: The emperor’s face? Professor: That’s right! The coins were easy to distribute and they allowed people to see the emperor or at least his likes and served as an additional reminder to let them know, well, who was in the images helped people bee familiar with the emperor. Statues of him in different roles were sen