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2006年12月新六级考试听力原文
听力原文：
Questions 11:
W:I need to find a dentist; you said you know Dr. Smith well, do you recommend her?
M: Well, I had to see her a few times, but what impressed me most were the magazines in her waiting room.
Q: What does the woman imply?
Question 12:
W: I’m afraid I can’t show you the apartment at the moment, because the tenant is still living in it. It’s really a
lovely place, with a big kitchen and a sunny window, for only two hundred dollars a month.
M: Sounds good, but we really can’t rent an apartment without seeing it first.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
Question 13:
M: So, that’s what’s been keeping you so busy recently!
W: Yes, I’ve been tied up with my studies. You know I’m planning to go to the United States this coming summer,
but I’m a bit nervous about my English.
Q: What is the woman busy doing?
Question 14:
W: How did you feel when you found out you had high blood pressure?
M: Shocked! The problem for me was that there were no symptoms; it seemed to have sneaked up on me.
Q: What does the man mean?
Question 15:
W: So, you’re just back from a trip to India. What were you doing there?
M: The trip was intended to bring to the world’s attention the fact that AIDS is not just an African disease; it’s
also endangering other countries, notably, India and Thailand.
Q: What was the purpose of the man’s trip to India?
Question 16:
M: It’s quite clear form my visit, this is a full size, comprehensive university. So why is it still called a college?
W: The College of William and Mary is the second oldest institution of higher learning in this country. We have
nurtured great minds like Thomas Jefferson and we are proud of our name.
Q: What do we learn from this conversation about the College of William and Mary?
Question 17:
M: Have the parts we need for the photo copying machine arrived yet?
W: I ordered them last week, but something is holding them up.
Q: What does the woman say about the parts needed for the photo copying machine?
Question 18:
W: The cafeteria provided many kinds of dished for us today. Did you notice that?
M: Yes, kind of rare, isn’t it?
Q: What does the man imply?
Now you’ll hear the two long conversations.
Conversation One:
W: :Hello, Patrick, is that you?
M: Yeah Jane, what can I do for you?
W: I was calling about the apple tree that you were trimming yesterday.
M: That was hard work!
W: I’m sure it was. It sure looked difficult. M: Yeah, I’m glad it’s finished. Hauling the branches to the front for garbage pick up was no fun either.
W: Well, I don’t think you’re quite finished yet, some of the larger branches fell over into my yard, and I think
you should come and get them.
M: Listen Jane, I don’t see why I should do that. You eat all the apples that fall in your yard and you’ve never
complained about that before.
W: Well, it’s easier to pick up apples then to drag tree branches all the way to the curb. My kids pick up the apples,
and the branches are just too big for them to drag.
M: Well, I guess you’ll just have to do it yourself Jane.
W: Patrick, I wish you would reconsider. We’ve always gotten along fairly well, but I think you’re out of line here.
The branches are your responsibility.
M: Sorry Jane, I disagree! You take the benefits of the apple tree, but refuse to deal with the bad side of it!
Besides, it won’t take you any time to get the branches out front!
W: Get the branches off my property or I’ll have to sue you.
M: Yeah? For what?! You’re taking those law classes too seriously! I’ve gotta go, I have to pick up my son.
W: You’ll be hearing from me.
M: Yeah, yeah. See you in court Jane.
Questions 19-22 are based on the questions you have just heard.
Question 19:What did the man do yesterday?
Question 20:What did the woman ask the man to do?
Question 21:What did the woman threaten to do?
Question 22:What was the man’s reaction to the woman’s threat?
Conversation Two:
M: Did you hear about the air crash that occurred in South America recently? It was quite a tragic accident!
W: No， I didn’t see anything in the news about it. What happened?
M: A foreign airliner was attempting to land at night in a mountainous area in Argentina and flew into a hill!
W: That sounds really terrible! Did anyone survive?
M: No, everyone aboard, including the crew, was killed instantly.
W: What were the circumstances? Were they bad weather, a fire, or engine failure?
M: Apparently, there was some low clouds in the area, but mostly it was just miscommunication between the
pilots and the are traffic controllers.
W: Weren’t they both speaking in English, the official international aviation language?
M: Yes they were, but the transmit ion from poor quality radios was slightly distorted and the accents of the
Spanish speaking controllers was so strong that the pilots that the pilots misunderstood a vital instruction.
W: How could a misunderstanding like that cause such a serious accident?
M: The pilots were told to descend to 2-2,000 feet. The instruction actually meant 22,000 feet, but they thought
they heard descend 2,000 feet. That’s a huge difference, and it should have been confirmed, but it was not.
Unfortunately, the terrain of the mountains in Norweija ascend to 2,000 feet.
W: So the pilots did descend to the wrong altitude then, because they were following the air controllers
instructions.
M: Sadly enough, yes they did. It was a really bad mistake. Many people died as a result of the simply
understanding.
W: Wow, that’s a powerful lesson on how important it can be to accurately communicate to each other.
Questions: 23-25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
Question 23:What was the cause of the tragedy? Question 24:How high are the mountains in Norweija?
Question 25:What lesson could be drawn from the accident?
Section B:
Passage one:
Edgar Poe, an American writer, was born in 1809. His parents were actors. Edgar was a baby when his father left
the family. He was two years old when his mother died. He was taken into the home of a wealthy business man
named John Allen. He then received his real name, Edgar Allen Poe. As a young man, Poe attended the University
of Virginia. He was a good student, but he liked to drink alcohol and play card games for money. As an unskilled
game player, he often lost money. Since he couldn’t pay off his gambling money, he left university and began
working for magazines. He worked hard, yet he was not well paid, or well known. At the age of 27, he got
married. For a time it seemed that Poe would find happiness, but his wife was sick for most of their marriage, and
died in 1847. Through all his crises, Poe produced many stories and poems which appeared in different
publications, yet he didn’t become famous until 1845, when his poem, The Raven, was published. There is a
question, however, about Poe’s importance in American Literature. Some critics say that Poe was one of
America’s best writers, and even influenced many French writers, but others disagree. They say that Poe’s work is
difficult to understand and most of his writing describes many unpleasant situations and events. Edgar Allen Poe
died in 1849 when he was 40 years old. It is said that he was found dead after days of heavy drinking.
Questions26:What happened to Edgar Allen Poe’s family, when he was only two years old?
Question 27:Why did Edgar Allen Poe leave the University of Virginia?
Question 28:What do some critics say about Edgar Allen Poe?
Question 29:How did Edgar Allen Poe’s life come to an end?
Passage Two:
More than fifty years ago, the United Nations declared that literacy is a basic human right. It’s very important for
improving the lives of individuals, however, it is estimated that 880 million adults around the world are illiterate,
that is, they are unable to read or write. A majority of them are women. Over 100 million school age children
around the world do not attend school. Many others complete school of fail to finish their studies without learning
to read or write. Many countries depend on the efforts of people who offer their time to help illiterate individuals.
For example, John Mogger became concerned about the problem of illiteracy three years ago, so he started
teaching five prisoners in Brazil. In his teaching, he developed a system with these prisoners. He says his way of
teaching can help anyone learn how to read and write with about thirty hours of study. To learn his system, people
must first know how to write letters of the alphabet and learn which sounds they represent. The system divides
letters into three groups. The first group of letter can be written between two lines. The second can be written
between two lines but part of the letter is above the top line. The third group has letters that are partly written
below the lower line. John Mogger taught his students to write simply words from the letters, in this way, his
students learned more than seven hundred words. Many of them can now write to family members. They also can
read newspapers and magazines.
Questions 30:According to the speaker, which group of people make up the majority of the illiterate population?
Question 31:What is the most important feature of John Moggers method of teaching the alphabet?
Question 32:What does John Mogger say about his teaching method?
Passage Three:
Farmers usually use plows to prepare their fields for planting crops. Plows cut into the ground, and lift up weeds,
and other unwanted plants. However, plowing is blamed for causing severe damage to top soil by removing the
plants that protect soil from being blown or washed away. Many farmers in South Asia are now trying a process called Low Till Farming. Low Till Farming limits the use of plows. In this method of farming seeds and fertilizer
are put into the soil through small cuts made in the surface of the ground. Low Till Agriculture leaves much or all
the soil and remains of plants on the ground. They serve as a natural fertilizer and help support the roots of future
crops. They take in rain and allow it to flow into the soil instead of running off. It has been proved that Low Till
Farming increases harvests and reduces water use, and this method reduced the need for chemical products
because there are fewer unwanted plants. Scientists say Low Till Farming is becoming popular in South Asia,
which is facing a sever water shortage. They say the area will become depended on imported food unless water is
saved through methods like Low Till Farming. Currently, more than 150 million people in South Asia depend on
local rice and wheat crops. Farmers grow rice during wet weather. During the dry season they grow wheat in the
same fields. Farmers are using the Low Till method to plant wheat after harvesting rice. Scientists say Low Till
Agriculture is one of the best examples in the worlds of technologies working for both people, and the
environment.
Question 33:What is the main problem cause by the usual way of plowing?
Question 34:What does the speaker say about Low Till Farming?
Question 35:Where is Low Till Farming becoming popular?
Section C: Directions
In this section you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen
carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read the second time you are required to fill in the blanks
numbered from 36-43 with the exact words you have just heard. For the blanks numbered 44-46 you are required
to fill in the missing information. For these blanks you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write
down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check
what you have written. Now, listen to the passage.
Adults are getting smarter about how smart babies are. Not long ago, researches learned that four day olds could
understand addition and subtraction. Now, British research psychologist Gram Shaffer has discovered that infants
can learn words or uncommon things long before they can speak. He found that nine month old infants could be
taught through repeated show and tell to recognize the names of objects that were foreign to them, a result that
challenges in some ways, the received wisdom that apart from learning to identify things common to their daily
lives, children don’t being to build vocabulary until well into their second year. “It’s no secret that children learn
words, but the words they tend to know are linked to specific situations in the home,” explains Shaffer. This is the
first demonstration that we can choose what words the children will learn and that they can respond to them with
an unfamiliar voice giving instructions in an unfamiliar setting. “Figuring out how human acquire language may
shed light on why some children learn to read and write later than others,” Shaffer says, “and could lead to better
treatments for developed mental problems.” What’s more, the study of language acquisition offers direct insight
into how humans learn. “Language is a test case for human cognitive development,” says Shaffer, “but parents
eager to teach their infants should take note. Even without being taught new words a control group caught up with
the other infants within a few months.” This is not about advancing development, he says, it’s just about what
children can do at an earlier age than what educators have often thought.
This is the end of Listening Comprehension.
翻译题仍然围绕基本语法，句法，搭配做文章，说穿了，还是要考查考生的语言基本功。比如72题的虚拟语气 if you had…。you wouldn’t have done…固定搭配为：follow one’s advice， run into trouble；73题see/watch sb。 being done句型；74题的被动语态；75题固定搭配by/via email短语instead of；76题It’s
not until+倒装句型，动词词组send out
阅读解析：
关于快速阅读
很多同学很关心新六级里面的快速阅读部分，它和新四级的快速阅读部分有何不同？分析最近一次新六级考试的快速阅读部分，我个人觉得它的难度高于新四级的快速阅读至少体现在三个方面：1、从文章的 篇幅来看，六级快速阅读长度为1300-1400字，而四级只有1000-1200字，文章的信息量加大，这就对阅读的速度和快速查找信息的能力提出了更 高的要求；2、从命题的形式来看，新六级快速阅读明显加大了主观性题目的考查。在四级快速阅读中，判断题Y/N/NG有7道，补全信息的填空题有3道，而 在六级考试中，判断题只有4道，填空题却多达6道，很显然六级考试更能反映一个学生快速阅读的真实能力；3、从题目本身的难易程度来看，部分新六级的补全 信息填空题涉及到对信息的理解和整合，不全是象四级那样“直接照抄原文”就行了，这也是四六级快速阅读的一个重要区别。下面我想结合2006年12月的新 六级快速阅读真题来谈一谈答题方法和备考策略：
1、 Lance Bass wasn’t able to go on a tour of space because of health problems。
其实讲到快速阅读，无论四级还是六级，答题方法无外乎“圈点关键词”“定位到原文”“与原文比照或提取相关信息”。从这一点上说，四六级的快速阅读又有许多共同之处。
众所周知，所谓关键词就是题干中的能方便我们 快速定位原文的重要的词或者词组。一般来说，有两类词是我们在圈定关键词时需要重点考虑的：(1)专有名词，比如人名，地名，时间，数字等等，这些在文中 一般都是大写字母，非常醒目，所以很方便我们定位；(2)题干句子的主语(一般是一个名词或名词词组)，对补全信息题来说，句子的主语和后面所要填写的信 息直接相关；对判断题来说，除了专有名词，句子的主语对我们迅速定位原文起着极其重要的作用，这一点大家要高度重视。具体到本题，关键词是什么呢？我们很 容易发现一个人名Lance Bass，它既是一个专有名词，又是句子的主语，关键词非它莫属。很快我们定位到第二段开头：Lance Bass of ’N Sync was supposed to be the third make the $20 million trip…注意be supposed to这个短语，它表示本应该做什么，后面一般会跟一个转折性的词，而且转折词后面通常都是重要信息，是出题点所在。果然后面跟了一个but， 后面道出了这个人没实现太空旅行的原因due to
lack of payment，这里的due to就对应了题干中的because of，显然后面所说的health problem与原文的lack
of payment不一致，所以是错误的N。
2、 Several tourism companies believe space travel is going to be a new profitable industry。关键词是主语Several tourism companies，对应到第3段There are already several space tourism companies…后面的These
companies就指代这些旅行公司，他们认为(believing)太空旅行产业(space tourism industry)on the verge of
taking off。 take off大家都认识，是指飞机起飞，它还有一个意思表示生意开始成功， 这里就取它的第二个意思，表示太空旅行产业即将走向成功，它和第三段首句正好形成照应：the beginning of what could be a
profitable 21st century industry。而这正与题干内容是吻合的，所以是正确的Y。
这里我想插一句。有的同学问我：老师，快速阅 读是不是文章的所有内容都得读啊？这里我想声明一点：快速阅读区别于仔细阅读的一个最本质的东西就是＂快＂，而一篇1300-1400字的文章，你每句话 都读，快又从何谈起呢？快速阅读就是想考查学生快速定位原文具体信息的能力，所以大家在阅读中一定要学会略读和跳读的技巧，后面考到的部分当然应该要重点 读，没考到的就跳过去，这也就是我所说的“圈点”“定位”的答题方法。大家一定要记住：快速阅读不会从篇章的角度进行考查，它所有的题目都围绕文章的具体 信息，所以大家可以放心大胆的“断章取义”来做题，直接定位到具体信息就行了。举一个例子，如果你第一题定位到文章的第1段某句话，而第二题定位到第3段 某句话，那么第二段和其他信息要不要看呢？不要管它!除非当你需要联系到该段其他信息时再去看它，但这种题目不是很多。快速阅读的任何一道题，大家都把目 标固定在一个段落就行，命题人不可能跨段考查，而且题目的顺序与文章顺序完全一致!
第3题圈定the space agencies，结合obstacles就知道是正确的Y。
第4题没提到，所以是NG。
第5题圈定2001，NBC，TV，the prize for the winner可以定位到原文找到答案：a trip to the Mir space
station
第6题圈定Hilton Hotel，答案为space hotel
第7题圈定主语space city可以找到答案：small gravitational pull。注意：找关键词一定要找句子的主语，因为一般来说句子的主语和后面要填的词直接发生关系，本句中space city就是主语，依靠一个动词create与答案要填的词相关联。如果要圈定space tourists虽然也能定位到那句话，但明显不如space city来得更直接。
第9题注意500，000 space tourists是原文中的500，000 passengers的同义替换，圈定主语ticket prices，很容易写出答案$50，000。
看看第10题，没有主语怎么办？注意到开头的 介词短语了吗，within the next two decades，根据题目顺序与文章顺序一致的原则，我们很容易定位到文章的最后一段，正好看到一个同义短语within the next
20 years，答案肯定就在后面咯。正好有could be嘛，于是大笔一挥，space planes，爽!可是对吗？？错!!看清楚了，横线后面的是intercity air travel啊(城市间空中旅行)，前面怎么可能是用飞船和它做类比呢？这道题比较难，难就难在它需要对文章信息进行整合，也就是不能直接照抄原文；另外 “歹毒”的命题人在这里故意用could be下了一个陷阱，使看题目不仔细的同学一下子就中招了。再看看原文怎么说的，space
planes could be taking off for the Moon，这么一大串的东西咋整合啊？注意这里不是表示类比关系吗，后面人家用了intercity air travel，我能不能也整个啥travel的和它对应呢？反正宇宙飞船飞往月球说到底不就是太空旅行嘛，于是乎space travel就这么轻松的“造”出来了。读起来压韵，朗朗上口，还得分了，这才叫一个爽字!
最后咱们再来看看第8题，圈定关键词 enormous cost，没问题，可是接下来麻烦了。为什么？似乎在原文中找不到关键词啊。根据前面的what makes going to space the most expensive vacation能定位到原文中的一句话：Make no mistake about it， going to space will be the most expensive vacation you ever take。可是还是找不着答案啊。不用急!我刚才不是说过了吗，快速阅读最难的题目也不会跨跃一个段落，所以你能找到原文中这句话，那就恭喜你，答案肯定 在这段里面，跑不了拉。那该怎么找呢？还是看看主语cost，反正就是钱咯，所以大家下面要睁大眼睛， “见钱眼开”。往后扫视，猛然看到一个词millions of pounds，乖乖，100万元人民币都不少了，况且这里是英镑呢，说它是enormous cost一点都不过分吧。到底是什么这么费钱呢？看看英镑后面跟的是啥玩意，原来是fuel啊，所以答案也就清楚了吧：the fuel，或者你再写详细点就是：the fuel to take off/launch。这道题应该来说有一定难度，关键是用于定位的主语在原文中进行了替换，给答题造成了一定的麻烦。不过万变不离其宗，再难的题目还是 得用圈点，定位的原则，只不过圈点的主语在文中可能会进行替换，这个在阅读考试中是再平常不过了，大家得注意一下。
关于仔细阅读
2006年12月的新六级考试中阅读理解部分除了传统的两篇阅读理解外，还增加了一篇主观阅读理解。所谓主观阅读理解，就是给出一篇文章，后面有3道类似于快速阅读的填空题，外加2道简短回答题。这种阅读理解题区别于传统阅读理解的多项选择题，在以前历年的考试中是不曾出现过的，属于新题型，命题者着重考查考生阅读理解的真实水平，而不是象原来那样，看不懂文章都有25%的概率做对题目，现在如果不能真正看懂文章就想把题目做对几乎是不可能的事。
有同学又要问了：既然主观阅读理解也有填空 题，形式和快速阅读差不多，那我们是不是可以象做快速阅读那样略读，跳读啊？ 这里，我奉劝大家：不要这样!!!我说这话有两点原因：1、主观阅读理解的篇幅不象快速阅读那样长，通读下来不会花费很多时间2、主观阅读理解称之为深度 理解(Reading in
Depth)，在形式上它似乎与快速阅读相似，但它考查的目的决不是学生阅读的速度，而仍然象传统的阅读理解一样，会从篇章的角度以及作者情感态度的角度 去考查学生对文章的理解。所以这里就算是填空题，决不排除会联系上下文来得出答案，而不可断章取义。下面举2006年12月真题说明：
47、Many people whose possessions were destroyed in natural disasters eventually considered their
loss_______
做阅读理解时，一定得仔细分析第一段，因为绝 大多数的文章第一段必然会出现一个主题(topic)，这对我们把握作者的行文思路是非常重要的，因为文章中所有的例子，观点等等都是为主题服务的，只有
把握住主题，才能为理解文章打下基础。先看第一句话：I’ve heard and talked to many people who described
how Mother Nature simplified their lives for them。大自然使很多人的生活变简单了。什么意思？作者接下来进行了解释。They’d lost their home and many or all of their possessions through fires， floods， earthquakes，
or some other disaster。读到这，我们能够理解第一句话的意思了：许多人在自然灾害中(如火灾，洪水，地震)失去了家庭和财产，但这反而却使他们的生活变得简单 了。最后一句写了这些人对失去财产的看法：but the people I’ve heard from all saw their loss， ultimately， as a blessing。这里的the people就对应着第一句的many people， ultimately对应着题干中的eventually，所以这里自然是填a blessing。再次强调读题干时一定要注意主语，这里的主语是many people，所以与之对应的就不可能是distressing，而只能是blessing。看完第一段，根据simplify their lives和a blessing我们就可以推知文章接下来作者一定会具体论述在灾难中失去财富是如何使生活简化的，最后一般会得出自己的结论。
48、Now that all their possessions were lost in the fire， the woman and her husband felt that their lives had
been_____
很容易找到原文中对应的话：And once all those things were no longer there， she and her husband saw
how they had weighed them down and complicated their lives。这里的they向前指代all those things， them指代这个妇女和她的丈夫。答案似乎也很容易写出来their lives had been complicated。对吗？错!! 这里又是“歹毒”的命题人下的一个套。文章中说：当所有的东西都不复存在时，她和她的丈夫才发现过去这些东西是如何压在他们身上，使他们生活变得复杂的。 题干中的表述是：当他们所有的财产在大火中化为乌有时，这个妇女和她的丈夫觉得他们的生活变得_______。过去他们的生活是复杂的，现在这些财产都没 了，生活肯定变得简单了吧。所以这里一定填一个与complicated相反的词，结合第一段首句simplified their lives，这边只能填their lives had been simplified。 注意：第一段的simplified their lives是文章的一个核心所在，因此命题人在这里设置题目是很自然的事，这也再一次提醒我们阅读时一定要把握住文章的中心。
49、What do we know about the author’s house from the sentence “Gibbs and I did have a close call”
have a close call是一个习语，表示“差一点没发生的倒霉的事，或是差一点完不成的该做的事”。那有同学会问了：我哪知道这个意思啊？不要紧，这种对句子理解题就是 要联系上下文，在具体语境中去体会。第四段开头写到：虽然我们从来没有遭遇过如此灾难性的损失，但我和Gibbs在决定要简化生活之前就……。后文又写到 我们当时住在火灾频繁发生的社区， 一天晚上大火肆虐，摧毁了我们社区600户家庭。这次灾难能让我们客观的审视我们原先积累的物品。close本身就含有“差一点”的意思，联系前后文，我 们可以推断出这里的have a close call表示差一点就遭受灾难性的损失，即差一点被大火给吞噬。所以答案是：A tragedy/disaster/loss almost occurred to it或者it had nearly been destroyed by a firestorm。本题有难度，难在需要联系上下文自己归纳出短语的意思，而且以主观的形式给出答案，如果出选择题则相对要容易得多。
50、According to the author， getting rid of possessions and losing them through a natural disaster are
vastly_____
这道题比较简单，找到 原文对应处：Obviously， there’s a tremendous difference between getting rid of
possessions and losing them through a natural disaster without having a say in the matter。这里填入different构成副词修饰形容词搭配vastly different替换原文中的a tremendous difference。换一个角度思考，如果这里不给你原文，估计语感比较好的同学都能填出different这个词，为什么？其一，这里是两种事物相比 较；其二，vastly different这是一个在外刊阅读中常见的搭配，所以如果经常读外刊的同学一定可以轻松的做对这道题。由此可以看出，多腾出一些时间阅读《英语文摘》之类的外刊，少做点不切实际的模拟题绝对是明智之举。
51、What does the author suggest people do with unnecessary things？
仍然要注意这里的主语the author，表明这里要找的是作者的观点，而不是他人的观点，这一点在做阅读理解时尤其重要，当然有时作者会借用专家的观点来表明自己的观点，这个以后 再讨论，先看本题。文章后面几段都是作者的观点，关键是作者对不需要的物品(unnecessary things)的态度是什么，这里一个很关键的问题是如何将unnecessary things定位到原文，这就是本题的真正难点所在。因为原文中没有直接谈到unnecessary things，所以可以考虑它的同义替换词。仔细阅读倒数第二段：Make another list of things you
wouldn’t acquire no matter what， and in fact would be happy to be rid of。注意这里的things you wouldn’t
acquire正好对应着unnecessary things。同时结合最后一段：when you’re ready to start unloading some of your
stuff， that list will be a good place to start。将这里的list与倒数第二段的信息整合一下，就可以得出答案：Make a list of them(unnecessary things) and then get rid of/unload them accordingly。
本对话解析：对选项有一个合理的推断并通过分析选项，按照正常人的逻辑判断出后面4道所要问的问题：
19、 A) He picked up some apples in his yard。
B) He cut some branches off the apple tree。
C) He quarreled with his neighbor over the fence。
D) He cleaned up all the garbage in the woman’s yard。
这里四个表述都在讲一个男的做了某件事情，似乎没什么头绪，先看下面的题目
20、 A) Trim the apple trees in her yard。
B) Pick up the apples that fell in her yard。
C) Take the garbage to curb for her。
D) Remove the branches from her yard。
这题应该是在说一个女的让某个人做一件事情，除了看见了有两个apple，似乎还是没有啥头绪，唉，看得头都大了，还是一无所获，有这工夫还不如啃两个苹果呢。别急，好戏在后头：
21、 A) File a lawsuit against the man
B) Ask the man for compensation。
C) Have the man’ apple tree cut down
D) Throw garbage into the man’ yard 这几个选项似乎都不大“友好”啊，你看看，又是起诉，又是要求赔偿，还要扔垃圾，我心里暗想这个老兄麻烦可大了哦。但再一想：这个女的为什么要这样呢？按照“正常人”的思路，那一定是这个男的做错了 什么事她才会要求赔偿或者起诉什么的吧，而且估计是两人协商不好才会这样的。我于是在脑子里把事件再整理一下，发现思路越来越清晰了：那个男士做错了某件 事影响到这个女士了，于是她就让他弥补过失，可是他不肯。不肯怎么办？这个女士就狠了：你选择吧，1我上法院起诉你2赔偿我3我把你苹果树给砍了4我把垃 圾扔到你的院子里。
我这一想不要紧，发现后面四道题果然能和我的 想法对上号啊：19题应该问这个男的干了什么事；20题估计是这个女的要男的弥补他的过失；21题那应该是这位老兄不肯，女的就放狠话咯。最“可怕”的 是，我连这个男的要回应女士的威胁这一点都想到了，不正好是22题嘛。暗自惊喜，恨不得马上把命题人叫到自己身边：小样，拽什么拽，我也能命题了。既然这 个男的做了错事，影响了这个女士，那我们看看19题，A)C)肯定排除咯， 对于A)自己在自己家院子里拾苹果碍着谁了？至于D)他把这个女士院子里的垃圾清理了，她感谢还来不及呢，怎么会还要起诉他什么的。所以在没听听力前，我 们就能将目光锁定在B)C)两项了，根据听力原文中的内容：I was calling about the apple tree that you were trimming yesterday。显然选B)。这里选项中的cut some branches off the apple tree就对应着trim the apple tree。另外一点大家要注意：分析了这篇长对话的答案与原文，发现答案项都是原文意思的同义替换，也就是说一定要真正听懂了意思才能做对题，想靠听到的 只言片语就选出答案几乎是不可能的事。所以大家平时要加强听力理解的训练，练好听力真功夫，这样才能在考场上沉着应对。
20、选D)remove the branches对应着原文的some of the larger branches fell over into my yard， and I think you
should come and get them。
21、选A)File a lawsuit against the man对应着原文的：Get the branches off my property or I’ll have to sue you。
22、选 C)He was not intimidated对应原文的：Yeah？ For what？ You’re taking those law classes too seriously!
I’ll gotta go， I have to pick up my son。以及最后的：Yeah， yeah。 See you in court Jane。显然这位老兄是满不在乎的。而且4个选项中出现了2个相反的选项：C)He was not intimidated和D)He was a bit
concerned。根据逻辑，如果选项中出现两个相反项，则正确答案必在二者之间。
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