一、Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension
1、Question 1 is based on the conversation you have just heard.
A、He is a staff writer.
B、He is an adventurer.
C、He is an author of fiction.
D、He is a father of four kids.
解析：
Conversation One
听力原文
W: (1) [Mr. David Jackson, a staff writer at The New Yorker,] is known for his nonfiction books of adventure. Today, we go on a different kind of adventure: Jackson’s life of parenting his offspring. David, as a parent of an 11- and a 14-year-old, what is the most interesting issue you are dealing with right now?
M: It’s easy to focus on the challenges, but so far I find these ages to be kind of wonderful. (2) [They are independent and they have their own curiosities and obsessions.] You can talk to them about fairly sophisticated subject matters such as politics.
W: Yes, that does sound refreshing compared with talking to younger children. Do they ask you to proofread their essays?
M: Certainly, with writing, they do. (3) [I really just try to be encouraging.] I think at this age editorial guidance is less important than encouragement.
W: Are there books that you think are important that your children read and that all children read?
M: My general thought is to read widely and to incorporate a love for reading. Learning to love to read, I think, is the optimal thing because it gives you a skill you can take anywhere.
W: So, you are not too concerned, like some parents, with the content they’re reading. I know I have some worries about that.
M: Yeah, read what you like. If a child loves graphic novels or comic books, whatever it is that is turning them on to read and turning on their imagination.
W: (4) [I feel that children’s tastes in books change as they reach adolescence. I know that mine certainly did when I was a teenager.] What do you think?
M: I think it’s especially important as they get older to read subject matter that will open their eyes to the world and people. So, I think both fiction and nonfiction are really important because they give you the power to begin to perceive the world through the lives of others.
1. What do we learn about David Jackson from the conversation? （从对话中我们可以了解到大卫·杰克逊的什么信息？）
解析：A。在录音一开头女士就说到，大卫·杰克逊先生是《纽约客》的特约撰稿人。A项与此内容相符，a staff writer原词复现，因此选A。
错项排除：B项利用录音中出现的adventure进行干扰，但录音中是说大卫是以写冒险类纪实作品而闻名，并没有说他是一名冒险家，故B项排除。C项利用录音中的fiction进行干扰，但录音中明确说了大卫的作品属于纪实文学（non-fiction），C项与此内容相悖，故排除。录音中提到大卫是一个11岁和一个14岁孩子的父亲（a parent of an 11- and a 14-year-old），而不是四个孩子的父亲（a father of four kids），故D项排除。
2、Question 2 is based on the conversation you have just heard.
A、They are interested in fairy tales.
B、They are curious and autonomous.
C、They are a headache to their parents.
D、They are ignorant of politics.
解析：
Conversation One
听力原文
W: (1) [Mr. David Jackson, a staff writer at The New Yorker,] is known for his nonfiction books of adventure. Today, we go on a different kind of adventure: Jackson’s life of parenting his offspring. David, as a parent of an 11- and a 14-year-old, what is the most interesting issue you are dealing with right now?
M: It’s easy to focus on the challenges, but so far I find these ages to be kind of wonderful. (2) [They are independent and they have their own curiosities and obsessions.] You can talk to them about fairly sophisticated subject matters such as politics.
W: Yes, that does sound refreshing compared with talking to younger children. Do they ask you to proofread their essays?
M: Certainly, with writing, they do. (3) [I really just try to be encouraging.] I think at this age editorial guidance is less important than encouragement.
W: Are there books that you think are important that your children read and that all children read?
M: My general thought is to read widely and to incorporate a love for reading. Learning to love to read, I think, is the optimal thing because it gives you a skill you can take anywhere.
W: So, you are not too concerned, like some parents, with the content they’re reading. I know I have some worries about that.
M: Yeah, read what you like. If a child loves graphic novels or comic books, whatever it is that is turning them on to read and turning on their imagination.
W: (4) [I feel that children’s tastes in books change as they reach adolescence. I know that mine certainly did when I was a teenager.] What do you think?
M: I think it’s especially important as they get older to read subject matter that will open their eyes to the world and people. So, I think both fiction and nonfiction are really important because they give you the power to begin to perceive the world through the lives of others.
2. What does the man think of young teenagers?（男士对青少年的看法是什么？）
解析：B。录音中女士提到，大卫是两个十来岁孩子的父亲，随后男士说他发现这个年龄段的孩子都很棒，他们很独立，有各自感到好奇和痴迷的东西。B项与此内容相符，其中的curious对应录音中的curiosities，autonomous对应independent，因此B项为正确答案。
错项排除：A项的fairy tales和C项的a headache在录音中无依据，故均可排除。D项利用录音中的politics进行干扰，但录音中男士是说可以和孩子们谈论相当复杂的话题，比如政治，并不是说他们对政治一无所知，故D项排除。
3、Question 3 is based on the conversation you have just heard.
A、He offers them ample editorial guidance.
B、He recommends model essays to them.
C、He gives them encouragement.
D、He teaches them proofreading.
解析：
Conversation One
听力原文
W: (1) [Mr. David Jackson, a staff writer at The New Yorker,] is known for his nonfiction books of adventure. Today, we go on a different kind of adventure: Jackson’s life of parenting his offspring. David, as a parent of an 11- and a 14-year-old, what is the most interesting issue you are dealing with right now?
M: It’s easy to focus on the challenges, but so far I find these ages to be kind of wonderful. (2) [They are independent and they have their own curiosities and obsessions.] You can talk to them about fairly sophisticated subject matters such as politics.
W: Yes, that does sound refreshing compared with talking to younger children. Do they ask you to proofread their essays?
M: Certainly, with writing, they do. (3) [I really just try to be encouraging.] I think at this age editorial guidance is less important than encouragement.
W: Are there books that you think are important that your children read and that all children read?
M: My general thought is to read widely and to incorporate a love for reading. Learning to love to read, I think, is the optimal thing because it gives you a skill you can take anywhere.
W: So, you are not too concerned, like some parents, with the content they’re reading. I know I have some worries about that.
M: Yeah, read what you like. If a child loves graphic novels or comic books, whatever it is that is turning them on to read and turning on their imagination.
W: (4) [I feel that children’s tastes in books change as they reach adolescence. I know that mine certainly did when I was a teenager.] What do you think?
M: I think it’s especially important as they get older to read subject matter that will open their eyes to the world and people. So, I think both fiction and nonfiction are really important because they give you the power to begin to perceive the world through the lives of others.
3. How does the man help his kids with their essays?（在文章写作方面，男士是如何帮助他的孩子的？）
解析：C。录音中间部分男士提到，在写作方面他会试着鼓励孩子们。C项与此内容相符，其中的gives them encouragement是对录音中be encouraging的同义替换，因此选C。
错项排除：A项利用录音中的editorial guidance进行干扰，但录音中男士是说鼓励比编辑方面的指导更重要，并不是说他提供了充分的编辑指导，A项中的ample在录音中无依据，故排除。B项的model essays在录音中无依据，故排除。D项利用录音中的proofread进行干扰，但录音中是女士询问男士会不会被孩子要求校对他们的文章，并不是男士教孩子校对，故D项排除。
4、Question 4 is based on the conversation you have just heard.
A、Her tastes in books changed.
B、She realized the power of reading.
C、Her reading opened her eyes to the world.
D、She began to perceive the world differently.
解析：
Conversation One
听力原文
W: (1) [Mr. David Jackson, a staff writer at The New Yorker,] is known for his nonfiction books of adventure. Today, we go on a different kind of adventure: Jackson’s life of parenting his offspring. David, as a parent of an 11- and a 14-year-old, what is the most interesting issue you are dealing with right now?
M: It’s easy to focus on the challenges, but so far I find these ages to be kind of wonderful. (2) [They are independent and they have their own curiosities and obsessions.] You can talk to them about fairly sophisticated subject matters such as politics.
W: Yes, that does sound refreshing compared with talking to younger children. Do they ask you to proofread their essays?
M: Certainly, with writing, they do. (3) [I really just try to be encouraging.] I think at this age editorial guidance is less important than encouragement.
W: Are there books that you think are important that your children read and that all children read?
M: My general thought is to read widely and to incorporate a love for reading. Learning to love to read, I think, is the optimal thing because it gives you a skill you can take anywhere.
W: So, you are not too concerned, like some parents, with the content they’re reading. I know I have some worries about that.
M: Yeah, read what you like. If a child loves graphic novels or comic books, whatever it is that is turning them on to read and turning on their imagination.
W: (4) [I feel that children’s tastes in books change as they reach adolescence. I know that mine certainly did when I was a teenager.] What do you think?
M: I think it’s especially important as they get older to read subject matter that will open their eyes to the world and people. So, I think both fiction and nonfiction are really important because they give you the power to begin to perceive the world through the lives of others.
4. What does the woman say about herself when she was a teenager?（关于她的青少年时期，女士说了什么？）
解析：A。录音中女士提到，她觉得儿童的读书喜好会随着他们进入青春期而改变（tastes in books change as they reach adolescence），而她自己在青少年时期确实也是这样。A项符合题意，几乎全部原词复现，故为正确答案。
错项排除：B项利用录音中的power、C项利用录音中的open their eyes to the world、D项利用录音中的perceive the world进行干扰，但录音中男士是说读一些能够开阔他们视野的东西（open their eyes to the world）尤其重要，他认为小说和纪实作品都非常重要，因为它们给人一种能力（power），使其能够通过他人的生活来感知这个世界（perceive the world），这些都是男士的观点，与女士的青少年时期无关，故B、C、D三项均可排除。
5、Question 5 is based on the conversation you have just heard.
A、She is a website designer.
B、She is a university graduate.
C、She is a main street store owner.
D、She is a successful entrepreneur.
解析：
Conversation Two
听力原文
M: In this episode of Money Talks, (5) [our guest is Molly Sanders, a university student and a successful young entrepreneur.] Molly, tell us about your business.
W: Well, I sell specialty clothes through a website, mainly for women who have trouble finding suitable clothes in main street shops because of their height or weight, but I do some men’s clothes, too.
M: How did you get started in this business at such a young age? Are you studying fashion design?
W: Actually, I’m majoring in finance, but I’ve always loved clothes, and I started making my own at 14.
M: Did you have any sort of training in design or sewing, or was it a natural ability?
W: I’d have to say no to both. No one taught me to make clothes. (6) [And most of the things I made at first were disasters.]
M: Why did you persevere? I think most people would give up if they kept failing, especially at that age.
W: (7) [I kept on out of necessity. As you can see, I’m very tall and I couldn’t find clothes that fit me in ordinary shops.] So I kept trying and developed my skills over time.
M: Well, my notes say you earned $50,000 in profits last year, an extraordinary amount for a 20-year-old student. How did that happen? Did you see a gap in the market and decide to fill it?
W: No, when I started university, some classmates complimented my clothes, and when I said I made them myself, other tall women started asking if I would make theirs, and I did. And before I knew it, I was an entrepreneur.
M: So what are your plans for the future? Do you intend to open a physical store?
W: No, I’ll keep things online to keep costs down, (8) [but I will add more clothes for children, both girls and boys, and possibly even for infants. And I hope to add to my range of designs for men.]
5. What do we learn about the woman?（关于女士，我们可以知道什么？）
解析：D。在录音开头男士提到，今天的嘉宾是莫莉·桑德斯，她是一名大学生，也是一位成功的年轻企业家（a successful young entrepreneur）。D项与此内容相符，故为正确答案。
错项排除：A项利用录音中的website和design进行干扰，但录音中是说女士通过网站卖衣服，以及男士询问女士是否学过服装设计，并不是说女士是网站设计师，故A项排除。录音开头虽然提到莫莉·桑德斯是一名大学生（a university student），但graduate在录音中无依据，故B项排除。C项利用录音中的main street shops进行干扰，但录音中是说女士服务的是那些因为身高或体重而在大街上的店铺里找不到合适衣服的女性，并不是说女士是大街上一家店铺的老板，而且通过录音可知女士只经营了网店，没有开实体店，故C项排除。
6、Question 6 is based on the conversation you have just heard.
A、They were repeatedly rejected by shops.
B、They were popular with her classmates.
C、They showed her natural talent.
D、They were mostly failures.
解析：
Conversation Two
听力原文
M: In this episode of Money Talks, (5) [our guest is Molly Sanders, a university student and a successful young entrepreneur.] Molly, tell us about your business.
W: Well, I sell specialty clothes through a website, mainly for women who have trouble finding suitable clothes in main street shops because of their height or weight, but I do some men’s clothes, too.
M: How did you get started in this business at such a young age? Are you studying fashion design?
W: Actually, I’m majoring in finance, but I’ve always loved clothes, and I started making my own at 14.
M: Did you have any sort of training in design or sewing, or was it a natural ability?
W: I’d have to say no to both. No one taught me to make clothes. (6) [And most of the things I made at first were disasters.]
M: Why did you persevere? I think most people would give up if they kept failing, especially at that age.
W: (7) [I kept on out of necessity. As you can see, I’m very tall and I couldn’t find clothes that fit me in ordinary shops.] So I kept trying and developed my skills over time.
M: Well, my notes say you earned $50,000 in profits last year, an extraordinary amount for a 20-year-old student. How did that happen? Did you see a gap in the market and decide to fill it?
W: No, when I started university, some classmates complimented my clothes, and when I said I made them myself, other tall women started asking if I would make theirs, and I did. And before I knew it, I was an entrepreneur.
M: So what are your plans for the future? Do you intend to open a physical store?
W: No, I’ll keep things online to keep costs down, (8) [but I will add more clothes for children, both girls and boys, and possibly even for infants. And I hope to add to my range of designs for men.]
6. What does the woman say about the clothes she made at first?（关于她一开始做的衣服，女士说了什么？）
解析：D。录音中女士说她一开始做的大部分衣服都一塌糊涂，由此可知女士开始做的衣服大多都是不成功的，D项符合题意，其中的mostly对应录音中的most，failures对应录音中的disasters，故为正确答案。
错项排除：A项利用录音中的shops进行干扰，但repeatedly rejected在录音中无依据，故排除。录音中女士提到，她从14岁开始自己做衣服，等到上大学的时候，一些同学称赞她的衣服，并不是说她最开始做的衣服受到了同学的欢迎，故B项排除。C项利用录音中的natural ability进行干扰，但这是男士询问女士是否有做衣服这方面的天分，女士予以否定，C项与此内容相悖，故排除。
7、Question 7 is based on the conversation you have just heard.
A、She had a strong interest in doing it.
B、She did not like ready-made clothes.
C、She could not find clothes of her size.
D、She found clothes in shops unaffordable.
解析：
Conversation Two
听力原文
M: In this episode of Money Talks, (5) [our guest is Molly Sanders, a university student and a successful young entrepreneur.] Molly, tell us about your business.
W: Well, I sell specialty clothes through a website, mainly for women who have trouble finding suitable clothes in main street shops because of their height or weight, but I do some men’s clothes, too.
M: How did you get started in this business at such a young age? Are you studying fashion design?
W: Actually, I’m majoring in finance, but I’ve always loved clothes, and I started making my own at 14.
M: Did you have any sort of training in design or sewing, or was it a natural ability?
W: I’d have to say no to both. No one taught me to make clothes. (6) [And most of the things I made at first were disasters.]
M: Why did you persevere? I think most people would give up if they kept failing, especially at that age.
W: (7) [I kept on out of necessity. As you can see, I’m very tall and I couldn’t find clothes that fit me in ordinary shops.] So I kept trying and developed my skills over time.
M: Well, my notes say you earned $50,000 in profits last year, an extraordinary amount for a 20-year-old student. How did that happen? Did you see a gap in the market and decide to fill it?
W: No, when I started university, some classmates complimented my clothes, and when I said I made them myself, other tall women started asking if I would make theirs, and I did. And before I knew it, I was an entrepreneur.
M: So what are your plans for the future? Do you intend to open a physical store?
W: No, I’ll keep things online to keep costs down, (8) [but I will add more clothes for children, both girls and boys, and possibly even for infants. And I hope to add to my range of designs for men.]
7. Why did the woman persevere in making clothes for herself?（为什么女士坚持为自己做衣服？）
解析：C。在录音中男士问女士为什么坚持下来了，女士回答她的坚持是出于必要，接着解释说，她很高，在普通的商店里找不到合适的衣服，C项符合题意，其中could not find clothes of her size是对录音中couldn’t find clothes that fit me的同义替换，故为正确答案。
错项排除：A项的a strong interest、B项的ready-made clothes和D项的unaffordable在录音中都无依据，故均可排除。
8、Question 8 is based on the conversation you have just heard.
A、Study fashion design at college.
B、Improve her marketing strategy.
C、Add designs for women.
D、Expand her business.
解析：
Conversation Two
听力原文
M: In this episode of Money Talks, (5) [our guest is Molly Sanders, a university student and a successful young entrepreneur.] Molly, tell us about your business.
W: Well, I sell specialty clothes through a website, mainly for women who have trouble finding suitable clothes in main street shops because of their height or weight, but I do some men’s clothes, too.
M: How did you get started in this business at such a young age? Are you studying fashion design?
W: Actually, I’m majoring in finance, but I’ve always loved clothes, and I started making my own at 14.
M: Did you have any sort of training in design or sewing, or was it a natural ability?
W: I’d have to say no to both. No one taught me to make clothes. (6) [And most of the things I made at first were disasters.]
M: Why did you persevere? I think most people would give up if they kept failing, especially at that age.
W: (7) [I kept on out of necessity. As you can see, I’m very tall and I couldn’t find clothes that fit me in ordinary shops.] So I kept trying and developed my skills over time.
M: Well, my notes say you earned $50,000 in profits last year, an extraordinary amount for a 20-year-old student. How did that happen? Did you see a gap in the market and decide to fill it?
W: No, when I started university, some classmates complimented my clothes, and when I said I made them myself, other tall women started asking if I would make theirs, and I did. And before I knew it, I was an entrepreneur.
M: So what are your plans for the future? Do you intend to open a physical store?
W: No, I’ll keep things online to keep costs down, (8) [but I will add more clothes for children, both girls and boys, and possibly even for infants. And I hope to add to my range of designs for men.]
8. What does the woman plan to do in the future?（女士打算将来做什么？）
解析：D。录音最后男士问女士未来的打算，女士回答说会增加童装和婴幼儿服装，还会增加男装设计，也就是说她会扩大营业范围，D项符合题意，是对此内容的概括总结，故为正确答案。
错项排除：录音中男士问女士大学是否学的是服装设计，女士说她的专业是金融，而且没有提到要修读服装设计，故A项排除。B项在录音中未提及，故排除。录音最后女士提到她会增加男装设计（designs for men），并不是女装设计，故C项排除。
9、Question 9 is based on the passage you have just heard.
A、Utilizing artificial intelligence to find a powerful new antibiotic.
B、Discovering bacteria which are resistant to all known antibiotics.
C、Identifying bacterial strains that are most harmful to human health.
D、Removing a deadly strain of bacteria in humans with a new antibiotic.
解析：
Passage One
听力原文
Researchers have identified a potent new antibiotic compound using artificial intelligence. The antibiotic can kill very dangerous bacteria. According to a study published in the journal Cell, the compound successfully removed deadly strains of bacteria in mice which are resistant to all known antibiotics.
(9) [The researchers say this is the first time that artificial intelligence has been used to find a powerful new antibiotic molecule.] Why does this matter? The answer is antibiotic resistance. This happens when bacteria develop the ability to survive the medications designed to kill them. (10) [Antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to health, and the problem is growing. This makes finding new antibiotics very important.] However, in recent decades, very few have been developed and those that have tend to be very similar to drugs already available. These searches also tend to only focus on a narrow spectrum of chemical compounds.
But this is where artificial intelligence comes in. Why? To find new drugs, scientists screen molecules to predict how effective they might be. Typically, such screening is done by humans in the lab, which is both costly and slow. Artificial intelligence is different. It’s fast, and it can process a high volume. It can screen hundreds of millions of compounds to identify a few interesting candidates that require experimental testing.
(11) [Artificial intelligence is also able to predict if compounds are likely to be toxic.] Some experts assert that this work signifies a paradigm shift in antibiotic discovery. It could change drug discovery more generally.
9. What have researchers done for the first time in history?（研究人员在历史上第一次做了什么？）
解析：A。录音开头提到，研究人员利用人工智能发现了一种有效的新型抗生素化合物，接着在后面又说这是人工智能首次（the first time）被用于寻找一种强大的新型抗生素分子。A项与此内容相符，其中的Utilizing对应录音中的used，artificial intelligence和find a powerful new antibiotic原词复现，因此A项为正确答案。
错项排除：B项利用录音中的resistant to all known antibiotics进行干扰，D项利用录音中的a new antibiotic和removed进行干扰，但录音中是说这种新型抗生素成功地消除了老鼠体内对所有已知抗生素都有耐药性的致命菌株，并不是发现了对所有已知抗生素都有耐药性的细菌，也不是消除了人体中的致命菌株，故B、D项均可排除。C项利用录音中的strains of bacteria进行干扰，但most harmful to human health在录音中无依据，故排除。
10、Question 10 is based on the passage you have just heard.
A、Ever-increasing strains of bacteria.
B、Bacteria’s resistance to antibiotics.
C、The similarity between known drugs.
D、The growing threat of bacteria to health.
解析：
Passage One
听力原文
Researchers have identified a potent new antibiotic compound using artificial intelligence. The antibiotic can kill very dangerous bacteria. According to a study published in the journal Cell, the compound successfully removed deadly strains of bacteria in mice which are resistant to all known antibiotics.
(9) [The researchers say this is the first time that artificial intelligence has been used to find a powerful new antibiotic molecule.] Why does this matter? The answer is antibiotic resistance. This happens when bacteria develop the ability to survive the medications designed to kill them. (10) [Antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to health, and the problem is growing. This makes finding new antibiotics very important.] However, in recent decades, very few have been developed and those that have tend to be very similar to drugs already available. These searches also tend to only focus on a narrow spectrum of chemical compounds.
But this is where artificial intelligence comes in. Why? To find new drugs, scientists screen molecules to predict how effective they might be. Typically, such screening is done by humans in the lab, which is both costly and slow. Artificial intelligence is different. It’s fast, and it can process a high volume. It can screen hundreds of millions of compounds to identify a few interesting candidates that require experimental testing.
(11) [Artificial intelligence is also able to predict if compounds are likely to be toxic.] Some experts assert that this work signifies a paradigm shift in antibiotic discovery. It could change drug discovery more generally.
10. What makes it important to find new antibiotic drugs?（是什么让发现新型抗生素药物变得非常重要？）
解析：B。录音中提到，细菌会发展出对抗生素的耐药性，而这种耐药性是对健康的严重威胁，而且这个问题越来越严重。这（This）使得发现新型抗生素变得非常重要。其中的This指的就是前面提到的抗生素的耐药性，B项与此内容相符，是对录音中Antibiotic resistance的同义替换，因此正确。
错项排除：A项利用录音中的strains of bacteria进行干扰，但Ever-increasing在录音中无依据，故排除。录音中虽然提到最近的几十年里，很少有新的抗生素被开发出来，而这些药物通常与现有的药物非常相似（similar），但并没有说这是让发现新型抗生素药物变得重要的原因，故C项排除。D项利用录音中的growing和threat to health进行拼凑，但录音中是说抗生素的耐药性是对健康的严重威胁，而且这个问题越来越严重，并不是细菌对健康的威胁越来越大，故D项排除。
11、Question 11 is based on the passage you have just heard.
A、Dispense with experimental testing.
B、Predict whether compounds are toxic.
C、Foresee human reaction to antibiotics.
D、Combat bacteria’s resistance to antibiotics.
解析：
Passage One
听力原文
Researchers have identified a potent new antibiotic compound using artificial intelligence. The antibiotic can kill very dangerous bacteria. According to a study published in the journal Cell, the compound successfully removed deadly strains of bacteria in mice which are resistant to all known antibiotics.
(9) [The researchers say this is the first time that artificial intelligence has been used to find a powerful new antibiotic molecule.] Why does this matter? The answer is antibiotic resistance. This happens when bacteria develop the ability to survive the medications designed to kill them. (10) [Antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to health, and the problem is growing. This makes finding new antibiotics very important.] However, in recent decades, very few have been developed and those that have tend to be very similar to drugs already available. These searches also tend to only focus on a narrow spectrum of chemical compounds.
But this is where artificial intelligence comes in. Why? To find new drugs, scientists screen molecules to predict how effective they might be. Typically, such screening is done by humans in the lab, which is both costly and slow. Artificial intelligence is different. It’s fast, and it can process a high volume. It can screen hundreds of millions of compounds to identify a few interesting candidates that require experimental testing.
(11) [Artificial intelligence is also able to predict if compounds are likely to be toxic.] Some experts assert that this work signifies a paradigm shift in antibiotic discovery. It could change drug discovery more generally.
11. What does the passage say artificial intelligence is able to do in antibiotic research? （文章说人工智能可以在抗生素研究中做什么？）
解析：B。录音中提到，人工智能还能够预测化合物是否可能有毒（predict if compounds are likely to be toxic）。B项是对此内容的同义转述，故为正确答案。
错项排除：A项利用录音中的experimental testing进行干扰，但Dispense with在录音中无依据，故排除。C项的human reaction在录音中无依据，故排除。录音中虽然提到，细菌对抗生素的耐药性这一问题日益严重，但并没有说人工智能可与之对抗，D项的Combat主观臆断，故排除。
12、Question 12 is based on the passage you have just heard.
A、By theorization.
B、By generalization.
C、By observation.
D、By conversation.
解析：
Passage Two
听力原文
A recent study overturned what we think we know about lying. Most of us have a theory about how to tell if someone is telling a lie. (12) [We may develop that theory from observations of those people we know well and see regularly.] But we tend to generalize what we gather from that unscientific daily research and make it a universal theory. So we might imagine that liars have evasive eyes, or the opposite, they simply stare at you. Or perhaps it is more generally nervous behavior we associate with lies. (12) [Whatever the particular theory, it’s usually based on close observation of people we know.]
And we get lots of practice. On average, we’re lied to some 200 times per day. (13) [These are mostly harmless lies,] but lies nonetheless.
But there’s a problem with our theories, even though they’re based on all this observation. (14) [The average person—you and me—tested rigorously on how well we detect lies fails to do better than chance.] That’s well established over many studies, and lots of attempts by researchers to work out reliable ways to detect lies. It’s even relatively easy to fool lie detectors, the gold standard of lie detection, by training yourself in breathing techniques and symptom suppression.
Is there any way to get better at detecting lies? The new research offers some surprising advice. (15) [Stop looking and listen instead.] It turns out that if we’re unable to see the face, but rather focus on the voice of the person in question, our accuracy rate improves considerably.
12. According to the passage, how do most people detect lying?（根据短文，大多数人怎么辨别谎言？）
解析：C。录音开头提到，我们大多数人都有自己的一套理论来判断别人是否在说谎，接着说到这套理论可能是从观察（observations）那些我们熟悉和经常见到的人中得出来的，后面又进一步指出，无论具体的理论是什么，它通常都是基于对我们认识之人的密切观察（close observation）。C项与此相符，故为正确答案。
错项排除：A项利用录音中的theory进行干扰，但录音中是说我们每个人都有自己的一套理论来辨别人们是否在说谎，而这一套理论是通过观察得来的，也就是说人们通过观察来辨别谎言，并不是说通过形成理论来辨别谎言，故A项排除。B项利用录音中的generalize进行干扰，但录音中是说人们通过归纳来形成理论，而不是通过归纳来辨别谎言，故B项排除。D项在录音中无依据，故排除。
13、Question 13 is based on the passage you have just heard.
A、They are easy to detect.
B、They are well intended.
C、They are groundless.
D、They are harmless.
解析：
Passage Two
听力原文
A recent study overturned what we think we know about lying. Most of us have a theory about how to tell if someone is telling a lie. (12) [We may develop that theory from observations of those people we know well and see regularly.] But we tend to generalize what we gather from that unscientific daily research and make it a universal theory. So we might imagine that liars have evasive eyes, or the opposite, they simply stare at you. Or perhaps it is more generally nervous behavior we associate with lies. (12) [Whatever the particular theory, it’s usually based on close observation of people we know.]
And we get lots of practice. On average, we’re lied to some 200 times per day. (13) [These are mostly harmless lies,] but lies nonetheless.
But there’s a problem with our theories, even though they’re based on all this observation. (14) [The average person—you and me—tested rigorously on how well we detect lies fails to do better than chance.] That’s well established over many studies, and lots of attempts by researchers to work out reliable ways to detect lies. It’s even relatively easy to fool lie detectors, the gold standard of lie detection, by training yourself in breathing techniques and symptom suppression.
Is there any way to get better at detecting lies? The new research offers some surprising advice. (15) [Stop looking and listen instead.] It turns out that if we’re unable to see the face, but rather focus on the voice of the person in question, our accuracy rate improves considerably.
13. What does the passage say about most lies?（关于大多数谎言，短文说了什么？）
解析：D。录音中提到，我们每天听到的谎言大多无害。D项harmless原词复现，符合题意，故为正确答案。
错项排除：A项利用录音中的detect和easy进行干扰，但录音中提到普通人辨别谎言的能力不比碰运气强多少，也就是说辨别谎言并不容易，A项与此内容相悖，故排除。录音中提到大多数谎言是无害的（harmless），但这并不是说其意图是好的，B项语义理解偏差，故排除。C项的groundless在录音中无依据，故排除。
14、Question 14 is based on the passage you have just heard.
A、Mostly by chance.
B、Basically objective.
C、Subject to their mental alertness.
D、Dependent on their analytical ability.
解析：
Passage Two
听力原文
A recent study overturned what we think we know about lying. Most of us have a theory about how to tell if someone is telling a lie. (12) [We may develop that theory from observations of those people we know well and see regularly.] But we tend to generalize what we gather from that unscientific daily research and make it a universal theory. So we might imagine that liars have evasive eyes, or the opposite, they simply stare at you. Or perhaps it is more generally nervous behavior we associate with lies. (12) [Whatever the particular theory, it’s usually based on close observation of people we know.]
And we get lots of practice. On average, we’re lied to some 200 times per day. (13) [These are mostly harmless lies,] but lies nonetheless.
But there’s a problem with our theories, even though they’re based on all this observation. (14) [The average person—you and me—tested rigorously on how well we detect lies fails to do better than chance.] That’s well established over many studies, and lots of attempts by researchers to work out reliable ways to detect lies. It’s even relatively easy to fool lie detectors, the gold standard of lie detection, by training yourself in breathing techniques and symptom suppression.
Is there any way to get better at detecting lies? The new research offers some surprising advice. (15) [Stop looking and listen instead.] It turns out that if we’re unable to see the face, but rather focus on the voice of the person in question, our accuracy rate improves considerably.
14. What have many studies uncovered about the average person’s lie detection? （关于普通人辨别谎言的能力，许多研究发现了什么？）
解析：A。录音中提到，在严格测试中，如你我一样的普通人（The average person）辨别谎言的能力并不比碰运气（chance）强多少。也就是说我们普通人辨别谎言的能力类似于碰运气，A项与此内容相符，其中by chance对应录音中的fails to do better than chance，故为正确答案。
错项排除：B项的objective、C项的mental alertness和D项的analytical ability在录音中都无依据，故均可排除。
15、Question 15 is based on the passage you have just heard.
A、Looking the speaker in the eye.
B、Listening carefully to the speaker.
C、Measuring the speaker’s breathing rate.
D、Focusing on the speaker’s facial expressions.
解析：
Passage Two
听力原文
A recent study overturned what we think we know about lying. Most of us have a theory about how to tell if someone is telling a lie. (12) [We may develop that theory from observations of those people we know well and see regularly.] But we tend to generalize what we gather from that unscientific daily research and make it a universal theory. So we might imagine that liars have evasive eyes, or the opposite, they simply stare at you. Or perhaps it is more generally nervous behavior we associate with lies. (12) [Whatever the particular theory, it’s usually based on close observation of people we know.]
And we get lots of practice. On average, we’re lied to some 200 times per day. (13) [These are mostly harmless lies,] but lies nonetheless.
But there’s a problem with our theories, even though they’re based on all this observation. (14) [The average person—you and me—tested rigorously on how well we detect lies fails to do better than chance.] That’s well established over many studies, and lots of attempts by researchers to work out reliable ways to detect lies. It’s even relatively easy to fool lie detectors, the gold standard of lie detection, by training yourself in breathing techniques and symptom suppression.
Is there any way to get better at detecting lies? The new research offers some surprising advice. (15) [Stop looking and listen instead.] It turns out that if we’re unable to see the face, but rather focus on the voice of the person in question, our accuracy rate improves considerably.
15. What advice does the new research offer regarding lie detection?（关于测谎，这项新研究提供了什么建议？）
解析：B。录音后面部分提到一个问题：有什么方法可以更好地分辨谎言（detecting lies）吗？接着给出一项新研究（new research）的建议（advice）：不要看，要去听（listen）。B项符合题意，故为正确答案。
错项排除：录音后面提到新研究给出的建议是“不要看，要去听”，A项和D项都与看有关，故均可排除。C项利用录音中的breathing techniques进行干扰，但录音说的是通过练习呼吸技巧和抑制说谎的表现，甚至可以相对容易地骗过测谎仪，由此可知，测量呼吸频率并不能识破谎言，故C项排除。
16、Question 16 is based on the recording you have just heard.
A、They don’t treat patients with due respect.
B、They witness a lot of doctor-patient conflicts.
C、They have to deal with social workers’ strikes.
D、They don’t care how much patients have to pay.
解析：
Recording One
听力原文
Appear to be submissive, humble, grateful, and undemanding. Show great pleasure when a doctor comes into your room, even if the visit is brief and useless. Don’t challenge anyone with authority, unless you are famous or very rich. Those are a few strategies for dealing with today’s American medical establishment.
What patients want is to be treated with respect and consideration. (16) [But in my experience, too few hospitals and doctors are ready to do that.] In his book, A Whole New Life, novelist Reynolds Price recalls that his doctors chose a crowded hallway as the place to tell him he might have a tumor on his spinal cord. It did not occur to the two physicians that a hallway was not the most appropriate place for that particular piece of news.
My surgeon, who is in his mid-thirties, looks tired. He has been overwhelmed with patients who have fallen on the winter ice. He is a witty man, but sometimes his wit is unwelcome. “The health insurance company, Blue Cross, wants me to put you out in the snow tomorrow afternoon,” he tells me after I have been in the hospital for more than a week. I’m terrified, because I have no idea where to go. I cannot walk or even lift my leg a few inches. The hospital social worker strikes me as an idiot, but my complaints about her only annoy my surgeon. “I have to work with these people,” he tells my friend, Dr. Karen Brudney, when she mercifully intervenes on my behalf and arranges for me to be transferred to another hospital. “If you say one negative thing, they get defensive,” she tells me later. “They have this kind of institutional loyalty. Always bring an advocate, that is, any other person with you to the hospital, and (17) [write down every single question and the answer, the name of every doctor and nurse.] When people know you have their names, they behave better.”
And Brudney adds, “If you, as a patient, suggest that you might like to control even part of the situation or be consulted or informed, then you are considered difficult. (18) [They want you to be totally passive.]” The entire healthcare system, particularly hospitals and nursing homes, exists for reasons that have nothing to do with taking care of patients. Patients are incidental.
16. What does the speaker say about most American hospitals? （关于大多数美国医院，讲话者说了什么？）
解析：A。录音中提到，病人希望得到的是尊重和关怀，接着又说到，但根据自己的经验，很少有医院和医生愿意这样做。也就是说大多数美国医院都没有做到尊重和关怀病人，A项符合题意，故为正确答案。
错项排除：B项的doctor-patient conflicts和D项的how much patients have to pay在录音中都无依据，故均可排除。C项利用录音中出现的social worker和strikes进行干扰，但录音中说的是作者认为医院社工是个白痴，strike sb. as表示“让某人觉得”，而不是“罢工”，故C项排除。
17、Question 17 is based on the recording you have just heard.
A、Appear submissive and grateful to doctors and nurses.
B、Express a strong desire to be consulted or informed.
C、Refrain from saying anything that sounds negative.
D、Note down the names of all the doctors and nurses.
解析：
Recording One
听力原文
Appear to be submissive, humble, grateful, and undemanding. Show great pleasure when a doctor comes into your room, even if the visit is brief and useless. Don’t challenge anyone with authority, unless you are famous or very rich. Those are a few strategies for dealing with today’s American medical establishment.
What patients want is to be treated with respect and consideration. (16) [But in my experience, too few hospitals and doctors are ready to do that.] In his book, A Whole New Life, novelist Reynolds Price recalls that his doctors chose a crowded hallway as the place to tell him he might have a tumor on his spinal cord. It did not occur to the two physicians that a hallway was not the most appropriate place for that particular piece of news.
My surgeon, who is in his mid-thirties, looks tired. He has been overwhelmed with patients who have fallen on the winter ice. He is a witty man, but sometimes his wit is unwelcome. “The health insurance company, Blue Cross, wants me to put you out in the snow tomorrow afternoon,” he tells me after I have been in the hospital for more than a week. I’m terrified, because I have no idea where to go. I cannot walk or even lift my leg a few inches. The hospital social worker strikes me as an idiot, but my complaints about her only annoy my surgeon. “I have to work with these people,” he tells my friend, Dr. Karen Brudney, when she mercifully intervenes on my behalf and arranges for me to be transferred to another hospital. “If you say one negative thing, they get defensive,” she tells me later. “They have this kind of institutional loyalty. Always bring an advocate, that is, any other person with you to the hospital, and (17) [write down every single question and the answer, the name of every doctor and nurse.] When people know you have their names, they behave better.”
And Brudney adds, “If you, as a patient, suggest that you might like to control even part of the situation or be consulted or informed, then you are considered difficult. (18) [They want you to be totally passive.]” The entire healthcare system, particularly hospitals and nursing homes, exists for reasons that have nothing to do with taking care of patients. Patients are incidental.
17. What does Karen Brudney suggest patients do?（卡伦·布鲁德尼建议病人做什么？）
解析：D。录音中提到，卡伦·布鲁德尼医生告诉作者在去医院时记下每个问题和答案以及每个医生和护士的名字。D项符合题意，其中Note down是对录音中write down的同义替换，the names of all the doctors and nurses对应录音中的the name of every doctor and nurse，故为正确答案。
错项排除：录音开头提到，要显得顺从（submissive）、谦卑、感激（grateful）、随和，但这些是作者给出的与当今美国医疗机构打交道的一些策略，并不是卡伦·布鲁德尼的建议，故A项排除。B项利用录音中的be consulted or informed进行干扰，但录音中布鲁德尼说如果患者想要被问询或被告知信息，就会被认为很难相处，并不是她建议患者要做的事，故B项排除。录音中布鲁德尼提到，如果说了一件负面的事情（one negative thing），就会引起医生的戒心，但这只是对作者前面提到因为抱怨社工而惹恼医生的解释，并非她的建议，故C项排除。
18、Question 18 is based on the recording you have just heard.
A、Cooperative.
B、Appreciative.
C、Passive.
D、Responsive.
解析：
Recording One
听力原文
Appear to be submissive, humble, grateful, and undemanding. Show great pleasure when a doctor comes into your room, even if the visit is brief and useless. Don’t challenge anyone with authority, unless you are famous or very rich. Those are a few strategies for dealing with today’s American medical establishment.
What patients want is to be treated with respect and consideration. (16) [But in my experience, too few hospitals and doctors are ready to do that.] In his book, A Whole New Life, novelist Reynolds Price recalls that his doctors chose a crowded hallway as the place to tell him he might have a tumor on his spinal cord. It did not occur to the two physicians that a hallway was not the most appropriate place for that particular piece of news.
My surgeon, who is in his mid-thirties, looks tired. He has been overwhelmed with patients who have fallen on the winter ice. He is a witty man, but sometimes his wit is unwelcome. “The health insurance company, Blue Cross, wants me to put you out in the snow tomorrow afternoon,” he tells me after I have been in the hospital for more than a week. I’m terrified, because I have no idea where to go. I cannot walk or even lift my leg a few inches. The hospital social worker strikes me as an idiot, but my complaints about her only annoy my surgeon. “I have to work with these people,” he tells my friend, Dr. Karen Brudney, when she mercifully intervenes on my behalf and arranges for me to be transferred to another hospital. “If you say one negative thing, they get defensive,” she tells me later. “They have this kind of institutional loyalty. Always bring an advocate, that is, any other person with you to the hospital, and (17) [write down every single question and the answer, the name of every doctor and nurse.] When people know you have their names, they behave better.”
And Brudney adds, “If you, as a patient, suggest that you might like to control even part of the situation or be consulted or informed, then you are considered difficult. (18) [They want you to be totally passive.]” The entire healthcare system, particularly hospitals and nursing homes, exists for reasons that have nothing to do with taking care of patients. Patients are incidental.
18. What do American doctors expect their patients to be according to Karen Brudney?（根据卡伦·布鲁德尼的说法，美国医生希望病人怎么做？）
解析：C。录音结尾部分提到，他们（They）希望你（you）完全被动，根据录音可知，They指的是医生，而you是病人（as a patient）。C项与此内容相符，Passive原词复现，故为正确答案。
错项排除：A项Cooperative和B项Appreciative分别利用录音中的submissive和grateful进行干扰，但这都是作者给出的与当今美国医疗机构打交道的一些策略，录音中并没有说这是医生希望病人做的，故两项均可排除。D项在录音中无依据，故排除。
19、Question 19 is based on the recording you have just heard.
A、Its members work together despite risks of failure.
B、It prioritizes recruiting young energetic members.
C、Its members stay in touch even after it breaks up.
D、It grows more and more mature professionally.
解析：
Recording Two
听力原文
There are probably teams you’ve worked with that you never want to work with again. But there must have also been other teams that you would prize reuniting with professionally. In other words, your team had vitality. (19) [Vitality comes about when the ties people form with their fellow team members are such that they stay connected even after the team breaks up.]
What characteristics of a team make its members more likely to stay in contact despite no longer working together? This question has been answered recently in a study published in a business journal. One of the two key factors the research team discovered is sameness, specifically sharing the same gender or ethnic origin. The more members of a team share similar demographics, the more inclined they’ll be to remain associates long after the team has served its purpose. (20) [After ties are established, similarity strengthens them. As a result, they regard these individuals with greater trust and mutual understanding, which motivates them to seek further opportunities for collaboration.] In effect, people tend to create stronger and longer-lasting connections with similar others. Someone who looks and sounds different from us may have the resources we need to be more successful. Yet, we find them to be significantly less credible, simply because they are different. If you are a fierce advocate of workplace diversity, you’ll no doubt be horrified by such a revelation.
The second factor identified by the researchers is the quality of the relationships among the team members. The more they trust one another, share the same goals and depend on each other for the achievement of those goals, the stronger their chances of maintaining their connections despite no longer working as one team. Teams with quality relationships have a shared belief that it’s safe to take risks with each other and that members are obliged to share the workload and help out.
From personal experience, I can see both the truth and the inconsistency of such studies. The truth is some of my closest friendships were formed as a result of having worked together on teams, and I actively seek opportunities to work with them again. The inconsistency, though, is that I’ve never worked for a team more successful and cohesive than the one of which I’m a member right now, (21) [and yet the four of us have very little in common and are completely different demographically.] So I’m unlikely to question the value of a diverse workforce.
19. What does the speaker say about a team with vitality? （关于一个充满活力的团队，讲话者说了什么？）
解析：C。录音中提到，即使团队解散了，团队成员之间仍然保持联系，形成一种纽带，那么这个团队就拥有了生命力。C项与此内容相符，其中的stay in touch是对录音中stay connected的同义替换，even after it breaks up对应录音中的even after the team breaks up，故为正确答案。
错项排除：A项利用录音中的risks进行干扰，但failure在录音中无依据，故排除。B项的recruiting young energetic members在录音中未提及，故排除。D项利用录音中的professionally进行干扰，但mature在录音中无依据，故排除。
20、Question 20 is based on the recording you have just heard.
A、Their differences are likely to impact productivity.
B、Their similarity is conducive to future collaboration.
C、Their connections strengthen with the passage of time.
D、Their mutual understanding stems from a common goal.
解析：
Recording Two
听力原文
There are probably teams you’ve worked with that you never want to work with again. But there must have also been other teams that you would prize reuniting with professionally. In other words, your team had vitality. (19) [Vitality comes about when the ties people form with their fellow team members are such that they stay connected even after the team breaks up.]
What characteristics of a team make its members more likely to stay in contact despite no longer working together? This question has been answered recently in a study published in a business journal. One of the two key factors the research team discovered is sameness, specifically sharing the same gender or ethnic origin. The more members of a team share similar demographics, the more inclined they’ll be to remain associates long after the team has served its purpose. (20) [After ties are established, similarity strengthens them. As a result, they regard these individuals with greater trust and mutual understanding, which motivates them to seek further opportunities for collaboration.] In effect, people tend to create stronger and longer-lasting connections with similar others. Someone who looks and sounds different from us may have the resources we need to be more successful. Yet, we find them to be significantly less credible, simply because they are different. If you are a fierce advocate of workplace diversity, you’ll no doubt be horrified by such a revelation.
The second factor identified by the researchers is the quality of the relationships among the team members. The more they trust one another, share the same goals and depend on each other for the achievement of those goals, the stronger their chances of maintaining their connections despite no longer working as one team. Teams with quality relationships have a shared belief that it’s safe to take risks with each other and that members are obliged to share the workload and help out.
From personal experience, I can see both the truth and the inconsistency of such studies. The truth is some of my closest friendships were formed as a result of having worked together on teams, and I actively seek opportunities to work with them again. The inconsistency, though, is that I’ve never worked for a team more successful and cohesive than the one of which I’m a member right now, (21) [and yet the four of us have very little in common and are completely different demographically.] So I’m unlikely to question the value of a diverse workforce.
20. What do the researchers find out about members of a team? （关于一个团队的成员，研究人员有什么发现？）
解析：B。录音中提到，纽带一旦建立，相似性会使之进一步加强，团队成员之间就有了更多的信任和理解，这促使他们寻求进一步的合作机会，简言之，团队成员的相似性会有助于未来的进一步合作。B项与此相符，其中similarity原词复现，is conducive to对应motivates，future collaboration对应录音中的further opportunities for collaboration，故为正确答案。
错项排除：A项利用录音中的different进行干扰，但录音中是说他人与自己存在差异会让人明显觉得他们不可信（significantly less credible），并不是说差异会影响生产力（impact productivity），故A项排除。C项利用录音中的connections和strengthens进行干扰，但with the passage of time在录音中无依据，故排除。录音中提到团队成员拥有共同的目标有助于他们保持联系，并没有说他们的相互理解源于共同的目标（a common goal），D项曲解了录音的意思，故排除。
21、Question 21 is based on the recording you have just heard.
A、It is characterized by diversity.
B、Its goals are quite inconsistent.
C、Its members have similar backgrounds.
D、It is connected by a unique mechanism.
解析：
Recording Two
听力原文
There are probably teams you’ve worked with that you never want to work with again. But there must have also been other teams that you would prize reuniting with professionally. In other words, your team had vitality. (19) [Vitality comes about when the ties people form with their fellow team members are such that they stay connected even after the team breaks up.]
What characteristics of a team make its members more likely to stay in contact despite no longer working together? This question has been answered recently in a study published in a business journal. One of the two key factors the research team discovered is sameness, specifically sharing the same gender or ethnic origin. The more members of a team share similar demographics, the more inclined they’ll be to remain associates long after the team has served its purpose. (20) [After ties are established, similarity strengthens them. As a result, they regard these individuals with greater trust and mutual understanding, which motivates them to seek further opportunities for collaboration.] In effect, people tend to create stronger and longer-lasting connections with similar others. Someone who looks and sounds different from us may have the resources we need to be more successful. Yet, we find them to be significantly less credible, simply because they are different. If you are a fierce advocate of workplace diversity, you’ll no doubt be horrified by such a revelation.
The second factor identified by the researchers is the quality of the relationships among the team members. The more they trust one another, share the same goals and depend on each other for the achievement of those goals, the stronger their chances of maintaining their connections despite no longer working as one team. Teams with quality relationships have a shared belief that it’s safe to take risks with each other and that members are obliged to share the workload and help out.
From personal experience, I can see both the truth and the inconsistency of such studies. The truth is some of my closest friendships were formed as a result of having worked together on teams, and I actively seek opportunities to work with them again. The inconsistency, though, is that I’ve never worked for a team more successful and cohesive than the one of which I’m a member right now, (21) [and yet the four of us have very little in common and are completely different demographically.] So I’m unlikely to question the value of a diverse workforce.
21. What do we learn about the team the speaker is currently working in? （关于讲话者目前工作的团队，我们能知道什么？）
解析：A。录音结尾提到，我们四个人（the four of us）几乎没有共同点，而且从人口统计学来看完全不同，其中的the four of us指的是上一句中的a team，即讲话者现在的团队。A项与此内容相符，其中的diversity是对录音中have very little in common and are completely different demographically的近义概括，故为正确答案。
错项排除：B项利用录音中的goals和inconsistency进行拼凑，与录音内容不符，故排除。C项利用录音中的similar进行干扰，但录音中提到，虽然研究表明团队成员的相似性有助于其保持联系，但讲话者所在团队的成员其实几乎没有共同点，C项与此相悖，故排除。D项的a unique mechanism在录音中无依据，故排除。
22、Question 22 is based on the recording you have just heard.
A、Putting aside twenty percent of one’s earnings.
B、Spending in anticipation of becoming wealthy.
C、Living off a small proportion of one’s income.
D、Saving as much as one can possibly manage.
解析：
Recording Three
听力原文
An American researcher who studied 600 millionaires found how rich you can get comes down to six “wealth factors”. She found that six behaviors are related to net worth potential, regardless of age or income. These were thriftiness, confidence, responsibility, planning, focus, and social indifference.
Being thrifty comes as no great surprise. “Spending above your means, spending instead of saving for retirement, spending in anticipation of becoming wealthy makes you a slave to the paycheck, even with an astronomical level of income,” she wrote. (22) [To properly build wealth, experts recommend saving 20% of your income and living off the remaining 80%.]
Having confidence is another key characteristic, as it helps people to be thrifty. It takes confidence to live within your means. (23) [It also takes confidence to invest properly—instead of making investing decisions with your emotions, financial planners advise that you should leave your investments alone and focus on a long-term investment plan.]
But people can’t invest or manage their own money without accepting responsibility for the outcomes. Many millionaires take on personal responsibility, and most also happen to be self-made, meaning they didn’t acquire their wealth through luck. (24) [Millionaires don’t count on anyone else to make them rich, and they don’t blame anyone else if they fall short.] They focus on things they can control and align their daily habits to the goals they have set for themselves. They tend to be goal-oriented and hard workers, which enables them to plan financially and focus on seeing those plans through. 92% of the millionaires surveyed developed a long-term plan for their money, and 97% almost always achieved the goals they set for themselves.
And it is these behaviors that make it easy for them to be socially indifferent. They resist lifestyle creep, the tendency to spend more whenever one earns more. (25) [Essentially, they don’t yield to pressure to buy the latest thing or to keep up with others or what they have acquired.] Instead of being focused on what might make them happy today, they’re focused on their long-term wealth-building plan.
22. What do experts recommend concerning being thrifty? （关于节俭，专家有什么建议？）
解析：A。录音中提到，为了合理地积累财富，专家建议把收入的20%存起来，用剩下的80%生活。A项与此内容相符，是对录音中saving 20% of your income的同义转述，故为正确答案。
错项排除：录音中一位研究人员提到，希望通过消费而变得富有（spending in anticipation of becoming wealthy）会让你成为薪水的奴隶，这并非专家建议，故B项排除。录音中提到，专家建议80%的收入用于生活，C项的a small proportion与此相悖，故排除。D项的Saving as much as one can在录音中无依据，故排除。
23、Question 23 is based on the recording you have just heard.
A、It empowers them to cope with irrational emotions.
B、It will guarantee the profits from their investments.
C、It will turn them into successful financial planners.
D、It enables them to focus on long-term investments.
解析：
Recording Three
听力原文
An American researcher who studied 600 millionaires found how rich you can get comes down to six “wealth factors”. She found that six behaviors are related to net worth potential, regardless of age or income. These were thriftiness, confidence, responsibility, planning, focus, and social indifference.
Being thrifty comes as no great surprise. “Spending above your means, spending instead of saving for retirement, spending in anticipation of becoming wealthy makes you a slave to the paycheck, even with an astronomical level of income,” she wrote. (22) [To properly build wealth, experts recommend saving 20% of your income and living off the remaining 80%.]
Having confidence is another key characteristic, as it helps people to be thrifty. It takes confidence to live within your means. (23) [It also takes confidence to invest properly—instead of making investing decisions with your emotions, financial planners advise that you should leave your investments alone and focus on a long-term investment plan.]
But people can’t invest or manage their own money without accepting responsibility for the outcomes. Many millionaires take on personal responsibility, and most also happen to be self-made, meaning they didn’t acquire their wealth through luck. (24) [Millionaires don’t count on anyone else to make them rich, and they don’t blame anyone else if they fall short.] They focus on things they can control and align their daily habits to the goals they have set for themselves. They tend to be goal-oriented and hard workers, which enables them to plan financially and focus on seeing those plans through. 92% of the millionaires surveyed developed a long-term plan for their money, and 97% almost always achieved the goals they set for themselves.
And it is these behaviors that make it easy for them to be socially indifferent. They resist lifestyle creep, the tendency to spend more whenever one earns more. (25) [Essentially, they don’t yield to pressure to buy the latest thing or to keep up with others or what they have acquired.] Instead of being focused on what might make them happy today, they’re focused on their long-term wealth-building plan.
23. How does confidence help people to be thrifty? （信心如何帮助人们节俭？）
解析：D。录音中提到，信心有助于人们节俭，紧接着解释原因：正确的投资也需要信心，理财规划师建议不要在做投资决定时感情用事，而应该不带情绪地单单着眼于投资，专注于长期的投资计划。也就是说信心能让人们进行正确的投资，专注于长期投资计划，D项符合题意，其中的focus on long-term investments对应录音中的focus on a long-term investment plan，故为正确答案。
错项排除：A项利用录音中的emotions进行干扰，但录音中是说在做投资决定时不能感情用事，并不是说信心能赋予人们处理非理性情绪的能力，故A项排除。B项的the profits from their investments在录音中无依据，故排除。C项利用录音中的financial planners进行干扰，但录音中说的是理财规划师的建议，并没有说怎样成为成功的理财规划师，故排除C项。
24、Question 24 is based on the recording you have just heard.
A、They count on others to take the responsibility.
B、They change their investment strategy in time.
C、They think they themselves are to blame.
D、They persist rather than get discouraged.
解析：
Recording Three
听力原文
An American researcher who studied 600 millionaires found how rich you can get comes down to six “wealth factors”. She found that six behaviors are related to net worth potential, regardless of age or income. These were thriftiness, confidence, responsibility, planning, focus, and social indifference.
Being thrifty comes as no great surprise. “Spending above your means, spending instead of saving for retirement, spending in anticipation of becoming wealthy makes you a slave to the paycheck, even with an astronomical level of income,” she wrote. (22) [To properly build wealth, experts recommend saving 20% of your income and living off the remaining 80%.]
Having confidence is another key characteristic, as it helps people to be thrifty. It takes confidence to live within your means. (23) [It also takes confidence to invest properly—instead of making investing decisions with your emotions, financial planners advise that you should leave your investments alone and focus on a long-term investment plan.]
But people can’t invest or manage their own money without accepting responsibility for the outcomes. Many millionaires take on personal responsibility, and most also happen to be self-made, meaning they didn’t acquire their wealth through luck. (24) [Millionaires don’t count on anyone else to make them rich, and they don’t blame anyone else if they fall short.] They focus on things they can control and align their daily habits to the goals they have set for themselves. They tend to be goal-oriented and hard workers, which enables them to plan financially and focus on seeing those plans through. 92% of the millionaires surveyed developed a long-term plan for their money, and 97% almost always achieved the goals they set for themselves.
And it is these behaviors that make it easy for them to be socially indifferent. They resist lifestyle creep, the tendency to spend more whenever one earns more. (25) [Essentially, they don’t yield to pressure to buy the latest thing or to keep up with others or what they have acquired.] Instead of being focused on what might make them happy today, they’re focused on their long-term wealth-building plan.
24. How do millionaires react when they fail in their investment? （当百万富翁投资失败时，他们会作何反应？）
解析：C。录音中提到，百万富翁从不指望别人让他们变得富有，如果没有达到目标，他们也不会责怪任何人。C项符合题意，其中的they themselves are to blame是对录音中don’t blame anyone else的同义转述，故为正确答案。
错项排除：录音中提到，许多百万富翁都会承担个人责任，A项与此内容相悖，故排除。B项的change their investment strategy和D项的persist rather than get discouraged在录音中都无依据，故均可排除。
25、Question 25 is based on the recording you have just heard.
A、They do not resist novel lifestyles.
B、They do not try to keep up with others.
C、They do not care what they have acquired.
D、They do not pressure themselves to get rich.
解析：
Recording Three
听力原文
An American researcher who studied 600 millionaires found how rich you can get comes down to six “wealth factors”. She found that six behaviors are related to net worth potential, regardless of age or income. These were thriftiness, confidence, responsibility, planning, focus, and social indifference.
Being thrifty comes as no great surprise. “Spending above your means, spending instead of saving for retirement, spending in anticipation of becoming wealthy makes you a slave to the paycheck, even with an astronomical level of income,” she wrote. (22) [To properly build wealth, experts recommend saving 20% of your income and living off the remaining 80%.]
Having confidence is another key characteristic, as it helps people to be thrifty. It takes confidence to live within your means. (23) [It also takes confidence to invest properly—instead of making investing decisions with your emotions, financial planners advise that you should leave your investments alone and focus on a long-term investment plan.]
But people can’t invest or manage their own money without accepting responsibility for the outcomes. Many millionaires take on personal responsibility, and most also happen to be self-made, meaning they didn’t acquire their wealth through luck. (24) [Millionaires don’t count on anyone else to make them rich, and they don’t blame anyone else if they fall short.] They focus on things they can control and align their daily habits to the goals they have set for themselves. They tend to be goal-oriented and hard workers, which enables them to plan financially and focus on seeing those plans through. 92% of the millionaires surveyed developed a long-term plan for their money, and 97% almost always achieved the goals they set for themselves.
And it is these behaviors that make it easy for them to be socially indifferent. They resist lifestyle creep, the tendency to spend more whenever one earns more. (25) [Essentially, they don’t yield to pressure to buy the latest thing or to keep up with others or what they have acquired.] Instead of being focused on what might make them happy today, they’re focused on their long-term wealth-building plan.
25. Why does the speaker say millionaires are socially indifferent?（为什么讲话者说百万富翁会在社交上表现冷淡？）
解析：B。录音中提到，一些行为使百万富翁很容易在社交上表现冷淡，接着在后面说明具体的行为：他们抵制生活方式的膨胀，不会迫于压力去购买最新的东西，或者与其他人或他们所拥有的东西攀比。B项与此内容相符，其中do not try to对应录音中的don’t yield to pressure to，keep up with others原词复现，故为正确答案。
错项排除：A项利用录音中的resist和lifestyle进行干扰，但录音中是说他们抵制生活方式的膨胀，并不是抵制新奇的生活方式，故A项排除。C项利用录音中的what they have acquired进行干扰，但录音中是说他们不会与他人拥有的东西攀比，并不是不在乎自己得到了什么，故C项排除。D项利用录音中的pressure和rich进行拼凑，但拼凑出的意思与录音不符，故错误。
二、Part III Reading Comprehension
Thinking kind thoughts about yourself and your loved ones can prove beneficial for your overall wellbeing, empirical evidence has shown. Researchers carried out an investigation to explore the (26) _____ between having kind thoughts and a person’s psychological state.
For the study, five groups of participants were presented with a different set of audio instructions, some of which encouraged the participants to think (27) _____ about themselves and others which persuaded them to think in a self-critical manner. After listening to the audio instructions, the participants were asked to answer a series of questions. These included whether they felt agitated, how likely they were to show kindness to themselves and how (28) _____ they felt to other individuals.
The participants who were instructed to think kindly about themselves were more likely to exhibit a bodily response associated with being relaxed and feeling safe. Their heart rates also dropped, which is a healthy sign of a heart that can respond flexibly to situations. Yet, (29) _____, those who listened to the critical audio clips were noted as having a higher heart rate and sweat response afterwards, both of which (30) _____ feelings of threat and distress.
Having the ability to switch off the body’s natural threat response can (31) _____ a person’s immune system. This, in turn, gives them a greater likelihood of recovering quickly from illness. These findings help us to further understand some of our clinical trials research findings, where we show that individuals with (32) _____ depression benefit particularly from self-awareness-based (33) _____ therapy. They essentially learn to become more sympathetic to themselves.
The sense is that for people (34) _____ to depression, meeting their negative thoughts and feelings with (35) _____ is a radically different way; that these thoughts are not facts. It introduces a different way of being and knowing that is quite transformative for many people.
26、(1)
A、signify
B、compassion
C、surpass
D、insulation
E、adversely
F、fascinated
G、prone
H、amiably
I、lavish
J、correlation
K、recurrent
L、cognitive
M、boost
N、indignantly
O、connected
解析：
名词
boost 增长；提高
compassion同情；怜悯
correlation相互关系；关联
insulation隔热；隔音；绝缘
动词
boost 使增长；使兴旺
connected (-ed)（使）连接；联结
fascinated (-ed)使着迷
lavish过分给予；滥施
signify表示；说明
surpass超过；胜过
形容词
cognitive 认知的；感知的
connected有关联的
fascinated入迷的
lavish盛大的；挥霍的
prone 易于……的
recurrent 反复出现的；重复发生的
副词
adversely 不利地；相反地
amiably亲切地；友好地
indignantly 愤怒地；愤慨地
26. correlation
解析：名词辨析题。空格前为explore the，空格后为between...and...结构，因此空格处应填入名词，作explore的宾语。空格所在句意为，研究人员进行了一项调查，以探究善意的想法和一个人的心理状态之间的____。结合上一句中所提到的对自己和所爱的人怀有善意的想法对整体健康有益，可知研究人员是想探究两者之间的关系，名词备选项中只有correlation（相互关系；关联）填入空格能构成合理语义，符合逻辑。
27. amiably
解析：副词辨析题。空格所在句主干成分完整，空格位于think和about之间，因此应填入副词。空格所在句意为，其中一些音频鼓励参与者____看待自己，另一些则说服他们以自我批评的方式思考。结合上一句中的different可知，这两类音频内容不同，空格处应填入与self-critical意思相对的副词。副词备选项中只有amiably代入空格符合题意，表示“友好地看待自己”。
28. connected
解析：形容词辨析题。空格所在部分为included的宾语成分，需要注意其本身为how引导的宾语从句，空格前为表示程度的how，空格后为they felt，因此空格处应填入形容词或动词分词做felt的表语成分。空格所在句意为，这些问题包括他们是否感到焦虑，他们对自己表示善意的可能性有多大，以及他们与他人之间有多么____。备选项中只有connected代入空格符合题意，表示“他们与他人之间的联系有多么紧密”。
29. adversely
解析：副词辨析题。空格所在句主干成分完整，空格前后各有一个逗号，因此空格处应填入副词作状语，修饰整个句子。空格所在句意为，然而，____，那些听了批评性音频片段的人被发现心率更高和出汗更多。根据Yet可知，句子要表达的是和上一句内容相反的意思，副词备选项中只有adversely填入空格符合题意，表示“相反的是”。
30. signify
解析：动词辨析题。空格所在部分为which引导的非限制性定语从句，从句中缺少谓语，因此空格处应填入动词。空格所在句意为，这两者都____他们感觉受到威胁和痛苦。上一句中提到，心率下降是一种健康的标志（sign），由此可知这一句中的心率升高则标志着他们感觉受到威胁和痛苦，因此空格处应填入与sign在意义上呼应的动词，备选项中只有signify代入空格能构成合理语义，表示“这两者都表明……”，符合题意。
31. boost
解析：动词辨析题。空格所在部分谓语成分不完整，空格前为can，因此空格处应填入动词原形作谓语。根据句意，有能力关闭身体对威胁的自然反应可以____一个人的免疫系统。结合下一句中的recovering quickly from illness（在患病后迅速恢复）可知，空格所在句是要表达免疫系统的功能有所加强，动词备选项中只有boost代入空格能构成合理语义，表示“增强一个人的免疫系统”，符合题意。
32. recurrent
解析：形容词辨析题。空格前为介词with，空格后为名词depression，因此空格处应填入形容词、动词分词或名词作定语。空格所在句意为，这些发现帮助我们进一步理解我们的一些临床试验研究结果，这些研究结果显示，____抑郁症患者尤其受益于……。备选项中只有recurrent代入空格符合题意，表示“复发性抑郁症”。
33. cognitive
解析：形容词辨析题。空格前为self-awareness-based，是一个合成形容词，表示“基于自我意识的”，空格后为名词therapy，因此空格处应填入形容词、动词分词或名词作定语。空格所在句意为，复发性抑郁症患者尤其受益于基于自我意识的____疗法。结合后面一句提到这种疗法让人们学会对自己更有同情心，可知该疗法改变了人们的认知。备选项中只有cognitive代入空格能构成合理语义，表示“认知疗法”，符合题意。
34. prone
解析：形容词辨析题。空格所在部分为表语从句，从句主干成分完整，空格所在结构为介词for+宾语。空格前为名词people，空格后为to depression，因此空格处应填入形容词或动词的分词形式，作people的后置定语。空格所在部分意为，对于____抑郁的人来说……，应对他们消极的想法和感受是一种完全不同的方式。根据“消极”可知这里说的是与抑郁强相关的一类人。备选项中只有prone代入空格能够与to depression搭配构成合理语义，表示“容易抑郁的人”。
35. compassion
解析：名词辨析题。空格所在句主干成分完整，空格前为介词with，空格后为is，因此空格处应填入名词，与with构成介宾短语。空格所在句意为，以____来对待他们消极的想法和感受是一种完全不同的方式。结合上一句提到的抑郁症患者经过治疗学会了对自己更具同情心（sympathetic），可知空格处应填入与此意思相关的词，名词备选项中填入空格能构成合理语义的只有compassion，表示“以同情之心来对待……”，符合题意。
27、(2)
A、signify
B、compassion
C、surpass
D、insulation
E、adversely
F、fascinated
G、prone
H、amiably
I、lavish
J、correlation
K、recurrent
L、cognitive
M、boost
N、indignantly
O、connected
解析：见上一题！
28、(3)
A、signify
B、compassion
C、surpass
D、insulation
E、adversely
F、fascinated
G、prone
H、amiably
I、lavish
J、correlation
K、recurrent
L、cognitive
M、boost
N、indignantly
O、connected
解析：见上一题！
29、(4)
A、signify
B、compassion
C、surpass
D、insulation
E、adversely
F、fascinated
G、prone
H、amiably
I、lavish
J、correlation
K、recurrent
L、cognitive
M、boost
N、indignantly
O、connected
解析：见上一题！
30、(5)
A、signify
B、compassion
C、surpass
D、insulation
E、adversely
F、fascinated
G、prone
H、amiably
I、lavish
J、correlation
K、recurrent
L、cognitive
M、boost
N、indignantly
O、connected
解析：见上一题！
31、(6)
A、signify
B、compassion
C、surpass
D、insulation
E、adversely
F、fascinated
G、prone
H、amiably
I、lavish
J、correlation
K、recurrent
L、cognitive
M、boost
N、indignantly
O、connected
解析：见上一题！
32、(7)
A、signify
B、compassion
C、surpass
D、insulation
E、adversely
F、fascinated
G、prone
H、amiably
I、lavish
J、correlation
K、recurrent
L、cognitive
M、boost
N、indignantly
O、connected
解析：见上一题！
33、(8)
A、signify
B、compassion
C、surpass
D、insulation
E、adversely
F、fascinated
G、prone
H、amiably
I、lavish
J、correlation
K、recurrent
L、cognitive
M、boost
N、indignantly
O、connected
解析：见上一题！
34、(9)
A、signify
B、compassion
C、surpass
D、insulation
E、adversely
F、fascinated
G、prone
H、amiably
I、lavish
J、correlation
K、recurrent
L、cognitive
M、boost
N、indignantly
O、connected
解析：见上一题！
35、(10)
A、signify
B、compassion
C、surpass
D、insulation
E、adversely
F、fascinated
G、prone
H、amiably
I、lavish
J、correlation
K、recurrent
L、cognitive
M、boost
N、indignantly
O、connected
解析：见上一题！
Saving Our Planet
36、36. Climate change has wrought havoc on the lives of tens of thousands of people.
A、A
B、B
C、C
D、D
E、E
F、F
G、G
H、H
I、I
J、J
K、K
解析：36. 气候变化给成千上万人的生活造成了严重破坏。
