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Section 1
TPO25-L1 Conversation 1
1. What is the conversation mainly about?
A.The student’s eligibility to graduate next semester
B.The student’s difficulties in registering for classes
C.A difficult class the student must take next semester
D.Possible elective choices in the student’s degree program
答案：A
解析：(原文中)：I’m just filling out this approval for graduation form for the Dean’s office and … I don’t know，I hope I’ll be able to graduate next semester.
主旨题，问的是what’s …mainly about，男同学说的第一句“我填完了毕业相关表格，但不知道下学期能否毕业”。
2. According to the woman, why was the program’s curriculum changed?
A.To attract more international students to the program
B.To reflect the growing importance of international business
C.To take advantage of the expertise of new faculty members
D.To give students a stronger background in management
答案：B
解析：(原文中)：Well, when the business department changed the curriculum to include more courses in international business to dwell, because of the increasing globalization of business.
the program’s curriculum changed是为了include more courses in international business to dwell，所以答案选B。
3. What does the woman imply about the new departmental requirements?
A.They will not affect the student’s plans for graduation.
B.They will not be officially approved by the department until next year.
C.They will be limited to students specializing in the international business.
D.They will be similar to recent changes made in other departments at the university.
答案：A
解析：(原文中)：We made sure that students would finish to their second year, that is those who were
in their third or fourth year wouldn’t be affected. The new rules only apply to students in their first or second year.
态度题，教授解释完为什么改变要求后，紧接着用 make sure….3，4 年级 wouldn’t be affected 来安慰那个学生，并且后面紧跟着 only 特别强调说明这是为了第一，二年的新生。
4. Why does the woman mention writing a letter?
A.To point out the best way for the student to contact the dean’s office
B.To confirm that a personal letter is a graduation requirement
C.To indicate that she is willing to provide the student with further assistance
D.To emphasize that the student will need special permission to graduate
答案：C
解析：(原文中)：Yes, you’ve met the requirements for graduation, and if there’s something I need to do, if, if I need to write a letter or whatever, just let me know.
细节题，教授说那个男孩子已经满足毕业的要求了，如果有其他的需求，让教授知道。if，if 双重条件状语从句，特别举例强调这种 further information.
5. Why does the woman say this? 重听题
A.To suggest that the student has not fulfilled all of his requirements
B.To indicate one of the new graduation requirements
C.To find out the student’s opinion about a particular class
D.To be sure that the student has taken a required class
答案：D
解析：(原文中)：So it looks like you’ll have all the required classes you need, you should be just fine. Uh, I assume you’ve taken a seminar?
态度题，教授说看起来你已经有了所有必修课的学分了，那应该没问题，但是后面突然来了一句反问句，目的就是说这个也是必修课我刚才忘了提了，确定他是不是也修过了。
TPO16-L2 Coversation Biology class
6. What is the main purpose of the lecture?
A.To explain the government’s role in the regulating assisted migration
B.To discuss ways in which plants and animals adapt to climate change
C.To discuss a controversial approach to conserving plant and animal species
D.To describe a recently discovered consequence of global warming
答案：C
解析：主旨题，本文介绍的由于气候变暖，有的学者提出生物迁移的策略，以避免由于气候变暖造成濒危物种的灭绝，后面教授就这一策略进行了讨论，最后一句话 like I said there could be unintended consequences，表示这个方案是有争议的。
7. According to the professor, what problem is assisted migration intended to overcome?
A.To diminishing amount of undeveloped land that species can migrate through
B.The relative lack of nutrients available in cooler latitudes and higher elevation
C. The increase in alternations between cool and warm periods
D. Competition from other species in certain native habitats
答案：A
解析：(原文中)：So perhaps you are wondering why not let nature take its course now. Well we can't. The main problem is today's fragmented habitats. .…. Today human development has paved much of the natural world. Ecosystems are fragmented; housing developments, highways, and cities were placed or sliced through forests and prairies. There are few corners left for species to migrate through without help.
细节题，题目问的是 assisted migration 能够尝试解决的问题是什么? 文章介绍完assisted migration 笔锋一转介绍迁移作为自然规律的一种，同 assisted migration 的对比。最后一句如果没有帮助的话则没有足够的空间让物种迁移，反过来，就是A答案所说的信息。
8. What point does the professor make when she discusses the cane toad?
A.Translocated species sometimes die out from lack of food
B.Translocated species may spread too quickly in their new environment
C.Several techniques are available to achieve assisted migration
D.Animal species are often easier to translocate than plant species are
答案：B
解析：(原文中)：Now, assisted migration could become a viable part of our rescue strategy, but there are a number of uncertainties and risks ...The cane toad was introduced back in 1935 to control an insect pest that was destroying Australia sugar cane plantations. But the cane toad itself became a pest and it destroyed much of the wild life on that continent.
这段话后面说道cane toad本来是为了控制害虫的，自己变成了害虫还摧毁了大量的野生动物。所以可以推断发展太快。
9. What does the professor imply when she mentions translocating networking of species?
A.There are aspects of interdependency that are unknown
B.Some species evolve in ways that help them survive in new habitats
C.It is difficult to know how far to move a network of species from its native habitat
D.Many assisted-migration plans should involve the translocation of just one species
答案：A
解析：(原文中)：Also, many species are interdependent, intimately connected to one another. Like animals that eat a certain plant and that plant relys on a certain fungus to help it get nutrients from soil. And on a certain insect for pollination, we probably have to translocate entire networks.
这道题说的是 assisted migration 的另外一个不好的地方，就是 interdependent 互相依赖性。所以本题选 A.
10. What does the professor imply about the government’s role in regulating assisted migration
in the United States?
A.The government should continue to encourage assisted migration
B.The government has created policies that have proved unhelpful
C. The government should follow the example set by other countries
D. The government needs to increase its involvement in the issue
答案：D
解析：(原文中)：That rate of heatings far greater than during the last glacial retreat some twelve thousand years ago. Whether to use the assisted migration? This debate is mostly within the biology community right now. But the altimate decision makers, in United States at least, will be the government agencies that manage natural resources.
推断题，教授说目前关于 assisted migration 只是在生物机构组织内部讨论，但是相关的决定策略至少管理自然资源的政府部门应该参与决定的。注意疑问句，和转折句。
11. What is the professor’s attitude toward the effort to save the Florida torreya?
A.She is glad that some conservationists are willing to take a chance on assisted migration
B.She is concerned because it may have unintended consequences
C.She is surprised because other species are more endangered than Florida torreya is
D.She expects the effort will have to be repeated several times before it succeeds
答案：B
解析：(原文中)：In one case a group of conservationists has already take it upon itself to try on their own to save the endangered tree, the Florida torreya tree through assisted migration…The group believes that its effort is justified but I and many other biologists will be watching very closely how this maverick group makes out because, like I said there could be unintended consequences.
，提到了一个例子conservationists自发组织起来保护Florida torreya的行为，但是最后教授来了一句，like I said there could be unintended consequences，表明B项，注意关键词In one case 举例子，but转折词汇等。
TPO16-L3 Music History
12. What is the lecture mainly about?
A.The influence of the Romantic style of music on eastern European composers
B.The relationship between nationalism and popular music in the early 1900s
C.The popularity of folk music in Austria-Hungary during the early 1900s
D.The influence of folk music on the compositions of one Hungarian composer
答案：D
解析：(原文中)：So, I just finish reviewing your papers on the influence of nationalism of composers' music. And initially, I was surprised that none of you chose to write about Bella Bartok…He was wonder and ground-breaking composer. Bella Bartok was a Hungarian.
这是个主旨题，通篇都在讲一个 Bella Bartok.的人生经历以及他的音乐作品的形成;最开始的时候，教授就说了学生们对 Bella Bartok 的忽略，紧接着又说Bella Bartok是具有开拓性奇妙的作曲家。所以选项应该选对人的及其作品方面的描述。故选择D选项。A选项说的是romantic style 风格的影响，不对，B 选项说 nationalism 和流行乐的关系，后者文章没有提，错误。C选项，乡村音乐在 early 1900 的流行，通篇都是在说人和那个人的作品，这只是一个细节，所以选 D。
13. What does the professor imply about romantic music in Austria-Hungary in the early 1900s?
A.It was not as popular there as it was in other European countries
B.It motivated Bart’k to listen to other types of music
C.It was listened to in the countryside more than it was in the cities
D.Its popularity was due to the work of Bart’k and other ethnomusicologists
答案：B
解析：(原文中)：And in the early 1900 composers worked in the romantic style were most popular in AH. But Bartok, he was part of the musical community that was trying to change this. And it let him to, well, the first thing ... was to led him travel, he looked to the countryside for the music of the farmers and the people who lived in the small towns. And their music, well, you can say he discovered the music that was popular in those areas. Male student:
细节题，文章说在 1900 年流行的 romantic 的风格，并且这方面的作曲也是非常流行的，文章紧接着来个转折“但是”he was part of the musical community that was trying to change this. Bella Bartok 准备尝试去打破这些，所以Bella Bartok远走高飞去寻找不同音乐风格。答案选 B。 注意转折词 but。
14. Why does the professor mention local celebrations in the countryside?
A.To show how folk music influenced composers throughout Eastern Europe
B.To give an example of when performances of Bart’k music took place
C.To give an example of occasions when Bart’k had an opportunity to hear folk music
D.To talk about why romantic music was popular in the countryside
答案：C
解析：(原文中)：He roamed the countryside and listened to the music in the small towns and all sorts of celebrations. He attended weddings, dances and religious ceremony where he heard a very different sort of music from the romantic stuff being played in the concert halls in the cities. The music he heard is what we were considered folk music.
细节题，这道题目是说例子的作用题，听原文大体出现Bella Bartok 同 folk music 之间的关系这块。 A选项 选项说的太泛，throughout Eastern Europe; B说 Bart 登台表演，听力没有说过，而且一般作曲家不上台表演; D选项，跟 romantic 音乐没有关系，这里其实就是介绍 folk music。做题时，要明白关键词出现在听力的哪个逻辑链条的地方，然后选项排除。
15. What was Bart’k original goal when he started to travel through eastern Europe?
A.To promote his ballet, the wooden prince
B.To document the local popular music
C.To discover which musical elements were popular in all countries
D.To find unusual musical elements he could use in his own compositions
答案：B
解析：(原文中)：No. At first, he went around to document the folk music.
该题是细节题，出现在师生问答环节。注意问答前后的出题陷阱。
16. According to the professor, why was Bart’k music popular in Austria-Hungary?
A.Bart’k music was considered more sophisticated than other concert-hall music.
B.Bart’k compositions incorporated music from the local culture.
C.People were familiar with the Romantic elements Bart’k included in his music.
D.Bart’k took advantage of the popularity of ballet there and wrote many new ballets.
答案：B
解析：(原文中)：It happened to be a time of strong nationalism in Austria, Hungary. So his composition came just at the right time. It became very successful there. Particularly, when Bartok's ballet The Wooden Prince opened, it was a great excitement for music that included musical elements from local folk songs, and music reflected the region's musical traditions.
细节因果题，遇到因果方面的题目的时候，注意听力原文的一些提示词，如 because, why, so,casuse 等等，听力里面提到了the Wooden Prince，一个芭蕾舞剧非常有名是因为音乐包含了当地民歌和音乐反应了当地音乐传统文化。所以选 B.
17. What does the professor mean when he says this: 重听题
A.He wants to change the topic of discussion
B.He wants to acknowledge that the students may not be familiar with Bart’k’s music
C.He believes the students should already be familiar with the term ‘glissando’
D.He will use an example of glissando to help define the term
答案：D
解析：(原文中)：He adopted a number of elements from what he heard, like unusual rhythms and he liked to use Gelli Sandor as his home mark, which you probably got from listening to Croatian folk music. Gelli Sandor is, well, I've got a recording of Bartok here.
态度题，这里有个提示词 Gelli Sandor，这句话的前文说Bart喜欢用 Gelli Sandor as his home mark, 后面的这个重听句明显是对前一句的 define. A,B 都不正确，C从语气上没有体现出教授认为学生们已经知道了，恰好是说学生不知道，教授想来解释的那种感觉。
Section 2
TPO16-L4 Conversation 2
18. Why does the man go to see the professor?
A.To find out how to distinguish between different types of whale songs
B.To request permission to change the topic of his paper
C.To discuss the difference between using the Internet and using books to find sources
D.To get help locating some information for his paper
答案：D
解析：(原文中)：Well, I was thinking about it, and I realized I don’t understand how they hold their breaths under water. It’s a little crazy for me to be writing a paper about migration patterns without actually knowing how they stay underwater for so long.
主旨原因题，学生先跟教授说了一下背景，然后说了一个问题，关于鲸鱼怎么在水下呼吸的事情，但是发现竟然对这块仍然不是很了解，答案 D，去找教授定位一些关于他论文上的信息。
19. What is the topic of the man’s paper?
A.How whales hold their breath
B.Whale migration patterns
C.Characteristic of whale habitats
D.The differences between the circulatory system of whales and that of other mammals
答案：B
解析：(原文中)：Well, I was thinking about it, and I realized I don’t understand how they hold their breaths under water. It’s a little crazy for me to be writing a paper about migration patterns without actually knowing how they stay underwater for so long.
细节题。文中清楚地给出了论文的话题。
20. What is the professor’s attitude toward the man’s question about how whales hold their breath?
A.She thinks he does not need to spend a lot of time looking for the answer.
B.She is surprised because she has already addressed this question in class.
C.She dismissed it as unimportant.
D.She is pleased that has a plan to obtain the answer himself.
答案：A
解析：(原文中)：Ok, I know I encourage everyone in class to look at a substantial number of sources, but I don’t want you to get overwhelmed. Looking at a number of sources gives you a good knowledge base, but students only have a limited amount of time to work on each paper. I don’t expect you to read a dozen of books on whales for this assignment. Focus on just a few.
态度题。教授评价说 I don’t expect you to read a dozen of books on whales for this assignment. Focus on just a few。教授认为学生花费了大量时间读这方面的书。
21. Why does the professor mention the limited time students have to complete their papers?
A.To suggest that looking at research on the Internet is a good way to save time
B.To point out that the library has reduced the amount of time it is open each day
C.To indicate her expectations for the amount of research to be done for the paper
D.To emphasize the important of starting to write the paper a couple of weeks before it is due
答案：C
解析：(原文中)：Ok, I know I encourage everyone in class to look at a substantial number of sources, but I don’t want you to get overwhelmed. Looking at a number of sources gives you a good knowledge base, but students only have a limited amount of time to work on each paper. I don’t expect you to read a dozen of books on whales for this assignment. Focus on just a few.
这道题建议使用排除法，A选项中 Internet 听力无关词排除，B选项中library 听力无关词排除;D选项提前几个礼拜去做论文的准备，conversation中没有做这方面的准备。C项说是为了表明教授对于论文方面做出相应研究数量的期待，正确。
22. According to the professor, how does a whale conserve oxygen while underwater?
Click on 2 answers
A.Its heart rate decreases
B.Its lung capacity temporarily increases
C.It slows the pace of its swimming
D.Blood flow to certain organs is decreased
答案：AD
解析：(原文中)：Student：：So how does having more oxygen in their blood help them stay underwater longer?
Professor：：It’s the way the whale’s blood carries oxygen to the rest of its body. Whales carefully conserve their oxygen when underwater in a couple of ways. When a whale dives, its metabolic weight drops, causing its heartbeat to slow down. And the blood flows to its muscles and some of its none-vital organs, like its kidneys, is also cut off. Whales muscles and none-vital organs are able to function without oxygen for an extended period of time.
细节题。教授后来解释了鲸鱼是怎么在水下保存氧气的：一个是降低心跳;一个是流向某些器官的血液减少。
TPO16-L5 History
23. What is the lecture mainly about?
A.The history of language in ancient Egypt
B.The process that was used to create hieroglyphic writing
C.The competition between two scholars to solve an archaeological puzzle
D.The circumstances that led to the solution of an archaeological puzzle
答案：D
解析：(原文中)：Hieroglyphic writing ended abruptly about 1600 years ago, and it mystified the most brilliant minds in the study of the Egyptian artifacts and archeology for many many centuries. Finally, the possibility of deciphering hieroglyphs came about with the discovery in 1799 of the Rosetta stone.
主旨题，教授一上来就介绍希腊的作品，1600年前突然中断造成了许多困扰，但是最终被破译了。所以D项一些环境促成考古谜团的解答。
24. What was demotic script used for in ancient Egypt?
A.Decorations on temples and monuments
B.Administrative documents
C. Illustration for stories
D. Representations of objects
答案：B
解析：(原文中)：The demotic script found on the Rosetta stone, um …well, demotic was not as elaborate as the hieroglyphic writing. It was used for Mundey matters or like administrator documents.
细节题。demotic 是通俗的意思，题目问 demotic script 被古埃及用来做什么的，没有特别提示词，关键是注意语气的变化，并且教授涉及到这块的时候有个前后对比，demotic was not…. It was used for…..的对比。
25. Why was ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writing difficult for scholars to interpret?
A.The language that it was based on was no longer used
B.The same words were often represented by several different symbols
C.It consisted of a mixture of three different languages
D.Only fragments of it were found
答案：A
解析：(原文中)：And two of the three alphabets are ancient Egyptian scripts that stop being used, the
hieroglyphic and the demotic……The soon was centrally the dictionary that the scholars needed to interpret the meaning of hieroglyphs, and it took a uniquely equipped researcher to finally decipher and understand what was written on the stone.
这道问原因解释，文中说古埃及的手稿，通俗版的和象形文字版的都已不再使用了，如果要解释，就得有字典。所以选 A。
26. What is the professor’s opinion about Thomas Young’s word with hieroglyphs?
A.She feels that Young has not received the credit he deserves.
B.She is amazed that Young’s conclusion about hieroglyphs was correct.
C.She is surprised that Young did not recognize his own accomplishments.
D.She thinks that Young’s work was not careful enough to be taken seriously.
答案：C
解析：(原文中)：Thomas Yang, an English scholar, was the first to seriously attempt to decide for the symbols on the Rosetta stone. He suspected rightly, that the hieroglyphs were phonetic symbols, that they represented sounds rather than pictures... Strangely though, he gave into the dominant thesis of the day that hieroglyphs were pictographs. He actually dismissed his own finding, as an anomaly, because the Ptolemy dynasty was Greek, not Egyptian.
这是态度题，教授对 Thomas Yang 是积极认可的, 从这句话 Thomas Yang, an English scholar, was the first to seriously attempt to decide for the symbols on the Rosetta stone. He suspected rightly, that the hieroglyphs were phonetic symbols, that they represented sounds rather than pictures可以得出，后面有个词 Strangely though 和后面的相关信息表明 Young并没有认识到他的成就，因此，答案选 C。
27. According to the professor, what led to the decoding of the Rosetta Stone?
A. A hieroglyph that represented the name of a person
B. A written and oral description of a historical event
C. The realization that each hieroglyph represented a different object or concept
D. The discovery that the word for “Sun” is written the same way in Greek, demotic, and hieroglyphics
答案：A
解析：(原文中)：Until then, all scholars assumed that the hieroglyphs were pictographs, that they symbolize objects or concepts. Thomas Yang focused his attention on one set of hieroglyphs that he thought would probably spell out a single word, the name of a king or queen.
这道题是个细节题，问是什么导致 Rosseta Stone 的解码。前面说要解码象形文字，就得比较特殊，紧接着教授介绍第一个正确解码的 Young 先生，他 spell out a single word, the name of……而且后文一直反复出现这个name。所以选 A。
28. How did Young’s and Champollion’s studies of hieroglyphs differ from earlier studies of
hieroglyphic writing?
A.Young and Champollion had access to large collections of hieroglyphic writing
B.Young and Champollion both guessed that hieroglyphs were symbols for sounds
C.Young and Champollion both spoke Greek and Coptic
D.Young and Champollion shared their research with one another
答案：B
解析：(原文中)：He suspected rightly, that the hieroglyphs were phonetic symbols, that they represented sounds rather than pictures… He was eventually able to confirm that it was. So, he had figured it out. Hieroglyphs were mainly phonetic, they represented sounds, not pictures.
可以看出Young和 Champollion是持有相同观点的，都认为象形文字是跟声音有关。
TPO16-L6 Behavior
29. What is the discussion mainly about?
A. The professor’s recent research on play and brain development
B. Differing explanations of the reasons for play
C. Examples of two distinct types of play fighting
D. Differences in the play behaviors of various animal specials
答案：B
解析：(原文中)：Alright, I hope you all had a chance to finish the assigned readings about animal play,
because I want to spend some time discussing the different viewpoints presented in those articles.
教授一开始就说布置了个任务，读关于动物玩耍的文章，来讨论几种不同的观点。
30. One of the students brings up the example of play fighting among wolf pups. What does
this example lead him to believe?
A.That wolves are especially violent animals.
B.That the play-as-preparation hypothesis is probably correct.
C. That wolves seldom engage in self-handicapping.
D.That the results of a recent study are probably not reliable.
答案：B,
解析：(原文中)：That hypothesis makes a lot of sense, like, maybe the most sense of all the theories we read about.
Professor: And, what leads you to that conclusion?
Jerry: Well, like wolves, the young pups, they fight a lot and bite, you know, not to hurt each other, but, just seems obvious why those wolf pups play like that.
在解释play as preparation时，教授问Jerry是怎样得到那个结论的，学生Jerry用了 wolf 的例子去证明那个假设是正确的。
31. Which statement best expresses the professor’s opinion of the play-as-preparation hypothesis?
A.It is well supported by available evidence.
B.It may apply only to certain species of animals.
C.It does not explain some important aspects of play.
D.It is particularly useful explaining human behavior.
答案：C
解析：(原文中)：Female student：：Oh, I don’t know about that. I mean, some of the things the young animal does while playing are totally different from the things they will do as an adult.
…
Professor: So this self-handicapping is important to take this into account before deciding to go with that first explanation, and in fact, there really isn’t much in the way of solid experimental evidence to support the play-as-preparation hypothesis.
男生解释完了，女生说动物孩童时玩耍的技能同成年后的行为完全不同，后来教授态度表示同意，说明 play-as-preparation 并不能解释play的一些重要方面。
32. What does the professor imply about self-handicapping? Click on 2 answers
A.It commonly occurs in play but not in other activities.
B.It applies only to animal species that do not hunt for food.
C.It has been observed only in laboratory settings.
D.It contradicts the play-as-preparation hypothesis.
答案：A, D
解析：(原文中)：Female student: Oh, I don’t know about that. I mean, some of the things the young animal does while playing are totally different from the things they will do as an adult. There was a really good example in second article. I can’t remember what it‘s called exactly… uh…self…
Female student: RIGHT! Self-handicapping, like during the fake fight…uh… a play fight, if one of the animals is winning, the winning animal might just stop and give up its advantage.
细节题。说道这个 self-handicapping 一方面是只在游戏玩耍的时候用，不在真正的打斗时候出现(这个教授也有解释)，所以选 A，这个在听力原文中，那个女生有所解释，而D，可以通过当时女生挑战男生关于 play-as-preparation 说明的时候证明，B选项中没有说only和hunt for food。C选项中的only laboratory setting 文章没有涉及，注意其它选项的 only 极限词汇。
33. The professor discusses a study on the relationship between brain growth and play. What
does that study conclude?
A.Patterns of brain growth are similar in animals that play and animals that do not play.
B.Excessive brain growth can sometimes limit an animal’s behavioral vocabulary.
C.Animals that do not play have less-developed brains than animals that play.
D.Animals without well-developed brains are seldom observed playing.
答案：C
解析：(原文中)：Ah, yes. Let’s talk about that. As you say, play is much more than just pretend fighting or practicing other adult behaviors. Apparently, it also contributes to the development of a brain that’s flexible.
文中有个词汇 apparently，明显的总结词汇，说明的正好是 C 项。
34. What does the student mean when she says this:
A.She is not familiar with the play behavior of wolf pups
B.She doubts that wolf pups fight as much as the other students implies
C.She is not sure that she correctly understood the reading assignment
D.She disagrees with the other student’s opinion about play behavior
答案：D
解析：(原文中)：
Female student: Oh, I don’t know about that. I mean, some of the things the young animal does while playing are totally different from the things they will do as an adult. There was a really good example in second article. I can’t remember what it‘s called exactly… uh…self…
重听暗示题，为了理解隐藏含义，也要联系上下文女学生明显不同意那个男生的观点，后面的内容明显是对男生观点的反驳。