王迈迈英语AB级考试讲解A2

[00:01.01]王迈迈英语A级考试全真模拟试卷与详解 Test Two
[00:02.78]Part I Listening Comprehension
[00:06.96]Directions:
[00:08.70]This part is to test your listening ability.
[00:11.22]It consists of 3 sections.
[00:13.93]Section A
[00:15.81]This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues.
[00:19.91]There are 5 recorded dialogues in it.
[00:22.67]After each dialogue, there is a recorded question.
[00:25.89]Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once.
[00:30.07]When you hear a question,
[00:31.57]you should decide on the correct answer
[00:33.45]from the 4 choices marked A), B), C), D)
[00:37.69]given in your test paper.
[00:39.56]Then you should mark the corresponding 1 letter on the Answer Sheet
[00:42.75]with a single line through the center.
[00:46.10]1. M: Hello! Is this eight six eight double zero seven five?
[00:51.66]W: Yes. Who is speaking?
[00:54.15]Q: What is the telephone number?
[01:12.23]2.  M: Nancy, why were you late for class this morning?
[01:16.17]W: I overslept and missed the bus.
[01:19.22]Q: Why was Nancy late?
[01:37.11]3.  M: Have you seen Lee recently?
[01:40.45]W: He must be home by now.
[01:42.04]I saw him leave on his bike half an hour ago.
[01:45.72]Q: Where did the woman think Lee is?
[02:04.76]4.  M: You've bought only 15 oranges?
[02:08.90]W: No, I bought 20 in all.
[02:10.99]But when I got home, I found five were bad.
[02:14.74]Q: How many oranges were good?
[02:33.23]5.  W: Excuse me, Sir.
[02:36.29]Can you tell me how to get to the National Bank?
[02:39.14]M: Yes, go straight on for a few minutes and turn left at the crossing,
[02:43.60]and you'll find it at the end of the street.
[02:46.83]Q: What is the probable 2 relationship between the two speakers?
[03:07.00]Section B
[03:08.84]This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations.
[03:13.01]There are 2 recorded conversations in it.
[03:15.81]After each conversation, there is a recorded questions.
[03:19.44]Both the conversations and questions will be spoken two times.
[03:24.09]When you hear a question,
[03:25.56]you should decide on the correct answer
[03:27.58]from the 4 choices marked A), B),C), and D)
[03:31.76]given in your test paper.
[03:33.67]Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet
[03:37.14]with a single line through the center.
[03:40.22]Conversation 1
[03:42.53]W: Excuse me, sir. Do all the suitcases come here?
[03:46.03]M: Yes, they do. Can I help you?
[03:49.25]W: I've been waiting for my baggage for 50 minutes.
[03:52.44]And I only have a few minutes left to catch another plane to Kansas City.
[03:56.75]M: Do you have your baggage claim check?
[03:58.92]W: Yes, I do.
[04:00.15]M: Let me see. Please wait a minute and I'll try to find them.
[04:03.61]W: Thanks, but please hurry.
[04:05.77]M: Sorry to keep you waiting, I've located 3 your baggage.
[04:08.84]Your suitcases were left behind in Paris this morning
[04:11.63]and won't arrive in New York until later this evening.
[04:14.55]W: Oh, that's terrible.
[04:16.23]Now I've missed my plane and my brother
[04:18.57]will be waiting for me at the airport in Kansas City at 10:30 tonight.
[04:23.33]M: We regret this inconvenience.
[04:25.52]The airline will pay all expenses
[04:27.52]for you to stay in a hotel in New York tonight.
[04:30.54]You can get a flight to Kansas City tomorrow morning.
[04:33.84]W: Thank you.
[04:37.12]Questions 6 - 8 are based on the conversation you've just heard.
[04:42.62]6. What was the woman doing?
[05:00.75]7. Where would the woman leave for?
[05:19.10]8. What would the woman have to do?
[05:37.57]W: Excuse me, sir. Do all the suitcases come here?
[05:41.00]M: Yes, they do. Can I help you?
[05:44.14]W: I've been waiting for my baggage for 50 minutes.
[05:47.25]And I only have a few minutes left to catch another plane to Kansas City.
[05:52.02]M: Do you have your baggage claim check?
[05:53.89]W: Yes, I do.
[05:55.12]M: Let me see. Please wait a minute and I'll try to find them.
[05:58.33]W: Thanks, but please hurry.
[06:00.60]M: Sorry to keep you waiting, I've located your baggage.
[06:03.57]Your suitcases were left behind in Paris this morning
[06:06.53]and won't arrive in New York until later this evening.
[06:09.36]W: Oh, that's terrible.
[06:11.04]Now I've missed my plane and my brother
[06:13.38]will be waiting for me at the airport in Kansas City at 10:30 tonight.
[06:18.26]M: We regret this inconvenience.
[06:20.33]The airline will pay all expenses
[06:22.21]for you to stay in a hotel in New York tonight.
[06:25.44]You can get a flight to Kansas City tomorrow morning.
[06:28.84]W: Thank you.
[06:32.01]Questions 6 - 8 are based on the conversation you've just heard.
[06:37.50]6. What was the woman doing?
[06:55.64]7. Where would the woman leave for?
[07:14.16]8. What would the woman have to do?
[07:32.71]Conversation 2
[07:34.92]W: Hi, Sam, would you like to go swimming this afternoon?
[07:38.90]M: I wish I could,
[07:40.65]but I have to spend the rest of the day in the library.
[07:43.75]I have a ten-page paper due 4 tomorrow.
[07:46.81]W: Oh, is that for Professor Lowal's class?
[07:49.92]M: Yes.
[07:50.92]W: That's hard. How was it going so far?
[07:54.09]M: Not very well.
[07:55.49]And I also have to study a lot for math and history.
[07:59.25]I don't know how I'm going to do at all.
[08:01.77]W: You know, Sam. I've been doing well in math,
[08:04.14]so I'll be happy to help you.
[08:05.82]M: Ah, that would be great, Jenny.
[08:08.03]W: If you like we can start after we come back from swimming.
[08:11.36]M: OK, I'll see you in front of the library.
[08:13.83]W: Good luck with your paper.
[08:17.41]Questions 9-10 are based on the conversation you've just heard.
[08:22.99]9. Where is Jenny going?
[08:41.42]10. Why can't Sam go with Jenny?
[09:00.19]W: Hi, Sam, would you like to go swimming this afternoon?
[09:04.34]M: I wish I could,
[09:05.78]but I have to spend the rest of the day in the library.
[09:08.88]I have a ten-page paper due tomorrow.
[09:11.78]W: Oh, is that for Professor Lowal's class?
[09:15.20]M: Yes.
[09:16.13]W: That's hard. How was it going so far?
[09:19.32]M: Not very well.
[09:20.67]And I also have to study a lot for math and history.
[09:24.37]I don't know how I'm going to do at all.
[09:27.00]W: You know, Sam. I've been doing well in math,
[09:29.44]so I'll be happy to help you.
[09:31.22]M: Ah, that would be great, Jenny.
[09:33.42]W: If you like we can start after we come back from swimming.
[09:36.70]M: OK, I'll see you in front of the library.
[09:39.05]W: Good luck with your paper.
[09:42.73]Questions 9-10 are based on the conversation you've just heard.
[09:48.39]9. Where is Jenny going?
[10:06.47]10. Why can't Sam go with Jenny?
[10:25.17]Section C
[10:27.19]This section is to test your ability to comprehend 5 short passages.
[10:31.85]You will hear a recorded passage.
[10:34.15]After that you will hear five questions.
[10:36.88]Both the passage and questions will be read two times.
[10:41.36]When you hear a question,
[10:42.95]you should complete the answer
[10:44.29]with a word or a short phrase 6 (in no more than 3 words).
[10:49.23]The questions and incomplete 7 answers are printed on your test paper.
[10:53.56]You should write your answer on the Answer Sheet correspondingly 8.
[10:57.36]Now the passage will begin.
[11:00.14]I'll never forget the day my car broke down.
[11:03.32]It literally 9 was the middle of the night
[11:05.39]and we were miles from home.
[11:07.30]We tried to get it started again, but in vain 10,
[11:10.46]and there was no traffic on the road at all,
[11:12.84]so we couldn't get a lift.
[11:14.66]So we had to walk all the way home.
[11:17.73]To make matters worse,
[11:19.15]it started to rain and by the time
[11:21.11]we arrived home about two hours later,
[11:24.26]we were wet through.
[11:26.01]But the worse was yet to come!
[11:28.33]I looked in my pockets and Jane looked in hers
[11:31.82]but there was no key.?
[11:34.15]In the end we realized that one of us (probably me)
[11:38.17]had left the front door key in the car.
[11:40.77]We had no choice but to break a window and climb in.
[11:44.73]Unfortunately just as we were about to climb
[11:47.89]through the broken window,
[11:49.05]a policeman arrived on the scene.
[11:51.48]In the end we convinced 11 him and he let us go in.
[11:54.68]By the time we eventually got to bed,
[11:56.86]it was past 3 o'clock and we were cold, wet,
[12:00.70]miserable and absolutely exhausted 12.
[12:05.35]Questions:
[12:07.25]11. When did the speaker and Jane arrive home?
[12:27.13]12. How did they get home?
[12:44.98]13. What did they find when they finally arrived home?
[13:04.55]14. How did they feel at the end of the day?
[13:23.37]15. What does the speaker think of his experience?
[13:42.76]I'll never forget the day my car broke down.
[13:45.91]It literally was the middle of the night
[13:47.95]and we were miles from home.
[13:49.87]We tried to get it started again, but in vain,
[13:52.96]and there was no traffic on the road at all,
[13:55.33]so we couldn't get a lift.
[13:57.25]So we had to walk all the way home.
[14:00.33]To make matters worse,
[14:01.72]it started to rain and by the time
[14:03.60]we arrived home about two hours later,
[14:06.81]we were wet through.
[14:08.64]But the worse was yet to come!
[14:10.85]I looked in my pockets and Jane looked in hers
[14:14.52]but there was no key.?
[14:16.83]In the end we realized that one of us (probably me)
[14:20.94]had left the front door key in the car.
[14:23.48]We had no choice but to break a window and climb in.
[14:27.38]Unfortunately just as we were about to climb
[14:30.29]through the broken window,
[14:31.66]a policeman arrived on the scene.
[14:34.20]In the end we convinced him and he let us go in.
[14:37.30]By the time we eventually got to bed,
[14:39.49]it was past 3 o'clock and we were cold, wet,
[14:43.37]miserable and absolutely exhausted.
[14:48.02]Questions:
[14:49.87]11. When did the speaker and Jane arrive home?
[15:09.55]12. How did they get home?
[15:27.58]13. What did they find when they finally arrived home?
[15:47.16]14. How did they feel at the end of the day?
[16:06.04]15. What does the speaker think of his experience?