竞赛听力训练（15）参考答案及录音原文

【听力原文】

1．根据你所听到的对话，选出正确答案。

1）M：Mr．Forster is fluent in Spanish and now he is starting to learn German．

   W：You are right．But he also knows a few words in Japanese and Chinese．

   Q：Which language does Mr Forster speak well？

2）M：I am going to the botanical garden to make some sketches of plants today．

   W：May I go with you？I have the same assignment．

   Q：What do we learn about the man and the woman from this conversation？

3）M：Catherine is taking a microbiology course this semester．

   W：Should she be taking that this year？

   Q：What does the woman imply that Catherine should be doing？

4）M：Would itbe better to buy a monthly mealticketor pay for each meal separately？

   W：Whatdifference does itmake？The price per meal is the same either way．

   Q：What does the woman mean？

5）M：I can come to your house and pick you up in half an hour．Is that all right？

   W：Good．That means you'll be here at 9：30．

   Q：What time is it now？

6）M：Would you care for a coke？

   W：I'd love to have one．

   Q：Where are they talking？

7）W：The flowers are lovely，aren'tthey？And Ilike the music，too．

   M：Next time I'll choose the place to eat．It hurts me to pay 50dollars for so little food．

   Q：What have the two speakers probably been doing？

8）W：To tell the truth，I really can't bear the way Alex dominates the conversation all the time．If he is going to the party，I just won't come．

   M：I'm sorry you feel that way．My sister insists that he come．

   Q：Why has Alex been invited to the party？

9）W：Here is the table for eight people．I think Jack should invite Jessica to the party，don't you think so？

   M：It's not our business．If Jack liked to invite her，he would have．

   Q：What did the woman say about Jack？

10）M：Doyou really have to go down to the lake to fetch all your water？

    W：Yes，but all things considered，life in the country is still a lot less complicated than life in the city．

    Q：Where does the woman think life is harder？

2．听短文，补全文中所缺词语。

The White House is the official residence of the President of the United States．It was designed by James Hoban，an Irish born architect．He based the design on certain buildings that he knew and in Ireland．The location was chosen by George Washington，but he never lived in it．The first president to live in the White House was John Adams，in 1800．During the war of 1812，the British invaded Washington and burned the White House． Repairs were supervised by Hoban．In 1817，President Monroe moved into the White House and had the gray sandstone painted white，to cover the smoke stains that remained after the fire．Ever since then the building which was called“the President's Mansion，”was also called“the White House”．It wasn't until 1902 that the official name of the president's home was changed to“the White House”．Massive repairs were done in 1947 and 1948 because parts of the building were sinking．President Truman supervised the repairs at that time．

【参考答案】

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