1、雅思（听力）历年真题试卷汇编 34及答案与解析 一、 Listening Module (30 minutes however, you will find that you quickly overcome this and develop a very close and almost familial relationship. Many of our travellers have suggested that 13they have found discussing their hobbies and other interests with their host families
2、is the best way to overcome any barriers, since you are more than likely to find something you share in common. For example, you might find that you are both passionate about football, and end up playing in the local field every week. One of our guests undertaking a homestay in a rural area of the U
3、K told us that she and her host now take a Tai Chi class together upon a hilltop at sunrise, calling the experience absolutely breathtaking. After the first few weeks, 14you will find your understanding of the people around you and their culture deepens by leaps and bounds, and you will soon become
4、one of the locals. Our hosts, in over 140 countries, turn a location into a culture, time into experience and strangers into friends. So how can you find out about applying for a homestay? The best way would be to visit Connections website, , and contact one of their friendly advisors for more infor
5、mation. Once you have confirmed your interest in the service, 15we would strongly advise that you remain in close contact with the registration office, which will send you several emails keeping you up-to-date with potential matches in your country of choice. Once registered, Connection will require
6、 you to send various documents, and will act as an intermediary between you and the host family prior to final confirmation and payment. During this stage, Connection will ask you to 16provide two photos, one for the host family, and the other for our own records. Please ensure that you sign the bac
7、k of each photo. Due to the nature of the service Connection provides, security is an absolute must, and they will ask you to 17send in photocopies of your passport, birth certificate, and a bank statement as confirmation of your identity. On receipt of these documents, the official process will beg
8、in and your bank account will be debited for the initial deposit of 200. If you havent 18received any acknowledgement confirming receipt of these documents from us within seven working days, please contact the main office. As I mentioned before, due to the nature of the organisation, Connection oper
9、ates a meticulous screening process, and 19all applicants will undergo an interview in our head office in London, with exceptions made in extreme circumstances. After your interview, it may take us several weeks to carry out the decision process, so please be patient with us. If you would like a fas
10、t-track service, please indicate this on your application and we will notify you of the additional charges. Finally, once we have come to a result about your application, 20you will receive a decision in the post. If you do not receive an offer of placement, we will refund your deposit within 7 work
11、ing days. 11 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 本题三个选项分别为赚一大笔钱、无报酬、稳定的收入。根据定位词可定位至 “host families with a steady income from the comfort of their own home”可知寄宿家庭在自己家中就可获得稳定的收入，故本题选 C。 12 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题出题句为 “Connections advice for those suffering from culture shock， is to go out and make as many friends as possible，
12、 no matter how difficult you may find it ”从中可知，为克服文化冲击带来的影响，无论多难，都要尽可能地多交朋友，故本题选 B。 13 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 要克服接触障碍，可以通过谈论兴趣爱好跟主人熟悉起来，原文为“they have found discussing their hobbies and other interests with their host families is the best way to overcome any barriers”，故本题选 A。 14 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 本题考点句为 “Afte
13、r the first few weeks， you will find your understanding of the people around you and their culture deepens by leaps and bounds”，从中可知，经过一段时间，客人会对周围的人及文化有突飞猛进的理解，因此本题选 A。 15 【正确答案】 registration office 【试题解析】 根据 “we would strongly advise that you remain in close contact with the registration office”填空，
14、其中 remain是 keep的同义替换词，故本题填registration office。 16 【正确答案】 records 【试题解析】 根据 “provide two photos， one for the host family, and the other for our own records”可知，此处填 records。 17 【正确答案】 identity 【试题解析】 此处提到需要发送一些证件的复印件来证明身份，原文为 “they will ask you to send in photocopies of your passport， birth certificate
15、， and a bank statement as confirmation of your identity ”passport“护照 ”； birth certificate“出生证明 ”； bank statement“对账单 ”，故本题填 identity。 18 【正确答案】 acknowledgement 【试题解析】 原文说 “If you havent received any acknowledgement confirming receipt of these documents from us within seven working days， please conta
16、ct the main office (若 7个工作日内未收到 接收确认回执，请联系总部。 )”也就是说，正常的话， 7个工作日内就可以收到 acknowledgement。 19 【正确答案】 interview 【试题解析】 根据 “all applicants will undergo an interview in our head office in London”可知，要去伦敦总部面试，故本题填 interview。 20 【正确答案】 decision 【试题解析】 根据 “Finally, once we have come to a result about your app
17、lication， you will receive a decision in the post”可知，最终收到的是一份decision。 20 【听力原文】 Professor: For next week, Id like you to undertake a piece of research in preparation for writing your final essay. In order to gain top marks, you must include a range of primary, secondary, and tertiary sources. Are t
18、here any questions? Douglas: Yes, Professor, I have a question. We havent yet covered how to undertake this sort of research in much depth, and Im a little unsure of what you want us to do. In telling us to include primary sources, do you mean you want us to design and distribute a questionnaire, an
19、alysing the results? Professor: You could design a questionnaire, but youll soon find that distributing a questionnaire on such a large scale is somewhat troublesome. We couldnt possibly expect you to do it effectively as an individual university student without the necessary resources. No, ideally
20、I would like you to form one or two focus groups, and 21interview them. This will provide you with a more qualitative approach. If your strengths lie in mathematics, please by all means take a more quantitative approach, but this will be more strenuous and time consuming, and isnt entirely necessary
21、 for the purpose of this study. Jane: Professor, you havent told us what our project is about. Do we get to choose our own topic based on the previous study? Professor: No, Im afraid not. This will be a strictly 22Australian study; however, you can choose which angle youd like to take, so long as it
22、 remains within the realm of anthropology. Does anyone have any questions specifically about the formation of the focus groups? Ive had several emails about this, and Id like to address it now. Douglas: My study is related to growing up in Australia, and the question of nature versus nurture. Ive ga
23、thered more than two hundred school children who would be happy to participate in a focus group. Do you think well need to include that many participants in a focus group? Professor: Blimey, Douglas, well done for finding that many willing children, but you definitely dont need that many for the stu
24、dy youre going to undertake. Id say you need no more than five children per group, and no more than three groups, so fifteen children altogether. 23You definitely need to control the group size in order to generate a meaningful dialogue. Douglas: OK, if its useful, Ill try and do it. Professor: I ap
25、preciate your enthusiasm for the project, but there are plenty of different ways to gather data, and Im sure that if you look hard enough, youll find someone who has conducted almost the exact same research in the past. My advice for you is 24dont be too ambitious, and try to include as much informa
26、tion about various people or sectors. Jane: For those who havent ever collected original data before, what do you suggest we do? Professor: I would suggest that you read accounts from other people who have undertaken such research to see what advice they can give. I would also encourage you to read
27、Chapter Eight in the course textbook, which should give you a good introduction to collecting data. Moreover, you should 25try to practice using the data table provided in your course handbook. By now you should have read at least six or seven books giving quite detailed instruction on how to go abo
28、ut collecting data. Douglas: Professor, I dont know about everyone else, but Im having trouble reading the books. 26I had a really big assignment for another course and Ive been spending all my time on that. Jane, have you read all the books the professor mentioned? Jane: Well, my trouble is getting
29、 hold of the books. Ive been to the library several times, but all the books are out. Professor: Sounds like you should have started borrowing books a bit earlier. Jane: Yes, I should have. But I got several ones from my friend a couple of days ago. I just skimmed through them, and dont remember a l
30、ot of the information. Jane: But now lets look at these things. Well need to start thinking about which ones well definitely want to do for the project. Douglas: Okay. The first one here is the final report. Jane: If you like, 27we can work together on the research and data-collection side of the pr
31、oject, and doing the final write-up? Douglas: Cool. That sounds good. Im not sure how much Id be able to contribute considering I havent had a chance to read the course material. 28But I should be able to prepare some sheets and a list of questions that can be used during the focus group sessions. J
32、ane: That sounds appropriate. I think so too. Douglas: Do you think well need to write a letter to send to the participants, telling them the time and place for the interviews? Jane: Positive. 29I can take care of that. Douglas: Well, thats great. Jane: I should also include a document for them to s
33、ign saying that theyre happy to be voice-recorded. Douglas: Oh yes, of course. I forgot about the transcript. 30Thatll likely be a big job, so lets do half each, Ill do one of the groups and you can do the other. Okay? Jane: Sounds like a plan! 21 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 教授推荐的研究方法是 interview，原文是 “ideally I
34、would like you to form one or two focus groups， and interview them ”故本题选 A。 22 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据教授所述 “This will be a strictly Australian study” 可知，此题选 C。 23 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 本题出题句为 “You definitely need to control the group size in order to generate a meaningful dialogue ”即只有 control the group size，才
35、能促成有意义的对话，故本题选 B。 24 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 教授给出的建议是 “dont be too ambitious”，对应选项 B。 25 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 gather data在原文中的同义替换是 collect data，教授对 Jane说“you should try to practice using the data table”，故本题选 C。 26 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 学生自述读书上有困难，因为 “I had a really big assignment for another course and Ive been spend
36、ing all my time on that”，也就是说他没有足够的时间完成阅读，因此选 A。 27 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据女生的提议 “If you like， we can work together on the research and data-collection side of the project， and doing the final writeup?”可知，她想一起完成 final report， writeup是 report的同义替换，故本题选 C。 28 【正确答案】 B 【试题解析】 Douglas说 “But I should be able
37、to prepare some sheets and a list of questions that can be used during the focus group sessions”，故本题选 B。 29 【正确答案】 A 【试题解析】 Douglas问 “Do you think well need to write a letter to send to the participants” ， Jane回答 “I can take care of that”，故本题选 A。 30 【正确答案】 C 【试题解析】 根据 “I forgot about the transcript
38、Thatll likely be a big job， so lets do half each ”可知， transcript也是两人共同完成，故本题选 C。 30 【听力原文】 Good morning everyone! Today Im going to talk about the graphical symbol. A graphic symbol is a written symbol that is used to represent speech, such as those used in the Greek alphabet. The term graphic symbo
39、l encompasses anything from the logographs used in Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, to ancient Chinese pictograms. Early symbols were based on pictographs and ideograms before they were developed into logographic writing systems. These systems are still in use in some non-literate cultures in Africa,
40、the Americas, and Oceania. Indeed, elements of pictography are still found in modern Chinese characters, and it is often an interesting exercise to trace the origins of some Chinese characters. Pictographs remain in common 31commercial use today as signs, instructions, or statistical diagrams. Road
41、signs and public toilet signs, and even flat-pack assembly instructions utilising pictures are considered pictographic. Ancient graphic writing systems provide researchers with a wealth of 32knowledge about past civilisations. In 1799, one of the most important historical discoveries was made by acc
42、ident when members of Napoleons expedition to Egypt found a stone in Rosetta that exhibited three different scripts. The stone, now known as the Rosetta Stone, was studied in significant depth by scholars, and was first deciphered by Frenchman Jean-Francois Champollion in 1822. He was able to correc
43、tly determine the phonetic values of the symbols, and later research has confirmed his findings. In many of these symbols, 33lines are used to portray a multitude of meanings, and knowledge and understanding of these lines holds the key to comprehension of graphic writing systems. A key moment in th
44、e history of communication was the invention of the camera obscura, or camera. Although the concept can be traced back to the fifth century B.C. Chinese philosopher Mo Ti, the first photographic image was ultimately created in 1826 by Joseph Nicephore Niepce. 34Photography, as it was later known, en
45、ables researchers to piece together and better understand history. Today, photography forms a huge part of everyday life and most publications contain a vast number of photographs. Photography is used in advertising, and is now becoming a way to increase awareness of existing world issues. For examp
46、le, animal welfare charities are increasingly using photography to 35advertise animals that are at high risk of endangerment. Charity workers are sometimes flown to far-flung locations to document the suffering endured by high-risk animals in an attempt to raise human awareness of their consumption
47、activities, and how they impact others. One recent high profile campaign was undertaken by attaching a camera to the 36foot of a bird, in order to obtain photographs of the animals in their natural habitats, and understand how often they come into contact with human waste. A soon-to-be-released docu
48、mentary about the suffering of animals on Midway Island shows the full extent to which human consumption is harming animals thousands of miles away from us. As photography continues to progress, with the use of drones now becoming somewhat commonplace, we should expect more and more 37objects to be
49、included in the future, expanding the horizon of photography ever further. Indeed, the downward pressure on traditional media prices means that media companies are being forced to get creative on how to make a profit. Many have found that the answer to this lies in advertising, and companies are now willing to devote a large portion of their budgets to advertising in 38 newspapers. By the same token, marketing has become an essential part of a companys b
