听力预测题.mp3: Section A A. She expected more people at her party. B. She enjoys entertaining small children. C. She threw a surprise party for her friend. D. She has always enjoyed great popularity. 2.A .They are not used to living in a cold place. B. They feel lucky to live in Florida. C.They are going to have a holiday. D. They have not booked their air tickets yet. 3.A. He was pleased to get the medal. B. He was very courageous. C.lie used to be a firefighter. D.He was accused of causing a fire. 4.A. Make a profitable investment. B. Buy a new washing machine. C. Get parts for the machine from Japan. D .Have the old washing machine fixed. 5.A. He is pleased with his exciting new job. B. He finds the huge workload unbearable. C. He finds his office much too big for him. D. He is not so excited about his new position. 6.A. The woman is going to hold a big party tomorrow. B. The man has no idea what the right thing to do is. C. The woman doesn't know how to get to the party. D. The man offers to drive the woman to the party. 7.A. Drawing up a business plan. B. Discussing a term paper. C. Finalizing a contract. D. Reviewing a co-authored article. 8.A. She ordered some paper. B.She had the printer repaired. C. She chatted online with a friend. D. She filled in an application form. Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9.A. His health is getting worse. C.His past life upsets him a good deal. B. He can no longer work at sea. D. He has not got the expected pension. 10. A. She passed away years ago. B .She used to work as a model. C. She has been working at a clinic. D. She has been seriously ill for years. 11. A. She has made lots of money as a doctor. B. She is going to take care of her old dad. C.She has never got on with her father. D. She is kind and generous by nature. 12. A. He dines out with his wife every weekend, B. He is excellent but looks bad-tempered. C. He does not care about his appearance. D. He is not quite popular with his patients. Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 13. A.The man has scat the order to the woman by mistake. B. Some of the telephone systems don't work properly. C. Some of the packs do not contain any manuals. D.The quality of the goods is not up to the standard. 14. A. Send a service engineer to do the repairs. B. Consult her boss about the best solution. C. Pass the man's order to the right person. D.Solve the problem at her company's cost. 15. A.Ideal. B. Temporary. C.Partial. D. Creative. Passage One Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard. 16. A. It is entertaining. B. It is a costly hobby. C.It takes lots of time. D.It requires training. 17. A.They can harm nearby plants. B. They may catch some disease. C. They fight each other for food. D. They may pollute the environment. 18. A.Place the tbod on warmer spots. B. Use prepared feed mixtures only. C. Avoid using any contaminated food. D. Continue the feeding till it gets warm. Passage Two Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard. 19.A. He will betray even his best friends. B.He is able to make up good excuses. C. He will lie whenever he wants. D. He tries to achieve his goal at any cost. 20. A. She made him apologize. B. She readily forgave him. C.She broke up with him. D. She refused to answer his calls. 21. A. Buy her a new set of tires. B. Help clean her apartment. C.Lend her his batteries. D. Move furniture for her. Passage Three Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 22. A. The atmosphere they live in is rather unreal. B. Their parents put too much pressure on them. C.Ifs hard for them to get along with other kids. D. They have to live in the shadow of their parents. 23. A.He always boasts about his rich father. B.He will grow up to be good for nothing. C. He has too much to know the value of things. D. He is too young to manage his inherited property. 24. A.She wants Amanda to get professional care. B.She has no experience in raising children. C.She wants to show offher wealth. D. She has no time to do it herself. 25. A. The lifestyle depicted in Hollywood movies. B.The worship of money, beauty and pleasure. C .The attention the media focuses on them. D.The pursuing of perfection in performance. Section C Around 120 years ago, Ebbinghans began his study of memory. He (26)__________studying how quickly the human mind can remember (27) __________. One result of his research is known as the total time hypothesis (假设), which simply means the amount you learn (28)__________the time you spend trying to learn it. This can be taken as our first rule of learning. Although it is usually true that studying for four hours is better than studying for one, there is still the question of how we should use the four hours. For example, is it better to study for four hours( 29 )__________or to study for one hour a day for four days in a row? The answer, as you may have ( 30 )__________., is that it is better to spread out the study times. This ( 31 ) __________,through which we can learn more efficiently by dividing our practice time, is known as the distribution of practice effect. Thus, our second rule of learning is this: it is better to study fairly (32)__________but often. But we're not finished yet. We haven't (33) __________how we should study over very short periods of time. Let's say you are trying to learn some new and rather difficult English vocabulary using a (34) __________. Should you look at the same word in rapid succession, or look at the word and then have some delay before you look at it again? The answer is it is better to space out the( 35 )__________ of the word you are to learn.