21. 答案D
解析：从选项中，考生可以推测问题是关于回收利用废纸的好处。听力对话后半部分中女士说：如果废纸可以帮助保护森林，谁会在乎颜色?从中可以判断，女士认为回收废纸的最大好处是，可以保护树木。
22. 答案D
解析：由选项可推测问题是关于两者之间的关系。听力最后，男士说：随后我把废纸送到你公寓去。从中可以推断，这是两家人，并不是夫妻或母子关系。听力中一直提到“apartment(公寓)”，两者之间是师生关系的可能性很小，最有可能就是住的比较近的朋友关系。
Conversation Two
W: Let's go in here and order some coffee while we look at your pictures.
M: Good idea. We'd both like coffee, please. OK, here's one of Ed's, 【23】my roommate. I took this picture right after we had arrived at the school this fall. We had just met, in fact. And this was our room of the dormitory while we were unpacking all our things. What a mess !
W: You certainly had a lot of boxes. How did you ever find room for everything?
M: In the beginning, we thought we'd never get all arranged but now we are very comfortable. Lucky for me, Ed keeps his things neat.
W: Do you like living in the dormitory?
M: It's not bad. 【24】Sometimes Ed turns his radio up too loud and makes too much noise. Then I get angry. Sometimes I leave my books lying around and he gets angry. But usually we get along. 【25】Here's a picture of him taken when we went to visit my family during vacation.
W: And this last one?
M: That's my dog Spot.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the first conversation you've just heard.
23. Who is Ed?
24. Why does the man sometimes get angry at Ed?
25.What did Ed do during vacation?
19. 答案B
解析：根据选项，考生可以推断考题是关于某人的身份。听力一开始，两个人在咖啡馆点了咖啡，男士就介绍了Ed，是他的室友。
20. 答案A
解析：选项讨论了某位男士的特点，选项中he有可能指说话人，也有可能指Ed，考生要分清楚。女士问：喜欢住在宿舍吗?男士回答：还不错，有时候Ed把收音机开的很大，噪音很大，他会生气;有时候他把书乱扔，Ed会生气。而问题是：为什么男士会对Ed生气?很明显，男士生气，是因为Ed制造噪音。
21. 答案D
解析：选项讨论了某位男士的行为，考生要注意He的指代。听力最后提及，假期时Ed拜访了说话人一家。答案D是正确选项。
Section B
Passage One
【26】A credit card permits its holders to buy goods or obtain services without immediate payment. Possession of a card identifies the owner, who can obtain consumer credit. 【27】Each card has an account number which is recorded by the seller, who sends it to a central billing office. 【28】The office calculates the total price of purchases by the card holder during the month and sends him a bill. The buyer sends his check to the central office, which allocates the money to establishments extending credit.
Credit cards were used in some American stores during the 1920s, but they did not gain wide acceptance. In 1938 rival American oil companies issued them to consumers and established a national pool to honor each company's card. This was the start of the credit card's popularity.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you've just heard.
26. What does a credit card permit its holders to do?
27. What does each credit card have?
28. What does a central billing office do?
22. 答案A
解析：听力段落一开始就讲到信用卡的用途，持卡人当时不用付账，就可以购买物品或享受服务。所以A为正确答案。
23. 答案C
解析：选项提到某个号，考生要注意听力中的细节。接下来，听力中讲，每张信用卡都有一个账号，而选项中A、B、D在听力中并没有提及。
24. 答案D
解析：选项是关于某种东西的功能。听力接下来提到billing office，随后讨论它的功能，计算持卡人每月的总花费，并寄给他一个账单。选项C是个干扰项，是购买者把支票寄给billing office。
Passage Two
【29】In western culture music is regarded as good by birth, and sounds that are welcome are said to be "music to the ears". In some other cultures for example, Islamic culture——it is of low value, associated with sin and evil. In the West and in the high cultures of Asia, it is said that there are three types of music. First, 【30】classical music, composed and performed by trained professionals originally under the support of courts and religious establishments; second, folk music, shared by the population at large and passed on orally; and third, 【30】popular music, performed by professionals, spread through radio, television, records, films, and print, and consumed by the urban mass public.
Music is a major component in religious services, theatre, and entertainment of all sorts. 【31】The most universal use of music is as a part of religious ritual. Another less obvious function of music is social adherence. Music also symbolizes military, patriotic and funeral moods and events. In a more general sense, music may express the central social values of a society. In western music, the interrelationship of conductor and orchestra symbolizes the need for strong cooperation among various kinds of specialists in a modern industrial society.
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you've just heard.
29. In what culture is music regarded as good by birth?
30. Which of the following is performed by professionals?
31. According to the passage, what is the most universal use of music?
29. 答案C
解析：根据选项，考生要特别判断音乐在不同文化中的地位。听力一开始，就说在西方文化中，音乐地位很高，而在Islamic(伊斯兰)文化中，音乐价值很低，所以C为正确选项。
答案B
解析：根据选项，考生要关注不同音乐形式之间的异同。听力接下来讲到三种音乐形式，古典音乐是有专业人士谱曲演奏，民间音乐却在人民大众之间分享，而流行音乐也是由专业人员表演。从中，考生可以总结，古典音乐和流行音乐都是由专业人士制作。
答案D
解析：考生已经确定本篇听力的主题是音乐，所以从选项中可以推测问题是关于音乐的功能。听力第二段一开始，讲到音乐最普遍的功能是宗教仪式的一部分。选项A、B、C都是音乐的功能，却不是本篇听力认为的the most universal use of music。
Passage Three
William Shakespeare was christened in the market town of Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, 【32】on April 26, 1564; traditionally; his actual birthday was three days earlier, on St. George's day, the same day as his death fifty-two years later. His father, John, was a respected middle-class trader, and his mother, Mary Arden, came from a family of local landowners. It seems probable that young William received a fair education (for his day) at the local Grammar School; 【33】at the age of eighteen he married a girl eight years older than himself, Anne Hathaway, who gave him a child the following year and twins in 1585. Little else is known of his early life, and so we cannot tell what made him decide to leave Stratford in 1586 for London, where he stayed until 1611. 【34】In London he must soon have attracted attention, because by 1592 he was a popular enough writer and actor to be laughed at by an older dramatist as an uneducated Jack of all trades. He is mentioned as being among the principal actors of the city as early as 1598, and 【35】in 1599 we find that he is a member of the company running the Globe Theater, with one-tenth interest in the profits—showing a business sense rarely seen in his fellow writers. His popularity is indicated by the fact that not only were his own plays published under his name, which was a rare procedure in his day, but also plays by others are to be found attributed to him, as if to indicate that his name alone would promise a good sale.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you've just heard.
32. When did William Shakespeare die?
33. When did Shakespeare and his wife have their first child?
34. Which one can we infer from the article?
35. Which of the following is true?
答案D
解析：选项是时间，考生要注意听力篇章中不同时间的表达。考生如果了解Shakespeare，可能知道他去世的时间。如果不知道，听力一开始说他洗礼的时间是1564年4月26日，比他生日晚三天。52年后他去世的日子和真正的生日同一天，由此可以推断他死于1616年4月23日。
答案C
解析：选项依然是关于时间。听力篇章中间讲，Shakespeare在18岁的时候娶妻，第二年生子。因此他们第一个小孩出生在1583年。
答案C
解析：选项是人们对Shakespeare的了解。听力篇章中间讲，在伦敦，他很快就引起了大家的关注。选项A是个干扰项，人们对Shakespeare早期的生活是有所了解，虽然了解的不多。
答案B
解析：选项讨论Shakespeare是否有经济头脑。听力篇章靠后讲，Shakespeare经营the Globe Theater，拥有十分之一的利润，这表明他很有经济头脑。
Section C
答案handle
解析：在情态动词can的后面需要用动词原型。handle是个比较常用的动词，意为“处理，解决”。
答案extension
解析：在定冠词the的后面，需要用名词。extension是动词extend的名词形式，表示“扩充，扩张”。考生要注意，后缀是-sion，并非-tion。
答案communication
解析：在动词create和名词problems之间，应该是对problems的修饰，解释说明什么样的问题。communication是个常见的名词，在这里意为“交通”。
答案proposal
解析：不定冠词a的后面应该使用可数名词，再加上后面的动词put forward，考生可以推测缺少的名词是关于“建议，提议”的，proposal是propose的名词，以-al结尾。
答案relieve
解析：help to do sth.的结构让考生判断空白处可能是个动词。根据上下文，这个提议是帮助缓解交通阻塞问题的。动词relieve表示“缓解压力”，考生要注意relief是名词，此处要用动词。
答案involves
解析：此处有主语，有宾语，缺少谓语动词。主语是个单数，所以考生要注意动词involve后面要加上表示第三人称单数的-s。
答案comparatively
解析：根据语法，本空是个副词来修饰后面的little。comparatively是个比较常用的副词，“比较地，相对地”。
答案remaining
解析：本空是个后置定语，用来修饰前面的名词problem。Remain是个不及物动词，用-ing形式表示“遗留的，仍然存在的”。
答案There has been so much publicity in recent years regarding the high level of noise near airports
解析：空白处之后的一句话讲，在城镇建立新机场，政府可能会遇到相当大的阻力，那前半句应该是“对这个问题争论了很久”。此句中需要注意的词汇：publicity，regarding。
答案 The fact remains that increasing numbers of people want to travel by air and will accept somewhat slower flights
解析：空白处是在后面特定条件下的某种结果。如果市中心有方便的机场，将会出现怎样的结果?此句中需要注意的词汇：increasing，somewhat，slower(考生注意其中的比较级)。
答案it's a question of compromise between the travelers and the local inhabitants.
解析：此句为文章的最后一句，表示最终的结果。此句中需要注意的词汇：compromise，travelers，inhabitants。考生要注意其名词复数形式。
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2.
Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
Laziness is a sin, everyone knows that. We have probably all had lectures pointing out that laziness is immoral, that it is wasteful, and that lazy people will never amount to anything in life. But laziness can be more harmful than that, and it is often caused by more complex reasons than simple wish to avoid work. Some people who appear to be lazy are suffering from much more serious problems. They may be so distrustful of their fellow workers that they are unable to join in any group task for fear of ridicule or fear of having their ideas stolen. These people who seem lazy may be paralyzed by a fear of failure that prevents fruitful work. Or other sorts of fantasies may prevent work: some people are so busy planning, sometimes planning great deals of fantastic achievements that they are unable to deal with; strictly speaking, they are merely procrastinating--rescheduling their day.
Laziness can actually be helpful. Like procrastinators, some people may look lazy when they are really thinking, planning, contemplating, researching. We should remember that some great scientific discoveries occurred by chance or while someone was "goofing off." Newton wasn't working in the orchard when the apple hit him and he devised the theory of gravity. All of us would like to have some "lazy" build the car or stove we buy, particularly if that "laziness" were caused by the worker's taking time to check each step of his work and to do his job right. And sometimes, being "lazy"—that is, taking time off for a rest—is good for the overworked student or executive. Taking a rest can be particularly helpful to the athlete who is trying too hard, to doctor who's simply working himself overtime too many evenings, at the clinic. So be careful when you're tempted to call someone lazy. That person may be thinking, resting, or planning his or her next book.
47. What is the main idea of this passage?
48. According to the first paragraph, some people appear lazy because ___________________ _ .
49. What do you think of laziness according to the second paragraph?
50. According to the author, we cannot call the people lazy who are not at work because _______________________.
51. The word "fantasies" probably means _______________________.
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
The Super Bowl is one of the biggest events on the advertising calendar, as companies vie to produce the most memorable and innovative ads. The battle for the National Football League's ultimate prize attracts more viewers than anything else on American television and provides a "symbolic pulsetaking" for the advertising industry every February, says John Frelinghuysen, an analyst at Bain and Company, a consultancy. But this year the patient is in poor health. All the advertising slots(广告摊位) for the 2008 Super Bowl had been sold by the end of November 2007, despite the $ 2.6 million price of each. For 2009 the price has risen to $ 3 million, but at least, ten slots (out of 67) are still looking for a buyer.
General Motors, which ran 11 ads on Super Bowl Sunday in February 2008, has already said that it will not run any in 2009. America's two other big carmakers, Ford and Chrysler, are likely to follow suit. Tellingly, Monster com, an online job-search company, said recently that it was buying a slot. Instead of the usual parade of expensive ads paying tribute to American consumerism, 2009's Super Bowl will reflect a country in recession and indicate a hard year for the advertising industry.
Most forecasts for next year say that ad spending in America will decline by 5% or more. Much depends on the fate of the automotive industry: carmakers and dealers normally spend around $ 20 billion a year on advertising, but Chrysler and Ford scaled back their expenditure by more than 30% in the first nine months of 2008, and are expected to make further cuts in 2009 as they struggle for survival.
The car industry's situation will hurt all media, but especially television. Analysts at BMO Capital Markets predict that total spending on television ads will fall by almost 9% next year. Only newspapers, where a decline of 12% is expected, are forecast to fare worse. Carmakers have already shifted some of their advertising spending to the Internet, and are likely to go further in 2009. Car ads make up 25% of advertising revenues for local television channels, and carmakers have been among the most consistent buyers of high-priced ads on national television.
So far local stations have been most affected by falling spending on advertising. National stations have been safer, because they operate on longer-term contracts with advertisers. But in the New Year they will also feel the chill, as companies fail to renew their contracts. Television, which has remained strong as print media have lost advertising dollars and readers to the Internet, could enter a decline of its own. "Next on the list is TV stations," says Anthony Diclemente, a media analyst at Barclays Capital.
52. Why does the author give the example of Super Bowl?
A) Because it is the most popular football games in America.
B) Because it shows advertisers' enthusiasm in running slots has dropped.
C) Because it is an event that attracts the attention of advertisers.
D) Because it will be right on in America in 2009.
53. Why can't at least ten slots find a buyer (Last sentence, Para. 1 ) according to the passage?
A) The price for running the advertising slots has risen to $ 3 million.
B) It is not attractive any more for the advertising industry.
C) The advertising industry is suffering a hard year.
D) The advertising slots have been on the rise since 2007.
54. What may the carmakers resort to for promoting their automobiles and cutting down expenditure?
A) Buying low-priced ads on national television.
B) Renewing new contracts with national stations.
C) Shifting their advertising spending to the Internet.
D) Relying on such print media as newspaper.
55. What does the sentence "Next on the list is TV stations" ( last paragraph) said by Anthony Diclemente mean?
A) What he is going to analyze next is TV stations.
B) What advertisers prefer to use is TV stations.
C) TV station is the next to be defeated by Internet.
D) He would choose TV station as a second choice.
56. We can learn from the passage that ______.
A) Ford and Chrysler will run the advertising slots in 2009
B) 2009's Super Bowl will still be an expensive ads parade
C) America's ad spending this year will decline by 5% or more
D) Carmakers' fate determines to certain extent the ad spending in America