1、2022 年上海秋考英语听力文本年上海秋考英语听力文本I.Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections:In Section A,you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers.At the endof each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said.The conversations and thequestions will be spoken only once.After you hear a con
2、versation and the question about it,readthe four possible answers on your paper,and decide which one is the best answer to thequestion you have heard.1.M:Im baking cupcakes,but Ive run out of sugar.Would you please spare me a spoonful?W:Sure,Ill fetch you a packet.Q:What will the woman offer to the
3、man?2.W:Havent seen the dog for two days.I dont know if anything terrible has happened to it.M:Wed better prepare for the worst.Q:How does the woman most probably feel?3.M:Can you recommend something that a schoolboy of seven or eight will really like?W:Id suggest this toy train,sir.This new brand i
4、s popular these days.Q:What is the man most probably doing?4.M:I put my notebook on the bench a while ago,but now its gone.W:Well,you should have kept an eye on it.Q:What does the man imply about the woman?5.W:As you can see from the city map,the gallery is too far away from here.We dont haveenough
5、time to go there.M:How about the Memorial Hall nearby?I heard its breathtaking.Q:What are the speakers mainly talking about?6.M:Linda,youll have your chess game tomorrow.Youd better stay at home to do morepractice.W:Dad,it was yesterday.Q:What do we learn about Linda from the conversation?7.W:Charle
6、s,what do you think of the stage play?M:The storyline fascinates me a lot,yet the lighting and setting still need improving,let alone themusic.Q:Which aspect of the stage play does the man like?8.M:The flower show in the forest park closes today.Do you want to join me for the last chance?W:Good idea
7、.Um,the movie can wait.Q:Where is the woman most probably going?9.W:I cant get on well with my roommate,Kate.Shes so weird.M:Well,shes just different.After all,diversity is a fact of life.Q:What does the man imply?10.M:Im going to Beijing next week,but I havent found a hotel within my budget.W:Why b
8、other?My parents can put you up for a couple of days.Q:What does the woman mean?Section BDirections:In Section B,you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation.After eachpassage or conversation,you will be asked several questions.The passages and the conversationwill be read twice,but
9、the questions will be spoken only once.When you hear a question,readthe four possible answers on your paper,and decide which one is the best answer to thequestion you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.Everbrown is a small town with a history of 1400 years.Each sum
10、mer,the 300 hot springs nearbyattract about 40000 tourists.For the rest of the year,it is home to just 3000 people.It is not thekind of place youd expect to find Kitten Coffee,a famous food company.After university in1992,Miss Rosemary,founder of the company,wanted nothing more than to live in a sma
11、ll town.With jobs hard to come by in Everbrown,she and her husband had to move into a cabin with noelectricity or running water,and began to run a fruit stand specifically for tourists during thesummer months.They quickly realized that they needed to set up a business that could besuccessful all yea
12、r round.In 1996,they began roasting coffee beans in their garage,giving thebusiness the name Kitten Coffee.As sales quickly took off,it soon became apparent that theirproduct was going to be better known than the town from which it came.Since then,KittenCoffee has become one of the biggest success s
13、tories.Its special image of a brown kitten appearsin grocery stores and cafs across the country.Questions:11.What is the population of the town Everbrown?12.What can be learned about the company?13.What is the talk mainly about?Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.Breaking thro
14、ugh tightly sealed packaging can exhaust and frustrate you.Five years ago,as apioneer in e-commerce,we set up a team and announced a multi-year initiative to reduce yourfrustration.We named it Keep It Simple packaging or KIS packaging for short.At that time wemade an introduction video and got a gre
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16、on times.In addition tobeing frustration-free,this packaging is also better for the environment no clear plasticmaterials and its smaller.KIS packaging has so far eliminated over 27.4 million pounds ofpackaging material.We still have further to go on this initiative and well keep after it.We wantto
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18、vements every year.Questions:14.What can be learned about KIS packaging?15.What has the KIS team done so far?16.What is the speaker mainly talking about?Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.W:Hey,Steven!I heard you are going to Paris as an exchange student,but you dont see
19、mexcited.M:The school doesnt have an on-campus dormitory for exchange students.Im thinking ofrenting an apartment.W:Good idea!M:But the places close to campus are expensive,and the affordable ones are too far.W:Cant you take buses?M:Sometimes I have to stay on campus late for tons of laboratory work
20、 and assignments afterbuses stop running.W:HmmThats a point for being close to campus.Why not find a home stay family?M:You mean living with a local family?W:Yeah,you get your meals as well.M:But the problem is my schedule.I might not be able to have dinner at usual time.And I maywake people up when
21、 I come back late.W:Thats true.M:Now my only hope is to find a roommate.Together,we can afford a place close enough to theschool.W:But you may have different schedules.You could wake up your roommate as well.M:I hope I can find one among my classmates.So we share the same schedule,and he mighteven g
22、ive me a ride if he could drive.W:Brilliant.(Now listen again.)Questions:17.What are the speakers mainly talking about?18.According to the man,why does he have to live outside the campus?19.What does the man expect his life to be like in Paris?20.Why does the man want to choose a classmate as his roommate?Thats the end of Listening Comprehension.
