本次听力考试难度总体较往年相比基本一致。难点分布略有变化：往年出题较难的短文理解有两篇相对较易，而长对话今年较往年相比难度增加。短对话今年推断题的难度降低，原词出现的频率变大，需要考生考试时灵活处理听力技巧。

Section A

短对话

1. 语义推断题。选项是四个不同的完整的句子。

答案：B the dressing makes the salad inviting.

2. 综合理解题。选项是四个以he开头完整句子，重点听与男士相关的信息。

原文“your new consulting firm is doing well”

参考答案： D he is running a successful business.

3. 语义推断题。理解第二个人说的话“they should be in the cabinet if there are any. That’s where we keep all our supplies ”。

答案： B the man may find the supplies in the cabinet.

4. 语义推断题。选项四个完整的不同句子。考点在第二个人说的话“let me get my  magnify glasses. I know I can’t do without it”

答案:D He has to use magnify glasses to see clearly

5. 综合理解题。选项四个ing形式的动词，问说话人现在的状态。根据二人谈话的内容可知二人在讨论装修

答案：C. Redecorating her office

6. 主题题。选项为四个名词性短语，考察说话人谈论的话题。由“but we can’t get a container ship anyway””the facilities here never meet our need ”可知

答案：A shortage of container ship.

7. 主题题。选项为四个名词性短语，考察说话人谈论的话题. 说话人在谈论Rob没有涨薪水的原因。

答案：A. A colleague

8. 语义推断题。选项是四个原形形式的动词，考察建议意见。两人在讨论banquet的举办地点Speaker B提议去一个印度菜餐厅。

答案：C. hold the banquet at different place.

长对话一

9-11．谈话内容延续了近年来商业职场类的热点话题.这是两个同事讨论印度汇率引起的问题，专业词汇例如“Rupee（卢布）， “deficit(赤字)”较多，难度较大。且需要对说话人的讨论进行理解后答题，出题的位置集中在前半部分，出题点出现较集中。是本次考试难题之一

9. D. he often gets late for dinner（开头题 对应原文I want to be on time for dinner）

10. B. To discuss an urgent problem.（细节题，对应原文 “but it is rather important.” “You see there's a problem with the exchange rates”）

11. C. There is a sharp increase in India's balance of payment deficit.（细节题。对应原文 You see there's been a sharp increase in India's balance of payment deficit.. ）

12-15长对话二

谈话2这是一道近年来较热门的讨论形式——访谈。女士访谈一名作为音乐家的男性。答题重点在听男士的回答在选项中选出意思相近的。这道题难度较上题简单，紧抓听到什么选什么的原则答题即可。

参考答案：

12. D. They have unrealistic expectations about the other half.（对应原文：people often get into love affair because they have unrealistic expectations about somebody）

13. A. He is lucky to be able to do what he loves.(对应原文：but I figure if you are lucky to do what you truly love doing, you ‘ve got the ultimate of life.)

14. B. It is all glamour.(对应原文：people think it’s all glamour)

15. A. Amazed. (对应原文：but I still feel amazed by the love people express for me and by music)

Section B

Passage one是一篇议论文，讲述team management（团队管理）。短文理解的难度较大，是考生容易失分的地方。答题时可以重点把握开头题和结尾题，听到什么选什么，拿到一定的分数。

参考答案

16. C. Learn new ways of relating and working together.（开头题，对应原文they must learn new ways of relating and working together to solve cross-functional problems .）

17. C. How the team integrates with what it is supposed to serve  （细节题。对应原文：the issue is just not about how the team function effectively but how the team integrates with the overall organization, all society that it is supposed to serve）

18. D. A team manager should develop a certain set skills.（细节题：they should cultivate such skills such as toleration of ambiguity, persistence and  patience as well as assertedness.）

Passage 2

Passage 是近年短文理解的热点体裁人物故事题。答题时注意同义替换。

19. A. It is a program allowing people to share information on the Web.（开头题，对应原文“……called mosaic, which allow people to share information on worldwide Web”）

20. B. He met with an entrepreneur named Jim Clark.（细节题。对应原文 once he got there, He started to have meeting with a man called Jim Clark, who was one f the Valley’s most famous entrepreneur）

21. B. They had confidence in his new ideas.

（结尾题。对应原文：who were always keen to listen Clark’s ideas ）

Passage 3

Passage 3是一篇关于advertising(打广告)的议论文，篇幅较长，但答题不难，答案大多是原词复现的情况。

参考答案

22. A. Word-of-mouth advertising.（开头题。对应“The best form of advertising is probably word-of-mouth advertising”）

23 D. To build up their reputation.（细节题。对应原文“many organizations also use institutional or prestige advertising, which is designed to build up their reputation rather than to sell particular products..”

24. D. By using the services of large advertising agencies.（细节题。对应they tend to use the services of large advertising agencies）

25. C. Pre-test alternative ads or commercials in certain regions..（结尾题。对应Agencies often produce alternative ads or commercials that are pre-tested in newspapers, television stations, etc. in different parts of a country before a final choice is made prior to a national campaign.）

Section C

听写题难度中上，难点单词较多，例如scale, modification, magnitude等是考生背单词容易忽略的。但其中absolute, succeed，use up等是高频词汇, 答题时需注意大小写，时态等问题。

26. eternal

27. diminishing

28. absolute

29. succeed

30. on a vast scale

31. As regards

32. used up

33. disposing

34. modification

35. magnitude