2014年7月12日托福聽力真題回憶及解析

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Conversation 1

一個女學(xué)生去找教授，上來說她有個演奏會，教授去聽了覺得很好，她寫了個曲子，是個上個教授討論寫出來的。正題說女生看電視節(jié)目，看到有作曲家用猴子的聲音演奏曲子，她認(rèn)為這種曲子不算音樂，因?yàn)橐魳肥怯脕韸蕵啡祟惖�，教授提到有一個音樂家叫 R ，也用動物聲音作曲，女生的主要疑問是聽 rodio的一個實(shí)驗(yàn)，關(guān)于 monkey 聽音樂的反應(yīng)，結(jié)果是 money 不喜歡聽音樂，人們特別喜歡這種曲子。

解析

學(xué)術(shù)話題類對話，但是沒有深奧難懂的學(xué)術(shù)概念或內(nèi)容，難度不大。或撥打400-618-0272

聽力原文

Professor ： Hi, Linda. I went to your concert yesterday. It was a very successful performance.

Student: Thank you. Actually my teacher Mr. Anderson inspired me. You know him right? He gives me new thoughts about my performance.

Professor: Oh he was quite good. I am glad you learned so much from him.

Student: Yes. He is quite something.

Professor: What is your topic to discuss with me today?

Student: Well…do you think if we play music for monkeys…well…you know…will the music be considered real music?

Professor: That is a very good question. The study has showed that monkeys can ’ t understand human’s music. There’s still no conclusion’s yet.

Student: But what if we put monkey’s voice in it? The monkeys must have some sympathy right?

Professor: It totally depends on the sound. If it was not that much it still won’t work.

Student: Well…but how to define this?

Professor: You know that Beethovon he used to inspired by birds? He put some element in his music.

Student: Yes. Actually you mentioned before…

Professor: And you know that Leonard Cohen even put bird’s sound in his music? That was quite good.

Student: I know. Well I will continue my study anyway. Thank you professor.

關(guān)鍵詞：真題 解析 7月12日 托福聽力 機(jī)經(jīng)

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Lecture 1 新藝術(shù)運(yùn)動

Newal movement ，工業(yè)革命時候開始興起一個運(yùn)動，讓之前羅馬時期的藝術(shù)和現(xiàn)代社會結(jié)合，比之前的藝術(shù)更加 emotional ，例子：說了兩個畫家，兩個人有共同之處，比如線條啊，顏色啊等等，作品內(nèi)容，畫的都是一個 town house , 這樣接近現(xiàn)代。美術(shù)越接近自然，藝術(shù)家就越喜歡，提到了兩本書第一本書是掀起這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動的書，第二本是達(dá)爾文的進(jìn)化論，達(dá)爾文的進(jìn)化論代表了自然，藝術(shù)家就很喜歡看。

題：為什么藝術(shù)運(yùn)動與自然景物有關(guān)？重聽學(xué)生問老師為什么 100 多年前的事情被稱為“新XX”運(yùn)動呢？教授回答不能從字面上去理解問：暗示了什么

解析

藝術(shù)類講座，非常典型的介紹一種繪畫流派的講座，都是TPO中出現(xiàn)過得結(jié)構(gòu)，套路非常清晰，先解釋這項(xiàng) movement ，然后在通過藝術(shù)家及對應(yīng)作品進(jìn)行舉例說明，關(guān)鍵點(diǎn)是自然。文章難度不大，參考TPO ：TPO24LZ ( Modern dance )

聽力原文

To understand the formation of the Rockies, we need to understand Plate Tectonics.

According to this theory, the surface of the Earth is made up of a series of plates, each of which move relative to the others. At one time, all the continents were joined into one largeland mass known as Pangea. Slowly, this supercontinent began to break apart and the continents began to drift. Inevitably, the plates eventually began to collide with one another -- with mountainous consequences.

Periods of mountain building are known as orogenies and in this area, two have been responsible for the mountains we see today. Prior to these, the North American Plate had been moving in a westerly direction and the neighbouring Pacific Plate trending northward. The edge of the North American plate was located near to present-day Salmon Arm. Off the coast, sediments were deposited upon a basement of hard Canadian Shield rocks. As you moved into deeper and deeper waters, the layers of sedimentary rocks became increasingly deeper.

Contained as part of the Pacific Plate were chains of islands that became large land masses as the plate moved and literally bulldozed them together. There were two such land masses in the Pacific and they were known as Terranes, more specifically the Intermontane and the Insular Terrane. For simplicity we'll call them the 1st and 2nd Terrane.

As the Pacific Plate moved north, the crust over which it moved was forced down by the North American Plate, back towards the Earth's core. However, as the plate closed in on the 1st Terrane, this land mass was too buoyant to be forced downward and so it was added onto the edge of the continent. This is where much of British Columbia joined North America. Along with this collision came intense forces compressing the already existing land mass. This brought on the first orogeny, known as the Columbia.

The collision causing the Columbia Orogeny occurred about 175 million years ago, and as the shock wave moved eastward, it forced huge masses of rock to crack and slide up over its neighbors. This is known as thrust faulting and was instrumental in the formation of the Rockies. The shock wave began piling up the western ranges, and then the main ranges, around 120 million years ago.

The 2nd Terrane collided around 85 million years ago setting off a whole new series of shock waves and beginning the Laramide Orogeny. The force behind this second collision provided the energy needed to form the front ranges and the foothills. Eventually the force died out as it approached Calgary and so the prairies were left undisturbed.Fault block mountains are distinguished by great sheer rock faces. These form when enormous underground pressure forces a whole rock mass to break away from another. The line at which this break takes place is called a fault.

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Lecture 2

鳥類遷徙介紹了科學(xué)家對鳥類遷徙路線的研究，最早的時候只能在腳上綁記號，從它們最后出現(xiàn)的地方得知鳥類的遷徙情況，但是不能知道鳥類途中干了什么，所以很快就被放棄了。第二種方法是用 radiator .舉例： song bird 掛上 radiator ，就可以跟蹤，弊端是還是不知道鳥途中干了些什么。后來科學(xué)家就通過 rodiotor 的信號開車追蹤來拍攝鳥類，但是沒有橋或者海上就追不上。從 radiator 上得知鳥類晚上遷徙。第三種方法用的是 satellite ，舉例： godwit ，說觀察到這種年飛行路線有三個地點(diǎn)， Alaska , China 和另一個地點(diǎn)。  Alaska路線，它們有幾個固定停留的地方，但是最近全球變暖，因此海平面上升會對它們有影響，從Alaska起飛之后它們記住了大風(fēng)幫助起飛遷徙，教授覺得這不是偶然（有題）

解析

生物學(xué)類講座，文章結(jié)構(gòu)清晰，講了觀察鳥類的三種觀察方法，并且每個方法各給一個例子，只要學(xué)生筆記記錄清晰，做對題目的難度應(yīng)該不大。

聽力原文

Whose idea was it to advertise? Who was the diabolical mastermind who first said “Hey you! Come buy my thing. It’s the best thing ever! You need this thing, otherwise you will not have a thing.”

When I ask Siri on my iPhone what was the “first advertisement,” she tells me that the “worst sad wise Bent” was my Great Uncle Gilbert Bent on my Father’s side. She thenshows me a map on how to get to his grave, an article on his development of a gasoline powered pressure cooker, and pictures of the explosions. Not as helpful as I had hoped, and not a great advertisement for voice recognition. I don’t count that as an advertisement but more of a lost and found announcement like the ones stapled to neighbourhood trees about a missing pet like a cat or boa constrictor.

Whatever the influences those early adverts had on the sailors that had arrived in the port, I’m sure that other merchants caught on quick saying “Look what Bob do!” and started their own carvings in the road talking about the fresh catch at Joe the Fishmonger’s stall, the fabulous fabrics at Charlie’s Silks n Sashes, and the able bodied repair men at Jimmy’ s Ship Shape Ship Shop. Soon the highway department would sell ad space on the road to generate more money for the town, and BLAM… suddenly you can’t get away from the ads…

And you can blame it all on Bob of Ephesus and his “Hey sailor, follow the footprints” ad campaign. I can hardly wait to see what he has in store for us during the Superbowl of gladiators, coming to Ephesus in 2 A.D.

The location of his advert was very clever too; on the docks close to where the sex starved ancient sailors would see it, heads bowed, looking down at their feet, forlorn in the fact that they were so far from home and stuck in stupid Ephesus with nothing to do. Bob knew his demographics It makes me wonder what other marketing techniques Bobby used in antiquity to sell his bordello.

Did Bob’s have a logo? A graphic that could be carved into wood and hung in front of the establishment, or printed on coasters or ancient matchbooks?

Did he buy commercial time during the local Dionysus competition? A little jingle in between the satyr play and the tragedy? “ When I ’ m in Ephesus, I always visit Bob ’ s brothel where they always make me feel important.”

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Conversation 2

女生原本先給 roommate 帶 application 。后來遇到一個男的一直介紹要參加一個 fitness class 。女生說之前去過 nutrition shop ，但是不喜歡，因?yàn)榉浅�無聊。但是女的還是答應(yīng)了男的，說反正課都上完了正好活動一下，男生說有兩種一種是 phvsical 的， 比較累，一種是 breathing 的，比較放松，女的最后選了第二種。后來說還有二十分鐘課才開始，讓她周圍轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)。

解析

選課生活類對話，沒有涉及難詞和復(fù)雜概念，文章整個都在討論參加 fitness class 的選擇，思路比較簡單，難度較小。

聽力原文

Teacher: Hi, are you a new student here?

Student: Nope. I am here to help my roommate. She is moving today.

Teacher: Oh. This is a very nice living neighborhood. Are you happy with your life here?

Student: Yes. But recently I would like to go to gym. I don’t know if there is gym around.

Teacher: Of Course. I can give you some introductions. We have two kinds of classes. One is for physical. There are quite a lot equipment in there. Another one is for breathing. We have Yoga classes every day.

Student: Sounds great. Can I register here?

Teacher: Of Course. Let me help you. You can go there today.

Student: Really? That is great.

Teacher: Here is the form. Just fill it and you are all set. There are still 20 minutes before the class. You can go around and check the equipment.

Student: That sounds like a plan.

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Lecture 3 中世紀(jì)歐洲工會 Guild

一開始，所有的 Shop 由工會管理，只有商人，行會只管收錢，但是收錢太多，人民沒法生活，商人之間開始做競爭，例子： Shoe makers 降低價格，就能買的多，這是工會不想看見的，因?yàn)檫@樣就收不到錢。于是，開始一個 prentice 系統(tǒng)， master 能管店， prentice 教人做東西， prentice 想去做 master ，但是 master 控制很嚴(yán)格，當(dāng)上很難。后來工會進(jìn)入民間 shop ，為了不傷害工會名聲，做出來的東西要保證 qualitv 還要有標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的 standard ，而且人們交的錢包括 health care 。最后說道工會等級制度比較嚴(yán)格，舉例：高級鋼琴家不能跟低級的鋼琴家一起演出，甚至不能一茵象見在同一個飯館。

解析

社會科學(xué)，歷史類講座解析。文章中沒有生詞，最難的也都是非常普通的托福詞匯（比如 Prentice 等），而且也沒有較難得背景知識，學(xué)生能夠理解清楚 guild 的發(fā)展過程，就能夠?qū)㈩}目做對。

聽力原文

When many of us think about migration, the image of geese winging their way south in their wrinkled V-shaped flocks is one that often comes to mind. The migration of geese is an example of the annual, large-scale movement of birds between their breeding homes and their nonbreeding grounds.

More than 650 species of birds nest in North America. Some are permanent residents and live in the same area year-round. The majority of the species, however, are migratory. Birds migrate to move from areas of low or decreasing resources to areas of high or increasing resources. The two primary resources being sought are food and nesting locations. Birds that nest in the northern hemisphere tend to migrate northward in the spring to take advantage of burgeoning insect populations, budding plants and an abundance of nesting locations. As winter approaches, and the availability of insects and other food resources drops, the birds move south again.

Escaping the cold is a motivating factor but many species, including hummingbirds, can withstand freezing temperatures as long as an adequate supply of food is available. The term migration is used to describe movements of populations of birds. One way to look at migration is to consider the distances trey Migrating birds can cover thousands of miles in their annual travels, often traveling the same course year after year with little deviation in the path followed. First year birds may migrate unescorted to a winter home they have never before seen and return the following spring to the area in which they were born.

The secrets of their amazing navigational skills remain largely hidden. Birds appear to navigate using, including navigation by the stars, sensing changes in the earth's magnetic field, and even smell.

Some species follow on their annual migrations. These pathways are often related to important stopover locations that provide food supplies critical to the birds' survival.

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Lecture 4 山脈的形成

開頭先回憶上節(jié)課的內(nèi)容，老師提問山脈形成的原因是什么，女生回到兩個板塊碰撞會出現(xiàn)山脈。比如喜馬拉雅山。然后老師說也有例外，比如 G 山，說這個山脈海拔太高，太深，人類無法接近，所以沒法研究，只能通過雷達(dá)還是神馬的看圖片。后來說， G 山不是由板塊撞擊形成，因?yàn)樗�離板塊邊界很遠(yuǎn)離邊界很遠(yuǎn)。又說到關(guān)于它的形成的時間，一開始以為跟落基山一樣很年輕，但是分析了它山上的 Sediment 之后覺得其實(shí)己經(jīng)很古老了。最后說形成方式，一開始懷疑是火山，但是因?yàn)樽C據(jù)不足，所以否了，后來覺得可能是與 glacier 有關(guān)，因?yàn)?glacier 課可以幫助保持山脈的形狀。

解析

自然科學(xué)類文章，講的 geology ，地質(zhì)學(xué)。講座出現(xiàn)了很多概念，對于細(xì)節(jié)考場很多，也涉及了一部分地質(zhì)學(xué)的學(xué)科詞匯，但是內(nèi)容不是太深奧，相對容易懂，學(xué)生血藥經(jīng)注意力放在理解文章各概念見的邏輯關(guān)系，不要糾結(jié)與聽不懂的單詞。 TPO 參考： TP01L2

聽力原文

When many of us think about migration, the image of geese winging their way south in their wrinkled V-shaped flocks is one that often comes to mind. The migration of geese is an example of the annual, large-scale movement of birds between their breeding homes and their nonbreeding grounds.

More than 650 species of birds nest in North America. Some are permanent residents and live in the same area year-round. The majority of the species, however, are migratory. Birds migrate to move from areas of low or decreasing resources to areas of high or increasing resources. The two primary resources being sought are food and nesting locations. Birds that nest in the northern hemisphere tend to migrate northward in the spring to take advantage of burgeoning insect populations, budding plants and an abundance of nesting locations. As winter approaches, and the availability of insects and other food resources drops, the birds move south again.

Escaping the cold is a motivating factor but many species, including hummingbirds, can withstand freezing temperatures as long as an adequate supply of food is available. The term migration is used to describe movements of populations of birds. One way to look at migration is to consider the distances trey Migrating birds can cover thousands of miles in their annual travels, often traveling the same course year after year with little deviation in the path followed. First year birds may migrate unescorted to a winter home they have never before seen and return the following spring to the area in which they were born.

The secrets of their amazing navigational skills remain largely hidden. Birds appear to navigate using, including navigation by the stars, sensing changes in the earth's magnetic field, and even smell.

Some species follow on their annual migrations. These pathways are often related to important stopover locations that provide food supplies critical to the birds' survival.

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