听力部分整体难度较之前有所提高,主要体现在语速略有提升,同时各个section中出现的听力词汇也有一定的难度,本文将针对各个section进行深度解析,并给出将来的复习建议。
Conversation部分依然保持了对习语的考察,如12题:W: Rod must be in a bad mood today. What’s wrong with him? M: He was passed over in the selection process for the dean of the Administration’s Office. He’d been hoping for the position for a long time. 又如14题:W: I received an email yesterday from Henry. Do you remember he was one of the chairpersons of our Students’ Union? M: Yes, but I haven’t heard from him for ages. Actually, I have been out of touch with him since our first reunion after graduation. 习语的积累应该本着多听多记的原则,平时在课外应多看看美剧以及访谈类节目。除此之外,其中不乏对新鲜事物的考察,如11题考到了credit,15题考到了motel,所以在生活中关注英语也是非常必要的,如可以坚持阅读英文报纸,或是收看英文类电视节目。17、18题是常考传统场景,17题考察购物场景,18题考察选课场景,对常考场景的相关词汇熟悉也是非常必要的。
Passages部分的考察难度主要体现在听力过程中的词汇量比较大。Passage1讲的是人物贡献,听的时候要注意把握文章的结构her first jobreason for quittingher own company and own effortreason for her success. 文章针对四个部分分别进行提问:26. What did Wilma Subra do as part of her job while working at Gulf South Research Institute? 27. Why did Wilma Subra leave her job in 1981? 28. What results have Wilma Subra’s efforts had in the past two decades? 29. What does the speaker say has contributed to Wilma Subra’s success? 我在新东方的课堂上也会反复给学生强调留意话题转换的重要性,本题只要抓住了文章的结构,还是比较容易答题的。
Passage2和passage3是关于两种社会现象的文章。听中也应留意文章结构。
Compound Dictation部分体现在单词以及对句子的理解上。其中单词36. derived 37. immense 43. texture有一点难度,句子听写中词汇并不难,而是侧重于考察句子的理解。部分同学有非空格处不听的坏习惯,这样便无法通过上下文对句空格进行全面的理解,也就更谈不上写下来。而且句空格中的一些信息是上下文中会出现的,如45句. Associations do not have to be logical they just have to make a link。所以复合式听写的成功关键在于理解和短期记忆。针对短期记忆的训练,建议考生平时坚持练习听完一篇文章后复述。