Question

【題目】Does this situation seem familiar to you? Your English is progressing well, the grammar is now familiar, the reading comprehension is no problem, and you are speaking quite fluently. 【1】________

First of all, remember that you are not alone. Listening is probably the most difficult job for almost all learners of English as a foreign language. 【2】_______ What you need to do is to find listening resources. The Internet is really a useful tool for English students. You can download The Real Player from Real Media.com. The Real Player allows you to use the Internet like a radio station.

Once you have begun to listen on a regular basis, you might still be frustrated (受阻) by limited understanding. 【3】________

Here is some of the advice I give my students:

Accept the fact that you are not going to understand everything.

Stay relaxed when you do not understand, and try listening to the material for more times.

Do not translate everything into your native language.

【4】_______ Don't concentrate on detail until you have understood the main ideas.

Listen to something you enjoy.

I remember the problems I had in understanding spoken German when I first went to Germany. In the beginning, when I didn't understand a word, I insisted on translating it in my mind. ____【5】___ Then, after the first six months, I discovered two extremely important facts. Firstly, translating creates a barrier between the listener and the speaker. Secondly, most people repeat themselves constantly. By remaining calm, I noticed that even if I didn’t pay much attention I could usually understand what the speaker had said.

A．What should you do?

B．But listening is a problem for most of the beginners!

C．However, after several weeks, I got used to the grammar rules.

D．The most important thing is to listen as often as possible.

E．This method usually resulted in confusion.

F．Listen for the general idea of the conversation.

G．But you can’t follow a native English speaker at all!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】D

【3】A

【4】F

【5】E

【解析】

試題分析：

【1】G從前面的句子：the reading comprehension is no problem, and you are speaking quite

fluently.可知盡管如此，你聽不懂當(dāng)?shù)厝说脑�，答案是：G

【2】D 根據(jù)上文提到的Listening is probably the most difficult job for almost all learners of English as a foreign language.聽對于幾乎所有的把英語當(dāng)作外語的初學(xué)者來說很可能是最困難的工作。因此下面應(yīng)該表達的意思是：要盡可能地經(jīng)常聽。故選D。

【3】A上文提到 一旦你開始在一定基礎(chǔ)上聽，你仍然可能理解不了。你應(yīng)該如何做呢，根據(jù)下文，Here is some of the advice I give my students這有一些建議，故應(yīng)是不知道如何做了，故選A 項。

【4】F根據(jù)下文提到，不要集中在細(xì)節(jié)上，要集中在細(xì)節(jié)上，the main ideas與r the general idea of the conversation.是同義詞，故選F項，聽大概意思。

【5】E根據(jù)下文提到Firstly，translating creates a barrier between the listener and the speaker. Secondly，most people repeat themselves constantly.，首先翻譯會造成障礙，再者大多數(shù)人不斷重要，這兩點正是作者六個月后的體會。故選E項。