剑桥雅思TEST 2听力解析

光华启迪英语组-薛老师

Part 3 (Q21–30) 详细分析

总体介绍：

这部分是典型的学术讨论场景，两位学生 Rosie 和 Colin 在讨论他们的人类地理学作业选题。题型为配对题（Q21-25）和单选题（Q26-30）。解题关键在于准确把握两位说话者的态度和观点，并注意区分相似选项。

匹配题 (Q21-25) 分析

Q21: Population — D

Which comment applies to each topic? Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to questions 21-25.

A The information given about this was too vague.
B This may not be relevant to their course.
C This has not been covered in lectures.
D It will be easy to find facts about this.
E The facts about this may not be reliable.
F No useful research has been done on this.
G The information provided about this was interesting.

Q21: Population — D (It will be easy to find facts about this.)

原文定位：Rosie: "Lots of facts and statistics … Maybe a bit boring?" Colin: "Yeah, but quite straightforward to find on the internet."
详细解析：
Rosie 承认这方面有大量事实和数据，但觉得可能无聊。
Colin 的回应是关键，他用 "but" 转折，强调其优点是 "straightforward to find on the internet"（在网上很容易找到）。
选项 D "easy to find facts about this" 是 Colin 这句话的完美同义替换。
干扰排除：
G (The information provided about this was interesting)：两人都认为它可能 "a bit boring"，因此不选 G。

Q22: Health — G

Which comment applies to each topic? Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to questions 21-25.

A The information given about this was too vague.
B This may not be relevant to their course.
C This has not been covered in lectures.
D It will be easy to find facts about this.
E The facts about this may not be reliable.
F No useful research has been done on this.
G The information provided about this was interesting.

Q22: Health — G (The information provided about this was interesting.)

原文定位：Rosie: "How about health? I'd never thought about the links between that and geography until Professor Lee gave us that lecture on cholera... fascinating, wasn't it?" Colin: "Yes – fascinating, wasn't it?"
详细解析：
Rosie 用 "fascinating"（迷人的）这个词来评价李教授关于健康和地理关系的讲座。
Colin 立即表示同意，并重复了 "fascinating" 一词。
选项 G "The information provided about this was interesting" 中的 "interesting" 与 "fascinating" 是同义词，直接对应。
干扰排除：其他选项均未体现"有趣"或"迷人"这一积极评价。

Q23: Economics — B

Which comment applies to each topic? Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to questions 21-25.

A The information given about this was too vague.
B This may not be relevant to their course.
C This has not been covered in lectures.
D It will be easy to find facts about this.
E The facts about this may not be reliable.
F No useful research has been done on this.
G The information provided about this was interesting.

Q23: Economics — B (This may not be relevant to their course.)

原文定位：Colin: "Or we could do something more general – like economics." Rosie: "I thought that had been taken off the syllabus for this year."
详细解析：
Colin 提出经济学这个方面。
Rosie 的回应是关键，她怀疑经济学 "had been taken off the syllabus"（已经从教学大纲中移除）。
"被移出教学大纲" 意味着它可能与他们今年的课程 不相关 (not relevant)。选项 B 准确捕捉到了这层含义。
干扰排除：
E (The facts about this may not be reliable)：讨论的是经济学本身是否还在课程内，而非其数据的可靠性。

Q24: Culture — A

Which comment applies to each topic? Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to questions 21-25.

A The information given about this was too vague.
B This may not be relevant to their course.
C This has not been covered in lectures.
D It will be easy to find facts about this.
E The facts about this may not be reliable.
F No useful research has been done on this.
G The information provided about this was interesting.

Q24: Culture — A (The information given about this was too vague.)

原文定位：Colin: "Maybe we could do something on culture. We had that lecture about culture and geography last week." Rosie: "I didn't get much out of that. It was all so general and the lecturer didn't give any useful examples." Colin: "Yeah, I hardly took any notes, it didn't seem worth it."
详细解析：
两人对关于文化的讲座都给出了非常负面的评价。
Rosie 的核心批评是 "all so general"（太笼统）和 "no useful examples"（没有有用的例子）。
Colin 表示赞同。
选项 A "The information given about this was too vague" 中的 "vague"（模糊的、不具体的）正是对 "general" 和 "no examples" 的总结。
干扰排除：
F (No useful research has been done on this)：他们批评的是讲座提供的信息，而不是说这个领域没有有用的研究。

Q25: Poverty — E

Which comment applies to each topic? Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to questions 21-25.

A The information given about this was too vague.
B This may not be relevant to their course.
C This has not been covered in lectures.
D It will be easy to find facts about this.
E The facts about this may not be reliable.
F No useful research has been done on this.
G The information provided about this was interesting.

Q25: Poverty — E (The facts about this may not be reliable.)

原文定位：Colin: "We could focus on poverty..." Rosie: "The trouble is, Dr Lee was saying, that you have to be careful with some of the figures relating to poverty – they're sometimes deliberately manipulated."
详细解析：
Rosie 直接引用了 Dr. Lee 的观点，指出贫困相关的数据 "sometimes deliberately manipulated"（有时被故意篡改）。
"被故意篡改的数据" 就是 不可靠的 (not reliable) 数据。选项 E 是原文观点的直接转述。
干扰排除：
B (This may not be relevant to their course)：他们并未讨论贫困是否与课程相关，而是直接讨论了数据本身的问题。

单选题 (Q26-30) 分析

Q26: Rosie says that in her own city the main problem is — C

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

A crime

B housing

C unemployment

Q26: Rosie says that in her own city the main problem is — C (unemployment)

原文定位：Colin: "Things like theft and robbery?" Rosie: "Yes, but where I come from, that's linked to another more serious issue, which is that a lot of people don't have jobs. That's getting worse and worse."
详细解析：
Colin 先提到了犯罪 (theft and robbery)，即选项 A。
但 Rosie 用 "Yes, but..." 进行转折，明确指出还有一个 "more serious issue"（更严重的问题），即 "a lot of people don't have jobs"（很多人失业），并且这个问题正在恶化。
"more serious" 和 "getting worse and worse" 清晰地表明，失业是 主要 (main) 问题。
干扰排除：
A (crime)：是 Colin 提出的，但被 Rosie 转折，指出有更严重的问题。
B (housing)：虽然提到无家可归者 (homeless)，但 Rosie 说 "that's not quite so bad as it was"（情况已经不如以前那么糟了），因此它不是主要或正在恶化的问题。

Q27: What recent additions to the outskirts of their cities are both students happy about? — A

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

A conference centres

B retail centres

C sports centres

Q27: What recent additions to the outskirts of their cities are both students happy about? — A (conference centres)

原文定位：
Rosie: "They've opened some massive new shopping centres outside my city." Colin: "Yeah, the same with mine – but it's meant a lot of the shops in the city centre are closing down."
Colin: "But the outskirts are ideal for buildings that need a lot of space, like for conferences. They've opened a couple of big ones." Rosie: "Yes, we've got some too."
详细解析：
对于购物中心 (retail centres)，Colin 指出了其负面影响（导致市中心店铺关门），因此两人并非都对此感到高兴。
对于体育中心 (sports centres)，Rosie 说 "It'd be nicer to have...", Colin 说 "Same in my area"，表明他们希望有但实际上没有。
对于会议中心 (conference centres)，Colin 提到他们城市开了几个，Rosie 明确表示 "Yes, we've got some too"，语气是肯定的，且没有提出任何负面看法。因此这是双方都拥有且未抱怨的设施。
干扰排除：通过语气和后续评论排除 B 和 C。

Q28: The students agree that developing disused industrial sites may — A

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

A have unexpected costs

B damage the urban environment

C destroy valuable historical buildings

Q28: The students agree that developing disused industrial sites may — A (have unexpected costs)

原文定位：Rosie: "...what people forget is that they often used quite dangerous materials – chemicals and things – which haven't been properly cleared away, so the whole site has to be made safe." Colin: "Mm. That can't be cheap. And I bet it's often not budgeted for."
详细解析：
Rosie 指出了开发废弃工业用地的隐藏问题：清理危险材料需要让整个场地变得安全。
Colin 立刻回应说 "That can't be cheap"（这可不便宜），并且猜测这笔费用经常 "not budgeted for"（没有被纳入预算）。
"未被纳入预算的费用" 就是 意外成本 (unexpected costs)。选项 A 完全正确。
干扰排除：
B (damage the urban environment)：Rosie 一开始说这似乎不对自然环境造成伤害，但后来讨论的是清理成本，而非对环境造成新的破坏。
C (destroy valuable historical buildings)：Colin 问它们是否具有建筑意义 (architecturally significant)，Rosie 回答 "Not really"（并不 really），所以排除了 C。

Q29: The students will mention Masdar City as an example of an attempt to achieve — B

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

A daily collections for waste recycling

B sustainable energy use

C free transport for everyone

Q29: The students will mention Masdar City as an example of an attempt to achieve — B (sustainable energy use)

原文定位：Rosie: "...it might be a good example of a city which set out to depend entirely on renewable energy." Colin: "Yes, we should say something about that."
详细解析：
Rosie 对 Masdar City 的核心定义是 "depend entirely on renewable energy"（完全依赖可再生能源）。
"可再生能源" 的使用就是 可持续的能源利用 (sustainable energy use)。
虽然后面提到了 pedestrianisation（步行化）和 recycling（回收），但他们是应 Rosie 的提议 "let's stick to talking about power sources"（我们还是只谈能源吧）而决定聚焦在能源上。
干扰排除：
A (daily collections for waste recycling)：回收提到了，但未提及 "daily collections"（每日收集）。
C (free transport for everyone)：交通提到了，但未提及 "free"（免费）。

Q30: When discussing the ecotown of Greenhill Abbots, Colin is uncertain about — C

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

A what its objectives were

B why there was opposition to it

C how much of it has actually been built

Q30: When discussing the ecotown of Greenhill Abbots, Colin is uncertain about — C (how much of it has actually been built)

原文定位：Colin: "Then there's that ecotown in England, Greenhill Abbots... I'm not sure how far they've got with it – I'll check."
详细解析：
Colin 的原话 "I'm not sure how far they've got with it" 直接表达了他的不确定性。
"how far they've got with it" 意思是"这个项目已经进行到哪一步了/完成了多少"，即 已经建成了多少 (how much has been built)。选项 C 是这句话的完美同义替换。
干扰排除：
A (what its objectives were)：他说它 "set out to conform to the usual principles"（旨在遵循通常的原则），说明他是知道其目标的。
B (why there was opposition to it)：他提到 "a lot of people were against it at first; they said the plans were unrealistic"，这已经解释了反对的原因，他对此并未表示不确定。

Part 4 (Q31–40) 详细分析

总体介绍：

这部分是典型的独白讲座，关于食品趋势的发展。题型为笔记填空题，要求 ONE WORD ONLY。解题关键是紧跟讲座的结构，抓住空格前后的关键词，并注意单词的正确形式。

31. The growth in interest in food fashions started with of food being shared on social media.

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Q31: photos

定位词：growth, interest, started with, shared on social media。
原文重现："Interest in food fashions has risen rapidly since the birth of the smartphone when people first began taking photos of their food and instantly sharing them with their friends."
详细解析：
"started with" 对应 "first began"。
"shared on social media" 对应 "sharing them with their friends"（在智能手机语境下，这等同于在社交媒体上分享）。
开始的行为是 "taking photos"。因题目要求 ONE WORD，填入 photos。photographs 或 pictures 也为正确答案。
拼写/格式提示：注意复数形式。

32. Sales of food brands have grown rapidly this way.

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Q32: vegan

定位词：sales, grown rapidly, this way (指通过社交媒体影响者)。
原文重现："Companies which sell vegan produce were pioneers in being able to increase sales really quickly in this way."
详细解析：
"grown rapidly" 对应 "increase sales really quickly"。
"this way" 指代前文提到的通过社交媒体影响者营销的方式。
以这种方式销售快速增长的产品是 "vegan produce"（纯素产品）。空格需要形容词修饰 "food brands"，故填入 vegan。
干扰排除：讲座未提及其他特定饮食类型（如 vegetarian）。

33. Famous are influential.

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Q33: chefs

定位词：supermarkets, following, trending, famous, influential。
原文重现："They have dedicated teams closely following which new products or ingredients are trending on social media and are particularly interested in what well-known chefs are putting on their menus."
详细解析：
"famous" 对应 "well-known"。
"influential" 对应 "are particularly interested in"（超市特别关注他们的菜单）。
空格处需要填入一个有影响力的人群，即 chefs。cooks 也为可接受答案。
拼写/格式提示：复数形式。

34. were invited to visit growers in South Africa.

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Q34: Journalists

定位词：avocado, visit growers, South Africa。
原文重现："They paid for a group of journalists to travel out to South Africa to meet avocado farmers."
详细解析：
"were invited" 是 "paid for a group of ... to travel" 的另一种说法（付费邀请）。
被邀请去拜访种植者（growers/farmers）的人群是 "journalists"。Reporters 也为可接受答案。
拼写/格式提示：首字母大写，因指特定职业群体。复数形式。

35. Advertising focused on its benefits.

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Q35: health

定位词：advertising, focused on, benefits。
原文重现："Advertisements were designed to promote the avocado as a 'superfood': rich in nutrients and therefore beneficial for health."
详细解析：
"beneficial for health" 直接点明了其好处在于健康方面。
空格前是 "its"，需要填入一个名词。health 是最直接的答案。
干扰排除：虽然 'superfood' 和 'nutrients' 相关，但空格需要的是"好处"的具体领域，即健康。

36. Promotion in the USA through shops reduced the need for advertising.

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Q36: coffee

定位词：USA, promotion, through, shops, reduced need for advertising。
原文重现："In the USA, the brand decided against a big retail launch in favour of getting the product into coffee chains, which removed the need for a big advertising budget."
详细解析：
"through" 对应 "getting the product into"。
"shops" 对应 "chains"（连锁店）。
"removed the need for" 对应 "reduced the need for"。
这种店铺的具体类型是 "coffee chains" 或 "coffee shops"。因题目要求 ONE WORD，填入 coffee。

37. It appealed to consumers who are concerned about the .

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Q37: environment.

定位词：appealed to, consumers, concerned about。
原文重现："Many consumers prefer it because it has less of an impact on the environment."
详细解析：
"concerned about" 对应 "prefer it because it has less impact on"（因为对...影响更小而偏好它）。
消费者关心的对象是 "the environment"。
拼写/格式提示：定冠词 "the" 在题目中已给出，空格只需填名词。

38. has helped strengthen the of Norwegian seafood.

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Q38: reputation

定位词：Norwegian skrei, helped strengthen, Norwegian seafood。
原文重现："The demand for skrei has been used... to build the reputation of Norway's fisheries in general."
详细解析：
"strengthen the" 是 "build the" 的极佳同义替换。
所要建立或加强的对象是 "reputation"（声誉）。
干扰排除：未提及 price, quality, selection 等。

39. Its success led to an increase in its .

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Q39: price.

定位词：Quinoa, success, led to increase in。
原文重现："when demand peaked some years ago, the price soared, making it unaffordable for local people."
详细解析：
"led to an increase in its" 对应 "the ... soared"（...飙升）。
飙升的是 "price"。Cost 也为可接受答案。
干扰排除：虽然产量 (production) 也增加了，但空前是 "its"，指代奎奴亚藜本身，其"增加"的是价格。

40. Overuse of resources resulted in poor quality .

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Q40: soil.

定位词：overuse, resources, resulted in, poor quality。
原文重现："One issue has been that the fertility of the soil decreased dramatically..."
详细解析：
"Overuse of resources" 对应 "working the land all year round"（全年无休地耕种）。
"poor quality" 对应 "fertility... decreased dramatically"（肥力急剧下降）。
肥力下降、质量变差的对象是 "the soil"。
干扰排除：未提及 water, land, crop 等。