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Devil’sTower,thefirstnationalmonumentinAmerica,couldalmostbemistakenforthestumpofanenormoustree.Itssheerrocksidessweepupfromabroadbaseuntiltheycutoffabruptlyattheflatsummit.Risingmorethan1,000feetinthemiddleofthegentlyrollingplainsofWyoming,themassivecolumnofrock,looksasthoughitwasdroppeddownintothislocationfromadifferenttimeandplace.
Inasense,itwas,Devil’sTowerisarelicofthepast.Whenthemoltenrockoftheearth’scoreforceditswaytothesurfacetoformthethroatofavolcano,asthecenturiespassed,therockcooledandhardened,shrinkingandcrackingintolongcolumns,borninfireandfury.Devil’sTowerwasthenshapedbytheslow,gentleworkofwindandwater.Theouterlayersofthevolcanowerewornawayuntilthehardcorestoodcompletelyexposed.
ItissmallwonderthatanIndianlegenddescribedDevil’sTowerasbeingformedbysupernaturalpowers.Thelegendsaysthatwhensevengirlswereattackedbybears,theytookrefugeontopofasmallrock,andtheyappealedtotheRockGodforhelp.TheGodcausedtherocktogrowandtoliftthegirlsfarabovetheground,whileitsideswerescoredbytheclawsoftheangrybears.Eventoday,saysthelegend,thegirlscanbeseenabovethetoweringrock.Assevenshiningstarsinthenightsky.
9.WhatdoestheDevil’sTowerlooklike
10.Whatcausethevolcano’souterlayerstowearaway
11.WhatdoestheIndianlegendsayabouttheDevil’sTower
12.HowdidtheRockGodhelpthesevengirlintheIndianlegend
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Q13.Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutdriverswhostopatgasstations
Q14.Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutextravagances
Q15.WhatdoesaspeakerwanttoshowbytheexampleoftheChicagowoman
沪江英语听力网听力篇2
SectionAConversation
Conversation1
气候变化和全球经济发展
W:ProfessorHendersoncouldyougiveusabriefoverviewofwhatyoudo,whereyouworkandyourmainareaofresearch
M:WelltheCenterforClimateResearchwhereIworklinksthescienceofclimatechangetoissuesaroundeconomicsandpolicy.
Someofourresearchistodowiththelikelyimpactsofclimatechangeandalloftheassociatedrisks.
M:Wellmostofthescienceofclimatechangeparticularlythattodowithglobalwarmingissimplyfact.
Butotheraspectsofthesciencearelesscertainoratleastmoredisputed.
W:SowhatarewedoingWhatcanwedoaboutit
M:WellIwouldarguethatweneedtodevelopthesciencespecificallytounderstandthelikelyimpactsofclimatechangeindifferentcontexts.
AsIsaidweneedtounderstandthebestwaysofavoidingclimatechangeandthiswillinvolveahugetransitiontolowcarbonenergysystemsandthetransitionisatremendouspriority.
Andforthistohappen,wemayneedactiononaglobalscalefromapoliticalperspective.
W:Right.
Q1.WhatdoesProfessorHsayabouthismainareaofresearch
AIttriestopredictthepossibletrendsofglobalclimatechange.
BItstudiestheimpactofglobalclimatechangeonpeople’slives.
CItlinksthescienceofclimatechangetoeconomicandpolicyissues.
DItfocusesontheeffortscountriescanmaketodealwithglobalwarning.
答案C
Q2.WhatdoesProfessorHsayaboutclimatechange
AItwilltakealongtimebeforeaconsensusisreachedonitsimpact.
BItwouldbemorecostlytodealwithitsconsequencesthantoavoidit.
CItisthemostpressingissueconfrontingallcountries.
DItisboundtocauseendlessdisputesamongnations.
答案B
Q3.WhatdoesProfessorHsayisatoppriorityincombatingclimatechange
AThetransitiontolow-carbonenergysystems.
BThecooperationamongworldmajorpowers.
CThesigningofaglobalagreement.
DTheraisingofpeople’sawareness.
答案A
Q4.WhatdoesProfessorHadviseustodotobetterdealwithclimatechange
ACarryoutmoreresearchonit.
BCutdownenergyconsumption.
CPlanwellinadvance.
DAdoptnewtechnology.
Conversation2
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M:Right.
W:Sure.Ithinkalotofwhatpeopleconsiderluckisattributedtohowyourespondtotheopportunitiesthatcomeyourway.
M:Yes.Verygoodpoint.
W:Seizingtheopportunities.Butwasthereanypointinthevideothatyouthoughtwasparticularlyinteresting
W:Definitelyyeah.Naturaltalenthelpsinsomewaybutattheendofthedayyoureallydoneedtoworkhardandgetreallyreallygoodatwhatyoudo.
M:Sure.
Q5.Whatarethespeakersmainlytalkingabout
Q6.Whatisthewoman’sviewofluck
Q7.WhatisthechiefpointtheTEDTalksvideomakes
Q8.WhatdoesthewomanthinkisthefunnythingintheTEDTalksvideo
沪江英语听力网听力篇3
W:ProfessorHenderson,couldyougiveusabriefoverviewofwhatyoudo,whereyouworkandyourmainareaofresearch
M:Well,thecenterforclimateresearchwhereIworklinksscienceandclimatechangetoissuesaroundeconomicsandpolicy.Someofourresearchistodowiththelikelyimpactsofclimatechangeandalloftheassociatedrisks.
W:Andhowstrongistheevidencethatclimatechangeishappeningthatit’sreallysomethingweneedtobeworriedabout
M:Andwealsoneedtoplanaheadsothatweareinapositiontodealwiththelikelylevelsofclimatechange,whicharealreadyinevitable.Andevenmoreso,too,forthelevelsthatarelikelyifwedon’tgetthoseglobalagreements.
Q1.WhatdoesProfessorHendersonsayabouthismainareaofresearch
Q2.WhatdoesProfessorHendersonsayaboutclimatechange
Q3.WhatdoesProfessorHendersonsayisatoppriorityincombatingclimatechange
Q4.WhatdoesProfessorHendersonadviseustodotobetterdealwithclimatechange
W:IhavemanybusinessEnglishstudents.WhenIteachtheclassroom,weoftenenduptalkingaboutthingslikesuccessandwhatleadstosuccess.Andit’sinterestingthatmanyofthemmentionedtheelementofluck.
W:Sure.Ithinkalotofwhypeopleconsiderluckisattributedtohowyourespondtotheopportunitiesthatcomeyourway.
W:Definitelyyeah,naturaltalenthelpsusinsomeway,butattheendofthedayyoureallydoneedtoworkhardandgetreallyreallygoodatwhatyoudo.