17.Q: What are the speaker probably going to do?

　　A)Urge Jenny to spend more time on study.

　　B)Help Jenny to prepare for the coming exams.

　　C)Act towards Jenny in a more sensible way.

　　D)Send Jenny to a volleyball training center.

　　18.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

　　A)The building of the dam needs a large budget.

　　B)The proposed site is near the residential area.

　　C)The local people feel insecure about the dam.

　　D)The dam poses a threat to the local environment.

　　听力原文：

　　17.M: I am getting worried about Jeanies school work. All she talks about these days is volleyball games. And all she does is practice, training and things like that.

　　W: Her grades on the coming exams will fall for sure. Its high time we talked some sense into her.

　　18.W: Do you understand why the local people are opposed to the new dam up the river?

　　M: They are worried about the potential dangers when the dam should break. The river is very wide above the proposed site.

　　译文与解析：

　　17.男：我开始担心詹妮的功课了。这些天她说的全是排球比赛的事情。她每天做的事情都是练习，训练之类的事。

　　女：她下次考试肯定会不及格的。我们是时候要跟她讲讲道理了。

　　问：说话者可能做的事情是什么?

　　答：Its high time...是时候该做 ，talk some sense into somebody 对某人讲讲道理。对话中男人说担心孩子的功课，女人附和说她下次考试肯定会不及格，又说要对孩子讲讲道理了，也就是让孩子专注于学业的意思。因此正确答案为A，敦促詹妮花更多的时间学习。B，帮助詹妮准备下次考试，C，更明智的对待詹妮，均未提及。D，把詹妮送去排球训练中心，二人因为詹妮沉迷于排球已经很担心了，不可能把她送去训练中心，因此排除。

　　18.女：你知道为什么当地人会反对在河上建新大坝吗?

　　男：他们担心大坝决堤所带来的潜在危险。大坝想建在河流非常宽阔的地方。

　　问：我们能从对话中得到什么信息?

　　答：女人问男人当地人为什么反对建新大坝，男人说当地人担心大坝决堤会带来的潜在危险。因此正确答案为C，当地人感觉大坝很不安全。A，修建大坝需要一笔大额预算。B，大坝选址离住宅区很近。D，大坝对当地的环境造成威胁。在对话中均未涉及。pose a threat to 对 造成威胁。

　　17.Q: What are the speaker probably going to do?

　　A)Urge Jenny to spend more time on study.

　　B)Help Jenny to prepare for the coming exams.

　　C)Act towards Jenny in a more sensible way.

　　D)Send Jenny to a volleyball training center.

　　18.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

　　A)The building of the dam needs a large budget.

　　B)The proposed site is near the residential area.

　　C)The local people feel insecure about the dam.

　　D)The dam poses a threat to the local environment.

　　听力原文：

　　17.M: I am getting worried about Jeanies school work. All she talks about these days is volleyball games. And all she does is practice, training and things like that.

　　W: Her grades on the coming exams will fall for sure. Its high time we talked some sense into her.

　　18.W: Do you understand why the local people are opposed to the new dam up the river?

　　M: They are worried about the potential dangers when the dam should break. The river is very wide above the proposed site.

　　译文与解析：

　　17.男：我开始担心詹妮的功课了。这些天她说的全是排球比赛的事情。她每天做的事情都是练习，训练之类的事。

　　女：她下次考试肯定会不及格的。我们是时候要跟她讲讲道理了。

　　问：说话者可能做的事情是什么?

　　答：Its high time...是时候该做 ，talk some sense into somebody 对某人讲讲道理。对话中男人说担心孩子的功课，女人附和说她下次考试肯定会不及格，又说要对孩子讲讲道理了，也就是让孩子专注于学业的意思。因此正确答案为A，敦促詹妮花更多的时间学习。B，帮助詹妮准备下次考试，C，更明智的对待詹妮，均未提及。D，把詹妮送去排球训练中心，二人因为詹妮沉迷于排球已经很担心了，不可能把她送去训练中心，因此排除。

　　18.女：你知道为什么当地人会反对在河上建新大坝吗?

　　男：他们担心大坝决堤所带来的潜在危险。大坝想建在河流非常宽阔的地方。

　　问：我们能从对话中得到什么信息?

　　答：女人问男人当地人为什么反对建新大坝，男人说当地人担心大坝决堤会带来的潜在危险。因此正确答案为C，当地人感觉大坝很不安全。A，修建大坝需要一笔大额预算。B，大坝选址离住宅区很近。D，大坝对当地的环境造成威胁。在对话中均未涉及。pose a threat to 对 造成威胁。