浙大考博英语2010听力原文
浙大2010考博听力Part A和B的原文及参考答案
受一个帖子的提示，网上搜了一下，大概找到这两篇文字，不是很确切，各位可以看一下。
第一篇
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1955: Opening day
An aerial view of Disneyland in 1956. The entire route of the Disneyland Railroad is clearly visible as it encircles the park.Disneyland Park was opened to the public on Monday, 【July 18, 1955】. However, a special "International Press Preview" event was held on Sunday, July 17, 1955, which was only open to invited guests and the media. The Special Sunday events, including the dedication, were televised nationwide and anchored by three of Walt Disney's friends from Hollywood: Art Linkletter, Bob Cummings, and Ronald Reagan. ABC broadcast the event live on its network; at the time, it was one of the largest and most complex live broadcasts ever.
The event did not go smoothly. The park was overcrowded as the by-invitation-only affair was plagued with counterfeit tickets. All major roads nearby were empty. The temperature was an unusually high 101 °F (38 °C), and a plumbers' strike left many of the park's 【drinking fountains dry】. Disney was given a choice of having working fountains or running toilets and he chose the latter. This, however, generated negative publicity since Pepsi sponsored the park's opening; enraged guests believed the inoperable fountains were a cynical way to sell soda. The asphalt that had been poured just that morning was so soft that ladies' high-heeled shoes sank in. Vendors ran out of food. A gas leak in Fantasyland caused Adventureland,
Frontierland, and Fantasyland to close for the afternoon. Parents were throwing their children over the shoulders of crowds to get them onto rides such as the King Arthur Carrousel.
The park got such bad press for the event day that Walt Disney invited members of the press back for a private "second day" to experience the true Disneyland, after which Walt held a party in the Disneyland Hotel for them. Walt and his 1955 executives forever referred to the day as 【"Black Sunday"】. Every year on July 17, cast members wear pin badges stating how many years it has been since July 17, 1955. For example, in 2004 they wore the slogan "The magic began 49 years ago today."
But for the first twelve to fifteen years, Disney did officially state that opening day was on July 18, including in the park's own publications. Disneyland referred to July 17, 1955, as "Dedication Day" in one of its July, 1967, press releases. On Monday July 18, crowds started to gather in line as early as 2 a.m., and the first person to buy a ticket and enter the park was David MacPherson with 【admission ticket】 number 2, as Roy O. Disney arranged to pre-purchase ticket number 1. Walt Disney had an official photo taken with two children instead, Christine Vess Watkins (age 5 in 1955) and Michael Schwartner (age 7 in 1955), and the photo of the two carries a
deceptive caption along the lines of "Walt Disney with the first two
guests of Disneyland." Vess Watkins and Schwartner both received 【lifetime passes】 to Disneyland that day, and MacPherson was awarded one shortly thereafter, which was later expanded to every single Disney-owned park in the world.
第二篇
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A century of everyday learning
Extension School glances back, forges aheadBy Corydon Ireland
Harvard Staff Writer
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer
A Harvard Extension School class at Boylston Hall. Through the 1950s, most Extension courses cost $5 each (slightly more than two bushels of wheat). Now any Harvard staff member can take a graduate-level course for $40 a semester, making it possible to earn a master’s degree for $400.
It was 1835, and John Lowell Jr., the wealthy young scion of a prominent Boston family, sat by the Nile River in Luxor, a cradle of Egyptian civilization. Sick with fever, he drafted a long revision to his will and mailed it home to a cousin. Months later, Lowell was dead.
That revamped will included a bequest that has rippled ever wider across almost two centuries. Most notably, it led to creation of the Harvard Extension School, which is celebrating its centennial year, with the official anniversary in February.
Lowell’s idea was simple, but brilliant. Everyday people wanted to learn, he thought, and just needed a forum that allowed them to do so. In the 19th century, that method mostly involved public lectures. In the 20th century, it was usually classroom study, and in the 21st, the trend is toward 【distance learning on the Web】. But what has been true of the Extension School from its earliest incarnation is its devotion to public learning, and its students’ fierce desire to be taught.
Evolving far beyond its origins as a lecture series, the Extension School is now a degree-granting institution with 14,000 students that this year is offering close to 【700】undergraduate and graduate courses across 65 fields, taught by faculty from nine of Harvard’s 10 Schools.
The modern Extension School has embraced video learning and podcasts. One hundred and fifty courses are available online, expanding the School’s reach to students in 122 countries. About 20 percent of its students take courses exclusively online.
Increasingly, said Michael Shinagel, the Extension School’s longtime dean, “the lectern is electronic.” Yet it was the forward-thinking Lowell, born in 1799 near the dawn of the American republic, who launched this thriving Harvard institution. Half of his wealth — the princely sum, in those days, of $250,000 — in 1839 established the Lowell
Institute, the Extension’s precursor. His bequest is a trust, active to this day, charged with offering public lectures in Boston on the arts, sciences, and natural history, to students regardless of gender, race, or age.
The first Lowell lecture
, on geology, was held in 1840, in an era of rising working-class clamor for education. The public’s response was tumultuous, with tickets being distributed amidst near-mob scenes. The institute’s collegiate “courses” — which were lecture series on a single topic — sometimes drew 10,000 applicants.
By 1898, more than 4,400 free lectures and courses had been offered through the Lowell Institute. Around that time, Boston schoolteachers were looking for ways to earn a bachelor’s degree at night. The Lowell lectures and the lobbying teachers created a perfect storm of sorts, and by 【1910】 University Extension at Harvard was founded.
Another visionary with the Lowell surname created the modern school. Harvard-educated government scholar A. Lawrence Lowell became trustee of the institute in 1900, and by 1906 was promoting “systematic courses on subjects of liberal education,” as he called them, taught by Harvard faculty.
His vision of transforming a lecture program into a school of public education gained traction in 1909 when he was named president of Harvard. His first step in office was not the curricular reform for which he later became famous. (Among other things, Lowell invented the idea of “concentrations.”) Instead, he 【pressed to create a University Extension】.
His desire, according to Shinagel, who has written a new history of the School called “The Gates Unbarred,” was “to carry out more completely the idea of John Lowell Jr.”
上网上找了好久才找到的，大家看看心理有个底，仅供参考
A： July，18，1955
drinking fountains dry
black sunday
adimission ticket
lifetime passes(原文是Pssses，但我听是Passed)
B: Harvard Extension School
未知
700
1910
未知
一.听力
女性读音不清，part C语速快，听不懂
1.PA，关于Disney开幕日，
2.PB 关于Harvard extension school
3.part C,语速太快，全忘了
二、词汇
6级，或者不到，多为词汇辨析，部分短语搭配
三、完形
欧洲和美国的教育差异。词汇和搭配各半。
难度，未知（考研级别？）。
四、阅读
1.关于fear。
2.关于culture和civilization的区别
3.关于职业病
4.关于女性对全球经济的地位和贡献
难度，6级或者不到。细节题占大部分，inferrence和main idea较少。
五、汉译英
关于Harvard university的本科生“新课程项目”，字数约250，三段。
难度，未知~
part1：20分听力
A、听段落，补填内容，每空3个单词以内 5分 Harvard extension
B、听段落，补填内容，每空5个单词以内 5分
C、听段落，做选择，共3个段落10分
2010浙大考博听力 part C 和听力录音对过正确
John Grisham was born on February 2, 1955, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, in the US
A. His father was a construction worker and moved his family all around the southern states of America, stopping wherever he could find work. Eventually they settled in Mississippi. Graduating from law school in 1981, Grisham practiced law for nearly a decade in Southaven, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation (诉讼). In 1983, he was elected to the state House of Representatives and served until 1990.
One day at the Dessoto County courthouse, Grisham heard the horrifying testimony of a 12-year-old rape victim. He decided to write a novel exploring what would have happened if the girl’s father had murdered her attackers. He proceeded to get up every morning at 5 a.m. to work on the novel, called A Time to Kill, which was published in 1988. Grisham’s next novel, The Firm, was one of the biggest hits of 1991, spending 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Grisham lives with his wife and two children, dividing their time between their Victorian home on a 67 acre farm in Mississippi and a 204 acre plantation near Charlottesville, Virginia.
When he’s not writing, Grisham devotes time to charitable causes, including mission trips with his church group. As a child he dreamt of becoming a professional baseball player, and now serves as the local Little League commissioner. He has built six ballfields on his property and hosts children from 26Little League teams.
11. What inspired Grisham to write his first novel?
A. A case of murder.
B. A case of rape
C. His father’s experience
D. His life on the farm
12. Which of the following is NOT true of the novel The Firm ?
A. It was popular at the time of publication
B. It earned Grisham great fame.
C. It brought Grisham wealth
D. It was carried by The New York Times as a series.
13. It can be inferred from the passage that Grisham has built ballfields on his property ________.
答案应该为 C. to see his childhood dream being realized in the children
My surprise over the past few winters has been the personality transformation my parents go through around mid-December as they change from Dad and Mom into Grandpa and Grandma. Yes, they become grandparents and are completely different from the people I know the other eleven and a half months of the year.
The first sign of my parents’ change is the delight they take in visiting toy and children’s clothing stores. These two people, who usually dislike anything having to do with shopping malls, become crazy consumers. While they tell me to budget my money and shop wisely, they are buying up every doll and dump truck in sight. And this is only the beginning of the holidays!
When my brother’s children arrive, Grandpa and Grandma come into full form. First they throw out all ideas about a balanced diet for the grandkids. While we were raised in a house where everyone had to take two bites of corn, beets(甜菜), or liver (foods that appeared quite often on our table despite co
nstant complaining), the grandchildren never have to eat anything that does not appeal to them. Grandma carries chocolate in her pockets to bribe(贿赂)the littlest ones into following her around the house, while Grandpa offers “surprises” of candy and cake to them all day long. Boxes of chocolate-pie disappear while the whole-wheat bread get hard and stale. The kids love all the sweets, and when the sugar raises their energy levels, Grandma and Grandpa can always decide to leave and do a bit more shopping or go to bed while my brother and sister-in-law try to deal with their highly active kids.
Once the grandchildren have arrived, Grandma and Grandpa also seem to forget all of the responsibility lectures I so often hear in my daily life. If Mickey screams at his sister during dinner, he is “developing his own personality”; if Nancy breaks Grandma’s mirror, she is “just a curious child”. But, if I track mud into the house while helping to unload groceries, I become “careless”; if I scold one of the grandkids for tearing pages out of my textbook, I am “impatient”. If Paula talks back to her mother, Grandma and Grandpa smile at her spirit. If I say one word about all of this excessive love, Mom and Dad reappear to have a talk with me about petty jealousies.
14.As regards his parents’ shopping for the grandchildren, the author ______ .
A. feels jealous B. feels amazed
C. thinks it unnecessary D. thinks it annoying
15. What happens after the kids have had all the sweets?
A. They get highly energetic. B. They quiet down.
C. They want more sweets. D. They go to bed.
16. Which of the following is NOT true of the visiting children?
A. They behave very well.
B. They like chocolate very much.
C. They receive toys from their grandparents.
D. They are having a lot of fun.
The huge growth of global "ecotourism" industry is becoming an increasing concern for conservationists with mounting evidence that many wild species do not respond well to contact with human beings. overexposure to tourists has been linked to stress, abnormal behavior and adverse health effects in species such as polar bears, dolphins and gorillas（大猩猩）, says a report in New Scientist.
While regulated ecotourism can help conservation efforts by encouraging people to manage endangered species and their habitats, many projects are poorly designed and unregulated, its says. “Many ecotourist projects are unaudited, unauthorized and merely hint they are based on environmentally friendly policies and operations”
While regulated ecotourism can help conservation efforts by encouraging people to manage endangered species and their habitats, “many projects are poorly designed and hint they are based on environmentally friendly policies and operations.”
Ecotourism is growing by 10 to 30 percent a year and an estimated 20 percent of tourists are thought to visit a conservation-
based project. Philip Seddon, of the University of Otago in New Zealand, said that although most tourist projects conformed to basic guidelines on land use and not scaring wildlife, their full impact was rarely considered.
……
In Africa, gorillas have picked up parasites introduced to their habitat by tourists and mongooses（蠓）have caught lung diseases from human beings. Experts said that the answer to the problems was better regulation and supervision of ecotourism. The Galapagos Islands, where visitor numbers are strictly controlled, is a good model.
17. Ecotourism is meant to ______.
A. have tourists help in the conservation of wildlife
B. have wild species respond well to contact with humans
C. make wild species reduce stress and abnormal behavior
D. make conservationists more concerned with wildlife
18. According to New Scientist, many ecotourist Projects ______.
A. really encourage people to protect wi1dlife and its habit
B. strictly follow environmentally friendly polices
C. actually lack proper examination and official approval
D. seriously damage the habitats of endangered species
19. What will happen to wildlife ultimately if the present "ecotourism" practice goes on?
A. It will disturb their life.
B. It will affect their health.
C. It will increase their stress.
D. It will threaten their survival.
20. According to the passage, a solution to the "ecotourism" problem is to ______.
A. encourage people to manage endangered species
B. reduce the exposure of wildlife to human beings
C. help wild animals increase their fitness
D. prevent wildlife from catching human disease
网上找了一下这几次同等学力的答案，对应的参考答案是
BDC BAA ACDB
第一篇文章最后一题的C选项应该是
C. to see his childhood dream being realized in the children
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浙江大学2010考博英语听力原文与答案浙江大学2010考博英语听力原文与答案
Part A
1955: Opening day
An aerial view of Disneyland in 1956. The entire route of the Disneyland Railroad is clearly visible as it encircles the park.Disneyland Park was opened to the public on Monday, 【July 18, 1955】. However, a special "International Press Preview" event was held on Sunday, July 17, 1955, which was only open to invited guests and the media. The Special Sunday events, including the dedication, were televised nationwide and anchored by three of Walt Disney's friends from Hollywood: Art Linkletter, Bob Cummings, and Ronald Reagan. ABC broadcast the event live on its network; at the time, it was one of the largest and most complex live broadcasts ever.The event did not go smoothly. The park was overcrowded as the by-invitation-only
affair was plagued with counterfeit tickets. All major roads nearby were empty. The temperature was an unusually high 101 °F (38 °C), and a plumbers' strike left many of the park's 【drinking fountains dry】. Disney was given a choice of having working fountains or running toilets and he chose the latter. This, however, generated negative publicity since Pepsi sponsored the park's opening; enraged guests believed the inoperable fountains were a cynical way to sell soda. The asphalt that had been poured just that morning was so soft that ladies' high-heeled shoes sank in. Vendors ran out of food. A gas leak in Fantasyland caused Adventureland,Frontierland, and Fantasyland to close for the afternoon. Parents were throwing their children over the shoulders of crowds to get them onto rides such as the King Arthur Carrousel
The park got such bad press for the event day that Walt Disney invited members of the press back for a private "second day" to experience the true Disneyland, after which Walt held a party in the Disneyland Hotel for them. Walt and his 1955 executives forever referred to the day as 【"Black Sunday"】. Every year on July 17, cast members wear pin badges stating how many years it has been since July 17, 1955. For example, in 2004 they wore the slogan "The magic began 49 years ago today."But for the first twelve to fifteen years, Disney did officially state that opening day was on July 18, including in the park's own publications. Disneyland referred to July 17, 1955, as "Dedication Day" in one of its July, 1967, press releases. On Monday July 18, crowds started to gather in line as early as 2 a.m., and the first person to buy a ticket and enter the park was David MacPherson with 【admission ticket】 number 2, as Roy O. Disney arranged to pre-purchase ticket number 1. Walt Disney had an official photo taken with two children instead, Christine Vess Watkins (age 5 in 1955) and Michael Schwartner (age 7 in 1955), and the photo of the two carries a deceptive caption along the lines of "Walt Disney with the first two. guests of Disneyland." Vess Watkins and Schwartner both received 【lifetime passes】 to Disneyland that day, and MacPherson was awarded one shortly thereafter, which was later expanded to every single Disney-owned park in the world.
PART B
A Harvard Extension School class at Boylston Hall. Through the 1950s, most Extension courses cost $5 each (slightly more than two bushels of wheat). Now any Harvard staff member can take a graduate-level course for $40 a semester, making it possible to earn a master’s degree for $400. It was 1835, and John Lowell Jr., the wealthy young scion of a prominent Boston family, sat by the Nile River in Luxor, a cradle of Egyptian civilization. Sick with fever, he drafted a long revision to his will and mailed it home to a cousin. Months later, Lowell was dead.That revamped will included a bequest that has rippled ever wider across almost two centuries. Most notably, it led to
creation of the Harvard Extension School, which is celebrating its centennial year, with the official anniversary in February.8 ]+ Lowell’s idea was simple, but brilliant. Everyday people wanted to learn, he thought, and just needed a forum that allowed them to do so. In the 19th century, that method mostly involved public lectures. In the 20th century, it was usually classroom study, and in the 21st, the trend is toward 【distance learning on the Web】. But what has been true of the Extension School from its earliest incarnation is its devotion to public learning, and its students’ fierce desire to be taught.Evolving far beyond its origins as a lecture series, the Extension School is now a degree-granting institution with 14,000 students that this year is offering close to 【700】undergraduate and graduate courses across 65 fields, taught by faculty from nine of Harvard’s 10 Schools. The modern Extension School has embraced video learning and podcasts. One hundred and fifty courses are available online, expanding the School’s reach to students in 122 countries. About 20 percent of its students take courses exclusively online.！ k！ t+ V9Increasingly, said Michael Shinagel, the Extension School’s longtime dean, “the lectern is electronic.” Yet it was the forward-thinking Lowell, born in 1799 near the dawn of the American republic, who launched this thriving Harvard institution. Half of his wealth — the princely sum, in those days, of $250,000 — in 1839 established the Lowell Institute, the Extension’s precursor. His bequest is a trust, active to this day, charged with offering public lectures in Boston on the arts, sciences, and natural history, to students regardless of gender, race, or age. The first Lowell lecture, on geology, was held in 1840, in an era of rising working-class clamor for education. The public’s response was tumultuous, with tickets being distributed amidst near-mob scenes. The institute’s collegiate “courses” — which were lecture series on a single topic — sometimes drew 10,000 applicants.By 1898, more than 4,400 free lectures and courses had been offered through the Lowell Institute. Around that time, Boston schoolteachers were looking for ways to earn a bachelor’s degree at night. The Lowell lectures and the lobbying teachers created a perfect storm of sorts, and by 【1910】 University Extension at Harvard was founded.Another visionary with the Lowell surname created the modern school. Harvard-educated government scholar A. Lawrence Lowell became trustee of the institute in 1900, and by 1906 was promoting “systematic courses on subjects of liberal education,” as he called them, taught by Harvard faculty.His vision of transforming a lecture program into a school of public education gained traction in 1909 when he was named president of Harvard. His first step in office was not the curricular reform for which he later became famous. (Among other things, Lowell invented the idea of
“concentrations.”) Instead, he 【pressed to create a University Extension】.His desire, according to Shinagel, who has written a new history of the School called “The Gates Unbarred,” was “to carry out more completely the idea of John Lowell Jr.”