短文听写练习

◆第四章◆　短文听写

短文听写的篇幅220～250词，要求考生在听懂短文的基础上，用所听到的原文填写空缺的单词或词组，共10题。短文以正常的语速播放三遍，没有停顿。

短文听写中的单词和词组填空基本上都是两个音节以上、拼写较为复杂也容易出错的实词及其固定搭配。如名词会涉及单复数、形容词会涉及前后缀、动词或词组会涉及时态、语态等用法，有一定的难度。一方面，短文听写是对学生听力理解、语音、词汇量、拼写、句法、记笔记和书面表达等方面综合能力的测试。另一方面，短文听写也是种完形填空，我们可以利用完形填空技巧，通过空格前后的语法结构、近义或反义等卷面材料所提供的信息来预测空格处的未知信息，从而提高答题的准确性。

一、短文听写解题思路及技巧

1．解题步骤

快速浏览所给文字材料，利用卷面信息，了解大意，预测内容；

听第一遍录音，注意听为主，记为辅；

听第二遍录音，利用空格后的停顿时间，快速记录所缺单词和短语；

听第三遍录音，核对听写内容的准确性，补充未写全的部分；

通篇阅读，全面检查。

2．常见考点

1）对动词的考查

例1

What is driving this crime explosion？There are no simple answers．Still，there are certain conditionswith rising crime．

例2

For example，during one lunch period，my friend Denny and Iwent to the Graben Gore Restaurant to have a hot dog．We arrived to find a line of studentsoutside．

例3

When a virus attacks your body，your body works hard to get rid of it．Bloodto your nose and causes a blockade in it．

2）对名词的考查

例1

We firstsee ourselves through the eyesofothers，so theirmessages form important of our self-concepts．

例2

Even though Idon’t steal，storelooked atme like I’m some kind of hardened criminal．

例3

In subsequent presentations，Pania gained reputation as a highly effective speaker．Her appearance on a talk show was broadcast three times，transmitting her message to over 40 people．

3）对并列、排比处的考查

例1

Once，at a drug store，Iwas looking around and found a guy standing on a large box，stocking the shelves．Hewaswatchingmy hands，more than hewaswatching his own．Ishowed him thatmy handswere empty．He gotdown offhis box andoff，as ifhewas going to get the storemanger．How crazy is that！

例2

The impact killed her 2-year-old daughter．Four months later，Pania reluctantly but decided to try to educate the public and to fight for laws to ban drivers from using cell phoneswhile a car ismoving．

例3

In Greece，only rich people will rest in peace for ever when they die．Most of the population，however，will be undisturbed for only three years，then they will beup，washed，compressed into a small tin box，and placed in a bone room．

4）对词组的考查

例1

Multiculturalism can be a rewarding，enriching experience，but it can alsoa clash of values．

例2

Imagine that someone in your neighborhood broke the law，and the judge put the whole neighborhood．How fair will that be？Well，it happens everyday to high schoolers．Just because some students have stolen things in shops，all of usthieves．

例3

Shewanted everyone in the audience to know what she knew without having to learn it from a personal tragedy．Many in the audienceand to action．

二、短文听写练习

Unit One

Directions：In this section，you will hear a passage three times．When the passage is read for the first time，you should listen carefully for its general idea．When the passage is read for the second time，you are required to fill in the blankswith the exactwords you have just heard．Finally，when the passage is read for the third time，you should check what you have written．

Almost every child，on the first day he sets foot in a school building，is smarter，more （1）　，less afraid ofwhat he doesn’t know，better at finding and（2）　，more confident，resourceful（机敏的），persistentand（3）than hewill ever be again in his schooling—or，unless he is very unusual and very lucky，for the rest of his life．Already，by paying close attention to and（4）theworld and people around him，and without any school-type formal instruction，he has done a task far more difficult，complicated and （5）than anything he will be asked to do in school，or than any of his teachers has done for years．He has solved the（6）of language．He has discovered it—babies don’teven know that language exists—and he has found outhow itworks and learned to use it （7）　．He has done it by exploring，by experimenting，by developing his own model of the grammar of language，by（8）and seeing whether itworks，by gradually changing it and（9）it until it does work．And while he has been doing this，he has been learning other things as well，including many of the“（10）　”that the schools think only they can teach him，andmany thataremore complicated than the ones they do try to teach him．

Unit T o

Directions：In this section，you will hear a passage three times．When the passage is read for the first time，you should listen carefully for its general idea．When the passage is read for the second time，you are required to fill in the blankswith the exactwords you have just heard．Finally，when the passage is read for the third time，you should check what you havewritten．

Americans today have differenteating habits than they had in the past．There is（1）food available．They have a broader（2）of nutrition，so they buy more fresh fruit and （3）than ever before．At the same time，Americans（4）increasing quantities of sweets and sodas．

Statistics show that the way people live（5）the way they eat．American lifestyles have changed．There are now growing numbers of people who live alone，（6）parents and children，and double-income families．These changing life styles（7）the increasing number of people whomust rushmeals or sometimes simply go without them．Many Americans have less time than ever before to spend（8）food．Partly as a consequence of this limited time，over half of all American homes now havemicrowave ovens．Moreover，Americans eat out nearly four times a week on average．It is easy to study the amounts and kinds of food that people consume．The United States Department of Agriculture and the food industry collect sales statistics and keep（9）records．This information not only tells us what people are eating but also tells us about the changes in attitudes and tastes．Redmeat，which used to be themost popular choice for dinner，is no longer an American favorite．Instead，chicken，turkey，and fish have become more popular．Sales of these foods （10）in recent years．

Unit Three

Directions：In this section，you will hear a passage three times．When the passage is read for the first time，you should listen carefully for its general idea．When the passage is read for the second time，you are required to fill in the blankswith the exactwords you have just heard．Finally，when the passage is read for the third time，you should check what you havewritten．

Students have been complaining more and more about stolen property．Radios，cell phones，bicycles，pocket（1）　，and books have all been reported stolen．Are there enough campus police to do the job？There are 20 officers in the campus security division．Their job（2）crime，accidents，lost and found（3）　，and traffic problems on campus．More than half of their time is spent directing traffic and writing parking tickets．（4）promptly to accidents and other（5）is important，but it is their smallest job．Dealing with crime takes up the rest of their time．Very（6）did any violent crimes actually occur．In the last five years there have been no（7）　，seven robberies，and about sixty other violent attacks，most of these involving fights at parties．On the other hand，there have been hundreds of thefts and cases of deliberate damaging of public property，which usually（8）breaking windows or lights，or writing on walls．The thefts are not the carefully planned burglaries that you see inmovies．Things get stolen when it is just easy to steal them because they（9）unwatched．Do we really need more police？Hiringmore campus police would costmoney，possiblymaking our tuition go up again．A better way to solve this problem might be for all of us（10）our things．