SUSIE: Hello?
PAUL: Hi, Susie, it’s Paul here. How are you? Enjoying your new job? You’re working at the library, aren’t you?
SUSIE: Yes. I started when the library re-opened a month ago 【Example】. It’s great.
PAUL: Actually Carol and I have been meaning to join for a while.
SUSIE: Oh, you should. It doesn’t cost anything, and the new library has all sorts of facilities. It’s not just a place where you borrow books. For instance, there’s an area with comfortable seats where you can sit and read the magazines they have there. Some people spend the whole morning there.
PAUL: Mmm. Wish I had that amount of time to spend!
SUSIE: Yes, you must be pretty busy at present, with the children and everything?
PAUL: We are, yes. But we’re hoping to get away this summer. We’re thinking of going to Greece.
SUSIE: Well, we’ve got a much larger section of the library devoted to travel books now 【Q1】, so you should come and have a look. I can’t remember if there’s anything specifically on Greece, but I should think so.
PAUL: OK. Now Carol’s organising a project for the history class she teaches at school – it’s about life in the town a hundred years ago. Do you have anything that might be useful?
SUSIE: Yes, actually we’ve now got a new section with materials on the history of the town and surrounding region. 【Q2】
PAUL: Right. I’ll tell her. You can’t always find that sort of thing on the internet. Now in the old library there used to be a separate room with reference books. It was a really nice quiet room.
SUSIE: Yes. We’ve put those books in the main part of the library now, but we do have a room called the community room. It can be hired out for meetings, but at other times people can use it to study. 【Q3】
PAUL: I might use that. It’s hard to find anywhere quiet at home sometimes.
SUSIE: I can’t remember how old your son and daughter are … we’ve introduced a special section of fiction written specially for teenagers 【Q4】, but they might be a bit young for that?
PAUL: Yes, they would be.
SUSIE: Well, we do have lots of activities for younger children.
PAUL: Yes?
SUSIE: For example we have a Science Club. At the next meeting, they’re going to be doing experiments with stuff that everyone has in the kitchen 【Q5】 – sugar and flour and so on.
PAUL: They might be interested, yes.
SUSIE: And we have a competition for children called Reading Challenge. That doesn’t begin until after the end of term. They have to read six books, and they get a certificate if they manage it.
PAUL: So that gives them something to do while they’re on holiday, instead of getting bored.
SUSIE: That’s the idea. And there’s special activities for adults too. On Friday we have a local author called Tanya Streep who’s going to be talking about her new novel. It’s called ‘Catch the Mouse’ and she based the story on a crime that actually took place here years ago. 【Q6】
PAUL: Right. We’re not free on Friday, but I’ll took out for the book.
SUSIE: Now this probably isn’t for you, but we do have IT support available for members. We get quite a few older people coming along who are wanting to get up to speed with computer technology. It’s on Tuesday mornings – they don’t need to make an appointment or anything, they just turn up. 【Q7】
PAUL: Well, my mother might be interested, I’ll let her know.
SUSIE: OK. And there’s another service which you wouldn’t expect from a library, which is a free medical check-up. The hospital arranges for someone to come along and measure the level of sugar in your blood, and they check cholesterol levels at the same time. 【Q8】
PAUL: Really?
SUSIE: Yes, but that’s only for the over-60s, so you wouldn’t qualify.
PAUL: OK. Well, I’ll tell my mother, she might be interested.
SUSIE: What other information … well, we do have a little shop with things like wallcharts and greetings cards, and also stamps 【Q9】 so you can post the cards straightaway, which is really useful.
PAUL: Yeah. Well, I’ll bring the children round at the weekend and we’ll join. Oh, one more thing – I’ll be bringing the car, is there parking available? 【Q10】
SUSIE: Yes, and it’s free in the evening and at weekends.
PAUL: Perfect. Well, thanks, Susie see you …
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
听前预测：定位词 expanded section；提示词 books、on。此处应填表示某一方面、话题的名词。
题目解析：在听完第 1 题之前的 seating area 对应的 seats 之后，我们听到了定位词、提示词和答案出现在同一句话，原文对应信息为“…we’ve got a much larger section of the library devoted to travel books now”， 其中 much larger section 对应题干 expanded section，devoted to 对应 on，可以理解为“关于哪方面”，因此答案为 travel。一般情况下，建议填原文原词，但无语法限制情况下，traveling 也正确，且英式美式拼写均可。
听前预测：定位词 new；提示词 local。此处应填名词。
题目解析：我们在听到定位词 new 之后听到了答案，具体对应信息为“Yes, actually we’ve now got a new section with materials on the history of the town and surrounding region.”，其中 the town and surrounding region 对应题干 local，因此答案为 history。
听前预测：定位词 community room；提示词 meetings、also、to。此处应填动词原形。
题目解析：我们先听到了定位词 community room 直接出现，然后出现了答案对应信息“It can be hired out for meetings, but at other times people can use it to study.”，其中 meetings 为题干原词，but at other times 对应题干中的 also，can 对应 possible，因此答案为 study。
听前预测：定位词 new section；提示词 books、for。此处应填表示人的名词。
题目解析：本题定位词、提示词和答案一起出现，具体对应信息为“…we’ve introduced a special section of fiction written specially for teenagers.”，其中 introduced a special section 对应题干 a new section，因此答案为介词 for 之后的名词 teenagers。
听前预测：定位词 Science Club；提示词 next、meeting、experiments、things、from。此处应填表示地点的名词。
题目解析：我们先是听到了定位词 Science Club 和提示词 next meeting，然后听到了答案对应信息“they’re going to be doing experiments with stuff that everyone has in the kitchen”，其中 stuff 对应 things，that everyone has in the kitchen 对应 from your kitchen，因此答案为 kitchen。
听前预测：定位词 this Friday、a local author；提示词 novel、based on、a real。此处应填单数名词。
题目解析：我们最先听到定位词 Friday、a local author 和提示词 novel，然后听到了答案对应的信息“It’s called ‘Catch the Mouse’ and she based the story on a crime that actually took place…”，其中 base the story on sth. 等于 a novel based on sth.，意为“基于……”，that actually took place 对应 real，因此答案为 crime。
听前预测：定位词 IT support、Tuesdays；提示词 no、necessary。此处应填名词。
题目解析：我们在听到定位词 IT support 和 Tuesday 之后，答案对应信息马上就出现了 “they don’t need to make an appointment or anything, they just turn up”，其中 don’t need to do sth. 和题干 no sth. is necessary 对应，因此答案为 appointment（预约）。该词的同义表达 booking 在此处也算正确。
听前预测：定位词 free check；提示词 blood、cholesterol levels。此处应填名词。
题目解析：首先很明显，blood ......... 和 cholesterol levels 为并列结构，都属于免费体检的项目，所以我们在听到 free medical check-up 之后只需要重点关注和 cholesterol levels 并列的信息，“The hospital arranges for someone to come along and measure the level of sugar in your blood, and they check cholesterol levels at the same time.”， 其中这里的 measure 对应题干 check，“and they…at the same time”对应题干中的 and，因此答案为 sugar。
听前预测：定位词 wall-charts、cards；提示词 library、shop、sells。此处很明显应填一个与 wall-charts、cards 并列出现的名词。
题目解析：重点听并列出现的名词，很容易在提示词 shop 出现之后听到“wall-charts and greeting cards, and also stamps”，因此答案为 stamps。
听前预测：定位词 evenings and weekends；提示词 free、available。此处应填名词。
题目解析：本题先出现答案和提示词“is there parking available”，再出现定位词“Yes, and it’s free in the evening and at weekends.”，本题属于定位词后置的出题情况，所以需要我们听到 parking available 的时候就及时写下答案。