DIANA: So, Tim, we have to do a short summary of our work experience on a farm. TIM: Right. My farm was great, but arranging the work experience was hard 【Q21】. One problem was it was miles away and I don’t drive. And also, I’d really wanted a placement for a month, but I could only get one for two weeks. DIANA: I was lucky, the farmer let me stay on the farm so I didn’t have to travel. But finding the right sort of farm to apply to wasn’t easy. TIM: No, they don’t seem to have websites, do they. I found mine through a friend of my mother’s, but it wasn’t easy. DIANA: No. TIM: My farm was mostly livestock, especially sheep. I really enjoyed helping out with them. I was up most of one night helping a sheep deliver a lamb … 【Q22】 DIANA: On your own? TIM: No, the farmer was there, and he told me what to do. It wasn’t a straightforward birth, but I managed. It was a great feeling to see the lamb stagger to its feet and start feeding almost straightaway, and to know that it was OK. DIANA: Mm. TIM: Then another time a lamb had broken its leg, and they got the vet in to set it, and he talked me through what he was doing. That was really useful. DIANA: Yes, my farm had sheep too. The farm was in a valley and they had a lowland breed called Suffolks, although the farmer said they’d had other breeds in the past. TIM: So were they bred for their meat? 【Q23】 DIANA: Mostly, yes. They’re quite big and solid. TIM: My farm was up in the hills and they had a different breed of sheep, they were Cheviots. DIANA: Oh, I heard their wool’s really sought after. TIM: Yes. It’s very hardwearing and they use it for carpets. DIANA: Right. TIM: I was interested in the amount of supplements they add to animals’ feed nowadays. Like, even the chickens got extra vitamins and electrolytes in their feed. DIANA: Yes, I found that too. And they’re not cheap. But my farmer said some are overpriced for what they are. And he didn’t give them as a matter of routine, just at times when the chickens seemed to particularly require them. 【Q24】 TIM: Yes, mine said the same. He said certain breeds of chickens might need more supplements than the others, but the cheap and expensive ones are all basically the same. DIANA: Mm. TIM: So did your farm have any other livestock, Diana? DIANA: Yes, dairy cows. I made a really embarrassing mistake when I was working in the milk shed. Some cows had been treated with antibiotics, so their milk wasn’t suitable for human consumption, and it had to be put in a separate container. But I got mixed up, and I poured some milk from the wrong cow in with the milk for humans, so the whole lot had to be thrown away 【Q25】. The farmer wasn’t too happy with me. TIM: I asked my farmer how much he depended on the vet to deal with health problems. I’d read reports that the livestock’s health is being affected as farmers are under pressure to increase production. Well, he didn’t agree with that, but he said that actually some of the stuff the vets do, like minor operations, he’d be quite capable of doing himself. 【Q26】 DIANA: Yeah. My farmer said the same. But he reckons vets’ skills are still needed.
DIANA: Now we’ve got to give a bit of feedback about last term’s modules – just short comments, apparently. Shall we do that now? TIM: OK. So medical terminology. DIANA: Well, my heart sank when I saw that, especially right at the beginning of the course. And I did struggle with it. TIM: I’d thought it’d be hard, but actually I found it all quite straightforward 【Q27】. What did you think about diet and nutrition? DIANA: OK, I suppose. TIM: Do you remember what they told us about pet food and the fact that there’s such limited checking into whether or not it’s contaminated? I mean in comparison with the checks on food for humans – I thought that was terrible. 【Q28】 DIANA: Mm. I think the module that really impressed me was the animal disease one, when we looked at domesticated animals in different parts of the world, like camels and water buffalo and alpaca. The economies of so many countries depend on these, but scientists don’t know much about the diseases that affect them. 【Q29】 TIM: Yes, I thought they’d know a lot about ways of controlling and eradicating those diseases, but that’s not the case at all. I loved the wildlife medication unit. Things like helping birds that have been caught in oil spills. That’s something I hadn’t thought about before. DIANA: Yeah, I thought I might write my dissertation on something connected with that. 【Q30】 TIM: Right. So …
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
听前预测：定位词为 work experience；限定词为 problem、both Diana and Tim。
题目解析：本题审题时需注意，题干有“两者都面临的问题”这一限定条件，满足该条件的选项才正确。录音中出现定位词后，Tim 提到他面临的问题是农场很远，他也不开车（miles away and I don’t drive），对应 B 选项 organising transport；随后通过逻辑词 And also 衔接 Tim 提到的第 2 个问题：想要“1 个月的实习，但只得到一份两周的工作”（a placement for a month, but I could only get one for two weeks），对应 C 选项 placement for the required length of time。Diana 先回应语气词 Um …，表明她的情况与 Tim 不同，随后补充说“I was lucky”，进一步表明她没有遇到与 Tim 一样的问题，不符合题干要求“两者都面临的问题”，因此 B、C 都排除。Diana 随后强调“找到合适的农场申请（实习）并不容易”（finding the right sort of farm to apply to wasn’t easy）。Tim 马上回应，的确“不容易”（No），然后进一步补充细节：“这些农场也似乎没有网站”（they don’t seem to have websites），因此 A 选项为双方都遇到的问题。
听前预测：限定词为 Tim、pleased、help。
题目解析：本题审题时注意，题干考查“Tim 很高兴帮上忙的事”。题干虽然没有明显的定位词，但录音提到 enjoyed helping out，对应题干中的 pleased to be able to help，较易定位。随后提到“帮羊接生”（helping a sheep deliver a lamb），对应 B 选项，因此答案为 B。后来 Tim 又提到“It was a great feeling to see the lamb … start feeding almost straight away.”，对应 C 选项的部分信息：a newly born lamb … feeding，但是录音没有提到 Tim 帮助小羊进食，或小羊“进食有问题”（having trouble feeding），C 选项部分信息偷换，也不符合题干条件限定。随后 Tim 又提到“ a lamb had broken its leg”，虽然和 A 选项信息一样，但是该选项也不符合题干要求“Tim 很高兴帮上忙的事”：录音只提到兽医（vet）来帮忙，并在 操作的过程中教我（taught me），Tim 并没有帮忙，因此 A 选项错误。
听前预测：定位词为 sheep；限定词为 Diana。
题目解析：Diana 提及 sheep 后，先说“the farmer said they’d had other breeds”，似乎对应 A 选项“有很多不同品种”（various different varieties），但这是 Diana 转述农场主的话，不符合题干要求“Diana says”，且该信息的时间为“他们过去曾经有过……”（they’d had … in the past），说明 Diana 实习时已经没有其他种类的羊了，也不符合题干的时间要求，排除。随后 Tim 问“这些羊是否是肉用羊？” （So were they bred for their meat?），对应 B 选项信息，Diana 肯定道“Mostly, yes.”，至此 B 选项所有信息均出现，且符合题干要求，正确。随后 Tim 提到 “My farm was up in the hills”，对应 C 选项的部分信息 on the hills，录音后来又提到“（山上养的）羊的毛特别受欢迎”（their wool’s really sought after），与 C 选项矛盾，C 选项排除。注意，在录音中听到某些选项的部分信息后，考生还要确认选项中的其他信息与录音是否一致。
听前预测：定位词为 supplements、chicken feed。
题目解析：本题定位词 supplements 与 C 选项中 amount 一词先在录音中出现，但是录音是说“我对营养补充剂的用量很感兴趣”（I was interested in the amount of supple-ments），并不是 C 选项说的“应该限制单次用量”，C 选项偷换概念，错误。随后 Diana 提到 not cheap、overpriced（定价过高的），恰恰和 B 选项中的“物有所值”（worth paying extra）相反，排除。随后她提到“只有在那些鸡似乎特别需要的时候才提供”（just at times when the chickens seemed to particularly require them），对应 A 选项 only be given if specially need，因此答案为 A。
听前预测：定位词为 dairy cows；限定词为 Diana。
题目解析：定位词原词出现后，录音中 Diana 说“但是我搞混了，把这些牛产的奶倒进了给人喝的牛奶里，所以所有奶都必须倒掉。”（But I got mixed up, and I poured some milk from the wrong cow in with the milk for humans, so the whole lot had to be thrown away.），对应 C 选项 made a mistake when storing milk。注意录音并没有说谁丢了牛奶，也没有说认错了牛，只说了搞混了牛奶，因此不能推断出 A 或 B 信息，排除。雅思听力出现需要补充条件的非必然情况（Not Given），都不会是答案。
听前预测：定位词为 vets and farming；限定词为 both farmers。
题目解析：本题出现与 21 题类似的限定词 both，不同的是 farmers 没有参与对话，由Diana 和 Tim 转述，同样需要满足 both 这一条件。定位词 vet 出现后，录音提到“需要兽医来处理（动物的）健康问题”（depended on the vet to deal with health problems），对应 A 选项中的 Vets 和 animal health，但录音没有提到 A 选项中关键的态度词 failing to，因此排除。随后，Tim 转述他那个农场主的观点“有些兽医做的事，比如一些小手术，他自己也能胜任”（some of the stuff the vets do, like minor operations, he’d be quite capable of doing himself），对应 C 选项 “some jobs could be done by the farmer rather than by a vet”，随后 Diana 赞同道 “Yeah. My farmer said the same.”，C 选项信息完整且符合题干条件，正确。B 选项的关键信息“兽医的培训”（training of vets）在录音中没有提及，排除。