Good morning everyone, and welcome to the Museum of Farming Life. I understand it’s your first visit here, so I’d like to give you some background information about the museum and then explain a little about what you can see during your visit.
So, where we’re standing at the moment is the entrance to a large building that was constructed in 1880 as the home of a local businessman.【Q11】 Alfred Palmer, of the Palmer biscuit factory. It was later sold and became a hall of residence for students in 1911, and a museum in 1951. In 2005, a modern extension was built to accommodate the museum’s collections.
The museum’s owned by the university, and apart from two rooms that are our offices, the university uses the main part of the building. You may see students going into the building for lessons,【Q12】 but it’s not open to museum visitors, I’m afraid. It’s a shame because the interior architectural features are outstanding, especially the room that used to be the library.
Luckily, we’ve managed to keep entry to the museum free. This includes access to all the galleries, outdoor areas and the rooms for special exhibitions. We run activities for children and students, such as the museum club, for which there’s no charge. We do have a donation box just over there so feel free to give whatever amount you consider appropriate.【Q13】
We do have a cloakroom, if you’d like to leave your coats and bags somewhere. Unlike other museums, photography is allowed here, so you might like to keep your cameras with you. You might be more comfortable not carrying around heavy rucksacks, though keep your coats and jackets on as it’s quite cold in the museum garden today.【Q14】
I’d like to tell you about the different areas of the museum.
Just inside, and outside the main gallery, we have an area called Four Seasons. Here you can watch a four-minute animation of a woodland scene. It was designed especially for the museum by a group of young people on a film studies course,【Q15】 and it’s beautiful. Children absolutely love it, but then, so do adults.
The main gallery’s called Town and Country. It includes a photographic collection of prize-winning sheep and shepherds. Leaving Town and Country, you enter Farmhouse Kitchen, which is … well, self-explanatory. Here we have the oldest collection of equipment for making butter and cheese in the country. And this morning, a specialist cheesemaker will be giving demonstrations 【Q16】of how it’s produced. You may even get to try some.
After that, you can go in two directions. To the right is a staircase that takes you up to a landing from where you can look down on the galleries. To the left is a room called A Year on the Farm. There’s lots of seating here as sometimes we use the room for school visits, so it’s a good place to stop for a rest. If you’re feeling competitive, you can take our memory test in which you answer questions about things you’ve seen in the museum.【Q17】
The next area’s called Wagon Walk. This contains farm carts from nearly every part of the country. It’s surprising how much regional variation there was. Beside the carts are display boards with information about each one. The carts are old and fragile, so we ask you to keep your children close to you and ensure they don’t climb on the carts.【Q18】
From Wagon Walk, you can either make your way back to reception or go out into the garden – or even go back to take another look in the galleries. In the far corner of the garden is Bees are Magic, but we’re redeveloping this area so you can’t visit that at the moment.【Q19】 You can still buy our honey in the shop, though.
Finally, there’s The Pond, which contains all kinds of interesting wildlife. There are baby ducks that are only a few days old, as well as tiny frogs.【Q20】 The Pond isn’t deep and there’s a fence around it, so it’s perfectly safe for children.
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
听前预测：定位词为 museum building；提示词为 originally。
题目解析：作为 Part 2 的第 1 题，开篇有一段背景介绍，时长 20 秒左右。考生可以通过 “So, where we’re standing at the moment is the entrance to a large building”定位到该题，随后提到“that was constructed in 1880 as the home of a local businessman, Alfred Palmer, of the Palmer biscuit factory”，其中 home of a local businessman 与 B 选项的 a private home 信息对应，was constructed in 1880 可以对应题干的 originally，因此 B 选项符合题干要求，为该题正确答案。注意该句中的 Alfred Palmer, of the Palmer biscuit factory 指的是 Alfred Palmer 是饼干工厂的实业家， 并非该建筑最初是一家工厂，因此 A 选项为干扰项，排除。随后原文提到“It was later sold and became a hall of residence for students in 1911”，说明该建筑后来 在 1911 年被售卖并且被改造成了学生宿舍，跟题干条件 originally 不符，因此 C 选项为干扰项，排除。
听前预测：定位词为 university；提示词为 part。
题目解析：定位词 university 原词出现，原文先提到“apart from two rooms that are our offices, the university uses the main part of the building”，该句表明两个房间是自 己的办公室，并非大学使用的，因此排除 C 选项。接着原文提到“You may see students going into the building for lessons”，其内容与 A 选项 teaching rooms 信息 一致，因此为该题正确答案。原文后面虽然提到 library 一词，但并不是大学使 用这个博物馆的用途，也并未提到 research 一词，因此 B 选项为干扰项，排除。
听前预测：定位词为 entrance fee。
题目解析：本题选项较长，要求考生在审题时能够简化选项，找出有价值的信息点。在听题时，考生听到 entry 一词可以定位到该题。原文先提到“we’ve managed to keep entry to the museum free. This includes access to all the galleries, outdoor areas and the rooms for special exhibitions”，该句表明博物馆门票免费，包括所有的画 廊、户外区域以及供特殊展览使用的房间，与 C 选项信息矛盾，可判断 C 选项为干扰项，排除。接着原文提到“We run activities for children and students, such as the museum club, for which there’s no charge”，说明给孩子和学生提供的活动是免费的，并没有提到打折，因此 B 选项信息也为干扰，排除。最后原文提到 “We do have a donation box just over there so feel free to give whatever amount you consider appropriate”，说明游客可以随意捐出自己觉得合适的金额，与 A 选项
内容表达一致，因此为该题正确答案。
听前预测：定位词为 cloakroom；提示词为 advised、leave。
题目解析：定位词 cloakroom 原词出现，原文先提到“We do have a cloakroom, if you’d like to leave your coats and bags somewhere”，该句中虽然提到 cloakroom 里可以存放 coats 和 bags，但并未提及 advised 这一信息，因此 B 和 C 选项都还不能选取，同时这两个选项在原文中是并列出现的，一般是作为干扰项排除的信号。考生可以继续往下听，听到原文提到“Unlike other museums, photography is allowed here, so you might like to keep your cameras with you”，该句表明这个博物馆允许拍照，游客可以随身携带照相机，不需要放在衣帽间，因此 A 选项排除。最 后原文提到“You might be more comfortable not carrying around heavy rucksacks, though keep your coats and jackets on as it’s quite cold in the museum garden today”，表明说话者建议游客不要携带重背包，但是带上外套和夹克，因为博物馆公园今天很冷。因此判断 B 选项为干扰项，排除；C 选项符合要求，为正确答案， 其中 rucksacks 意为“背包”，跟 bags 进行替换。