独白训练卷（3）-2026版湖南省（对口招生）《英语听力专项训练卷》第10卷（原卷版+解析版）

编写说明：2026版湖南省（对口招生）《英语听力专项训练卷》，依据最新版《中等职业学校英语课程标准》、湖南省对口升学考试考纲以及历年真题编写。本套试卷共15份，包括2份短对话训练卷、5份长对话训练卷、3份独白训练卷，以及5份听力综合训练卷。 本卷为2026版湖南省（对口招生）《英语听力专项训练卷》的第10卷，是独白训练卷。 2026版湖南省（对口招生）《英语听力专项训练卷》第10卷 听力专项训练卷·独白（3） 考试时间：20分钟 满分：100分 班级 姓名 学号 成绩 第一节（共20小题；每小题2.5分，共50分） 听下面6段独白。每段独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段独白读两遍。 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 1．Who is the speaker talking to? A．Sports club members. B．International tourists. C．University students. 2．Where did Emma work for a rugby team? A．In Manchester. B．In Dublin. C．In Vancouver. 3．What can be a challenge to Emma’s work? A．Competition in the health care industry. B．Discrimination against female scientists. C．Influence of misinformation on the public. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 4．What do visitors do first when they enter the museum? A．Move down a slide. B．Jump into a giant ball pool. C．Step into a cloud of white smoke. 5．What inspired Andrea Golubic to create the museum? A．A picture of herself as a seven-year-old. B．Her visit to a modern art museum. C．One of ABBA’s songs. 6．Which of the following is an interactive zone in the museum? A．A room with rubber ducks singing. B．A room for changing different clothes. C．A room showing some serious history of humor. 7．What did Zorica Bucic think of her experience in the museum? A．Just so-so. B．Worthwhile. C．Disappointing. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 8．What is the speaker’s probable occupation? A．A financial analyst. B．A firm manager. C．A human resources specialist. 9．What is one of the reasons for companies’ refusing remote working? A．They will increase operating costs. B．They have heard disadvantages of it. C．They worry employees will work less hard. 10．What does the speaker say about his company? A．Receptionists don’t work from home. B．It has lowered its monthly salaries expenses. C．All employees work from home one day a week. 11．What is the speaker’s attitude towards remote working? A．Positive. B．Negative. C．Unconcerned. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 12．What is the first reason mentioned for closing the library? A．High costs. B．Poor services. C．Less usage. 13．What does the speaker say about the library collection? A．It needs to be updated. B．It contains 100,000 books. C．It has been open to the public for 54 years. 14．Who is the speaker talking to? A．Library visitors. B．Library managers. C．Library assistants. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 15．What does the speaker probably do? A．A writer. B．A director. C．A program host. 16．When was Under the Skin published? A．In 1998. B．In 2000. C．In 2013. 17．What can we learn about Michel Faber? A．He moved to Australia in 1993. B．He doesn’t rely on electronic devices. C．He made a film about his personal life. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 18．What does the speaker probably do? A．A professor. B．A researcher. C．A radio host. 19．What can we learn from Arthur Stone’s study? A．People aged 18-22 feel stressed the most. B．Women feel more negative than men. C．Stress levels drop sharply at 70. 20．What is going to be discussed next? A．The reasons that happiness rises with age. B．The ways that age influences happiness. C．The other factors that affect happiness. （二） 第二节（共20小题；每小题2.5分，共50分） 听下面5段独白。每段独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段独白读两遍。 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 1．Who is the speaker? A．A college teacher. B．A businessman. C．A writer. 2．What issue did the original version of Squire have? A．It was short of funds. B．It failed to meet the barbers’ needs. C．It ignored the challenges faced by consumers. 3．What was Tanya Menendez’s major? A．Economic Sociology. B．Fashion Design. C．Law. 4．Why did Tanya Menendez set up Maker’s Row? A．To sell her leather goods. B．To find more product designers. C．To link American factories with designers. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 5．What is the passage mainly about? A．The importance of bees to agriculture. B．The factors in causing the decline of bees. C．The reasons for choosing a day for bees. 6．Which is the possible factor putting bees at risk? A．The loss of their homes. B．The poor harvest in agriculture. C．The disappearance of some plants. 7．How do viewers feel when they watch Thompson’s work online? A．Safe and inspired. B．Pleased though scared. C．Disappointed though excited. 8．What effect will Thompson’s online videos bring? A．Inspiring more art works about bees. B．Keeping more people away from bees. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 9．What is Professor Keenan’s lecture about? A．The evolution of animals. B．The extinction of dinosaurs. C．The process of plant growth. 10．What can students do in the session “Dogs might fly”? A．Join group conversations. B．Watch some video footage. C．Answer the professor’s questions. 11．What is the theme of the presentation in the main hall? A．Types of flowers. B．Plant communication. C．Imbalance of the nature. 12．What is the speaker doing? A．Giving an introduction of today’s event. B．Explaining the meaning of the nature course. C．Calling for students to pay attention to nature. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 13．What is Bradley? A．A film director. B．A costume designer. C．A director’s assistant. 14．What is Bradley doing now? A．Teaching skills to improve acting. B．Giving instructions before filming. C．Making rules for background actors. 15．How should actors handle talking in the scene? A．Speak out normally. B．Mouth words silently. C．Whisper to each other. 16．What uniform will David be wearing? A．A waiter uniform. B．A police uniform. C．A school uniform. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 17．Where is the speaker now? A．At a sports ground. B．In a radio studio. C．In a television studio. 18．What did the team members do before the match? A．They gave interviews. B．They got some pictures. C．They greeted each other. 19．Why are the fans of the goalkeeper upset? A．He has got hurt. B．He has missed the ball. C．He has gone against rules. 20．Which team won the season’s final?​ A．The Sharks United.​ B．The result ended in a draw. C．The Spicy Chickens.​ 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 编写说明：2026版湖南省（对口招生）《英语听力专项训练卷》，依据最新版《中等职业学校英语课程标准》、湖南省对口升学考试考纲以及历年真题编写。本套试卷共15份，包括2份短对话训练卷、5份长对话训练卷、3份独白训练卷，以及5份听力综合训练卷。 本卷为2026版湖南省（对口招生）《英语听力专项训练卷》的第10卷，是独白训练卷。 2026版湖南省（对口招生）《英语听力专项训练卷》第10卷 听力专项训练卷·独白（3） 考试时间：20分钟 满分：100分 班级 姓名 学号 成绩 第一节（共20小题；每小题2.5分，共50分） 听下面6段独白。每段独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段独白读两遍。 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 1．Who is the speaker talking to? A．Sports club members. B．International tourists. C．University students. 2．Where did Emma work for a rugby team? A．In Manchester. B．In Dublin. C．In Vancouver. 3．What can be a challenge to Emma’s work? A．Competition in the health care industry. B．Discrimination against female scientists. C．Influence of misinformation on the public. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 4．What do visitors do first when they enter the museum? A．Move down a slide. B．Jump into a giant ball pool. C．Step into a cloud of white smoke. 5．What inspired Andrea Golubic to create the museum? A．A picture of herself as a seven-year-old. B．Her visit to a modern art museum. C．One of ABBA’s songs. 6．Which of the following is an interactive zone in the museum? A．A room with rubber ducks singing. B．A room for changing different clothes. C．A room showing some serious history of humor. 7．What did Zorica Bucic think of her experience in the museum? A．Just so-so. B．Worthwhile. C．Disappointing. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 8．What is the speaker’s probable occupation? A．A financial analyst. B．A firm manager. C．A human resources specialist. 9．What is one of the reasons for companies’ refusing remote working? A．They will increase operating costs. B．They have heard disadvantages of it. C．They worry employees will work less hard. 10．What does the speaker say about his company? A．Receptionists don’t work from home. B．It has lowered its monthly salaries expenses. C．All employees work from home one day a week. 11．What is the speaker’s attitude towards remote working? A．Positive. B．Negative. C．Unconcerned. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 12．What is the first reason mentioned for closing the library? A．High costs. B．Poor services. C．Less usage. 13．What does the speaker say about the library collection? A．It needs to be updated. B．It contains 100,000 books. C．It has been open to the public for 54 years. 14．Who is the speaker talking to? A．Library visitors. B．Library managers. C．Library assistants. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 15．What does the speaker probably do? A．A writer. B．A director. C．A program host. 16．When was Under the Skin published? A．In 1998. B．In 2000. C．In 2013. 17．What can we learn about Michel Faber? A．He moved to Australia in 1993. B．He doesn’t rely on electronic devices. C．He made a film about his personal life. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 18．What does the speaker probably do? A．A professor. B．A researcher. C．A radio host. 19．What can we learn from Arthur Stone’s study? A．People aged 18-22 feel stressed the most. B．Women feel more negative than men. C．Stress levels drop sharply at 70. 20．What is going to be discussed next? A．The reasons that happiness rises with age. B．The ways that age influences happiness. C．The other factors that affect happiness. 【答案】1-5 ABCCA 6-10 CBBCA 11-15 ACAAC 16-20 BBCBA 【原文】 1．A 2．B 3．C 【原文】 Hi, everyone. This is the monthly meeting of our club. We’ve been fortunate to have got good advice from some famous athletes on how to improve our skills and build up our body. Today, we’ll hear something different. We’re honored to have Emma Wilson here. Emma is a health expert and lecturer from UBC, the University of British Columbia. Emma worked for a football team in Manchester, then for a very successful rugby team in Dublin, and finally ended up working here in Vancouver. Emma says it’s challenging to be a health expert, because people can be easily influenced by advertisements that lack scientific support. Also, people aren’t willing to change their views about food and nutrition as there is so much confusing information online. It’s really important to hear what experts say and that’s why we’ve invited Emma here. She isn’t going to tell us about everything we should eat, but she will teach us to make better choices. Let’s welcome Emma Wilson. 4．C 5．A 6．C 7．B 【原文】 W: A new museum of laughter in Croatia is helping people deal with the negativity of modern life. Visitors to the HaHaHouse in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, walk into a little cloud of white smoke when they step inside. Its purpose is to blow away their worries before they climb into a “giant washing machine”. Then they move down a twisting slide into a space filled with little white balls where their trip to a happier place starts. Forty-three-year-old Andrea Golubic is the museum’s creator. Golubic said she got the idea during the pandemic. At that time, many people were feeling down, so she wanted to heal people with laughter. Golubic said a picture of herself when she was seven inspired her. “I was constantly joking as a kid,” she added. The museum has eight interactive zones or areas. One has rubber chickens singing cheerfully. They sing songs like ABBA’s “Dancing Queen”. There is a room where people wrestle in large clothes. There is also some serious history of humor from ancient to modern times told through theaters, films or the Internet. Singer Zorica Bucic said the museum was just right for this era. “Entering here is like entering childhood, being relieved of all problems,” she said. Bucic added that if people could come to the museum often, they wouldn’t need to visit a psychologist. 8．B 9．C 10．A 11．A 【原文】 M: Hello, my name’s Ray Wang. Today I’m going to talk about remote working in the future. Companies are unwilling to accept this for a variety of reasons— because it’s not what they’re used to, because they’re afraid their employees will be lazy if they’re not in the office, because they just don’t see the benefits in allowing their employees to work from home— but those companies that have accepted remote working, and I mean gladly accepted, have seen it for what it is: an excellent opportunity to develop. At my company, about 50% of our full-time, permanent employees now work from home at least three days a week, and the other 50% work from home one day a week, with the exception of departments such as finance, HR and reception. And you know what that means? It means we can rent a smaller space and lower our monthly overhead costs(营运开支). And it means our employees who have children no longer need to quit their jobs to take care of them. They can stay at home with their kids, look after them and at the same time respond to phone calls and emails. It also means that our employees are happy, because they save money and time and avoid the stress of traveling to work, and we are happy because they are doing their jobs better as a result of the flexibility. 12．C 13．A 14．A 【原文】 Hello, everyone. I have to announce with a heavy heart that our beloved library will close its doors after you leave today. This decision was not made lightly. The board of directors thought that it was necessary for the following reasons. For starters, the rise of modern technology has resulted in fewer visitors to the library. People turn to online resources more often. Second, the cost of running the library has become too high due to its structural repairs and outdated services. Third, the library collection has become out of date. With a limited budget, we have found it difficult to keep a collection that can meet your needs. Our library had quite a long history and first came into use on March 29th, 1954. Over the years, it has built up a collection of nearly 10, 000 books. It is a sad day for us, but the decision has been made. We really hope to see you again someday. 15．C 16．B 17．B 【原文】 In today’s program, we are featuring a famous author, Michel Faber. He was born in the Netherlands in 1960, brought to Australia as a child, and has lived in Scotland since 1993. We met in London, where he was on the occasion of his book tour. I interviewed him in a flat that was not far from Chepstow Villas, one of the settings of The Crimson Petal and The White. This novel became a bestseller soon after it was published in 2002. His first collection of short stories, Some Rain Must Fall, published in 1998, was followed two years later by Under the Skin, a novel adapted for a movie in 2013. Faber’s other books include The Fahrenheit Twins, a 2005 short story collection, as well as his last novel, The Book of Strange New Things. He is extremely hard on writing, but when it comes to his personal life, he sounds casual. He told me that he only used his mobile phone a couple of times in his entire life. He didn’t have a laptop, and I offered him mine as he still needed to check his emails, but there was no Wi-Fi connection in the flat. 18．C 19．B 20．A 【原文】 W: Good afternoon, I’m Kate Green. Welcome to Special English. Are people less happy or much happier as they get older? If you choose the latter, you are right. A study led by Arthur Stone from Stony Brook University found that people generally become happier and less worried after the age of 50. His team also found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of 22 and 25, but dropped sharply after people reached their fifties. Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies. Besides, the survey found that men and women have similar emotional patterns with the growth of age. However, women of all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did. The researchers also considered possible influences such as having young children, being unemployed, or being single, but none of them affected the relationship between age and happiness. So why would happiness increase with age? A study led by Michael Grandner, who is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, may be able to tell us the answer. Now, welcome Mr. Grandner. （二） 第二节（共20小题；每小题2.5分，共50分） 听下面5段独白。每段独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段独白读两遍。 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 1．Who is the speaker? A．A college teacher. B．A businessman. C．A writer. 2．What issue did the original version of Squire have? A．It was short of funds. B．It failed to meet the barbers’ needs. C．It ignored the challenges faced by consumers. 3．What was Tanya Menendez’s major? A．Economic Sociology. B．Fashion Design. C．Law. 4．Why did Tanya Menendez set up Maker’s Row? A．To sell her leather goods. B．To find more product designers. C．To link American factories with designers. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 5．What is the passage mainly about? A．The importance of bees to agriculture. B．The factors in causing the decline of bees. C．The reasons for choosing a day for bees. 6．Which is the possible factor putting bees at risk? A．The loss of their homes. B．The poor harvest in agriculture. C．The disappearance of some plants. 7．How do viewers feel when they watch Thompson’s work online? A．Safe and inspired. B．Pleased though scared. C．Disappointed though excited. 8．What effect will Thompson’s online videos bring? A．Inspiring more art works about bees. B．Keeping more people away from bees. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 9．What is Professor Keenan’s lecture about? A．The evolution of animals. B．The extinction of dinosaurs. C．The process of plant growth. 10．What can students do in the session “Dogs might fly”? A．Join group conversations. B．Watch some video footage. C．Answer the professor’s questions. 11．What is the theme of the presentation in the main hall? A．Types of flowers. B．Plant communication. C．Imbalance of the nature. 12．What is the speaker doing? A．Giving an introduction of today’s event. B．Explaining the meaning of the nature course. C．Calling for students to pay attention to nature. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 13．What is Bradley? A．A film director. B．A costume designer. C．A director’s assistant. 14．What is Bradley doing now? A．Teaching skills to improve acting. B．Giving instructions before filming. C．Making rules for background actors. 15．How should actors handle talking in the scene? A．Speak out normally. B．Mouth words silently. C．Whisper to each other. 16．What uniform will David be wearing? A．A waiter uniform. B．A police uniform. C．A school uniform. 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 17．Where is the speaker now? A．At a sports ground. B．In a radio studio. C．In a television studio. 18．What did the team members do before the match? A．They gave interviews. B．They got some pictures. C．They greeted each other. 19．Why are the fans of the goalkeeper upset? A．He has got hurt. B．He has missed the ball. C．He has gone against rules. 20．Which team won the season’s final?​ A．The Sharks United.​ B．The result ended in a draw. C．The Spicy Chickens.​ 【答案】1-5 ABACC 6-10 ABCAA 11-15 BACBB 16-20 AABAC 【原文】 1．A 2．B 3．A 4．C 【原文】 M: If you are interested in investing in startups, this class is perfectly designed for you. I’m Jeffrey Bussgang, who has been giving this class to college students for over a decade. Today I’m going to share with you two stories. Songe LaRon and Dave Salvant found themselves drawn to business, and the lack of change in the barbershop experience caught their attention. So they began the building of Squire, originally a customer-facing app. To spread the word about it and get immediate feedback, they set up a pop-up barbershop. They discovered that the app effectively solved the issues they’d experienced as customers but it failed to satisfy barbers’ needs. So they decided to shift from targeting end consumers to targeting barbershop owners, and purchased a barbershop to learn how to adapt Squire. Salvant called this a “bet-the-company” move because they used over half their funds. The risk paid off. They learned the challenges of running a barbershop. Another story is about Tanya Menendez, who studied Economic Sociology in college. After working in law, she decided to make a change after graduation. She first joined a leather goods company. After working there for a year, she noticed it was difficult to find American factories that could make leather goods. To solve this problem, Menendez created Maker’s Row, an online platform that connects American factories with designers. These startup stories shed light on the importance of understanding customer needs and adapting business models for success. 5．C 6．A 7．B 8．C 【原文】 There’s a day for just about everything, and the United Nations has selected May 20 as World Bee Day for worldwide recognition of the importance of bees. “There are 20,000 species of bees around the world and a lot of these bees are in decline,” says Joseph Smith, a bee expert with the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. That includes honeybees, of course, but Smith says they only make up a very small part of all the kinds of bees in the world. Climate change, poisonous chemicals used in agriculture and the loss of living spaces are putting many of those species at risk. “Bees really provide for us in many ways, like food and human well-being. They’re important for our culture, dating back thousands of years in terms of inspiration of art, ”Smith says. They even provide inspiration for Erika Thompson, a professional beekeeper in Texas, to share her work online. Her fans watch with delight—and sometimes a little horror—as she picks up piles of bees with her bare hands and then moves them from dangerous places to somewhere safer. Thompson’s work is about more than getting millions of views per video. She notes that bees are a key factor in creating diverse and healthy ecosystems. 9．A 10．A 11．B 12．A 【原文】 M: Hello everyone, and welcome to our college natural history day. First, let me just give you a bit of information about your options for this morning’s sessions, which begin at 9:30. Remember, you need to attend one of two sessions. All right, your first choice is called dogs might fly, which will take place in room 27. Professor Keenan, who you may remember, ran a workshop last year on how dinosaurs became extinct. We’ll be giving a lecture on the evolution of animals. In particular, she’ll be looking at how they may evolve in the future, and this will be followed by a group discussion where you’ll get a chance to ask her questions and offer your own thoughts and opinions on this. So if the evolution of animals is something you’re interested in, head for room 27. We all know that animals communicate with each other, but what about flowers? Your second choice is a video presentation called flowers talk. It considers the possibility that plants do actually communicate with each other. The video is presented by Patrick Bell, who has just written a book on how plants adapt to their natural environment. So it should be very interesting that will take place here in the main hall. Okay, now we’ve got some students here from Bartwell college. 13．C 14．B 15．B 16．A 【原文】 Good morning. I am Bradley, assistant to the director James. He is very busy at the moment preparing for the next scene, so if you have any questions, come to me rather than him. Trust me, I’m much more approachable. I believe for many of you this is the first time, so I’m going to give you a couple of tips and then explain what today’s plan is. For background actors, you want to make it look like you are talking and having a nice time, so smile. But, when you talk, you just have to move your lips. The microphones on set are very sensitive, so don’t actually speak, just mouth the words. For this scene, several of you will be sitting at tables as if you were in a restaurant. A few more of you will be standing by the bar. We also need three actors to look like waiters, so you three — Jack, Luke, and David, can you go to the costume department to get fitted for waiter uniforms? The rest of you, let’s go to the make-up truck and get you all pretty. 17．A 18．B 19．A 20．C 【原文】 M: Good evening, everyone. This is John Potter with Football Lovers on Channel 5, the greatest football program. Tonight, I’m coming to you live from the stadium that is almost full now. There are ten thousand people here to watch two teams compete against each other. The Sharks United are playing their competitors, the Spicy Chickens in this season’s final. People are still streaming in. It’s nine o’clock. The match is about to start. Just fifteen minutes ago, the teams came out and took photos. There goes the whistle. (A moment later) 15 minutes left. The score is 4:4. Which team is going to win? People are very excited. Oh, no! The goalkeeper of the Spicy Chickens, Henry, has been injured. He can’t stand up. Thousands of Henry’s fans, who are here to support him, are very disappointed. The medical workers are taking him off. The talented new player Jeff replaces him. (A moment later)  The score is still 4:4. Now Jack, passes to his teammate, Justin. Oh, what a pass! Justin shoots with his right foot into the far corner. Yes, oh yes... It’s a goal! He’s done it! Another goal for the Spicy Chickens! The whistle has gone. The match is over. 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$听力考试正式开始。Hi everyone, this is the monthly meeting of our club. We've been fortunate to have got good advice from some famous athletes on how to improve our skills and build up our body. Today we'll hear something different. We're honor to have emma Wilson here. Emma is a health expert and luxury from U. B. C, the university of british columbia. And I worked for a football team in manchester, then for a very successful rugby team in dublin, and finally ended up working here in vancouver. Ema says it's chAllenging to be a health expert because people can be easily influenced by advertisements that lack scientific support. Also, people aren't willing to change their views about food and nutrition. As there is so much confusing information online, it's really important to hear what experts say. And that's why we've invited am I here? SHE isn't going to tell us about everything we should eat, but he will teach us to make Better choices. Let's welcome ema willen. Hi everyone. This is the monthly meeting of our club. We've been fortunate to have got good advice from some famous athletes on how to improve our skills and build up our body. Today we'll hear something different. We're honor to have emma Wilson here. Emma is a health expert and luxury from U. B. C, the university of british columbia. And I worked for a football team in manchester, then for a very successful rugby team in doublin, and finally ended up working here in vancouver. Ema says it's chAllenging to be a health expert because people can be easily influenced by advertisements that lack scientific support. Also, people aren't willing to change their views about food and nutrition. As there is so much confusing information online, it's really important to hear what experts say, and that's why we've invited. Am I here? SHE isn't going to tell us about everything we should eat, but he will teach us to make Better choices. Let's welcome emma Wilson en. Listen to the next question. A new museum of laughter in katia is helping people deal with the negativity of modern life. Visitors to the ha, a house in zagreb, the capital of creation, a walk into a little cloud of White smoke when they step inside. Its purpose is to blow away their worries before they climb into a giant washing machine. Then they move down a twisting slide into a space filled with little White balls, where their trip to a happier place starts. Eighty three year old Andrea golub c is the museum's creator. Golub c said he got the idea during the pandemic. At that time, many people were feeling down, so he wanted to heal people with laughter. Gold bic said. A picture of herself when he was seven inspired her. I was constantly joking as a kid, he added. The museum has eight interactive zones or areas. One has rubber chickens singing cheerfully. They sing songs like up as dancing queen. There is a room where people wrestle in large clothes. There is also some serious history of humor from ancient to modern times, told through theater's films or the internet. Singer zik buick said the museum was just right for this era. Entering here is like entering childhood, being relieved of all problems. He said you ic added that if people could come to the museum often, they wouldn't need to visit . a psychologist. A new museum of laughter in katia is helping people deal with the negativity of modern life. Visitors to the haha house in zob, the capital of creation, walk into a little cloud of White smoke when they step inside. Its purpose is to blow away their worries before they climb into a giant washing machine. Then they move down a twisting slide into a space filled with little White balls, where their trip to a happier place starts. Eighty three year old Andrea golub c is the museums creator. Golby c said he got the idea during the pandemic. At that time, many people were feeling down, so he wanted to heal people with gold, bic said. A picture of herself when he was seven inspired her. I was constantly joking as a kid, he added. The museum has eight interactive zones or areas. One has rubber chickens singing cheerfully. They sing songs like up as dancing queen. There is a room where people wrissell in large clothes. There is also some serious history of humor from ancient to modern times, told through theatres, films or the internet. Singer zik abuse said the museum was just right for this era. Entering here is like entering childhood, being relieved of all problems, he said, but added that if people could come to the museum often, they wouldn't need to visit . a psychologist. Listen to the next question. Hello, my names, ray wong. Today i'm going to talk about remote working in the future. Companies are unwilling to accept this for a variety of reasons because it's not what they're used to because they are afraid their employees will be lazy if they're not in the office, because they just don't see the benefits and allowing their employees to work from home. But those companies that have accepted remote working and I mean, gladly accepted have seen IT for what IT is an excEllent opportunity to develop at my company. About fifty percent of our full time, permanent employees now work from home at least three days a week, and the other fifty percent work from home one day a week, with the exception of departments such as finance, H, R, and reception. And you know what that means? That means we can rent a smaller space and lower our monthly overhead costs. And IT means our employees who have children no longer need to quit their jobs to take care of them. They can stay at home with their kids, look after them, and at the same time respond to phone calls and emails. IT also means that our employees are happy because they save money and time and avoid the stress of traveling to work. And we are happy because they are doing their jobs Better as a result of the flexibility. Hello, my name's ray wong. Today i'm going to talk about remote working in the future. Companies are unwilling to accept this for a variety of reasons because it's not what they're used to because they are afraid their employees will be lazy if they're not in the office, because they just don't see the benefits and allowing their employees to work from home. But those companies that have accepted remote working and I mean, gladly accepted, have seen IT for what IT is an excEllent opportunity to develop. At my company, about fifty percent of our full time, permanent employees now work from home at least three days a week, and the other fifty percent worked from home one day a week, with the exception of department such as finance, HR and reception. And you know what that means? That means we can rent a smaller space and lower our monthly overhead costs. And IT means our employees who have children no longer need to quit their jobs to take care of them. They can stay at home with their kids, look after them, and at the same time respond to phone calls and emails. IT also means that our employees are happy because they save money and time and avoid the stress of traveling to work. And we are happy because they are doing their jobs Better as a result of the flexibility. Listen to the next question. Hello, everyone, I have to announce with a heavy heart that our beloved library will close its doors after you leave today. This decision was not made lightly. The board of directors thought that I was necessary for the following reasons. For starters, the rise of modern technology has resulted in fewer visitors to the library. People turn to online resources more often. Second, the cost of running the library has become too high due to its structural repairs and outdated services. Third, the library collection has become out of date with a limited budget. We have found IT difficult to keep a collection that can meet your needs. Our library had quite a long history and first came to use on march twenty nine, nineteen fifty four. Over the years, IT has built up a collection of nearly ten thousand books. IT is a sad day for us, but the decision has been made. We really hope to see you again someday. Hello, everyone. I have to announce with a heavy heart that our beloved library will close its stores after you leave today. This decision was not made lightly. The board of directors thought that IT was necessary for the following reasons. For starters, the rise of modern technology has resulted in fewer visitors to the library. People turn to online resources more often. Second, the cost of running the library has become too high due to its structural repairs and outdated services. Third, the library collection has become out of date with a limited budget. We have found IT difficult to keep a collection that can meet your needs. Our library had quite a long history and first came to use on march twenty nine, nineteen fifty four. Over the years, IT has built up a collection of nearly ten thousand books. IT is a sad day for us, but the decision has been made. We really hope to see you again someday. Listen to the next question. In today's program, we are featured a famous author, Michelle favor. He was born in the netherlanders in nineteen nineteen sixty, brought to australia as a child, and has lived in scotland since eighteen ninety three. We met in london, where he was on the occasion of his book tour. I interviewed him in a flat that was not far from chapter villas, one of the settings of the crimes in peddle and the White. This novel became a best seller soon after IT was published in two thousand and two, his first collection of short stories, some rain must fall, published nineteen ninety eight, was followed two years later by under the skin, a novel adapted for a movie in twenty thirteen favors. Other books include the fair and height twins, a two thousand hand five short story collection, as well as his last novel, the book of strange new things. He is extremely hard on writing, but when IT comes to his personal life, he sounds casual. He told me that he only used his mobile phone a couple of times in his entire life. He didn't have a laptop, and I offered him mine as he still needed to check his emails, but there was no wifi connection in the flat. In today's program, we are featured a famous author, Michelle favor. He was born in the netherlands in nineteen nineteen sixty, brought to australia as a child, and has lived in scotland since eighteen ninety three. We met in london, where he was on the occasion of his book tour. I interviewed him in a flat that was not far from chapter villas, one of the settings of the crimes in peddle and the White. This novel became a best seller soon after IT was published in two thousand and two, his first collection of short stories, some rain must fall, published nineteen ninety eight, was followed two years later by under the skin, a novel adapted for a movie in twenty thirteen favors. Other books include the fair and height twins, a two thousand and five short story collection, as well as his last novel, the book of strange new things. He is extremely hard on writing, but when IT comes to his personal life, he sounds casual. He told me that he only used his mobile phone a couple of times in his entire life. He didn't have a laptop, and I offered him mine as he still needed to check his emails, but there was no wifi connection in the flat. Listen to the next question. Good afternoon. I'm kate Green. Welcome to special english. Are people less happy or much happier as they get older? If you chose the latter, you are right. A study LED by arter stone from stony brook university found that people generally become happier and less worried after the age of fifty. His team also found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty two and twenty five, but dropped sharply after people reach their fifties. Happiness was highest among the Youngest adults and those in their early seventies. Besides, the survey found that men and women have similar emotional patterns with the growth of age. However, women of all age is reported more sadness, stress and worry than mended. The researchers also considered possible influences such as having Young children, being unemployed or being single, but none of them affected the relationship between age and happiness. So why would happiness increase with age? A study LED by Michael grander, who is a professor at the university of pennsylvania, may be able to tell us the answer. Now welcome, mr. grander. Good afternoon. I'm kate Green. Welcome to special english. Are people less happy or much happier as they get older? If you chose the latter, you are right. A study LED by athor stone from stony brook university found that people generally become happier and less worried after the age of fifty. His team also found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty two and twenty five, but dropped sharply after people reach their fifties. Happiness was highest among the Youngest adults and those in their early seventies. Besides, the survey found that men and women have similar emotional patterns with the growth of age. However, women of all age is reported more sadness, stress and worry than mended. The researchers also considered possible influences such as having Young children, being unemployed or being single, but none of them affected the relationship between age and happiness. So why would happiness increase with age? A study LED by Michael grander, who is a professor at the university of pennsylvania, may be able to tell us the answer. Now welcome, mr. grandma. 听力部分到此结束。 听力考试正式开始。If you are interested in investing in startups, this class is perfectly designed for you. I'm Jeffery busking, who has been giving this class to college students for over a decade. Today i'm going to share with you two stories. Sung lay ran and dave savant found themselves drawn to business, and the lack of change in the barber shop experience caught their attention. So they began the building of square, originally a customer facing APP. To spread the word about IT and get immediate feedback, they set up a pop pop barber shop. They discovered that the APP effectively solve the issues. They are experienced customers, but IT failed to satisfy barbour's needs. So they decided to shift from targeting and consumers to targeting barber shop owners, and purchased a barber shop to learn how to a dept. square. Salvin called this a bet. The company move because they used over half their funds. The risk paid off. They learned the chAllenges of running a barber shop. Another story is about teniet enders, who studied economic sociology and college. After working in law, SHE decided to make a change. After graduation, SHE first joined a leather goods company. After working there for a year, SHE noticed IT was difficult to find american factories that could make other goods. To solve this problem, men, these created makers row an online platform that connects american factories with designers. The startup stories shade light on the importance of understanding customer needs and adapting business models for success. If you are interested in investing in startups, this class is perfectly designed n for you. I'm Jeffery busking who has been giving this class to college students for over a decade. Today i'm going to share with you two stories. Songe lay ran and dave salvin found themselves drawn to business, and the lack of change in the barber shop experience caught their attention. So they began the building of square, originally a customer facing APP. To spread the word about IT and get immediate feedback, they set up a pop up barber shop. They discovered that the APP effectively solve the issues they are experiences as customers, but IT failed to satisfy barbour's needs. So they decided to shift from targeting and consumers to targeting barber shop owners, and purchased a barbershop to learn how to adept square servant called this a bet. The company move because they used over half their funds. The risk paid off. They learned the chAllenges of running a barber shop. Another story is about teniet enders, who studied economic sociology and college. After working in law, SHE decided to make a change. After graduation, SHE first joined a leather goods company. After working there for a year, SHE noticed IT was difficult to find american factories that could make other goods. To solve this problem, men, these created makers row an online platform that connects american factories with designers. The startup stories shield light on the importance of understanding customer needs and adapting business models for success. Listen to the next question. There's a day for just about everything, and the united nations has selected may twenty years as world b day for worldwide recognition of the importance of bees. There are twenty thousand species of bees around the world, and a lot of these bees are in decline, says josep smith, AB. Expert with the U. S. Food and agriculture organization. That includes honey's bees, of course. But Smith says they only make up a very small part of all the kinds of bees in the world, climate change, poisonous chemicals used in agriculture and the loss of living spaces are putting many of those species at risk. Bees really enjoy for us in many ways, like food in human well being. They're important for our culture dating back thousands of years. In terms of inspiration of art, Smith says they even provide inspiration for erik thomson, a professional beekeeper in texas, to share her work online. Her fans watched with delight and sometimes a little horror as SHE picks up piles of bees with her bare hands and then move them from dangerous places to somewhere safer. Thomson's work is about more than getting millions of views per video. He notes that bees are a key factor in creating diverse and healthy ecosystems. There's a day for just about everything, and the united nations has selected may twenty th as worlds day for worldwide recognition of the importance of bees. There are twenty thousand species of bees around the world, and a lot of these bees are in decline, says josep smith, AB. Expert with the U. S. Food and agriculture organization. That includes honeybees, of course. But Smith says they only make up a very small part of all the kinds of bees in the world. Climate change, poisonous chemicals used in agriculture and the loss of living spaces are putting many of those species at risk. Bees really provide for us in many ways, like food in human well being. They're important for our culture dating back thousands of years. In terms of inspiration of art, Smith says they even provide inspiration for erika thomson, a professional beekeeper in texas, to share her work online. Her fans watch with delight and sometimes a little horror as SHE picks up piles of bees with her bare hands and then move them from dangerous places to somewhere safer. Thomson's work is about more than getting millions of views per video. He notes that bees are a key factor in creating diverse and healthy ecosystems. Listen to the next question. Hello, everyone, and welcome to our college natural history day. First, let me just give you a bit of information about your options for this mornings sessions, which begin in at nine thirty. Remember, you need to attend one of two sessions. All right? Your first choice is called dogs might fly, which will take place in room to two thousand seven. Professor keen, who you may remember, ran a workshop last year on how dinosaurs became extinct. We will be giving a lecture on the evolution of animals, in particular, to be looking at how they may evolve in the future. And this will be followed by a group discussion where you'll get a chance to ask your questions and offer your own thoughts and opinions on this. So if the evolution of animals is something you're interested in, head for room twenty seven. We all know that animals communicate with each other, but what about flowers? Your second choice is a video presentation called flowers talk. IT considers the possibility that plans do actually communicate with each other. The video is presented by Patrick bell, who has just written a book on how plants adapt to their natural environment. So IT should be very interesting that will take place here in the main hall. Okay, now we've got some students here from bardwell college. Hello, everyone, and welcome to our college natural history day. First, let me just give you a bit of information about your options for this morning's sessions, which begin at nine thirty. Remember, you need to attend one of two sessions. All right? Your first choice is called dogs might fly, which will take place in room to twenty seven. Professor keen, who you may remember, ran a workshop last year on how dinosaurs became extinct, will be giving a lecture on the evolution of animals. In particular, you'll be looking at how they may evolve in the future. And this will be followed by a group discussion where you'll get a chance to ask your questions and offer your own thoughts and opinions on this. So if the evolution of animals is something you're interested in, head for a broom, twenty seven. We all know that animals communicate with each other, but what about flowers? Your second choice is a video presentation called flowers talk. IT considers the possibility that plants do actually communicate with each other. The video is presented by Patrick bell, who has just written a book on how plants adapt to their natural environment. So IT should be very interesting. That will take place here in the main hall. okay? Now we've got some students here from bardwell college. Listen to the next question. Good morning. I am brave the assistance to the director, James. He is very busy at the moment preparing for the scene. So if you have any questions come to me rather than him, trust me. I'm much more approach able, I believe, for many of you. This is the first time. So i'm going to give you a couple of tips and then explain what today's plan is for background actors. You want to make you look like you are talking and having a nice time, so smile, but when you talk, you just have to move your lips. The microphones on set are very sensitive, so don't actually speak just mouth the words for this scene, several of you will be sitting at tables as if you were in a restaurant. A few more of you will be standing by the bar. We also need three actors to look like waiters. So you three, jack, look, and David, can you go to the custom department to get fitted for waiter uniforms? The rest of you, let's go to the makeup truck and get you all pretty. Good morning. I am brave the assistance to the director, James. He is very busy at the moment preparing for the scene. So if you have any questions come to me rather than him, trust me. I'm much more approach able, I believe, for many of you. This is the first time. So i'm going to give you a couple of tips and then explain what today's plan is for background actors. You want to make you look like you are talking and having a nice time, so smile, but when you talk, you just have to move your lips. The microphones on set are very sensitive, so don't actually speak just mouth the words for this scene, several of you will be sitting at tables as if you were in a restaurant. A few more of you will be standing by the bar. We also need three actors to look like waiters. So you three, jack, look, and David, can you go to the custom department to get fitted for waiter uniforms? The rest of you, let's go to the makeup truck and get you all pretty. Listen to the next question. Good evening, everyone. This is john powder with football lovers on channel five, the greatest football program. Tonight i'm coming to you live from the stadium that is almost full. Now there are ten thousand people here to watch two teams compete against each other. The sharks united are playing their competitors, the spicy chickens. In this season's final, people are still streaming in. It's nine o'clock. The match is about to start. Just fifteen minutes ago, the teams came out and took photos. There goes the whistle fifteen minutes left. The score is for for which team is going to win. People are very excited. Oh no. The goal. Keep of the spicy chickens. Henry has been injured. You can stand up. Thousands of Henry's fans who are here to support him are very disappointed. The medical workers are taking him off. The talented new player, jeff replaces him. The score is still for four. Now jack passes to his teammate Justin. Oh, what a pass. Justin shoots with his right foot into the four corner. Yes, oh yes. It's a goal. He's done IT. Another goal for the spicy chickens. The whistle has gone. The match is over. Good evening, everyone. This is john powder with football lovers on channel five, the greatest football program. Tonight i'm coming to you live from the D. M. That is almost four. Now there are ten thousand people here to watch two teams compete against each other. The sharks united are playing their competitors. The spicy chickens. In this season's final, people are still streaming in. It's nine o'clock. The match is about to start. Just fifteen minutes ago, the teams came out and took photos. There goes the whistle fifteen minutes left. The score is for for which team is going to win. People are very excited. Oh no. The goalkeeper of the spicy chickens, Henry has been injured. You can stand up. Thousands of Henrys fans who are here disappoint him are very disappointed. The medical workers are taking him off. The talented new player, jeff replaces him. The score is still for four. Now jack passes to his teammate Justin. Oh, what a pass. Justin shoots with his right foot into the four corner. Yes, oh yes. It's a goal. He's done IT. Another goal for the spicy chickens. The whistle le has gone. The match is over. 听力部分到此结束。