高中英语听力材料及答案
英语听力理解是国内学生的弱项，但现在听力已经越来越受到重视。为了帮助大家，小编整理了一些英语听力材料，希望能对大家有所帮助!
听力原文：
(Text 1)
M: The city government has decided to build a new high
school.
W: It's about time! I don't know why it took so long.
(Text 2)
M: Mr. and Mrs. White have engaged a room at one of the best
hotels in Beijing and they'll stay there for a week.
W: Yes, they're going especially to celebrate their wedding
anniversary.
(Text 3)
M: Mary is fond of camping, isn't she?
W: Yes, she often goes for weeks at a time.
(Text 4)
M: I wish I could get used to the American customs of using
first names.
W: We usually call good friends by their first names.
(Text 5)
M: Lucy, can you tell me when Linda will get here?
W: I'm not sure, but she is supposed to be here at ten to nine.
(Text 6)
M: Well, Betty, how was your shopping trip with Susan this
afternoon?
W: Don't ask me.
M: What do you mean? Did something go wrong?
W: Susan thought I had said I would meet her at the
Department Store at 2:30 when I really said 2 o'clock. Then
she thought I had said the main entrance in the front when I
really said the east entrance.
M: Well, did you ever get together?
W: Yes, but it's a wonder that we did. I had given up waiting
and had gone inside to the women's clothing department. She
had done the same thing. We met by accident. By that time it
was 3 o'clock.
M: Did you get what you wanted? I remember you said you
wanted to get a sweater.
W: No, a blouse. But by that time, the ones on sales were all
gone. So I settled for a skirt.
(Text 7)
M: Helen, can you tell us a little bit about where you have
worked before?
W: Well, my last job was with Format.
M: And when did you start to work there?
W: Two years ago.
M: So why did you decide to leave?
W: Well, perhaps you've heard that the company closed down
earlier this year.
M: Yes, we've heard about it. And where did you work before
Format?
W: Ideal Systems.
M: How long did you work for them?
W: For ten years, as a secretary.
M: And why did you leave that job as a secretary?
W: Well, I felt I needed a change. I think I learned all I could
there.
M: OK, that’s enough on your work experiences. You are listed.
(Text 8)
celebrate it?
M: I don’t know. We have no Spring Festival in our country.
W: But the Spring Festival is the biggest holiday of the year in
our country. People are busy shopping and preparing
presents for their relatives and friends before the, New Year’s
Eve.
M: That sounds exciting.
W: Children usually put on their new clothes on the first day of
the Lunar New Year. And they also can get some money
given by the elders as a Lunar New Year gift on the New
Year’s Eve.
M: It’s really quite interesting.
W: And all the family members must come back home on the
New Year’s Eve no matter how far they are away from home.
We call it "get--together". What are you going to do on the
New Year’s Eve?
M: My teacher, Professor Wang and his wife have invited me to
have dinner together.
W: Sounds great.
(Text 9)
M: You know that in China all the children should go to school
and must finish the primary and junior school. It's the law.
W: Yes, I know this quite well. But still there are some children
who can't go to school because of their poverty.
M: Yes, it’s a matter of money. You see, education here is not
completely free for the students. If it were so it would cost
the government too much money.
W: Do all parents send their children to state schools?