剑桥雅思9听力：Test3雅思听力Section2解析

　　Section2

　　WOMAN:For the second in our series about locally-run businesses, we meet Simon Winridge, co-founder of the hugely-successful Winridge Forest Railway Park.

　　Welcome, Simon.

　　Now, perhaps you can begin by telling us a little bit about how it all started.

　　MAN:Well, during the 1970s, my wife, Liz and I had just acquired 80 acres of sheep-farming land, and we decided to settle down and have children.

　　Pretty soon we had a daughter, Sarah, and a son, Duncan.

　　The place was wonderful for the kids: they particularly loved trains and gradually built up an enormous network of miniature railway track.

　　I began to develop larger-scale models of locomotives but we didn't think anything more of it until I went on a trip to a theme park near Birmingham and decided we could do a much better job!

　　So we set up a small one ourselves based on the miniature railway and we opened to the public for just a month that year 1984 - in July - our driest month - because our children said they didn't want our quests to nave a miserable, wet visit.

　　I dealt with Park business and Liz carried on with the farm work.

　　It soon became clear that we were onto a winner.

　　We began to extend the railway track and lay it among more interesting landscape by planting trees, which in turn attracted more wildlife, and by making cuttings through the rock.

　　Nowadays , we're open all year round and we're pleased to say that Winridge is one of the most popular visitor attractions in the area – with 50 ,000 visitors a year – a million and a half people have been through our doors since we opened.

　　MAN:All these visitors mean we have had to expand our operation and it's now a truly family concern, I'm near to retirement age so I only concern myself with looking after the mechanical side of things - keeping the trains going.

　　Liz now devotes all her energies to recruiting and supporting the large squadron of workers, which keep the place running smoothly.

　　We're really pleased that after some years away teaching, Sarah has now returned to the park and makes sure the visitors are kept fed and watered, which keeps her pretty busy as you can imagine.

　　Our son, Duncan, has been a stalwart of the park, for the last ten years, taking over from me in the area of construction - and I'll say a little bit more about that In a moment – and his new wife, Judith, has also joined the team in charge of retail.

　　That's becoming a tremendous growth area for us — a lot of people want to buy souvenirs.

　　WOMAN:So have you finished your development of the site for the moment?

　　MAN:Not at all!

　　We're constantly looking for ways to offer more to our visitors.

　　The railway remains the central feature and there's now 1.2 kilometres of the line laid but we'd like to lay more.

　　Because of the geology of the area, our greatest problem is digging tunnels.

　　But we're gradually overcoming that.

　　We're also very pleased with a new installation of the Go-Kartarena which is 120 square metres in area.

　　Again the problem is the geology: we had to level the mounds on the track for safety reasons.

　　We wanted to enable 5-12 year olds to use the go-karts.

　　And the main attraction here is the Formula 1 Kart.

　　We've known fights to break out over who gets it!

　　And then finally to our most recent development which is the landscaped .

　　Question 11

　　答案：C

　　定位原文：scripts: I began to develop larger-scale models of locomotives but we didn't think anything more of it until I went on a trip to a theme park near Birmingham and decided we could do a much better job!

　　解题思路：本题干中的 theme park 在原文重现，定位难度不大。同一句中的 trip 与选项 C 的 visit 进行替换。答案给出的很直接，且没有干扰选项。

　　Question 12

　　答案：A

　　定位原文：scripts: So we set up a small one ourselves based on the miniature railway and we opened to the public for just a month that year, 1984 in July, our driest month, because our children said they didn't want our guests to have a miserable, wet visit.

　　解题思路：本题干中的 open 在原文重现，定位比较容易。但理解起来稍有难度，需要领会原文中的 driest month 及 didn’t want our guests to have a miserable, wet visit 指除 7 月外的日子天气都不会好，总会下雨。因此，开放的日子是天气好的时候。本题考查理解能力及词汇实力。

　　Question 13

　　答案：C

　　定位原文：scripts: Nowadays, we're open all year round and we're pleased to say that Winridge is one of the most popular visitor attractions in the area with 50,000 visitors a year. A million and a half people have been through our doors since we opened.

　　解题思路：读题时应该知道需要在原文中定位的是数字，因此本题定位不难。出现数字即与本题相关。但要求考生 理解题干所问是 since opening,即自开业一直以来(现在完成时)，因此 50,000 visitors a year 是陷阱信息。考生需要将 a million and a half 转换为阿拉伯数字。

　　Question 14

　　答案：E

　　定位原文：scripts: I'm near to retirement age so I only concern myself with looking after the mechanical side of things, keeping the trains going.

　　解题思路：maintenance 替换 mechanical side。

　　Question 15

　　答案：H

　　定位原文：scripts: Liz now devotes all her energies to recruiting and supporting the large squadron of workers, which keep the place running smoothly.

　　解题思路：staffing 替换 recruiting。

　　Question 16

　　答案：F

　　定位原文：scripts: We're really pleased that after some years away teaching, Sarah has now returned to the park and makes sure the visitors are kept fed and watered, which keeps her pretty busy as you can imagine.

　　解题思路：food and drink 替换 fed and watered。

　　Question 17

　　答案：C

　　定位原文：scripts: Our son, Duncan, has been a stalwart of the park for the last ten years, taking over from me in the area of construction and I'll say a little bit more about that in a moment, and his new wife, Judith, has also joined the team in charge of retail.

　　解题思路：building 替换 construction。

　　Question 18

　　答案：G

　　定位原文：scripts: Our son, Duncan, has been a stalwart of the park for the last ten years, taking over from me in the area of construction and I'll say a little bit more about that in a moment, and his new wife, Judith, has also joined the team in charge of retail.

　　解题思路：sales 替换 retail。

　　Question 19

　　答案：120

　　定位原文：scripts: But we're gradually overcoming that. We're also very pleased with a new installation of the Go-Kart arena which is 120 square metres in area.

　　解题思路：本题已知信息 Go-kart arena 原文重现，定位清晰。读题时可预测出需要捕捉数字，出现 120，没有其他混淆内容。本题较为简单。

　　Question 20

　　答案：5 to 12

　　定位原文：scripts: We wanted to enable 5-12 years old to use the go-karts.

　　解题思路：本题需要捕捉年龄，从题干信息中可预先进行预测。原文直接给出年龄，没有其他混淆内容。本题较为简单。