Selective course

文章大意

雅思听力Part3中，学生Rick和Nina讨论如何选择选修课。他们提到语言课、商科、信息统计等课程，担心热门课程很快报满，并讨论选课策略，如上网查信息、问父母，最后认为问上过课的前辈最可靠。

题目与答案

1. 21 Why should they choose selective course immediately?
   • It's the final day
   • It will be full very soon
   • They don't have time later on

   答案：It will be full very soon

   原文定位：Me either. We have to decide as soon as possible, though;Why? Today's not the final day for choosing selective courses, is it;No, but they'll be booked up very soon. Actually, some courses are already full

   同义替换：「choose selective course immediately」↔「have to decide as soon as possible」，「will be full very soon」↔「be booked up very soon」

2. 22 What is the compulsory course for all students?
   • Language course
   • Business study
   • Mathematics

   答案：Mathematics

   原文定位：You can choose all courses on the school website except mathematics, since it's a required course for all students

   同义替换：「compulsory」↔「required」

3. 23 What does Rick think of the course Information Statistics?
   • It's useful
   • It's convenient to take
   • It involves a lot of work

   答案：It's useful

   原文定位：It's related to our major, so I think it's very useful for us. I mean, we will have an advantage in job hunting

4. 24 What will they do before choosing the selective courses?
   • Consult the students about the teaching quality
   • Look online about the related information
   • Ask their parents for suggestions

   答案：Consult the students about the teaching quality

   原文定位：I think the best way is asking the former students who have taken the class themselves. They can tell us how they thought about it from their own experience

   同义替换：「Consult」↔「asking」

5. 25 How did they feel about the art design class?
   • Surprising
   • Confusing
   • Valuable

   答案：Valuable

   原文定位：Before we took it last year, many people said on the Internet that it was quite confusing, but it turned out to be quite easy and helpful, right;It didn't let us down. I definitely value the course

6. 26 What does Nina want to make sure about selective courses?
   • How they register the course
   • When the course will take place
   • Amount of work to be done online

   答案：How they register the course

   原文定位：Since it's the first time we can choose selective courses, I need to know how to register

   同义替换：「want to make sure」↔「need to know」

7. Metallurgy
   • became more engaging
   • professor's note was detailed
   • involved lot of practical work
   • professors explanation was clear
   • useful material online
   • harder than expected

   答案：useful material online

   原文定位：But there's also a lot of useful information about it on the Internet, which made things easier

   同义替换：「useful material online」↔「a lot of useful information about it on the Internet」

8. Fluid mechanics
   • became more engaging
   • professor's note was detailed
   • involved lot of practical work
   • professors explanation was clear
   • useful material online
   • harder than expected

   答案：professors explanation was clear

   原文定位：And the professor in fluid mechanics was really patient. His explanation was crystal clear, so students had no difficulty understanding it

9. Computing
   • became more engaging
   • professor's note was detailed
   • involved lot of practical work
   • professors explanation was clear
   • useful material online
   • harder than expected

   答案：became more engaging

   原文定位：I think it was kind of boring in the beginning;but thankfully, it got more interesting when the course went on

   同义替换：「became more engaging」↔「got more interesting」

10. Energy economy
    • became more engaging
    • professor's note was detailed
    • involved lot of practical work
    • professors explanation was clear
    • useful material online
    • harder than expected

    答案：involved lot of practical work

    原文定位：Oh, yes. There are a lot of practical works in the course. What we learned can come in handy in our future jobs