雅思听力真题（Part 2）
Part 2 · 考频：中频
答案：at 8 years old
原文定位：James first fell in love with vacuum cleaners when he was only four years old;However, it wasn't until James was eight years old that he first acquired his own vacuum cleaner;that was the beginning of his collections
同义替换：「start collecting」↔「first acquired」
答案：which company made it
原文定位：When I tested him out on five different machines, switching them on and pushing them across the floor, he had no problem telling me the manufacturer of each one, and he could even tell its age
同义替换：「identify」↔「telling」，「company」↔「manufacturer」
答案：about three months' wages
原文定位：In today's money, you would have had to pay around a third of the price for an average car, which is around three months' wages for most people
答案：to visit the Kirby Factory
原文定位：But James is not the only vacuum cleaner aficionado out there, and a few years ago, he made a special trip to the USA to the factory of his favorite, the Kirby vacuum cleaner
答案：Thursday
原文定位：they're open all year round from nine thirty AM to five thirty PM from Tuesdays to Saturdays, except Thursdays when they're open until seven PM, and Mondays when the museum is closed
答案：as large as a horse
原文定位：The first commercially available powered vacuum cleaner was invented in nineteen oh one and was called the Puffing Billy. It was so large it had to be pulled by horses
答案：named after a person other than the inventor
原文定位：It's often thought that it was created by Mr. Hoover, but in fact it was created by a James Spangler;Mr. Hoover was a businessman who bought the idea and then developed and marketed it
答案：specially designed to be easy to move
原文定位：The Electrolux Model Five was developed in 1925;This was a lighter model which laid on the floor and can be pulled along on two strips of metal
答案：associated with a style of building
原文定位：Then there's the Electrolux Thirty or XXX, which was developed in 1979 in the USA and is perhaps the most visually elegant vacuum cleaner of all, with its sleek lines inspired by the art deco architecture popular in the 1930
同义替换：「associated with」↔「inspired by」，「building」↔「architecture」
答案：not available in shops
原文定位：The most prized model in James's museum is the Kirby model;as sold only by salesmen who demonstrated them only in the customer's home