新动力3册 Unit 14

Unit 14Section A: Short Conversations1.W : I've got a couple of tickets to a concert on Thursday.Just to be fair this time. It's on me.M : How could I turn down an offer like that?Q : What does the man mean? (A)2. M : The cell phone is a bit small, isn't it?W : All the cell phones I've ever seen are like that. That's the in thing these days.Q : What does the woman imply? (B)3. W: John, can you tell me what in the book interested you most?M : Well, nothing specific, but I like it overall.Q : What did the man think of the book? (A)4. M : I love watching football games at home. It's so relaxing to watch them battle.W: I guess I'd feel the same way if I could understand the rules.Q : What can be inferred about the woman? (C)5. W : Did you see Mary somewhere around?M: Yes, she is in the campus bank, applying for the student's loan.Q : What was Mary doing? (C)6. M: I'm both excited and nervous about the job interview this afternoon.W : Take it easy. Just wear tidy and clean clothes and respond truthfully to inquiries. Remem-ber, honesty is the best policy.Q : What do we learn about the man? (B)7. W : Do you know Jane works as a dish-washer at restaurant around the corner?M : It isn't a bad job to start with. I wouldn't mind that job for the summer if no others areavailable.Q : What does the man mean? (D)8. M : My brother is coming this weekend, and I was thinking the three of us could go out to din-ner on Saturday night. Any suggestions?W : It's up to you. I don't know the restaurants here very well.Q: What does the woman mean? (A)Section B: Long ConversationM: Hey, Shelly. Looks like you got some sun this weekend. W : Yeah? I guess so. I spent the weekend at the beach.M, That's great. Where did you stay?W: Some friends of my parents live out there, and they invited the there for as long as I want tostay. ,M : So what are you doing back here already?W: Oh, I have a paper I need to work on. And I just couldn't do any serious studying at thebeach.M: I see. So what did you do out there? I mean besides lying out in the sun.W : I jogged up and down the beach and I played some volleyball. You know I never realizedhow hard it is to run on sand. I couldn't get through a whole game before I had to sit down.It's much easier to run on wet sand near the water.M : Not to mention it is cooler. Did you go swimming?W : I wanted to. But they said the water wasn't warm enough for that until a couple of monthsfrom now. So I just walked in up to my knees.M: It all sounds so relaxing. So I wish I could get away to the beach like that.W : It looks like you could use it. Don't tell me you spent theweekend in the library again.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. How did the woman spend } last weekend? (A)10. Why did the woman come back so soon? (B)11. Why didn't the woman finish a whole volleyball game?(C)12. How did the man feel about the woman's weekend?(D)Part IIDirections; In this part, you will hear 2 short passages. At the end of each passage, you willhear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you heara question, you must read the four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D) , and decide which is the best answer. Passage OneLife in the FutureCan you imagine what our life will be like in the year 2050? We recently carried out a surveyof 1,000 people to fmd out what they think life will be like inthe future.The survey suggests that friendship will have dramatic changes. People will make friendsmainly through the Internet. Computer will have become completely necessary by 2050. Evennow, some people begin to regard them as their best friends. Others, however, say that we willbecome much more distant from each other because we will have little real human contact.Education will have changed a lot, too. As more and more children will be using computersin school, certain abilities, such as mental arithmetic, won't be necessary since there will becomputer programs for most calculations. Even writing by hand, at least to some extent, willhave become a thing of the past.Pollution is something that worries us very much. Some fear that it will continue to getworse, and that it will be impossible for us to live on our polluted planet. Others even foresee thatone day we'll have to pay for clean air.Some people worry about the future, while others are full ofhope and confidence. No matterhow dark or bright it may seem, it is up to us to look after our planet and try to make it a betterglobe to live on.Questions 1 to 3 are based on the passage you have just heard.1.W hat will the future friendship be like? (D)2. According to the passage, what will probably happen in the future concerning environment?(A)3. What kind of change will we probably have about education in the future? (B)Passage TwoLow-Cost Computers for Poor ChildrenComputer scientists in the United States are working on a low-cost computer for young peo-ple in developing countries. The dream is for every child to own one.To save money, the computers are expected to use the free operating system instead of aproduct like Microsoft Windows. A special bright color display will have the ability to change toa black-and-white image. That way, users could see it even in bright sunlight.And the computers will be able to connect wirelessly to each other and to the Internet. Themachines will not be able to store huge amounts of information. But they will be made to surviverough conditions. Also, the lime-green color should make them more appealing to children andless appealing to robbers.M. I. T. has set up a non-profit organization called One Laptop per Child to develop thecomputer. Five companies, including Google and News Corporation, have each given two mil-lion dollars to finance the group. The plan is to sell the computers to education ministries that or-der at least one million of them.The laptop is still not fully developed. And there are other issues, like how to get Internetservice to poor villages. But officials say they should have computers ready for shipment by theend of next year or early 2008. Countries that have expressed an interest include Brazil, China,Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa and Thailand. Questions 1 to 4 are based on the passage you have just heard.1. What is the special quality of the bright color display?(C)2. Why do they design the computer with the color of lime-green? (D)3. What kind of help do the five companies including Google and News Corporation give to theproject? (A)4. What is one of the problems mentioned in the passage?(B)Part IIIDirections：In this part，you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for thefirst time，you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the secondtime，you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 1 to 8 with the exact words you havejust heard. For blanks numbered from 9 to 11，you are required to fill in the missing information.For these blanks you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should checkwhat you have written.Although Henry Ford's name is closely associated with the concept of mass production, heshould receive equal (1) credit for introducing labor practices that would be considered advancedeven by today's (2) standards. Safety measures were improved, and the work day was reducedto eight hours, (3) compared with the ten-or-twelve-hour day (4) common at the time. In orderto accommodate the (5) shorter work day, the entire factory was (6) converted from two tothree shifts.The Ford Motor Company firstly developed a (7) technical school to train skilled laborersand an English language school for (8) immigrants. Some efforts were even made to hire the dis-abled and provide jobs for former convicts.The most widely influenced reform was the five-dollar-a-day minimum wage that was offered(9) in order to keep the best skilled workers and to discourage the growth of labor unions. Fordexplained the new wage policy in terms of efficiency and profit sharing. In order to qualify for theminimum wage, (10) an employee had to establish a decent home and demonstrate good personal habits, including self-control, economy, diligence, and dependability. Although some criticismwas directed at Ford for involving himself too much in the personal lives of his employees, there can be no doubt that, (11) at a time when immigrants were being taken advantage of in terrible ways, Henry Ford was helping many people to establish themselves in AmericaPart IVDirections：Listen to the story and answer the following questions.A Glass of MilkOne day，a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door todoor found that he only had one dime left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal,at thenext house.However，he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a mealhe asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass ofmilk. He drank it slowly，and then asked，“How much do I owe you？”“You don't owe me anything，”she replied.“Mother has taught me never to accept pay fora kindness.”He said，“Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.”As Howard Kelly leftthat house，he not only felt stronger physically，but it also increased his faith in God and the hu-man race·He was about to give up and quit before this point. Years later the young woman became critically ill. She was sent to the big city, where spe-cialists can be called in to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, novv famous was called infor the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, ,a strange light filledhis eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room.He recognized her at once, and determined to do his best to save her life. From that day on,he gave special attention to her case.After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass thefinal bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill wassent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was positive that it would take the rest ofher life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention.She read these words:"Paid in full with a glass of milk. "(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly - .Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently, "Thank you, God. Your love hasspread through human hearts and hands. "Questions1. What is the story mainly about?(It is about a doctor saving the life of a woman who once gave him a glass of milk when hewas a boy. )2. What did the boy sell goods for?(He sold goods to pay for his education)3. When did the boy begin to increase his faith in God and the human race?(When the woman offered him a glass of milk for nothing in return. )4. What does the story want to tell us?(It tells us that love can be spread through human hearts and hands. )。