标准听力1原文

标准听力（一）
Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. M: My new camera is supposed to be completely automatic but look at these
pictures.
W: Next time try having the light at your back as you shoot. That will make the pictures better.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
12. W: I saw you in the lecture hall yesterday on your way out to Prof. Warner’s
philosophy class. I was quite surprised and I didn’t think you were someone interested in philosophy.
M: I don’t know what’s so surprising. There are lots of e ngineering students in that class.
Q: What can be inferred about the man?
13. W: You know, we never went over Chapter 16 in class. What do you think the odds
are that Dr. Bomb will include it on the test?
M: He’s been long to do things like that. So I wou ldn’t put it past him.
Q: What does the man say about Dr. Bomb?
14. W: Have you guys decided whether you are going to get an apartment off campus
next year or to stay in the dorm?
M: We are still talking about the pros and cons. I don’t know. To me, it se ems like six of one and half of dozen of the other.
Q: What does the man mean?
15. M: It’s partly your own fault. You should never let in anyone like that unless you’re
expecting him.
W: It’s all very well to say that, but someone comes to the door and says “Electricity” or
“Gas”, and you automatically think he is OK, especially when he shows his card.
Q: How does the woman feel about the man’s remarks?
16. W: What am I going to do to decide which major to choose in business?
M: I once went to a career counselor and what a lot of people don’t realize is how irrelevant the issue of a major really is to many employers.
Q: What does the man mean?
17. M: I haven’t got a job yet. All they offered are low-paying jobs without any future.
W: But everybody starts from the beginning and nowadays you can’t depend on a company for lifetime employment any more.
Q: What does the woman mean?
18. M: Well, I pretty much know what I’m going to take but what a day, eh?
Registering is so stressful. Can’t there be another way?
W: Telephone registration would mean we didn’t have to deal with all the same headaches.
Q: What does the woman mean?
Conversation One
M: Here is the summer vacation again. It seems that there is no new place in our country for me to travel.
W: I have an idea to make good use of our vacations. We have benefited from the society but done nothing in return. Do you want to do some local voluntary work for the society this year?
M: Sounds interesting. What do you think we should do?
W: I’m not sure. Maybe we could offer help in the hospital for handicapped children.
We could help feed the children and help look after them.
M: Excellent! But I’m not sure if we will be allowed to do that. I think all helpers there have to be specially trained. And we are not in the related major.
W: Yeah, maybe you are right. I still have the idea of doing something for children, haven’t you?
M: Well, maybe. And I think many old people also need help. What else did you have in mind for children?
W: My other idea was to do something for the small primary school down the street.
That school is too poor to provide a playground for the pupils. Children cannot do without one. I’ve noticed that some land round the back of the school is not used.
We could make it into a small playground. What do you think?
M: Mm, it’s a good idea, but you are a bit too ambitious. I don’t know anything about making playgrounds. And I also think that it might be too expensive to do what you suggest.
W: Yes, I guess you’re right. We cannot afford the big pr oject unless someone sponsors us.
It’s impossible for us to find such a person. So what do you have in mind for older people?
M: I think we should go round to the homes of older people and ask if there is something we can do in the house —you know, like a bit of simple decorating, washing the clothes, cleaning up the garden, even doing some shopping for them once a week. W: Mm, this sounds meaningful and practical. I quite like the idea. It won’t cost us any money and I’m sure we are capable of dealing wit h the things you mentioned.
Conversation Two
W: Today’s Arts Report features Dan Parker of the American Indian Dance Theatre.
Mr. Parker, I understand your troupe performs traditional music and dance from many different Native American cultures. Can you give us an idea of some of the dances you’ll be doing in your performance tonight?
M: Certainly. We’ll be doing one that’s a war dance. Originally it was a story-telling device to recount battles. Another is the grass dance performed by the Plains Indians, where they actually flatten tall field grass to prepare it for a ceremony.
W: Since your dancers are from many different tribes, how can you be sure the dances
are done correctly?
M: Everything we do has been approved by the elders of our tribes. That’s p artly because we don’t necessarily know each other’s style or dances. But it’s also because it’s hard to get complete agreement —even within the same tribe —about exactly how the dance should be done.
W: Anyone who attends one of your performances will notice that your company goes to a lot of trouble to provide detailed explanations of the origin of the dances, the music, the costumes, and so forth. Could you explain to our listeners why you do this?
M: Good question. There are always concerns that traditional dances performed in a theatre are nothing more than a spectacle. Our explanations show that in our cultures dance is custom rather than entertainment. We also want to make it clear to our audience that we are not performing any dances used for holy ceremonies.
Section B
Passage One
When Andrea Peterson landed her first job teaching, she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards’ based learning was the focus and mu sic just provided a break for students and teachers. For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, she’s been named National Teacher of the Year.
Principal Waynes Kettler said he’s worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody I’ve ever worked with before.” Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music.
When students were reading S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book. Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused on race, equality and social justice, the
themes of the book. Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.
The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Foils. It’s inspiring t o know that people from small towns even win national honors.
As National Teacher of the Year, Peterson will spend more years outside the classroom, as a national and international spokeswoman for education. She said it’s essential for schools to offer classes such as art or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that attracts them to come back to school day after day.
Passage Two
Without most people realizing it, there has been a revolution in office work over the last ten years. Before that time, large computers were only used by large, rich companies that could afford the investment. With the advancement of technology, small computers have come into the market, which are capable of doing the work that used to be done by much larger and expensive computers, so now most smaller companies can use them.
The main development in small computers has been in the field of word processors, or WPS as they are often called. 40% of British offices are now estimated to have a word processor and this percentage is growing fast. There are many advantages in using a word processor for both secretary and manager. The secretary is freed from a lot of daily work, such as retyping letters and storing papers. He or she can use this time to do other more interesting work for the boss. From a manager’s point of view, secretarial time is being made better use of and money can be saved by doing daily jobs automatically outside office hours.
But is it all good? If a lot of daily secretarial work can be done automatically, surely this will mean that fewer secretaries will be needed.Another worry is the increasing medical problems related to work with visual display units. The case of a slow loss of sight among people using word processors seems to have risen greatly. It is also feared
that if a woman works at a VDU for long hours, the unborn child in her body might be killed. Safety screens to put over a VDU have been invented but few companies in England bother to buy them.
Whatever the arguments for and against word processor, they are a key feature of this revolution in office practice.
Passage Three
Some children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions, manage their environment, and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson, a Year One student, “operates under the theory of what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine,” says his mother. “The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers. Later, I saw Stephen with the two new ones while his brother was using the beat-up ones.”
“Examine the extended family, and you’ll probably find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin in every generation. It’s an inheritable trait,” says Russell Barkley, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can gradually gain dominance when they sense their parents are weak, hesitant, or in disagreement with each other.
Whether it’s inborn nature or developed character at work, too much control in the hands at th e young isn’t healthy for children or the family. Fear is at the root of a lot of bossy behavior, says family psychologist John Taylor. Children, he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation, “have secret feelings of weakness” and “a desire to feel saf e”. It’s the parents’ role to provide that protection.
When a “boss child”doesn’t learn limits at home, the stage is set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly-willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coaches, for example, or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.
“I see more and more parents giving up their power,” says Barkley, who has studied bossy behavior for more than 30 years. “They bend too far because they don’t want to be
as strict as their own parents were. But they also feel less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel more anxious.”
Section C
36. Weary
37. destruction
38. redefining
39. climate
40. sacrificing
41. unemployment
42. Disillusioned
43. a pproved
44. The sudden economic crisis shocked everyone, especially the disabled and
widows and children of soldiers killed in Europe
【Main points】The sudden economic crisis shocked all people, especially the disabled and widows and children of soldiers killed in Europe
45. veterans thought of the bonus promised by the government and they needed the
bonus now
【Main points】veterans thought of the money promised by the government and they wanted the money now
46. But Congress and P resident, dealing with a nation’s financial crisis, refused the
servicemen’s request
【Main points】But Congress and President, solving a nation’s financial crisis, refused the soldiers’ demand。