英语中级听力答案

英语中级听力参考答案Answer Keys to Listen to This: 2Edited by莫显良、马军军、张凤英、陈燕L 1L 2L 3L 4L 5L 6L 7L 8L 9L 10L 11L 12L 13L 14L 15L 16L 17L 18L 19L 20L 21L 22L 23L 24L 25L 26L 27L 28L 29L 30L 31L 32L 33L 34L 35L 36Lesson 1Task 2: DictationPassage 1: The KnowledgeBecoming a London taxi driver isn‘t easy. In order to obtain a licence to drive a taxi in London, candidates have to pass a detailed examination. They have to learn not only the streets, landmarks and hotels, but also the quickest way to get there. This is called ―The Knowledge‖ by London Cab drivers and it can take years of study and practice to get ‗The Knowledge‘. Candidates are examined not only on the quickest routes but also on the quickest routes at different times of the day. People who want to pass the examination spend much of their free time driving or even cycling around London, studying maps and learning the huge street directory by heart.Passage 2: The UndergroundTravelling on the London underground (the ‗tube‘) presents few difficulties for visitors because of the clear colour- coded maps. It is always useful to have plenty of spare change with you because there are often long queues at the larger stations. If you have enough change you can buy your ticket from a machine. You will find signs which list the stations in alphabetical order, with the correct fares, near the machines. There are automatic barriers which are operated by the tickets. You should keep the ticket, because it is checked at the destination.Lesson 2Task 2: DictationThe Foolish FrogOnce upon a time a big, fat frog lived in a tiny shallow pond. He knew every plant and stone in it, and he could swim across it easily. He was the biggest creature in the pond, so he was very important. When he croaked, the water-snails listened politely. And the water-beetles always swam behind him. He was very happy there.One day, while he was catching flies, a pretty dragon-fly passed by. ‗You‘re a very fine frog,‘ she sang, ‗but why don‘t you live in a bigger pond? Come to my pond. You‘ll find a lot of frogs there. You‘ll meet some fine fish, and you‘ 11 see the dangerous ducks. And you must see our lovely water-lilies. Life in a large pond is wonderful!‘‗Perhaps it is rather dull here,‘ thought the foolish frog. So he hopped after the dragon-fly.But he didn‘t like the big, deep pond. It was full of strange plants. The water-snails were rude to him, and he was afraid of the ducks. The fish di dn‘t like him, and he was the smallest frog there. He was lonely and unhappy.He sat on a water-lily leaf and croaked sadly to himself, ‗I don‘t like it here. I think I‘ll go home tomorrow.‘But a hungry heron flew down and swallowed him up for supper.Lesson 3Task 2: DictationSleepIt‘s clear that everyone needs to sleep. Most people rarely think about how and why they sleep, however. We know that if we sleep well, we feel rested. If we don‘t sleep enough, we often feel tired and irritable. It seems there are two purposes of sleep: physical rest and emotional and psychological rest: We need to rest our bodies and our minds. Both are important in order for us to be healthy. Each night we alternate between two kinds of sleep: active sleep and passive sleep. The passive sleep gives our body the rest that‘s needed and prepares us for active sleep, in which dreaming occurs.Throughout the night, people alternate between passive and active sleep. The brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. The cycle is repeated: the brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. This cycle is repeated several times throughout the night~. During eight hours of sleep, people dream for a total d one and half hours on the average.Lesson 4Task 2: DictationBooks Belong to the PastSir,I visited my old school yesterday. It hasn‘t changed in thirty years. The pupils were sitting in the same desks and reading the same books. When are schools going to move into the modern world? Books belong to the past. In our homes radio and television bring us knowledge of the world. We can see and hear the truth for ourselves. If we want entertainment most of us prefer a modern film to a classical novel. In the business world computers store information, so that we no longer need encyclopaedias and dictionaries. But in the schools teachers and pupils still use books. There should be a radio and television set in every classroom, and a library of tapes and records in every school. The children of today will rarely open a book when they leave school. The children of tomorrow won‘t need to read and Write at all.M. P. MillerLondonLesson 5Task 2: DictationThe School Holidays Are Too LongToday the children of this country have at last returned to work. After two months‘ holiday pupils have started a new term. How many adults get such long holidays? Two to four weeks in the summer and public holidays--that‘s all the working man gets. As for the average woman, she‘s lucky to get a holiday at all. Children don‘t need such long holidays. In term-time they start work later and finish earlier than anyone else.In the holidays most of them get bored, and some get into trouble. What a waste! If their overworked parents were given more free time instead, everyone would be happier.This isn‘t just a national problem either--it‘s worldwide.Dates may be different from country to country, but the pattern‘s the same. Why should children do half as much work and get twice as much holiday as their parents?Lesson 6Task 2: DictationSign LanguageDeaf people, people who can‘t hear, are still able to communicate quite well with a special language. It‘s called sign language.The speaker of sign language uses hand gestures in order to communicate. Basic sign language has been used for a long, long time, but sign language wasn‘t really developed until about 250 years ago. In the middle of the 1700s a Frenchman named Epée developed sign language. Epée was able to speak and hear, but he worked during most of his life as a teacher of deaf people in France. Epée developed a large number of vocabulary words for sign language. Epée taught these words to his deaf students. Epée‘s system used mostly picture :image signs. We call them picture image signs because the signs create a picture. For example, the sign for sleep is to put both hands together, and then to place the hands flat against the right side of your face, and then to lower your head slightly to the right. This action was meant to show the position of sleep. So we call it a picture image sign.Lesson 7Task 2: DictationCredit CardsMany businesses, such as department stores, restaurants, hotels and airline companies, use a credit system for selling their products and services. In a credit system, the seller agrees to sell something to the buyer without immediately receiving cash. The buyer receives the goods or services immediately and promises to pay for them later. This ―buy- now- pay- later‖ credit system is quite old. People have been buying things on credit for centuries. But nowadays people use credit cards. There are two types of credit cards. One type is issued directly by a Store to a customer. Many large department stores issue credit cards to their customers. The store credit card can be used to make purchases only at a particular store. The other kind of credit card is issued by a credit company. Credit cards from credit companies can be used to buy things almost anywhere. If you have a major credit card, you can buy airplane tickets, stay at hotels, and eat at restaurants with it. Most large credit companies are connected to large banks. So if you want a credit card from a credit company, you generally have to make an application at a bank. After anapplicant receives a credit card, he or she can make purchases, using the card.Lesson 8Task 2: DictationThe Boy Who Cried WolfOnce upon a time there was a very naughty shepherd-boy. He often fell asleep while he was watching his sheep. And he told lies. The villagers shook their heads and said, ‗That boy will come t o a bad end.‘One day, when he was feeling very bored, the boy decided to play a practical joke on the villagers. He ran down the hill. ‗Wolf,wolf!‘ he cried. ‗Help, come quickly. Wolf!‘ All the villagers seized their spears and ran to help him. But there was no wolf. ‗H e heard you,‘ the naughty boy lied, ‗and ran away.‘ When everyone had gone, he started to laugh.Three weeks later, when he was feeling very bored indeed, he decided to play the same trick again. ‗Wolf, wolf!‘ he shouted.‗Help, come quickly. Wolf!‘ Most o f the villagers hurried to help him. This time the boy laughed at them. ‗Ha, ha… There wasn‘t a wolf,‘ he said. ‗What a good joke!‘ The villagers were very angry. ‗Lies are not jokes,‘ they said.Two days later the boy woke up suddenly. He had fallen asleep in the afternoon sun. What was that big dark animal coming towards his flock? Suddenly it seized a lamb. ‗Wolf!‘ screamed the boy. ‗Wolf. Help, come quickly. Wolf!‘ But none of the villagers came to help him. He screamed again. The wolf heard him and lic ked its lips. ‗I like lamb,‘ it thought, ‗but shepherd-boy tastes much nicer.‘When the shepherd-boy didn‘t come home that night, some of the villagers went to look for him. They found a few bones.Lesson 9Task 2: DictationPassage 1: How to Make WineThis is how wine is made in our winery. After the grapes are picked in late summer, they are pressed so that all the juice runs out. Then the juice is separated from the skins and pips and it is put into large containers and left to ferment. Later, it is put into smaller containers. Then it is left for about a year when it is put into bottles. If it is a good wine, the bottles are kept for several years but the cheaper wines are sold immediately.Passage 2: Alan SimpsonThe mystery of the man found wandering in the city centre has now been solved. The man, whose name is now known to be Alan Simpson, is a medical student. Mr. Simpson was taking part in an experiment conducted by the university department of psychology, when he walked away, unnoticed by the staff supervising the experiment. He has now regained his memory, and has left hospital. Several people, including his sister, April Simpson, telephoned the police to identify Mr. Simpson after seeing his picture in the press.Lesson 10Task 2: DictationVoice AnalysisIf we want to measure voice features very accurately, we can use a voice analyser. A voice analyser can show four characteristics of a speaker‘s voice. No two speakers‘ voices are alike. To get a voice sample, you have to speak into the voice analyser. The voice analyser is connected to a computer. From just a few sentences of normal speech, the computer can show four types of information about your voice. It will show nasalization, loudness, frequency and length of articulation. The first element, nasalization, refers to how much air normally goes through your nose when you talk. The second feature of voice difference is loudness. Loudness is measured in decibels. The number of decibels in speaking is determined by the force of air that comes from the lungs. The third feature of voice variation is frequency. By frequency we mean the highness or lowness of sounds. The frequency of sound waves is measured in cycles per second. Each sound of a language will produce a different frequency. The final point of voice analysis concerns the length of articulation for each sound. This time length is measured in small fractions for each second. From all four of these voice features —length of articulation, frequency, loudness and nasalization — the voice analys er can give an exact picture of a person‘s voice.Listen 11Lesson 12Section oneII. Exercises:A: 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. F 7. TB: (1) –(d); (2) –(e); (3)-(f);(4) –(a); (5) –(b); (6)-(c)C:1.He is going to wear a motorcycle helmet with an oxygen mask inside.2.The police will probably come and ask them to move since a police station is just fifty yards awayfrom the bank.3.Because it will stink and they will never be able to use it if it smells like that.4.Because they can keep a lookout there since the room is on the top floor of the building. And there,Fingers can radio Ginger and tell him to come.Section two:II. Exercises:Task 1: CrimeA: 1. a 2. b 3. bB:(1)They parked the car outside the bank.(2)The traffic lights were red.(3)To repair the car.(4)The catch of the money bag broke and they had to pick up all the notes.(5)They switched cars.(6)Roads were dug up.(7)The road was blocked owing to a traffic accident.(8)The two arrived empty-handed.Task 2: Shop-lifter:A: 1. c 2. c 3. a 4. bB:1.She likes to change the color with her mood.2.She sweats a lot, so she has to use a lot of powder.3.She gets nervous if she doesn‘t know the time.4.She is a heavy smoker; she uses lighters for finding her way in the dark and for finding the keyholelate at night. And she is a lighter collector.C:1.letting, take a look in2.to take yourself off.3.make a fuss.4.insist on seeing5.need, sarcastic, made myself plain6.for the inconvenience7.carry one‘s valuables around, be broken into, outSection three:Task 1: Learning to rephrase1.Am. Indians in Southwest; agricultural life since 1 AD, similar today2.farm on mesas – tops of high, flat mountain plateau –Spanish –table3.live on mesas or in caves on sides of cliffs4.early history: Anasazi used baskets, later pottery, change –important, began a series of secondarychanges5.fill basket with ground corn and water, build fire6.many stones heated on fire and dropped into basket of food, but must be heated again soon.7.men brought idea but not how to make pottery; shown in anthropological discoveries8.solved problem of cooking & storing food, a more prosperous & comfortable lifeTask 2: Dictation (omitted)Lesson 13Section oneTask 1: Guessing what people are talking aboutA: 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. TB:1.wine and good food2.the river3.walking along the river and all the couples4.paintings thereC:1.reminds, of2.got something about it, sort of charm …3.unusual, in the center of4.from the top5.down by the riverTask 2: Nice to see you!A. 1. c 2. aB: (1) –(d, i); (2) – (a); (3) –(e, f) (4) –(b, c, f); (5) – (h); (6) –(g) C:1.are keeping you busy2.in the process, doing it up3.give you a hand with, something of4.see myself leaving, foreseeable5.my butting in6.over here on a scholarship, the Royal Academy of MusicSection two:Task 1: What do you like about your job?A: 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. cB: 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. F 8. TC:1. a night person2.on the lookout for, stump me3.plan on sticking around4.the Beatles, a great beat to move toing up with6.at the end of, have slimmed down, built up7.against a tight deadline8.At first, working withTask 2: What do you think of yourself?A: 1. a 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. aB:1. a. a secretaryb. good at her jobc. different in her private lifed. pretty tidy in officee. incoherent in her behavior2. a. concerned about state affairsb. critical of the political systemc. eager to bring law and order to his country3. a. easy-goingb. a bit vicious when upsetc. not sympatheticd. not interested in civil rights4. a. a retired army officerb. respectable and dignifiedc. helpful to those dependent on himd. a bit fanatic about organization and descriptione. not too polemicf. fond of his wife and family5. a. shy and unhappy during childhoodb. unable to make friends till very latec. good at being by himselfd. self-reliant and independente. fond of childrenSection three1.Bert‘s friendship2.Bert and sports3.Adam‘s hobbies4.the two men‘s religious belief5.Adam –not a creative problem solver6.Heart attack victims enjoy Type B behavior.Lesson 14 Section oneIII. Exercises:A.1. general election in Britain in the near future2. An earthquake killed five people3. stole a quarter of a million pounds4. and fifty-seven people were killed in an aircraft crash5. was held in London6. were made to end the strike at Independent Television7. were made when a fight between football supporters of rival teamsB. 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. a 5. c 6. a 7. b 8. aC. 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. F 6. F 7. F 8. TD:1.The Prime Minister2.In central Italy, avalanches, the earthquake during the night3.Three masked men, with shotguns, unlock the van4.two hundred and fifty-seven people, hit the side of a volcano5. a basis for negotiations, the chances of success6.Fifteen people, in court in Manchester, matches in London Section TwoII. Exercises:Task 1: Bearded LadyA. 1. She was a bearded woman.2. They advised her to shave.3. When she realized that she was fighting a losing battle.4. At first it was a bit unnerving.5. Her beard keeps her husband‘s toes warm on cold nights.B. 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. T 6. F 7. T 8. FC. 1. at an enormous rate, five inches2. trying to keep it down, fighting a losing battle3. chop off a few feet4. the pointing and laughing in the endTask 2: At a Youth CenterA. 1. a 2. c 3. a 4. a 5. c 6. bB. a. drinking under the age of sixteenb. music at the dance ballc. language they used. their hair and clothesC. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. FD. 1. turned me out2. wrong3. on at my boy about4. with5. there‘s any need, take part in6. sitting in on, take you up on7. take you out of your wayE. 1. Because she does not think the music played in the hall is of her generation.2. Because he believes the young people are quite traditional in their attitudes and they are not thatdifferent from the old generation.3. He believes that every generation creates its own special language as well as its own styles inclothes and music.4. Because he hopes Mrs. Brent to have a better understanding of the young people.Section ThreeII. Exercises:Recognizing the Main Idea:1.trading without money --- barter2.how money came3.shifting from barter society to a monetized world4.different money values in different countries5.why difficult to give examples of barter deals6.prospect of barteringLesson 15Section One:III. Exercises:A. 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. cB. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. TC.Speaker A:a.Killers deserve death penalty.b.Death penalty will prevent other people from killing.c.It is important to get rid of the bad seed.d.Criminals are never rehabilitated, they are hardened.e.Some people are just bad, evil, and there is nothing one can do.Speaker B:a. Nobody has the right to take another person‘s life.b. Nobody is sure that the person convicted is really guilty.c. Criminals should be rehabilitated instead of being eliminated.d. There should be more extensive programmes.e. It is a social problem. We and society are responsible.D. 1. Because she has doubts on the lawyers and the judicial system today.2. Because studies show that criminals are never rehabilitated.3. She suggests expanding the programme to an extensive one.4. (1) The jails and prisons are already crowded.(2) The taxpayers have to pay to maintain murderers‘ lives.Task Two: A New Way of LifeA. 1. Michelle Burns and Luke Saunders.2. They have given up regular jobs and high salaries and begun a new way of life.3. Because they had worked long hours and had hardly seen each other. As a result, their marriagewas breaking up.4. They raise sheep and goats, grow their own vegetables, and they have some chickens.5. He‘s been a three-year motor-cycle journey round the world.6. He had been a car factory worker on the assembly line.7. He had a bit of money to start with, then he began to do odd jobs like picking fruit, washing up,etc.8. He‘s going to start a new journey in the opposite direction. And he'll be away for three yearsagain.B. 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. F 6. T 7.T 8. F 9. T 10. FC. 1. leave the ‗rat race‘.2. fell in love with3. in it for profit4. on the farm, feel lonely5. four nuts on the bolts6. giving up, turning round, coming homeSection Two:Task 1: The Work of Sigmund FreudA. 1. c 2. a 3. bB. a. Forgetting of proper namesb. Forgetting of foreign wordsc. Childhood and concealing memoriesd. Mistakes in speeche. Mistakes in reading and writingC. 1. be traced back to, problem or conflict, concerned2. of the neuroses, also present, in normal persons3. the borderline, the normal and the neurotic person, nearly as clearly marked4. a childhood memory, painful to us5. good reasons for, the slips and errorsTask 2: CheeseA. 1. a 2. b 3. a 4.cB. 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. T 6. F 7. T 8. TC. 1. Early cheese was probably rather unpalatable and tasteless.2. ‗Fresh cheese‘ is a kind of cheese to be eaten immediately after the milk has coagulated.3. ‗Ripened cheese‘ is a kind of cheese with salt added to the soft fresh cheese and other biochemicalprocesses continued in the course of cheese-making.4. The Latin word ‗caseus‘.5. In the nineteenth century.6. People kept milk at different temperatures and in various environments.Section Three:Recognizing the Main Idea:1.why all cultures change2.the origin of the name ‗‘Anasazi‘3.descendents of the Anasazi4.the theme that unifies the historical development of the Anasazibor distribution of the Anasazi6.the end of the AnasaziLesson 16Section One: Men and WomenIII. Exercises:A. 1. F 2. F 3. F 4. TB.(1) --- (d, i, m); (2) --- (a, c, e, j, l); (3) --- (h);(4) --- (f); (5) --- (b, g); (6) --- (k);C. 1. all her up about, your side of2. for sale3. house-trained, reasonably trained, two years, two weeks, needs training, within4. 25p, all a man was worth5. staring me in the face, blew me top6. blamed me for7. egged her on8. came off, barged into9. blown over, a world of goodSection Two:Task 1: The Suffragette MovementA. 1. c 2. a 3. a 4.bB. 1. She would feel highly insulted.2. They got the right to vote and some of them became members of the Parliament.3. They have been useful in helping women in their jobs in other vocations.4. She didn‘t want to vote.5. She feels all right joining men in their world of work and sport. But she is happy to leave politicsto men.C. 1. approve of2. a good laugh3. In the long term4. interfered with, a few boos and there, clapping5. different to, at their own job6. a great thrill on the race trackTask 2: Sex DiscriminationA. 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. FB. 1. sit under, fall off, got to stand up2. being discriminated against, at least to some extent3. proved wrong, removes, valid grounds for4. stamp it out5. a great shame, go roundSection Three:Recognizing the Main Idea:1.Reading for a particular purpose2.Why does a student come to the library3.Writing is the most difficult skill4.How to write a correct sentence5.Simplicity --- a quality much admired6.Participating in group discussionsLesson 17Section One:Task 1: News in BriefA. 1. c 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. b 6. cB. 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. FC.(1) --- (g, o, p); (2) --- (d, h, n); (3) --- (c, i); (4) --- (e, g);(5) --- (b, f, m); (6) --- (a, k, q); (7) --- (l);Task 2: Old Age and HealthA. 1. a 2. c 3. aB. 1. becoming senile, very few people2. 15 %, over 65,3. 80 %, over 65, at least4. watch out for5. immune system, to decline, lungs, the senses, the brain, skin6. benefit more from, the eldlySection Two:Task 1: At a Small RestaurantA.(1) c (2) b (3) a (4) aB.(1) F (2) T (3) F (4) T (5) T (6) F (7) T (8) F (9) TC.(1) He has trouble finding good, reliable domestic staff for his restaurant.(2) Because more and more organizations wanted to see his demonstration.(3) He wanted to combine the demonstration with a permanent establishment.(4) He decided to choose this remote place because he wanted to have a restaurant for those wholove peace and quiet and beautiful scenery and who also appreciate good food.Task 2: The Tree Climbers of PompeiiA. 1. A man was half way up the tree.2. Ruins.3. To collect pine cones.4. The processed them into some sauce which is used in Italian cooking.5. No. The foreman bought a licence from the State for the right to go round places collecting pinecones.6. The tree climbers.B. 1. halfway up this tree, his hands, his feet, 20 or 30 feet up2. more or less, a rather middle-aged monkey, of 503. extremely sought after, in the food industry4. good at, um recognizing, ready, a bit hard5. sit around, fell downSection Three:Recognizing the Main Idea:1.Expressing neutrality after being nominated2.Making a promise of what to do when elected the President3.We should go to the moon.memorating a person5.The problem of the black people should be considered6.Why I want to resign.Lesson 18Section One: Energy CrisisA. 1. b 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. cB.Pros:a.It is the only alternative when fossil fuel is running out.b.It can produce electricity for our daily use.c.Working at a nuclear power station is far safer than working down a coal-mine or on a NorthSea oil-rig.d.It can create its own fuel and burn its waste.Cons:a. Nobody can imagine what will happen if there is a nuclear accident.b. Radioactivity causes cancer and may affect future generations.c. There is no technology for absolutely safe disposal of nuclear waste.d. Terrorists could hold the nation to ransom if they captured a reactor.e. Nuclear energy is expensive, dangerous, evil, and most of all, absolutely unnecessary.C. 1. 450 years, 50 years, oil, 30 years2. go back to the Stone Age, turn our backs on3. active for thousands of years4. 25 years, 26 ‗retired‘ reactors5. the sun, the waves, the wind, survive unless, working on,6. and there are a lot of them about, none of us, at night7. in the short-term; rely on; oil, coal and gas; conservation of present resources; research intonew forms of powerSection Two:Task 1: The Years to Come (I)A. 1.b 2.a 3.c 4.a 5.c 6.bB. 1.T 2.F 3.T 4.F 5.F 6.T 7.T 8.FC. 1. 216,000; ninety percent; in the poorest countries2. at least, alternative sources of energy3. Due to, half of the population4. species, the loss of their habitat5. within five or ten years, save the earthTask 2: The Years to Come (II)A. 1. A space station to be launched towards the end of the 1990s.2. No, eleven other nations have agreed to contribute a few of the station‘s many parts.3. In the space.4. Eight.5. A dream that has been cherished for 120 years --- a colony in space.6. Because they want to use the space station to discover how to establish healthy and productivehabitation in space.B. a. a room for each crew memberb. a showerc. a toiletd. exercise equipmente. a washing machinef. a pantryg. a sick bayh. a television seti. videoj. a telephonek. a computerC. 1. celestial body, a shining star, 38 degrees north or south of the equator2. Twenty trips, two rockets, piece by piece, a low orbit3. 250 miles above the Earth, bolt together, many components, batch of parts, in 1995Section Three:Recognizing the Main Idea:1.I shall return.2.Hoping for a country of equalitymemorating a person4.I won‘t send you to any foreign wars.5.Why I resign6.I‘m innocent of the charges against me.。