英语视听说试题1

新编大学英语视听说试题1

Part I Multiple Choice

Directions:In this section, you are going to hear 4 passages. In each passage there will be five questions. Try to decide which choice is the best answer to each of the questions.

Passage 1

Directions: Li sten to a talk between a dog and a butcher and decide which choice is the best answer to each of the questions.

1. How does the dog carry the purse?

A. On its back.

B. On its head.

C. In its mouth.

D. In its collar.

2. What does the dog want to buy?

A. Mutton.

B. Steak.

C. Liver.

D. Bacon.

3. What does the butcher do after he sells the meat to the dog?

A. He serves other customers.

B. He goes back home.

C. He talks about the dog with his clerks.

D. He follows the dog to its apartment.

4. How does the dog signal its owner that it has come back?

A. By scratching at the door.

B. By knocking at the door.

C. By opening the door with a key.

D. By barking outside the door.

5. Why is the woman not satisfied with the dog?

A. Because the dog forgets to take the key.

B. Because the dog loses the key.

C. Because the dog loses the purse.

D. Because the meat the dog buys is not what she wants.

Passage 2

Directions: Listen to a passage about John's experience in Italy and choose the appropriate answer for each item.

1. How long did John stay in Italy?

A. Two months.

B. Two weeks.

C. Two days.

D. Two years.

2. What was the purpose of John's trip to Italy?

A. To learn Italian.

B. To visit his friend.

C. To have a holiday.

D. To get a job.

3. What did the speaker think of John?

A. He was a funny person.

B. He was a hard-working person.

C. He didn't have much money.

D. He was a happy man.

4. How did John survive in Italy?

A. He got a job.

B. He stayed with a friend.

C. He got a loan.

D. His parents gave him money.

5. What was the result of John's trip to Italy?

A. He made a lot of money.

B. He made a lot of friends.

C. He learned a lot of Italian.

D. He became an Italian teacher.

Passage 3

Directions: Listen to a passage about Chinese pandas in the U.S. zoos and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

1. How many giant pandas were there in the U.S. zoos before Le Le and Ya Ya arrived?

A. 9

B. 3

C. 6

D. 7

2. What does a zoo need before it gets a panda from China?

A. Bamboo trees.

B. A contract.

C. A permit.

D. Scientists.

3. To which of the following do the pandas belong?

A. The Chinese government.

B. The U.S. Government.

C. The U.S. zoos.

D. The Chinese zoos.

4. Why do scientists study pandas?

A. To improve their conditions.

B. To send them as gifts to foreign countries.

C. To limit their population.

D. To provide knowledge about them.

5. Why don't scientists study pandas in the wild?

A. Because it is dangerous to study them in the wild.

B. Because it is difficult to actually see them in the wild.

C. Because it is easier to study them in the zoo.

D. Because it is not allowed to study them in the wild.

Passage 4

Directions: Listen to a story about Bob's expression of love and choose the best answer to each question.

1. What's the relationship between Bob and Joe?

A. Classmates.

B. Colleagues.

C. Friends.

D. Relatives.

2. How did Bob feel at the way Joe treated his wife?

A. Surprised.

B. Angry.

C. Excited.

D. Sorry.