大学英语第三册听说教程上机学习大厅听力单元测试答案Unit 13

大学英语第三册听说教程上机学习大厅听力单元测试答案Unit 13 - 14
Listening Comprehension
Directions: Listen to the short conversations and choose the correct answers to the questions you hear. The conversations and questions will be read ONLY ONCE.
SET 1
1. A. Tom's illnesses are serious.
B. Tom's illnesses are pretended.
C. Tom's illnesses are brief but real.
D. Tom's illnesses occur only when there is a party.
2. A. Catch a cold.
B. Hurry to get on the bus.
C. Sit next to the bus stop.
D. Fix his torn sleeve.
3. A. A trip she took.
B. A trip she takes frequently.
C. A restaurant she owns.
D. A famous statue in Philadelphia.
4. A. Barry no longer lives in New York.
B. Barry doesn't know how to economize.
C. The woman called Barry in California.
D. The woman didn't ever meet Barry.
5. A. Richard is hard to find.
B. Richard speaks with difficulty.
C. Richard's roommate doesn't talk to him.
D. Richard doesn't work very hard.
Answer:
BBAAD
SET 2
1. A. Looking for a new job.
B. Starting her vacation.
C. Quitting her job in a few days.
D. Complaining to her friend.
2. A. The department store may sell tires.
B. The department store doesn't sell tires.
C. The department store sells tires.
D. The department store carries tapes.
3. A. The man must study in order to pass.
B. The man won't pass unless he takes the test.
C. The man must take the test.
D. The man may skip the test.
4. A. She arrived for registration too early.
B. She misplaced her class card for biology.
C. She missed registration.
D. The man cannot spell her name.
5. A. Because he woke up late.
B. Because he missed the bus.
C. Because he had a car trouble.
D. Because there was very heavy traffic.
Answer:
AACAC
Directions: Listen to the conversation and fill in the form below with no more than three words for each blank. The
conversation will be read TWICE.
SET 1
We don't like people to come too near to us. A (1) found that when an American male talks to a stranger, he stands
(2) centimeters away.If males stand very near to each other, they are either (3) or (4) .
There are some exceptions. We may accept the fact that people may (5) us on the bus or (6) in the rush hour
because we can (7) for it.
What we should do when we have to stand or sit in a crowded place? We don't look at the other people, we try not to
touch them and we show (8) .
We may be annoyed by someone in a crowded cinema. He or she may want to take all the (9) between us. But when the show starts we forget about it because we (10) the performers who are far away.
Answer:
1. psychologist
2. 50
3. very aggressive
4. unusually friendly
5. press against
6. on the subway
7. see the reason
8.
an expressionless face 9. armrest 10. concentrate on
SET 2
About whom is the story? My father and my mother.
What were they? My father was a salesman for a (1) . My mother was a (2) at a radio station.
Where did they meet? They met in a (3) .
How did they happen to meet? My father stopped by (4) that Saturday morning to (5) and then the manager of a
local radio station invited him to their (6) .
What does my father comment on meeting my mother? It was (7) that he was at the picnic that day.
What were my mother's dating experiences at that time? She dated other men, including a car salesman who entered our (8) . The car salesman gave her (9) for her birthday, which in those days meant the relationship was moving
toward an (10)
What's the end of the story? One night a few months later, my mother woke her mother and told her she was going
to marry Dave.
Answer:
1. big electronics company
2. writer
3. poker game
4. the branch office
5. make some calls
6. annual picnic
7. blind
luck 8. family lore 9. a watch 10. engagement
Directions: Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are True or False. The passage will
be read ONLY ONCE.
SET 1
1. Popular belief holds that "falling stars" are stars. True False
2. Meteors are not visible to the naked eye even at night. True False
3. Most meteors are burned into ashes when they enter the earth's atmosphere. True False
4. After successful landings upon the earth, huge meteors are given different names. True False
5. There is no satisfactory explanation about the source of meteors traveling through space. True False
Answer:
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. True
SET 2
1. England's mad cow disease has caused understandable hysteria. True False
2. The government is facing a loss of millions of dollars. True False
3. Researchers have different explanations to the cause of the mad cow disease. True False
4. Basic research cannot help prevent tomorrow's crises. True False
5. Unresolved scientific disputes have become a fact of modern life. True False
Answer:
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. True
Listening Comprehension
Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the correct answers to the questions. The passage will be read
ONLY ONCE.
SET 1
1. A. Spanish explorers.
B. Indians.
C. Other Englishmen.
D. Political leaders.
2. A. New political ways.
B. New methods of fishing.
C. New ways for water travel.
D. How to trap animals.
3. A. Corn.
B. Domesticated animals.
C. Building sod house.
D. Trapping animals.
4. A. The settlers were well prepared for the hardships that they would encounter.
B. The new settlers found the winters severe.
C. The Indians taught the settlers how to build canoes.
D. The settlers brought tools and weapons to the new world.
5. A. The new world.
B. The new colonists.
C. The life of the natives.
D. The life of the early settlers.
Answer:
AABAD
SET 2
1. A. Dreams are unimportant and should be disregarded.
B. Dreams give us helpful clues about ourselves.
C. Only a trained psychologist can explain dreams.
D. Dreams are often interesting.
2. A. You may have unconscious fears of death.
B. You may have forgotten to write down an appointment.
C. You may be secretly resenting someone in your life.
D. You should examine your teeth for signs of trouble.
3. A. To show that dreams can remind us of something we've been too busy to remember.
B. To show how we often dream of very ordinary events.
C. To show how dreams can urge us to get more in touch with our real feelings.
D. To indicate that we can discover our innermost anxieties through looking seriously at our dreams.
4. A. That she was cleaning her apartment.
B. That she was very happily married.
C. That she was hitting her husband with a household appliance.
D. That her husband attacked her with a vacuum cleaner.
5. A. Because they are unimportant.
B. Because they are trivial.
C. Because they are similar to other things.
D. Because we are too busy to notice them.
Answer:
BDACD
Listening Comprehension
Directions: Listen to the passage TWICE and fill the blanks with the missing words
SET 1
The universe is believed to have originated about 15 billion years ago as a dense, hot globule of gas expanding rapidly outward. At that time, the universe (1) nothing but hydrogen and a small amount of helium. There were no stars and no planets. The first stars probably began to (2) out of hydrogen when the universe was about 100 million years old.
This is how our Sun originated about (3) billion years ago.
Many stars came into being before the Sun was formed; many others formed after the Sun appeared. This process continues, and through (4) we can now see stars forming out of (5) pockets of hydrogen in outer space.
In 1992, instruments aboard the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite showed that 99.97 percent of the energy of the universe was (6) within the first year of its origin. This evidence seems to (7) the Big Bang theory, which holds that the universe originated from a single (8) explosion (a big bang) of a very small amount of matter of extremely
high (9) and temperature.
Astronomers also theorize that 99% of the matter in the universe is invisible, or dark matter, composed of some
kind of matter that they cannot yet (10) .
Answer:
1. contained
2. form
3.
4.49 4. telescopes
5. compressed
6. released
7. confirm
8. violent
9. density 10. detect
SET 2
What will man be like in the future -- in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now?
Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on (1) , men are about three (2) taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time, so we may (3) that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain's (4) . As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and (5) we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change too: the head, in (6) the forehead, will grow larger.
Nowadays our eyes are in (7) use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over very long period of time it is likely that man's eyes will grow stronger.
On the other hand, we (8) to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker.
At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more (9) because they are used a great deal in modern life.
But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in (10) of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.
Answer:
1. average
2. inches
3. assume
4. capacity
5. eventually
6. particular
7. constant
8. tend
9. sensitive 10. course
Listening Comprehension
Directions: Watch the video clip and decide whether the following statements are True or False
SET 1
1. The first girl has read all books on the problems of black people. True False
2. According to the first girl, the time for non-violent revolution is past. True False
3. According to the girls, property values decline when a black family moves in. True False
4. According to one of the girls, Jewish people are the closest to black people. True False
5. The girls think the cat may be someone famous. True False
Answer:
1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. True
SET 2
1. The father reminds his two little girls that they are on holiday. True False
2. One officer stops the family and demands their passport. True False
3. Christie is worrying whether they will get across the border or not. True False
4. Christie told the officer that she is ten. True False
5. The officers are suspicious because there is something wrong with the passport. True False Answer:
1. True
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. False。