研究生英语听说教程第二册课本练习题答案-Unit1

Unit 1
Part two
2. Scanning for background information
Exercise
1. upset, informal, student, school, young
2. restaurant, polite, middle-aged or old
3. bookstore, middle-aged, worried
4. library, young, middle-aged, mid or low level of education, excited , middle-aged or old, impatient, high, annoyed
5. student health center, young, student, worried, not rich, middle-aged, professional, receptionist
3. Scanning for the main idea
Exercise
Main idea: a basketball game
Key words: $50 in the pool; ticket; front row center; three-pointer; third quarter; best game; Shaq stole the ball, strong as football players; as graceful as ballet dancers; seven feet tall
4.Scanning for the important points
Exercise
1 a
2 b
3 b
5. Inferencing
Exercise
1 false
2 true
3 true
4 false
5 true
6 false
7. Using context clues
Exercise
1 b
2 a
3 b
4 b
5 a
8.Section 1Structure:
Exercise 1
1 c
2 d
3 b
4 a
5 c
Exercise 2
1 b
2 a
3 a
4 a
5 a
Section 2 Intonation:
Exercise 1
1 I gave the math home work to my classmate Tina.
2 I gave the math home work to my classmate, Tina.
3 Debbie, my next door neighbor is driving me crazy.
4 Debbie, my next door neighbor, is driving me crazy.
5 Linda, my biology lab partner , is really smart.
6 Linda, my biology lab partner is really smart.
7 Will you please answer Bob?
8 Will you please answer, Bob?
9 Are you going to visit, Lisa?
10 Are you going to visit Lisa?
Exercise 2
1 a
2 b
3 a
4 b
5 a
6 b
7 b
8 a 9a 10 b
9. Revising Assumption(Checking what you understood) Exercise
1 a
2 b
3 a
4 a
5 a
6 c
Vocabulary Review
Exercise
1 c
2 a
3 b
4 c
5 c
6 a
7 b
8 c
9 b 10 c
Unit 2
Part Two MAIN DIALOGUE
Exercise 1
1 Starting a health and fitness regime
2 In a restaurant
3 Vicky an Larry are husband and wife; Emily is Vicky’s sister
4 Middle-aged to older(reason: health concerns)
5 Answers will vary.
Exercise 2 Rewind tape to repeat main dialogue
1 a health food restaurant
2 Emily
3 Vicky is afraid that she will gain weight if she stops smoking.
4 an alcoholic beverage
5 Eat well and get regular exercise.
6 They are going to start a health regime.
7 She wants to order tall glasses of carrot-onion juice.
8 Vicky and Larry want to go to the Burger Palace.
Exercise 4
1 a
2 a
3 a
4 b
5 b
6 b
Part Three EXPANSION
Section 1 Diet and Exercise
Exercise 1B
1 Answers will vary.
2 About 30
3 No. it depends on the man’s body size: large-boned, small-boned, etc.
4 Large build: 136-146
Small build: 114-124
Average build: 125-135
5 106-133
6 146-183
Part Four FOUCUS CONDITIONALS
Exercise 1
1 a
2 a
3 b
4 a
5 a
Exercise 2
1 b
2 b
3 a
4 a
5 b
Exercise 3
1 b
2 b
3 b
4 a
5 a
6 b
7 b
8 b
9 a 10 a Part Five PRACTICE
Exercise 1
1 b
2 c
3 a
4 b
5 b
6 c
7 c
8 b
9 a 10 c Exercise 2
1 b
2 b
3 b
4 b
5 c
6 a
7 a
8 c
9 c 10 c Exercise 3
Conversation 1: 1 Answers will vary. 2 b Conversation 2: 1 b 2 a
Exercise 4
1 b
2 c
3 c
Exercise 5
1 a
2 c
3 b
4 b
5 c
6 b
7 b
8 c
9 a 10 b
Unit 3 Part Two MAIN DIOLOGUE
Exercise 1 Possible Answers
1 Two brothers are planning a trip.
2 at home
318-24
4 brothers
5 Answers will vary.
Exercise 3
1 b
2 a
3 a
4 b
5 a
6 b
7 a
Part Three EXPANSION
Exercise 1D
1 b
2 a
3 b
4 b
5 b
6 b
7 b
8 b
9 a 10 a
Part Four FOCUS: EXPRESSIONS OF TIME
1-A Thursday, September 19
1-B from Tuesday, September 19th until Thursday, September 26
2 from Monday, September 2 until Saturday, September 14
3 from Saturday, September 14(today) until Friday, September 20
4-A Thursday, September 12
4-B maybe today or tomorrow, but no later than Monday, September 16
5 Monday, September 16
6 from Monday, September 9 through Thursday, September 12
7 from Monday, September 16 through Thursday, September 22
8 sometime between today and Friday, September 20
Exercise 3
1 a
2 a
3 b
4 b
5 a
6 b
7 a
8 a
9 a 10 a
Part five PRACTICE
Exercise 1
1 b
2 a
3 b
4 b
5 b
6 c
7 a
8 c
9 a 10 c
Exercise 2
1 b
2 b
3 b
4 a
5 c
6 b
7 a
8 c
9 c 10 b
Exercise 3
1 a
2 b
3 a
4 c
Exercise 4
1 a
2 a
Exercise 5 1 b 2 c 3 c 4 a 5 c 6 c 7 a 8 a 9 c 10 c
Unit 4
Part Two MAIN DIALOGUE
Exercise 1
1 an interview about a college major
2 on a college campus
3 They are strangers; both attend the same college
4 Reiko is probably in her early 20s; Kitty is probably in her 30s
5 Answers will vary
Exercise 2
1 around midterms
2 one year
3 She wants to open a flower shop
4 a salesperson in a flower shop; a designer
5 She doesn’t think they are difficult because she already has a degree and is used to the amount of work
6 the design classes and the identification classes
7 landscape design, nursery operation, art history, and architectural design
8 The practical experience is very helpful
9 the memorization of Latin names
10 They could get some help from English-speaking classmates; the instructor could have some assistants help them.
Exercise 4 1 b 2 a 3 a 4 b 5 b 6 a 7 b 8 b 9 b 10 a
Part Four FOUCUS: USING STRESS FOR CLARIFICATION Exercise 1
1 commonly
2 pre-med
3 Full-time
4 are required
5 travel agent
6 1200
7 apprentice
8 or
9 supplies 10 Always
Exercise 2
1 a
2 b
3 a
4 b
5 a
6 a
7 a
8 a
9 a 10 a
Part Five PRACTICE
Exercise 1
1 b
2 c
3 b
4 a
5 b
6 a
7 b
8 c
9 c 10 c
Exercise 2
1 c
2 c
3 b
4 b
5 c
6 a
7 a
8 a
9 b 10 a
Exercise 3
1 a
2 b
3 a
4 b
5 a
6 Answers will vary.
Exercise 4
1 c
2 a
Exercise 5
1 d
2 b
3 b
4 b
5 a
6 b
7 c
8 a
9 b 10 c
Unit 5
Part Two MAIN DIALOGUE
Exercise 1
1 The main idea is a political debate
2 The speakers could be at a radio or TV station, a public hall, a college campus, or any other such venue where public debates are commonly held.
3 The speakers are political opponents
4 The speakers are probably in their 40s, 50s, or 60s.
5 Answers will vary.
Exercise 2
1 They are running for mayor
2 Bella Porter is the president of the city council; Dam Shmankie is
a businessman
3 The first issue concerns homelessness.
4 The second issue concerns education.
5 The third issue concerns affordable housing.
6 Bella Porter appears to be liberal; Dan Shmankie appears to be conservative.
Exercise 4
1 b
2 a
3 b
4 b
5 a
6 a
7 a
8 b
Part Three EXPANSION
Exercise 2
1 false
2 false
3 true
4 false
5 true
6 true
7 false
8 true
9 true 10 false 11 false 12 false 13 true 14 false
Section 2 The State of the Union Address
Exercise 2
1 Education
2 Health
3 Equal pay
4 Childcare
5 Crime
Part Four FOUCUS: changes in meaning through stress and pitch Exercise 1
1 The senator
2 that pollution
3 decreasing
4 Senator Colwell
5 completed
6 second term
7 House of Representatives
8 The tax bill
9 did not 10 How 11 vice president 12 you
Exercise 2
1 b
2 c
3 a
4 b
5 a
6 c
7 c
8 a
9 b 10 a 11 b 12 c
Part Five PRACTICE
Exercise 1
1 b
2 c
3 b
4 a
5 b
6 a
7 c
8 b
9 a 10 c
Exercise 2
1 a
2 b
3 b
4 b
5 c
6 b
7 c
8 a
9 c 10 c
Exercise 3
1 a
2 b
3 a
4 b
5 a
6 c
Exercise 4
1 b
2 c
Exercise 5
1 c
2 b
3 c
4 a
5 c
6 a
7 c
8 c
9 b 10 c
Unit 6
Part Two MAIN DIALOGUE
Exercise 1
1 People with problems are calling a radio show to get help.
2 At a radio station. People are calling in to a show.
3 three
Denise: probably at home
Ted: probably at home or in his car
Rosie: probably at home or in her car
4-5 Answers will vary.
Exercise 2
1 What’s Bugging you ? is a radio show where people call in to get relationship advice. Dr. Jenny is the host of the show; the person giving advice.
2 She is worried that her daughter might be drinking or using drugs.
3 Dr. Jenny suggests that Denise spend quality time with her daughter and talk to her.
4 He thinks his wife is having an affair.
5 Dr. Jenny suggests that he get more involved in his wife’s life, and spend more time with her.
6 She’s nervous about telling parents that she’s gay.
7 Dr. Jenny suggests that she tell her parents the truth.
8 Dr. Jenny suggests that they all go out to dinner, to Chez Latidaz because the restaurant sponsors (pays for) the radio show. Exercise 4
1 b
2 b
3 b
4 b
5 b
6 a
7 b
8 a
9 a 10 a
Exercise 2
1 Daily newspapers are important in the usa
2 There are national and local newspapers
3 Newspapers have advertisements
4 The front page contains headline news- the most important stories of the day
5 The lead paragraph answers the WH-questions
6 News articles can be objective/straight or opinion/editorial
7 Newspapers have other information besides news stories
8 Newspapers are an important information source
Exercise 3
1 Freedom of the press means that the government can’t control what is printed in the press
2 National newspapers are available everywhere; local newspapers are published in one city/ area
3 Newspapers sell advertisements to stores / companies to make money
4 The publishers want you to buy the paper, so the stories are continued where you can’t see them on the newsstand
5 The most important information is in the first, or lead, paragraph
6 Objective/straight news is fact-based; opinions/editorials contain feelings and reactions
7 Newspapers include sports, weather, cooking, classified ads, entertainment news business news and so forth
8They are free to print what they want
Part Four FOCUS: TAG QUESTIONS
Exercise 1
1 c
2 b
3 d
4 a
5 d
6 b
7 a
8 d
9 c 10 d
Exercise 2
1 c
2 b
3 a
4 a
5 a
6 c
7 b
8 a
9 c 10 c
Part Five PRACTICE
Exercise 1
1 c
2 b
3 c
4 b
5 c
6 c
7 b
8 b
9 c 10 c Exercise 2
1 a
2 b
3 b
4 b
5 b
6 b
7 b
8 c
9 b 10 a Exercise 3
1 a
2 b
3 a
4 a
5 b
6 b
Exercise 4
1 a
2 c
3 b
Exercise 5
1 b
2 c
3 b
4 a
5 a
6 a
7 c
8 a
9 c 10 a。