新理念大学英语学习大厅第二版综合教程二unit1-A

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Part I Listening Comprehension ( 11 minutes )

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear ten statements. Numbers 1 to 6 are based on Text A while the rest are based on Text B. Each statement will be read ONLY ONCE.

Listen carefully and decide whether each statement is true or false.

A) T

1.

B) F

•Script: When Howard and Ellen came to Nanjing to study the early education in China, they stayed in Jinling Hotel.

•正确答案：B

A) T

2.

B) F

•Script: The key slot was narrow, therefore the key should be positioned carefully.

•正确答案：A

A) T

3.

B) F

•Script: All the staff members in the lobby would come to help Benjamin insert the key into the key slots successfully.

•正确答案：B

A) T

4.

B) F

•Script: According to Howard, what middle-class Americans value in child education is that one can solve a problem effectively by oneself.

•正确答案：A

A) T

5.

B) F

•Script: Chinese teachers are fearful that if skills are not acquired early, they may never be acquired.

•正确答案：A

A) T

6.

B) F

•Script: American educators fear that unless creativity has been acquired early, it may never emerge.

•正确答案：A

A) T

7.

B) F

•Script: The common way to teach children about saving money is to open a bank account for them.

•正确答案：A

A) T

8.

B) F

•Script: Children are not enthusiastic about savings accounts because it takes away money like a black hole.

•正确答案：A

A) T

9.

B) F

•Script: In order to attract his children's attention, the author David offered a very high rate. •正确答案：A

A) T

10.

B) F

•Script: David's method helps children become rational consumers but they also become very mean.

•正确答案：B

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

•Project Zero was founded at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1967 by the philosopher Nelson Goodman to study and improve education in and through the arts. Goodman believed that arts learning should be studied as a serious (11)_________________ , but that “zero” had been firmly established about the field; (12)_________________ , the project was given its name.

Today, Project Zero is building on this research to help create (13)_________________ of reflective, independent learners; to enhance deep understanding (14)_________________ disciplines; and to promote (15)_________________ thinking. Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as (16)_________________ disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels.

Project Zero's (17)_________________ build on and contribute to detailed understandings of human cognitive development and the processes of learning in the arts and other disciplines. They place the learner at the center of the educational process, (18)_________________ the different ways in which an individual learns (19)_________________ of life, as well as differences among individuals in the ways they (20)_________________ and express their ideas.

Script: Project Zero was founded at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1967 by the philosopher Nelson Goodman to study and improve education in and through the arts. Goodman believed that arts learning should be studied as a serious cognitive activity, but that "zero" had been firmly established about the field; hence, the project was given its name.