公共英语等级考试第三级课本听力文本1-3

公共英语等级考试第三级课本听力Unit1

Part A

:You seem to take great pride in your 's such a successful manager.

M:Yes,she is a wonderful I'm proud of her because of her pleasant and

attractive personality even more than fot her success.

:I ran into David Preston downtown today.

W:ReallyDid he say anything about his sister？

M: should be leaving Los Angeles very soon,because her husband has taken

a jo

b in Alaska.

:Professor Philips seems serious.

M:But his lectures are quite humorous,aren't they？

Part B

Questions 4-6

A gentleman put an advertisement in a newspaper for a boy to work in his of nearly fifty persons who came to apply, the man selected one and dismissed the others.

"I should like to know,"said a friend,"the reason you preferred that boy, who brought not a single letter, not a dinagle recommendation."

"You are wrong,"said the gentleman."He had a great many. He wiped his feet at the door and closed the door behind him,showing that he was gave his seat immediately to that old man, showing that he was kind and took off his cap when he came in and answered my questions promptly, showing that he was polite and gentlemanly."

"All the rest stepped over the book which I had purposely put on the floor. He picked it up and placed it on the table ,and he waited quietly for his turn instead of pushing and I talked to him ,I noticed his tidy clothing, his neatly brushed hair and his clean finger nails. Can't you see that these things are excellent recommendations I consider them more significant than letters."

Questions 7-10

The year was . Straus and her husband were passengers on the Titanic during its fateful voyage. Not many women went down with the ship,but was one of the few women who did not survive for one simple reason:She could not bear to leaveher husband .

This is how Mabel Bird,'s servant , who survived the disaster, told the story after she was saved.

"When the Titanic began to sink, frightened women and children were the first ones loaded into were calmand comforting other passengers,and helped many of them into the boats.

Then, begged his wife to get into the life boat with her servant an others. started to get in. She had one foot on the edge, but then suddenly ,she changed her mind, turned away and stepped back onto the sinking ship.

"Please, dear,get into the boat!"her husband urged.

"No," is said to have replied with resistance."I will not get into the have been together through a great many years. We are old will not

leave you go ,I will go."

And that is where they were last seen, standing arm in arm on the deck, this devoted wife clinging courageously to her husband, this loving clinging protectively

to his wife, as the ship sank.

公共英语等级考试第三级课本听力Unit2

1.M:You look upset. What's wrong

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3.W:The electric company is going to shut off our service.

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5.M:Are we behind on the bills.

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7.W:Yes,but why didn't you take care of the bills？

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9.M:I guess I 'll make them a check today.

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11.:Guess what!The toilet is still running were going to fix it last night.

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13.M:I thought I ,we'd better call a plumber then.

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15.W:'ll look one up in the phone book.