《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案Unit 5

Fifteen years ago the typical worker with a college degree made 38 percent more than a worker with a high school diploma. Today that figure is 73 percent more. Two years of college means a 20 percent increase annual earnings. People who finish two years of college earn a quarter of a million dollars more tan their high school counterparts over a lifetime.

Unit 5

Task 1

【答案】

A.

1) People’s ideas on permanent education.

2) One is an ordinary “man in the street”. The other is an educational psychologist.

3) The first person thinks this idea of permanent education is crazy. He can’t understand people

who want to spend all their lives in school. The second person thinks the idea of permanent education is practical because people are never really too old to go on learning.

B.

1) was; hated; stand; got out 2) all their lives 3) certain limits; age limits

【原文】

Two people are interviewed about their ideas on education. One is an ordinary "man in the street"; the other is an educational psychologist.

The man in the street:

When I was at school, I hated it. I couldn't stand it. I wasn't happy until I got out. I think this idea of permanent education is crazy. I know some people go back to school when they're older, go to language classes at the local "tech" and all that, but I can't understand people who want to spend all their lives in school.

The educational psychologist:

The idea of permanent education is practical because we're never really too old to go on learning. Of course, there are certain limits, but they aren't age limits. For example, let's say a man past sixty tries to learn how to play football. It's foolish for him to do that, but only because his body is too old, not his mind!

Task 2

【答案】

1) He stayed there for a year.

2) He has faint, but very pleasant memories of it. He had fun and played games---including story-telling, drawing, singing and dancing.

3) He began t have more formal lessons and even worry about exams.

4) The exam was called the “Eleven Plus”. Students took the exam to see what kind of secondary school they would get into.

【原文】

John is talking to Martin about his primary schooling.

Martin: Did you go to a state primary school?

John: Yes, I did. I went to a nursery school first, at the age of four, but this was purely voluntary.

There was a good kindergarten in our neighbourhood so my parents decided to send me there for a year.

Martin: Can you still remember it?

John: Yes, I have faint, but very pleasant memories of it. It was a delightful place, full of fun and games. As in most nursery schools, work —if you can call it that —consisted of storytelling, drawing, singing and dancing.

Martin: You probably don't remember but you must have missed it when you left — you know, when you went to the Infants' School at the age of five.

John: I suppose I must have, but you know, right up to the age of seven, school life was very pleasant. It was only later in the Junior School that we began to have more formal lessons and even worry about exams.

Martin: Really? Did you have to do exams at that age?

John: Yes, we used to then. We had to take an exam at the age of eleven called the "Eleven Plus"

to see what kind of Secondary school we would get into. But this exam has disappeared nowadays.

Task 3

【答案】

A.

1) compulsory; the ages of 5 and 16; state-funded; independent

2) available; at a nursery school; in the nursery class at a primary school

3) preparatory; primary; aged 5 to 13

4) enter the state education system; at the age of 5; secondary school

5) 7, 11, 13 or 16; gain admission at 11 or 13; the Common Entrance Examination

6) one further year; Advanced Supplementary Examinations; Advanced Level Examinations

7) classroom; laboratory; work independently; undertake research for projects

8) vocational; conventional

9) secondary education; with A-levels; further; higher

B.

1) GCSE stand for the General Certificate of Secondary Education. It is normally take at the age of sixteen.

2) Students usually study form 8 to 12 subjects over two years.

3) Some subjects take account of the work students do throughout the year, while others are assessed entirely by examination.

【原文】

Education in the United Kingdom is compulsory for everyone between the ages of five and sixteen, and is provided by two kinds of schools: state-funded schools and independent (fee-charging) schools.

Children education

Pre-school or pre-preparatory education: pre-school education is available in both the