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《英语听力教程4》答案及原文

《英语听力教程4》答案及原文

Unit 1 Shopping and Banking OlinePart I Getting readyB. Keys:1: drop 2: shopping 3: mouse 4: feet 5: retailing 6: street 7: get 8: down 9: third-party 10: online 11:30% 12: malls 13: Britain 14: gift-buying 15:50% 16: net 17: peroidC. Keys:1 : the site2 : merchant, addresses/phone numbers/call up3 : strict safety measuresPart II Net shopping under fireA. Keys:1 : delivery, delivery2 : delivery charges3 : personal information, 87%4 : returning goods, 47%5 : order, 35%, dispatch, 87%6 : money back, twoB. Keys:1 : convenience2 : choice3 : obstacles4 : complete trust5 : build consummers' trust6 : mature7 : payment8 : servicePart III Banking at homeA. Keys:1 : limited opening hours2 : Online banking services3 : getting current information on products4 : e-mailing questions to the bank5 : competing for customers6 : having no computers at homeB. Keys:1 : It is banking through the Internet.2 : 'Online banking' offers convenience which appeals to the kind of customer banks want to keep.3 : Banks most want to keep people who are young, well-educated, and have good incomes.Part IV More about the topic: Secret of Good Customer ServiceB. Keys:English Good Customer Service(Harrods)1 : in a pleasant environment2 : Second to none3 : different customers, take a look at everything, alternatives, come to sales assistants4 : first contact with the customerAmerican Good Customer Service(Saks)1 : human side, family, occasions in life, a partnership2 : repeat business, salesPart V Do you know…?Keys:1 : c2 : a、b、c3 : a、b、c4 : c5 : c6 : bTape scriptPart I Getting readyC.Consumers who want to shop online are suggested to bear the following things in mind:Evaluate the site. Always buy goods from well-known and trustworthy companies. Deal with companies which offer customer service, a complaints procedure and have a refund policy.Talk to merchant. E-mail and wait for reponses. Take down the addresses and phone numbers of those companies and make sure they are real by calling them up before buying any products and services.Ensure secure connection. Since buyers must submit personal information like number and expiry date of the card there are fears over security. Deal with sites that apply strict safety measures that require shoppers to give specific data known only to card holders before making the transaction.Be extra careful at a cybercafe or other public connection.Part II Net shopping under fireThere is an urgent need for e-commerce rules to boost confidence in buying online. Consumers International, a federation of 245 consumer organizations —including the UK's Consumers Association —said its survey showed that there were still obatacles to shopping online with complete trust.The study, funded by the European Union, involved buying more than 150 items from 17 countries. Each consumer organization taking part tried to find one site in its own country and one abroad to buy a selection of items. These included a dictionary, a doll, jeans, a hairdryer, computer software and hardware, chocolates and champagne.The key findings were:Eight of the items ordered took more than a month to reach their destination and at least 11 (eight percent) never arrived.Many sites did not give clear information about delivery charges.Only 13% of the sites promised that they would not sell customers' personal information on to a third party.Only 53% of the companies had a policy on returning goods.Only 65% of the sites provided confirmation of the order and only 13% told customers when their goods had been dispatched.In two cases,customers are still waiting for their money back more than four months after returning their goods.Louis Sylvan, vice-president of Consumers International, said, "This study shows that, although buying items over the Internet can benefit the consumer by offering convenience and choice, there are still many obstacles that need to be overcome before consumers can shop in cyberspace with complete trust."Chris Philips, Marketing Manager at a London based e-commerce security company commented, "This study confirms the difficulties of establishing consumers' trust in the Internet as a shopping experience. With statistics like these and Visa claiming 47% of disputes and fraud cases were Internet-related, it is little wonder that Internet commerce is not producing the profits predicted two or three years ago. Trust takes time to build, and the Internet will not mature as a retail channel until trusted brands, like the banks for example, start to offer ways of supporting trust relationships with guarantees payment and service."In September, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development will hold a meeting to discuss a set of international guidelines for electronic commerce.Part III Banking at homeMany people dislike walking to the bank, standing in long lines, and running out of checks. They are dissatisfied with their bank's limited hours, too. They want to do some banking at night, and on weekends. For such people, their problems may soon be over. Before long, they may be able to do their banking from the comfort of their own home, any hour of the day, any day of the week. Many banks are preparing "online branches," or Internet offices, which means that people will be able to take care of much of their banking business through their home computers. This process is called interactive banking. At these online branches, customers will be able to view all their accounts, move money between their accounts, apply for a loan, and get current information on products such as credit cards. Customers will also be able to pay their bills electronically, and even e-mail questions to the bank.Banks are creating online services for several reasons. One reason is that banks must compete for customers, who will switch to another bank if they are dissatisfied with the service they receive. The convenience of online banking appeals to the kind of customer banks most want to keep —people who are young, well-educated, and have good incomes. Banks also want to take advantage of modern technology as they move into the twenty-first century.Online banking may not be appropriate for everyone. For instance, many people do not have computers at home. Other people prefer to go to the bank and handle their accounts the traditional way. Even though online banking may never completely replace a walk-in bank, it is a service that many customers are going to want to use.Part IV More about the topic: Secret of Good Customer ServiceIn Britain they ask you, "Are you being served?" Whilst in America they tell you to "Have a nice day." But what is the secret of good customer service? From Harrods in London and Saks New York, we're going to find out the dos and don'ts of selling protocol.The reason that Harrods has been so successful over a hundred and fifty years is two fold. First of all they've offered their customers the products they want to buy in a pleasant environment. But secondly and more importantly, the level of customer service that they've given their customers, before sale, during sale and after sale, has been second to none. I think it's fair to say that if you compare the British with our cousins elsewhere in the world that we are actually quite a reserved lot. To a certain extent there are a lot of shrinking violets in this country who would rather just do their own thing. They'd rather wander around and browse and if they do need any help eventually, ask for it. So I think the way that we approach our own U.K. based customers is actually slightly different to the way we know we need to approach. For example, an American customer, or indeed a Japanese customer, or a Middle Eastern customer, who all have different ways of doing things. Well in serving different, I guess, nationalities, you do take very different approaches. With Europeans, for example, you do kind of let them take a look at everything. See what's being on offer and then ask them if they need any help. I think they'd probably much more prefer to come to you, rather than you so much to go to them. The American customer very much expects you to go to them, approach them, show them alternatives. Well I think maybe the more European or British customer can be almost turned off by that if someone is seen to be too aggressive, maybe too anxious to make a sale.It's most important that the first contact, the first initial meeting with the customer is a good and successful one because on that basis, the customer will make up their mind what they want to do next.I quite like the English sales assistants because they definitely have better thing to do than talk to you, which I like. It's very terrifying when you go to America. "Can I help you?" they're like licking you. You're just like, "No, I'm fine. I just want to look." That puts me off. I love the English sales assistant.So where have you experienced the very best in customer service?Umm, probably America. In terms of best as in, they give you so much attention it's almost embarrassing. They treat you, you know, the "have a nice day" thing. They' want to help you. They want you to buy, 'cause they often work on a commission basis. That's if you like best. But I prefer the ... like, being ignored.Tamara:I think England's still way behind in terms of, like America for example. I can call in Americafrom London and they'll track the item down. It's not like, "Sorry madam we don't have that in your size." I just got the Gucci boots, which mine had actually broken. And in England they said, "Sorry" you know, that's it. So this woman in Los Angeles tracked them down and, in fact got them for me. That's because they work on commission. And the sooner we learn that, the better the service will get.So what do the Americans have to say? They may speak with a different accent. But is the sales pitch a foreign language to the rest of the world?I think part of the reason Americans are known as experts is that we tend to focus a lot more in the human side of selling, not the mechanical side, which is the register and knowing about the product. We really want to know about your lifestyle. We want to know about your family. We want to know about your income. We want to know about your occasions in your life. And that's very different outside of the United States. Our consumer actually is comfortable with forming a partnership with a sales associate and giving up that information, very personal information, very personal information. I think that best part about Saks sales associate training that we actually develop customers, five different types of customers and we videotape them and put them up in front of every new sales associate and say, "This is our customers." They're very different. Each one of them is a top customer at Saks but they shop in a very different way. A lot of stores in this industry really measure selling effectiveness by sales and quite frankly that's not what Saks is about. I think the way you measure good quality staff is by repeat business. Obviously if you have someone on your selling floor that has a clientele, that is the measure of a good sales associate. Part V Do you know…?"Everybody loves a bargain, "this is a common American saying. A bargain is something you buy for less than its true vale. It is something you might not buy if it costs more.One person's useless ugly object can be another person's bargain. So many Americans put it outside with a "for sale" sign on it and they have a yard sale.Just about anything can be sold at a yard sale: clothing, cooking equipment, old toys, tools, books and chairs, even objects you think are extremely ugly or useless. You may have an electric light shaped like a fish. You may greatly dislike its looks, but it may be beautiful to someone else. Usually the seller puts a price on each object. But the price can almost always be negotiated. The price of a table, for example, might be marked $10. But the seller may accept 8. If the table has not been sold by the end of the day, the seller probably will take much less.Some people go to yard sales because it is part of their job. They earn their livings by buying old things at low prices then selling them at higher prices. Many others, however, go to yard sales just to have fun. They say it is like going on a treasure hunt. Sometimes they really do find the treasure.Ned Jaudere did. The Boston Globe newspaper says Mr. Jaudere has been collecting native American Indian objects since he was a young man. Last year, he stopped at a yard sale in the northeastern city of Worcester, Massachusertts. He paid $125 for what everyone thought was an old wooden club. Mr. Jaudere thought it was something else. Two days later, he confirmed that the club had been used by the Wampanoag Indian leader known as King Philip. King Philip used it during his war with the white settlers at eastern Massachusetts in 1675. The historic weapon had been stolen from a museum in 1970 and had been missing ever since. Mr. Jardere learnt the war club was valued at about $150 000 but he did not sell it or keep it. Mr. Jaudere returned the club to the museum near Boston Massachusetts from which it was stolen.Questions:1. Which of the following is a common American saying?2. What can be sold at a yard sale?3. Why do people go to a yard sale?4. When was the old wooden club stolen?5. What was the real value of the club?6. Why was the club at a great value?Unit 2 Hotel or B&BPart I Getting readyB. Keys:1 : 35%, 60%2 : 45%, 20%3 : 60%, 80%4 : 30%, 15%5 : 50%, 70%6 : 30%, 20%C. Keys:(1)1 : £30/single; £60/double, children under 12 2 : £29/full board3 : £28/double+bath, excluded(2) 1 : hot food, fried egg 2 : coffee, tea, jam, cooked 3 : dinner, bed and breakfast 4 : the room plus all meals 5 : Value Added TaxPart II A touch of homeOutline I : bed and breakfast, 15 000, advantages over big hotels II : meeting different people III : features, 1883, guests IV : B&Bs not suitable for some peoplePart III Renting a carA. Keys: 1 : three 2 : Mon. July 10th 3 : station wagon 4 : $79.95 5 : $59.95 6 : 4 p.m. 7 : 10 a.m.8 : ' free 9 : 12 cents 10 : $10 11 : 8% 12 : '$100B. Keys: a compact car/a station wagon/ automatic transmission/ current models/ pick up/return the car/special weekend rate/regular rate/ unlimited mileage/ insurance/ sales tax/ a full tank of gas/ deposit/ lowest rates.Part IV More about the topic: What Type of Room Do You Want?A. Keys: 1: 5 2: 2 3: 6 4: 4 5: 3 6: 1B. Keys: 1 : £40, all grades 2 : £55, Sales 3 : £150, Managerial, entertaining private guest, the lake 4: £220, privacy, country-side, kitchenPart V Do you know…?A. Keys: (France)Italy, (2)3, (3)2, (4)8 (Loudon,UK)Paris,France, (8)4B. Keys: 1 : F 2 : T 3 : F 4 : F 5 : TTape scriptPart I Getting readyB.A: Good morning. I'd like some information about tourist figures, please. First, about accommodation. What proportion of tourists stay in hotels? B: Well, in an average year 60% of tourists stay in hotels, but this year 35% are staying in hotels. A: What proportion of tourists stay in holiday camps? B: Well, in an average year 20% of tourists stay in holiday camps, but this year 45% are staying in holiday camps. A: Now, about places visited. What proportion of tourists visit Europe? B: Well, in an average year 80% of tourists visit Europe, but this year 60% are visiting Europe. A: And what proportion of tourists visit the U.S.A.? B: Well, in an average year 15% of tourists visit the U.S.A., but this year 30% are visiting the U.S.A.. A: Now, about methods of transport. What proportion of tourists go byplane? B: Well,in an average year about 70% of tourists go by plane, but this year about 50% are going by plane. A: What proportion of tourists take their own car? B: Well, in an average year about 20% of tourists take their own car, but this year about 30% are taking their own car. A: Thank you very much for your help.C.C:… so here's a brochure with the hotels in Midford. It gives you all the rates …T:I'm sorry, my English isn't so good. Can you explain this to me?C:Yes, of course. First of all we have the Castle Inn …here …it's the cheapest. It will cost you only £12 for a single room and £15 for a double. The price includes continental breakfast. If you want a full English breakfast you'll have to pay extra …T:What is this "English breakfast"?C:Oh, you know, hot food: fried egg, fried bacon, porridge … w hereas the continental breakfast is coffee, tea, rolls, jam and honey — nothing cooked, you see.T:I think I would prefer the continental breakfast.C:Well, yes, that's included. And then we have the Dalton Hotel, more expensive, but very nice, a bathroom attached to every room. The Dalton charges £30 for a single room and £60 for a double. But there is no charge for children under 12 who stay in the same room as their parents.T:I won't have my children with me. But maybe my husband will come a little later …C:Well, the Park Hotel is very reasonably priced. £16 per person. Every room has a bath. There's a special rate of £25 which includes dinner, bed and breakfast —what we call half board. Or you can have full board, that's the room plus all meals for £29 per person per night.T:We would only want breakfast.C:I see. Mm …you could try the fourth hotel here, the Phoenix. It will cost you £28 for a double room with bath. Breakfast is £5 per person.T:Yes. But what about the extra money, what do you call it in English, the service...C:All these rates include a service charge of 10%. They also include VAT - that's Value Added Tax.T:If we come later in the year will it be cheaper?C:Yes. These are the rates for June to September. You would pay less at other times of the year.T:I'll talk about it with my husband. Thank you for explaining everything to me.C:You're very welcome.Part II A touch of homeBev Rose is a very good hostess. She tells the guests in her home there are sodas in the refrigerator, snacks in the kitchen, and videos next to the TV.But Rose's guests aren't out-of-town family or friends. Her guests are from all over the world. Rose's house is like a small hotel. It is called a bed and breakfast or B&B for short. The name of Rose's B&B is Suits Us.Rose and her husband have joined a growing number of people who are operating B&Bs in their homes. B&Bs offer the charm, comfort, and hospitality that is often missing in big hotels. That's why there are many people who would rather stay at a B&B than a hotel when they travel.There are about 15 000 B&Bs across the U.S. Each year they welcome millions of visitors. And the number is increasing. "I think guests are looking for the personal touch," said Pat Hardy,the director of the American Bed and Breakfast Association. "In a B&B, you don't have a room number. The owner knows who you are and helps you enjoy your trip," Hardy said. Travelers often want more than just a place to sleep. They like B&Bs because the owner takes a personal interest in them.Rose said one of the best things about owning a B&B is meeting all the different people. She loves watching the guests meet each other for the first time at breakfast. "It's really fun to stand in the kitchen and talk with my guests. Even though most of them have just met for the first time, the conversations at the breakfast table are really interesting and lively."Many B&Bs are older homes with interesting histories. Suits Us was built in 1883. The rooms are filled with antiques and 19th-century decorations. The Roses rent three of the upstairs bedrooms to guests. Every room at Suits Us has its own personality. The Roses have named several of the rooms for previous guests. For example, one of the rooms is named the Woodrow Wilson Room because the former U.S. President stayed there. Another room is called the Annie Oakley Room because the famous cowgirl was once a guest there.Bed and breakfasts aren't for everyone. Some people aren't comfortable staying in someone else's home. And other people don't care for the personal interaction. But for a quiet, romantic place to stay, many people are checking into bed and breakfasts instead of hotels. Once people have stayed in a B&B, they often find it hard to go back to hotels.Part III Renting a carA:Good afternoon. U-Drive-It rentals. May I help you?C:Hi, yeah. I'm interested in, uh, renting a car for the weekend, and I'm wondering if you have a special weekend rate?A:Yes, we do. [Mm-hmm.] Uh … what sort of car were you i nterested in?C:Well, we're a family of three and we have camping equipment. Now, I'm used to driving a small car, but I might need something a little larger because of the family and, uh … all the equipment that we have. A:Well, um … I could suggest a compact car for/to you. [Mm-hmm.] Some of our compacts have … have large trunks, [OK.] or, uh … Oh, better yet, why not a small station wagon? [Oh, good.] Um … all our cars are current models and, uh, have automatic transmission.C:Oh, well, I'm used to driving a standard, but I guess there's no problem with automatic transmission.A:No, no. If you can drive a standard you can drive an automatic. [Mh-hmm.] Uh, now, listen, when were you … uh … interested in … in renting this?C:Uh, well, we'll be leaving on a Friday, that's the … let's see, that's Friday, July 7th, and then returning on the Monday. That would be the tenth.A:Mm-hmm. Well, let's see … uh … we have … uh … Oh! We have a Pinto station wagon for those dates. [Mm-hmm. Good.] Um … yeah, I think … I think that's your best bet.C:OK. Uh … well, then when would we have to pick up the car and when would we have to return the car to get that special weekend rate?A:Well, for the weekend rate you have to pick up the car after four o'clock on Friday afternoon [Uh-huh.] and then return it by ten o'clock on Monday morning.C:After four on Friday and returning by ten o'clock on Monday morning. [Mm-hmm.] OK. What … uh … uh, what would be the price for that?A:OK, now, our … our regular rate is seventy-nine ninety-five. [Ooh!] but the special weekend rate w… you can get that for fifty-nine ninety-five. [Oh, Great.] Um … now the first threehundred miles are free, [Mm-hmm…] after that it's twelve cents per mile.C:Oh, so it's twelve cents a mile extra after the first three hundred miles?A:That's right.C:OK. Uh … do you have any … um … rentals with unlimited mileage?A:Well, we do, but you can't get that special weekend rate.C:Uh-huh. OK. Well, then does the fifty-nine ninety-five - that was the rate, right? [Mm-hmm.] —does that include insurance?A:No … um … the insurance is ten dollars more, but I really recommend it.C:Yeah.A:OK, now there's a … there's a sales tax of eight percent, [Mm-hmm…] and … um … you have to return the car with a full tank of gas. [Uh-huh.] Also, we require a deposit of a hundred dollars.C:Oh boy. It sure adds up!A:Well, our rates are still the lowest in town.C:Uh-huh. OK. Well, I tell you what. I'd like to think about it, if that's right, and then I'll call you back…uh…A:Sure, that's fine. Uh, listen, when you … when you do call back, ask for Doug. That's me.C:OK. Well, thanks a lot. Doug. Goodbye.A:Take care.Part IV More about the topic: What Type of Room Do You Want?S: If the terms are favorable, we could come to an arrangement for regular accommodation. Now, I wanted to discuss the types of room with you, and rates for their use.M:Certainly. The rates I’ll quote to you first of all are what we call "rack rates" , that is the normal rates quoted to the public. But obviously we would discuss a discount rate for you. Now, as regards the rooms, they are all of a very high standard. All our rooms have central heating. Most of them are with bathroom, and they all have a washbasin and a toilet.S:That sounds fine. Can you tell me about your single rooms?M:Yes. Our single rooms are very comfortable, and the rates are very reasonable. I think you'd find them suitable for visiting staff of all grades. The rack rate is £40 a night.S: £40 a night …M:Yes. Or for real economy, let's suppose you have a sales conference. You could double up your sales staff and put them into twin rooms. That would work out very cheaply. The normal rate is £55 per twin or double room per night.S: Well, we might consider that possibility. But we also have some quite important visitors sometimes. Have you any really special accommodation we can offer them?M: Well, suppose you have visiting managerial staff. For something more luxurious, we can offer our Delphos Suite. It's delightful, and convenient for entertaining private guests. It has its own private terrace where guests can sit outside and enjoy the view over the lake …S: That sou nds most attractive …M: The normal rate is £150 per night …S: £150.M: … but for total luxury, the finest accommodation of any hotel in this area, I can recommend our Bella Vista Penthouse. From the balcony, there's a magnificent view over the whole countryside.S: Oh, lovely.M: It has a bedroom connecting to a large sitting room, with a separate study, a bathroom, and a fully-fitted kitchen. It combines total luxury with total privacy. For example, if your Company Director and his wife wanted to stay for a few days it would be ideal.S: And the rate?M: The normal rate would be £220 a night.Part V Do you know…?Five U.S. hotels were voted among the world's top ten, with the Halekulani in Honolulu ranking first, a survey of Gourmet magazine readers released last Friday said.Coming in second was the Oriental, in Bangkok, Thailand, followed by Villa d'Este, Cernobbio, Italy; The Regent Hong Kong, and Hotel Ritz, Paris.The Greenbriar, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia ranked No. 8. The 10th-ranked hotel was the Four Seasons Resort Nevis, in Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies.More than 150 hotels, resorts and inns in 27 countries and regions were ranked in general and specific categories that rated such things as dining, bars, pools, workout centers and romantic atmosphere. This is the third year that Gourmet, which has more than 5 million readers, has conducted the survey.Another U.S. hotel, the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas, topped the list for restaurant dining, beating out the Connaught in London, Italy's Villa d'Este and Bangkok's the Oriental. The Four Seasons in Philadelphia was No. 5.In the specific category of best business hotels, the Regent Hong Kong ranked first as it has for the past three years. In other categories, Paris' Hotel Ritz with its Roman thermal baths was voted to have the best pools and The Green- briar in West Virginia was found to have the best workout center, golf and tennis.Unit 3 “Planting” MoneyPart I Getting readyC. Keys:1 : Sincere; Y 2 : Doubtful; N 3 : Sarcastic; N 4 : Doubtful; N 5 : Sincere; Y 6 : Skeptical; N 7 : Surprised; Y 8 : Sincere; Y 9 : Emphatic; Y 10 : Sarcastic; NPart II National teach children to save dayA. Keys: 1 : Thursday, April 17 2 : teaching children how to save money 3 : 2 500 4 : 5 000 presentationsB. Keys:1: 4; 2: 3; 3: 2; 4: 1Part III Credit cardsKeys: 1 : importance 2 : later 3 : The potential disadvantages 4 : lots of purchases 5 : interest 6 : The benefits 7 : emergencies 8 : travelPart IV More about the topic: Gulf Between the Rich and PoorA. Keys: 1 : 3 2 : 1 3 : 2 4 : so much of their income 5 : ever larger houses and cars 6 : social programs or infrastructure repairs 7 : happier 8 : fewer disputes of work 9 : lower levels of stress hormones 10 : less often 11 : at an older ageB. Keys: 1 : vice president 2 : Myths of Rich and Poor 3 : positive side 4 : increased prosperity 5 : better off 6 : 30 years ago 7 : hundreds of gadgets 8 : easier 9 : more pleasurable 10 : cellular and cordless phones 11 : computers 12 : answering machines 13 : microwave ovens 14 : 3/4 15 : washing machines 16 : half 17 : clothes dryers 18 : 97% 19 : color televisions 20 : 3/4 21 : VCRs 22 : 2/3 23 : microwaves and air conditioners 24 : 3/4 25 : automobile 26 : 40% 27: home 28 :。

大学英语听力4答案

大学英语听力4答案

⼤学英语听⼒4答案⼤学英语听⼒4 答案Lesson1Part AI. 1.F 2.T 3.T 4.F 5.F 6.T 7.F 8.T 9.T 10.FII. 1.a 2.b 3.c 4.d 5.cPart BPassage 1What Is an Ideal Teacher Like?The ideal teacher may be young or old, tall or short, fat or thin. He should know his subject, but he can make mistakes if he is willing to learn. His personality is as important as1. 1)a 2)d 3)a 4)b 5)b2. 1)T 2)F 3)F 4)T 5)F 6) T 7)F 8)T 9)F 10)TPassage 21. 1)a 2)c 3)a 4)d 5)c2. 1)television, radio, correspondence courses 3) social sciences, arts, mathematics 4)farm workers, teachers, policemen 5)cheapest and most far-reachingLesson 2Part ACross: 1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17,Tick: 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 18, 19, 20,Part BPassage 11. 1) -5) d, a, d, d, c,2. Teacher’s Complaints1) Students don’t do their homework properly2) Students constantly arrive at school red-eyed and yawning.Two Explanations1) stay up late to watch television2) take up part-time jobsPassage 21. 1)-3): b, a, c2. 1) early childhood2) elementary/ arithmetic, social studies, music, physical education3) secondary/ a. to prepare students for college b. to prepare students for jobs4) higher/ a. engineering, businessLesson 3Part A1)2 2)11 3)6 4)455 5)8 6)New York 7)318 8)12 9)Madrid 10)641 11)9 12)Paris 13)814 14)4 15)Athens 16)260 17)2 18)Boston 19)74 20)24Part BPassage 11. 1)b 2)c 3)a 4)d 5)a2. 1)T 2)F 3)F 4)T 5)T 6)T 7)T 8)FPassage 21.1)c 2)a 3)d 4)b 5)c2.1.)sports 2.)two basketball games3.)Friday night and Saturday night4.)skiing5.)music6.)concert7.)Saturday night8.)museun exhibits 9.)American Indian pottery and sand painting 10.)10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday and SundayLesson 4Part AI. 1. At 12:30. 2. 10:00 train to Edinburgh. 3. Platform 16. 4. The one to Chicago.5. At 17:00.6. The 16: 14 train to Boston.7. Platform8. The 7:10 train to Washington D.C9. At 10:15 10. To board the train immediately.II. his close friend Andrew was leaving for Boston. / long before the departure time for Andrew’s plane. / a lot of things to say to his friend. / he didn’t know what to say. /Just a postcard will do.Part BPassage 11. 1) – 5): b, d, a, a, d2. ticks: 1, 6, 7, 8, 9,1. 1) – 5): a, c, b, d, c2. ticks: 1, 4, 5, 7, 9.Lesson 5Part A1.At 8:552. In the hospital3. Ti pick up her children from school4. Call again after 55.She had to stay home to take care of her sick father. 6. Invite some friends over for a drink. 7.He got inured in the football match. 8. She’s going abroad to visit her daughter.9.Close all the windows. 10. He’s come across many unfamiliar words and has to consult the dictionary all the time.Part BPassage 11. 1)b 2)c 3)a 4)d 5)d2.1) T 2) F 3) T 4) F 5) F 6) F 7) T 8) T 9) F 10) TPassage 21. 1)a 2)c 3)b 4)c 5)d2. 1)T 2)F 3)T 4)T 5)F 6)F 7)T 8)F 9)F 10)TLesson 6Part A1 – 5: a, c, a, b, c, 6 – 10: d, c, d, c, c.II. she lost her sight and hearing. / until the arrival of / who was to change Helen’s life./ March 3, 1887 / It was 3 months before Helen’s 7th birthday. / worked closely with Miss Sullivan’s efforts were rewarded. / communicate with others.Part BPassage 11. 1) – 5): a, b, b, d, a.2. 1) laugh at people in trouble.2) be kind to3) take your turn4) older people, women and disabled people on the bus.5) tell them they are fat.6) ask people their age.7) smoke unless allowed.8) be on time.9) “Please”/ “Thank you”10) stand up when speaking to elder peoplePassage 21. 1) – 5): d, b, c, b, c2. 1) Flowers, old porcelain tea sets, traditional paintings, calligraphy, national costumes.2) Tea and small cakes.3) The most distinguished guest.4) Sip bit by bit.5) Constantly make bows and show appreciation of the designs of the tea sets.Quiz 1Part A 1. 1) – 5): d b c d a 6) – 10): a b d b dPart B 11.Do you mind if I sit here?12.of course not.13.I’m going to New York.14.I’m on sort of business trip.15.to study a graduate program for a year.16.I’ll study electric engineering.17.but I’m also a little worried.18.I’ve heared that it’s a dangerous place.19.crimes there in the newspapers.20.actually it’s a very exciting place.Part C 21) – 25): d b d d c 26~30:a b c d cLesson 7Part A1.a2.c3.c4.a5.b6.c7.d8.a9.c 10.aPart B1. 1)a 2)d 3)c 4)b 5)c2. the third of March, exciting day, girls, 3 and 7, dolls, the royal family, the court, May5th, armour, male rolePassage 21. 1)c 2)d 3)a 4)c 5)d2. the United States, European, tiny, over 200, National, January 26th, 1788, British, first settlement, SydneyLesson 8Part A1 – 5: b, c, c, a, c 6 – 10: d, d, b, d, bPart BPassage 11. 1) – 5): c, a, c, a, b,2. 1) Milkmen and newspaper boys.2) It derives from the old custom of giving servants and tradesmen a Christmas box orgift.Passage 21. 1) – 5): a, b, a, d, b.2. cross: 2, 3, 5,8, 10.Lesson 9Part A1.d2.d3.d4.b5.a6.c7.d8.d9.b 10.bPart BPassage 11. 1)b 2)b 3)d 4)c 5)b2.1)F 2)T 3)F 4)T 5)T 6)F 7)F 8)F 9)T 10)TPassage 21. 1)c 2)b 3)d 4)d 5)a2. 1)T 2)T 3)T 4)F 5)F 6)T 7)T 8)F 9)F 10)FLesson 10Part A1 – 5: b, d, c, b, a. 6 – 10: b, a, c, b, c,Part BPassage 11. 1) -5): b, d, c, a, c.2. cross: 2, 5, 7, 8, 10.Passage 21. 1) – 5): a, b, b, b, d.2. cross: 1, 3, 5, 6, 9,Lesson 11Part A1.d2.c3.b4.a5.d6.c7.d8.c9.b 10.cPart BPassage 11.1)a 2)c 3)a 4)a 5)c2.1)Rome 2)700’s 3)the first printed newspaper 4)Germany 5)the first newspaper in Europe 6) Amsterdam 7)London 8)Boston 9)the first American newspaper 10)the first daily newspaper in the American coloniesPassage 21.1)b 2)c 3)c 4)d 5)b2.1)popular music 2)20 hours 3)light music 4)sports events 5)17 hours 6)classical music7)theater plays 8)works of educational, artistic and intellectual interests 9)news and information 10)broadcasts to schoolsLesson 12Part A1 – 5: d, b, c, c, a. 6 – 10: d, c, b, c, d.Part B Passage1. 1) – 5): d, c, a, b, d.2. 1) should be the audience? / to attract people of different social groups? / to put the advertisement / When / how often /2) a. checking / savings accountsb. investment plansc. ATM bankingDialogue1. 1) – 5): c, c, c, a, b.2. cross: 1) a, c, 2) b, e, g.Lesson 13Part A1.a2.d3.c4.d5.b6.a7.d8.c1.b2.aPart BDialogue 11.1)c 2)b 3)a 4)d 5)bDialogue 21.1)b 2)b2.1)should be banned in all public places, including the streets 2)non-smokers 3)partly agrees 4)the smoker himself 5)disagrees 6)useless 7)fully agrees 8)dirty habit and dangerous to one’s healthLesson 14Part A1 – 5: b, b, a, c, d. 6 – 10: d, a, d, c, dPart BDialogue 11. 1) She wants to be a lawyer.2) Her lecturer advised her to change to a more suitable course.3) She was shocked to hear that and she thought it was the lecturer who should change his job if he didn’t want to teach her.2. 1) to study law2) agrees3) a waste of time / good wives and mothers at home4) to succeed in her career and to be a good mother at the same time.5) agrees6) interfering in people’s family life.7) housework is a woman’s job.Dialogue 21. 1) Where to live, in a city or in a village?2) He is a writer and he lives in London.3) Mary is an actress and her husband is a farmer. They live in a village.4) Jenny prefers to live in a village, but she is now living in a small town near London.5) Jenny seems to be quite satisfied with the place she is living in, because she enjoysthe best of both world, a small town which is within easy reach of London and close to the country.2. 1) fresh air2) close to nature3) peace and quiet4) less crime and less traffic (safer)5) more pleasant6) much cheaper7) more going on8) more entertainment9) more open- minded people10) better stores and shopsLesson 15Part A1.c2.c3.d4.b5.b6.b7.d8.a9.d10.dPart BPassage 11.1)b 2)c 3)a 4)b 5)d2.1)b.the restaurants serve ‘foreign’ foodc.they don’t want to spend the necessary time and effort needed to cook good mealsd.they don’t come specially for English food2)a.simpleb.easy to cookd.just needs heating up before eating3)a.is far away from large townsb.life is slowc.people are not in a great hurryPassage 21.1)b 2)c 3)d 4)b 5)a2.1)b.fried chickensd. ice cream2)b. Mexican restaurantsc. Italian restaurantsd. Chinese restaurants3)a. quick serviceb. cheap pricesc. carry-out service4)a. quick meals for people in a hurryb. inexpensive meals for people on a budgetLesson 16Part A1 – 5: b, b, c, a, c. 6 – 10: d, d, d, b,b.Part BPassage 11. 1) – 5): b, d, c, c, d.2. 1) a. wines. b. beers c. carbonated drinks2) a. water with carbon dioxide in it b. sugar c. flavoring3) a. supermarkets b. gas stations c. schools d. movie theaters e. fast food restaurants.f. barsg. large elegant restaurants4) a. classes b. meetings c. meals d. sports games.5) a. Coca-Cola. b. Pepsi-Cola c. 7- Up,Passage 21. 1) – 5): a, c, c, d, d,2. 1) green vegetables of all kinds // peas, cabbages, lettuces,2) fruits // peaches, bananas3) beets, / carrots, tomatoes,4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs5) milk and food made from milk// cheese / ice cream6) bread or cereal // riceLesson 17Part A1.c2.d3.b4.d5.d6.a7.b8.d9.b 10.cPart BPassage 11.1)b 2)d 3)c 4)c 5)c2.1)Put a coin 2)Push a button 3)pull a lever 4)open a doorPassage 21.1)b 2)c 3)d 4)c 5)b2.1)Its reply comes back at once or within hours2)It can create friendship3)It is far cheaper than a long-distance call4)It can help revive the almost lost art of letter writing5)It can bring people together and make the world even smallerLesson 18Part A1- 5: b, d, b, c, b 6- 10: c, a, b, c, b.Part BPassage 11. 1)- 5) : d, a, c, d, b2. 1) An ordinary record2) Reproducing pictures and sound.3) Plastic.4) Since Dec. 1978.5) As popular as records and record players.Passage 21. 1) – 5): c, c, a, d, c,2. 1) an effect on the central nervous system2) a chemical change in the body’s fluids3) an unknown system of energy / under the skinLesson 19Part AI.1.Because Mary was busy typing a report in her office.2.In New York3.Photography. Because he finds it a lot of fun.4.They will have a picnic, take some pictures and have a swim.5.She doesn’t play any sports but she watches all kinds of games. II. first brought to America from Africa as slavesfreewas not completely done away withthe black people make up nearly 12%used to livetwo millionmore than three times as many as in 1940an increase of close to one million in 20 yearsPassage 11.1)c 2)d 3)a 4)b 5)c2.1)F 2)T 3)F 4)T 5)TPassage 21.1)b 2)a 3)c 4)c 5)d2.1)shapeless mass of color, colors2)perfect roundness, artificial3)strange shapes4)real, taste5)surface, in every detail, touchLesson 20Part AI. 1 – 5: d, a, a, c, b. II. 1 – 5: b, c, c, b, b.Part BPassage1- 5: d, d, c, c, c, 6 – 10: a, c, c, d, b.。

大英4听力考试课本5-10单元原文及答案

大英4听力考试课本5-10单元原文及答案

大学英语4听力考试课本部分材料Unit562面Task2Task 2: Put the cat out!A couple was going out for the evening to celebrate the wife’s birthday. While they were getting ready, the husband put the cat out. The taxi arrived, and as the couple walked out of their home, the cat ran back into the house. Not wanting their car to have free run of the house while they were out, the husband went back upstairs to chase the cat out. The wife, not waiting it known that the house would be empty, explained to the taxi driver, “He’s just going upstairs to say goodbye to my mother.” A few minutes later, the husband got into the car, and said, “Sorry it took it so long. The stupid old thing was hiding under the bed, and I had to poke her with a stick to get her to come out!”Answer:4-1-3-5-2-663面Task3Task 3: A Sudden Change in the Parrot’s AttitudeA young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of this bird’s mouth was rude. John tried every method to change the bird’s attitude by constantly saying polite words, playing soft music, and anything he could think of to set a good example. Nothing worked. Finally, John got fed up and he yelled at the parrot. And the bird yelled back. John shook the parrot, and the bird got angrier and ruder. Finally, in a moment of desperation, John put the bird in the refrigerator freezer. For a few minutes, John heard the bird scream and kick. Then suddenly there was silence. Not a sound for over a minute. Fearing that he’s hurt the bird, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out and said, “I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I am truly sorry, and I will do everything I can to correct my poor behavior.”John was greatly surprised at the bird’s change of attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had caused such a sudden change in his behavior, the bird continued, “May Ii ask why you put the chickens there and what they did wrong?”Answer:1.C 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.A72面Task2Task 2: 100 Percent Polar BearOne afternoon in the Arctic, a father polar bear and his son polar bear were sitting in the snow. The son turned to his father and asked, “Dad, am I 100 percent polar bear?”“Of course, son, you’re 100 percent polar bear.”A few minutes passed, and the bear turned to his father again and said, “Dad, tell me the truth. I can take it. Am I 100 percent polar bear? No brown bear or panda bear?”“Son, I’m 100 percent polar bear and your mother is 100 percent polar bear, so you’re certainly 100 percent polar bear.”A few minutes passed, and the son polar bear again turned to his father and asked, “Dad, don’t worry. But it’ll hurt my feelings if it’s not true. I really need to know…am I really 100 percent polar bear?”Somewhat angered by this continued questioning, the father polar bear yelled at his son, “Why on earth do you keep asking is you’re 100 percent polar bear?”“Because I’m freezing to death out here!”Answer:1.T 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.F72面Task3“Are you ready to go to work?” a woman asks her dog Sydney. The dog was her tail. Then she starts sniffing around inside the house. Sydney is hunting for mold. When she sits down, that means she smells mold nearby. Usually mold is found within three or four feet. A boy who lives in this house has epileptic attacks. It could be from mold. His mother wanted to find the mold. She tried other ways to find it, but they didn’t work. She said she trusted the dog more than the other ways. Workers found mold near where Sydney sat. Nobody had thought to look for mold there before. Now it can be cleaned out and the boy will feel much better.Sydney is very special. Only about ten animals in the U.S. can do this. She spent hundreds of hours with a police dog trainer in Florida to learn how. In the U.S., people have used dogs to find drugs and bombs for a long time, but dogs that find mold are something new.People in Europe have used mold-sniffing dogs for many years. Dogs are cheaper to use than human trackers and can find exactly where the mold is. They also do it quickly and for less than %500. Other methods may cost thousands of dollars and take many weeks.Answer:1.D 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.DUnite677面Task2Task 2: How is fashion decided?Fashion designers design and make fashionable clothes for men and women. They deign trends and create new styles. Paris has been the traditional center of world fashion, though recently British designers have had great influence in setting new styles, and so have certain designers in the United States and Italy. French designers guard the secrets of their new designs until their collections are shown to the public. Then pictures of the styles are published in newspapers and magazines all over the world. People from many countries travel to Paris to buy the clothes and copy the newest ideas. In January they go to see the spring clothes; and in July, to see the autumn designs. Many dress manufacturers from other countries buy the original clothes of the famous French designers. They then take them back to their own sewing rooms, where the clothes are copied and made up in great numbers. That’s why you may be able to buy in your town the clothing that is in the latest stylewithout paying a very high price for it. Other manufacturers use the Paris styles simply as a starting point for their own ideas. Still others may adapt only a part of the French design into their own styles.Answer:1. F 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.F78面Task3Task 3: Dreaming of Being a Fashion ModelTop fashion models travel all over the world, earn huge salaries and live exciting lives. If you want to be a model, you should know the basic rules. Girls are usually picked to be models when they are between 15 and 22 years old. Ideally, they are tall, long-legged, and thin. The minimum height is about 5’8”, and the average weight is 108-125 pounds. A few other important things for a fashion model are clear skin, healthy hair, straight teeth, and a well-shaped body. You’ll also need ambition, intelligence, confidence, independence, and will-power.If you’ve got the right looks but are worried over not being tall enough or fit enough, Kimi is the answer. Kimi is the magic key to developing your fashion model potential. Kimi is a computer-designed stimulator. It massages your feet to stimulate a part of your brain that produces more growth hormones. This will give you the fashion model kind of height. You should also go in for some sports like running or basketball. These increase the benefits of using Kimi.Make an important decision today. Order Kimi right now! Don’t you think having the hegith and shape of a fashion model would be wonderful? Yes, Kimi helps you realize your dream.Answer:1.D 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.C82面The MiniskirtMary Quant was a famous dress designer in the 1960s. Her main contribution to fashion history was the miniskirt. During the 1960s many young people were starting to think women could do more in life than be wives and mothers. Clothes became a weapon in the battle between generations. Anything different and daring was soon popular. During this period miniskirts attracted the world’s attention. It was teenagers and very young girls who bought short shirts that displayed their legs. Ms. Quant said that at her fashion shop, young women began demanding shorter and shorter skirts. “If I didn’t make them short enough, the girls that had wonderful legs would take scissors and shorten the skirts themselves.”S he said. Eventually, Ms. Quant’s skirts, which arrived in the United States in the mid-60’s, were reduced to about five inches. In parts of Europe and North America the miniskirt represented loose morals. Members of the older generation believed good girls would never appear in miniskirts. But in Ms. Quant’s opinion, short skirts worn with heavy pantyhose would make the girl look childlike. Lately, feminists have come to see mini as a symbol of women’s liberation, as a powerful weapon against the traditional stereotype of the woman simply as wife and mother.Answer: 1.D 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.B84面Task2Task 2: A Model’s Description of Her WorkBefore the fashion show started, we had a rehearsal. In a small room we were each given a space. A dresser got us into the fashion clothes, then an assistant checked that the style was right—the correct number of buttons undone, the trousers pulled to the right height. Once dressed, we queued up in order by the door. The fashion designer checked that the clothing was as the he wanted. The music started, and we went out. We posed for the photographers, turned and walked back. It was a breeze. I walked back into the room, too excited to realize I was meant to hurry. In the few steps from the door you can throw off quite a few layers of clothing. By failing to do so, I almost missed my next turn.At 8:30p.m., with the audience in place, we were back in the clothes. We went out again, to a full house. The music was loud, but clear. You could hear the talking—fashion shows are not theatre, and people don’t keep quiet. Journalists discuss what to write about; buyers discuss whether they can make a profit from the clothes. And although you have been chosen for your looks that are suitable for certain dresses, as a model, you are just an advertisement for the designer. So you walk through conversations, unable to stop or react. You are not a creative human being, just a smiling doll.Answer:1.T 2.F 3.T 4.F 5.FUnit790面Task2Task 2: Can I have my change please?Tom was down on his luck and felt he needed a few drinks. Hw went to a bar and had several drinks. When he was done, he stood up and walked toward the door. The barman shouted after him, “Hey mister, are you going to pay for those drinks?”Tom turned around and replied, “I have already paid you,” and then walked out of the bar. Almost immediately he saw one of his friends Richard and told him about the barman, “Just go in there and drink all you want, then get up and leave. When the barman asks you to pay the bill, just tell him you have already paid.”This sounded easy enough, so Richard went in and has several drinks. The barman went to him and said, “Before you came in, another man was here. When I asked him to pay his bill, he told me he’d paid, but I don’t remember him paying me.”Richard said, “I would love to stay and hear your story, but I don’t have time. Can I havemy change please?”Answer:1. A 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.C91面Task3Task 3: Why not just print money?What’s the solution to a recession, a time of little economic activity? Just print money! Sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Let’s see if this will work by using an example.Let’s pretend that all the students in your class make up the ENTER population of the country, and the teacher represents the government. Let’s also pretend each student has exactly $1.00.Since we are in a recession, let’s have the teacher, who represents the government, print money. He prints $1.00 more for everyone. Now everyone has $1.00 more to spend. More money to spend sounds like a great way to get us out of recession, since more money to spend means demand for goods and services.Then if that works, why don’t we give MORE money away? How about $100? Now we have lots of money to spend. So no more recession, right?Not really, because we have only looked at one side of the problem. As more and more people receive more and more money, what’ll happen?Since everyone has more money, the students all go shopping to spend that extra money. This causes the demand for goods and services to rise, and people who sell goods and services raise price. For example, if you could buy a new music CD at $10 in the past, now the price could be $1,000! This is called inflation.So, the original reason for printing all this money was to help get us of recession, but we have only replaced one problem with another.Answer:1.T 2.T 3.F 4.F 5.F98面Task2Task 2: Buying a MachineAn American manufacturer is showing his machine factory to a potential customer. At noon, when the lunch bell rings, two thousand men and women immediately stop working and leave the building.“Your workers, they’re escaping!” cries the visitor. “You’ve got to stop them.”“Don’t worry, they’ll be back,”says the American. And indeed, an exactly one 0’clock the bell rings again, and all the workers return from their break.When the tour is over, the manufacturer turn s to his guest and says, “Well, now, which of these machines would you like to order?”“Forget the machines,” says the visitor. “How much do you want for that bell?”Answer:1.T 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.T99面Task3Task 3: An Introduction to Credit CardsCredit cards are plastic cards issued by a bank or other financial institutions allowing the holder to buy goods and service without using cash. Many American don’t like to carry much cash. For them the cards are convenient and safe to use. Credit cards are gaining popularity, even for buying small items. They are accepted almost everywhere, though not at fast food restaurants.Credit cards allow you to purchase things that you may not currently have the money to buy. When you use a credit card, the credit card company that issued the credit card pays the store. Later, a bill will be mailed to you by your credit card company for the amount you purchased. At that time, you can either pay the bill in full, or only pay a minimum amount, and wait till later to finish paying. If you wait till later, you will owe the credit card company interest on the amount that you do not pay.Answer:1.D 2.C 3.B 4.C 5.AUnit8104面Task2Task 2: SmugglingA young man comes up to the border on his bicycle. He has two large bags over his shoulders. The border guard stops him and says,” What’s in the bags?”“Sand,” answers the young man.The guard is a bit suspicious and asks the young man to open the bags for inspection. The guard empties the bags, but finds nothing in them but sand. Then he has the sand analyzed, only to discover that there is noting but pure sand in the bags. So the young man is allowed to ride across the border with his sandbags.A week later, the same young man presents himself at the border with his bags. The guard asks,” What have you got?” “Sand,” says the young man.The guard does his thorough examination and discovers that the bags contain nothing but sand. He gives the sand back to the young man who then rides across the border on his bicycle with the sandbags.This happens every week for three years. Finally, the young man no longer appears at the border crossing. Many months go by and the border guard meets the young man in an expensive cafe.“Hey,” says the guard,” for three ears you were smuggling something through my crossing station. It’s driving me crazy.Just between you and me, what were you smuggling?” The young man drinks his coffee and says, “Bicycles.”Answer:1. B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.C105面Task3Task 3: Who’s the Murderer?A passing police car heard loud screams and responded immediately. When the police arrived at the scene, hey found Pete’s dead body in his backyard, with man knife wounds and blood everywhere. The officer immediately went to question the three neighbors that had been outside in the past thirty minutes.Blake Smith had just finished painting his porch when the officer came. A young, polite man, Blake wiped his hands on his clean jeans before shaking hands, and said,”I really didn’t see or hear anything,” he added apologetically. Nelson Brown had been in his garden, right next door to the victim’s yard. He said,” I was in and out of the house. Weeding.” His hands were dirty. Then he added,” Inside, I was repairing a chair, It all must have happened when I was indoors. Sorry.”Kenny Green’s story seemed less believable.” I was on a l adder, washing my windows,” the middle-aged man admitted. The officer could see that Kenny’s yard overlooked the victim’s. But Kenny claimed,” I never looked over into Pete’s yard, nordid I hear anything.”Now the officer believed that one of the guys was lying. Who was this man? Answer:1.A 2.B 3.D 4.C 5.D113面Task2Task 2: Two Concert TicketsAfter shopping for most of the day, a couple return to find their car has been stolen. They go to the police station to make a full report. Then, a police officer drives them back to the parking lot to see if any evidence can be found at the scene of the crime. To their surprise, the car has been returned. There is an envelope on the windshield with a note of apology and two tickets to a concert. The note re ads, “I apologize for taking your car, but my wife was having a baby and I had to use your car to rush her to the hospital. Please forgive the inconvenience. Here are two tickets for tonight’s concert.” The couple feel relieved. After all, mo st human beings are kind, they think. They go to the concert and return home late. They find their house has been robbed.Valuable goods have been taken. And there is a note on the door reading, “Well, you still have your car. I have to put my newly-born kid through college somehow, don’t I?”Answer:1. B 2. C 3.A 4. D 5. A114面Task3Task 3: Who stole the vase?Amy, the richest woman in town, threw a party. It was crowded and turned out to be a huge success, until about 12:00 a.m. That’s when Amy noticed that her valuable vase was missing from the entry hall table. When the police chief arrived, he asked each visitor to make a statement.Phillip McDonald stepped forward, saying, “I was one of the first to arrive, about the sane time as Julie Becker. I never once left the house. If people don’t remember me, it’s because I spent most oft ime in a bedroom, watching a basketball game.” The chief took down what Phillip’s said, then told him he could go. Rod Bush was the next. He also claimed that he had never left the house,though he did step out onto a second story balcony, but it was so cold that he came back inimmediately. Julie Becker was the third to make a statement She also claimed never to have left orseen anything. “I spent much of the party moving from group to group and eating the various tables.” The chief told her to leave, too, and watched as she went into the hall and took her coatfrom the top of a crowded coat rack. Now the chief started to suspect one of the three guests.Answer:1.C 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.AUnit9120面TaskTask 3:Why did you stop at a green light?One day.two friends were driving downtown when they came to an intersection with a traffic light.The light was red but the driver sped right through the red light.The passenger looked in terror at the driver and shouted,“What the hell are you doing? You‘re going to get us killed!!¨The driver replied.“Don’t worry, my mom always drivers like this,and she is all right.”Later.they came to another traffic light,and that too was red.Again the driver shot right through the light.Again the passenger looked at the driver and shouted.“I thought I have told you,you would get US killed! Would you please stop this nonsense”The driver looked at the passenger and answered.”All right! I get it,but I told you my mom drove like this all the time! And she’s quite OK.”They came to another traffic light.It was green.The driver slammed 011 the brakes,suddenly stopping the car.,The passenger was thrown forward.“What on earth are you doing?”he screamed.“This is the third time you almost got US killed.Why did you stop at a g reen light?”“Well,”said the driver,“my mom might be coming the other way.”Answer:1,D 2,A 3,B 4.C 5.C127面Task2Task 2:Have a drink!In the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere, a woman and a man are involved in a car accident. Both of their cars are damaged, but surprisingly neither of them is hurt.After they climb out of their cars, the woman says, "So you're a man. That's interesting. I'm a woman. Wow, just look at our cars! There's nothing left. But fortunately we're not injured. This must be a sign from God that we should meet and be friends and live together in peace for the rest of our days."The man replies, "I agree with you completely. This must be a sign from God!" The woman continues, "And look at this, here's another miracle. My car is completely destroyed, but this bottle of wine didn't break. Surely God wants us to drink this wine and celebrate our good luck."Then she hands the bottle to the man. The man nods his head in agreement, opens it, takes a few large drinks, and then hands it back to the woman. The woman takes the bottle, immediately puts the cork back in the bottle, and puts it away. The man asks, Are n’t you having any?” The woman replies, ' Yes, but not until the police get here."Answer:1.A 2.C 3.C 4.B 5.D128面Task3Task 3:Pawon’t like it.Max, a farm boy, accidentally overturned his wagon loaded with corn. The farmer who lived nearby heard the noise."Hey, Max!" the farmer shouted. "Forget your troubles. Come in with us, then I'll help you get the wagon up.""That's mighty nice of you," Max answered, "but I don't think pa would like me to." "Come on," the farmer insisted."Well, okay," the boy finally agreed, and added, "but pa won't like it."After a hearty dinner, Max thanked his host. "I feel a lot better now, but I know pa is going to be really upset.""Don't be silly!" the neighbor said with a smile. "By the way, where is your pa?" "Under the wagon."Answer: 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. FUnit 10132面Task2Task 2: Scared SleepingSteven went to a psychiatrist. “ Doctor,” he said, “ I’ve got trouble. Every time I get into bed, I think there’s somebody under it. I get under the bed; then I think there’s somebody on top of it. Top , under, top, under. You’ve got to help me! I’m going crazy!”“ Just put yourself in my hands for two years,” said the doctor. “Come to me three times a week, and I’ll cure your fears.”“ How much do you charge?”“ A hundred dollars a visit.”“ I’ll think about it,” said Steven.Six months later the doctor met Steven on the street. “ Whydidn’t you ever come to see me again?” asked the psychiatrist.“For a hundred bucks a visit? A carpenter cured me for ten dollars.”“ Is that so? How?”“ He told me to cut the legs off the bed!”Answer:1.T 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.F133面Task3Task 3: No More FearHi, my name’s Matthew, and I want to talk about my love of water. I had a fear of water when I was young. That fear kept me away from water. That was because once I was pushed into the swimming pool by a classmate when I was eight and first arrived in Australia from Vietnam. Thatexperience was horrible. I was down at the deep end, struggling, and I thought I was going to drown. It was a big fear. The next thing that happened was my teacher, dressed in full clothes, jumped in, and rescued me. Then I started to like that teacher who happened to be my English teacher. My English was broken as English was my second language. I didn’t want to l earn English or speak English. Then I changed. I find it to be an amazing experience. Now my fear Of water has gone. I just actually love water now, and I’m intere sted i n English as well. I’m a bit more, let’s say, a bit more confident in speaking English now, I think. I’m no longer worried about my broken English. I don’t care if people laugh. I just find it fun to speak English. And I don’t feel ashamed of myself when o ther people correct the mistakes in my English. Answer:1.C 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.A141面Task2Task 2: Don’t be afraid of the alligators!While enjoying fishing off the Florida coast, a tourist overturned his boat by accident. He couldswim, but he was afraid of alligators. So he just held tight on to the overturned boat. After a whilehe saw a coast guard officer walking close to the shore, and he got excited. He shouted at the officer, “Are there any alligators around here?” “No,” the man shouted back, “they haven’t been around for years!” Feeling greatly relieved, the tourist started swimming lazily toward the shore.”About halfway there he asked the coast guard, just out of curiosity, “How did you get rid of thealligators?” “We didn’t do anything,” the officer answered. “Wow, how lucky I am,” said the tourist. The officer then added, “ The sharks got them.Answer:1.A 2.C 3.D 4.B 5.A142面Task3Task 3: Fear of FlyingAt a recent software engineering management course in the United States, the participants were given an awkward question to answer: “If you had just boarded an airliner and discovered that your team of programmers had been responsible for the flight control software, would you get off immediately? If yes, please put up your hands.” Then a forest of hands were raised, but one programmer called Smith did not put up his hand. When asked what he would do, he replied that he had no fear and would be quite happy to stay on board. “With my team’s software,” he said, “the plane was unlikely to even taxi as far as the runway, let alone take off.”Answer:1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T。

大学英语四级听力材料及参考答案

大学英语四级听力材料及参考答案

大学英语四级听力材料及参考答案听力真题:Test 7Section A11.A. Go over the list.B. Go shopping for his mum.C. List everything his mum needs.D. Go for an outing.12.A. The man did most of the talking.B. The woman was wearing a black sweater.C. The man and the woman robbed the bank.D. The man and the woman had dark hair.答案解析:Test 7Section A11.M: Mum, before I go out, could you go over the shopping list and see if there's anything else you need?W: Yes. That's about everything. Now you're sure you don't mind going, darling?Q: What is the man probably going to do?正确答案:B解析:男士说:“妈,在我出门前,请你再看一遍购物单,看有没有什么别的东西要买?”可见男士是要为母亲购物,故B正确。

12.M: Could you describe the two people who robbed the bank?W: Well, the man was tall with dark hair and he was wearing a black sweater. The main thing that I remembered about the woman was that she did most of the talking.Q: What do we learn about the two people described in the conversation?正确答案:C解析:男士问:“你能说说抢银行的那两个人长什么样吗?”可见C正确。

上外版大学英语听说第四册_答案及原文_翟老师提供.pdf

上外版大学英语听说第四册_答案及原文_翟老师提供.pdf

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大学生英语教材4听力答案

大学生英语教材4听力答案

大学生英语教材4听力答案Unit 1: Campus LifePart 1: Short ConversationsSection A1. B. The chemistry building.2. C. A camera.3. A. It's too hot.4. B. She will go to the concert.5. C. He'll look for an apartment tomorrow.Section B6. C. They will have a party.7. A. She needs more time to think about it.8. B. His wallet was stolen.9. A. It's too crowded.10. B. He needs to go to the library.Part 2: PassagesSection A11. C. To prepare for a class presentation.12. B. Reading newspapers and magazines.13. A. Less than half of the students.14. B. To focus on practical applications.15. C. By attending seminars and workshops.Section B16. B. They will be more difficult.17. C. There will be more group work.18. A. To develop students' critical thinking skills.19. B. They allow students to apply theoretical knowledge.20. A. It helps students gain practical experience.Unit 2: Personal CharacteristicsPart 1: Short ConversationsSection A1. B. In a restaurant.2. C. They both enjoyed the movie.3. A. History.4. B. He prefers reading magazines.5. C. It's too expensive.Section B6. A. Taking risks.7. B. They are curious.8. C. She should be more patient.9. B. He has a new pet.10. A. She wants to lose weight.Part 2: PassagesSection A11. B. By staying positive.12. A. They are independent.13. C. They have a strong sense of purpose.14. A. They have a positive impact on others.15. C. By setting specific goals.Section B16. B. They are more likely to succeed.17. A. They learn from their failures.18. C. They have good time management skills.19. B. By stepping out of their comfort zone.20. A. They are motivated and determined. Unit 3: Travel and SightseeingPart 1: Short Conversations1. B. At a travel agency.2. C. She prefers cultural experiences.3. A. To visit historical landmarks.4. B. The weather forecast for tomorrow.5. C. By taking a guided tour.Section B6. C. It's famous for its museums.7. A. By taking a cruise.8. A. He will have a layover in Chicago.9. B. They should try the local cuisine.10. A. She enjoys exploring new places.Part 2: PassagesSection A11. C. It offers a variety of outdoor activities.12. B. To explore the natural beauty.13. A. They are known for their architecture.14. B. It attracts tourists with its cultural heritage.15. C. By experiencing the local traditions.16. B. To learn about different cultures.17. A. They can broaden their horizons.18. C. It allows people to relax and rejuvenate.19. B. They can create lifelong memories.20. A. It helps to promote mutual understanding. Unit 4: Daily LifePart 1: Short ConversationsSection A1. A. At a pet store.2. C. She bought a new laptop.3. A. He needs help with his homework.4. B. It's too noisy.5. C. He wants to try a new recipe.Section B6. B. They enjoy spending time outdoors.7. A. To reduce stress.8. C. She should get more sleep.9. B. They are planning a surprise birthday party.10. A. He wants to improve his cooking skills.Part 2: PassagesSection A11. B. By establishing a routine.12. A. It helps to save time.13. C. They can improve productivity.14. A. It allows for better organization.15. B. By prioritizing tasks.Section B16. B. It improves overall well-being.17. C. They can enhance creativity.18. A. It strengthens relationships.19. B. They can develop new skills.20. C. It contributes to personal growth.Note: The above answers are based on assumptions and may not match the actual content of the textbook. It is advisable to refer to the official answer key provided by the textbook publisher for accurate answers. The format of the article does not adhere to any specific style as per the instruction.。

新编大学英语视听说教程4听力原文与答案.pdf

新编大学英语视听说教程4听力原文与答案.pdf

新编⼤学英语视听说教程4听⼒原⽂与答案.pdf视听说4 听⼒原⽂及答案Unit 1 Leisure activitiesPart 1 listening oneEver wish you could do magic tricks, or introduce yourself as “magician” at a party? Imagine, everybody wants to have fun, but nothings’ really happening, it’s time for you to show one of your ne w tricks. Here, you can learn how, and without any need for special materials or much practice.A trick with a coin, a handkerchief and a friend:Put the coin on your palm. Cover the coin with the handkerchief. Ask several people to put their hands beneath the handkerchief and feel the coin, to make sure that it is still there. Then take the corner of the handkerchief and pull it rapidly off your hand. The coin has gone! How? You must make sure the last friend who feels the coin knows the trick and removes the coin when he seems to be just feeling it. And nobody knows where it has gone!A trick with a piece of paper and a pencil:Tell your friend that you can communicate your thoughts without speaking to other people. Write on the piece of paper the word No. Don't let your friends see what you have written. Say, "Now I will communicate this word into your minds." Pretend to concentrate. Ask them if they know what is written on the paper. They will say, "No!" And you say, "Quite correct! I wrote No on the paper!"A trick with an egg and some salt:Ask your friends to stand the egg upright on the table. They won't manage to do it. Say that you can speak to the chicken inside. Say, "Chicken! Can you hear me? Get ready to balance your egg!"When you first get the egg back from your friends, pretend to kiss the egg at the base. Make the base wet. Then put the base into salt which is in your other hand. The salt will stick to the egg. Then put the egg on the table. Twist the egg around a few times as this will arrange the grains of salt. Then it will stand up. Don't forget to thank the chicken.Questions:1.What does the magician ask people to do in the first trick2.What happens to the coin?3.How does the magician prove that he can communicate histhoughts to the audience in the second trick?4.What is the first step to make the egg stand upright?5.What else is needed to make the egg stand upright?Keys: 1. B 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. DPart 1 listening two(The following is an interview from a weekly sports program.) Presenter: Good morning, listeners. Welcome to our weekly sports programaimed at all those underactive youngsters with time on their hands!Listen to what our two guests have to say about their hobbies andhow their hobbies have made a difference to their lives. Adriennefirst, then, Jonathan.Adrienne: I collect very interesting jewelry. I tend to travel a lot as most of my family do, so whenever I have a holiday, I like to go traveling.Whenever I travel somewhere, I like to pick up something to remindme of the place that I visited. And, the easiest thing to do is to pickup a small piece of jewelry instead of getting a poster or a T-shirtthat won’t last. I like the idea of having something small and also, Ifind whenever I wear jewelry from somew here, it’s a goodconversation piece. Usually people ask you, “Where did you getthis?” I then have a story to tell, and it’s a good way to meet and talkto people. It’s just interesting. I have jewelry that I picked up when Itraveled to Thailand, when I traveled to Africa and when I traveled toEurope.Presenter: Wow! Sounds nice. You’ll have to show your collections to us. Adrienne: I’d love to.Presenter: Thank you, Adrienne. Now Jonathan.Jonathan: I prefer canoeing because you've always got the water there for support. If you're a good swimmer, have a good sense of balanceand strong arms, you'll like canoeing! The main trouble istransporting your canoe to the right places—my father takes it onthe roof of the car—or sometimes I put it on the roof of the club’sLand Rover. What it has taught me most is to be independent. It'sjust you and the canoe against the wind, the weather and the water.It gives you a lot of self-confidence and it can be really exciting aslong as you don't mind getting soaked, of course! It makes you feelclose to nature somehow. Last year, when I was qualified, I began torun my own canoeing center.Presenter: So you are making your hobby work for you.Jonathan: People are usually very skilled at their hobbies. The combination of interest and skills is a very compelling reason to choose a particularcareer.Presenter: Then, Adrienne, do you have a similar plan?Adrienne: Yes, I love making beaded jewelry. I’ve decided to get some formal training. I want to learn how to be a jewelry designer. Questions:1. Who is the target audience in the program?2. What is Adrienne’s hobby?3. What does Adrienne usually buy when she visits a place?4. How does Jonathan benefit from canoeing?5. What should be the major concern in choosing a career according to Jonathan?Keys: 1. A 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. BPart 1 listening threeGerry: I've just been to see Gone with the Wind. It was fantastic. Well worth seeing. Have you ever seen it?Judy : No, but I've read the book. I don't think I would like to see the film really. It would spoil the story for me.Gerry: Really? Oh, give me a film any day. Honestly, if I had to choose between the film of a story and the book of it, I'd go for the film. Judy : Would you?Gerry: Yes. It's much more real. You can get the atmosphere better. You know, the photography and location shots, period costumes, theright accents. Don't you think so?Judy : Not really. I much prefer to use my own imagination. I can imagine how I want it, rather than how someone makes me see it. Anyway, I think you get much more insight into the characters when you read a book. Part of a person's character is lost on film because you never know what they are thinking.Gerry: True, but I don't know. It's much easier going to the cinema. It takes less time. I can get the whole story in two hours but it might take mea week to read the book.Judy : I know, but it's so expensive to go to the cinema nowadays.Gerry: I know, but it's a social event. It's fun. You can go with your friends.When you read a book you have to do it on your own.Judy : All right. Let's agree to differ. I'll get some coffee.Keys:1.1.s poil the story 1.2. and day1.3. Honestly choose the film1.4.Atmosphere photography location period1.5.insight into the characters 1.6. social event1.7. agree to differ2.Films: get the atmosphere better---photography/locationshots/period costumes/right accenteasiertake less time: two hoursan social event: fun, go with friendsBooks: take more time: one weeknot a social event: do it on your ownbooks: use readers’ own imaginationget much more insight into the charactersfilms: spoil the storyexpensivePart 1 listening fourSally Marino gets married. After the wedding, there is a big party—a wedding reception. All the guests eat dinner. There is a band and, after dinner, everyone dances. Sally's mother and father pay for everything. At the end of the reception, Sally andher new husband cut the wedding cake and all the guests get a piece.Pete and Rose buy a new house. After moving in, they invite their friends and family to a party—a housewarming party. Everybody comes to see the new house. They look at the bedrooms, the dining room, even the garage. Pete and Rose serve drinks, sandwiches, and snacks. The party is on a Saturday afternoon.It is Christmas time. Ted and Sarah Robinson want to see many of their friends over the holiday. So they invite their friends to an open house. The hours of the party are from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. The guests arrive and leave whenever they want. The Robinsons serve sandwiches, drinks, and snacks. Some guests stay for just 20 minutes, others stay for 3 hours. About fifty people come to the open house.Mr. and Mrs. Todd ask their neighbors to come to an evening party. They don't serve much food, just snacks—pretzels, chips, peanuts and many types of drinks. No one dances. Conversation is important with people asking questions like "What's new with you?".Keys:1.√2 √32.4.d inner band dances piece2.5.house drinks snacks2.6.Invite arrive fifty/502.7.snacks Conversation new with youPart 4 Listening 1Receptionist: Good morning. Can I help you?Cathy: Er...a friend told me that you have exercise and dance classes here.Receptionist: That's right.Cathy: OK. Can you give me some information about days and times, please?Receptionist: Yes, there are four classes a day, every day from Monday to Saturday with nothing on Sunday.Cathy: Yeah, can you tell me the open hours?Receptionist: The first one is an aerobics class from 8:30 to 9:30 in the morning. Then there's another aerobics class at lunchtime from12:30 to 1:30.Cathy: Right.Receptionist: Then in the evening from 5:30 to 6:30—another aerobics class too. And there's a jazz dance class from 6:30 to 7:30. Cathy: Right. And what level are they for? I mean, would they be OK fora beginner?Receptionist: The morning aerobics—8:30 to 9:30—is advanced. All the others are at the beginner to intermediate level. But let me giveyou a schedule.Cathy: Thanks. And how much does it cost for a class? Receptionist: You pay a £1 entrance fee and then the classes are £2.50 each and £3.50 for the jazz dancing. It's there on the sheet. Cathy: Oh, yes, I see.Receptionist: If you become a member, entrance is free and...Cathy: Oh, no, it's OK. I'm only in London for two weeks. Receptionist: Oh, right. That's no good then.Cathy: And I guess you have showers and everything? Receptionist: Yes, sure, and in the evenings you can use the sauna free, too. Cathy: Oh, great. So the next class is at 5:30? Well, I'll see you then. Receptionist: Fine. See you later!Questions:1. Where does the dialog most likely take place?2. How many classes are there every day except Sunday?3. At what time does the last class end?4. How much is the entrance fee?5. Which class will Cathy most probably attend?6. What can we learn about Cathy from the conversation?Keys: 1. A 2.C 3.C 4. A 5. C 6. BListening 2Woman: Why don't we go abroad for a change? I'd like to go to France, Spain, or even Italy.Man: Mm. I'm not all that keen on traveling really. I'd rather stay at home. Woman: Oh, come on, Steve. Think of the sun! Man: Yes, but think of the cost! Going abroad is very expensive. Woman: Oh, it isn't, Steve. Not these days.Man: Of course it is, Juliet. The best thing about having a holiday here in Britain is that it's cheaper. And another thing, traveling in Britainwould be easier. No boats, planes or anything.Woman: Even so, we've been to most of the interesting places in Britain already. What's the point in seeing them again? Anyway, we cantravel round Britain whenever we like. There's no point in wastingour summer holiday here.Man: Mm, I suppose you're right. Nevertheless, what I can't stand is all the bother with foreign currency, changing money and all that when wego abroad. I hate all that. And it's so confusing.Woman: Oh, don't be silly, Steve.Man: And what's more, I can't speak any of the languages—you know that.It's all right for you. You can speak some foreign languages. Woman: Exactly. You see, what I'd really like to do is practice my French and Spanish. It would help me a lot at work.Man: Mm, but that's no use to me.Woman: But just think of the new places we'd see, the people we'd meet! Man: But look, if we stayed here, we wouldn't have to plan very much. Woman: I'm sorry, Steve. No. I don't fancy another cold English summer. Questions:1. Where does the man want to spend the summer holiday?2. According to Steve, what is considered important in planning vacation?3. What does Steve find confusing about traveling abroad?4. What will help Juliet in her work?5. What does Juliet think of summer in Britain?Keys:1. C2. B3. D4. C5. BListening 3The game of football may have started in Roman times. It seems that theRomans played a game very much like our modern rugby but with a round ball.English villagers played football in the 16th century and they often had almost a hundred players on each side. It was a very common game, which was very rough and even dangerous until the early part of the 19th century. In the 18th century a Frenchman who had watched a rough game of football in a village wrote, "I could not believe that those men were playing a game. If this is what Englishmen call playing, I would not like to see them fighting!"From the mid-19th century, it was played in schools in England and soon spread all over Britain and Europe. Until in 1850, it was not possible to have football matches between one school and another, because each school had different rules! So set rules had to be made. They were not improved though until, in 1863, when those who preferred to play with hands as well as feet formed the Rugby Union while the others started the Football Association (F.A.). It was only in 1863 that the first set of rules for all football clubs was agreed upon.Nearly 150 years later, football has become by far the most popular sport in the entire world. Would that 18th century Frenchman have believed it possible?Questions:1. According to the passage, when may the game of football have first started?2. How many team members were often involved in the game when the English began to play the game?3. What did the speaker say about the earliest football game in England?4. Why was it NOT possible to have football matches between two schools until 1850?5. What happened to football in 1863?Keys:1. D2. D3. A4. C5. CListening 4In one town, there were three longtime friends, Pat, Mike and Bob. Pat and Bob were quite bright, but Mike was rather dull.One day as Pat and Mike were walking down the sidewalk together, Pat put his hand on a solid brick wall and said, "Mike, hit my hand as hard as you can." Mike struck a hard blow, but Pat pulled his hand away from the wall just before Mike's fist hit it. Of course, it hurt Mike's hand very much when he hit the wall, but Pat said, "That was a good joke on you, wasn't it?" Mike agreed, but was not too happy.The following day Mike and Bob were walking in the town square. Mike decided to play the joke on Bob. He looked around, and seeing no solid object, he placed his hand over his face and said, "Bob, hit my hand as hardas you can." Bob agreed, and as he struck a hard blow with his fist, Mike quickly pulled his hand away and was knocked to the ground, unconscious. After a few minutes Mike recovered, and saw Bob worriedly looking down at him. Mike said, "That was a good joke on you, wasn't it?"Questions:1.Who was NOT clever?2.What did Pat ask Mike to do?3.Who was hurt finally?4.On whom was Mike going to try this joke?5.Where did Mike put his hand when he asked Bob to hit him?6.What happened to Mike after Bob struck a hard blow with his fist?Keys:1.1A2. C3. A4.B5. C6. B2.√2 √5Unit 3 Gender DifferencesPart 1 listening oneThree guys are out having a relaxing day fishing. Out of the blue, they catch a mermaid who begs to be set free in return for granting each of them a wish.Now one of the guys just doesn't believe it, and says, "OK, if you can really grant wishes, then double my IQ." The mermaid says, "Done." Suddenly, the guy starts to recite flawless Shakespeare followed by a short pause and an extremely insightful analysis of it. The second guy is so amazed that he says to the mermaid, "Hey, triple my IQ." The mermaid says, "Done." The guy begins pouring out all the mathematical solutions to problems that have puzzled scientists in all fields.The last guy is so impressed by the changes in his friends that he says to the mermaid, "Quintuple my IQ." The mermaid looks at him and says, "You know, I normally don't try to change people's minds when they make a wish, but I really wish you'd reconsider."The guy says, "No, I want you to increase my IQ five times, and if you don't do it, I won't set you free." "Please," says the mermaid, "you don't know what you're asking... It'll change your entire view of the universe. Won't you ask for something else? A million dollars or anything?"But no matter what the mermaid says, the guy insists on having his IQ increased by five times its usual power. So the mermaid sighs and says, "Done." And he becomes a woman.Keys: 1. F 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T2.1. set free in return 2.2 extremely insightful analysis2.3 pouring out, puzzled, in all fields2.4 normally, change people’s minds, reconsider 2.5 usual powerPart 1 listening two(Dr. Herring, author of a book on language and communication, is being interviewed by Bob White, a writer for an academic journal on communication.)Bob White: Good morning, Dr. Herring! We both know that many communication specialists believe that gender bias exists in language, culture and society. Do you think this is really so? Dr. Herring: Yes, I certainly do. How we talk and listen can be strongly influenced by cultural expectations, and these begin duringchildhood. Children usually play together with other childrenof the same gender, and this is where our conversational styleis learned.Bob White: Can you give some specific examples?Dr. Herring: Certainly. We find that girls use language mainly to develop closeness or intimacy as a basis for friendship. Boys, on thecontrary, use language mainly to earn status in their group.Bob White: But, in communication through electronic devices like e-mail discussion groups, there should be no gender distinction ifwriters' names are not used in the messages.Dr. Herring: One might think so, but in fact, email writing style is more comparable with spoken language, so basic language stylesare still evident.Bob White: I thought e-mail messages were gender neutral!Dr. Herring: No. While theoretical gender equality exists for the Internet, in reality women are not given equal opportunity because ofdifferent communication and language styles between thesexes.Bob White: How does that happen? Do you have any hard facts to back up this impression?Dr. Herring: Yes. I've done a research project using randomly selected e-mail messages from online discussion groups. I found thatfemales use language that is more collaborative andsupportive such as "Thanks for all your tips on...", "Goodpoint." and "Hope this helps!". Men tend to use moreaggressive or competitive language such as "Do youunderstand that?", "You should realize that...", "It is absurd tothink...".Bob White: How great are these gender differences?Dr. Herring: Males write messages using aggressive, competitive language more than twice as often as females did, while females usecollaborative and supportive language three times as often asmales did. In this study, it is clear that there is a genderdifference in e-mail messages just as in other communicationmedia.Bob White: So the "battle of the sexes" is still with us, even online. Questions:1. According to Dr. Herring, when is children’s conversational style learned?2. Which of the following is most similar to e-mail writing in style?3. Why is there still no equality on the Internet?4. What comparison did Dr. Herring make in her speech?Keys: 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. B2.1. language, culture, society, cultural expectations2.2 closeness intimacy, earn status2.3 collaborative supportive, aggressive competitivePart 1 listening threeJohn: Cathy, do you think it's appropriate for females to continuously expect guys to behave in a standard gentlemanly fashion like opening cardoors?Cathy: W ell, I think it would be nice if men could do such things.John: My side of the theory is that we all have to admit that we are living in the world of change. Right? Sometimes the equation changes if the driver is a girl and the passenger is a guy who doesn't drive. So what happens? Should the girl open the door for the guy or should the guy open the door for the girl? Maybe we should just adopt an "open your own door" policy.Cathy: Yes, I agree, John. But...sometimes it's just a matter of courtesy. It doesn't matter who opens the door for whom. Maybe females just should not expect too much. Life isn't a fairy tale after all.John: It's absolutely true. Sometimes I feel that there isn't any difference in the roles both genders can perform. Of course I'm not saying that men can give birth. Rather what I meant was except for the physical and natural differences between both sexes, there isn't much difference between them.Cathy: But honestly, although I don't expect guys to open doors for me, or to pull out a chair for me, I am usually quite impressed if they do so, asmany guys don't do it nowadays. If the guy was walking in front of meand went through the door first, I'd appreciate it if he could hold thedoor and not let it slam in my face.John: Well, if I'm the one walking in front, I will open the door and hold it for。

现代大学英语听力4答案及原文

现代大学英语听力4答案及原文

Unit 1Task 1:【答案】A.Event YearKenny G was born. 1956He toured Europe with his High School band. 1971He made his first solo album. 1982He won released his most successful album. 1993He won the Best Artist Award. 1994He broke the world record for playing a single note. 1997B.1) F2) F3) T【原文】Saxophonist Kenny G is now the world's most successful jazz musician. He was born in 1956 as Kenny Gorelick in Seattle, USA, and he learned to play the saxophone at an early age. When he was just 15 years old, he toured Europe with his High School band. After studying at Washington University he started his career as a musician. In 1982 he signed for Arista Records and made his first solo album Kenny G.Success came slowly at first, but during the 1990s Kenny became well-known on the international scene. He released Breathless, his most successful album so far in 1993, and in 1994 won the Best Artist Award at the 21st American Music Awards held in Los Angeles.As well as making records, he also found time to play in front of another famous saxophone player—US President Bill Clinton—at the "Gala for the President" concert in Washington, and to break the world record for playing a single note (45 minutes and 47 seconds!) at the J & R Music World Store in New York in 1997.During the last 20 years, Kenny G has played with superstars like Aretha Franklin, Michael Bolton and Whitney Houston, and he has sold more than 36 million albums worldwide... and he hasn'tsung a note!Task 2:【答案】1) c2) d3) c【原文】Senn: Everybody always has this misconception that female policemen don't do the same thingas men do, you know. I've worked..Interviewer: That's not true?Senn: That is not true! I've worked my share of graveyard shifts, and, you know, splitshifts, and double-back and no days off, and...Interviewer: Uh-huh...Senn: ...as much as the next guy. There's no distinction used if there's a male or femaleofficer on duty. Two men on duty—I'll refer to as two men, ’caus e in my field there's no difference between the genders. We're still the same. Okay, if there's two men on duty—just because one's a female, she still gets in on the same type of call. If there's a bar disturbance downtown, then we go too. There's been many times where being the only officer on duty—that's it! It’s just me and whoever else is on duty in the county. They can come backme up if I need assistance. And it does get a little hairy. You go in there, and you have thesegreat big, huge monster-guys, and they're just drunker than skunks, and can't see three feet in frontof them. And when they see you, they see fifteen people, and you know... But still, there's enough...Interviewer: That's where the uniform is important, I should imagine.Senn: Sometimes, you know. If somebody is going to…or has a bad day, and they are out to get a cop, you know, it doesn't matter if you're, you know, boy, girl, infant or anything! When you've got that cop uniform on, they'll still take it out on you.Interviewer: Yeah...Senn: But I think there's one advantage to being a female police officer. And that is the factthat most men still have a little respect, and they won't smack you as easy as they would one of theguys.Interviewer: Uh-huh...I'd rather deal with ten drunk men that one drunkSenn: But I'll tell you one thing I’ve learned—woman any day of the week!Interviewer: Well, why is that?Senn: Because women are so unpredictable. You cannot ever predict what a woman'sgoing to do.Interviewer: Hmm...Senn: Especially, if she's agitated, you know.Interviewer: Emotionally upset.Senn: Yeah. I saw a lady one time just get mad at the guy she was withbecause he wouldn't buy her another drink—take off her high heel and lay his headwide open. Yuch! Oh, they can be so vicious, you know.Task 3:【答案】1) d2) b3) b4) b【原文】You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At thestart they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads withchairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window—and falls thirty feet tothe ground below. He is dead!Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why? Because the men who fallout of high windows or jump from fast-moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, areprofessionals. They do this for a living. These men are called “stunt men”. That i s to say, theyperform “tricks”.There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. Forexample, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on toempty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress. Again, when they hit one another with chairs, thechairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill andeful timing. For example, when he is "blowntraining. Often a stunt man’s success depends on carup" in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.Naturally stuntmen are well-paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often getseriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edgeof a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute failed to open—and he was killed.In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for “men only”. Men no longer dress up aswomen when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are “stuntgirls”too!Task 4:【答案】1) He started writing poetry when he was about 14 or 15.2) He has published four books.3) His first book came out when he was about 26. It wasn’t easy. He got a lot of his work rejectedat first.4) The British, or at least the English, a re embarrassed by it. They’re embarrassed by people whoreveal personal feelings, emotions, thoughts and wishes.【原文】When Thomas Edison was born in the small town of Milan, Ohio, in 1847, America was justbeginning its great industrial development. In his lifetime of eighty-four years, Edison shared inthe excitement of America’s growth into a modern nation. The time in which he lived was an ageof invention, filled with human and scientific adventures, and Edison became the hero of that age.As a boy, Edison was not a good student. His parents took him out of school and his mother taughthim at home, where his great curiosity and desire to experiment often got him into trouble. Whenhe was six, he set fire to his father’s barn “to see what would happen.” The barn burned do When he was ten, Edison built his own chemistry laboratory. He sold sandwiches and newspaperson the trains in order to earn money to buy supplies for his laboratory. His parents becameaccustomed, more or less, to his experiments and the explosions which sometimes shook thehouse.Edison’s work as a sales boy with the railroad introduced him to the telegraph and, with a friend,he built his own telegraph set.Six years later, in 1869, Edison arrived in New York City, poor and in debt. He went to work witha telegraph company. It was there that he became interested in the uses of electricity.Task 5:【答案】1815,1914,35millionI.A. villages,seaportB. danger,long ocean voyageC. a new land,a new languageD. finding a place to liveII.a better life,opportunity,freedomIII.A. England, Germany, Russia, HungaryB. Roman Catholic, JewishC. customs,languagesIV.A. Americanized,disappeared.B. haven't disappeared,customs,identitiesV.A. were cheated,prejudice,mistreatedB. hardest,least-paid,dirtiest,most overcrowdedD. rejected,old-fashioned,ashamedovercome【原文】Thousands of people came to American cities before Blacks and Puerto Ricans did. Between 1815 and 1914, more than 35 million Europeans crossed the ocean to find new homes in the United States.Most of these immigrants were ordinary people. Few were famous when they arrived. Few became famous afterward. Most had lived in small villages. Few had ever been far outside them. Most of them faced the same kinds of problems getting to America: the hardship of going fromtheir villages to a seaport, the unpleasantness—even danger—of the long ocean voyage, the strangeness of a new land, and of a new language, the problem of finding a place to live, of finding work in a new, strange country.Every immigrant had his own reasons for coming to America. But nearly all shared one reason: They hoped for a better life. They considered America a special place, a land of opportunity, a land of freedom.Immigrants came from many different countries: England, Germany, Denmark, Finland[, Russia, Italy, Hungary and many others.They came with many different religions: Roman Catholic, Jewish, Quaker, Greek Orthodox.They brought many different customs and many languages.Some people have called the United States a "melting pot". After immigrants were here awhile—in the melting pot—they became Americanized. Differences were "melted down". They gradually disappeared.Some people say no. America isn't a melting pot. It's more like a salad bowl. Important differences between groups of people haven't disappeared. Many groups have kept their own ways, their customs, their identities, and this has given America great strength.Melting pot? Salad bowl? Perhaps there's some troth to both ideas.In any case, life in America was hard for most immigrants—especially at first. Often they werecheated. Often they met with prejudice. They were often laughed at, even mistreated, by people who themselves had been immigrants.Most of them soon found that the streets of America weren't paved with gold. They usually got the hardest jobs, and those that paid the least, the dirtiest places to live in, the most overcrowded tenements.They came to be citizens of a new country; but often they felt like people without a country. They had given up their own, but they didn't understand their new one. They didn't really feel a part of it. And the people of the new one didn't always welcome them.They came for the sake of their children, but in America their children often rejected them. To the children, their parents seemed old-fashioned. They didn't learn the new language quickly. Some didn't learn it at all. Their parents' customs made children ashamed.Gradually, however, problems were overcome. For most immigrants, life in America was better. It certainly was better for their children and for their grandchildren.Task 6:【答案】A.The Life Story of Thomas EdisonOhio,1847,industrial development, 1931, a modern nationI.A. curiosity,desireB. 1857,station master’s sonC. 1863II.A. New York City,electricity,report the pricesB. New Jersey,invented,producedC. organized industrial researchD. 1877E. 1879III.A. 1,000B. motion-picture machineC. photographyD. streetcars,electric trainsIV.B. turn off all powerC. the progress of manB.1) F2) F3) T4) T5) F【原文】When Thomas Edison was born in the small town of Milan, Ohio, in 1847, America was just beginning its great industrial development. The time in which he lived was an age of invention,filled with human and scientific adventures, and Edison became the hero of that age.As a boy, Edison was not a good student. His parents took him out of school and his mothertaught him at home, where his great curiosity and desire to experiment often got him into trouble. When he was ten, Edison built his own chemistry laboratory. He sold sandwiches and newspapers on the local trains in order to earn money to buy supplies for his laboratory. His parents became accustomed, more or less, to his experiments and the explosions which sometimes shook the house.Edison’s work as a sales boy with the railroad introduced him to the telegraph and with a friend, he built his own telegraph set. He taught himself the Morse telegraphic code and hoped for the chance to become a professional telegraph operator. A stroke of luck and Edison's quick thinking soon provided the opportunity.One day, as young Edison stood waiting for a train to arrive, he saw the station master's sot wander into the track of an approaching train. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to safety. The thankful station master offered to teach Edison railway telegraphy. Afterwards, in 1863, he became tan expert telegraph operator and left home to work in various cities.Six years later, in 1869, Edison arrived in New York City, poor and in debt. He went to work witha telegraph company. It was there that he became interested in the uses of electricity. At that time electricity was still in the experimental stages, and Edison hoped to invent new ways to use it forthe benefit of people. As he once said: "My philosophy of life is work. I want to bring out the secrets of, nature and apply them for the happiness of man. I know of no better service to renderfor the short time we are in this world."The same year, when he was only 22 years old, Edison invented an improved ticker-tape machine which could better report the prices on the New York Market. The ticker-tape machine was successful, and Edison decided to leave his job and concentrate wholly on inventing. When the president of the telegraph company asked how much they owed him for his invention, Edison was ready to accept only $3,000. Cautiously he said: "Suppose you make me an offer.""How would $40,000 strike you?" the president inquired. Edison almost fainted, but he finally replied that the price was fair.With this money, and now calling himself an electrical engineer, Edison formed his own "invention factory" in Newark, New Jersey. Over the next few years he invented and produced many new items, including the mimeograph machine, wax wrapping paper, and improvements ofthe telegraph.In 1877 Edison decided he could no longer continue both manufacturing and inventing. He soldhis share in the factory and built a new laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. It was the first laboratory of its kind devoted to organized industrial research. One of the first inventions to come from his new laboratory was an improvement of Alexander Bell's telephone. Edison invented amore powerful mouthpiece which removed the need to shout into the telephone. But his great inventions were still to come.On August 12, 1877, Edison began experimenting with an instrument which he had designed and ordered to be built. It was a cylinder, wrapped in tinfoil and turned by a handle. As it revolved, a needle made a groove in the foil. Turning the handle, Edison began to shout."Mary had a little lambWhose fleece was white as snow!"He stopped and moved the needle back in the starting position. Then, putting his ear close to the needle, he turned the handle again. A voice came out of the machine:"Mary had a little lamb,Whose fleece was white as snow!"Edison had just invented the phonograph, a completely new concept: a talking machine.While he was perfecting his phonograph, Edison also worked on another invention. He called it"an Electric Lamp for Giving Light by Incandescence". Today we call it the light bulb.For years other inventors had experimented with electric lights, but none of the lights had proven economical to produce. Edison, in studying the problem, spent over a year experimenting. He tested 1,600 materials (even hairs from a friend's beard) to see if they would carry electric current and glow. Finally, on October 21, 1879, he tried passing electricity through a carbonized cotton thread in a vacuum glass bulb. In his own words Edison described the experiment: "... before nightfall the carbon was completed and inserted in the lamp. The bulb was exhausted of air and sealed, the current turned on, and the sight we had so long desired to see met our eyes." The lamp gave off a feeble, reddish glow, and it continued to bum for 40 hours. Edison's incredible invention proved that electric lighting would be the future light of the world.Edison was now so famous as an inventor that people thought there was nothing he could not do. They began to call him "the wizard", as if he could produce an invention like magic. Few people realized how hard Edison worked, often 20 hours a day, and that most of his inventions were the results of hundreds of experiments.For 60 years Edison was the world's leading inventor. He patented over 1,000 inventions which changed our way of living. He was one of the earliest inventors of the motion-picture machine.His invention of the phonograph was joined with photography to produce talking pictures. He also perfected the electric motor which made streetcars and electric trains possible.It is no wonder that Edison received many honors during his life for contributions to the progressof mankind. The United States gave him its highest award, a special Congressional Medal of Honor. Yet, in spite of all his fame, Edison remained a modest man. He preferred to continue his work, rather than rest on his achievements. His motto was: "I find what the world needs; then I go ahead and try to invent it." He never considered himself a brilliant man and once remarked that genius was "2 percent inspiration and 98 percent perspiration".When Edison died in 1931, it was proposed that the American people mm off all power in their homes, streets, and factories for several minutes in honor of this great man. Of course, it was quickly realized that such an honor would be impossible. Its impossibility was indeed the real tribute to Edison's achievements. Electric power had become so important and vital a part of America's life that a complete shut-down for even a few seconds would have created chaos. As "one of the great heroes of invention", Edison rightfully belongs among America's and the world's great contributors to the progress of man.Task 7:【答案】A.1) c2) a3) d4) c5) c6) aB.1) That’s because the explosion robs the fire of oxygen.2) Once the fire is out, the well still needs to be covered, or capped, to stop the flow of oil. This isthe most dangerous part of the process. Any new heat or fire could cause the leaking well and the surrounding area to explode.3) In March of 1991, Red Adair went to Kuwait. He and his crews were called in to help put outoil well fires.4) He has spent his 76th birthday in Kuwait working side by side with his crew.5) At his funeral, many family members and friends honored him by wearing red clothes.【原文】Paul Neal Adair was born in Houston, Texas in nineteen fifteen. He was one of five sons of a metal worker. He also had three sisters. While growing up, he became known as Red Adair because his hair was bright red. The color became a trademark for Adair. He wore red clothes and red boots. He drove a red car, and his crew members used red trucks and red equipment.During World War Two, Adair served on a trained army team that removed and destroyed bombs. After the war, he returned to Houston and took a job with Myron Kinley. At the time, Kinley wasthe leader in putting out fires in oil wells. Red Adair worked with Myron Kinley for fourteen years.But in nineteen fifty-nine, Adair started his own company.During his thirty-six years in business, Red Adair and his crews battled more than two thousandfires all over the world. Some were on land. Others were on ocean oil-drilling structures. Somefires were in burning oil wells. Others were in natural gas wells.Red Adair was a leader in a specialized and extremely dangerous profession. Putting out oil well fires can be difficult. This is because oil well fires are extinguished, or put out, at the wellhead just above ground. Normally, explosives are used to stop the fire from burning. The explosion robs the fire of oxygen. But, once the fire is out, the well still needs to be covered, or capped, to stop theflow of oil. This is the most dangerous part of the process. Any new heat or fire could cause the leaking well and the surrounding area to explode.Red Adair developed modern methods to extinguish and cover burning oil wells.They became known in the industry as Wild Well Control techniques. In addition to explosives,the techniques involved large amounts of water and dirt. Adair also developed special equipment made of bronze metal to help extinguish oil well fires. The modern tools and his Wild Well Control techniques earned Red Adair and his crews the honor of being called the "best in the business."Red Adair was known for not being afraid. He was also known for his sense of calm and safety. None of his workers were ever killed while putting out oil well or gas fires. He described his workall the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everyone's face, this way: “It scares you—when you are finished and packing, it is the best smile in the world; and there is nobody hurt, and the well is under control.”One of Red Adair's most important projects was in nineteen sixty-two. He and his crew put out a natural gas fire in the Sahara Desert in Algeria. The fire had been burning for six months. This famous fire was called the "Devil's Cigarette Lighter." Fire from the natural gas well shot aboutone hundred forty meters into the air. The fire was so big that American astronaut John Glenn could see it from space as he orbited Earth.The desert sand around the well had melted into glass from the extreme heat. News reports said Adair used about three hundred forty kilograms of nitroglycerine explosive material to pull the oxygen out of the fire.Adair's success with the "Devil's Cigarette Lighter" and earlier well fires captured the imaginationof the American film industry. In nineteen sixty-eight, Hollywood made an action film called Hellfighters. It was loosely based on events in Red Adair's life. Actor John Wayne played an oilwell firefighter from Houston, Texas whose life was similar to Adair's. Adair served as an advisorto Wayne while the film was being made. The two men became close friends. Adair said one of the best honors in the world was to have John Wayne play him in a movie.In nineteen eighty-eight, Adair fought what was possibly the world's worst off-shore accident. Itwas at the Piper Alpha drilling structure in the North Sea. Occidental Petroleum operated the structure off the coast of Scotland. The structure produced oil and gas from twenty-four wells.One hundred sixty-seven men were killed when the structure exploded after a gas leak. Red Adair had to stop the fires and cap the wells. He faced winds blowing more than one hundred twenty kilometers an hour, and ocean waves at least twenty meters high.In March of nineteen ninety-one, Red Adair went to Kuwait following the Persian Gulf War. Heand his crews were called in to help put out fires set by the Iraqi army.The Red Adair Company capped more than one hundred wells. His crews were among twenty-seven teams from sixteen countries called in to fight the fires. The crews' efforts put out about seven hundred Kuwaiti fires. Their efforts saved millions of barrels of oil. Some experts say the operation also helped prevent an environmental tragedy. The job had been expected to take three to five years. However, it was completed in just eight months.Red Adair had spent his seventy-sixth birthday in Kuwait working side by side with his crew. When asked when he might retire, he told reporters: "Retire? I do not know what that word means. As long as a man is able to work, and he is productive out there and he feels good—keep at it." Still, Red Adair finally did retire in nineteen ninety-four. At that time, he joked about where hewould end up when he died. He said he hoped to be in Heaven. But he said this about Hell: "I have made a deal with the devil. He said he is going to give me an air-conditioned place when I godown there—if I go there—so I won't put all the fires out."Red Adair died in two thousand four. He was eighty-nine years old. At his funeral, many family members and friends honored him by wearing red clothes. Many Americans remember Red Adairfor his bravery. He lived his life on the edge of danger. He was known for his willingness to riskhis own life to save others.Task 8:【答案】A.1) She was born in New York City in 1884.2) After she finished school, Eleanor began teaching children to read in one of the poorest areas of New York City. She investigated factories where workers were said to be badly treated. Shebecame involved with other women who shared the same ideas about improving social conditions.3) She decided she would no longer play the part of a politician's wife. Instead, she began to builda life with interests of her own.4) Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in 1932. His new economic program was called the New Deal.5) She was different from the wives of earlier presidents in that she was the first to become activein political and social issues.6) She publicly resigned her membership to protest the action of the group.7) She spent the last years of her life visiting foreign countries. She became America's unofficial ambassador. She called on Americans to help the people in developing countries.B.1) F2) T3) T【原文】Eleanor Roosevelt was the wife of America's thirty-second president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She helped her husband in many ways during his long political life. She also became one of the most influential people in America. She fought for equal rights for all people -- workers, women,poor people, black people. And she sought peace among nations.Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City in eighteen eighty-four. Eleanor's family had great wealth and influence. When she was eight years old, her mother died. Two years later, her father died. It was Eleanor's grandmother who raised the Roosevelt children.After she finished school, Eleanor began teaching children to read in one of the poorest areas of New York City, called "Hell's Kitchen." She investigated factories where workers were said to be badly treated. She saw little children of four and five years old working until they dropped to the floor. She became involved with other women who shared the same ideas about improving social conditions.Franklin Roosevelt began visiting Eleanor. Franklin belonged to another part of the Roosevelt family. Franklin and Eleanor were married in nineteen-oh-five. In the next eleven years, they hadsix children.Franklin Roosevelt began his life in politics in New York. He was elected to be a state legislator. Later, President Woodrow Wilson appointed him to be assistant secretary of the Navy. The Roosevelts moved to Washington in nineteen thirteen. It was there, after thirteen years of marriage, that Eleanor Roosevelt went through one of the hardest periods of her life. She discovered that her husband had fallen in love with another woman. She wanted to end the marriage. But her husband urged her to remain his wife.She did. Yet her relationship with her husband changed. She decided she would no longer play the part of a politician's wife. Instead, she began to build a life with interests of her own.Eleanor Roosevelt learned about politics and became involved in issues and groups that interested her. In nineteen twenty-two, she became part of the Women's Trade Union League. She also joined the debate about ways to stop war. In those years after World War One, she argued that America must be involved in the world to prevent another war. "Peace is the question of the hour," she once told a group of women. "Women must work for peace to keep from losing their loved ones."The question of war and peace was forgotten as the United States entered a severe economic。

大学英语听说第四册听力原文和翻译9到16单元

大学英语听说第四册听力原文和翻译9到16单元

What Kinds of Food Do People Need? Scientists have learned a great deal about the kinds of food people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. What are these categories of food? They are 1) green vegetables of all kinds, such as string beans, peas, lettuces, and cabbages; 2) other vegetables, including beets, onions, carrots, tomatoes and so on; 3) fruits, such as apples, peaches and bananas; 4) meat of all kinds, fish, and eggs; 5) milk and food made from milk, such as buffer, cheese and ice cream; and 6) bread or cereal. Rice is also in this class of food. People in different countries and different areas of the world eat different kinds of things. They also cook their food in different ways and have theirdinner at different times. Scientists say that none of these differences are really important. It doesn‟t matter whether food is eaten raw or cooked, canned or frozen. It doesn‟t matter if a person eats dinner at four o‟clock in the afternoon or at eleven o‟clock at night. The important thing, they say, is that every day a person should eat something from each of these kinds of food. There are two problems, then, in feeding the every-increasing number of people on Earth. The first is to find some way to feed the world population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.人们需要什么样的食物?科学家们已经学会了大量的食物种类的人需要。

《现代大学英语听力4》听力原文及题目答案Unit 2

《现代大学英语听力4》听力原文及题目答案Unit 2

Unit 2Task 1:【答案】June 5th,the United Nations,1972,world leaders and citizens how to protect the environment,San Francisco, California,"Plan the Planet","Green Cities",most people now live,more than 75 percent,the former vice president,music concerts,parades,tree plantings,representatives from many environmental organizations【原文】Every year on June fifth many countries celebrate World Environment Day. The United Nations established this special day in nineteen seventy-two to get people to think about taking care of the planet. Faith Lapidus tells us more.“Public events for World Environment Day are taking place from June first through June fifth. The events and conferences help teach world leaders and citizens how to protect the environment.“Every ye ar World Environment Day is celebrated in a different city. This year it is being held in San Francisco, California. This is the first time since the beginning of World Environment Day that the conference is being held in the United States. The main message of World Environment Day this year is ‘Plan for the Planet’. The events and conferences will show how to have ‘Green Cities’. This means that people will talk about ways that cities can have healthy environments.“Most people in the world live in cities. This makes them especially important areas of environmental concern. Cities use more than seventy-five percent of the world's natural resources such as water and gasoline. World Environment Day will center on how people in cities can work together to help save the planet.“San Francisco is holding public talks to discuss pollution reduction, clean energy sources and the importance of healthy parks and gardens. Special experts are among the speakers. For example, former vice-president Al Gore will talk about climate change. There also are fun events such as music concerts, movies, art shows, parades, bicycle rides and tree plantings. Local farmers and restaurant owners will serve food that has been naturally grown.“The Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom, invited city leaders from all over the worldto attend this conference and share ideas. Representatives from many environmental organizations also are attending. The United Nations hopes to create an international agreement that countries and citizens wil l follow to help improve the Earth's environment.”Task 2:【答案】A.1) d2) a3) b4) cB.1) Occupational noise2) Aircraft noise3) Traffic noise【原文】The sense of sound is one of our most important means of knowing what is going on around us. Sound has a wasted product, too, in the form of noise. Noise has been called unwanted sound. Noise is growing and it may get much worse before it gets and better.Scientists, for several years, have been studying how noise affects people and animals. They are surprised by what they have learned. Peace and quiet are becoming harder to find. Noise pollution—the crashing, squeaking, banging, hammering of people—is no joke. It is a threat that should be looked at carefully. Sound is measured in units called “decibels”.At a level of 140 decibels people feel pain in their ears.Automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, airplanes, boats, factories, bands—all these things make noise. They bother not only our ears, but our minds and bodies as well. There is a saying about it being so noisy that you can’t hear yourself think. Doctors who study noise believe that we must sometimes hear ourselves think. If we don’t we may have headaches, other aches and pains, or even worse mental problems. Noise adds more tension to society that already faces enough stress. But noise is not a new problem. In ancient Rome, people complained so much about noise that the government stopped chariots from moving through the streets at night!Noise can be separated into a few general groups. The following examples are taken from hearings before the US Senate Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution in 1970.Occupational noise—Factory workers who always hear noise have poorer hearing than other groups.Aircraft noise—Around airports or on air routes the noise of airplanes taking off and landing causes the greatest complaints.Traffic noise—Away from the noise of planes, traffic sounds break in on our peace and quiet. Trucks and motorcycles cause the most problems.Task 3:【答案】1) F2) F3) T4) F5) T6) F7) F8) T9) T【原文】We usually think of pollution as a harmful waste substance that threatens the air and water. But some people have become concerned about another kind of pollution. It can be everywhere, depending on the time of day. And it was not thought of as a substance. It is light.The idea of light pollution has developed with the increase of lights in cities. In many areas, this light makes it difficult or impossible to observe stars and in the night sky. In 1998, the International Dark-Sky Association formed. This organization wants to reduce light pollution in the night sky. It also urges the effective use of electric lighting.There are a number of reasons why light pollution is important. One has become clear at the Mount Wilson near Los Angeles, California. Mount Wilson Observatory was home to the largest telescopes in the world during the first half of 1900.During that period, Los Angeles grew to become one of America's biggest cities.Today, light from Los Angeles makes the night sky above Mount Wilson very bright. It is no longer an important research center because of light pollution.Light pollution threatens to reduce the scientific value of research telescopes in other important observatories. They include Lick Observatory near San Jose, California and Yerkes Observatory near Chicago, Illinois.Light pollution is the result of wasted energy. Bright light shining into the sky is not being used to provide light where it is needed on Earth. Poorly designed lighting causes a great deal of light pollution. Lights that are brighter than necessary also cause light pollution.Recently, two Italian astronomers and an American environmental scientist created a world map of the night sky. The map shows that North America, Western Europe and Japan have the greatest amount of light pollution.Most people in America are surprised to find out that they are able to see our own galaxy, the Milky Way, with their own eyes. But about three fourths of Americans cannot see the Milky Way because of man-made light.Objects in the night sky are resources that provide everyone with wonder. And light pollution threatens to prevent those wonderful sights from being seen.Task 4:【答案】A.Israel and Jordan,365,the lowest point,saltiest,are important to Jews, Christians and Muslims,Minerals,The strange beauty of the seaB.Purpose of the project: To help save the Dead Sea from shrinking.Countries to initiate the project: Israel and Jordan.Cause of the shrinking: Water that used to flow from the Jordan River into the Dead Sea has beenredirected for other uses in the area.Specific measures: A pipeline of more than 300 kilometers long will be built to pump water from the Red Sea through both countries into the Dead Sea.Duration of the project: At least three years.Cost of the project: 1,000 million dollars.Message sent by this project: The environment, ecology and nature are more important thanborders or political conflicts.C.1) T2) T【原文】Israel and Jordan recently announced that they would work together to help save the Dead Sea from shrinking. Government officials said the joint project would help the sea, protect the area's unusual wildlife and increase the number of visitors to the area. The announcement was made during the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development earlier this month in Johannesburg, South Africa.The Dead Sea is on the border between Israel and Jordan. It is 365 meters below sea level. That is the lowest point on Earth. The Dead Sea is the saltiest large body of water in the world.The area around the Dead Sea has ancient places that are important to Jews, Christians and Muslims. Minerals in the Dead Sea are used for health treatments. The strange beauty of the sea brings many visitors to the area.But the Dead Sea is shrinking by almost one meter each year. Most of the water that flows into the Dead Sea comes from the Jordan River. However, water flowing from the Jordan River has been redirected for other uses in the area. Officials say within the next 50 years, the Dead Sea could shrink to less than half of its current size.To prevent that, Israel and Jordan plan to build a pipeline more than 300 kilometers long. The pipeline would pump water from the Red Sea through both countries into the Dead Sea. After the pipeline is built, the officials hope to build a canal and a salt removal System that will provide fresh water to Jordanians, Israelis and Palestinians.The pipeline will take at least three years to build. The project will cost as much as 1,000 million dollars. Israel and Jordan hope to pay for it with help from other countries. The project is expected to begin after a nine-month study is completed.Israel and Jordan had hoped to cooperate closely on a number of issues after they signed a peace agreement in 1994. However, tensions have increased between them since the current Palestinian uprising began two years ago.Officials from Israel and Jordan described the water project as a major step forward. Experts say the agreement sends a message that the environment, ecology and nature are more important than borders or political conflicts.Task 5:【答案】A.1) 27 percent, higher ocean temperatures,activities by people,60 percent2) developing countries,off the coast of northeastern Australia,off the Philippines,the Caribbean islands,South AmericaB.Coral reefs support many kinds of sea life.Coral reefs also protect coastal communities in storms.Coral reefs support fishing activities and protect inland waterways.Coral reefs also have become popular stops for travelers.Corals are even important for medical research.C.1) F2) T3) T【原文】Environmental experts are concerned about the world's coral reefs. A recent study found that twenty-seven percent of all coral reef systems have been destroyed. Experts believe higher ocean temperatures and activities by people are to blame. The study warns that sixty percent of the reef systems could be permanently lost if nothing is done to stop the problem.Corals are groups of small organisms called polyps. These polyps live within a skeleton made of a substance called limestone.Corals are found in warm waters. Millions of corals grow together to form coral reefs. Coral reefs are some of the oldest natural systems in the world. The reefs support many kinds of sea life. They can be to important to local and national economies. The reefs also protect coastal communities in storms.The World Wildlife Fund paid for the independent report. The group warns that the destruction of coral reefs will result in severe losses to the world economy. Peter Bryant works with the Endangered Seas Program of the World Wildlife Fund. Mister Bryant notes that most of the reef systems are in developing countries. He says the presence of coral reefs produces money for many economies.Coral reefs support fishing activities and protect inland waterways. They also have become popular stops for travelers. Many people like to swim underwater to see coral reefs. Mister Bryant estimates that the world's coral reefs are worth thirty-thousand-million dollars a year.The largest in the world is the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of northeastern Australia. Coral reefs also are found in waters off the Philippines, Indonesia, the Caribbean islands, the United States and South America.Corals are even important for medical research. Mister Bryant says more than half of all new cancer drug studies involve sea creatures. For example, he notes there is a reef in the Caribbean with organisms that form the basis of the AIDS drug A-Z-T.The World Wildlife Fund say coral reefs should be declared protected areas. That way, human activities could be more closely supervised. The group says governments must take responsibility for the future of their coastal communities.Task 6:【答案】A.The group claims responsibility for hundreds of acts of destruction in the United States in the past five years, with the destruction estimated at more than 30 million dollars. Since 1996, members of the group have claimed to have damaged or burned hundreds of new homes, tree- cutting companies, federal offices and animal and plant research laboratories. They say their goal is to stop development and other activities they consider harmful to nature. They say their property attacks are aimed at industry and rich people who profit from the destruction of the natural environment. The Earth Liberation Front says it will use any direct action necessary to carry out its goals. But it says it is opposed to harming animals or humans. Traditional environmental groups in the United States reject the group's methods.1) a 17-year-old student,the state of New York,cooperate with officials investigating the Earth Liberation Front2) environmental extremists,the group usually leaves very little evidence behind【原文】For years, American law enforcement officials have been trying to solve a series of environmental crimes. The crimes are linked to a group known as the Earth Liberation Front. The group claims responsibility for hundreds of acts of destruction in the United States during the past five years. The destruction has caused more than thirty million dollars worth of damage.Federal investigators say they are finally closer to solving the crimes. Recently, a seventeen-year-old student reportedly admitted setting a series of fires in the state of New York. He was charged in connection with acts of damage believed to be carried out by the Earth Liberation Front. The student is the son of a New York City police officer. He reportedly made the admission during a secret court hearing. As part of a deal, the student agreed to cooperate with officials investigating the Earth Liberation Front. He could face up to twenty years in prison.This is the first time that a member of the group has admitted being responsible for environmental crimes linked to the Earth Liberation Front. Three other suspects in the property attacks were negotiating with federal officials.Since Nineteen-Ninety-Six, members of the group have claimed to have damaged or burned hundreds of new homes, tree-cutting companies, federal offices and animal and plant research laboratories. They say their goal is to stop development and other activities they consider harmful to nature. They say their property attacks are aimed at industry and rich people who profit from the destruction of the natural environment.The Earth Liberation Front says it will use any direct action necessary to carry out its goals. But it says it is opposed to harming animals or humans. Traditional environmental groups in the United States reject the group's methods.The Earth Liberation Front includes environmental extremists who operate independently of each other. Federal investigators say their lack of structure has made them difficult to stop. And they say the group usually leaves very little evidence behind.A few weeks ago, the group claimed responsibility for burning several new homes in Mount Sinai, New York. It has also claimed responsibility for destructive acts in Colorado, Arizona, Oregon and Wisconsin.Task 7:【答案】A.renewable energy,the next ten years,1 percent,1,500 megawatts,past 20 years,38 cents,3 cents,a 90 percent drop,government supportB.A number of people who live on or visit the Cape say Cape Cod is a national treasure should not be open to industry. They argue that building the windmills would hurt fish and birds in the area, and it would hurt tourism. They say the windmills will ruin the beauty of looking out to sea from the coast.C.2) F【原文】A study says wind power will lead the growth in the use of renewable energy in the United States and Canada over the next ten years. Renewable energy also includes forms like power from the sun. Navigant Consulting in the United States carried out the study. Energy companies helped pay for much of the research.The use of wind energy has grown in the United States, but remains less than one percent of all the energy produced.Lisa Frantzis led the study. She says the researchers expect additions of as much asone-thousand-five-hundred megawatts from wind power projects each year. That is about equal to the energy production of one nuclear power station.The study says there have been major improvements in the performance of all renewable energy technologies in the past twenty years. For example, the study reports a ninety percent drop in the price of electricity produced from wind. In the nineteen-eighties a kilowatt hour of wind power cost about thirty-eight cents. Now, a kilowatt hour is closer to three cents.The study found that government support must continue and grow to permit renewable energies to compete in the power industry.However, some renewable energy companies face criticism. In fact, wind energy producers usually have to deal with opposition from communities they try to enter.Currently, a wind energy company is trying to set up business in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. The Cape Wind company wants to place more than one-hundred windmills in nearby waters. The windmills are hundreds of meters tall. Cape Wind says the project could provide Cape Cod with seventy-five percent of its electricity needs. And, it would not create pollution.But, a number of people who live on or visit the Cape say they do not want the windmills. They say Cape Cod is a national treasure that should not be open to industry. They argue that building the windmills would hurt fish and birds in the area. And, they say it would hurt tourism. They say the windmills will ruin the beauty of looking out to sea from the coast.Environmental groups, however, look at the situation differently. They ague that a source of energy that does not cause pollution would protect natural environments like Cape Cod.Task 8:【答案】A.1) For him, pollution is the way environment is being misused, the actions which consume theenvironment, like the overuse of artificial fertilizers and over-cropping in developing agriculture. And the harmful substances like the waste from motor cars and factories are less important.2) They see pollution as a social problem, and the root cause of pollution is the way we organize our society and the incredible waste of resources.B.1) Housewives can avoid buying things that they don't need.2) They can also cut down on the amount of packaging and try not to buy dyed toilet paper to reduce water pollution.3) People can avoid buying drinks in non-returnable bottles.4) They can reduce consumption by making their own food instead of buying it.【原文】Matthew: Christopher, most countries now appear to become increasingly concerned with the issue of pollution and its control. How do you see this problem?Christopher: What I see as pollution is the way the environment is being mishandled. Um...obviously there are certain waste products which are vomited out of motor cars orout of factories, either into the sea or into the river ways and so on. But, you know,they are what people say is pollution. More important things, I think, in terms ofpollution, are the way that the environment in general is being misused. Things likeagriculture, where artificial fertilizers and over-cropping and so on literallyconsume the environment. It is all picked up, collected, and transported from theland in terms of food or fibers and then ends tip in the sea at some stage, eitherthrough sewage or through waste products. I think that they are probably moresignificant.Matthew: Right. Michael, can you tell me though whether.., urn.., as I get the feeling, this is a problem which has been blown up by the media, because people wish to avoidsome of the more difficult problems to do with being a consumer society,...and, in asensei trying to solve many aspects of the pollution problem is rather a sort ofcleaning up process without getting to the root of the problem?Michael: Well, pollution is a symptom really rather than the cause.Matthew: Mmm.Michael: But of itself it does produce many quite serious results. In fact we do not really know what the long-term effects of many pollutants are going to be, but mostforms of pollution can be solved.., urn.., fairly easily and usually by technicalmeans. Now the difficulty with other environmental problems is that many ofthem have no technical solution and this is where the difference arises betweenthose who are advocating technical solutions to problems which they see almostpurely in terms of pollution and those who see the real problems of society as awhole, the way we organize it, the incredible waste of resources that is endemic inthis society.Matthew: This seems a very complex problem. Jane, how can individuals of the public, housewives, children at school, anyone.., help to prevent pollution?Jane: Well, I think there are lots of things people can do in the home or at school or in the office. Mm... when it comes to tackling the problems on a major basis, I meanit's question of continual lobbying and pressuring, writing to newspapers, etc. ButI think there are many things that people.., particularly housewives can do in thehouse, like urn.., for instance, just not buying things that have no use after thepackage has been opened,.., um... to really make a note of the sort of stuff thatgoes into the rubbish bin, that's very, very important; you can cut down on theamount of packaging.., on the amount of, for instance, water pollution like buyingum... toilet paper that's dyed... um.., and all this sort of thing that people can cutdown on. You can make a greater .effort not to buy drinks in non-returnablebottles; to make your own food, such as jams and drinks which are quite easy todo, rather than just going out and buying and consuming more and more. And ifyou put this into practice in all walks of life, in the home and at school and in theoffice, this is a very, very good, major contribution to helping solve some of themore immediate problems of pollution.Matthew: So in a sense, perhaps you are saying that it's the way we consume things that is creating pollution, by the litter they cause or perhaps by the fact that we use somuch oil, and therefore there will be a number of oil tankers on the sea, and thatmeans there will be accidents and oil spillage and so on, so that we have to stopconsuming, is it...or...?Jane: I think that is a very big part of it actually... Certainly, you know, when you get down to the more technical sides of pollution, of atmospheric pollution caused bycertain industrial processes, there's not a great deal that an individual can do otherthan cause a fuss about it, which I hope most people, you know, would considerdoing. But certainly on a day by day household basis, much of the problems ofpollution are certainly caused by either just complete thoughtlessness and wasteor by problems of overconsuming natural resources. And in all the products thatarrive at the housewife's table, the more refined and pre-packed and disposable itis, the more pollution it will have caused in its manufacture and it's likely to causein its disposalTask 9:【答案】I. Energy transition (definition)A change of one major resource of energy to another.II. First energy transition: From wood to coalA. Wood as major fuel1. Usages: Heat homes, cook food, and produce basic items.2. Major advantages: It was cheap and easy to get and easy to burn.B. Coal as major fuel1. Advantages over wood:a. It burns for a long time.b. It burns at a higher temperature.2. Good effects on many Western countries in the 1800s and the early 1900s:a. The industry developed.b. People lived a better life.3. Disadvantages revealed after 50 years of use:a. Air pollution.b. High costs, because it is not renewable.III. Second energy transition: From coal to petroleumA. Apparent advantages over the previous fuel:1. It was cheap.2. It was easy to get.3. The supply around the world seemed to be large.B. Reasons for people to favor the new resource:1. People's need for a better life.2. Industrial development: The introduction of the internal combustion engine neededliquid fuel.C. Good effects on people's lives;It allowed people to travel by car, to heat their homes more efficiently, to buy a greater variety of things, and to purchase more things at lower prices.D. Disadvantages disclosed after 50 years of use:1. As a fossil fuel, it is not renewable.2. The price goes up.3. It causes environmental pollution.IV. ConclusionA. The pattern in the previous energy transitions:1. The transition is made in order to improve the quality of people's lives.2. A new energy resource seems to have more advantages than the old energy source, andfewer disadvantages.B. The third energy transition:1. Time: The late 20th century and early 21st century.2. The important things to consider: The effects of this energy transition and theadvantages and the disadvantages of the new fuel.【原文】Most industrialized nations have gone through two major energy transitions, and some nations are now making a third major energy transition. By energy transition we mean a change of one major resource of energy to another.The first major energy transition was from wood to coal. For many centuries people used wood as a primary source of energy. By burning wood people were able to heat their homes, cook their food, and produce basic items. By using wood societies were able to support themselves and take care of their needs. Most early societies grew up near a sufficient supply of wood. The main advantage of wood was that it was cheap and easy to get and easy to bum.During the early 1800s, probably around the year 1820, some towns and villages began to make transition from wood to coal as the basic source of energy. About that time, people thought that coal would have more advantages than wood. Wood is a renewable fuel, which means that it grows back. This is, an advantage. But most wood is not as efficient a source of energy as coal. Most wood doesn't burn for very long, and most wood doesn't burn at very high temperatures.It was found that coal could generally burn longer than wood. And it burned at a higher temperature. These were good points for industry because early in the 1800s industry began todevelop very rapidly and a long-burning and hot-burning fuel was needed for the machines that were being used.Coal seemed to have another advantage. There was a lot of it, and it was easy to get. By digging just below the surface of the ground and by using simple tools, coal could be taken from the ground easily. In the 1800s transportation became more developed too, so coal could be shipped to faraway places. It was no longer necessary to live near a source of energy.Coal was used as a primary source of energy in many Western countries in the 1800s and the early 1900s. The transition from wood to coal seemed to have an overall effect. Industry developed. People were able to get more things, they were able to build bigger homes, and they were able to spend less time making what they needed for their daily lives. Most people would say that, in general, people's standard of living went up. People seemed to have lived a better life.After 50 years of using coal some disadvantages seemed obvious. One disadvantage was air pollution. Industrial centers of the early 1900s were often covered with a thick layer of smoke. Using coal was seen as somewhat unsafe and unhealthy.Another disadvantage of using coal was its rising costs. As more coal was used, it became harder to get. It became necessary to dig farther down in the ground in order to get the coal. Because coal was more difficult to get, the cost went up. And coal is a fossil fuel. It comes from under the ground. It doesn't renew itself. When it's gone, it's gone.At about the same time some of the disadvantages of coal became clear, petroleum began to reach the market. Petroleum became attractive because it was cheap and easy to get. Most people didn't know of any disadvantages in using petroleum.So the second transition was made—from coal to petroleum.The reason for changing from coal to petroleum was that people thought that their standard of living would be better. They thought their lives would be better by changing to this new energy source. And, once again, the change was connected to developments in industry.In the early 1900s, the internal combustion engine—the kind of engine used in most automobiles-was developed. An internal combustion engine needs liquid fuel. Petroleum was an excellent liquid fuel. It was fairly cheap and easy to get, and the supply around the world seemed to be quite large. In addition, other machinery was developed that used petroleum, so gradually, many industrialized societies changed over to petroleum.Using petroleum greatly affected people's lives. It allowed people to heat their homes more efficiently, to buy a greater variety of things, and to purchase more things at lower prices because production costs were reduced. And there was less visible pollution. So, in general, the transition from coal to petroleum seemed to be worthwhile.Of course, like using wood or coal, using petroleum has some disadvantages. And, as in the case of the change to coal, it's easier to see the disadvantages 50 years after the transition. One disadvantage of using petroleum is that it is a fossil fuel—it doesn't renew itself—so eventually—it will run out. There is a limited supply. And, as the supply decreases, the price goes higher.And, like burning wood or coal, burning petroleum also produces air pollution. This pollution isn't safe for people, particularly in industrial areas and in big cities.So, if we look at these energy transitions—first, from wood to coal, and then from coal to petroleum, we see a simple pattern. The transition is made in order to improve the quality of people's lives. And the transition is made because a new energy resource seems to have more advantages than the old energy source, and fewer disadvantages.。

现代大学英语听力第四册U1到U8

现代大学英语听力第四册U1到U8

现代大学英语听力第四册U1到U8One day Palph Waldo Emerson, one of America’s greatest thinkers and philosophers, was visited by a local farmer, who saw a book by Plato in Emerson’s library and asked to borrow it. When the farmer returned the book, Emerson asked him how he liked it. The farmer replied, “I liked it. this Plato has a lot of my ideas”During an 18-month period in his early 20s, Sir Isaac Newton invented theories of gravity, light, and color, as well as calculus. At age 85, shortly before his death, he wrote, “I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself le and in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.Human beings misuse the precious fresh water in two ways. It is wasted through careless use and polluted by dumping wastes into it. People build large cities in deserts and grow crops in dry valleys. In the worl d’s dry places, people must learn to avoid waste, to make every gallon count.People pollute water by dumping sewage and industrial wastes into it or by letting pesticides from farm land run into it. Even ground water is polluted by poisons sinking into the earth. Humanity must learn that nothing just “goes away”. People need to treat sewage so it does not pollute the water. They need to keep industrial wastes completely out of the water.When Superman burst onto the screen 60 years ago there had never been a character quite like him, and he remains unique today. The innumerable imitators who followed in his wake have acknowledged his primacy by taking on the title of super hero,but Superman did more than start the trend that came to define the American comic book. His influence spread throughout all known media as he became a star of animated cartoons, radio, recordings, books, motion pictures, and television, whil his image appeared on products ranging from puzzles to peanut butter. He is perhaps the first fictional character to have been so successfully promoted as a universal icon, yet he also continues to remain a publishing phenomenon whose adventures appear in no fewer than five monthly comics magazines.The Chinese have long believed that flexible brush is the perfect means to express one’s inner s pirit. Thus calligraphy with ink on paper or silk, whether by scholars, poets, monks, or government officials, is often considered the highest form of art. Great masterworks from earlier periods such as the Tang Dynasty were used as modals for the proper style and the proportion of the more than 50,000 Chinese characters. There were also a number of different scripts to choose from. Ancient seal script, used even today for carving seals, conveys an archaic flavor, as does clerical script, developed in the Han Dynasty by clerks to record government documents. Calligraphy, however, could also be written in regular, running, or cursive script, not unlike our own choices in English-for example, most of us do not write the small letter a in the printed form, but in more rapid pencil or pen movement. Similarly, Chinese calligraphers usually preferred less formal and more dramatic styles of brushwork to regular script. Some masters, however, combined scripts, such as the painter-poet-calligrapher Zheng Xie, who enjoyed mixing clerical, regular, running, and the cursive scripts.2002 was the first year when china became a full WTO member, and also a year when the insurance industry in chinagrew the fastest, with a revenue of 305.3 billion yuan, up by 44.7 percent over the previous year, and total assets of 649.41 billion yuan, up by 41.4 percent. The insurance industry was still small in scale, constituting 2.98percent of GDP, and a low share in the national economy, much lower than that of banking and securities trading. However, demand for insurance services was sharply up. Moreover, after China’s accession to WTO, foreign insurance companies quickly flooded into China’s insurance market, China’s insurance companies also stepped up their efforts to join hands with foreign business.Looking at Moscow’s booming shopping malls or elite supermarkets, it’s easy to think there isn’t that much wrong with the Russian economy. But there’s a growing warning of serious imbalances. Household spending is continuing to grow strongly, part of a consumer-driven boom and a burgeoning personal credit sector. But elsewhere, the outlook isn’t so good. There is pressure to stop using the country’s glut of oil dollars to pay off national debt, but to invest it-in areas like hi-tech industry, infrastructure and housing reform. Russian produces very few internationally marketable consumer goods. And even former flagship industries like civilian aircraft construction, are close to extinction. Foreign businesses may also be concerned by a new draft bill the Russian government has presented to the country’s parliament. The bill, if adopted, would seriously limit foreign ers’rights to develop Russian oil and metal deposits, describing them as vital strategic national interests.The US flag is an important symbol to all Americans. During the revolution against Britain, George Washington asked Betsy Ross to make a flag as an encouragement for his soldiers. This flag had 13 stripes, seven red and six white, and in one corner 13white stars on the blue background to represent the 13 states. On 14 June, 1777, it became the flag of independent US. As each new state became part of the US, an extra star was added.Today, the flag, called Old Glory or the Stars and Stripes, is widely seen in the US. Government offices and schools have flags flying from flagpoles, and many people have flags outside their houses, especially on Independent Day. Children start the school day by saying the Pledge of Allegiance, a promise to be loyal to the flag and to their country. When somebody important dies, flags are flown at half mast. When a soldier dies, his or her coffin is covered with a flag, and after the funeral, the flag is given to the family. The flag has also been used as a symbol of protest, especially during the Vietnam War, when some people burnt the flag to show that they were ashamed of their country’s actions.Each of the US states also has its own flag. States flags may show the state flower or bird, or other emblem.Legend has it that should the ravens ever leave the Tower of London the White Tower will crumble and a great disaster shall befall England. For many centuries ravens have been known to be residents of the Tower of London and are now an integral feature protected by royal decree. It is not clear at what point in history the ravens became accepted occupants of the Tower of London but a strange point of fact is that the only recorded time that were no ravens at the T ower was in 1946. As this was just after World War Ⅱand England had come perilously clo se to falling, maybe the legend carries some weight after all.。

《现代大学英语听力》听力原文及题目答案Unit

《现代大学英语听力》听力原文及题目答案Unit

I had two months until my new job began. It was like waiting an entire summer for school to start. I spent those two months talking to figure skating coaches and judges. I read boring rule books. I drove to the rinks where the skaters trained, and made notes about our conversations. I even took a lesson, which made some of the skaters laugh.Unit 6Task 1【答案】A.[d]—[b]—[a]—[e]—[c]B.a【原文】Laura usually leaves the offices of Quest Productions at about 5 o'clock, but last Monday she left at 5:30. She wanted to get home by 6:30 and she ran to the bus stop but she couldn't get on a bus. There were too many people and not enough buses. Laura was desperate to get home so she decided to go by tube.In the station she went to one of the automatic ticket machines but she didn't have enough change, so she had to join the queue at the ticket window. She bought her ticket and ran to the escalator. Laura went to the platform and waited for the tube. It arrived andthe crowd moved forward.Laura was pushed into the train. It was almost full but she was given a seat by a man with a moustache. Laura thanked him and sat down. She started to read her newspaper. In the tunnel the train stopped suddenly and Laura was thrown to the floor together with the man with the moustache. Somebody screamed. The lights went out. It was quarter past 6 on a cold, wet December evening.Task 2【答案】A.1) a 2) b 3) d 4) cB.1) T 2) T 3) FC.wondered; television plays; exciting; every cigarette lighter; tape recorder; held in a certain way; the touch of a gold ring against the hand of; reveal; How wrong they were【原文】X was a secret agent. He had rented a furnished room in a provincial town not far from the public park and had been there two weeks. He was standing at the window looking out at the dull beds of geraniums, the park gates and the cold, uninviting statue of QueenVictoria that stood across the street from him, It was raining hard and the few people who passed by looked wet and miserable. X was miserable, too. How, he wondered, could anybody think there was anything interesting about the life of a secret agent He knew it was because people had seen so many television plays about glamorous spies that they thought the life of a secret agent was exciting. They were convinced that every cigarette lighter concealed a secret tape recorder; that a fountain pen held in a certain way would open a locked door, that the touch of a gold ring against the hand of an enemy would make him reveal all his secrets. How wrong they were! He looked round his room. The wallpaper was in the worst possible taste, the pictures horrible, the carpet worn, dirty and faded; and he was cold. This was the third Monday he had come to the window to look out. He prayed it would be the last.As if in answer to his prayer, a certain meeting he had been sent to investigate was about to take place. He took out his camera. Just beneath the statue two women had stopped to speak. He knew one of them, and it was she who pointed in his direction. The other woman looked up towards him and in that brief moment he photographed her.Task 3【答案】A.B.1) a 2) b 3) c 4) b 5) d【原文】Harry: Well, Robert, have you made up your mind yet what you want to do when you leave collegeNora: Oh Harry. Surely he's a bit young to decide on his career. He hasn't even got to college yet.Harry: Not at all, Nora. It's wisest to decide in good time. Look at me, for example. I really wanted to be a sailor, but nowI spend my days sitting at a desk in an office. Yes, it's sillyto train for the wrong job. And after all, Robert will be going to college soon.Nora: Now if I were a man I'd be a farmer. To see the crops growing--that's my idea of a good life.Harry: Yes, and to see the money rolling in is more important still. Robert: Well, that's not the way I look at it, Dad. It's the job I care about, not the money.Harry: Maybe not; but you'll learn to care about the money too, when you've got a family to keep.Nora: And of course Peter —well, he's keen to be a racing driver, or else an explorer.Robert: Oh, Peter's not old enough to make up his mind about such things.Harry: You haven't answered my question yet, Robert. What would you like to doNora: Are you sure you don't want to be a farmer, Robert Or a market gardenerRobert: No, I'm sorry Mum, but I don't want to at all. I'd rather be a civil engineer. I want to build roads and bridges.Harry: Not ships Isn't it better to be a shipbuilding engineer Robert: Look here, is it my career we're planning, or yoursHarry: All fight, all right, there's no need to lose your temper.But you'd better win that scholarship first.Task 4【答案】I. correspondents; columnistA. may not need eitherB. to go to places where events take place and write stories aboutthemII. first; bigger; better; who will soon leave to work for other peopleIII. working hours; free time; work long hours to begin with【原文】Here are some of the things a young man or woman should not do when he first asks an editor for a job:He should not tell the editor that he wants to be a foreign correspondent or a columnist. Very probably the editor does not need either. He wants a reporter who will go to such places as government offices and police stations and write a true story of what is happening there. Being a foreign correspondent or a columnist will come later.A young person should not tell tile editor that newspaper work is only the first step on the way to bigger and better jobs, such as those in government. The editor must take a lot of time and trouble teaching someone to be a good newspaperman or woman. He does not like the idea of teaching people who are soon going to leave him to work for someone else.A young journalist should accept the working hours and free time the editor gives him. As a new journalist, it is very probable that he will work longer hours than others and work on weekends.The editor did the same when he was a young newspaperman with no experience. He expects a journalist to understand how things are on a newspaper.Task 5【答案】A.1) acd 2) abeB.1) she is the wrong sex 2) she wears the wrong clothes【原文】SYLVIA: We've got a new manager in our department.LARRY: Oh You hoped to get that job, didn't you?SYLVIA: Yes, I did.LARRY: I'm sorry. That's too bad. Who is it Who got the job, I mean?SYLVIA: Someone called Drexler. Carl Drexler. He's been with the company only two years. I've been here longer. And I know more about the job, too!LARRY: Hmm. Why do you think they gave it to him and not to you?SYLVIA: Because I'm the wrong sex, of course !LARRY: You mean you didn't get the job because you're a woman?SYLVIA: Yes, that was probably it! It isn't fair.LARRY: What sort of clothes does he wear?SYLVTA: A dark suit. White shirt. A tie. Why?LARRY: Perhaps that had something to do with it.SYLVIA: You mean you think I didn't get the job because I come to work in jeans and a sweater?LARRY: It's possible, isn't it?SYLVIA: Do you really think I should wear different clothes?LARRY: Well. . . perhaps you should think about it.SYLVTA: Why should I wear a skirt Or a dress?LARRY: I'm not saying you should. I'm saying you should think about it. That's all!SYLVIA: Why should I do that I'm good at my job! That's the only important thing!LARRY: Hmm. Perhaps it should be the only important thing. But it isn't. Not inthis company.Task 6【答案】A.B.1st speaker(bcd) 2nd speaker(ae)C.1) F 2) F【原文】Al: Is this the right line to file a claimBob: Yeah. It's the same line for everything. You just stand here and wait.Al: Oh. Is there always such a long lineBob: Every week. Sometimes longer. Is this your first time here Al: Yes.Bob: What happened Your plant closed downAl: No. I'm a car salesman, or, I was a car salesman. But we just aren't selling cars. It's the interest rates. Two years ago,I averaged ten new cars a month. Do you know how many cars Isold last month One. One car to a lady who had the cash. But the interest rates are up again. The boss let three of us go.How about youBob: I worked at a vacuum cleaner plant with about fifty workers.We put in a good day's work. But the machinery was getting old.As a matter of fact, the whole plant was old. So the management decided to build a new plant. You know where In Singapore. The workers here made about seven dollars an hour, a couple of people made eight or nine an hour. You know how much they're paying the workers in Singapore $ an hour! Anyway, all fifty of us got laid off.Al: How long ago was thatBob: They closed down ten months ago.Al: Any luck finding another jobBob: Nothing. I have one, sometimes two, interviews a week. Last week I thought I had something. They liked my experience with machines. But I never heard from them again.Al: At least you know something about machines. All I can do is talk.Bob: Maybe you'll talk yourself into another job. Good luck. I'll see you here next week.Al: I hope not. I hope I'll have something by then.Task 7【答案】A.1) F 2) F 3) T 4) F 5) T 6) FB.1) According to the first speaker, it is frustrating because the teacher cannot see clearly the results of his efforts.2) According to the second speaker, English language teaching isa good job, because it guarantees a stable income and regular working hours and means less pressure. He also likes the way elderly teacher are.【原文】Interviewer: Do you prefer what you're doing to teaching?John Smith: Yes, one of the things I found a bit frustrating about teaching was that it was rather,very intangible than um, especially if you're teaching in England and most of the students know quite a lot of English before they arrive. They learn a lot of English outside the classroom, in pubs or coffee shops or other places, with the families they're living with. It's very difficult to pin down how much they learn from your actual lesson, whereas in marketing um, again there are lots of areas that are gray rather than black or white, but there are quite a few other areas where one can see quite clearly the results of one's efforts.Interviewer: What did you do after you quit your job in advertising Second Man: In fact, I became a journalist and I worked as a freelance.I didn't have a full-time job with any newspaper. I justhad to contribute things as they came along and 1 wrotefor magazines, and I did quite a lot of broadcasting forthe VOA. Well, this was in a way the opposite ofadvertising because I enjoyed it a lot but I found itvery hard to earn enough money to live on.Interviewer: And then you decided to be a teacherSecond Man: Well, and so I thought. Well, I must do something which produces an income that I can be sure of. While I wasworking as a journalist I had done an article for amagazine about the English language teaching world andm fact I had come to the school where I now teach as ajournalist and interviewed a lot of the people. And Ithought it seemed a very nice place and I thought thatthe classes I visited had a very, very nice feeling aboutthem, and so I thought, well, I'll see if they'll haveme.Interviewer: Why do you prefer teaching to advertisingSecond Man: Well, partly because in teaching you work regular hours.It I advertising you just had to stay at the office untilthe work was finished [I see.] and it could be threeo'clock in the morning. [Oh, dean] Also you were veryoften made to work at weekends. Often some job would comeup that was very important and they said it had to befinished — it had to go into the newspapers next week. Interviewer: So there was a lot mom pressure.Second Man: There was a lot more pressure in advertising. Also, the people I worked with when I was first in advertising wereyoung hopeful people like myself. By the end I wasworking with a lot of old people who quite honestly wereawful. And I kept looking at them and saying, "Am I goingto be like that" And I thought if I am I'd better getout, whereas the English language teachers I saw, whowere older people I thought, well, they seemed quite nice.And I wouldn't mind being like that myself.Task 8【答案】The interview with Michale:The interview with Chris:【原文】Matthew:?? Michael, do you go out to workMichael:?? Not regularly, no. I... I used to; I used to have a job in a publishing company, but Idecided it wasn't really what I wanted to do and that what I wanted to do wouldn't earn me much money, so I gave up working and luckily I had a private income from my family to support me and now I do the things I want to do. Some of them get paid like lecturing and teaching, and others don't.Matthew: What are the advantages of not having to go to work from nine till fiveMichael: Ah... there' re two advantages really. One is that if you feel tired you don't have to get up, and the other is that you can spend your time doing things you want to do rather than being forced to do the same thing all the time.Matthew: But surely that's in a sense very self-indulgent and verylucky because most of us have to go out and earn our livings.Do you feel justified in having this privileged position Michael: Yes, because I think I use it well. I do things which I think are useful to people and the community and which I enjoy doing.Matthew: Chris, what do you think the value of work isChris: Well, I think in our present-day society, for most people, work has very little value at all. Most of us go out to work for about eight to nine hours of our working day. We do things which are either totally futile and totally useless or have very little justification whatsoever, and for most of us the only reason for working is that we need to keep ourselves alive, to pay for somewhere to live, to pay to feed our children. Matthew: But surely people wouldn't know what to do if they didn't have to go to workChris: Well, again this raises the sort of two main aspects of work.Should we think of 'work only as a sort of bread-winning process, and this is very much the role it has in current society, or should we take a much wider perspective on work and think of all the possible sort of activities that human beings could be doing during the day I think the sort of distinction currently is between say, someone who works in acar factory and who produces cars which are just adding to pollution, to over-consumption of vital resources, who is doing something which is very harmful, both to our environment and to, probably society, to contrast his work with someone perhaps like a doctor, who I think in any society could be justified as doing a very valuable job and one which incidentally is satisfying to the person who is doing it. Matthew: What do you do Is your job just a breadwinning process or do you get some satisfaction out of doing itChris: Well, in the job I do find that most of the satisfaction is a mental one; it's coming to grips with the problems of my subject and with the problems of teaching in the University.Clearly this is the type of satisfaction that most people doing what we call in England "white-collar" jobs. This is quite different from the sort of craftsman, who is either working that his hands or with his skills on a machine, or from people perhaps who are using artistic skills, which are of a quite different character. Certainly it's becoming a phenomena that people who do "white-collar jobs during the day, who work with their minds to some extent, people who work on computers, people who are office clerks, bank employees, these people have fairly soul-destroying jobs which nevertheless don'tinvolve much physical effort, that they tend to come home and do "do-it-yourself" activities at home. They make cupboard, paint their houses, repair their cars, which somehow provide the sort of physical job satisfaction that they're denied in their working day.Task 9【答案】A.B.1) No major change. For some→“less paperwork”Some:→less working hoursOthers:→earn more money.2) Most adults→would go on working.Esp. young adults (18 to 24)→9 out of 10 would go on working【原文】Are most workers today feeling bored and dissatisfied with their jobs It is often claimed that they are. Yet a study conducted by Parade magazine more than 20 years ago showed that people at that time felt the opposite.Parade asked questions of a representative sampling of adult Americans from coast to coast. The sampling included different sexes, age groups, and occupations.The interviewees were asked to make a choice from one of the following three to describe their feelings towards their work.A. Like their jobs.B. Dislike their jobs.C. Like their jobs in part,Results showed that 91 percent of the male interviewees and 84 percent of the females chose A, while only 5 percent men and 12 percent women interviewed chose B. The rest said that they liked their jobs in part and they comprised a very tow percentage.In all the three age groups — from 18 to 24, from 25 to 29 and 30 to 39 — those who liked theirjobs made up the majority. 70 percent, 88 percent and 92 percent respectively choose A. Those choosing B accounted for 20 percent, 9 percent and 8 percent of different age groups. And the rest, 6 percent, 3 percent and 0 percent respectively claimed that they only liked their jobs in part.The difference in responses among people with different occupations is small. Among the white-collar employees, those choosing A, B and C are 87 percent, 8 percent and 4 percent of the total. And for the blue-collar employees, 91 percent, 5 percent and 3 percent choose A, B and C respectively.It is interesting to note that there are few differences in attitude between men and women, professionals and factory workers. In each group, the largest number reported that they liked their jobs.Next, Parade asked, "If there were one thing you could change about your job, what would it be" It was expected that many would wish to make their jobs less boring, but very few gave this reply. No major changes were reported. Some wished for "less paperwork"; many would shorten their working hours, but others would like more hours in order to earn more money. No serious complaints were made.Most people have to work in order to live. But what would happen if someone had enough money to stop working Parade asked, "If you inherited a million dollars, would you go on working — either at your present job or something you liked better--or would you quit work" The answers showed that most adults would prefer to work, even if they didn't have to. This is true especially of the younger adults aged 18-24. Of these, nine out often said they would go on working, even if they suddenly became millionaires.Task 10【答案】A.B.1) F 2) TC.1) b 2) aD.1. She really enjoyed meeting new people.2. She had good qualifications in English and Maths.3. She did not mind hard work, even if it was not always pleasant.4. She liked living away form home.【原文】Officer: Come in, please take a seat. I'm the careers officer. You're Cathy, aren't you?Mother: That's right. This is Catherine Hunt, and I'm her mother. Officer: How do you do, Mrs. Hunt Hello, Catherine.Cathy: Hello. Pleased to meet you.Officer: And you'd like some advice about choosing a career- Mother: Yes, she would. Wouldn't you, Catherine?Cathy: Yes, please.Officer: Well, just let me ask a few questions to begin with. How old are you, Catherine?Mother: She's nineteen. Well, she's almost nineteen.Officer: And what qualifications have you got?Mother: Well, qualifications from school, of course. Very good results she got. And she got certificates for ballet and for playing the piano.Officer: Is that what you're interested in, Catherine, dancing andmusicCathy: Well...Mother: Ever since she was a little girl, she's been very keen on music and dancing. She ought tobe a music teacher or something. She's quite willing to train for a few more years to get the right job, aren't you, Catherine Cathy: Well, if it's a good idea.Mother: There you are, you see. She's a good girl really, a bit lazy and disorganized sometimes,but she's very bright. I'm sure the careers officer will have lots of jobs for you.Officer: Well, I'm afraid it's not as easy as that. There are many young people these days who can'tfind the job they want.Mother: I told you, Catherine. I told you, you shouldn't wear that dress. You have to look smart toget a job these days.Officer: I think she looks very nice. Mrs. Hunt, will you come into the other office for a momentand look at some of the information we have there. I'm sure you'd like to see how we can help young people.Mother: Yes, I'd love to. Mind you, I think Catherine would be anice teacher. She could work with young children. She'd like that. Or she could be a vet. She's always looking after sick animals.Officer: I'm afraid there's a lot of competition. You need very good results to be a vet. This way, Mrs. Hunt. Just wait a minute, Catherine.(The mother exits.)Officer: There are just one or two more things, Catherine. Cathy: Do call me Cathy.Officer: OK, Cathy. Are you really interested in being a vet Cathy: Not really. Anyway, I'm not bright enough. I'm reasonably intelligent, but I'm not brilliant. I'm afraid my mother isa bit over-optimistic.Officer: Yes, I guessed that. She's a bit overpowering, isn't she, your mumCathy: A bit. But she's very kind.Officer: I'm sure she is. So, you're interested in ballet and music, are youCathy: Not really. My mother sent me to lessons when I was six, so I'm quite good, I suppose. But I don't think I want to do that for the rest of my life, especially music. It's so lonely. Officer: What do you enjoy doingCathy: Well, I like playing tennis, and swimming. Oh, I went to France with the school choir last year. I really enjoyed that.And I like talking to people. But I suppose you mean real interests — things that would help me to get a job Officer: No. I'm more interested in what you really want to do. You like talking to people, do youCathy: Oh yes, I really enjoy meeting new people.Officer: Do you think you would enjoy teachingCathy: No, no, I don't really. I was never very interested in school work, and I'd like to do something different. Anyway, there'sa teacher training college very near us. It would be just likegoing to school again.Officer: So you don't want to go on trainingCathy: Oh, I wouldn't mind at all, not for something useful. I wondered about being a hairdresser —you meet lots of people, and you learn to do something properly—but I don't know. It doesn't seem very worthwhile.Officer: What about nursingCathy: Nursing In a hospital Oh, I couldn't do that, I'm not good enough.Officer: Yes, you are. You've got good qualifications in English and Maths. But it is very hard work.Cathy: Oh, I don't mind that.Officer: And it's not very pleasant sometimes.Cathy: That doesn't worry me either. Mum's right. I do look after sick animals. I looked after our dog when it was run over bya car. My mother was sick, but I didn't mind. I was too worriedabout the dog. Do you really think I could be a nurse Officer: I think you could be a very good nurse. You'd have to leave home, of course.Cathy: I rather think I should enjoy that.Officer: Well, don't decide all at once. Here's some information about one or two other things which might suit you. Have a look through it before you make up your mind.Task 11【原文】I began my career during college, reporting on news stories ata Toronto radio station. The station’s program manager was also a professor who taught one of my classes. I convinced him that she needed a youth reporter because that year was International Youth Year. After graduation, I took a job as a television news reporter and later, news anchor. But sports reporting was something different, so I decided to try it. Figure skating was my first assignment.I had two months until my new job began. It was like waitingan entire summer for school to start. I spent those two months talking to figure skating coaches and judges. I read boring rule books. I drove to the rinks where the skaters trained, and made notes about our conversations. I even took a lesson, which made some of the skaters laugh.。

现代大学英语听力第四册Unit 04

现代大学英语听力第四册Unit 04

Unit 4Task 1:【答案】A.1) Temple,Cemetery,Kong Family Mansion.2) the centre of3) 33 metres,glazed tiles,stone columns4) a statue of Confucius,the life story of ConfuciusB.1) F2) F3) F【原文】Qufu is the hometown of Confucius (551BC—479BC), a great thinker, statesman and educator in China's history, and founder of the Confucian school of philosophy, which has had a great influence on Chinese society and on the way Chinese people think. The place abounds in cultural relics, of which the most famous are the Confucian Temple and Cemetery of Confucian and the Kong Family Mansion.The Confucian Temple, standing in the centre of Qufu City, was first built in 478 BC. Repeated renovations and expansions have turned the temple into a palatial complex with 9 rows of buildings. Today there are 466 halls, pavilions and rooms intact, coveting a total area of 21.8 hectares. The Great Accomplishment Hall, the major structure of the temple, is 33 metres tall and is roofed with yellow glazed tiles. In front of the Hall stand 10 stone columns carved with dragons. The Hall houses a statue of Confucius and a stone inscription of Ming Dynasty, which tells the life story of Confucius in 120 pictures.The Confucian Cemetery, occupying more than 200 hectares, has served as the graveyard of Confucius and his descendants for more than 2,300 years.The Kong Family Mansion, standing tight next to the Confucian Temple, was the living quarters of Confucius' descendants. The Family Mansion now houses a large number of documents, files and antiques.The Temple and Cemetery of Confucian and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu were put on the list of world cultural heritage sites in 1994.Task 2:【答案】A.1) The kings of ancient Egypt wanted to keep their bodies safe after death and to hold their treasures.2) It is located on the west bank of the Nile, not far from Cairo.3) The ancient Egyptians compared the setting of the sun to the end of life and this is why all the pyramids are on the west bank.4) They were taken across the river in boats at flood time.5) The limestone, which used to make the pyramid smooth, is gone. So people can climb the hugestones like steps to the top.6) The Libyan Desert.B.Number of blocks of stone: 2,300,000.Average weight of the blocks: 2.5 tons.Number of slaves on the project: 100,000.Number of years taken: 20.The height of the pyramid: over 450 feet.Area covered: 13 acres.Length of each side: 755 feet.【原文】The kings of ancient Egypt planned strong tombs to keep their bodies safe after death and to hold their treasures. Over these tombs huge stone pyramids were built. There are over 80 known pyramids in Egypt, but the Great Pyramid is the largest of all.The Great Pyramid was built thousands of years ago for a king called Khufu. It stands on the west bank of the Nile River not far from Cairo.In fact all the pyramids along the Nile are on its west bank. The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life. This is why their dead bodies were buried on the west bank of the Nile.It’s very hard to imagine just how big the Great Pyramid is. It has over 2,300,000 blocks of solid stone. Theses huge stone blocks weigh an average of two and a half tons each, as heavy as a big car. Some even weigh 15 tons. Without machinery, the ancient Egyptians cut and moved and lifted each of these stones. Many of the blocks came from the east bank of the Nile, and they were taken across the fiver in boats at flood time. It took more than 100,000 slaves 20 years to build the Great Pyramid.The Great Pyramid is over 450 feet high today, and it was once higher. Its base covers 13 acres. Each of the sides of the pyramid is 755 feet long. It takes about 20 minutes to walk all the way around the pyramid.Every king wanted his tomb to be the best. But Khufu outdid them all. The surface of his pyramid used to shine with smooth white limestone, and its top came to a sharp point. Inside, the body of Khufu rested in a great stone coffin. His body was preserved to last forever, and many treasures were buried with him.After many years, the shining surface was worn away, and men took some of the huge stone blocks to build other things: Thieves stole the treasures, and the body of Khufu was stolen, too.Today, the sides of the Great Pyramid are no longer smooth and white. The limestone is gone. The huge stones are exposed and you can climb them, like steps, to the top. When you have reached the top, you can see for miles about you. You can see the smaller pyramids and the Sphinx, the great stone statue of the lion with a human head. To the west you can see the Libyan Desert, and to the east you can see the green Nile Valley and the modern city of Cairo.Task 3:【答案】A.1) the joy of the family or the unity of the whole empire2) the thriving children3) the rank of an officialB.1) F2) F3) T4) F5) T【原文】In China, people can often see a pair of stone lions, a male and a female, in front of the gates of traditional buildings. The male is on the left with his right front paw resting on a ball, and the female on the right with her left front paw fondling their cub.The lion is a very special animal to Chinese people. Traditionally, he is regarded as the king of the animal world, the animal that represents power and prestige. The ball the male lion is playing with probably symbolizes the joy of family or the unity of the whole empire, and the cub the female is fondling, the thriving children.Traditionally, however, the stone lions were only to be found in front of the gates of mansions of powerful officials. In fact, the rank of the officials was indicated by the number of curls on the lion's head. The lion for the highest rank had 13 curls, and the number decreased by one as the rank went down until it reached the 7th rank, because below that no one was allowed to have stone lions guard their house at all.It is interesting to note that lions were not native to China. It is said that the first lion was brought into the country as a girl from the King of Parthia to the Chinese Emperor of the Eastern Han who reigned the country at around 87 AD. The next year, another lion was given by a country from Central Asia. But it was probably the introduction of Buddhism to China during this period that got sculptors interested in, making stone lions, because according to the legend, when Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, was born, he was seen to "point to Heaven with one hand and to Earth with the other, mating like a lion." In the Buddhist faith, therefore, the lion is considered divine. It is a noble creature sent by the Buddha to protect the Truth and keep off evils.Stone lions have also been used to decorate bridges for the same reason. The best known is the Lugouqiao (also known as Marco Polo Bridge). Built from 1189 to 1192, the lion stones sculpted on the posts of the bridge have stood on guard for more than 800 years. One funny thing about the stone lions on the bridge is people often 'disagree on the exact number. It is said that there are 485 in all, but there may be 498 or 501. No wonder people often say "as many as the stone lions on the Lugouqiao". You cannot count them.Task 4:【答案】A.1) It's "Liberty Enlightening the World".2) It stands on Liberty Island in Upper New York Bay.B.Material: mostly copper.Original color: reddish-brown.Color now: green.In her right hand: a torch.In her left hand: a tablet.On her head: a crown.At her feet: a broken chain.C.1) a2) b3) b4) b5) a6) c【原文】Americans like to say the Statue of Liberty is in good condition for a woman of her age. She is more than one-hundred-years old. France gave the statue to the United States inEighteen-Eighty-Four.For more than thirty years the statue welcomed millions of foreign people arriving by ship to live in the United States. Today more than two-million people visit the statue every year. The Statue of Liberty has become a representation of freedom.The full name of the statue is "Liberty Enlightening the World." It stands on Liberty Island in Upper New York Bay, about two-and-one-half kilometers from Manhattan Island. It was built in the nineteenth century. But it still remains the tallest metal statue in the world.The Statue of Liberty is mostly made of copper. Once it was a reddish-brown color. But time and weather have turned it green. The statue wears a loose robe. She raises her right arm high in the air. Her right hand holds a torch -- a golden light. Her left hand holds a tablet. It shows the date of the American Declaration of Independence – July Fourth, Seventeen-Seventy-Six. The statue wears a crown on her head. The crown has seven points. Each of these rays represents the light of freedom. This light shines on seven seas and seven continents. A chain representing oppression lies broken at her feet.Twelve-million immigrants from other countries passed the statue by ship between Eighteen-Ninety-Two and Nineteen Twenty-Four. Then they were taken to the immigration centeron nearby Ellis Island. There they went through the processes necessary to live in the United States.Many immigrants thought of the statue as a welcoming mother for refugees. Emma Lazarus expressed this idea in a poem in Eighteen-Eighty-Three. She called her poem "The New Colossus." She wrote:"Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch, whose flameIs the imprisoned lightning, and her nameMother of Exiles. "The people of France gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States in Eighteen-Eighty-Four. Their gift honored freedom. It also marked the friendship between the two nations. This friendship had developed during America's revolution against Britain. France helped the revolutionary armies defeat the soldiers of King George the Third. The war officially ended inSeventeen-Eighty-Three. A few years later, the French rebelled against their own king.A French historian and politician named Edouard-Rene Lefebvre de Laboulaye started the idea for a statue. Mister Laboulaye was giving a party in his home near Versailles inEighteen-Sixty-Five. This was the year the American Civil War ended. Slavery also ended in the United States. It was a time when Mister Laboulaye and others were struggling to make their own country democratic. France was suffering under the rule of Napoleon the Third.Mr. Laboulaye suggested that the French and Americans build a monument together to celebrate freedom. One of the guests at the party was a young sculptor, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. For years Mister Bartholdi had dreamed of creating a very large statue. By the end of the party he had been invited to create a statue of freedom for the United States. Mr. Bartholdi had never designed anything taller than four meters. But he planned this statue as the largest since ancient times. Its face would be the face of his mother, Auguste-Charlotte Bartholdi.In Eighteen-Seventy-Five the French established an organization to raise money for Mister Bartholdi's creation.Two years later the Americans established a group to help pay for the pedestal. This structure would support the statue. American architect Richard Morris Hunt was chosen to design the pedestal. It would stand forty-seven meters high inside the walls of a fort. The fort had been built in the early Eighteen-Hundreds. It was designed in the shape of a star.In France, Mister Bartholdi designed a small version of his statue. Then he built a series of larger copies.Workers created wood forms covered with plaster for each main part. Then they placed three-hundred pieces of copper on the forms. The copper "skin" was less than three centimeters thick.France had hoped to give the statue to the United States on July Fourth,Eighteen-Seventy-Six. That was the one-hundredth anniversary of the signing of America's Declaration of Independence. But technical problems and lack of money delayed the project by eight years.At last France presented the statue to the United States. The celebration took place in Paris on July Fourth, Eighteen-Eighty-Four. Americans started building the pedestal that same year. But they had to stop. People had not given enough money to finish the structure.A New York newspaper urged Americans to give more money for the pedestal. People reacted by givingone-hundred-thousand dollars.Now the huge statue had a pedestal to stand on. In France, the statue was taken apart for shipping to the United States. It was shipped in two-hundred-fourteen wooden boxes.On October Twenty-Eighth, Eighteen-Eighty-Six, President Grover Cleveland officially accepted Liberty Enlightening the World. He said: "We will not forget that Liberty has here made her home." Mister Bartholdi and representatives of the French government attended the ceremony. People paraded through the streets of New York. Boats filled the harbor.Over the years Americans shortened the name of the statue. They called it the Statue of Liberty, or Miss Liberty. The statue continued to welcome many immigrants arriving by ship until Nineteen-Twenty-Four. That is when Ellis Island stopped much of its operation. The great wave of immigration to the United States was mostly over.But millions of visitors kept coming to see the Statue of Liberty. By the Nineteen-Eighties, the statue badly needed repairs. Again people on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean cooperated to raise money. Automobile manufacturer Lee Iacocca led the campaign in the United States. Big companies gave money for the repairs. So did school children. Fireworks lit the sky at the celebration for the restored Statue of Liberty on July Fourth, Nineteen-Eighty-Six.Thousands of people still visit the Statue of Liberty every day. They reach the statue by boat. Many people climb the three-hundred-fifty-four steps to the crown. Or they ride up to observation areas in an elevator. Or they study the story of the statue in a museum in the monument.Task 5:【答案】A.1) Their guidelines were too general/unspecific on how to safeguard those artifacts.2) She thinks that a country is entitled to keep its heritage and with the ownership goes the responsibility to protect it.3) He was afraid of being accused of selling away the artifacts for personal gain,4) She suggested having an exhibition abroad.B.I. Reasons local communities should be involved.A. Cultural properties can be appreciated and better protected.B. The government is unable to take care of everything itself.II. Education is the key.A. Lobby aggressively to put heritage subjects into the school curriculum.B. Produce awareness-raising materials.C. Build a good distribution system to get the information out to everyone.【原文】Interviewer: One of the most basic issues affecting cultural heritage preservation is the question of ownership. What does current international law allow for? What are the shortcomingsof current UNESCO conventions in regard to cultural heritage preservation?Dupree: That is a question particularly relevant to Afghanistan. When the massive looting of the Kabul Museum took place, nobody paid much attention, except for the specialists.UNESCO didn't say much of anything. Then the Bamiyan Buddhas were blown up,and immediately UNESCO came out with guidelines. However, theirguidelines—which concerned safe havens for artifacts when the environmentsurrounding them was threatening—were so unspecific. They spoke aboutsafeguarding any Afghan artifacts anywhere in the world. Which is fine, but how?They didn't say. So UNESCO was criticized. The whole question of who owns thenational heritage of a country, and who is responsible for it, is very difficult. Ipersonally talked to Commander Ahmed Shah Massoud who was unfortunately laterassassinated. I said, “Look, the museum collections are in danger. Is there any chanceyou would consider sending them out of the country to be held in some safe haven?"And he said, “Personally I think it would be a good idea to put them in some safehaven, but politically I cannot do this. My opponents would say I am selling away theartifacts for my own personal gain." I think that a country is entitled to keep itsheritage. But, at the same time, in keeping their heritage they have the responsibilityto protect it. This is not always possible.Interviewer: What more do you think could have been done by the international community to safeguard the artifacts in the Kabul Museum?Dupree: Actually, once I was here at the Asia Society, and I asked the director of the galleries, "Would you consider having an exhibition?" That would have been one way to takethem out without the critics being able to say they had been sold for personal benefit.This way, they would not only be on display, but they would be gathering income.Look at what happened with the Tutankhamen exhibit: long, long lines all over theworld. So this could have been one way of doing it. But the leadership in Afghanistankept changing so quickly that even if you came to an agreement with one person, hewould soon be out, and then you'd have to go through it all over again with anotherperson.Interviewer: To many people in the non-Western world, cultural heritage does not imply a collection of artifacts behind glass, but rather objects that are an indiscernible, integralpart of their daily lives. What more do you think can be done at the grassroots level topromote cultural resource protection and involve local people in preserving andmaintaining the objects that inform their lives? What role does education play incultural heritage preservation?Dupree: This is one of my main concerns. Of course, cultural heritage has many components;some are tangible, some are intangible. Problems in the past existed on many levels.For one, the government has always been responsible for repair and maintenance. Thepeople were not involved; so they felt no responsibility for cultural properties aroundthem. Now we see that monuments that are living parts of the community havesuffered less during the war. So I am convinced that we have to involve communities,by forming action committees, so those monuments and other parts of the culture thatthey are living with can be appreciated. Local people often don't see there is anythingunique in some of the things they work with daily. You have to raise their awarenessof this, because for a long, long time the government will not be able to take care ofeverything itself, nor should it. It should be the community acting out of a sense ofresponsibility for their past. As far as education is concerned, it is the key. InAfghanistan, heritage subjects were not included in an appropriate way in the schoolcurriculum. Now there are two generations of young people who have grown upoutside of their own country. They haven't a clue as to what their culture is. Theydon't have a clue of the glorious things in their history. And why should they be heldaccountable for them unless they understand, and understand clearly, that this is partof their past, and it is part of their culture. So the education sector must becomeinvolved, and this includes aggressive lobbying. They're going to revise thecurriculum in Afghanistan, and we must lobby aggressively to see that these issues areput into the entire curriculum. But that doesn't do all that is necessary. You have toproduce reading materials, posters, and other awareness-raising materials. And eventhat is not enough. Unless you have a good distribution system, this will all beconcentrated in the cities. You need to get the information out to everyone, so civilsociety can be intelligently informed about its heritage and how to protect it.Task 6:【答案】A.1) People wanted to build ever more impressive structures, but lacked the technology needed for great buildings.2) They symbolized power and wealth.3) It began in 1173.4) They found that the tower was leaning slightly and began to wait for the tower to settle.5) The soil was too soft to bear the weight.6) It has leant to different directions. Now it leans to the south.B.1) F2) T3) F4) F5) T6) T7) F【原文】In the world of medieval Europe, buildings were thought to represent humankind's greatest stamp upon the universe. Ambitions for ever more impressive structures sometimes soared, often ignoring the technical knowledge needed for human hands to craft masterpieces out of stone and mortar, and imperfect creations resulted from time to time. One such flawed design, however, produced a structure that not only survived the ages but also achieved great fame, becoming a much-celebrated marvel of human fallibility.The town of Pisa, in the west-central part of the Italian peninsula, had been a major trading and maritime center for some 300 years when 12th-century builders began constructing a bell tower in its famous piazza. The freestanding bell tower was to be a worthy accompaniment to the piazza's superb cathedral, which was still not finished after a century of construction. Such bell towers symbolized power and wealth, and various republics seemed to compete with one another to construct ever more grand ones. It was only reasonable then that Pisa, whose economic position and power rivaled that of its northern neighbors, Genoa and Venice, should construct a particularly impressive tower.Conceived in the comparatively elaborate Pisan style, the bell tower would measure 52 feet in diameter at the ground level. The original design called for a relatively tall first level that was to be ornamented by engaged columns and which was to be capable of supporting six additional stories, each embellished with marble arcades. A portal decorated with sculptures of animals and monsters would function as an entranceway to the tower. Inside, 294 steps would lead visitors upward through the successive arcades to an open terrace. Of course, at the very top of the stonetower there would be space devoted to a bell chamber.In 1173, workers began to construct the tower. After they had completed the first three floors —only about a third of the intended 191-feet height—it became obvious to them and to the designers that the tower was leaning slightly. The sad fact was that the soft soil on which it stood simply was not capable of bearing the weight of the structure.The townspeople halted the construction project and began a long wait for the tower to settle. But when 100 years had passed and their patience had grown very thin, people finally had to admit that the tilt had only gotten worse. The Pisans nevertheless decided to resume work on the tower, determined to make the remainder of the building straight, even if such an arrangement would create a curve in the tower above its third story.Work proceeded through the second third of the structure, but by the time it was completed, the builders had made the awful discovery that the tilt had become more noticeable. Again the Pisans brought everything to a halt, pausing for almost a century. Finally, in 1350, the still leaning tower was finished.Its unfortunate feature did not make it unique, however. Other European towers of that era leaned as well. But the angle of Pisa's Leaning Tower became more and more remarkable as it liter-ally began to screw itself into the soft ground, leaning at first to the northwest, then to the north, to the east, and to the south, where it still slants today. Despite its instability, or perhaps because of it, the tower has risen into the ranks of world-class landmarks.Today, the tower is a full 17 feet out of plumb, a situation that puts immense stresses on its lower levels. Workers have been strapping steel cables to the tower's lower part in an effort to keep it from becoming crushed under the strain. Numerous international experts also feel the strain while trying—so far in vain—to find a way that will somehow save the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It is unfortunate that these experts are not able to consult one of the city's favorite sons. The great Renaissance scientist Galileo grew up in Pisa and, in fact, climbed the tower to perform his free-tall gravity experiments. As someone who had wanted to understand gravity, perhaps he would have enjoyed trying to combat the very force that at last may topple Pisa's remarkable Leaning Tower.Task 7:【答案】A.1) a Bronze Age culture was developing2) it was reserved for vesselsB.1) It seems to have developed in about 2,200 BC.2) In the Central Plains of the Yellow River valley.3) They were made to be used in state ritual and ancestor worship.4) For over 1,000 years.5) To represent his land which he had divided into nine provinces.6) They did this to reaffirm their hereditary rights to power and to persuade the ancestors and deities to influence events favorably.7) They were buried either in storage pits or in tombs.C.【原文】From the first simple wine cup — one of the earliest Chinese bronze vessels yet known — to the extraordinary life-sized terracotta figures buried with the First Emperor of Qin, this exhibition features discoveries that have fundamentally changed our knowledge of ancient Chinese history and art.At about the same time that Stonehenge was rising in England and Abraham was framing the principles of Judaism in the Middle East, a Bronze Age culture was developing in China that in many respects was seldom equaled and never surpassed. This development seems to have occurred early in the first half of the second millennium B.C. in the fertile Central Plains of the Yellow River valley.Unlike other cultures, where bronze was first used chiefly for tools and weapons, in China this alloy of copper and tin was reserved for the manufacture of majestic vessels that played central roles in state ritual and ancestor worship for more than 1,000 years, even after the official beginnings of the Iron Age in the fifth century B.C. Representing the wealth and power of the rulers, these ritual utensils show the highest degree of technical and artistic accomplishment in early Chinese civilization.The legend of the founding of China's first dynasty demonstrates the importance of bronze to the ancient Chinese: After King Yu of the Xia brought the primordial floods under control, in about 2200 B.C., he divided his land into nine provinces, and had nine ding (food cauldrons) cast to represent them. When the Xia dynasty fell, the "nine ding," also called the "Auspicious Bronzes of the State," passed to the Shang dynasty, and, in turn, to the Zhou when they conquered the Shang. Possession of bronze vessels thus became a symbol for the holding of power and prestige. Rulers used bronze cauldrons, cups, drinking vessels, and other containers to present offerings of food and wine to royal ancestors and deities. In this way they reaffirmed their hereditary rights to power and attempted to persuade the ancestors to influence events favorably.After the Shang period, ritual vessels became more important as expressions of personal prestige than as vehicles for pious offerings. This is evident from the changing content of bronze inscriptions. Cast into the surface of a vessel, these inscriptions first appeared during the last Shang dynasty as a terse identification of the vessel's owner or of the ancestor to whom it was dedicated. 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UNIT 1part1 task31. The music wasn't too loud, so some people could dance and others could talk. And there was a nice mixture of people, too.2. Someone spilled half a bottle of coke on his jacket and in the middle of the party, the stereo stopped playing for about fifteen minutes.3. Keeping everyone happy, making sure they were all behaving themselves and taking part in the games they organized, and watching out so that nobody was feeling left out.4. He thinks it was one of the nicest parties he's ever been to.5. This was the first time that Janet's and Ray's extended families had met.part3 task11. A weather forecaster is speaking on the radio or TV about today's weather. He's probably going to continue by giving the forecast for tomorrow.2. A newscaster is speaking on the radio or television about a bombing on an American airliner. The newscaster is probably going to give more details about the people killed and who might have planted the bomb.3. An aircraft captain is making an announcement to passengers on a plane. He's probably going to tell the passengers how long it will take to reach their destination, explain the service on the plane, and ask the passengers to fasten their seat belts.4. The talk is mostly likely taking place in a museum. A museum guide is talking to visitors about some of the exhibits in the museum. The guide is probably going to continue by giving more information about the exhibits.5. This is a recorded voice on the phone giving information about White Tower Theaters. More detailed information about the schedule is going to be given.task3 1. The speaker is going to talk about some of the negative effects of the automobile on U.S. society. 2. The speaker is going to talk about Vitamin D. 3. The speaker is going to talk about how he is conducting his research project. 4. The speaker is going to talk about what one community is presently doing to conserve energy. 5. The speaker is going to talk about an earlier form of transportation — the wooden sailing ship.UNIT 2part2 task11. The fourth Thursday in November2. Because they believe the two most important words in the English language are “Thank you ”.3. Because it benefits social interaction, and shows how you value the other person and the social relationship you have with him.4. Try to express our gratitude vocally or in writing every day.5. Firstly, make every day Thanksgiving Day. Secondly, be mindful of the little things for which you are thankful.task21. Lack of respect and courtesy is a serious problem in American society.2. They become irritable and act rudely and speak crudely.3. It has aroused a national debate on the issue of how to cultivate good manners.4. Custom and consideration.5. Because an encouraging word from you could change someone's life whether by supporting their college plans or a life change. On the other hand, an unnecessarily sharp word from you could reduce someone to tears and he or she might never forget your harshness.UNIT 3part1 task31. It varies a bit. Three or four times.2. He usually looks at the front page and then he probably has a look at the sports page towards the back and then he works his way back through to the beginning again.3. That depends. If he's got loads of time, he might read most of the articles, providing they're interesting. During the week if he's got work to do on the train, he probably only glances at the headlines and then he might read one or two articles when he gets home in the evening. Occasionally he buys a paper and forgets to look at it at all.4. The cartoons and the crossword puzzles.5. For him, the business section is particularly important, but he thinks that on a more general level the international news is the most important.part2 task11. The speaker is trying to prove some ideas about creativity are incorrect.2. The story is used to show while new ideas continue to happen from time to time, we can also come upon ideas in a more direct way through the use of deliberate creativity.3. The speaker admits that some people have a natural curiosity, some people have an active imagination and some people are always trying to change things. But all these effects can also be obtained through developing the formal techniques of Lateral Thinking.4. By coaching, training, and fitness regimens.5. Everyone will go farther in the same amount of time. Someone will still come first and someone last, but not necessarily the same person as before.6. Everyone will be come much more creative than before, although some people will still be more creative than others, as with any acquired skill.7. Mastering the techniques of creative thinking is beneficial.8. Being liberated may be a necessary step, but it is by no means the whole process. It is also necessary to acquire creative skills.task21. Experts say students are never too young to think creatively about science.2. Educator Karen Meador describes how young students can explore the movement of liquid on wax paper.3. Wax paper, water containing red, yellow and blue food coloring, and eye droppers, etc.4. Using the eye droppers, they place the colored water onto the wax paper. Then they blow softly into the water. Next, the students observe the tension on the surface to see how it affects the way the water moves and shapes itself.5. Creative Thinking and Problem Solving for Young Learners.task3Thinking Critically Professors like to see in student essays evidence of critical thinking. To be able to think critically about a topic, you must have something to think about. The critical thinking process is a question-guided process. First, you should write down everything you know about the topic. Then, you re-organize the material into categories or groupings, by asking questions like how these things fit together or what elements are related and how they are related. Thirdly you ask yourself questions about its significance, purpose, implications and ask questions like “Is there anything that doesn't fit, or that doesn't agree with the facts, or with other theories on the topic, or with my personal ex perience?”part3 task11. They are more complex and subtle than the ones we faced in the 1960's and 70's.2. He believes Americans should be partners in the preservation of our lands and natural resources.3. He hopes that people will remain confident in the food supply.4. He believes that the future will be determined by the quality of our education. This country's greatest strength is its education system.5. Education is the single most important investment people will make as parents, as taxpayers and as economic leaders.part4 task21. He wants to bring his roommate's term paper to her office.2. She asks him to drop it off with the secretary of the art history department.3. His advisor told him that he needs one more humanities course to graduate.4. the history and politics of the era in which they lived5. give a major presentation on an individual painterUNIT4part1 task21. She is going to the mountains.2. He is probably going to an island off the coast, or he will accept a position as a research assistant on campus.3. His uncle is running a hotel on San Marcos Island, and he invited him to come stay for the summer.4. His professor offered him a position as an assistant researcher.5. He needs time to think about his decision. /He'll probably just wait for a while so he can think over his decision.task31. About two years.2. Because in the past he played more for fun than for money.3. Very nervous.4. In the Underground, nobody asks him to play. If people don't like his playing, he doesn't feel embarrassed. He can switch himself off from them and play for himself, while playing at parties, however, he feels a little embarrassed.5. He doesn't think he is good enough for that. (He thinks that, except for his voice, he hasn't got anything original.)part2 task11. Students not only take more rigorous courses, but also attend better schools than do their peers who don't score as well.2. Because there exist a lot of mathematics, science, technology, and other academic competitions, and the accomplishments of secondary and university students are routinely noted in the nation's largest newspaper.3. It needs more than just smart people. It needs entrepreneurs and leaders, people who have the vision and courage to start and nurture multinational firms.4. The “Learn and drill” approach.5. Student-directed, entrepreneurial, and creative.task21. Because students are unwilling to answer questions and few of them can give /come up with both clear and logical answers.2. Because students apparently lack key points and reply with irrelevant words.3. They think most Chinese students pay much more attention to reading and learning by heart than participating in the practice of oral expression.4. They think it is a psychological or personal matter. Sometimes they are afraid their answers are wrong, and sometimes they don't want to be the focus of public attention.5. When they are in primary and middle school.part3 task2Extract 11. Some Americans think it needs to be rebuilt.2. Most of them don't think it needs to be rebuilt.Extract 21. People differ in their view of school advertising.2. They believe that such advertising encourages kids to think about spending money rather than doing schoolwork. They are also worried that kids will be brainwashed into preferring certain brands.3. They don't think school advertising interferes with education. They can also use the money to pay for musical instruments, athletic equipment and other expenses.Extract 31. It has the opposite effect. /It doesn't work for them.2. They tended to gain weight instead of losing weight.task31. To reduce traffic /To solve the traffic problem.2. Cars belonging to people living in central London.3. They have reacted to it differently.4. The financial problem and the deficit are important concerns.5. They think it is unfair for them to pay the charge when they already pay road tax, especially the people who live in the center.UNIT5part1 task31. Three rooms, or a two-bedroom flat.2. He needs to take the train to work and in the evenings he often stays at work and comes home quite late.3. Ten minutes from the station on foot.4. £550 at most.5. He wants the flat to be on the ground floor; and preferably he'd like the flat to be near a children's playground and a school.part2 task11. Because the titles and cover pictures can be very misleading.2. Tell him or her the books you have previously enjoyed reading.3. Your friends, families and teachers.4. Book reviews in magazines.5. Because you may soon become bored and you need to expand your horizons as well.6. You may read a 300 page thriller instead.7. You can seek out other books by the same writer, or, again, ask a librarian for a writer with a similar style.8. These may include classics as well as more contemporary books.task21. Learning disabilities are disorders in the ways that people understand or use language.2. Learning disabilities are caused by differences in the way that the brain works with information.3. Not connecting letters with their sounds and not understanding what is read.4. He has difficulty doing mathematics.part4 task21. their direct supervisors do not take time to help them develop or improve2. The amount of individual attention given to employees as well as perceptions of character.3. The right attitude, language and behavior.4. They lead the way they like to be led5. You must address the God boss just as he wants to be addressed, follow his rules and create the illusion you're doing things his way.5. Different kinds of learning disabilities and advice provided by specialists about ways to deal with them, as well as some of the political issues involved in the area of special education.part3 task21. Just to know them /Because they don't know the answer.2. He answered, “No, that's why I'm doing it.”3. Knowledge, and especially wide ranging knowledge, is necessary for creativity to flourish to its fullest.4. Because too often there is no clear reason behind many of the things that are taken for granted. UNIT6part1 task21. He got her address from the student housing agency.2. The rent's £25 a week. That includes electricity, but not gas.3. There is a gas fire to keep the room warm.4. There's a divan bed, a small wardrobe, an armchair, a coffee table, a bookshelf and a desk.5. The house is only five minute's walk from the station. Turn right outside the station, and then it's the third street on the left. It's got the number on the gate. It's exactly opposite the cemetery. task31. It turned out very well. She thought it was going to be a formal interview, but as it turned out she just went along and met the television producer and he took her out for lunch.2. Questions about what she'd done before, the job she'd had before and whether she had a degree.3. She'd spent a lot of time last year going round places finding out about various different kinds of energy. She'd been to a center for alternative technology.4. They're going to cover all kinds of energy sources but in pacticular will find out about alternative sources of energy to see whether they'd be practical and economical.5. Because she'd actually found out about the subjects before she'd gone to meet the interviewer and she knew what he was wanting to get across in his documentaries.part2 task11. Managing them intelligently.2. She didn't want her tablemates to worry about such a thing while on their vacation, fearing it was something “unpleasant”.3. He felt annoyed because she didn't tell him the truth.4. She received lots of help. Her tablemates moved a chair so she could put her foot up. They escorted her from the dining room.5. Because expressing emotions appropriately keeps little things from becoming big issues,keeping people out of a place of resentment, and allowing them to get what they want and need. task21. A person's personality.2. Foreign ventures.3. To judge an interviewee's language and analytical and cognitive ability.4. Because she thinks it is easy to cheat. People can simply pick out the words that sound good, but not necessarily speak their minds.5. He doesn't discount the possibility of cheating. But he thinks most candidates will not lie because they might suffer in the future if they get jobs that don't fit their true personalities.part3 task11. Five news items.2.1)Ten Chinese nurses were awarded Florence Nightingale medals in Beijing.2)The British businessman, Richard Branson, has announced plans for the world's first commercial passenger flights into space.3)The jobless rate in the 12-nation Eurozone remained at 9 percent in July for the fourth straight month.4)Canada and the United States are still disagreeing on beef. The two have failed to reach an agreement to resume US imports of Canadian live cattle.5)France's Finance Ministry said it has placed 9.6 percent of France Telecom shares on the market Wednesday, raising 4.5 billion euros for state funds in one of the biggest placements in recent years.task21. Two.2. In three years' time.3. About a hundred thousand pounds.4. They hope to get the prices down to levels where hopefully masses of people will be able to experience space.task31. In Beijing, Tuesday.2. Vice-Premier Wu Yi delivered a speech in which, she expressed sincere appreciation to the country's medical workers, especially those who once worked on the frontline of fighting against SARS.3. In 1912, at the Ninth International Red Cross Conference in Washington.4. In 1983.5. 38 Chinese nurses.part4 task21. The American Literature Seminar.2. a talented writer, but not a great one3. his descriptions of the various states4. The urge/ desire for traveling.5. The central theme of Steinbeck's book that holds all the descriptions together.UNIT7part1 task31. At least one quarter of today's workers feel stressed at work.2. Worker stress can be brought on by a number of things including heavy workload, long hours, no decision making power, poor social environment, conflicting or uncertain job expectations, job insecurity, or lack of growth opportunities.3. It found the workweek has increased by 15 percent in the last 25 years, while leisure time has decreased 37 percent.4. Stress at work can cause a number of medical problems including headaches, sleep disturbance, difficulty in concentrating, short temper, upset stomach, and job dissatisfaction.5. Benefits such as on-site child care are actually more important than monetary compensation. part2 task21. Business solutions to help them find things on the Net, shop for things, or find information or even other people that they want to contact or communicate with.2. They were both graduate students at Stanford University in 1994 in California.3. In Gulliver's Travels, Yahoo means a very rude and uncivilized people. And they think they area kind of Yahoos because they are also uncivilized. That is how they got the name.4. In 1995.5. Having a strong brand, a good set of users and a good product.part3 task11. Four.2.1)China vows to crack down on smuggling.2)ASEAN meets to push forward the liberalization of trade and investment by 2007.3)New rules to prevent the transport of sea creatures around the world.4)With the abolition of grants and the introduction of tuition fees, most students are financially stretched —particularly if they are paying tuition fees out of their loans.task31. It's never too late to exercise whether you've reached middle age — or passed it — and never exercised regularly.2. In the May 30th issue of The Lancet.3. About their health and exercise habits.4. They were 40 to 59 years old in the first questionnaire and the average age of the people in the second questionnaire was 63.5. It would help to maintain mobility, to prolong independence, and to reduce the risk of heart attacks and mortality.UNIT8part1 task21. She has been advised to bring few belongings with her.2. They're in the afternoon from 2∶30 to 3∶30 and in the evening from 7 to 8.3. Smoking in the wards is not allowed under any circumstances, and the same goes for alcohol.4. There are special lounges where it's allowed.5. Because the switchboard gets clogged up with callers.part2 task11. The things we believe that we need.2. Because they are so commonly accepted.3. The air we breathe, the ground we walk on and the water we drink.4. When two people have weak needs and each fulfills the other's needs. And when either has weak needs and those needs are not being fulfilled.5. By finding out what the other person needs and then fulfilling that need.6. How can I fulfill the other person's needs?7. By their response to us. When we do or say something and we get a positive response, we are well on the way to recognizing their need.8. With the power of self mind control.task21. “Dating” his mother.2. Because of the demands of his job and three kids.3. She felt surprised and suspicious.4. He felt a bit nervous.5. Nothing very important, they just spent the time catching up with each other's lives.6. The importance of slowing down.part3 task11. Five.2.1)In Iraq, millions of children are beginning their first school year without Saddam Hussein in power.2)In England, Prime Minister Tony Blair gave his annual address to the Labor party. The speech tackled criticisms of Blair's decision to go to war with Iraq.3)Two European airlines are planning a merger that would create the world's third largest airline company. Air France has agreed to buy Dutch-owned KLM in a deal that's estimated to save the carriers 700 million dollars a year.4)First lady Laura Bush is paying a visit to Russia's capital. Tuesday, the one-time librarian met with first ladies from Russia, Bulgaria and Armenia. She's in Russia to attend a library festival, celebrating books and literature.5)In Russia, a ballerina has her job back after the labor ministry determined she was dismissed illegally.task21. Bombings at Egyptian resorts have left about two dozen dead, and the total is expected to rise.2. She has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Her work resulted in the planting of more than 30 million trees across Africa.3. Ten.4. A hospital official says the latest US air strike in Fallujah has killed 14 people. A doctor says a wedding party was hit. The US military says the target was a terrorist safe house.5. George Bush and John Kerry will go for round two of the presidential debate.part4 task21. As a young girl, she would dress her brother's toy soldiers and create her very own version of the Academy Awards.2. be able to travel and to see where her roots are3. She thinks that there's always rock and roll behind it all.4. dress rock stars and people that would do rock concerts5. Whether or not to give up her career as a fashion designer.。

《英语听力教程4》答案及原文

《英语听力教程4》答案及原文

Unit 1 Shopping and Banking OlinePart I Getting readyB. Keys:1: drop 2: shopping 3: mouse 4: feet 5: retailing 6: street 7: get 8: down 9: third-party 10: online 11:30% 12: malls 13: Britain 14: gift-buying 15:50% 16: net 17: peroidC. Keys:1 : the site2 : merchant, addresses/phone numbers/call up3 : strict safety measuresPart II Net shopping under fireA. Keys:1 : delivery, delivery2 : delivery charges3 : personal information, 87%4 : returning goods, 47%5 : order, 35%, dispatch, 87%6 : money back, twoB. Keys:1 : convenience2 : choice3 : obstacles4 : complete trust5 : build consummers' trust6 : mature7 : payment8 : service Part III Banking at homeA. Keys:1 : limited opening hours2 : Online banking services3 : getting current information on products4 : e-mailing questions to the bank5 : competing for customers6 : having no computers at homeB. Keys:1 : It is banking through the Internet.2 : 'Online banking' offers convenience which appeals to the kind of customer banks want to keep.3 : Banks most want to keep people who are young, well-educated, and have good incomes.Part IV More about the topic: Secret of Good Customer ServiceB. Keys:English Good Customer Service(Harrods)1 : in a pleasant environment2 : Second to none3 : different customers, take a look at everything, alternatives, come to sales assistants4 : first contact with the customerAmerican Good Customer Service(Saks)1 : human side, family, occasions in life, a partnership2 : repeat business, salesPart V Do you know…?Keys:1 : c2 : a、b、c3 : a、b、c4 : c5 : c6 : bTape scriptPart I Getting readyC.Consumers who want to shop online are suggested to bear the following things in mind:Evaluate the site. Always buy goods from well-known and trustworthy companies. Deal with companies which offer customer service, a complaints procedure and have a refund policy.Talk to merchant. E-mail and wait for reponses. Take down the addresses and phone numbers of those companies and make sure they are real by calling them up before buying any products and services.Ensure secure connection. Since buyers must submit personal information like number and expiry date of the card there are fears over security. Deal with sites that apply strict safety measures that require shoppers to give specific data known only to card holders before making the transaction.Be extra careful at a cybercafe or other public connection.Part II Net shopping under fireThere is an urgent need for e-commerce rules to boost confidence in buying online. Consumers International, a federation of 245consumer organizations — including the UK's Consumers Association —said its survey showed that there were still obatacles to shopping online with complete trust.The study, funded by the European Union, involved buying more than 150 items from 17 countries. Each consumer organization taking part tried to find one site in its own country and one abroad to buy a selection of items. These included a dictionary, a doll, jeans, a hairdryer, computer software and hardware, chocolates and champagne.The key findings were:Eight of the items ordered took more than a month to reach their destination and at least 11 (eight percent) never arrived.Many sites did not give clear information about delivery charges.Only 13% of the sites promised that they would not sell customers' personal information on to a third party.Only 53% of the companies had a policy on returning goods.Only 65% of the sites provided confirmation of the order and only 13% told customers when their goods had been dispatched.In two cases,customers are still waiting for their money back more than four months after returning their goods.Louis Sylvan, vice-president of Consumers International, said, "This study shows that, although buying items over the Internet can benefit the consumer by offering convenience and choice, there are still many obstacles that need to be overcome before consumers can shop in cyberspace with complete trust."Chris Philips, Marketing Manager at a London based e-commerce security company commented, "This study confirms the difficulties of establishing consumers' trust in the Internet as a shopping experience. With statistics like these and Visa claiming 47% of disputes and fraud cases were Internet-related, it is little wonder that Internetcommerce is not producing the profits predicted two or three years ago. Trust takes time to build, and the Internet will not mature as a retail channel until trusted brands, like the banks for example, start to offer ways of supporting trust relationships with guarantees payment and service."In September, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development will hold a meeting to discuss a set of international guidelines for electronic commerce.Part III Banking at homeMany people dislike walking to the bank, standing in long lines, and running out of checks. They are dissatisfied with their bank's limited hours, too. They want to do some banking at night, and on weekends. For such people, their problems may soon be over. Before long, they may be able to do their banking from the comfort of their own home, any hour of the day, any day of the week.Many banks are preparing "online branches," or Internet offices, which means that people will be able to take care of much of their banking business through their home computers. This process is called interactive banking. At these online branches, customers will be able to view all their accounts, move money between their accounts, apply for a loan, and get current information on products such as credit cards. Customers will also be able to pay their bills electronically, and even e-mail questions to the bank.Banks are creating online services for several reasons. One reason is that banks must compete for customers, who will switch to another bank if they are dissatisfied with the service they receive. The convenience of online banking appeals to the kind of customer banks most want to keep —people who are young, well-educated, and have good incomes. Banks also want to take advantage of modern technology asthey move into the twenty-first century.Online banking may not be appropriate for everyone. For instance, many people do not have computers at home. Other people prefer to go to the bank and handle their accounts the traditional way. Even though online banking may never completely replace a walk-in bank, it is a service that many customers are going to want to use.Part IV More about the topic: Secret of Good Customer Service In Britain they ask you, "Are you being served?" Whilst in America they tell you to "Have a nice day." But what is the secret of good customer service? From Harrods in London and Saks New York, we're going to find out the dos and don'ts of selling protocol.The reason that Harrods has been so successful over a hundred and fifty years is two fold. First of all they've offered their customers the products they want to buy in a pleasant environment. But secondly and more importantly, the level of customer service that they've given their customers, before sale, during sale and after sale, has been second to none. I think it's fair to say that if you compare the British with our cousins elsewhere in the world that we are actually quite a reserved lot. To a certain extent there are a lot of shrinking violets in this country who would rather just do their own thing. They'd rather wander around and browse and if they do need any help eventually, ask for it. So I think the way that we approach our own U.K. based customers is actually slightly different to the way we know we need to approach. For example, an American customer, or indeed a Japanese customer, or a Middle Eastern customer, who all have different ways of doing things.Well in serving different, I guess, nationalities, you do take very different approaches. With Europeans, for example, you do kind of let them take a look at everything. See what's being on offer and then ask them if they need any help. I think they'd probably much moreprefer to come to you, rather than you so much to go to them. The American customer very much expects you to go to them, approach them, show them alternatives. Well I think maybe the more European or British customer can be almost turned off by that if someone is seen to be too aggressive, maybe too anxious to make a sale.It's most important that the first contact, the first initial meeting with the customer is a good and successful one because on that basis, the customer will make up their mind what they want to do next.I quite like the English sales assistants because they definitely have better thing to do than talk to you, which I like. It's very terrifying when you go to America. "Can I help you?" they're like licking you. You're just like, "No, I'm fine. I just want to look." That puts me off. I love the English sales assistant.So where have you experienced the very best in customer service?Umm, probably America. In terms of best as in, they give you so much attention it's almost embarrassing. They treat you, you know, the "have a nice day" thing. They' want to help you. They want you to buy, 'cause they often work on a commission basis. That's if you like best. But I prefer the ... like, being ignored.Tamara:I think England's still way behind in terms of, like America for example. I can call in America from London and they'll track the item down. It's not like, "Sorry madam we don't have that in your size."I just got the Gucci boots, which mine had actually broken. And in England they said, "Sorry" you know, that's it. So this woman in Los Angeles tracked them down and, in fact got them for me. That's because they work on commission. And the sooner we learn that, the better the service will get.So what do the Americans have to say? They may speak with adifferent accent. But is the sales pitch a foreign language to the rest of the world?I think part of the reason Americans are known as experts is that we tend to focus a lot more in the human side of selling, not the mechanical side, which is the register and knowing about the product. We really want to know about your lifestyle. We want to know about your family. We want to know about your income. We want to know about your occasions in your life. And that's very different outside of the United States. Our consumer actually is comfortable with forming a partnership with a sales associate and giving up that information, very personal information, very personal information. I think that best part about Saks sales associate training that we actually develop customers, five different types of customers and we videotape them and put them up in front of every new sales associate and say, "This is our customers." They're very different. Each one of them is a top customer at Saks but they shop in a very different way. A lot of stores in this industry really measure selling effectiveness by sales and quite frankly that's not what Saks is about. I think the way you measure good quality staff is by repeat business. Obviously if you have someone on your selling floor that has a clientele, that is the measure of a good sales associate.Part V Do you know…?"Everybody loves a bargain, "this is a common American saying.A bargain is something you buy for less than its true vale. It is something you might not buy if it costs more.One person's useless ugly object can be another person's bargain. So many Americans put it outside with a "for sale" sign on it and they have a yard sale.Just about anything can be sold at a yard sale: clothing, cooking equipment, old toys, tools, books and chairs, even objects you thinkare extremely ugly or useless. You may have an electric light shaped like a fish. You may greatly dislike its looks, but it may be beautiful to someone else. Usually the seller puts a price on each object. But the price can almost always be negotiated. The price of a table, for example, might be marked $10. But the seller may accept 8. If the table has not been sold by the end of the day, the seller probably will take much less.Some people go to yard sales because it is part of their job. They earn their livings by buying old things at low prices then selling them at higher prices. Many others, however, go to yard sales just to have fun. They say it is like going on a treasure hunt. Sometimes they really do find the treasure.Ned Jaudere did. The Boston Globe newspaper says Mr. Jaudere has been collecting native American Indian objects since he was a young man. Last year, he stopped at a yard sale in the northeastern city of Worcester, Massachusertts. He paid $125 for what everyone thought was an old wooden club. Mr. Jaudere thought it was something else. Two days later, he confirmed that the club had been used by the Wampanoag Indian leader known as King Philip. King Philip used it during his war with the white settlers at eastern Massachusetts in 1675. The historic weapon had been stolen from a museum in 1970 and had been missing ever since. Mr. Jardere learnt the war club was valued at about $150 000 but he did not sell it or keep it. Mr. Jaudere returned the club to the museum near Boston Massachusetts from which it was stolen.Questions:1. Which of the following is a common American saying?2. What can be sold at a yard sale?3. Why do people go to a yard sale?4. When was the old wooden club stolen?5. What was the real value of the club?6. Why was the club at a great value?Unit 2 Hotel or B&BPart I Getting readyB. Keys:1 : 35%, 60%2 : 45%, 20%3 : 60%, 80%4 : 30%, 15%5 : 50%, 70%6 : 30%, 20%C. Keys:(1)1 : £30/single; £60/double, children under 12 2 : £29/full board3 : £28/double+bath, excluded(2) 1 : hot food, fried egg 2 : coffee, tea, jam, cooked 3 : dinner, bed and breakfast 4 : the room plus all meals 5 : Value Added Tax Part II A touch of homeOutline I : bed and breakfast, 15 000, advantages over big hotels II : meeting different people III : features, 1883, guests IV : B&Bs not suitable for some peoplePart III Renting a carA. Keys: 1 : three 2 : Mon. July 10th 3 : station wagon 4 : $79.955 : $59.956 : 4 p.m.7 : 10 a.m.8 : ' free9: 12 cents 10 : $1011 : 8% 12 : '$100B. Keys: a compact car/a station wagon/ automatic transmission/ current models/ pick up/return the car/special weekend rate/regular rate/ unlimited mileage/ insurance/ sales tax/ a full tank of gas/ deposit/ lowest rates.Part IV More about the topic: What Type of Room Do You Want?A. Keys: 1: 5 2: 2 3: 6 4: 4 5: 3 6: 1B. Keys: 1 : £40, all grades 2 : £55, Sales 3 : £150, Managerial, entertaining private guest, the lake 4: £220, privacy,country-side, kitchenPart V Do you know…?A. Keys: (France)Italy, (2)3, (3)2, (4)8(Loudon,UK)Paris,France, (8)4 B. Keys: 1 : F 2 : T 3 : F 4 : F 5 : TTape scriptPart I Getting readyB.A: Good morning. I'd like some information about tourist figures, please. First, about accommodation. What proportion of tourists stay in hotels? B: Well, in an average year 60% of tourists stay in hotels, but this year 35% are staying in hotels. A: What proportion of tourists stay in holiday camps? B: Well, in an average year 20% of tourists stay in holiday camps, but this year 45% are staying in holiday camps. A: Now, about places visited. What proportion of tourists visit Europe? B: Well, in an average year 80% of tourists visit Europe, but this year 60% are visiting Europe. A: And what proportion of tourists visit the U.S.A.? B: Well, in an average year 15% of tourists visit the U.S.A., but this year 30% are visiting the U.S.A.. A: Now, about methods of transport. What proportion of tourists go by plane? B: Well,in an average year about 70% of tourists go by plane, but this year about 50% are going by plane. A: What proportion of tourists take their own car?B: Well, in an average year about 20% of tourists take their own car, but this year about 30% are taking their own car. A: Thank you very much for your help.C.C:… so here's a brochure with the hotels in Midford. It gives you all the rates …T:I'm sorry, my English isn't so good. Can you explain this to me?C:Yes, of course. First of all we have the Castle Inn … here …it's the cheapest. It will cost you only £12 for a single room and £15 for a double. The price includes continental breakfast. If you want a full English breakfast you'll have to pay extra …T:What is this "English breakfast"?C:Oh, you know, hot food: fried egg, fried bacon, porridge …whereas the continental breakfast is coffee, tea, rolls, jam and honey — nothing cooked, you see.T:I think I would prefer the continental breakfast.C:Well, yes, that's included. And then we have the Dalton Hotel, more expensive, but very nice, a bathroom attached to every room. The Dalton charges £30 for a single room and £60 for a double. But there is no charge for children under 12 who stay in the same room as their parents.T:I won't have my children with me. But maybe my husband will come a little later …C:Well, the Park Hotel is very reasonably priced. £16 per person. Every room has a bath. There's a special rate of £25 which includes dinner, bed and breakfast — what we call half board. Or you can have full board, that's the room plus all meals for £29 per person per night.T:We would only want breakfast.C:I see. Mm … you could try the fourth hotel here, the Phoenix. It will cost you £28 for a double room with bath. Breakfast is £5 per person.T:Yes. But what about the extra money, what do you call it in English, the service...C:All these rates include a service charge of 10%. They also include VAT - that's Value Added Tax.T:If we come later in the year will it be cheaper?C:Yes. These are the rates for June to September. You would pay less at other times of the year.T:I'll talk about it with my husband. Thank you for explaining everything to me.C:You're very welcome.Part II A touch of homeBev Rose is a very good hostess. She tells the guests in her home there are sodas in the refrigerator, snacks in the kitchen, and videos next to the TV.But Rose's guests aren't out-of-town family or friends. Her guests are from all over the world. Rose's house is like a small hotel. It is called a bed and breakfast or B&B for short. The name of Rose's B&B is Suits Us.Rose and her husband have joined a growing number of people who are operating B&Bs in their homes. B&Bs offer the charm, comfort, and hospitality that is often missing in big hotels. That's why there are many people who would rather stay at a B&B than a hotel when they travel.There are about 15 000 B&Bs across the U.S. Each year they welcome millions of visitors. And the number is increasing. "I think guests are looking for the personal touch," said Pat Hardy, the director of the American Bed and Breakfast Association. "In a B&B, you don't have a room number. The owner knows who you are and helps you enjoy your trip," Hardy said. Travelers often want more than just a place to sleep. They like B&Bs because the owner takes a personal interest in them.Rose said one of the best things about owning a B&B is meetingall the different people. She loves watching the guests meet each other for the first time at breakfast. "It's really fun to stand in the kitchen and talk with my guests. Even though most of them have just met for the first time, the conversations at the breakfast table are really interesting and lively."Many B&Bs are older homes with interesting histories. Suits Us was built in 1883. The rooms are filled with antiques and 19th-century decorations. The Roses rent three of the upstairs bedrooms to guests. Every room at Suits Us has its own personality. The Roses have named several of the rooms for previous guests. For example, one of the rooms is named the Woodrow Wilson Room because the former U.S. President stayed there. Another room is called the Annie Oakley Room because the famous cowgirl was once a guest there.Bed and breakfasts aren't for everyone. Some people aren't comfortable staying in someone else's home. And other people don't care for the personal interaction. But for a quiet, romantic place to stay, many people are checking into bed and breakfasts instead of hotels. Once people have stayed in a B&B, they often find it hard to go back to hotels.Part III Renting a carA:Good afternoon. U-Drive-It rentals. May I help you?C:Hi, yeah. I'm interested in, uh, renting a car for the weekend, and I'm wondering if you have a special weekend rate?A:Yes, we do. [Mm-hmm.] Uh …what sort of car were you interested in?C:Well, we're a family of three and we have camping equipment. Now, I'm used to driving a small car, but I might need something a little larger because of the family and, uh …all the equipment that we have. A:Well, um … I could suggest a compact car for/to you.[Mm-hmm.] Some of our compacts have … have large trunks, [OK.] or, uh …Oh, better yet, why not a small station wagon? [Oh, good.] Um …all our cars are current models and, uh, have automatic transmission.C:Oh, well, I'm used to driving a standard, but I guess there's no problem with automatic transmission.A:No, no. If you can drive a standard you can drive an automatic. [Mh-hmm.] Uh, now, listen, when were you … uh … interested in …in renting this?C:Uh, well, we'll be leaving on a Friday, that's the …let's see, that's Friday, July 7th, and then returning on the Monday. That would be the tenth.A:Mm-hmm. Well, let's see … uh … we have … uh … Oh! We have a Pinto station wagon for those dates. [Mm-hmm. Good.] Um … yeah, I think … I think that's your best bet.C:OK. Uh … well, then when would we have to pick up the car and when would we have to return the car to get that special weekend rate?A:Well, for the weekend rate you have to pick up the car after four o'clock on Friday afternoon [Uh-huh.] and then return it by ten o'clock on Monday morning.C:After four on Friday and returning by ten o'clock on Monday morning. [Mm-hmm.] OK. What … uh … uh, what would be the price for that?A:OK, now, our … our regular rate is seventy-nine ninety-five. [Ooh!] but the special weekend rate w…you can get that for fifty-nine ninety-five. [Oh, Great.] Um …now the first three hundred miles are free, [Mm-hmm…] after that it's twelve cents per mile.C:Oh, so it's twelve cents a mile extra after the first three hundred miles?A:That's right.C:OK. Uh …do you have any …um …rentals with unlimited mileage?A:Well, we do, but you can't get that special weekend rate.C:Uh-huh. OK. Well, then does the fifty-nine ninety-five - that was the rate, right? [Mm-hmm.] — does that include insurance?A:No … um … the insurance is ten dollars more, but I really recommend it.C:Yeah.A:OK, now there's a … there's a sales tax of eight percent, [Mm-hmm…] and … um … you have to return the car with a full tank of gas. [Uh-huh.] Also, we require a deposit of a hundred dollars.C:Oh boy. It sure adds up!A:Well, our rates are still the lowest in town.C:Uh-huh. OK. Well, I tell you what. I'd like to think about it, if that's right, and then I'll call you back…uh…A:Sure, that's fine. Uh, listen, when you …when you do call back, ask for Doug. That's me.C:OK. Well, thanks a lot. Doug. Goodbye.A:Take care.Part IV More about the topic: What Type of Room Do You Want?S: If the terms are favorable, we could come to an arrangement for regular accommodation. Now, I wanted to discuss the types of room with you, and rates for their use.M:Certainly. The rates I’ll quote to you first of all are what we call "rack rates" , that is the normal rates quoted to the public. But obviously we would discuss a discount rate for you. Now, as regards the rooms, they are all of a very high standard. All our rooms have central heating. Most of them are with bathroom, and they all have a washbasin and a toilet.S:That sounds fine. Can you tell me about your single rooms?M:Yes. Our single rooms are very comfortable, and the rates are very reasonable. I think you'd find them suitable for visiting staff of all grades. The rack rate is £40 a night.S: £40 a night …M:Yes. Or for real economy, let's suppose you have a sales conference. You could double up your sales staff and put them into twin rooms. That would work out very cheaply. The normal rate is £55 per twin or double room per night.S: Well, we might consider that possibility. But we also have some quite important visitors sometimes. Have you any really special accommodation we can offer them?M: Well, suppose you have visiting managerial staff. For something more luxurious, we can offer our Delphos Suite. It's delightful, and convenient for entertaining private guests. It has its own private terrace where guests can sit outside and enjoy the view over the lake …S: That sounds most attractive …M: The normal rate is £150 per night …S: £150.M: …but for total luxury, the finest accommodation of any hotel in this area, I can recommend our Bella Vista Penthouse. From the balcony, there's a magnificent view over the whole countryside.S: Oh, lovely.M: It has a bedroom connecting to a large sitting room, with a separate study, a bathroom, and a fully-fitted kitchen. It combines total luxury with total privacy. For example, if your Company Director and his wife wanted to stay for a few days it would be ideal.S: And the rate?M: The normal rate would be £220 a night.Part V Do you know…?Five U.S. hotels were voted among the world's top ten, with the Halekulani in Honolulu ranking first, a survey of Gourmet magazine readers released last Friday said.Coming in second was the Oriental, in Bangkok, Thailand, followed by Villa d'Este, Cernobbio, Italy; The Regent Hong Kong, and Hotel Ritz, Paris.The Greenbriar, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia ranked No. 8. The 10th-ranked hotel was the Four Seasons Resort Nevis, in Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies.More than 150 hotels, resorts and inns in 27 countries and regions were ranked in general and specific categories that rated such things as dining, bars, pools, workout centers and romantic atmosphere. This is the third year that Gourmet, which has more than 5 million readers, has conducted the survey.Another U.S. hotel, the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas, topped the list for restaurant dining, beating out the Connaught in London, Italy's Villa d'Este and Bangkok's the Oriental. The Four Seasons in Philadelphia was No. 5.In the specific category of best business hotels, the Regent Hong Kong ranked first as it has for the past three years. In other categories, Paris' Hotel Ritz with its Roman thermal baths was voted to have the best pools and The Green- briar in West Virginia was found to have the best workout center, golf and tennis.Unit 3 “Planting” MoneyPart I Getting readyC. Keys:1 : Sincere; Y 2 : Doubtful; N 3 : Sarcastic; N 4 : Doubtful; N 5 : Sincere; Y 6 : Skeptical; N 7 : Surprised; Y 8 : Sincere; Y 9 : Emphatic; Y 10 : Sarcastic; NPart II National teach children to save day。

大学英语四级听力原文及参考答案

大学英语四级听力原文及参考答案

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以下是店铺收集的听力原文及参考答案,欢迎查看!一.新闻听力【News Report 1】One of Google's self-driving cars crashed into a bus in California last month. There were no injuries.It is not the first time one of Google's famed self-driving cars has been involved in a crash, but it may be the first time it has caused one.On February 14th the self-driving car, travelling at 2mph (3km/h), pulled out in front of a public bus going 15mph (24km/h).The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus would slow down to let the car out, and so he did not switch to the manual mode.In a statement, Google said: "We clearly bear some responsibility, bec ause if our car hadn't moved, there wouldn't have been a crash."That said, our test driver believed the bus was going to slow or stop to allow us to merge into the traffic, and that there would be sufficient space to do that."The company's self-driving cars have done well over a million miles across various states in the US, and until now have only reported minor accidents.Q1: According to Google, what was the cause of the accident?B The test driver made a wrong judgementQ2: How have Google’s self-driving cars performed so far?D They have generally done quite well.【News Report 2】Thousands of bees left a town after landing on the back of a car when their queen got stuck in its boot. T om Moses who works at a nearby national park, noticed a “brown patch” on the back of the car after the owner parked it to do some shopping. When he looked closer he realized it was a huge group of bees.Moses said: “I have never seen that many bees in one spot. It was very unusual. They were very close together and there was a lot of noise and movements, it was interesting to see such a strange sight. But there were a lot of people around and I was a bit worried about the bees and the people stopping to look. I thought that someone might do something stupid.Moses called two local bees specialists who helped removed the bees by attracting them into a box.Moses spent three hours looking after the bees and was stung five times, he said my stings are a bit painful but I am pleased that all worked out and I could help, people need to realize that bees are valuable and they should be looked after.Q3. What do we learn about Tom Moses?A He works at a national park.Q4. What do we know about the bees on the back of the car?B They were making a lot of noise.【News report 3】A new species of snake has been discovered on a remote island in the Bahamas.Scientists identified 20 of the one meter-long snakes during two trips to the Caribbean islands. The second trip was made in October last year.One of the creatures made a dramatic appearance by movingon to the head of the team leader as he slept.The snake has been named silver boa bec ause it is metallic colored and the first specimen found was climbing a silver palm tree.The team was led by Dr. Graham Reynolds, from Harvard University, the scientist confirmed the snake was a previously unknown species after conducting a genetic analysis of tissue samples.Commenting on the find, snake expert Robert Henderson from the Museum of Natural History, said: “Worldwide new species of frogs are being discovered and described quite regularity. New species of snakes, however, are much rarer.Q5. What is the news report mainly about?A The discovery of a new species of snake.Q6. What do we learn about the scientific team leader?C A snake crawled onto his head in his sleep.Q7. How did the newly discovered creature get its name?D From its colour.二.对话听力【Conversation 1】W: Did you enjoy your stay with us, Mr. Brown?M: Yes, very much. I had a wonderful time here. Now I'm going to the airport. My flight leaves in less than 2 hours. So, could you tell me, what's the quickest way to get there?W: Well, we can call a taxi for you. We also have a free airport shuttle service.M: That sounds gre at, but will the shuttle get me to the airport in time?W: Yes, it should. The next shuttle leaves in 15 minutes. And it takes some 25 minutes to get to the airport.M: Fantastic! I'll just wait in the lobby. Will you please let me know when it's leaving?W: Of course, sir.M: Now I would like to settle my mini-bar bill. How much is that?W: Let's see. It comes to $37.50. How would you like to pay for it?M: I'll pay with my credit card. Thanks. But I'll need a receipt, so I can charge it to my company.W: Absolutely! Here you are, sir. If you like, I can leave your bags with the porter. And he can load them onto the shuttle for you when it arrives.M: That would be great. Thank you.W: Would you like to leave a comment on our web page when you have time?M: Sure. I had a really good stay here, and I'd like to recommend your hotel to my friends and colleagues.W: That’s very kind of you. Thank you again for staying at Sheraton Hotel.Q8. Why does the man ask about the quickest way to the airport?A The security check takes time.Q9. How is the man going to pay his bill?B By credit card.Q10. What did the man ask the woman to do?A Give him a receipt.Q11. What favor does the woman ask of the man?D Posting a comment on the hotel’s webpage.【Conversation 2 】M: You know, Ben’s given up making those terrible faces heused to make. The other day, he came home from school almost in tears. His teacher said if he went on like that, his face would get stuck when the winds changed.W: And he believed her?M: Yeah, he’s only a little boy. Don’t you remember all those things we used to believe when we were little? I remember my aunt Mary used to say if you swallow a cherrystone, a tree would grow out of your mouth. And I’m still terrified today, sort of subconsciously. You know, if I swallow one by mistake…W: Yeah, I suppose you're right. The one that used to get me was that swans could break your leg when they blow of the wing.M: They can, can’t they? I always thought they could.W: No, they are not that strong. But there’s another one even more terrifying. That is, if you put a post stamp on upside down, you will go to prison.M: No, never heard of that. But my grandmother was a terror for that kind of thing. For example, she would say, you will get a spot on your tongue if you tell a lie. If you eat stale bread, your hair will curl. And here’s one more. We went on a campaign trip once in Italy, and my wife spent the whole time worrying about bats getting into her hair. She said her grandmother reckoned you had to shave your head to get it out. My wife was really terrified.W: Silly, isn’t it? But that’s how some parents try to keep their kids from doing the wrong thing or getting into trouble.Q12: What does the man say about Ben?C He has stopped making terrible faces.Q13: What did aunt Marry used to do when the man was a child?D Warn him of danger by making up a story.Q14: What does the woman believe swans could do?They could break pp’s legs.Q15: What did the grandmother of the man’s wife say?B One would have to shave their head to remove a bat in their hair.三.短文听力【Passage 1】If I could go back in history and live when I liked, I wouldn't go back very far. In fact, I'd like to relive a period I've already lived – the 1960s.I was in my twenties, and everything was being renewed. People would come in out of a formal and almost Victorian attitude, and you really felt anything was possible. Meeting people was the thing, and you went to coffee bars where you met friends and spent the evening. The cinema, the theater, all that was every exciting with new things coming out. In fact, we seemed to be out, all the time! I don't really remember working – of course, I was a student – or sitting around at home very much. That just wasn't where the scene was, even eating! It was the first time, ordinary people started going out to eat. We were beginning to be adventurous about food, but we were more interested in meeting people than in eating or drinking. And dress, yes, that was the revolution. I mean, girls went around in really short skirts, and wore flowers in their hair. And men were in jeans, and could wear their hair long too. It was a wonderful period. It was like living in an age you could never have imagined, and that never has come back. We didn't have much money, but it didn't matter. And there was plenty of opportunity to do whatever you felt like doing.Question 16 –18 are based on the passage you have justheard:16. Why does the speaker say he would like to relive the 1960s?C Everything seemed to be changing.17. What does the speaker say was the most popular thing to do at that time?A Meeting people.18. What do we learn about the speaker?D He was a young student in the 1960s.【Passage 2】Dogs, man's best friends, have a clear strategy for dealing with angry owners—they look away.New research shows that dogs limit their eye contact with angry humans. The scientists suggest this may be an attempt to calm humans down. This behavior may have evolved as dogs gradually learned they could benefit from avoiding conflicts with humans.To conduct the tests, the University of Helsinki researchers trained 31 dogs to rest in front of a video screen. Facial photos of dogs and humans were displayed on the screen for 1.5 seconds. They showed threatening, pleasant and neutral expressions. Nearby cameras tracked the dogs' eye movements.Dogs in the study looked most at the eyes of humans and other dogs to sense their emotions. When dogs looked at expressions of angry dogs, their eyes rested more on the mouth, perhaps to interpret the threatening expressions. And when looking at angry humans, they tended to turn away their gaze.Dogs may have learned to detect threat signs from humans and respond by trying to make peace, according to researcher Sanni Somppi. Avoiding conflicts may have helped dogs developbetter bonds with humans.The researchers also note that dogs scan faces as a whole to sense how people are feeling, instead of focusing on a given feature. They suggest this indicates that dogs aren't sensing emotions from a single feature, but piecing together information from all facial features just as humans do.Q19. What do dogs do when they are faced with angry humans?B They avoid looking at them.Q20. What does a dog do when it sees the expressions of angry dogs?C It focuses its eyes on their mouths.Q21. How does a dog sense people's feelings?B By taking in their facial expressions as a whole.【Passage 3】Winter in many places is very cold. There is lots of snow around, and the ground freezes, which can make life difficult for animals. People in cold places live in warm houses and have learned to adapt. What do animals do? There are three main ways that animals survive the cold in winter: sleep, adapt or migrate.Some animals, such as bears, frogs and snakes, sleep all winter. They sleep very deeply and need little or no food. While sleeping, their body temperature drops, and their heart beat slows down. T o prepare for this before winter, these animals eat extra food to become fat, which gives them the energy they need while they sleep.Other animals adapt. For example, by staying active in winter. It is often hard for them to find food. So some animals, such as mice, collect extra food before winter, and hide it. When winter comes, they return to their hiding places to eat the food. Someanimals grow thicker fur, or live in tree holes or underground to stay warm.Some birds migrate by flying to a warmer place for the winter, where they can find more food. Some fly very long distances, including one kind of bird that flies from the remote north of the world, all the way to the distant south. Some birds fly in groups for safety, while others fly alone.Questions 22-25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. What does the speaker say about animals in winter?D They resort to different means to survive the bitter cold.23. What do we learn about animals that sleep through winter?C They consume the energy stored before the long sleep.24. How do animals like mice adapt to the severe winter?A By storing enough food beforehand25. Why do some birds fly in groups when migrating, according to the speaker?C To stay safe。

现代大学英语答案第四册

现代大学英语答案第四册

Lesson One Thinking as a HobbyAnswers:I. I have concluded that there were three grades of thinking since I was a child, while myself could not think at all. The subject of thinking was first brought up to me by my headmaster, in whose study I was shown the statuettes of Venus, leopard and the Thinker, which stands for love, nature and pure thought respectively. I was demanded to learn thinking there. People like Mr. Houghten provided me the image of Grade-three thinking, which is often full of unconscious prejudice, ignorance and hypocrisy. The grade-two thinker tends to find the deficiencies of the others, and may enjoy moments of delight, but it does not make for personal security. A still higher grade of thought demands people set out to find the truth and get it .Though these grade-one thinkers were few, I aspired to become one of them and devised a coherent moral and logical system for living. I stood to lose a great deal for my determination, but finally I dropped my hobby and turned professional in that.II.1 . C2 . C3 . D4 . D5 . C6 .B7 .C 8. D 9 .D 10. D 11. B 12 .D 13 .D 14 .B 15 . C 16 .D 17 .B 18 .D 19 . D 20 .C III. OmittedLesson Two Waiting for the PoliceAnswers:Ⅰ.Oral workⅡ.V ocabulary⒈Choose the right word and put it in the proper form1)earnest/serious serious serious earnest/serious earnest/serious2)make full use of took advantage of take advantage ofmake full use of take advantage of make some use of3)advise advised suggest proposed suggest propose suggest⒉Put the missing word2)will work is are reproduces deplete add3)can move don’t tear skin will never take areⅢ.Grammar workChoose the right expression1)in fact 2)especially at an advanced level2)it was that long ,I am sure 4)of course5)however 6)on the other hand7)I suppose 8)whether invited or notⅣ.Written work (omitted)Ⅴ.Translation1)It is miracle how our company has developed into a multinational in such a short span of time2)The average life span of that country has increased from 42 years to50 years in matter of two decades.3)The conflict between the two countries has spanned more than halfA century4)There are four bridges spanning the river.5)I’m much obliged to you .Without your help, I would never have finished the book.6)No,you are not obliged to go to the party. Y ou don’t have to go if you don’t want to.7)She’s always ready to oblige when people come to her help.8)In the valley is a small lack right between a meadow and a hill. It is aperfect spot for picnic.9)Sitting in that shady spot he soon dozed off.10)He criticized me on the spot when he saw me throw a plastic bag by the roadside.Lesson Three Why Historians DisagreeAnswersI. Oral workII. Vocabulary T est1. Choose the right word and put it in the proper form1) Historic historical2) Limited restricted3) Sensitive sensible2. Reading Comprehension1. P phenomenon2. B strength3. E tropical4. L bringing5. K starvation6. J destructive7. N worth 8. An estimate 9. O strikeIII. Grammar workComplete the following sentences with the most likely answer.1. C2.C3.A4.C5.CLesson Four A Drink in the PassageI. Oral work (omitted)II. Vocabulary T est:1 T ranslate1) into Chinese.(1)难以解决的两难困境(2)一本难以看懂的书(3)一个爱交际的女人(4)黑市(5)黑色幽默(6)害群之马2) into English(1)to celebrate its Golden Jubilee(2)to excite admiration(3)to touch the conscience(4)to win the prize(5)to receive a reprimand(6)to omit the words2. Study the difference between the following pairs or groups of words.1)(1)renounce (2)announce (3)renounce (4)denounced2)(1)avoid; prevent (2)prevent (3)avoid (4)averted/ avoided/ preventedIII. Grammar work1. Complete the following sentences with the right from of the verb in the brackets.(1) is (2) are (3)was (4)frightens2. T ranslate the sentences into English.1) Using “It is/ was said/ believed, etc.” to express general beliefs.(1)It’s widely rumored that Linda’s getti ng promoted.(2)It is estimated that the project will cost RMB three billion.(3)It is assumed that the Labor Party will remain in power.(4)It was proposed a few years ago that the president be elected for one term only.2) Paying special attention to subject-verb agreement.(1)The jury is having trouble reaching a verdict.(2)Whenever either of us is in a tight corner, we always come to each other’s help.(3)Statistics are facts obtained from analyzing information given in numbers.(4)Statistics is a branch of mathematics concerned with the study of information that is expressed in numbers.3. Put in appropriate connectives.(1)as , where , that/which, if/ whether, but , if.4. Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer.(1) B (2)A(3)ALesson Five Man of the Moment AnswersI. Oral workII. Vocabulary1)intoChinesea.假日别墅b.著名的电视明星C.下流语言d.黄色故事e.银行抢劫f.生产双沉玻璃的公司2) Into EnglishA .to trickle down her legsB .to puff like a whaleC .to melt down like snowD .to sum up the sceneE .to do their interviewF . to bear resentment3) Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions or adverbsa.down; up .b. inC. to; by; for d. back; to4)T ell the difference between the following pairs or groups of words.a.tormented/torturedb. torturec. tormenting/torturinga.murmuringb. mutterc. murmuringd. mutteringIII. T ranslatea. W e need to increase our oil import in the coming years to meet the growingDemand for energyb. Our profit has increased by 20% in the past two years.c. The number of privately-owned cars has increased five times (fivefold ) in five years.d. The number of mobile phone owners in our city has increased from 20 thousandto about half a million in less than 5 years.e. S he propped her bike against a tree.Lesson Six Groundless BeliefsAnswersI. Oral Work:(1)They are based on mere tradition, or on somebody’s strong statement without the support of proof unsupported by even the slightest trace of proof.(2)But if they were exchanged when they were infants and brought up in different homes and under different influences, then the staunchest Roman Catholic would be the staunchest Presbyterian, and vice versa. This shows that our beliefs are largely influenced by our surroundings.Ⅱ.V ocabulary1.Translate1) into Chinese(1)非理性因素(2)过去的好日子(3)思想模式(4)陈旧的故事(5)思路(6)鲜明的对比(7)强烈发满足感(8)感情上的联想(9)一场恶吵(10)酸葡萄2) into English(1)to classify propositions (2) to hold an opinion (3) to establish convictions(4) to reverse the process (5) to question the truth (6) to adopt a new belief(7) to demonstrate the contrary (8)to credit the fact (9) to entertain an opinion(10) to acquire wealth2.Put appropriate prepositions or adverbs in the blanks1) out/over 2)on/upon 3)at; about 4)off 5)on; off3.Translate1) We will achieve this result at any cost.2)Our economy began to grow by leaps and bounds as a result of the reform and open policy.3)His repressive policies only resulted in his quick fall.4) Many of our present problems in a way to dispose of nuclear waste.5) The fact that you like somebody may dispose you to like his ideas also.4.Complete the following sentences.1) were brought up in a different country; think and behave like a native of that country.2) will produce ten million kilowatts of power annually.3) that she did not care for office work4)the boy stabbing his own father5) postpone my retirement for another yearⅢ.GrammarComplete the following sentences by translating the Chinese in brackets1) When young 2)unless forbidden 3)If cooked in tomato sauce 4) Once out of trouble 5) When urged2. Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer.1)A2)A3)C 4)C/D 5)BLesson Seven Spring SowingAnswersⅠOral W orkⅡVocabulary test1 Show the difference between the following pairs or groups of words1)(1)bosom (2)chest (3)breast (4)breast(5)bosom (6)bosom (7)chest2)(1)scattered (2)spread (3)spread (4)scatterⅢGrammar1)Reading, called, printed, used, refers, presented, be downloaded, used2)Had not passed ,was, was hidden, hung, suspended, walked, holding, worked, leading, came, be seenⅣWritten W orkWrite a short essay of 150-200words commending on the hardships and joys of farmers as described in the story.Hardships and Joys of FarmersThe farmers love the land appreciate and joys of agrarian living and they also have toEndure the hardships the agrarian living. They have strong wistfulness and ardor of the spring, because they are looking forward to the good results achieved from a spring sowing. In the spring, they are experiencing the hardworking, however, on to prove summer, in the autumn, the will get a big harvest. Full of hope, the man try to prove their manhood by plowing the field 10 hours a day to conquer the land . They feel afraid of the earth, the peasant’s slave master that would keep them chained to hard work and poverty all her life until they died and buried in the earth. Once in a while, they want to break the chains on them as peasants. But because of the developing conditions and background of the society then, they can’t choose their own destiny .In order to survive the society, they can but to work in the field day after day, year after year.ⅤTranslation1)Zhuge Liang pretended to be very calm and succeeded in fooling Sima Yi who did notknow that the city was really unguarded.2)If you compare American students with Chinese students, you’ll find some interestingsimilarities and differences.3)Y ou can see that the students are bursting with question.4)Zhan Tianyou was a man of many talents. But he is best remembered as the man who hashelped to design and build China’s first railway line.Lesson Eight Globalization’s Dual PowerAnswers1 . Translateinto Chinese(1). 时髦字眼(2)债券融资(3)跨境兼并与收购额(4)国际收支(盈余)(5)规模经济(6)可怕的前景(7)民众强烈的反应(8)缺少共同的议事日程(9)申请加入(10)推广技术into English(1)national sovereignty (2)trade negotiations(3) ever-declining coasts (4) economic forecasts(5) in one critical respect (6) financial markets(7) an ensuing financial crisis (8) after adjusting for inflation(9) the Institute of International Finance(10) office buildingsII. Note the difference between the following pairs or groups of words:1)(1) surpass (2) exceeded (3) surpassed (4) exceeding (5) surpass (6) exceeding2)(1) threat (2) menace /thereat (3) threats (4) menace /thereat (5) threatIII. Grammar in the ContextComplete with the most likely answer1.D2.B3.C4.A5.CIV. Written worksWrite an essay of about 200words on the topic.What is your understanding of globalization? In what way do you think it will affect your career?In my opinion, Globalization describes the growth in international exchange and interdependence. With growing flows of trade and capital investment there is the possibility of moving beyond an inter-national economy. Each member of the world community becomes more and more integrated and inter-dependent. Globalization also refers to a process of removing government-imposed restrictions on movements between countries in order to create an open, borderless world economy.Of course, Globalization, to a large extent, ensured that China’s economy would develop in a balanced way by keeping pace with the world economy. Increased globalization has brought the world vast investment space in China and thus boosted China’s economic growth. What the globalization brought to us is both opportunity and challenge.will affect my future career too. With the development of economic globalization and international communication, English becomes more and more important .The fast pace of globalization presents huge opportunities for those who participate proactively in this internationalization process. As a English major, I want to take par in this process. I want to be a qualified and excellent interpreter after graduation. Interpreters, like translators are bridges between different cultures. In the context of today’s globalization, their roles are particularly important. Whether a business will succeed or how successful a business will be depends on them to a certain extent. I will do my best to matter English in order to help international businessman work more efficiently.I will be devoted to my study and future career. So globalization will have great effects on my career.V. T ranslate(1)Our company projected an 8% growth rate next year.(2)China is projected to be the world’s workshop in 10 years. But that should not make ussmug.(3)Y ou can project your slides on the wall.(4)He tried to project himself as a strong man in the election campaign.(5)I sometimes try to project myself into the future when I shall become a mother myself.(6)The building of the dam is a multibillion-dollar project.(7)We have a strong team of six people working on this project.(8)I’m greatly relieved to hear the news.(9)One way to relieve your distress is to keep yourself busy.(10)Diogenes would relieve himself by the roadside just like a dog.Lesson Nine The Most Dangerous GameAnswersI. Oral work.II. Vocabulary T est.Put the most appropriate words in the blanks.1)at bay/in check 2)away 3)out4)gave way 5)rolled; on 6)intent7)on; pressed/plunged/forced himself 8)rests9)struck; ran 10)stock 11)straightened12)froze; trigger 13)slid/climbed/tumbled14)replace 15)winding/leadingIII. Grammar workComplete the sentences using a where-clause.1) where you are2) where I can not agree with you3) where there is enough light4)where he came from; where two big rivers joined5)where his house had been/used to be6)where survival of many of its institutions of higher learning depends much onoverseas students7)where we could find the type of person our boss wants8)toward where her children are playing9)where he had gone10)the shop where he bought the medicineIV. Written work“The Most Dangerous Game”was written in 1924. The incidents described in the story take place shortly after World War I and the Russian October Revolution.Zaroff was a Cossack general under the Czarist regime, which had been overthrown.After he flees his country, he spends all of his time hunting.Sanger Rainsford is a well-known American big-game hunter who fought in France during the war and has published works on hunting. Despite the dissimilarities in the backgrounds and personalities of these two men, their conception of hunting is alike. Rainsford thinks that “the world is made up of hunters(and the hunted. Zaroff believes “life is for the strong”.Lesson Ten The TelephoneAnswers:I. Omitted.II. OmittedIV. Quiz1.D2.C3.D4.D5.AV. Written workThe InternetWhen I was a little child in a small village, I never knew what telephone was and what electricity was. At that time, when I wanted to contact with someone I just went to his family or cried out his name to make me heard. Then I went to a small town to study in a middle school a couple years later. In the text book and in the office of my teachers I saw a machine by which talked with somebody. At first I was amazed to see that and I wondered what it was. Through physics textbook, I know it was telephone. Maybe when I was in senior school, about in 1996, I first see computer with my own eyes but not in the picture.After 3 years, I went to a modern city to go to college. There I learned how to operate computer, how to store my own materials in a computer and how to use computer to do something that was difficult for human brain. We can also talked with a friend across oceans and we can search anything that we need, my classmates were crazy about it . That is Internet. But we can not spent too much time on it ,we should use it correctly.。

大学英语听力4答案.doc

大学英语听力4答案.doc

大学英语听力4答案.docKey to Focus Listening 4Lesson 1Part A I. Key: 2, 3, 6, 8, 9 IL a, b, c, d, cPart B 111. l.a, d, a, b, b 2. Key: 1, 4, 6, 8, 10Passage 2 IIL 1. a, c, a, d, c2. 1) television, radio, correspondence courses; 3) social sciences, arts, mathematics 4) farm workers, teachers, policemen;5) cheapest and most far-reachingLesson 2Part A Affirmative response: 2,5,6,8,9,13,18,19,20Negative response: 1,3,4,7,10,11,12,14,15,16,17Part B IIL 1. d,a,d,d,c2. Teacher's complaints: 1) students don't do their homework properly.2) students constantly arrive at school red-eyed and yawning.Two explanations: 1) stay up late to watch television; 2) take up part-time jobs Passage 2 IIL L b, a, c2. 1) early childhood 2) elementary// arithmetic, social studies, music, physical education 3) secondary//to prepare students for college; to prepare students for jobs 4) higher// engineering, businessLesson 3Part A 1) 2 2) 11 3) 6 4) 455 5) 8 6) New York 7) 318 8) 12 9) Madrid 10)641 11)9 12) Paris 13)814 14)4 15) Athens 16) 260 17)2 18) Boston 19) 74 20) 24Part B Passage 1 IIL 1 b, c, a, d, a 2. key: 1,4,5,6,7Passge 2 IIL 1. c, a, d, b, c 2. l)sports; 2)two basketball games;3)Fruday night and Saturday night; 4)skiiing ; 5)music; 6)concert;7)Saturday night; 8)museum exhibits; 9)American Indian pottery and sand painting ; 10) 10 a.m.-5 pm Saturday and Sunday Lesson 4Part A I. 1. At 12:30 2. 10:00 train to Edinburgh 3. Platform 164. The one to Chicago5. At 17:006. The 16:14 train to Boston7. Platform8. The 7:10 train to Washington D.C. 9) AT 10:15 10) To board the train immediatelyII. his close friend Andrew was leaving for Boston; long before the departure time for Andrew's plane; a lot of things to say to his friend; he didn't know what to say; Just a postcard will doPart B. passage 1. III. 1. b, d, a, a, d 2. key: 1, 6, 7, 8, 9Passage 2. III. 1. a, c, b, d, c 2. key: 1,4, 5, 7, 9Lesson 5Part A. 1. At 8:55 2. In the hospital 3. to pick up her children from school 4. call again after 5 5. she had to stay home to take care of her sick father 6- invite some friends over for a drink 7. he got injured in the football match 8. she's going abroad to visit her daughter 9. close all the windows 10. he's come across many unfamiliar words and has to consult the dictinary all the time Part B. passage 1. III. 1. b, c, a, d, d 2. Key: 1, 3, 7, 8, 10Passage 2. III. 1. a, c, b, c, d 2. key: 1,3, 4, 7, 10Lesson 6Part A. I. 1-5 a, c, a, b, c; 6-10 d, c, d, c, cII. she lost her sight and hearing; until the arrival of ; who was to change Helen's life; March 3, 1887; It was 3 months before Helen's 7th birthday; worked closely with; At times; becamedisappointed; Miss Sullivan's efforts were rewarded; communicate with others.Part B. Passage 1. III. 1. a, b, b, d, a 2. 1) laugh at pelple in trouble 2) be kind to 3) take your turn 4) older people, women and disabled people on the bus 5) tell them they are fat 6) ask pelple their age 7) smoke unless allowed 8) be on time 9) Please; Thank you 10) stand up when speaking to elder people Passage 2. III. 1. d, b, c, b, c 2. 1) Flowers, old porcelain tea sits, traditional paintings, calligraphy, national costumes 2) Tea and small cakes 3) The most distinguished guest 4) Sip bit by bit 5) Constantly make bows and show appreciation of the designs of the tea setsQuiz 1Part A 1-5 d, b, c, d, a 6-10 a, b, d, b, dPart B. 11. Do you mind if I sit here? 12. of course not 13. I'm going to New York 14. I'm on sort of a business trip 15. to studya graduate program for a year 16. I'll study electric engineering17. but I'm also a little worried 18. Fve heard that it's a dangerous place 19. crimes there in the newspapers 20. actually it's a very exciting placePart C. 21-23 d, b, d 24-6 d, c, a 27-30 b, c, d, cLesson 7Part A 1-5 abcab 6-10 cdacaPart B2. the third of March; exciting day; girls; 3 and 7; dolls; the royal family; the court; May 5th ; armour; male role Passage 2 1. cdacd2. the United States; European; tiny; over 200; National; January 26,h; 1788; British; first settlement; SydneyLesson 8Part A 1-5 bccac 6-10 ddbdbPart B Passage 11 . cacab2. 1) Milkmen and newspaper boys.2) It derives from the old custom of giving servants and tradesmen a Christmas box or gift. Passage 21. abadb ;2. not true: 2) 3) 5) 8) 10)Lesson 9Part A 1-5 dddba6-10cddbbPart BPassage11. bbdcb;2. 1)3) 6) 7) 8) Passage 21. cbdda;2. 4) 5) 8) 9)Lesson 10Part A Part B 1-5 bdcba 6-10 bacbc Passage 1Passage1. bdcac;2. 2) 5) 7) 8) 10)1. abbbd;2. 1)3) 5) 6)9)Lesson 11Part A 1-5 dcbad 6-10 cdcbcPart B Passage 1 1. acaac2. 1) Rome 2) 700's 3) the first printed newspaper 4) Germany5)the first newspaper in Europe 6) Amsterdam 7) London 8) Boston 9) the first American newspaper 10) the first daily newspaper in the American colonies2.I) popular music 2) 20 hours 3) light music 4) sports events 5) 17 hours 6)classical music 7) theater plays 8) works of educational, artistic and intellectual interests 9) news and information 10) broadcasts to schoolsLesson 12Part A 1-5 dbcca 6-10 dcbcdPart BPassage 1 1. dcabd2.1) Who should be the audience? How to attract people of different social groups?Where to put the advertisement besides showing it on TV? When and how often should the advertisement be shown?2) a. checking and saving accounts; b. investment plans; c. ATM banking Passage 2 1. cccab; 2. 1) a. d. 2) b. e. g.Quiz 2Part A 1-5 dadba 6-10 bcdbbPart B11. usually 12. Eighties 13. Album 14. Recording 15. Extremely 16. Describe 17. Acting 18. As a young man, he won a gold medal in the Olympics as a boxer. 19. Before long, he was known as one of the most famous boxers in sports history 20. But like the stars in the sky, a superstar fades from the sight as time passes. Many young people, for example, know little about Muhammad Ali these days.Part CPassage 1 Passage 221.d24.b22.C25.23. B26. A 27. CPassage 3 28.d 29.b 30. cLesson 13Part A 1 a 2d 3 c 4d 5b 6a 7d 8c II. I.b2. aPart B Dialogue I IL 1. 1) c 2) b 3) a 4) d 5) b 2. 1) a lot of violent programs 2) advertising一bad for children 3) watching TV all day--?bad for children's eyes 4) watching TV—not creative Dialogue 2 IL 1. 1) b 2) b 2. 1) should be banned in all public places, including the streets. 2) non-smokers 3) partly agrees 4) the smoker himself 5) disagrees 6) useless 7) fully agrees 8) a dirty habit and dangerous to one's health.Part A 1 b 2b 3a 4c 5d 6d 7a 8d 9c 10 dPart B Dialogue I IL 1. 1) She wants to be a lawyer. 2) Her lecturer advised her to change to a more suitable course. 3) She was shocked to hear that and she thought it was the lecturer who should change his job if he didn't want to teach her.2. 1) to study law 2) agrees 3) a waste of time good wives and mothers at home 4) to succeed in her career and to be a good mother at the same time. 5) agrees 6) interfering in people's family life. 7) housework is a woman's job.Dialogue 2 IL 1. 1) Where to live, in a city or in a village? 2) He is a writer and he lives in London. 3) Mary is an actress andher husband is a farmer. They live in a village. 4) Jenny prefers to live in a village, but she is now living in a small town near London.5) Jenny seems to be quite satisfied with the place she is living in, because she enjoys the best of both worlds, a small town which is within easy reach of London and close to the country.2. 1) fresh air 2) close to nature 3) peace and quiet 4) less crime and less traffic (safer) 5) more pleasant 6) much cheaper 7) There's more going on. 8) more entertainment 9) more open-minded people 10) better stores and shopsLesson 15Part A 1 c 2c 3d 4b 5b 6b 7d 8a 9d lOdPart B Passage 1 IL 1.1) b 2) c 3) a 4) b 5) d 2. 1) b. the restaurants serve 6foreign9 food, c. they don't want to spend the necessary time and effort needed to cook good meals, d. they don't come specially for English food 2) a. simple, b. easy to cook, c. ready prepared, d. just needs heating up before eating. 3) a. is far away from large towns, b. life is slow, c. people are not in a great hurry.Passage 2 II. 1. 1) b 2) c 3) d 4) b 5) a 2. 1) b. fried chickens, d. ice cream 2) b. Mexican restaurants, c. Italian restaurants, d. Chinese restaurants. 3) a. quick service, b. cheap prices, c. carry-out service. 4) a. quick meals fbr people in a hurry, b. inexpensive meals for people on a budget.Lesson 16Part A 1 b 2b 3c 4a 5c 6d 7d 8d 9b 10bPart B Passage 1 ILL 1) b 2)d 3)c 4)c 5)d 2. 1) a. wines, b. beers, c. carbonated drinks. 2) a. soda water, b. sugar, c. flavoring. 3) supermarkets, b. gas stations, c. schools, d. movie theaters, e. fast food restaurants, f. bars, g. large elegant restaurants. 4) a. classes, b. meetings, c. meals, d. sports games. 5) a. Coca-Cola, b.Pepsi-Cola, c. 7-Up.Passage 2 IL 1. 1) a 2)c 3)c 4) d 5)d 2. 1) green vegetables of all kinds peas, cabbages, lettuces 2) fruits peaches, bananas 3) beets, carrots, tomatoes 4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs 5) milk and food made from milk cheese and ice-cream 6) bread or cereal rice. Lesson 17Part A. 1 c 2 d 3 b 4 d 5 d 6. a 7. b 8. d 9. b 10. cPart B Passage 1 IL 1. 1) b 2) d 3) c 4) c 5) c 2. 1) Put a coin 2) Push a button 3) pull a lever 4) open a door Passage 2 IL 1. 1) b 2) c 3) d 4) c 5) b 2. 1) Its reply comes back at once or within hours.2) It can create friendship. 3) It is far cheaper than a long-distance call. 4) It can help revive the almost lost art of letter writing. 5) It can bring people together and make the world even smaller.Lesson 18Part A. 1 b 2d 3b 4c 5b 6c 7a 8b 9c 10bPart B Passage 1 IL 1. 1) d 2) a 3) c 4) d 5) b 2. 1) an ordinary record 2) reproducing pictures and sound 3) plastic 4) since Dec. 1978 5) as popular as records and record players.Passage 2 IL 1. 1) c 2) c 3) a 4) d 5) c 2. 1) Fan effect on the central nervous system. 2) a chemical change in the body's fluids.3) an unknown system of energy under the skin. Quit 3Part A 1. a 2. c 3. c 4. a 5. b 6. b 7. c 8. d 9. b. 10. dPart B 11. keen 12. Saturday 13. equipment 14. kilometers 15. part 16. ride17.though18.Recently my wife decided that she not want to spent every Saturday on her own and asked me to take her with me.19."Why don't you show me what to do and let me try?20.When the next Saturday came, I asked my wife if she wanted to go with me again. 'Oh, no!' she exclaimed. Td ratherstay at home. It's so boring catching fish/ Suggested answers for 18,19 and 20:18.Not long ago my wife wanted to go fishing with me because she didn't want to spend Saturday alone at home.19.'Can't you show me how to fish?'20.When the next Saturday came, my wife didn't want to go fishing with again. She preferred to stay at home because she didn't find fishing interesting.PartC 21. a 22.b 23.d 24.b 25.d 26.d 27. d 28.c 29. b 30.cLesson 19Part A 1. Because Mary was busy typing a report in her office.2.In New York.3.Photography. Because he finds it a lot of fun.4.They will have a picnic, take some pictures and have a swim.5.She doesn't play any sports but she watches all kinds of games.IL first brought Io America from Africa as slaves, free was not completely done away withThe black people make up nearly 12% of the population, used >o live two million more thanthree times as many as in 1940. an increase of close to one million in 20 years.Part B Passage 1III 1. l .c 2.d 3. a 4. b 5. c2. l.F 2.T3. F4.T5.TPassage!nil l.b 2.a 3.c 4,c 5.d2. 1. shapeless mass of clor, colors 2.perfect roundness, artificial3.strange shapes4. real, taste5. surface , in every detail, touchLesson 20Part A I. 1 .d 2. a 3. a 4. c 5. bIL l.b 2.c 3. c 4. b 5. bPart B III. 1. d 2. d 3. c 4. c 5. c 6. a 7. c 8. c 9.d lO.bTest Part A 1. c 2. b 3. d 4. c 5. d 6. a 7. d 8. d 9. a lO.cPart B 11, free time 12. hunting 13, hundred 14. organized 15. meaning 16. paid 17. professional 18. a professional footballer in England earns more than 3,000 pounds a year. 19. Perhaps the mast surprising thing about sportsmeD and money is that: the stars can earn more money from advertising than from playing:their sports. 20. Sports are no longer just something for people's spare time.Part C Passage 1 21. d 22. c 23. aPassage 2 24. b 25. b 26. aPassage 3 27. c 28. d 29. a 30. c。

现代大学英语听力四原文及答案

现代大学英语听力四原文及答案

Unit 7Task 1:【答案】A.6,1420,273 B.b C.1 ) F 2) F 3) T【原文】The Temple of Heaven is situated in the southern part of Beijing, about 6 kilometres away from the centre of the city. Traditionally, this temple was for imperial use only. It was built in 1420, covering an area of 273 hectares. It is one of the largest parks in Beijing.The Temple of Heaven was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worshipped heaven and prayed for good harvests. The emperors visited the temple three times a year: on the 8th day of the first lunar month to pray for a good harvest; during the Summer Solstice to pray for rain; and during Winter Solstice to give thanks for a good harvest. During each ceremony, the emperors worshipped heaven and prayed for a good harvest. In addition, the emperors also worshipped their ancestors and other natural phenomena such as the Cloud God, Rain God and Wind God.In imperial days, the Chinese people believed that the sky was circular and the earth was square. On the basis of this traditional concept, the circle was widely adopted in the design of the temple's main building. It is in accord with people's imagination of heaven.During past ceremonies each year, the emperor left the Forbidden City through the front gate for the Temple of Heaven. No common people or foreigners were allowed to watch the emperor s procession to the temple. They had to remain hidden behind closed doors and windows. No women, not even the empress, were allowed to take part in the procession.Task 2:【答案】A.1) c 2) a 3) e 4) d 5) bB.40,102,1,454,222,410,365,000,40,000,000,32,86th,50,102ndC.1) F 2) F 3) T 4) T【原文】Until the construction of the Sears tower in Chicago and the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan—which unfortunately collapsed in a terrorist attack on September 11,2001—the Empire State Building was for 40 years the tallest building in the world, standing 102 stories and 1,454 feet tall, including a 222 feet television antenna.The unusual structure of the Empire State Building, built in just 410 days during the depths of the Depression, was planned during the boom years of the 1920s and completed in May 1931. The building cost 40,000,000 dollars and was the product of a competition between Walter Chrysler Corporation and John Jakob Raskob, founder of General Motors, to see who could build the tallest building.The structure itself weighs 365, 000 tons,less than the weight of the earth that was dug out to build it. Time has shown it to be durable but when it was first opened to the world, the public was worried about the stability of what was then the tallest building ever seen.A number of curious events have contributed to this famous building, including that an Army Air Corps B-25 bomber plane crashed into the 79th floor on a foggy day in July 1945 at the end of World War II, killing 14 people.The television antenna was added in 1951. The top 32 floors of the building are lit at night. There is an observatory on 86th floor which gives a 50-mile view of the city and surrounding countryside. There is also a glass-enclosed observatory on the 102nd floor.Task 3:【答案】A.1) d 2) cB.1) T 2) T 3) T 4) F【原文】Janet Owens' house turned out to be a horrible dream. When she and her engineer husband married a few years ago,they built a $100,000, three-bedroom home in California. Tightly sealed to prevent air leaks, the house was equipped with double-glazed windows and several other energy-saving qualities. Problems began as soon as the couple moved in, however. Janet's eyes burned. Her throat was often dry. She suffered from headaches and could hardly sleep. It was as though she had suddenly developed a strange illness.Experts finally found the cause of her illness. The level of formaldehyde gas in her kitchen was twice the largest amount allowed by federal standards for chemical workers. The source of the gas? Her new kitchen cabinet and wall-to-wall carpeting.The Owens suffered the effects of indoor air pollution, which is not given enough attention partly because of the nation's drive to save energy. The problem itself isn't new. It appears to be more troublesome in newly constructed homes rather than old ones. Back in the days when energy was cheap, home builders didn't worry about unsealed cracks. Because of such leaks, the air in an average home was replaced by fresh outdoor air about once an hour. As a result, the pollutants caused, by most households seldom built up to dangerous levels.Task 4:【答案】A.1) several thousand 2) 700 years ago3) An 36-meter-wide road, An 18-meter-wide one, 9 meters, 10 meters, 40 centimetersB.1) T 2) T 3) T 4) F【原文】For those who want to experience the local customs as well as the history and culture of Beijing, they must visit the hutong and siheyuan (courtyard house).A hutong is an alley or lane typical in the old city of Beijing, where hutongs run into the several thousand. Surrounding the Forbidden City, many of the hutongs were built during the Y uan, Ming and Qing dynasties. In these dynasties the emperors had the city planned and arranged according t, the etiquette systems, with the royal palace—the Forbidden City—standing in the center.The word hutong originally came from the Mongolian language about 700 years ago, and meant "water well", that is, a place where there was a spring or well, fit for people to live.Hutong is in fact the passage formed by lines of siheyuan (courtyard houses) where most Beijing residents used to live. One hutong connects with another, and siheyuans connect with siheyuans, to form a block, and blocks join with blocks to form the whole city.In old China, there was a clear definition for a hutong. A 36-meter-wide road was called a big street. An 18~meter-wide one was called a small street. Only a lane less than 9 meters wide was called a hutong. The shortest hutong is just 10 meters long, and the narrowest hutong is only about 40 centimeters wide. Most of the hutongs in Beijing run from the east to the west or from the north to the south. That has resulted from the need for houses to take in more sunshine.There are many stories and fairy tales about the hutongs. Near the Forbidden City, for example, there is a hutong called "Weaving Girl", which is named after the fairy from the famous Chinese myth who stole out of the Heavenly Palace to come to the earth and fell in love with a shepherd boy. Her enraged father, the Celestial Emperor, seized the girl back and separated the couple with the Milky Way, permitting them to meet only once a year, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, when magpies form a bridge for them to pass over the barrier.In the life of the people in Beijing, the hutong has a very special and important position. It is more than a style of architecture. It is really the "encyclopedia of the history and culture of Beijing".Task 5:【答案】A.170 meters,white stone,the first president of the United States,50 flags,the Independence Day celebration,new security facilities,an elevatorB.1833,1848,1854,1876,1884,1888【原文】The Washington Monument is the tallest structure in the city. It stands almost one-hundred-seventy meters tall. It is named for the first President of the United States, George Washington. Millions of people from around the world visit the white stone structure every year.The monument is a structure called an obelisk. Its four sides end in a point at the top. Fifty American flags surround it. They represent the fifty states. Lights shine on the Washington Monument at night. It can be seen from far away. Fireworks are launched from near the monument on American Independence Day—July fourth—and at other special celebrations.It took many years to build the Washington Monument. One group started raising money for a memorial in 1833. Officials placed the first stone of the monument on July fourth, 1848.Roman Catholic Church leader Pope Pius the Ninth gave a piece of marble from Rome for the monument. But the stone was stolen in 1854. After that, the public almost stopped giving money for the structure. Many people believed it would never be finished.A group called the Know Nothings was suspected of trying to stop the monument from being built. Finally, in 1876, Congress voted to pay for building the Washington Monument. It was finished in 1884 and opened to the public in 1888.The Washington Monument recently re-opened after being closed for more than a year. Officials used that time to make improvements. New security measures also were added. And a new elevator now carries visitors to the observation area on top of the monument. From there, visitors can look out over the capital city.Task 6:【答案】I.A. city councilC. putting its model in a wind tunnelII.A. clear the site,steel balls, mechanical shovels,mechanical grabsB. build the foundation1. a big concrete slab,digging a deep hole,pouring tons and tons of concrete into it2. thick pillars of concrete and steel,boring holes in the ground and filling them withconcrete,driving ready-made piles into the ground with powerful pile-driversC. the frame1. Reinforced concrete2. Huge cranesD. 1. vibrators 2. Ready-made panelsIII. A. telephone companyB. wire up the rooms for electricityC. PlumbersD. Heating engineersE. the elevatorsF. scaffoldG. curtains,carpets,furniture【原文】To build a skyscraper, first a piece of land must be bought. Then the architect designs the skyscraper. The city council must give its permission before it can be built. The architect makes model of his design. This shows what the building will look like when it is finished. If the buyer likes it, the architect draws up plans. These show every detail of the new building. Very tall buildings have to be tested before they are built. The model is pat in a wind tunnel. This shows whether the sky scraper will stand up to high winds.When the tests are finished, work begins on the building site. First, the site is cleared. Big machines called excavators are often used to do this. They have "caterpillar" tracks to stop them from sinking into soft mud. Many different tools can be attached to excavators. A heavy steel ball is swung on the end of a cable to knock down old buildings. Mechanical shovels and "grabs" scoop up loose earth and rubble and drop it into trucks.Skyscrapers are very heavy. They need strong ground to support their weight. They can be built on solid rock, but ordinary soil is much too weak. Strong supports, called foundations, have to be built in the soil.First, the builders bore into the ground. They take soil from different depths. They test the soil to see if it is strong or weak. If the soil is strong, the builders may use a big concrete slab for the foundations. They dig a deep hole with powerful excavators. The excavators have scoops or shovels that remove the soil in great bites. When the hole has been dug, tons and tons of concrete are poured into it for the foundations. If the soil is weak, "piles" are used for the foundations. Piles are thick pillars of concrete and steel. They reach from the surface down to rock or firm soil. Sometimes holes are bored in the ground and then filled with concrete. Sometimes the piles are made on the surface. Then they are driven deep into the ground with powerful hammers, called pile-drivers.When the concrete foundations have set, the frame is made of strong steel girders. Sometimes it is made of reinforced concrete. Steel bars are put in place first and are boxed in. Then concrete is poured around them. The concrete sets and makes a very strong frame.Huge cranes lift the girders or the steel bars into place as the building grows. They carry up wet concrete in big buckets, called skips. The cranes are called tower cranes because they stand on tall steel towers. At the top they have a long arm that swings around in a wide circle to deliver the building materials.When the frame of each level, or storey, is finished, the builders can put in the floors. First they put up a frame of boards around the floor area. Then they pour concrete into it. The vibrator makes the concrete firm and helps to settle it. The walls can be made in the same way. But often they are made of glass or metal. They can be thin because they do not have to bear any weight. The weight of the building is carried by the framework of concrete or steel girders. Walls which do not bear the weight of a building are called "curtain" walls.Ordinary building methods are quite slow. The builders have to wait for the concrete to set in one part before they can move on. It is quicker to use ready-made panels for the walls and floors. The panels are brought to site, lifted into place and then joined together.The skyscraper must also have "services" put in. The telephone company puts in telephones. Electricians wire up the rooms for electricity. Plumbers fit th6 water pipes. Heating engineers put in the heating system. Other engineers put in the elevators. Elevators are important in skyscrapers. In ordinary houses there are not many stairs, but in skyscrapers there are hundreds and hundreds. An-other problem is cleaning the windows. The window cleaners cannot work from ladders on the ground. They have to work from a scaffold that dangles from the roof.The day arrives when the skyscraper is completely finished from top to bottom. The scaffolding is taken away. The builders remove their cranes and concrete mixers and trucks. The movers arrive to move in the furniture. Curtains are hung and carpets are laid. The electricity and heating are turned on. Then, at last, all is ready for the people to move in. Task 7:【答案】A.1) c 2) c 3) a 4) a 5) b 6) bB.1) F 2) T 3) T 4) F 5) T 6) F 7) T【原文】Interviewer: What is a home in your understanding?Rybczynski: A home represents a refuge from the public world. It is a safe place in which people feel that they can let their minds drift off and dream. Imagining a house, building it and then living inside it is something quitewonderful. Every time you enter that house, you're really entering your own mind. This is equally truewhether you are an architect or somebody living in a Mexican slum. An awful lot of what people do withtheir homes can't be explained by simple function; it has as much to do with communicating an idea ofthemselves to others. In some countries, even the smallest shacks are constructed by their owners. Bycontrast, in our society, building a home has become something of a luxury. But some analysts havesuggested that as our working lives become less creative we look for the creative act elsewhere, which mayexplain why people sometimes build several homes in a lifetime.Interviewer: It's also, you say, a source of almost childlike fun.Rybczynski: Architecture is not a particularly well-paying profession, yet there is an enormous interest among young people in the field, in large part because the work is a lot of fun. There is a very lighthearted atmosphere inmost architectural offices. A good part of what architects do is thinking in miniature, and working witharchitectural models is a kind of play. People are always fascinated with these models because they are liketoys. The tiny buildings peopled with pocket-size figures recall the dolls' houses and lead soldiers of ourchildhood. We have all spent hours sprawled on the floor playing with toy blocks and built little houses withconstruction toys. We have all been little architects.Interviewer: How does culture shape what is built?Rybczynski: The search for newness pervades our culture and applies equally to movies, books and buildings. But books are put on shelves and movies in cans. Buildings, however, surround us. It is kind of mad to have everybuilding trying to outdo every other one. But that's very much the situation we have created. Nobody wantsto do the 90 percent of the background buildings that are needed to have one wonderful monument. In part,this reflects the modem movement, dating from the 1920s, which placed importance on originality. Thearchitect was judged by his ability to create new forms or building that solved problems in new ways. Anarchitect who simply repeated somebody else’s solution was passed over as unimaginative. The currentphenomenon also reflects the desire of corporations in a city to have a strong identity. And, finally, there arethe media. The architect who wants to succeed has to demonstrate originality; otherwise people won't writeabout him. But for every architect who skillfully carries out unusual buildings, there are dozens who copythem with less skill. While I don't necessarily admire an architect like Frank Gehry, who has come up withsuch designs as a building shaped like a fish, I certainly acknowledge his craftsmanship. But when peoplecopy his buildings without his craftsmanship and skill, the end product is too many eccentric buildings notdone very well; you end up with a lot of ugliness. When everyone wants to be a star architecturally, the citythat is produced can be a very unsatisfying place.。

大学新编英语第四册听力答案

大学新编英语第四册听力答案

大学新编英语第四册听力答案Book 4Unit 1Part OneExercise 21. B2. C3. D4.AExercise 31. right before2. spring break3. ski trip4. about an hour5. catch up on6. wait a minute7. anytime you want 8. read the end 9. go to the cinema 10. care aboutPart TwoListening IExercise 11. A2. C3.A4.C5.C6. BExercise 21. F2. T3.F4. F5. TListening IIExercise 11. T2. F3.F4. F5. F 6 TExercise 21. B2. C3.C4.A5. DPart Three More ListeningPractice OneExercise 21.escape into2. horror films3. follow the detective4. around these days5. ring upPractice TwoExercise 11. T2. F3. T4. TExercise 21.A2. C3.B4. DPractice ThreeExercise 11. B2. B3.C4.B5.A6.A7. B8. CExercise 21. T2. F3.T4. F5. T 6 T 7. F 8. FPractice FourExercise 11. D2.A3. D4. C5.CExercise 2 1. F 2.T 3.F 4.T 5. FPart Four Testing Yourself1.A2. C3. C4. A5. C6. BSection II1. C2. B3. D4.C5.B6.ASection III1) dinner/ band / cake 2) house / drinks3) invite/ arrive/ fifty 4) drinks/ newUnit 2Part OneExercise 2 1. F 2. F 3.T 4. F 5. T 6 TExercise 31. donations/ individuals and organizations2. dedicate/ time and resources3. loving and caring4. keep coming5. keep the best6. feel better about7. not necessarily8. lovely surprise9. truth/ understanding 10. real keyPart TwoListening IExercise 11. department store2. attend college3. difficult4.physical education5. terrifiedExercise 21. F2. T3. T4.F5. TListening IIExercise 11.80/ eighty2. Caps, sweaters and scarves3. Her daughter-in-law4. Because she is blind5. 19/ nineteen6. In China7. 1/ One8. Toronto Exercise 21. 60/ sixty2. making up3. various parts of the world4.a printed slip of 5.Never before 6. a personal letter7. who is wearing the clothingPart Three More ListeningPractice OneExercise 1 1.C 2.A 3. D 4. C 5. BExercise 21. approaching2. left3. toilet4. locked5.Tickets6. please7. pushed8. stampedPractice TwoExercise 1 1. C 2.A 3. DExercise 2 2. 4. 5.6.8.9Practice ThreeExercise 1 Written language 2. 3. 5.6Spoken language 1. 41. spoken language2. sign language3.representations4. derived fromPractice FourExercise 11. misunderstanding 2 . lump 3. 5/ five 4. cancer 5. fine Exercise 21. T2. F3. T4. T5.T6.FPart Four Testing YourselfSection 11.A 2 . D 3.A 4. B 5. CSection II1. moods2. regularly3. meet4. risks5.hurt6. satisfy7. disappointed8. should9.unless 10. stuckSection III1. F2. T3. F4. F5.T6.FUnit 3Part OneExercise 21. react/ perform2. pick up3.brains4. society/ way Exercise 31. when it comes to2. get lost3. seem true / more than4. host/ active games5. college education / well-paid 6 second-class citizens 7. leave/ raise 8. feel guilty9.are involved in/ available 10. getting readyPart TwoListening IExercise 1 5 4 1 6 2 3Exercise 21. F2. F3. F4. T5. TListening IIExercise 11. language, culture, society / cultural expectations2. develop closeness intimacy/ earn status3. collaborative supportive/ aggressive/ competitive Exercise 2 1.C 2. B 3. A4. BPart Three More ListeningPractice OneExercise 11. hit2. in wonder3. dress up/ play house4. lock/ public5.painting their faces6 dig into7 boys 8.talkExercise 21. try to catch2. turn into3. tear off4. careless5. painting the walls6. lazy/ cut7. dirt8. make machine-gun noisesPractice TwoExercise 1 3. 2. 4.1Exercise 2 1. B 2 . D 3.A 4. C 5. BPractice ThreeExercise 1 1. T 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. TExercise 2 1. D 2 .A 3. B 4. A 5. BPractice FourExercise 1 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. FExercise 21. reflects/ descriptions2. parents’ attitude 3 suggest/ act4. raising their family/ supporting their husbands5. used to be/ share these responsibilitiesPart Four Testing YourselfSection 11. C 2 .A 3. D 4. C 5. DSection II1. T 2 . F 3. F 4. F 5. F 6. TSection III1. aggressive2. taking risks3. crimes4. biology5. function6. roles7. unsatisfactory8. weaker9. heart attack 10. rate of survival 11. vary12. be infected with 13. average lifespan 14. do exist 15. deny 16. behaveUnit 4Part OneExercise 2 2.4.7.8.10.12Exercise 31. get my hands2. put an end3. must have known4.can’t afford5. come up with6. make it sticky7. stuck to the floor 8. the wayPart TwoListening IExercise 1 1. F 2 . T 3. F 4. F 5.TExercise 2 1. C 2 . B 3. D 4.A 5. CListening IIExercise 1 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. FExercise 21. race2. proceed3. wander4. proficient5. originalPart Three More ListeningPractice OneExercise 1 2. 1.31. China/ 7,900 BC2. stronger/ harden3. 3100 BC / quickly/ shapes4. artPractice TwoExercise 11. partly underground2. living3. digging into the ground4. wood / grass/ waterproofExercise 21. C2. D3.A4. B5. DPractice ThreeExercise 11. A2. C3. D4. C5. DExercise 21. 35/ thirty-five2. dot/ broad white3. easy / studied4. every possible angle/ obviousPractice FourExercise 11. D2.A3.A4. F5. C6. E7.A8. B9. BExercise 21. 17622. 18883. 18904. 19775. 1514/15576. 1492/ 19037. 1925/ 1868Part Four Testing YourselfSection 11. bicycle2. rips3. overnight4. analyzed5. release6. cross7. weekly8. thorough9. show10. bicyclesSection II1. B2. B3. C4.A5.ASection III1. T2. T3. F4. F5. T6. T7. T8. F9.F 10. TUnit 5Part OneExercise 21. R2. O3. Be4. Y5. Ba6. Be7. O8. R9. J 10. R 11. Be 12. O 13. Y 14. Ba 15. Ba 16. Be17. Y 18. Be 19. Y 20. R 21. Be 22. Ba 23. Y 24. Ba Exercise 31. counted on2. keeps a good balance3. give up4. figure out5.Apart from6.makes excuses7. no one can match 8. in his time 9. would rather10. works wonders 11. comes across 12. proud ofPart TwoListening ITed: tennis quite youngMike: football a little kid/ nearly forty yearsLisa: skiiing rememberExercise 21. tennis2. football3. skiing4. skiing5. tennis6. skiing7. tennis8. skiing9. football 10. football Listening IIExercise 1 1. B 2. D 3.A 4. CExercise 21. T2. T3. F4. F5. F6. F7. F8. T9.T 10. TPart Three More ListeningPractice OneExercise 11. tobogganing2. building snowmen3. throw snowballs4. ice-skating5. skiingExercise 2Finland Germany Norway USA Sweden Italy Switzerland France RussiaPractice TwoExercise 1 2. 3. 5.7Exercise 2Bo BobSwedish Americancycling long distance runningAmerican 3000-meter championship5:30a.m-12:00 a.m 10:00 am-5:00 p.mswimming listening to musicPractice ThreeExercise 11. team spirit2.A. spend time together B. individually/ pressureC. autonomy interfered drop a playerExercise 2 1.2. 4.6. 8. 10Practice FourExercise 1 1. C 2.B 3. BExercise 21. Criticism2. harmfully employed3. a big family4. Hostilities5. The majority of people6.continued Part Four Testing YourselfSection 1 1. B 2. C 3. C 4.A 5. D 6. C 7.D 8.ASection II1.A2. C3.A4. A5. B6. D7. C8. B9. D 10. B1. strength2. training3. coaching4. new and superior5. publication6. engineering7. sports clothing8, more comfortable 9. technological input 10.limits11. recordsUnit 6Part OneExercise 21. D2.A3. B4. C5. C6.AExercise 31. farm animals /hold / feed2. small pets3. bury/ toss them out4. real shame5. dangerous/ destructive/bring disease6.have a point7. humanely /limit8. time/ money/ warm place9. isolated/ company 10. storm of debatePart TwoListening I Exercise 11. B2. C3. D4. BExercise 21. T2. F3. F4. F5.T6.TListening II Exercise 11. Her son2. snake/ crocodile3. quiet4. picky/ particular Exercise 21. big2. dogs3. tiger4.bit5. cat6. friendly7. eat 8. clean 9. wash 10. space 11. noisy 12. train13. speak 14. keep 15. quietPart Three More ListeningPractice One Exercise 11. 4.5.6.7Exercise 21.A2. B3. C4.A5.DPractice Two Exercise 11.3Exercise 21. for free2. small donation3. $204. hundreds5. eat little6. $507. annual shots8. numerous shots9. disease Practice Three Exercise 11. C2. B3. D4. C5.AExercise 22.5.6.7Practice Four Exercise 11. C2. C3.A4. B5.DExercise 21. crowding / water/ grass2. what is happening/ low3. target practice/ over the area4. gotten rid of / stayPart Four Testing YourselfSection 11. F2. T3. F4. T5.F6.T7.T8. F9.F 10.TSection II1.A2. C3. D4. B5. B6. BSection III1. conserve nature2. donation3. eggs4. meat5. oil6. handbags7. shoes8. fur coats9. ivory 10. reduced 11. 5,000 12. embarrassed 13. advertise the furs14. export bans 15. importation 16. turtlesUnit 7Part OneExercise 21. C2. B3. C4. D5.AExercise 31. fun holiday2. natural scenery/ historical interest3. summer/ too cold4. long history/ vast territory5. feed the monkeys6. as many places as possible7. you name it8. host city/ ancient civilization / modern architecture9. city wall / treat yourselves 10. express trainsPart TwoListening I Exercise 11. C2. B3. B4. C5. D6.AExercise 2Flight number SN 862 SN 863Time 17:50 on July 11 15:10 on July 14Listening II Exercise 1B C F G H IExercise 2Part 1 F T T TPart 2 F F T FPart 3 T T T T FPart Three More ListeningPractice One Exercise 1Advantages ADH Disadvantages EExercise 21. C2. D3. B4. CPractice Two Exercise 11. seedy2. company3. shared4. noisy5. early6. private7. booking8. convenient9. restaurants 10. bathrooms Exercise 21. T2. F3. T4. TPractice Three Exercise 11. Fuel2.Water3. Vehicles4. clothesExercise 21. passing lorries2. enough water3. drinking4. vehicle5. emergency6. self-sufficient7. car repairs8. cost mush / or be costly 9. sweaters 10. European winter Practice Four Exercise 1Occupations B a. actress A. b. actress and author1)A 2) B 3) B 4)A 5) B 6)A 7) A 8) BExercise 21. T2. F3. F4. F5.F6.T7.F8. TPart Four Testing YourselfSection 11. F2. T3. T4. T5.FSection II1. B2. C3. C4. C5.A6. DSection III1. D2. B3. C4. D5.AUnit 8Part OneExercise 2SectionA 5,7,1,4,6,3,2Section B 1) FH I 2)A 3) CEJ 4) BDGJExercise 31. passed out/ in shock2. back and forth3. knows the reason why4. no doubt/ living without her5. plays a great role6. brilliant boy7. very few cases8. deny/ nature9. bright or not/ CAN 10. thicker than/ genetic relationship 11. react to / not to mention 12. hard decisionPart TwoListening I Exercise 11.F2.F3. T4. F5. TExercise 21. genes2. sex3. blood4. tooth5. mirror6. left-handed7. right-handed8. language9. young 10. alike 11. separated 12. apart 13. careers 14. interestsListening II Exercise 11. B2. D3.A4. DExercise 21. 4. 6. 8. 10. 11. 12Part Three More ListeningPractice One Exercise 13. 6. 9Exercise 21. six2. four3. 1954. broad5. slim6. extended7. short 8. elbows 9. knees 10. size-14 11. lungs 12. heart Practice Two Exercise 11.19212. fit the child3. ordinary schools4. adult conception Exercise 21. good being2. wise3. realistic4. psychology5. freedomto be themselves 6. discipline 7. suggestion8. religious instruction 9. scholars10. scholars 11. street cleanersPractice Three Exercise 11. C2. B3. C4. BExercise 2 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5.FPractice Four Exercise 11)A 2) C 3) D 4)AExercise 21. F2. T3. T4. T5.T6.TPart Four Testing YourselfSection 11. talent2. dancing3.creative4. early5.physical6. energy7. less8. curiosity9. particularly 10. cause11. fundamental 12. meaning 13. superior 14. fluently15. read 16. exceptional 17. preparation 18. fullySection II1. F2. T3. F4. F5. T6. F7.F 8 TSection III1. C2.A3. C4. B5.DUnit 9Part OneExercise 21. C2. C3. C4.W5.W6. C7. C8.C9.C 10.W11.W 12.W 13. C 14.W 15.W 16. C 17.W 18.WExercise 31. prefer / old-fashioned2. as old as3. account for4. own/ play/ earn a living5. very proud of6. 1.5 billion / had the chance7. hills / small bridges/ singing of birds8. full of energy9. holes / buttons/ precise notes 10. indirectly/ individualistic 11. places great importance 12. a universal languagePart TwoListening I Exercise 11. restaurants/ airports/ supermarkets / banks2. A. attitudes/ in the right moodB. a better feeling/ the people around himC. happy/ work better3.A.WorldWar II / happy/ calmB. a machine/ kinds of music / different times/ faster/ slower Exercise 21. T2. F3. F4. T5.T6.F7. T8. FListening II Exercise 11. eases theirminds / operations2. classical / instrumental jazz3.A. reduce tension B. 50 / fifty male doctors C.MathematicsD. 1) quickly 2) calmly 3) chosen for them 4) No music5) the worstExercise 21. T2. F3. T4. F5.FPart Three More ListeningPractice OneExercise 1B D A CExercise 21. their own style2. the nature3. sounds / experimented4. songs records5. films/ awards Practice Two Exercise 11. 1) 2) 3)2. 2) 1)Exercise 21. picks the strings2. as hard as3. makes the notes4. on the strings5. manages the bowExercise 31. learn2. carry3. popular4. satisfying5. progress6. easiest7. less satisfying8. most difficultPractice Three Exercise 11. T2. T3. T4. F5.F6.F7.F8. TExercise 2Bruce Springsteen: communicative, direct, exciting, simpler Sting: naturalPeter Gabriel:musicalBranfordMarsalis: brilliant, humorousYoussou N’Dour:not so heavy/ rhythmic/ sophisticated/unusual Practice Four Exercise 11.A2. B3.A4. C5.AExercise 21. T2. N3. T4. F5.TPart Four Testing YourselfSection 11. T2. F3. F4. T5.F6.T7.T8.TSection II2. 4.7. 8. 10. 12Section III1. falling2. nice3. cold4. inside5. raining6. tears7. happen 8. arms 9. fire 10. goneUnit 10Part OneExercise 21. F2. F3. T4. F5.T6.F7. T8. TExercise 31. terrible rubbish / deafening/ stand2. slow-paced/ peaceful3. concentration on them4. dreamt of / afford5. dwell on the past / more freedom5. keep up with/ totally different 7. have a date8. on the Net/ not unusual 9. adapt to / we have been saying 10. kept complaining / let it bePart TwoListening IExercise 1 1. B 2.A 3. B 4. C 5. BExercise 2 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5.FListening II Exercise 11. quietly2. myself3. pity4. sympathy5. Understanding6. favor7. rocking8. wrong9. tired 10. lazy11. same 12. luckyPart Three More ListeningPractice OneExercise 1 1. name of the ship2. number of people/ passengers3. names of the people/ passengersExercise 21. N2. F3. T4. F5. TPractice TwoExercise 1 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5.F 6.T 7.F 8. TExercise 21. marvelous2. shines3. lovely4. little team5. the best players6. football stadium7. public8. name 9. notice board 10. in two weeksPractice ThreeExercise 11. beginners’2. copy down3. days of the week4. an 8th day5. sure enough6. convince7.Australia8. that oneExercise 2 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5.TPractice FourExercise 11. work, family, health, friends, spirit2. work / bounce back / marked/ damagedExercise 21. undermine your worth2. special3. set your goals4. take for granted5. meaningless6. slip through your fingers7. all the days8. give up9. stop trying 10. encounter risks 11. to be brave 12. shut 13. give 14. hold 15. wings16. learn 17. treasure 18. retrieved 19. race 20. journeyPart Four Testing YourselfSection I 1. D 2. B 3. D 4.C 5.ASection II 1. C 2. B 3. D 4.A 5. BSection III1. interpret2. forest3. flowers4. chased5.run6. catch7. jumped8. giant9.long 10.black11. white 12. shaking 13. wet 14. sweet 15. delicious16. angel 17. grave 18. nights 19. days 20. taste。

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Unit 1Task 1:【答案】A.B.1) F2) F3) T【原文】Saxophonist Kenny G is now the world's most successful jazz musician. He was born in 1956 as Kenny Gorelick in Seattle, USA, and he learned to play the saxophone at an early age. When he was just 15 years old, he toured Europe with his High School band. After studying atWashington University he started his career as a musician. In 1982 he signed for Arista Records and made his first solo album Kenny G.Success came slowly at first, but during the 1990s Kenny becamewell-known on the international scene. He released Breathless, his most successful album so far in 1993, and in 1994 won the Best Artist Award at the 21st American Music Awards held in Los Angeles.As well as making records, he also found time to play in front of another famous saxophone player—US President Bill Clinton—at the "Gala for the President" concert in Washington, and to break the world record for playing a single note (45 minutes and 47 seconds!) at the J & R Music World Store in New York in 1997.During the last 20 years, Kenny G has played with superstars like Aretha Franklin, Michael Bolton and Whitney Houston, and he has sold more than 36 million albums worldwide... and he hasn't sung a note!Task 2:【答案】1) c2) d3) c【原文】Senn: Everybody always has this misconception that female policemen don't do the same thing as men do, you know. I've worked..Interviewer: That's not true?Senn: That is not true! I've worked my share of graveyard shifts, and, you know, splitshifts, and double-back and no days off, and...Interviewer: Uh-huh...Senn: ...as much as the next guy. There's no distinction used if there's a male or female officer on duty. Two men on duty—I'll refer to as two men, ’cause in my f ield there's no difference between the genders. We're still the same. Okay, if there's two men on duty—just because one's a female, she still gets in on the same type of call. If there's a bar disturbance downtown, then we go too. There's been many times where being the only officer on duty—that's it! It’s just me and whoever else is on duty in the county. They can come back me up if I need assistance. And it does get a little hairy. You go in there, and you have these great big, huge monster-guys, and they're just drunker than skunks, and can't see three feet in front of them. And when they see you, they see fifteen people, and you know... But still, there's enough...Interviewer: That's where the uniform is important, I should imagine.Senn: Someti mes, you know. If somebody is going to…or has a bad day, and they areout to get a cop, you know, it doesn't matter if you're, you know, boy, girl, infant or anything! When you've got that copuniform on, they'll still take it out on you.Interviewer: Yeah...Senn: But I think there's one advantage to being a female police officer. And that is the factthat most men still have a little respect, and they won't smack you as easy as they would one of the guys.Interviewer: Uh-huh...Senn: But I'll tell you one thing I’ve learned—I'd rather deal with ten drunk men that one drunk woman any day of the week!Interviewer: Well, why is that?Senn: Because women are so unpredictable. You cannot ever predictwhat a woman'sgoing to do.Interviewer: Hmm...Senn: Especially, if she's agitated, you know.Interviewer: Emotionally upset.Senn: Yeah. I saw a lady one time just get mad at the guy she was withbecause he wouldn't buy her another drink—takeoff her high heel and lay his head wide open. Yuch! Oh, they can be so vicious, you know.Task 3:【答案】1) d2) b3) b4) b【原文】You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window—and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead!Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast-moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called “stunt men”. That is to say, they perform “tricks”.There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress. Again, when they hit oneanother with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stunt man’s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is "blown up" in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.Naturally stuntmen are well-paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute failed to open—and he was killed.In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for “men only”. Men no longer dress up as women when actr esses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are “stunt girls” too!Task 4:【答案】1) He started writing poetry when he was about 14 or 15.2) He has published four books.3) His first book came out when he was about 26. It wasn’t eas y. He got a lot of his work rejected at first.4) The British, or at least the English, are embarrassed by it. They’re embarrassed by people who reveal personal feelings, emotions, thoughts and wishes.【原文】When Thomas Edison was born in the small town of Milan, Ohio, in 1847, America was just beginning its great industrial development. Inhis lifetime of eighty-four years, Edison shared in the excitement of America’s growth into a modern nation. The time in which he lived wasan age of invention, filled with human and scientific adventures, and Edison became the hero of that age.As a boy, Edison was not a good student. His parents took him outof school and his mother taught him at home, where his great curiosity and desire to experiment often got him into trouble. When he was six, he set fire to his father’s barn “to see what would happen.” The barn burned down.When he was ten, Edison built his own chemistry laboratory. He sold sandwiches and newspapers on the trains in order to earn money to buy supplies for his laboratory. His parents became accustomed, more or less, to his experiments and the explosions which sometimes shook the house.Edison’s work as a sales boy with the railroad introduced him to the telegraph and, with a friend, he built his own telegraph set.Six years later, in 1869, Edison arrived in New York City, poor and in debt. He went to work with a telegraph company. It was there that he became interested in the uses of electricity.Task 5:【答案】1815, 1914, 35millionI.A. villages,seaportB. danger,long ocean voyageC. a new land,a new languageD. finding a place to liveII.a better life,opportunity,freedomIII.A. England, Germany, Russia, HungaryB. Roman Catholic, JewishC. customs,languagesIV.A. Americanized,disappeared.B. haven't disappeared,customs,identities V.A. were cheated,prejudice,mistreatedB. hardest,least-paid,dirtiest,most overcrowdedD. rejected,old-fashioned,ashamedovercome【原文】Thousands of people came to American cities before Blacks and Puerto Ricans did. Between 1815 and 1914, more than 35 million Europeans crossed the ocean to find new homes in the United States.Most of these immigrants were ordinary people. Few were famous when they arrived. Few became famous afterward. Most had lived in small villages. Few had ever been far outside them. Most of them faced the same kinds of problems getting to America: the hardship of going from their villages to a seaport, the unpleasantness—even danger—of the long ocean voyage, the strangeness of a new land, and of a new language, the problem of finding a place to live, of finding work in a new, strange country.Every immigrant had his own reasons for coming to America. But nearly all shared one reason: They hoped for a better life. They considered America a special place, a land of opportunity, a land of freedom.Immigrants came from many different countries: England, Germany, Denmark, Finland[, Russia, Italy, Hungary and many others.They came with many different religions: Roman Catholic, Jewish, Quaker, Greek Orthodox.They brought many different customs and many languages.Some people have called the United States a "melting pot". After immigrants were here awhile—in the melting pot—they became Americanized. Differences were "melted down". They gradually disappeared.Some people say no. America isn't a melting pot. It's more like a salad bowl. Important differences between groups of people haven't disappeared. Many groups have kept their own ways, their customs, their identities, and this has given America great strength.Melting pot? Salad bowl? Perhaps there's some troth to both ideas.In any case, life in America was hard for most immigrants—especially at first. Often they were cheated. Often they met with prejudice. They were often laughed at, even mistreated, by people who themselves had been immigrants.Most of them soon found that the streets of America weren't paved with gold. They usually got the hardest jobs, and those that paid the least, the dirtiest places to live in, the most overcrowded tenements.They came to be citizens of a new country; but often they felt like people without a country. They had given up their own, but they didn't understand their new one. They didn't really feel a part of it. And the people of the new one didn't always welcome them.They came for the sake of their children, but in America their children often rejected them. To the children, their parents seemed old-fashioned. They didn't learn the new language quickly. Some didn't learn it at all. Their parents' customs made children ashamed.Gradually, however, problems were overcome. For most immigrants,life in America was better. It certainly was better for their children and for their grandchildren.Task 6:【答案】A.The Life Story of Thomas EdisonOhio,1847,industrial development, 1931, a modern nationI.A. curiosity,desireB. 1857,station master’s sonC. 1863II.A. New York City,electricity,report the pricesB. New Jersey,invented,producedC. organized industrial researchD. 1877E. 1879III.A. 1,000B. motion-picture machineC. photographyD. streetcars,electric trains IV.B. turn off all powerC. the progress of manB.1) F2) F3) T4) T5) F【原文】When Thomas Edison was born in the small town of Milan, Ohio, in 1847, America was justbeginning its great industrial development. The time in which he lived was an age of invention, filled with human and scientific adventures, and Edison became the hero of that age.As a boy, Edison was not a good student. His parents took him outof school and his mothertaught him at home, where his great curiosity and desire to experiment often got him into trouble. When he was ten, Edison built his own chemistry laboratory. He sold sandwiches and newspapers on the local trains in order to earn money to buy supplies for his laboratory. His parents became accustomed, more or less, to his experiments and the explosions which sometimes shook the house.Edison’s work as a sales boy with the railroad intr oduced him to the telegraph and with a friend, he built his own telegraph set. He taught himself the Morse telegraphic code and hoped for the chance to become a professional telegraph operator. A stroke of luck and Edison's quick thinking soon provided the opportunity.One day, as young Edison stood waiting for a train to arrive, he saw the station master's sot wander into the track of an approaching train. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to safety. The thankful station master offered to teach Edison railway telegraphy. Afterwards,in 1863, he became tan expert telegraph operator and left home to workin various cities.Six years later, in 1869, Edison arrived in New York City, poor and in debt. He went to work with a telegraph company. It was there that he became interested in the uses of electricity. At that time electricity was still in the experimental stages, and Edison hoped to invent new ways to use it for the benefit of people. As he once said: "My philosophy of life is work. I want to bring out the secrets of, nature and apply them for the happiness of man. I know of no better service to render for the short time we are in this world."The same year, when he was only 22 years old, Edison invented an improved ticker-tape machine which could better report the prices on the New York Market. The ticker-tape machine was successful, and Edison decided to leave his job and concentrate wholly on inventing. When the president of the telegraph company asked how much they owed him for his invention, Edison was ready to accept only $3,000. Cautiously he said: "Suppose you make me an offer.""How would $40,000 strike you?" the president inquired. Edison almost fainted, but he finally replied that the price was fair.With this money, and now calling himself an electrical engineer, Edison formed his own "invention factory" in Newark, New Jersey. over the next few years he invented and produced many new items, including the mimeograph machine, wax wrapping paper, and improvements of the telegraph.In 1877 Edison decided he could no longer continue both manufacturing and inventing. He sold his share in the factory and built a new laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. It was the first laboratory of its kind devoted to organized industrial research. One of the first inventions to come from his new laboratory was an improvement of Alexander Bell's telephone. Edison invented a more powerful mouthpiece which removed the need to shout into the telephone. But his great inventions were still to come.On August 12, 1877, Edison began experimenting with an instrument which he had designed and ordered to be built. It was a cylinder, wrapped in tinfoil and turned by a handle. As it revolved, a needle made a groove in the foil. Turning the handle, Edison began to shout."Mary had a little lambWhose fleece was white as snow!"He stopped and moved the needle back in the starting position. Then, putting his ear close to the needle, he turned the handle again. A voice came out of the machine:"Mary had a little lamb,Whose fleece was white as snow!"Edison had just invented the phonograph, a completely new concept:a talking machine.While he was perfecting his phonograph, Edison also worked on another invention. He called it "an Electric Lamp for Giving Light by Incandescence". Today we call it the light bulb.For years other inventors had experimented with electric lights, but none of the lights had proven economical to produce. Edison, in studying the problem, spent over a year experimenting. He tested 1,600 materials (even hairs from a friend's beard) to see if they would carry electric current and glow. Finally, on October 21, 1879, he tried passing electricity through a carbonized cotton thread in a vacuum glass bulb. In his own words Edison described the experiment: "... before nightfall the carbon was completed and inserted in the lamp. The bulb was exhausted of air and sealed, the current turned on, and the sight we had so long desired to see met our eyes." The lamp gave off a feeble, reddish glow, and it continued to bum for 40 hours. Edison's incredible invention proved that electric lighting would be the future light of the world.Edison was now so famous as an inventor that people thought there was nothing he could not do. They began to call him "the wizard", as if he could produce an invention like magic. Few people realized how hard Edison worked, often 20 hours a day, and that most of his inventions were the results of hundreds of experiments.For 60 years Edison was the world's leading inventor. He patented over 1,000 inventions which changed our way of living. He was one of the earliest inventors of the motion-picture machine. His invention of the phonograph was joined with photography to produce talking pictures. Healso perfected the electric motor which made streetcars and electric trains possible.It is no wonder that Edison received many honors during his lifefor contributions to the progress of mankind. The United States gave him its highest award, a special Congressional Medal of Honor. Yet, in spite of all his fame, Edison remained a modest man. He preferred to continue his work, rather than rest on his achievements. His motto was: "I find what the world needs; then I go ahead and try to invent it." He never considered himself a brilliant man and once remarked that genius was "2 percent inspiration and 98 percent perspiration".When Edison died in 1931, it was proposed that the American people mm off all power in their homes, streets, and factories for several minutes in honor of this great man. Of course, it was quickly realized that such an honor would be impossible. Its impossibility was indeed the real tribute to Edison's achievements. Electric power had become so important and vital a part of America's life that a complete shut-down for even a few seconds would have created chaos. As "one of the great heroes of invention", Edison rightfully belongs among America's and the world's great contributors to the progress of man.Task 7:【答案】A.1) c2) a3) d4) c5) c6) aB.1) That’s becau se the explosion robs the fire of oxygen.2) Once the fire is out, the well still needs to be covered, or capped, to stop the flow of oil. This is the most dangerous part of the process. Any new heat or fire could cause the leaking well and the surrounding area to explode.3) In March of 1991, Red Adair went to Kuwait. He and his crews were called in to help put out oil well fires.4) He has spent his 76th birthday in Kuwait working side by side with his crew.5) At his funeral, many family members and friends honored him by wearing red clothes.【原文】Paul Neal Adair was born in Houston, Texas in nineteen fifteen. He was one of five sons of a metal worker. He also had three sisters. Whilegrowing up, he became known as Red Adair because his hair was bright red. The color became a trademark for Adair. He wore red clothes and red boots. He drove a red car, and his crew members used red trucks and red equipment.During World War Two, Adair served on a trained army team that removed and destroyed bombs. After the war, he returned to Houston and took a job with Myron Kinley. At the time, Kinley was the leader in putting out fires in oil wells. Red Adair worked with Myron Kinley for fourteen years. But in nineteen fifty-nine, Adair started his own company.During his thirty-six years in business, Red Adair and his crews battled more than two thousand fires all over the world. Some were on land. Others were on ocean oil-drilling structures. Some fires were in burning oil wells. Others were in natural gas wells.Red Adair was a leader in a specialized and extremely dangerous profession. Putting out oil well fires can be difficult. This is because oil well fires are extinguished, or put out, at the wellhead just above ground. Normally, explosives are used to stop the fire from burning. The explosion robs the fire of oxygen. But, once the fire is out, the well still needs to be covered, or capped, to stop the flow of oil. This is the most dangerous part of the process. Any new heat or fire could cause the leaking well and the surrounding area to explode.Red Adair developed modern methods to extinguish and cover burning oil wells.They became known in the industry as Wild Well Control techniques. In addition to explosives, the techniques involved large amounts of water and dirt. Adair also developed special equipment made of bronze metal to help extinguish oil well fires. The modern tools and his Wild Well Control techniques earned Red Adair and his crews the honor of being called the "best in the business."Red Adair was known for not being afraid. He was also known for his sense of calm and safety. None of his workers were ever killed while putting out oil well or gas fires. He described his work thisway: “It scares you—all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everyone's face, when you are finished and packing, it is the best smile in the world; and there is nobody hurt, and the well is under control.”One of Red Adair's most important projects was in nineteen sixty-two. He and his crew put out a natural gas fire in the Sahara Desert in Algeria. The fire had been burning for six months. This famous fire was called the "Devil's Cigarette Lighter." Fire from the natural gas well shot about one hundred forty meters into the air. The fire was so big that American astronaut John Glenn could see it from space as he orbited Earth.The desert sand around the well had melted into glass from the extreme heat. News reports said Adair used about three hundred forty kilograms of nitroglycerine explosive material to pull the oxygen out of the fire.Adair's success with the "Devil's Cigarette Lighter" and earlier well fires captured the imagination of the American film industry. In nineteen sixty-eight, Hollywood made an action film called Hellfighters.It was loosely based on events in Red Adair's life. Actor John Wayne played an oil well firefighter from Houston, Texas whose life wassimilar to Adair's. Adair served as an advisor to Wayne while the film was being made. The two men became close friends. Adair said one of the best honors in the world was to have John Wayne play him in a movie.In nineteen eighty-eight, Adair fought what was possibly theworld's worst off-shore accident. It was at the Piper Alpha drilling structure in the North Sea. Occidental Petroleum operated the structure off the coast of Scotland. The structure produced oil and gas from twenty-four wells.One hundred sixty-seven men were killed when the structure exploded after a gas leak. Red Adair had to stop the fires and cap the wells. He faced winds blowing more than one hundred twenty kilometers an hour, and ocean waves at least twenty meters high.In March of nineteen ninety-one, Red Adair went to Kuwait following the Persian Gulf War. He and his crews were called in to help put out fires set by the Iraqi army.The Red Adair Company capped more than one hundred wells. His crews were among twenty-seven teams from sixteen countries called in to fight the fires. The crews' efforts put out about seven hundred Kuwaiti fires. Their efforts saved millions of barrels of oil. Some experts say the operation also helped prevent an environmental tragedy. The job had been expected to take three to five years. However, it was completed in just eight months.Red Adair had spent his seventy-sixth birthday in Kuwait working side by side with his crew. When asked when he might retire, he told reporters: "Retire? I do not know what that word means. As long as a man is able to work, and he is productive out there and he feels good—keep at it."Still, Red Adair finally did retire in nineteen ninety-four. At that time, he joked about where he would end up when he died. He said he hoped to be in Heaven. But he said this about Hell: "I have made a deal with the devil. He said he is going to give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there—if I go there—so I won't put all the fires out."Red Adair died in two thousand four. He was eighty-nine yearsold. At his funeral, many family members and friends honored him by wearing red clothes. Many Americans remember Red Adair for his bravery. He lived his life on the edge of danger. He was known for hiswillingness to risk his own life to save others.Task 8:【答案】A.1) She was born in New York City in 1884.2) After she finished school, Eleanor began teaching children to read in one of the poorest areas of New York City. She investigated factories where workers were said to be badly treated. She becameinvolved with other women who shared the same ideas about improvingsocial conditions.3) She decided she would no longer play the part of a politician's wife. Instead, she began to build a life with interests of her own.4) Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in 1932. His new economic program was called the New Deal.5) She was different from the wives of earlier presidents in that she was the first to become active in political and social issues.6) She publicly resigned her membership to protest the action ofthe group.7) She spent the last years of her life visiting foreign countries. She became America's unofficial ambassador. She called on Americans to help the people in developing countries.B.1) F2) T3) T【原文】Eleanor Roosevelt was the wife of America's thirty-second president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She helped her husband in many ways duringhis long political life. She also became one of the most influentialpeople in America. She fought for equal rights for all people -- workers, women, poor people, black people. And she sought peace among nations.Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City in eighteeneighty-four. Eleanor's family had great wealth and influence. When she was eight years old, her mother died. Two years later, her father died.It was Eleanor's grandmother who raised the Roosevelt children.After she finished school, Eleanor began teaching children to readin one of the poorest areas of New York City, called "Hell's Kitchen." She investigated factories where workers were said to be badly treated. She saw little children of four and five years old working until they dropped to the floor. She became involved with other women who sharedthe same ideas about improving social conditions.Franklin Roosevelt began visiting Eleanor. Franklin belonged to another part of the Roosevelt family. Franklin and Eleanor were marriedin nineteen-oh-five. In the next eleven years, they had six children.Franklin Roosevelt began his life in politics in New York. He was elected to be a state legislator. Later, President Woodrow Wilson appointed him to be assistant secretary of the Navy. The Roosevelts moved to Washington in nineteen thirteen. It was there, after thirteen years of marriage, that Eleanor Roosevelt went through one of thehardest periods of her life. She discovered that her husband had fallenin love with another woman. She wanted to end the marriage. But her husband urged her to remain his wife.She did. Yet her relationship with her husband changed. She decided she would no longer play the part of a politician's wife. Instead, she began to build a life with interests of her own.Eleanor Roosevelt learned about politics and became involved in issues and groups that interested her. In nineteen twenty-two, she became part of the Women's Trade Union League. She also joined thedebate about ways to stop war. In those years after World War One, she argued that America must be involved in the world to prevent another war. "Peace is the question of the hour," she once told a group of women. "Women must work for peace to keep from losing their loved ones."The question of war and peace was forgotten as the United States entered a severe economic depression in nineteen twenty-nine. Prices suddenly dropped on the New York stock market. Banks lost their money. People lost their jobs.Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in nineteen thirty-two. He promised to end the Depression and put Americans back to work. Mrs. Roosevelt helped her husband by spreading information about his new economic program. It was called the New Deal. She traveled around the country giving speeches and visiting areas that needed economic aid.Eleanor Roosevelt was different from the wives of earlier presidents. She was the first to become active in political and social issues. While her husband was president, Missus Roosevelt held more than three hundred news conferences for female reporters. She wrote a daily newspaper commentary. She wrote for many magazines. These activities helped spread her ideas to all Americans and showed that women had important things to say.。

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