Unit 1 Pets
PART A Short Conversation
Directions: You are going to hear 10 short conversations. Each of them will be spoken
only once. After you hear each conversation, a question will be asked. Read the four choices and choose the most appropriate one.
1. M: The distance between our city and Nanjing is 136 kilometers. It takes only a
two- hour bus ride to go there.
W: But the distance to Beijing is much greater, about ten times as much as that.
Question: What is the distance between our city and Beijing? (B) 2. M: You seem to be gaining weight. You need to diet.
W:I agree. Last year I weighed 205 pounds but this year I am 23 pounds heavier.
Question: What‘s her weight now? (D) 3. M: Gee! A police car is following us!
W: We are speeding! Our speed is 26 kilometers over the speed limit of 120
kilometers an hour.
Question: How fast are they driving? (C)
4. M: Mount Himalaya is the highest mountain in China. Its height is 8848 meters. W: Mount Tai is about 7300 meters lower. Question: How high is Mount Tai? (D)
5. M: Could you give me the size of the package?
W: It is 3.5meters long, 2 meters wide and 4.2 meters high. Question: How long is the package? (A)
6. M: The university campus has been enlarged in the past three years and now it has
an area of 80 hectares.
W: The University Tom works in is even larger. It is twice as much as that. Question: How large is Tom‘s University? (C)
7. M: My temperature is a hundred and two! I am going to die!
W: Don‘t worry. It is the Fahrenheit system. Your temperature is only 39℃. Question: What is his temperature? (A)
8. M: The temperature is only 5℃ today and the weather forecast says it will be even
colder tomorrow!
W: I heard it will be 10 degrees lower.
Question: What temperature will be tomorrow? (D)
9. M: The daily production of the water plant was 258,000 kilos.
W: It is said that the production capacity has increased by 10 percent. Question: What is the daily production capacity now? (B) 10. M: I am not sure about which is larger, Anhui or Jiangsu?
W: According to statistics, Anhui is 139,600 square kilometers while Jiangsu is 102,600 square kilometers.
Question: How large is the area of Anhui province? (C)
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Part B Dialogue
A Talking Dog
Exercises
1. Directions: Listen to the dialogue and write ―T‖ (true) or ―F‖ (false) for the following statements.
Shop owner: Good morning, Sir! Can I help you? Customer: I just want to sell this dog. It‘s very lovely.
Shop owner: I‘m sorry. No one will want to buy him, I am afraid. Customer: Why not? He is clean, well-behaved and healthy.
Shop owner: Look at him, Sir. He looks very shy and ugly. He has got a very wet
nose and no tail, his legs are short, and his hair‘s too long. Who would want to buy such a dog?
Customer: Well, I guess you‘re right. But if you know his merits, you will certainly
like him. His greatest advantage is that he can talk!
Shop owner: What do you mean? I‘ve never seen a talking dog before. Customer: Yes, he can talk and speak perfect English. Just listen.
Dog: It‘s true, Sir. I‘m the world‘s greatest talking dog. I‘ve been to the U.S.A,
England and Japan and talked to the President, the Queen and the Emperor. Please buy me, Sir. This man is very cruel to me. He doesn‘t feed me well. He never takes me for a walk or gives me a bath. Sometimes he leaves me alone for weeks. I‘m so unhappy, Sir. Please buy me and find a good home for me. Shop owner: That‘s amazing and hard to imagine. You‘re right. He is really a talking
dog. But tell me why you want to sell him since he behaves so well.
Customer: What you said is absolutely true. But you see I‘m tired of all his lies.
1) F 2) T 3) T 4) F 5) F
2. Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and complete the following chart with the
information you hear about the dog.
(1) no tail (2) healthy (3) English (4) Japan (5) not feed him well (6) a bath (7) alone for weeks
Part C Passage
Pet dogs
Exercises
1. Directions: listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
More and more people are becoming better aware of the fact that animals are good friends of human beings. Therefore, many people keep small animals at home as their pets and companions.
Some people have or want a dog as their companion at some time in their lives. If you are thinking of buying a dog, you should first decide what sort of companion you
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need and whether the dog is likely to be suited to the surroundings you can provide. Specialists‘ advice is certainly useful in helping you choose the most suitable kind of dog. But the decision depends partially on common sense. Different dogs were developed to perform specific tasks. So, if you want a dog to protect you or your house, for instance, you should choose one that has the right size and characteristics. You must also get ready to devote a great deal of time to training the dog when it is young and give it the necessary exercise throughout its life unless you live in the countryside and can let it run freely.
Dogs are demanding pets. They are loyal to their masters and consequently require proof of affection. The best time to buy a dog is when it is between 6 and 8 weeks old so that it can transfer its love from its mother to its master. If baby dogs have not established a relationship with their masters by the time they are three months old, their strong attachment will always be with dogs. As a result, they are not likely to become good pets when they are brought into the new world. Questions:
1. What does the passage mainly talk about? (D) 2. What should you do before you buy a pet dog? (A)
3. Which of the following helps you make a sound decision in keeping a pet dog? (D) 4. Which of the following is Not mentioned as an important factor in buying a pet dog? (C)
5. What might happen if a dog over three months old was bought as a pet? (B)
2. Directions: Listen to the passage again and complete the following statements with
the missing information.
1) to perform 2) size and characteristics, your house 3)young, necessary exercise 4 ) loyal to, consequently 5) become good pets ,the new world
3. Directions: Listen to the passage for the third time and write ―T‖ (true) or ―F‖ (false) for each statement you hear.
1) More and more people have realized the importance of the relationship between
human beings and animals. (T)
2) Pet dogs tend to be suited to any surroundings their masters provide. (F) 3) Experts‘ suggestions are vital in choosing the most suitable dog. (F)
4) If you live in the countryside, it is unnecessary for you to spend a great deal of
time training a pet dog. (T)
5) Strong and loyal dogs can perform any task. (F)
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Scripts
Unit 2 Tourism (Ⅰ)
PART A Short Conversations
Intonation and Tag Question
Directions: You are going to hear 10 short conversations. Each of them will be spoken
only once. After you hear each conversation, a question will be asked. Read the four choices and choose the most appropriate one.
1. W: I paid five hundred dollars for this dress. I think it‘s cheap and beautiful. M: Cheap?↗ I would not say so.
Q: How did the man feel about the price of the dress? (B)
2. M: I don‘t feel like going out. Why don‘t we just stay at home and watch TV
instead?
W: Come on! You promised to take me out for dinner and to the theatre on my
birthday.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation? (C)
3. M: Have you been working on your biology homework? I have a problem with it. W: What homework is that?
Q: Why is the woman surprised?(C)
4. W: You were hanging about the bank on the night when it was robbed, weren‘t
you?
M: Me? You must have made a mistake. I was at home watching TV that night. Q: What are they talking about? (D)
5. M: Tom looks awfully nervous, doesn‘t he?
W: Yes, I‘m afraid he is not used to making speeches. Q: What do they think of Tom? (B)
6. M: Louis is going to play volleyball this afternoon.
W: Should she be doing that today, so soon after her injury? Q: What does the woman imply? (C)
7. M: It would be nice if these last few days of the vacation were sunny and warm. W: But that‘s not what they have forecasted, is it?
Q: What does the woman imply about the weather? (B)
8. M: I haven‘t decided which color should be used to paint my room. W: It isn‘t easy to choose, is it?
Q: What does the woman mean? (B)
9. W: This course wasn‘t supposed to be hard. M: But it surely turned out to be, didn‘t it?
Q: What does the man think about the course?(D)
10.M: Good morning, Professor. I hope I‘m not disturbing you. W: Not at all. Why don‘t you come in out of the cold?
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Q: According to the conversation, which of the following is true?(C)
PART B Dialogue
Travel Arrangements
Exercise 1
Directions: Listen to the conversation between a travel agent and a caller and choose
the best answer to each question you hear.
Travel Agent: National Travel. Can I help you?
Caller: Yes, I'd like to make a flight reservation for the twenty-second, oh, no
---, sorry, for the twenty-first of this month, round trip, please.
Travel Agent: Okay. What is your destination?
Caller: Well, I'm flying to Copenhagen, Denmark.
Travel Agent: Okay. Let me check what flights are available. [caller: Okay] And
when will you be returning?
Caller: Uh, well, I'd like to catch a return flight on the twenty-eighth. Oh, and
I'd like the cheapest flight available.
Travel Agent: Okay. Let me see. Um, hmm . . . Caller: Yeah?
Travel Agent: Well, the price for the flight almost doubles if you leave the day before
the twenty-second.
Caller: Woo! That is way beyond my budget. I‘ll go with a cheaper flight. By
the way, how much is it?
Travel Agent: It's only $930.
Caller: Alright. Well, I‘ll go with that.
Travel Agent: Okay. That's Flight 1090 from Salt Lake City to New York, Kennedy
Airport, and you have to transfer to Flight 90 from Kennedy to Copenhagen.
Caller: And what are the departure and arrival times for each of those flights? Travel Agent: It leaves Salt Lake City at 9:00 AM, arriving in New York at 3:35 PM,
then transferring to Flight 90 at 4:55 PM, and arriving in Copenhagen at 7:30 AM the next day.
Caller: Alright. And, uh, I'd like to request a vegetarian meal. Travel Agent: Sure, no problem. And could I have your name, please? Caller: Rod Benson. B-E-N-S-O-N.
Travel Agent: Okay, thank you for calling us. Bye-bye. Caller: Bye. Key:
1. What‘s the man‘s purpose in making the phone call? (B) 2. What is the man's destination? (C)
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3. How many flights will the man take to get to his destination? (A) 4. How much does the flight cost? (B)
5. What special request did the man make regarding his flight? (A)
Exercise2
Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and complete the following statements with
correct numbers.
1. The dates for his departure and return:
He leaves on the 22nd of this month and returns on the 28th. 2. His flight numbers:
He will take Flight 1090 to New York and then transfer to Flight 90 from Kennedy.
3. His departure and arrival times:
He will leave Salt Lake City at 9:00 AM, arriving in New York at 3:35 PM, and then transferring at 4:55 PM, finally arriving at the destination at 7:30 AM the next day.
PART C Passage
Tour of Kyoto, Japan
Exercise 1
Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each question you
hear.
Well, good morning everyone. My name is Judy Baker, and I'll be your guide for today's tour of Kyoto. First, I want to go over the itinerary for the tour, so everyone can enjoy the trip without being left behind along the way.
First of all, we'll be leaving at 8:45 outside the main train station exit. That's in thirty minutes. Be sure to board the bus by 8:30 sharp.
We'll be visiting some of the most famous historical spots in Kyoto. Our first stop will be at the Golden Pavilion, a temple constructed in 1397. We'll be leaving there at 10:00. You'll have about forty-five minutes to stroll around the temple and its gardens. Our next destination will be Ryoanji Temple. That's always a difficult one to pronounce. This temple is famous for its beautiful rock gardens. We'll depart from the temple at 11:15.
Next, we'll have lunch from 11:30 to 12:15.
In the afternoon, we'll be making a brief stop at Heian Jingu Shrine, which was constructed in 1895 to commemorate the 1,100th anniversary of the founding of the city of Kyoto.
After that, we'll head downtown and stop in Gion. Many people asked me about different traditional shopping areas, and this is a place we don't want to miss. You'll have about an hour to look around, and I'm sure you'll enjoy the atmosphere of the entire area. The shops, the homes, and the restaurants have a very traditional Kyoto
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flavor. We'll be leaving Gion at 2:00.
Finally, we'll visit Nijojo Castle, which was the residence of the first Tokugawa Shogun. You'll have about an hour to tour the castle, and we'll meet at the bus at 3:30. Any questions?
1. What‘s the passage about?(C) 2. When will the tour bus leave?(B)
3. How many places will the tourists visit?(C) 4. What is Ryoanji Temple famous for?(C)
5. At which site will the tourists do some shopping?(B)
Exercise 2
Directions: Listen to the passage again and write ‗T‘ (true) or ‗F‘ (false) for the
following statements.
1. The tourists will have to take the bus at 8:30 outside the main station exit. (T ) 2. The Golden Pavilion was built in 1497. ( F ) 3. The tourists will have 30 minutes for their lunch. ( F )
4. Heinan Jingu shrine was built to celebrate the 1100th anniversary of the founding of the city of Kyoto. ( T )
5. The tourists will stay in Gion for about one hour. ( T )
Exercise 3
Directions: Listen to the passage for the third time and fill in the table with missing
information.
Places to Visit Famous Spots Departure Time Golden Pavilion temple and garden 10:00 am Ryoanji Temple beautiful rock garden 11:15am Heian Jingu Shrine / / Gion traditional Kyoto flavor 2:00pm Nijojo Castle residence of first meeting at the bus at Tokugawa Shogun 3:30pm
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Scripts
Unit 3 Tourism (Ⅱ)
PARTA Short Conversations
The Interrogative
Directions: You are going to hear 10 short conversations. Each of them will be spoken
only once. After you hear each conversation, a question will be asked. Read the four choices and choose the most appropriate one.
1. M: Bill and I are giving a party this Friday night. Think you can make it? W: Sure, is it okay if I bring Barbara along too? Q: What did the man request the woman to do? (A)
2. W: Could I borrow a pen from you? Mine has just run out of ink. M: I am afraid I don‘t have an extra one. Would a pencil do? Q: How did the man respond to the woman‘s request? (B) 3. W: Why did Shelley go to Iowa? M: Who knows?
Q: What does the man mean? (B)
4. M: Kevin‘s been in such a bad mood lately. W: Hasn‘t he?
Q: What can we learn from the woman‘s reply? (A)
5. W: Can you possibly lend me fifty dollars until pay day?
M: It‘s out of the question. Do you think I was born with a silver spoon in my
mouth?
Q: What can we learn about the man? (B)
6. M: Please get me a draught beer, a cold one. You know, I never drink beer without
ice.
W: But it‘s winter now. Don‘t you think that‘s bad for your stomach? Q: What does the woman suggest the man do? (B)
7. W: How many more chairs should we get for the meeting? M: Don‘t we have enough now? Q: What does the man imply? (B)
8. M: I‘m going to give up playing table tennis. I lost again today. W: Just because you lost, is that the reason to quit? Q: What does the woman mean? (C)
9. W: Excuse me, Sir; have you seen a young gentleman looking for his wrist watch? M: A young man, madam?
Q: What‘s the woman doing? (C)
10. W: Look, it says they want a senior sales manager and it seems it‘s a big company. M: Does it say anything about the work experience required? Q: What are they talking about? (A)
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PART B Dialogue
Taxi Ride
Exercise1
Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the best answers to complete the
following statements.
Passenger: Hey, taxi! Ah, great. Thanks for pulling over. Driver: Where to?
Passenger: Well, I'm going to the Brisbane Museum of Art, and . . . . Driver: Sure. Hop in. No problem. Hang on!
Passenger: Uh. Excuse me, how long does it take to get there?
Driver: Well, that all depends on the traffic, but it shouldn't take more than twenty
minutes for the average driver. [Passenger: Oh]. And I'm not average. I have driving down to an art, so we should be able to get through the traffic and arrive in less than twelve minutes.
Passenger: Okay. Uh, sorry for asking [Driver: Yeah?], but do you have any idea how
much the fare will be?
Driver: Oh, it shouldn't be more than 18 dollars . . . not including a . . . uh-hum . . .
a tip of course.
Passenger: Oh, and by the way, do you know what time the museum closes? Driver: Well, I would guess around 6:00 O'clock. Passenger: Uh, do you have the time?
Driver: Yeah. It's half past four. [Passenger: Thanks] Uh, this IS your first time to
the city, right?
Passenger: Yeah. How did you know?
Driver: Well, you can tell tourists from a mile away in this city because they walk
down the street looking straight up at the skyscrapers.
Passenger: Is it that obvious? Driver: Well . . .
Passenger: Oh, before I forget, can you recommend some good restaurants downtown
that offer meals at a reasonable price?
Driver: Umm . . . Well, I think the Jade Buddha is fantastic. The decor is really
great, the prices there are good too, and the portions are larger than those in most places I've been to.
Passenger: Sounds great! How do I get there from the museum?
Driver: Well, you can catch the subway right outside the museum. There are buses
that run that way, but you would have to transfer a couple of times. And there are taxis too, but they don't go by the museum that often.
Passenger: Okay. Thanks.
Key to Exercise1 1) C 2) D 3) A 4) B 5) C
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Exercise2
Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and write ‗T‘ (true) or ‗F‘ (false) for the
statements you hear.
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1. It will take the taxi driver 20 minutes to take the passenger to the destination.( F ) 2. The fare for the taxi ride will be less than $18, not including tips.( T ) 3. The museum usually closes at about 7:00 pm.( F ) 4. It‘s the passenger‘s first visit to Brisbane City. ( T )
5. If a passenger takes a bus downtown, he will have to transfer several times. ( T )
PART C Passage
An Unusual Night at a Hotel
Exercise 1
Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each question you
hear.
Last week I had to fly from Berlin into Austin to attend a PC conference. When I arrived at the hotel at 11:30pm, I had been awake for about 24 hours.
The hotel was the Doubletree Guest Suites, and when I stepped out of the cab, I was pleasantly surprised to see plenty of people gathering in front of the hotel, chatting with each other. ―What an enjoyable place! People are still talking with each other at this hour, enjoying the warm night!‖ I thought to myself.
Since I was really tired, I quickly made my way to the reception desk to check in. I climbed up the stairs to the second floor and found my room. It was a rather generous suite with a kitchen, main living room, bedroom and bath. I put in my earplugs and went to bed. Within minutes, I was asleep.
Within another few minutes, I was wide awake again. Through the hotel speaker system a booming voice announced: ―It is safe now to return to your room, please do so.‖ Hmm... I thought, was all this commotion in the entrance hall the result of a fire alarm?
Within yet another few minutes, I was wide awake again. The booming voice announced: ―Now it is really safe to return to your room, please do so.‖
About one hour later, after it seemed to have calmed down, I woke up with that booming voice once more. This time it exclaimed: ―The fire alarms were caused by a faulty sensor, and it is safe now to return to your room.‖ During the whole time I had not left my bed once.
The funny thing is, during these two hours of booming voices, I had never heard the fire alarm once. Long live my earplugs, and myself too. 1. What‘s the author‘s trip destination? (B)
2. Why was he so tired when he got to the hotel? (B) 3. How many times did he wake up during the night? (C)
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4. What were all the announcements about? ( B)
5. Why did so many people gather in front of the hotel? (C)
Exercise 2
Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and answer the following questions briefly. Keys:
1. He took the trip to attend a PC meeting. 2. He thought it was a lovely city. 3. Three announcements were made. 4. Because he had put in his earplugs.
Exercise 3
Directions: Listen to the passage for the third time and fill in the blanks with
missing information. 1. When the narrator stepped out of the taxi, he was pleasantly surprised to see many people gathering in front of the hotel, chatting with each other. 2. The narrator thought to himself, ― What an enjoyable place! People are still talking with each other at this hour, enjoying the warm night!‖
3. The narrator found his room on the second floor. It was a rather generous suite with a kitchen, a main living room, a bedroom and a bath. 4. The narrator found it funny because during the whole process, he had never heard the fire alarm once, because he had put in his earplugs.
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Scripts Unit 4 Famous People PART A Short Conversations
Directions: You are going to hear 10 short conversations. Each of them will be spoken
only once. After you hear each conversation, a question will be asked. Read the four choices and choose the most appropriate one.
1. M: I want to know the average depth of the Pacific Ocean. Could you tell me what it is?
W: It is 12,925 feet or approximately 3,957 meters.
Question: What is the average depth of the Pacific Ocean? (A)
2. M: Every year in Sydney, more than 23,000 people take part in a running race called The City to Surf. It is really marvelous.
W: That‘s really unimaginable! Did you compete in it while you were there last year?
Question: How many people compete in the running race every year? (D)
3. M: The Olympic Games held in Atlanta drew about 13,250 athletes and 15,475 members of the media.
W: Wow! I guess there‘ll be more in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Question: How many members of the media were present at the Olympic Games in Atlanta? (B)
4. M: The report says that the present highway can only handle at most 2,000 vehicles, while the future automated highway will be able to handle 10,000 vehicles per hour.
W: If that is the case, transportation will be smoother.
Question: How many vehicles will move on the automated highway per hour? (B)
5. M: Few people speak Arabic as their mother tongue. There are only
115,000,000 native speakers in the world.
W: Yes, that‘s true. Native speakers of Russian exceed that by 25,000,000. Question: How many native speakers of Russian are there in the world? (A) 6. M: China is a large country with an area of 9,600,000 square kilometers. W: But Canada is 380,000 square kilometers larger. Question: How large is Canada? (A)
7. M: The auto factory was growing fast last year, with an output of 120,345 cars. W: Output is even better this year. Production has doubled. Question: What is the output of cars this year? (C)
8. M: Look! This is the Wuhu High-tech Bridge across the Yangtze River. W: Oh, it‘s really spectacular! The total length is said to be 10,021 meters. Question: How long is the bridge? (D)
9. M: Chinese immigration to the USA was rising sharply, especially in the 1980s W: The diagram shows that the numbers of immigrants in the 1970s and1980s
were about 10,000 and 370,000 respectively.
Question: How many people immigrated into the USA in the 1980s? (D)
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10. M: In recent years, there has been fast development of higher education in China. W: It is said that the number of registered students has reached nearly 16 million this year.
Question: How many college students are there in China now? (B)
Part B Dialogue:
Abraham Lincoln
Exercises
1. Directions: listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
Rose: Hi, Alex! What have you been busy with the whole morning?
Alex: Oh, it‘s you again! I have been reading a story about Abraham Lincoln,
the Sixteenth President of the States.
Rose: Yeah, he is a well-known person, but many people get confused about his
hometown.
Alex: That‘s true. He was actually born in Kentucky, but when he was a small
boy, his family moved to Indiana and when he was a young man, they moved again to the new state of Illinois. Rose: I heard he got little education, is that true?
Alex: Yeah. It‘s true. His mother taught him to read and write. He had very little
formal education, but he became one of the best-educated men of the Great West.
Rose: Gee! But how did he become the President?
Alex: The story says that in his leisure time he studied law and soon became one
of the best-known lawyers in Illinois. Then, he became famous for his debate with Stephen Douglas on the subject of slavery and in 1860 was elected President of the United States. Rose: Does the story tell about the Civil War?
Alex: Yes, of course! The Civil War lasted from 1861 to1865. During that period,
Lincoln led his people to fight against the southerners who wanted to withdraw from the union. In the end, Lincoln won and became a national hero.
Rose: He was shot on April 14th, 1865, in a theater, wasn‘t he?
Alex: Yes. He was murdered by an actor and died on April,15th, 1865. So, the
world lost one of the greatest men of all time.
1) (D) 2) (D) 3) (D) 4) (B) 5) (B)
2．Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and write down the five questions Rose
asked.
1) What have you been busy with the whole morning?
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2) I heard he got little education, is that true?
3) But how did he become the President?
4) Does the story tell about the Civil War?
5) He was shot on April 14th, 1865, in a theater, wasn‘t he?
Part C Passage: Churchill‘s Portrait
Exercises
1. Directions: Listen to the passage and write ―T‖ (true) or ―F‖ (false) for the following statements.
When Mr. Winston Churchill had his eightieth birthday in November, 1954, he was offered his portrait by a well-known modern artist, Graham Sutherland. The
painting had been ordered and paid for by the members of Parliament, who wanted to honor the Grand Old Man of World War Ⅱ. Mr. Churchill and his wife were deeply moved by this act of respect and love. Both of them, of course, did not show how much they disliked the portrait. ―It makes me look stupid---which I am not!‖ shouted Churchill in private. Publicly, he only praised that it was ―a fine example of modern art‖. His friend smiled. It was well known that Sir Churchill did not care for modern art.
Churchill was so unhappy that finally his wife destroyed the portrait. Churchill died at ninety in January, 1965. Mrs. Churchill followed him in 1977.Soon after her death, the public learned what had happened to Sutherland‘s painting, and a heated argument broke out. The painter was quite sad. The artistic community, shocked and angry, claimed that the destruction of the picture was a crime. Historians said that it was a pity that they would be unable to see it again. All agreed that the Churchills did not have the right to destroy it.
Still, quite a few people felt that the owner of a portrait had the right to tear it apart if it made him so unhappy. The question, however, has been raised many times: who has the rights to a work of art--the sitter, the owner, or the artist?
1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T
2. Directions: Listen to the passage again and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
1) (A) 2) (D) 3) (B) 4)(A)
3. Directions: Listen to the passage for the third time and complete the following
statements with the missing information.
1) World WarⅡ 2)in private, in public/publicly 3) before 4) a heated argument/discussion 5) November
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Scripts Unit 5 Transportation(Ⅰ) Part A Short Conversation
Directions: You are going to hear 10 short conversations. Each of them will be spoken
only once. After you hear each conversation, a question will be asked. Read the four choices and choose the most appropriate one.
1. W: I saw you talking to Bill and Carol a moment ago.
M: That was Bill‘s cousin, Phil, I was talking to. He is from London. Q: Who did the man talk to? (B)
2. W: I was reading the book a little while ago, but I can‘t find it now.
M: It must be in the bedroom because it is neither on the table nor in the bookcase. Q: Where is the book? (D)
3. W: This book costs $12 but I‘ve got only $7 with me. M: Don‘t worry. I‘ve got $8, so I can lend you the rest. Q: How much will the man lend the woman? (C) 4. W: Your house is bigger than mine. M: So is Bob‘s but Tom‘s is smaller. Q: Whose house is the smallest? (D) 5. W: How many channels can you get? M: Only two. BBC and VOA
Q: What are the two speakers talking about? (D)
6. W: Aren‘t you going to work today? It‘s not the weekend!
M: I called my boss and said I was sick today. I‘m going to play golf with Bill. Q: Why isn‘t the man going to work? (D) 7. W: Is there anything I can do for you, Sir?
M: Yes, I‘d like to change these pounds for euros. Q: Where does the conversation take place? (C ) 8. W: Are you going to Beijing by train or by car?
M: We wanted to drive up there, but our car broke down. We can‘t afford to fly. Q: How will the man go to Beijing? (B)
9. W: It‘s said that Professor Smith is very strict. M: I used to believe so.
Q: What does the man mean? (C )
10.W: It‘s said that Dr. Brown is known to everyone here. Is it true? M: Yes, his long black beard makes him stand out from others. Q: What do you know from the conversation? (C )
Part B Dialogue:
Unusual Modes of Transportation
1. Directions: Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each question you hear. John: Hi, Jack, Haven‘t seen you around for a year. Where have you been?
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Jack: Oh, I have been traveling around the world. I just flew back yesterday. John: Really? You must have enjoyed yourself very much.
Jack: Yes, I‘m interested in modes of transportation and my trip gave me a good chance to see
some unusual ones in different countries. John: Great! Could you tell me something about them?
Jack : Ok. First, in the north of Finland, I drove sled dogs. Sled dogs are widely used to transport
people and things there.
John : Yeah, it must be wonderful to be in an open sled on the snow.
Jack : Of course. Second is the gondola. It‘s a long boat with a flat bottom and elevated ends. It
may be difficult to imagine riding a boat to school or work, but that's how most people travel in Venice, Italy.
John : Oh, I know the gondola is typical of Venice. I hear, in South Asia, people often use
elephants for transportation. Did you ride elephant? Jack : Yes, I did in Thailand. It‘s fascinating. John : What about camels in Africa?
Jack : It was a pity I didn‘t get a chance to travel on a camel. But I heard a lot about it when I was
in Egypt. John : What was that?
Jack : It‘s said that camel trains, with10000 to 15000 camels each, used to carry all the trade goods
between Central Africa and Europe.
John : It would be a magnificent picture with so many camels together on the desert, I guess? Jack : True. Camels are such an important means of transportation in Africa that people there call
them ―ships of the desert‖.
John : Really interesting to know these unusual modes of transportation! How I wish I could travel
like you! Questions:
1) What did the two speakers mainly talk about? (C ) 2) How long did Jack travel? (D)
3) Which country is not mentioned in the dialogue? (B) 4) Who might row a boat to do some shopping? (B) 5) What is a camel train ? (C )
2. Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and fill in the chart below with the information you get
from the tape.
Key: 1) gondola 2) elephants 3) camels 4) sled dogs
Part C Passage
Bicycle Kingdom
1. Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
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As China becomes richer, its clean, energy-efficient bicycles are giving way to cars, trains and planes, A consumer study in China found that most people consider knowing how to drive a car -- along with speaking English and using a computer – to be one of the three basic and necessary skills in a modern society.
Twenty-five years ago, Chinese city streets were crowded with people on bicycles, and there were few private cars. China still has about 500 million cyclists, the bicycle remaining the primary mode of transportation for many of the country‘s poorest people. But bicycle production has been declining for the past decade.
China cancelled bicycle-registration requirements in 2004, and it is signaling the end of its status as the world‘s ‗bicycle kingdom‘. The middle class are increasingly in favor of the car. In cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, the bicycle is no longer viewed as a ―mode of transportation‖. Cars and bikes compete for road space. Each day, about 1,000 new cars take to the streets of Beijing. So cycling doesn't feel safe. Though cycling is much better for the environment, many people prefer to take the bus than cycle because there are no separate lanes for cyclists on the roads. It is not safe to ride alongside motor vehicles.
Despite the growth in cars, trains and planes, China will not say goodbye to its non-polluting two-wheelers. Some people will still choose this non-polluting, small and green transportation mode. One of the brightest signs on the bicycle landscape is the growth in output of electric bicycles, which have electric motors to make pedaling easier.
Key: 1)D 2)C 3)A 4)C 5)D
2. Directions: Listen to the passage again and write ‗T‘ (true) or ‗F‘ (false) for each statement you
hear.
1) Knowing how to drive a car is one of three basic and necessary skills in modern China according to a customer study. (T)
2) China still has 5,000 million cyclists today. (F)
3) China cancelled bicycle-registration requirements in 2006. (F)
4) In some big cities, the bicycle is no longer viewed as a ―transportation mode‖ by the middle class. (T)
5) 10,000 new cars take to the streets of Beijing each day according to the passage. (F)
3. Directions: Listen to the passage for the third time and answer the following questions briefly. Key:
1) Speaking English and using a computer are necessary skills in a modern society 2) They are clean, small, energy-efficient, and non-polluting.
3) Bikes have to compete for road space with cars, so it‘s not safe to cycle in China.
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Scripts Unit 6 Transportation(Ⅱ) Part A Short Conversation
Directions: You are going to hear 10 short conversations. Each of them will be spoken
only once. After you hear each conversation, a question will be asked. Read the four choices and choose the most appropriate one.
1. W: How many countries have you been to?
M: Five. America, Canada, Italy, Japan and China. And I‘ll be back home in Britain next week. Q: Where is the man from?(C)
2. W: Have you got anything to declare?
M: I don‘t think so. These are all my personal belongings.
Q: What‘s the possible relationship between the two speakers?(B) 3. W: You got up much earlier this morning.
M: Yeah, I usually get up at 9:00, but I woke up at 5:45 and got up at 6:00 sharp. Q: When did the man get up this morning?(A)
4. W: What about your final exam? Do you think you could score high on it? M: No. Out of the sixteen questions, I could only answer half of them. Q: How many questions could the man answer?(D) 5. W: Today is Oct. 16th, John‘s birthday.
M: Yeah, and tomorrow will be Betty‘s twentieth birthday. Q: When is Betty‘s birthday? (C )
6. W: Have you borrowed the VCD from John?
M: If he weren‘t so mean, he would have lent me the VCD. Q: What do you know from the conversation?(D) 7. W: Did Tom buy the new car he had longed for? M: He should have bought it.
Q: What do you learn from the conversation?(C ) 8. W: What do we have for lunch?
M: We‘ll have to dine out, as there is nothing left except a piece of bread in the fridge. Q: What does the conversation tell us?(B)
9. W: What do you think of the book Alice you‘ve just read? M: I‘ve never read a book as good as that. Q: What does the man mean?(B)
10. W: It‘s time to knock off. May I go home now?
M: You have to deal with all the mail before leaving the office. Q: What will the woman do first? (B)
Part B Dialogue: Cars in the U.S.A
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Exercises
1. Directions: Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
Linda: Hi, Xiao Zhang. I hear you are learning to drive now, aren‘t you? Zhang Hua: Yes, you know, without a car, life in America is hard to imagine.
Linda: Yeah, cars are so important here that they have made America a nation on wheels. Zhang Hua: I just don‘t understand why Americans are so fascinated by cars.
Linda: Well, in America, without a car most people will feel that they are poor. Even if a
person is poor, he won‘t feel that if he has a car.
Zhang Hua: Really? It seems that the car has affected American culture greatly.
Linda: Right! In a sense we can say it is the car that has helped make the United States what
it is today.
Zhang Hua: In your opinion, what are the reasons for the car to become so popular in the United
States?
Linda: Well, I think, first of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to move
around in it. The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. And another reason is the American spirit.
Zhang Hua: You mean the spirit of independence contributed to the popularity of cars?
Linda: In fact, it is the main reason. Americans don‘t like to wait for a bus, or a train or even
a plane. They don‘t like to follow an exact schedule. The car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time, and this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.
Zhang Hua: But as far as I know, the gas shortage has caused a big problem for Americans.
Linda: That‘s true. Maybe the real solution to the problem is to invent a new car that does
not use so much gas.
Zhang Hua: Yes, I agree with you.
1) What is mainly talked about in the dialogue?(C )
2) How many reasons does Linda give for the popularity of cars in the U.S.A?(B) 3) Which contributed more to the popularity of cars? (A) 4) What kind of freedom do Americans want most? (B)
5) What is the real solution to the problem of the gas shortage? (D)
2. Listen to the dialogue again and write ‗T‘ (true) or ‗F‘ (false) for each statement you hear. 1) In America, though poor, an American won‘t feel so if he owns a car. (T) 2) Americans don‘t like to follow an exact schedule.(T) 3) It can be inferred that Americans are impatient. (F)
4) Traffic jams have caused a big problem for Americans. (F)
5) The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation in America.(T)
3. Directions: Listen to the dialogue for the third time and fill in the blanks with missing
information.
Key:
① without a car ② fascinated
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③ a huge one
④ the most comfortable and cheapest ⑤ the spirit of independence ⑥ wait for a bus ⑦ an exact schedule ⑧ schedule
Part C Passage: The Speeding Mini Car
Exercises:
1. Directions: You are going to hear a humorous story. Listen for the main idea and choose the
best answer to complete each of the following statements.
Eric was driving in his mini to spend the weekend in the open countryside. It broke down on the way. Eric had to park the mini by the roadside, trying to fix it, but in vain. When a Jaguar pulled over in front of him, Eric immediately waved to it. After the Jaguar was stopped, he asked the driver for help. The latter was pleased to help fix the mini. However, a few minutes later, they found they were obviously unable to get it going. So the Jaguar driver offered Eric a tow. He pulled the mini behind his Jaguar with a chain firmly attached. After he hitched up the mini, the Jaguar driver said to Eric: ―If I am going too fast, you should blow your horn and flash your lights. Then I will know it and slow down.‖ Eric agreed and off they set.
At the next traffic lights a Ferrari pulled up beside the Jaguar and revs his engine provocatively a few times. The young Jaguar driver got angry at this provocation, so he revved up his engine too. When the lights turned to green the Ferrari and the Jaguar dashed off and were both soon driving at 140 miles per hour. After a while they went through a speed trap and the policeman spotted the three speeding cars. Realizing that he would need help to catch them, the policeman radioed in for assistance, saying: ―You won‘t believe what I saw; a Ferrari and a Jaguar doing 140mph side by side, with a mini behind them flashing his lights and blowing his horn, trying to get past!‖
Key: 1)B 2) A 3)C 4)D 5)C
2. Directions: Listen to the story again and answer the following questions briefly.
Key: 1) On its way to the countryside. 2) He tried to fix it, but in vain.
3) Because the mini driver waved to it and asked for help. 4) When the three cars went through a speed trap. 5) He asked for assistance through the radio.
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Scripts Unit 7 Music (Ⅰ) Part A Short Conversation
Directions: You are going to hear 10 short conversations. Each of them will be spoken
only once. After you hear each conversation, a question will be asked. Read the four choices and choose the most appropriate one.
1. M: John is really a capable man. He is good at almost everything.
W: I agree. There is almost nothing that he can‘t do. Question: What do the two speakers mean? (D)
2. W: I hate to stay at home all day. We hardly have any friends here.
M: Oh, dear! We will have more as time passes.
Question: What can we learn from the conversation? (C)
3. M: Alex is very intelligent; I suppose that he will be a millionaire in the years
to come.
W: Maybe, but not every intelligent person will become that rich. Question: What does the woman imply? (A)
4. M: Nancy told me the other day that she had never seen so much snow before.
W: That‘s true. She was born and brought up in the south. Question: What does the conversation tell us? (A)
5. M: Michael has got a terrible cough these days and can‘t sleep well. Does he
smoke heavily?
W: No, he rarely smokes. Maybe he has got the flu.
Question: What could be the reason for Michael‘s terrible cough? (B) 6. M: Glory was late again today; maybe it was because of the traffic jam.
W: She likes nothing better than to sleep late. Question: Why was Glory late today? (D)
7. M: How is your mother, Lucy? Is she getting any better?
W: Not better but worse. She is even too sick to talk to us. Question: What is true about Lucy‘s mother? (D)
8. M: Grammar is very important, though boring to many students! How was your
grammar test?
W: Well, there is no possibility that I can pass. Question: What does the woman tell us? (C) 9. M: Hi, Betty. How about our English exam?
W: Neither you nor I passed the exam. It is really too bad. Question: What can we learn from the woman‘s reply? (B)
10. M: Rose, haven‘t seen you for so long! How are you getting along with your husband?
W: Quite well! But neither of us is getting any younger.
Question: Which of the following is true according to the woman? (B)
Part B Dialogue
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Background Music Exercises
1. Directions: listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
(Bill and Lucy come to visit Joe, and then they begin to talk about
background music)
Bill: Joe, what are you doing now?
Joe: I‘ve just composed a piece of background music. Lucy: Background music?
Joe: Yes. You can hear it everywhere—in restaurants, airports, supermarkets etc. Bill: In banks, too. I noticed it while we were at the bank today. Lucy: Did you? But I didn‘t.
Joe: You are not supposed to notice it. It is just there, in the background, putting
you in the right mood.
Lucy: I‘m not sure I like that idea.
Joe: Well, it seems to work. It gives you a better feeling about yourself and the
people around you. Factories use it a lot to increase production.
Bill: Really? But I should think the workers would get tired of hearing music all
day.
Joe: They don‘t, though.
Lucy: Thinking about it, I really don‘t know when there was no background
music in restaurants and stores.
Joe: You‘ve got used to it! Actually, it started during World War Ⅱwhen some
factories had orchestras to keep workers happy and calm. Now, of course, the music is played by a machine, and different kinds of music are played at different times during the day.
Bill: What about restaurants? Do they play the same music during dinner and
lunch?
Joe: We have different music at different times and places. You see, fast music is
played in hamburger places. When they start playing faster music, customers spend less time eating.
Lucy: So they have more people coming in and out. Joe: Exactly. And that‘s good for business.
Lucy: I still think there‘s something about it that I don‘t quite like.
Questions:
1. What are the three people talking about? (C)
2. In the dialogue, which of the following is Not mentioned as a place for the
background music to be played? (D)
3. Why can background music increase production? (B) 4. When was background music first used? (B) 5. Why do hamburger places play fast music? (A)
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2．Listen to the dialogue again and complete the following sentences with the missing information.
(1)notice (2)is played (3)increase production (4) keep workers happy (5)of course (6) different kinds (7) the day (8) business (9) there‘s (10)quite like
Part C Passage
Layers of music Exercises
1. Directions: Listen to the passage and write ―T‖ (true) or ―F‖ (false) for the
following statements. Most musical cultures fall into so-called art music and music of the people, though these two categories are not always distinct. Art music demands a high level of
training both on the part of the performer and on the part of the audience. Popular and folk styles of music can be equally complex, but they tend to be easier to perform and more easily understood by a wider audience. Almost every musical culture has subcultures, and these subcultures often have their own subcultures. A good case in point is western music.
Over the last three centuries, the recognized styles of western art music are Baroque, Classical, romantic, modern, and postmodern. But more specific musical varieties, such as religious music, folk music, military music, popular music, film music, and show music, have coexisted with art music during this period. And within any one of these broader musical styles, we can find other musical subcultures. For example, within popular music, we find blues; within the subculture of blues, we can still find field blues and urban blues.
Two pieces of music within the same musical culture, and even within the same musical subculture (for example, rock music), can sound very differently and can appeal to different groups. Similarly, jazz styles vary not only between early forms and newer styles, but also between different schools of jazz that exist at the same time.
These examples of subcultures within musical cultures also suggest how a group can adopt music as a symbol of its identity. (253 words)
1)F 2)F 3) F 4) T 5) T
2. Listen to the passage again and choose the best answers to complete the following
statements.
1) B 2) B 3) D 4) C 5) C
3. Listen to the passage for the third time and complete the following diagram with
the missing information.
(1) art music (2) romantic (3) post-modern (4) folk (5) Blues (6) film (7) urban blues
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Scripts Unit 8 Music (Ⅱ)
Part A Short Conversation
Directions: You are going to hear 10 short conversations. Each of them will be spoken
only once. After you hear each conversation, a question will be asked. Read the four choices and choose the most appropriate one.
1. M: I saw you riding on a bicycle yesterday. Where was your motorcycle?
W: Oh, I forgot to tell you. My motorcycle was stolen last week. Question: How was her motorcycle? (B)
2. W: Newton invented his Three Laws. But he still didn‘t know how the universe
got moved.
M: He said that maybe it was forced to move by God. Question: What are they talking about? (D)
3. M: It is said that three gunmen were captured while robbing a supermarket last night.
W: Great! It sounds exciting.
Question: What happened last night? (C)
4. M: Jane, how is your thesis? Is it going smoothly?
W: It has not been finished yet! I‘ve met with some problems. Question: What is true about Jane‘s thesis? (A)
5. M: Lucy, have you considered the application I sent last week.
W: Wait a while! It is still being discussed.
Question: Which of the following is true about the man‘s application? (C) 6. M: I met John yesterday, and he told me that he had completed his term paper.
W: Gee! It should have been finished last Tuesday.
Question: What does the woman say about John‘s term paper? (D)
7. M: Mr. Wang told me the other day that the report would be considered soon!
W: Don‘t mention him again! He is the biggest liar in the world. Question: What can we learn from the conversation? (B)
8. M: Have you seen Mike recently? I have been looking for him everywhere.
W: That‘s strange! Everyone knows that he has been sent to the US for further training.
Question: What is true about Mike? (A)
9. M: The newsletter says that the student center will be finished at the beginning of next semester.
W: Terrific! We will have more exciting activities there next semester. Question: What does the conversation tell us? (B)
10. M: The 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing. It will be a great event
for all Chinese people.
W: Yes. It will be marvelous to watch so many athletes competing in the
games.
Question: What are the two speakers talking about? (A)
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Part B Dialogue
Going to a Concert
Exercises
1. Directions: Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to complete each of
the following statements
Paul: Hey, Betty! What are you doing here? Betty: Oh, Paul! I am doing my homework.
Paul: Would you like to go and hear some music tonight? Betty: Where? To Peter‘s home again?
Paul: No. To City Hall this time. There will be a concert there starting at nine. Betty: Don‘t tell me it is the same thing we heard last time at Peter‘s home Paul: Of course not. Last time we heard symphonies. But this time---
Betty: Yes, symphonies. Frankly speaking, they are too heavy and complicated
for me. I don‘t enjoy them. Really, I should say I don‘t understand classical music.
Paul: Neither do I. I feel like hearing it sometimes, that‘s all. I don‘t want to talk
you into going to the concert. But you know my friend gave me two tickets this afternoon. I think we should make use of them. So here I am!
Betty: Well, what sort of music will they play tonight?
Paul: String Quartets. The composers are Hayden, Beethoven…I remember you
told me the other day that you like the violin better than any other musical instrument.
Betty: Yes, I did say that. The violin is rather soft and sounds more or less like
the human voice.
Paul: I suppose you will like this concert, then. The string quartet is delicate
chamber music played by four musicians; let‘s say by a small four-man orchestra, with two violins, one viola and one cello…
Betty: In that case, I‘ll go…By the way, why don‘t you ask Glory to go with
you?
Key: 1). D 2). B 3). B 4). C
2. Listen to the dialogue again and choose the right items in Column B to match those in Column A.
A)---d) B)---c) C)---e) D)---b) E)---a)
Part C Passage
Music education in Britain
Exercises
1. Directions: listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
What instruments do the pupils in British schools learn to play? Traditionally,
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school children learnt to play classical instruments, such as the piano or the violin. This is still true today. Younger children often learn to play the recorder. As they get older, they start to play the violin or the piano. In fact, nearly one out of five music students is learning the violin. The piano is more popular with older children at secondary schools.
However, things are changing. More pupils than ever before, up to 16%, are now learning to play the guitar. The new British bands like Franz Ferdinand, the Arctic Monkeys and Razorlight have made playing the guitar 'cool' again. This, perhaps, is why more children are now learning the guitar.
British schools do not just offer lessons in instrument study. All pupils learn music together as a class. These classes have been changing, too. In the past, the focus of classes was very much western classical music. But the classes now cover a far wider range of styles, including folk music and international music. According to a recent study, 64% of boys and 70% of girls said they enjoy music lessons as a class. They like singing, playing instruments and find the lessons fun.
Many schools have orchestras and put on concerts each term. It is also common for pupils themselves to form their own bands, copying their rock and pop heroes.
So, music plays a big part in British schools. Pupils can study instruments, play music together as a class and even take part in concerts and plays.
Questions:
1. Which of the following is true? (A)
2. Why are there more and more children learning to play the guitar?(D) 3. What do music classes focus on in British schools nowadays? (D) 4. How are lessons for music offered? (C)
5. Which of the following is true in British schools? (B)
2. Directions: Listen to the passage again and write ―T‖ (true) or ―F‖ (false) for the following statements you hear.
1) British school children learn only modern musical instruments today. (F)
2) An increasing number of students are beginning to play the violin or the piano.
(F)
3) All pupils in British schools learn music together as a class. (T)
4) A majority of students like to sing, play instruments and find the lessons interesting. (T)
5) Music plays an important role in British school education. (T)
3. Listen to the passage for the third time and answer the following questions briefly.
1) They learn the recorder.
2) Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys and Razorlight. 3) 64% of boys and 70% of girls. 4) to copy their rock and pop heroes.
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Quiz (1-8 units)
Part A Short Conversation
1. Directions: You are going to hear five short conversations between two speakers.
At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. Listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you hear.
1) W: I drive now but I didn‘t use to.
M: I have driven for five years, but I still don‘t care for driving. Q: What is true according to the conversation?(D) 2) W: Did you tell Bob that you were promoted? M: No. I‘m not going to tell him anything.
Q: Which statement is true according to the conversation? (D) 3) W: I wish my hair was longer.
M: Yes, pity you had it cut, if only you‘d listened to me. Q: What can you learn from the conversation?(C) 4) W: Has Jack come back from his trip to Pairs?
M: Yes, and he liked it so much, after only two weeks at home, he went back to
study French for a year.
Q: Which statement is true about Jack? ( C)
5) W: I can‘t decide whether to buy a new car or try to find a second-hand one. M: If you buy a new one, you‘ll probably save money in the long run. Q: What does the man suggest the woman to do? (B) 6) W: What took you so long?
M: The road conditions kept us from driving very fast. Q: What did they have to do on the trip? ( C )
7) W: If I were you, I‘d live in the city instead of going a long way to work by train. M: But the country is so beautiful in the spring and fall. Q: Where does the man prefer to live? ( C )
8) W: we were greatly surprised to hear you‘d completed your research project two
weeks earlier. How did you manage to do so?
M: Well, it‘s still a mystery to me . anyhow I feel relieved now. Q: What does the man mean? (C)
9) W: Do you know anyone who has a spare textbook for chemistry? Prof. Brown
said that someone in the class might has a spare one? M: Have you checked with Paul?
Q: What does the man suggest the woman to do? (D )
10) W: Do you think we can get an extension on our term paper?
M: It‘s out of the question. The professor is going on vacation as soon as the
term has finished.
Q: What does the man mean? ( B )
2. Directions: You will hear five sentences. Each will be read three times. Listen
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carefully and write down what you hear.
1) It‘s impossible for me to finish the term paper within 40 minutes. 2) We do hope you can come and visit us during the Spring Festival. 3) You have to cash some traveler‘s checks, don‘t you? 4) What on earth are you complaining about?
5) Any present which could surprise Mary would please John.
Part B Dialogue
1. Directions: Listen to the dialogue once and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
Clerk: Can I help you?
Customer: Yes, my son and daughter bought this watch here for my wife‘s birthday,
but it doesn‘t work so I‘d like to exchange it.
Clerk: I see. Do you have the receipt with you? Customer: Yes, here it is.
Clerk: Ok. Let me see the watch please. Hmm. It doesn‘t work at all, does it? Was
it dropped or anything?
Customer: No, but you can see the hour hand is loosen a little bit.
Clerk: Yes, it is, isn‘t it? We‘ll be happy to exchange it for you. Let‘s see. I‘m
afraid we don‘t have anther blue one.
Customer: Oh? Then what shall I do?
Clerk: Would you like to choose a different color? We do have this watch in black and brown.
Customer: My wife doesn‘t care for either of those colors. You don't have any other colors?
Clerk: We have it with a golden chain. That‘s thirty dollars more
Customer: I don‘t think so. The children worked hard to save up the fifty dollars for
this one. They would probably be upset if I paid for part of their present.
Clerk: If you want, we can order another watch just like this one. There wouldn‘t
be any extra charge for it.
Customer: That sounds like a good idea. Would you please go ahead and do that?
Clerk: We‘d be very happy to. It will take a week. We‘ll call you when it comes in.
Customer: Thank you very much. Clerk: You‘re welcome. Questions:
1) What is the dialogue mainly about? (B) 2) For whom was the watch bought? (B) 3) Why doesn‘t the watch work? ( C) 4) How much does the watch cost? ( C)
5) What color is the watch that the man ordered? (D)
2. Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and write down the answer to each question
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you hear briefly.
1) Who bought the watch?
2) Why doesn‘t the man want the watch with a golden chain? 3) How much does the watch with a golden chain cost? 4) When will the watch the man ordered come in?
5) What does the clerk ask the man to show first before he agrees to exchange the watch? Key:
1) The man‘s children.
2) Because it costs 30 dollars more. 3) $80.
4) In a week. 5) The receipt.
Part C Passage Stress and Health
1. Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to complete the
following statement.
As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through life from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body.
Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not the bad thing as often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.
The amount of stress a person can withstand depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters often reflect the managing ability in a person. Others lose heart at first signs of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between ―flight‖ and ―fight‖ and in more primitive days the choices made the difference between life and death. The crisis we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but no matter how little the stress is, it involves the same response. When such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, health becomes endangered. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have established links with stress. Since we cannot remove stress from our lives, we need to find ways to deal with it.
Key:1) A 2) B 3) C. 4) B 5) A
2 Directions: Listen to the passage and write ‗T‘(true) or ‗F‘(false) for each statement
you hear.
1) If you are in the habit of rushing through life, it is not easy to slow down. (T)
2) Although stress is a natural part of everyday life, we can find a way to avoid it. (F) 3) Since we cannot remove stress from our lives, we need to find ways to deal with it. (T)
4) When exposed to stress, all people will feel afraid of it. (F)
5) High blood pressure and heart disease can partly result from stress. (T)
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Scripts Unit 9 Disaster
Drawing inference
Part A Short Conversation
Directions: You are going to hear 10 short conversations. Each of them will be spoken
only once. After you hear each conversation, a question will be asked. Read the four choices and choose the most appropriate one.
1. W: Hi, Ben, I hear you‘re meeting your father-in- law for the first time?
M: Yeah, next Sunday. Fortunately, he likes fishing, so I‘ll have something to talk about. Q: What can be inferred about Ben? (C)
2. W: I wonder if Mary will really come at 9:00. She said she would. M: Don‘t worry about it. Her word is as good as gold. Q: What does the man mean? (D)
3. W: It‘s a wonderful place. It‘s quiet and clean. The flowers look nice. M: Are you ready to order? Here is the menu. Q: where are the two speakers? (B) 4. W: Would you like some beer?
M: Oh, I have to attend classes after lunch.
Q: What can NOT be inferred from the conversation? (B)
5. W: How delicious it is! I have never eaten such nice food before. M: Help yourself to the steak. Q: Who is the man?(C )
6. W: Is Linda happy with her first job as a teacher? M: I‘ve never seen her happier. Q: What does the man mean? (C )
7. W: I really enjoy listening to Celine Dion‘s My Heart Will Go On. M: It‘s very nice, but I much prefer some of her other works.
Q: What does the man think of Celine Dion‘s My Heart Will Go On? (B) 8. W: Would you like some milk and sugar in your coffee? M: I‘ve had enough milk today, so I‘d like to take it black. Q: What will the man have? (C )
9. W: What about your final mathematics examination? M: Well, I think it‘s a piece of cake.
Q: What do you know about the man‘s final exam?(B )
10. W: Mr. Smith just said that if I am late again he will fire me. M: Don‘t let it get you down. He always talks like that. Q: What does the man mean? (D )
Part B Dialogue:
Tsunami
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Exercises
1. Directions: Listen to the dialogue about a natural disaster and choose the best answer to each
question.
( Tilly Smith,a British schoolgirl, saved about 100 people from near-certain death at a
Thai resort. One year later , Jim Grant, an United Nations reporter, interviewed her.)
Jim: Do you remember what you were doing on Dec. 26th, 2004, when the disaster
happened?
Tilly: Yes. I was taking a morning walk with Mum and Dad. Jim: Where?
Tilly: On the beach near Phuket Resort.
Jim: Were there many people on the beach? Tilly: Yes, about 100 people were there. Jim: Then what happened?
Tilly: Suddenly, I saw the sea bubbling and foaming. The water was coming in, but not going
out again. It was coming in, and in, and in, towards the hotel!
Jim: Did your parents notice this?
Tilly: No, they knew nothing about tsunamis, but I realized what was going to happen, as I
learned about tsunamis in my geography class.
Jim: Then what did you do?
Tilly: I shouted to Mum: ―Do you see those unusual big waves? A tsunami is going to happen
and earthquake-driven waves are only minutes away!‖
Jim: Did your mother believe what you said?
Tilly: No, she thought something was wrong with me. She said to my father: ―It is only the
first day at the beach, but Tilly goes hysterical‖.
Jim: Then did you try to make them believe you?
Tilly : No, I knew they wouldn‘t. So I dashed back toward the beach and told the Japanese-
born hotel chef of the danger. He knew the word ―tsunami‖ because it's Japanese. But he never saw one.
Jim: Did he believe what a ten-year girl said?
Tilly: Thank God! He did. So he spread the warning and the beach was quickly evacuated
minutes before the devastating waves struck it.
Jim: So with that knowledge, you saved your family and a 100 other people. Tilly: Better to say my geography lesson saved us.
Jim: Ok, your story tells us education can make a difference between life and death. Thank
you. Key: 1)D 2)C 3)C 4)B 5)C
2. Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and write down the questions that Jim asked Tilly. Key: 1) Do you remember what you were doing on Dec. 26th, 2004, when the disaster
happened?
2) Did your parents notice this?
3) Did your mother believe what you said?
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4) Then did you try to make them believe you?
5) Did he believe what a ten-year girl said?
3. Directions: Listen to the dialogue for the third time and rearrange the following sentences in
time sequence . Key: b----d-----c----a-----f------e Part C Passage:
A Safe Hand
Exercises
1. Directions: You are going to hear a story about an unexpected happening. Listen for the main
idea and write ‗T‘ (true) or ‗F‘ (false) for each statement you hear.
A fire engine raced through the streets to a fire. Its siren was screaming ―Wee-wu,
Wee-wu,Wee-wu.‖ And very soon the engine reached the site where a high building was on fire. Heavy smoke was pouring out of the apartments, and there were flames coming out of the top floor windows. The firemen quickly connected their hoses and began pouring water onto the building.
Then a woman, with a small baby in her arms, appeared at one of the top floor windows and cried: ―Help! Help! ‖ One of the firemen, who was a big, strong man with broad shoulders, called to her: ―Throw the baby down, and I‘ll catch it.‖ But the woman was hesitating, because she was afraid that if the man missed her baby, it would be seriously hurt. Realizing this, the fireman said to her loudly: ―Don‘t worry. I won‘t miss catching your baby! I am the best goalkeeper for the Fire Department‘s Soccer Team.‖
The woman looked down at the fireman again and saw his wide shoulders and big hands. Then she said to him: ―All right‖. Leaning out of the window, she dropped her baby tenderly. The fireman held out his arms and caught it firmly in his two big hands. The mother was greatly relieved when she saw her baby fall safely into the fireman‘s hands.
But to her astonishment, the fireman bounced the baby three times and then kicked it halfway up the street. Key to EX.1:
1) A woman with two babies was trapped in the fire. (F)
2) The woman dropped her baby the moment the fireman asked her to do so. (F) 3) The woman jumped down with her baby in her arms.(F) 4) The baby fell safely in the fireman‘s hands. (T) 5) The fireman mistook the baby for a soccer ball. (T)
2. Directions: Listen to the story again and fill in the blanks with missing information. Key :
①hoses ②pouring water onto ③with a small baby ④the top floor windows ⑤the best goalkeeper ⑥throw her baby down ⑦catch it. ⑧kicked it halfway up
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Scripts Unit 10 Health and Wealth Part A Short Conversation
Directions: You are going to hear 10 short conversations. Each of them will be spoken
only once. After you hear each conversation, a question will be asked. Read the four choices and choose the most appropriate one.
1. W: You didn‘t care for that film, did you? M: I‘ll say I didn‘t.
Q: What did the man mean? (B) 2. W: Hi, Bob. Are you well now? Somebody said you fell down and broke your leg. M: They must have confused me with my brother. I have never felt better in my life.
Q: What can we learn about Bob? (C) 3. M: Cooking for yourself is a lot better than eating fast food. W: You can say that again.
Q: What does the woman imply? (A) 4. W: Would you like some hot coffee or tea?
M: I do like both, but I‘d rather have something cold at the moment. Q: What does the man want to drink? (D) 5. W: Let‘s go for a walk in the park this afternoon. The view is so nice there. M: I certainly would go with you, but I think I‘m catching a cold. Q: What will the man probably do? (C) 6. M: I‘ve finished my homework, Mum. Shall I wash the socks myself? W: OK, if you like.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation? (B) 7. M: It‘s so cold, though the sun is shining.
W: It must be the wind that makes it so cold, I think.
Q: How is the weather when the conversation takes place? (D)
8. M: It‘s much better to walk there since it is so crowded in the streets. Don‘t you agree?
W: Yeah. I couldn‘t agree more.
Q: What does the woman think about the man‘s suggestion? (A) 9. W: I don‘t understand how you got a ticket today. I always thought you were a careful driver.
M: I usually am, but I didn‘t see the road sign in the trees. Q: What can we learn about the man? (C) 10. M: I have to attend the party, but really I‘d rather go with you to the concert.
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W: I‘m sorry that you can‘t. They will be playing music by Beethoven. Q: Where will the man have to go? (B)
Part B Dialogue
How to Keep Fit?
1. Directions: Listen to the dialogue and write ‗T‘ (true) or ‗F‘ (false) for the
following statements. Interviewer: Hello, Dr. Wilson, could you tell us how we should keep fit?
Dr. Wilson: Well, I think really what we should do is to try to keep fit all round. I
mean such things as keeping up our strength, our suppleness and our energy.
Interviewer: Then why do we need all three things?
Dr. Wilson: Well, with strength, we are not likely to strain our muscles or hurt
ourselves when we do something suddenly, such as lifting a big suitcase, shifting a wardrobe or anything heavy.
Interviewer: Then suppleness…?
Dr. Wilson: We need suppleness to bend and move freely, without injuring ourselves. Interviewer: And energy…?
Dr. Wilson: Energy is important, because it can keep us going without losing our
stamina. Besides, it can help protect the heart against heart disease.
Interviewer: Then what should we do to have three?
Dr. Wilson: What should we do… is just to do a little bit more each day, or every
other day for each. For instance, just walk a bit more, or do a bit of cycling instead of traveling by public transport, and also use stairs instead of going up in the lift.
Interviewer: I see, but could you tell us how you keep fit?
Dr. Wilson: OK, besides doing regular exercise, I also walk from and to my office and
sometimes ride my bike. I find it makes me feel very good to cycle there and I get there on time! Of course, I walk upstairs a lot, too.
Interviewer: All right, thank you for telling us so much. Good-bye.
Key:
1) T 2) F 3) F 4) T 5) F
2. Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and fill in the blanks with missing
information. Key:
all round suppleness regular exercise a little bit more walk a bit cycling stairs the lift Part C Passage
A Lonely Millionaire
1. Directions: Rearrange the following sentences according to the passage.
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In a Chicago Inn, Gibson Stone was telling his story to the author.
―I am 52 years old. I started out as a crane driver and became a millionaire stockbroker.‖
―At first, I knew nothing about stock brokerage, and didn‘t know any
stockbrokers. One day when I was having lunch on the side of a road, I met a man who said he was a stockbroker and made $80,000 a month — $50,000 more than I made in a year. I decided to change my job, for, at that time, I had a wife and a son to support.‖
―After I read a lot of books about stock brokerage and attended a series of interviews, I found a brokerage firm willing to hire me. So I quit my job.‖
―In the brokerage firm I worked much harder than any other employee. Staying more than sixteen hours a day in the firm, I seldom had dinner with my family. Half a year later, I was promoted to General Manager.‖
―Unfortunately, a brokerage incident put me in jail for 10 days. When I was released, my wife and son were gone.‖
―Now I have my own 15-employee Chicago firm. But with no family around, I feel lonely. What‘s more, I am in poor health as the result of 30 years working hard and not caring for myself. ‗What have I got?‘ I often ask myself.‖ Key:
B E D C A F 2. Directions: Listen to the passage again and choose the best answer to each question
you hear. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
Why did Gibson change his first job? (C) Where did Gibson meet a stockbroker? (A) What put Gibson into prison? (B) What caused Gibson‘s poor health? (D)
What did the sentence ―What have I got?‖ imply in the passage? (A)
3. Directions: Listen to the passage for the third time and fill in the blanks with the
correct numbers to match the descriptions that follow them.
Key: 1) 52 2) 80,000 3) 16 4) 10 5) 15 6) 30
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Scripts Unit 11 Holidays and Festivals (1) Part A Short Conversation
Clauses (1)
Directions: You are going to hear 10 short conversations. Each of them will be spoken
only once. After you hear each conversation, a question will be asked. Read the four choices and choose the most appropriate one. Clauses (1)
1. W: I‘m sorry, sir. We don‘t seem to have a reservation for you.
M: But my secretary said that she had made the reservation for a single room here when I telephoned her from the airport.
Q: What had the secretary done according to the man? (B) 2. W: I need time to organize my ideas clearly. May I give you the paper a few days from now, Professor William?
M: You know that I always prefer a well-written paper even if it is late. Q: How does the professor react to the student? (D) 3. W: I‘d like to exchange this green coat I bought last week for the red one. M: Let me see. But the red one costs a little more than the green one. Q: What did the woman do last week? (A) 4. M: Excuse me. Did you say that your teaching assistant would correct the papers? W: No, I said that he would collect them. I‘ll grade them myself. Q: What did the woman say about the papers? (C) 5. W: Tom is a person who is rather quiet. He rarely says a thing. M: Well, his sister, Linda, is just the opposite. Q: What kind of person is Linda? (C) 6. W: Michael told me he was going to leave school.
M: I cannot remember how many times he has said that. Q: What does the man imply? (A)
7. M: The book I‘m reading says we will live in space, on the earth and under ground.
W: What? That sounds unbelievable.
Q: What kind of book is the man probably reading? (C) 8. M: Hello, Jane. Nice to hear your voice. Is there anything wrong? W: Oh, no. I‘m fine, dear. I just want to know how the kids are. Q: Why does Jane call her husband? (B) 9. M: I thought you wouldn‘t like working such long hours.
W: At first, I didn‘t, but everybody here is so funny that I don‘t mind the working hours.
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Q: What does the woman imply? (D)
10. M: I like the way you are dressed today. You look so graceful. W: Thank you. I am surprised you noticed what I am wearing. Q: What can we learn from this conversation? (A) Part B Dialogue
At a Local Restaurant
1. Directions: Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each question you
hear. Tom: Good afternoon, John, I hope I‘m not interrupting your work. You must be very
busy at the moment.
John: Not that busy. I‘m just tasting a few of the dishes we‘ll be serving this evening. Tom: Oh, really? Can I have a look?
John: Sure, that one is fish, cooked in a special sauce. It‘s one of my new creations,
actually.
Tom: Great! Can I taste it? John: Yes, please. You like it?
Tom: Um, fantastic! It tastes a little Chinese. John, your restaurant must have plenty
of dishes for your customers to choose from. Are you always looking for new ideas?
John: Yes, you‘re right. We‘ve put a lot of new dishes on our menu, but I am always
encouraging my staff to experiment whenever possible. I mean we shouldn‘t keep serving the same dishes. Our customers come here, expecting something unusual. I hope they will be enticed to return by…. Tom: I think some of them certainly will. John: Thank you for saying so.
Tom: John, by the way, I once tasted your apple pie and ginger jam and they were
wonderful. Could you possibly give me the recipes?
John: No problem, as long as you promise not to print them in your magazine.
Tom: Of course, I won‘t. I want them just for myself. Tomorrow is my son‘s tenth
birthday. We want to have a party at home.
John: Here are the recipes and a happy birthday to your son. Tom: Thanks a lot.
John: You are welcome.
Questions:
1) When does the dialogue take place? (C) 2) What is John keen on? (D)
3) What occupation does Tom have according to the passage? (B) 4) For what purpose does Tom come to the local restaurant? (C)
5) In John‘s opinion, what will entice customers to return to the restaurant? (A) 2. Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and write down the corresponding
questions for each of the following answers.
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Key:
1) Can I have a look? 2) Can I taste it?
3) Are you always looking for new ideas?_ 4) Could you possibly give me the recipes? Part C Passage
Western Fast-food Restaurants in China
1. Directions: Listen to the passage and write ‗T‘(true) or ‗F‘ (false) for the following
statements. At present, there are more than 1,000 KFC restaurants in China, and they are increasing at an annual rate of 200. A new KFC restaurant opens every other day. Meanwhile, McDonald's also continues to expand. It has more than 600 restaurants in nearly 100 cities since its arrival on the mainland in the early 1990s. In the past two years, China's McDonald's has grown at a rate of 100 restaurants per year.
What has caused this phenomenon?
The novelty of these fast food restaurants initially won over many customers. When they first arrived in China, fast-food was foreign enough to arouse Chinese people's curiosity about the outside world. Besides their convenience and efficient service, the comfortable environment and enjoyable atmosphere attracted fans.
However, some customers now complain that western fast-food is not as good as Chinese food.
Why? First of all, differences between Chinese and American politics, economics, social development and ideology became obstacles to western fast-food restaurants expanding in China. Many Chinese people, especially seniors, don‘t accept KFC and McDonald's as their restaurants but as the kids‘ or the young generation‘s. They don‘t like the flavor of western fast-food, either. In addition, western fast-food, though cheap in America, is rather expensive compared with Chinese food. Actually western fast-food is considered unhealthy or junk food, because it is thought to contain too many calories and makes people fat easily. So it is wise to only go to western fast-food restaurants occasionally. Key: 1) F 2) F 3) F 4) T 5) F
2. Directions: Listen to the first part of the passage again and fill in the blanks with
the numbers you hear from the tape. Key: 1) 1,000 2) 200 3) 600; 100 4) 100
3. Directions: Listen to the second and third parts of the passage and fill in the
missing information about the advantages and disadvantages of western fast- food restaurants. Key: Advantages:
a. novelty. b. efficient c. environment, enjoyable atmosphere. Disadvantages: b. junk, high calories.
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Scripts Unit 12 Holidays and Festivals (2) Part A Short Conversation
Directions: You are going to hear 10 short conversations. Each of them will be spoken
only once. After you hear each conversation, a question will be asked. Read the four choices and choose the most appropriate one. 1. W: Are these people purchasing tickets?
M: Yes, but all they have left are tickets for the late performance. Q: What does the man mean? (B) 2. W: Do you think your boss will give you a promotion? M: That‘s what I heard, but I doubt it. Q: What does the man imply? (A)
3. W: Excuse me. I‘m looking for the course book for my listening class. M: I‘m afraid it‘s out of stock now. You‘ll have to preorder it.
Q: What conclusion can be drawn from the man‘s statement? (B) 4. M: Sorry, I don‘t agree to the idea that you should quit the new job. W: But, I‘ll find a better one.
Q: What do we know about the woman? (C) 5. M: Did you hear that the Coopers have sold their house and are moving to Chicago?
W: Yes, the man who bought it is a banker from California. Q: Where does the new owner come from? (D) 6. M: George has lots of good ideas. Are you sure he will come to our meeting? W: Yes, he will. But what will be difficult is getting him to speak before a large crowd.
Q: What does the woman imply about George? (B) 7. W: Oh, dear, the news in the paper says that there was a big fire in the school building last night.
M: Yes, I knew about it from the Internet.
Q: What do we know from the conversation? (B). 8. W: Why don‘t we go to the movies now?
M: That‘s what I was thinking about. Let me see what‘s on tonight. Q: What are the two speakers going to do? (B)
9. M: I am surprised to see Sally using that typewriter you were going to throw away. W: Yes. It is very old. It amazes me that she got it to work. Q: What does the woman mean? (C) 10. W: Brian has got his driving license. But how he did it is a mystery to me M: You can ask Louise.
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Q: Which of the following is not correct about the conversation? (C) Part B Dialogue
1. Directions: Listen to the passage and write ‗T‘ (true) or ‗F‘ (false) for the following
statements. Saint Valentine’s Day David: What day is today? So many people are holding roses in their hands.
Xiaofang: Oh, it‘s Valentine‘s Day. More and more people are celebrating this day in
China.
David: Then do you know the origin of Valentine‘s Day?
Xiaofang: Yeah, only a little. I heard St. Valentine was jailed for helping Christians.
While in prison, he cured a jailer's daughter of blindness. Claudius, the Emperor of Rome, became very angry. So he put him to death on February 14, 269 A.D.
David: Well, that‘s one version. But another story tells that Valentine fell in love
with the jailer's daughter and wrote her letters that were signed \"From your Valentine.\"
Xiaofang: Really? It sounds interesting.
David: Wait, wait. There is a third version. It says that Claudius wanted to increase
the size of his army. He knew it would be easier to get unmarried young men to join. So he made a rule that no young man could get married until he had served a certain number of years in the army.
Xiaofang: It was inhumane!
David: Yeah. Then a priest named Valentine thought this to be unfair. He broke the
rule and secretly married many couples. Finally, Claudius found out and put him in prison until he was executed on February 14th.
Xiaofang: Oh, what a pity!
David: After his death, Valentine was made a saint, and the day of his death was
named Saint Valentine‘s Day. It gradually became a custom for people to give cards, chocolates, flowers, and kisses to their spouses and sweethearts on this day.
Key:
1）T 2）F 3）F 4）F 5）T
2. Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and fill in the following table with the
information about Valentine‘s Day. Key:
helping curing blindness daughter signed jailed broke married
Part C Passage Festivals and Holidays
1. Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each question you
hear. Festivals and holidays reflect the traditional culture of a country. So having an idea about the festivals and holidays of an unfamiliar country, not only expands our
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minds and enriches our knowledge, but also helps us to experience different cultures independently.
The Chinese New Year‘s holiday, which is celebrated in February, is the longest and most crowded holiday in China. During this time, people celebrate the arrival of the New Year, pray for a new start to their lives in the following spring, and make many new wishes and plans. Chinese New Year is also called Spring Festival.
In addition to Chinese New Year, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival are also important traditional festivals in China. People celebrate these holidays in traditional ways by putting up paper-cuts, lighting lanterns, setting off fireworks, organizing lion or dragon dancing and other activities.
Likewise, British holidays and festivals can be a great way to experience the history and culture of the United Kingdom. Holidays in the UK include religious holidays as well as commemorative days. They include New Year‘s Day, Easter, the Harvest Festival, and Christmas. Among them, Easter and Christmas are two main ones.
Easter is the oldest and the most important Christian Festival, celebrating the death and rebirth of Jesus Christ; Christmas is a truly magical season, bringing families and friends together to share much loved customs and traditions. Most people in Britain are on holiday and stay at home with their families on Christmas Day. Questions:
1) What is the theme of the passage? (D)
2) What is not the benefit of knowing about the festivals and holidays of an unfamiliar
country? (A)
3) Which of the following is NOT the reason why Chinese New Year is called Spring
Festival? （D）
4) What is the significance of Easter in the UK? （C）
2. Directions: Listen to the first part of the passage again and answer the following questions briefly. Key:
1) Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn
Festival.
2) Putting up paper-cuts, lighting lanterns, setting off fireworks, organizing lion or dragon dancing and other activities. 3) Chinese New Year / Spring Festival. 4) Staying at home with their families. 3. Directions: Listen to the second part of the passage again and fill in the blanks with
missing information. Key:
experience religious commemorative the Harvest Festival Among two main oldest magical
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Scripts Unit 13 Holidays and Festivals (2)
Subjunctive Mood
Part. A Short Conversation
Directions: You are going to hear 10 short conversations. Each of them will be spoken
only once. After you hear each conversation, a question will be asked. Read the four choices and choose the most appropriate one.
1. W: Do you walk to work every day? M: Yes, but I often wish that I had a car. Q: What does the man mean? (C)
2. M: Would you like to go for dinner with me this weekend?
W: I would enjoy that very much if I didn‘t have to prepare for my final examinations.
Q: What is the woman likely to do during the weekend? (B) 3. W: It‘s obvious that the color TV set is more enjoyable than the black and white. M: I agree. I wish now that I had bought a color TV set. Q: What is true about the man? (D) 4. M: Does Anna like the new dress?
W: She said she‘d never have bought it if she had known that Mary had one. Q: What does the woman imply? (B) 5. M: It‘s 2:30. You should have arrived 20 minutes ago. W: Sorry, I was held up by a traffic jam on my way. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? (B)
6. W: If I were you, I‘d take the bus to work. Driving in the rush hour is terrible. M: But by the time the bus gets to my stop, it is full. Q: How does the man prefer to go to work? (A) 7. W: Had we arrived later, we would have found the hotel full. M: But we could have gone somewhere else.
Q: What do we know about the two speakers from the conversation? (C) 8. W: I would rather we hadn‘t had our vacation at the beach. If so we would never have got any sand in our shoes.
M: Next year we‘ll go to the mountains to have a clean vacation. Q: What happened to the two speakers? (B) 9. W: I‘m leaving for Beijing tomorrow morning. Could you drive me to the airport? M: If I didn‘t have an important meeting to attend! But my secretary will be free tomorrow morning.
Q: What will the man do tomorrow morning? (D)
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10. W: What did you think of Professor William‘s classes?
M: Well, his lectures are well-organized, but I think he could have made them more interesting.
Q: What does the man say about Professor William‘s classes? (D) Part B Dialogue
Christmas
1. Directions: Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each question you
hear.
Li Ping: Jane, where did you go for Christmas?
Jane: I went home to celebrate it with my family.
Bob: Great! You must have had a wonderful Christmas at home.
Jane: Yeah. Christmas is a time for family reunion, and people usually go back to
celebrate it.
Li Ping: How do people celebrate it?
Jane: Actually several weeks before Christmas, many town centers, streets, shops
and homes are decorated with Santas, Christmas trees, colored lights and other shiny decorations. And people are busy with their Christmas shopping and sending presents and cards to each other. On Christmas Day, most of us go to church to celebrate the birth of Christ. Bob: Then what do you usually do on Christmas Eve?
Jane: On Christmas Eve, we hang stockings near the fireplace before we go to bed
early. When young, we were told that during the night Santa would come down the chimney, bringing a lot of toy and leaving presents in the stockings.
Bob: So Santa must have brought you a lot of presents this Christmas. Jane: Yes, but it was not done by Santa but by my parents. Bob: Then what do you eat during Christmas?
Jane: Well, on Christmas Eve, we have nothing special. But at about 3 p.m. on
Christmas Day, we have a big feast. We usually eat turkey with cranberry sauce, roast potatoes, Brussels sprouts (a kind of boiled vegetable), and Christmas pudding. Yeah, sometimes we put coins in the pudding for good luck.
Li Ping: It sounds so nice. Oh, wish you a belated Merry Christmas.
Question:
1) Why did Jane go home for Christmas? (A)
2) According to the dialogue, what do people Not do before Christmas? (D) 3) What do people usually eat on Christmas Eve? (C)
4) Who actually puts presents in the children‘s stockings? (B)
5) For what purpose do people sometimes put coins in the pudding? (D)
2. Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and write down the questions asked by Bob
and Li Ping
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Key:
1) Where did you go for Christmas? 2) How do people celebrate it? 3) What do you usually do at Christmas? 4) What do you eat during Christmas? Part C Passage
Different Saint's Days in UK
Exercise1:
Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the items in Column A to match the
corresponding different Saint‘s Days in Column B St. David’s Day is celebrated in Wales on March 1st, in honor of St. David who spread Christianity across Wales in the sixth century. The most famous story about Saint David tells how he was preaching to a huge crowd and the ground was said to have risen up, so that he was standing on a hill and everyone had a better chance of hearing him. On St. David's Day, some children in Wales are dressed in the national costume, a tall black hat, a white cap and a long dress.
March 17th, St. Patrick‘s Day, is the national day of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. The most famous story about Saint Patrick has him driving the snakes out of Ireland and bringing Christianity to it. The day is marked by the wearing of shamrocks, the national flower of both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
April 23rd, St. George‘s Day, is the national day of England. A story that first appeared in the sixth century tells that St. George rescued a maiden by killing a fearsome fire-breathing dragon. Some people wear a red rose on St. George‘s Day.
November 30th, St. Andrew's Day, is the national day of Scotland. St. Andrew was one of Christ's Twelve Apostles. Some of his bones are said to have been laid in an X-shaped white cross on a blue background, the present Scottish national flag. It was traditional for girls to pray to St. Andrew for a husband around midnight, just before St Andrew's Day. Key:
England Scotland Wales
Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
2. Directions: Listen to the passage again and fill in the following table with missing
information.
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St. David’s Day St. Patrick‘s Day St. George‘s Day St. Andrew's Day Key:
national costume March 17th wearing the national flower wearing a red rose November 30th a husband
3. Directions: Listen to the passage for the third time and complete each of the stories
about each Saint.
Story 1: When St David was preaching to a big crowd, the ground rose up, so that he could stand on a hill and everyone could hear him better. Story 2: St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland and brought Christianity to Ireland. Story 3: St. George rescued a maiden by killing a fearsome fire-breathing dragon. Story 4: St. Andrew was one of Christ's Twelve Apostles. Some of his bones were
laid in an X-shaped white cross on a blue background, the present Scottish national flag.
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Scripts Unit 14 Part. A Short Conversation
Honesty (1)
Directions: You are going to hear 10 short conversations. Each of them will be spoken
only once. After you hear each conversation, a question will be asked. Read the four choices and choose the most appropriate one.
Tense (Ⅰ)
1. M: Has Barry returned from Europe yet?
W: Yes, but he was only here in New York for three days before his company sent
him to Singapore.
Q: Where is Barry now? (A)
2. W: How long have you been playing the guitar?
M: Ten years, but I‘ve only been a professional musician for the last seven years.
Before that I was a shopkeeper.
Q: What did the man do seven years ago? (B) 3. W: Did you meet the new teacher yesterday? M: I‘ve been sick for three days. Q: What does the man mean? (C)
4. W: Has your brother bought his books yet?
M: He bought a medicine book, but the Chinese and English textbooks were sold
out.
Q: Which book has the man‘s brother got? (B)
5. W: I heard Mary has been invited to another dinner party, but I‘m sure I invited her
first.
M: Well, she is more likely to attend your party than the other one. Q: What does the man mean? (B)
6. W: How did you get here so quickly? You told me your car wasn‘t working.
M: Yes, it isn‘t. I wanted to take a taxi, but my next door neighbor saw me walking
and offered me a ride.
Q: How did the man get here? (D)
7. W: Did you find the book for the term paper in the library?
M: The library closed before I got there. I had no idea that it closed so early on
weekends.
Q: What does the man mean? (A)
8. M: I heard there are still a few seats left for the concert tonight.
W: Really? I was under the impression that the tickets had been sold out for a long
time.
Q: What do we know from the woman‘s reply? (A) 9. W: Where did you celebrate your birthday last year?
M: I was a passenger on an Air France plane. I had just left my sister‘s home in
Paris and was on my way to school in New York City. Q: Where was the man a year ago today? (B)
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10. W: I had prepared dinner for eight people before Mary called and said that she and
her husband could not make it.
M: That‘s all right. I was just going to tell you I have invited Tom and his
girlfriend.
Q: How many people are dinning tonight? (C)
PART B Dialogue
Should Doctors Lie to Their Patients?
Exercise 1
Directions: Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each question you
hear.
Jeff: Hi, Barry. Have you read the medical survey on the internet? Barry: A survey? What‘s it about?
Jeff: It‘s about whether doctors should conceal the truth from their patients or not. Barry: Sounds very interesting. So what does it say?
Jeff: According to the survey, there are generally two groups holding onto their
beliefs: the doctors and the patients. The doctors think they should lie to the patients for the benefit of the patients.
Barry: Why would they think so?
Jeff: In their opinion, they think the patients do not want the bad news. And the
purpose of this kind of lying is not for themselves but for the patients. Telling the truth may risk destroying the patients‘ hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or even, in the most extreme situation, commit suicide.
Barry: That sounds reasonable. And there are lots of patients, especially patients
from poor families, who refuse to get treatment when they learn that they‘ve got a certain incurable disease like cancer.
Jeff: With this belief in their minds, doctors might give patients a lot of placebos.
They also distort grave news, especially to the incurably ill and the dying.
Barry: But most patients, especially those incurably ill and dying need to learn the
truth about their illness and prepare for their last days.
Jeff: You are right, Barry. The patients don‘t think lies provide any help to them.
On the contrary, they think lies invade their freedom, just like what you‘ve mentioned.
Barry: Yes, because of these lies, the patients can not make wise decisions about
their lives, about whether or not they should enter a hospital and have surgery---
Jeff: And also about where and with whom they should spend their remaining time,
about how they should bring their affairs to a close and take leave.
Barry: So from this point of view, concealing the facts from patients sounds
inhuman.
Jeff: It really does harm to patients. Besides, lies also do harm to doctors. Barry: How could that be?
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Jeff: According to the survey, lies do harm to doctors‘ integrity. In the long run,
lies do harm to the whole medical profession, for lies lead to patients‘ distrust of doctors, even resulting in the rising number of lawsuits.
Barry: So this survey is very timely. It helps us to debate the issue openly and try to
find a balanced way to solve the dilemma.
Jeff: I can‘t agree more.
1. What‘s the main idea of the dialogue?(C) 2. Why do many doctors lie to their patients?(D) 3. What are the patients‘ thoughts about the issue?(C)
4. Which of the following can be inferred from the dialogue?(B)
5. What‘s the most unfortunate result of lying in the medical profession?(C)
Exercise2
Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and complete the following chart:
Disadvantages of doctors’ telling lies
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1. Doing harm to patients. Lies prevent patients _from making wise decisions about their lives. 1) Should they enter a hospital? 2) Should they have surgery? 3) Where and with whom should they spend their remaining time? 4) How should they bring their affairs to a close and take leave? Doctors’ Lies 3. Doing harm to the whole medical profession. 2. Doing harm to doctors. 1) Damaging doctors‘ integrity. 2) Leading to patients‘ distrust of doctors. 3) Increasing lawsuits against doctors.
PART C Passage
An Experiment
Exercise1
Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the best answers to complete the
following statements.
Honesty is the best policy, as the English saying goes. ―Unfortunately, honesty often deserts us when no one is watching,‖ British psychologists reported last week. Researchers at UK's Newcastle University set up an experiment in their psychology
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department's coffee room. They set a kettle, with tea, coffee and milk on the counter and hung up a sign listing the prices for drinks. People who helped themselves to a cup of drink were supposed to put a few cents in the box nearby. The scientists hung a poster above the money box, and it changed each week between images of gazing eyes and pictures of flowers. The researchers found that staff paid 2.76 times more for their drinks when the image of the eyes was hung.
\"Frankly we were shocked by the size of the effect.\" said Gilbert Roberts, one of the researchers. Eyes are known to be a powerful perceptual signal for humans. \"Even though the eyes were not real, they still seemed to make people behave more honestly,\" said Melissa Bateson, a behavioral biologist and leader of the study. Researchers believe the effect helps to explain our evolutionary past. It may arise from behavioral features that developed when early humans formed social groups to strengthen their chances of survival. For social groups to work, individuals had to co-operate, rather than act selfishly. \"There's an argument that if nobody is watching us, it is in our interests to behave selfishly. But when we're being watched, we should behave better, so people see us as co-operative and behave the same way towards us,\" Bateson said.
The new finding indicates that people have a striking response to eyes. The finding could be put to practical use, too. For example, images of eyes could increase ticket sales on public transport and improve supervision systems to prevent antisocial behavior.
Key to Exercise1
1)A 2)C 3)C 4)C 5)B Exercise2
Directions: Listen to the passage again and write ‗T‘(true) or ‗F‘ (false) for the
following statements.
1. Researchers set a kettle, with tea, coffee, milk and sugar on the counter. ( F ) 2. Researchers hung up images of eyes above the money box. ( F ) 3. Researchers made a list of the prices for drinks. ( T )
4. People were expected to help themselves to a drink and to put a few cents in the money box. ( T )
5. The teachers and staff paid 2.76 times more money for their drinks under the watch of the images of eyes. ( T )
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Exercise3
Directions: Listen to the passage for the third time and fill in the blanks with missing
information.
1. It is believed that eyes are a powerful perceptual ___signal_____ for humans, so
the pictures of eyes make people behave _____more honestly________.
2. Early humans ______formed_______________ social groups to strengthen
their chances of ____survival________, so they had to cooperate rather than
____act selfishly_____.
3. Researchers think ___the effect_____ helps to ___explain______ our
evolutionary past.
4. The findings can be put into ___practical use_____, for example, we can use
images of eyes to increase ___ticket sales_______ on public transport
and improve supervision systems to prevent ___antisocial behavior______.
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Unit 15 Honesty (2)
Part. A Short Conversation
Directions: You are going to hear 10 short conversations. Each of them will be spoken
only once. After you hear each conversation, a question will be asked. Read the four choices and choose the most appropriate one.
1. M: Jane, you won‘t be able to go to the airport in time to catch the 10 o‘clock
flight.
W: I realize that now. I‘ll have to get my ticket changed. Q: What will the woman have to do? ( A )
2. W: Your train will be ready for boarding in 15 minutes, sir. Breakfast will be
offered in the dinning car.
M: Good, I‘ll have just enough time to send a fax before leaving. Q: What does the man plan to do next? (B) 3. W: Are you going to study late tonight again?
M: I think I‘ll get to sleep early tonight for a change. I‘m afraid I‘ll get run down
if I keep working late.
Q: What can we learn about the man? (C)
4. W: Ray, are you going straight home after school today?
M: No, I have a class until 1 o‘clock, and after that I‘m going to spend a couple of
hours at the library before going home. Q: What is Ray going to do this afternoon? (D) 5. M: Will you please fix the button for me, dear?
W: Oh, I am so busy now. I have to prepare breakfast for the kids. Their school bus will be here at 7:30.
Q: What is the woman going to do? (B)
6. W: Should we have lunch together tomorrow? I‘ll be downtown. M: I‘m afraid I can‘t. I‘ll be really tied up tomorrow. Q: What does the man mean? (D)
7. M: Let‘s go to the movies, Mary. There‘s a good picture at the Queens.
W: I can‘t. My aunt is coming from Chicago to visit us, and I have to arrange a party in her honor.
Q: What‘s Mary going to do?(D)
8. M: Won‘t you just stop in for a minute? Helen would like to see you.
W: Thanks, John. I‘d like to see Helen too, but Dave will be home from school at 3:00 and I must get some things at the bakery before then. Q: What is the woman probably going to do now? (B)
9. M: Will you be joining us this evening for my birthday party? W: I‘ll be meeting my boyfriend at the airport. Q: What does the woman mean? (D) 10. M: Will you be free tonight, Maria?
W: Oh, my father‘s going to Los Angeles to visit my sister and I have to drive him
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to the airport.
Q: What does Maria‘s response mean? (D)
PART B Dialogue
Wrinkles
Exercise1
Directions: Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to complete the
following statements.
Manager: Good morning, madam. And what can I do for you? Woman: What can you do for me?
Manager: Yes, madam, what can I do for you?
Woman: You‘ve already done it, thank you very much. And I want something done
about what you‘ve done for me.
Manager: What‘s the matter, madam?
Woman: I‘ll say there is; I just want to see you. Manager: Yes? But what seems to be the trouble? Woman: Look at my face!
Manager: Your face? Ah yes. Oh dear! Well, never mind. What‘s wrong with your
face? What exactly am I supposed to be looking at?
Woman: My lines, my wrinkles!
Manager: Well, we can soon put that right, Madam. You need a bottle of our New
Generation Wrinkle Cream. With this wonderful new cream your lines and wrinkles just ---
Woman: Shut up!
Manager: --- just disappear --- I beg your pardon?
Woman: I said shut up! I was silly enough to listen to you before. I‘ll listen to no
more of it.
Manager: You say you‘ve come here before, madam. I‘m afraid I don‘t recognize you. Woman: Of course you don‘t recognize me! Last time I came in here I was a very
attractive middle-aged woman. Now I look old enough to be your grandmother.
Manager: Well, yes --- er --- some of us do age more quickly than others. Woman: It‘s not a question of age, it‘s a question of your cream! Manager: What‘s wrong with our cream?
Woman: I used it for two small lines under my eyes and I woke up next morning
looking like Lady Frankenstein. Your advertisement says ‗Lose ten years overnight. For only five pounds you can look young and attractive again. Tried by thousands. Money back guarantee‘. And it says ‘It can do the same for you, too.’
Manager: Well, do you have any proof?
Woman: Of course! Buy me a face lift or I‘m taking you to court for business fraud!
So there!
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Manager: Uh---
Key to Exercise1: 1)B 2)D 3)B 4)A 5)D
Exercise2
Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and complete the advertisement for the cream,
according to what the woman says on the tape.
1. Lose ______10 years__________ overnight; 2. For only__5 pounds____ you can ___look young and attractive____ again; 3. Tried by______ thousands; 4. Money back_____ guarantee; 5. It can ____do the same_______ for you, too.
PART C Passage
A Thief and a Lottery Ticket
Exercise1
Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each question you hear.
One day a math professor, Vinicio Sabbatocei, 58, was busy changing a tire on an Italian motorway when another motorist stopped beside him and offered to help him. But later while the professor was installing a new tire, the motorist grabbed his suitcase and drove off. The professor was shocked into stillness, and had no idea of how to catch the thief except for picking up a lottery ticket the thief had dropped, it might help, he thought. Then Professor Sabbatocei drove home to Ascoli in eastern Italy.
The next day, Professor Sabbatocei saw the lottery results on TV. Taking out the ticket, he realized it was a winner. He claimed the 60 million lire prize. Then he began a battle with his conscience. Finally, he decided he could not keep the money despite having been robbed. He advertised in newspapers and on the radio, saying: ―I‘m trying to find the man who robbed me. I have 60 million lire for him---a lottery win. Please meet me, Anonymity guaranteed.‖
Professor Sabbatucei received hundreds of calls from people hoping to trick him into handing them the cash. But there was one voice he recognized –and he arranged to meet the man in a park. The robber, a 35-year-old unemployed father of two, gave back the suitcase and burst into tears. He could not believe what was happening. ―Why didn‘t you keep the money?‖ he asked. The professor replied: ―I couldn‘t because it‘s not mine.‖ Then he walked off, rejecting the thief‘s offer of a reward. 1. Which of the following can best describe the theme of the passage? (A) 2. What did the thief rob the professor of? (C)
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3. How did the professor respond to the winning of the lottery ticket at first?(B) 4. Why did hundreds of people call the professor?(B) 5. What can we infer from the story?(C)
Exercise2
Directions: Listen to the passage and write ‗T‘ (true) or ‗F‘ (false) for each statement
you hear.
1. The robber stole the professor‘s suitcase while pretending to help him. (T)
2. The professor learned about the lottery result from the radio on his way home. (F) 3. The professor claimed the 60 million lire prize for the ticket after changing his tire. (F)
4. The robber was a 35-year-old father with two daughters. (F) 5. The robber was moved by what the professor did. (T)
Exercise3
Directions: Listen to the passage for the third time and rearrange the following
statements according to the time sequence.
Key to Exercise 3 3-4-1-7-5-2-6
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Unit 16 Teamwork
Part. A Short Conversation
Directions: You are going to hear 10 short conversations. Each of them will be spoken
only once. After you hear each conversation, a question will be asked. Read the four choices and choose the most appropriate one.
1. W: I saw Mary drinking in the bar last night. M: As far as I know, Mary never drinks alcohol. Q: What does the man mean?(C )
2. W: Sam, you seem very tired. What are you busy with?
M: Oh, I‘ve been kept busy since the birth of Tommy, but there‘s nothing more joyous than the
arrival of a new baby.
Q: Which statement is true about Sam? (D) 3. W: Tom says he loves history museums. M: But he doesn‘t often visit them, does he? Q: What can be inferred about Tom?(C)
4. W: I have lost touch with Linda and John for half a year. Have you seen them recently?
M: Yeah, I happened to see John yesterday. He was eager to tell me that he had got his license. Q: What do you know from the conversation? (B) 5. W: You bought a new car. Is it blue or black? M: Neither. It‘s a white one.
Q: What color is the man‘s car? (C)
6. W: We are going to swim this afternoon. You‘d better not come, for you can‘t swim very far. M: So I can‘t swim very far, can I? Q: What does the man mean? (B)
7. W: I hear Ben and Sue went to London and Paris last week for their honeymoon.
M: That‘s not true. They went there on business. Actually it‘s Rome where they went to spend
their honeymoon.
Q: Where did Ben and Sue go for their honeymoon? (B) 8. W: Shall we have a walk after dinner? M: Why not?
Q: What does the man mean? (C)
9. W: I know the average depth of the Pacific Ocean is 12,925 feet. What about the Atlantic
Ocean?
M: I just learned it in my geography class. It‘s 11,730 feet on average. Q: How deep is the Pacific Ocean on average? (B) 10. W: Why didn‘t you pack the book in your suitcase?
M: I should have. The suit case wasn‘t full, but I kept it out in case the plane is delayed, and I
can read it.
Q: Why isn‘t the book in the man‘s suitcase? (C)
Part B Dialogue
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Interpol
Exercises
1. Directions: Listen to a radio interview about Interpol and choose the best answer to each
question you hear.
Interviewer: Welcome to our program, Mr. Smith Mr. Smith: Thank you.
Interviewer: Mr. Smith, how long have you been a member of Interpol? Mr. Smith: Um, ten years, I think.
Interviewer: You know, many people are curious about Interpol. What is its full form? Mr. Smith: Interpol stands for 'The International Criminal Police Organization‘. Interviewer: When did it come into being? Mr. Smith: It was established in 1923.
Interviewer: Now how many members are in it?
Mr. Smith: About 186 member countries. It‘s the world‘s largest international police
organization.
Interviewer: What is its aim?
Mr. Smith: It aims to promote international police cooperation.
Interviewer: It was reported yesterday that five American smugglers had been arrested in Cyprus
while they were carrying 100 pounds of hashish. Was it a kind of co-work done by Interpol?
Mr. Smith: That‘s a good case in point. Interviewer: How did you do it?
Mr. Smith: The five American smugglers started out in a two-engine airplane from San
Francisco. After they flew across Canada, the airplane zigzagged across Europe, touched down in Cyprus, and finally, flew on to Lebanon.
Interviewer: Then what happened?
Mr. Smith: Interpol had kept tracking them and warned the police of each country as the
airplane progressed to its destination. The Lebanese police sent its air force jets after the smugglers, but the smugglers escaped amid a rain of bullets.
Interviewer: Then what did Interpol do next?
Mr. Smith: While the smugglers were flying over the Mediterranean, Interpol informed police
of all countries in the area to watch their airports. And at Cyprus airport we finally succeeded in arresting them.
Interviewer: So without international police cooperation, it would have been impossible to catch
these smugglers so quickly.
Mr. Smith: Right! That‘s what Interpol is for.
1) When was Interpol set up? (B) 2) What is Interpol‘s aim? (B)
3) Why were five American smugglers arrested by Interpol in Cyprus? (D) 4) To which country did the five smugglers intend to go? (C) 5) What can be inferred from the interview? (B)
2. Directions: Listen to the dialogue again and complete the following blanks with missing
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information.
Key: 1) International Criminal Police 2) a two-engine airplane 3) 186 members 4) a rain of bullets 5) watch their airports.
Part C Passage
A Team and Its Structure
Exercises
1. Directions: You are going to hear a passage about teamwork. Listen for the main idea and write
‗T‘ (true) or ‗F‘ (false) for each statement you hear.
Nowadays, it is very important for a person to work as an effective member of a team. Here a team refers to a small group with a specific task. To complete a task, each group member has a clearly defined role and a vested interest in success.
It is very important to consider the balance between the team and the individual. Undoubtedly, a well-organized team can add considerable value to its activities. However the team often requires its members to know their own minds and to act on personal initiative. Since teams are composed of people who have egos and needs, they need to be nurtured, protected and developed. It is not good to just set up a team and then fail to look after it. Those who control the organizations are responsible to ensure that their teams are able to grow, to give team members space and to allow them to make mistakes.
A team is made up of individuals and has a structure. The structure is something like a soccer or netball team, within which individuals and a captain or leader both hold clear positions and roles. Whether you like it or not, at any moment in time, there is always somebody exercising a leadership role. Leadership plays a key function in any social grouping. It may not be the same leader all the time and leadership can switch between individuals according to circumstances. However, directions are important for work activities and it is up to leaders to provide directions.
1) A well-organized team can add considerable value to its activities (T) 2) Team members are not allowed to make mistakes. (F)
3) Every team member has his or her own role to play in a team.(T) 4) Whether you like it or not, a leader always exists in a team.(T)
5) Leadership cannot switch between individuals according to circumstances.(F)
2. Directions: Choose the right items in Column B to match those in Column A according to
what you have heard.
Key: A ---3) B ---5). C ---1) D ---4) E ---2)
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2. Directions: Listen to the passage for the third time and complete the following chart with missing information. Key: individuals 1) work as effective members. 2) know their own minds . 3) act on personal initiative. 4) hold their own positions. leaders 1) play a key function. 2) look after the team. 3) provide directions. 4) make it grow. 5) give members space for development. 6) allow members to make mistakes. . 59
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