公共英语等级考试第三级课本听力文本1-3

公共英语等级考试第三级课本听力Unit1

Part A

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

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

attractive personality even more than fot her success.

:I ran into David Preston downtown today.

W:ReallyDid he say anything about his sister？

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

a jo

b in Alaska.

:Professor Philips seems serious.

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

Part B

Questions 4-6

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

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

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

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

Questions 7-10

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

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

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

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

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

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

leave you go ,I will go."

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

to his wife, as the ship sank.

公共英语等级考试第三级课本听力Unit2

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

2.

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

4.

5.M:Are we behind on the bills.

6.

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

8.

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

10.

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

12.

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

14.

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

17.:Jack,shall I wear my blue evening dress to the party tonight？

18.

19.M:Can't you wear your red oneRed seems perfect for the occasion,don't you think？

20.

21.W:But blue fits me better.

22.

23.M:Then why did you have to ask me？

24.

25.Part B

26.

27.Questions 4-7

28.

29.W:Andy,listen to this:ong-bedroom apartment, modern kitchen,doorman building,

30.

31.$650per do you say we go and look at it？

32.

33.M:What is wrong with where we are now？

34.

35.W:I'm tired of living a basement want room;I want light;I want a view.

36.

37.M:But $650 a month --it's too much.

38.

39.W:I think we can manage it.

40.

41.M:I don't think you're taking the utilities into account. Now with the telephone

and

42.

43.electricity, that's going to bring that up to $750 a month.

44.

45.W:Oh, I suppose you're right. Okay, listen to this:fourthfloor

walk-up,one-bedroom,

46.

47.utilities included,$450 a month.

48.

49.M:I'm not going to walk up four flights of stairs every day.

50.

51.W:All right, Here's another one:East Parkside Avenue,two-benroom,large windowed

52.

53.kitchen,high ceilings, two kitchen.

54.

55.M:East Parkside Avenue!That's a run-down neighborhood.

56.

57.W:Okay,listen to this:Westville,spacious,one-bedroom,floor-through,renovated

59.building, working fireplace,eat-in kitchen.

60.

61.M:You must be joking!It's nearly an hour away from where we work.

62.

63.W:'re so demanding,Andy.

64.

65.M:I don't me see. How's this Third Avenue, new building, excellent,view...

66.

67.W:Oh, that sounds fantastic. Let's go and look at right away.

68.

69.M:Why right away

70.

71.W:Because you've been putting me off long enough.

72.

73.M:You know, I'll say this for you, you get your mind ser on something,

74.

75.there's no stopping you know,that's one of the things I like best about

76.

77.you!

78.

79.Questions 8-10

80.

81.M:Honey, what's with the $ phone billOver $100 in long distance charges.

82.

83.W:I don't 're not 've only made one call to Mother this month.

84.

85.M:ReallyThen someone has got a hold of our credit card number and is using it

to

86.

87.make long distance calls. Virtually all of the calls are credit card charges.

88.

89.W:How many of the credit card calls do you think the person's made？

90.

91.M:Exactly $'ve kept track of all of my long distance calls.

92.

93.W:I'd love to give this person a piece of my mind if I could. But it would be

virtually

94.

95.impossible to track the person it would cost at least $50 to $100 to call

96.

97.those numbers should we do？

98.

99.M:I'mnot going to put up with it any more. I think the best way to straighten

the

100.

101.problem out is to call the phone company and change our calling card number. 102.

103.W:We can't afford to wait any must cut down the phone bill.

104.

105.M:Yes, I'll call the phone company tomorrow.

公共英语等级考试第三级课本听力Unit3

Part A

:You look like a drowned rat!Didn't you know there's a thunderstorm today？

M:I knew there would be a light shower, but I didn't realize it would rain cats and dogs.

W:Well, you'd better take a hot shower right now, or you'll catch a cold.

M:I know. I don't want to get sick.

:I think a drought has set in. It hasn't rained a drop for months.

M:I think so,too, but didn't it rain last month？

W:It did, but the rainfall was only half the monthly average.

M:Oh. It's really bad. I'm really concerned though not panicked yet.

:Oh,my!I've never seen such scorching heat in my life!The TV forecast said the temperature has hit 98!

W:Yeah. It's like the whole world is broiling. I hope it's not going to break into three digits!

M:But it's already awfully close!

W:Well,I just hope it'll level off soon.

Part B

Questions 4-6

W:Did you hear that The drought conditions are severe! There's a lot of death, dying, and suffering out there!

M: I heard that, but it's not surprising actually because we haven't had as much rain as normal this year.

W:Well, if it could rain even a drop, things would be much better!And my flowers in the garden would come back in a heartbeat.

M:I guess you might have to quit watering your heard that they are going to start rationing water. In fact , this morning I happened to hear on the radio that the reservoir had dipped below half its capacity this month and the volume of water entering the reservoir is the smallest in fifty years.

W:Really!I thought that might happen. Great!There go my vegetables.

M:I guess so. But think about Africa.

Questions 7-10

Have you heard enough about rain yet Once again, torrential downpours seem to be dominating the weather stories of the day, and here in the U.K. is no exception!

First of all,let's have a quick sum-up of the storm and Charley are still dominating the scene in central America,Bonnie, a tropical storm, is moving through the Gulf of Mexico towards Florida, and hurricane are gusting to 105mph at the time when this forecasting was prepared.

But even with these tropical systems aside, there's plenty of wet weather elsewhere too. Turkey has had a downpour of thunderstorms during the last day or so, with 64mm of rain being recorded in Golcuk in just 16 hours. This is more than double the amount usually seen here during the whole month of August.

Northwest Spain hasn't escaped, and neither have many areas of France. In fact, many western European countries had a few inches of rain from the weather fronts that are now plaguing the U.K.

The main fronral band of rain moved its way northwards through England and Wales last night, giving over 46mm of rain in south Wales by morning. Although it then headed into Northern Ireland, northern England and southern Scotland, there have also been plenty of big showers developing behind it. Torrential downpours prompted the Met Office to issue Flash Warnings of Severe Weather due to the intensity of some of these showers.