新视野大学英语视听说教程4

UNIT TWO
(C)1.A.The man is for the womans plastic surgery.
B.The man think the woman can not afford the plastic surgery.
C.The man think the woman is beautiful enough.
D.The man recommends the woman save some money for the plastic surgery.


(B)A.The man is holding a party.
B.The man is quite at losss with strangers.
C.The man is outgoing.
D.The man has already had a girlfriend.


(C)A.An ugly ducking.
B.A traditional beauty.
C.A beauty in a special way.
D A plain Jane.


(B)A.Steve is better-looking than his girlfriend.
B.Steves grilfriend is better-looking than he is.
C/Though Steve is plain-looking ,his girlfriend loves him.
D.Though Steves girlfriend is plain-looking ,he loves her.



(D)A.The woman spiaket.
B.No one.
C.One who has white skin.
D.One who has good personality.





A 20-year-old Australian model and dancer won the Miss Universe title in a two-hour beauty (1)contest watched by television viewers around the world.
Jennifer,a 5-foot-11 blonde with blue eyes,was chosen from 80beauty (2)queens Miss USA,Shande FINNESSEY,was awarded second place.
Hawkins received the crown from (3)outgoing Miss Universe,Amelia Vega,and then walked the length of the stage to the (4)cheers of the crowd.Seceral times she reached up to touch her crown, as if to remind herself she had actually won the (5)title.
Besides modeling and dancing,Hawkins also organizes a dance team that (6)toursAustralia.Her interests include surfing,camping and watching ballet.
Before the contest began,Vuban-American singer Gloria ,who (7) performed at the Miss Universe finals,defended beauty contests from critics who insist such events treat woman merely as playthings.She said,(8)"A beautiful woman has very great powers to convince ,and we have seen many misses who have done a great job)".
Despite Estevans support,many people question the value of beauty contests.(9)Women`s liberation organizations inthe United States regularly demonstrate in protest outside Miss America and Miss World contests).
Conservative religious groups in India forced such contests to move from Calcutta when then threatened bombings.
(10)All the same, some Australians were hoping the two0hour show would draw worle attention to the beauty of their country and attract tourists).They hope Australia is going to shine for what it is, an unforgettable place.


(A)1.Why does Pamela want to have plastic surgery?
ATo become a movie actress.
B.To become an anchorwoman.
C.To become a fashion model.
D.To find a white-collar job.


(D)2.What surgery has Pamela already had?
A.Enlarging her breasts.
B.Removing weinkles from her neck.
C.Making her face thinner.
D.Making her nose tip more pointed.

(C)2.What did Pamela think about beauty and character?
A.Beauty is as important as a noble character.
B.Beauty is more important than a noble character.
C.Beauty is less important than a noble character.
D.Beauty and a noble character are less important than abilit

y.

(B)4.How do Pamelas parents and boyfriend react to her plastic surgery?
A.Her boyfriend is against it while parents are for it.
B.Her boyfriend is for it while her parents opinion is unknown.
C.Both her parents and boyfriend are for it.
D.Both her parents and boyfriend are against it.

(B)5.How long would her new looks last according to Dr.Carson?
A.One to two years.
B.Three to five years.
C.Nearly a decade.
D.Unpredictable.

(C)1.But your haircuts haven`t been__your character.Your hair is at war with your soul.
A.with harmony in
B.with harmony to
C.in harmony with
D.in harmony to

(D)2.If I man say,I`m an expert at matching hairstyles___personalities.
A.in
B.on
C.at
D.to


(A)3.By putting a few yellow __in your hair, it will become a work of art.
A.streaks
B.lines
C.threads
D.wires

(D)4.Some famous stars always look stylish.They have unlimited clothing budgets that put the latest looks ___!
A.in their hands
B.in their pockets
C.on their faces
D.at their figertips

(D)5.I wonder what she looks like without all that makeup. I don`t understand___men find so attractive about her.
A.how
B.which.
C.why
D.what

(B)6.You`d better use the makeup that is made from natural products from the Dead Sea,so it won`t __your skin.
A.irrigate
B.irritate
C.imitate
D.intimate

(C)7.The blue color will perfectly complement ___the rest of your makeup.
A.with
B.in
C.to
D.along

(B)8.You can wear a pair of black trousers and a white dress shirt several timees a week, ____with different accessories.
A.pairing
B.paired
C.to pair
D.pair


(D)9.I want to become beautiful and make other girls into ___monsters.
A.red-eyed
B.green-eyes
C.red-eyes
D.green-eyed

(B)10.I`ll bet you believe in those sayings like,"Beauty is in the eye of the____".
A.bewilder
B.beholder
C.upholder
D.holder




UNIT THREE
(A)1.
A. 4.0.
B. 4.5.
C. 6.0.
D. 6.5.
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(C)2.A. The crops were all failed in this area because of the drought.
B. The area was hit by the worst drought in the last 30 years.
C. The government should improve the development of the infrastructure in the area.
D. The irrigation system in this area played an important role in coping with the drought.
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(C)3.A. There will be a volcanic eruption on La Palma Island.
B. La Palma Island will be completely submerged.
C. Tidal waves will strike the coasts of two continents.
?D. Tidal waves will die down along the coasts of Africa and North America.
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(D)4.A. The man thinks human beings can change nature.
?B. The woman thinks human beings can change nature.
?C. The man thinks human beings can do nothing in the face of nature disaster.
D. The woman thinks human beings can do nothing but minimizing losses in the face of natural disasters.
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(D)5.
A. The man thinks modern technology can tame nature while the woman does not.
B. The woman thinks modern technology can tame nature while the man does not.
?C. Both the man and woman think mank

ind can conquer nature.
D. Neither the man nor the woman thinks mankind can conquer nature.


A few years ago, my friend and I were walking (1)at noon on a street near my home in a northern (2)section of Teheran. This area is well-known because it is a beautiful avenue that (3)connects two major traffic circles. It is located at the (4)bottom of a high mountain.
That day, the sun was (5)shining, but the weather suddenly changed. (6)As we were walking between the two circles, it started raining very hard. We started to (7)cross the boulevard to get to the second circle. It was raining so hard that we decided to go inside a restaurant instead. (8)Ten minutes later, as we were looking out the window, we saw everyone was running away from something). At first, we did not know what was going on. We went outside the restaurant to see what was happening. People seemed shocked.
(9)A huge flood was streaming down the mountain. We were standing on a higher place, so we could see everything). We were scared. Cars, rocks, and people were floating on the water like little toys toward the little market at the south end of the circle. The height of the water was almost to the top of the trees.
After a few minutes, the flood's flow was reduced, so we decided to leave the area before the water entered the street we were on.
(10)It was reported that the flood destroyed a big area and approximately 300 people were killed or disappeared that day). Later, we also learned that a dam had burst during the rain.


(A)1. Why was the door to the balcony wide open?
A. The weather was hot.
B. It was too moist inside.
? C. It was too dry inside.
? D. The scene outside was beautiful.
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(B)2. Why was the speaker unable to close the windows?
A. The window was deformed.
B. The wind was too strong.
? C. He was scared stiff by the loud thunder.
? D. He was frightened by the lightning.
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(B)3. How did the speaker manage to close the window?
? A. He asked his wife to close it together.
B. He used a mop to close it.
? C. He waited until the wind was less strong.
D. He waited until the hail was over.
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(D)4. What did the speaker do after seeing the lightning?
? A. He closed the window.
? B. He turned off the TV.
? C. He turned off the lights.
D. He pulled out the electrical plugs.
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(C)5. What is the sequence of the events?
? A. Sun—wind—thunder and lightning—sun—hail.
? B. Sun—hail—thunder and lightning—wind—sun.
C. Sun—wind—thunder and lightning—hail—sun.
? D. Sun—wind—hail—thunder and lightning—sun.


(B)1. Our flight to Tokyo was delayed by 12 hours. A typhoon ______ the east coast and it was chaos.
? A. beat
B. hit
? C. struck at
? D. attacked on
?
(D)2. Tsunami waves can be ____________ meters high. They toss cars and houses around as though they were children's toys.
? A. a dozen of
? B. dozen of
? C. dozens
D. dozens of
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(A)3. A bli

zzard is a severe weather condition ___________ low temperatures and strong winds, greater than 35 miles per hour, bearing a great amount of snow.
A. characterized by
? B. characterized with
? C. characteristic of
? D. characteristic with
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(C)4. But it is generally agreed that in order to be classified as a blizzard, ___________ merely a winter storm, the weather must meet several conditions.
? A. which opposed to
? B. which opposed with
C. as opposed to
? D. as opposed with
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(C)5. When all of these conditions continue after snow has stopped falling, the storm ________________ a ground blizzard.
? A. is referred as
? B. is referred to
C. is referred to as
? D. referring to as
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(D)6. People _________ in a whiteout can quickly become disoriented, ________ their sense of up and down as well as their sense of direction.
? A. catching...losing
? B. caught...lost
? C. catching...lost
D. caught...losing
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(A)7. The scale of the resulting deaths or property damage depends on the human ability to ________ the disasters.
A. resist
B. resist to
? C. resist against
? D. resist from
?
(B)8. During a drought, food and water supplies can _________.
? A. run lowly
B. run low
C. drop lowly
? D. drop low
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(D)9. Thousands of stock farmers will have to slaughter their livestock ________ because there is no grass left.
? A. on a big way
? B. with a big way
C. in a large scale
D. on a large scale
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(A)10. The fire department from the nearby town was called to put the fire _____.
A. out
? B. down
? C. away
D. off




UNIT FOUR


(D)1. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
? A. The man has been offered many good jobs because he is well-rounded.
? B. The man is having an interview.
? C. The woman wants to join in some courses too.
D. The woman thinks it's unnecessary to learn occupational skills.
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(D)2. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
? A. She thinks the man will be fired.
? B. She thinks the man will be severely punished.
? C. She thinks the man's work will be given to his colleagues.
D. She thinks the man should be courageous to admit the mistake.
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(A)3. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. He is a self-made successful businessman.
? B. He inherited a large fortune.
? C. He is a successful young tradesman.
? D. He will hand his company over to his son.
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(D)4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
? A. Wednesday morning.
? B. Thursday morning.
C. Thursday evening.
D. Not settled.
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(D)5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
? A. The companies John has worked in are not large enough.
? B. John's work experiences are not long enough.
? C. John hasn't got a decent education background.
D. John learned little in each job, and long service means nothing today.


The West End of London maintained its top spot as t

he world's most (1)expensive office location last year as occupancy costs (2)declined globally due to the uncertain economic climate.
West End offices (3)averaged $16,682 per employee workstation last year, (4)compared with $15,700 for second-ranked Paris, a leading real estate consultancy (5)agency said in its seventh annual Global Office Occupancy Costs Survey.
The basis of the survey has changed to workstations, from (6)floor area previously, to give a clearer picture of (7)accommodation costs.
During the economic downturn last year, the city of Toronto moved up three places to ninth in the "top 10". (8)But the biggest climber of all was Dublin, with the Irish capital jumping nine places to the tenth among the world's most expensive office locations).
In comparison, New York offices dropped out of the top three into the sixth place.
(9)Globally, most office locations continued to register declines in occupancy costs last year, reflecting the weak and uncertain global economic environment).
"In the U.K., central London costs are down by 8.8 percent, and London's West End is down 5.1 percent. However in international terms, the situation is distorted by significant currency movements. (10In Euro terms, London is some 17 percent cheaper than last year, but in dollar terms it is virtually unchanged)," said the manager of the consultancy agency.


(D)1. What may workaholics do?
? A. They bring work home.
B. They keep working until after midnight.
? C. They bend over their work on weekends.
D. All of the above.
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(C)2. Which of the following does the speaker recommend doing?
? A. Concentrating on one thing a week.
? B. Concentrating on one thing a day.
C. Concentrating on one thing at a time.
? D. Doing just a few things at a time.
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(A)3. What should one do first according to the passage?
A. What is important.
? B. What one understands.
? C. What is easy.
? D. What is difficult.
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(D)4. What does the speaker say about working at home?
? A. One should not bring too much work home.
? B. One can work in the living room if one has a home office.
C. One should not bring confidential files home.
D. One should work only within the usual working hours.
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(B)5. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
? A. Bad Habits of Workaholics.
B. Tips for Workaholics.
? C. Good Habits of a Devoted Worker.
? D. Cultivation of a Devoted Worker.


(A)1. Do you see yourself as a leader or more of a team _______?
A. player
? B. worker
? C. mate
? D. colleague
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(B)2. If the leadership is weak, I'm not afraid to _________ in order to achieve the goal at hand.
? A. take up
B. take over
C. make up
? D. make for
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(D)3. I didn't get that promotion. They brought in some new guy. I'm not going to ___________ for much longer.
? A. hold up
? B. hold to
? C. hang up
D. hang around
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(C)4. Mr. Jones is a _______ millionaire, and I'm

honored to have worked for him for the past 30 years as his accountant.
? A. make-self
? B. self-make
C. self-made
? D. self-making
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(A)5. Just clear out your desk and that's the end of it. Do I make myself ______, Mr. Westlake?
A. clear
? B. clearly
? C. clarity
? D. unclearly
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(D)6. Thank you! I'll certainly try to ____________ the trust you have demonstrated in me with this raise in pay.
? A. live according to
? B. live with
? C. live up with
D. live up to
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(D)7. As a marketing manager, she frequently found herself in conflict with the financial department _______ her staff's expenses.
? A. in
? B. for
? C. above
D. over
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(C)8. As the training administrator, she wanted to launch an _________ training project.
? A. in-the-service
? B. on-the-service
C. on-the-job
? D. on-job
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(C)9. The two people forged a long-term alliance, which led to a training program so successful that it has ______ been picked up by the company's offices in Germany and Japan.
? A. never
? B. afterwards
C. since
? D. then
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(D)10. I'm going to lay down the law. From now on, everyone in the company must follow regulations ____________.
? A. to the order
? B. to the command
? C. to the words
D. to the letter