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l i s t e n t o t h i s英语中级听力答案及原文集团标准化办公室：[VV986T-J682P28-JP266L8-68PNN]英语中级听力参考答案Answer Keys to Listen to This: 2Edited by莫显良、马军军、张凤英、陈燕Lesson 1Section ITask 1: This Is Your Life!A.Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the followingstatements.1—6: caacbaB.True or False Questions.1—6: TFFFFTC.Identification.(1)—(b), (2)—(d), (3)—(f), (4)—(g), (5)—(a), (6)—(c), (7)—(e)plete the following résumé for Jason Douglas.Name: Jason DouglasFormer name: Graham SmithProfession: actorDate of birth: July 2, 19471952: started school1958: moved to Lane End Secondary School1966: went to the London School of Drama1969: left the London School of Drama1973: went to Hollywood1974: were in a movie with Maria MontroseTask 2: What Are Your Ambitions?A.Give brief answers to the following questions.1.Radio Station QRX.2.For a survey.3.Four.4.Six.5.(1) What’s your name?(2) What do you do for a living?(3) What do you do for fun?(4) What’s the most exciting thing that’s happened to yourecently?(5) Who do you admire most in this world?(6) What do you want to be doing five years from now?B.Fill in the following chart with answers that each interviewee givesto the questions.Section IIA.Choose the best answer (a, b or c) for each of the following questions.1—6: abaccbB.True or False Questions.1—4: FTFFC.Fill in the following chart with information about the journey theRoman army made according to Trevor.Designation: D CompanyNumber of men: one hundred and moreJourney: from France to BritainMeans of transcript: boatWeather conditions: stormyFood: cat foodDrink: rain waterConditions of weapons after landing: uselessFighting: noneEquipment lost or damaged: boat lost, guns full of water, supplies of wine lostSoldiers killed or wounded: about ten survivors, all others drowned or killed by coldD.Point out what is not true in Trevor’s story.The following did not exist in Roman times:petrol, newspaper, matches, trousers, tinned food, taps, guns, wine bottles.50 BC could not appear on a coin. 50-55 BC is counting backwards.E.Fill in the blanks according to what you hear on the tape.1.terrible, stormy, or more of us, shut in, so bad, sick, stuffy.2.pushed up onto the sands, climbed out, jumping into the, strugglingto the, up to my shoulder, freezing.3.came and took us away, joined, going into the camp, a hot meal,clean clothes, given our pay.Section IIITask 1: Learning to Predict1.Answer: trying to write a letterReason: The speaker’s question suggests he needs a quietsurrounding to do something.2.Hint: the first speaker is a guest complaining about the conditionsof Room 43 which is a single room. The second speaker is a hotelclerk who suggests that the guest move to a double room.Answer: is the only single room available at the momentReason: The phrase “I’m afraid” often suggests a negative orunsatisfying answer.3.Answer: Where on earth did you get it?Reason: The second speaker’s surprised tone shows that the moneyis out of her expectation and she must be curious about how it isgained.4.Answer: You mustn’t discriminate against someone just because theyare married.Reason: The word “but” suggests an opposite meaning.5.Answer: I wouldn’t mind being a prince.Reason: The man’s questioning tone shows he doesn’t agree withthe woman.6.Answer: I’m not a workaholic.Reason: The word “but” suggests an opposite meaning.7.Answer: he had been.Reason: “But” and “possibly” both give some hint.Task 2: DictationPassage 1: The KnowledgeBecoming a London taxi driver isn’t easy. In order to obtain alicence to drive a taxi in London, candidates have to pass a detailed examination. They have to learn not only the streets, landmarks and hotels, but also the quickest way to get there. This is called “TheKnow ledge” by London Cab drivers and it can take years of study and practice to get ‘The Knowledge’. Candidates are examined not only onthe quickest routes but also on the quickest routes at different times of the day. People who want to pass the examination spend much of their free time driving or even cycling around London, studying maps and learningthe huge street directory by heart.Passage 2: The UndergroundTravelling on the London underground (the ‘tube’) presents few difficulties for visitors because of the clear colour- coded maps. It is always useful to have plenty of spare change with you because there are often long queues at the larger stations. If you have enough change you can buy your ticket from a machine. You will find signs which list the stations in alphabetical order, with the correct fares, near the machines. There are automatic barriers which are operated by the tickets. Youshould keep the ticket, because it is checked at the destination.Lesson 2Section ITask1: Film EditingA.True or False Questions.1—4: TFTFB.Fill in the following blanks to give a clear picture of what needs tobe done before a film is ready for distribution.1. The assistant:a. “Synching up” which means matching sound and pictures accordingto the numbers stamped along the edge of the film and sound tape.b. “Logging” which means recording the detail version of the filmand the sound in a log book.2. The film editor:a. Make a first selection of the best takes.b. Prepare a “rough cut”– an initial version of the film.c. Prepare the “fine cut”– the final form of the film.3. Others:a. Approve the fine cut.b. “Dubbing” which means voices, music, background noises andsometimes special effects are put together.c. The “neg” cutters cut the original negatives on the film sothat these match the edited film exactly.Task 2: A Vision of the FutureA.Choose the best answer for each of the following questions.1—6: abacccB.True of False Questions.1—4: TFTFC.Fill in the blanks to give a clear picture of the problems New Yorkfaces in the movie.1.40 million2.have no apartment, sleep on the steps of the building, crawl oversleeping people to get inside.3.nothing will grow, they never see the sun.4.soylent: soylent red, soylent yellow, and soylent green. 2,soybeans, soylent green, ocean plants.5.90 degree.6.electricity, ride bicycles to make it.Section IITask 1: American IndiansA.Answer the following questions briefly.1.1492.2.He thought that he had arrived in India.3.They were kind to them and wanted to help.4.(1) They wanted bigger farms and more land for themselves; (2) Moreimmigrants came from Europe.5.It was their mother. Everything came from and went back to theirmother. And it was for everybody.6.They started fighting back.7.By 1875 the Indians had lost the fight and had to live in“reservations”.8.The Indians are bad and the White man is good and brave inHollywood films.B.Choose the best answer for each of the following questions.1—4: acbcTask 2: New AustraliansA.Identification:1.(1)—(d), (2)—(b), (3)—(a), (4)—(c)2.(a) more than 15 million,(b) 160, 000,(c) the year 1851,(d) 700, 000B.True or False questions.1—6: FTFFTTC.Fill in the blanks with events connected with the following timeexpressions.1.Italiansa.the 1850s and 1860s: Different states in Italy were fightingfor independence and some Italians went to Australia forpolitical reasons. Some others went there for gold.b.1891: The first group of 300 Italians went to work in thesugar-cane fields of northern Australia.c.The end of the 19th century: Some good Italian fishermen went towestern Australia.2.Greeksa.1830: The first Greeks went to work in vineyards in south-eastern Australia.b.The 1860s; There were about 500 Greeks in Australia.c.1890; There were Greek Cafes and restaurants all over Sydneyand out in the countryside.d.After WWII: Many Greeks arrived in Australia.Section IIITask 1: Learning to Predict1.Answer: It’s good exercise. Keeps you fit.Reason: The word “yeah” suggests that the boy will say somethingin agreement with the woman’s comment.2.Answer: We turn the music up really loud and start dancing.Reason: The phrase “why not” suggests that the boys will simplydance in the street.3.Answer: They can’t do it like me yet.Reason: The word “but” suggests an opposite meaning.4.Answer: It’s a very old book.Reason: The word “actually” also suggests an opposite meaning.5.Answer: Write down your address and I’ll get the boy to bring themround.Reason: The conversation takes place in a store. If the store owner agrees to deliver the goods, the only thing he wants to know willbe the address of the customer.6.Answer: Tell us all about it over dinner.Reason: The woman sounds very much interested in the man’sexperience. So she will certainly ask the man to tell her something about it.Task 2: DictationThe Foolish FrogOnce upon a time a big, fat frog lived in a tiny shallow pond. He knew every plant and stone in it, and he could swim across it easily. He was the biggest creature in the pond, so he was very important. When he croaked, the water-snails listened politely. And the water-beetles always swam behind him. He was very happy there.One day, while he was catching flies, a pretty dragon-fly passed by. ‘You’re a very fine frog,’ she sang, ‘but why don’t you live in a bigger pond? Come to my pond. You’ll find a lot of frogs there. You’ll meet some fine fish, and you’ 11 see the dangerous ducks. And you must see our lovely water-lilies. Life in a large pond is wonderful!’‘Perhaps it is rather dull here,’ thought the foolish frog. So he hopped after the dragon-fly.But he didn’t like the big, deep pond. It was full of strange plants. The water-snails were rude to him, and he was afraid of the ducks. The fish didn’t like him, and he was the smallest frog there. He was lonely and unhappy.He sat on a water-lily leaf and croaked sadly to himself, ‘I don’t like it here. I think I’ll go home tomorrow.’But a hungry heron flew down and swallowed him up for supper.Lesson 3Section ITask 1: I Don’t See It That WayA.Conversation 1:1.Choose the best answer for each of the following statements.(1) — (2): ba2.Give brief answers to the following questions.(1)About 6 months ago.(2)It is defective and has ruined 4 of the customer’s favoritecassettes.(3)6 months.(4)10 days ago.3.Blank-filling.(1)bend the rule, make an exception for, make an exception for(2)adding insult to injury, make good on(3)brought it in, hold me to, onB.Conversation 2:1.Multiple choice. (1) — (2): ba2.True or False Questions. (1) — (4): FTTTC.Conversation 3:1.Give brief answers to the following questions.(1)Single.(2)5 years.(3)He has been loyal to the company and worked quite hard.(4)Asking for a raise.(5)Bob does his job adequately, but he doesn’t do it well enoughto deserve a raise.(6)Take more initiative and show more enthusiasm for the job.(7)To quit his job.(8)That’s a decision Bob will have to make for himself.Task 2: marriage CustomsA.Blank-filling.Speaker: Professor Robin StuartTopic: Marriage customs in different parts of the world; romantic business; arranged marriage; on the day of the wedding; arrangedmarriages; to have a look at one another; call the whole thingoff; the wedding goes ahead; several wives.Conclusion: just as much chance of bringing happiness to the husband and wife as the Western systems of choosing marriage partners.B.True or False Questions. 1 — 3: TFTSection IITask 1: At the Dentist’sA.Multiple Choice. 1 — 4: baccB.True of False Questions. 1 — 6: FTFFTTTask 2: HiccupsA.Give brief answers to the following questions.1.He wants her to help him stop his hiccups.2.3 hours.3.Everything he can think of.4.She’ll give the man 5 pounds if he hiccups again.5.The man has stopped hiccupping and owes Rosemary 5 pounds.B.Identification.(1) — (b), (2) — (d), (3) — (e), (4) —(a), (5) — (c)Section IIITask 1: Learning to Predict1.Answer: the Chinese then?Reason: “What about” suggests an alternative.2.Answer: they’ll still be hot when you get back.Reason: The woman’s words suggest that the shop is very close totheir home.3.Hint: The woman is asking the man to buy a pack of fish and chipsfrom a nearby shop.Answer: there’s a queue.Reason: The phrase “not if” suggests a condition that hinders the fulfillment of an action.4.Answer: a good idea.Reason: The word “yes” shows an agreement.5.Answer: being a machine for that money.Reason: “I wouldn’t mind” suggests that the man will do whatthe woman doesn’t want because of certain attractiveconditions.6.Answer: I want to play drums.Reason: The earlier sentence suggests that the man does not play drum for money. Consequently the explanation must be thathe enjoys playing it.Task 2: DictationSleepIt’s clear that everyone needs to sleep. Most people rarely think about how and why they sleep, however. We know that if we sleep well, we feel rested. If we don’t sleep enough, we often feel tired and irritable. It seems there are two purposes of sleep: physical rest and emotional and psychological rest: We need to rest our bodies and our minds. Both are important in order for us to be healthy. Each night we alternate between two kinds of sleep: active sleep and passive sleep. The passive sleepgives our body the rest that’s needed and prepares us for active sleep,in which dreaming occurs.Throughout the night, people alternate between passive and active sleep. The brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. The cycle is repeated: the brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. This cycle is repeated several times throughout the night~.During eight hours of sleep, people dream for a total d one and halfhours on the average.Lesson 4 Section ITask 1: Weather ForecastA.Multiple Choice. 1 — 2: acB.Fill in the following chart.Task 2: The 5 O’clock NewsA.Fill in the following chart.B.Give brief answers to the following questions based on the news report.1.It was closed down by government authorities.2.Testing confirmed that the town had been poisoned be the dumping oftoxic chemicals in town dumps.3.3 weeks ago.4.200.5.Headaches, stomachaches, faintness and dizziness.6.Toxic wastes had leaked into the ground and contaminated the watersupply.7.All the residents should leave the area, until the chemical companyresponsible for the toxic waste can determine whether the town canbe cleaned up and made safe again.C.True of False Questions. 1—6: FTTFFTD.Fill in the following blanks (based on the news report).Teams Playing Result(1) Mexico — France7 to 6(2) Canada — Argentina 3 to 3(3) Italy — Haiti2 to 1(with 30 minutes leftto go)Section IITask 1: What Do You Like for Entertainment?A.Blank-filling.Reporter: Deborah TylerInterviewee: Students of the Brooklyn Academy of Dramatic ArtsMajor: Benny Gross —— pianoKimberley Martins —— modern danceB.Fill in the following chart about how often Benny and Kimberley go tothe eight forms of artistic entertainment.C.Rearrange the forms of artistic entertainment that Benny and Kimberleylike, beginning with the form that each one likes best.Benny: (3)—(1)—(4)—(6)—(2)—(8)Kimberley: (2)—(4)—(1)—(7)—(3)—(8)Task 2: Are You a Heavy Smoker?A.True or False Questions. 1—6: TFTTFTB.Multiple Choice. 1—6: cbcbacC.Blank-filling.Name: Doris BradleySex: femaleAge: 32Amount: 3 packets of 20 a weekFirst experience:Time: at the age of 17Place: at a partyOffered by: boyfriend, not husbandFeeling; awfully grown-upLater: started smoking 2 or 3 a day and gradually increased.Experience of giving up smoking: twice1. Time: 6 months before getting marriedReason: saving upResult: only cut it down from 30 a day, still smoked a little2. Time: when expecting a babyReason: according to doctor’s adviceResult: gave up completely for 7 or 8 months and took it up a couple of weeks after the baby was born, because the babywas being bottle fed.Time when she smokes most:1. watching TV2. reading books3. in company4. with friendsTime when she never smokes:1. doing the housework2. on an empty stomachSection IIITask 1: Learning to Predict1.Answer: They’d be exhausted at the end of each performance.Reason: “Otherwise” suggests a result of the opposite condition.2.Answer: I enjoyed it very much.Reason: “Apart from that I must say” often suggests an opposite statement to earlier comments.3.Answer: I stayed up late to finish it.Reason: “And” suggests that the speaker would finish the book at one sit.4.Answer: the book never really got started at all.Reason: After an opinion of agreeme nt, the phrase “in fact”suggests a further comment; the expression “it’s onlyhonest to say” usually introduces a confession- somethingwhich is probably not as good as the one mentioned.5.Answer: I tend to skip parts that don’t really hold my interest.Re ason: “Otherwise” suggests a result of the opposite condition.6.Answer: it was rather long.Reason: “I must admit” suggests an agreement to the otherperson’s opinion.Task 2: DictationBooks Belong to the PastSir,I visited my old school yesterday. It hasn’t changed in thirty years. The pupils were sitting in the same desks and reading the same books. When are schools going to move into the modern world? Books belong to the past. In our homes radio and television bring us knowledge of the world. We can see and hear the truth for ourselves. If we want entertainment most of us prefer a modern film to a classical novel. In the business world computers store information, so that we no longer need encyclopaedias and dictionaries. But in the schools teachers and pupils still use books. There should be a radio and television set in every classroom, and a library of tapes and records in every school. The children of today will rarely open a book when they leave school. The children of tomorrow won’t need to read and Write at all.M. P. MillerLondonLesson 5Section ITask 1: An Unpleasant TripA.Give brief answers to the following questions.1.The Isle of Wight.2.They were not pleased with their hotel.3.He decided to write to the Manager of Happytours.4.A travel Agency.5.The hotel and travel arrangements.6.They will never book any future holidays through Happytours.B.Fill in he blanks with the words used in the brochure and by Mr.Wilson to describe the hotel and travel arrangement.Task 2: At the Travel AgencyA.Multiple Choice. 1—6: acbbcaB.True or False Questions. 1—6: TFTTFTC.Fill in the blanks with the two things that Miss Bush will do.1.her two friends, to stop over with her on the way back.2.Mr. Adams to stop with her in Cairo.Section IIA Saturday AfternoonA.Identification.Name IdentificationGillian Dr. Carmichael’s newresearch assistantDr. Carmichael the president of St.Alfred’s Hospitalthe gardener of the hospitalMauriceFeatherstoneB.Multiple Choice. 1—6: cbaacaC.True or False Questions. 1—8: FFTF TFTTD.Fill in the blanks with information about Maurice.Name: Maurice FeatherstoneSex: maleAge: oldAppearance: clear, blue, honest eyes; white hair and a pinkishcomplexionTemperament: gentle and mild-manneredLength of stay in the hospital: 35 yearsReasons for entering the hospital:1.When he was 17, he burnt down his school.2.Over the next few years, there were a number of mysterious firesin his neighborhood.ter he tried to set fire to the family mansion.Visits from family members: No.Bills: paid on time.E.Blank-filling.1.slightly uneasy, unlocked the gates, waved her through2.withdrawn, depressed, normal, kept locked up, all of them, toodangerous to live in normal society.3.with the staff, a surprise, let him go out for the afternoon,flower show, quite excited, a birthday cake, decorated the lounge. Section IIITask 1: Learning to Predict1.Answer: he fails to employ the correct question form.Reason: “Consequently” suggests a result of the facts mentioned earlier.2.Answer: difficulties may still arise.Reason: “even when” suggests that in spite facts, something else still exists.3.Answer: the student may not have clearly heard what was said.Reason: “In other words” is often followed by an explanation in clearer and easier words.4.Answer: may feel angry at receiving such orders.Reason: “However” suggests an opposite fact.5.Answer: whether crops should be used to produce food or should beused to produce fuel.Reason: “That is” is also followed by an explanation.6.Answer: a small industrial sector.Reason: “At the same time” suggests the coexistence of twothings. Here prediction is also based on common knowledge. Task 2: DictationThe School Holidays Are Too LongToday the children of this country have at last returned to work. After two months’ holiday pupils have started a new term. How manyadults get such long holidays? Two to four weeks in the summer and public holidays--that’s all the working man gets. As for the average woman, she’s lucky to get a holiday at all. Children don’t need such long holidays. In term-time they start work later and finish earlier than anyone else.In the holidays most of them get bored, and some get into trouble. What a waste! If their overworked parents were given more free time instead, everyone would be happier.This isn’t just a national problem either--it’s worldwide. Dates may be different from country to country, but the pattern’s the same. Why should children do half as much work and get twice as much holiday as their parents?Lesson 6Section ITask 1: In the Path of the EarthquakeA.True or False Questions. 1—6: FTFTFFB.Map 1 is a layout of the Skinners’ farm. Mark out the plants andbuildings in the map. Then in map 2 draw a new plan of the Skinners farm after the quake.Map 1:1. farm house2. garden path3. cypresstrees 4. rose garden5. eucalyptus trees6. raspberrypatch7. cow shed8. granaryMap 2:Task 2: A Funny Thing Happened to Me.A.Multiple Choice. 1—6: cabbcaB.Give brief answers to the following questions.st Friday.2.He was a student.3.In London.4.By taxi.5.The taxi got stuck in a traffic jam and the train had left by thetime he got to the station.6.1 hour.7.The station buffet.8.An evening newspaper, the “Standard”.9.At a table near the window.10.He did the crossword puzzle.C.True or False Questions.1—6: FFTTFTD.Blank-filling.1.reached across, opened, took one, dipped, into, popped it into.2.get up and go, pushed back, stood up, hurried out of.Section IIConsolidation: A Very Beautiful StoryA.Give brief answers to the following questions.1.A tape from Gentleman Jim.2.Yesterday.3.Jim’s wife.4.There was a message hidden in the tape.5.Half the police force in London and 3 experts.6.Nothing had been found yet.7.Happy memories and things.8.In his words.B.True or False Statements.1—8: FTFF TTFTC.Discuss with your classmates what message is hidden in GentlemanJim’s recording.D.Listen to the 2nd part of the policeman’s discussion and list all thethings they feel unusual about Gentleman Jim’s recording.1.Jim keeps telling his wife to play the message over and over again.2.Jim tells his wife that she’ll find something comforting.3.Jim keeps saying “very beautiful” over and over again.4.The speech doesn’t sound natural.E.Listen to Gentleman Jim’s recording again and work out the message.Answer: There are 2 gold bricks in the garden under the big red rose tree.Section IIITask 1: Listening to Predict1.Answer: a glance at the headings of sections or sub-sections willshow the order in which the items are introduced.Reason: “In addition” is followed by a supplementary idea.Prediction here is also based on common knowledge.2.Answer: providing a summary which can be re-read later.Reason: “As well as” is often followed by an idea of the same importance as the one before “as well as”.3.Answer: may not appear in a bibliography.Reason: “However” suggests an opposite idea.4.Answer: (no more than try to cover the most important ones here.Reason: “Therefore” suggests a result.5.Answer: it doesn’t.Reason: “Unfortunately” suggests that something opposite toone’s expectation will happen.6.Answer: it’s still important.Reason: “Though” suggests that in spite of the fact that follows, something still happens.Task 2: DictationSign LanguageDeaf people, people who can’t hear, are still able to communicatequite well with a special language. It’s called sign language. The speaker of sign language uses hand gestures in order to communicate.Basic sign language has been used for a long, long time, but signlanguage wasn’t really developed until about 250 years ago. In themiddle of the 1700s a Frenchman named Epée developed sign language. Epée was able to speak and hear, but he worked during most of his life as a teacher of deaf people in France. Epée developed a large number of vocabulary words for sign language. Epée taught these words to his deaf students. Epée’s system used mostly picture :image signs. We call them picture image signs because the signs create a picture. For example, the sign for sleep is to put both hands together, and then to place the hands flat against the right side of your face, and then to lower your head slightly to the right. This action was meant to show the position of sleep. So we call it a picture image sign.Lesson 7Section ITask 1: Learning a Foreign LanguageA.Multiple Choice. 1—4: bcaaB.True or False Questions. 1—4: FTTFC.Give brief answers to the following questions.1.Albert Humphries.2.Balham, London.3.4 years.4.He has been going to an evening class and has watched quite a lotof the BBC television programmes.5.They use a different book in the class.6.They make the same mistakes as he does.7.It means being able to put together the right groups of words andto say them in a reasonably accurate way.Task 2: In the LibraryA.Multiple Choice. 1—6: bbcacaB.True or False Questions. 1—6: TTFTFTC.Give brief answers to the following questions.1.Round the corner.2.A 20p a day fine for each book.3.Tahiti.4.No.D.Blank-filling.1.5 pounds, you damage them, entitles you, 2 records at a time,everything available, be much more popular than.2.telephone to renew the books.3.we get back, worth all the bother, some paperbacks in the airport,I’ve been such a nuisance.Section IITask 1: Lessoned World CollegesA.Give brief answers to the following questions.1．On the phone.2．Some information about the college.3．Robert Creighton.4．Julian’s friend in Spain.5．English.6．No. There are scholarships for all colleges, but parents will have to pay too.7．Yes. But academic ability is not the only thing important. Personal qualities will also be considered.8．Maturity, the ability to get on well with people from different countries.B.Blank-filling.1.the line, put you through to2.Pacific College, French, may be taught in Italian3.painting and modern dancing4.probably, the staff at the college, special activities, theatrestudies, environmental work, take partTask 2: I Remember …A.Multiple Choice. 1—6: baabcaB.True or False Questions. 1—8: TTTF FTTTSection IIITask 1: Learning to Rephrase。
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Unit 1Part I Getting readyA.B. Keys:1: burning of the forests/tree rem oval (deforestation)/reduction of the world's rain forests2: global warming/greenhouse effect/emissions of CO2Part II The Earth at risk (I)A. Keys:1.a. More people--------m ore firewood----fewer treesb. More domestic anim als------m ore plants-----fewer available plantsa, b-- More desert----m ove south-----desrtt expanding south----no grass2. Growing crops stabilize soil, without them the top soil just blows away. But if t here isn't enough rain the crops don't grow.3. People try to grow food to support them selves or to create ranches where cattle can be raised, or to get hardwood for export, or to m ake way for an iron ore mineB. Keys:1: Sahara Desert2: North Am erica & most of Europe3: top soil blowing away4: tropical forests destruction5: animal/plant species becom ing extinct6: clim ate change for the whole worldPart III The Earth at risk (II)A. Keys:1: Trees would hold rainfall in their roots. When forests in the higher up-river have been destroyed, all the rain that falls in the m onsoon season flows straight into the river and starts the flooding.2: He implies that som e national governments just consider the results of their policies in the near future, or just think as far ahead as the next election.B. Keys:1: flooding in Bangladesh2: Action to be taken3: population controlPart IV More about the topic: The Effects of Global WarmingKeys:1: Warming up of the world2: Effects of global3: reduced potential for food production4: change of patterns of hear-related food poisoning, etc.Part V Do you know…?A. Keys:1: F 2: F 3: F 4: F 5: TB. Keys:Dos 1: your towels 2: Cut out 3: a wall-fire 4: fridge 5: wait until you've a full load 6: a complete m ealDon’ts 7: iron everything 8: the iron up 9: the kettle 10: to the brim11: hot foodTape script of Unit 1Part I Getting readyA.B.1.The Am azon forests are disappearing because of increased burning and tree removal. In September, satellite pictures showed more than 20000 fires burning in the Amazon. Experts say m ost of these fires were set by farm ers. The farm ers were attem pting to clear land to grow crops. The World Wildlife Fund says another serious problem is that too m any trees in the Am azon rain forest are being cut down. The World Wildlife Fund says the fires show the need for urgent international action to protect the world's rain forests. The group warns that without such action som e forests could be lost forever.2. Environmental issues swell to the full in Berlin this week, for the UN spongsored conference on global warming and clim ate change is the first such m eeting since the Rio summit three years ago. With scientists and governments now generally ready to accept that the earth clim ate is being affected by emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, over a hundred countries are sending delegations. But how m uch progress has been made implementing the greenhouse gas reduction target agreed on at Rio? Simon Dary reports...Part II The Earth at risk (I)A.I (Interviewer): Brian Cowles is the producer of a new series of documentaries called "The Earth at Risk" which can be seen on Channel 4 later this m onth. Each program deals with a different continent, doesn't it, Brian?B (Brian Cowles): That's right. We went to Am erica, both North and South and then we went over to Africa and South-East Asia.I: And what did you find in each of these continents?B: Starting with Africa, our film shows the impact of the population on the environment. Generally speaking, this has caused the Sahara Desert to expand. It's a bit of a vicious circle we find. People cut down trees for firewood and their domestic animals eat all the available plants — and so consequently they have to m ove south as the Sahara Desert expands further south. I m ean, soon the whole of Mali will becom e a desert. And in East Africa: here the grasslands are supporting too m any animals and the result is, of course, there's no grass — nothing for the animals to eat.I: I see. And the next film deals with North Am erica?B: That's right. In the USA, as you know, intensive agriculture requires a plentiful supply of rain for these crops to grow, I mean if there isn't enough rain the crops don't grow. And growing crops stabilize soil, without them the top soil just blows away. This is also true for any region that is intensely farmed — most of Europe, for example. I: And what did you find in South Am erica?B: In South Am erica (as in Central Africa and Southern Asia) tropical forests are being cut down at an alarming rate. This is done so that people can support them selves by growing food or to create ranches where cattle can be raised to be exported to Europe or Am erica as tinned m eat. The problem is that the soil is so poor that only a couple of harvests are possible before this very thin soil becom es exhausted. And it can't be fed with fertilizers like agricultural land in Europe.For example, in Brazil in 1982 an area of jungle the size of Britain and France com bined was destroyed to m ake way for an iron ore m ine. Huge numbers of trees are being cut down for exports as hardwood to Japan, Europe, USA to m ake things like luxury furniture. These forests can't be replaced — the forest soil is thin and unproductive and in just a few years, a jungle has becom e a waste land. Tropical forests contain rare plants (which we can use for m edicines, for example) and animals — one animal or plant species becom es extinct every half hour. These forest trees also have worldwide effects. You know, they convert carbon dioxide into oxygen. The consequence of destroying forests is not only that the clim ate of that region changes (because there is less rainfall) but this change affects the whole world. I mean, over half the world's rain forest has been cut down this century.Part III The Earth at risk (II)A.I: So, Brian, would you agree that what we generally think of as natural disasters are in fact m an-m ade?B: Yes, by and large. I mean, obviously not hurricanes or earthquakes, but take flooding, for example. Practically every year, the whole of Bangladesh is flooded and this is getting worse. You know, the cause is that forests have been cut down up in Nepal and India, I mean higher up-river in the Himalayas. Trees would hold rainfall in their roots, but if they've been cut down all the rain that falls in the m onsoon season flows sraight into the river Ganges and floods the whole country. The reason for flooding in Sudan is the sam e — the forests higher up the Blue Nile in Ethiopia have been destroyed too.I: Well, this all sounds terribly depressing. Um ... What is to be done? I m ean, can anything be done, in fact?B: Yes, of course it can. First, the national governments have to be forward-looking and consider the results of their policies in ten or twenty years, not just think as far ahead as the next election. Som ehow, all the countries in the world have to work together on an international basis. Secondly, the population has to be controlled in som e way: there are too many people trying to live off too little land. Thirdly, we don't need tropical hardwood to m ake our furniture — it's a luxury people in the West m ust do without. Softwoods are just as good, less expensive and can be produce d on environment-friendly "tree farms", where trees are replaced at the sam e rate that they are cut down.I: And, presumably, education is important as well. People must be educated to realize the consequences of their actions?B: Yes, of course.I: Well, thank you, BrianB.I: So, Brian, would you agree that what we generally think of as ... er... as er ... natural disasters are in fact m an-m ade?B: Yes, by and large ... er ... I m ean, obviously not hurricanes or earthquakes, but take flooding, for example. I mean, practically every year, the whole of Bangladesh is flooded and this is getting worse. You know, the cause is that forests have been cut down up in Nepal and India ... I m ean ... higher up-river in the Himalayas. Trees ...er ... would hold rainfall in their roots, but if they've been cut down all the rain that falls in the monsoon season flows straight into the river Ganges and floods the whole country. The reason for flooding in Sudan is the sam e — the forests higher up the Blue Nile in Ethiopia have been destroyed too.I: Well, this all sounds terribly depressing. Um ... what is to be done? I m ean, can anything be done, in fact?B: Yes, of course it can ... er ... first, the national governments have to beforward-looking and consider the results of their policies in ten or twenty years, not just think as far ahead as the next election. Som ehow, all the countries in the world have to work together on an international basis. Secondly, the population has to be controlled in some way: there are too m any people trying to live off too little land. Thirdly, we don't need tropical hardwood to m ake our furniture — it's a luxury people in the Westmust do without. Softwoods are just as good, less expensive and can be produced on environment-friendly "tree farms", where trees are replaced at the sam e rate that they are cut down.I: And, presumably, education is important as well. People must be educated to realize the consequences ... um ... of their actions?B: Yes, yes of course.I: Well, thank you, Brian.Part IV More about the topic: The Effects of Global WarmingThe world is warming up. We know this because average temperatures are the highest since scientists started m easuring them 600 years ago. The increase is about 0.2℃every year. This m ay seem very slight, but we know that slight changes in tem perature can have a big effect on other things. Most scientists now believe this global warming is due to hum an activity.Jeff Jenkins is head of Britain's Climate Prediction Center. He explains how global warming can happen."Sunlight strikes the earth and warms it up. At the sam e tim e heat leaves the earth, but part of that is trapped by carbon dioxide and other gases in the earth's at m osphere. That has been happening ever since the earth was form ed. But the fear is that increasing amounts of carbon dioxide produced by industrial processes and transport and so on will lead to a greater warming of the earth's surface. So that's the golbal warming that people are concerned about."People are m ost concerned about the use of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are oil, coal, wood and so on. When these burn, they produce the gas carbon dioxide. Many scientists agree that an increase in the am ount of carbon dioxide and som e of the gases in the atm osphere will increase the am ount of warming. Computers are being used to predict what this m ay mean. They showed that there could be great changes in rainfall and the rise in the sea level as ice caps in the north and south poles melt. This could have a serious effect on agriculture according to Prof. Martin Perry of University College in London. He says it could becom e m ore difficult to grow food in the tropics at lower latitudes nearer to the equator."The m ost clear pattern em erging is the possibility of reduced potential production in lower latitude regions, and m ost generally speaking, increased potential in higher latitude regions. Lower latitude regions are already warm, to put it extrem ely simply, and plants there are quite near their limits of heat and drought stress. An increase in tem perature or reduction in moisture would place limits on crop growth."Wom an: Global warming could reduce food production in lower latitude regions. Lower latitude regions are already warm. Global warming could put more stress o n plans and place limits on crop growth.Food production is only one area that could be affected. There could also be health and social problems. Prof. Antony MacMichael of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine believes that som e rural areas are already suffering. And the insects and bacteria could spread disease m ore easily."Already a number of rural populations around the world are suffering from the decline of agricultural system s. Climate change would add to this. And we would expect that it would accelerate the flood of environmental refugees around the world. But it includes not just the food production system s, but the patterns of distribution of insects and infective agents around the world. It includes likely effects on patterns of hear-related food poisoning, water contamination and diarrhea diseases, lots of things like this that would respond sensitively to changes in clim ate."Wom an: Global warming could affect the distribution of insects. Global warming could change patterns of heat-related food poisoning.Many countries now agree that som ething must be done to reduce the danger of global warming. But a worldwide agreement on lowering the production of carbon dioxide has been difficult to reach. This is because m any econom ies depend on fossil fuels like oil. Scientists believe it's now the politicians in every region of the world who need to take action.Part V Do you know…?Environment has taken rather a back seat politically since the Earth summit in Rio de Janeiro nearly 5 years ago. But the problems that m eeting highlighted had not gone away. One environmental think tank — the International Food Policy Research Institute — has been looking at the future of water and its report reflects growing concern at the huge leap in usage over the past few years.In some parts of the world, water consumption has increased five fold. And the institute, known by its initials IFPRI, says shortages could soon becom e the trigger for conflict and a m ajor barrier to feeding the world's growing popu lation. Here's Richard Black of our Science Unit."It's often been said that water rather than oil will be the cause of warfare in the next century. According to the IFPRI report, the tim e when that happens might not be far away. The num ber of people affec ted by water shortage will increase ten fold over the next 30 years, it says, which could well lead to large scale conflicts.The m ain reason why water is becoming a scarce resource is agriculture, which now accounts for 70% of water consum ption worldwide, 90% in some developing countries. Countless farmers have switched from growing indigenous crops for the hom e m arket to high yield export varieties, which inevitably need far more water. But the IFPRI report says that in som e regions water shortage is now the single biggest impediment to feeding the population. Water scarci ty also leads to water pollution. In the Indian State of West Bengal, for example, over extraction of water from bore holes has led to arsenic poisoning which is estimated to have affected two m illion people so far. But the IFPRI report calls for better water m anagement worldwide including financial incentives to encourage conservation."That report by Richard Black of our Science Unit.Unit 2Part I Getting readyA.B. Keys:1: International Union for the Conservation of Nature,United Nations, wildlife, policies2: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species,trade, animals and plants, 1975, prohibits, 8000, controls,300003: United Nations Environmental Program,leadership, environment, quality of life4: World Wide Fund for Nature(formerly World Wildlife Fund) ,1961, Sahara Desert, North America & m ost of Europe,top soil blowing awayC. Keys:1: 2 2: 4 3: 5 4: 1,6 5: 3Questions:1: They work to conserve natural areas that contain endangered wildlife2: They are campaigning to provide sea sanctuaries for some ofthese endangered species.Protected-nesting sites for turtles have been set up3: It refers to the places of safety in the sea where sea anim als are protected and allowed to live freelyPart III Dolphin captivityA.B. Keys:1: 1 2: 3 3: 4 4: 5 5: 26: Dolphins should be kept in captivity.7: There are educational benefits of keeping m arine mammals in captivity.C. Keys:1: stress (family-oriented) 2: sonar bouncing off3: average age of death; life getting better for captive dolphins4: natural behabior patterns-altered5: suffering from fractured skulls, ribs or jaws6: can't learn from animals in the wild how they operate, breed, what they need, etc. Part IV More about the topic: Birds----A Source of WealthKeys:1：9300 2：Habitat 3：warmer climates 4：300 different species5：colder climates 6：habitat alteration 7：estheti c value 8：Birds' populationTape script of unit 2Part I Getting readyA: Hello, I'm calling on behalf of the World Wildlife Fund.B: The what?A: The World Wildlife Fund. If you've got a few minutes I'd like to tell you what that means.B: Oh, all right.A: We work to conserve natural areas that contain endangered wildlife. The seas, for example, have becom e polluted by the industrialized world; whales are being hunted to extinction; turtles are rolled off their eggs when they com e ashore to breed or are slaughtered for their m eat and oil …B: Oh.A: Crocodiles are killed to m ake handbags and shoes; walruses are huntedfor their ivory.B: I see.A: Seals are bludgeoned to death to provide fur coats and the threat of extinction hangs over several species of whale, dolphin and porpoise.B: Really.A: We are now cam paigning to provide sea sanctuaries for some of these endangered species.B: Very interesting.A: Aided by our campaign, protected nesting sites for turtles have already been set up. As you can see, this is very valuable work and I wonder therefore if you'd like to m ake a donation?Part III Dolphin captivityA: A planned aquatic park in Denver is raising the ire of animal rights activists who object to a proposal to include a captive dolphin display. Although officials for Colorado's Ocean Journeys say they have yet to m ake a final decision on the issue, local and national activists have already instigated a "No Dolphins in Denver' cam paign. As Colorado Public Radio's Peter Jones reports, the battle lines have been cle arly drawn. P: Rick Troud, a former navy dolphin trainer based in Florida, is taking an active role in the "No Dolphins" cam paign.R: Average age in the wild ranges anywhere in some of the studies between 30 and 40 years of age. In captivity, you can expec t a dolphin to live m aybe 5.13 years, and every 7 years in captivity, the dolphin population is dead.P: According to Troud, there are many reasons why dolphins can't live full lives incaptivity.R: If you take a look at where the real dolphin is in the real ocean, you find the dolphin who swims 40 miles a day, is very family-oriented. These anim als are separated from their mothers; that's a stress. You put them in a concrete tank where their sonar bounces off of walls, they can't swim in the sam e am ount of tim e and direction that they can in the wild.P: Environmentalist and ocean explorer, Jean Michel Cousteau:J: There are som e animals which reject captivity right away, and they're very suicidal. I've had one of those in m y own arms for many days. The next m orning when I cam e to take care of him, he was dead. And what he'd done was to swim as fast as he could from one end of the pool on ... to the other side and destroyed his head by hitting the wall. They have a very sophisticated brain. I don't think we have any rights to play with the lives of these anim als.P: Cousteau's anti-captivity position is challenged by Dr. Deborah Duffield, a biology professor at Portland State College in Oregon. Her 1990 study com pared captive dolphins to the wild population of Sarasota Bay, Florida. Among other findings, the study showed little if any difference in the average age of death. And Duffield says life is generally getting better for captive dolphins.D: The census data say that every tim e I do a census, I've got older and older animals in it as well as this normal age distribution that we've been looking at. So my feeling is that the trend in captivity has been that the group of animals that we're following are getting older, and if they continue to do that over the next five years, they will then indeed be older than the wild population.P: There is also a debate over the educational benefits of keeping m arine m ammals in captivity. According to Duffield, captive dolphins play an important role in our basic understanding of the animals.D: I firmly believe that we cannot learn anything about organisms that we share this world with if we do not understand how they live in an environment, and what they do, and that watching them go by in the wild will not do it. I cannot tell what an animal needs, unless I know how it operates, how it breeds, what it needs m etabolically, and I can't learn that from animals in the wild.P: But Troud says the dolphin displays are anti-educational because the animals' natural behavior patterns are altered by captivity.R: In the wild, you don't have dolphins who beat each other to death. There are no dolphins that I've ever seen stranded on the beach, who are suffering from fractured skulls, fractured ribs or fractured jaws, as is the case in captivity.P: The Ocean Journey board will take all factors into consideration before m aking a final decision on whether to include dolphins in the park. For Colorado Public Radio, I'm Peter Jones.Part IV More about the topic: Birds----A Source of WealthMr. LeBaron says there are about 9 300 different known species of birds. Larger numbers of them live in the warmer climates. For example, more than 300 differentspecies have been counted in Panam a, while far fewer species are native to colder clim ates. Aside from their esthetic value, Mr. LeBaron says birds are important to the environment because they can signal changes in it."Birds are one of the best indicators that we have of the quality of the environment within the given area. Whether it is a relatively local area, or even primarily on the worldwide bases, they are one of the first things to be altered. They are quite sensitive to a habitat alteration or to other threats. And often tim es when birds are disappearing out of the area, it just m eans there is a degradation of the quality of the habitat within that area which will adversely affect everything in there including humans."National Audubon Society editor Jeffrey LeBaron calls the world's bird populations a source of wealth that hum ans must protect."People get so much pleasure out of looking at birds and listening to birds. And if they start disappearing just the er, the quality of life, um, may be not physically, but the m ental quality of life can be degraded quickly."Jeffrey LeBaron says that while the National Audubon Society's annual Christ m as bird counts show a decline in some species, m any types of birds are actually increasing their populations.Unit 3Part I Getting readyA.B. Keys:Weather condition:1: Partly sunny 2: Partly cloudy 3: Periods of clouds and sunshine 4: Expecting snow Tem peratures:1: -2 2: 1 3: 5 4: 0 5: 8 6: -2 7: 10 8: 1 9: 5 10: -7 11: -9 12: -4C.D. Keys:1: warm er 2: Green house effect 3: sea levels 4: clim ate zonesE. Keys:1: North or south of equator 2: Typhoon 3: Eastern PacificPart II El EinoA. Keys:1: weather pattern 2: global climate 3: twice a decade 4: 12-18 m onths5: warm er weather 6: wetter than usual 7: drier 8: the decline of winds9: droughtsB. Keys:1: a cyclic weather pattern 2: about twice a decade 3: wetter 4: drier5: cold water away from South America's west6: expand eastward toward the Am erica's 7: m ove eastward too8: the weather around the world 9: droughts 10: rains and flooding11: the South Am erican fishing industry 12: to becom e depletive13: the strength of itPart IV More about the topic: The National Climatic Data CenterA. Keys:1: 1951 2: headquarters3: satellites, radar, solar radiation system s, airplanes, ships4: collecting weather records from around the world5: publications about earth environment6: requests for information from all over the worldB. Keys:1: The Depart ment of Defense, the National Weather Service, the coastguard.2: The office has written weather observations made by early American diplomat Benjamin Franklin and by the third President of the U.S.3: You can get the information by com puter, microfilm and telephone.4: One has monthly and yearly records about weather conditions in about 270Am erican cities. Another publication has m onthly reports from 15 00 observation stations around the world.5: The center had m ore than 900 000 requests from government officials, business owners, weather researchers and the general public last year.Part V Do you know…?Keys:1: Little girl 2: the western coast of South Am erica 3: the Pacific coast4: winter months 5: one to two 6: the eastern Pacific Ocean 7: those of El Nino8: drier 9: wetterTape script of unit 3Part I Getting readyA.BC.Looking here at Wednesday's weather forecast for Europe. It's certainly clear that winter is starting to take its grip on the continent. Berlin on Wednesday, mostly cloudy and very cold, and -2 degrees for your high. Brussels, Belgium, a little warmer at one degree, partly sunny. London, 5 degrees for your high, mostly cloudy throughout the day. In Paris, your high tem perature is 0 degrees on Wednesday, partly cloudy as well. Rome, 8 degrees for your high, with periods of clouds and sunshine. And Vienna, Austria, -2 degrees on Wednesday, cloudy and of course cold. Athens, Greece, a little warmer at 10 degrees, periods of clouds and sunshine on Wednesday. Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1 degree for your high, m ostly cloudy. Istanbul, 5 degrees, and partly sunny. And Kiev, Ukra ine, -7 degrees, and you can expect snow. Moscow, -9 degrees on Wednesday, also snowy. And in Prague, the Czech Republic, -4 degrees with snow flurries, so sounds like typical of weather for that area of the world. Let's look at what we have here in Washington D.C., no snow yet, but it will be coming.D.As 1998 ends and people look forward to the last year of the century, the World Almanac spoke with experts about what com es next. Almanac editorial director says the experts believe the next century will b ring lots of changes."Warm, of course, that our clim ate is going to continue getting warmer. That's the subject, by the way, of another new article on the 1999 World Almanac. The greenhouse effect, exactly what causes it, and what steps to be taken to, um, perhaps, to alleviate global warmings. I've seen recently that 1998 is going to go down as the warmest year ever on record. And so that's going to be a m ajor issue of the next century, and possible tremendous consequences of the global warmings, whether it is rising sea levels affecting the coastal areas; changes in climate zones affecting what crops can be grown, and in what regions. This is potentially a very significant trend to be watched."E.Major ocean storm s in the northern part of the world usually develop in late summer or autumn over waters near the equator. They are known by several different nam es. Scientists call these storm s cyclones when they happen just north or south of the equator in the Indian Ocean. In the western Pacific Ocean or the China Sea, these storm s are called typhoons. In the eastern Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, they are called hurricanes.Part II El EinoSatellite readings confirm that conditions are right for another El Nino, a cyclic weather pattern that affects the global climate."El Nino's normally show up about twice a decade and it lasts about 12 to 18 m onths, bringing warmer weather to parts of the earth. Som e regions becom e wetter than usual, others drier. The El Nino, which began in 1991 has lingered through this year. Although several years might have been expected to pass before the next one, anAm erican-French satellite observing the oceans has found a sign that El Nino may com e back quicker than expected."'These kinds of things still happen.' This is Brig Jacker, an oceanographer of the US Naval Research Laboratory in Mississippi.。
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News Item 1:1. Gen eral comprehe nsion, choose the best an swer (a, b, c, or d) to complete each of the followi ng stateme nts⑴ David Jacobse n was ___ b ___ . _a. US colonel stationed in West Germanyb. a freed America n hostagec. one of the rema ining captives in Leba nond. the man who worked to gain the release of hostages in Leba non⑵ Terry Waite wan ted _ c _____ . _a. to criticize the US government's handling of the hostage situationb. to have his checkups at the air force hospitalc. to continue with his efforts to gain the release of other hostagesd. to show his tha nks to the Reaga n adm ini strati on(3) The doctor's in itial impressi on is that _d . _a. the hostage has heart-break ing disappo in tme ntsb. the hostage has n't dealt well with the stresses of his captivityrc. the hostage is very tired both physically and men tallyd. the hostage is physically in very good con diti on2. Identification. Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II by recog nizing the pers on's occupati on or remarksColu mn I(4) Preside nt Reaga n(1) Charles MoffittColum n IIa. "There's no way to tell right⑶ Terry Waite that."(2) David Jacobse nnow. We've bee n work ing on⑶ Terry Waite that."c. colon el, hospital directorof other captives in Leba non An swer: (1) c;⑵ d;⑶ b;⑷ a.News Item 2:1. Gen eral Comprehe nsion. Choose the best an swer (a, b, c, or d) to complete the followi ng stateme nt.Mr. Reaga n was in Las Vegas ___ b ___ ._a. compla ining about Jim Santini* b. campaig ning for Republica n can didate Jim San ti nic. accompa nying Republica n can didate Jim San ti nid. campaig ning for Democrat Harry Reed2. Focusing on Details. Fill in the detailed information accord ing to what you have heard.running behindDemocrat, Harry Reed.News Item 3:1. Gen eral Comprehe nsion. Choose the best an swer (a, b, c or d) to complete the follow ing stateme ntIn Mozambique today Chissa no __ d _____ . _a. died in a pla ne crashb. an An glica n Church envoyd. appealed today for the release... Jim San ti ni, who is。
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⽆忧考英语听⼒频道为⼤家整理的listen to this 3 答案及原⽂，供⼤家参考:)1. forty2. fifteen3. a hundred and fifteen4. three hundred and eighty5. three thousand four hundred and eighty6. twenty a7. thirty b8. fourteen d1. four eight two six three four2. seven two one five o six3. six nine seven double two four4. five six four three eight o1. nineteen eighty-two2. nineteen eighty-seven3. nineteen seventy-one4. fourteen ninety-two5. ten sixty-six6. eighteen thirty-two1. the fourteenth of July2. the second of October3. the twenty-third of March4. April the tenth5. the thirty-first of January1. thirty-two High Street2. a hundred and fifty-two Piccadilly3. forty-eight Sutton Road4. eighteen Bristol Square1. nine thirty2. ten forty-five3. eleven ten4. three fifteen5. six forty-five1. Doctor Smith2. Saint Thomas3. Bond Street4. Mrs. Archer5. Eton Avenue6. Eden Square1. C-H-E-S-T2. D-I-Z-Z-Y3. F-L-O-W-E-R4. J-O-K-I-N-G5. L-E-M-O-N6. Q-U-I-E-T7. W-A-V-E8. G-R-E-A-T1. Don't go.2. I can't see.3. It isn't true.4. I'll tell you.a. Dr. Blake wasn't born until 1934.b. I'll see you at nine forty-five.c. She doesn't live in Oxford Street.d. You weren't with us on the twenty-first of May.e. I'd like to phone Eastleigh, that'sE-A-S-T-L-E-I-G-H. Six eight two double four eight.f. Mrs. Jones has an appointment at eight am.g. A northeast wind will bring rain to the London area tomorrow.Now listen carefully.Look at Practice 1. Put number 3 in box A. Put number 6 in box B. Put number 7 in box C. Now add the numbers.Look at Practice 2. Put number 8 in box A. Put number 2 in box C. Put number 1 in box B. Add the numbers.Look at Practice 3. Put number 7 in box B. Put number 2 in box C. Put number 4 in box A. Add the numbers.1. Does she work in a supermarket?2. Does she work in a bank?3. Does he work in a chemist?4. Does he work in a big shop?5. Does she work in a hotel?6. Does she work in a shoe shop?7. Does he work in a shoe shop?—My name's King.—How do you spell that?—K-I-N-G. I live in Hampstead. —How's that spelt? —H-A-M-P-S-T-E-A-D.。
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l i s t e n t o t h i s英语中级听力答案及原文集团标准化办公室：[VV986T-J682P28-JP266L8-68PNN]英语中级听力参考答案Answer Keys to Listen to This: 2Edited by莫显良、马军军、张凤英、陈燕Lesson 1Section ITask 1: This Is Your Life!A.Choose the best answer (a, b or c) to complete each of the followingstatements.1—6: caacbaB.True or False Questions.1—6: TFFFFTC.Identification.(1)—(b), (2)—(d), (3)—(f), (4)—(g), (5)—(a), (6)—(c), (7)—(e)plete the following résumé for Jason Douglas.Name: Jason DouglasFormer name: Graham SmithProfession: actorDate of birth: July 2, 19471952: started school1958: moved to Lane End Secondary School1966: went to the London School of Drama1969: left the London School of Drama1973: went to Hollywood1974: were in a movie with Maria MontroseTask 2: What Are Your Ambitions?A.Give brief answers to the following questions.1.Radio Station QRX.2.For a survey.3.Four.4.Six.5.(1) What’s your name?(2) What do you do for a living?(3) What do you do for fun?(4) What’s the most exciting thing that’s happened to you recently?(5) Who do you admire most in this world?(6) What do you want to be doing five years from now?B.Fill in the following chart with answers that each interviewee gives tothe questions.Section IIA.Choose the best answer (a, b or c) for each of the following questions.1—6: abaccbB.True or False Questions.1—4: FTFFC.Fill in the following chart with information about the journey theRoman army made according to Trevor.Designation: D CompanyNumber of men: one hundred and moreJourney: from France to BritainMeans of transcript: boatWeather conditions: stormyFood: cat foodDrink: rain waterConditions of weapons after landing: uselessFighting: noneEquipment lost or damaged: boat lost, guns full of water, supplies of wine lostSoldiers killed or wounded: about ten survivors, all others drowned or killed by coldD.Point out what is not true in Trevor’s story.The following did not exist in Roman times:petrol, newspaper, matches, trousers, tinned food, taps, guns, wine bottles.50 BC could not appear on a coin. 50-55 BC is counting backwards.E.Fill in the blanks according to what you hear on the tape.1.terrible, stormy, or more of us, shut in, so bad, sick, stuffy.2.pushed up onto the sands, climbed out, jumping into the, strugglingto the, up to my shoulder, freezing.3.came and took us away, joined, going into the camp, a hot meal,clean clothes, given our pay.Section IIITask 1: Learning to Predict1.Answer: trying to write a letterReason: The speaker’s question suggests he needs a quietsurrounding to do something.2.Hint: the first speaker is a guest complaining about the conditionsof Room 43 which is a single room. The second speaker is a hotelclerk who suggests that the guest move to a double room.Answer: is the only single room available at the momentReason: The phrase “I’m afraid” often suggests a negative orunsatisfying answer.3.Answer: Where on earth did you get it?Reason: The second speaker’s surprised tone shows that the money is out of her expectation and she must be curious about how it isgained.4.Answer: You mustn’t discriminate against someone just because theyare married.Reason: The word “but” suggests an opposite meaning.5.Answer: I wouldn’t mind being a prince.Reason: The man’s questioning tone shows he doesn’t agree with the woman.6.Answer: I’m not a workaholic.Reason: The word “but” suggests an opposite meaning.7.Answer: he had been.Reason: “But” and “possibly” both give some hint.Task 2: DictationPassage 1: The KnowledgeBecoming a London taxi driver isn’t easy. In order to obtain a licence to drive a taxi in London, candidates have to pass a detailed examination. They have to learn not only the streets, landmarks and hotels, but also the quickest way to get there. This is called “The Knowledge” by London Cab drivers and it can take years of study and practice to get ‘The Knowledge’. Candidates are examined not only on the quickest routes but also on the quickest routes at different times of the day. People who want to pass the examination spend much of their free time driving or even cycling around London, studying maps and learning the huge street directory by heart.Passage 2: The UndergroundTravelling on the London underground (the ‘tube’) presents few difficulties for visitors because of the clear colour- coded maps. It is always useful to have plenty of spare change with you because there are often long queues at the larger stations. If you have enough change you can buy your ticket from a machine. You will find signs which list the stations in alphabetical order, with the correct fares, near the machines. There are automatic barriers which are operated by the tickets. You should keep the ticket, because it is checked at the destination.Lesson 2Section ITask1: Film EditingA.True or False Questions.1—4: TFTFB.Fill in the following blanks to give a clear picture of what needs tobe done before a film is ready for distribution.1. The assistant:a. “Synching up” which means matching sound and pictures accordingto the numbers stamped along the edge of the film and sound tape.b. “Logging” which means recording the detail version of the filmand the sound in a log book.2. The film editor:a. Make a first selection of the best takes.b. Prepare a “rough cut”– an initial version of the film.c. Prepare the “fine cut”– the final form of the film.3. Others:a. Approve the fine cut.b. “Dubbing” which means voices, music, background noises andsometimes special effects are put together.c. The “neg” cutters cut the original negatives on the film so thatthese match the edited film exactly.Task 2: A Vision of the FutureA.Choose the best answer for each of the following questions.1—6: abacccB.True of False Questions.1—4: TFTFC.Fill in the blanks to give a clear picture of the problems New Yorkfaces in the movie.1.40 million2.have no apartment, sleep on the steps of the building, crawl oversleeping people to get inside.3.nothing will grow, they never see the sun.4.soylent: soylent red, soylent yellow, and soylent green. 2, soybeans,soylent green, ocean plants.5.90 degree.6.electricity, ride bicycles to make it.Section IITask 1: American IndiansA.Answer the following questions briefly.1.1492.2.He thought that he had arrived in India.3.They were kind to them and wanted to help.4.(1) They wanted bigger farms and more land for themselves; (2) Moreimmigrants came from Europe.5.It was their mother. Everything came from and went back to theirmother. And it was for everybody.6.They started fighting back.7.By 1875 the Indians had lost the fight and had to live in“reservations”.8.The Indians are bad and the White man is good and brave in Hollywoodfilms.B.Choose the best answer for each of the following questions.1—4: acbcTask 2: New AustraliansA.Identification:1.(1)—(d), (2)—(b), (3)—(a), (4)—(c)2.(a) more than 15 million,(b) 160, 000,(c) the year 1851,(d) 700, 000B.True or False questions.1—6: FTFFTTC.Fill in the blanks with events connected with the following timeexpressions.1.Italiansa.the 1850s and 1860s: Different states in Italy were fighting forindependence and some Italians went to Australia for politicalreasons. Some others went there for gold.b.1891: The first group of 300 Italians went to work in the sugar-cane fields of northern Australia.c.The end of the 19th century: Some good Italian fishermen went towestern Australia.2.Greeksa.1830: The first Greeks went to work in vineyards in south-easternAustralia.b.The 1860s; There were about 500 Greeks in Australia.c.1890; There were Greek Cafes and restaurants all over Sydney andout in the countryside.d.After WWII: Many Greeks arrived in Australia.Section IIITask 1: Learning to Predict1.Answer: It’s good exercise. Keeps you fit.Reason: The word “yeah” suggests that the boy will say somethingin agreement with the woman’s comment.2.Answer: We turn the music up really loud and start dancing.Reason: The phrase “why not” suggests that the boys will simplydance in the street.3.Answer: They can’t do it like me yet.Reason: The word “but” suggests an opposite meaning.4.Answer: It’s a very old book.Reason: The word “actually” also suggests an opposite meaning.5.Answer: Write down your address and I’ll get the boy to bring themround.Reason: The conversation takes place in a store. If the store owneragrees to deliver the goods, the only thing he wants to know will be the address of the customer.6.Answer: Tell us all about it over dinner.Reason: The woman sounds very much interested in the man’sexperience. So she will certainly ask the man to tell her somethingabout it.Task 2: DictationThe Foolish FrogOnce upon a time a big, fat frog lived in a tiny shallow pond. He knew every plant and stone in it, and he could swim across it easily. He was the biggest creature in the pond, so he was very important. When he croaked, the water-snails listened politely. And the water-beetles always swam behind him. He was very happy there.One day, while he was catching flies, a pretty dragon-fly passed by.‘You’re a very fine frog,’ she sang, ‘but why don’t you live in a bigger pond? Come to my pond. You’ll find a lot of frogs there. You’ll meet some fine fish, and you’ 11 see the dangerous ducks. And you must see our lovely water-lilies. Life in a large p ond is wonderful!’‘Perhaps it is rather dull here,’ thought the foolish frog. So he hopped after the dragon-fly.But he didn’t like the big, deep pond. It was full of strange plants. The water-snails were rude to him, and he was afraid of the ducks. The fish didn’t like him, and he was the smallest frog there. He was lonely and unhappy.He sat on a water-lily leaf and croaked sadly to himself, ‘I don’t like it here. I think I’ll go home tomorrow.’But a hungry heron flew down and swallowed him up for supper.Lesson 3Section ITask 1: I Don’t See It That WayA.Conversation 1:1.Choose the best answer for each of the following statements.(1) — (2): ba2.Give brief answers to the following questions.(1)About 6 months ago.(2)It is defective and has ruined 4 of the customer’s favoritecassettes.(3)6 months.(4)10 days ago.3.Blank-filling.(1)bend the rule, make an exception for, make an exception for(2)adding insult to injury, make good on(3)brought it in, hold me to, onB.Conversation 2:1.Multiple choice. (1) — (2): ba2.True or False Questions. (1) — (4): FTTTC.Conversation 3:1.Give brief answers to the following questions.(1)Single.(2)5 years.(3)He has been loyal to the company and worked quite hard.(4)Asking for a raise.(5)Bob does his job adequately, but he doesn’t do it well enough todeserve a raise.(6)Take more initiative and show more enthusiasm for the job.(7)To quit his job.(8)That’s a decision Bob will have to make for himself.Task 2: marriage CustomsA.Blank-filling.Speaker: Professor Robin StuartTopic: Marriage customs in different parts of the world; romantic business; arranged marriage; on the day of the wedding; arrangedmarriages; to have a look at one another; call the whole thing off;the wedding goes ahead; several wives.Conclusion: just as much chance of bringing happiness to the husband and wife as the Western systems of choosing marriage partners.B.True or False Questions. 1 — 3: TFTSection IITask 1: At the Dentist’sA.Multiple Choice. 1 — 4: baccB.True of False Questions. 1 — 6: FTFFTTTask 2: HiccupsA.Give brief answers to the following questions.1.He wants her to help him stop his hiccups.2.3 hours.3.Everything he can think of.4.She’ll give the man 5 pounds if he hiccups again.5.The man has stopped hiccupping and owes Rosemary 5 pounds.B.Identification.(1) — (b), (2) — (d), (3) — (e), (4) —(a), (5) — (c)Section IIITask 1: Learning to Predict1.Answer: the Chinese then?Reason: “What about” suggests an alternative.2.Answer: they’ll still be hot when you get back.Reason: The woman’s words suggest that the shop is very close totheir home.3.Hint: The woman is asking the man to buy a pack of fish and chipsfrom a nearby shop.Answer: there’s a queue.Reason: The phrase “not if” suggests a condition that hinders thefulfillment of an action.4.Answer: a good idea.Reason: The word “yes” shows an agreement.5.Answer: being a machine for that money.Reason: “I wouldn’t mind” suggests that the man will do what the woman doesn’t want because of certain attractive conditions.6.Answer: I want to play drums.Reason: The earlier sentence suggests that the man does not playdrum for money. Consequently the explanation must be that heenjoys playing it.Task 2: DictationSleepIt’s clear that everyone needs to sleep. Most people rarely think about how and why they sleep, however. We know that if we sleep well, wefeel rested. If we don’t sleep enough, we often feel tired and irritable.It seems there are two purposes of sleep: physical rest and emotional and psychological rest: We need to rest our bodies and our minds. Both are important in order for us to be healthy. Each night we alternate betweentwo kinds of sleep: active sleep and passive sleep. The passive sleep gives our body the rest that’s needed and prepares us for active sleep, in which dreaming occurs.Throughout the night, people alternate between passive and active sleep. The brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. The cycle is repeated: the brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. This cycle is repeated several times throughout the night~. During eight hours of sleep, people dream for a total d one and half hours on the average.Lesson 4Section ITask 1: Weather ForecastA.Multiple Choice. 1 — 2: acB.Fill in the following chart.Task 2: The 5 O’clock NewsA.Fill in the following chart.B.Give brief answers to the following questions based on the news report.1.It was closed down by government authorities.2.Testing confirmed that the town had been poisoned be the dumping oftoxic chemicals in town dumps.3.3 weeks ago.4.200.5.Headaches, stomachaches, faintness and dizziness.6.Toxic wastes had leaked into the ground and contaminated the watersupply.7.All the residents should leave the area, until the chemical companyresponsible for the toxic waste can determine whether the town canbe cleaned up and made safe again.C.True of False Questions. 1—6: FTTFFTD.Fill in the following blanks (based on the news report).Teams Playing Result(1) Mexico — France7 to 6(2) Canada — Argentina 3 to 3(3) Italy — Haiti2 to 1(with 30 minutes leftto go)Section IITask 1: What Do You Like for Entertainment?A.Blank-filling.Reporter: Deborah TylerInterviewee: Students of the Brooklyn Academy of Dramatic ArtsMajor: Benny Gross —— pianoKimberley Martins —— modern danceB.Fill in the following chart about how often Benny and Kimberley go tothe eight forms of artistic entertainment.C.Rearrange the forms of artistic entertainment that Benny and Kimberleylike, beginning with the form that each one likes best.Benny: (3)—(1)—(4)—(6)—(2)—(8)Kimberley: (2)—(4)—(1)—(7)—(3)—(8)Task 2: Are You a Heavy Smoker?A.True or False Questions. 1—6: TFTTFTB.Multiple Choice. 1—6: cbcbacC.Blank-filling.Name: Doris BradleySex: femaleAge: 32Amount: 3 packets of 20 a weekFirst experience:Time: at the age of 17Place: at a partyOffered by: boyfriend, not husbandFeeling; awfully grown-upLater: started smoking 2 or 3 a day and gradually increased.Experience of giving up smoking: twice1. Time: 6 months before getting marriedReason: saving upResult: only cut it down from 30 a day, still smoked a little2. Time: when expecting a babyReason: according to doctor’s adviceResult: gave up completely for 7 or 8 months and took it up a couple of weeks after the baby was born, because the babywas being bottle fed.Time when she smokes most:1. watching TV2. reading books3. in company4. with friendsTime when she never smokes:1. doing the housework2. on an empty stomachSection IIITask 1: Learning to Predict1.Answer: They’d be exhausted at the end of each performance.Reason: “Otherwise” suggests a result of the opposite condition.2.Answer: I enjoyed it very much.Reason: “Apart from that I must say” often suggests an opposite statement to earlier comments.3.Answer: I stayed up late to finish it.Reason: “And” suggests that the speaker would finish the book at one sit.4.Answer: the book never really got started at all.Reason: After an opinion of agreement, the phrase “in fact”suggests a further comment; the expression “it’s onlyhonest to say” usually introduces a confession- somethingwhich is probably not as good as the one mentioned.5.Answer: I tend to skip parts that don’t really hold my interest.Reason: “Otherwise” suggests a result of the opposite condition.6.Answer: it was rather long.Reason: “I must admit” suggests an agreement to the otherperson’s opinion.Task 2: DictationBooks Belong to the PastSir,I visited my old school yesterday. It hasn’t changed in thirty years. The pupils were sitting in the same desks and reading the same books. When are schools going to move into the modern world? Books belong to the past. In our homes radio and television bring us knowledge of the world. We can see and hear the truth for ourselves. If we want entertainment most of usprefer a modern film to a classical novel. In the business world computers store information, so that we no longer need encyclopaedias and dictionaries. But in the schools teachers and pupils still use books. There should be a radio and television set in every classroom, and a library of tapes and records in every school. The children of today will rarely open a book when they leave school. The children of tomorrow won’t need to read and Write at all.M. P. MillerLondonLesson 5Section ITask 1: An Unpleasant TripA.Give brief answers to the following questions.1.The Isle of Wight.2.They were not pleased with their hotel.3.He decided to write to the Manager of Happytours.4.A travel Agency.5.The hotel and travel arrangements.6.They will never book any future holidays through Happytours.B.Fill in he blanks with the words used in the brochure and by Mr. Wilsonto describe the hotel and travel arrangement.Task 2: At the Travel AgencyA.Multiple Choice. 1—6: acbbcaB.True or False Questions. 1—6: TFTTFTC.Fill in the blanks with the two things that Miss Bush will do.1.her two friends, to stop over with her on the way back.2.Mr. Adams to stop with her in Cairo.Section IIA Saturday AfternoonA.Identification.Name IdentificationGillian Dr. Carmichael’s newresearch assistantDr. Carmichael the president of St.Alfred’s HospitalMauricethe gardener of the hospitalFeatherstoneB.Multiple Choice. 1—6: cbaacaC.True or False Questions. 1—8: FFTF TFTTD.Fill in the blanks with information about Maurice.Name: Maurice FeatherstoneSex: maleAge: oldAppearance: clear, blue, honest eyes; white hair and a pinkishcomplexionTemperament: gentle and mild-manneredLength of stay in the hospital: 35 yearsReasons for entering the hospital:1.When he was 17, he burnt down his school.2.Over the next few years, there were a number of mysterious firesin his neighborhood.ter he tried to set fire to the family mansion.Visits from family members: No.Bills: paid on time.E.Blank-filling.1.slightly uneasy, unlocked the gates, waved her through2.withdrawn, depressed, normal, kept locked up, all of them, toodangerous to live in normal society.3.with the staff, a surprise, let him go out for the afternoon, flowershow, quite excited, a birthday cake, decorated the lounge.Section IIITask 1: Learning to Predict1.Answer: he fails to employ the correct question form.Reason: “Consequently” suggests a result of the facts mentioned earlier.2.Answer: difficulties may still arise.Reason: “even when” suggests that in spite facts, something else still exists.3.Answer: the student may not have clearly heard what was said.Reason: “In other words” is often followed by an explanation in clearer and easier words.4.Answer: may feel angry at receiving such orders.Reason: “However” suggests an opposite fact.5.Answer: whether crops should be used to produce food or should beused to produce fuel.Reason: “That is” is also followed by an explanation.6.Answer: a small industrial sector.Reason: “At the same time” suggests the coexistence of two things.Here prediction is also based on common knowledge.Task 2: DictationThe School Holidays Are Too LongToday the children of this country have at last returned to work. After two months’ holiday pupils have started a new term. How many adults get such long holidays? Two to four weeks in the summer and public holidays--that’s all the working man gets. As for the average woman, she’s lucky to get a holiday at all. Children don’t need such long holidays. In term-time they start work later and finish earlier than anyone else.In the holidays most of them get bored, and some get into trouble. What a waste! If their overworked parents were given more free time instead, everyone would be happier.This isn’t just a national problem either--it’s worldwide. Dates may be different from country to country, but the pattern’s the same. Why should children do half as much work and get twice as much holiday as their parents?Lesson 6Section ITask 1: In the Path of the EarthquakeA.True or False Questions. 1—6: FTFTFFB.Map 1 is a layout of the Skinners’ farm. Mark out the plants andbuildings in the map. Then in map 2 draw a new plan of the Skinners farm after the quake.Map 1:1. farm house2. garden path3. cypresstrees 4. rose garden5. eucalyptus trees6. raspberrypatch7. cow shed8. granaryMap 2:Task 2: A Funny Thing Happened to Me.A.Multiple Choice. 1—6: cabbcaB.Give brief answers to the following questions.st Friday.2.He was a student.3.In London.4.By taxi.5.The taxi got stuck in a traffic jam and the train had left by thetime he got to the station.6.1 hour.7.The station buffet.8.An evening newspaper, the “Standard”.9.At a table near the window.10.He did the crossword puzzle.C.True or False Questions.1—6: FFTTFTD.Blank-filling.1.reached across, opened, took one, dipped, into, popped it into.2.get up and go, pushed back, stood up, hurried out of.Section IIConsolidation: A Very Beautiful StoryA.Give brief answers to the following questions.1.A tape from Gentleman Jim.2.Yesterday.3.Jim’s wife.4.There was a message hidden in the tape.5.Half the police force in London and 3 experts.6.Nothing had been found yet.7.Happy memories and things.8.In his words.B.True or False Statements.1—8: FTFF TTFTC.Discuss with your classmates what message is hidden in Gentleman Jim’srecording.D.Listen to the 2nd part of the policeman’s discussion and list all thethings they feel unusual about Gentleman Jim’s recording.1.Jim keeps telling his wife to play the message over and over again.2.Jim tells his wife that she’ll find something comforting.3.Jim keeps saying “very beautiful” over and over again.4.The speech doesn’t sound natural.E.Listen to Gentleman Jim’s recording again and work out the message.Answer: There are 2 gold bricks in the garden under the big red rosetree.Section IIITask 1: Listening to Predict1.Answer: a glance at the headings of sections or sub-sections willshow the order in which the items are introduced.Reason: “In addition” is followed by a supplementary idea.Prediction here is also based on common knowledge.2.Answer: providing a summary which can be re-read later.Reason: “As well as” is often followed by an idea of the sameimportance as the one before “as well as”.3.Answer: may not appear in a bibliography.Reason: “However” suggests an opposite idea.4.Answer: (no more than try to cover the most important ones here.Reason: “Therefore” suggests a result.5.Answer: it doesn’t.Reason: “Unfortunately” suggests that something opposite to one’s expectation will happen.6.Answer: it’s still important.Reason: “Though” suggests that in spite of the fact that follows, something still happens.Task 2: DictationSign LanguageDeaf people, people who can’t hear, are still able to communicatequite well with a special language. It’s called sign language. The speaker of sign language uses hand gestures in order to communicate. Basic sign language has been used for a long, long time, but sign language wasn’t really developed until about 250 years ago. In the middle of the 1700s a Frenchman named Epée developed sign language. Epée was able to speak and hear, but he worked during most of his life as a teacher of deaf people in France. Epée developed a large number of vocabulary words for sign language. Epée taught these words to his deaf students. Epée’s system used mostly picture :image signs. We call them picture image signs because the signscreate a picture. For example, the sign for sleep is to put both hands together, and then to place the hands flat against the right side of your face, and then to lower your head slightly to the right. This action was meant to show the position of sleep. So we call it a picture image sign.Lesson 7Section ITask 1: Learning a Foreign LanguageA.Multiple Choice. 1—4: bcaaB.True or False Questions. 1—4: FTTFC.Give brief answers to the following questions.1.Albert Humphries.2.Balham, London.3.4 years.4.He has been going to an evening class and has watched quite a lot ofthe BBC television programmes.5.They use a different book in the class.6.They make the same mistakes as he does.7.It means being able to put together the right groups of words and tosay them in a reasonably accurate way.Task 2: In the LibraryA.Multiple Choice. 1—6: bbcacaB.True or False Questions. 1—6: TTFTFTC.Give brief answers to the following questions.1.Round the corner.2.A 20p a day fine for each book.3.Tahiti.4.No.D.Blank-filling.1.5 pounds, you damage them, entitles you, 2 records at a time,everything available, be much more popular than.2.telephone to renew the books.3.we get back, worth all the bother, some paperbacks in the airport,I’ve been such a nuisance.Section IITask 1: Lessoned World CollegesA.Give brief answers to the following questions.1．On the phone.2．Some information about the college.。
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Unit 3Part ID. warmer/ green house effect/ sea levels/climate zonesAs 1998 ends and people look forward to the last year of the century, the World Almanac spoke with experts about what comes next. Almanac editorial director says the experts believe the next century will bring lots of changes.Warm, of course, that our climate is going to continue getting warmer. That’s the subject, by the way, of another new article on the 1999 World Almanac. The greenhouse effect, exactly what causes it, and what steps to be taken to, perhaps to alleviate global warmings. I’ve seen recently that 1998 is going to go down as the warmest year ever on record. And so that’s going to be a major issue of the next century, and possible tremendous consequences of the global warmings, whether it is rising sea levels affecting th coastal areas; changes in climate zones affecting what crops can be grown, and in what regions. This is potentially a very significant trend to be watched.E. Cyclone: North or south of equator/Typhoon:/Hurricane: Eastern PacificMajor ocean storms in the northern part of the world usually develop in late summer or autumn over waters near the equator. They are known by several different names. Scientists call these storms cyclones when they happen just north or south of the equator in the Indian Ocean. In the western Pacific Ocean or the China Sea, these storms are called typhoons. In the eastern Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, they are called hurricanes.Part IIA. Outline1. A. weather pattern/global climateB. 1. twice a decade2. 12-18 monthsC. 1. warmer weather/2. wetter than usual/ drierD. the decline of windsII. 1. droughtsB. a cyclic weather pattern/ about twice a decade/ wetter/drier/ cold water away from South America’s west/ to expand eastwa rd toward the America’s / move eastward too/ the weatherarond the world/ droughts/ rains and flooding/ on the South American fishing industry/ tobecome depletive/ the strength of it/Satellite readings confirm that conditions are right for another El Nino, a cyclic weatherpattern that affects the global climate.El Nino’s normally show up about twice a decade and it lasts about 12 to 18 months,bringing warmer weather to parts of the earth. Some regions become wetter than usual,others drier. The El Nino, which began in 1991 has lingered through this year. Althoughseveral years might have been expected to pass before the next one, an American-Frenchsatellite observing the oceans has found a sign that El Nino may come back quicker thanexpected.These kinds of things still happen. This is Brig Jacker, an oceanographer of the US NavalResearch Laboratory in Mississippi.Every year is unpredictable. One year might be El Nino year, one year might not. GenerallyEl Nino’s come in four year cycles. But there’s nothing to say that you can’t have twoEl Nino years in a row.El Nino’s begin with the decline of winds pulling cold water away from South America’swest coast to around the equator. This allows warm water in the western Pacific Ocean toexpand eastward toward the America’s. At the same time, the clouds and rain over the warmwater move eastward too. Radar aboard the American-French satellite detected the hint thatsuch water movement began in early August and reached South America two months later. Itsaw a ripple called a “Calvin wave” moving slowly eastward. Such pulses sometimes give rise to El Nino conditions in the eastern equatorial Pacific.El Nino’s can change the weather around the world, but how much d epends on its strength. Astrong one in 1982 and 1983 has been linked to droughts in Australia and Indonesia, rainsand flooding in South America, and unseasonably in 1991 has caused trouble. It has beenassociated with devastating floods in the US southeast last year and in the US Midwest thisyear. El Nino’s are hard on the South American fishing industry. The warm waters preventnutrients rich cold water from rising to the surface, causing fish stocks to becomedepletive. Mr. Jacker said a new El Nino apparently would be mild but he is not betting onit yet.The US Naval oceanographer says predictions are difficult because the strength of El Ninodepends on how winds affect the Calvin wave that has moved across the Pacific.Part III Lick ObservatoryB. location: an hour’s drive/ summit/Origin of the name: a wealthy businessmanSize: one meter diameter/ secondTime: 1888Present function: research/ an educational toolC. way of observation: human eyes;in the cold/TV screenGains and losses: Romance/ the sky/ efficiency/ reality/ universeQuestions:Because lick Observatory is near “Silicon Valley”, a region of the states high-technology.Because Lick Observatory was built on his estate and he was buried at the base of thetelescope at this won request.By using the 19th century telescope, you have a feeling of romance with direct viewing withthe human eyes. By sing the modern devices, you lose that romance but gain the efficiency.That’s an exchange.It’s about an hour’s drive from the outskirts of San Jose, California, near the upperside of the state’s high-technology region known as Silicon Valley. As a visitor drives upthe narrow winding road past red flowers, and eucalyptus trees, one of the first twos eismographic stations in the world, it’s almost a surprise to glimpsethe largest dome ofLick Observatory’s eight telescopes. Overlooking the world of computer age manufacturingare telescopes from the turn of the century which help shape our understanding of theuniverse.The huge dome, housing Lick Observatory’s giant, one meter wide reflecting telescope, isone of the few instruments in motion this morning on Mount Hamilton. At the 1260-metersummit of Mount Hamilton is a small village of 55 permanent residents, some of themstudents in a one-room school house. But most at the research complex are visitingastronomers catching their first hours of sleep in an old dormitory after a night’s workat the telescopes. Reminton Stone, director of operations at Lick Observatory has worked atthe top of Mount Hamilton for three decades. Now a part of the University of California,Lick Observatory got its name from a welthy businessman who never studied astronomy as MR.Stone explains: “Andh e came to San Francisco, just before the gold rush and he made a hugeamount of money on real estate. When he died, he specified that some portion of his estateshould be used to build the largest and most powerful telescope yet made and which was a 36inch at that time. And at his own request he is buried at the base of thetelescope. Sothis s a memorial to himself.”The telescope with its ode-meter-diameter reflecting lens was the largest telescope in theworld for seven years following its c ompletion in 1888. and today, its’ still the secondlargest telescope of its kind. Although the one meter reflecting telescope is still usedfor some research, its hard to adapt today’s electronic instruments to the old historictelescope. Now, it is used mostly as an educational tool for teachers and the thousands ofvisitors who come each year. While the other telescopes at Lick Observatory are connectedto electronic imagine devices that allow the astronomers to view celestial objects ontelevision screens, the 19th century telescope allows direct viewing with the human eye. It’s one of the few giant telescopes in the world tht still requires some users to sit outin the cold under the dark sky and the dome. That brings a feeling of nostalgia to RemintonStone.I really do miss being able to see the sky, and seeing these wonderful data appear in thecomputer screen is really nice, but it’s very divorced from the reality, from theuniverse. I miss a lot being in a dark place in these fields to look up to see the stars.We go out every now and then if we are working at…, we’re at the control room, we do goout to keep track of the skies, where the clouds are, and so forth, but one loses theromance and one gains greatly the effic iency. It’s a trade-off.Astronomer Reminton Stone, who manages the Lick Observatory complex at the top of mountHamilton, California.Part IV. The national climatic DataCenter.OutlineI. A. 1951B. headquartersC. satellites, radar, solar radiation system, airplanes, shipsII. B. collecting weather records from around the worldD. publications about earthenvironment. E. requests fro information from all over the world.questions.The Department of Defense, the National Weather Service, the coastguardThe office has written weather observations made by early American diplomat BenjaminFranklin and by the third President of the U.S.You can get the information by computer, microfilm and telephoneAmerican cities. Another publication has monthly reports from 1500 observation stationsaround the world.The center had more than 900,000 requests from government officials, business owners,weather researchers and the general public last year.More and more people need to know about the weather. Anyone wanting information about pastweather conditions can turn to a center supported by the United States government.The National Climatic Data Center reportedly has the world’s largest active collection ofweather information. The National Climatic Data Center or NCDC was formed in 1951. it wasestablished as a record center for America’s Department of Commerce. Its headquarters isin the southern city of Asheville, North Carolina.The NCDC collects weather records gathered by a number of weather observers and the UntiedStates government agencies. The Department of Defense, the National Weather Service and thecoastguard are among those providing weather information. The center also collects weatherrecords from around the world. Some information held by the NCDC is only a few hours old.Other records are a lot older. For example, the office has written weather observationsmade by early American diplomat Benjamin Franklin and by the third President of the UnitedStates Thomas Jefferson.Today modern scientific equipment including satellites, radar and solar radiation systemshelp people learn about the weather. Information collected by airplanesand ships also isused. The NCDC organizes this information and helps prepare it for publication and otheruses. The center assists in the production of written records, weather maps and pictures.The information also is shared by computer, microfilm and telephone. The NCDC producesseveral publications about earth environment. One has monthly and yearly records aboutweather conditions in about 270 American cities. Another publication has monthly reportsfrom 1500 observation stations around the world. It also has information from about 800pper air stations which measure weather conditions at all levels of the atmosphere. TheNational Climatic Data Center receives requests for information from all over the world.Last year the center reportedly had more than 900,000 requests from government officials,business owners, weather researchers and the general public.Part VDo you know…?Meaning: little girlTime: the western coast of South America / The Pacific coast of Peru and EcuadorTime: winter monthsDuration: one to two years.Evidence: the eastern Pacific oceanImpacts: those of EL Nino/ drier than normal and others wetter.Scientists say the weather event known as El Nino is ending. Scientific instruments haveshown that the Pacific Ocean waters warmed by El Nino are becoming cooler. Many weatherexperts are expecting the change in ocean temperatures to lead to conditions known as LaNina. El Nino means the little boy in the Spanish language, La Nina means the little girl.La Nina develops when winds near the western coast of South America strengthen. This causescold air to form near the Pacific coast of Peru and Ecuador. Unusually low watertemperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean are evidence of La Nina. Ocean surface temperatures there drop almost 4 degrees. La Nina is strongest during winter months in the northern part of the world. It usually lasts one to two years. La Nina’s effects can be just as severe as those of EL Nino.Recently weather experts met in Colorado to exchange their findings about La Nina. The National Center for Atmospheric Research organized the conference. The experts agreed that the colder Pacific Ocean waters might influence weather conditions around the world. La Nina could make some places drier than normal and others wetter. Some reports presented at the conference said Southeast Asia is likely to receive a lot of rain during the present la Nina, so could South America, Central America and Africa. The northwestern part of Canada and the United States could be wetter than normal. The studies found that the southern untied States could be warmer and drier and more severe storms are possible in the western Atlantic Ocean.。
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How did the archaeologists know that the statue was a goddess?Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea. An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini. The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization. Houses, often three storeys high, were built of stone. They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls. The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the 15th century B.C. until Roman times. In the most sacred room of the temple, clay fragments of 15 statues were found. Each of these represented a goddess and had, at one time, been painted.The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the 15th century B.C. Its missing head happened to be among remains of the 5th century B.C. This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved. It was very old and precious even then. When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman. She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips.She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground. Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity.New words and expressions ⽣词与短语goddess(tile)n. ⼥神archaeologistn. 考古学家Aegeanadj. 爱琴海的explorev. 考察，勘探promontoryn. 海⾓prosperousadj. （经济上）繁荣的，昌盛的civilizationn. ⽂明storeyn. 楼层drainagen. 排⽔worshipn. 祟拜sacredadj. 宗教的，神圣的fragmentn. 碎⽚remainsn. 遗物，遗迹，废墟classicaladj. （希腊和罗马）古化的reconstructv. 修复restv. 倚放，放置hipn. *，臀部full-lengthadj. （裙⾐）拖地长的gracefuladj. 优雅的identityn. ⾝份本⽂参考译⽂不久之前，在爱琴海的基亚岛上，考古⼯作者有⼀项有趣的发现。
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News Item 1: 1. General Comprehension. Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements according to what you have heard.(1) IBM announced today it is(2) IBM is selling .(3) The in South Africa has caused this decision.(4) Anti-apartheid groups have this decision.(5) IBM employs some people in South Africa.2. Spot Dictation. Listen to the tape again and fill in the following blanks.Charles Redmond said the ReaganAdministration believes US in South Africa hasbeen a against . "We regret anydecision to involvement in South Africa."3. Focusing on Details. Complete the following statement with details. The US State Department regrets the reductions of US private sector involvement in South Africa because they coulda. have ,b. injure , andc. limit .News Item 2:1. General Comprehension. Complete the chart to provide a brief summary of the news item.Event: DemonstrationPlace: &City:Country:Race:2. Focusing on Details. Fill the detailed information according to what you have heard.(1) Number of demonstrators: more than(2) Number of people arrested: more than(3) Causes of the demonstration:a. suspectingb. blaming(4) Government appealed for .(5) An official statement is expected from .(6) Mugabe is just back from .News Item 3:1. General Comprehension. Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements according to what you have heard.(1) President Reagan met with Helmut Kohl.(2) The meeting lasted about .(3) The meeting took place at today.(4) Kohl expressed .2. Summary. Use all the information you have gathered in Exercise 1 and try to write a summary for News Item3.Suggested version: President Reagan met for about an hour today with West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl at the White House who expressed support for the President's SDI program.News in DetailGeneral Comprehension. Choose the best answer (a, b, c, or d) to complete each of the following statements.1. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl ___________.a. has been in Washington D.C. for four daysb. is in Washington D.C. for four days of meetingsc. has been in Washington D.C. four hours before he talks with President Reagand. is in Washington D. C. for a four-hour meeting2.One of the following is on Kohl's agenda. It is ___________.a. arms control talksb. economic relations with South Africac. Germany's policy towards South Africad. US-Soviet summit meeting in Iceland3. The major topic of discussion with Chancellor Kohl today is_____________.a. the agreement signed by the United States and the Soviet Union in Reykjavikb. US-Soviet arms control talksc. America's European alliesd. Arms control between US and the Soviet Union4. According to President Reagan, achieving an agreement with the Soviet Union would depend upon _____________.a. pushing ahead with his SDI programb. the strength, realism and unity of European alliesc. weakness or timidity on the part of Western nationsd. eliminating long-range missiles in Europe5. Proposal was made in Reykjavik on eliminating _____________.a. shorter-range missilesb. medium-range missilesc. long-range missilesd. intercontinental missiles6. According to members of NATO, the carrying out of the proposal would leave Europe vulnerable to the Soviet ______________.a. long-range missilesb. air-to-air missilesc. shorter-range missiles and greater superiority in conventional forcesd. air and naval superiority7. The allies want reductions in medium-range missiles ______________ reductions in shorter-range missiles and conventional forces.a. made afterb. tied toc. made befored. made at the same time8. Chancellor Kohl was expected to urge President Reagan_______________.a. to keep talks between the US and the Soviet Union movingb. to stop SDI programc. to compromise on talks between the US and the Soviet Uniond. to step up SDI program9. A senior administration official quoted Kohl as saying that________________.a. he has no objections to the Strategic Defense systemb. he has always been in favor of the Strategic Defense systemc. he has always been opposing the Strategic Defense systemd. he did not want to mention SDI in his arrival remarksSpecial Report1. General Comprehension. Fill in the blanks with basic facts concerning the program.(1) Program organizer: a group of(2) Place:(3) duration of involvement: almost(4) Plans:a. to expandb. to supply(5) Promise: to hire2. Answer the following questions briefly.(1)It dates back almost twenty years.(2) The Boston business community offered andlater to Boston teachers.(3) Boston business community has pumped more into the public schools.(4) The business leaders say they are ready to make their biggestcommitment: .(5) It isto .(6) The title of the programis , .(7) all the poor kids could get the scholarship for their further education;(8) Only those could get it..(10) Boston students have received money from this program.3. Focusing on Details. Fill in the blanks with information about Robert Weaver.(1) Robert Weaver's major is .(2) Now he studies in the in Boston.(3) He will get his degree . (When?)(4) He afforded college witha. the grant from the program;b. the ;c. what he earned from his , andd. his ..4. Spot Dictation. Listen to the tape again and fill in the following blanks.(1) Unemployment here is among in the nationand say they're having a hardtime .(2) The ACESS program is not . There is a bitof(3) If where you are has a supply of qualified peopleto , that can't beanything .(4) Philips says any scholarship student who will begivenby .5. Answer the following question.(1) The business group now is collecting the .(2) dollars has already been collected.(3) of Boston's most influential corporations have joined in the program.(4) US Education Secretary predicted the programwill .Section OneIBM, following the lead of General Motors, announced today it's pulling out of South Africa. Like General Motors, IBM says it's selling its South African holdings because of the political and economic situation there. Anti-apartheid groups have praised the decision, but the State Department says business pullouts are regrettable. Spokesman Charles Redmond said today the Reagan Administration believes US corporate involvement in South Africa has been a progressive force against apartheid. "We regret any decision to reduce US private sector involvement in South Africa. Such reductions could have harmful effects on black workers, injure the South African economy which has, on the whole, weakened the premises ofapartheid and provided a means of improving the living standards and skills of many people otherwise disadvantaged by apartheid, and it might limit the extent of US influence in South Africa." State Department spokesman Charles Redmond. IBM employs some 1,500 people in South Africa.More than fifty black youths were arrested today in Harare, Zimbabwe, when police broke up demonstrations at South African offices and the US embassy. Julie Fredricks reports. "A group of more than a thousand students and youths caused thousands of dollars of damage by burning and stoning the offices of the South African trade mission, South African Airways, Air Malawi, and the Malawian High Commission. The demonstrators suspected South African complicity in the plane crash that killed Mozambiquan President Machel in South Africa and blamed Malawi for supporting the Pretoria-backed insurgents that are attacking Mozambique. Zimbabwean government officials appealed for calm, and a statement from Prime Minister Mugabe just back from a trip to London is expected tomorrow. For National Public Radio, this is Julie Fredricks in Harare.President Reagan met for about an hour today with West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl at the White House. Kohl is the first European Leader to visit the President since the Reykjavik summit. US officials say Kohl expressed support for the President's SDI program. Section TwoWest German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is in Washington D.C. for four days of meetings. Among the issues on his agenda are economic relations with the US and Germany's policy towards southern Africa. But today, Kohl's talk with President Reagan was dominated by the recent US-Soviet summit meeting in Iceland. NPR's Brenda Wilson reports.While no major agreement was signed by the United States and the Soviet Union in Reykjavik, the two countries made progress in arms control talks in areas that are a central concern to America's European allies. Those particular areas involve disarmament proposals made in Iceland, affecting medium-range missiles and long-range missiles over which allies have voiced some reservations. This was a major topic of discussion with Chancellor Kohl today, even though his Foreign Minister was briefed by the US Secretary of State only last week. In remarks welcoming Chancellor Kohl, President Reagan sounded a positive note, saying that there was ample reason for optimism. "When the next agreement is finally reached with the Soviet Union, and I say when, not if, it will not be the result of weakness of timidity on the part of Western nations. Instead, it will flow from our strength, realism and unity." The President also explained that achieving such an agreement would depend upon pushing ahead with hisStrategic Defense Initiative, SDI, because it offered protection against cheating. But members of NATO, including Germany, have expressed concern that eliminating medium-range missiles in Europe as was proposed in Reykjavik would potentially leave Europe vulnerable to the Soviet shorter-range missiles and greater superiority in conventional forces. They expressed doubts that SDI could make up for those deficiencies. The allies, in particular West Germany, want reductions in medium-range missiles tied to reductions in shorter-range missiles and conventional forces. Chancellor Kohl was expected to press these points and to urge President Reagan to compromise on SDI to keep talks between the US and the Soviets moving. Speaking through an interpreter in his arrival remarks, Kohl did not mention SDI, "It remains our goal, and I know that I shared with you, Mr. President, to create peace and security with ever fewer weapons. In Reykjavik, thanks to your serious and consistent efforts in pursuit of peace, a major step was taken in this direction. And we must now take the opportunities that present themselves without endangering our defensive capability."After the meeting between Kohl and the President, a senior administration official quoted Kohl as saying that he has always been in favor of the Strategic Defense system. At the White House, I'm Brenda Wilson. Section ThreeA group of business leaders in Boston today announced plans to expand a college scholarship program to include any eligible Boston high school graduate. The business leaders announced plans for a permanent five-million dollar endowment fund, and they also promise to hire any of the students who go on to complete their college educations. Andrew Kaffery of member station WBUR has the report.The Boston business community's involvement in the Boston public school dates back almost twenty years, from work internships to an endowment program for Boston teachers. Business has pumped more than one million dollars into the public schools. Now business leaders say they're ready to make their biggest commitment yet: a multi-million dollar scholarship program that will enable the city's poorest kids to go on to college and to jobs afterward. The program is called Action Center for Educational Services and Scholarships, or ACESS. According to Daniel Cheever, the President of Boston's Wheelock College, ACESS in not a blank check for the eligible graduates. "First We'll help them get as much aid as they can from other sources, and secondly, we'll provide the last dollar scholarship. I should add, of course, they have to qualify for financial aid; that is, we're not handing out money to students who don't need it." The average grant is around five hundred dollars and already the program has given one hundred Boston students more than fifty thousand dollars in scholarship money.Other assistance from the program has helped those students raise morethan six hundred thousand dollars in additional financial aid. School officials say this program will help a system where 43% of the students live below the poverty level, and almost half who enter high school drop out. Robert Weaver was on Boston high school graduate who could not afford college. He's in the ACESS program now and will get a degree in airplane mechanics next year from the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. "I got the Pale grant and the state scholarship, but there was still a gap. There was like a twenty-three hundred-dollar gap. Wentworth's total bill was fifty-seven hundred, so I had to fill that amount with working over the summer, my family contribution. I paid for my own books, my own tools, things like that. But without ACESS I wouldn't be where I am today."This program comes at an important time for the city of Boston. Unemployment here is among the lowest in the nation and business leaders say they're having a hard time finding qualified job applicants. So the ACESS program is not just good public relations. Business leaders, like Edward Philips, who is the chairman of the ACESS program, say there's a bit of self-preservation involved. "Over time, we believe this program will increase the flow of Boston residents into Boston businesses and that, of course, is a self-serving opportunity. If where you are has a supply of qualified people to enter managerial and technical-professional level jobs, that can't be anything but a plus." Philips says any scholarship student who finishes college will be given hiring priority over other job applicants by the participating businesses. College student Robert Weaver says the program has inspired other high school students to stay in school. "I went back to my high school yesterday, Brighton High School, and I talked to a senior class, the general assembly, and I was telling them basically what I'm involved in, and basically, to get yourselves motivated and go look for those ACESS advisers. They're not going to come to you all the time. You have to get out there and get it if you want to take account for your own life, because no one else is going to do it for you. And that really pumped them up, and now that they're aware, and they know that ACESS advisers are there, things will be a lot easier for them." The business group is in the middle of a five-million-dollar fund drive. Two million dollars has already been collected. Thirty-two of Boston's most influential corporations have already joined in, with twenty more soon to follow. The program has drawn the praise of US Education Secretary William Bennett, who predicted it will become a national model. For National Public Radio, I'm Andrew Kaffery in Boston.11 / 11。
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News Item 1:1. Gen eral Comprehe nsion. Fill in the bla nks to complete the2. Spot Dictation. Listen to the tape again and fill in the followi ng bla nks.SpokesmanCharles Redm ond saidI apartheid2 . "We regretany decisi oninvolvement in South Africa."3. Focusing on Details. Complete the following statement with details.The US State Departme nt regrets the reducti ons of US private sector invo lveme nt in SouthAfrica because they couldharmful effects on black workersa. have ,the Reaga nAdmi nistratio n believes US corporate involvementin South Africa hasprogressive forcebee n areduce US private sector tofollowi ng stateme nts accord ing to what you have heard.b. injurethe South Africa economy,and the extend of US influence in South Africac. limitNews Item 2:1. Gen eral Comprehe nsion. Complete the chart to provide a brief summary of the n ews item.Eve nt: Demon strati onSouth Africa office US embassyPlace:「& HarareCity: 1乙mbabweCountry: 11BlackRace:2. Focusing on Details. Fill the detailed information according to what you have heard.(1)Number of dem on strators: more tha n(2)Number of people arrested: more tha n(3) Causes of the dem on strati on:a. suspect ing South Africa the comlicity in the plane crasha thousandfiftyb. blam ingMalawi for supporting the Pretoria-backed insurgents(4)Gover nment appealed for(5)An official stateme nt is expected from(6) Mugabe is just back from LondonPrime Minister MugabeNews Item 3:1.Gen eral Comprehe nsion. Fill in the bla nks to complete the follow ing stateme nts accord ing to what you have heard.West German Chamcellor(1)Preside nt Reaga n met with Helmut Kohl.~an hour(2)The meeti ng lasted about .the White House(3)The meet ing took place at today.Isupport for the President's SDI program2.Summary. Use all the information you have gathered inExercise 1 and try to write a summary for News Item 3.Suggested versi on: Preside nt Reaga n met for about an hour today with West Germa n Cha ncellor Helmut Kohl at the White House who expressed support for the Preside nt's SDI program.News in DetailGen eral Comprehe nsion. Choose the best an swer (a, b, c, or d)to complete each of the followi ng stateme nts.1.West Germa n Cha ncellor Helmut Kohl ___________________________ .a.has bee n in Wash ington D.C. for four daysb.is in Washi ngton D.C. for four days of meeti ngsc.has bee n in Washi ngton D.C. four hours before he talks withPreside nt Reaga nd.is in Washi ngton D. C. for a four-hour meet ing2.0ne of the follow ing is on Kohl's age nda. It is ________________________ .a.arms con trol talksb.econo mic relati ons with South Africa* c. Germa ny's policy towards South Africad. US-Soviet summit meet ing in Icela nd3.The major topic of discussion with Chancellor Kohl today isa.the agreement signed by the United States and the SovietUnion in Reykjavik-Soviet arms con trol talksc.America's Europea n allies* d. Arms con trol betwee n US and the Soviet Un io n4.Accordi ng to Preside nt Reaga n, achiev ing an agreeme nt with theSoviet Union would depe nd upon ______________________________ .* a. push ing ahead with his SDI programb.the strength, realism and unity of European alliesc.weak ness or timidity on the part of Western n ati onsd.elim in at ing Ion g-ra nge missiles in Europe5.Proposal was made in Reykjavik on elim in ati ng ____________________________ .a.shorter-ra nge missiles* b. medium-ra nge missilesc.l on g-ra nge missilesd.in terc on ti nen tal missiles6.According to members of NATO, the carrying out of the proposalwould leave Europe vuln erable to the Soviet ________________________________ .a.l on g-ra nge missilesb.air-to-air missiles* c. shorter-ra nge missiles and greater superiority in conven tio nal forcesd.air and n aval superiority7.The allies want reductions in medium-range missiles_____________________ reduct ions in shorter-ra nge missiles andconven ti onal forces.a.made after" b. tied toc.made befored.made at the same time8.Chan cellor Kohl was expected to urge Preside nt Reaga na.to keep talks between the US and the Soviet Union movingb.to stop SDI programc.to compromise on talks betwee n the US and the Soviet Un io nd.to step up SDI program9. A senior administration official quoted Kohl as saying thatone millioninto the public schools.a. he has no object ions to the Strategic Defense system" b. he has always bee n in favor of the Strategic Defense systemc. he has always been opposing the Strategic Defense systemd. he did not want to mention SDI in his arrival remarksSpecial Report 1. Gen eral Comprehe nsion. Fill in the bla nks with basic factsconcerning the program.(1) Program orga ni zer: a group of2. An swer the follow ing questi ons briefly.(1) It dates back almost twenty years.work internships(2) The Bost on bus in ess com mun ity offeredan endowment programlater to Bost on teachers.(3) Bost on bus in ess com mun ity has pumped more tha nbusiness leaders⑵ Place:Boston(3) durati on of invo Iveme nt: almost 20 years(4) Pla ns:a. to expa ndprogramb. to supplya permanent five-million dollar endowment fun(5) Promise: to hirestudentsand(4) He afforded college withACCESSa. the grant from the 1program;state scholarshipb. thesummer workc. what he earned from his(4) The bus in ess leaders say they are ready to make their biggestcommitme nt:a multi-million dollars scholarship program(5) It is toenable the city's poorest kids to go on to college and to jobs afterwa(6) The title of the programAction Center for Educational Services and Scholarshipsall the poor kids could get the scholarship for their further(8) Only thosequalified for financial aidcould get it.(9) The average gram is around $One hundred(10) Bost on stude nts have received money from thisprogram.3. Focus ing on Details. Fill in the bla nks with in formati onabout Robert Weaver.(1) Robert Weaver's major isairplane mechanics(2) Now he studies in the(3) He will get his degree Wentworth Institute of Technologyin Bost on.next year.(Whe n?),andd. hisfamily contributioneducatio n;(5) The total amount of Wen tworth's bill was $4. Spot Dictation. Listen to the tape again and fill in the followi ng bla nks.self-preservation involved of (3) If where you are has a supply of qualified peopleenter managerial and technical-professional level jobs to(4) Philips says any scholarship stude nt whohiring prioritygive nover other job applica ntsthe participating businessby I5. An swer the follow ing questi on.five-million-dollar fund (1) The bus iness group now is collecti ng theTwo million 、, dollars has already been collected.Thirty-two 、, of Bost on's most in flue ntial corporati ons have joined in the program.(4) US Educati on Secretary predicted the programbecome a national modelwillSectio n OneIBM, following the lead of GeneralMotors, announcedtoday it'spulling out of South Africa. Like General Motors, IBM says it's selling its South African holdings because of the political and economic situati on there. An ti-apartheid groups have praised the decisi(1) Un employme nt here is amongthe lowestfinding qualified job applicantsanythingbut a plusIIin the n ati ontime⑵ The ACESS program is notjust good public relations.There is a bitthat can't befinishes collegewill beon, but the State Departme nt says bus in ess pullouts are regrettable. Spokesma n Charles Redm ond said today the Reaga n Admi nistrati on believes US corporate invoIvement in South Africa has been a progressive force aga inst apartheid. "We regret any decisi on to reduce US private sector invo Iveme nt in South Africa. Such reducti ons could have harmful effects on black workers, injure the South Africa n economy which has, on the whole, weake ned the premises of apartheid and provided a means of impro ving the liv ing sta ndards and skills of many people otherwise disadvantaged by apartheid, andit might limit the exte nt of US in flue nee in South Africa." StateDepartme nt spokesma n Charles Redm on d. IBM employs some 1,500 people in South Africa.More tha n fifty black youths were arrested today in Harare, Zimbabwe, whe n police broke up dem on strati ons at South Africa n offices and the US embassy. Julie Fredricks reports. "A group of more than a thousa nd stude nts and youths caused thousa nds of dollars of damage by burning and stoning the offices of the South Africa n trade missi on, South African Airways, Air Malawi, and the Malawian High Commission.The dem on strators suspected South Africa n complicity in the pla ne crash that killed Mozambiqua n Preside nt Machel in South Africa and blamed Malawi for support ing the Pretoria-backed in surge nts that are attack ing Mozambique. Zimbabwea n gover nment officials appealed for calm, and a statement from Prime Minister Mugabe just back from a trip to London is expected tomorrow. For National Public Radio, this is Julie Fredricks in Harare.Preside nt Reaga n met for about an hour today with West Germa n Chan cellor Helmut Kohl at the White House. Kohl is the first Europea n Leader to visit the Preside nt since the Reykjavik summit. US officials say Kohl expressed support for the Preside nt's SDI program.Sectio n TwoWest Germa n Chan cellor Helmut Kohl is in Wash ington D.C. for four days of meet in gs. Among the issues on his age nda are econo micrelations with the US and Germany's policy towards southern Africa.But today, Kohl's talk with Preside nt Reaga n was domin ated by the rece nt US-Soviet summit meet ingin Icela nd. NPR's Brenda Wils onreports.While no major agreement was signed by the United States and the Soviet Un io n in Reykjavik, the two coun tries made progress in arms con trol talks in areas that are a cen tral concern to America's Europea n allies. Those particular areas invo Ive disarmame nt proposals made in Icela nd, affecti ng medium-ra nge missiles and Ion g-ra nge missiles over which allies have voiced some reservatio ns. This was a major topic of discussion with Chancellor Kohl today, even though his Foreign Minister wasbriefed by the US Secretary of State only last week. In remarks welcomi ng Chan cellorKohl, Preside nt Reaga nsounded a positive note, saying that there was ample reason for optimism. "Whe n the n ext agreeme ntis fin ally reached with theSoviet Union, and I say when, not if, it will not be the result of weak ness of timidity on the part of Western n ati on s. In stead, it willflow from our stre ngth, realism and uni ty." The Preside nt alsoexplained that achieving such an agreement would depend upon pushing ahead with his Strategic Defense Initiative, SDI, because it offered protecti on aga inst cheati ng. But members of NATO, in clud ingGerma ny, have expressed concern that elim in at ing medium-ra nge missiles in Europe as was proposedin Reykjavik would potentially leave Europe vulnerable to the Soviet shorter-range missiles andgreater superiority in conventional forces. They expressed doubtsthat SDI could make up for those deficiencies. The allies, in particularWest Germa ny, want reduct ions in medium-ra nge missiles tied to reducti ons in shorter-ra nge missiles and conven ti onal forces. Chancellor Kohl was expected to press these points and to urge Preside nt Reaga n to compromise on SDI to keep talks betwee n the US and the Soviets moving. Speak ing through an in terpreter in his arrival remarks, Kohl did not men ti on SDI, "It rema ins our goal, and I know that I shared with you, Mr . Preside nt, to create peace and security with ever fewer weap ons. In Reykjavik, tha nks to your serious and con siste nt efforts in pursuit of peace, a major step was take n in thisdirecti on. And we must now take the opport un ities that prese nt themselves without endangering our defensive capability."After the meet ing betwee n Kohl and the Preside nt, a senior adm ini strati on official quoted Kohl as say ing that he has always bee n in favor of the Strategic Defense system. At the White House, rm Brenda Wils on.Sect ion ThreeA group of bus in ess leaders in Bost on today announ ced pla ns to expa nd a college scholarship program to in clude any eligible Bost onhigh school graduate. The bus in ess leaders announ ced pla ns for a perma nent five-millio n dollar en dowme nt fund, and they also promise to hire any of the students who go on to complete their college educati ons. An drew Kaffery of member statio n WBUR has the report.The Bost on bus in ess com mun ity's invo Iveme nt in the Bost on public school dates back almost twenty years, from work intern ships to an en dowme nt program for Bost on teachers. Bus in ess has pumped more tha n one millio n dollars into the public schools. Now bus in ess leaders say they're ready to make their biggest commitme nt yet: amulti-million dollar scholarship program that will enable the city'spoorest kids to go on to college and to jobs afterward. The program is called Action Center for Educational Services and Scholarships, or ACESS. Accordi ng to Daniel Cheever , the Preside nt of Bost on'sWheelock College, ACESS in not a blank check for the eligiblegraduates. "First We'll help them get as much aid as they can from other sources, and sec on dly, we'll provide the last dollar scholarship.I should add, of course, they have to qualify for finan cial aid; that is, we're not handing out money to students who don't need it." The average grant is around five hundred dollars and already the program has give n one hun dred Bost on stude nts more tha n fifty thousa nddollars in scholarship mon ey.Other assista nee from the program has helped those stude nts raise more than six hundred thousanddollars in additional financial aid. School officials say this program will help a system where 43% of the students live below the poverty level, and almost half who enter high school drop out. Robert Weaver was on Bost on high school graduate who could not afford college. He's in the ACESS program now and will get a degree in airplane mechanics next year from the WentworthIn stitute of Tech no logy in Bost on. "I got the Pale grant and the state scholarship, but there was still a gap. There was like a twen ty-three hun dred-dollar gap. Wen tworth's total bill was fifty-seve n hun dred, soI had to fill that amount with worki ng over the summer , my family contribution. I paid for my own books, my own tools, things like that.But without ACESS I would n't be where I am today."This program comes at an importa nt time for the city of Bost on. Un employme nt here is among the lowest in the n ati on and bus in ess leaders say they're having a hard time finding qualified job applicants.So the ACESS program is not just good public relati ons. Bus in ess leaders, like Edward Philips, whois the chairman of the ACESS program, say there's a bit of self-preservation involved. "Over time,we believe this program will in crease the flow of Bost on reside nts into Bost on bus in esses and that, of course, is a self-serv ing opport un ity. If where you are has a supply of qualified people to en ter man agerial and technical-professional level jobs, that can't be anything but aplus." Philips says any scholarship student who finishes college will be given hiring priority over other job applicants by the participatingbus in esses. College stude nt Robert Weaver says the program hasin spired other high school stude nts to stay in school. "I went back tomy high school yesterday, Bright on High School, and I talked to asenior class, the gen eral assembly, and I was telli ng them basically what rm invo Ived in, and basically, to get yourselves motivated and go look for those ACESS advisers. They're not going to come to you all the time. You have to get out there and get it if you want to take acco unt for your own life, because no one else is going to do it for you.And that really pumped them up, and now that they're aware, and they know that ACESS advisers are there, things will be a lot easier for them."The bus in ess group is in the middle of a five-milli on-dollar fund drive. Two millio n dollars has already bee n collected. Thirty-two of Bost on's most in flue ntial corporati ons have already joined in, with twenty more soon to follow. The program has drawn the praise of US Education Secretary William Benn ett, who predicted it will become a n ati onalmodel. For Natio nal Public Radi o, I'm Andrew Kaffery in Bost on.。