全新版大学英语第二版听说教程2(unit1~14)答案

Unit 1 Sports

Part C

Short Conversations

You’re going to hear five short conversations. Listen carefully and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.

1. a. Basketball. b. Volleyball.

c. Table tennis.

d. Tennis.

2. a. Boxing is one of his favorite sports.

b. Boxing is the only kind of sport he likes.

c. He doesn’t like boxing at all.

d. He doesn’t like boxing very much.

3. a. He finds it too long.

b. He thinks it could be more exciting.

c. He doesn’t like it at all.

d. He likes it, but not very much.

4. a. He doesn’t know how to play chess.

b. He doesn’t like playing chess very much.

c. He can’t play chess well.

d. He’s a good chess player.

5. a. He was a good football player in high school.

b. He kept track of the football players and games when he was in high school.

c. He shows no interest in football now.

d. He’s busy playing golf as well as football now.

Script:

1. W: I like playing basketball, volleyball and table tennis. What about you?

M: Well, tennis is my favorite sport.

Q: Which sport does the man like?

2. W: You don’t like boxing very much, do you?

M: It’s far from being my kind of sport.

Q: What does the man mean?

3. W: I think yesterday’s football game was quite exciting. What about you, John?

M: You said it. But it was a bit long.

Q: What does the man think about the football game?

4. W: Do you like to play chess?

M: I like the game, but I don’t play it often enough. I’m afraid I’m not a very good chess player.

Q: What does the man mean?

5. M: I knew the names of all the football players and the dates of all the games in my high school days. But recently I have failed to

keep up with football.

W: Now you’re busy with your golf games.

Q: What do you know about the man from the conversation?

Unit 2 Food and Drinks、

A Conversation

Listen to the conversation and choose the right answers to the questions.

1. What is the relationship between the two speakers?

a. Classmates.

b. Co-workers.

c. Waiter and diner.

d. Strangers.

2. Where does the conversation take place?

a. At McDonald’s.

b. At Kentucky Fried Chicken.

c. At an Italian restaurant.

d. At Pizza Hut.

3. What will they order?

a. Pizza, salad and iced water.

b. Soup, hamburger and coffee.

c. Sandwich, spaghetti and red wine.

d. Spaghetti, salad, coffee, Coke and iced water.

Script:

A: Well, here we are, not too crowded.

B: Great! Let’s order quickly so we can chat a little.

A: OK. What are you in the mood for?

B: Something light. I had a huge breakfast and I’m still full.

A: There are three salads. Or you could have soup and a sandwich.

B: What are you having? A hamburger, I suppose.

A: No, actually I ate out last night. We had pizza at Pizza Hut, then a late snack at Kentucky Fried Chicken. B: Oh, dear. Well, maybe you should have a salad.

A: Yes, I think so. Look, the daily special is spaghetti. That sounds good.

B: Oh, the prices are great too. I’ll have that as well.

A: Now let’s decide on drinks.

B: I’ll just have coffee and a glass of iced water.

A: Italian food needs red wine, you know.

B: But we have to go back to work.

A: OK, a Coke for me then.

B: Here comes the waitress. Let me order first.

Unit 3 Weather

Script:

Alan: Oh, look at the sky, Michelle! It’s starting to get cloudy.

Michelle: I see it. I hope it doesn’t rain. I thought it was going to be a fine day today.

Alan: That’s certainly what the department was hoping for when they chose today as the date for the annual picnic. Michelle: You can’t have a picnic without good weather. You need sunshine for all the eating and ga mes and entertainment. Alan: Yeah, sunshine —but not too much! Do you remember last year?

Michelle: I sure do. It was so hot all we did was look for shade, look for ways to escape from the sun.

Alan: And no one wanted to participate in any of the planned activities. All we wanted was cold drinks. And then we dozed off. Michelle: If there had just been the tiniest breeze to cool us off.

Alan: But there wasn’t. Just that burning sun, without a cloud in the sky, and the temperature just seemed t o climb higher and higher.

Michelle: Well, we don’t have that problem this year, apparently. Alan, did you hear the weather forecast? Is it supposed to rain? Alan: I don’t know. I didn’t catch the weather report. But maybe if it rains, it will only be a short shower which cools things off a little. That might not be bad.

Exercise 1

1. What are Alan and Michelle mainly doing?

a. They are planning a picnic for the department.

b. They are wondering what the weather will be like at the annual picni

c.

c. They are discussing how to escape from the sun.

d. They are having cold drinks and talking about the weather.

2. What do you know about Alan?

a. He thinks the department has misjudged the weather situation for the day.

b. He dismisses the idea of having an annual picnic as silly.

c. He dislikes pre-arranged activities and would rather go somewhere on his own.

d. He prefers a short little sleep after drinking.

3. What can you infer from the conversation?

a. Alan is expecting a gentle breeze to cool things off.

b. They haven’t had much sunshine recently.

c. Much to their delight, the weather turns out to be just fine for the picnic.

d. The annual department picnic is usually held on a summer day.

Part C

1. a. Snowy and windy.

b. Cold and rainy.

c. Snowy and icy.

d. Windy and rainy.

2. a. It will get warmer soon.

b. It may get even colder.

c. This is the coldest winter ever.

d. The weather has never been so bad befor

e.

3. a. The man is sure the weather will be fine soon.

b. According to the forecast the weather will be fine soon.

c. If it keeps raining, they will cancel what they have planned to do.

d. If it rains hard, they will postpone what they have planned to do.

4. a. It’s cold in New York now.

b. It’s very hot in New York now.

c. The woman thinks New York and Beijing have similar weather.

d. The man is going to visit New York.

5. a. They’d better change their mind about playing tennis tomorrow.

b. They shouldn’t change their plan.

c. They can play tennis in the morning.

d. They won’t play tennis long.

Script:

1. W: It’s been freezing for the last few days.

M: Yes. And the forecast says there will be more snow next week, accompanied by strong winds.

Q: What will the weather be like next week?

2. M: We haven’t had such a severe winter for a long time, have we?

W: No, and the forecast says it’s going to get worse before it warms up.

Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

3. W: What if it rains hard? What are we going to do?

M: I think it will clear up soon. But if it keeps raining, the whole thing will have to be cancelled.

Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

4. M: How was the weather when you left New York?

W: It was very much like the weather in Beijing. You don’t have to take a lot of clothes.

Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

5. W: If it is this hot tomorrow, we may have to give up the idea of playing tennis in the afternoon.

M: The weather forecast says it will cloud over by noon.

Q: What does the man mean?

Unit 4 Music

Part B

Script:

Background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it. Recorded background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the USA. Very soon it spread to other parts of the world. Now it is becoming difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to music.

To begin with, background music was intended simply to create a soothing atmosphere. Recently, however, it’s becoming a big business. An American marketing expert has shown that music can boost sales or increase factory production by as much as a third.

But it has to be the light music. Lively music has no effect at all on sales. Slow music can increase receipts by 34%. This is probably because shoppers slow down and have more opportunity to spot items they would like to b uy. Yet, slow music isn’t always the answer. The expert found that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. So restaurant owners might be well advised to play faster music to keep the customers moving — unless, of course, the resulting indigestion leads to complaints.

1. Where was recorded background music first used?

a. In factories, shops and offices in Europe.

b. In factories, shops and restaurants in the USA.

c. In factories, shops and snack bars in the USA.

d. In factories, shops and restaurants in Japan.

2. What was the original purpose of background music?

a. To boost sales.

b. To increase factory production.

c. To make sure that diners eat quickly.

d. To produce a pleasant atmospher

e.

3. What kind of music can have a powerful effect on customers in shops?

a. Rock music.

b. Lively musi

c.

c. Light music.

d. Traditional music.

4. Why doesn’t the same kind of music work in restaurants according to the passage?

a. It may slow down the flow of customers.

b. It may result in indigestion.

c. It may interrupt diners’ conversations.

d. It may spoil diners’ appetit

e.

Part C

Celine Dion is the youngest of 14 children in a working-class family in Quebec, Canada. Her parents, who both loved music, 1) encouraged her to develop her musical 2) talent. At 12, Celine had 3) composed the song “It Was Only a Dream”. Her mother and brother helped her to make a recording of that song and sent it off to an address they found on an album of a popular French singer. The address was that of Rene Angelil, who became her first 4) conquest, but there would be millions more.

Celine’s rise from a teenage singer to a pop superstar has been 5) steady, but not without difficulties. Record companies were at first less 6) enthusiastic about 7) investing in a teenager than Angelil, who mortgaged his own home to pay for her first album. But her first two albums won a great success. And by 1983 she became the first Canadian ever to have a gold record in France.

In 1990, Celine made her first English language record with Unison but 8) her real breakthrough in America came when she was selected by Disney to sing the theme song of Beauty and the Beast. The song went to No.1 on the chart and won both a Grammy and an Academy award. 9) In 1996 she performed at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and in 1997 she recorded the theme song for Titanic, and her name became synonymous with the enormously successful film.

Celine Dion’s favorite theme is love.10) She sings t he depth and the power of love in a great many of her hits such as “Love Can Move Mountains”, “Because You Loved Me”, “The Power of Love” and, of course, the theme song of Titanic, “My Heart Will Go On”.

Unit 5 Health

Part C

1. a. She feels better today.

b. She’ll be OK soon.

c. She’s going to see the doctor today.

d. She’s not well.

2. a. Jack will come back in three weeks.

b. Jack is very sick.

c. Both the man and the woman miss Jack a lot.

d. Both the man and the woman are concerned about Jack’s health.

3. a. Eating dinner at very late hours.

b. Eating wrong kinds of food.

c. Eating too much.

d. Eating too littl

e.

4. a. He will go to school in a couple of days.

b. He is quite all right today.

c. He is being treated in hospital.

d. He has been ill for a couple of days.

5. a. He had an operation last week.

b. He needs further treatment in hospital.

c. He has had a checkup recently.

d. He is going to see the doctor again.

Script:

1. W: Jane kept coughing and couldn’t go to sleep all night.

M: She must be sick. I hope she’s better today.

Q: What do you know about Jane?

2. M: I haven’t seen Jack for ages.

W: Neither have I. But I heard he had been in hospital for three weeks.

Q: What do you learn from the conversation?

3. W: Doctor, I’ve been suffering from a stomachache for quite a long time.

M: Tell me what you usually eat. You know eating properly is very important for health.

Q: What does the doctor say about the possible cause of the woman’s illness?

4. M: How is your son Peter feeling today?

W: Much better than yesterday. But he still needs to rest for a couple of days before going to school. Q: What does the woman say about Peter?

5. M: How is your husband after the operation?

W: He’s getting better. But he still needs to go to the hospital for a checkup in a week.

Q: What does the woman say about her husband?

Unit 6 Business

Part C

1. What did Mr. Stevenson’s store sell?

a. Family furniture.

b. Sports apparatus.

c. General appliances.

d. Things for newly-weds.

2. Why did many newly-weds usually walk away at the end of their inquiry?

a. They knew they could buy better-quality appliances elsewhere.

b. They were bored with the owner’s long speech.

c. They wanted to compare prices at other stores.

d. They didn’t think t he store could meet their needs.

3. Which of the following best describes Mr. Stevenson’s attitude towards his customers?

a. Polite and patient.

b. Polite but inflexible.

c. Generous and kin

d. d. Snobbish and rud

e.

4. What was Mr. Stevenson’s response to the young couple’s refusal?

a. He was not disappointed at all because he was accustomed to it.

b. He couldn’t hide his disappointment.

c. He felt disappointed but smiled and then moved aside.

d. He didn’t show his disappointment and tried his best to win their trust.

5. Why did the young couple finally decide to place an order?

a. They were touched by the owner’s hospitality.

b. They wanted to help the owner with his family business.

c. They thought the owner was honest and sincere.

d. They realized how important after-sales services wer

e.

Mr. Stevenson was the owner o f a general appliance store. He had seen many newly-weds coming into his store to shop for their first refrigerator, washer and dryer, and air-conditioner. Pen and pencil in hand, they would ask him a lot of questions about price, features and after-sales services, but they would usually walk away at the end of their inquiry.

The other day a young couple came into his store. They asked him all the usual questions and he answered all of them patiently. But when he suggested an order at the end, they replied firmly, “We’ll have to look around places first.”

Although feeling a bit disappointed, Mr. Stevenson did not show it. Instead, he smiled, moved closer and said, “I know you will go to Discount Dan to look at the price tags. That’s perfectly understandable. I do the same. In fact, they sell the same stuff as we do. Bu t if you buy things there, there is something you will not get, and that is me. I come with everything I sell. I’ve been in the business for thirty years and in a few years’ time I’m going to give my store to my daughter and son-in-law. I hope they will carry on the family business. I stand behind everything I sell and I will make sure that you will never regret buying things from me.”

After this short speech Mr. Stevenson offered the young couple some ice cream to thank them for their interest.

Impressed by his honesty and sincerity, the young couple decided to place an order.

Unit 7 Fashion

Vera Wang has become a 1) significant figure in the American fashion industry in a 2) relatively short period of time. She has no formal design training because her father wouldn’t let her go to art school and wanted her to 3) concentrate on more “practical subjects”. After earning a degree in 4) liberal arts, Vera worked as an 5) editor at Vogue for 17 years and as a design director of Ralph Lauren for two years. In 1990 she opened her first boutique on Madison Avenue in New York, in a less expensive line of 6)

ready-to-wear bridal and evening dresses. She chose bridal wear for she wanted to build a fashion company starting with one market and then 7) expand into others. She became a household name in 1994 when she designed stylish costumes for figure skater Nancy Kerrigan to wear in the Winter Olympics.

8) Vera Wang herself is a very good skater and she had Olympic dreams too. But that dream was crushed when she did not win at the National Figure Skating Championships in 1968. 9) However her love for the sport never ceased. “I wanted to make an artistic contribution to the sport,” she said. 10) “I don’t know if designing costumes for Nancy has been good in terms of actual sales, but it has been tremendous for name recognition.”

Unit 8 Society

Script:

Do you dream of winning the lottery? Millions of people do. Every day, millions of Americans buy lottery tickets. They are hoping to win $100,000, $1,000,000 or more. What happens after you win the lottery?

When you win a million dollars, you don’t receive a check for the total amount. You may choose to receive $50,000 a year for twenty years. Also, you must pay taxes. After taxes, you receive from $25,000 to $40,000 a year for twenty years. This is a lot of extra spending money.

What have some people done with their money? Let’s look at three past winners.

Lisa K wanted to be an artist, but she didn’t have enough money to go to art school. She was working at a job she didn’t enjo y. In August, Lisa bought one ticket and won two million dollars. She quit her job three weeks later and is now attending art school.

Mark L was a car salesman. He worked seven days a week and had little time for family life. After he won the lottery, he quit working. Now he spends his time bowling, working in the garden, and fixing things in his house. But, he’s bored. He doesn’t want to sell cars again, but he isn’t sure what he wants to do with his life.

Jack B is one of the small number of winners who did not quit his job. Jack still teaches at a school near his home. But now he and his wife take their children on an interesting vacation every year. And they don’t worry about sending their children to college. They say that money brings security and gives a person opportunities, but it doesn’t bring happiness.

Exercise 1

1. If you win a million dollars, how much can you get before tax?

a. $ 100,000 immediately.

b. $ 50,000 a year for twenty years.

c. $ 20,000 a year for fifty years.

d. $100,000 a year for ten years.

2. If you win a million dollars, how much can you get after tax annually?

a. $10,000 to $25,000.

b. $15,000 to $30,000.

c. $20,000 to $35,000.

d. $25,000 to $40,000.

3. What did Lisa K do after she won the lottery?

a. She quit her job and opened an art school.

b. She began to spend her time traveling around the world.

c. She stayed on her job, but took an interesting vacation every year.

d. She quit her job and began to study art.

4. What did Mark L do after he won the lottery?

a. He quit his job and began to work for himself.

b. He began to spend his time bowling, working in the garden, and fixing things in his house.

c. He didn’t quit his job, but went sightseeing every year.

d. None of the abov

e.

5. What did Jack B do after he won the lottery?

a. He quit his job and led a leisurely life at home.

b. He began to spend his time exercising, gardening, and traveling.

c. He stayed on his job, but took his family on an interesting vacation every year.

d. None of the abov

e.

6. What is the main idea of the passage?

a. To win the prize is the dream of every lottery ticket buyer.

b. Most winners quit their jobs after winning the lottery to lead a carefree life.

c. The winner of the lottery cannot receive the total amount of the prize money.

d. Winning the lottery means security and opportunities but not necessarily happiness.

Part C

Test Your Listening

A Passage

Listen to the story and choose the right answers to the questions.

1. When and where was a newborn baby found?

a. In a deserted park yesterday.

b. In a rock garden early yesterday morning.

c. On a rock in Central Park early yesterday morning.

d. In lower Manhattan before dawn yesterday.

2. How did the police feel when they found the baby?

a. Sorry.

b. Surprised.

c. Unhappy.

d. Relieved.

3. Who might be the woman that had abandoned her baby?

a. A young homeless woman who called the head of Hope Foundation.

b. A woman who called a fire station early yesterday.

c. A homeless woman who called a hospital hotline.

d. A homeless woman who called a baby rescue hotline early yesterday.

4. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?

a. The Hope Foundation couldn’t help the woman.

b. The police are determined to find the mother.

c. The mother gave up her baby because she was homeless.

d. The mother was eager to hide her identity.

Script:

A healthy newborn girl was discovered in Central Park yesterday morning. The baby was abandoned on the top of a rock shortly before dawn after the mother gave birth to her there. The police said that the baby was healthy and weighed 7 pounds. Now they were searching for the mother. A policeman said that they had never had anything like this before. They really didn’t get babies left in the park. But they were just happy the baby was all right. The police rushed the baby to a nearby hospital. Fortunately she was OK. The police believed the baby was born less than half an hour before she was discovered. They also believed, judging from the amount of blood found on the rock, that the mother might have given birth there. It was 70 degrees when the baby was found.

Detectives were investigating whether the mother was a homeless woman who called a baby rescue hotline early yesterday. T he head of Hope Foundation said that his hotline received a call about 5:30 a.m. from a young homeless woman in Manhattan. The caller asked, “How do I get rid of my baby?” She was apparently in labor. Then she was told to go to either a hospital or a fire station. But the woman was afraid she would be recognized there. The head also said that the woman wouldn’t even tell him where he could possibly meet her since they had two teams that could help with the delivery, if necessary.

Unit 9 Dreams and Ambitions

Part B

1. What does the story mainly tell us?

a. How Larry found a job in a restaurant in Hollywood.

b. How Larry managed to make a living in Hollywood.

c. How Larry started his career in Hollywoo

d.

d. How Larry met an important film director in Hollywood.

2. Which of the following statements about Larry can be inferred?

a. Larry was an idealistic dreamer.

b. Larry had a fine sense of humor.

c. Larry was going to be a great movie star.

d. Larry was broke when he met the film director.

3. Why was the film director interested in Larry?

a. He was amused by Larry’s unusual way of recommending himself.

b. He thought Larry would make a good actor.

c. He was sorry for Larry.

d. He didn’t want Larry to be employed by other companies.

Script:

Larry had always wanted to become a movie star. His hopes for success were dashed again and again, however. Hollywood just did not seem interested. But Larry refused to admit that his chances of getting into movies were practically nil. Someday, he told himself, his big opportunity would come.

To keep body and soul together, Larry found a job parking cars for one of Hollywood’s big restaurants. The pay was basic but since the guests were quite generous with their tips, he managed to make a living.

One day he recognized an important film director driving into the parking lot and getting out of his car. Larry had recently heard that the man was making a new picture.

Larry got into the car and prepared to drive it on into the lot and park it. Then he stopped, jumped out and ran over to the director. “Excuse me, sir, but I think it’s only fair to tell you that it’s now or never if you want me in your new picture. A lot of b ig companies are after me.”

Fascinated by Larry’s abrupt statement, the director stopped. “Yes? Which companies?”

“Well,” replied the would-be star, “there’s the telephone company, the gas company, and the electric company, to mention only a few.”

The director laughed, then scribbled something on a card and handed it to the young man. “Come and see me tomorrow.”

Larry got a small part in the director’s next film. He was on his way!

Part C

Listen to the passage and choose the right answers to the questions.

1. When did Zaslow start writing stories?

a. In 1988.

b. In his childhood.

c. At Carnegie Mellon University.

d. At the Chicago Sun-Times.

2. How old was Zaslow when his column became popular with readers in Chicago?

a. 33.

b. 31.

c. 28.

d. 41.

3. What is the major benefit Zaslow has got from his years in the advice business?

a. He has realized his dream of becoming a writer.

b. He has greater faith in his fellow men.

c. He earns a good salary.

d. He has made many friends.

4. What can be inferred from the passage?

a. People playing the roles of cartoon figures at Disney World had a hard life.

b. Zaslow did not like his job at the Wall Street Journal.

c. Jeffrey Zaslow was a better advice columnist than Ann Landers.

d. To be an advice columnist has always been Zaslow’s dream.

Script:

Jeffrey Zaslow, the advice columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, grew up in suburban Philadelphia. His biggest ambition in life was to be a writer. “I never wanted to be anything else,” he says. “I was ten or eleven when I saw Gone with the Wind and I wrote my own Civil War story.”

After earning a degree in creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University, he got a job at a newspaper in Orlando, Florida. He made his mark with his article on the rough working conditions endured by the people inside the Mickey and Minnie costumes at Walt Disney World. Later he became a staff writer for the Wall Street Journal.

In 1988, when the famous advice columnist, Ann Landers, quit her job at the Chicago Sun-Times, the paper launched a nationwide contest to find her replacement. Jeffrey Zaslow applied. Among the 12,000 contestants, women outnumbered men nine to one, and most of them had seen a lot more of life than Zaslow, who was 28 and not married. When he reached the semifinals, his editors at the Journal ran a headline: “Why He’ll Never Make It.” But Jeffrey did make it in the finals.

Today, thirteen years later, his column, “All That Zazz,” is read by thousands of readers in the Chicago area. His years in t he advice business left him with a deep appreciation for people and their problems. He is also greatly moved by the generosity, sincerity and good nature of his readers. “Wonderful people,” he says, “do outnumber terrible people in this world. I have much more faith in my fellow me n than I had before. And I’ve read plenty of letters to back that up.”

Unit 10 Disaste

1. What does the passage mainly tell us?

a. How Jan and five others were helped out of an elevator by firefighters.

b. How Jan rescued five passengers in an elevator.

c. How Jan saved himself and five others.

d. How Jan escaped death with his courage and wisdom.

2. Which of the following is true?

a. Jan and the five others had only one hour to escape from the damaged building.

b. After they kicked the wall apart they found themselves in the corridor of the 50th floor of the building.

c. The North Tower collapsed at 10:23 a.m. that day.

d. It took Jan 95 minutes to escape death.

3. What does Jan do?

a. He’s a window cleaner.

b. He’s an elevator operator.

c. He’s an elevator cleaner.

d. He’s an office worker.

4. Which of the following can best describe Jan?

a. Kind-hearted.

b. Strong-willed.

c. Calm.

d. Brav

e.

Script:

On the morning of September 11th Jan was in an elevator of the North Tower of the World Trade Center with his window cleaning equipment when the building was hit.

There were five other passengers in the elevator. All of a sudden the building shook and the elevator stopped and began to swing to and fro. Although the men were not aware of it, they had only 100 minutes to get out of the damaged tower before it would crumble to dust.

Soon smoke began coming into the elevator. The men realized that something was wrong. They forced the doors open only to find a wall in front of them! The wall had the number 50 on it and they knew they were at the 50th floor. But their elevator normally did not stop there, so there was no opening for them to escape. Jan decided that they would have to make their own.

Knowing that the wall was made of a material that could be cut through, Jan grabbed his 18-inch squeegee, and began chopping away at the wall. When he felt tired, others helped.

Starting with one small hole, they cut through the three-inch deep wall and then widened it. Then they kicked the wall, two at the same time. The wall cracked apart. They saw before them a 2-by-4 inch metal beam

and a tile wall! Refusing to give up, the desperate men bent the beam, knocked a hole through the tiles, then made the opening big enough to squeeze through. Astonished, firefighters took them to the nearest staircase and they ran down flight after flight. By 10:23, when Jan and the others emerged on the street, they had used up 95 of the 100 minutes they had. Five minutes later, the North Tower crumbled.

Unit 11 Famous People

Script

Alan Greenspan, who served as Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board for about two decades from 1987 to 2006, was regarded in those days as one of the most important men by many people in the world.

Greenspan was born on March 6, 1926. His father was a stockbroker and his mother worked in retailing. When he was four years old, his parents divorced and he was raised by his mother in New York.

Young Alan was a shy boy but he was very good at large numbers. When he was only five, his mother would get him to add two three-digit numbers in his head.

He loved baseball and tennis. And, like his mother, he developed a deep appreciation for music. In the mid-1940s he studied briefly at a music school in New York, and then toured the country for a year with a music band. Then he entered New York University’s School of Commerce and graduated with a degree in economics. He got a Master’s degree at NYU in 1949, and shifted to Columbia University to work on his PhD. When his money ran low, he withdrew from graduate school and went to work for the National Industrial Conference Board. He eventually earned a PhD from NYU in 1977.

In the mid-1950s Greenspan opened an economic consulting company. In 1987 he began to work in the Federal Government. His work as Chief of Federal Reserve Board was much the same as the work he did on Wall Street, trying to understand how the economy worked and what drove it, offering suggestions for improvement. He was, however, making less money.

Exercise 1

Listen to the passage and choose the right answers to the questions.

1. How long has Greenspan been Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board according to the passage?

a. Almost 20 years.

b. 12 years.

c. 5 years.

d. 4 years.

2. What do you know about his parents?

a. They were poor.

b. They divorced.

c. They deserted him.

d. They moved to New York.

3. What was young Greenspan fond of?

a. Baseball and basketball.

b. Tennis and baseball.

c. Movies and tennis.

d. Sports and music.

4. Which of the following does the passage imply?

a. It is a pity that Greenspan has given up his career as a musician.

b. Greenspan as Chief of Federal Reserve Board could do whatever he liked to do.

c. Greenspan’s income was higher when he worked on Wall Street.

d. Greenspan wasn’t very good at his studies since he earned his PhD at the age of 51.

5. Which of the following describes the speaker’s attitude towards Greenspan?

a. Positive.

b. Neutral.

c. Negative.

d. Critical.

Part C

Test Your Listening

A Compound Dictation

Listen to the passage three times and supply the missing information.

On June 28, 2008, amid cheers and tears 52-year-old Gates said good-bye to his 1) Microsoft employees.

The following is his closing remarks during his 2) farewell event in Redmond:

“My life’s work really is about 3) software and working with incredible people. I love working with smart people. I love working with Steve. I love working with all the incredible people here. Even the times that were the 4) toughest, in some ways those are the ones that bond you the most —when IBM decides to attack you, or when some 5) legal ruling isn’t quite right. And you have to do a press conference afterwards.

“The work here combines two things that I think are just so special. One is the 6) long-term impact — the impact on the world of what we do — is incredible. We can always go out and see things that remind us of that. See blind people who, using our accessibility, can browse the Internet. You know, their lives are just totally different because of that. So we can say, wow, this is so 7) impactful.

“But I think the second thing, 8) which is that the day-to-day work is fun and enjoyable, that’s actually what’s made it so easy to want to work hard, to want to always improve things, to face up to whatever it is that needs to be done better. 9) So it’s a special group of people who put so much into it.

“So let me just close by saying you’ve made it so much for me. 10) There won’t be a day of my life that I’m not thinking about Microsoft, and the great things that it’s doing, and wanting to help. So thank you for making it the center of my life, and so much fun. Thank you.”

Unit 12 The Internet

Part B

Script:

On a wet Sunday morning in Sydney last year, 13-year-old Nathen Dees switched on his computer. He was surfing the Net, looking for someone to talk to, when he saw a message on his screen from a girl named Steffi who was online:

“H-E-L-P”

“What’s the matter?” Nathen typed.

“I can’t breathe. Help me!” came the desperate reply.

“Is this a game?” asked Nathen, rather annoyed.

“No, it isn’t. I’m having trouble breathing. I can’t get out of my chair,” replied Steffi.

The alarm call was not a joke. Steffi Marks was a 20-year-old university student working on a history project alone in her house in Heilbronn, Germany. While surfing the Net for information, she felt a sudden pain in her legs. She tried to get out of her chair, but she couldn’t move. As the pain moved to her chest and made breathing almost impossible, she typed her cry for help.

“Can you call 000?” Nathan asked. He waited and got a shock when her reply came.

“What is 000?”

000 is the emergency service number in Australia, but Steffi didn’t know she was linked up with an Australian, and Nathen hadn’t realized till then that he was talking to someone outside Australia.

“Where are you?” he asked.

There was a long pause and finally the letters appeared, “Heilbronn, Germany.” Nathen exclaimed in surprise. He stared at the screen. Someone in a country far away needed his help.

“Don’t worry. I’ll get help for you.” Nathen typed back. “What’s your home address, Steffi?”

Steffi sent back her address and added that the pain was getting worse.

Nathen quickly rang up the international operator and asked to be put through to Germany. He explained the situation to the operator there and gave her Steffi’s address. Then he typed back, “Hold on, Steffi. Help is now on the way.” He waited anxiou sly for a reply.

Meanwhile, in Heilbronn, an ambulance crew got the emergency call and sped towards the address with two police officers. Once at Steffi’s house, they broke down the door and found her in great pain over the keyboard. She was able, however, to write on e more thing to her Australian rescuer. The message Nathen had been waiting for finally flashed onto the screen.

“They are here. Thanks. Bye.” Steffi was finally safe, thanks to a young boy on the other side of the world.

Exercise 1

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

a. A teenager, while surfing the Internet, came upon an emergency call for help.

b. A teenager responded promptly to a call for help on the Internet from a stranger far away and saved her life.

c. A student suddenly fell ill and sought help on the Internet.

d. A student was very sick, but she held on until help arrived.

2. In which country does the teenager live?

a. Austria.

b. Australia.

c. Germany.

d. Poland.

3. In which country does the student live?

a. Austria.

b. Australia.

c. Polan

d.

d. Germany.

4. How did the teenager feel when he learned where the student lived?

a. Much annoyed.

b. Very much surprised.

c. Quite excite

d.

d. Completely shocked.

5. What did the teenager do after he received the message?

a. Called an ambulance to the student’s home.

b. Went on with his surfing on the Internet.

c. Put a call to Germany through an international operator.

d. Informed the student’s parents about her condition.

6. What could be inferred from the story?

a. The teenager knew exactly how to act in a case of emergency.

b. The teenager and the student had been pen-friends for some time.

c. The student could find no help from her own country.

d. The student would have been healthy if she were not onlin

e.

A Conversation

Listen to the conversation and choose the right answers to the questions.

1. What are the two speakers doing?

a. They’re having a chat about the Internet.

b. They are talking about how to use the Internet.

c. One is interviewing the other about the use of the Internet.

d. They are talking about the difference between the Internet and e-mail.

2. Mostly for what does the man use the Internet?

a. Chatting online.

b. Finding information.

c. Joining in news groups.

d. Looking through libraries.

3. How often does the man go online?

a. Two or three hours a week.

b. Around four to nine hours a week.

c. Less than three hours a week.

d. About four hours a week.

4. What do you know about the man?

a. He knows it’s important to limit himself in using the Internet.

b. He can’t use the Internet at daytime.

c. He can’t resist the temptation of the Inte rnet.

d. He is only a beginning user of the Internet.

Script:

W: When did you get started on the Internet, David?

M: Oh, about a year ago. I was doing a lot of e-mail and I got started through that really.

M: So there’s a difference between the Interne t and e-mail?

M: Yeah, e-mail is just like having a mailbox in your computer and the Internet is like the biggest research library in the world, but there’s more than that.

W: Well, tell me a bit more about that.

M: OK, Basically there are three things you can use the Internet for: finding information, joining in news groups, and chatting online, like on a telephone, only you type your messages rather than say them.

W: And you use it for all three?

M: Not really. I use it mostly for finding information, you know, looking through university libraries, things like that.

W: Uh huh.

M: And I chat online with my brother in New York.

W: Why don’t you just call him?

M: Well, it’s a lot cheaper.

W: How often do you go online?

M: Let me see. I try to limit myself. I guess I use it about two or three times a week for about a couple of hours each time. I have to

stop myself. There’s this real temptation to just browse, you know.

W: And when do you use it? Do you have a regular time?

M: Actually like a lot of people. I use it at cheap rate times, early in the morning or late at night.

W: I see. And one more thing, do you have any tips for anyone who might be interested in using the Internet?

M: Yeah, I guess I could say a few things. Definitely only use it at cheap rate times. That’s the first thing. And try to limit your time. And don’t get sidetracked.

W: Thanks for joining us, Dave.

M: Thank you.

Unit 13 Hum Script:

A thief who dropped a winning lottery ticket at the scene of his crime has been given a lesson in honesty. His victim, who picked up the ticket, managed to trace him, and handed over the cash.

The robbery happened last Saturday when maths professor Vinicio Sabbatucci, 58, was changing a tire on an Italian motorway. Another motorist, who sto pped to “help”, stole a suitcase from his car and drove off.

The professor found the dropped ticket and put it in his pocket before driving to his home in eastern Italy. Next day, he saw the lottery results on TV and, unfolding the ticket, realized it was a winner. He claimed the 60 million lire prize.

Then began a battle with his conscience. Eventually, he decided he could not keep the money despite the fact that he had been robbed.

He advertised in newspapers and on radio, saying: “I’m trying to find the man who robbed me. I have 60 million lire for him — a lottery win. Please meet me. Anonymity guaranteed.”

Professor Sabbatucci received hundreds of calls from people. All of them tried to trick him into giving them the cash. But there was one voice he recognized — and he arranged to meet the man in a park.

The robber turned out to be a 35-year-old unemployed father of two children. He gave back the suitcase and burst into tears. He could not believe what was happening. “Why didn’t you keep the money?” he asked. The professor replied:“I couldn’t because it’s not mine.”

Then he walked off, ignoring the thief’s offer of a reward.

Exercise 1

Listen to the recording and choose the right answer to complete each of the following sentences.

1. When the maths professor was driving home, _______________.

a. his car broke down

b. his car was stopped by a robber

c. his car collided with another one

d. his car lost a tire

2. One driver passing by stopped and ________________.

a. offered his lottery ticket to the professor

b. gave him some advice and then drove off

c. pretended to offer help

d. changed a tire for him

3. When the professor realized that the lottery ticket was a winner, ________.

a. he decided to return it to its owner immediately

b. he decided to keep it

c. he was beside himself with joy

d. he had a painful struggle deciding whether to keep it or return it

4. The lesson of the story is that _________________.

a. we must not take what is not ours

b. we must never accept a thief’s reward

c. we must be brave enough to admit our mistakes

d. we must not be taken in by those who pretend to help

5. The topic of the story is _____________________.

a. the struggle between good and evil

b. honesty

c. education and virtue

d. crime and punishment

Part C

Listen to the passage and choose the right answers to the questions.

1. Which of the following is true of Christina?

a. She went traveling with her family in many parts of Kenya.

b. She spent four days with the Samburu tribe people in Kenya.

c. She spent her last summer vacation with a tribe people in Kenya.

d. She took many pictures of children in Kenya.

2. What did Christina do to help the Samburu tribe people?

a. She gave them 200 dollars out of her own savings.

b. She taught them to paint pictures and paid them a lot of money.

c. She taught the children how to paint pictures and turn them into cards.

d. She bought the children’s paintings and sold them back hom

e.

3. What did she do with the profit money from sales during the last Christmas season?

a. She used it to train the tribe people to make beaded bracelets and other ornaments.

b. She used it to build a dam, buy cows, and pay medical bills for two children.

c. She used it to buy cows for poor families.

d. She used it to build a children’s hospital.

4. What can we learn from the story?

a. Without Christina’s Samburu Project, the tribe people would not be able to survive.

b. The Samburu people are born artists and craftspeople.

c. Christina is a good artist.

d. Christina is a caring girl.

On a trip to Kenya with her family, 17-year-old Christina spent four days with the Samburu tribe people. Two years of drought had killed their cattle and left the tribe with nothing to eat. Christina wanted to help them.

For fun, she taught the children how to paint and the children came up with amazing drawings of animals. Christina decided to turn the paintings into cards and sell them back home. She paid the children $200 of her own money for the pictures. “That fed them for two a nd a half weeks,” she said.

It was then that she got the idea of paying the tribe people for their crafts, which she’d sell in local stores. Her goal was to raise enough money to buy a cow for each family and to dam the nearby springs so the tribe would never be troubled by droughts again. Obtaining a loan from her parents, she started the Samburu Project.

Now the men and women there are making beaded bracelets and other ornaments. And the children are painting giraffes and zebras.

Christina sets aside every penny of profit for the tribe. Sales during last y ear’s Christmas season yielded $10,000 in profit. She was able to collect enough money to buy the cows, build the dam and even pay the medical bills of a girl who had a brain tumor and a boy badly burned in a fire.

Christina’s enthusiasm is catching. When her friends learned about this, they also wanted to buy a cow. That gave her another idea: people could donate $50 to purchase a cow for the Samburu people. By now 67 people have done so.

Christina adds what she can to the kitty. “I take the money I would spend on CDs or a soda and throw it into a jar for the Samburu.”

Unit 14 Culture

1. What does the passage mainly discuss?

a. Why young people above 18 in the U.S. prefer to attend local colleges.

b. The reasons why more and more young people in America move back to their parents’ homes rather than live on their own.

c. Young people in America should leave home when they reach 18.

d. How young people in the U.S. try to cope with the rising costs of housing.

2. What do you know about Sallie?

a. She moved back to her parents’ home mainly because she didn’t have money to buy a new car.

b. She felt miserable when she was away from home.

c. She was not satisfied with her job as a teacher.

d. She doesn’t want to pay much money for rent.

3. What can you learn from the passage?

a. Most parents in America welcome their children’s return to the nest.

b. An away-from-home college education is no longer affordable to middle class people in America.

c. Failure in marriage is an important reason for the return to the nest.

d. Young people in America have trouble establishing their own identities.

4. What is one of the reasons why most psychologists disapprove of lengthy homecomings?

a. Because they are resented by the aging parents.

b. Because they are against the American tradition.

c. Because they are harmful to the housing industry.

d. Because they are damaging to the growth of the young peopl

e.

Script:

In America there is a na?ve notion that children grow up and leave home when they’re 18, but the truth is far from that. Today 59% of men and 47% of women between 18 and 24 depend on their parents for housing. Most college students now live at home. Also, 14% of men and 8% of women aged 25 to 34 are dependent on their parents for housing.

“This is part of a major shift in the middle class,” declares a sociologist at Northwestern University.

Analysts cite a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. First, the marriage age is rising. Second, a high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally battered survivors back to parental shelters. What’s more, for some, the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so high that many students now attend local schools. Even after graduation, young people tend to stay home because of rising housing costs.

Sallie, 26, moved back to her parents’ home to save enough money to buy a car. Her job as a teacher provided only enough money to cover car payments and an additional loan she had taken out. Once the loan was paid off, she decided to start a modeling career. Living at home, says Sally, continues to give her security and moral support.

Lucille returned home with her two daughters after a divorce. That was 12 years ago. She is 37 now, and she and her daughters still live with Lucille’s mother, who has welcomed having three generations in the same house.

Just how long should adult children live with their parents before moving on? Most psychologists feel lengthy homecomings are a mistake. Offspring, struggling to establish separate identities, can feel a sense of defeat and failure. And aging parents, who should be enjoying some

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