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1、UintlII.Basic Listening Practice1.M:Tm beside myself with joy.Im so lucky.Guess what?Ive won a lit of money in the lottery.W:Yeah?Well,you do know that money is the root of all evil,right?Q:What does the woman mean?2.W:Mary was furious.Her son wrecked up her car.M:He shouldnt have driven a car witho

2、ut a driver license.Hes still taking driving lesson.Q:What do we know about Marys son?3.M:Susan,I hear youre going to mairy that guy.Some people think youUl regret it.W:Is that so?Only time tell.Q:What does the woman imply?4.M:Mary,I just want to say how sorry I was to learn of your mothers passing.

3、I know how closeyou two were?W:Thank you.It was so sudden.TM still in a state of shock I dont know what to do.Q:Which of following is true?5.W:I get furious at work when my opinions arent considered just because Im a woman.M:You should air your view more emphatically and demand that your vice be hea

4、rd.Q:What is the woman complaining about?Keys:l.C 2.B3.D4.A5.DIII.Listening InTask 1:Soft answers turn away wrath.Mary:Dam!Youre spilled red wine on me.My new dress is ruined.John:r m terrible sorry!What can I do to help?Heres some water to wash it off.Mary:Stop splashing water on me!Oh,this is so e

5、mbarrassing!Im a mess.John:Well,you do look a little upset.Please dont blow up.Dont lose your cool.Mary:Hmm,youve got the nerve talking like that!Who shouldnt fly off the handle?This dress costa fortune.John:You look really cute when youre mad.I kid you not.Some people do look attractive when theyar

6、e in a rage.Mary:This is very expensive dress.I saved for months to buy it,and now its ruined.Look at thisstain!John:Accidents do happen.Give me your dress,and Ill take it to the cleaners.Mary:Sure!You want me to take it off right here in public and give it to you?I dont even know you!John:This migh

7、t be a really goof time to get acquainted.Tm John Owen.Mary:Mmm,at least youre polite.I guess I really shouldnt have flared up.After all,it was anaccident.Tm Mary Harvey.John:Come on.ril take you home.You can change your clothes,and Fil get the dress cleaned foryou.Mary:Now youre talking.Thanks.Your

8、e a real gentleman.John:Youd better believe it.Im glad to see that youve cooled down.Feel look a bite to eatafterward?Fm starving.Mary:Ok.You9re pretty good.Tm not nearly as mad.If you can get this stain out,Til be very happy.John:m try my best.But if I cant get the stain out,please dont let your ha

9、ppiness turn to wrath.1.Which of the following would be the best title for the dialog?2.Why does the woman get angry?3.What does the man say to please the woman when she looks angry?4.Why does the woman say the man is a real gentleman?5.What is the mans final proposal?Keys:1D2.A3.C4.B5.CTask 2:Big J

10、ohn is coming!A bar owner in the Old West has just hired a timid bartender.This(SI)owner of the establishment isgiving his new hire some instructions on(S2)running the place.He tells the timid man,“If you everhear that Big John is coming to town,(S3)drop everything and run for the hills!Hes the bigg

11、est,nastiest(S4)outlaw whos ever lived!,7A few weeks pass(S5)uneventfully.But one afternoon,a local cowhand comes running through town(S6)yelling,“Big John is coming!Run for your(S7)lives!”When the bartender leaves the bar to start running,he is knocked to the ground by several townspeoplerushing ou

12、t of town.(S8)As hes picking himself up,he sees a large man,almost seven feet tall.Hesmuscular,and is growing as he approaches the bar.He steps up to the door,orders the poor barkeep inside,and demands,“I want a beer NOW!”He strikes his heavy fist on the bar,splitting it in half.(S9)The bartender ne

13、rvously hands the big mana beer,hands shaking.He takes the beer,bites the top of the bottle off,and downs the beer in one gulp.As the terrified bartender hides behind the bar,the big man gets up to leave,6 6Do you want anotherbeer?”the bartender asks in a trembling voice.“Dang it,I dont have the big

14、 man yells,(S10),I got to get out of town!Dont you hear BigJohn is coming?”Task3:A View of HappinessDr.Smith has proposed a reasonable,if perhaps somewhat oversimplifies,view of happiness.According to his theory,happiness might be described as a state if balance.And when human or certainanimals achi

15、eve that balance,they rend to remain in that condition in order to repeat the happy feeling.To illustrate this,we may study two magnets.When their positive and negative poles meet,they arecomfortably joined,and they remain there.In other words,they have attained a balance or state ofhappiness.If on

16、the other hand,one of the poles is reversed,and positive pole is presses againstpositive pole,there is resistance,instability,imbalance a state of unhappiness.Animals with some degree of intelligence seem to find happiness in reinforcement.Once they havegained one or more of their goals such as food

17、,and water,they learn to repeat the actions that led tosatisfaction of those goals.This repetition or reinforcement produces a state of balance or sense ofhappiness.According to this theory,only animals with a significant capacity to learn should be able to experiencehappiness.But in truth learning

18、can take place through surprisingly simple short-term action such asscratching an itch,followed by pleasure,followed by more scratching,and so on.Thus learning canoccur with almost no conscious thought.For human beings,blessed with the ability to reason,goals are not limited to the short-term satisf

19、actionof needs.Indeed,there is a strong link between happiness and the fulfillment of long-term goals.Evenif human strive for goals that are more complex and longer-term than the animals9 goals,once thosegoals are gained,happiness is reinforced.1.Why does the speaker mention“magnets”？2.According to

20、the passage,what may animals do after they have got food?3.Which of the following is true according to the speaker?4.What does the speaker say is special about the goals of human beings?5.Which of the following best captures the main idea of the passage?Keys:1D2.C3.B4.D5.AUint2II.Basic Listening Pra

21、ctice1.W:Did you hear?Helen got modeling jib!Shes going to be sashaying down the catwalk.M:Wow,thats great!All that walking practice really paid off.And foe once she wont be complainingabout being so tall.Q:Why did Helen get modeling job?2.M:Julia,come and see the Miss America contest on TV.All thos

22、e beautiful girls are walkingaround in bathing suits,so the judges can decide who has the best figure.W:Bah!Thats the worst kind of exploitation.They are treating women like toys for people to enjoy.Iwould never take part in this kind of contest.Q:What do the man and the woman think about the beauti

23、fy contest?3.W:What shall I do?Im fat.I want to be slim and beauty,but Tm fat.Tve tried all the new ideas,high carb and low carb,but nothing works.M:Those diets are just fads,popular for a while and then forgotten.Just follow the usual diet withfruits,vegetables,fish,water,and get plenty of exercise

24、.Before long you91 1 see results.Q:What has the woman tried?4.Wl:I think Lily is really attractive.Shes half Spanish and has this really sultry look about her.W2:That explains why she tans so well.Tve always been jealous of her skin color in the summer.Q:Which of following is true of Lily?5.M:Trust

25、me,it was tight there on the Internet:Plastic Surgery Increasing at a Faster Rate AmongMen”.Apparently more and more men are trying to improve their appearance.W:I saw it too on the news.Face-lifts,nose jobs,and box to hide wrinkle are now very popular withmen.Men say its for business reasons,but we

26、 know its vanity.Q:What does the woman think the real reason is that men have plastic surgery?Keys:l.B 2.A3.C4D5BIII.Listening InTask 1:A Friendly StylistStylist:Morning,sir.This chair,please.What can I do for you?Nick:A simple haircut:short on the back and sides.Stylist:Very good.I can,of course,do

27、 something fashionable for only$60.Nick:60 dollars!Thats highway robberytwice what I ordinarily pay.Stylist:Perhaps,sir.But your haircuts havent been in harmony with your character.Your hair is at warwith your soul.Nick:Ive never heard of such a thing.Stylist:If I may say,Im an expert at matching ha

28、irstyle to personalities.Believe me;you9re sufferinga“disjunction”.Nick:A disjunction?What the devil is a disjunction?Stylist:Your hair does not match you.Nick:This is utter nonsense.However,Id like to hear how youd solve this so-called problem.Stylist:Your character is artistic,imaginative.But your

29、 hair is dull.I can correct that imbalance inseconds.Nick:Okay,let me see what can you do about the.uh.disjunction,as you call it.Stylist:Were going to use scissors to create peaks,which well keep in place with a liberal helping ofgel.This tuft in the back well braid into a pigtail.Now,its the new y

30、ou!Nick:I love it.Its just like me:imaginative and artistic.Now what are you doing?Whats wrong?Dont you see harmony in my new hairstyle?Stylist:Somethings preventing your hairstyle from being a true fashionable statement.Nick:For heavens sake,tell me whats missing.Stylist:Streaks.By putting in a few

31、 yellow streaks in your hair,it will become a work of art.Streakingwill cost you more,but.Nick:Do it.Forget the cost.But,by the way,what is the total getting to be?How much am I paying toavoid disjunction?Stylist:Thats$135.Sir?Sir,are you all right?Oh,he fainted.6.When the stylist mentions$60,what d

32、oes the customer say?7.What does the stylist think about the customers hairstyle?8.What will the stylist do with the customers hair?9.What will streaking do to the mans hair according to the stylist?10.What is the passage mainly about?Keys:1C.A3.D4.B5,AFor Reference:1.It means there is no match betw

33、een you and your hair.2.Thats$135.Sir?Sir,are you all right?Oh,he fainted.Task 2:The Voice LiftAfter the face-lift,the forehead tightened,and the(SI)nose job,something still might be revealingyour age:your(S2)voice.For patients who think their trembly,hoarse words dont(S3)match their newly face and

34、figure,theres a procedure that claims to make them(S4)sound younger too:the voice lift.There are two general kinds of voice lifts.In some cases,implants(S5)inserted through an incision inthe(S6)neck bring the vocal cords closer together.Doctors also use injections of(S7)fat or othersubstances to plu

35、mp up the cords,so that the voice sounds younger.(S8)The voice lift is becoming more widely known among an aging population,who try to makethemselves sound younger.“I speak in a great deal,or I was shouting,on a particular day,at the end of the day,I would feelexhausted,M said Robert Brown,75,(S9)a

36、retired construction engineer wh underwent the voice liftseveral years ago,I dont know if I sound younger,but the hoarseness is gone,which is such a greatimprovement/9(S10)Voice lift can also benefit people like performers,lawyers,teachers,and telephone operatorswho need to have a strong voice and h

37、ope to shave years off the sound of their voice.Task3:A View of HappinessMen are turning to plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures to brighten up their appearances at a fasterrate than women,according to a survey released on Wednesday.Mens use of fat injections to soften deep wrinkles leaped 47 per

38、cent last year from the previous year.Womens use of the injections fell 36 percent,according to a survey by the American Academy ofFacial and Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons.Mens use of botox injections to eliminate frown lines rose 88 percent,while womens botox use fell 8percent.And for smoothing s

39、kin,the use of laser resurfacing among men rose 13percent,the survey showed.Meanwhile,womens use of laser resurfacing dropped 38 percent during the same time period.The number of men getting nose jobs rose 47 percent,while the number of women doing so rose 5percent.Typically,men and women visiting p

40、lastic surgeons for cosmetic reasons were age 40 to 59.The study said 44 percent of men and 57 percent of women tell their doctor that looking younger is thereason they are choosing cosmetic surgery.By about 18 percent,men are more likely than women to say they want facial cosmetic surgery forwork-r

41、elated reasons.The study was conducted by written questionnaires from January 20 to March 3 among more than2,600 members of the association,who focus on treatment of the face,head,and neck.By comparison,in the previous year,womens use of botox rose 60 percent while mens fell 14 percent;womens use of

42、 laser resurfacing rose 13 percent while mens fell 19 percent;womens use of fatinjections fell 17 percent and mens fell 54 percent.6.What is true of men and womens use of fat injections?7.While of the following is true of nose jobs?8.How much greater is the percentage of women choosing cosmetic surg

43、ery to look younger than thepercentage of men?9.What is true of men and women using botox in the previous year?10.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?Keys:1C2.C3.B4.B5.DUint3IL Basic Listening Practice1.W:Did you see the paper today?There was an earthquake in Brazil.M:Yes,

44、but it only measured 3.5 on the Richter scale.I dont think there were any casualties.Q:What is the result of the earthquake of 3.5 on the Richter scale according to the man?2.W:Td a bit worried about Suzie traveling to southern India.Its the rainy season there,and theremay be landsides.M:Suzie can t

45、ake care of herself;she wont go anywhere too risky.Besides,you can always e-mailher if it makes you feel better.Q:What is Suzie doing?3.M:Hi,I thought you were on holiday in Asia!Back already?W:we never got there!Our travel agent cancelled our arrangements because the whole region isflooded.We were

46、so disappointed;we wont get another chance to go this year.Q:What is the woman doing?4.M:Our flight to Tokyo was delayed by twelve hours.Can you believe it?A typhoon hit the eastcoast and it was chaos.W:I saw it on the news.The flooding and damage were terrible.I dont think anyone was hurt though.Q:

47、What is the consequence of the typhoon?5.W:Did you see the program last night about volcanoes?It was fascinating!M:Yes,the weird thing is the molten lava looks so beautiful,yet its so destructive.And I couldntbelieve how far the ash can travel.Tm glad we dont have any volcanoes here!Q:What does the

48、man think the volcano is?Keys:1.D2.A3.C4.B 5.CHL Listening InTask 1:Soft answers turn away wrath.Son:Hi,mom,what are we having for dinner tonight?Mom:I havent started yet.Why,have you any requires?Son:How about tsunami for a change-I dont know what is,but I heard some Japanese peopleusing the word o

49、n the bus the other day.Sounds like a food.Maybe its similar to sushi.Mom:Nonsense.Tsunami comes from Japanese words meaning harbor and wave.If we had a tsunami,it would be the other way around,young man.Son:Why?What is it?Mom:I mean it may swallow you up.A tsunami is an enormous series of very powe

50、rful waves.Son:Could you surf on them?That could be cool.Mom:Theyre not cool.They are very destructive.When they pound the shore of populated areas,they cause tremendous damage.They destroy everything in their path.Son:What causes them?Mom:I think they are caused by some sort of shock,like an earthq