Unit 2 听力材料及答案

Unit 2过关测试限时：60分钟满分：100分一、单项选择(每小题1分，共15分)1．—What's in the box?—There is________apple and some oranges in it.A．a B．anC．the D．/2．Li Ming's watch(手表) is old, but________ likes it very much.A．his B．her C．he D．him3．—________books do you have?—I have 30 books.A．How much B．How manyC．What colour D．Whose4．—You look nice in this hat.—________．A．That's all right B．All rightC．Thanks D．You're welcome5．Mum, my dress is too small.Can I get a new ________？A．it B．thisC．that D．one6．—________ruler is this, Danny?—Oh, it's my ruler. Thank you.A．Who B．Who'sC．Whose D．What7．Susan likes to wear her favourite blouse ________ the yellow skirt.A．to B．with C．of D．at8．—When is Jay's concert(音乐会)?—It's ________three o'clock this afternoon.A．at B．in C．on D．to9．My favourite clothes ________ skirts. What about you?A．be B．are C．is D．am10．I have many friends. I often play sports with ________．A．us B．we C．them D．they11．—What colour is it?—It's ________．A．a desk B．redC．a red D．good12. Tom is always ready ________his friends.A．help B．helping C．helps D．to help13．My sister Cindy likes ________hamburgers very much.A．to eat B．eatC．to eating D．eats14．—Jane, is this ________umbrella?—No, it's not my umbrella. It's ________umbrella.A．you；he B．your；heC．you；his D．your；his15．—________is the boy with a pair of glasses?—My brother，John.A．How B.Who C.Where D.What二、完形填空(每题1.5分，共15分)This is a photo of my friends. The girl ______16Lucy. She wears a pink ______17 and a pair of black pants! Her sweater goes well________18her pants. She ________19 pretty. The boy is Tom. He likes ______20colours. He likes to ________21orange and yellow shorts. We will ________22at the shopping centre this afternoon. I want to ________23a new coat because (因为) ________24coat is too old. Lucy will buy a ________25scarf for her mother. Purple is her mother's favourite colour.16．A. am B. isC. areD. be17．A. sweater B. coatC. TshirtD. blouse18．A. to B. fromC. forD. with19．A. looks B. feelsC. paintsD. forgets20．A. bright B. traditionalC. funnyD. pink21．A. put in B. wearC. inD. put on22．A. have B. meetC. comeD. go23．A. buy B. wearC. show D．borrow24．A. her B. hisC. ourD. my25．A. red B. blueC. purpleD. black三、阅读理解(每小题3分，共15分)Hello! My name is Li Ming. I am a Chinese boy. I have some good friends. They are Paul, Lucy and Lily. They come from different countries.Paul is an English boy. He is a good student. He is in a white shirt. He has a sister. Her name is Anna. She is wearing a green dress. Paul's favourite colour is white, but green is Anna’s favourite.Lucy and Lily are from the U．S. They are twin(双胞胎)sisters. They look the same. They are both(都)wearing red skirts. They like the same colour. Their favourite colour is red.Paul, Lucy, Lily and I are in the same school, but Anna isn’t a student. She is only two years old.26. Li Ming has________good friends.A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five27．Paul is wearing a white________．A. shirtB. coatC. sweaterD. hat28．Anna’s favourite colour is________．A. blueB. redC. yellowD. green29．Lucy and Lily________．A. come from EnglandB. are in different schoolsC. look the sameD. like different colours30．________is NOT a student.A. PaulB. AnnaC. LilyD. Lucy四、任务型阅读(每小题3分，共15分)Hello! My name is Zhang Ziye. I am ten years old. I am a student and I am an actress (女演员), too. Alice is my English name. My favourite________ are blue and green. My favourite clothes are skirts and pants. I have a good friend. Her name is Li Xuan. She is nice. She likes pink blouses. Oh! Her__skirt__goes__well__with__her__blouse__today.My English teacher is Miss Yang. She likes skirts. She doesn't like dresses because (因为) she is fat (胖的). She wears skirts every day. She is very kind. We like her. We often play games together after class.31题完成句子；32～33题简略回答问题；34题将文中横线处空缺的一个单词填写在下面的答题线上；35题将文中画线句子译成汉语。

新通用大学英语2unit2听力答案1、The rain is very heavy _______ we have to stay at home. [单选题] *A. butB. becauseC. so(正确答案)D. and2、59．—Can I talk to the manager?—Please wait ________ minute. [单选题] * A．anB．a(正确答案)C．theD．/3、____ father is a worker. [单选题] *A.Mike's and Mary'sB. Mike and Mary's(正确答案)C. Mike's and MaryD. Mike and Marys'4、Tony can _______ the guitar.Now he _______ the guitar. [单选题] *A. play; plays(正确答案)B. playing; playingC. plays; is playingD. play; is playing5、—______?—He can do kung fu.（）[单选题] *A. What does Eric likeB. Can Eric do kung fuC. What can Eric do(正确答案)D. Does Eric like kung fu6、—______ pencils are these?—They are Tony’s.（）[单选题] *A. WhatB. WhereC WhoD. Whose(正确答案)7、—What can I do to help at the old people’s home?—You ______ read stories to the old people. （）[单选题] *A. could(正确答案)B. mustC. shouldD. would8、Can you give her some ______ ? [单选题] *A. advice(正确答案)B. suggestionC. advicesD. suggest9、61．How is online shopping changing our way? ? ? ? ? ? life? [单选题] * A．of(正确答案)B．inC．onD．for10、Mary _____ be in Paris. I saw her just now on campus. [单选题] *A. mustn'tB. can't(正确答案)C. need notD. may not11、—Can you play tennis? —______, but I’m good at football.（）[单选题] *A. Yes, I can(正确答案)B. Yes, I doC. No, I can’tD. No, I don’t12、--_______ does Ben go to school?--By bus. [单选题] *A. How(正确答案)B. WhatC. WhereD. Why13、Be _______ when you are driving. [单选题] *A. afraidB. careful(正确答案)C. clearD. clean14、_________ along the old Silk Road is an interesting and rewarding experience. [单选题]*A. TravelB. Traveling(正确答案)C. Having traveledD. Traveled15、He usually ________ at 6:30 a.m. [单选题] *A. gets toB. gets up(正确答案)C. gets overD. gets in16、Sam is going to have the party ______ Saturday evening. （）[单选题] *A. inB. on(正确答案)C. atD. to17、His father always _______ by subway. [单选题] *A. go to workB. go to schoolC. goes to bedD. goes to work(正确答案)18、It ______ me half an hour to return to school.（）[单选题] *A. takes(正确答案)B. spendsC. costsD. brings19、Now he is _______ his homework. [单选题] *A. busyB. busy with(正确答案)C. busy with doingD. busy does20、I often _______ music from the Internet. [单选题] *A. download(正确答案)B. spendC. saveD. read21、People always _____ realize the importance of health _____ they lose it. [单选题] *A. not... untilB. don't... until(正确答案)C. /; untilD. /; not until22、Bob used ______ on the right in China, but he soon got used ______ on the left in England.（）[单选题] *A. to drive; to driveB. to drive; drivingC. to driving; to driveD. to drive; to driving(正确答案)23、—How do you find（）birthday party of the Blairs? —I should say it was __________ complete failure．[单选题] *A．a; aB. the ; a(正确答案)C．a; /D．the; /24、You can't see many _____ in a hospital. [单选题] *A. man nurseB. men nurses(正确答案)C. men nurseD. man nurses25、--I can’t watch TV after school.--I can’t, _______. [单选题] *A. alsoB. tooC. either(正确答案)D. so26、I will _______ from Hunan University next year. [单选题] *A. learnB. studyC. graduate(正确答案)D. come27、I should like to rent a house which is modern, comfortable and _____, in a quiet neighborhood. [单选题] *A.in allB. after allC. above all(正确答案)D. over all28、The hall in our school is _____ to hold 500 people. [单选题] *A. big enough(正确答案)B. enough bigC. very smallD. very big29、Chinese is one of ____ most widely used languages in ____ world. [单选题] *A. a, theB. /, theC. the, the(正确答案)D. a, /30、How many subjects are you _______ this year? [单选题] *A. takesB. takeC. taking(正确答案)D. took。

Unit 2 Ways to go to school 单元测试听力部分(25分)Ⅰ. 听句子，选出你所听到的单词。

(5分)() 1. A. work B. walk C. on foot () 2. A. sometimes B. usually C. often() 3. A. right B. left C. A and B () 4. A. yellow B. green C. red() 5. A. China B. Canada C. Chinese II.听录音，根据录音内容给下列图片排序。

(10分)（）（）（）（）（）III.听录音，判断以下句子与所听内容是(T)否(F)相符。

(10分)() 1. The park is near the library.() 2. Do you often walk to school?() 3. Sometimes I come to school by bike.() 4. Yellow light is on wait.() 5. What will the man do?笔试部分(75分)IV. 请将下列单词中不同类的一项选出来。

(5分)( )1. A. sheep B. ferry C. sled ( )2. A. bike B. cousin C. helmet( )3. A. usually B. sometimes C. then ( )4. A. stop B. light C. wait ( )5. A. fast B. slow C. workV. 选择相对应的图片。

(10分)A B C D E ( )1. --What does the sign mean？It means “Stop”.( )2. --Excuse me, where is the bookstore? --Turn left, it’s in front of you. ( )3. Please turn right at the crossing.( )4. Don't smoke in the public!( )5. Go straight and you will see the movie theater on your left.Ⅵ. 选择正确的答案。

Unit 2 What time is it 综合素质达标时间：40分钟满分：100分听力部分(40分) 笔试(60分)总分题号一二三四五六七八九十十一得分第一部分听力(40分)一、听句子，选出你所听到的内容。

(10 分)( )1. A. 6:00 B. 3:00 C. 8:00( )2. A. go to school B. go to bed C. go home ( )3. A. music class B. maths class C. English class ( )4. A. hurry up B. come on C. get up( )5. A. School is over. B. Breakfast is ready. C. Dinner is ready.二、听句子，连线。

(10 分)1. A.2. B.3. C.4. D.5. E.三、听句子，根据你所听到的内容给下列图片排序。

(10 分)( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )四、听句子，选择正确的应答语。

(10 分)( )1. A. It’s 4 o’clock. B. It’s time for school. ( )2. A. No. It’s 7:20. B. OK!( )3. A. I’m from Wuhan. B. I’m in Beijing. ( )4. A. It’s time to get up. B. It’s time to go to bed. ( )5. A. Just a minute. B. Hurry up.第二部分笔试(60 分)五、判断下列每组单词画线部分的发音是(Y)否(N)相同。

(5 分) ( )1. bird birthday ( )2. hamburger girl ( )3. nurse thirty ( )4. dinner hurt ( )5. just hurry六、选出每组单词中不同类的一项。

Unit2 听力原文I .听下面5段短对话，选出正确的答案（5分）1.W :Hi, Sandy , what would you like to give your mother for her birthday ?M: I want to give her a sweater.M: That’s a good idea. Your mother will be pleased to see your present tomorrow.2. W: What are you going to do ?M: I would like to buy a camera for my father. Teacher’s Day is coming.W: Oh, yes, but that’s too expensive. What about a pair of gloves ? Gloves are cheaper.M: OK . Gloves are better . Let’s go and see those over there.3. W: I received a New Year card this morning. Have you sent out all your New Year cards ?M: Not yet. I spent hours writing the cards yesterday evening.4. W: Look at the photo. People are having fun celebrating the Water Festival.M: Did you take it in Thailand or India ?W: Neither. I took it in Yunnan Province of China.5. W: It’s an Art Festival in our school now. Would you like to go to the concert, Tom ?M: I’d love to, but I am really too tired. Thank you anyway.II.听下面对话，完成6—7题（2分）M: When do you celebrate Thanksgiving?W: On the fourth Thursday of November.M: I’ve heard that you’ll have turkey on Thanksgiving.W: Exactly. Besides the turkey, we’ll also have other delicious food.M: Such as?W: Such as pumpkin pies, mashed potatoes ,bread, a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables.M: Wow, I’m almost hungry when you walk about the food.III.听下面对话，完成8—10题（3 分）W: Hello, may I speak to Richard ?M: Speaking.W: Good morning, Richard, this is Ann at Beijing Office. I’m calling to tell you that we’ll have the Chinese New Year Holiday next week.M: As far as I know, the Lantern Festival is the end of the celebrations of the Chinese New Year, and it’s on the 15th of the first month of the Chinese New Year, right.W: Yeah. On the night of the festival , people go on streets with all kinds of Lanterns.M: That must be fun, so will you go back to work before the Lantern Festival ?W: No, we’ll go back to work on February 21st.M: I see. Enjoy your holiday and happy New Year.IV. 听写下面一段文章，回答下面的问题（5分）It was two weeks before Christmas. Mrs. Green was very busy. She bought a lot of Christmas cards to send to her friends and her husband’s friends, and put them on the table in the living room. Then, when her husband came home from work, she said to him, “Here are the Christmas cards for our friends, and here are some stamps,a pen and our address book. Will you please write the cards while I am cooking dinner?” Mr. Green did not say anything , but he walked out of the living room and went to his study. Mrs Green was very angry with him, but did not say anything, either. Then a minute later, he came back with a box full of Christmas cards. All of them had addresses and stamps on them.” There are the cards for last year.” he said, “ I forgot to post them .”V. 听一段文章，完成下面的空格（5分）Every year in September or October, the Mid--Autumn Festival is celebrated by the Chinese people all over the world. On this day , the moon is said to be its biggest and brightest. People like to meet in the evening and watch the moon. The Mid-Autumn Festival is important because it is a special day for family. It is also a day for special foods like mooncakes. Traditional mooncakes are usually made with bean paste, but nowadays, there are many different kinds of mooncakes including fruit, coffee, chocolate and even ice-cream mooncakes.听力答案1----5 CACBB 6--10 CBABC 11---15 ABCAC16. September or October 17. biggest and brightest 18. watch the moon19. a special day 20. with ice-creamKey：1-5 DBCBB 6-10 CCBAA 11-15 DDCAD16-20 CACDB 21-25 BCADD26-30 BCADC 31-35 DBAAC 36-40 DCCBD 41-45 ADADB46. has never been interested 47. performed it48. the same; wrong 49. disagrees; four50. enjoying; finding out51. waste 52. caused 53. daily54. candy 55. death56. hard 57. lessons 58. different59. make 60. answer61. end 62. nothing 63. On64. happy 65. changedOne possible version:I have changed a lot since I moved to this new school this term. I used to have many friends and be outgoing, but now I have few friends, and I become a little quiet. In the old school, I used to spend much time playing with my friends, but now I have to spend most of my time on my schoolwork. I used to have no interest in my lessons, so I usually got bad grades. However, now I become more interested in my studies, and my grades are improving a lot.。

七年级（下）unit 2 听力训练(含答案及录音原文）I模仿朗读。

听以下短文，然后模仿朗读。

The CN Tower is one of the tallest buildings in the world. The Canadians have always been proud of the CN Tower. It is really a wonder of modern desigh. The CN Tower IS 553 metres high and it is opended on June 26.1976. If you look from the bottom of the tower, you will feel that the top of it is in the sky. Every year, nearly 2 million people visit CN Tower to enjoy the beautiful view.II. 信息获取第一节听选信息听三段对话，每段播放两遍。

选择正确的信息在8秒内口头回答。

听第一段对话，回答1-2两个问题。

1.Where is the woman probably in? (Restaurant./Cinema./Tea Shop.)Answer:________________________________________________________________________2.What does the women order?(A large bowl of beef noodles./ A small bowl of chicken noodles./ A medium bowl of beef noodles.) Answer:________________________________________________________________________ 听第二段对话，回答3-4两个问题。

UNIT 2达标测试卷第Ⅰ卷听力部分(20分)时间：120分钟满分：120分一、听句子，选出句中所包含的信息(每小题1分，共5分)1．A. hill B．hole C．full2．A. March 12 B．March 20 C．March 223．A. fill B．cover C．dig4．A. We can't live without food.B．Food is not important to us.C. There is not enough food now.5．A. The boy is taking care of his mother.B．The boy is looking for his mother.C．The boy looks like his mother.二、听句子，选出该句的最佳应答语(每小题1分，共5分)6．A. No，I won't. B．Yes, I have told you before.C. Please don't tell me.7．A. Yes，it's a root.B．It's a root.C．It's a stem.8．A. It's nice. B．Glass. C．Yes，glass.9．A. That's all right. B．That's for sure. C．Sounds great.10．A. No thanks. B．Yes, certainly. C．Thank you.三、听对话和问题，选择正确答案(每小题1分，共5分)11.12.13．A.Mike. B．Ann. C．Mike's cousin.14．A.Near the river. B．In the countryside. C．Near the park.15．A.Plant trees. B．Run. C．Dance.四、听短文和问题，选择正确的答案(每小题1分，共5分)16．A.Plants. B．Animals. C．Men.17．A.By eating plants. B．By eating other animals.C．Both A and B.18．A.Small animals. B．Large leaves. C．Plants.19．A.Yes，there are.B．No，there aren't.C．There are many plants. 20．A.Blue. B．Green. C．Red.第Ⅱ卷笔试部分(100分)五、单项选择(每小题1分，共15分)21．Nobody could solve this difficult problem alone ________ others' help.A．with B．for C．without D．from22．Mother is badly ill. We must ________ an ambulance at once.A．tell B．ask C．call D．make23．The ________ people must continue what the dead didn't finish.A．living B．alive C．lively D．lives24．The flowers in the garden smell ________.A．beautifully B．good C．nicely D．sweetly25．Your ________ is very helpful. I guess I'll take it.A．secret B．advice C．promise D．purpose26．________ if you want to do something，or you won't be able to do it well.A．To try your best B．Trying your bestC．Try your best D．Unless you try your best27．Many accidents happen because the drivers don't drive ________ enough.A．care B．cares C．careful D．carefully28．The talk is about ________ trees on the hill.A．grow B．grew C．growing D．to grow29．—Would you like ________ cake?—Thanks, but I'm full.A．another B．other C．the other30．Don't forget ________ these trees.A．water B．watering C．to water D．waters31．We often ________ the computer ________ cloth.A．cover；with B．use；toC．are covered；with D．cover；in32．Taiji is my favorite and I often play it ________ healthy.A．to keep B．keepsC．keeping D．kept33．—The box is too heavy to carry. What's in it?—Oh，it is ________ books.A．filled with B．covered withC．used for D．asked for34．—I don't know where to go this summer vacation.—Why not ________ visiting Huanggang? There are many places of interest there.A．suggest B．wonderC．consider D．regard35．She had ________ homework to do last night.A．many B．much ofC．a lot of D．a few六、完形填空(每小题1分，共10分)(词数：约210；建议用时：7分钟)When Rebecca was a middle school student，she was often bullied (欺凌)．At that time，she didn't want to tell others. However，she now thinks people who are bullied should talk about their ________(36)．Rebecca says that many people who are bullied ________(37) in silence. She says that although she ________(38) heard a lot about bullying when she was in primary school，she never thought it would happen to her.Rebecca told us that the bullying began when she went to middle school. People started making fun of her for being a ________(39) student and knowing all the answers.She went on to say that every time she answered a question correctly in class，everyone would start shouting and saying that she was too ________(40) for them.She told us that by the end of the year，she was very ________(41) about the bullying and became ill. She began to hate school. But ________(42) she had a friend who could talk to，and they told their head teacher about her problem. She believes that talking to the teacher ________(43) her a lot. They found ways to deal with the problem，and the bullying finally ________(44)．Her ________(45) is：don't see yourself as the problem. Nobody should be bullied. But if you don't tell anyone what is going on，nobody will know that you need help. 36．A. experiences B．jokesC. hobbies D．studies37．A. sleep B．laugh C．suffer D．play38．A. seldom B．always C．never D．suddenly39．A. bad B．happy C．silent D．good40．A. clever B．slow C．noisy D．proud41．A. pleased B．worried C．satisfied D．amazed42．A. usually B．interestingly C．luckily D．strangely43．A. surprised B．controlledC. excited D．helped44．A. started B．stoppedC. increased D．continued45．A. problem B．agreementC．condition D．advice七、阅读理解(每小题2分，共20分)A(词数：约150；建议用时：5分钟)Most American children eat potatoes. But many children don't know what part of the potato is the best for food. Take a knife and cut from the middle of the potato a piece as thin as paper. Hold the piece between your eyes and light. You'll see that the potato has skin，an outside rim and an inside part. The outside rim which is right under the skin of the potato，is the most valuable part of all. But this is often thrown away with the skin. Even the skin itself is better for food than the inside. When eating a cooked potato，if you choose the inside and leave the outside，you are throwing the best part of it. If you can't eat the whole potato，eating the outside rim and leaving the inside will do. 46．How many parts does a potato have?A．It has only one part，the outside rim.B．It has two parts，skin and the outside rim.C．It has three parts，skin，an outside rim and an inside part.D．It has four parts，the middle，skin，an outside rim and an inside part. 47．What is the best part of a potato?A．The outside rim. B．The inside part.C．The middle. D．The skin.48．What should you eat if you can't eat the whole potato?A．Skin only. B．The inside part.C．The outside rim. D．The middle.49．In fact the skin is ________.A．not good at allB．better than the inside partC．better than the outside rimD．as good as the outside rim50．What does this passage tell us about potatoes?A．How to cook them. B．How to plant them.C．How to cut them. D．How to eat them.B(词数：约320；建议用时：9分钟)Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is the color of most growing plants，too.Sometimes，the word green means young，fresh and growing. Sometimes，it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe．For example，a greenhorn is someone who has no experience，and who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century，a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later，a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in the war (战争)．In the eighteenth century，a greenhorn had the meaning it has today—a person who is new in a job.About one hundred years ago，“greenhorn” was a popular expression in the American West. Old-timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities in the east. The greenhorn didn't have the skills that he would need to live in the hard，rough country.Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early 1900s.A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her plants continue to grow after your plants have died.The Green Revolution (革命) is the name which was given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural (农业的) scientists who had green thumbs.51．According to the passage，a greenhorn means________ now.A．a young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developedB．a soldier who has not had any experience in the warC．a person who is new in a jobD．a man who doesn't have the skills to live in the country52．The meaning of the underlined word “ripe” in the second paragraph is ________.A．未完成的B．成熟的C．青涩的D．老练的53．Which of the following about the Green Revolution is NOT right?A．If there weren't the Green Revolution，we would have no rice to eat.B．The expre ssion “the Green Revolution” appeared several years ago.C．Because of the Green Revolution，we have more kinds of rice and other grains.D．Agricultural scientists with green thumbs started the Green Revolution. 54．We can know from the passage that ________.A．all growing plants are greenB．green is the most important color in natureC．a person with a green thumb can make plants grow wellD．the expression “a green thumb” has a history of two hundred years 55．The main idea of the passage is ________.A．a greenhorn B．a green thumbC．the Green Revolution D．the word “green” and its story八、任务型阅读(每小题2分，共10分)(词数：约290；建议用时：9分钟) Cyril Dick's house is neither a modern house nor a house of the future. It is 40 years old. There are more houses like that in the south of France. They are called “bubble houses”，and you can see why!Cyril Dick is a designer and he loves round things. He collects old records and clocks. He also collects round furniture. And now he has a completely round house.Everything in the “bubble house” is round. The centre of the house is one very big bubble. This is both the living room and dining room. There are round armchairs，a round table，and a big round rug (地毯) in front of a round fireplace. Around the living room are three small bubbles. One bubble is a kitchen with round shelves，another bubble is the garden room，and the third bubble is a music room. Upstairs there are two more bubbles—a bedroom and a bathroom.The doors and windows are also round，of course. The windows are like eyes.There aren't any curtains (窗帘) in the house，because Cyril likes to see the garden all the time.Bubble houses are the idea of a Hungarian architect (建筑师), Antti Lovag.“A lot of modern houses are bad for us，especially tall buildings of flats，” saysLovag.“Because round homes are more natural，people feel happy in them.” Cyril agrees with this.“Some people think my house is funny，” he says，“but for me，this is the perfect home.”56题判断正误(“T”表示正确，“F”表示错误)；57题完成句子；58题简略回答问题；59题找出并写下第三段的主题句；60题将文中画线句子译成汉语56．You can f ind more “bubble houses” in the south of France.()57．Cyril Dick is a designer and he loves _________________________.58．What is the third bubble around the living room?____________________________________________________________ 59．_______________________________________________________________60．______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________九、词语运用(每小题2分，共10分)根据短文内容及所给提示，补全文中单词或用所给单词的正确形式填空Every Tree Planting Day，we all go to plant trees in the park near our school. Trees can clean the air and stop dust 61.s________ in spring. They help protect the environment. Now let me show you 62.h________ to plant trees.First，you should dig a hole big enough to hold the 63.r________ of the seedling.Put the seedling into the hole. Second，cover the roots and fill the hole with dirt. Thenpack the dirt around the new tree. Don't forget 64.________ (water) it.It's 65.________(please) and helpful to plant trees. Let's take action to plant more trees.十、基础写作(共两部分；共35分)A)连词成句(注意各小题的词形变化)(每小题2分，共10分)66．a，called，is，there，restaurant，Xiangxiang，China___________________________________________________________.67．everyone，fun，art，for，be_______________________________________________________________.68．enjoyable，collect，stamps，a，very，hobby，is___________________________________________________________________.69．good，friend，at，my，paint，is，Nancy___________________________________________________________________.70．is，it，to，English，study，importance，well________________________________________________________________.B)书面表达(25分)假设今年春天外教给大家布置了一个任务：“Do some gardening”，然后让大家把自己的“Gardening story”写出来分享。

Unit 2 听力材料一、根据你听到的对话，选择正确的答案回答问题。

听下面5段对话，每听完一段对话后，做1个小题。

1. W: Is this a photo of your family?M: Yes, it is.2. M: Rader, who is Linda?W: Linda is my aunt. She is my mother’s sister.3. W: Who are the two girls?M: They are Sally and Mary.4. W: What’s your dog’s name?M: Pubby.5. M: Who are they?W: They are my grandparents.听第六段对话，做第6～7小题。

W: Is this a photo of your family, Jack?M: No, it isn’t, Anna. It’s my friend Eric’s photo. The boy is Eric. W: Is this Eric’s mother?M: No, she is Eric’s aunt, Helen.听第七段对话，做第8-9小题。

W: Is this your sister Mary?M: No, it’s my friend Anna.W: Is Paul your cousin?M: Yes, he is.听第八段对话，做第10～12小题。

W: Hello, Tom.M: Hello, Alice.W: Is Dale your brother?M: No, he’s my cousin.W: Who’s Rose?M: Oh, it’s my dog.W: What’s your telephone number?M: It’s 968-9862.听第九段对话，做第13—15小题。

M: Hello, here is my family photo.W: Is the girl your sister, Tim?M: Yes. She is five.W: Is the boy your brother?M: No, it’s my cousin.W: What’s his name?M: Bob. He is in a green jacket.第二节笔录要点根据你所听到的内容，填写下面的表格，每空不超过3个单词。

《英语听力教程》Unit2答案高等教育出版社Unit 2 Let Birds FlyPart IB.1.IUCN—International Union for the Conservation of Nature, is the organization established bythe United Nations to promote the conservation of wildlife and habitats as part of the national policies of member states.2.CITES-- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, / trade/ animals andplants/ 1975/ prohibits/ 8,000/ controls/ 30,0003.UNEP—United Nations Environmental Program/ leadership / environment/ quality of life/4.WWF—World Wide Fund for Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund)/ 1961/ species/ 3.7million/ Switzerland.C.Questions:1.They work to conserve natural areas that contain endangered wildlife2.They are campaigning to provide sea sanctuaries for some of these endangered species.Protected-nesting sites for turtles have been set up.3.it refers to the places of safety in the sea where sea animals are protected and allowed to livefreely.A: Hallo, 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’dlike to telly ou what that means.B: Oh, all right.A: We work to conserve natural areas that contain endangered wildlife. The seas for example, have become polluted by the industrialized world; whales are being hunted to extinction; turtles are rolled off their eggs when they come ashore to breed or are slaughtered for their meat and oil…B: Oh.A: Crocodiles are killed to make handbags and shoes; walruses are hunted for 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 campaigning 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 make a donation?Part II Christmas bird countsA. Jan. 3rd/ more than 40,000 volunteers/ 1,600/ a 15 mile diameter / an American artist/ their natural habitats/ the late 1800sB. start/ sponsored/ outside counting birds/ experienced bird watchers/ anyone that is interested or concerned as well. / scheduled/ 10 people taking part/ hundreds/ 15 mile diameter circle/ the total bird populations / the number of birds / the longest-running bird censusJohn James Audubon was an American artist in the early 1800s, who illustrated birds in their natural habitats. The Society named after him was founded in the late 1800s by conservationists concerned with the decline of birds, which were being killed so their feathers could be used in the manufacture of women’s hats.Sponsored by the National Audubon Society, more than 40,000 volunteers will be outside counting birds from today until January 3rd. V olunteers from all 50 states of the United States, every Canadian province, parts of Central and South America, Bermuda, the West Indies and Pacific islands have begun to count and record every individual bird and bird species observed during the two and one half week period of the count.Jeffrey leBarron is the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count editor. He says the count is the longest-running bird census in ornithology.This year, according to MR. LeBaron, more than 1,600 separate bird counts have been scheduled. Some would have as few as 10 people taking part, others with hundreds. The logistics of the Christmas bird count, he adds, are simple.“Each individual count is in a circle. It’s a 15 mile diameter circle, um, around the exact center point. And it’s always the exactly same area that’s done every year, usually, even on the same weekend during the count period. And what the ideal would be, which is virtually impossible, is this census: every single individual bird within that circle on the count day.”Mr. LeBaron says experienced bird counters can get a good idea of the total bird populations within the count circle based on the number of birds they actually see. The editor points out, however, that the counts are not only for experienced birdwatchers.“Anybody that is interested or concerned can become involved. Beginners will go out in a party with experienced individuals who know both the area and the birds in the area, in the field where more eyes and ears are better. And then anybody can point out a bird, and someone in the field will always be able to identify the bird.”Part III. Dolphin captivityA. 1 3 4 5 2B. Thesis Statement 1: Dolphins should be kept in captivityThesis Statement 2: there are educational benefits of keeping marine mammals in captivityCRick Troud: stress / sonar bouncing offDeborah Duffield: little difference in average age of death; life getting better for captive dolphinsRick Troud: natural behavior patterns are altered/ beating each other to death; suffering from fractured skulls, ribs or jaws.Doborah Duffield: Can’t learn from animals in the wild how they operate, breed, what they need, etc.(Alan Tu is an announcer for Colorado Public Radio; Peter Jones is a reporter for Colorado Public Radio. The other speakers are identified in the report.)A: A planned aquatic park in Denver is raising the ire of animal rights activists who object to aproposal to include a captive dolphin display. Although officials for Colorado’s Ocean Journeys say they have yet to make a final decision on the issue, local and national activists have already instigated a “NO Dolphins in Denver” campaign . As Colorado Publ ic Radio’s Peter Jones reports, the battle lineshave been clearly drawn.P: Rick Troud, a former navy dolphin trainer based in Florida, is taking an active role in the “NO Dolphins” campaign.R: Average age in the wild ranges anywhere in some of the studies between 30 and 40 years of age. In captivity, you can expect a dolphin to live maybe 5.13 year 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 in captivity.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 animals are separated from their mothers; that’s a stress. You put them is a concrete tank where their sona r bounces off of walls, they can’t swim in the same amount of time and direction that they can in the wild.P: Environmentalist and ocean explorer, Jean Michel Cousteau:J: there are some animals which reject captivity right away, and they’re very suicidal. I’ve had one of those in my own arms for many days. The next morning when I came 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 live of these animals.P: Cousteau’s anti-captivity position is challenged by Dr. Deborah Duffield, a biology professor at Portland State College in Oregon. Her 1990 study compared 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 ce nsus data say that every time 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 ar e 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 marine mammals 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 metabolically, 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 skull, fractured ribs or fractured jaws, as is the case in captivity.P: the Ocean Journey board will take all factors into consideration before making a final decision on whether to include dolphins in the park. For Colorado Public Radio, I’mPeter Jones.Part IV. Birds—a source of wealthA.I. 9,300II. Habitat A. warmer climates/ 300 different species/ B. colder climatesIII. A. 2. habitat alteration B. esthetic valueIV. Birds’ populationMr. 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 different species have been counted in Panama, while far fewer species are native to colder climates. 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 times when birds are disappearing out of the area, it just means 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 humans must protect.“people get so much pleasure out of looking at birds and listening to birds. And if they start disappearing just the quality of lie, may be not physically, but the mental quality of life can be degraded quickly.”Jeffrey leBaron says that while the National AudubonSociety’s annual Christmas bird counts show a declin e in some species, many types of birds are actually increasing their populations.Part V Do you know…?1.one and one-half million / 20 times2.100/ 40,000/ 65 million3.3,500/ 2 million square miles/ 3%4.200 animal species/ 1,0005. a third/ two thirds/ three quarters/。

听力材料Unit 2 Topic 1Ⅰ.听句子，选择正确图片。

每个句子读一遍。

1.In some cities there is too much noise pollution caused by cars.2.Litter influences the look of our cities.3.Light pollution is harmful to our eyes.4.Many factories pour waste water into rivers, lakes and so on.5.Sometimes people use chemicals too much in their fields.Ⅱ.听句子，选择正确答语。

每个句子读一遍。

6.What’s wrong with Ann?7.Don’t you think his radio is too noisy?8.Do you like living in China?9.What about going to West Hill for a picnic?10.What were you doing when your mother came home?Ⅲ.听短文，选择正确答案。

短文读两遍。

Many places in the world need more fresh water than they already have. Every country is trying to find ways to turn salt water into fresh water.In some places, the sun isn’t hot enough or it does not shine ev ery day. In such places, people get fresh water from the sea by heating the sea water. This way costs more money, but it works faster than the sun.And heating isn’t the only way to get fresh water from salt water. People are trying some other ways. One way is to cool the sea water below zero. The fresh water will turn into ice first. Take the ice out. That’s the fresh water you want.Which way is the best? The one that produces the most fresh water with the lowest price. There may be a different way for each place.Ⅳ.听短文，回答问题。

Unit 2 What time is it 单元测试听力部分(30分)Ⅰ. 听录音，选出你听到的一项。

(5分)() 1. A. drink B. dance C. dinner() 2. A. England B. English C. London () 3. A. about B. chicken C. o'clock() 4. A. come on B. come in C. come here () 5. A. go to the shop B. go to school C. go swimming II. 听录音，选出你所听到的句子。

(5分)() 1. A. It's time for breakfast.B. It's time for lunch.C. It's time to have lunch.() 2. A. Let's go to the playground.B. Let's go to play football.C. Let's go to play the game.() 3. A. It's 7:10 in New York.B. It's 7:10 in Beijing.C. It's 7:10 in Sydney.() 4. A. It's time to go to school.B. It's time to go to the bed.C. It's time to go to bed.() 5. A. What is the time?B. What is it?C. What time is it?III . 听录音，画出你所听到的时间。

(10分)1. 2. 3. 4. 5.IV. 听录音，选择正确的答语。

(10分)() 1. A. It's 8:30 o'clock. B. At 8:00 o'clock. C. 8:00 o'clock. () 2. A. Yes, it is. B. In Sydney. C. I’m eleven. () 3. A. 9:00 o'clock. B. In New York C.Yes, it is. () 4. A. It's time for lunch.B. It's time for breakfast.C. Hurry up!() 5. A. Just a minute.B. Let's go home.C. I’m ready.笔试部分(70分)Ⅴ.选出不同类的词，将序号填在题前括号内。

Unit2综合训练第Ⅰ卷听力部分Ⅰ.听句子,选择与其意思相符的图片(有两幅多余图片)1.2.3.4.5.Ⅱ.听对话及问题,选择正确的答案6.A.Shop. B.Play soccer. C.Visit his friends.7.A.Every day. B.Never. C.Once a week.8.A.Vegetables. B.Junk food. C.Vegetables and fruit.9.A.Nine hours. B.Ten hours. C.Over ten hours.k. B.An egg. C.Bread.Ⅲ.听短文,选择正确答案11.How many students are there in their class?A.Forty-five.B.Fifty-five.C.Thirty-five.12.How often do most boys play basketball together?A.Once a week.B.Twice a week.C.Every day.13.Who can run very fast?A.Gray.B.Tony.C.Sally.14.How often does Gray go to the swimming club in summer?A.Three times a month.B.Three times a week.C.We don’t know.15.What do 70% students like to do?A.Drink milk.B.Play football.C.Eat junk food.第Ⅱ卷笔试部分Ⅳ.单项选择16.— does he play soccer?—Once a week.A.How manyB.How muchC.How oftenD.How long17.Don’t too late tonight, or you will feel sleepy in class tomorrow.A.get upB.put upC.stay upD.wake up18.Although he is very old, he works very hard.A.soB.butC.andD./19.Xiao Zhang watches TV. He likes going online.A.hard everB.hardly everC.doesn’t hard everD.doesn’t hardly ever20.—How often do you take exercise?—.A.SometimeB.Some timesC.SometimesD.Some time21.My brother likes fruit a lot and he eats it three four times a week.A.butB.orC.andD.so22.Sam is late for school. He is always the first to come to school.A.oftenB.neverC.alwaysually23.A lot of people think that singing English songs is the best way English.A.learningB.learnC.to learnD.of learn24.My parents are in good . They are pretty .A.health; healthB.healthy; healthyC.health; healthyD.healthy; health25.It’s good your health .A.for; to drink milkB.for; drink milkC.of; drink milkD.of; to drink milkⅤ.完形填空What do people usually do on weekends? Some people like to 26 at home, but others like to go out for a walk or play football. Mr.Smith 27 hard in a factory during the 28. At weekends, he usually 29 the same thing. On Saturdays he washes his car and on 30 he goes with his family to a village by car. His uncle and aunt 31 a farm there. It isn’t a big one, but there is always 32 to do on the farm. The children give animals some 33. Mr.and Mrs.Smith help them in the fields. At the end of the day, they are all 34 and Mr.Smith’s aunt 35 a big meal for them.26.A.visit B.stay C.go D.so27.A.works B.does C.makes D.studies28.A.day B.year C.weekdays D.month29.A.does B.do C.make D.has30.A.Thursdays B.Saturdays C.Sundays D.Fridays31.A.have B.has C.bring D.find32.A.many B.much C.any D.most33.A.food B.sleep C.health D.coffee34.A.hungry B.angry C.full D.happy35.A.gives B.puts C.makes D.doesⅥ.阅读理解AThere is an old saying: Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. It means that we should go to bed early and get up early the next morning. By doing this, we will be in good health. And we’ll also be clever and rich.It’s true that our bodies need to have enough sleep to be healthy. Children should have a ten-hour sleep every night. Those who do not have enough sleep can’t do their work very well. They will not be clever and they may not get wealthy in the future.The body needs exercise as well. Walking, running, jumping, riding bikes and playing games are all exercise. Exercise helps to keep the body strong and fit. It also helps theblood(血液) to move around inside the body. The head needs blood too. So exercise helps people think better.36.What does the underlined word “rise” mean?A.Do exercise.B.Get up.C.Stand up.D.Put up.37.If children don’t sleep for 10 hours every night, they may .A.not be late for schoolB.become wiseC.do badly in their studiesD.become rich38.A person needs exercise because .A.it makes him healthyB.he has lots of work to doC.he is strongD.he does exercise39.Which of the following is NOT true?A.Exercise is good for people.B.It’s good for you to get up early and go to bed early.C.If you have enough blood, you will be wise.D.A student should have 10 hours’ sleep every night.40.What’s the meaning of “Early to bed and early to rise”?A.The sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening.B.Get up early and go to bed late.C.The sun rises early and sets late.D.Go to bed early and get up early.BWe know health and happiness are important in everyone’s life. Here are some ways to make them easy.◆Eat a balanced diet. Eat a lot of fruit and vegetables, some grains(谷物) and a little bit of meat.◆Exercise twice or three times a week.◆Get enough sleep. It is best to get at least eight hours’ sleep a day.◆Keep yourself busy. This is good because it stops you from having bad habits. To keep yourself busy, you can walk around the house, spend time with your pets, do sports, or do a thing you enjoy.◆Go out and make friends. Spend time and have fun with them. Talk with them, but you must be sure not to talk about anything bad. You should stay with people who are healthy and happy themselves.41.According to the passage, how often should you exercise if you want to get health and happiness?A.Every day.B.Twice a day.C.Twice or three times a week.D.Once a month.42.How many hours do you need to sleep every day?A.Seven.B.Eight.C.Five.D.Six.43.The underlined word “it” refers to .A.eating a balanced dietB.exercising moreC.keeping yourself busyD.making friends44.Which of the following is NOT true?A.We should eat a lot of meat to keep healthy.B.We should exercise to keep healthy.C.People whom we make friends with should be healthy and happy themselves.D.We can spend our free time doing sports or doing a thing we enjoy.45.Which is the best title for the passage?A.Eating HabitsB.Healthy LifestyleC.Making FriendsD.Ways to Have Health and HappinessCSome girls are doing less exercise. A survey shows that only 25% of girls often do outdoor activities. Many don’t like P. E.classes and don’t play sports. These girls may face a lot of problems. They may become fat. And they may get some kinds of illnesses.A 16-year-old girl says,“I don’t want to do exercise. I just feel too tired. I like watching TV on the sofa more than doing exercise. ”Some girls say they don’t have enough time to do sports. They have to help their parents with housework.“We have dishes to clean and homework to do. There really isn’t time for anything else.”46.画线单词face在句中的词性是, 汉语意思是。

《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案Unit 2Unit 2Task 1【答案】1) b 2) a 3) d【原文】Texas was the biggest state before Alaska became the forty-ninth state in 1959. One good way to understand the size of Texas is to learn about its weather. Different parts of the state have very different kinds of weather.Laredo is one of the hottest cities in the United States in summer. The best time to visit Laredo is in winter, when it is pleasantly warm.Amarillo gets very cold in winter. Sometimes there is more snow in Amarillo than in New York, which is a northern city. Summers are better, but sometimes it gets quite hot. The best time to visit Amarillo is in the autumn when it is cool.If anyone asks you about the weather in Texas, ask him, “What part of Texas do you mean？”Task 2【答案】A.1)T 2) F 3) FB.1) d 2) c 3) cC.climate, reputation, extraordinary, unreliable, dry, wet, clear, dull, hot, cold, bad, mild【原文】Our friend, Nick, whose English gets better and better, declared solemnly the other day that he thought that the British climate was wonderful, but the British weather was terrible. He went on to explain by pointing out that the British climate was a temperate one. This meant, he said, "that you could always be certain that the weather would never be extreme —at any rate not for any length of time —never very hot and never very cold." He quite rightly pointed out that the rainfall in Britain, according to the statistics, was not very heavy. "Why then," he asked, "has the British climate such a bad reputation?" He answered by saying it was because of the extraordinary, unreliable weather. There was no part of the year at which you could be certain that the weather would be dry or wet, clear or dull, hot or cold. A bad day in July could be as cold as a mild day in January. Indeed you could feel cold at almost any time of the year. Nick blamed drafty British houses for this, but agreed you could also blame the small amount of sunshine and a great amount of dampness. He advised every student coming to Britain to bring an umbrella and to understand the meaning of that splendid word "drizzle".Task 3【答案】I.the country; Trees, grass, lakes and steamsII.A.1. concrete, iron, steel2. take in the heat during the day and throw off heat into the air at nightB. Warmer winters, car engines; electrical applianceⅢ.A. air pollution may stop sunlight from reaching the earthB.1. Ice near the North and South poles to melt2. to be slowly flooded and people living in these cities to move to higher land 【原文】Cities change the climate around you. In the country, there are trees, grass, lakes, and streams. In hot weather, the trees and grass cool the area around them. Lakes and rivers also cool the area around them.But cities are not cooled in these natural ways. Cities are built of asphalt, concrete, iron, andsteel. There are few trees and usually not much grass. Rain falls onto the streets and into the sewers.When the summer sun shines, streets and buildings take in the heat; after the sun sets, the streets and buildings throw off heat into the street. Once the sun sets, the countryside cools off, but a city may stay hot all night.Cities are hotter than the countryside in winter, too. Standing near a car with its motor running, winter or summer, you will feel the heat thrown off by the engine. The heat comes from the gasoline burned by the engine. This heat warms the air and the ground around the car. Thousands of running cars are almost like thousands of small fires burning.Carefully put your hand near a light bulb or television set. As you can see, electricity creates a lot of heat. This heat from electricity warms the house and the outside air.The heat given off by cities can affect the climate. Some experts even believe that cities can change the climate of the whole world. They think that air pollution may stop sunlight from reaching the earth. If less sunshine reaches the earth, the earth may become cooler.Still other experts think the world will get warmer. If the world did get warmer, great changes would occur. Ice near the North and South poles would melt. This would make the oceans rise. Cities near oceans — like Los Angeles, Boston, and Miami —would slowly be flooded. People living in these cities would have to move to higher land.Task 4【答案】A.1) b 2) cB. night, delight; morning, warning; gray, way, red, headC.1) F 2) T 3) F【原文】A red sky at either dusk or dawn is one of the spectacular and beautiful weather predictors we have in nature. By closely observing this phenomenon, you can achieve short-range accuracy of the weather as good as, or better than your local weatherman. In the Bible, Jesus in Matthew 16, 2-3 is quoted as saying, “When it is evening, it will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning it will be foul weather today: for the sky is red” when speaking to the Pharisees. An old English weather proverb based on this passage is:Red sky at night, sailors delight.Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.OrEvening red and morning gray,Sends the traveler on his way.Evening gray, morning red,Brings the rain down on his head.At dusk, a red sky indicates that dry weather is on the way. This is due to the sun shining through dust particles being pushed ahead of a high pressure system bringing in dry air. A red sky in the morning is due to the sun again shining through dust. In this case however, the dust is being pushed on by an approaching low reassure system bringing in moisture. Don't confuse a red sky in the morning with a red sun in the morning. If the sun itself is red and the sky is a normal color, the day will be fair.Task 5【答案】1) c 2) b 3) d 4) c 5) c【原文】Mark: I am an avid fly fisherman and frequently find myself on the river in a raft during lightning storms. We always have a debate at thesetimes on where we are safest —pulling into shore or staying on thewater. Since I have heard one is safe in a car when lightning strikesI wonder if the raft floating on the water is insulated, and thereforethe safest place to be.Meteorologist A: We spoke with some scientists about your question, and they all agreed that under no circumstances should you remain on the waterduring a lightning storm. If your raft is made of rubber, you mightfeel that you're .well insulated, but don't kid yourself. Typicallightning flashes travel 10 to 15 kilometers and can deliver as muchas 100,000 amps of current. In comparison, a toaster uses about 10amps of current. If lightning strikes the water near you, it willhave no trouble traveling through a few extra centimeters of rubber. Meteorologist B: So, if you're on the water and a thunderstorm approaches, get to the shore and seek shelter on land. Try a building or car. If neitheris available, look for a cave, cliff, wall, or a group of trees. Nevertake shelter under an isolated tree-it's also a good target forlightning.Task 6【答案】A.1) F 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) TB.Incredible, one minute, one kilometer, destroyed, lifted up, carried away, killed, injured【原文】Every spring and summer many inland areas are hit by tornados. A tornado is a kind of storm. It's a revolving, funnel-shaped column of air that moves through the sky at very high speeds. A tornado looks like a huge, black ice cream cone whirling through the sky. The speed of a tornado is very fast-it is believed to be between 200 and 700 kilometers per hour.Tornados form under very special weather conditions, and these special weather conditions occur most often in inland areas, such as the central United States. A tornado forms when a layer of warm, dry air is on top of a layer of cooler, moist air. This combination of dry, warm air above wet, cool air creates a condition that causes the lower layer of air to lift up. As the lower air rises, both layers of air begin to rotate, to turn around and around. The air begins to rotate faster and faster because of centrifugal force. The tornado has a center called an “eye” and the air rotates quickly around this eye.As the air begins to rotate faster and faster, the tornado cloud begins to grow downward; that is, it begins to form a funnel or cone, and this cone goes down toward the ground.The cone of air is dark because it develops from a dark rain cloud. As the cloud gets longer, as the cloud gets closer to the ground, it begins to pull up dirt from the ground. Then the funnel ofrotating air becomes very dark because of the dirt in it. As the tornado funnel gets longer, it begins to drag along the ground.When the tornado touches the ground, it does incredible damage. It usually touches the ground for only about one minute, and it usually travels along the ground for only about one kilometer, but during that one minute, buildings are destroyed, trees are lifted up out of the ground, small objects are carried away, and sometimes people are injured or killed.Task 7【答案】A.1) b 2) a 3) bB.1) It has been nice weather during the day, but it is going to change at night.2) Fine weather in southern Europe and not so nice in northern EuropeFor todaySoutheast England---26 degrees Celsius by mid-afternoonSouthern Scotland---Maximum temperatures of around 21 degreesBrighton---15 hours of lovely sunshineMidlands---23 degrees Celsius by early afternoonNorthwest of Scotland---Light showers around middayFor the weekendSpain---34 degrees CelsiusGreece---32 degrees CelsiusFrance---Cloudy with rain, maximum temperatures of 22 degreesNorthern Ireland---Heavy rain, 17 degrees CelsiusMost of England---Cloudy but mainly dry with sunny periods, 23 degrees Celsius 【原文】Radio Announcer: You’re listening to Radio Metro. It’s two minutes to nine, and time for the latest weather for cast from Dan Francis at the London Weather Centre. Francis: Hello. It's been another warm and fine day for most of us. Temperatures in southeast England reached 26 degrees Celsius by mid-afternoon, and Brighton had 15 hours of lovely sunshine. Further north it was a little cooler with maximum temperatures of around 21 degrees in southern Scotland, and in the far northwest of Scotland there were some light showers around midday. But the rest of the country, as I said, has been warm and dry with temperatures in the Midlands reaching 23 degrees Celsius by early afternoon though it was a little cooler along the west coast and in Northern Ireland. But already the weather is beginning to change, I'm afraid, and during the night showers will slowly move in from the Atlantic to reach south-west England and the southern coast of Wales by early morning.The rest of the country will have a very mild, dry night with minimum temperatures no lower than 15 degrees in the south, a little cooler — 11degrees or so —in the north. Any remaining showers in northwest Scotland will pass quickly to leave a mild, dry night there too.And now the outlook for Friday and the weekend. Well, southern Europe will, once again, get the best of the weekend weather, and if your holiday starts this weekend, then southern Spain is the place to go, with temperatures of 34 degrees along the Mediterranean coast. At the eastern end of the Med, too, you can expect uninterrupted sunshine and temperatures of up to 32 degrees Celsius in Greece and southeast Italy, but further north the weather's not so settled. Much of France, Belgium and the Netherlands will be cloudy with occasional rain, and maximum temperatures will be around 22 degrees — very disappointing for this time of the year.Scotland and Northern Ireland will have heavy rain for much of the weekend and temperatures will drop to a cool 17 degrees. Across most of England the weather will be cloudy but mainly dry with sunny periods. And when the sun does come out, temperatures could rise to a maximum of 23 degrees.Task 8【答案】【原文】As the air pressure around you either rises or falls, many changes in nature occur. Most of these are very obvious changes while others are of a more subtle nature.Mountains and other far away objects will appear to be much closer and more sharply focused as wet weather approaches and the air pressure drops. The dust particles in the air begin to settle to the ground and the air clears, allowing you to see more details of faraway objects. As a high pressure front approaches and the air becomes “thicker,” more dust particles become suspended in air and things take on their normal somewhat hazy appearance.“Sharp horns on the moon threaten bad weather.” This and a bright, clear moon are good indicators that wet weather is on the way. As the air clears of dust particles ahead of a low pressure system, the moon appears to come closer and be more sharply focused due to the lack of dust.Sound also becomes sharper and more focused prior to stormy weather. Instead of traveling upward and outward into the atmosphere sound waves are bent back to the earth and their range extended. Bird calls sound sharper, and, at my house, we can hear the blowing of the train horn as it rumbles through the valley below.If you find yourself out in a marsh or swamp and the air really seems to stink more than normal, expect rainy weather. This happens when the pressure drops and the methane trapped on the bottom of the swamp is released in greater quantities. In reverse, as fair weather approaches and the pressure rises, things won't smell quite so strong.Birds and bats have a tendency to fly much lower to the ground right before a rain due to the “thinning” of the air. They prefer to fly where the air is the most dense and they can get greater lift with their wings. With high pressure and dry air, the atmosphere becomes denser and they can easily fly at higher altitudes.Smoke rising straight into the air means fair weather and smoke hanging low meansrain is on the way. This is pretty much the same as with the birds and methane in the swamp. When high pressure approaches, smoke will rise whereas with low pressure it can't rise and tends to lay low.Remember a grandparent talking about how their corns, bunions, or joints ached right before a rain? Again, this is due to the decreasing atmospheric pressure allowing the gas in our bodies to expand.Task 9【答案】A. Statements 3, 6, 7 are true.B.f—c—a—d—b—eC.1) F 2) T 3) F 4) FD.1) d 2) b【原文】It was 1974. Richard Nixon was still president. Kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst was still missing. In Xenia, a pretty spot of 25,000 people amid fields of soybeans and corn, American Graffiti was held over at the Cinema. The Xenia Hotel offered a chicken and dumpling dinner for $, but everyone flocked to the A&W drive-in for burgers and root beer floats. That's where five of the bodies were found after the storm.In all, 33 people died in Xenia's tornado, the deadliest of 148 storms that raged through 13 states during the infamous "Super Outbreak'' of tornadoes April 3 to 4, 1974. In 16 hours and 10 minutes, 330 people were killed and nearly 5,550 were injured from Illinois to Georgia.Though the Xenia death toll has been matched by other killer storms, the degree of devastation makes the city's tornado among U.S. history's most destructive. The storm still is studied in colleges by aspiring meteorologists, a textbook case of a rare Category F-5, the most intense of tornadoes.On that fateful day, I was a young boy of 8 years old. We lived in the Arrowhead Subdivision. That afternoon I was around the corner playing with some neighbor kids.I thought I could hear my father calling me, so I ran back to the house. Thinking back now, there is no way I would have been able to hear him. I was too far away for a voice to have traveled in the afternoon noise. Besides, Dad had a very bad case of tonsillitis that day. Like I was saying, I went back home and got through the door just in time to answer the ringing phone. On the other end of the phone was my Mother. Mom was working. She told me she heard a bad storm was on the way. She told me to make sure the garage door was shut and to stay inside. After I hung up the phone, I settled down to watch The Dennis Show. To this day I can vividly remember the electricity going out. I looked out the large window in the living room and didn't have a clue as to what I was looking at.Dad was asleep on the couch, so I woke him up to look. Dad looked and said to get into the bathroom. We sat on the floor. Dad had his back to the door and hisfeet pushing against the wall opposite the door. I remember that as soon as we sat down, the windows broke. Glass blew under the door, and the sound was tremendous.I know it really didn’t take too long for the tornado to go past, but I do remember the conversation we had in the process. I could feel the cool air rushing under the floor through the crawlspace vents. I asked if we were flying. He said he wasn't sure, but he didn't think we were. He said the house was tearing apart. I asked him how he knew. He said he just knew it was.When things calmed down, we opened the door. The odd feeling I had, looking up the street from inside what once was my hallway, is still with me today.I think back often to that day. I think back and wonder what would have happened if my Dad hadn't been sick that day. Like a lot of kids, I stayed home by myself after school back then. I seriously doubt I would be able to tell you my story, if I had been alone that day. I still live in Xenia and wouldn’t trade this town for any other.Task 10【原文】Undoubtedly, Tibet is one of the harshest places for human existence. It is cool in summer but freezing cold in winter. In Lhasa, the mildest city temperature may exceed 29C in summer while plummeting to -16C in winter! Sun radiation is extremely strong in Tibet. The sunlight in Lhasa is so intense that the city is called Sunlight City. The thin air can neither block off nor retain heat so that the temperature extremes can be met in daytime and the same night respectively in Tibet. However it is not impossible to visit the holy snow land. April to October is the best time to visit Tibet, out of the coldest months, which are from December to February usually. The average temperature in north Tibet is subzero and winter arrives in October until the following May or June. July and August are the best time to visit the area, enjoying warm temperature, intense sunshine, beautiful scenery and festive events. May, June and September is the tourist season in east Tibet. In winter, roads are all blocked by heavy snow. Landslides and rock falls frequently occur, which will make travel difficult.。

全新版大学英语第二版听说教程2听力原文及答案全新版大学英语（第二版）听说教程2Unit 1 Sports Part A]Listening StrategyIdentifying NumbersNumbers appear very often in every kind of listening material. The ability to catch the exact num bers spoken in English is an important but difficult skill for a Chinese learner. A good way is to pra ctice over and over again the pronunciation of the numbers, particularly the different ways to say thirteen and thirty, fourteen and forty, etc. It also helps to practice writing down the numbers yo u hear quickly in numerical forms, without translating them into Chinese. You're going to hear a p assage about Michael Jordan, a retired American professional basketball player.Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with the missing numbers.Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. He was born on Feb.17, 1963, in Broo klyn, New York. He is 1.98 meters tall and weighs 216 pounds. Jordan joined the Chicago Bulls tea m for the 1984 season. In the 1986 season he shot 3041 points, the third highest score ever. He w as named NBA Slam Dunk Champion(扣篮冠军)in 1987 and won the Most Valuable Player Award in 1988, an honor repeated four times in the next ten years to 1998. Jordan guided his team to win six NBA championships during the 1990s, s coring 45 points during the sixth and last game of the 1998 NBA finals. In 1999, he was named th e greatest North American athlete of the 20th century. Jordan left the NBA at the beginning of th e 1993-1994 NBAseason to pursue a career in baseball. Since his baseball game wasn't quite as g ood as his basketball games, he finally gave it up to rejoin the Bulls in 1995. Yet, after playing for f ive more years, he once again announced his retirement in 1999. But he returned for two more N BA games in 2001 as a member of the Washington Wizards.[ti:Unit 1 Part B]Listening Tasks A ConversationWhy Don't You Join Me at the Gym Sometime?Exercise 1Listen to the conversation and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.Peter: Hi Laura. Where are you heading with that big bag?Laura: Hi, Peter. I'm off to the gym. I've got to stay in shape, you know. I try to go three times a w eek, but I'm busy so I can't always make it.Peter: I know more women who work out than men. What's the main reason you work out? For y our health, or to look good?Laura: To be honest, for both. With women, good looks are always a very important consideration . Peter: If they were honest, most men who work out would admit that they also do it to look bett er, and not merely for health reasons.Laura: How about you? Do you get any regular exercise?Peter: I do a lot of walking, for exercise and enjoyment sometimes ten to twenty kilometers at a ti me but I never go to the gym like you do.Laura: Well, walking is good exercise. How about sports?Peter: Not since my school days. I used to love playing baseball, but it's impossible to get enough people together for a game now. Mostly I just watch sports on TV.Laura: I play tennis fairly regularly with my friends, and sometimes go swimming and cycling by m yself.Peter: Oh, I forgot about that. I go cycling sometimes too. And I often go swimming on vacation, b ut only recreational swimming.Laura: Why don't you join me at the gym sometime? I can get you a guest pass. Peter: Well, maybe someday, but I'm pretty lazy about things like that. Questions1. What do you know about Peter?2. Where might the two speakers be having this conversation?Speaking Tasks Pair WorkListen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with yo ur partner.Conversation 1A: What's your plan for this evening?B: Well, there's a good game at the stadium but I haven't got a ticket yet.A: I'm going to the gym. Would you like to come along? I can get a guest pass for you. B: That's w onderful. I'd always wanted to work out in the new gym. Thank you very much. Conversation 2 A: Hi, Xiao Wang. Fancy meeting you here! How are you doing?B: Can't complain. I'm busy with my experiments in the lab. But after work I often play some spor ts．A: Like what?B: Like swimming, running and sometimes tennis.A: Tennis? That's my favorite game. Say, what're you doing this weekend? B: Nothing particular. I guess I'll probably just work in the lab. A: Come on. You need to relax. What about a game of ten nis? B: OK.Conversation 3A: Are you doing anything special tomorrow, Bob? B: Not really. Why do you ask?A: Some of us are going motorcycling. Would you like to join us? B: Motorcycling? I've never done that. Isn't it a bit dangerous? A: Maybe, but it's really exciting.B: I enjoy jogging. It's more relaxing.A: That's a good form of exercise. It can help you stay in shape. B: Yes, it's also safer.Now make similar conversations according to the given situations. Use the structures and express ions above in your conversations where appropriate[ti:Unit 1 Part C]Test Your ListeningYou're going to hear five short conversations. Listen carefully and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.1. W: I like playing basketball, volleyball and table tennis. What about you? M: Well, tennis is my f avorite sport. Q: What 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 d oes 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 schooldays. But recently I have failed to keep up with football. W: Now you are busy with your golf gam es.Q: What do you know about the man from the conversation?Unit 2 Food and Drinks Part AListening StrategyListening "Between the Lines"People do not always say directly what they mean. Very often, we have to listen "between the lin es". The English language offers many ways for people to imply, rather than directly state, their m eaning. To find out what a speaker really means, we can rely on such things as the context, the m eaning of an idiom, and the intonation used. For example, if someone says "I have an essay to wri te" in answer to an invitation to go somewhere, we can infer from the context that he cannot acc ept the invitation. And if someone says "Andrew passed with flying colors" in reply to an inquiry a bout how Andrew did on a test, we can infer from the meaning of the idiom "to pass with flying c olors" that Andrew did very well on the test. Often, intonation also helps to reveal the real meani ng of a message. For example, "He is very clever" said with an ironic tone means just the opposite . You are going to hear eight short conversations between two speakers.Listen carefully and write down "Yes" or "No" to each of the following questions. 1. M: Have you ever been to that big restaurant opposite the school gate? W: Yes, many times.Whenever my friends come to visit me, I'll take them there to eat. 2. W: Is there something wron g, sir?M: My wife and I have been kept waiting for nearly an hour for our meal. 3. W: Where is the cake I made this morning?M: We ate it, mom. Can you make another one for us?4. W: I hear you like chicken very much.M: Next to beef.5. M: Have you tried this wine before?W: No, never. It's my first time, but it's really to my taste. 6. W: John, do you want a soda? M: Sod a? I think it tastes like medicine. 7. W: Why, the fish is left almost untouched. M: Well, it would be good if it were less salty. 8. M: Hi, Sue, would you like to eat out tonight?W: Oh, I'd really like to, but my sister may come to visit me this evening..[ti:Unit 2 Part B] Listening Tasks A ConversationWhat About Dining Out?Exercise 1Listen to the conversation and complete the following sentences. Peter: Hi, Kate.Kate: Hi, Peter. How have you been? Peter: Oh, OK, I guess. And you?Kate: Not too bad. We haven't seen each other for a while, have we?Peter: No, we haven't. So that makes me ask. Do you have any plan for this Saturday? Kate: No, n ot yet, I don't think so. Why?Peter: What do you think about getting together and going out to dinner this weekend? Kate: Tha t would be great. Do you have any particular place in mind?Peter: Well, I think I'd like to eat something that's not too heavy. I've been eating a little too much lately.Kate: Me too.Peter: I love Italian food, but maybe we should skip that this time. They always seem to serve somuch food in Italian restaurants, and you end up eating morethan you wanted to.Kate: Chinese food would be good.Peter: Yes, or maybe some Japanese sushi. That style uses a lot of natural flavors, and not much o il or cream or heavy sauces.Kate: Yes, either of those choices would be good. Let's just meet on Saturday night, and decide th en where to eat.Peter: That's fine by me.Speaking Tasks Pair WorkListen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with yo ur partner.Conversation 1(At the school canteen) A: What a crowd!B: This is the worst time. The morning classes are just over. Everybody is hungry and rushes here t o have lunch.A: That's true. I'm starving and I can't wait. I'd rather not stand in a long line. B: Why don't we hav e some fried noodles?A: Noodles are sold at No. 2 Box. No queue there, you see. B: That's great. (At No. 2 Box) Counter hand: What can I get you? A: One plate of fried noodles, please. B: Make it two. Counter hand: OK. Two plates of fried noodles. Anything else? A: How much is the tomato soup? Counter hand: It's free. It goes with the noodles. A: I see. (to B) Do you want any soup? B: Yes. A: (to counter hand) Two bowls of soup, please. Conversation 2(At a fast food restaurant)Counter hand: What can I do for you?Customer: I'll have one order of chicken nuggets and a chicken sandwich. Counter hand: Anything to drink? Customer: A small Sprite. No ice, please. Counter hand: Okay. For here or to go? Custo mer: For here. Conversation 3(At a Chinese restaurant)Waiter: Are you ready to order?A: Do you have any recommendations?Waiter: Yes. The Sichuan style crispy whole fish is very good. It's today's special.A: Mary, would you like to try that? I hear it's very good.B: Why not? And I'd like shrimp in black bean sauce, too. It's my favorite. Waiter: Okay. Anything else?A: What about some vegetables, Mary? B: Yes. How about spinach? A: Spinach is fine with me. W aiter: Anything to drink?A: Yes. I'd like one Bud Light, please. What'll you have, Mary? B: Orange juice, please. Waiter: One Bud Light and one orange juice. Is that right? A: Right.Now make similar conversations according to the given situations. Use the structures and express ions above in your conversations where appropriate[ti:Unit 2 Part C]Test Your ListeningListen to the conversation and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. 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 C hicken.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 w e have to go back to work. A: OK, a Coke for me then.B: Here comes the waitress. Let me order first. Questions1. What is the relationship between the two speakers?2. Where does the conversation take plac e?3. What will they order?Unit 3 Weather Part AListening StrategyListening for Important DetailsBesides understanding the main idea of a listening text, we often find it necessary to grasp the im portant details as well. What counts as important details depends on the kind of information we want. Generally speaking, if we are listening to the narration of an event, we need to sharpen our ears not only for what happened, but also when and where, how and why it happened. In listeni ng to a weather report, on the other hand, the important details we should watch out for are the current weather conditions, temperature, and weather outlook. You're going to hear two short p assages about weather. While listening, pay attention to such details as the weather conditions, t emperature, weather outlook, damage caused by bad weather and so on, and write them down i n note form.Then complete the exercises in your book.1. The weather today: a fine day is in store nearly everywhere, with the best of the sunshine in so uthern and central areas of Britain. A pleasant day, then, with long sunny periods developing. Th ere will be light winds with a maximum temperature of 18 degrees Celsius, 64 degrees Fahrenheit . Look at the outlook for the next few days: it will become mostly cloudy with heavyshowers mov ing in from the west.2. A storm in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin Province, claimed four lives on Sunday. The storm lasted about three hours from around 8 p.m. The winds reached speeds of over a hund red miles an hour, causing serious damage and a widespread power failure.[ti:Unit 3 Part B] Listening Tasks A ConversationDid You Hear the Forecast?Exercise 1Listen to the conversation and choose the right answers to the questions you hear. 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 games 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 s un.Alan: And no one wanted to participate in any of the planned activities. All we wanted was cold d rinks. 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 to 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 s hower which cools things off a little. That might not be bad. Questions1. What are Alan and Michelle mainly doing?2. What do you know about Alan?3. What can you infer from the conversation?Speaking TasksListen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with yo ur partner. Conversation 1A: What lovely weather we're having! Nice and cool. B: Yeah, I really like this kind of weather. A: What's the temperature today？B: The high is 26 and the low is 20. The weather forecast says the good weather is likely to last, to o.A: I hope so.Conversation 2A: It seems to be clearing up. All the dark clouds are gone and the sun is coming out. B: Yes. Let's j ust hope it stays this way.I hate rainy days.A: I think it will continue to be fine for the next few days. Anyhow, that's what the weatherman sa ys.B: That's great. Let's go for a walk, shall we？ A: All right.Conversation 3A: It's hot and humid, isn't it? I can hardly breathe. B: Yeah. I feel suffocating too.A: Are summers always this hot here? It's almost like in the desert. B: Yes, especially in July and A ugust. A: Well, what did theweatherman say? B: He said another heat wave is on the way. A: Oh no! I hope not.B: How about going out to the beach to cool off？A: Good idea. Maybe it's the only place for this sort of weather.Now make similar conversations according to the given situations. Use the structures and express ions above in your conversations where appropriate..[ti:Unit 3 Part CTest Your ListeningYou're going to hear five short conversations. Listen carefully and choose the right answers to the questions you hear.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 saysit'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 c an 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 forecastsays it will cloud over by noon. Q: What does the man mean?Unit 4 Music Part AListening StrategyListening for Signal WordsThe ability to identify signal words can help us follow the thread of the speaker's thought. People often use signal words or phrases like "but", "therefore" and "as a result" to add a comment that contrasts with what has just been said or to signal what they are about to say is the result or caus e of their previous remarks. Similarly, words and phrases like "for example", "most importantly", " first", "second", "finally" and "then" usually signal that the speaker is going to provide an illustrati on or emphasize a certain point or discuss several aspects of a certain topic. So we should pay att ention to signal words in listening as they will prepare us for what is going to be said. You're going to hear four short passages.Listen carefully and write down the signal word(s) in each passage. Then choose a, b, c or d to ind icate the function of the signal word(s) used in each of the passages.1. Most people like music. In fact, we are surrounded by it. It's on the radio and television and ca n be heard in stores and restaurants. However, not everyone likes the same kind of music.2. The manager of the music shop was called Brian Epstein. Because so many people had asked fo r a record by the Sun, Epstein decided to go and listen to the group himself.3. Firstly I would like to talk about classical music and its representative composers, then I will mo ve on to jazz music, and finally I will focus on pop music in the last century.4. We listen to exciting music and our hearts beat faster, our blood pressure rises, and our blood f lows more quickly. In short,we're stimulated.[ti:Unit 4 Part B] Listening Tasks A PassageBackground MusicExercise 1Listen to the passage. As you listen, read the signal words in your book and put a tick () in the bra ckets after the ones you have heard.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. V ery 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 spo t items they would like to buy. 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 sale s. 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. Questions1. Where was recorded background music first used?2. What was the original purpose of backgr ound music?3. What kind of music can have a powerful effect oncustomers in shops?4. Why doesn't the same kind of music work in restaurants according to the passage? Speaking TasksPair WorkListen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with yo ur partner. Conversation 1A: Do you like English songs? B: I'm crazy about them.A: What's your favorite song?B: It's hard to say. There are so many beautiful songs. A: Who's your favorite singer then?B: Sarah Brightman, undoubtedly. I do admire her, you know.I love all her songs. A: I like her, too, but not that much. Conversation 2A: Do you care for opera?B: Yes, I do, very much.A: Which do you like better, opera or musical?B: Opera.A: Do you just listen to it or go to performances?B: I prefer going to a performance. It has everything, color and spectacle and great music. A: Why don't we go and see Aida together? It's being performed at the Grand Theater. B: I've seen it alre ady. It's excellent.A: Oh, lucky you! Conversation 3A: Do you enjoy listening to music?B: Yes, very much. I enjoy listening to music more than any other pastime.A: What's your favorite music?B: It depends. When I am in a good mood, I'd prefer something exciting, with a fast rhythm. But if I feel low, I can onlylisten to something soft and quiet. A: Mm, me too.Now make similar conversations. Use the structures and expressions above where appropriate. Y our conversations should include the following points.[ti:Unit 4 Part C] Test Your ListeningListen to the passage three times and supply the missing information.Celine Dion is the youngest of 14 children in a working-class family in Quebec, Canada. Her pare nts, who both loved music, encouraged her to develop her musical talent. At 12, Celine had comp osed 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 ad dress was that of Rene Angelil, who became her first conquest, but there would be millions more. Celine's rise from a teenage singer to a pop superstar has been steady, but not without difficultie s. Record companies were at first less enthusiastic about investing in a teenager than Angelil, wh o mortgaged his own home to pay for her first album. But her first two albums won a great succe ss. And by 1983 she became the first Canadian ever to have a gold record inFrance. In 1990, Celine made her first English language record with Unison but 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. In 19 96 she performed at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and in 1997 she r ecorded the theme song for Titanic, and her name became synonymous with the enormously suc cessful film. Celine Dion's favorite theme islove. She sings the depth and the power of love in a gr eat 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 AListening StrategyIdentifying the Relationship Between the Speakers in a ConversationIdentifying the relationship between the speakers in a conversation is an important skill in liste ning comprehension. Although sometimes the conversation itself does not contain words that sa y exactly what the relationship is, we can rely on contextual clues to find it out. Such clues includ e the degree of intimacy (e.g., how intimately the speakers address each other, what endearment s are used), the degree of politeness (strangers tend to be more polite towards each other than fr iends or family members), and the particular situation (at a doctor's consulting room, at a shop, e tc.).Listen to the following conversations and choose the right answers to the questions that follow the conversations.1. M: What's the trouble?W: I feel dizzy and my whole body aches. M: How long have you been sick? W: Two or three days now.M: How's your appetite?W: I've got no appetite. The sight of food simply turns my stomach. What's wrong with me? M: Y ou seem to be generally run-down.Q: What is the mnost probable relationship between the two speakers? 2. W: What's the matter, Jack? You look pale. M: Oh, Ifeel terrible.W: Why? What's the matter?M: I have a splitting headache and a sore throat. W: Why didn't you tell me?M: I thought they might go away, but I feel worse this morning. I'm aching all over.W: Hmm. You feel warm, too. You must have got a fever. There's a pretty bad flu going around, yo u know.Q: What's the most probable relationship between the two speakers?[ti:Unit 5 Part B]Listening TasksA ConversationGoing to See the DoctorExercise 1Listen to the conversation and choose the right answers to complete the statements. D: So what's your trouble?P: Well, doctor, I haven't been feeling well lately. My biggest problem is that I'm having trouble sl eeping.D: Have you tried any of the sleeping medications available? P: I've tried one or two, but they don 't seem to help. D: How long have you had this problem?P: Three or four months — it's been rather a long time now.D: Are you suffering from an unusual level of stress in your life lately? P: Not more than usual. My biggest worry is the fact I can't sleep. D: Well, some people don't need as much sleep as others. P: But I feel tired all day, so it is a problem for me. D: Have you been experiencing any other symp toms? P: I've also had a lot of indigestion lately.D: Well, you are a little overweight, aren't you?P: Yes. And I've gained about seven kilograms this past year.D: You really should try to lose at least that extra weight. Do you get much exercise? P: No, not ve ry much.D: Physical activity is very important.P: So what do you recommend, doctor?D: I will give you some medications for your insomnia and your indigestion. But I also recommend that you begin a regular exercise program.P: But I have neither the time nor the money to go to a gym.D: You don't need to go to a gym. A simple walking program would be very beneficial for you. I thi nk you'll find that diet and exercise will be very helpful in taking care of your recent complaints. Speaking TasksPair WorkListen to the following conversations and repeat after the recording. Then role-play them with yo ur partner. Conversation 1D: What's wrong with you?P: I have a burning stomachache. And I feel like vomiting, too. D: How long has it been like this? P: Since yesterday.D: What did you eat yesterday? Did you eat seafood? P: Yes.I had some crabs at lunch and then I just felt terrible. D: Yours seems to be a minor case of food poisoning.P: What do you think I should do, doctor?D: I'll give you some medications for your stomachache and indigestion. And don't eat any seafoo d for the next week or so.P: I won't, doctor. Thank you.Conversation 2D: What seems to be the problem?P: I hurt my left foot yesterday. I missed one step while。

译林版五年级下册Unit2 How do you come to school?一．听录音，选出你所听到的内容。

（）1. A. train B.bus C.taxi（）2. A. What B. Where C.Why（）3. A. go B.goes C.do（）4. A.house B.home C.street（）5. A. doctor B.student C. taxi driver 二．听录音，判断下列句子与短文内容是(T）否（F）相同。

( ) 1. Nancy gets up at 7:30.( ) 2. Nancy’s home isn’t far from the school.( ) 3. Nancy go to school by bus( ) 4. Nancy have lunch at school.( ) 5. Nancy plays football with her friends.三．听录音，选择正确的答语。

（）1. A.She’s from China.B. She lives near school.C.She is a Chinese girl?（）2. A.On foot B. By t rain C. By bike （）3. A.I like playing football.B.Yes, I do.C.I don’t like swim.（）4. A. She is a teacher.B.S he is happy.C.S he usually wa shes clothes on Sunday.（）5. A.Yes, it is, B. Yes, I do. C.No, I can’t.四．听录音，完成短文内容。

A:Hello, Mike, ?B: I live near school.A: How do you come to school?B: I come to school . , Liu Tao?A: I live on I come to school .笔试部分五．选出画线部分发音不同的一项。

Unit 2Warming up1. Running, swimming, and lifting weights2. Exercise makes him happy, keeps his stress level down, and gives him all sorts of energyfor his work and family.3. Well, there is no swimming pool near my home and i can't swim every day. But anyway, Icann run in the morning . There are many benefits to exercising. They include a strongbody, an improved mood, longer life, better appearance and an overall sense of well-being.ListeningShort conversations1.C2.C3.B4.A5.D6.B7.C8.D9.A 10.ALong conversation1.D2.C3.A4.B5.APassage1.B2.D3.D4.C5.ARadio program1. the quality of school menus2. moving into the neighbourhood3. eats fast food4. the Chicago study5. children's eating habitsHomeworkTask 11.A2.B3.C4.D5.BTask 21.A2.B3.D4.C5.DTask 31. advancements2.physical3.depression4.condition5.mentioned6.admitbat8.high-fiber and vitamin-rich foods, such as vegetables and fruits9.should give up smoking if they haven't already done so10. No section of the population can benefit from exercise.听力原文Unit 2Warming upW thank you for agreeing to take this interview. I know you are quite a busy man.M I am always happy to talk to people and answer questions from the audience.W that is very nice to hear. People are calling you the world’s healthiest man. What do you think about that?M what do I think? I think people are being very kind to me by saying so. I don’t think I am the healthiest man in the world, but I do take my health seriously. I exercise every day, running, swimming, and lifting weights.W you certainly look great!M thanks. Better than that, though, I feel great. Exercise makes me happy, keeps my stress level down, and gives me all sorts of energy for my work and family.W do you have any special words for the audience?M yes. Start exercising today, and start living a better life. Listening10 short conversations1. W wow！Y ou look great! What have you been doing to look sogood?M I have been lifting weights. I really feel great. Strange, but it hardly took anytime at all before I started seeing improvements in my body.2. M can you help me open this bottle? Someone put the cap on too tight.W sure thing! Umm…there! Hey, that wasn’t tight at all! Y ou really need to work out a little more and build up your strength!3. M I just don’t know what I am going to do about my energy level! No matter what I do, I always feel tired!W here’s an idea: since you have already been exercising a lot with no result, maybe you can change your diet.4. M I’d really like to begin an exercise program, but I simply don’t know how to begin.W I’ve spoken to a doctor about it. I will tell you what you told me: start off with a little bit of running and then do more and more every day.5. M I’ve been feeling terrible lately. Do you think exercise could help me?W I can’t say for sure. It probably wouldn’t hurt, but exercise can’t cure all of your problems.6. W you always do so well in your classes!M running gives me energy to stay up late into the night. This allows me to study more. Do the same and run with me tomorrow!7. M there’s a strange limp in your walk. Did you pull a muscle or something?W nah. I just feel a bit tired from all of the exercise I’ve been doing at the gym. I’ll return to normal in just a moment.8. M have you seen how much weight Angela’s put on? Why do you think she stopped exercising and started eating such unhealthy foods? W it is a sad story. Her parents got divorced, and now she is totally ignored her health.9. W hello? Are you the person I talked to on the phone about checking in for an appointment?M yes. Just sign your name on this piece of paper, and the doctor will see you as soon as he is free.10. W I’ve been so very worried, and I don’t have a clue as to why I’ve been so sick.M try not to worry too much. Do some running, see me in a week, and let me know if things change. I’ll run some tests on you if you are still not feeling well.Understanding a long conversationM hey! Hold up! Can you spare a minute?W ugh, do you think you can make it quick?M I’ll only need a minute, and then you can return to your run.W fine, what’s up?M Ma and Pa asked me to talk to you about all the exercising you’ve been doing. They told me I could find you here at the school track.W so what of it?M they think you’ve been doing a bit too much.W you know what the doctor said---if I don’t get active, I could die of a heart attack.M yeah, but I don’t think he meant for you to do so much. Y ou should take it slowly. Maybe you could build an exercise program that becomes more and more difficult as time goes by.W is that what your doctor said?M no. it is just common sense. Everyone knows you shouldn’t overwork yourself when you start exercising.W thanks for the concern. But tell Ma and Pa that I’ll be fine with what I’m doing.Understanding a passageIt is very important to exercise. Many studies have shown that regular activity and exercise can improve overall health substantially. Exercisereduces the risk of heart disease by up to 35%, stroke by about 28%, certain cancers by 20% and more, and high blood pressure by an amazing 52%. Exercise can also help you to build healthy bones and muscles. Athletes must do physical training on a regular basis to increase their level of performance. Exercising includes walking, running, biking and plenty of other activities as well. My advice would be to pick something you enjoy doing and wouldn’t mind pursuing on a regular basis. Then, you must stick to a schedule. Y ou can even pick a few different activities to mix things up and keep it interesting. Also, always stretch before physical activity! This is very important as you do not want to pull muscles. Most importantly, to keep a healthy body you must stay ACTIVE!Understanding a radio programHere at this Chicago High School and others, there has been so much emphasis on the quality of school menus, but this new study says that none of that really matters when fast food is just a short walk away.How can a cafeteria ever hope to compete with this? A new Harvard study says more and more schools now have to. Eighty percent of schools in Chicago with a fast food restaurant less than half a mile away, raising concerns about how easy it is for kids to eat poorly, and whether fast food companies are moving into the neighborhood on purpose.“they take into account the demographics of neighborhoods, the roadways in neighborhoods, and where the access is to the consumer base.”Doctor Bryn Austin is the study’s lead author and says on a typical day, nearly a third of American kids eat fast food. When they do, they consume more fat and calories, fewer vegetables and fruits than on days when they don’t.Overall, nearly nine million children in the US are overweight or obese, more than one in every seven kids, a number that has tripled since 1980. McDonald’s criticized the Chicago study, saying most restaurants are in heavily trafficked areas. Schools said their spokesmen have nothing to do with it. But child health advocates like Doctor Matte Longjohn say the study shows how recent attempts to improve school menus, even remove soda vending machines, may not be enough to improve children’s eating habits.Listening and speakingPeople talk endlessly about the benefits of exercise. And when they aren’t talking about it, they’re reading about it in health magazines, watching programs about it on television, or listening to recordings about it. People can become so concerned about exercise that they begin to goinsane with worry.It is easy to understand why people attach great importance to exercise. Exercise can not only improve your health, but also enhance your mood and reduce depression and anxiety. People who do regular exercise often achieve an overall sense of well-being.But this concern about exercise has gone too far. Some people are so obsessed with exercise that they give little time and attention to other aspects of their personal lives. I know a guy who spent all his spare time in the gym. Finally, he found himself estranged from his family. What’s more, if you do it in the wrong way, exercise can actually harm your body. Some people work out hard and pull their muscles; some even hurt a joint or break a bone.。

《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案Unit 2Unit 2Task 1【答案】1) b 2) a 3) d【原文】Texas was the biggest state before Alaska became the forty-ninth state in 1959. One good way to understand the size of Texas is to learn about its weather. Different parts of the state have very different kinds of weather.Laredo is one of the hottest cities in the United States in summer. The best time to visit Laredo is in winter, when it is pleasantly warm.Amarillo gets very cold in winter. Sometimes there is more snow in Amarillo than in New York, which is a northern city. Summers are better, but sometimes it gets quite hot. The best time to visit Amarillo is in the autumn when it is cool.If anyone asks you about the weather in Texas, ask him, “What part of Texas do you mean？”Task 2【答案】A.1)T 2) F 3) FB.1) d 2) c 3) cC.climate, reputation, extraordinary, unreliable, dry, wet, clear, dull, hot, cold, bad, mild【原文】Our friend, Nick, whose English gets better and better, declared solemnly the other day that he thought that the British climate was wonderful, but the British weather was terrible. He went on to explain by pointing out that the British climate was a temperate one. This meant, he said, "that you could always be certain that the weather would never be extreme — at any rate not for any length of time — never very hot and never very cold." He quite rightly pointed out that the rainfall in Britain, according to the statistics, was not very heavy. "Why then," he asked, "has the British climate such a bad reputation?" He answered by saying it was because of the extraordinary, unreliable weather. There was no part of the year at which you could be certain that the weather would be dry or wet, clear or dull, hot or cold. A bad day in July could be as cold as a mild day in January. Indeed you could feel cold at almost any time of the year. Nick blamed drafty British houses for this, but agreed you could also blame the small amount of sunshine and a great amount of dampness. He advised every student coming to Britain to bring an umbrella and to understand the meaning of that splendid word "drizzle".Task 3【答案】I.the country; Trees, grass, lakes and steamsII.A.1. concrete, iron, steel2. take in the heat during the day and throw off heat into the air at nightB. Warmer winters, car engines; electrical applianceⅢ.A. air pollution may stop sunlight from reaching the earthB.1. Ice near the North and South poles to melt2. to be slowly flooded and people living in these cities to move to higher land【原文】Cities change the climate around you. In the country, there are trees, grass, lakes, and streams. In hot weather, the trees and grass cool the area around them. Lakes and rivers also cool the area around them.But cities are not cooled in these natural ways. Cities are built of asphalt, concrete, iron, and steel. There are few trees and usually not much grass. Rain falls onto the streets and into the sewers.When the summer sun shines, streets and buildings take in the heat; after the sun sets, the streets and buildings throw off heat into the street. Once the sun sets, the countryside cools off, but a city may stay hot all night.Cities are hotter than the countryside in winter, too. Standing near a car with its motor running, winter or summer, you will feel the heat thrown off by the engine. The heat comes from the gasoline burned by the engine. This heat warms the air and the ground around the car. Thousands of running cars are almost like thousands of small fires burning.Carefully put your hand near a light bulb or television set. As you can see, electricity creates a lot of heat. This heat from electricity warms the house and the outside air.The heat given off by cities can affect the climate. Some experts even believe that cities can change the climate of the whole world. They think that air pollution may stop sunlight from reaching the earth. If less sunshine reaches the earth, the earth may become cooler.Still other experts think the world will get warmer. If the world did get warmer, great changes would occur. Ice near the North and South poles would melt. This would make the oceans rise. Cities near oceans — like Los Angeles, Boston, and Miami — would slowly be flooded. People living in these cities would have to move to higher land.Task 4【答案】A.1) b 2) cB. night, delight; morning, warning; gray, way, red, headC.1) F 2) T 3) F【原文】A red sky at either dusk or dawn is one of the spectacular and beautiful weather predictors we have in nature. By closely observing this phenomenon, you can achieve short-range accuracy of the weather as good as, or better than your local weatherman. In the Bible, Jesus in Matthew 16, 2-3 is quoted as saying, “When it is evening, it will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning it will be foul weather today: for the sky is red” when speaking to the Pharisees. An old English weather proverb based on this passage is:Red sky at night, sailors delight.Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.OrEvening red and morning gray,Sends the traveler on his way.Evening gray, morning red,Brings the rain down on his head.At dusk, a red sky indicates that dry weather is on the way. This is due to the sun shining through dust particles being pushed ahead of a high pressure system bringing in dry air. A red sky in the morning is due to the sun again shining through dust. In this case however, the dust is being pushed on by an approaching low reassure system bringing in moisture. Don't confuse a red sky in the morning with a red sun in the morning. If the sun itself is red and the sky is a normal color, the day will be fair.Task 5【答案】1) c 2) b 3) d 4) c 5) c【原文】Mark: I am an avid fly fisherman and frequently find myself on the river in a raft during lightning storms. We always have a debate at these times on where weare safest — pulling into shore or staying on the water. Since I have heard oneis safe in a car when lightning strikes I wonder if the raft floating on the wateris insulated, and therefore the safest place to be.Meteorologist A: We spoke with some scientists about your question, and they all agreed that under no circumstances should you remain on the water during a lightningstorm. If your raft is made of rubber, you might feel that you're .well insulated,but don't kid yourself. Typical lightning flashes travel 10 to 15 kilometers andcan deliver as much as 100,000 amps of current. In comparison, a toaster usesabout 10 amps of current. If lightning strikes the water near you, it will have notrouble traveling through a few extra centimeters of rubber.Meteorologist B: So, if you're on the water and a thunderstorm approaches, get to the shore and seek shelter on land. Try a building or car. If neither is available, look for a cave,cliff, wall, or a group of trees. Never take shelter under an isolated tree-it's also agood target for lightning.Task 6【答案】A.1) F 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) TB.Incredible, one minute, one kilometer, destroyed, lifted up, carried away, killed, injured【原文】Every spring and summer many inland areas are hit by tornados. A tornado is a kind of storm. It's a revolving, funnel-shaped column of air that moves through the sky at very high speeds. A tornado looks like a huge, black ice cream cone whirling through the sky. The speed of a tornado is very fast-it is believed to be between 200 and 700 kilometers per hour.Tornados form under very special weather conditions, and these special weather conditions occur most often in inland areas, such as the central United States. A tornado forms when a layer of warm, dry air is on top of a layer of cooler, moist air. This combination of dry, warm air above wet, cool air creates a condition that causes the lower layer of air to lift up. As the lower air rises, both layers of air begin to rotate, to turn around and around. The air begins to rotate faster and faster because of centrifugal force. The tornado has a center called an “eye” and the air rotates quickly around this eye.As the air begins to rotate faster and faster, the tornado cloud begins to grow downward; that is, it begins to form a funnel or cone, and this cone goes down toward the ground.The cone of air is dark because it develops from a dark rain cloud. As the cloud gets longer, as the cloud gets closer to the ground, it begins to pull up dirt from the ground. Then the funnel of rotating air becomes very dark because of the dirt in it. As the tornado funnel gets longer, it begins to drag along the ground.When the tornado touches the ground, it does incredible damage. It usually touches the ground for only about one minute, and it usually travels along the ground for only about one kilometer, but during that one minute, buildings are destroyed, trees are lifted up out of the ground, small objects are carried away, and sometimes people are injured or killed.Task 7【答案】A.1) b 2) a 3) bB.1) It has been nice weather during the day, but it is going to change at night.2) Fine weather in southern Europe and not so nice in northern EuropeFor todaySoutheast England---26 degrees Celsius by mid-afternoonSouthern Scotland---Maximum temperatures of around 21 degreesBrighton---15 hours of lovely sunshineMidlands---23 degrees Celsius by early afternoonNorthwest of Scotland---Light showers around middayFor the weekendSpain---34 degrees CelsiusGreece---32 degrees CelsiusFrance---Cloudy with rain, maximum temperatures of 22 degreesNorthern Ireland---Heavy rain, 17 degrees CelsiusMost of England---Cloudy but mainly dry with sunny periods, 23 degrees Celsius【原文】Radio Announcer: You’re listening to Radio Metro. It’s two minutes to nine, and time for the latest weather for cast from Dan Francis at the London Weather Centre.Francis: Hello. It's been another warm and fine day for most of us. Temperatures in southeast England reached 26 degrees Celsius by mid-afternoon, and Brighton had 15 hours of lovely sunshine. Further north it was a little cooler with maximum temperatures of around 21 degrees in southern Scotland, and in the far northwest of Scotland there were some light showers around midday. But the rest of the country, as I said, has been warm and dry with temperatures in theMidlands reaching 23 degrees Celsius by early afternoon though it was a little cooler along the west coast and in Northern Ireland. But already the weather is beginning to change, I'm afraid, and during the night showers will slowly move in from the Atlantic to reach south-west England and the southern coast of Wales by early morning.The rest of the country will have a very mild, dry night with minimum temperatures no lower than 15 degrees in the south, a little cooler — 11degrees or so — in the north. Any remaining showers in northwest Scotland will pass quickly to leave a mild, dry night there too.And now the outlook for Friday and the weekend. Well, southern Europe will, once again, get the best of the weekend weather, and if your holiday starts this weekend, then southern Spain is the place to go, with temperatures of 34 degrees along the Mediterranean coast. At the eastern end of the Med, too, you can expect uninterrupted sunshine and temperatures of up to 32 degrees Celsius in Greece and southeast Italy, but further north the weather's not so settled. Much of France, Belgium and the Netherlands will be cloudy with occasional rain, and maximum temperatures will be around 22 degrees — very disappointing for this time of the year.Scotland and Northern Ireland will have heavy rain for much of the weekend and temperatures will drop to a cool 17 degrees. Across most of England the weather will be cloudy but mainly dry with sunny periods. And when the sun does come out, temperatures could rise to a maximum of 23 degrees.Task 8【原文】As the air pressure around you either rises or falls, many changes in nature occur. Most of these are very obvious changes while others are of a more subtle nature.Mountains and other far away objects will appear to be much closer and more sharply focused as wet weather approaches and the air pressure drops. The dust particles in the air begin to settle to the ground and the air clears, allowing you to see more details of faraway objects. As a high pressure front approaches and the air becomes “thicker,” more dust particles become suspended in air and things take on their normal somewhat hazy appearance.“Sharp horns on the moon threaten bad weather.” This and a bright, clear moon are good indicators that wet weather is on the way. As the air clears of dust particles ahead of a low pressuresystem, the moon appears to come closer and be more sharply focused due to the lack of dust.Sound also becomes sharper and more focused prior to stormy weather. Instead of traveling upward and outward into the atmosphere sound waves are bent back to the earth and their range extended. Bird calls sound sharper, and, at my house, we can hear the blowing of the train horn as it rumbles through the valley below.If you find yourself out in a marsh or swamp and the air really seems to stink more than normal, expect rainy weather. This happens when the pressure drops and the methane trapped on the bottom of the swamp is released in greater quantities. In reverse, as fair weather approaches and the pressure rises, things won't smell quite so strong.Birds and bats have a tendency to fly much lower to the ground right before a rain due to the “thinning” of the air. They prefer to fly where the air is the most dense and they can get greater lift with their wings. With high pressure and dry air, the atmosphere becomes denser and they can easily fly at higher altitudes.Smoke rising straight into the air means fair weather and smoke hanging low means rain is on the way. This is pretty much the same as with the birds and methane in the swamp. When high pressure approaches, smoke will rise whereas with low pressure it can't rise and tends to lay low.Remember a grandparent talking about how their corns, bunions, or joints ached right before a rain? Again, this is due to the decreasing atmospheric pressure allowing the gas in our bodies to expand.Task 9【答案】A. Statements 3, 6, 7 are true.B.f—c—a—d—b—eC.1) F 2) T 3) F 4) FD.1) d 2) b【原文】It was 1974. Richard Nixon was still president. Kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst was still missing. In Xenia, a pretty spot of 25,000 people amid fields of soybeans and corn, American Graffiti was held over at the Cinema. The Xenia Hotel offered a chicken and dumpling dinner for $2.25, but everyone flocked to the A&W drive-in for burgers and root beer floats. That's where five of the bodies were found after the storm.In all, 33 people died in Xenia's tornado, the deadliest of 148 storms that raged through 13 states during the infamous "Super Outbreak'' of tornadoes April 3 to 4, 1974. In 16 hours and 10 minutes, 330 people were killed and nearly 5,550 were injured from Illinois to Georgia.Though the Xenia death toll has been matched by other killer storms, the degree of devastation makes the city's tornado among U.S. history's most destructive. The storm still is studied in colleges by aspiring meteorologists, a textbook case of a rare Category F-5, the most intense of tornadoes.On that fateful day, I was a young boy of 8 years old. We lived in the Arrowhead Subdivision. That afternoon I was around the corner playing with some neighbor kids. I thought I could hear my father calling me, so I ran back to the house. Thinking back now, there is no way I would havebeen able to hear him. I was too far away for a voice to have traveled in the afternoon noise. Besides, Dad had a very bad case of tonsillitis that day. Like I was saying, I went back home and got through the door just in time to answer the ringing phone. On the other end of the phone was my Mother. Mom was working. She told me she heard a bad storm was on the way. She told me to make sure the garage door was shut and to stay inside. After I hung up the phone, I settled down to watch The Dennis Show. To this day I can vividly remember the electricity going out. I looked out the large window in the living room and didn't have a clue as to what I was looking at.Dad was asleep on the couch, so I woke him up to look. Dad looked and said to get into the bathroom. We sat on the floor. Dad had his back to the door and his feet pushing against the wall opposite the door. I remember that as soon as we sat down, the windows broke. Glass blew under the door, and the sound was tremendous. I know it really didn’t take too long for the tornado to go past, but I do remember the conversation we had in the process. I could feel the cool air rushing under the floor through the crawlspace vents. I asked if we were flying. He said he wasn't sure, but he didn't think we were. He said the house was tearing apart. I asked him how he knew. He said he just knew it was.When things calmed down, we opened the door. The odd feeling I had, looking up the street from inside what once was my hallway, is still with me today.I think back often to that day. I think back and wonder what would have happened if my Dad hadn't been sick that day. Like a lot of kids, I stayed home by myself after school back then. I seriously doubt I would be able to tell you my story, if I had been alone that day. I still live in Xenia and wouldn’t trade this town for any other.Task 10【原文】Undoubtedly, Tibet is one of the harshest places for human existence. It is cool in summer but freezing cold in winter. In Lhasa, the mildest city temperature may exceed 29C in summer while plummeting to -16C in winter! Sun radiation is extremely strong in Tibet. The sunlight in Lhasa is so intense that the city is called Sunlight City. The thin air can neither block off nor retain heat so that the temperature extremes can be met in daytime and the same night respectively in Tibet. However it is not impossible to visit the holy snow land. April to October is the best time to visit Tibet, out of the coldest months, which are from December to February usually. The average temperature in north Tibet is subzero and winter arrives in October until the following May or June. July and August are the best time to visit the area, enjoying warm temperature, intense sunshine, beautiful scenery and festive events. May, June and September is the tourist season in east Tibet. In winter, roads are all blocked by heavy snow. Landslides and rock falls frequently occur, which will make travel difficult.。