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大学英语实用视听说教程第4册课后练习题含答案第1单元听力部分Part A1.What is the name of the man’s friend who lives inCanada?Answer: Jack2.What is the man’s occupation?Answer: A pilot3.What is the woman’s occupation?Answer: A flight attendant4.Where does the woman come from?Answer: Brazil5.How many passengers are there in the plane?Answer: 400Part B6.What is the man’s name?Answer: Jack Peterson7.Where did Jack first meet the woman and the man?Answer: In a café in Paris8.How long will Jack stay in New York?Answer: For a week9.What is Jack’s occupation?Answer: A businessman10.What does the woman and the man plan to dotogether with Jack?Answer: To go sightseeing in New York阅读部分Section A11.What is Jack’s occupation?Answer: A businessman12.What does Jack do when he gets bored in ameeting?Answer: He imagines all the people in the room dressed in different costumes.13.What does the author of the passage suggest todo when feeling bored or unmotivated?Answer: To take a break or do something different to refresh your mind.Section B14.What is the purpose of the article?Answer: To provide tips for improving your English speaking skills.15.What is the first tip?Answer: To join an English language club or group.16.What are some other tips mentioned in thearticle?Answer: To practice with a friend, watch movies and TV shows in English, and listen to English radioprograms or podcasts.第2单元听力部分Part A1.What does the woman’s mother do?Answer: She is a doctor.2.How long has the woman been learning English?Answer: For 2 years.3.What is the woman’s occupation?Answer: A student.4.What does the woman want to do next year?Answer: To study abroad.5.When is the woman’s mother coming to visit her?Answer: Next month.Part B6.What is the man’s occupation?Answer: A teacher.7.What is the woman’s nationality?Answer: Japanese.8.What does the woman plan to do after finishing herstudies in the US?Answer: To return to Japan and work as a translator.9.What is the woman’s impression of her Englishteacher?Answer: He is patient and kind.10.What does the woman find difficult aboutlearning English?Answer: The pronunciation of some words and phrases. 阅读部分Section A11.What is the purpose of the article?Answer: To provide tips for improving your pronunciation in English.12.What is the first tip?Answer: To practice speaking English with a native speaker.13.What are some other tips mentioned in thearticle?Answer: To record yourself speaking and analyze your pronunciation, to focus on the sounds of individual words and practice them separately, and to listen torecordings of native speakers and try to imitate their pronunciation.Section B14.What is the mn idea of the article?Answer: To expln the importance of body language in communication.15.What are some examples of body language mentioned in the article?Answer: Facial expressions, eye contact, gestures, posture, and tone of voice.16.Why is body language important in communication?Answer: It can convey emotions and intentions, help to establish rapport and understanding, and enhance the effectiveness of verbal communication.。
Unit4听力问题详解及原文Unit 4 Part 1 Short conversationsDirections: In this section you will hear some short conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.1. Recording 1A. 8:27.B. 8:30.C. 8:33.D. 8:13.Correct answer: ATranscript:M: What's the time according to your watch?W: Eight-thirty. But it's three minutes fast.Q: What is the correct time now?2. Recording 2A. When the guest is going to leave.B. When the guests are coming into the room.C. During the party.D. When the guest is making an appointment with the hostess.Correct answer: ATranscript:M: Thank you very much for such a delightful evening.W: You're welcome.Q: When does this conversation probably take place?3. Recording 3A. It will take him a long time to help the woman.B. He can help her for a while.C. It won't take a long time for him to help her.D. He couldn't help her though he'd like to.Correct answer: BTranscript:W: Jack, can you help me with this work?M: Sure, if it won't take too much time.Q: What does the man mean?4. Recording 4A. Because it stopped raining.B. Because she is staying at home.C. Because she has a raincoat.D. Because she has an umbrella in her car.Correct answer: CTranscript:M: It looks like rain, take my umbrella.W: Thanks anyway, but I have a raincoat in my car. Q: Why didn't the woman take the umbrella?5. Recording 5A. A library.B. A restaurant.C. A bookstore.D. A coffee shop.Correct answer: CTranscript:W: A copy of Gone with the Wind, please.M: Sorry, Madam. Sold out.Q: Where does the conversation probably take place?6. Recording 6A. A student.B. A salesman.C. A manager.D. A teacher.Correct answer: DTranscript:M: I don't know how you'll get through your teaching practice. W: Oh, I'll manage. I always do. I've planned all my lessons.Q: What do you think the woman is?7. Recording 7A. The man will go to Paris by plane.B. The man will go to Paris by train.C. The man lost his plane ticket.D. There is no plane available.Correct answer: DTranscript:W: Can you go to Paris tonight?M: But all the pilots are on strike.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?8. Recording 8A. He is taking a bath.B. He is reading a book.C. He is getting into the bathroom.D. He is looking at something that the woman showed him. Correct answer: ATranscript:M: Ann, could you come into the bathroom for a second?W: Yes. But let me finish this novel and I'll be right there.Q: What is the man doing?9. Recording 9A. Three hours.B. Four hours.C. Six hours.D. Eight hours.Correct answer: CTranscript:W: I studied three hours for this test and Ted studied four hours. M: I studied twice as long as you did.Q: How long did the man study for the test?10. Recording 10A. A meeting with the president.B. The news about the president.C. A telephone conversation.D. A speech by the president on TV.Correct answer: DTranscript:W: How did you like the president's speech last night?M: Oh, I was touched by his performance on TV.Q: What are the speakers talking about?Unit 4 Part 2 Long conversationsDirections: In this section you will hear a long conversation or conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.Recording 11. Why did Jenny want to buy a cell phone?A. To show off.B. To send text messages.C. To open a small shop.D. To communicate with others.Correct answer: D2. How many functions of cell phones were mentioned in theconversation?A. Seven.B. Six.C. Eight.D. Five.Correct answer: B3. Which of the following is not true according to the conversation?A. You can send messages by cell phones.B. Cell phones are better than cameras in taking pictures.C. You can listen to music with a cell phone.D. You can download information by using cell phone.Correct answer: BTranscript:W: Hi, Tom.M: Hello, Jenny.W: I heard you've bought a cell phone last week, I want to buy one, and can you tell me some special features of the cell phone?M: Of course, you know the basic function of a cell phone is to communicate with others.W: Yeah, that's the reason why I want to have one.M: I know that you have many friends; maybe you will find it rather difficult to remember all their telephone numbers. So you can put all the telephone numbers of your friends and relatives in the cell phone, which will make it easy for you to find them.W: That's great, tell me some more.M: And you can also write text messages instead of calling others, you know when someone is notavailable to answer your calls.W: I see, it's really useful.M: Many cell phones can also provide the service of surfing the Internet; therefore, you can look for or download something whenever and wherever you want to!W: How fantastic!M: You can also use your phone as a camera, some cell phones are even better than a camera.W: Woo, that's cool.M: What's more, you can kill time by playing games which you can download from the Internet or using it like an MP3 player to listen to music.W: I can't wait anymore, I want to buy one now!M: By the way, let me introduce to you some top brands of cell phones, like Nokia, Sony Ericsson and so on.Questions:1. Why did Jenny want to buy a cell phone?2. How many functions of cell phones were mentioned in the conversation?3. Which of the following is not true according to the conversation?Unit 4 Part 3 Understanding PassagesDirections: In this section you will hear a passage or passages. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.Recording 11. What is Assured Labor?A. It is a company which can help you find jobs.B. It is a marketplace located in Massachusetts.C. It was a laboratory set up by five professors.D. It is a TV program.Correct answer: A2. What is the function of Part two in Assured Labor?A. To find positions in Boston.B. To help people get permanent jobs.C. To help people find temporary jobs.D. To provide specific information.Correct answer: B3. What are the companies interested in according to Assured Labor's president?A. Earning more money.B. Having more interviews with the employees.C. Opening up more factories.D. Having more modern hiring practices.Correct answer: D4. What would you do if you are interested in a job given by Assured Labor?A. You can pay money to preserve the job.B. You can call the company to make an appointment.C. You can talk to the president individually.D. You can reply by text message.Correct answer: DTranscript:In 2007, five young people in the American state of Massachusetts developed an idea. The team knew that the world is filled with mobile phones. About 80 percent of all people are said to live within reach of a wireless telephone signal.The idea was to use mobile phones and the Internet to connect job seekers with employers. The young people wrote a business plan and formed a company called Assured Labor, which won a development competition at the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology.Assured Labor is an electronic marketplace. It has two parts. Part one is for the United States. That operation was launched in January in Boston. It links people with employers offering temporary jobs. Part two is for developing markets. That operation is meant to help people get more permanent jobs. A representative is currently building partnerships with universities and international companies in Central America.Assured Labor's president, David Reich, says companies now place job advertisements on radio or in newspapers. Some even drive around in cars with loudspeakers announcing that jobs are available. He says the companies are interested in having more modern hiring practices. Through Assured Labor, companies will list open positions on the Internet. People who think they could do the job could reply by text message or on their cell phones.Questions:1. What is Assured Labor?2. What is the function of Part two in Assured Labor?。
（完整word版）《听⼒教程》4Unit3答案A Listening Course 4施⼼远主编《听⼒教程》4 (第2版)答案Unit 31: Listening and Translation1.Girls score higher than boys in almost every country.⼏乎在所有国家⾥，⼥孩⼦都⽐男孩⼦得分⾼。
2.Differences between males and females are a continuing issue of fierce debate.男⼥差异⼀直是激烈争论的焦点。
3.Cultural and economic influences play an important part.⽂化和经济影响起着重要的作⽤。
4. But recent findings suggest that the answer may lie in differences between the male and female brain.但是最新的发现提⽰，答案也许在男⼥⼤脑的差异。
5.These include differences in learning rates.这些包括学习速度上的差异。
Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 DialogueExercise: Listen to the dialogue and filling the blanks with the missing information.Serenading Service was founded three years ago when the singer realizethat British people were desperate for romance. He thought there would be a clientele for a hired serenader. The idea came from his studies of Renaissance music, which is full of serenades. Over the centuries, university students have turned the serenade into an art form for hire. Usually he is hired by men to sing love songs to women. Occasionally he is asked to sing to men. The service is really a form of intimate alfresco theatre with love songs. He usually wears a white tie and tails and sings amorous Italian songs. He will carry chocolate hearts or flowers and when there is no balcony available he will sing from trees or fire escapes! The fee depends on whether a musician comes along or not. The basic rate is ?450 but it can cost a lot more especially if he takes a gondola and a group of musicians along. Some people are so moved that they burst into tears, but some react badly. They try to find out as much as they can about their clients to avoid unpleasant situations. They have to be very careful these days because a serenade can be completely misinterpreted.Part 2 PassageEx. A. Pre-listening QuestionWhat memory strategies do you know that can help you remember things better?1) Brain prioritizes by meaning, value and relevance.2) Your attitude has much to do with whether you remember something ornot.3) Your understanding of new materials depends on what you already know.4) You can learn and remember better if you can group ideas into some sort of meaningful categories or groups.5) The brain's quickest and probably the longest-lasting response is to images.6) Memory is increased when facts to be learned are consciously associated with something familiar to you.Ex. B: Sentence Dictation1. Mnemonics are methods for remembering information that is otherwise quite difficult to recall.2. Our brains evolved to code and interpret complex stimuli such as images, colors, structures, sounds, smells, tastes, touch, positions, emotions and language.3. While language is one of the most important aspects of human evolution, it is only one of the many skills and resources available to our minds.4. Association is the method by which you link a thing to be remembered to a way of remembering it.5. Location gives you two things: a coherent context into which you canplace information, and a way of separating one mnemonic from another.Ex. C: Detailed Listening.1. Mnemonics are tools which can help you to improve your memory. T. (Memory tools can help you to improve your memory. "Mnemonic" is another word for memory tool.)2. The fundamental principle of mnemonics is to make full use of the best functions of the brain to store information. T (The basic principle of mnemonics is to use as many of the best functions of your brain as possible to store information.)3. Information we have to remember is almost always presented in different ways. F (Unfortunately information we have to remember is almost always presented in only one way--as words printed on a page.)4. We can do four things to form striking images, which will help to make our mnemonics more memorable. T ( Use positive, pleasant images; use vivid, colorful, sense-laden images; use all your senses to code information or dress up an image; give our image three dimensions, movement and space.)5. There is one basic principle in the use of mnemonics. F (There are three fundamental principles underlying the use of mnemonics: imagination, association and location)6. Association is what we use to create and strengthen imagination. F(Imagination is what you use to create and strengthen the associations needed to create effective mnemonics.)7. You can choose the imagery in your mnemonics as you like T (The imagery you use in your mnemonics can be as violent, vivid, or sensual as you like, as long as it help you to remember.)8. You can create associations by linking things using the same stimuli. T. (You can create associations by linking them using the same color, smell, shape, or feeling.)Ex. D: After-listening Discussion1. What is the basic principle of mnemonics? Why can we improve our memory by following the principle? To use as many of the best functions of your brain as possible to store information. Evolved to code and interpret complex stimuli. sophisticated models of the world. Our memories store all of these effectively. However, information is presented in only one way. Language is only one Use these to make of the many skills and resources available to our minds. By coding languages and numbers in striking images,/ can reliable code both information and structure of information. Then easily recall these later.2. Why is a good memory important to us?Open.Section Three : NewsNews Item 1Ex. A: Summarize the newsThis news item is about the Somali pirates’ strike.Ex. B: Listen to the news again and answer the questions.1. Whether this latest attempted hijacking was the promised revenge for the killing of three Somali pirates by the US navy isn't clear.2. No, the pirates haven’t been deferred.3. Because the financial rewards for a successful hijacking remain so great and Somalia remains so lawless.4. At any one time there are only fifteen to eighteen international warships in the area to police an expanse of sea covering more than a million square kilometres.5. It may be because of the relatively small scale of the problem.Tape script of News Item One: The piracy problem looks like it's here to stay despite the recent muscular interventions by the French and American navies. Whether this latest attempted hijacking was the promised revenge for the killing of three Somali pirates by the US navy isn't clear. But it does suggest at the very least that the pirates haven't been deterred. So why does the problem persist? Put simply maritimesecurity analysts say piracy will continue as long as the financial rewards for a successful hijacking remain so great and Somalia remains so lawless. Certainly the international effort to thwart the problem is relatively limited. At any one time there are only fifteen to eighteen international warships in the area to police an expanse of sea covering more than a million square kilometres. Although it has been suggested that raids could be mounted on the pirates' home towns, it seems unlikely there'll be any major increase in the military effort unless there's a spectacular hijacking involving the deaths of many crew members. The reluctance to mount a major international naval operation in the area may also be down to the relatively small scale of the problem. Last year, according to figures from the International Maritime Bureau, nearly twenty three thousand ships passed through the Gulf of Aden. Only ninety two were hijacked. Rob Watson, BBC NewsNews Item 2Ex. A: Listen to the news and complete the summaryThis news item is about Obama’s military plan i n Afghanistan.Ex. B: True or false.1. The President is considering leaving Afghanistan. F. (The President is making it clear that leaving Afghanistan is not an option.)2. Obama wouldn’t shrink the number of troops in Afghanistan, neither would he deploy more military troops. T.3. President Obama thought his assessment would be "rigorous and deliberate". T.4. Opinions against Obama are not heard. F. (…some Republicans and members of the President's own party are dubious about committing more resources and military personnel to a conflict where there is no end in sight.)5. The conflict in Afghanistan seems to be over soon. F. (…about committing more resources and military personnel to a conflict where there is no end in sight.)6. Afghanistan can be the second Vietnam. T. (The word 'Vietnam' is heard more and more on Capitol Hill.)Script of News Item Two: The President is making it clear that leaving Afghanistan is not an option. It's not on the table. According to one White House source, he told the meeting that he wouldn't shrink the number of troops in Afghanistan or opt for a strategy of merely targeting al-Qaeda leaders. But he wouldn't be drawn on the military request for more troops. There appears to be a frustration that the review of strategy has sometimes been portrayed in black-and-white terms of a massive increase or reduction of troop numbers. President Obama told the group made up of the most senior Republican and Democrat senators and congressmen that his assessment would be "rigorous and deliberate". But it's going ontoo long for some Republicans and members of the President's own party are dubious about committing more resources and military personnel to a conflict where there is no end in sight. The word 'Vietnam' is heard more and more on Capitol Hill. The President was certainly right when he said his final decision wouldn't make everyone in the room, or the country, happy. Mark Mardell, BBC News, WashingtonNews Item 3Ex. A: Listen and summarize the news itemThis news item is about fragile peace that returns to Gaza.Ex. B: Listen again and fill in the blanks.There were traffic jams on the road north, families heading to Gaza City to reunite with friends and relatives. Long lines ofcars backed up at the makeshift roadblocks the Israelis have left behind. But the tanks are gone, only the deep tracks remain. There were buildings pitted with Israeli tank rounds; from the holes that have been punched in the walls it was clear there had also been snipers waiting for them. North of Khan Younis we saw some of the Qassam fighters returning home, their rifles slung lazily around their shoulders. For three weeks the Israelis pounded the tunnels that run beneath the perimeter wall but last night we met people who insist that some of these tunnels are still open and still some fuel is beingpumped from the Egyptian sider. If the border crossings remain close, say the Palestinians, these tunnels are their only link to the outside world.Section FourPart 1 Feature reportExercise A: This news report is about the recreation of the prehistoric world in Liaoning, China, based on the scientific findings on fossils discovered there.Exercise B:1. 35 prehistoric animals were created.2. They recreated the extinct beasts through the marriage of science, art and technology.3. The exhibit is not behind the glass or otherwise enclosed, so visitors are eye to eye with extinct beasts. It is displayed in this way so that visitors will feel as if they’ve stepped into a Chinese forest 130 mil lion years in the past.4. He says it’s accurate because every single plant, every insect, every organic feature in it actually represents something that has been found asa fossil in northeastern China.5. The only thing scientists had to make up is what color some of the animals were.6. According to Michael Novacek, birds are living dinosaurs.7. They study the movements of commonplace turkeys, chickens and ostriches to learn how similarly-built dinosaurs would stand or walk.8. By using high-tech imagery, fossils, and the knowledge gained from the biology of barnyard animals, scientists now estimate the giant T-Rex could reach speeds of 16 kilometers per hour, far slower that the more than 70 kilometers per hour previously thought.Script：Dinosaur Discoveries Made Possible through Art, Technology, Modern Livestock The rolling hills of a province in northeastern China are now terraced for farming, but beneath that farmland are clues to a prehistoric world unlike any seen by human eyes - until this week. Some 130 million years after dinosaurs roamed the Liaoning forest, the world has been painstakingly recreated in New York City's American Museum of Natural History. The sound of the prehistoric forest is one of the few things that has been imagined in this 65 square-meter diorama. The gingko leaves, piney trees and life-sized models of 35 prehistoric animals were created through the marriage of science, art and technology, as every detail, down to the sleeping pose of a dinosaur, is based on scientific findings.The exhibit is not behind glass or otherwise enclosed, so visitors areeye-to-eye with extinct beasts, feeling as if they've stepped into a Chinese forest 130 million years in the past. Mark Norell is a paleontologist who has worked in Liaoning, searching for clues to recreate this prehistoric world. "It's accurate because every single plant, every insect, every organic feature in it actually represents something that has been found as a fossil in northeastern China," he explained, "so the only thing that we had to sort of make up a little bit is what color some the animals were. Even though we know some of theme were patterned, but we know definitely that they were patterned, because we can see that is the soft tissue remains, but we don't know what color they were but we try to be a little conservative in that regard, but nevertheless all the feathers you see, all the weird tail structures you see, is all stuff we found as fossils." Underneath the gingko trees, a feathered bird-like dinosaur chases on two legs after a large winged insect, the dinosaur's beak-like mouth open to reveal rows of jagged teeth. A sleeping dinosaur tucks its head beneath its arm, much as a modern goose tucks its head beneath its wing. The museum's curator of paleontology, Michael Novacek, explains that it is necessary to understand birds in order to better understand extinct creatures. "The reason birds are so important to us is really a fact we weren't so aware of 10, 20 years ago is that birds are living dinosaurs. They're not just related to dinosaurs. They are dinosaurs," he stressed. "They're a branch of dinosaurs, so conveniently enough dinosaurs didn'tgo completely extinct. One group, the birds, survived." Scientists study the movements of commonplace turkeys, chickensand ostriches to learn how similarly built dinosaurs would stand or walk. Researchers even created a computer model of a giant chicken to learn more about the movements of the ever popular Tyrannosaurus Rex. By using high tech imagery, fossils, and the knowledge gained from the biology of barnyard animals, scientists now estimate the giant T-Rex could reach speeds of 16 kilometers per hour, far slower than the more than 70 kilometers per hour previously thought. These scientific findings are passed along to model designers, such as the creator of a six-foot-long mechanical T-Rex, a highlight of the new exhibit. The menacing skeleton's tail sways and its head bobs as the extinct dinosaur shifts its weight, plodding in place - yet another example of the never-before-seen becoming altogether real when science and technology meet art.Part 2PassageExercise B1. The goal of this study was to determine what type of “gaze” is required to have this effect.2. The Queen’s study showed that the total amount of gaze received during a group conversation is more important than when the eye contactoccurs.3. The eye contact experiment used computer-generated images form actors who conveyed different levels of attention.4. The researchers concluded that people in group discussions will speak up more if they receive a greater amount of eye contact from other group members.5. The effect of eye gaze has literally fascinated people throughout the ages.Exercise C1. A2. D3. A4. D5. A6. C7. B8. BExercise D1. The eye contact experiment used computer-generated images from actors who conveyed different levels of attention (gazing at the subject, gazing at the other actor, looking away, and looking down). These images were presented to the subjects, who believed they were in an actual three-way video conferencing situation, attempting to solve language puzzles. Two conditions were studied: synchronized (where eye contact is made while the subject is speaking) and random contact, received at any time in the conversation. The researchers concluded that people in group discussions will speak up more if they receive a greater amount of eyecontact from other group members and the total amount of gaze received during a group conversation is more important than when the eye contact occurs.2. Open.Script: Eye Contact Shown To Affect Conversation Patterns, Group Problem-Solving Ability Noting that the eyes have long been described as mirrors of the soul, a Queen's computer scientist is studying the effect of eye gaze on conversation and the implications for new-age technologies, ranging from video conferencing to speech recognition systems. Dr. Roel Vertegaal, who is presenting a paper on eye gaze at an international conference in New Orleans this week, has found evidence to suggest a strong link between the amount of eye contact people receive and their degree of participation in group communications. Eye contact is known to increase the number of turns a person will take when part of a group conversation. The goal of this study was to determine what type of "gaze" (looking at a person's eyes and face) is required tohave this effect. Two conditions were studied: synchronized (where eye contact is made while the subject is speaking) and random contact, received at any time in the conversation. The Queen's study showed that the total amount of gaze received during a group conversation is more important than when the eye contact occurs. The findings have important implications for thedesign of future communication devices, including more user-friendly and sensitive video conferencing systems –a technology increasingly chosen in business for economic and time-saving reasons –and Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs) which support communication between people and machines. Dr. Vertegaal's group is also implementing these findings to facilitate user interactions with large groups of computers such as personal digital assistants and cellular phones. The eye contact experiment used computer-generated images from actors who conveyed different levels of attention (gazing at the subject, gazing at the other actor, looking away, and looking down). These images were presented to the subjects, who believed they were in an actual three-way video conferencing situation, attempting to solve language puzzles. The researchers concluded that people in group discussions will speak up more if they receive a greater amount of eye contact from other group members. There was no relationship between the impact of the eye contact and when it occurred. "The effect of eye gaze has literally fascinated people throughout the ages," says Dr. Vertegaal, whose paper, Explaining Effects of Eye Gaze on Mediated Group Conversations: Amount or Synchronization? was presented this week at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. "Sumerian clay tablets dating back to 3000 BC already tell the story of Ereshkigal, goddess of theunderworld, who had the power to kill Inanna, goddess of love, with a deadly eye," says Dr. Vertegaal. "Now that we are attempting to build more sophisticated conversational interfaces that mirror the communicative capabilities of their users, it has become clear we need to learn more about communicative functions of gaze behaviors."。
A Listening Course 4施心远主编《听力教程》4 答案Unit 1Part 1: Listening and Translation1. A college education can be very costly in the United States.在美国，大学教育的费用会很贵。
2. Rising costs have led more and more families to borrow money to help pay for college.费用的上涨使越来越多的美国家庭通过借钱来支付上大学的费用。
3. There are different federal loans and private loans for students.有各种个样的联邦贷款和私人贷款可供学生挑选。
4. Interest rates on some of these loans will go up on July 1st.在这些贷款品种中，有些品种的利率将从7月1日起上调。
5. There are growing concerns that many students graduate with too much debt.人们越来越担心，很多学生将背着沉重的债务从大学毕业。
Section Two Listening ComprehensionPart 1 Dialogue Social Grouping1.A2. C3. D4. C5. B6. C7. B8. APart 2 Passage Community CollegesEx. B: Sentence Dictation1. Great challenges faced the United States in the early 20th century, including global economic competition.2. During the same period, the country’s rapidly growing public high schools were seeking new ways to serve their communities.3. It offered a program of solid academics as well as a variety of students activities.4. A distinctive feature of the institutions was their accessibility to women, attributable to the leading role the colleges played in preparing grammar school teachers.5. The breadth of programming and the var iety of students’ goals make it difficult to accurately quantify community college performance.Ex. C: Detailed Listening.1. The leaders of the US realized that a skilled workforce was needed in the country’s key economic sectors.F. National and local leaders realized that a more skilled workforce was key to the country’s continued economic strength.)2. Three-quarters of high school graduates could not further their education because there were not enough higher education facilities available in the early 20th century.F. (Yet three-quarters of high school graduates were choosing not to further their education, in part because they were reluctant to leave home for a distant colleg.)3. It was common for public high schools to add a teacher institute, manual learning division or citizenship school to the diploma program in the early 20th century.T. (During the same period,…public high schools were seeking new ways to serve their communities. It was common for them to add a teacher institute, manual learning division or citizenship school to the dimploma program.)4. During the same time, small private colleges had formed an effective model of higher education based on the principles of small classes and close student-faculty relations.T. (Meanwhile, small, private colleges had fashioned an effective model of higher education grounded on the principles of small classes, close student-faculty relations...)5. The typical early community college rarely enrolled over 115 students.F. (The typical early community college was small, rarely enrolling more than 150 students.)6. Community colleges were good places for women to get education needed to be primary school teachers.T. (in such states as Missouri, which did not yet require K-8 teachersto have a bachelor's degree, it was common for more than 60 percent of community college students to be women, virtually all of them preparing to be teachers.)7. Community colleges, which appeared a century ago, make it possible for anyone who wants to learn to get publicly funded higher education close to their homes.T. (More than 100 years ago, this unique, American invention put publicly funded higher education at close-to-home facilities and initiated a practice of welcoming all who desire to learn, regardless of wealth, heritage or previous academic experience.)8. The success of community colleges can be defined as granting students associate degrees or certificates they need to find a job.F. (But success at community colleges must be broadly defined to include not just those who attain associate degrees and those who earn certificates, but also the millions who take noncredit and workforce training classes.)Ex. D: After-listening Discussion1. How do community colleges benefit their students according to research?education pays.Students with associate degrees and certificates /more likely / higher-status management /professional positions with higher earnings investment / pay lifelong dividendsstudents who earn associate degrees average lifetime earnings of $250,000 ≥people without degrees.2. What do you think about higher education in China?Open.Section Three NewsNews Item 1Ex. A: Summarize the newsThis news item is about China's latest plans for its ambitious space program.Ex. B: Complete the following outline.China's second manned space mission1. Landing spot:In the remote grasslands of Inner Mongolia.2. Significance:A source of national pride and international prestige.Future plan1. The next manned mission.1) Time: 20072) Goal: The astronauts will attempt a space walk.2. Focus of further development:The capability to rendezvous and dock with other spacecraft.3. Recruitment of astronauts:To recruit female astronauts in the near future.News Item 2Ex. A: Listen to the news and complete the summaryThis news item is about the growth of China’s economy.Ex. B: Fill in the blanks with the missing information.There are still question marks though over the stability of the recovery. The property sector is showing signs of overheating. The government this week announced measures to try to cool it. At the same time officials decided to extend tax subsidies for purchases of small vehicles and appliances suggesting that some here still believe Chinese manufacturers need government support.Growth was strongest in heavy industries such as coal, steel, power generation and automobiles. Consumer prices rose in November for thefirst time since February. But the rise was small and probably reflected higher food prices caused by early snowstorms which destroyed crops and disrupted transport.News Script•China's economy has recovered earlier and more strongly than any other. This latest data is further evidence of that trend. The rise in industrial output confirms what factory owners have been saying for some time now, that customers have been restocking their inventories and confidence is returning.•There are still question marks though over the stability of the recovery. The property sector is showing signs of overheating. The government this week announced measures to try to cool it. At the same time officials decided to extend tax subsidies for purchases of small vehicles and appliances suggesting that some here still believe Chinese manufacturers need government support.•Growth was strongest in heavy industries such as coal, steel, power generation and automobiles. Consumer prices rose in November for the first time since February. But the rise was small and probably reflected higher food prices caused by early snowstorms which destroyed crops and disrupted transport .News Item 3Ex. A: Listen and summarize the news itemThis news item is about China's large and growing trade with and aid to Africa.Ex. B: Listen again answer the following questions.1. How has the main football stadium been built in many African capitals?In many capitals, the main football stadium is likely to have been built with Chinese aid money.2. How much does Sino-African trade--and aid--amount to?It is estimated that Sino-African trade--and aid--amounts to as high as 12 billion dollars a year.3. How is the relationship between China and Africa compared with that between Europe and Africa?The links between China and Africa could grow to challenge the post-colonial links between Europe and Africa.4. What did China promise on the meeting in Addis Ababa?China promised to cancel debts, grant duty-free access into Chinafor African products and increase Chinese investments in Africa.Section FourPart 1 Feature ReportA.1. T 2. F 3. F 4. F 5. TB.1. It has been established for 11 years.2. It takes place every April.3. Because they glorify violence and foster unhealthy eating habits.4. They should have a wide variety of experiences, such as interactingwith other people, playing games, sports, music and reading.5. The Network is lobbying for better regulation of the use oftelevision in public spaces.Part 2 PassageScript:Paying the Price for Tuition IncreasesSomething has gone wrong at Wright State University.Just ask David A. Green, a native of Mineral Ridge, Ohio, who graduated from Wright State in June.The son and grandson of factory workers, he was exactly the type of student that Wright State had been established to serve -- and the type that it is having more and more trouble serving.Mr. Green says he could not have stayed in his hometown and found work because too many of the local factories have closed and "there are no jobs."He saw earning a degree in management-information systems as the key to making a decent living, and he had come to Wright State because it was more affordable than the other colleges that he considered.The problem for many Wright State students is that "affordable" is becoming a relative term in public higher education. As is generally the case in periods of economic stagnation, even the least-expensive public colleges have been hitting their students with one hefty tuition increase after another.Wright State still charges less than 9 of Ohio's 13 public universities, and its recent tuition increases are in line with those adopted by other public four-year colleges around the nation. But after several consecutive years of double-digit or near-double-digit tuition increases, it costs nearly 50 percent more for in-state undergraduates to enroll here than it did four years ago. Most will pay over $6,000 in tuition for the 2004-5 academic year, which gets under way this week.The easiest choices for policy makers in an economic downturn are often the ones that cause tuition to rise. Lawmakers would much rather reduce state spending than raise taxes to close budget gaps caused by a sour economy. And because public colleges have an alternative source of revenue -- tuition -- it is easier for lawmakers to cut spending on higher education than on most other public services. Meanwhile, many public colleges seem convinced that it is much better to raise tuition than to eliminate academic programs, trim salaries, or lay off employees.It takes visiting a fairly typical public college like Wright State to see that relying on such tuition increases to finance such institutions has real costs, extending well beyond the dollar figures that show up on students' tuition bills.In an interview here last spring, Mr. Green said he expected to graduate with $25,000 in college-related debt. He was working 30 hours a week on campus just to make ends meet, and his efforts to finance his college education were getting in the way o f his efforts to learn. "I …Exercise B:1.2.David Green saw earning a degree in management-informationsystems as the key to making a decent living.3.4.The problem for many Wright State students is that "affordable" isbecoming a relative term in public higher education.5.6.After several consecutive years of double-digit or near-double-digittuition increases, it costs nearly 50 percent more for in-stateundergraduates to enroll here than it did four years ago.7.8.Most of the other students here seemed quietly resigned to coveringthe rising costs any way they could, often at the expense of theirstudies.9.10.T uition increases jeopardize the "heart-and -soul mission" of WrightState, which is to provide people from modest backgrounds “a ticke t up and out”.Exercise C:1.2.A 2. D3. C4. D5. C6. A7. B8. DExercise D:1.2.The only thing that separated him from many other students was hiseagerness, as a member of the college’s student government, tospeak out against tuition increases and cuts in higher-educationspending. Most of the other students seemed quietly resigned to covering the rising costs any way they could, which generally meant working long hours at low-paying jobs, often at the expense of their studies.3.4.Open.。
