1、Unit1II. Basic Listening Practice1. ScriptW: Ok. Its your turn to pay the bill. I paid last time.M: What? You have a selective memory. You tried to pay last turn, but your credit card failed; so I ended up paying! Its definitely your turn.Q: What is true according to the conversation?2. ScriptM: Im
2、having real trouble reviewing for this French exam. I just cant memorize all the vocabulary.W: Me too. I hate having to learn things by heart. I guess we just have to keep reading the texts over and over.Q: What does the woman prefer?3. ScriptW: Oh look! Theres that guy we saw last week, playing foo
3、tball in the park! He looked great in his kit, remember?M: Him? I dont remember him. Ive got a terrible memory for faces. I have a hard time even recording people Ive been introduced to.Q: According to the conversation, what is the mans problem?4. ScriptM: Why is there a big sign on the back of your
4、 door that says “keys”?W: Its to remind me to take my keys when I go out because Im always locking myself out by accident! It doesnt help enough. Now I just forget to read the sign. Q: Why is there a sign on the back of the door?5. ScriptM: That history exam was really hard. The essay question was t
5、errible!W: I know, I wish I were like David. He has a photographic memory, you know. How useful that would be!Q: What is true of David?Task 2: Where did the professor go?ScriptThis is a true story, while happened to friends of ours in a small town in South Africa. They were a hospitable couple who o
6、ften entertained their neighbors for drinks, tea or dinner. On this particular spring night, they have invited a retired professor to super. During the evening, it began to pour with rain, and the heavens really opened. Because he had walked there, they offered to put him up for the night. They poin
7、ted out that by staying overnight, he did not need to go to out in the bad weather. He agreed on the soundness of that idea, thanked his hosts profusely, and the matter seemed to be settled. But while they were washing the dishes after supper, the forgetful professor disappeared. No one could find h
8、im anywhere. Eventually, after40 minutes, the front door bell rang. There was the professor, soaked to the skin. When he was asked what on earth he has been dong in the rain, he replied that because he was going to stay there overnight, he had gone home to get his pajamas and toothbrush.Unit2Task3:
9、How to Get Straight AsScriptIt is interesting to note how straight A students achieve academic excellence. Here, according to education experts and students themselves are the secrets of super-achievers.First, they know how to set priorities. Top students allow no intrusions on study time. Once the
10、books are open or the computer is turned on, phone calls go unanswered, TV shows unwatched, snacks ignored. Study is business, and business comes before recreation.Also, good students can study anywhere and everywhere. Claudia Hill, an Arizona State University business professor recalls a cross-coun
11、try runner who worked out every day. Hill persuaded him to use his spare time to memorize biology term. Then he posted a list of biology terms on the mirror in the bathroom. He learned a few terms every day while brushing his teeth. Eventually, he scored high on the final examination.Moreover, top s
12、tudents schedule their time well. Study times are strictly a matter of personal preference. Some work late at night when the house is quiet. Others awake early. Still others study as soon as they come home from school when the work is fresh in their minds. All agreed, however, on the need for consis
13、tency. A student says, “Whatever I was doing, I maintained a certain period of time every day for studying.”Another important characteristic of super-achievers is that they know hoe to read, According to a book entitled Getting Straight As, the secret of good reading is to be “an active reader-one w
14、ho continually asks questions that lead to a full understanding of the authors message”.1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about superachievers starting to study?2. What did the cross-country runner do to score high on the exam?3. What is the good thing all top students agree on?4. What does
15、 the speaker mean by “an active reader”?5. What is the main idea of the passage?Keys: 1B 2.C3. D 4.A 5.DTask 2: The Final ExamScriptAt a university, there were four sophomores taking a chemistry course. They were doing so well on all the quizzes, midterms, labs, that each had “A” so far for the seme
16、ster.These four friends were so confident that on the weekend before finals, they decided to go up to the University of Virginia and party with some friends there. They had a great time, but after all the hearty partying, they slept all day Sunday and didnt make it back to school until early Monday
17、morning.Rather than taking the final then, they decided to find their professor after the final exam and explain to him why they missed it. They explained that they had planned to come back in time for the final exam, but, unfortunately, they had a flat tire on the way back, didnt have a spare, and
18、couldnt get help for a long time. As a result, they missed the final.The professor thought it over and then agreed they could make up the final the following day. The guys were relieved and elated. The next day, the professor placed them in separate room, hand each of them a test booklet, and told t
19、hem to begin.They took at the first problem, worth five points. It was a simple question on a chemical reaction. “Cool,” they thought at the same time, each one in his separate room, “This is going to be easy.” Each finished the problem and then turned the page.On the second page was a question wort
20、h 95 points: “Which of the tires was flat?”Unit3II. Basic Listening Practice1. ScriptM: Amy, sit down, we need to talk. Your mother and I are going to separate. W: What! Are you crazy? You cant do that! What will my friends say? I just want to have a normal family.Q: What is the girl saying?2. Scrip
21、tM: Good evening, Mrs. Jones. The manager sent you these roses and his best wishes to you both for a happy anniversary.W: Thank you. We like the room and the service here, and we especially appreciate the managers consideration.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?3. ScriptW: While Im scrambli
22、ng the eggs, could you put the flour into the bowl?M: You bet, darling. Ill also turn the oven on so that it gets warmed up.Q: Where does this conversation probable take place?4. ScriptW: I have a very important meeting tonight, and Im afraid I cant miss it.M: But this evening is the parents meeting
23、 at school, and I was expecting youd come to it. OK, Ill phone Dad, maybe he and his girlfriend will come.Q: What can be inferred from the conversation?5. ScriptW1: So youre still single? If youd listen to me and used the Internet, youd have a husband by now.W2: I did use the Internet. I posted an a
24、d that read “Husband Wanted”. There were dozens of e-mail responses. But they all said pretty much the same thing: You can have mine.Q: What can we infer from the conversation?Keys: 1.C 2.A3.B 4.C 5.DTask3: A Woman Who Chose Not to RemarryScriptAfter 17 years of marriage, my husband left me for my b
25、est friend, Monica. What I had feared most became reality: I became the single parent of two young children. My daughter grew increasingly unhappy. Seven-year-old Joanna had anxiety attacks whenever she was left alone for more than a few minutes. Five-year-old Sophie would vomit every meal. Under th
26、e psychological pressure, I thought about remarriage. My friends arranged dinner with single men and invited me to parties to meet the latest “someone special”.But later I changed my mind. A colleague of mine said, “Second marriages usually end in divorce, and children are destroyed by it.” There is
27、 some truth in his words. Research published in 2004 showed that children in blended families were no more emotionally healthy than those in single-parent families.Not long ago, my now-teenage daughter and I went to lunch at our favorite Italian restaurant. While eating, we talked about a friend of
28、ours who was divorcing her second husband. We were worried about how the break would harm her three children, two of whom were struggling to get free of drugs. Joanna put down her fork and looked at me. “Mom, Im glad you didnt remarry,” she said. “If you had divorced again, I might have tried drugs
29、or even consider suicide.” At that moment, I realized, once again, that singleness was right choice for me.1. What was the speaker most afraid of?2. Which of the following is NOT true?3. What did the speakers colleague say?4. Which of the following is true?5. If the speaker had divorced again, what
30、might her daughter, Joanna, have done?Keys: 1C 2.A3. B 4.B 5.BTask 2: Nuclear Family Living PatternsScriptA nuclear family is typical in high-industrialized societies. Beginning in the early 20th century, the two-parent family known as the nuclear family was the predominant American family type. Gen
31、erally children live with their parents until they go away to a college or university, or until they acquire their own jobs and move into their own apartment or home.In the early mid-20th century, the family typically was the sole wage earner, and the mother was the childrens principle care giver. T
32、oday, often both parents hold jobs. Dual-earner families are the predominant type for families with children in the United States. Increasingly, one of the parents has a non-standard shift; that is, a shift that does not start in the morning and end in later afternoon. In these families, one of the
33、parents manages the children while the other works.Prior to school, adequate day care of children is necessary for dual-earner families. In recent years, many private companies and home-based day care centers have sprung up fulfill this need. Increasingly, a companys arrangement of day care as well
34、as government assistance to parents requiring day care is occurring.Unit4VI. Further Listening and SpeakingTask1: The Role Memory Plays in Our LifeScriptYour resume, or CV in British English, has one mission and one mission only: to get you a job interview. Your resume is usually the first impression an employer has of you. And as “you never get a second
