现代大学英语听力2答案

现代大学英语听力2答案 Key to Unit 12 Geography Task 1 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) Olmsted wanted the park to be a rural paradise within an urban area, a place for all ??rich and poor, young and old??. 2) East Side Central Park was opened in 1876 3) Because this part of Fifth Avenue has many museums which used to be mansions built soon after the opening of East Side Central Park by wealthy New Yorkers. 4) Central Park West is the street on the western side of the park. It has large and unusual apartment buildings. 1) People laughed because they believed that nobody with money would live in an apartment house, especially when it was so far from the center of town. ( It was just like the Dakotas, which are located in the western part of the United States.) B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) in the middle of, in the 1850s, landscape architect 2) explore, renting a bicycle, gardens, a zoo, a skating rink, old-fashioned, a lake, an outdoor theater 3) The Metropolitan Museum of Art 4) famous residents Task 2 Key A. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) twelve miles, several hundred, eight hundred thousand 2) over a thousand 3) far, grander, bigger B. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1)?ª3) FTT Task 3 Key Fill in the following chart Places Descriptions The weather is nice, and warm. And the people are lovely. I love swimming there. I like the purity of soul of the people there. They??re the nicest, most direct, most unneurotic people that I??ve ever met anywhere in the world Switzerland was grand The food was wonderful. The people were wonderful. The sun was wonderful, and the sea was wonderful. Cyprus is a lovely place. I was lucky enough to go there a couple of years ago. The thing that impressed me most of all were the people and how friendly they were. Task 4 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) The majority of Australians are of English, Irish, Italian, Greek, Dutch, and Polish descent. Over the past 50 years, a large number of Asian and African immigrants have poured in. Besides, about one percent of the population is Aborigine. 2) Because much of the land in Australia, particularly in the Outback, is so arid that people are unable to live there. B. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1)?ª2) TT C. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) Make friends with, Explore, Marvel at, be awed by 2) vast, amazing, peaceful, unique 3) relax on our beautiful beaches, thousands of years ago, meet interesting people Task 5 Key A. Write down the information about the people who had visited America before Columbus. Time People Routes Thousands of years ago Crossed the Bering Strait to Alaska and then moved though North America and on to South America A.D.459 Crossed the Pacific to Mexico Irish explorers Sailed from Iceland to America A.D.986 Lived for a time in Newfoundland in Canada but then returned to Greenland B. Answer the following questions. 1) Columbus thought he had arrived in the Indies ( the name then used for Asia) when he arrived in the Bahamas. 2) It was named after another Italian explorer, Amerigo Vespucci, who was a friend of Columbus?? and who later explored the coastline of the New World. C. Decide whether the following statement is true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. T Task 6 Key A. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) a few hundred metres off the coast 2) 64,000 8,000 B. Answer the following questions. 1) Because the population of Skye is getting smaller. Its young people are being tempted by mainland life and the chance of better jobs and better pay. 2) His plan is to build a bridge linking Skye with the mainland. He thinks this will bring new work to the island, and stop people from going away from their homes. 3) Because they think that the bridge will bring in too many tourists and take away the island??s independence and character C. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence. c Task 7 Key A. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) parks, museums and shops, in the centre of, further out 2) 450 3) in the 16th century, in 1835 B. Fill in the following chart. Names Locations Characteristics Close to Buchingham Palace, and to the government offices in Whitehall Very attractive, with a long, narrow lake, which is occupied by ducks and other water birds Very close to the Palace Very bare Famous for the Serpentine-the lake, and for Speaker??s Corner, where people can, and do, say anything about almost every subject under the sun In the southwest of London There are still deer in there Next to Hyde Park Very popular with both the old and the young. On warmer days there are always people at the Round Pond, where they come to sail their model boats Famous for its lake and its flowers, as well as for London Zoo. There is also an open-air theatre, where the public can see many of Shakespeare??s plays in the summer months. Task 8 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) They are in the desert in southern Peru near the Nazca city. 2) The lines were discovered in the early 1930s. 3) Because the forms were so big, they were difficult to see from the ground, only visible from the air. They were not discovered until aircraft flew over this region. B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 37 miles long, 1mile wide, straight lines, parallel, strange symbols, on a giant scale, 200B.C., 600A.D. Task 9 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) It erupted on August 24th, 79A.D. 2) 2,000 3) In Propeii, there are lots of shops for clothes and shoes, and all kinds of food. The city is also full of workshops. People make many things like tables, chairs and pots. There are hotels, restaurants and bars for all the summer visitors. There are theaters too. B. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1)?ª3) FTF Task 10 Key Complete the following summary of the passage. How did New York become America??s largest city? geography, history, economics 1) Northeast, heavily, seaports 2) meet, raw materials, finished goods 3) 1815, the ports, the central regions of the country 4) the best solution, 1825 5) were cut to about one-tenth of what they had been, the leading city of the coast 6) the railroads, tied, even more closely 7) Exports, imports, were eager to, as a result, receiving people from European countries, homes, goods, services, labor Task 11 London is one of the biggest cities in the world. It has a population of over 8 million. Some people like it very much because there is a lot to do there and it is very interesting. There are hundreds of cinemas, theatres, museums and restaurants there. But other people don't like it because there is so much traffic and noise everywhere. Brighton is a medium-sized town with a population of around 300,000. It is on the coast, about 50 miles from London. Of course it isn't as interesting as London, but the air is a lot cleaner and better. There are a few factories, but not many. It isn't very easy to find a good job there. But there are a lot of hotels and language schools in the town, and in the summer the town is full of tourists. Key to Unit 13 Money Task 1 Key Answer the questions. 1) He was wearing rubber boots and a dirty jacket. He needed a haircut badly and was unshaven. 2) Because it was hard for him to believe such a man could afford to buy sixteen expensive cars. 3) He asked the young man to leave. 4) He went to a showroom on the other side of the street and asked for sixteen cars. 5) He took a bundle of notes out of his pocket and paid for the cars in cash. 6) He explained that the cars were for himself and his fifteen colleagues. He and his colleagues worked on a Norwegian fishing-boat. They had all earned a lot of money that season, and they wanted to buy cars. Task 2 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) It is Victorian brass. 2) The stallholder says it??s worth twenty quid. 3) The stallholder is asking fifteen for it. 4) It means ??pound??. 5) He says that Lucy must be joking, and he paid more than that for it himself.?ê B. Write down the prices that the stallholder and Lucy suggest in the dialogue. 1) Fifteen, fourteen, thirteen, and twelve fifty. 2) Ten, eleven, twelve, and twelve fifty. Task 3 Ask students to pay attention to the expression of numbers on a check. Key A. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) make out 2) draw out 3) letters 4) ONLY, words 5) amount, numbers 6) last, signature B. Fill in the check for Alex according to the information given on the tape. Cash Twenty pounds only ?ê20?ª00 Task 4 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) $7.56 2) $0.6 for 8 percent sales tax 3) $8.16 4) $10.16 5) 2 bucks B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) tube, $1.09, bars, $.85, tube, $1.39,bottle, $.79, box, $.99, $.29, stick, $.98, tube, $.89, package, $.69 2) Here??s your change Task 5 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) There are 10 denominations, namely $10,000, $5,000, $1,000, $500, $100, $50, $20, $10, $5 and $1. 2) They are the same size and the same green color. 3) The best bet is to forget the pictures and concentrate on the large numbers in all four corners on the front and back. 4) There are five denominations of coins: $.01 or 1?é; $.05 or 5?é; $.10 or 10?é; $.25 or 25?é; and $.50 or 50?é. 5) No, they aren??t. Because a dime is smaller than either a nickel or a penny. B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) $1, $5, $10, $20 2) White House, Treasury Building, Lincoln Memorial, ??ONE??, American insignia 3) cash, bucks, dough, bread, moolah, greenbacks, a dollar, a single, a buck, a bill, five dollars, a fiver, a five spot, five bucks, singles, a ten, ten bucks, ten spot 4) penny, cent, one cent, nickel, five cents, dime, ten cents, quarter, two bits, twenty-five cents, fifty-cent piece 5) change, small change, silver, silver Task 6 Key Answer the following questions. 1) It means that we don??t carry most of our weekly or monthly wage around in our pockets, and we don??t leave it at home where it might easily be stolen. 2) Because we don??t want to travel around the city with hundreds of dollars in cash to pay bills, nor do we want to waste the time and carfare. 3) The author recommends an account that is a savings and a checking account in one. 4) Because often commercial banks have many offices in a city or town. 5) You sign your name on the back of the check, mark it ??for deposit only?? and deposit the money in your account. 6) It is generally about $4 per month or 15?é for every check you write. 7) You should have received in the mail all your bills, such as rent, the gas and electricity, the phone, perhaps a doctor or dentist bill, etc. 8) You can use a small plastic card to tell the computer to transfer the same amount of money from your savings to your checking account. 9) No, it doesn??t 10) The computer will oblige as long as you have the amount you??re asking for in your account. Task 7 Key A. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1)?ª5) FFTFT B. Answer the following questions. 1) The goods bought by hire purchase are, in almost every case, goods that will last?ªradio and television sets, washing machines, refrigerators, motor-cars and motor-cycles, and articles of furniture. 2) It helps newly-married couples with small incomes to furnish their homes; increases the demand for goods, and in this way helps trade and employment; and by hire purchase, families can spend less money, or perhaps no money, in useless or perhaps harmful ways, for example, on too much alcoholic drink. 3) There is the danger that when trade is bad, hire purchase buying may end suddenly and make trade much worse, with, as a result, a great increase in unemployment. Task 8 Key A. If Helen Andrews had opened an account with the bank, the manager would have completed either Form A or Form B. Choose the correct form and fill it in according to the information you hear on the tape. Form B CURRENT ACCOUNT FORM HELEN ANDREWS 33 BEDFORD ROAD LONDON E14 YES ?Ì NO ?Ì B. Answer the following questions. 1) The money comes from the premium bonds. 2) She has only had a post office savings account until now. 3) He thinks most people have current accounts if they have not got an awful lot of money and they need to use it regularly. 4) Because the bank doesn??t give a cheqeue card until one has had an account with the bank for six months. 5) The fact that no one would accept her checks without a check card makes her reconsider everything again. Task 9 Key A. Complete the following sentences according to the information given on the tape. 1) 100 pence 2) 12 pence 3) 1 penny 4) ??two shillings?? coin 5) one year 6) 1971 7) 1984 8) 1983, small B. Fill in the following chart according to the information given on the tape. Currencies in UK Since(year) Made of Largest Size Smallest Size paper ?ê50 ?ê5 1970 1981 50p 1/2p(before 1984) 1971 copper 1p 1971 1971 copper/nickel copper/nickel 1983 Task 10 An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man who often helped people when they had troubles. "My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man. "What will happen to me now?" "Don't worry, young man," answered Nasreddin. "Everything will soon be all right again. Wait and you will soon feel much happier." The young man was very glad. "Am I going to get rich again then?" he asked Nasreddin. "No, I didn't mean that," said the old man. "I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends." Key to Unit 14 Science and Technology Task 1 Call students?? attention to the results of the experiments, and compare them. Suggest them to take notes about the differences in the weights, health conditions, and life span of the mice in different groups, and give particular attention to the comparatives ( the comparative and superlative degrees) in the recording. Key A. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1)?ª5) acbab B. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) animals, mice, rats, monkeys 2) mice 3) ongoing 4) healthy diet, amount 5) one, each day Task 2 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) People keep fish in a certain place just as they keep sheep and cattle. 2) By education. 3) Waste pollutes the sea, and plankton dies. Other sea animals that live on plankton cannot find enough food. 4) They needed to kill whales for their meat, their bones and the oil from their fat. But they have other materials now. B. Decide whether the speakers agree with the following ideas, and put a tick in the corresponding blank. Scientists Ideas Adams Brown Church ?Ì ?Ì ?Ì ?Ì ?Ì ?Ì ?Ì ?Ì ?Ì C. Complete the chart for the seafood pyramid Smaller fish Zoo Plant Task 3 Key A. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences 1)?ª4) babc B. Fill in the blanks according to the information you hear on the tape. 1) Step1: Measure Step2: Mix Step3: Pour Step 4: Put on Step 5: pack 2) late, sick, vacation, strike, 24 hours, 7days, 365days C. Answer the following questions. 1) A worker will program the robots. She/He will type the orders into a computer, telling the robots what ingredients to use, how long to mix them, and which labels to use. 2) A technician from the robot company will come within an hour to fix it 3) No D. Discuss the following topic in class. In your opinion, should the factory use robots to replace human workers? Task 4 Key A. Fill in the blanks in the first part of the passage with what you hear on the tape. inventions, immediate, manufactured goods, growth, farms, grew up, coal, iron, pleasant, over-crowded B. Complete the following outline of the second and third parts. Part 2 Factory A. 1. Long 2. Low B. common C. children Part 3 women and children A. 10 years old, mines B. 10 working hours/day for women and for boys under 18 C. form unions C. Listen to the past part of the passage and answer the following questions. 1) Socialists demanded complete changes in the system of Government and the way people earned their living. But other social reformers only wanted to achieve their goals by peaceful menas, particularly by passing new laws. 2) The Consequences of the Industrial Revolution in Britain Task 5 Key A. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1)?ª8) TTFTFFTT B. Discuss the following questions in pairs 1) Who is Miranda? 2) Who is Varon? 3) Who is Garth? 4) What has happened in the story before the scene? 5) What will happen after the scene? Task 6 Key A. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1)?ª3) cbc B. Take notes and fill in the following chart. Speakers Does she/he believe there is the monster in Loch Ness? Why or why not? No. If there are any monsters there, why hasn??t anyone caught one yet? Why aren??t there any really clear photos of one? Yes. He says he has seen it. He didn??t believe in the idea, but now he is not so sure. He believes ??there may be something unusual in Loch Ness:. He says, ??The underwater world is still full of mysteries.?? Task 7 Key A. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1)?ª5) FTFFT B. Answer the following questions. 1) Dispute over the genetically modified crops. 2) Biotech foods come from material that has been genetically modified by scientists to resist insects or disease. 3) European consumers feared possible the health risks of these new foods. 4) First the foods must be labeled clearly. Second, producers will have to trace GMOs at all stages of production. 5) Because the aid contained biotech grain, which Africans feared could be used a seed and thereby threaten future exports to the EU. Task 8 Key A. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1)?ª4) babc B. Answer the following questions. 1) It is the largest solar power station in the world. 2) They built two different types of power station side by side. They want to find which is the best system for harnessing the power of the sun. 3) Water is converted to steam to drive the turbines in the usual way. 4) The sun often disappears. C. Fill in the following chart. The First Power Station The Second Power Station 800, 95 percent, tower, computers, sun, 400, pepes, steam, drive 2,500, football stands, the sun, mirrors, light, vacuum tube, steam, drive a) The first power station uses fewer mirrors than the second. b) In the first power station, mirrors are arranged in a circle round a tower, while in the second station they are arranged on stands and reflect the light onto a second set of parabolic mirrors. The first power station uses concealed water pipes; the second uses pipes that are clearly visible in a vacuum tube. Task 9 The future will not determine itself. The future is determined by the actions of the present day. Edward Cornish, the editor of The Futurist magazine published by the World Future Society, says: "The responsibility we have for the future begins when we recognize that we ourselves create the future--that the future is not something imposed upon us by fate or other forces beyond our control. We ourselves build the future both through what we do and what we do not do." A novel way of teaching may change the way universities are run. An engineering teacher at the American University of Illinois has had great success without textbooks, without exams and without deadlines. His students won nine of the top ten engineering awards in a university competition. The engineering professor, Ricardo Uribe, let his engineering students express themselves, instead of telling them what to do. His students all focused on the problems that interested them, not what their teacher told them. They worked their own hours, not hours set by the university. They did not have to sit tests, and they helped each other in open classes. Unit 15 News (II) Task 1 Key Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. successor, the World Wars, drafted, existence, General Assembly, members, Headquarters, decision-making, budget, permanent members, two-years terms, maintenance. Task 2 Key A. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1)?ª4) bcda B. Answer the following questions. 1) Genocide means the deliberate murder of a whole group or race of people. By the word, Alacon implied many ordinary Cubans had become victims of the US embargo. many people suffered or died, for they could not get imported food and medicine. 2) The US representative argued that the US embargo was a matter of bilateral trade policy and the UN General Assembly had no right to adopt a resolution on this issue. Task 3 Key A. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1)?ª4) TFTF B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) Shelter for the Homeless 2) a set of stamps/six stamps 3) building homes 4) a) information b) the UN c) governments, institutions, worldwide Task 4 Key A. Fill in the following chart. News Items Participants Number of Demonstrators Place(s) Demands 1 Demonstrators mainly long-term unemployed Tens of thousands Paris and several other cities Protest the level of unemployment and call for higher welfare payments 2 Some rural interest groups e.g. farmers, agriculture workers, hunters and village dwellers A quarter of a million Central London Demand more government action to deal with the problems of the countryside B. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. News Item 1 1)?ª2) TF News Item 2 3)?ª4) FF Task 5 Key A. Fill in the following chart The Olympic Medals Table Countries Number of Medals Gold Silver Bronze Total 39 25 33 97 32 28 28 88 28 16 15 59 B. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1)?ª6) FTFTFF Task 6 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) A strategic partnership agreement. 2) It strengthens ties between the two countries in a variety of areas including security cooperation, diplomatic activity at the UN and trade and finance. 3) A package of arms deals 4) First, they have agreed to an accord that will allow India to buy more diamonds from Russia. Second, India will get some advanced nuclear technology from Russia for its nuclear power projects. 5) India hopes to reduce its dependence on imported oil. B. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) tanks, fighter bombers, aircraft carrier 2) military hardware, three billion dollars 3) low, longstanding ties 4) importer, cutter, producer Task 7 Key high, downturn, investment, reforms, terrorism, slowdown, 7.3percent, 10, 8, similar, cars, houses, tours, internal, money, markets, barriers, domestic Task 8 Key A. Fill in the following chart. Year Events Charles Darwin, 5-year, the Southern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Foreign Ministers, Allied, occupation zones, govern, 5 years Manned mission to the moon/Apollo 8, 6-day journey B. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) invaluable, evolution, The Origin of the Species. 2) biological evolution, natural selection 3) split, Soviet forces, Americans 4) manned spacecraft, orbit Task 9 Key Answer the following questions. 1) He was a suspect in connection with the ??I Love You?? computer virus that has damaged millions of computers worldwide. 2) They seized the telephone, computer magazines and wiring. 3) No. 4) A Swedish teenager who was a computer whiz Task 10 Key A. Match each name in Column 1 with his/her corresponding position in Column 2. Column 1 Column2 1) Tony Blair a) the BBC??s former top executive 2) Gavin Davies b) the Culture Minister 3) Alex Salmond c) a Scottish national politician 4) Tessa Jowell d the Prime Minister B. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences 1)?ª4) cbda C. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) fallen, criticise, sensitive, confidence 2) probe, question 3) independent, so, forward, principal, broadcaster, envied, cherished D. Answer the following questions. 1) After the Kelly affair, the chairman and director general of the BBC resigned. The British government has the right to appoint the new leaders for the BBC. Moreover, although the BBC is funded by the payments from people who have TVs, The government is beginning a charter review of the system. Thus some people fear the BBC could try to please the government because it relies on the renewal of the charter for its funding. 2) Alex Salmond questions the government??s role in appointing senior executives for the BBC. He doubts whether the government can be impartial on the matter when the chairman and director general of the BBC resigned after the affair. Tony Blair says the BBC should be independent and impartial by questioning and probing the government in every proper way. Tessa Jowell insists that the BBC be constitutionally independent and continue to be so. For her, what is the most important is that the BBC, as the major public service broadcaster, continues moving forward after the affair. Task 11. Key Newspapers are one of the main sources from which we learn what is going on--in world politics, science, local government, the arts, fashion, food, education and sports. The papers we choose show our interests and usually the politics which we believe in. There are nine national daily newspapers in Britain, of which five are tabloids and four are quality papers. Do these newspapers really serve the people they are written for? Many people question the objectivity of newspapers. How objective are they? We might be better able to judge if we understand how a newspaper is produced. Reporters, of course, are the source from which the facts must come, but there are many other people who are involved in and influence newspapers.