云南大学旅游现代大学英语听力2听力原文及题目答案Unit 6

I had two months until my new job began. It was like waiting an entire summer for school to

start. I spent those two months talking to figure skating coaches and judges. I read boring rule

books. I drove to the rinks where the skaters trained, and made notes about our conversations. I

even took a lesson, which made some of the skaters laugh.

Unit

6

Task

1

【答案】

A.

[

d]

—

[b]

—

[a ]

—

[e]

—

[c]

B.

a

【原文】

Laura usually leaves the offices of Quest Productions at about 5 o'clock, but last Monday she left

at 5:30. She wanted to get home by 6:30 and she ran to the bus stop but she couldn't get on a

bus. There were too many people and not enough buses. Laura was desperate to get home so

she decided to go by tube.

In

the

station

she

went

to

one

of

the

automatic

ticket

machines

but

she

didn't

have

enough change, so she had to join the queue at the ticket window. She bought her ticket and ran

to the escalator. Laura went to the platform and waited for the tube. It arrived and the crowd

moved forward.

Laura was pushed into the train. It was almost full but she was given a seat by a man with a

moustache. Laura thanked him and sat down. She started to read her newspaper. In the tunnel

the train stopped suddenly and Laura was thrown to the floor together with the man with

the

moustache.

Somebody

screamed.

The

lights

went

out.

It

was

quarter

past

6

on

a

cold,

wet

December evening.

Task

2

【答案】

A.

1) a

2) b

3) d

4) c

B.

1) T

2) T

3) F

C.

wondered; television plays; exciting; every cigarette lighter; tape recorder; held in a certain way;

the touch of a gold ring against the hand of; reveal; How wrong they were

【原文】

X was a secret agent. He had rented a furnished room in a provincial town not far from the

public park and had been there two weeks. He was standing at the window looking out at the dull

beds of geraniums, the park gates and the cold, uninviting statue of Queen Victoria that stood

across the street from him, It was raining hard and the few people who passed by looked wet and

miserable.

X

was

miserable,

too.

How,

he

wondered,

could

anybody

think

there

was

anything

interesting

about

the

life

of

a

secret

agent

He knew

it was

because

people

had

seen

so

many

television plays about glamorous spies that they thought the life of a secret agent was exciting.

They were convinced that every cigarette lighter concealed a secret tape recorder; that a fountain

pen held in a certain way would open a locked door, that the touch of a

gold ring against the

hand of an enemy would make him reveal all his secrets. How wrong they were! He looked round

his room. The wallpaper was in the worst possible taste, the pictures horrible, the carpet worn,

dirty and faded; and he was cold. This was the third Monday he had come to the window to look

out. He prayed it would be the last.

As if in answer to his prayer, a certain meeting he had been sent to investigate was about

to take place. He took out his camera. Just beneath the statue two women had stopped to speak.

He knew one of them, and it was she who pointed in his direction. The other woman looked up

towards him and in that brief moment he photographed her.

Task

3

【答案】

A.

Names

Harry

Nora

Robert

Peter

Ideal Careers

Sailor

Farmer(if she were a man)

Civil engineer

Racing driver or explorer

B.

1) a

2) b

3) c

4) b

5) d

【原文】

Harry:

Well,

Robert,

have

you

made

up

your

mind

yet

what

you

want

to

do

when

you

leave

college

Nora: Oh Harry. Surely he's a bit young to decide on his career. He hasn't even got to college yet.

Harry: Not at all, Nora. It's wisest to decide in good time. Look at me, for example. I really wanted

to be a sailor, but now I spend my days sitting at a desk in an office. Yes, it's silly to train

for the wrong job. And after all, Robert will be going to college soon.

Nora: Now if I were a man I'd be a farmer. To see the crops growing--that's my idea of a good

life.

Harry: Yes, and to see the money rolling in is more important still.

Robert: Well, that's not the way I look at it, Dad. It's the job I care about, not the money.

Harry: Maybe not; but you'll learn to care about the money too, when you've got a family to

keep.

Nora: And of course Peter

—

well, he's keen to be a racing driver, or else an explorer.

Robert: Oh, Peter's not old enough to make up his mind about such things.

Harry: You haven't answered my question yet, Robert. What would you like to do

Nora: Are you sure you don't want to be a farmer, Robert Or a market gardener

Robert: No, I'm sorry Mum, but I don't want to at all. I'd rather be a civil engineer. I want to build

roads and bridges.

Harry: Not ships Isn't it better to be a shipbuilding engineer

Robert: Look here, is it my career we're planning, or yours

Harry:

All

fight,

all

right,

there's

no

need

to

lose

your

temper.

But

you'd

better

win

that

scholarship first.

Task

4

【答案】

I.

correspondents; columnist

A. may not need either

B. to go to places where events take place and write stories about them

II.

first; bigger; better; who will soon leave to work for other people

III.

working hours; free time; work long hours to begin with

【原文】

Here are some of the things a young man or woman should not do when he first asks an

editor for a job:

He should not tell the editor that he wants to be a foreign correspondent or a columnist.

Very probably the editor does not need either. He wants a reporter who will go to such places as

government offices and police stations and write a true story of what is happening there. Being a

foreign correspondent or a columnist will come later.

A young person should not tell tile editor that newspaper work is only the first step on

the way to bigger and better jobs, such as those in government. The editor must take a lot of time

and trouble teaching someone to be a good newspaperman or woman. He does not like the idea

of teaching people who are soon going to leave him to work for someone else.

A young journalist should accept the working hours and free time the editor gives him. As

a

new

journalist,

it

is

very

probable

that

he

will

work

longer

hours

than

others

and

work

on

weekends. The editor did the same when he was a young newspaperman with no experience. He

expects a journalist to understand how things are on a newspaper.

Task

5

【答案】

A.

1) acd

2) abe

B.

1) she is the wrong sex

2) she wears the wrong clothes

【原文】

SYLVIA: We've got a new manager in our department.

LARRY: Oh You hoped to get that job, didn't you

？

SYLVIA: Yes, I did.

LARRY: I'm sorry. That's too bad. Who is it Who got the job, I mean

？

SYLVIA: Someone called Drexler. Carl Drexler. He's been with the company only two years.

I've been here longer. And I know more about the job, too!

LARRY: Hmm. Why do you think they gave it to him and not to you

？

SYLVIA: Because I'm the wrong sex, of course !

LARRY: You mean you didn't get the job because you're a woman

？

SYLVIA: Yes, that was probably it! It isn't fair.

LARRY: What sort of clothes does he wear

？

SYLVTA: A dark suit. White shirt. A tie. Why

？

LARRY: Perhaps that had something to do with it.

SYLVIA:

You

mean

you

think

I

didn't

get

the

job

because

I

come

to

work

in

jeans

and

a

sweater

？

LARRY: It's possible, isn't it

？

SYLVIA: Do you really think I should wear different clothes

？

LARRY: Well. . . perhaps you should think about it.

SYLVTA: Why should I wear a skirt Or a dress

？

LARRY: I'm not saying you should. I'm saying you should think about it. That's all!

SYLVIA: Why should I do that I'm good at my job! That's the only important thing!

LARRY: Hmm. Perhaps it should be the only important thing. But it isn't. Not inthis company.

Task

6

【答案】

A.

1st man

Former Jobs

Car salesman

When Laid-off

Recently

Why Laid- off

Low

sales,

due

to

the

increase

of

interest

rates

Plant

moved

to

Singapore

where

workers

are

paid

much less

2

nd

man

Worker

at

a

vacuum

10 months ago

cleaner plant

B.

1

st

speaker(bcd)

2

nd

speaker(ae)

C.

1) F

2) F

【原文】

Al: Is this the right line to file a claim

Bob: Yeah. It's the same line for everything. You just stand here and wait.

Al: Oh. Is there always such a long line

Bob: Every week. Sometimes longer. Is this your first time here

Al: Yes.

Bob: What happened Your plant closed down

Al:

No.

I'm

a

car

salesman,

or,

I

was

a

car

salesman.

But

we

just

aren't

selling

cars.

It's

the

interest rates. Two years ago, I averaged ten new cars a month. Do you know how many cars

I sold last month One. One car to a lady who had the cash. But the interest rates are up again.

The boss let three of us go. How about you

Bob: I worked at a vacuum cleaner plant with about fifty workers. We put in a good day's work.

But

the

machinery

was

getting

old.

As

a

matter

of

fact,

the

whole

plant

was

old.

So

the

management decided to build a new plant. You know where In Singapore. The workers here

made about seven dollars an hour, a couple of people made eight or nine an hour. You know

how much they're paying the workers in Singapore $$ an hour! Anyway, all fifty of us got laid

off.

Al: How long ago was that

Bob: They closed down ten months ago.

Al: Any luck finding another job

Bob:

Nothing.

I

have

one,

sometimes

two,

interviews

a

week.

Last

week

I

thought

I

had

something.

They liked my experience with machines. But I never heard from them again.

Al: At least you know something about machines. All I can do is talk.

Bob: Maybe you'll talk yourself into another job. Good luck. I'll see you here next week.

Al: I hope not. I hope I'll have something by then.

Task

7

【答案】

A.

1) F

2) F

3) T

4) F

5) T

6) F

B.

1)

According

to

the

first

speaker,

it

is

frustrating

because

the

teacher

cannot

see

clearly

the

results of his efforts.

2)

According

to

the

second

speaker,

English

language

teaching

is

a

good

job,

because

it

guarantees a stable income and regular working hours and means less pressure. He also likes the

way elderly teacher are.

【原文】

Interviewer: Do you prefer what you're doing to teaching

？

John Smith: Yes, one of the things I found a bit frustrating about teaching was that it was rather,

very intangible than um, especially if you're teaching in England and most of the students know

quite a lot of English before they arrive. They learn a lot of English outside the classroom, in pubs

or coffee shops or other places, with the families they're living with. It's very difficult to pin down

how much they learn from your actual lesson, whereas in marketing um, again there are lots of

areas that are gray rather than black or white, but there are quite a few other areas where one

can see quite clearly the results of one's efforts.

Interviewer: What did you do after you quit your job in advertising

Second Man: In fact, I became a journalist and I worked as a freelance. I didn't have a full-time

job with any newspaper. I just had to contribute things as they came along and 1

wrote for magazines, and I did quite a lot of broadcasting

for the VOA. Well, this

was in a way the opposite of advertising because I enjoyed it a lot but I found it very

hard to earn enough money to live on.

Interviewer: And then you decided to be a teacher

Second Man: Well, and so I thought. Well, I must do something which produces an income that I

can

be

sure

of.

While

I

was

working

as

a

journalist

I

had

done

an

article

for

a

magazine about the English language teaching world and m fact I had come to the

school where I now teach as a journalist and interviewed a lot of the people. And I

thought it seemed a very nice place and I thought that the classes I visited had a

very, very nice feeling about them, and so I thought, well, I'll see if they'll have me.

Interviewer: Why do you prefer teaching to advertising

Second Man: Well, partly because in teaching you work regular hours. It I advertising you just had

to stay at the office until the work was finished [I see.] and it could be three o'clock

in the morning. [Oh, dean] Also you were very often made to work at weekends.

Often some job would come up that was very important and they said it had to be

finished

—

it had to go into the newspapers next week.

Interviewer: So there was a lot mom pressure.