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《现代大学英语听力
2
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Unit
1Unit
1
Task
1
【答案】
A.
1) She wanted to see St.
Paul
’
s Cathedral.
2) She was so surprised because she saw
so many Englishmen who looked alike.
3)
They
were
all
wearing
dark
suits
and
bowler
hats,
carrying
umbrellas
and
newspapers.
4)
Because
she
had
often
read
about
them
and
seen
photographs
of
them,
who
all
looked
as if they were wearing a
uniform.
5) No, he
didn
’
t.
6) He used
the English saying
“
It takes all kinds to make a world
”
to prove his
opinion.
B.
If
all
the
seas
were
one
sea,
what
a
great
sea
it
would
be!
And
if
all
the
trees
were
one tree, what a great tree it would be! And if
this tree were to fall in the
sea, what
a great splash there would be!
【原文】
Yesterday
morning
Gretel
went
to
the
City
of
London.
She
wanted
to
see
St.
Paul's
Cathedral.
She was surprised to
see so many Englishmen
who looked alike. They were
all
wearing dark
suits
and
bowler
hats.
They
were
all
carrying umbrellas and
newspapers.
When
she
returned
home
she
asked
Mr
clark
about
these
strange
creatures.
and seen photographs of
them. They all look as if they are wearing a
uniform. Does
the typical English
gentleman still exist?
Mr. Clark
laughed.
that many of the men who work
in the City of London still wear bowler hate and I
suppose
they
are
typical
Englishmen.
But
look
at
this.
Mr.
Clark
picked
up
a
magazine
and pointed at a photo
of a young man.
if
there
is
no
such
thing
as
a
'typical'
Englishman.
Do
you
know
the
English
saying
'It
takes
all
kinds
to
make
a
world'?
That's
true
of all
countries-including
England.
“
Oh, just like the poem
‘
If All the Seas Were One Sea
’
,
”
Gretel began to
hum happily. If all the seas
were one sea, what a great sea that would be! If
all
the trees were one tree, what a
great tree that would be! And if this tree were to
fall in the sea, w
hat a great splash that would be!”
Task
2
【答案】
A.
1) people
were much busier
2) colder than
England; minus thirty degrees; last longer
3) much more mountainous; much higher
and much more rocky; more beautiful
4) tend to be more crowded
5) the houses; smaller
B.
1) T 2) T 3) F
4) F 5) F
【原文】
John
is
British
but
has
worked
in
Japan.
Etsuko
is
Japanese
from
Osaka,
but
she
is studying in
Britain. In the following passage you are going to
hear, they are
comparing
life
as
they
see
it
in
the
two
countries.
But
before
listening
to
it,
think
of
the two countries and try to answer the following
pre-listening questions.
John: I found that living in Japan,
people were busier. They seem to work the
whole day.
Etsuko:
Yes,
that’s
right.
We
work
from
Monday
through
Saturday,
even
in
summer.
You
know,
summer
in
Japan
is
just
horrible.
It’s
very,
very
humid
and
hot
,
and
you
need to shower three times a day.
John: So you find it cooler in England?
Etsuko:
Yes, that’s right.
John:
Where
I
was
living
in
Japan,
in
the
North,
it
was
much
colder
than
England,
especially
in
winter,
minus
thirty
degrees
centigrade.
Does
the
winter
in
Osaka
last
longer than
the winter in England?
Etsuko:
No, I don’t think so. December, January, February, March.
John:
Yes. It’s a little bit shorter if anything.
Etsuko: Ever since I
came here,
I noticed
that
the countryside here in England
is very
beautiful.
John:
It’s much flatter than in Japan.
Etsuko:
Yes. Japan is
a
mountainous country
and
our cities are full of
people.
There are lots of people
in a limited flat area.
John:
Yes,
I
found
Japan
much
more
mountainous
than
Britain,
especially
in
the
north.
The
mountains
are
much
higher
and
much
more
rocky.
I
found
it
more
beautiful
than
Britain, I think.
Etsuko: Yes, if you
like mountains.
John: And therefore the
towns and villages tend to be more crowded.
Etsuko:
Yes, that’s right.
John:
Yes.
So
because
the
cities
are
more
crowded,
the
houses
tend
to
be
smaller,
don’t they?
Etsuko:
Yes, they are very compact, and we don’t hav
e a lot of space. In big
cities we have a lot of taller
buildings now.
John: Is this a problem
because there are more earthquakes in Japan?
Etsuko:
Yes, that’s right and…
Task 3
【答案】
A.
1)
In
the
US,
people
usually
dance
just
to
enjoy
themselves;
they
don
’
t
invite
other
people to watch
them.
2)
Usually eight people dance together.
3)
Because people form a square in dancing with a man and a woman on each side of
the square.
4) He usually makes it into a
song.
5) They wear old-fashioned
clothes.
B.
1)
F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T
C.
1) eight people form a square;
on each side of the square
2)
what they should do; makes it into a song; sings
it
3) don
’
t have much time to think
4) old-
fashioned clothes
【原文】
Rosa: Why don’t you have folk dances in
the United States? Most countries have
special dances that the people have
done for many years. The dancers wear
clothes from the old days. Everyone
likes to watch them dance.
Steve:
We
have
folk
dances,
too.
A
lot
of
people
belong
to
folk
dancing
groups.
But
when they
dance, they usually do it just to enjoy
themselves.
They don’t
invite
other people to watch them.
Rosa: Is there a folk dancing group
here?
Steve: I think so. There
must be. There’s one in almost every city, and
some big
cities have several.
Rosa: What are the dances
like?
Steve:
Usually
eight
people
dance
together,
four
men
and
four
women.
When
they
start,
they
form
a
square,
with
a
man
and
a
woman
on
each
side
of
the
square.
That’s
why
it’s
called
square
dancing.
Then
there’s
a
man
who
tells
the
dancers
what
they
should
do.
He
usually
makes
it
into
a
song.
He
sings
it
while
they
dance.
Rosa: Oh,
that should make the dances easy!
Steve: Yes, but they are very fast.
They
don’t have much time to think.
I like
to watch them, though. The
dancers wear old-fashioned clothes. That makes
the dances pretty to watch.
Rosa: I’d like to watch
a group dance.
Steve: I’ll take
you sometime.
Task
4
【答案】
1) It
was a time to celebrate the end of winter and the
beginning of spring.
2) They
burned the picture of their kitchen god to bring
good luck.
3) The custom said
the brides must wear
“
something old, something new, something
borrowed, and
something blue
”
to bring good luck.
4)
Because they could not eat meat, eggs or dairy products during Lent, so they
tried to use up
these things before Lent began.
5)
It was a straw man made by children in Czech; it was a figure of death.
6)
People brought their animals to church. And before the animals went into the
church people
dressed them up in flowers and ribbons.
【原文】
1) On the
evening of February 3rd, people in Japanese
families took one dried bean
for each
year of their age and threw the beans on the
floor, shouting
in! Evil spirits
out!
of winter and the beginning of
spring.
2) Before the Chinese
Lunar New Year in the old days, many Chinese
families burned
the picture of their
kitchen god to bring good luck. When Lunar New
Year's Day
came, they put ancw picture
of the kitchen god on the wall.
3)
When
American
women
got
married,
they
sometimes
followed
an
old
custom
in
choosing
what
to
wear
on
their
wedding
day.
The
custom
said
the
bride
must
wear
old, something new, something
borrowed, and something blue
good
luck.
4) Before Lent (a time on
the Christian calendar), the people of Ponti,
Italy ate
an
omelet
made
with
1,000
eggs.
People
could
not
eat
meat,
eggs
or
dairy
products
during Lent, so they
tried to use up these things before Lent
began.
5) When winter ended in
Czech, the children made a straw man called
was
a
figure
of
death.
They
burned
it
or
threw
it
in
the
river.
After
they
destroyed
it, they carried
flowers home to show the arrival of spring.
6) January 17th was St. Anthony's Day
in Mexico. It was a day when people brought
their animals to
church. But before the animals
went into the church, the people
dressed them up in flowers
and ribbons. This ceremony was to protect people's
animals.
Task 5
【答案】
A.
1) F 2) T 3) F
4) T 5) F 6) T 7) T
B.
Advantages
Lots of
servants to do the work
beautiful clothes to wear
lots of tea parties
life being slower
plenty of time to talk to each
other
Disadvantages
Terrible life for servants
very uncomfortable clothes
boring
and
formal
tea
parties
—
often
no
men being
invited
much more illness
children left with servants all
day
very poor education
no freedom for women
【原文】
Man: Well, I
think life used to be much more fun than it is
now. I mean, look at
the Victorians.
They had lots of servants to do all the work; they
never
had to do any cooking or
cleaning; they just wore those beautiful dresses
and went to tea parties.
Woman:
You
must
be
joking!
Their
clothes
were
terribly
uncomfortable
and
their
tea
parties were very formal and boring.
They used to wear their hats and long