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《现代大学英语听力
2
》听力原文及题目答案
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《现代大学英语听力
2
》听力原文及题目答案
《现代大学英语听力
2
》听力原文及题目答案
乌克兰
Grabovo
村某处向日葵花田里， 手机和电脑散落一地，在另一处地上，一本荷兰护照张开着躺在地上，地面上到处都是从
天空摔下的人们的尸体，看起来就像烂抹布和烧成灰的肉块。
这就是一
些当地居民和参与救援工作的人所目睹的惨象，马航
17
航班坠毁坠毁在一大块麦 田中，碎片散落了若干英里，机上全
部乘客葬身人烟稀少的乌克兰农村。
“
当时太恐怖了，
”
当地一位独立派反抗 军成员说，他的名字叫
Sergei
，也参与了救援工作，
“
我们当时都震惊了。
”
Unit
3Unit
3
Task
1
【答案】
A.
1)
Stress
on
the
job
costs
American
companies
as
much
as
$$150
billion
a
year
in
lower
productivity, unnecessary
employee sick leave, and higher medical costs.
2)
The
most
stressful
professions
are
those
that
involve
danger
and
extreme
pressure
and
those
that carry a lot of responsibility
without much control.
3) The best way
to deal with stress is through relaxation, but
sometimes the only answer is to fight
back or walk away.
B.
1) Three-quarters
2)
psychologists, doctors
3) nervousness, anger, frequent
illness, forgetfulness, mental problems
【原文】
Stress
on
the
job
costs
American
companies
as
much
as
$$150
billion
a
year
in
lower
productivity,
unnecessary
employee
sick
leave,
and
higher
medical
costs.
Three-quarters
of
the
office workers
today say they suffer from stress at work.
Recently, psychologists and doctors have
begun to study the problem more
closely. They have discovered that the most
stressful professions
are those that
involve danger, extreme pressure and those that
carry a lot of responsibility without
much control.
The sign of
stress range from nervousness, anger, and frequent
illness to forgetfulness or even
mental
problems. The best way to deal with stress is
through relaxation, but sometimes the only
answer is to fight back or walk away.
Task 2
【答案】
A.
1)
give in so easily to hijackers
’
demands
a) threaten to blow up a plane, commit
some other outage
b)
hold
out
against
this
kind
of
blackmail,
always
have
terrorists,
Start
executing
terrorists
automatically
c)
be prepared to face the consequences of evil
2)
a)
It
’
s the lesser of two evils. Terrorists have proven often enough that they really mean business.
b)
Innocent lives, threatening the innocent will achieve its ends.
B.
She
implies
that
if
the
first
speaker
was
one
of
the
victims
of
terrorism,
she
would
want
the
government to give in to the demands so
that she wouldn
’
t die.
【原文】
Margaret:
Governments
give in so easily to hijackers’ demands
. A hijacker only has to threaten to
blow
up
a
plane
or
commit
some
other
outrage,
and
a
government
gives
in
to
his
demands.
Valerie:
Naturally.
It’s the less
er of the two evils. What government would risk innocent lives just
to see if terrorists will
really do what they threaten to do? Terrorists
have proven often
enough that they
really mean business.
Margaret: Yes,
but i
f a government doesn’t hold out against this kind of blackmail, we wil
l always
have terrorists. Governments are
afraid to punish these people. They almost always
let
them go free. Start executing
terrorists automatically wherever they land, and
terrorism
will stop.
Valerie: And what about the innocent
lives that will be lost in the process? Terrorism
is based on
the simple idea that
threatening the innocent will achieve its ends.
Margaret: You can
’
t get rid of evil without being prepared to face the consequences of evil.
Valerie: So long
as you
’
re not one of the victims!
Task 3
【答案】
A.
1)
thirty-five, natural light, a small window, hot, airless, very noisy
2) Mexico
3) ought
to, shouldn
’
t
B.
1)
It
is
located
in
a
narrow
street
with
five-and
six-storey
buildings
eight
kilometers
from
downtown
Los Angeles.
2) This factory makes
shirts and jeans
3) She
’
s already been working for ten hours, but won
’
t stop for another two hours.
4) She can
’
t complain about those things because she is an illegal immigrant.
【原文】
Eight
kilometers
from
downtown
Los
Angeles
there
is
a
narrow
street
with
five-
and
six-storey
buildings. Inside one of these buildings there is
a small factory making shirts and jeans.
The women working in the factory sit
close together, each with a small table, each with
their own
sewing machine. The women say
nothing, and work hard. In one of the rooms there
are thirty-five
women. There is only a
little natural light, and this comes from a small
window in the roof. The
room is hot,
airless, and very noisy. On the left-hand side of
the room there is a young girl sitting
next to the wall. Every now and again
she closes her eyes, and her fingers stop working.
She's
already been in her chair for ten
hours, but she'll be here until the bell rings
—
and that won't be
for
another two hours. Her name is Maria, and she
comes from Mexico. She won't complain about
her
work.
She
won't
say
that
the
working
hours
ought
to
be
changed;
she
won't
say
that
the
working conditions shouldn't be
permitted.
Task 4
【答案】
A.
Every
year
the
British
government
publishes
statistics
about
social
trends.
Their
findings
show
definite patterns in the
British way of life.
1)
marked differences
a)
one hour more every day, three hours more every week
b)
1 percent, cleaning and ironing, keep household accounts, do repairs or improvements
c)
30 percent
2)
leisure activities, watching television, 20 hours a week, going for walks, Swimming, British
women
B.
Unlike the other couples, Carla has
always kept her won accounts and Adrian has always
done his
own
housework.
Neither
of
them
like
watching
television
very
much
and
they
both
like
swimming.
【原文】
When Adrian
Hutton and Carla Leone get married they will move
into a new house that they
have bought.
But what sort of life will they have? What can
they expect in modern Britain? Every
year the British government publishes
statistics about social trends. Their findings
show definite
patterns in the British
way of life.
In most marriages
there are some marked differences between husbands
and wives. Working
wives, for example,
sleep (on average) one hour more a day than
working husbands. Housewives,
on
the
other hand,
sleep
only
about
three
hours
more
every
week
than
their
working
husbands.
And
what
about
housework?
The
government
survey
showed
that
only
1%
of
men
do
the
household chores
—
like cleaning and ironing. But they do usually keep household accounts and it
is always men who do repairs or
improvements in the house. 30% of all marriages
end in divorce.
The
government
survey
also
looked
at
leisure
activities.
They
found
that
the
two
most
popular leisure activities in Britain
are watching television (the average family spends
20 hours a
week
in
front
of
the
TV
set)
and
going
for
walks.
Swimming
is
an
especially
popular
activity
among British women.
Carla
and Adrian's life, though, will probably be
different from the average marriage. In the
first
place
Carla
has
always
kept
her
own
accounts
and
Adrian
has
always
done
his
own
housework.
Neither of them like watching television very much
and they both like swimming.
Task
5
【答案】
A.
Topic: How
a city in Japan solve the problem of garbage
disposal.
Supporting details: 160
million, every year, 10 percent, 10 percent, the
rest, public cooperation
1) garbage
that can be easily burned, kitchen and garden
trash
2) electrical appliances, plastic
tools, plastic toys
3) are poisonous,
cause pollution, batteries
4) bottles
and glass containers that can be recycled
5) metal containers that can be
recycled
6) furniture and bicycled
on different days, on request,
fertilizer, to produce electricity, recycled,
cleaned, repaired, resold
cheaply, give
away
B.
1) The garbage will
be taken to a center that looks like a clean new
office building or hospital.
Inside the
center, special equipment is used to sort and
process the garbage.
2) Official from
cities around the world visit Machida to see
whether they can use some of these
ideas and techniques to solve their own
garbage disposal problems.
【原文】
Disposing of the garbage we produce
every day is a major problem in cities around the
world.
In
the
United
States,
over
160
million
tons
of
garbage
are
produce
every
year.
Ten
percent
is
recycled, ten
percent is burned, and the rest is put in
landfills. But finding land for new landfills is
becoming more difficult.
A
city
that
has
solved
this
problem
in
an
unusual
way
is
Machida,
in
Tokyo,
Japan.
They
have
developed
a
totally
new
approach
to
garbage
disposal.
The
key
to
the
operation
is
public
cooperation.
Families must divide their garbage into six
categories:
1. garbage that can be
easily burned (that is, combustible garbage) such
as kitchen and garden
trash
;
2.
noncombustible garbage, such as small electrical
appliances, plastic tools, and plastic
toys
;
3. products that
are poisonous or that cause pollution, such as
batteries and fluorescent lights
;
4. bottles and glass containers that
can be recycled
;
5. metal
containers that can be recycled
;
6. large items, such as furniture and
bicycles.
The items in categories1 to 5
are collected on different days. Large items are
only collected
upon request. Then the
garbage is taken to a center that looks like a
clean new office building or
hospital.
Inside
the
center,
special
equipment
is
used
to
sort
and
process
the
garbage.
Almost
everything
can
be
reused:
garden
or
kitchen
trash
becomes
fertilizer;
combustible
garbage
is
burned to
produce electrical; metal containers and bottles
are recycled; and old furniture, clothing,
and other useful items are cleaned,
repaired, and resold cheaply or given away. The
work provides
employment for
handicapped person and gives them a chance to
learn new skills.
Nowadays, officials
from cities around the world visit Machida to see
whether they can use
some of these
ideas and techniques to solve their own garbage
disposal problems.
Task
6
【答案】
1) They
were talking about Mrs. Carter.
2) She
was a tall, handsome woman who used to come into
the shop at least twice a week.
3) She
lived alone in a large house on an old farm---
about three miles from the shop.
4)
He
was
absolutely
certain,
otherwise
he
would
never
call
the
police.
His
evidence
was
this:
First, he saw
her do it; second, he found the things in her bag;
third, she had done it before.
5)
Because
two
young
people
saw
her.
The
shopkeeper
believed
that
if
they
didn
’
t
punish
her,
young people
would think that stealing didn
’
t matter.
6) The judge thought that it
was difficult case from a humanitarian point of
view. The excuses her
found for her
were: First, the woman was old and she lived alone
---she was lonely. Second, she
wasn
’
t poor---she was well-known for her generosity to charities and she didn
’
t need to steal. Te
items were only worth a pound or two.
Third, she pleaded not guilty and she
didn
’
t know that
she had
done it.
【原文】
Shopkeeper: I knew Mrs. Carter very
well. She was a tall, handsome woman who used to
come
into the shop at least twice a
week. She lived alone in a large house on an old
farm
—
about three miles
from here. People ask me if I am certain she did
it. The answer is yes.
I
was
absolutely
certain,
otherwise
I
would
never
have
called
the
police.
In
the
first
place, I saw
her do it. I watched her put the things into her
bag and I watched her walk
out of the
store. In the second place, we found the things in
her bag, and finally, she
had done it
before. It wasn't the first time. I think she was
in such a confused state that
she
didn’t
know
what
she
was
doing,
but
two
other
people
say
her
—
two
young
people. We had to punish her, otherwise
young people would thin
k that stealing didn’t
matter.
Judge: It was
a difficult case from a humanitarian point of
view. The woman was old and she lived
alone
—
she
was
lonely.
She
wasn’t
poor
—
she
was
well-known
for
her
generosity
to
charities
and
she
didn’t
need
to
steal.
The
items
were
only
worth
a
pound
or
two.
She
pleaded not guilty and said she didn’t
know that she had done it. From the legal point of
view the case was straightforward. The
woman stole; she was caught and reported. There
were witnesses. She had to be punished
or else no one could be punished for stealing.
Task
7
【答案】
A.
not all modern cities are alike; modern city.
1) a single high-density center,
skyscrapers, motorways, as far as you can see
2)
the
low-density
multi-center
city,
a
large
collection
of
a
number
of
small
centers,
shopping
centers, factories, businesses,
skyscrapers
B.
1) He thinks
that the second type( the Los Angeles model) is
more sensible.
2) He considers it
highly likely that the kind of city we know now
will completely disappear.
【原文】
Interviewer: Would you say then that
all modem cities are pretty much alike?
Urban Planner: Quite definitely not.
There seem to be two types of modem city. In type
one there
is a single high-density
centre, and that's where you'll find the
skyscrapers. This is
surrounded by
motorways. And all around this centre, low-density
suburbs stretch
as far as you can see.
This is like Houston, or Calgary, or Toronto.
Interviewer:
And the second type?
Urban Planner: The other type is like
Los Angeles
—
the low-density
multi-centre
city. As I'm
sure
you
know
Los
Angeles
is
really
a
large
collection
of
a
number
of
small
centres,
each
with
its
shopping
centres,
factories,
businesses,
and
skyscrapers
scattered
everywhere. In a way it's almost one enormous
suburb.
Interviewer: Do you. think one type is better than the other?
Urban Planner: I
think the Los Angeles model is more sensible.
Interviewer: And so do you think Los Angeles is the city of the future?
Urban
Planner:
Well,
it
is
arguable
that
the
next
step
after
Los
Angeles
is
the
complete
disappearance of the
city, with no real centre, where well-designed
forms of urban