全新版大学英语听说教程2答案

unit1

Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball

player of all time. He was born on Feb. 1)

17, 2)

1963, in Brooklyn, New York. He is 3)

1.98

meters

tall

and

weighs

4)

216

pounds. Jordan joined

the Chicago

Bulls

team

for the 5) 1984

season. In the 6) 1986 season he shot 7)

3041 points, the 8)

third highest score ever. He was named

NBA Slam Dunk Champion (

扣篮冠军

)

in 9) 1987 and

won the Most Valuable Player Award in

10)

1988,

an

honor

repeated

11)

four

times in the next 12)

ten years to 13) 1998. Jordan guided his

team to win 14) six NBA championships

during the 15)

1990s, scoring

16) 45 points

during the

17) sixth and last game of the 18) 1998

NBA finals. In 19)

1999,

he

was

named

the

greatest

North

American athlete of the 20th century.

Jordan left the NBA at the beginning of

the 1993-1994 NBA season to

pursue a

career in

baseball. Since his baseball game wasn

’t

quite as good as his basketball games, he

finally gave it

up to rejoin the Bulls in 1995. Yet, after

playing for 20) five more years, he once

again announced

his

retirement

in

21)

1999.

But

he

returned for two more NBA games in 22)

2001 as a member of

the Washington Wizards.

Part B

Pre-listening Task

Exercise 1

d

b

Exercise 2

Listen again and write down answers to

the following questions.

1. Why is Laura so keen on sports?

Because she wants to enjoy good health.

She also wants to stay in shape and look

good.

2. What sports do Peter and Laura go in

for?

Both

Peter

and

Laura

like

cycling

and

swimming.

Laura

also

plays

tennis

regularly.

Part c

d c d c b

unit

2

Part A

1.

Yes

6

.No

Part B

Text

Exercise 1:

1. ...for a while

2. ...plans for this Saturday

3. ...dinner...weekend

4. ...Italian...too much food

5. ...Chinese...Japanese

Exercise 2:

1.

It

uses

natural

flavors,

not

much

oil or cream or heavy sauces.

2.

They will have dinner on Saturday

either

at

a

Chinese

or

a

Japanese

restaurant.

Part C

Exercise: 1. B

2.C

3.D

Part D (Refer to TextBook)

unit

3

part a

1.

a.

General

weather

conditions

for

today:

Fine and pleasant.

b. Temperature:

High: 18 °

C (64 °

F)

c. Weather outlook:

1

Mostly

cloudy

with

heavy

showers

moving in from the west.

2. a. When did the storm

start

and how

long did it last?

It

started

around

8

p.m.

and

lasted

for

about three hours.

b. How damaging was the storm?

It

caused

four

deaths

and

serious

damage

including

a

widespread

power

failure.

part b

1 . b

a

d

2. Listen to the conversation again. Then

write

down

answers

to

the

following

questions.

1. What happened to Alan and Michelle

last year?

They went

to

the department picnic but

their fun was spoiled by the hot weather.

2.

Why

won’t

Alan

worry

even

if

it

rains?

Because

he

thinks

it’ll

only

be

a

short

shower that cools things off a little.

part

c

a

b

c

d

b

unit 4

part a

1. However; a 2. Because; d

3. Firstly, then, finally; c 4. In short; b

part b

Exercise 1

Listen to the passage. As you listen, read

the signal words in your

book and put a tick (

√) in the brackets

after the ones you have heard.

1. for instance ( ) 2. but (√)

3. in addition ( ) 4. first (√)

5. very soon (√) 6. in consequence ( )

7. despite ( ) 8. on the contrary ( )

9. admittedly ( ) 10. to begin with (√)

11. firstly ( ) 12. howeve

r (√)

13. because (√) 14. on one hand ( )

15. on the other hand ( ) 16. yet (√)

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17. so (√) 18. hopefully ( )

Exercise2

b

d

c

a

part c

Listen to the passage three times and

supply the missing information.

Celine Dion is the youngest of 14

children in a working- class

family in Quebec, Canada. Her parents,

who both loved music, 1)

encouraged her to develop her musical 2)

talent. At 12, Celine had 3)

composed the song “It Was Only a

Dream”. Her mother and brother

helped her to make a recording of that

song and sent it off to an

address they found on an album of a

popular French singer. The

address was that of Rene Angelil, who

became her first 4) conquest,

but there would be millions more.

Celine’s rise from a teenage singer to a

pop superstar has been

5) steady, but not without difficulties.

Record companies were at

first less 6) enthusiastic about 7)

investing in a teenager than Angelil,

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who mortgaged his own home to pay for

her first album. But her

first two albums won a great success.

And by 1983 she became the

first Canadian ever to have a gold record

in France.

In 1990, Celine made her first English

language record with

Unison but 8) her real breakthrough in

America came when she was

selected by Disney to sing the theme

song of

Beauty and the Beast

.

The song went to No.1 on the chart and

won both a Grammy and an

2

Academy award. 9) In 1996 she

performed at the opening ceremony

of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and

in 1997 she recorded the

theme song for

Titanic

, and her name

became synonymous with the

enormously successful film.

Celine Dion’s favorite theme is love.10)

She sings the depth

and the power of love in a great many of

her hits such as “Love Can

Move Mountains”, “Because You Loved

Me”, “The Power of Love”

and, of course, the theme song of

Titanic

,

“My Heart Will Go On”.

unit 5

part a

c

d

part b

1. d

d

c

d

2.

1. What are the patient’s complaints?

She has suffered from insomnia for

several months and lately

has had a lot of indigestion.

2. What did the doctor do?

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He gave the patient some medicine for

insomnia and

indigestion. He also advised the patient

to have a proper diet

and begin a regular exercise program.

part c

d

b

b

a

d

unit6

Part A

1. What is the probable relationship

between the speakers?

They are probably business partners.

2. What are they doing?

One is showing the other the building

where her company has

offices.

3. On which floors are the offices of the

company?

2

Accounting Office 2nd floor

Personnel Department 8th floor

Manager

’s Office 9th floor

Sales Office 1st floor

Listen to the passage and fill in the

missing information.

part b

1. 1. What are the speakers doing?

They are discussing which candidate is

more suitable for a

vacant position in the company.

2. What position is vacant in this

company?

Leader of a small group.

3. What is the most important quality

this position requires,

according to Joan?

Being dynamic.

4. Why won’t John Jeffrey be promoted?

Because he has no experience in

leadership.

5. Why couldn’t the compa

ny give John

a chance?

Because he has always been a follower,

not a leader.

2.

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part c

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unit 7

te the following summary.

A man is at a store. He wants to buy a

medium-sized white

T-shirt with a slogan on the front. He is

3

helped by a shop

assistant in getting what he wants.

part b

b

c

d

2. 1. A recent study using elementary

students was interesting.

They said that people wearing Calvin

Klein designs were

more handsome and successful than

those wearing Wranglers.

Levi’s

-wearers were seen as sporty,

fashionable and fun

！

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2. Clothes that look great on

professional models may look

terrible on average buyers.

3. Expensive clothes can make the

wearer feel like part of the

high status group that sets taste and style.

So you are buying

an image of success.

4. When you dress in expensive clothes,

your mood brightens.

You feel good, ready to face another day

with energy.

5. Of course, a lot of people don’t like

high fashion. They’d

rather spend their money on something

practical. Which

would

you

prefer

—

the

image

or

the

reality?

part c

Vera Wang has become a 1) significant

figure in the

American fashion industry in a 2)

relatively short period of time.

She has no formal design training

because her father wouldn’t

let her go to art school and wanted her to

3) concentrate on more

“practical subjects”.

After earning a

degree in 4) liberal arts,

Vera worked as an 5) editor at

Vogue

for

17 years and as a

design director of Ralph Lauren for two

years. In 1990 she

opened her first boutique on Madison

Avenue in New York, in a

less expensive line of 6) ready-to-wear

bridal and evening

dresses. She chose bridal wear for she

wanted to build a fashion

company starting with one market and

then 7) expand into

others. She became a household name in

1994 when she

designed stylish costumes for figure

skater Nancy Kerrigan to

wear in the Winter Olympics.

8) Vera Wang herself is a very good

skater and she had

Olympic dreams too. But that dream was

crushed when she did

not win at the National Figure Skating

Championships in 1968.

9) However her love for the sport never

cea

sed. “I wanted to

make an artistic contribution to the

sport,” she said. 10) “I don’t

know if designing costumes for Nancy

has been good in terms

20

of actual sales, but it has been

tremendous for name

recognition.”

unit 8

part a

1. Don

’t expect money to buy you

happiness.

2. Enjoy the moment.

3. Learn to like yourself.

4. Self-esteem grows out of achieving

realistic goals.

5. Take occasional days of rest.

6. Put on a happy face

—

even if you

4

don’t feel happy.

7. Exercise.

8. Get enough sleep to feel rested.

9. Build close relationships.

part b

1.b d d b c d

2. Every day, millions of Americans buy

lottery tickets and

dream of winning the lottery. If you win

one million dollars, you

can receive from $$25,000 to $$40,000 a

year for twenty years

after paying taxes. Winners spend the

large amount of money in

different ways. Some use the money to

pursue their own

interests, some on home improvement

and travel, and others

save the money for their children’s

college education. Most

winners quit their jobs and only a small

number of them still

stay on their jobs. Some winners realize

that money brings

security and gives them opportunities,

but money does not mean

happiness.

part c

c

d

d

d

unit 9

parta

1.

bcd

part b

1.

cba

1. What helped Larry to carry on with

life when his dream was

dashed again and again?

His belief that one day he would become

a movie star.

2. What job did Larry find in order to

support himself?

Parking cars for one of Hollywood’s big

restaurants.

3. Was Larry well-paid and how did he

manage to

make a living?

No, his pay was only basic. But he got

generous tips from

guests driving into the restaurant.

4. What happened one day that changed

Larry's life?

Larry parked the car of a famous film

director and was able to

introduce himself to the man.

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5. Larry said: “A lot of big companies

are after me.” What can

be the two meanings of this statement?

a. Many big film companies are

interested in me.

2.

b. Many big companies are pressing

me to pay their bills

part c

b

d

b

a

unit 10

1.

Type of disaster 1) Earthquake

Time 2) Three days ago

Place 3) Turkey

Number of people killed 4) 10,000

Number of people injured 5) 34,000

2.

2

Type of disaster 1) Explosion

Time 2) Early this morning

Place Shijiazhuang

Number of people killed 3) 108

Number of people injured 4) 38

Number of people severely

injured

5) 11

Cause Unknown

part b

Exercise 1

Listen to the passage and complete the

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