大学英语听力教程上册unit8原文及答案
小学生板报-上海公务员考试科目
Unit Eight
Part One Statements
Complete each of the statements with what you hear
and choose A or B that explains the
word or
phrase in bold.
1. He was caught when he
was pinching a few valuable items from the big
department store.(A)
2. The police officers
thought that they were pulling over a suspected
drunk driver early
Tuesday morning. ( A )
3. If the thief is not stealing something
valuable, I will mind my own business. ( A )
4. The swimmers saw a storm arising and made for
the shore. ( B )
5. The murderer confessed
his guilt to the police after he was arrested. ( B
)
6. The child ought to be punished. You
shouldn't let him get away with the theft. ( A )
7. The report of his crime was circulating
quickly through the town. ( A )
8. Harry
was trying to trick the old lady out of her money.
( A )
9. The burglary took place when the
old lady was at home. ( A )
10. We wondered
why they were checking on the man who was so kind
and honest. ( A )
Part Two Dialogues
Dialogue one
Tricks
Fred: Are you sure this is the fight
house?
Harry: Of course I'm sure. I used
to live next door, didn't I? It's easy and safe.
She's not been
out for twenty
years. Frightened to go out in case someone
pinches her money.
Fred: That's just
what we're going to do, isn't it? Except she's in.
What if she hears us?
Harry: She won't.
Deaf as a post. Probably half blind, too. Living
in the dark all those years.
Come on, get in
this window. Stand on my back and give me a hand
up. Right, now
come on. Let's have a look
around.
Wendy: Ah, good evening, you've
come at last.
Fred: Blimey.
Harry:
Oh,... er... good evening. Yeah...er... sorry to
be late.
Wendy: Late! Oh, you are naughty.
Keeping me waiting here twenty years. And then
trying to
surprise me by coming in the window.
And you've brought a friend, I see. Good
evening. I hope you didn't damage your clothes
coming into the window like that.
Harry is
such a silly boy. Still up to his tricks. Do take
a chair. And you Harry, sit
down and we can
all have a nice cup of tea. You'd like that,
wouldn't you?
Fred: Oh,... er... yeah, er...
thanks very much. Er... thank you.
Harry:
Wendy, I want to talk to you about money.
Wendy: Ah yes, Harry. I wondered. I wasn't
going to mention it quite so soon, but that ten
thousand pounds I lent you must have acquired
quite a lot of interest by now, and
times are
rather hard. Now, drink your tea like a good boy
and we'll discuss how you
can pay it back.
Twenty years is a long time to wait, after all.
Harry? Harry, what are
you doing? Come back
here at once. Oh dear. He is a naughty boy. But I
know he'll
come back. Always did. But I'm
afraid his tea will be cold. Ah...
I. Listen
to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each
of the questions you hear.
1. What do
Harry and Fred plan to do in Wendy's house? ( C )
2. Why has the woman not been out
of her house for twenty years? ( B )
3.
How does Fred get into the house? ( A )
4.
Which of the following statements is NOT
mentioned? ( B )
5. What is Harry doing
after Wendy ask him to pay back her money? ( A )
II. Listen to the dialogue again and answer
the following questions with Yes or No.
1.
Does Harry live in the same neighbourhood as the
woman? ( No )
2. Has the woman not been
out of her house because she has been blind for
twenty
years? ( No )
3. Do Harry and
Fred get into the house through the window with a
ladder? ( No )
4. Does the woman recognize
Harry immediately because she still remembers the
naughty boy next door? ( Yes )
5. Did
Harry borrow one thousand pounds from the woman
twenty years ago? ( No )
Dialogue Two
The Wanted Person
A: No luck then, John?
B: Afraid not, Sir. Not yet, anyhow. We're
still checking on stolen cars.
A: Mm.
B: Where do you think Michael will head for, Sir?
A: Well, he definitely won't try to leave
the country yet. He may try to get a passport, and
he'll certainly need clothes and money. He'll
probably get in touch with his wife for
those,
so I expect he'll make for Birmingham.
B:
Right, I'll put some men in the house.
A:
Yes, do that. Mind you. I doubt if he'll show up
there in person. Michael is no fool,
you know.
I should think he'll probably telephone.
B:
What about his wife?
A: Mm. I shouldn't
think he'll go anywhere near her though he might
get her to join him
after he's left the
country. And when he does leave, he probably won't
use a major
airport, either. So you'd better
alert the guards and keep an eye on the private
airfields.
B: Right Sir, I'd better get his
pictures circulated.
A: Yes. And John be
careful. He could be armed. And if I know him, he
certainly won't
give himself up without a
fight.
I. Listen to the dialogue and choose
the best answer to each of the questions you hear.
1. What is the person wanted by the police
named? ( C )
2. Where will the wanted person
probably first go, according to the police? ( C )
3. Which of the following things will the
man probably not go for? ( A )
4. How will
the man probably get in touch with his wife? ( A )
5. How will the man probably try to leave
the country? ( B )
II. Listen to the dialogue
again and write T for True or F for False for each
statement you
hear.
1. The man escaped
in a stolen car. ( T )
2. The police will keep
an eye on the man's wife because he is likely to
come back. ( T )
3. The police will send his
photos to different parts of the country. ( T )
4. The man might get his wife to join him
after he has left the country. ( T )
5. The
man will kill himself before he is caught. ( F )
Dialogue Three
Shoplifting
Woman: Well, I'm not sure what I
would have done. I mean, it would have depended on
various things.
Interviewer: On
what, for instance?
Woman: Well, on how
valuable the things the boys stole were. I think I
would have told
the shopkeeper if
they had stolen something really valuable.
Otherwise, I would
have just minded
my own business.
Man: Well, if you let
boys or anybody else get away with the theft,
they'll just go on
stealing! So, I think
the woman should have told, er, the shopkeeper.
Interviewer: Mr. Patel.
Man: Patel. She should have told him and
if necessary she should have held the boys
while he got the police, or she should have gone
for the police herself.
Interviewer : So
you're saying that that's what you would have
done?
Man: Exactly. If I had been in
that situation, that's exactly what I would have
done.
I. Listen to the dialogue and choose
the best answer to each of the questions you
hear.,!
1. Which of the following
questions are they expected to answer? ( C )
2. How did the woman answer the question? ( C )
3. Which of the following statements is
NOT mentioned by the man? ( B )
4. Who
is Mr. Patel? ( D )
5. Why should the
woman have told the shopkeeper according to the
man? ( B )
II. Listen to the dialogue again
and fill in the blanks with the information you
hear.
The woman said she would have told the
shopkeeper if the boys had stolen something really
valuable, otherwise, she would have minded her
own business. But the man believed that if she let
the boys or anybody else get away with the
theft, they would just go on stealing. Therefore,
she
should have told the shopkeeper.
Part Three Passages
Passage one
Murderer Wants Movie Made
A man killed three
women. He confessed to the crimes. He is now in
jail. A reporter wanted
to talk to the man
about the murders. He agreed to talk if the
reporter would do something for him.
He wanted
the reporter to put him in contact with people in
Hollywood.
This confessed murderer wants a
movie made about his crimes. He wants to talk to
people
in Hollywood, so he can tell them
everything that happened. He hopes to become very
famous.
Many people have said that police and
investigators did not do a good job in this case.
Police did
not think this man was the killer.
Someone gave the man's name and picture to the
media who
showed it on television.
Someone
recognized the man's picture. She called the
police. Police then arrested the man
ant he
later confessed.
I. Listen to the passage and
choose the best answer to each of the questions
you hear.
1. Why was the man sent to jail?
( B )
2. What did the man want the reporter
to do before he agreed to talk with him? ( A )
3. Why did the man want to talk with people
in Hollywood? ( C )
4. Which of the
following facts led to his arrest? ( D )
5.
How does the man feel about his action? ( D )
II. Listen to the passage again and complete
the following sentences with the information
you hear.
1. He wanted the reporter to put
him in contact with people in Hollywood.
2.
This confessed murderer wants a movie made about
his crimes.
3. Many people have said that
police and investigators did not do a good job in
the case.
4. Someone gave the man's name and
picture to the media who showed it on television.
5. Someone recognized the man's picture.
Passaic Two
Police Arrest Parents
Sometimes kids skip
school. This means that they do not go. Kids need
to go to school to
learn. People from the
schools call the parents of these kids. They want
to let parents know that
their kids are
regularly missing school. Some parents do not seem
to care.
People from the schools also try to
set up meetings with these parents. They often do
not
show up. They do not seem to be worded
that their kids are skipping school.
The
police and workers at the schools are frustrated.
They think that parents should be
responsible
for keeping their kids in school. They have
decided to do something.
One day officers went
out to look for these parents. Many of them were
found. They were
arrested.
I. Listen to
the passage and choose the best answer to each of
the questions your hear.
1. What is meant by
the phrase
2. Why do people from the school
call the parents? ( B )
3. Which of the
following statements is NOT true about the
parents? ( D )
4. Which of the following is
NOT mentioned about the school workers and the
police? ( D )
5. What's the purpose of the
police arresting some parents? ( A )
II.
Listen to the passage again and answer the
following questions.
1. What do kids
sometimes do?
They sometimes skip
school.
2. What do people from the school
want parents to know?
Their kids are
regularly missing school.
3. Who should be
responsible for keeping kids in school, according
to the passage?
The parents.
4.
How do the police and workers at the school feel
about parents' irresponsibility?
They
are frustrated.
5. What do the police
decide to do with parents' irresponsibility?
To look for and arrest them.
Passage Three
Police Find Drugs
Police officers saw someone driving badly.
They decided to pull the driver over. They thought
it was a drunk driver.
The officers turned
on their sirens. The driver was pulled over. The
officers walked up to the
car. They spoke to
the driver of the car. They searched the driver.
One of the officers found some
drugs in the
driver's pocket.
The officers arrested
the person. While they are making the arrest one
of the officers looked
into the back of the
car. He saw supplies for making a lot of drugs.
It is illegal to have drug making supplies.
The driver was taken to jail. This person is in a
lot
of trouble.
I. Listen to the passage
and choose the best answer to each of the
questions you hear
1. Why did police
officers decide to pull the driver over? ( B )
2. What did one of the police officer
find? ( D )
3. What else did the officers
discover in the back of the car? ( A )
4.
What can you infer about the driver from this
passage? ( A )
5. What was the driver's
trouble ? ( D )
II. Listen to the passage
again and write T for True or F for False for each
statement you
hear.
1. Police officers
saw someone driving mad. ( F )
2. The
officers turned off their sirens and pulled the
driver over. ( F )
3. Some drugs were found
in the driver's pocket. ( T )
4. It's legal
to have drug making supplies. ( F )
5. The
driver was arrested and taken to jail. ( T )
Part Four Idioms and Proverbs
I. In this part, you will be presented with
ten sentences. Listen carefully and write them
down.
1. Love sees no fault.
2.
There is nothing constant except change.
3.
Tomorrow is another day.
4. Prevention is
better than cure.
5. Live and Learn.
6. Those who live in glass houses should not throw
stones.
7. As soon as man is born he begins
to die.
8. If a job's worth doing, it's
worth doing well.
9. He is the best general
who makes the fewest mistakes.
10. When in
Rome, do as the Romans do.
II. In this part,
you will hear ten sentences. In each sentence
there is one idiom that is given
below.
Listen and guess its meaning from the context.
Script:
1. The child was shaking like a
leaf while he was meeting with the principal.
2. A: How are your final exams?
B: So
far so good, but I have two more tests tomorrow.
They are the most difficult ones.
3. The
tickets for the ceremony were sold out in 60
minutes.
4. Speak of the devil! We were just
talking about you! How did you know that?
5.
The students stayed up late last night to prepare
for the final exam.
6. I will take a leaf out
of his book. It's clear to see how he learned to
become a fluent
English teacher.
7. Don't
worry too much about the exam. Take it easy
everything will be okay.
8. Sam is really a
natural programmer. He took to programming like a
duck to water even
before he graduated from
elementary school.
9. That movie was
really a tearjerker.
10. A: I wish I didn't
have to take so many final exams this week.
B: Yeah, that makes two of us.
Keys:
1. be
shaking your body a lot because you are cold,
nervous, or frightened
2. Things have
been going on well until now.
3. Nothing
is left to sell.
4. You say
5. not
go to bed at a time when most people are in bed or
when you would be normally in b~
6. behave
like himher
7. Relax; Don't worry.
8. to learn how to do something very easily,
quickly and well
9. a movie, book, or story
that makes you sad and cry
10. I agree with
you; I understand what you feel.
Part Five
Exercises for Homework
I. Short Conversations
In this part, you will hear ten short
conversations. Each of them is followed by a
question
After the question, you are
supposed to choose a correct answer from the four
choices
1. W: Did you graduate when your
sister did in 1970?
M: No, I finished
school a year before she did.
Q: When did
the man graduate? ( C )
2. W: John, you did
quite well on the test last time?
M: I
did?
Q: What's John's reaction to the
news? ( D )
3. W: I can't seem to find
Waterloo Station on the map.
M: Why not
ask someone where it is?
Q: What does the
man mean? (B)
4. W: Good Afternoon. May I
help you?
M: Yes, I'd like to cash these
traveler's checks first and then open a saving's
account.
Q: Where does the conversation
probably take place? ( C )
5. W: Jane is
supposed to be here at the meeting today. Where is
she?
M: She came down with the flu and
had to stay home.
Q: Why didn't Jane
attend the meeting? ( A )
6. W: What'll you
do with your dog when you leave for vacation?
M: I'm having my neighbor take care of it.
Q: What'll happen to the man's dog? ( C )
7.
W: What would you recommend for a cough?
M: Well, I can give you some cough medicine, but
if it's very bad, you ought to see a
doctor.
Q: What is the man most likely? ( B )
8. W: Hello, Dave, pleased to meet you.
Welcome to the company. My name's Kate and
I'm
going to show you around the office.
M:
Hello, Kate! Thank you very much.
Q:
What's the probable relationship between the man
and the woman? ( C )
9. W: How long did
it take you to finish the homework?
M: Ages.
What about you?
Q: What do we learn from the
dialogue? ( C )
10. W: When do you leave for
holiday?
M: On the fifteenth. We're flying.
We'll be back on the twenty-fourth.
Q: How
many days will the man be traveling? ( A )
II,
Passages
Passage One
Language Schools
200,000 students come every
year to one of Britain's 650 language schools, and
they bring
with them a total of 600 million
pounds! 60% of the students come from Europe,
mainly Germany,
Switzerland, France and Italy.
30% are from the Middle East, Iran and North
Africa, and 10% are
from Japan and Thailand.
There were some language schools in Britain
before 1939, but the number of them really
began to grow after the end of the Second
World War. The South of England became the most
popular place for language schools.
Usually, the towns with language schools
welcome the students. Many language schools are
only open in the summer, and all of them find
that the summer months are the most popular. Some
of Britain's language schools are very good
indeed, but some are very bad! Sometimes students
are unlucky and stay with a family they don't
like. It's fair to say, though, the most students
enjoy
themselves and work hard at a good
school.
Listen to the passage and choose the
best answer to each of the questions you hear.
1. How many students come to Britain to learn
English every year? ( C )
2. Where do 10% of
the students come from? ( B )
3. Which part
of England became the most popular place for
language schools? ( D )
4. When are language
schools open? ( A )
5. According to the
passage, what can you say about the language
schools?( C )
Passage Two
Advertisement for Burglar Alarm
Newsradio KYN
1060 Philadeplphis:
Homeowners: are you aware
that there's an all-new way to stop burglars from
breaking into
your home? Now there's an
advanced detection system that sets off the alarm
before the burglar
enters your home. This
remarkable invention is sensitive to the sounds of
a burglar at a door or
window. Before the
burglar can enter your house or apartment house,
he's met with the warning,
and lights on
inside and outside the house. Now the surprise and
shock of this alarm would
frighten off any
burglar. Just one burglar alarm can protect up to
2,500 square feet. It's no longer
necessary to
wire up every window and door or fix individual
alarms to every window and door.
You can fix
it by yourself in a matter of minutes. So if
you're worried that your home is not
equipped
to stop an burglar from breaking in, call 800
331-1002.
Listen to the passage and complete
the following sentences with the information you
hear.
1. The homeowners are told that there
is an all-new way to stop burglars from breaking
into
their houses.
2. According to the
advertisement, the burglar alarm is an advanced
detection system that sets
off the alarm
before the burglar enters your home.
3.
It is said that the surprise and shock of this
alarm would frighten off any burglar.
4.
According to the advertisement, the homeowners
don't have to wire up every window and
door or
fix individual alarms to every window and door.
5. The advertisement tries very hard to
persuade people to buy the burglar alarms.
Passage Three
Writers of
Advice
Most Americans don't like to get advice
from members of their family. When they need
advice they usually don't ask people they
know. Instead, many Americans write letters to
newspapers and magazines which give advice on
many different subjects, including family
problems, sex, the use of language, health,
cooking, child care, clothes, and how to buy a
house or
a car.
Most newspapers regularly
print letters from readers with problems. Along
with the letters
there are answers written by
people who are supposed to know how to solve such
problems. Some
of these writers are doctors,
and others are lawyers or educators. But two of
the most famous
writers of advice are women
without special training for this kind of work.
One of them answers
the letters addressed to
Experience is their preparation for giving
advice.
Listen to the passage and answer the
following questions.
1. From whom do most
Americans NOT like to get advice?
From
members of their family.
2. From whom do
most Americans get advice according to the
passage?
From strangers.
3. Why do
Americans write to newspapers or magazines?
They can give advice on many kinds of subjects.
4. How do newspapers deal with the letters
written by those people with problems?
They regularly print the letters with some answers
by famous people.
5. Who are Abby and Ann
Landers according to the passage?
The
well-known writers who give advice.
III A
Starry for Retelling
Here is a funny story.
Listen and retell it.
Jack
My friend, Dick, has a large police dog
named Jack. Every Sunday Dick takes Jack for a
long
walk in the park. Jack likes these long
walks very much.
One afternoon a young man
came to visit my fried. He stayed a long time. He
talked and
talked. Soon it was time for Dick
to take Jack for a walk. But the visitor was still
there. Jack
became very worded. He walked
about the room for some time and then sat down
fight in front of
the visitor and looked at
him. But the visitor seemed not to notice him. He
kept talking. At last
Jack couldn't stand it
any longer. He went out of the room and came back
a few minutes later. He
sat down again in
front of the visitor, but this time he held the
visitor's hat in his mouth.
Unit
Eight
Part One Statements
Complete each
of the statements with what you hear and choose A
or B that explains the
word or phrase in
bold.
1. He was caught when he was
pinching a few valuable items from the big
department store.(A)
2. The police officers
thought that they were pulling over a suspected
drunk driver early
Tuesday morning. ( A )
3. If the thief is not stealing something
valuable, I will mind my own business. ( A )
4. The swimmers saw a storm arising and made for
the shore. ( B )
5. The murderer confessed
his guilt to the police after he was arrested. ( B
)
6. The child ought to be punished. You
shouldn't let him get away with the theft. ( A )
7. The report of his crime was circulating
quickly through the town. ( A )
8. Harry
was trying to trick the old lady out of her money.
( A )
9. The burglary took place when the
old lady was at home. ( A )
10. We wondered
why they were checking on the man who was so kind
and honest. ( A )
Part Two Dialogues
Dialogue one
Tricks
Fred: Are you sure this is the fight
house?
Harry: Of course I'm sure. I used
to live next door, didn't I? It's easy and safe.
She's not been
out for twenty
years. Frightened to go out in case someone
pinches her money.
Fred: That's just
what we're going to do, isn't it? Except she's in.
What if she hears us?
Harry: She won't.
Deaf as a post. Probably half blind, too. Living
in the dark all those years.
Come on, get in
this window. Stand on my back and give me a hand
up. Right, now
come on. Let's have a look
around.
Wendy: Ah, good evening, you've
come at last.
Fred: Blimey.
Harry:
Oh,... er... good evening. Yeah...er... sorry to
be late.
Wendy: Late! Oh, you are naughty.
Keeping me waiting here twenty years. And then
trying to
surprise me by coming in the window.
And you've brought a friend, I see. Good
evening. I hope you didn't damage your clothes
coming into the window like that.
Harry is
such a silly boy. Still up to his tricks. Do take
a chair. And you Harry, sit
down and we can
all have a nice cup of tea. You'd like that,
wouldn't you?
Fred: Oh,... er... yeah, er...
thanks very much. Er... thank you.
Harry:
Wendy, I want to talk to you about money.
Wendy: Ah yes, Harry. I wondered. I wasn't
going to mention it quite so soon, but that ten
thousand pounds I lent you must have acquired
quite a lot of interest by now, and
times are
rather hard. Now, drink your tea like a good boy
and we'll discuss how you
can pay it back.
Twenty years is a long time to wait, after all.
Harry? Harry, what are
you doing? Come back
here at once. Oh dear. He is a naughty boy. But I
know he'll
come back. Always did. But I'm
afraid his tea will be cold. Ah...
I. Listen
to the dialogue and choose the best answer to each
of the questions you hear.
1. What do
Harry and Fred plan to do in Wendy's house? ( C )
2. Why has the woman not been out
of her house for twenty years? ( B )
3.
How does Fred get into the house? ( A )
4.
Which of the following statements is NOT
mentioned? ( B )
5. What is Harry doing
after Wendy ask him to pay back her money? ( A )
II. Listen to the dialogue again and answer
the following questions with Yes or No.
1.
Does Harry live in the same neighbourhood as the
woman? ( No )
2. Has the woman not been
out of her house because she has been blind for
twenty
years? ( No )
3. Do Harry and
Fred get into the house through the window with a
ladder? ( No )
4. Does the woman recognize
Harry immediately because she still remembers the
naughty boy next door? ( Yes )
5. Did
Harry borrow one thousand pounds from the woman
twenty years ago? ( No )
Dialogue Two
The Wanted Person
A: No luck then, John?
B: Afraid not, Sir. Not yet, anyhow. We're
still checking on stolen cars.
A: Mm.
B: Where do you think Michael will head for, Sir?
A: Well, he definitely won't try to leave
the country yet. He may try to get a passport, and
he'll certainly need clothes and money. He'll
probably get in touch with his wife for
those,
so I expect he'll make for Birmingham.
B:
Right, I'll put some men in the house.
A:
Yes, do that. Mind you. I doubt if he'll show up
there in person. Michael is no fool,
you know.
I should think he'll probably telephone.
B:
What about his wife?
A: Mm. I shouldn't
think he'll go anywhere near her though he might
get her to join him
after he's left the
country. And when he does leave, he probably won't
use a major
airport, either. So you'd better
alert the guards and keep an eye on the private
airfields.
B: Right Sir, I'd better get his
pictures circulated.
A: Yes. And John be
careful. He could be armed. And if I know him, he
certainly won't
give himself up without a
fight.
I. Listen to the dialogue and choose
the best answer to each of the questions you hear.
1. What is the person wanted by the police
named? ( C )
2. Where will the wanted person
probably first go, according to the police? ( C )
3. Which of the following things will the
man probably not go for? ( A )
4. How will
the man probably get in touch with his wife? ( A )
5. How will the man probably try to leave
the country? ( B )
II. Listen to the dialogue
again and write T for True or F for False for each
statement you
hear.
1. The man escaped
in a stolen car. ( T )
2. The police will keep
an eye on the man's wife because he is likely to
come back. ( T )
3. The police will send his
photos to different parts of the country. ( T )
4. The man might get his wife to join him
after he has left the country. ( T )
5. The
man will kill himself before he is caught. ( F )
Dialogue Three
Shoplifting
Woman: Well, I'm not sure what I
would have done. I mean, it would have depended on
various things.
Interviewer: On
what, for instance?
Woman: Well, on how
valuable the things the boys stole were. I think I
would have told
the shopkeeper if
they had stolen something really valuable.
Otherwise, I would
have just minded
my own business.
Man: Well, if you let
boys or anybody else get away with the theft,
they'll just go on
stealing! So, I think
the woman should have told, er, the shopkeeper.
Interviewer: Mr. Patel.
Man: Patel. She should have told him and
if necessary she should have held the boys
while he got the police, or she should have gone
for the police herself.
Interviewer : So
you're saying that that's what you would have
done?
Man: Exactly. If I had been in
that situation, that's exactly what I would have
done.
I. Listen to the dialogue and choose
the best answer to each of the questions you
hear.,!
1. Which of the following
questions are they expected to answer? ( C )
2. How did the woman answer the question? ( C )
3. Which of the following statements is
NOT mentioned by the man? ( B )
4. Who
is Mr. Patel? ( D )
5. Why should the
woman have told the shopkeeper according to the
man? ( B )
II. Listen to the dialogue again
and fill in the blanks with the information you
hear.
The woman said she would have told the
shopkeeper if the boys had stolen something really
valuable, otherwise, she would have minded her
own business. But the man believed that if she let
the boys or anybody else get away with the
theft, they would just go on stealing. Therefore,
she
should have told the shopkeeper.
Part Three Passages
Passage one
Murderer Wants Movie Made
A man killed three
women. He confessed to the crimes. He is now in
jail. A reporter wanted
to talk to the man
about the murders. He agreed to talk if the
reporter would do something for him.
He wanted
the reporter to put him in contact with people in
Hollywood.
This confessed murderer wants a
movie made about his crimes. He wants to talk to
people
in Hollywood, so he can tell them
everything that happened. He hopes to become very
famous.
Many people have said that police and
investigators did not do a good job in this case.
Police did
not think this man was the killer.
Someone gave the man's name and picture to the
media who
showed it on television.
Someone
recognized the man's picture. She called the
police. Police then arrested the man
ant he
later confessed.
I. Listen to the passage and
choose the best answer to each of the questions
you hear.
1. Why was the man sent to jail?
( B )
2. What did the man want the reporter
to do before he agreed to talk with him? ( A )
3. Why did the man want to talk with people
in Hollywood? ( C )
4. Which of the
following facts led to his arrest? ( D )
5.
How does the man feel about his action? ( D )
II. Listen to the passage again and complete
the following sentences with the information
you hear.
1. He wanted the reporter to put
him in contact with people in Hollywood.
2.
This confessed murderer wants a movie made about
his crimes.
3. Many people have said that
police and investigators did not do a good job in
the case.
4. Someone gave the man's name and
picture to the media who showed it on television.
5. Someone recognized the man's picture.
Passaic Two
Police Arrest Parents
Sometimes kids skip
school. This means that they do not go. Kids need
to go to school to
learn. People from the
schools call the parents of these kids. They want
to let parents know that
their kids are
regularly missing school. Some parents do not seem
to care.
People from the schools also try to
set up meetings with these parents. They often do
not
show up. They do not seem to be worded
that their kids are skipping school.
The
police and workers at the schools are frustrated.
They think that parents should be
responsible
for keeping their kids in school. They have
decided to do something.
One day officers went
out to look for these parents. Many of them were
found. They were
arrested.
I. Listen to
the passage and choose the best answer to each of
the questions your hear.
1. What is meant by
the phrase
2. Why do people from the school
call the parents? ( B )
3. Which of the
following statements is NOT true about the
parents? ( D )
4. Which of the following is
NOT mentioned about the school workers and the
police? ( D )
5. What's the purpose of the
police arresting some parents? ( A )
II.
Listen to the passage again and answer the
following questions.
1. What do kids
sometimes do?
They sometimes skip
school.
2. What do people from the school
want parents to know?
Their kids are
regularly missing school.
3. Who should be
responsible for keeping kids in school, according
to the passage?
The parents.
4.
How do the police and workers at the school feel
about parents' irresponsibility?
They
are frustrated.
5. What do the police
decide to do with parents' irresponsibility?
To look for and arrest them.
Passage Three
Police Find Drugs
Police officers saw someone driving badly.
They decided to pull the driver over. They thought
it was a drunk driver.
The officers turned
on their sirens. The driver was pulled over. The
officers walked up to the
car. They spoke to
the driver of the car. They searched the driver.
One of the officers found some
drugs in the
driver's pocket.
The officers arrested
the person. While they are making the arrest one
of the officers looked
into the back of the
car. He saw supplies for making a lot of drugs.
It is illegal to have drug making supplies.
The driver was taken to jail. This person is in a
lot
of trouble.
I. Listen to the passage
and choose the best answer to each of the
questions you hear
1. Why did police
officers decide to pull the driver over? ( B )
2. What did one of the police officer
find? ( D )
3. What else did the officers
discover in the back of the car? ( A )
4.
What can you infer about the driver from this
passage? ( A )
5. What was the driver's
trouble ? ( D )
II. Listen to the passage
again and write T for True or F for False for each
statement you
hear.
1. Police officers
saw someone driving mad. ( F )
2. The
officers turned off their sirens and pulled the
driver over. ( F )
3. Some drugs were found
in the driver's pocket. ( T )
4. It's legal
to have drug making supplies. ( F )
5. The
driver was arrested and taken to jail. ( T )
Part Four Idioms and Proverbs
I. In this part, you will be presented with
ten sentences. Listen carefully and write them
down.
1. Love sees no fault.
2.
There is nothing constant except change.
3.
Tomorrow is another day.
4. Prevention is
better than cure.
5. Live and Learn.
6. Those who live in glass houses should not throw
stones.
7. As soon as man is born he begins
to die.
8. If a job's worth doing, it's
worth doing well.
9. He is the best general
who makes the fewest mistakes.
10. When in
Rome, do as the Romans do.
II. In this part,
you will hear ten sentences. In each sentence
there is one idiom that is given
below.
Listen and guess its meaning from the context.
Script:
1. The child was shaking like a
leaf while he was meeting with the principal.
2. A: How are your final exams?
B: So
far so good, but I have two more tests tomorrow.
They are the most difficult ones.
3. The
tickets for the ceremony were sold out in 60
minutes.
4. Speak of the devil! We were just
talking about you! How did you know that?
5.
The students stayed up late last night to prepare
for the final exam.
6. I will take a leaf out
of his book. It's clear to see how he learned to
become a fluent
English teacher.
7. Don't
worry too much about the exam. Take it easy
everything will be okay.
8. Sam is really a
natural programmer. He took to programming like a
duck to water even
before he graduated from
elementary school.
9. That movie was
really a tearjerker.
10. A: I wish I didn't
have to take so many final exams this week.
B: Yeah, that makes two of us.
Keys:
1. be
shaking your body a lot because you are cold,
nervous, or frightened
2. Things have
been going on well until now.
3. Nothing
is left to sell.
4. You say
5. not
go to bed at a time when most people are in bed or
when you would be normally in b~
6. behave
like himher
7. Relax; Don't worry.
8. to learn how to do something very easily,
quickly and well
9. a movie, book, or story
that makes you sad and cry
10. I agree with
you; I understand what you feel.
Part Five
Exercises for Homework
I. Short Conversations
In this part, you will hear ten short
conversations. Each of them is followed by a
question
After the question, you are
supposed to choose a correct answer from the four
choices
1. W: Did you graduate when your
sister did in 1970?
M: No, I finished
school a year before she did.
Q: When did
the man graduate? ( C )
2. W: John, you did
quite well on the test last time?
M: I
did?
Q: What's John's reaction to the
news? ( D )
3. W: I can't seem to find
Waterloo Station on the map.
M: Why not
ask someone where it is?
Q: What does the
man mean? (B)
4. W: Good Afternoon. May I
help you?
M: Yes, I'd like to cash these
traveler's checks first and then open a saving's
account.
Q: Where does the conversation
probably take place? ( C )
5. W: Jane is
supposed to be here at the meeting today. Where is
she?
M: She came down with the flu and
had to stay home.
Q: Why didn't Jane
attend the meeting? ( A )
6. W: What'll you
do with your dog when you leave for vacation?
M: I'm having my neighbor take care of it.
Q: What'll happen to the man's dog? ( C )
7.
W: What would you recommend for a cough?
M: Well, I can give you some cough medicine, but
if it's very bad, you ought to see a
doctor.
Q: What is the man most likely? ( B )
8. W: Hello, Dave, pleased to meet you.
Welcome to the company. My name's Kate and
I'm
going to show you around the office.
M:
Hello, Kate! Thank you very much.
Q:
What's the probable relationship between the man
and the woman? ( C )
9. W: How long did
it take you to finish the homework?
M: Ages.
What about you?
Q: What do we learn from the
dialogue? ( C )
10. W: When do you leave for
holiday?
M: On the fifteenth. We're flying.
We'll be back on the twenty-fourth.
Q: How
many days will the man be traveling? ( A )
II,
Passages
Passage One
Language Schools
200,000 students come every
year to one of Britain's 650 language schools, and
they bring
with them a total of 600 million
pounds! 60% of the students come from Europe,
mainly Germany,
Switzerland, France and Italy.
30% are from the Middle East, Iran and North
Africa, and 10% are
from Japan and Thailand.
There were some language schools in Britain
before 1939, but the number of them really
began to grow after the end of the Second
World War. The South of England became the most
popular place for language schools.
Usually, the towns with language schools
welcome the students. Many language schools are
only open in the summer, and all of them find
that the summer months are the most popular. Some
of Britain's language schools are very good
indeed, but some are very bad! Sometimes students
are unlucky and stay with a family they don't
like. It's fair to say, though, the most students
enjoy
themselves and work hard at a good
school.
Listen to the passage and choose the
best answer to each of the questions you hear.
1. How many students come to Britain to learn
English every year? ( C )
2. Where do 10% of
the students come from? ( B )
3. Which part
of England became the most popular place for
language schools? ( D )
4. When are language
schools open? ( A )
5. According to the
passage, what can you say about the language
schools?( C )
Passage Two
Advertisement for Burglar Alarm
Newsradio KYN
1060 Philadeplphis:
Homeowners: are you aware
that there's an all-new way to stop burglars from
breaking into
your home? Now there's an
advanced detection system that sets off the alarm
before the burglar
enters your home. This
remarkable invention is sensitive to the sounds of
a burglar at a door or
window. Before the
burglar can enter your house or apartment house,
he's met with the warning,
and lights on
inside and outside the house. Now the surprise and
shock of this alarm would
frighten off any
burglar. Just one burglar alarm can protect up to
2,500 square feet. It's no longer
necessary to
wire up every window and door or fix individual
alarms to every window and door.
You can fix
it by yourself in a matter of minutes. So if
you're worried that your home is not
equipped
to stop an burglar from breaking in, call 800
331-1002.
Listen to the passage and complete
the following sentences with the information you
hear.
1. The homeowners are told that there
is an all-new way to stop burglars from breaking
into
their houses.
2. According to the
advertisement, the burglar alarm is an advanced
detection system that sets
off the alarm
before the burglar enters your home.
3.
It is said that the surprise and shock of this
alarm would frighten off any burglar.
4.
According to the advertisement, the homeowners
don't have to wire up every window and
door or
fix individual alarms to every window and door.
5. The advertisement tries very hard to
persuade people to buy the burglar alarms.
Passage Three
Writers of
Advice
Most Americans don't like to get advice
from members of their family. When they need
advice they usually don't ask people they
know. Instead, many Americans write letters to
newspapers and magazines which give advice on
many different subjects, including family
problems, sex, the use of language, health,
cooking, child care, clothes, and how to buy a
house or
a car.
Most newspapers regularly
print letters from readers with problems. Along
with the letters
there are answers written by
people who are supposed to know how to solve such
problems. Some
of these writers are doctors,
and others are lawyers or educators. But two of
the most famous
writers of advice are women
without special training for this kind of work.
One of them answers
the letters addressed to
Experience is their preparation for giving
advice.
Listen to the passage and answer the
following questions.
1. From whom do most
Americans NOT like to get advice?
From
members of their family.
2. From whom do
most Americans get advice according to the
passage?
From strangers.
3. Why do
Americans write to newspapers or magazines?
They can give advice on many kinds of subjects.
4. How do newspapers deal with the letters
written by those people with problems?
They regularly print the letters with some answers
by famous people.
5. Who are Abby and Ann
Landers according to the passage?
The
well-known writers who give advice.
III A
Starry for Retelling
Here is a funny story.
Listen and retell it.
Jack
My friend, Dick, has a large police dog
named Jack. Every Sunday Dick takes Jack for a
long
walk in the park. Jack likes these long
walks very much.
One afternoon a young man
came to visit my fried. He stayed a long time. He
talked and
talked. Soon it was time for Dick
to take Jack for a walk. But the visitor was still
there. Jack
became very worded. He walked
about the room for some time and then sat down
fight in front of
the visitor and looked at
him. But the visitor seemed not to notice him. He
kept talking. At last
Jack couldn't stand it
any longer. He went out of the room and came back
a few minutes later. He
sat down again in
front of the visitor, but this time he held the
visitor's hat in his mouth.