大学英语听说2练习题答案

Textbook (study by yourself )

Unit one: sports

Part A: p.2

1-10: 17,1963,1.98,216,1984,1986,3041,third,1987,1988 11-22:four, ten, 1998, six, 1990s, 45, sixth, 1998,1999, five, 1999,2001

Part B: p.5

exercise 1: db

exercise 2:1) because she wants to enjoy good health. She also wants to stay in shape and look good.

2) Both Peter and Laura like cycling and swimming. Laura also plays tennis regularly.

Part C: p.8 dcdcb

Unit two: food and drinks

Part A p.10

1. Q: Does the woman enjoy the food in that restaurant? Yes

2. Q: Is the man satisfied with the restaurant’s service? No

3. Q: Do the children like the cake? Yes

4. Q: Does the man like chicken best? No

5. Q: Does the woman like the wine? Yes

6. Q: Does John want a soda? No

7. Q: Does the man like the fish? No

8. Q: Will Sue eat out with the man tonight? No

Part B: p.13

Exercise 1

Listen to the conversation and complete the following sentences.

1. Peter and Kate haven’t seen each other for a while.

2. Kate doesn’t have any plans for this Saturday.

3. Peter suggests to Kate that they have dinner together during the weekend.

4. Peter loves Italian food, but he thinks they serve too much food in Italian restaurants.

5. Both Peter and Kate like Chinese food and Japanese food.

Exercise 2

Listen to the conversation again and write down answers to the following questions.

1. What does Peter say about Japanese food?

It uses natural flavors, not much oil or cream or heavy sauces.

2. When and where will Peter and Kate have dinner together?

They will have dinner on Saturday either at a Chinese or a Japanese restaurant.

Part C: p.18: bcd

Unit three: weather

Part A: p.20

1. a. General weather conditions for today:

Fine and pleasant.

b. Temperature:

High: 18 °C (64 °F)

c. Weather outlook:

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: p.23

Exercise 1

Listen to the conversation and choose the right answers to the questions.

1. What are Alan and Michelle mainly doing?

a. They are planning a picnic for the department.

b. They are wondering what the weather will be like at the annual picni

c.

c. They are discussing how to escape from the sun.

d. They are having cold drinks and talking about the weather.

2. What do you know about Alan?

a. He thinks the department has misjudged the weather situation for the day.

b. He dismisses the idea of having an annual picnic as silly.

c. He dislikes pre-arranged activities and would rather go somewhere on his own.

d. He prefers a short little sleep after drinking.

3. What can you infer from the conversation?

a. Alan is expecting a gentle breeze to cool things off.

b. They haven’t had much sunshine recently.

c. Much to their delight, the weather turns out to be just fine for the picnic.

d. The annual department picnic is usually held on a summer day.

Exercise 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: p.26 : abcdb

Unit four: music

Part A p.28:

1. However; a

2. Because; d

3. Firstly, then, finally; c

4. In short; b

Part B:p.31

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. however (√)

13. because (√) 14. on one hand ( )

15. on the other hand ( ) 16. yet (√)

17. so (√) 18. hopefully ( )

Exercise 2 : bdca

Part C p.34

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, 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 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 h its 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 five: health

Part A p.36 : cd

Part B, p.39

Exercise 1: ddcd

Exercise 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?

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: p.42 : dbbad

Unit six: business

Part A: p.44

Listen to the conversation and answer the questions that follow.

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.

Listen to the passage and fill in the missing information.

What is the speaker doing?

He is giving a brief introduction to visitors of his company’s history, line of business, and markets at home and abroad.

Part B p.47

Exercise 1

Listen to the conversation and answer the questions below.

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 company give John a chance?

Because he has always been a follower, not a leader.

Exercise 2

Part C p.51: ccadc

Unit seven: fashion

Part A,p.54: A man is at a store. He wants to buy a medium-sized white T-shirt with a slogan on the front. He is helped by a shop assistant in getting what he wants.

Part B,p.57:

Exercise 1 : bcd

Exercise 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！

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,p. 60

A Compound Dictation

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 ceased. “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 of actual sales, but it has been tremendous for name recognition.”

Unit eight: society

Part A, p.62

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 don’t fee l happy.

7. Exercise.

8. Get enough sleep to feel rested.

9. Build close relationships.

Part B: p.65

Exercise 1 : bddbcd

Exercise 2

Listen again and fill in the blanks to complete a summary of the main points of the passage.

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,p. 69: cbdd

Unit 9 Dreams and Ambitions

Part A: p.72: bcd

Part B: p.75 :

Exercise 1: cba

Exercise 2

Listen again and write down answers to the following questions.

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. 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.

b. Many big companies are pressing me to pay their bills.

Part c,p. 78: bba

Unit ten: disasters

Part A p.82:

You are going to hear two news reports of disasters. Pay attention to the elements mentioned above and complete the following charts.

Part B,p.85:

Exercise 1

Listen to the passage and complete the following chart with the missing information.

Exercise 2

Listen to the passage again and write down answers to the following questions.

1. What happened to the plane before it crashed?

It rolled and shook in the wind.

2. Did the rescue team arrive immediately after the crash? Why or why not?

No. It arrived nine days later because it was raining heavily and the helicopters couldn’t fly in the heavy rain. To make the matter worse, the plane crashed in a swamp in the middle of a jungle.

3. Was the narrator seriously injured?

Yes. She was in terrible pain and couldn’t move.

4. How did she manage to stay alive?

By drinking dirty floodwater.

Part C, p.90: cdab

Unit 11: famous people

Part A,p.92:

1. What is the speaker’s attitude towards Napoleon?

Neutral. (The speaker mainly gives a factual account of Napoleon’s life even though he holds that Napoleon waged wars against many countries.)

2. What is the speaker’s attitude towards Tom Cruise?

Positive. (“W orld renowned actor”, “almost everyone respects him” and “international star” show the speaker’s attitude.)

3. What is the speaker’s attitude towards Warren Edward Buffett?

Positive, respectful. (In “regarded as one of the world’s greatest stock market investors”,the choice of the word “great” indicates the speaker’s attitude.)

Part B,p.95

Exercise 1 : abdca

Exercise 2

Listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks in the following chart with the missing information.

Part C, p.99

A Compound Dictation

Listen to the passage three times and supply the missing information.

On June 28, 2008, amid cheers and tears 52-year-old Gates said good-bye to his 1) Microsoft employees.

The following is his closing remarks during his 2) farewell event in Redmond:

“My life’s work really is about 3) software and working with incredible people. I love working with smart people. I love working with Steve. I love working with all the incredible people here. Even the times that were the 4) toughest, in some ways those are the ones that bond you the most — when IBM decides to attack you, or when some 5) legal ruling isn’t quite right. And you have to do a press conference afterwards.

“The work here combines two things that I think are just so special. One is the 6) long-term impact — the impact on the world of what we do — is incredible. We can always go out and see things that remind us of that. See blind people who, using our accessibility, can browse the Internet. You know, their lives are just totally different because of that. So we can say, wow, this is so 7) impactful.

“But I think the second thing, 8) which is that the day-to-day work is fun and enjoyable, that’s actually what’s made it so easy to want to work hard, to want to always improve things, to face up to whatever it is that needs to be done better. 9) So it’s a special group of people who put so much into it.

“So let me just close by saying you’ve made it so much for me. 10) There won’t be a day of my life that I’m not thinking about Microsoft, and the great things that it’s doing, and wanting to help. So thank you for making it the center of my life, and so much fun. Thank you.”

Unit 12: The Internet

Part A,p.102:

1. The main idea of the passage: Establishing computer labs for the schools in China’s poor rural areas.

2. The main idea of the passage: China is cooperating with India in training software professionals.

3. The main idea of the massage: The computer virus, Code Red II, is about to attack again.

Part B,p.105:

Exercise 1 : bbdbca

Exercise 2

Listen again and complete the following sentences with the information you’ve got fr om the recording. Then number the sentences from 1 to 5 to put them in the right order.

4 An emergency call reached an ambulance crew where the student lived.

2 Nathen learned that the message came from a student far away who had trouble breathing and

moving.

5 Nathen received the student’s thanks soon after the rescuers came to her help. She was finally

safe.

1 Nathen was surfing the Net for fun when he received an urgent message for help.

3 After learning about her home address, Nathen rang up the international operator and asked

the operator to put a call through to the student’s country.

Part C, p.108: dbba

Unit 13: human virtues

Part A, p.110: fed

Part B, p.113:

Exercise 1: acda

Exercise 2

Listen to the recording again and fill in the blanks with the missing information.

Part C,p.116: bdbd

Unit 14 Culture

Part A:

Listen to the passage and complete the chart below.

Script:

In the English-speaking world, it is customary to sing the song “Happy Birthday to You” to the birthday person. Do you know that it was originally written as a song to greet students in the morning? Two American kindergarten teachers, Mildred Hill and her sister Patty Hill wrote the song. In 1893, Mildred, who studied music, came up with the melody and Patty added some lyric to it and the song became “Good Morning to All”, which they sang every morning to their students. And the lyrics ran like this: “Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Good morning, dear children. Good m orning to all.”

Later the title of the song was known as “Good Morning to You” when it was used for children to sing it to their teacher. And the third and fourth lines became “Good morning, dear

teacher. Good morning to you.”

In 1924 the song appeared in a book of music edited by Robert Coleman. And a second verse, “Happy Birthday to You”, was added to it. But it is unclear who supplied the words to the second verse.

This second verse quickly became more popular than the first, and within a short time of the book’s publication, the song was known to all as “Happy Birthday to You”. And by mid-1930s it was used frequently in movies, radio shows, and Broadway musicals without the Hill family’s permission. A third sister, Jessica Hill, decided to act on behalf of her elder sisters. She filed a suit to prove that “Happy Birthday to You” was their song with different lyrics. She won in 1934, and now every time “Happy Birthday to You” is sung publicly, the Hill family gets paid.

Part B,p.121:

Exercise 1

Listen to the interview twice and complete the answer to each of the following questions.

1. Why does drive-in grocery shopping appeal to customers?

Because customers don’t need to fight for a parking space, push a grocery cart around in the market, or stand in line at the check-out.

2. Who is Dave Burnstein?

He is the vice-president for the Phone-In Drive-through Market.

3. What are the two proven successful ideas applied to grocery shopping according to Mr. Burnstein?

One is the success of drive-through convenience —which has been proven to be successful with banks and fast food; the other is the proven success of catalog shopping.

4. Why have they applied the two proven successful ideas to grocery shopping?

To help customers save time.

5. What are the disadvantages of drive-in grocery shopping?

Customers can’t stop and check if the goods they have ordered are of good quality or not; and they have to pay a $1.50 service charge on each order.

Exercise 2

Listen to the interview once again and write down the procedure of doing drive-in shopping in the table below. The first step has already been written out for you.

New textbook (study in class)

Unit 2

II. Listening skills: ADBCB

III. Listening in

Task 1, 1-9: director, sound effects, good story, think, sad, violent, light-hearted movies, mystery movie, in the future

Task 2 : DCDAB

Task 3 1-15: film, directors, actors, important, the United Kingdom, viewers, 40 million, Olympic, World Cup, time, artistic value, depth, Best Picture, favor, science fiction

VI: further listening and speaking

Task 1

1-5: memorizing lines, remember one line, I hear the guns roar, a loud boom, forgot his line Task 2: ACCAD

Task 3: FTFTF

Unit 5

II. Listening skills: ABBDC

III. Listening in

Task 1: 4-1-3-5-2-6

Task 2 : ADBCC

Task 3: CDBAC

VI: further listening and speaking

Task 1

1-9: a dog, delighted / pleased, one of her friends, be close, interview, warn, smell, foretell/ predict, a chicken

Task 2: CBCDD

Task 3:in the theater, a ticket, well-trained, intelligent, human, any problem, leave the theater, any other dog, let the dog in, almost empty

Unit 7

II. Listening skills: BAADB

III. Listening in

Task1,

1: banker…loan,

2. saving…save…spend,

3. mortgage…property

4. property values

5. risen / gone up/ increased by 30 percent Task 2 : ABDCC

Task 3 FTFTF

VI: further listening and speaking

Task 1

1-7: the beggar, needed help, careful, a job, a hard time, waste, good luck

Task 2: BCBDA

Task 3: TFFTT

Unit 8

II. Listening skills

1-11: First, not only, but also, Also, Instead, More importantly, though, Moreover, In fact, Last but not least, for example

III. Listening in

Task1: FTFTF

Task 2 : BDCAC

Task 31-11: give out, number, online, sites, credit card, low, outgoing, thieves, offers, mailbox, front door

VI: further listening and speaking

Task 1

1/ freeze

2/.tall, shorter, red jacket

3/ his gun, open, the rest of the people

4/ key, safe

5/ calm, a medal

Task 2: ADCDB

Task 3: FTTFF

Unit 9

II. Listening skills

1-11: crashing into, at least three, dozens more, big hole, danger, 32-,68-, 5:48, 18 minutes, terrorism, four-, the pilot

III. Listening in

Task1: TFTFF

Task 2 : DABCC

Task 31-13: candle, couple, six, 190 people,

1,500, 15 present, nearly 5 percent, about 1 percent, 700 percent, burning candle, away, at least a foot, children and pet

VI: further listening and speaking

Task 1

1-9: 120°, burns, candles, blow them out, electrical appliances, flickering lights, smoke alarm, floor plan, exits

Task 2: ACCBD

Task 3: 1-8: emergency 911, had broken down, woman passenger, No.15, 15 miles, ambulance, the operator, calm and warm, a boy