研究生英语听说教程第二册课本练习题答案

Unit 1

Part two

2. Scanning for background information

Exercise

1. upset, informal, student, school, young

2. restaurant, polite, middle-aged or old

3. bookstore, middle-aged, worried

4. library, young, middle-aged, mid or low level of education, excited , middle-aged or old, impatient, high, annoyed

5. student health center, young, student, worried, not rich, middle-aged, professional, receptionist

3. Scanning for the main idea

Exercise

Main idea: a basketball game

Key words: $50 in the pool; ticket; front row center; three-pointer; third quarter; best game; Shaq stole the ball, strong as football players; as graceful as ballet dancers; seven feet tall

4.Scanning for the important points

Exercise

1 a

2 b

3 b

5. Inferencing

Exercise

1 false

2 true

3 true

4 false

5 true

6 false

7. Using context clues

Exercise

1 b

2 a

3 b

4 b

5 a

8.Section 1Structure:

Exercise 1

1 c

2 d

3 b

4 a

5 c

Exercise 2

1 b

2 a

3 a

4 a

5 a

Section 2 Intonation:

Exercise 1

1 I gave the math home work to my classmate Tina.

2 I gave the math home work to my classmate, Tina.

3 Debbie, my next door neighbor is driving me crazy.

4 Debbie, my next door neighbor, is driving me crazy.

5 Linda, my biology lab partner , is really smart.

6 Linda, my biology lab partner is really smart.

7 Will you please answer Bob?

8 Will you please answer, Bob?

9 Are you going to visit, Lisa?

10 Are you going to visit Lisa?

Exercise 2

1 a

2 b

3 a

4 b

5 a

6 b

7 b

8 a 9a 10 b

9. Revising Assumption(Checking what you understood) Exercise

1 a

2 b

3 a

4 a

5 a

6 c

Vocabulary Review

Exercise

1 c

2 a

3 b

4 c

5 c

6 a

7 b

8 c

9 b 10 c

Unit 2

Part Two MAIN DIALOGUE

Exercise 1

1 Starting a health and fitness regime

2 In a restaurant

3 Vicky an Larry are husband and wife; Emily is Vicky’s sister

4 Middle-aged to older(reason: health concerns)

5 Answers will vary.

Exercise 2 Rewind tape to repeat main dialogue

1 a health food restaurant

2 Emily

3 Vicky is afraid that she will gain weight if she stops smoking.

4 an alcoholic beverage

5 Eat well and get regular exercise.

6 They are going to start a health regime.

7 She wants to order tall glasses of carrot-onion juice.

8 Vicky and Larry want to go to the Burger Palace.

Exercise 4

1 a

2 a

3 a

4 b

5 b

6 b

Part Three EXPANSION

Section 1 Diet and Exercise

Exercise 1B

1 Answers will vary.

2 About 30

3 No. it depends on the man’s body size: large-boned, small-boned, etc.

4 Large build: 136-146

Small build: 114-124

Average build: 125-135

5 106-133

6 146-183

Part Four FOUCUS CONDITIONALS

Exercise 1

1 a

2 a

3 b

4 a

5 a

Exercise 2

1 b

2 b

3 a

4 a

5 b

Exercise 3

1 b

2 b

3 b

4 a

5 a

6 b

7 b

8 b

9 a 10 a Part Five PRACTICE

Exercise 1

1 b

2 c

3 a

4 b

5 b

6 c

7 c

8 b

9 a 10 c Exercise 2

1 b

2 b

3 b

4 b

5 c

6 a

7 a

8 c

9 c 10 c Exercise 3

Conversation 1: 1 Answers will vary. 2 b Conversation 2: 1 b 2 a

Exercise 4

1 b

2 c

3 c

Exercise 5

1 a

2 c

3 b

4 b

5 c

6 b

7 b

8 c

9 a 10 b

Unit 3 Part Two MAIN DIOLOGUE

Exercise 1 Possible Answers

1 Two brothers are planning a trip.

2 at home

318-24

4 brothers

5 Answers will vary.

Exercise 3

1 b

2 a

3 a

4 b

5 a

6 b

7 a

Part Three EXPANSION

Exercise 1D

1 b

2 a

3 b

4 b

5 b

6 b

7 b

8 b

9 a 10 a

Part Four FOCUS: EXPRESSIONS OF TIME

1-A Thursday, September 19

1-B from Tuesday, September 19th until Thursday, September 26

2 from Monday, September 2 until Saturday, September 14

3 from Saturday, September 14(today) until Friday, September 20

4-A Thursday, September 12

4-B maybe today or tomorrow, but no later than Monday, September 16

5 Monday, September 16

6 from Monday, September 9 through Thursday, September 12

7 from Monday, September 16 through Thursday, September 22

8 sometime between today and Friday, September 20

Exercise 3

1 a

2 a

3 b

4 b

5 a

6 b

7 a

8 a

9 a 10 a

Part five PRACTICE

Exercise 1

1 b

2 a

3 b

4 b

5 b

6 c

7 a

8 c

9 a 10 c

Exercise 2

1 b

2 b

3 b

4 a

5 c

6 b

7 a

8 c

9 c 10 b

Exercise 3

1 a

2 b

3 a

4 c

Exercise 4

1 a

2 a

Exercise 5 1 b 2 c 3 c 4 a 5 c 6 c 7 a 8 a 9 c 10 c

Unit 4

Part Two MAIN DIALOGUE

Exercise 1

1 an interview about a college major

2 on a college campus

3 They are strangers; both attend the same college

4 Reiko is probably in her early 20s; Kitty is probably in her 30s

5 Answers will vary

Exercise 2

1 around midterms

2 one year

3 She wants to open a flower shop

4 a salesperson in a flower shop; a designer

5 She doesn’t think they are difficult because she already has a degree and is used to the amount of work

6 the design classes and the identification classes

7 landscape design, nursery operation, art history, and architectural design

8 The practical experience is very helpful

9 the memorization of Latin names

10 They could get some help from English-speaking classmates; the instructor could have some assistants help them.

Exercise 4 1 b 2 a 3 a 4 b 5 b 6 a 7 b 8 b 9 b 10 a

Part Four FOUCUS: USING STRESS FOR CLARIFICATION Exercise 1

1 commonly

2 pre-med

3 Full-time

4 are required

5 travel agent

6 1200

7 apprentice

8 or

9 supplies 10 Always

Exercise 2

1 a

2 b

3 a

4 b

5 a

6 a

7 a

8 a

9 a 10 a

Part Five PRACTICE

Exercise 1

1 b

2 c

3 b

4 a

5 b

6 a

7 b

8 c

9 c 10 c

Exercise 2

1 c

2 c

3 b

4 b

5 c

6 a

7 a

8 a

9 b 10 a

Exercise 3

1 a

2 b

3 a

4 b

5 a

6 Answers will vary.

Exercise 4

1 c

2 a

Exercise 5

1 d

2 b

3 b

4 b

5 a

6 b

7 c

8 a

9 b 10 c

Unit 5

Part Two MAIN DIALOGUE

Exercise 1

1 The main idea is a political debate

2 The speakers could be at a radio or TV station, a public hall, a college campus, or any other such venue where public debates are commonly held.

3 The speakers are political opponents

4 The speakers are probably in their 40s, 50s, or 60s.

5 Answers will vary.

Exercise 2

1 They are running for mayor

2 Bella Porter is the president of the city council; Dam Shmankie is

a businessman

3 The first issue concerns homelessness.

4 The second issue concerns education.

5 The third issue concerns affordable housing.

6 Bella Porter appears to be liberal; Dan Shmankie appears to be conservative.

Exercise 4

1 b

2 a

3 b

4 b

5 a

6 a

7 a

8 b

Part Three EXPANSION

Exercise 2

1 false

2 false

3 true

4 false

5 true

6 true

7 false

8 true

9 true 10 false 11 false 12 false 13 true 14 false

Section 2 The State of the Union Address

Exercise 2

1 Education

2 Health

3 Equal pay

4 Childcare

5 Crime

Part Four FOUCUS: changes in meaning through stress and pitch Exercise 1

1 The senator

2 that pollution

3 decreasing

4 Senator Colwell

5 completed

6 second term

7 House of Representatives

8 The tax bill

9 did not 10 How 11 vice president 12 you

Exercise 2

1 b

2 c

3 a

4 b

5 a

6 c

7 c

8 a

9 b 10 a 11 b 12 c

Part Five PRACTICE

Exercise 1

1 b

2 c

3 b

4 a

5 b

6 a

7 c

8 b

9 a 10 c

Exercise 2

1 a

2 b

3 b

4 b

5 c

6 b

7 c

8 a

9 c 10 c

Exercise 3

1 a

2 b

3 a

4 b

5 a

6 c

Exercise 4

1 b

2 c

Exercise 5

1 c

2 b

3 c

4 a

5 c

6 a

7 c

8 c

9 b 10 c

Unit 6

Part Two MAIN DIALOGUE

Exercise 1

1 People with problems are calling a radio show to get help.

2 At a radio station. People are calling in to a show.

3 three

Denise: probably at home

Ted: probably at home or in his car

Rosie: probably at home or in her car

4-5 Answers will vary.

Exercise 2

1 What’s Bugging you ? is a radio show where people call in to get relationship advice. Dr. Jenny is the host of the show; the person giving advice.

2 She is worried that her daughter might be drinking or using drugs.

3 Dr. Jenny suggests that Denise spend quality time with her daughter and talk to her.

4 He thinks his wife is having an affair.

5 Dr. Jenny suggests that he get more involved in his wife’s life, and spend more time with her.

6 She’s nervous about telling parents that she’s gay.

7 Dr. Jenny suggests that she tell her parents the truth.

8 Dr. Jenny suggests that they all go out to dinner, to Chez Latidaz because the restaurant sponsors (pays for) the radio show. Exercise 4

1 b

2 b

3 b

4 b

5 b

6 a

7 b

8 a

9 a 10 a

Exercise 2

1 Daily newspapers are important in the usa

2 There are national and local newspapers

3 Newspapers have advertisements

4 The front page contains headline news- the most important stories of the day

5 The lead paragraph answers the WH-questions

6 News articles can be objective/straight or opinion/editorial

7 Newspapers have other information besides news stories

8 Newspapers are an important information source

Exercise 3

1 Freedom of the press means that the government can’t control what is printed in the press

2 National newspapers are available everywhere; local newspapers are published in one city/ area

3 Newspapers sell advertisements to stores / companies to make money

4 The publishers want you to buy the paper, so the stories are continued where you can’t see them on the newsstand

5 The most important information is in the first, or lead, paragraph

6 Objective/straight news is fact-based; opinions/editorials contain feelings and reactions

7 Newspapers include sports, weather, cooking, classified ads, entertainment news business news and so forth

8They are free to print what they want

Part Four FOCUS: TAG QUESTIONS

Exercise 1

1 c

2 b

3 d

4 a

5 d

6 b

7 a

8 d

9 c 10 d

Exercise 2

1 c

2 b

3 a

4 a

5 a

6 c

7 b

8 a

9 c 10 c

Part Five PRACTICE

Exercise 1

1 c

2 b

3 c

4 b

5 c

6 c

7 b

8 b

9 c 10 c Exercise 2

1 a

2 b

3 b

4 b

5 b

6 b

7 b

8 c

9 b 10 a Exercise 3

1 a

2 b

3 a

4 a

5 b

6 b

Exercise 4

1 a

2 c

3 b

Exercise 5

1 b

2 c

3 b

4 a

5 a

6 a

7 c

8 a

9 c 10 a