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nullnull21st Century College English: Book 4Unit 2: Part IVnullListening PracticeListening & Speaking IVConversations PassagesnullListening Practice《听说教程 IV》 Part 4.3, pp. 20-21null1. A) The man doesn't know how to drive a car. B) They have missed the meeting. C) The car is stuck. D) The couple is lost. Listening Practice: Conversationsnull2. A) She is bothered by it, but is sympathetic to Mary’s situation. B) She doesn't want to say anything critical because she is afraid of the man. C) She is extremely angry. D) She knows that Mary has to drive through heavy traffic. Listening Practice: Conversationsnull3. A) They are tired of hearing the poem. B) They are very excited to hear Whitman’s poem. C) Susie is one of their favorite. D) They want to listen to Susie’s recitation of the poem. Listening Practice: Conversationsnull4. A) They should buy a new car. B) They will send the car to the mechanic. C) They should find a better driver. D) The car is running smoothly. Listening Practice: Conversationsnull5. A) Corresponding with each other. B) Summer vocation plans. C) A dance course. D) Spending some money. Listening Practice: Conversationsnull6. A) Present a new theory to the class. B) Read more than one article. C) Read the book more thoroughly. D) Write a better article for class. Listening Practice: Conversationsnull7. A) She refused to accept the fellowship. B) She is still upset about the fellowship. C) She doesn't let things bother her for long. D) She’s pleased with the turnout at the graduation. Listening Practice: Conversationsnull8. A) Bob and Tom will arrive later. B) Bob and Tom are rarely on time. C) Bob and Tom won’t come. D) He didn't know that Bob and Tom are invited. Listening Practice: Conversations null9. A) She had already presented her research topic. B) She’s not prepared for class yet. C) She won’t be able to attend class tomorrow. D) She is going to start looking for a research topic tomorrow. Listening Practice: Conversationsnull10. A) They will meet at David’s office after 6. B) They will meet at Kay’s office before 6. C) They will meet at David’s office before 6. D) They will meet at Kay’s office after 6. Listening Practice: ConversationsCheck-upnull1. What’s the matter? A) The man doesn't know how to drive a car. B) They have missed the meeting. C) The car is stuck. D) The couple is lost.Listening Practice: Conversations1. What’s the matter? A) The man doesn't know how to drive a car. B) They have missed the meeting. C) The car is stuck. D) The couple is lost.ScriptnullW: If you had listened to what I was saying, we could have been at the meeting by now. Move over and let me drive for a while. M: I am sure we were going the right way. Let me turn around. Q: What’s the matter? Listening Practice: Conversationsnull2. How does the woman feel about having to wait for Mary? A) She is bothered by it, but is sympathetic to Mary’s situation. B) She doesn't want to say anything critical because she is afraid of the man. C) She is extremely angry. D) She knows that Mary has to drive through heavy traffic.Listening Practice: Conversations2. How does the woman feel about having to wait for Mary? A) She is bothered by it, but is sympathetic to Mary’s situation. B) She doesn't want to say anything critical because she is afraid of the man. C) She is extremely angry. D) She knows that Mary has to drive through heavy traffic.ScriptnullM: This is the third time we’ve had to wait for Mary. I wish she would call when she’s going to show up late. It’s so rude of her to make us all wait in rush hour time. W: I know, but she does have to drive 15 miles in rush hour in order to get here. Q: How does the woman feel about having to wait for Mary? Listening Practice: Conversationsnull3. What do the man and woman mean? A) They are tired of hearing the poem. B) They are very excited to hear Whitman’s poem. C) Susie is one of their favorite. D) They want to listen to Susie’s recitation of the poem.Listening Practice: Conversations3. What do the man and woman mean? A) They are tired of hearing the poem. B) They are very excited to hear Whitman’s poem. C) Susie is one of their favorite. D) They want to listen to Susie’s recitation of the poem.ScriptnullW: I wish Susie will stop reciting that poem. I’ve heard her repeat it hundreds of times. M: At least that much. I used to really like Whitman’s poem until I had to listen to her over and over again. Q: What do the man and woman mean? Listening Practice: Conversationsnull4. What is the man suggesting? A) They should buy a new car. B) They will send the car to the mechanic. C) They should find a better driver. D) The car is running smoothly.Listening Practice: Conversations4. What is the man suggesting? A) They should buy a new car. B) They will send the car to the mechanic. C) They should find a better driver. D) The car is running smoothly.ScriptnullW: This taxi ride doesn't feel smooth. I think the company should replace it. M: Or better yet, why not the driver? Q: What is the man suggesting? Listening Practice: Conversationsnull5. What are the man and woman discussing? A) Corresponding with each other. B) Summer vocation plans. C) A dance course. D) Spending some money.Listening Practice: Conversations5. What are the man and woman discussing? A) Corresponding with each other. B) Summer vocation plans. C) A dance course. D) Spending some money.ScriptnullM: I hope to get a job during summer vocation and earn some money. How about you? W: I am going to take a correspondence course so I can graduate sooner. Q: What are the man and woman discussing? Listening Practice: Conversationsnull6. What does the woman tell the man he must do? A) Present a new theory to the class. B) Read more than one article. C) Read the book more thoroughly. D) Write a better article for class.Listening Practice: Conversations6. What does the woman tell the man he must do? A) Present a new theory to the class. B) Read more than one article. C) Read the book more thoroughly. D) Write a better article for class.ScriptnullM: I’d better read one of the articles for our economics class. W: You can’t read just one. Each presents a different theory, you know. Q: What does the woman tell the man he must do? Listening Practice: Conversationsnull7. What can be inferred about Joan? A) She refused to accept the fellowship. B) She is still upset about the fellowship. C) She doesn't let things bother her for long. D) She’s pleased with the turnout at the graduation.Listening Practice: Conversations7. What can be inferred about Joan? A) She refused to accept the fellowship. B) She is still upset about the fellowship. C) She doesn't let things bother her for long. D) She’s pleased with the turnout at the graduation.ScriptnullM: I heard Joan was turned down for the graduate fellowship. She must be upset. W: She was at first. But you know Joan. She got over it pretty quickly. Q: What can be inferred about Joan? Listening Practice: Conversationsnull8. What does the man mean? A) Bob and Tom will arrive later. B) Bob and Tom are rarely on time. C) Bob and Tom won’t come. D) He didn't know that Bob and Tom are invited.Listening Practice: Conversations8. What does the man mean? A) Bob and Tom will arrive later. B) Bob and Tom are rarely on time. C) Bob and Tom won’t come. D) He didn't know that Bob and Tom are invited.ScriptnullW: It’s already 10 o’clock. I guess Bob and Tom won’t be coming to the party. M: They called at nine to say that they had been held up. Q: What does the man mean? Listening Practice: Conversationsnull9. What does the woman mean? A) She had already presented her research topic. B) She’s not prepared for class yet. C) She won’t be able to attend class tomorrow. D) She is going to start looking for a research topic tomorrow.Listening Practice: Conversations9. What does the woman mean? A) She had already presented her research topic. B) She’s not prepared for class yet. C) She won’t be able to attend class tomorrow. D) She is going to start looking for a research topic tomorrow.ScriptnullW: I’ve finally found a research topic for sociology class. M: Really? I’m going to be up all night trying to come up with something by tomorrow. Q: What does the woman mean? Listening Practice: Conversationsnull10. When will David and Kay meet? A) They will meet at David’s office after 6. B) They will meet at Kay’s office before 6. C) They will meet at David’s office before 6. D) They will meet at Kay’s office after 6.Listening Practice: Conversations10. When will David and Kay meet? A) They will meet at David’s office after 6. B) They will meet at Kay’s office before 6. C) They will meet at David’s office before 6. D) They will meet at Kay’s office after 6.ScriptnullW: If you can be here before 6:00, David, please come to the office. If you come later, I won’t be able to see you until tomorrow. M: I get off my work at 5 this evening, Kay, so you can expect me to come right after that. Q: When will David and Kay meet? Listening Practice: ConversationsnullListening PracticeQuestions《听说教程 IV》 Part 4.3, pp. 22-23null1. A) The twenty-third Olympic games. B) Los Angeles hosting the Olympics. C) Using computers before and during the twenty- third Olympics. D) A sophisticated computer. Listening Practice: Passagesnull2. A) More than 40,000. B) 12,000. C) Approximately 103,000. D) 14,000. Listening Practice: Passagesnull3. A) It trained American Athletes. B) It helped the journalists informed of the results. C) It kept the track of schedules. D) It made the judge’s decision final. Listening Practice: Passagesnull4. A) It analyzed their performances. B) It suggested ways to improve. C) It identified weakness. D) It eliminated competition. Listening Practice: PassagesCheck-upnull1. What is the talk mainly about? A) The twenty-third Olympic games. B) Los Angeles hosting the Olympics. C) Using computers before and during the twenty- third Olympics. D) A sophisticated computer. Listening Practice: Passages1. What is the talk mainly about? A) The twenty-third Olympic games. B) Los Angeles hosting the Olympics. C) Using computers before and during the twenty- third Olympics. D) A sophisticated computer. null2. How many Olympic employees and volunteers were there in the twenty-third Olympics? A) More than 40,000. B) 12,000. C) Approximately 103,000. D) 14,000.Listening Practice: Passages2. How many Olympic employees and volunteers were there in the twenty-third Olympics? A) More than 40,000. B) 12,000. C) Approximately 103,000. D) 14,000.null3. What did the electronic message system do? A) It trained American Athletes. B) It helped the journalists informed of the results. C) It kept the track of schedules. D) It made the judge’s decision final.Listening Practice: Passages3. What did the electronic message system do? A) It trained American Athletes. B) It helped the journalists informed of the results. C) It kept the track of schedules. D) It made the judge’s decision final.null4. Which of the following did computers and high-tech tools NOT do for American athletes? A) It analyzed their performances. B) It suggested ways to improve. C) It identified weakness. D) It eliminated competition.Listening Practice: Passages4. Which of the following did computers and high-tech tools NOT do for American athletes? A) It analyzed their performances. B) It suggested ways to improve. C) It identified weakness. D) It eliminated competition.ScriptnullThe twenty-third Olympic games were held in Los Angeles and like every other Olympics games, they represented a contest of mind, muscle, and athletic determination. The use of high technology, however, showed increasing significance in the staging of the event and helped set an example for staging future events. Unlike the Olympics of the past, the Olympics are not just a race of the gold anymore. They have also become a race for computer technology. Planning the event, as any host country can tell you, requires the technology to plan and organize this massive event that brings hundred of countries together. In the twenty-third game, for example, computers were used to keep track of the schedules, accounts, transportation, and ticketing for more than 43,000 Olympic employees and volunteers. This was not an easy task.Listening Practice: PassagesA sophisticated electronic message system, moreover, helped keep the 12,000 or so journalists up-to-date on results. Due to this system, they were able to know about and broadcast to the world the judges’ final decision usually within a minute’s time. This message system also allowed traffic controller to relay traffic reports more efficiently, so that the usually chaotic Los Angeles highways became easy to navigate through. Computers and other high-tech tools were also used to train American athletes by analyzing and evaluating performance. This computer wizardry assisted the athletes in identifying weakness and suggesting ways to improve.nullListening Practice: PassagesQuestions《听说教程 IV》 Part 4.3, p.23null5. A) Accustom them to varied life. B) Help them choose a proper system of education. C) Help them find an ideal job. D) Make them intelligent. Listening Practice: Passagesnull6. A) Because it creates more problems than ever before. B) Because the more education people receives, the fewer job there are. C) Because people with degrees refuse to do physical work. D) Because not all people want to be educated. Listening Practice: Passagesnull7. A) With college education all of us would live a meaningful life. B) Without farmers we would have to grow crops ourselves. C) Without farmers we should die of food shortage. D) Without farmers we would have to do farming work ourselves. Listening Practice: PassagesCheck-upnull5. What is our purpose of educating children? A) Accustom them to varied life. B) Help them choose a proper system of education. C) Help them find an ideal job. D) Make them intelligent. Listening Practice: Passages5. What is our purpose of educating children? A) Accustom them to varied life. B) Help them choose a proper system of education. C) Help them find an ideal job. D) Make them intelligent. null6. Why is free education for all not enough? A) Because it creates more problems than ever before. B) Because the more education people receives, the fewer job there are. C) Because people with degrees refuse to do physical work. D) Because not all people want to be educated.Listening Practice: Passages6. Why is free education for all not enough? A) Because it creates more problems than ever before. B) Because the more education people receives, the fewer job there are. C) Because people with degrees refuse to do physical work. D) Because not all people want to be educated.null7. Why is a work of a completely uneducated farmer as important as that of a professor? A) With college education all of us would live a meaningful life. B) Without farmers we would have to grow crops ourselves. C) Without farmers we should die of food shortage. D) Without farmers we would have to do farming work ourselves.Listening Practice: Passages7. Why is a work of a completely uneducated farmer as important as that of a professor? A) With college education all of us would live a meaningful life. B) Without farmers we would have to grow crops ourselves. C) Without farmers we should die of food shortage. D) Without farmers we would have to do farming work ourselves.ScriptnullEducation is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the aim of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life. Life is so varied; so is education. As soon as we realize the fact, we will understand that it is very important to choose a proper system of education. In some countries with advanced industries, they have free education for all. Under this system, people, no matter whether they are rich or poor, clever or foolish, have a chance to be educated at universities or colleges. They have for sometime thought, by free education for all, they can solve all the problems of a society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough. We find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees than there are jobs for them to fill. As a result of their degrees, they refuse to do what they think is “low” work. In fact, to work with one’s hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries.Listening Practice: PassagesBut we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is as important as that of a professor. We can live without education, but we should die if none of us grew crops. If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our towns. If there were no service people, because everyone was shamed to do such work, the professors would have to waste much of their time doing housework. On the other hand, if all the farmers were completely uneducated, their production will remain low. As the population grows larger and large in the modern world, we would die if we did not have enough food. nullListening Practice: PassagesQuestions《听说教程 IV》 Part 4.3, pp.23-24null8. A) They believe that resources would decline. B) They knew the resources would soon be depleted. C) They argue that the resources were limited. D) They assume that resources were unlimited. Listening Practice: Passagesnull9. A) They are important for food resources. B) The great fisheries are to be exhausted. C) Noted biologists insist on their maintenance. D) Fishes are fewer than American eagles. Listening Practice: Passagesnull10. A) They are endangered in the land and in the air. B) They are important species for conservation. C) They are symbols of different countries. D) They are examples of zoo animals. Listening Practice: PassagesCheck-upnull8. According to the speakers, what attitude did many in the nineteenth century have towards sea resources? A) They believe that resources would decline. B) They knew the resources would soon be depleted. C) They argue that the resources were limited. D) They assume that resources were unlimited. Listening Practice: Passages8. According to the speakers, what attitude did many in the nineteenth century have towards sea resources? A) They believe that resources would decline. B) They knew the resources would soon be depleted. C) They argue that the resources were limited. D) They assume that resources were unlimited. null9. What did the speaker believe is the main reason for maintaining sea resources? A) They are important for food resources. B) The great fisheries are to be exhausted. C) Noted biologists insist on their maintenance. D) Fishes are fewer than American eagles.Listening Practice: Passages9. What did the speaker believe is the main reason for maintaining sea resources? A) They are important for food resources. B) The great fisheries are to be exhausted. C) Noted biologists insist on their maintenance. D) Fishes are fewer than American eagles.null10. Why does the speaker mention the African elephant, Indian tiger, and American eagle? A) They are endangered in the land and in the air. B) They are important species for conservation. C) They are symbols of different countries. D) They are examples of zoo animals.Listening Practice: Passages10. Why does the speaker mention the African elephant, Indian tiger, and American eagle