新概念大学英语听力
1.
Reserve a room in another hotel.
Book a room well in advance.Recommend the hotel to someone else. Try his luck at a guesthouse near the Park Hotel. 15.TIPSPLAY
Mr. Jones is away the whole day today. Mr. Jones will come back at 10:30 the next day. Mr. Jones can see the man sometime the next morning.
Mr. Jones is not available until late this afternoon.
16.TIPSPLAY
Oct. 31st.
Oct. 23rd.
Nov. 1st.
Nov. 3rd.
17.TIPSPLAY
On the 20th of October.
On the 28th of October.
On the 21st of October.
On the 8th of October.
18.TIPSPLAY
Invite six people to dinner.
Book a corner table for eight.
Give a birthday party in the restaurant.
Book a table for six people at 8:00.
1.
1.The money spent by Britons on their pets could be
used for better causes.
2.Pets shouldn't come first.
3.Britons spent too much money on pets.
4.It is time to think of the needs of the people without
work and homes.
2. TIPSPLAY
A survey of the population of cats and dogs in the U.S.
Problems caused by homeless cats and dogs in U.S. cities.
The population of pets in the U.S.
The heavy cost of animal population control program in the U.S.
1.
1.Three old people are recalling their life experiences.
2.Three young people are imagining what their future
life will be like.
3.An old lady is telling two young persons the story of
her life.
4.An old lady and two young people are chatting about
what life will be like in ten years' time.
2. TIPSPLAY
She started to go on a diet when she was in her twenties.
She takes regular exercise every day and mixes well with young
people.
She tries to stay active and holds an optimistic attitude toward life.
She tries to work and meet with young people.
3. TIPSPLAY
They are a newly wed couple.
They are Sophie's children.
Both of them are medical students.
Amy is a medical student and Brian is working for a computer company.
4. TIPSPLAY
The young are full of dreams about the future while the aged think of nothing but how to stay young and energetic.
The aged and the young do not always agree.
It is important for older people to take an interest in various kinds of activities.
It is harmful to fill the minds of young people with ambitious dreams.
1.
1.Well over thirty.
2.Not yet thirty.
3.Over thirty.
4.Somewhere between 25 and 30.
1.
1.Intimate friends.
2.Interviewer and interviewee.
3.Employer and employee.
4.Doctor and patient.
2. TIPSPLAY
1.What is the best age of one's life and how she feels about her age.
2.How she is able to look younger and more energetic
than her age.
3.Why people buy expensive face creams and if they
really work.
4.How people in their 20s and 30s differ in their
attitudes toward what to do with their lives.
3. TIPSPLAY
1.She is quite vain.
2.She tries very hard to hide her real age from others.
3.She is no longer young but she manages to look
younger by using expensive cosmetics.
4.She had a good life when she was younger and still
feels young at heart.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.People between 25 and 30 don't want to talk about the consequences of what they do.
2.People between 25 and 30 often fail to do anything
because of the lack of experience.
3.People who are a bit older tend to hesitate before
deciding what to do.
4.People who are a bit older are more mature and are
more likely to succeed.
1.
1.The woman should try to save some money each
month.
2.The woman should know how to spend money wisely.
3.The woman shouldn't spend too much money.
4.The woman should have a monthly spending plan.
2. TIPSPLAY
1.It is open to poor students.
2.It is a place where a lot of students go and meet.
3.It might help to solve the man's problem.
4.It will not lend money to the man.
3. TIPSPLAY
1.The man should stop spending too much money on discs.
2.The man should not buy discs any longer.
3.The man should not spend money going to discos.
4.The man should spend less money going to discos.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.He thinks the woman should change her lifestyle.
2.He thinks the woman should live a simple life.
3.He thinks the woman shouldn't spend money like
water.
4.He thinks the woman should not spend more than
she earns.
5. TIPSPLAY
1.He has lost his money on stocks.
2.He can't care less for a new suit.
3.He has no plans to buy a suit now.
4.He has given up the idea of buying a new suit at
present.
1.
1.She is short of money.
2.She hasn't heard from her parents for a long time.
3.She has no time to study.
4.She doesn't know where all her money has gone.
2. TIPSPLAY
1.190 dollars.
2.250 dollars.
3.760 dollars.
4.1,010 dollars.
3. TIPSPLAY
1.He is Carina's boyfriend.
2.He is Carina's financial consultant.
3.He is studying economics at a university.
4.He is working in the loan section of a bank.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.She earns little but spends far too much money for a student.
2.She has a poor head for economics.
3.She wants to ask for a loan from Tim's bank.
4.She wants Tim to be her financial consultant.
1.
1.He turned out to the slowest runner.
2.He ran much faster than the other runners at the
beginning.
3.He fell down and couldn't catch up.
4.He didn't win the race.
2. TIPSPLAY
1.He won't join the woman.
2.He'll play table tennis with Paul.
3.He'd rather play table tennis than go swimming.
4.He promised he'd go swimming with Paul some other
day.
3. TIPSPLAY
1.His coach didn't help him enough.
2.His coach was too hard on him.
He didn't follow his coach's instructions.3.
4.He had no chance to win the match.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.They should do both activities.
2.They should choose one of the activities only.
3.It doesn't matter which activity they do.
4.Both activities are good even though they're
different kinds of sports.
5. TIPSPLAY
He used to be sick.1.
2.He's getting better now.
3.He hasn't been to the gym before.
4.He has benefited from working out in the gym.
1.
1.35.
2.30.
3.15.
4.12.
2. TIPSPLAY
1.In the east of the city's downtown area, near a commercial district.
2.To the north of the city proper and close to an old
stadium.
3.On the northeastern outskirts of the city, not far
from some famous universities and old museums.
4.Somewhere in central Beijing, next to a district
famous for science, education and historical buildings.
3. TIPSPLAY
1.The Chinese Nationalities Museum.
2.The International Exhibition and Sports Center.
3.The National Swimming Pool.
4.The 80,000-seat main stadium and 15 other sports
venues.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.An exciting center for sightseeing and recreation in Beijing.
2.A busy and prosperous business center in Beijing.
3.A multi-functional conference center in Beijing.
4.A luxurious residential area in Beijing.
5. TIPSPLAY
1.The 29th Summer Olympic Games to be held in Beijing in 2008.
2.The location of the Olympic Park in Beijing.
3.Beijing's Olympic Park under construction.
4.Beijing's effort to make the 29th Summer Olympic
Games the greenest Olympics in history.
1.
1.Two sports fans.
2.Two old friends.
3.Customer and shop assistant.
4.Foreign tourist and his local guide.
2. TIPSPLAY
1.He plays ball games only.
2.He goes to places where major sports games are
held.
3.He never plays any sports.
4.He talks a lot about sports and watches sports games
on TV at home.
3. TIPSPLAY
1.He has never missed any important tennis games.
2.He has never missed watching any tennis games
held at Wimbledon.
3.He goes to Wimbledon every year when the
international tennis championships are held.
4.He isn't really interested in the sport and has never
learned to play it.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.The man doesn't seem to play any sports.
2.The man used to be an active sports player when he
was young.
3.The woman has no interest in playing sports.
4.The woman is quite angry with the man for wasting
so much of her time.
1.
1.It is not working properly on the whole.
2.It is excellent but not good enough for travels
between neighboring cities.
3.It is not good enough for long-distance travel.
4.It is behind the times and needs to be updated.
2. TIPSPLAY
1.Yes. It takes a very short time for people to get to their destination.
2.Yes and no. It takes a short time to fly between the
two cities but it may take hours to get to and from the
airports.
3.No. It is too expensive compared to traveling by train.
4.Yes and no. It saves time but not money.
3. TIPSPLAY
1.The use of inexpensive city-to-city shuttle buses.
2.The use of conventional trains that can
accommodate more passengers.
3.The use of comfortable long-distance buses.
4.The use of a special kind of high speed trains.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.Maglevs will be the most effective transportation means in city-to-city trips in the near future.
2.Maglevs offer a possible solution to the problem of
saving time and energy in short intercity trips in the
future.
3.Air travel will not be popular for city-to-city trips in
the future.
4.The construction of a railway line for maglevs is too
costly to attract governments to invest in it.
1.
1.In a car park.
2.In the middle of the highway.
3.Near a police station.
4.By the roadside.
2. TIPSPLAY
He thought there was no danger of getting a parking 1.
ticket.
2.There was nowhere else to park his car.
3.He and Ann wanted to buy some food from a drive-in
restaurant nearby.
4.He had to have his car refueled at a gas station near
there before driving on.
3. TIPSPLAY
1.You would run the risk of getting a parking ticket.
2.Your car could easily be stolen.
3.Your car would block the traffic and you would be
fined heavily.
4.You would have to hand in your driving licence to the
police.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.Ann is a more experienced and cautious driver than Ben.
2.Ann talks a lot but never drives herself.
3.Ben is driving but he does not really have a driving
licence.
4.Ben would not be in trouble with the traffic police if
he had had listened to Ann.
1.
1.The blue cotton dress.
2.The red dress.
3.The prettier dress.
4.The more comfortable dress for hot days.
2. TIPSPLAY
1.She prefers to live in the countryside.
2.She likes the people in the country more than the
people in the city.
3.She enjoys going to work by train.
4.She wants to move to the country.
3. TIPSPLAY
1.He's a regular customer of the Red Rose Restaurant.
2.He'd like to eat at the Red Rose Restaurant.
3.He's not satisfied with the food and service of the
Golden Gate Restaurant.
4.He will definitely not eat in the Golden Gate
Restaurant.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.Hong Kong is as small and clean as Singapore.
Singapore's shops are as good as Hong Kong's.2.
3.Hong Kong is a better place for shopping than
Singapore.
4.Hong Kong is larger and cleaner than Singapore.
5. TIPSPLAY
1.Football.
2.Basketball.
3.Tennis.
4.All kinds of sports.
1.
1.She thinks the woman is lonely and therefore likes to
shut herself up in her room.
2.She thinks the woman is very unpractical and lives
only in her imagination.
3.She thinks the woman has a complex personality,
living in both the worlds of imagination and reality.
4.She thinks the woman is untidy, just like her room.
2. TIPSPLAY
1.They make seats more comfortable.
2.They are attractive and necessary ornaments for
decorating a room.
3.They are liked by both men and women in decorating
their rooms.
4.They show clearly whether it is a man or a woman
who lives in a room.
3. TIPSPLAY
They give inspiration to the woman for her writing.1.
2.They show that the woman is in some way not very
different from others after all.
3.They indicate that the woman wants to improve the
air quality of her room.
4.They make up for the lack of furniture in her room.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.Ironic.
2.Subjective.
3.Critical.
4.Factual.
1.
1.A couple of oriental rugs and ornaments from the
Middle East.
2.The family photos around the place.
3.The bags and suitcases in the room.
4.The functional furniture in the room.
2. TIPSPLAY
1.The owner does not know how to decorate his room in good taste.
2.The owner travels a lot so he needs to be ready to
pack his bags and leave at short notice.
3.The owner does not care what his room looks like
because he is single.
4.The owner never invites his clients or partners home
for dinner so he doesn't need much to decorate his room.
3. TIPSPLAY
1.He is interested in oriental ornaments.
2.He has a big business in the Middle East.
3.He has just started his career in international trade.
4.He is an oriental rug dealer.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.Clean, tidy, and functional, like a businessman's office.
2.Colorful, messy, but practical, like an artist's
workshop.
3.Cluttered, dusty, and untidy, like a room uninhabited
for a long time.
4.Clean and tidy, but lack of distinction, like a room in
a boarding house.
1.
1.Boss and receptionist.
2.Manager and operator.
3.Boss and secretary.
4.Co-workers.
2. TIPSPLAY
1.Polite.
2.Efficient.
3.Bossy.
4.Hard-working.
3. TIPSPLAY
1. He's very serious toward work.
2.He's too careful.
He doesn't mind working until midnight.3.
4.He's not good at figures.
1.
1.To have an interview with Mrs Davis.
2.To report for work.
3.To apply for a place in the finance section.
4.To inquire about the result of her job application.
2. TIPSPLAY
1.Because this is her first day of work in the finance
office.
2.Because she is afraid her job is going to be very
difficult.
3.Because she is not sure how to please her new boss.
4.Because she is going to replace Linda.
3. TIPSPLAY
1.General manager of the company.
2.Secretary to the general manager.
3.Chief financial officer of the company.
4.Head of the finance section.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.Secretary to the general manager.
2.Secretary to Mrs Davis.
3.One of the analysts in the finance section.
4.One of the computer programmers in the finance
section.
5. TIPSPLAY
1.Mrs Davis prefers Laura to Linda.
2.Linda was given short notice that she would be
replaced by Laura.
3.Linda has won promotion.
4.Laura is an experienced secretary and will learn to do
all the work there in about a couple of weeks.
1.
1.Because he has trouble getting to sleep at night.
2.Because he has to drive a long way to get to work.
3.Because he has to take his children to school first.
4.Because it's the rush hour and the traffic is very
heavy.
2. TIPSPLAY
1.On a Friday, the weekly dress-down day.
2.None of the work days.
3.On the first Friday of the month.
4.On a day they choose.
3. TIPSPLAY
Very casual.1.
2.Very formal.
3.Very different from others.
4.Very smart.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.The man always dresses well for work because he wants to impress his boss.
2.The man enjoys flexible working hours in a law office.
3.The man is rather modern as far as dressing is
concerned.
4.The idea of a weekly dress-down day is not popular
in the man's country.
5. TIPSPLAY
1.The company's rules concerning what its employees should wear at work.
2.Why smoking is strictly forbidden in the office.
3.The company's different treatment of male and
female lawyers.
4.Why people should dress smartly at work.
1.
1.A writer.
2.A secretary.
A receptionist.3.
4.A clerk.
2. TIPSPLAY
1.A policeman.
2.An electrician.
3.A plumber.
4.A salesman.
3. TIPSPLAY
1.A farmer.
2.A clerk in a bookstore.
3.A salesman.
4.A grocer.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.An engineer.
A doctor. 2.
3.A teacher.
4.An architect.
1.
1.She is a liberal arts graduate.
2.She is a professor at a liberal arts college.
3.She is a counselor at the Career Advisory Center of a
college.
4.She is an accountant at Nike. 2. TIPSPLAY
1.They have to face severe competition.
2.They lack work experience.
3.They don't know how to write a good job resume.
4.They don't know what areas or kinds of job they could investigate.
3. TIPSPLAY
1.He didn't seem to have a clear idea of the types of job he could do for Nike.
2.He asked too many questions about Nike's communications department.
3.He told the Nike employee that he would like to talk to someone else at Nike.
4.He told the Nike employee directly what type of job he would like to do at Nike.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.Liberal arts graduates have had fewer job opportunities than science or engineering graduates over the past few years.
2.Liberal arts graduates have very few career options for them to choose from.
3.In job hunting college graduates who know what they could do for an employer are more likely to succeed.
4.Not having a clear idea of what types of job they can do is quite common among liberal arts graduates
1.
1.Theft.
2.Bank robbery.
3.Murder.
4.Burglary.
2. TIPSPLAY
1.Lawyer and witness.
2.Lawyer and suspect.
3.Judge and witness.
4.Juryman and witness.
3. TIPSPLAY
1.To describe everything she has seen.
2.To give every answer clearly.
3.To identify the objects seized by the police and
displayed in court.
4.To identify the suspects as the criminals who
committed the bank robbery.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.The accused will be seriously punished.
2.The jury will require more evidence.
3.The evidence against the accused seems very strong.
4.The accused will plead not guilty.
1.
1.1,200 pounds.
2.1,200 pounds.
3.1,200 pounds more than planned.
4.1,200 dollars more than planned.
2. TIPSPLAY
1.To ask his mother to pay for his hotel expenses.
2.To report a robbery at a police station in New York.
3.To commit a robbery in a dangerous part of New York.
4.To fake a robbery.
3. TIPSPLAY
1.To report that he was robbed when buying a can of
coke from a vending machine.
2.To get a report of robbery from the police.
3.To give himself up to the police for faking a robbery.
4.To ask the police to catch the thief who stole his bag.
4. TIPSPLAY
1.Mark Brown has very expensive habits.
2.New York is a dangerous place to live in.
3.Mark Brown has done something dishonest.
4.Local people in New York are interested in crimes.