大学英语三级听力

全新版大学英语3综合教程听力原文及答案第三册

Unit1

PartB

Text1

DatingwithMyMother(PartOne)

After22yearsofmarriage,Ihavediscoveredthecrettokeeplovealiveinmyrelationship

withmywife,eddatingwithanotherwoman.

ItwasPeggy'shesaidtome,'Lifeistooshort,youneedtospendtimewiththe

bablywon'tbelieveme,butIknowyouloveherandIthinkthatifthe

twoofyouspendmoretimetogether,itwillmakeusclor.'

The'other'womanmywifewancouragingmetodateismymother,a72-year-oldwidow

fterhisdeath,Imoved2,500miles

ovedbacknearmyhometownsix

yearsago,hthedemandsof

myjobandthreekids,Inevergotaroundtoeinghermuchbeyondfamilyget-togethersand

holidays.

MomwassurpridandsuspiciouswhenIcalledandsuggestedthetwoofusgoouttodinner

andamovie.

'What'swrong?'sheasked.

'Ithoughtitwouldbenicetospendsometimewithyou,'Isaid.'Justthetwoofus.'

'Iwouldlikethatalot,'shesaid.

WhenIpulledintoherdriveway,rwas

curled,andshewassmiling.'ItoldmyladyfriendsIwasgoingoutwithmyson,andtheywereall

n'twaittohearaboutourevening,'Mothersaid.

Questions:

uldmakethespeakerclortohiswife,Peggy?

youknowaboutthespeaker'smother?

fthefollowingadjectivesbestdescribesPeggy?

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DatingwithMyMother(PartTwo)

Wedidn'tgoanywherefancy,ereyes

noweonlylargeshapesandshadows,Ihadtoreadthemenuforbothofus.

'Iudtobethereaderwhenyouwerelittle,'shesaid.

'Thenitistimeforyoutorelaxandletmereturnthefavor,'Isaid.

Wehadanicetalkoverdinner,justcatchinguponeachother'edforsolong

thatwemisdthemovie.

'I'llgooutwithyouagain,'mymothersaidasIdroppedheroff,'butonlyifyouletmebuy

dinnernexttime.'

Iagreed.

'Howwasyourdate?'mywifeaskedwhenIgothomethatevening.

'Nice...nicerthanIthoughtitwouldbe,'Isaid.

meswetakeinamovie,but

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lsme

owwhatitwaslikeforhertoworkina

owshemetmyfatherthere,andknowhowthey

'eimportanttome,a

eofhealthproblems,mymotherworries

aboutthedaysahead.

asright.

Datinganotherwomanhashelpedmymarriage.

Questions:

esthestorymainlytellus?

fthefollowingistrue?

nyoulearnfromthestory?

PartC

Conversation1:

W:Youknow,manyAmericanparentsarenowwonderingwhytheycan'tkeeptheirteenage

childrenfromdrinking.

M:I'nd,it'sthepermissiveattitudeoftheparentsthatistoblame.

Q:Whatcanyoulearnfromtheman'srespon?

Conversation2:

M:Don'tyouthinkit'sgoodtogiveourchildrenamonthlyallowance?

W:onthlyallowancetheycanlearnto

budgettheirexpenswily.

Q:Whataretheytalkingabout?

Conversation3:

M:Mom,I'oursadayweekdaysandallday

Saturday.

W:Congratulations,yousureyoucanhandleit?Whataboutyourhomeworkand

yourpianolessons?

Q:HowdoesthemotherfeelaboutTom'spart-timejobatthesupermarket?

Conversation4:

M:Hey,ppened?

W:winhospitalandwillhaveanoperation

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,ydon'tknowwhetherhecansurviveit.

Q:What'sthewomanworriedabout?

Conversation5:

W:Mother'outellmewhatsonsanddaughtersdoinyourcountry

onthatday?

M:Well,s,itisa

commonpracticeforthemtowearpinkcarnationsonthatday.

Q:WhichofthefollowingistrueofthecustomsofMother'sDayintheman'scountry?

Unit2

PartB

Text1

WhataCoincidence!(PartOne)

tuitionforamedicalschoolin1984was

15,000dollarsayear,himrealizehisdream,

hisfather,t,arealestateagent,beganarchingthehou-for-saleadsinnewspapersin

ertimentthathenoteddownwasforthesaleofahouina

tcalledtheowner,tryingtopersuadehimtolethimbehisagent.

Somehowhesucceededandtheownerpromidthathewouldcometohimifhefailedtogeta

eymadeanappointmenttomeetanddiscussthething.

Asgoodthingsarenevereasytoacquire,thetimefortheappointmenthadtobechanged

aywhentheyweresuppodtomeetat3o'clockintheafternoon,Mr.

rtsankashefearedtherewouldbeanother

ertoldhimthathecouldn'tmakeitatthreebutifhewould

comerightthen,geverythingaside,he

immediatelytouttodrivetothehou.

Asheapproachedthearea,eets,

thetrees,theneighborhood,nhefinallyreachedthehou,

tobethehouofhisfather-in-law!Theoldmanhaddied

fifteenyearsagobutwhenhewasalive,

rememberedthat,likehissonAndrew,hisfather-in-lawhadalsowantedtostudymedicineand,

failingtodoso,hadalwayshopedthatoneofhistwodaughtersorhisgrandchildrencould

somedaybecomeadoctor.

Questions:

thetwomaincharactersinthestoryyouhavejustheard?

tgettoknowtheownerofthehou?

thave?

thecoincidenceinthestoryyouhavejustheard?

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WhataCoincidence!(PartTwo)

Whenheenteredthehou,twavenmoreamazedtofindthatthehouwas

theowneraboutthisandthelatterbecame

r,ppenedthatinthemiddle

oftheirdiscussion,letterwasaddresdtoMr.

Stewart'sfather-in-law!t'sprencethereandthen,theletterwouldbe

ostmandemandeda

signatureonthereceiptslip,ied,the

terwasfromabank.

Whenheopenedit,twowordsimmediatelymethiye--'Foreducation'.Itwasabankstatement

ofanamounthisfather-in-lawhadputinyearsagoforhisgrandchildren'

theinterestithadearnedovertheyears,thestandingvalueoftheamountcametoalittleover

$15,000,justenoughmoneytocoverthetuitionofAndrew'sfirstyearatamedicalcollege!

ginalpostman,whohad

workedinthisneighborhood,ostman,whowasnewtothearea,

eentheoldpostman,theletterwouldundoubtedlybe

returnedtothenderasheknewfullwellthatnopersonbearingthatnamelivedinthathou

anylonger.

emoneygiventohimbyhisgrandfatherhe

sadoctorinIllinois.

Statements:

lcoincidenceshappenedinthestory.

ncidencesmadeitpossiblefortheownertollhishouatagoodprice.

ctuallybenefitedfromthecoincidences.

tdidnothavetoekextraworkfromthenon.

thadearned,Andrew'sdreamfinallycametrue.

PartC

DadStopsforGas,FindsLostSon

Nuen

grewupNueng

immigratedtotheUnitedStatesandworkedasagasstationclerkinPueblo,am

teryear,hetriedinvaintoarchforinformationabout

thewhereaboutsofhisfather.

him,itwasjust

man,whowasinhisfifties,aidhisheadfromthe

hisbehisfather?

"AreyouJohnGarcia?"heasked.

"Yes,"cametheanswer.

"WereyoueverintheAirForce?"

"Yes."

"WereyoueverinThailand?"

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"What'sthattodowithyou?"answeredtheman,whobecamesuspiciousbythen.

"Wereyouorwereyounot?"Nuengpersisted.

"Yes."

"Didyoueverhaveason?"

aredateachotherandrealizedatthesamemoment

thattheywerefatherandsonwhowereparated27yearsagoandhalfaworldaway.

JohnGarciahadn'touchwithNueng'smotherwhenshe

heneverwenttothatgas

station,wasn'tevenlowongasthatdayandhardlyeverpaidwithacheck.

Statements:

'sparentsdivorcedwhenhewasonly3monthsold.

ovingtotheU.S.A.,NuengworkedatagasstationinColorado.

evergaveuphiffortstofindhisfather,butJohnGarciahadneverlookedforhisson.

whileatworkNueng'yesfellonthephotoofacustomer'sdriver'slicen,andthe

maninthephotolookedlikehisfather.

cestationedinThailand.

rciaandhissondidn'tmeeteachotheragainuntil1996.

'sfathersaidheoftenwenttothatgasstationbutneverpaidwithacheck.

ycoincidencethatJohnGarciaandhissonwerereunitedaftermanyyearsofparation.

Unit3

PartB

Text1

AMarriageAgreement(PartOne)

(reenottobreaktherulesoutlinedin

,areporter,istalkingtothemabouttheagreement.)

John:Tom,Linda,firstI'dliketoaskyouwhyyoudecidedtowritethisunusualagreement.

Tom:Wefoundthatmanyproblemsarecaudwhenapersonhasdifferentexpectationsfromhis

edtotalkabouteverythingopenlyandhonestlybeforewestartedliving

together.

Linda:Alsowebothknowhowimportantitistorespecteachother',Icanget

veryannoyedifothersleavestuff--clothing,papers,everything!--

reallybuggedme,soweputthatintheagreement.

John:ThisismentionedinArticle1:CleaningUp,isn'tit?Itsays,"Nothingwillbeleftonthe

hingmustbecleanedupandputawaybeforegoingtobed."

Tom:ThenI'llknowclearlywhatLinda'xpectationsare.

John:outArticle2:Sleeping?Itsays,"upat

6:onweekends."I'msuresomepeoplehearingthiswillthinkthatthisagreement

isn'tveryromantic.

Tom:Well,kit'reementshowsthatwesatdownand

talked,problemsoccurinamarriagewhen

peopledon'ttalkaboutwhattheywant.

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Linda:That'disagreedaboutsomething,weworkedoutasolutionthatwasgood

muchratherhaveTomreallylistentomeandunderstandmyneedsthan

givemeabunchofflowersoraboxofcandy.

Questions:

tatementbestsummarizesthemarriageagreementbetweenTomandLinda?

ingtoTom,whatwillgiveritoproblemsinamarriage?

nbeinferredaboutLindafromtheconversation?

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AMarriageAgreement(PartTwo)

John:Linda,doyouspendalotoftimecheckingtoeiftheotherpersonisfollowingtherules?

Arguing?

Linda:No,notatall.

Tom:Alotofcouplesarguebecautheydon'tunderstandeachother'we

spendlesstimearguingthanmostcouplesbecauwebothknowwhattheotherpersonexpects.

John:Whathappensifoneofyoubreaksarule?

Tom:Well,that'sinArticle13ofouragreement.

John:Isit?Ohyes,Article13:BreakingRules."Ifyoubreakarule,youmustapologizeanddo

somethingnicefortheotherpersontomakeitup."

Linda:Yeah,likelasttimeTombroketheruleofdriving.

John:What'stherule?

Linda:Theruleiswemustaskfordirectionsifwearedrivingandgetlostformorethanfive

minutes.

John:Whathappened?

Tom:Weweredrivingtoafriend'swedding,antedtostopatagasstation

toaskfordirections,butIthoughtIcouldfigureitout.

Linda:Thenwedrovefortymilesinthewrongdirectionandendedupbeinglateforthewedding.

Tom:hatIshoulddotoapologize.

John:That'sveryimportant,Ithink,ay,doyouplantoupdate

youragreementatall?Whatifthingschangeinyourlifeandaruledoesn'tworkanymore?

Linda:We'e14statesthatwemustreviewthisagreementoncea

yearandmakenecessarychanges.

John:Well,ouverymuchforyourtime.

Tom&Linda:Thankyou.

Statements:

Lindaneverarguebecautheybothknowwhattheotherpersonexpects.

mbrokeArticle14andapologizedtoLindabytakingherouttodinner.

oftherulesinthemarriageagreementbecomeoutdated,changeswillbemadeto

updatethem.

sthatbothTomandLindaaresatisfiedwiththeirmarriageagreement.

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PartC

APerfectMatch

Areyoulookingforagoodrelationshipwithsomeonespecial?Whattypeofpersonisthebest

personforyou?IsitthepersonwiththehighestIQ?Isitthemostbeautifulormosthandsome

person?Howabouttherichestpersonorthemostambitious?Isyouridealpartnerthemost

traditionalorthemostmodernperson?Isheorshethepersonmostlikeyou,ormostunlikeyou?

Theanswer,psychologistssay,?

numberofrearchstudies,werswereclear.

Mostpeoplearehappywithmoderation--withpartnerswhoarenotthemostorthebest(orthe

leastortheworst).Peoplearemorecomfortablewithpartnerswhoarenotsospecial.

erelationship,twothingscan

,notsurprising.

Second,troublehappenswhenpeopledon'

staycalmwhenyoudisagreewithsomeone?Areyoureadytochangeyourlf?Ifyoucantolerate

disagreementandarewillingtochange,maybeyouarereadyforariousrelationship.

Statements:

sageimpliesthattheperfectmatchforyouisapersonwhoismostunlikeyou.

horarguesthatthemostbeautifulormosthandsomepersonmaynotbeyourperfect

partner.

teperson,thatis,thepartnerswhoarenotthemostorthebestcanbeyourperfect

match.

earchshowedthatanextremeloverelationshipbetweenthetwocancautrouble.

sagestatesthattheangerisoneofthecausthatleadtothebreakupofalove

relationship.

fectmatchliesinthepeople'sattitudestotoleratedisagreementandbewillingtochange

inarelationship.

Unit4

PartB

Text1

BeingaPoliceOfficerIsaStressfulJob

Interviewer:Welcometoourprogram,Sam.

Sam:Thankyou.

Interviewer:Sam,howlonghaveyoubeenapoliceofficer?

Sam:I'vebeenapoliceofficerforthirtyyears.

Interviewer:'vehaddifferenttypesofassignmentsonthepoliceforce,I

guess.

Sam:Yeah,I'vedoneeverythingfrompatroltoundercoverworktodetectivework,andnowI'm

supervisinginvestigations.

Interviewer:Sam,Ithinkmostpeoplewouldsaythatbeingapoliceofficerisaverystressfuljob.

Wouldyouagree?

Sam:Yes,it'ependsonyourassignment.

Interviewer:So,what'sprobablythemoststressfulassignmentyoucanhave?

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Sam:I'dsaypatrolisthemoststressfulassignment.

Interviewer:That'sinteresting!Inwhatway?

Sam:Well,Iguessthebiggestpartofthestressisthefearfactor--thefearoftheunknown.

Interviewer:Whatdoyoumean,Sam?

Sam:Well,inpatrolwork,youdon'tknowfrommomenttomomentwhoyouaretalkingtoor

'ssay,forexample,apatrolofficer

sasthoughthatwouldbeaverylow-stresssituation.

Interviewer:Yes,itisaverylow-stresssituation.

Sam:Butthetruthis,therearemorepoliceofficersinjuredduringaroutinestop.

Interviewer:Really?

Sam:Really!That'swhyallpoliceofficersaretaughtfromtheverybeginningtobeawareoftheir

backoverpolicemen,peopleshootpolicemen,peoplejumpoutatpolicemen

--'sprobablythemoststressfultime.

Interviewer:'stakeabreakandthenwe'llmoveontoournexttopic.

Sam:Allright.

Questions:

'stherelationshipbetweenthetwospeakers?

esSammainlytalkabout?

youknowaboutSam?

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StressReducers

Interviewer:Sam,you'vetalkedaboutthepoliceofficers''smoveontothe

sIknow,there'hinkthat

there'sahigherpercentageofillnessamongpoliceofficersthaninthegeneralpopulation?Imean,

dotheygetmorecoldsoranything?Isthisreallytrue?

Sam:Yes,itis,andthestresslevelnotonlymanifestsitlfindailyhealth--whetherornot

you'manifestsitlfinthingslikeulcers,heartdia--

policeofficerstendtohaveahigherrateofheartdiaandulcersthanpeopleinother

professions.

Interviewer:Really?That'sdocumented?

Sam:Yes,it'othedivorcerateamongpoliceofficersismuchhigher.

Interviewer:Istheresomethingthatthepolicedepartmentdoestohelpyoudealwiththisstress?

Sam:Yes,n

exercip've

foundthat's,there'salsoapsychologicalprogramwithcounling

reareveraldiscussiongroupsaswell.

They'vefoundthatsometimesjustsittingaroundandtalkingaboutthestresswithotherofficers

,thothingsareavailable.

Interviewer:Andwhatdoyoudo,personally,tohelpyoudealwiththestressofyourjob,Sam?

Sam:Well,duringthebaballason,I'mthebiggestbaballfanatic,andIwilleitherbe

readingaboutbaball,orlisteningtobaball,rthingItrytodoisto

nIworkhardatkeepingupmypersonalrelationships,

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comebackhome,Icantalkaboutmydaywithher,andthenjustforgetaboutit.

Statements:

logueismainlyabouthowpoliceofficerscandealwithstress.

ingtoSam,mostpoliceofficernjoygoodhealth.

ingtoSam,thedivorcerateamongpoliceofficersishigherthanamongpeopleinother

jobs.

lingisthemosteffectiveprogramtohelppoliceofficersrelievestress.

wshowtoreducehisstress.

PartC

ShortConversations

1.M:Youlooksonervous,allright?

W:Franklyspeaking,I'ogiveaprentationtoagroupofimportant

visitorsthisafternoon.

Q:WhydoesRofeelnervous?

2.M:Youlooksoupt,'sworryingyou?

W:stobeplayingvideogamesallthetime.

WheneverItalktohimheturnsadeafeartome.

Q:What'sthewoman'sproblem?

3.W:David,youdon'ngwrong?

M:Well,youknow,cethenmyfatherhaslivedinan

apartmentonhisownandhasveryfewfriends.

Q:WhatisDavidworryingabout?

4.W:Michael,Idon'

toremindherofalmosteverything.

M:Don'tworry,'sjustgettingold.

Q:WhatdoyouknowaboutMary?

5.W:I',nowadaysmanycollege

n'temtobeinterestedintheirstudies.

M:udentsstillconcentrateontheirstudies.

Q:Whatcanyouinferfromtheman'srespon?

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PartB

Text1

Ashley

Ashleywasreadingamagazinewhenshecameacrossanarticleaboutantibioticsandother

drugswereprentthere,shereasoned,

theymightalsobefoundnearherhomeinWestVirginia.

Ashleyfearedthatantibioticsinthewaterscouldleadtoresistantbacteria,orsupergerms,

whichcankilluntoldnumbersofpeople.

Thegirl,then16,begantestingherarea'impledevicesheherlf

haddesigned,shecollected350watersamplesfromtheOhioanditstributariesovertenweeks.

Readingscientificjournals,hemostscientifically

soundprojectforsomeoneherage.

Herexperiment,oneofthefirstofitskindintheUnitedStates,showedthatlowlevelsofthree

'sstudywontheInternationalStockholm

JuniorWaterPrize,eiveda$5,000scholarshipandan

audiencewithSweden'sCrownPrincessVictoria.

asthe

day-to-daystuff--howwatercomestothetap,howrainstickstoglass,thatmostfascinatedher.

"Scienceisnotadeadthing,"shesays."It'shappeningallaroundus."

Bythesixthgrade,won$70,000inprizemoney,

nstoattendHarvardUniversity."Iwanttomakemy

owndiscoveries,andnotjustreadaboutwhatothershavedone,"cherspredict

thatshewillonedaywinaNobelPrize.

Statements:

livesinthestateofVirginia.

oticsinstreamsandriverscanleadtotheemergenceofsupergerms.

iafoundinEuropeanlocalwatersandtapwaterhavekilledcountlesspeople.

impleequipmentdesignedbyherlf,Ashleycollected350watersamplesintenweeks.

'xperimentprovedthatantibioticsdidexistintheOhioRiver.

developedastronginterestinsciencewhenshewasinhersixthgrade.

wantstomakediscoveriesbyherlfandknowshowtomakeuofwhatshehasread.

ernationalStockholmJuniorWaterPrizeisaNobelPrizeforteenagers.

gota$5,000scholarshipfromHarvardUniversity.

canberegardedasarolemodelforyoungpeople.

Text2

YoungPeopleSayNotoSmoking

OnFebruary16,2001,theteensfromayouthgroupcalledREBELlaunchedtheiradvertising

ustabouteverybodyhasheardthe

"NotforSale"ny

peopledon'tknowisthatteenagersfromWestNewYorkandacrossNewJeryworkedon

variousaspectsofthecampaign,paign

organizerthoughtitwouldbebetterthanusingactorsifactualREBELmemberswereinthe

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commercials.

REBEL,whichstandsforReachingEverybodybyExposingLies,isastatewideyouth

ement,whichbeganinNovemberlastyear,carries

themessagethatteensnolongerwanttobetargetedbytobaccocompaniesintheiradvertiments.

Knowingthatpeerpressureonteenstosmokeordodrugsisoneofthebiggestproblemsthat

teensface,thegroupisworkinghardtoensurethattheirmessagereachesallteenagersatNew

Jeryschools.

Whenthegroupwasfirstformed,therewereonlyfivemembers,

entrecruitingparty,apizza

andpoolparty,attheWestNewYorkswimmingpool,morethan50newmemberswereattracted

tothegroup.

"Wedon'tthinkthattoomanypeoplewouldbeinterested,"saidJackie,oneofitsfounding

members."owwhowearenow."

Questions:

dREBELlaunchtheiradvertisingcampaign?

ymembersdidREBELhavebythesummerof2001?

themembersofREBEL?

dREBELdofortheircampaignagainsttobaccocompanies?

dREBELdorecently?

PartC

Skatescooters

InHongKongthedays,youwilloftenepeopleridingskatescootersinthestreets.

Dependingonwhichwayyoulookatthem,theycanbegreatforperformingtricksorarejustthe

oneofthemoreexperiencedskatescooterriders,ashehas

lyhairandbaggyjeansshowhisdevotionto

deeppassionforandunderstandingofthissport.

"Istartedridingskatescooterayearago,butatthattimetherewasnoonetosharethe

experiencewithorlearnnewtricksfrom,"heexplained."Nowthatithascaughtonandmore

peopletakepartinit,itismoreenjoyable."

MostofthebestbrandsofskatescootersaremadeinSwitzerlandandbegantobeimportedto

ookmuchnoticeofthem,however,untiltheybecamepopularin

oplesawskatescootersinJapanemagazinestheyweresoontryingtobuythem

icklyHongKonghaditsowngroupofskatescooterridersandthenumber

isstillgrowing.

However,epeoplethey

aresimply

theycanbefoldedupwithoutdifficultyandareeasytocarryabout,theyhavebecomepopular

withavarietyofpeoplefromschoolstudentstobusinesxecutives.

Statements:

'llfindridersperformingtrickson

skatescootersinthestreets.

thepersonwhointroducedskatescooterstoHongKong.

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adevotedperformerandthemostskillfulriderofskatescootersinHongKong.

Fungaboutayeartopractiandbecameoneofthemoreexperiencedskatescooter

ridersinHongKong.

nesplayanimportantroleinpopularizingskatescootersinJapan.

tescootershasbeenlistedasoneofthecompetitivesportsaroundtheworld.

liketorideskatescootersasasportaswellasaconvenientmeansoftransportation.