新视野大学英语听说教程第二单元原文和答案
Understanding words
Task1：1. . annoy 2. blast 3. offensive 4. powerful 5. disgusting
6. definitely 7. horrible 8. rhythm 9. disturb 10. toast
Key: 1.(B)2.(C) 3.(A) 4.(B) 5.(A) 6.(A) 7.(C) 8.(B) 9.(A) 10.(A)
Task2：1. annoyed; 2. disgusting; 3. disturb; 4. jeans; 5. powerful
6. grab; 7. definitely 8. stuff 9. rhythms 10. horrible
Understanding ntences
Task1: 1. 手小
When he heard the music blast forth, Tom bolted out of bed like shot from a gun.
2. Sandy sang along with the music as she lay listening to her favorite record.
3. Not stopping to knock, the children burst into the room,
4. It must be weird for him to listen to such horrible stuff as a youngster.
5. He asked Sandy to turn down her music so that it did not wake her younger sister.
6. The music is so loud that it will hurt 苦中作乐
your ears as well as your军训周记
brain, so mm it off. 7. Plea hurry up or you'll be late for the concert.
8. We’d better get there early, or someone el will grab the best ats.
9. She stayed a long time in the shower and washed thoroughly.
10. The teacher banged on the table to rush the students into handing in their papers.
Key: 1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (A)
Task2: 1. It was so cold that he wrapped his sweater around his shoulders to keep warm.
2. As usual for this time of year, all of the restaurants are clod.
3. While standing by the sink, I heard Mother enter the kitchen.
4. Just one more question and I'm done.
5. She pretended that she didn't mind, but I knew that she did.
6. Normally she wore little make-up, except for this evening.
7. We don't go far enough in trying to stop young people from smoking.
8. She bolted to the phone to ring for an ambulance.
9. It's nice to have someone with whom you can share your problem.
10. Since her brother had left, her mother bugged Sandy a lot more than before.
Key: 1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6, (B) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (A)
UNDERSTANDING PASSAGES
Listening Task 1 Passage one
Until now, happy parents found themlves ignored by their young rebels, who charged them with being too concerned with money and too anxious to influence the neighbors. Young people thought true success was a matter of lf-satisfaction. And lf-satisfaction included reaching one's goals and achieving happiness in one's own way without paying attention to rules, duties, or the opinions of others.
Most parents found it hard to accept their children's thinking. They themlves had been brought up to respect traditional values; they had also learned to respect money becau it was hard to find during their teenage years. They had married in the late 1930s or early 1940s, at a time when it was difficult to give their children a carefree life. A married couple's first duty, therefore, was to think of their children's happ病毒的概念
iness. If the parents felt tired and unsatisfied, they didn't dare admit it: it was not done. On the other hand, while Mom and Dad were going without things, they expected their children to obey the rules of "nice" manners, and to grow up into adults that make parents proud. The were the very ideas against which the young rebels of the 1960s rebelled.
Questions 1 to 5 are bad on the passage you have just heard.
1. According to the passage, what did children think of their parents?
2. What was true success according to young people?
3. What did most parents learn to do when they were young?
4. What did parents think was their first duty?
5. What did parents expect their children to be?
Key: 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T
Passage two
My grandfather lives with us and he's making my life a pain. When I was small he was kind and happy. But now he's always negative and finding fault. I mustn't break in when he's talking. It's not polite. He doesn't like my clothes. "Nice girls don't dress like that." I shouldn't wear make－up. "Existing beauty is best." Sometimes he disturbs my homework. "When I was young we ud to do maths differently," he says. Honestly, he's
so old he doesn't know anything. But that doesn't stop him from finding fault with me. He doesn't like my friends or my favorite records. "You're making too much noi," he calls, "I can't get to sleep." When he's not being negative, he asks questions, "Where are you going? Where have you been? Why aren't you helping your mother?" He thinks I'm six, not sixteen. Anyway, why can't I do what I like? It's my life, not his.
Questions 6 to 10 are bad on the passage you have just heard.
6. What is the talk mainly about?
7. What does the speaker's grandfather think she should do?
8. Why does the speaker's grandfather sometimes disturb her homework?
9. When does the speaker's grandfather stop being negative?
10. Why does the speaker's grandfather never stop bugging her?
Key: 6. Fq10
7. F 8. F 9. T 10. F
Passage three
David Brown and Ann Ramos are two patients participating in the Adult Day Care Program at Mercy Hospital.
David Brown is venty-two years old. He's friendly and likes to talk. He lives with his wife in a small flat in the city. But David is becoming forgetful. His wife says, "He'll heat up some soup, then forget to turn off the cooking equipment." She is sixty-one and still works. She's worded about leaving her husband alone by himlf.
