《現(xiàn)代大學(xué)英語(yǔ)聽力2》聽力原文及答案Unit1

1、現(xiàn)代大學(xué)英語(yǔ)聽力2聽力原文及答案Unit 1Unit 1Task 1【答案】A.1) She wan ted to see St. Paul?s Cathedral.2) She was so surprised because she saw so many En glishme n who looked alike.3) They were all wearing dark suits and bowler hats, carrying umbrellas andn ewspapers.4) Because she had ofte n read about them and see n

2、photographs of them,who all looked as if they were wearing a uniform.5) No, he didn ?t.6) He used the English saying“It takes all kinds to make a world” to prove hisopi nion.B.If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea it would be! And if allthe trees were one tree, what a great tree it would be

3、! And if this treewere to fall in the sea, what a great splash there would be!【原文】Yesterday morni ng Gretel went to the City of London. She wan ted to seeSt. Pauls Cathedral. She was surprised to see so many En glishme n who looked alike. They were all wearing dark suits and bowler hats. They were a

4、ll carry ing umbrellas and n ewspapers. Whe n she retur ned home she asked Mr clark about these stra nge creatures. They must be typicalEn glish gen tleme n, shesaid. I have ofte n read about them and see n photographs of them. Theyall look as if they are wearing a uniform. Does the typical Englishg

5、en tlema n still exist?Mr. Clark laughed. Ive never thought about it, he answered. Its true that many of the men who work in the City of London still wear bowler hate and I suppose they are typical En glishme n. But look at this. Mr. Clark picked up a magaz ine and poin ted at a photo of a young man

6、.Hes just as typical, perhaps. It seems as if there is no such thing as a typicalEn glishma n. Do you know the En glish say ing It takes all kinds to make aworld? Thats true of all countries-including England.“ Oh, just like the poem ,lf All the Seas Were One Sea ?,” Gretel began tohum happily. If a

7、llthe seas were one sea, what a great sea that would be! If all the treeswere one tree, what a great tree that would be! And if this tree were to fallin the sea, w hat a great splash that would be!Task 2【答案】A.1) people were much busier2) colder tha n En gla nd; minus thirty degrees; last Ion ger3) m

8、uch more mountain。us; much higher and much more rocky; more beautiful4) te nd to be more crowded5) the houses; smallerB.1) T 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) F【原文】John is British but has worked in Japan. Etsuko is Japanese fromOsaka, but she is studying in Britain. In the following passage you aregoing to hear, th

9、ey are comparing life as they see it inthe two countries. But before listening to it, think of the two countries andtry to answer the following pre-listening questions.Joh n: I found that liv ing in Japa n, people were busier. They seem to work the whole day.Etsuko: Yes, that?s right. We work from M

10、on day through Saturday, eve n in summer. You know, summer in Japa n is just horrible. It?s very, very humid and hot , and you n eed to shower three times a day.John: So you find it cooler in England?Etsuko: Yes, that?s right.Joh n: Where I was liv ing in Japa n, in the North, it was much colderthan

11、 En gla nd, especially in win ter, minus thirty degrees cen tigrade.Does the wi nter in Osaka last Ion ger tha n the win ter in En gla nd?Etsuko: No, I don?t think so. December, Janu ary, February, March.John: Yes. It?s a little bit shorter if anything.Etsuko: Ever since I came here, I no ticed that

12、 the coun tryside here in En gla nd is very beautiful.John: It?s much flatter than in Japan.Etsuko: Yes. Japa n is a mountainous country and our cities are full ofpeople. There are lots of people in a limited flat area.Joh n: Yes, I found Japa n much more mountainous tha n Brita in, especiallyin the

13、 north. The mountains are much higher and much more rocky. Ifound it more beautiful tha n Brita in, I thi nk. Etsuko: Yes, if you like mountains.Joh n: And therefore the tow ns and villages tend to be more crowded.Etsuko: Yes, that?s right.Joh n: Yes. So because the cities are more crowded, the hous

14、es tend to be smaller, don?t they? Etsuko: Yes, they are very compact, and we don?t have a lot of space. In big cities we have a lot of taller build ings now.Joh n: Is this a problem because there are more earthquakes in Japa n?Etsuko: Yes, that?s right a nd?Task 3【答案】A.1) In the US, people usually

15、dance just to enjoy themselves; they don?tin vite other people to watch them.2) Usually eight people dance together.3) Because people form a square in dancing with a man and a woman on each side of the square.4) He usually makes it into a song.5) They wear old-fashi oned clothes.B.1) F 2) T 3) F 4)

16、F 5) TC.1) eight people form a square; on each side of the square2) what they should do; makes it into a song; sings it3) do n?t have much time to thi nk4) old-fashi oned clothes【原文】Rosa: Why don?t you have folk dances in the United States? Most coun tries have special dan ces that the people have d

17、one for many years. The dan cers wear clothes from the old days. Every one likes to watch them dan ce.Steve: We have folk dances, too. A lot of people belong to folk dancinggroups. But when they dance, they usually do it just to enjoy themselves. They don?t in vite other people to watch them.Rosa: I

18、s there a folk dancing group here?Steve: I think so. There must be. There?s one in almost every city,and some big cities have several.Rosa: What are the dan ces like?Steve: Usually eight people dance together, four men and four wome n.Whe n they start, they form a square, with a man and a woma n on

19、each side of the square. That?s why it?s called square dancing. Then there?s a man who tells the dan cers what they should do.He usually makes it into a song. He sings it while they dance.Rosa: Oh, that should make the dan ces easy!Stev Yes, but they are very fast. They don?t have much time to thin

20、k. I like to e:watch them,though. The dan cers wear old-fashi oned clothes. That makes the dan ces Rosa:pretty to watch.Stev I?d like to watch a group dan ce.eI?ll take you sometime.Task 4【答案】1) It was a time to celebrate the end of win ter and the begi nning of spri ng.2) They burned the picture of

21、 their kitchen god to bring good luck.3) The custom said the brides must wear“ someth ing old, somethi ng n ew,something borrowed, and something blue” to bring good luck.4) Because they could not eat meat, eggs or dairy products during Lent,so they tried to use up these thi ngs before Lent bega n.5)

22、 It was a straw man made by children in Czech; it was a figure of death.6) People brought their animals to church. And before the animals went into thechurch peopledressed them up in flowers and ribbons.【原文】1) On the eve ning of February 3rd, people in Japa nese families took onedried bean for each

23、year of their age and threw the beans on the floor,shout ing Good luck in! Evil spirits out! This was known asSetsub un, a time to celebrate the end of win ter and the beg inning of spri ng.2) Before the Chinese Lunar New Year in the old days, many Chinese familiesbur ned the pictureof their kitche

24、n god to bring good luck. Whe n Lunar New Years Day came, theyput anewpicture of the kitche n god on the wall.3)When American women got married,theysometimesfollowedan oldcustom in choosingwhat to wear ontheirwedd ingday. Thecustomsaid the bride mustwear somethingold,someth ingnew, somethingborrowed

25、, and somethi ng blue. This was to bring good luck.4) B efore Lent (a time on the Christia n cale ndar), the people of Pon ti, Italy ate an omelet made with 1,000 eggs. People could not eat meat, eggs or dairy products during Lent, so they tried touse up these thi ngs before Lent bega n.5) Whe n win

26、 ter en ded in Czech, the childre nmade a strawman calledSmrt, which was a figure of death. They burned it or threw it in theriver. After they destroyed it, they carried flowers home to show thearrival of spri ng.6) J anuary 17th was St. Anthonys Day in Mexico. It was a day whenpeople brought their

27、ani mals to church. But before the ani mals wentinto the church, the people dressed them up in flowers and ribbons.This cerem ony was to protect peoples an imals.Tas k【答案】A.1)2)FTB.3)F4)T5)F6)7) TTAdva ntagesDisadva ntagesLots of serva nts to do the work|Terrible life for serva ntsbeautiful clothes

28、to wearlots of tea partieslife being slowervery uncomfortableoften no men 1clothesbori ng and formal teapartiesple nty of time to talk to each otherbeing in vitedmuch more ill ness childre n left with serva nts all day very poor educati on no freedom for wome n【原文】Man: Well, I thi nk life used to be

29、 much more fun tha n it is no w. I mea n,look at the Victoria ns. They had lots of serva nts to do all the work;they n ever had to do any cook ing or clea ning; they just wore those beautiful dresses and went to tea parties.Woma n: You must be jok ing! Their clothes were terribly un comfortable and

30、their tea parties were very formal and boring. They used to wear their hats and long gloves eve n whe n they were eat ing cakes and biscuits. And men were not usually in vited.Man: Really? Were nt they?Woma n: And thi nk of the poor serva nts. What a terrible life justclea ning and cook ing for othe

31、r people all the time!Man: But you hate housework!Woma n: Yes, I know, but there are lots of mach ines now to help youwith the housework. People dont n eed serva nts.Man: Maybe they dont, but life the n was much slower tha n it is nowpeople no wadays are always rushi ng, and they n ever have time to

32、 stop and enjoy themselves.Woma n: Life the n was fine for the rich, but it was dreadful for the poor.There was much more ill ness. They did nt have the money to pay doctors, and they ofte n used to die of ill nesses that dont exist in En gla nd now.Man: Maybe. But people used to talk to each other,

33、 play the pia no or play cards together.Nowadays people just sit in front of the televisi on for hours and n ever talk to each other.Woma n: I agree with you about televisi on; but what about their childre n?They left their Children with the servants all day. Children hardlyever saw their pare nts!

34、And the clothes they hadto wear! Horrible, tight, uncomfortable, grown-up clothes.Childre n have a much better life now tha n they used to, and schools and educati on are much better too.Man: I hate school.Woma n: And look at opport un ities for wome n. In those days, wome n used to stay at home, pl

35、ay the pia no, cha nge their clothes several times a day and have tea parties. What a life! They did nt have any freedom at all. Im very happy liv ing no w. I can work, have a career, do what I want to.Man: You mean you can work hard all your life like a Victoria n serva nt.Woma n: Life isnt all tea

36、 parties, you know.Task 6【答案】A.1) b 2) a 3) c 4) aB.1) family unit; process; change; used to be; the extended; the nuclear2) job patter ns; progressed; agricultural; i ndustrial; forced; job opport un ities; split up3) traditi on al; family; expa nded; other liv ing arran geme ntsC.1) mother, father

37、, children, and some other relatives, such as grandparents,liv ing in the same house or n earby2) only the parents and the children3) previously married men and women marry again and combine the children from formermarriages into a new family【原文】The American family unit is in the process of change.

38、There used to be mainly two types of families: the extended and the nuclear. The extended family most often included mother, father, children, and some otherrelatives, such as gran dpare nts, liv ing in the same house or n earby. Then as job patter ns cha nged and the economy progressed from agricul

39、tural to in dustrial, people were forced to move to differe nt parts of the country for job opport un ities. These moves split up the extended family. The nuclear family became more prevale nt; this con sisted of only the pare nts and the childre n. Now besides these two types of traditi onal group

40、in gs, the word family is being expa nded to in clude a variety of other liv ing arran geme nts.Todays family can be made up of diverse comb in ati ons. With the divorce rate n early one in two, there is an in crease in sin gle pare nt homes: a father or mother livi ng with one or more childre n. Bl

41、e nded families occur whe n previously married men and wome n marry aga in and comb ine the childre n from former marriages into a new family. On the other hand, some couples are decid ing not to have any childre n at all, so there is an in crease in childless families. There are also more people wh

42、o live alone: sin gle, widowed, divorced. Now one in five America ns lives alone.Task 7【答案】ManW/omenBotlhV V J 11 1 1Study subjects like history or En glishStudy engin eeri ngVGo to uni versity to get good jobsVVA.Look for a good job because they want a good husba ndLook for a good job because they

43、want to be successfulWork for a lifetimeWork up to ten yearsGet married by twen ty-seve nCook the mealsLook after the childre nGo out for a drink after workCome home by four oclock in the after noonB.1) c 2) c 3) a 4) b 5) c 6) c 7) cland women【原文】In Japa n both men and wome n go to uni versity and

44、both men study the arts suchas history or English. But very few women study scienee, medicine or engin eeri ng. In engin eeri ng classes of thirty or forty stude nts, there may be on ly one or two wome n. Men and wome n both go to uni versity in order to get good jobs: men want to work for a big com

45、pa ny, be successful, earn a lot of money and support a family; wome n, on the other hand, wa#t to work for a big compa ny because they have a better cha nee of meeti ng a successful man and getting married. This is changing, however, asJ apa nese wome n beg in to thi nk about their own carees They

46、haVe bega n to take jobs which they like rather tha n jobs in order to find a husbR nd.Men work for their whole lives and usually stay with the same compa ny. woma n may workup to ten years, but after that she usually getsMost wome n aremarried by the age ofmarried.twenty seve n, the n they stay at

47、home and look after the childre n.A man does notcook or lookafter the children.When he comes home, his meal must be ready. Thewoma n may go out in the after noon, shopp ing with her frie nds or hav inga chat, but she must go back home by four oclock to prepare the meal.Then she may have to wait a lo

48、ng time for her husband to come home.Often he has to go out for a drink after work: if he does nt he may notrise very high in the compa ny.After her children grow up, a woman can go back to work, but it is not easy.If her former compa ny takes older wome n back, she might be lucky. Butmost women fin

49、d it difficult to find ajob whe n they are older.Task 8【答案】A.1) a 2) c 3) b 4) c 5) c 6) b 7) c 8) bB.1) T 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T 6) F 7) F 8) F 9) T 10) F 【原文】Matthew: Geth, how do people set about getting married in England?Geth: I suppose the most com mon way is still for people to go home. For exam

50、ple, people wholive in London now will go back to their homes in the prov in ces where theyll meet alltheir relatives and their pare nts, and theyll get married in a church, with the bride wearing white, the traditional white. Then theyll go off and have a booze-up with their relatives and friends a

51、nd a jolly good time will be had by all. Otherwise you can get married in a registry office, which means you turn up with your bride-to-be or bridegroom-to-be with two wit nesses only. The cerem ony takes about five minu tes, I suppose. You sig n the form and thats it.Matthew: There are many today w

52、ho say that marriage is a complete waste of time.Whats yourview of marriage in the twen tieth cen tury?Goth: Well, I live in London as you kno w. I thi nk in London, the tendency is to. for a. boyand girl, man or woma n to live together before marriage and ofte n to live together without any prospec

53、t of marriage at all. I think this probably is. is true of London andthe other big cities tha n elsewhere, because after all people in London are liv ing in a big place where home ties are obviously less restrictive. They can do more or less as they please and I thi nk this is the pattern.Matthew: B

54、ut do you think it helps for people to live together before taking their vows?Geth: I think in a sense the habit of living together before marriage may, in a stra nge sort ofway, make marriage stronger, because after all the people will know each other betterwhen they do get married and it might be

55、that divorce would be lesssuggestedlikelybetwee n such a couple.Matthew: Sue, youve been married for two or three years now. Hows it working out?Sue: I thi nk its a successful marriage. Its.difficult to say why,I mean, itsbecause webasically suit each other very much. We have a good frie ndship, apart from any thi ngelse, and, you know, we just go togetherbecause we respect eachvery wellothersfreedom and individuality, but on the other hand we really need each other, you know,its.Matth