新視野大學(xué)生聽力(unit1-5)

新視野大學(xué)英語聽說教程第一單元原文和答案

Understandingwords

Taskl：insight；embarrassing；frustrating；access；virtual；

minimum；positive；commitment；benefit；gap

Task2：rewarding；environment；participate；required；medium；

access；commitment；frustration;benefits;insights

Understandingsentences

Taskl:1.Theteachertolduswheretobuyourtextbooks.

2.ThetextwasexplainedtoMaryandJackyesterday.

3.Ourmonitorforgotthenameoftheactorappearinginthefilm.

4.Lastweek,Dr.BrownwenttoWashingtonbytraininorderattendaschoolmeetingthere.

5.Shehasn'tquitefinishedherassignmentyet.

6.She'dliketotakeanonlinecourse.

7.JohnusedtobeastudentinNewYork.

8.Jackisntagoodstudentbecauseheneverdoeshishomework.

9.She'dliketoseetheprofessorassoonaspossible.

10.JacktoldmysisterthewaytotheChairman'sOffice.

key:1.(B)2.(B)3.(A)4.(A)5.(B)6.(B)7.(B)8.(B)9.(A)10.(B)

Task2:1.Marywasatthetopofherclassduringthelastyear.

2.Isupposethattheteacher,Mary,wantsmetofinishthecourse.

3.IcameacrossaletterfromBrowntheotherday.

4.Jimsoongotaccesstothe1ibrarycomputers.

5.Muchworkhasbeendonetobridgethegapbetweenwhatstudentslearnandwhatsocietyneeds.

6.Mr.Brownisagooddriverandhiswifeisjustlikehim.

7.Learningaforeignlanguagewasoneofthemostdifficultyetmostrewardingexperiencesofmylife.

8.Weaskedallschoolstudentstoparticipateinanonlinecourse.

9.Iwouldn，ttrademyexperiencewithEnglishlearningforanythingintheworld.

10.Ican'tkeepupwiththeflowoftheonlinecourse.

Key:1.(B)2.(A)3.(A)4.(C)5.(B)6.(A)7.(C)8.(A)9.(C),10.(B)

UNDERSTANDINGPASSAGES

ListeningTask1Passageone

Today,therearemanyopportunitiesopentothosewhowishtocontinuetheireducation.However,nearly

al1requiresomebreakinone，sjobinordertoattendschoolfulltime.

Parttimeeducation,thatis,attendingschoolatnightorforoneweekendamonth,usuallylastsa

longperiodoftime,Asaresult,manypeoplefinditalmostimpossibletocompleteadegreeprogram.In

addition,suchprogramsrequireafixedtime,whichcanproducesomebadeffectsonone'sjobandfamily

time.

Ofthemanywaysofteachingandlearning,however,perhapsdistancelearningcanbesaidtofitourneeds.

Distancelearningisaneducationalmethod,whichallowsstudentstostudyataspeedthatiscomfortable

forthem.Inthisway,studentsenjoyagoodopportunitytoachievetheeducationalgoalsnecessaryintodayys

world.Thetimerequiredtostudycanbefixedaccordingtothestudents,actualneedsandwants.Inaddition,

studentscanparticipateindistancelearningcoursesfromalmostanyplaceintheworld.Theycanreceive

teachers，helpthroughtheonlinecourse,bytelephoneandovertheInternet.

Gooddistancelearningprogramshavealotofbenefits.Forexample,studentsdon'thavetotravel

awayfromhometotakeatest.Thedistancelearningcourseisthesameasthecoursesstudentshaveat

college.Thedegreeofferedisalsothesamewhetherdistancelearningoron-campusstudyisemployed.In

fact,agooddistancelearningprogramispopularnotonlywiththestudentsbutalsoanycompanyorbusiness

thatwantstoworkfortheeducationalbenefitandbusinessdevelopmentofthecompany.

Questions1to5arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

1.Accordingtothetalk,whatismeantbyparttimeeducation?

2'Whatisoneofthemajorbenefitsthatdistancelearningofferstothestudents?

3.Howmanybenefitsofgooddistancelearningprogramsarementionedinthetalk?

4.Howcanabusinessbenefitfromdistancelearningprogramsaccordingtothespeaker?

5.Whatbenefitdoesdistancelearningbringtoaworkerinabusinessaccordingtothespeaker?

Key:1.T2.F3.F4.F5.T

Passagetwo

Inordertolearnaforeignlanguagewell,itisnecessarytogetoverthefearofmakingmistakes.

Ifthemajorgoaloflanguageuseiscommunication,themistakesaresecondinimportanceandmaybedealt

withbitbybitasawarenessofthosemistakesincreases.Ontheotherhand,studentsshouldnotignore

theirmistakes.Thelanguagelearnermaynoticehownativespeakersexpressthemselves,andhownative

expressionsaredifferentfromthewaythelearnermightsaythem.Forexample,aChinesespeakerwhohas

beensaying"I'lldoit,loexpresswillingnesstodosomethingintheimmediatefuture,could,by

communicatingwithnativespeakers,realizethatnativespeakersactuallysay1THdoit,〃whentheymean

“rightnow."Theresultinggapcanserveasabaseforthestudenttochangehiswayofusingthepresent

forminEnglish.Butastudentwhoisunwillingtocommunicateinthefirstplacewouldlosethisopportunity

tolearnbetter.

Questions6to10arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard,c

6.Whatdoesthespeakermainlydiscussinthetalk?

7.Howcanlanguagelearnersreducethenumberoftheirmistakes?

8.Whatwillhappentoforeignlanguagelearnerswhodonotcommunicatewithnativespeakers?

9.Whyshouldn，tforeignlanguagelearnersworrytoomuchaboutmakingmistakes?

10.Whatdoesthespeakersayabouttheuseofmistakesinforeignlanguagelearning?

Key:6.F7.T8.T9.F10.F

Passagethree

ManyChinesestudentshavestudiedEnglishformorethantenyears.However,theyaresti11unable

tospeakEnglishverywe11whentheymeetanativespeaker.Theyseemtohavemasteredthebasiclanguage

structure,butaconversationinEnglishwillmakethemfeeluncomfortable.Theyareafraidthatotherpeople

mightfindouttheirmistakes.

It'scommonthatmanystudentswhoarebadspeakersofEnglishcanwriteEnglishperfectly.Thisproves

thattheyareunabletothinkabouttheirideasinEnglish.Thecenteroftheproblemisthattheylack

practiceandpositivebeliefinthemselves.

Whyshouldyoubeafraid?Doyoufearthosenativespeakerswithwhomyouarespeaking?Don'tbeshy!

Theywillnotlaughatyoujustforalittlemistakeyoumake.Thebestwaytogetridofmistakesisto

learntospeakbyspeakingmore.Iamsurethatcontinualpracticewillhelpyousucceed.

Questions11to15arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

11.Whatdoesthistalkmainlydiscuss?

12.WhyaresomanyChinesestudentsgoodatwritingEnglishbutpooratspeakingEnglish?

13.WhyaresomanyChinesestudentsafraidtospeaktonativespeakers?

14.HowcanwespeakEnglishwell?

15.Whatdoesthephrase"getridof〃meaninthetalk?

Key:11.F12.F13.F14.T15.F

Task2Passageone

ImagineyouareadoctorofmedicinefromJapan.YouareataninternationalmeetinginEurope.You

wanttocommunicatewithadoctorfromAfrica.Whatlanguagedoyouspeakwithhim?Theanswerisprobably

English.

Today,nearly600millionpeoplearoundtheworldusetheEnglishlanguage.OnlyhalfofthemspeakEnglish

astheirfirstlanguage.

WhyisEnglishusefulforinternationalcommunication?Foronething,manybooksandpapersinspecial

fieldsareinEnglish.Asaresult,peoplewithgreatknowledgeinthesespecialfieldsoftenlearnEnglish.

SuchpeoplefromdifferentcountriescanusetheirEnglishforinternationalcommunication.Englishisreally

aworldlanguage.

Key:1.C2.A3.B4.C5.D

Passagetwo

Manypeoplegotoschoolforaneducation.Theylearnlanguages,history,politicalmethods,geography,

physics,chemistryandmathematics.Othersgotoschooltolearnskillsinordertomakealiving.Traditional

educationisveryusefulandimportant.Yet,noonecanlearneverythingfromschool.Ateacher,nomatter

howmuchheknows,cannotteachhisstudentseverythingtheywanttoknow.Theteacher'smainjobisto

showhisstudentshowtolearn.Heteachesthemhowtoreadandhowtothink.So,muchmoreistobelearned

outsideschoolbythestudentsthemselves.

Itisalwaysmoreimportanttoknowhowtostudybyoneselfthantoremembersomefactsoraformula.

Itisquiteeasytolearnacertainfactinhistoryoraformulainmathematics.Butitisverydifficult

touseaformulainworkingoutamathproblem.

Greatscientistsbeforeusdidn'tgeteverythingfromschool.Edisondidn'tevenfinishjuniorschool.

Hemadesomanythingsforus.Thesescientistsweresosuccessful,buttheirteachersonlyshowedthem

theway.Thereasonfortheirsuccesswasthattheyknewhowtostudy.Theyreadbooksthatwerenottaught

atschool.Theywouldaskmanyquestionsastheyread.Theydidthousandsofexperiments.Theyworkedhard

ailtheirlives,wastingnotasinglemoment.Mostimportantwasthattheyknewhowtousetheirbrains.

Kay:6.C7.D8.D9.C10.D

Passagethree

WhenyouarereadingsomethinginEnglish,youmayoftencomeacrossanewword.What'sthebestway

tolearnit?

YoumaylookitupinanEnglish-Chinesedictionary.Itwilltellyoualotaboutaword:thepronunciation,

thepartofspeech,theChinesemeaningandhowtousethisword.Buthowcanyouknowwheretofindaword

amongthousandsofEnglishwords?Howdoyoufinditbothquicklyandcorrectlyinthedictionary?

First,alltheEnglishwordsarelistedinalphabeticalorder.Inthedictionary,firstyouwillseeall

thewordsbeginningwiththeletterA,followedbythosebeginningwithB,C,andDandsoon.Thatmeans

withtwowordslike〃desert"and〃pull〃，“desert"mustcomebefore〃pull〃.

Then,iftwowordsbothbeginwiththesameletter,youlookatthesecondletter,thenthethird,

thefourthandsoon.Forexample,“pardon〃comesbefore〃plough","judge“beforeandsoon.

Doyouunderstandnowhowtolookupawordinadictionary?Thedictionarywillbeyourgoodfriends.I

hopeyou'11useitasoftenaspossibleinyourEnglishlearning.

Key:11.D12.D13.A14.B15.C

新視野大學(xué)英語聽說教程第二單元原文和答案

Understandingwords

Taskl：1..annoy2.blast3.offensive4.powerful5.disgusting

6.definitely7.horrible8.rhythm9.disturb10.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.definitely8.stuff9.rhythms10.horrible

Understandingsentences

Taskl:1.Whenheheardthemusicblastforth,Tomboltedoutofbedlikeshotfromagun.

2.Sandysangalongwiththemusicasshelaylisteningtoherfavoriterecord.

3.Notstoppingtoknock,thechildrenburstintotheroom,

4.Itmustbeweirdforhimtolistentosuchhorriblestuffasayoungster.

5.HeaskedSandytoturndownhermusicsothatitdidnotwakeheryoungersister.

6.Themusicissoloudthatitwillhurtyourearsaswel1asyourbrain,sommitoff.7.Pleasehurry

uporyou'llbelatefortheconcert.

8.We'dbettergetthereearly,orsomeoneelsewillgrabthebestseats,

9.Shestayedalongtimeintheshowerandwashedthoroughly.

10.Theteacherbangedonthetabletorushthestudentsintohandingintheirpapers.

Key:1.(A)2.(B)3.(B)4.(A)5.(A)6.(A)7.(B)8.(B)9.(A)10.(A)

Task2:1.Itwassocoldthathewrappedhissweateraroundhisshoulderstokeepwarm.

2.Asusualforthistimeofyear,alloftherestaurantsareclosed.

3.Whilestandingbythesink,IheardMotherenterthekitchen.

4.JustonemorequestionandI'mdone.

5.Shepretendedthatshedidn'tmind,butIknewthatshedid.

6.Normallysheworelittlemake-up,exceptforthisevening.

7.Wedon'tgofarenoughintryingtostopyoungpeoplefromsmoking.

8.Sheboltedtothephonetoringforanambulance.

9.It'snicetohavesomeonewithwhomyoucanshareyourproblem.

10.Sinceherbrotherhadleft,hermotherbuggedSandyalotmorethanbefore.

Key:1.(B)2.(B)3.(A)4.(C)5.(B)6,(B)7.(C)8.(B)9.(B)10.(A)

UNDERSTANDINGPASSAGES

ListeningTask1Passageone

Untilnow,happyparentsfoundthemselvesignoredbytheiryoungrebels,whochargedthemwithbeing

tooconcernedwithmoneyandtooanxioustoinfluencetheneighbors.Youngpeoplethoughttruesuccesswas

amatterofself-satisfaction.Andself-satisfactionincludedreachingone'sgoalsandachievinghappiness

inone'sownwaywithoutpayingattentiontorules,duties,ortheopinionsofothers.

Mostparentsfoundithardtoaccepttheirchildren,sthinking.Theythemselveshadbeenbroughtup

torespecttraditionalvalues;theyhadalsolearnedtorespectmoneybecauseitwashardtofindduring

theirteenageyears.Theyhadmarriedinthelate1930sorearly1940s,atatimewhenitwasdifficult

togivetheirchildrenacarefreelife.Amarriedcouple，sfirstduty,therefore,wastothinkoftheir

children，shappiness.Iftheparentsfelttiredandunsatisfied,theydidn'tdareadmitit:itwasnotdone.

Ontheotherhand,whi1eMomandDadweregoingwithoutthings,theyexpectedtheirchiIdrentoobeythe

rulesof"nice"manners,andtogrowupintoadultsthatmakeparentsproud.Theseweretheveryideasagainst

whichtheyoungrebelsofthe1960srebelled.

Questions1to5arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

1.Accordingtothepassage,whatdidchildrenthinkoftheirparents?

2.Whatwastruesuccessaccordingtoyoungpeople?

3.Whatdidmostparentslearntodowhentheywereyoung?

4.Whatdidparentsthinkwastheirfirstduty?

5.Whatdidparentsexpecttheirchildrentobe?

Key:1.T2.F3.F4.T5.T

Passagetwo

Mygrandfatherliveswithusandhe'smakingmylifeapain.WhenIwassmallhewaskindandhappy.

Butnowhe'salwaysnegativeandfindingfault.Imustn，tbreakinwhenhe'stalking.It'snotpolite.He

doesn'tlikemyclothes."Nicegirlsdon'tdresslikethat.〃Ishouldn，twearmake-up.''Existingbeauty

isbest.Sometimeshedisturbsmyhomework."WhenIwasyoungweusedtodomathsdifferently,z，hesays.

Honestly,he，ssooldhedoesn，tknowanything.Butthatdoesn'tstophimfromfindingfaultwithme.He

doesn'tlikemyfriendsormyfavoriterecords."You'remakingtoomuchnoise,，zhecalls,〃Ican,tgetto

sleep.〃Whenhe'snotbeingnegative,heasksquestions,/zWhereareyougoing?Wherehaveyoubeen?Why

aren，tyouhelpingyourmother?z，HethinksI'msix,notsixteen.Anyway,whycan'tIdowhatIlike?It's

my1ife,nothis.

Questions6to10arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

6.Whatisthetalkmainlyabout?

7.Whatdoesthespeaker'sgrandfatherthinksheshoulddo?

8.Whydoesthespeaker'sgrandfathersometimesdisturbherhomework?

9.Whendoesthespeaker'sgrandfatherstopbeingnegative?

10.Whydoesthespeaker*sgrandfatherneverstopbuggingher?

Key:6.F7.F8.F9.T10.F

Passagethree

DavidBrownandAnnRamosaretwopatientsparticipatingintheAdultDayCareProgramatMercyHospital.

DavidBrownisseventy-twoyearsold.He，sfriendlyandlikestotalk.Heliveswithhiswifeinasmall

flatinthecity.ButDavidisbecomingforgetful.Hiswifesays,"He'llheatupsomesoup,thenforget

toturnoffthecookingequipment./zSheissixty-oneandstillworks.She'swordedaboutleavingherhusband

alonebyhimself.

AnnRamosiseightyand1iveswithherdaughter,whoissixty.Herdaughtersaysthatsheneedsabreak.

〃Momfollowsmeeverywhere.ShefollowsmefromroomtoroomwhenIclean.Shesitsdownnexttomewhen

Ireadthenewspaper.SheevenfollowsmeoutofthehousewhenItakeouttherefuse.Ineedabreakand

shedoes,too./z

Andso,severaltimesaweek,DavidandAnn,sfamiliestakethemtotheAdultDayCareCenter.Many

hospitalsnowofferthisprogram.

Questions11to15arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

11.WhoareDavidBrownandAnnRamos?

12.WhatdoesthespeakersayaboutAnnRamos?

13.What'swrongwithDavid?

14.HowoftendoDavidBrownandAnnRamosgotoMercyHospital?

15.WhatcanwelearnabouttheAdultDayCareProgram?

Key:11.T12.T13.T14.F15.F

Task2

Passageone

WhenIwasachildthereweresomepeoplewhoseideasIrespected.MyuncleJohn,Ithought,knew

everythingabouttheworld;hehadtraveledandseenalltherewastosee.Ibelievedanythinghetoldme

aboutplaceslikeJapan,AustraliaandAmerica.WhenIwas16yearsoldIgottheideathatmyparents,

whiletheywereverynicepeopleandIlovedthem,reallydidn，tknowverymuch.I,ofcourse,kneweverything.

Then,whenIwas18,Irealizedmymotherandfatherhadlearnedalotinjusttwoyears.Inowrespected

theiropinionsondifferentsubjects.Ittooktwoyearsofgrowingupformetorealizethattheyhadhad

theseopinionsandideasallthetime.

Key：1A2B3C4D5A

PassageTwo

NineoutoftenparentshittheirchiIdrenaccordingtoareportprintedtoday.Butmanyofthemalso

feelthathittingiswrong.Thereportalsosaysthatparentsoftendonotunderstandtheirchildren，sbad

ways.

Althoughaboutnineoutoftenparentsusehittingasapunishment,halfofthemfeelshameaboutusing

it,whiletheotherhalfdohittheirchildrenandthinktheyareright.Itseemsmostparentswetalked

tohittheirchiIdrenmorethanonceaweekandfivepercentactuallyhittheirchildreneveryday.

Parentsshouldmakemoreeffortstounderstandtheirchildren;hittingisn'talwaysthebestanswer

ifchildrenarebad.Ifparentstriedhardertounderstandhowtheirchildrenfeelandwhytheyactincertain

ways,itwouldbebetternottohitthembecausewhenachild'sactingbadly,she/heneedsloveandattention,

notangerandviolence.

KEY:6.D7.A8.A9.D10.C

Passagethree

Whenmyfatherdied,mymotherinsistedonlivingbyherself.Iwantedhertomarryagain,butshe

saidshewantedtobefree.Butshedidn，tdependonlyonherselfatall,yousee,becausewhenevershe

hadanyproblemsshewouldbringthemtome,andshewasthekindofpersonwhoalwaysmadeeverythingdifficult,

soitneverstopped.Paulbegantohateherforit,butIwassorryforher,yousee;shewassowithout

help...Icouldn'tjustleaveher,couldI?PaulsaidIdidfartoomuchforher,andsheneversaidthank

youforanything,nevershowedmethekindoflovenormalmothersshowtheirchildren.Infactintheend

shewaschargingmewithstealingfromher.AndwhenPaulheardthatheblewupandsaidthatwewouldnever

haveapropermarriageunlesswegotawayfromher.InfacthewarnedmehewouldleavemeifIdidn，tleave

her.

KEY:11.C12.C13.D14B15.D

新視野大學(xué)英語聽說教程第三單元原文和答案

Understandingwords

Taskl：1.amazed2.impatient3.reluctance4.precisely5.adjust

6.inwardly7.punch8.local9.occasion10.stress

Key:1.(A)2.(C)3.(B)4.(C)5.(A)6,(07.(C)8.(B)9.(B)10.(B))

Task2：1.subway2.impatient3.reluctance4.precisely5.adjust

6.inwardly7.punch8.local9.occasion10.stress

Understandingsentences

Taskl:1.Jimfoundithardtoadjusttohisfather,swife.

2Theplanedidn，tmakeittoNewYorkbecauseoftheheavysnow.

3Hedidn,tshowanyenvyofthemorefortunate.

4Shewasrepeatedlysubjectedtocriticalcomments.

5Shewasonleavefromschooltovisithersickfatherinhospital.

6Howembarrassingthatmusthavebeenforyou!

7Davidwasthirtybuthehadn，tgrownupyet.

8MyfatherworkedinanofficebuildingontopofasubwaystationinManhattan,

9Pleaseseetoitthatthepatienttakesthemedicinethreetimesaday.

10.Hewenttoseefilmsonoccasion.

Key:1.(A)2.(B)3.(A)4.(B)5.(A)6.(B)7.(B)8.(A)9.(B)10.(B)

Task2:1.Maryhadagoodtimestayingwithherparentsovertheweekend.

2.Hehasagoodheartandalwayshelpsothers.

3.Aheateddiscussionbrokeoutintheclassroombetweenthechildren.

4.Sheclungtotherailalongtheedgeofthestairsasshewalkeddowntheicysteps.

5.Hestartedoutforworkanhourago.

6.Heheldontotherailtokeephisbalance.

7.Danbrokehislegduringbasketballpractice;that*swhyIsawhimattheclinic.

8.rmscared.Nokidding,really.

9.Itwasunworthyofhertoasksuchaquestion.

10.ItseemsasthoughI'vebeengoneamonth,butit'sonlybeenafewshortdays.

Key:1.(A)2.(A)3.(C)4.(B)5.(B)6.(A)7.(A)8.(C)9.(C)10.(B)

UNDERSTANDINGPASSAGES

ListeningTask1

Passageone

Iama12-year-oldgirl.MylegsarecrippledandIcan，twalk.WhenIreachedtheageforstarting

school,IsawalltheotherchiIdrengoingandIwantedtogo,too.Myparentsjustshooktheirheadswhen

Iaskedthem.Mygrandmothertriedtocomfortme,buttearsfelldownhercheeks.Afewdayslater,the

headmasteroftheschoolandMrs.Wencametoourhouse.Theysaidtheywouldcarrymetoschooleveryday.

EarlythenextmorningMrs.Wencameandcardedmeonherbackforhalfakilometertoschool.Fromthen

onshecarriedmetoschoolandhomeeveryday.Onemorningtherewasabigrainstorm.Therainpoureddown

andthewindwassostrongthatitnearlyblewthetreesdown.Iwasjustthinkingthatsurelytheteacher

wouldnotcomewhenthedooropenedandincamebothsheandtheheadmaster.Theycarriedmetoschoolas

usual.Lastyearanarticleaboutmeappearedinthenewspaper.NotlongafterthatIreceivedaletter

addressedtome.Itwasfromadoctorwhohadreadaboutmeinthepaper.Heisanolddoctorinhis70s.

Hewantedtotrytocuremyillness.Hestudiedmycasecarefullyanddecidedheknewamedicinethatcould

helpme.Aftertakingitforsixmonths,I'mmuchbetter.I'mlookingforwardtowa1kingtoschoollike

otherchildrensomeday.

Questions1to5arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

1.Whatdidherparentsdowhenthespeakerreachedtheageforstartingschool?

2.Howdidthespeakermanagetogotoschoolafterall?

3.Howfarisitfromthespeaker'shousetoschool?

4.Whatisoneofthereasonsthattheolddoctorofferedtocurethespeaker'si1Iness?

5.Howisthespeakerafterhavingtakenthemedicineforsixmonths?

Key:1.F2.T3.F4.T5.F

Passagetwo

Itwasnotunti1JohnwasalmostayearoldthatKarenandDavidSmithbegantosupposethatsomething

mightbewrong.TheSmithstooktheirsontoadoctortofindananswer.Thisbeganajourneytodoctors,

specialmedicaldoctors,hospitalsandclinicsthatlastedforoverayear.FinallyJohnwasfoundtobe

sufferingfromdevelopmentaldisorder.ThedoctorspronouncedthatJohnwouldprobablyneverspeak.The

struggletodiscoverJohn*sproblemwasonlythebeginning.NowtheSmithswerefacedwiththetaskoftrying

tofindhelpforJohn-asearchthatofferedlittlehope.Encouragedbyonebooktitled"LetMeHearYour

Voice”,andanotherbookBook”,theydevelopedaspecialhelpingprogram,amethodofone-on-onehelp

for36hoursaweek.ThisbeganthejourneytopullJohnintotherealworld.

Questions6to10arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

6.WhatdidtheSmithsthinkabouttheirsonwhenhewasaboutayearold?

7.WhatdidJohnsufferfromaccordingtothedoctors?

8.Whydidittakedoctorssuchalongtimetomaketheirdecision?

9.Whydidn'ttheSmithsgiveuphopetofindhelpfortheirson?

10.WhatdidtheSmithsdotopullJohnintotherealworld?

Key:6.F7.T8.F9.T10.T

Passagethree

AtfirstTomleanedtowardnotbelievingit.Hefeltfine.Afterafewmonthshesufferedwhatappeared

tobeastroke.Helosttheuseofhisrighthand.Littlebylittlehiscasewasgettingworseandworse.

Todayhecanmovehismouthandhislipsandhecantalk,althoughmuchmoreslowlythanwhenhewaswell.

Ineveryotherway,heiscompletelynotabletohelphimself.Hehastobefed,tobemovedinawheelchair

andhecannotsitupforverylong.Mostofthetimehespendsinbedwiththecontinuousattendingofhis

wife,whohasmanagedsofartocareforhimathome.Hiscareishersoleandcontinualconcern.Bothshe

andTomhavegivenwaytothediseaseunwillingly,aninchatatime.Tomhasbeenforcedtohaveexperimental

dragsaswellasbloodremovedandreplaced,ajobthattookfivedaysinthehospital.Heremainsingood

spirits.Bothheandhiswifeopenlydiscussthefuture.Hisdoctorhasgivenhimaboutthreemonthsmore,

butashiswifesays,“Theysaidthatayearago,andhe'sstillhere.That，sbecausehe'safighter.”

Questions11to15arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

11.Whydidn，tTombelievehewasattackedbycancer?

12.HowdidTom5swifelookafterhim?

13.WhydoTomandhiswifeopenlydiscusshisfuture?

14.WhatdoesTomdoeverydayaccordingtothestory?

15.WhatdoesthespeakersuggestaboutTom'sfuture?

Key:11.F12.F13.F14.F15.T

ListeningTask2

Passageone

Beginninginthe1960sAmericanwomenstartedenteringjobsandworkpo