Unit1
Understanding Short Conversations
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: In this section you'll hear some short
conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear. 1.
B. Her son has graduated all on his own.
C. Her son is not honest.
D. She has done a lot to help her son. 2.
B. The man has a house for rent.
C. The woman is a secretary.
D. The two speakers are old friends. 3.
A. He wanted to see the next show.
A. The man is looking for a place to live in.
A. She is not honest.
B. He began to feel hungry.
C. He wasn't thinking about the show.
D. He wanted to get food for her. 4.
B. The day is sunny and beautiful.
C. He remembered to join the woman.
D. He has nothing to do on this day. 5.
B. The man is trying to slow down.
C. The man is running too slowly.
D. The man is running too fast.
A. The man doesn't like laughing.
A. The woman came with him.
Understanding Long Conversations
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: In this section you'll hear a long conversation or conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog.
1.
A. A book that they read about loving one's family. B. A special occasion that is coming up soon.
C. The ways they want to act toward their own families.
D. The gratitude they have for their family members.
2.
B. Brother and sister.
C. Mother and son.
D. Father and daughter. 3.
B. She is only too happy to help others.
C. She can be silly sometimes.
D. She knows all about love. 4.
B. She thinks her family taught her a lot about love.
C. She thinks the man is silly because of what he says.
D. She thinks the man loves his family more than others.
A. She thinks her family is much too silly to love.
A. She works two jobs.
A. Classmates.
5.
A. Write a book. B. Give a gift.
C. Send a letter.
D. Give a party.
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. 6.
B. News that the husband was cheating.
C. A saying about smiling and crying.
D. A report that more husbands had girlfriends. 7.
B. In a workplace.
C. In the woman's home.
D. In the man's home. 8.
B. She has to stay in the office.
C. Something is wrong with her head.
A. She doesn't feel like smiling.
A. In a lawyer's office.
A. The woman was not very happy.
D. Her husband might have an affair with another woman. 9.
B. A woman in her home.
C. A woman with her husband.
D. A woman's phone number. 10.
A. The man doubts everything the woman says.
B. The man knows many good divorce lawyers.
C. The man finally believes Thomas is cheating.
D. The man is a good friend of Thomas.
A. A strange shirt.
Understanding Passages
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: In this section you'll hear a passage or passages. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. 1.
B. People not being alone.
C. Couples parting.
D. Finding Mr. Right.
A. Discovering bad habits.
2.
B. Exactly 35 percent of people.
C. Exactly 29 percent of people.
D. Exactly 28 percent of people. 3.
B. People between 35 and 54.
C. People over 55 years old.
D. Women of all ages. 4.
B. They suffered a broken heart.
C. They left their partner.
D. They agreed upon the breakup. 5.
B. They had a broken heart.
C. They were left by a partner.
D. They agreed upon a mutual breakup.
A. They decided on the breakup.
A. They found their Mr. Right.
A. People under 35 years old.
A. Exactly 38 percent of people.
Cloze (with four choices provided)
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices given for each blank. Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage.
Parents are the most influential people in children's lives and all parents love their children and want what is best for them, but they often lack the information and skills necessary. To help parents 1. reckonwith the sheer weight of their special responsibility, many organizations have done something to help. They have 2. their children.
revolveset upclasses to provide them with information, techniques, and support raising
Classes 3. around the importance of love, communication and a close relationship between parents and their children. 4.
Much ofthe shaping of a child's behavior and character can be done in a way that will make the child happy. It can be 5. accomplishedthrough positive and fun activities. The classes also teach the parents respectful discipline methods. These methods will 6.
preservethe parent-child relationship. They will also 7. on a child's ability to take on responsibility.
buildOne man who took parenting classes had longed to be able to 8. reconciledifferences with his teenage son. \admittedjust couldn't talk without fighting,\9. \10.
wreck. .\
He found that after making just 11. a fewsimple changes things changed. His son became quite 12.
agreeableto his requests. \13.
communicatedwith my son. Then I watched our blossomrelationship 14. into something very special.\
Most parents think that they should 15.
naturallybe a good caretaker for their child. However, this is not always 16.
realistic. Parenting can be very difficult, especially when you're physically and emotionally 17.
drainedfrom work or worries. Raising a child right takes skill and patience, yet most parents do it without any training. Parents should not be ashamed to 18.
acknowledgethat they don't have all the answers. pledgingTaking classes, 19. to become a better parent and truly working at it, should be the way things are done. It should be 20.
customary, not the exception. Remember, success means having what all parents desire-a healthy and happy child.
Unit2
Understanding Short Conversations
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: In this section you'll hear some short
conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear. 1.
B. He stopped exercising.
A. He started a new program.
C. He feels very tired.
D. He was ill last month. 2.
B. Start weight lifting.
C. Look at herself differently.
D. Eat better to lose weight. 3.
B. Bill exercised a lot.
C. Bill grew new muscles.
D. Bill had a new coach. 4.
B. He cannot count the ways his life has changed.
C. Others have asked him how he's gotten healthy.
A. He was able to exercise every day after work.
A. Bill took drugs.
A. Begin swimming.
D. People have changed their attitude toward him. 5.
B. The woman doesn't have a good excuse not to exercise.
C. Running outside is the best way for a person to exercise.
D. Healthy living isn't something to make excuses for.
A. Healthy vegetables are very expensive for some people.
Understanding Long Conversations
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: In this section you'll hear a long conversation or conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. 1.
B. What fruits and vegetables have in common.
C. Why one should eat foods with fewer calories.
D. Where people get most of their calories. 2.
B. They give calories for energy.
A. They are rich in taste.
A. How water-dense foods can help you lose weight.
C. They contain many calories.
D. They contain a lot of water. 3.
B. A bowl of soup.
C. A salad.
D. Some fruit. 4.
B. Eating foods low in calories.
C. Getting one's water from food.
D. Filling up one's stomach with water. 5.
B. They are low in calories.
C. They cost more.
D. They leave you hungry.
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. 6.
A. They are convenient.
A. Eating only when hungry.
A. A sandwich.
A. Boyfriend and girlfriend.
B. Husband and wife.
C. Father and daughter.
D. Mother and son. 7.
B. Talk to the woman quite often.
C. Exercise according to a program.
D. Sing the song All You Need is Love. 8.
B. He's too fat to be attractive for girls.
C. He's always too busy exercising.
D. He won't go anywhere with a girlfriend. 9.
B. Losing weight.
C. Exercising.
D. Working. 10.
A. Finding love.
A. He's always feeling sorry for himself.
A. Find girlfriends easily.
A. Finding love is not as important as losing weight.
B. Feeling sorry for yourself will not help you find love.
C. Being thin and exercising are important in finding love.
D. Getting a girlfriend is impossible for fat people.
Understanding Passages
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: In this section you'll hear a passage or passages. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. 1.
B. How to do physical exercise.
C. How to talk bad moods out.
D. How to be involved in physical exercise. 2.
B. To do some housework.
C. To take drugs.
D. To talk it out. 3.
A. They are the most effective.
A. To have enough rest.
A. How to beat a bad mood.
B. They are useful but aren't best.
C. They are only what doctors like.
D. They are ineffective. 4.
B. Doing housework.
C. Cooking.
D. Washing. 5.
B. Twenty minutes a week.
C. No less than three times a week.
D. No more than five times a week.
A. Three to five times a week.
A. Swimming.
Cloze (with four choices provided)
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices given for each blank. Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage.
People with back problems can benefit from exercise. Examples of exercise that are 1. advisableinclude walking, swimming and riding an exercise bicycle. Many people 2.
consumethe wrong thing about exercise. They think that balance and movement problems are 3.
inevitablewith age. Exercise can help older adults improve strength and balance and, 4.
preventthem from tiring easily. It has been proved that even a low level of exercise can 5.
reducethe risk of falls. In addition, elderly people with regular exercises have showed significant improvement in the 6. conditionof their hearts and quality-of-life measurements. They enjoy an increased 7.
senseof control over their lives.
8. Furthermore, evidence suggests that exercise has an added benefit. It increases your body's 9.
productionof molecules called endorphins that fight pain and increase happiness. The body's production of this 10.
substancehas an effect anyone can enjoy. It duringcreates the well-known feeling 11. called \
continuousexercise Exercise should be 12. for 30 or more minutes in order to keep the heart rate elevated (提高). People with back pain should 13. selectan exercise program that is low-impact. It is also important to 14.
stretchyour muscles before beginning exercise moderateactivity. Also you should 15. exercise you do. Do this 16. physical condition.
the amount of your actual according toHere are two exercise 17. the back:
programsthat are gentle on Walking for exercise: Typically, walking two to three miles
three times 18. perweek is very helpful for people with back problems.
An exercise bicycle: Using an exercise bicycle is also 19.
effective. It may be less 20. stressfulfor the back.
Exercising in water: Doing exercise in water is good for conditioning.
Unite5
Part 2 Understanding Short Conversations
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: In this section you'll hear some short
conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear. 1.
B. He was kept away by the woman.
C. He had duties to perform.
D. He wanted to grow up. 2.
B. Being in the hospital caused problems.
C. Working would help her feel sure of herself.
A. Working wouldn't cause a problem.
A. He missed his chances over the years.
D. Being among people would be helpful. 3.
B. The pants fit him.
C. The pants look lovely on him.
D. The pants are expensive. 4.
B. The man's insurance.
C. Sicknesses covered by insurance.
D. Ways to pay for one's illness. 5.
B. He met a wonderful player.
C. He wanted to become famous.
D. He was told his fingers are good for it.
A. He wanted to become a teacher.
A. The value of insurance.
A. The pants don't fit him.
Part 3 Understanding Long Conversations
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: In this section you'll hear a long conversation or conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. 1.
B. She hasn't gotten a phone call from Lisa.
C. She hasn't seen Lisa in a while.
D. She can't find her hairbrush. 2.
B. Six months ago.
C. One year ago.
D. 15 years ago. 3.
B. He loves her.
C. He will be around for her.
D. She won't forget the man. 4.
A. Lisa didn't steal from her.
A. A year and a half ago.
A. She has trouble remembering Lisa.
A. Both of them are forgetful.
B. They don't have pictures.
C. The daughter lives far away from them.
D. No one helps them. 5.
B. Both speakers have memory problems.
C. Nothing can help the pair.
D. They have forgotten each other.
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. 6.
B. Buy some flowers.
C. Go to the store.
D. Give her mom a vase. 7.
B. It is difficult to find a good gift.
C. It is too expensive to pay for dinner.
D. It is too early to eat dinner out.
A. It is hard to wrap the vase.
A. Wrap Mothers' Day gifts.
A. Pictures with words underneath are truly silly.
8.
B. At 8:00.
C. At 8:30.
D. At 4:30. 9.
B. The man doesn't know how his father sings.
C. The woman isn't free for dinner.
D. The woman bought the last good gift. 10.
A. Brother and sister.
B. Father and daughter.
C. Mother and son.
D. Customer and waiter.
A. The man doesn't like his father's singing.
A. At 6:00.
Part 4 Understanding Passages
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: In this section you'll hear a passage or passages. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog.
1.
A. Growing as a person by learning the piano. B. Choosing a teacher when learning the piano.
C. The problems of learning the piano.
D. Reducing the costs of learning the piano.
2.
B. Piano learning can take a lot of money.
C. Some teachers don't offer benefits.
D. Competition support is expensive. 3.
B. $50. C. $15.
D. $150. 4.
B. Books.
C. A piano.
D. A learning fee.
A. A teacher. A. $20.
A. Some teachers aren't committed.
5.
A. Put more money into learning piano-playing. B. Learn the basics of piano-playing.
C. Invest in buying a piano.
D. Learn more about the piano.
Part 6 Cloze (with four choices provided)
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices given for each blank. Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage.
My grandfather passed away today. He had a 1.
massiveheart attack. 2.
Becauseof his treatment he was in a lot of pain. You see, the doctors were able to keep his body 3. alive, even though there worstwas little chance of saving him. The 4. part of it was that my grandfather, who had always been quite humorous, could 5. barelycommunicate after that. sameHe just didn't seem to be the 6. anymore.
person My grandfather was a fat man. After the 7.
stroke, it took my grandmother, my mother and me to dress him each morning. After he was dressed, we 8.
adjustedhis pillow and sat him in his bed. His everyday life was wholly 9.
comprisedof watching whatever was on the TV. He evencouldn't 10. change the channel.
The doctors had worked hard to 11.
keephim alive. However, a few weeks 12. laterthey told us something disappointing. The surgical 13.
operationhad not been successful. My grandfather's signcondition had no 14. of improvement. Next, X-rays showed my grandfather had obtained a lung 15.
infection—a frequent problem with stroke patients.
Drugs would make him sick and could not 16.
curehim.
That was the time for us to make a 17.
toughdecision. On the one hand, we could not to see our once vigorous grandfather 18.
bearsuffering. He was living the painful, limited life to which the stroke had 19.
condemnedhim. On the other hand, we hated to be the one to decide to let nature take its course. At last we decided that the right thing to do would be to let him die with 20.
grace.
He died a peaceful death.
Part 2 Understanding Short Conversations
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: In this section you'll hear some short
conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear. 1.
A. Reading.
B. Walking.
C. Studying.
D. Planting trees. 2.
B. Animals can care too.
C. People depend on animals.
D. People are failing. 3.
B. Return home.
C. Fuel the car.
D. Drive a lot. 4.
B. Cars overturned in the streets.
A. Damage done by last night's winds.
A. Go on a hot date.
A. Animals are dying.
C. Several houses destroyed.
D. Trees pulled out of the ground. 5.
B. The man will plant trees in the forest.
C. The man will cut down trees in the forest.
D. The man won't go with the woman today.
A. The man will join the conservation group.
Part 3 Understanding Long Conversations
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: In this section you'll hear a long conversation or conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. 1.
B. In a zoo.
C. In a study room.
D. In a forest. 2.
A. A dead bird.
A. In a classroom.
B. A sleeping bird.
C. A deer.
D. A pretty girl running. 3.
B. The woman enjoys talking with the man when she's free.
C. The man is a student who is very serious about his studies.
D. The man is much too busy with his studies. 4.
B. Lying on the ground.
C. Acting seriously.
D. Sleeping in class. 5.
B. Boyfriend and girlfriend.
C. Classmates.
D. Brother and sister.
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.
A. Teacher and student.
A. Talking to females in class.
A. The woman didn't like talking with the man.
6.
A. The farm the woman moved to after the earthquake. B. Ways the woman became safe from the earthquake.
C. The effect the earthquake had on the woman's cows.
D. The effects of the earthquake on the farm.
7.
B. In a farmhouse.
C. In a rose-garden.
D. Out with the cows. 8.
B. They were moved next to the roses.
C. They were moved to the front of the gate.
D. They were moved onto the path. 9.
B. The woman chased the cows.
C. The house wouldn't be the same.
D. The husband was not hurt.
A. The gate wasn't there anymore.
A. They were moved by 5 meters.
A. On a path.
10.
A. He was trying to keep his cows safe.
B. He was leaving the cows to check on his wife.
C. He was trying to put things in the right places.
D. He was attempting to catch his escaped cows.
Part 6 Cloze (with four choices provided)
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices given for each blank. Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage.
Are you ready for an earthquake? If you live where earthquakes are a common 1. occurrence, you should take precautions and make preparations. You should have 2. work.
When you feel an earthquake, get under a table. Windows, bookcases, and other heavy objects may not 3.
withstandsuppliesof water and food at home and at the shaking and could fall. So 4. from them. 5.
gripWatch outstay awayfor falling fragments. Get a firm 6. stay hidden 7. untilon something. And the quake stops.
If you are in a tall building, and not near a table, move into a doorway or under a 8.
horizontalbeam and protect your head with your arms. Do not use the elevators (电梯).
clearIf you're outdoors, move to a 9. from electrical wires.
area away If you're on a sidewalk near buildings, 10. doorway.
pull overduckinto a If you're driving, 11. 12.
Avoidto the side of the road. bridges. Also, stay away from other 13. places. Stay inside your car until the shaking is over.
publicIf you're in a store or other 14. place, you have something more to think about. Move away from shelves 15.
containingobjects that could fall. Be 16. . Do not rush for exits!
sensibleKeep a pair of heavy shoes handy. If there is an earthquake, there will be lots of 17. fragmentsof broken glass.
If you're in a theater, 18. sit, 19. protectremainin your seat. As you your head with your arms. When the proceedshaking is over, 20. directly to the nearest exit in a calm manner.
Arrange a meeting place with loved ones in case there is an earthquake.
Part 2 Understanding Short Conversations
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: In this section you'll hear some short
conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.
1.
B. The woman isn't in the computer class.
C. The woman won't take the test tomorrow.
D. The woman hasn't studied for the test. 2.
B. Because she's necessary.
C. Because she'll arrive sometime.
D. Because she starts the meetings. 3.
B. Replace the microchips.
C. Fry the microchips.
D. Buy an old computer. 4.
A. Get a new computer.
A. Because she's not late.
A. The woman doesn't have a computer.
A. Total safety is impossible.
B. Great people aren't careful.
C. Careful people are 100% safe.
D. Careful people are the most vulnerable. 5.
B. Many people are up for the Nobel Prize.
C. He won't win the Nobel Prize next year.
D. He doesn't think he'll win the Nobel Prize this year.
A. He isn't up for the Nobel Prize.
Part 3 Understanding Long Conversations
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: In this section you'll hear a long conversation or conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. 1.
B. Civil rights laws passed by the government.
C. The civil rights movement of the 60s and 70s.
D. The man's actions during the civil rights movement.
A. The attempts by black people to get civil rights.
2.
A. Teacher and student. B. Brother and sister.
C. Father and daughter.
D. Mother and son.
3.
B. The teacher does not know about the civil rights movement.
C. The civil rights movement was more exciting in the past.
D. The speakers are both Black Americans. 4.
B. In 1972.
C. In 1990.
D. In 1970. 5.
B. The civil rights movement hasn't ended.
C. Black people haven't gotten any rights.
D. The 60s and 70s weren't very exciting.
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.
A. Fighting isn't the way to get one's voice heard.
A. In 1963.
A. The speakers were both in the civil rights movement.
6.
B. In an office at Microsoft.
C. At Bill Gates' home.
D. At Paul Allen's home. 7.
B. In 1975.
C. In 1976.
D. In 1977. 8.
B. Production.
C. Developing.
D. Programming. 9.
B. He has a good background.
C. He has worked with games before.
A. He can learn quickly.
A. Marketing.
A. In 1981.
A. In a game production center.
D. He knows about Microsoft's early years. 10.
A. The man has never played a game.
B. The man has a background in programming.
C. The man has learned quickly about gaming.
D. The man has gotten the job at last.
Part 5 Cloze (with four choices provided)
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices given for each blank. Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage.
Albert Einstein is truly one of the greatest minds of all time. His 1. brillianceis most famous for bringing us the 2
mathematical equation, E = MC. This equation is also 2.
known asthe theory of relativity. However, Einstein's to physics and politics were many. responsible3. contributionsHis theories are 4. for a change in physics. It is because of them that we have our current understanding of many of physics' basic 5.
principles.
Born in Germany in 1879, he enjoyed 6.
classicalmusic and played the violin. Even as a thoughtfulsmall boy he was very 7. to tell how he was 8.
. Einstein liked as a child by the motivatedimpressedcompass. It was the compass that 9. his further theoretical research. The compass 10.
convincedhim that there was \things, something deeply hidden.\
In 1933 he moved and settled down in America and joined a 11.
panelof scientists at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He was never 12.
vagueabout his purpose. Einstein worked hard reconcileto 13. the basic concepts of physics with tackleone another. This lead him to 14. questions related to the structure of light and movement of energy particles. He 15. arguedand proved something that was unknown before. Particles of light can act like 16.
independentparticles of energy.
Einstein and several other scientists told President Roosevelt of a 17.
threatto mankind from Nazi Germany. The massiveNazis were trying to build a 18. Shortlybomb. 19.
after, the United States Government took acceleratedaction. The US likewise 20. its research on building an atomic bomb. Besides all of his
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