大学英语听力第四册 QUIZ 2

　　PART A
1. W: How's the class going, Ted¹? Are you learning² to swim well?
M: Slowly but surely³.
Q : What does Ted mean?
2. M: How much weight are you trying to lose?
W: About 10 kilos. I used to weigh 53 kilos before, but now if I can just get down to 58 kilos, I'll be happy.
Q: How many kilos does the woman weigh now?
3. W: How do you like the book Professor Brown recommended⁴ to us?
M: It's not easy but it's well worth reading.
Q : What does the man say about the book?
4. W: Fasten your seat belt please, sir.
M: Of course. Are we going to land soon?
Q: Where does this conversation take place?
5. M: It really doesn't make sense to spend much money on clothes, don't you think?
W: Right, especially when the styles change so often.
Q : On what do the two speakers agree?
6. M: What are you reading, Betty?
W: Oh, I'm trying to work out what caused the earthquake in Mexico in 1985.
Q : What sort of book is Betty most likely reading?
7. W: Hello, Tim. Do you go to work by bike every day?
M: Yes. I've tried fruit diet to reduce my weight, but the doctor says exercise is more effective at my age.
Q : How's Tim trying to lose weight?
8. M: Could you give me a ride to the Museum of Modern Art on your way to office?
W: I'm sorry, but I'm not going to office today. You might ask Linda. She's leaving around half past eight.
Q : What does the woman mean?
9. M: Have you called John to come and fix the TV set?
W: I tried reaching him again and again, but it seemed his phone was out of order.
Q: Why couldn’t the woman get John to come?
10. W: Do you mind closing the door? Our next door neighbors are making so much noise.
M: Do I mind? I’d be happy to.
Q: What does the man mean?
PART C
Passage 1
Forty-five people were made homeless in the fire that destroyed a row of shops on Branch Road yesterday. The damage was estimated⁵ at 150,000 dollars. Police said nobody was injured⁶ during the fire which lasted about one and half hours. The fire started at about 11:50 a.m. at the back of a bakery shop. Within 15 minutes the shops on either side of the bakery were on fire. Three fire engines rushed to the fire.
A victim⁷ of the fire, Mr Green, said: 'I left home at 10 a.m. and when I re- turned I was shocked to see my house on fire.' Another victim of the fire, Miss Wright, said: 'I was out for a cup of tea and returned to see my house on fire. The fire was so strong that we could not save anything. All we could do was stand and watch.'
Passage 2
This is an SOS Children's Village. The letters SOS stand for 'Save Our Souls', which means⁸ 'Please help us.' An SOS Children's Village gives help to children who have lost their parents.
In Europe many people died during the Second World War. As a result, at the end of the war there were many homeless children there. A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help these children. His idea was simple. He wanted the orphans⁹ to have a home. And he wanted them to have the care and kindness of parents. Gmeiner asked people to give him some money. With money he built the first SOS Children's Village at last in Austria¹⁰. It opened in 1949. This is how the first SOS Children's Village started.
Hermann Gmeiner's idea for helping¹¹ orphans soon spread all over the world. By 1983 there were 170 SOS Children's Villages in the world. People in many countries give money to help the villages. Today the children from the first villages have grown up, and some of them are working in other SOS Children's Villages.
In SOS Children's Villages orphans live in family groups. There are several houses in each village. The biggest villages have 40 or 50 houses. Seven to ten children live in a house. A woman lives with each group of children and looks after them. She gives the children a lot of love and kindness. She cooks for them and makes a comfortable, happy home for them.
Passage 3
Agnes Miller¹² was one of the earliest leaders of the women's liberation¹³ movement in the United¹⁴ States. She was born on a farm in Missouri in 1892 and had a very happy life as a child. She was the only daughter and the youngest child of five. Her parents and her brothers always treated her as their favorite.
In 1896 the family moved to Chicago. Three years later they moved back to St Louis, where Agnes spent the rest of her childhood. She enjoyed her years in school and was an outstanding student of mathematics¹⁵. She also was quite skillful¹⁶ as a painter.
It was when Agnes went off to college that she first became aware that women were not treated as equals. She didn't like being treated unequally but she tried not to notice it. After graduating from college she tried to get a job in her major field -- physics. She soon found it was almost impossible for a woman.
Agnes spent a full year looking for a job. Finally she gave up in anger. She began writing letters of protest¹⁷ to various newspapers. An editor in New York liked her ideas very much, and was especially impressed with her style of writing. He asked her to do a series¹⁸ of stories on the difficulties¹⁹ women had in finding²⁰ a job.
Agnes travelled to several large cities to write stories about them. Her articles began to appear in more and more newspapers. She decided²¹ to write a book in sup- port of women's liberation. The book became a bestseller. Although she never saw full equal rights for women she never gave up her fight. And she showed many other women the way to continue the fight.

1 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

2 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

3 surely   

adv.确实地，无疑地；必定地，一定地

参考例句：

• It'should surely be possible for them to reach an agreement.想必他们可以达成协议。
• Surely we'll profit from your work.我们肯定会从你的工作中得到益处。

4 recommended   

被推荐的

参考例句：

• The committee has recommended that the training program (should) be improved. 委员会建议培训计划应当改进。
• The hotel he recommended fell far short of our expectations. 他推荐的饭店与我们心目中的相去甚远。

5 estimated   

adj．根据估计的

参考例句：

• She estimated the breadth of the lake to be 500 metres. 她估计湖面大约有500米宽。
• The man estimated for the repair of the car. 那人估算了修理汽车的费用。

6 injured   

adj.受伤的

参考例句：

• Our best defender is injured and won't be able to play today.我们最佳的防守员受伤了，今天不能参加比赛。
• The injured men have been dug out of the snow.受伤人员从雪中被挖了出来。

7 victim   

n.受害人，牺牲者，牺牲品

参考例句：

• What is your relationship with the victim?您与受害人的关系？
• The victim was found lying dead on the river bank.发现被害人倒毙于河岸。

8 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

9 orphans   

孤儿( orphan的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The poor orphans were kept on short commons. 贫苦的孤儿们吃不饱饭。
• Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。

10 Austria   

n.奥地利(欧洲国家)

参考例句：

• Austria lies to the southeast of Germany.奥地利位于德国东南。
• I always confuse Australia with Austria.我总是把澳大利亚同奥地利弄混。

11 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

12 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

13 liberation   

n.解放，解放运动（为获得平等权利和地位的行为）

参考例句：

• We should help those who are still struggling for liberation.我们应当帮助那些仍在为独立而斗争的人们。
• Many people died during famines every year before liberation.解放前每年有许多人在饥荒中死亡。

14 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

15 mathematics   

n.（用作单）数学；（用作单或复）计算(能力）

参考例句：

• He has come out in front in the study of mathematics.他在数学方面已名列前茅。
• She is working at a difficult problem in mathematics.她在做一道数学难题。

16 skillful   

adj.灵巧的，熟练的

参考例句：

• Soon they became very skillful in answering such questions.很快他们就会很熟练地回答这种问题了。
• It was very skillful of you to repair my bicycle.你修好了我的自行车，技术真好。

17 protest   

v.反对，抗议；宣称；n.抗议；宣称

参考例句：

• I can't pass the matter by without a protest.我不能对此事视而不见，我要提出抗议。
• We translated his silence as a protest.我们把他的沉默解释为抗议。

18 series   

n.连续；系列

参考例句：

• The students have put forward a series of questions.学生们提出了一系列问题。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

19 difficulties   

n.困难( difficulty的名词复数 )；难度；难事；麻烦

参考例句：

• I am acutely aware of the difficulties we face. 我十分清楚我们面临的困难。
• the difficulties of English syntax 英语句法的难点

20 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

21 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。