全新版大学英语听说教程第三册 b3_Test1

Test 1

Part A

Conversation 1:

W: Cathy has the habit of keeping us waiting for over 30 minutes. Maybe either you or I should give her a ring before each meeting.

M: That's really a nuisance, but I'll do it if you want.

Q: What will the man probably do?

Conversation 2:

M: Could you keep the noise down, Mary? I'm trying to listen to the recording¹.

W: Sorry, it's not me. There is a party downstairs.

Q: What does the woman imply?

Conversation 3:

W: Mr. Brown, I tried to memorize the script but I keep forgetting the lines.

M: Look, Jane, you'll be fine if you stop putting so much pressure on yourself.

Q: What does the man mean?

Conversation 4:

M: You've spent too much time doing coursework, Sally. Don't you think you should go out and get some fresh air?

W: Thanks for the advice. But this is how I relieve my stress. I'd rather not get too far behind.

Q: What can you infer from the woman's response?

Conversation 5:

M: I'm having trouble making ends meet. It looks like I have to make another phone call to my parents.

W: I don't think it would be a problem if you cut down on the discs you buy.

Q: What does the woman mean?

Conversation 6:

W: I hope you enjoyed the movie last night. I wasn't sure I would.

M: I wasn't either, but once it started, I simply got glued to the screen.

Q: What can you learn from the conversation?

Conversation 7:

M: Congratulations! I heard your debating team has reached the final.

W: Yes, we're all excited about it. Now we're working hard to prepare for it.

Q: What will the woman's team probably do?

Conversation 8:

W: Bill is a great guy. He nearly got killed when he tried to rescue an aged² woman from a fire yesterday.

M: Well, so far as I know that was not the first dangerous situation he was in.

Q: Which of the following adjectives best describes Bill?

Conversation 9:

M: What kind of father am I? My daughter is sick. She has had a fever for a couple of days. But I didn't even know about it.

W: Don't blame yourself too much. You've been too much involved in the company's work to notice it, I guess. You really should take some time off.

Q: What do you know about the man from the conversation?

Conversation 10:

M: Is Mary still in a critical condition?

W: I'm afraid so, but we've kept the news from her mother.

Q: What do we know about Mary's mother?

Part B

Passage:

Women in many countries now see themselves in a new light for they have discovered that they are as competent as men and can do just as well as men in any profession. Some of them have gone to the top, which has given women pride and self-confidence. Of course the picture is not perfect. In the first place a very large number of women do not even try to enter 'male' professions because they lack the necessary training or because they are not bold enough to take risks on new paths. For one woman executive or one woman judge, there are still countless³ typists and saleswomen who struggle through their day without any sense of fulfillment. Besides, many of their braver sisters, who dare to compete with men in higher fields, find that male opposition⁴ is still strong, and that society is still ready to explain a woman's success by reasons that have nothing to do with her intelligence. Still, the fact remains⁵ that women are now free to enter any career that attracts them; the situation has improved, and the tide is not likely to turn back.

Part C

Passage 1

Many people suffer from some form of extreme anxiety. Some experience occasional attacks of panic for almost no reason. Others go around in a state of continual uneasiness. How do we control anxiety? The best way is to take drugs which help patients manage their anxiety. Patients who take these drugs say that they are able to work, to sleep and to go to places they feared to visit before. But the effects of the drugs on the human body, especially on the nervous system have not been known for a long time.

Scientists have started a series of studies to identify the effects of the drugs on the brain and have gained some insight into the costs and benefits of the anti-anxiety drugs. They are valuable because they can reduce the effects of expected failure, frustration⁶ and disappointment. But their value demands a price. Two effects of the drugs are obviously harmful. First, they weaken a person's ability to react to changes; second, they fail to help a person deal with unexpected troubles. It is fairly sure that people will meet with problems they have never expected, so these harmful effects may make the price of anti-anxiety drugs too high.

Questions 1 and 2 are based on the passage you've just heard.

1. What does the passage mainly tell us?

2. What is the speaker's attitude toward anti-anxiety drugs?

Passage 2

Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is the development of intelligence dependent on environment and experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given us at birth. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied⁷ surroundings.

It is easy to show that intelligence is something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Therefore if we take two unrelated people at random⁸ from the population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If we take two identical twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.

Imagine that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence development, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have a similar degree of intelligence.

Questions 3 and 4 are based on the passage you've just heard.

3. Which of the following can best serve as a title of the passage?

4. What does the example of sending the twins to different places show us?

1 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

2 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

3 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

4 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

6 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

7 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。

8 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。