《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案unit5.docx

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《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案unit5

《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案Unit5

Fifteenyearsagothetypicalworkerwithacollegedegreemade38percentmorethanaworkerwithahighschooldiploma.Todaythatfigureis73percentmore.Twoyearsofcollegemeansa20percentincreaseannualearnings.Peoplewhofinishtwoyearsofcollegeearnaquarterofamilliondollarsmoretantheirhighschoolcounterpartsoveralifetime.

Unit5

Task1

【答案】

A.

1）People’sideasonpermanenteducation.

2）Oneisanordinary“maninthestreet”.Theotherisaneducationalpsychologist.

3）Thefirstpersonthinksthisideaofpermanenteducationiscrazy.Hecan’tunderstandpeoplewhowanttospendalltheirlivesinschool.Thesecondpersonthinkstheideaofpermanenteducationispracticalbecausepeopleareneverreallytoooldtogoonlearning.

B.

1）was;hated;stand;gotout2）alltheirlives3）certainlimits;agelimits

【原文】

Twopeopleareinterviewedabouttheirideasoneducation.Oneisanordinary"maninthe

street";theotherisaneducationalpsychologist.

Themaninthestreet:

WhenIwasatschool,Ihatedit.Icouldn'tstandit.Iwasn'thappyuntilIgotout.Ithinkthisideaofpermanenteducationiscrazy.Iknowsomepeoplegobacktoschoolwhenthey'reolder,gotolanguageclassesatthelocal"tech"andallthat,butIcan'tunderstandpeoplewhowanttospendalltheirlivesinschool.

Theeducationalpsychologist:

Theideaofpermanenteducationispracticalbecausewe'reneverreallytoooldtogoonlearning.Ofcourse,therearecertainlimits,buttheyaren'tagelimits.Forexample,let'ssayamanpastsixtytriestolearnhowtoplayfootball.It'sfoolishforhimtodothat,butonlybecausehisbodyistooold,nothismind!

Task2

【答案】

A.

Age

Schooling

Four

NurserySchool

Five

TheInfants’School

Seven

TheJuniorSchool

B.

1）Hestayedthereforayear.

2）Hehasfaint,butverypleasantmemoriesofit.Hehadfunandplayedgames---includingstory-telling,drawing,singinganddancing.

3）Hebeganthavemoreformallessonsandevenworryaboutexams.

4）Theexamwascalledthe“ElevenPlus”.Studentstooktheexamtoseewhatkindofsecondaryschooltheywouldgetinto.

【原文】

JohnistalkingtoMartinabouthisprimaryschooling.

Martin:

Didyougotoastateprimaryschool?

John:

Yes,Idid.Iwenttoanurseryschoolfirst,attheageoffour,butthiswaspurelyvoluntary.Therewasagoodkindergarteninourneighbourhoodsomyparentsdecidedtosendmethereforayear.

Martin:

Canyoustillrememberit?

John:

Yes,Ihavefaint,butverypleasantmemoriesofit.Itwasadelightfulplace,fulloffunandgames.Asinmostnurseryschools,work—ifyoucancallitthat—consistedofstorytelling,drawing,singinganddancing.

Martin:

Youprobablydon'trememberbutyoumusthavemisseditwhenyouleft—youknow,whenyouwenttotheInfants'Schoolattheageoffive.

John:

IsupposeImusthave,butyouknow,rightuptotheageofseven,schoollifewasverypleasant.ItwasonlylaterintheJuniorSchoolthatwebegantohavemoreformallessonsandevenworryaboutexams.

Martin:

ReallyDidyouhavetodoexamsatthatage

John:

Yes,weusedtothen.Wehadtotakeanexamattheageofelevencalledthe"ElevenPlus"toseewhatkindofSecondaryschoolwewouldgetinto.Butthisexamhasdisappearednowadays.

Task3

【答案】

A.

1）compulsory;theagesof5and16;state-funded;independent

2）available;atanurseryschool;inthenurseryclassataprimaryschool

3）preparatory;primary;aged5to13

4）enterthestateeducationsystem;attheageof5;secondaryschool

5）7,11,13or16;gainadmissionat11or13;theCommonEntranceExamination

6）onefurtheryear;AdvancedSupplementaryExaminations;AdvancedLevelExaminations

7）classroom;laboratory;workindependently;undertakeresearchforprojects

8）vocational;conventional

9）secondaryeducation;withA-levels;further;higher

B.

1）GCSEstandfortheGeneralCertificateofSecondaryEducation.Itisnormallytakeattheageofsixteen.

2）Studentsusuallystudyform8to12subjectsovertwoyears.

3）Somesubjectstakeaccountoftheworkstudentsdothroughouttheyear,whileothersareassessedentirelybyexamination.

【原文】

EducationintheUnitedKingdomiscompulsoryforeveryonebetweentheagesoffiveandsixteen,andisprovidedbytwokindsofschools:

state-fundedschoolsandindependent（fee-charging）schools.

Childreneducation

Pre-schoolorpre-preparatoryeducation:

pre-schooleducationisavailableinboththeindependentandthestatesystems.Manychildrenstarttheireducationattheageofthreeorfouratanurseryschoolorinthenurseryclassataprimaryschool.

Preparatoryeducation:

intheindependentsystem,preparatory（orprimary）educationisavailableforchildrenaged5to13.

Primaryeducatio