《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案Unit6.docx

1、现代大学英语听力2听力原文及题目答案Unit 6I had two months until my new job began. It was like waiting an entire summer for school to start. I spent those two months talking to figure skating coaches and judges. I read boring rule books. I drove to the rinks where the skaters trained, and made notes about our convers

2、ations. I even took a lesson, which made some of the skaters laugh.Unit 6Task 1【答案】A.dbaecB.a【原文】Laura usually leaves the offices of Quest Productions at about 5 oclock, but last Monday she left at 5:30. She wanted to get home by 6:30 and she ran to the bus stop but she couldnt get on a bus. There w

3、ere too many people and not enough buses. Laura was desperate to get home so she decided to go by tube. In the station she went to one of the automatic ticket machines but she didnt have enough change, so she had to join the queue at the ticket window. She bought her ticket and ran to the escalator.

4、 Laura went to the platform and waited for the tube. It arrived and the crowd moved forward. Laura was pushed into the train. It was almost full but she was given a seat by a man with a moustache. Laura thanked him and sat down. She started to read her newspaper. In the tunnel the train stopped sudd

5、enly and Laura was thrown to the floor together with the man with the moustache. Somebody screamed. The lights went out. It was quarter past 6 on a cold, wet December evening.Task 2【答案】A. 1) a 2) b 3) d 4) cB. 1) T 2) T 3) FC. wondered; television plays; exciting; every cigarette lighter; tape recor

6、der; held in a certain way; the touch of a gold ring against the hand of; reveal; How wrong they were【原文】X was a secret agent. He had rented a furnished room in a provincial town not far from the public park and had been there two weeks. He was standing at the window looking out at the dull beds of

7、geraniums, the park gates and the cold, uninviting statue of Queen Victoria that stood across the street from him, It was raining hard and the few people who passed by looked wet and miserable. X was miserable, too. How, he wondered, could anybody think there was anything interesting about the life

8、of a secret agent? He knew it was because people had seen so many television plays about glamorous spies that they thought the life of a secret agent was exciting. They were convinced that every cigarette lighter concealed a secret tape recorder; that a fountain pen held in a certain way would open

9、a locked door, that the touch of a gold ring against the hand of an enemy would make him reveal all his secrets. How wrong they were! He looked round his room. The wallpaper was in the worst possible taste, the pictures horrible, the carpet worn, dirty and faded; and he was cold. This was the third

10、Monday he had come to the window to look out. He prayed it would be the last. As if in answer to his prayer, a certain meeting he had been sent to investigate was about to take place. He took out his camera. Just beneath the statue two women had stopped to speak. He knew one of them, and it was she

11、who pointed in his direction. The other woman looked up towards him and in that brief moment he photographed her.Task 3【答案】A. NamesIdeal CareersHarrySailorNoraFarmer(if she were a man)RobertCivil engineerPeterRacing driver or explorerB. 1) a 2) b 3) c 4) b 5) d【原文】Harry: Well, Robert, have you made

12、up your mind yet what you want to do when you leave college?Nora: Oh Harry. Surely hes a bit young to decide on his career. He hasnt even got to college yet.Harry: Not at all, Nora. Its wisest to decide in good time. Look at me, for example. I really wanted to be a sailor, but now I spend my days si

13、tting at a desk in an office. Yes, its silly to train for the wrong job. And after all, Robert will be going to college soon. Nora: Now if I were a man Id be a farmer. To see the crops growing-thats my idea of a good life. Harry: Yes, and to see the money rolling in is more important still.Robert: W

14、ell, thats not the way I look at it, Dad. Its the job I care about, not the money. Harry: Maybe not; but youll learn to care about the money too, when youve got a family to keep. Nora: And of course Peter well, hes keen to be a racing driver, or else an explorer.Robert: Oh, Peters not old enough to

15、make up his mind about such things. Harry: You havent answered my question yet, Robert. What would you like to do? Nora: Are you sure you dont want to be a farmer, Robert? Or a market gardener?Robert: No, Im sorry Mum, but I dont want to at all. Id rather be a civil engineer. I want to build roads a

16、nd bridges. Harry: Not ships? Isnt it better to be a shipbuilding engineer?Robert: Look here, is it my career were planning, or yours? Harry: All fight, all right, theres no need to lose your temper. But youd better win that scholarship first.Task 4【答案】I. correspondents; columnistA. may not need eit

17、herB. to go to places where events take place and write stories about themII. first; bigger; better; who will soon leave to work for other peopleIII. working hours; free time; work long hours to begin with【原文】Here are some of the things a young man or woman should not do when he first asks an editor

18、 for a job: He should not tell the editor that he wants to be a foreign correspondent or a columnist. Very probably the editor does not need either. He wants a reporter who will go to such places as government offices and police stations and write a true story of what is happening there. Being a for

19、eign correspondent or a columnist will come later. A young person should not tell tile editor that newspaper work is only the first step on the way to bigger and better jobs, such as those in government. The editor must take a lot of time and trouble teaching someone to be a good newspaperman or wom

20、an. He does not like the idea of teaching people who are soon going to leave him to work for someone else. A young journalist should accept the working hours and free time the editor gives him. As a new journalist, it is very probable that he will work longer hours than others and work on weekends.

21、The editor did the same when he was a young newspaperman with no experience. He expects a journalist to understand how things are on a newspaper. Task 5【答案】A.1) acd 2) abeB. 1) she is the wrong sex 2) she wears the wrong clothes【原文】SYLVIA: Weve got a new manager in our department.LARRY: Oh? You hope

22、d to get that job, didnt you?SYLVIA: Yes, I did.LARRY: Im sorry. Thats too bad. Who is it? Who got the job, I mean?SYLVIA: Someone called Drexler. Carl Drexler. Hes been with the company only two years. Ive been here longer. And I know more about the job, too!LARRY: Hmm. Why do you think they gave i

23、t to him and not to you?SYLVIA: Because Im the wrong sex, of course !LARRY: You mean you didnt get the job because youre a woman?SYLVIA: Yes, that was probably it! It isnt fair.LARRY: What sort of clothes does he wear?SYLVTA: A dark suit. White shirt. A tie. Why?LARRY: Perhaps that had something to

24、do with it.SYLVIA: You mean you think I didnt get the job because I come to work in jeans and a sweater?LARRY: Its possible, isnt it?SYLVIA: Do you really think I should wear different clothes?LARRY: Well. . . perhaps you should think about it.SYLVTA: Why should I wear a skirt? Or a dress?LARRY: Im

25、not saying you should. Im saying you should think about it. Thats all!SYLVIA: Why should I do that? Im good at my job! Thats the only important thing!LARRY: Hmm. Perhaps it should be the only important thing. But it isnt. Not inthis company.Task 6【答案】A.Former JobsWhen Laid-offWhy Laid-off1st manCar

26、salesmanRecentlyLow sales, due to the increase of interest rates2nd manWorker at a vacuum cleaner plant10 months agoPlant moved to Singapore where workers are paid much lessB.1st speaker(bcd) 2nd speaker(ae)C. 1) F 2) F【原文】 Al: Is this the right line to file a claim?Bob: Yeah. Its the same line for

27、everything. You just stand here and wait. Al: Oh. Is there always such a long line?Bob: Every week. Sometimes longer. Is this your first time here? Al: Yes.Bob: What happened? Your plant closed down? Al: No. Im a car salesman, or, I was a car salesman. But we just arent selling cars. Its the interes

28、t rates. Two years ago, I averaged ten new cars a month. Do you know how many cars I sold last month? One. One car to a lady who had the cash. But the interest rates are up again. The boss let three of us go. How about you?Bob: I worked at a vacuum cleaner plant with about fifty workers. We put in a

29、 good days work. But the machinery was getting old. As a matter of fact, the whole plant was old. So the management decided to build a new plant. You know where? In Singapore. The workers here made about seven dollars an hour, a couple of people made eight or nine an hour. You know how much theyre p

30、aying the workers in Singapore? $2.50 an hour! Anyway, all fifty of us got laid off. Al: How long ago was that?Bob: They closed down ten months ago. Al: Any luck finding another job?Bob: Nothing. I have one, sometimes two, interviews a week. Last week I thought I had something. They liked my experie

31、nce with machines. But I never heard from them again. Al: At least you know something about machines. All I can do is talk.Bob: Maybe youll talk yourself into another job. Good luck. Ill see you here next week. Al: I hope not. I hope Ill have something by then.Task 7【答案】A.1) F 2) F 3) T 4) F 5) T 6)

32、 FB.1) According to the first speaker, it is frustrating because the teacher cannot see clearly the results of his efforts.2) According to the second speaker, English language teaching is a good job, because it guarantees a stable income and regular working hours and means less pressure. He also likes the w