最新现代大学英语听力第二册答案.docx

1、最新现代大学英语听力第二册答案Unit 1 Social CustomsTask 1A1. She wanted to see St. Pauls Cathedral.2. She was so surprised because she saw so many Englishmen who looked alike.3. They were all wearing dark suits and bowler hats, carrying umbrellas and newspapers.4. Because she had often read about them and seen pho

2、tographs of them, who all looked as if they were wearing a uniform.5. No, he didnt.6. He used the English saying “It takes all kinds to make a world” to prove his opinion.BIf all the seas were one sea, what a great sea it would be! And if all the trees were one tree, what a great tree it would be! A

3、nd if this tree were to fall in the sea, what a great splash there would be!Task 2A1. people were much busier 2. colder than England; minus thirty degrees; last longer 3. much more mountainous; much higher and much more rocky; more beautiful 4. tend to be more crowded 5. the houses; smallerB1. T 2.

4、T 3. F 4. F 5. FTask 3A1. In the US, people usually dance just to enjoy themselves; they dont invite other people to watch them.2. Usually eight people dance together.3. Because people form a square in dancing with a man and a woman on each side of the square.B1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. TC1. eight peopl

5、e form a square; on each side of the square2. what they should do; makes it into a song; sings it3. dont have much time to think4. old-fashioned clothesC1. eight people form a square; on each side of the square 2. what they should do; makes it into a song; sings it 3. dont have much time to think 4.

6、 old-fashioned clothesTask 41. It was a time to celebrate the end of winter and the beginning of spring.2. They burned the picture of their kitchen god to bring good luck.3. The custom said the brides must wear “something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue” to bring good luck

7、.4. Because they could not eat meat, eggs or dairy products during Lent, so they tried to use up these things before Lent began.5. It was a straw man made by children in Czech; it was a figure of death.6. People brought their animals to church. And before the animals went into the church people dres

8、sed them up in flowers and ribbons.Task 5A1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. TBLife in Victorian timesAdvantages: Lots of servants to do the work; beautiful clothes to wear; lots of tea parties; life being slower; plenty of time to talk to each other, play the piano or play cards together Disadvantage

9、s:Terrible life for servants; very uncomfortable clothes; boring and formal tea parties-often no men being invited; much more illness; children left with servants all day; very poor education; no freedom for womenLife todayAdvantages:Lots of machines to help with the housework; a much better life fo

10、r children; more freedom for womenDisadvantages:People being always rushing, having no time to stop or enjoy themselves; too much time spent in front of the television, no talk to each otherTask 6A1. b 2. a 3. c 4. aB1. family unit; process; change; used to be; the extended; the nuclear 2. job patte

11、rns; progressed; agricultural; industrial; forced; job opportunities; split up 3. traditional; family; expanded; other living arrangementsC1. mother, father, children, and some other relatives, such as grandparents, living in the same house or nearby2. only the parents and the children3. previously

12、married men and women marry again and combine the children from former marriages into a new familyTask 7A1. Both 2. Men 3. Both 4. Women 5. Men 6. Men 7. Women 8. Women 9. Women 10. Women 11. Men 12. WomenB1. c 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. c 6. c 7. cTask 8A1. a 2. c 3. b 4. c 5. c 6. b 7. c 8. bB1. T 2. T 3.

13、F 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. F 8. F 9. T 10.FTask 9Social customs and ways of behaving change. But they do not necessarily always change for the better. Things which were considered impolite many years ago are now acceptable. Just a few years ago, it was considered impolite behaviour for a man to smoke on th

14、e street. No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman would make a fool of himself by smoking when a lady was in the room.The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make nobleman who had a very formal dinner party. When the food was served, one f the

15、 guests started to eat his peas with a knife. Other guests were amused or shocked, but the nobleman calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. It would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.Unit 2 WeatherTask 11. b 2. a 3. dTask 2A1. T 2. F 3. FB1. d

16、 2. c 3. cC1. climate 2. reputation 3. extraordinary 4. unreliable 5. dry 6. wet 7. clear 8. dull 9. hot 10. cold 11. bad 12. mildTask 31. the country; Trees, grass, lakes and steams2. concrete; take in the heat during the day and throw off heat into the air at night; Warmer winters, car engines; el

17、ectrical appliance3. air pollution may stop sunlight from reaching the earth; Ice near the North and South poles to melt; to be slowly flooded and people living in these cities to move to higher landTask 4A1. b 2. cB1. night 2. delight 3. morning 4. warning 5. gray 6. way 7. red 8. headC1. F 2. T 3.

18、 FTask 51. c 2. b 3. d 4. c 5. cTask 6A1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. TB1. incredible 2. one minute 3. one kilometer 4. destroyed 5. lifted up 6. carried away 7. killed 8. injuredTask 7A 1. b 2. a 3. bB1. For today: It has been nice weather during the day, but it is going to change at night.2. For the

19、weekend: Fine weather in southern Europe and not so nice in northern EuropeCFor todaySoutheast England-26 degrees Celsius by mid-afternoonSouthern Scotland-Maximum temperatures of around 21 degreesBrighton-15 hours of lovely sunshineMidlands-23 degrees Celsius by early afternoonNorthwest of Scotland

20、-Light showers around middayFor the weekendSpain-34 degrees CelsiusGreece-32 degrees CelsiusFrance-Cloudy with rain, maximum temperatures of 22 degreesNorthern Ireland-Heavy rain, 17 degrees CelsiusMost of England-Cloudy but mainly dry with sunny periods, 23 degrees CelsiusTask 8Natural Phenomena Ai

21、r Pressure Causes (Rise or Fall)Faraway objects are Fall The dust particles begin to settle to the more sharply focused. ground in thinner air and the air clears.Birds calls become Fall Instead of traveling upward and Sharper. outward into the atmosphere they are bent back to the earth and their ran

22、ge extended.Swamp doesnt Rise The methane is trapped in the bottom smell very strong. of the swamp because of the thick air.Bird fly high. Rise Birds prefer to fly where the air is the densest and they can get greater lift with their wingsSmoke rise high in the air Rise Smoke rises with thicker air.

23、Elderly peoples joints ache. Fall The gas in our bodies expands in lower air pressure.Task 9AStatements 3, 6, 7 are true.Bfcadbe C1. F 2. T 3. F 4. FD1. d 2. bTask 10Undoubtedly, Tibet is one of the harshest places for human existence. It is cool in summer but freezing cold in winter. In Lhasa, the

24、mildest city in Tibet, temperatures may exceed 29 degrees Celsius in summer while plummeting to -16 degrees Celsius in winter! Sun radiation is extremely strong in Tibet. The sunlight in Lhasa is so intense that the city is called Sunlight City. The thin air can neither block off nor retain heat so

25、that there are great temperature extremes on the same day! The average temperature in northern Tibet is subzero and winter arrives in October until the following May or June. July or August are the best time to visit the area, enjoying warm temperatures, intense sunshine, beautiful scenery and festi

26、ve events. May, June and September represent the tourist season in east Tibet. In winter, roads are blocked by heavy snow. Land slides and rock falls frequently occur, which will make travel difficult.Unit 3 Social IssuesTask 1A1. Stress on the job costs American companies as much as $150 billion a

27、year in lower productivity, unnecessary employee sick leave, and higher medical costs.2. The most stressful professions are those that involve danger and extreme pressure and those that carry a lot of responsibility without much control.3. The best way to deal with stress is through relaxation, but

28、sometimes the only answer is to fight back or walk away.B1. Three- quarters 2. psychologists, doctors 3. nervousness, anger, frequent illness, forgetfulness, mental problemsTask 2A1. give in so easily to hijackers demandsa) threaten to blow up a plane, commit some other outageb) hold out against thi

29、s kind of blackmail, always have terrorists, Start executing terrorists automaticallyc) be prepared to face the consequences of evil2a) Its the lesser of two evils. Terrorists have proven often enough that they really mean business.b) Innocent lives, threatening the innocent will achieve its ends.B1

30、. She implies that if the first speaker was one of the victims of terrorism, she would want the government to give in to the demands so that she wouldnt die.Task 3A1. thirty-five, natural light, a small window, hot, airless, very noisy 2. Mexico 3. ought to, shouldntB1. It is located in a narrow str

31、eet with five-and six-storey buildings eight kilometers from downtown Los Angeles.2. This factory makes shirts and jeans3. Shes already been working for ten hours, but wont stop for another two hours.4. She cant complain about those things because she is an illegal immigrant.Task 4AEvery year the British government publishes statistics about social trends. Their findings show definite patterns in the British way of life.1. marked differencesa) one hour more every day, three hours more every weekb) 1 percent, cleaning and ironing, keep household accounts, do repairs or improvementsc)