新理念英语上机测试华工版BUA.docx

1、新理念英语上机测试华工版BUA 全新版第二版听说B4U9-A Part I Listening Comprehension ( 29 minutes ) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear several conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken o

2、nly once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. 1. A) One month. B) Two months. C) Three times. D) Four times. Script: Woman: How long can I hang on the books that I borrow? Man: The

3、borrowing period is one month, but of course books can be renewed. You can renew any item a maximum of three times. Question: How many times can the student renew her borrowed books? 正确答案： C 2. A) 75 pounds. B) 150 pounds. C) 75 dollars. D) 150 dollars. Script: Woman: Id like to attend the computing

4、 conference on Saturday and Sunday only. Can you tell me how much it will cost? Man: Its 75 pounds for each day. Question: How much should the woman pay for attending the conference? 正确答案： B 3. A) Husband and wife. B) Co-workers. C) Professor and student. D) Father and daughter. Script: Woman: I thi

5、nk I have got the flu. There are about 6 people off at the moment with flu in the company. Man: Yeah, it is going round. It is best if you stay at home for a day or two I should think. I will take care of the office. Question: What may be the relationship between the two speakers? 正确答案： B 4. A) 3262

6、11. B) 326311. C) 336211. D) 336122. Script: Man: Is that 326211? Could I speak to Potter, please? Woman: Im afraid you have got a wrong number. It is 336211 here. Question: What is the number that the man dialed? 正确答案： C 5. A) He wants to change his surgery. B) He wants to see the doctor. C) He wan

7、ts to change his medicine. D) He wants to change the date of his medical check. Script: Woman: Mark Prices Surgery. Can I help you? Man: Yes, please. I would like to change my appointment of medical check with the doctor to March 15, please. Question: What does the man call for? 正确答案： D Questions 6

8、to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Script: Woman: Oh sorry, what was I saying? I lost my train of thought. Man: You were telling me about the book youre reading. Woman: Oh, yeah. I must have had one of those senior moments of forgetting things. Man: Welcome to the club. Thats wh

9、at happens when youre over-the-hill like we are. Woman: Were not over-the-hill! You may be an old man, but I still like to think of myself as middle-aged. Isnt 70 the new 60? Man: Thats what they say, but I dont mind aging. I may be a little absent- minded now and then, but Im not weak. What I cant

10、stand is being treated like I am. The other day, I sat at a table at a restaurant for 20 minutes while the waitress ignored me. She waited on all of the tables around me first, and when she finally came to take my order, she didnt even apologize. Woman: Ageism is everywhere. What I hate is to be tal

11、ked to like Im a child. Some people think that if youve got gray hair, youre not all there. Im as sharp as ever. Man: I know, but do you know what were doing? Woman: What? Man: Were complaining. Thats what old people are supposed to do all the time, right? Woman: Youve got a point there. Lets go do

12、something more productive before anyone notices! 6. A) A travelling experience. B) A movie. C) A book. D) A piece of music. Script: What was the woman telling the man before she lost the track of thought? 正确答案： C 7. A) He cannot bear the way people treated him. B) He did mind getting old. C) He thou

13、ght he was weak. D) He thought he was not absent-minded at all. Script: What is the mans feeling towards his old age? 正确答案： A 8. A) She hates to wait in a restaurant. B) She hates to be talked to like she is a child. C) She hates to be called grandma by strangers. D) She hates not being treated with

14、 admiration. Script: What does the woman hate about being old? 正确答案： B Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Script: Woman: Today is July 15th, Im almost ready for my granddaughters visit. Shell be here tomorrow and I want everything to be perfect. Man: What have you p

15、lanned? Woman: Im going to spoil her. My daughter is very strict and doesnt allow her to do anything that a normal 10-year-old wants to do. Man: Like what? Woman: Well, her time is very structured and strictly controlled. Shes never been allowed any time for just fun. Man: And youre taking off the r

16、estrictions. Woman: Thats right. She can play as much as she wants to for the next week. I dont want her to miss out on any experiences just because her mother is overprotective. There will be no curfews and no time schedules. Man: Are you sure thats a good idea? Im sure your daughter has instructio

17、ns about how your granddaughter should behave and the punishments she should get if she misbehaves. Woman: Youre right about that. Im expecting a long list of rules for my granddaughter while shes here, but she shouldnt expect me to toe the line. Im the grandmother after all, so I have special privi

18、leges. Nobody tells me what to do with my own granddaughter. Man: How did a free spirit like you end up with a daughter who is so strict with rules? Woman: Beats me. Man: Shes not going to thank you for spoiling her daughter, you know. Woman: I know, but Im her mother and theres still a thing or two

19、 I can teach her about raising a daughter! 9. A) July 15th. B) July 16th. C) July 17th. D) July 18th. Script: When will the granddaughter visit？ 正确答案： B 10. A) Free. B) Structured and controlled. C) Full of fun. D) Without any control. Script: What is the granddaughters daily schedule like? 正确答案： B

20、11. A) She will be very strict with her. B) She will let the girl play as much as she wants. C) She will follow her daughters list of rules. D) She will make a tight schedule for the girl. Script: What would the grandma do with the granddaughter? 正确答案： B Section B Direstions：Listen to three short pa

21、ssages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. All the recordings will be played once only. After you hear a question, please choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Passage One Questions 12 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard. Script:

22、 Mm, blueberries. Its the height of the season, and Ive been tossing a handful into cereal, into pancakes or just straight into my mouth. This is a so-called SUPER fruit that may hold you back from aging and are considered extremely good to your eyes. Many of our crops were cultivated thousands of y

23、ears ago, and we dont know the individuals responsible. Not so for blueberries. Because the blueberry wasnt planted by human beings until just about a century ago. And we have a botanist named Fred Coville to thank. In 1912 if you wanted blueberries, you picked the wild variety. And it was devilishl

24、y difficult to get the plants to grow anywhere but where they were naturally found. Coville figured out after many dead ends that blueberries need exceedingly acidic soil: most plants like the soil at a neutral pH of about 7. Blueberries do best when the pH is about 4.5. Colville also determined tha

25、t blueberries cant self-fertilize, so the grower must make sure the crop can be cross-pollinated. His research efforts are described in an article in the U.S. Department of Agriculture magazine Agricultural Research. So next time you pop a blueberry, dont forget to thank Fred. 12. A) Not known. B) T

26、housands of years ago. C) A decade ago. D) A century ago. Script: When was the blueberry first planted by mankind? 正确答案： D 13. A) Wild land. B) Soil at a pH of about 7. C) Soil at a pH of about 4.5. D) Soil at a pH of about 8.5. Script: What kind of soil will you possibly find blueberries be planted

27、? 正确答案： C 14. A) Anti-virus. B) Antibiotic. C) Good to your eyes. D) Good to your skin. Script: What is the assumed function of blueberries? 正确答案： C Passage Two Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. Script: My formula for staying young is simple: concentrate on the part of

28、 you thats young and growing your brain. Keep your mind awake and youll stay young all over. These are exciting times. Take an interest in the world around you, and make a point of learning at least one new thing every day. Regardless of your age, its not too late to make your life more interesting.

29、 I know a housewife with no previous knowledge who made herself into an outstanding industrial designer. I know a retired electrical engineer who has become a highly paid ceramic artist. Get over the notion that you are ever too old to go back to school. I know a man who entered medical college at 7

30、0. He got his doctors degree with honors and became an eminent physician. Another man went to law school at 71, and is now an active lawyer. In spite of years, staying young is easy for those who live in the future. You can do it if you care enough to try. Keep your mind awake and active; thats only

31、 youth elixir guaranteed to work. 15. A) Have good supplement diet. B) Find some friends. C) Keep the mind young. D) Go travelling. Script: What is the speakers suggestion for staying young? 正确答案： C 16. A) She made herself an outstanding designer. B) She became an electrical engineer. C) She became a paid ceramic artist. D) She became a teacher. Script: What does a housewife do in her old age? 正确答案： A 17. A) A bachelors degree in medicine. B) A masters