UNIT 3

第一节

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

Text 1

M:What’s going on? When you turn on the tap,it’s just drip,drip,drip.

W:Well,it’s the second day in a row.I guess the pipes are frozen again.

Text 2

M:What do you think of yesterday’s movie?

W:It’s terrible.I hadn’t seen a worse movie before.

Text 3

W:Your son looks so healthy and athletic.Is he involved in school sports?

M:Yes,he is.He is the captain of the school basketball team.He is also on the high school swimming team and lifts weights sometimes.

 Text 4

W:Did you call Ben last night?

M:Yes.I tried to get hold of him last night,but it was so difficult to get through.

W:That’s strange.Maybe he was on the Net.

Text 5

W:Welcome to Vancouver,Professor Zhang!

M:Thanks,Monica.I’m happy to be here.It’s a beautiful airport.

W:Yes,it is.It was built in 1996.It links Canada to the world.Planes go to China every day.

第二节

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。

 Text 6

W:John,what sports do you like?

M:Well,my favorite sport is baseball.As you know,my father and most of his friends were baseball players,so I was always around baseball.

W:Wow,that’s great!

M:Yeah.I played baseball pretty much through my high school and university.

W:Then,why did you stop?

M:Well,it wasn’t exactly by choice.I didn’t want to be a professional baseball player,so I ended up retiring from baseball and pursuing other things.

听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。

 Text 7

W:Good morning.John,right? How long have you been like this?

M:For a few months.

W:How old are you?

M:Seventeen.

W:Do you do a lot of exercise? Swimming? Cycling? Ball games?

M:Er… I walk to school.That’s all my exercise.

W:What about sleeping? Do you sleep well?

M:No,not really.I always wake up in the middle of the night.

W:Why?

M:Well,I think a lot — mainly about schoolwork.I’m getting behind and I seem to be unable to catch up.

W:Oh,dear! What time do you usually go to bed?

M:At about 12:00 from Monday to Friday,and later on weekends.

W:I see.You need to get to sleep earlier and do some exercise.

听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。

 Text 8

M:Hi,Grandma.

W:Hi,Harry.Well,this is a surprise.Has your summer holiday already begun? I didn’t expect to see you until next month.Come in and sit down.

M:Thanks,Grandma.

W:Well,tell me.How did your school go?

M:Pretty well.But I haven’t got my marks yet.

W:Well,you always get high marks.But aren’t you out early? Your father used to get out in June.

M:The school year is shorter than before.But now there’s a talk of making it longer again.The professors say they don’t have enough time to cover everything.

W:I’m not surprised.Well,how long will you stay at home? Are you going to travel?

M:Yes,I’m thinking of a trip to China,er… to see the Great Wall.

W:Oh,that’s a good idea.I wish I could go with you.I have always wanted to visit Beijing.

听第9段材料,回答第14至17题。

Text 9

W:What’s wrong with your eyes? They look so red.

M:I didn’t sleep well last night.I didn’t fall asleep until two o’clock in the morning,and then I woke up at six o’clock and couldn’t fall asleep again.

W:What kept you awake?

M:The new neighbors upstairs had a big party last night and were really noisy.They talked and laughed from eight until two in the morning.

W:Why didn’t you go and complain? You should have.

M:It was a birthday party.I didn’t want to upset them.

W:But it bothered you so much.Then what woke you up so early this morning?

M:My father was away on business,but he came back early this morning.I woke up when he came in.

W:Why don’t you go and take a short sleep in your office? We have a meeting this afternoon.You can’t go to it looking like that.

听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。

Text 10

M:Have you heard about English couplets?They have become a new and fashionable way to celebrate the Spring Festival.On Taobao,there are many shops selling couplets in English.A typical one reads “eat well,sleep well,have fun day by day” and “study hard,work hard,make money more and more”.Yu Runrun,who owns a Beijing shop,expects to sell about 600 sets of English couplets during the holiday season.“I began to sell English couplets four years ago,” said Yu.A set of English couplets in his shop costs 25 yuan.The price is much higher than that of a set of Chinese couplets.Mo Hao,who teaches English at a college,bought two sets of such couplets from Taobao,one for himself and the other for his colleague,Benjamin Wolken,who is from the United States.“Foreigners living in China buy English couplets to celebrate the festival.They are very special and actually quite good-looking,” Mo said.Wolken said,“I would consider making my own set,so that I can talk more about Chinese culture and language.”