B班第6周听力练习.doc

B班第6周听力练习练习一：完成06年12月四级真题卷中的听力部分。反复精听2006年12月真题卷的Part III Listening Comprehension。并做好听力笔记。练习二：第6周早读听力Section ADirections: (Omitted)11. A) She has not applied to any companies yet. B) She will begin working in a few weeks. C) She does not yet know if a company will accept her. D) She is too busy to contact the company right now.12. A) Her brother borrowed her motorcycle. B) Her borther gave her a ride on his motorcycle. C) She rode her brothers motocycle. D) She bought her brother a motorcycle.13. A) Find an easier way to finish the project. B) Talk to his boss about getting help with the project. C) Stop trying to work so hard. D) Make the project easier for his boss to understand.14. A) Go to the symphony later in the year. B) Take symphony lessons with his roommate. C) Get a schedule of future performances. D) Get a ticket from his roommate.15. A) He is an excellent carpenter. B) He said the right thing. C) He is a violent person. D) He prefers to work only with his head.16. A) It is the first time they have climbed the mountain. B) They think it is not worth to climb the mountain. C) They hope to climb the mountain again when they are old. D) They found it hard to climb the mountain this time.17. A) He has a very high phone bill this month, too. B) The woman should contact the phone company. C) The woman should make fewer long-distance calls. D) Hell help the woman pay her phone bill.18. A) Shed had enough of having to work on her ship. B) She needs to work less on her ship than she did in the past. C) She would like the man to work on her ship. D) She doesnt eat on her ship anymore.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) The current apartment is too noisy. B) The current apartment is not convenient to go to work.C) The heating system does not work well.D) The owner of the current apartment is unpleasant.20. A) She has to tell the owner two months in advance about her moving out. B) She must inform the housing authorities of her problem. C) She can complain to the owner. D) She has to leave there by the end of the month.21. A) A comfortable place with cheap rent. B) An old apartment with quiet surroundings. C) A quiet place near the seaside. D) A small room on high-rises.22. A) Rent would be very expensive. B) Public transportation wouldnt be available. C) Apartments there are too far. D) Apartments there tend to be noisy.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) Steves health problems. B) The mans problems with his workaholic boss. C) The womans relationship with her manager. D) Problems that Steve has with his workloads.24. A) Whether to accept his bosss job offer. B) Whether to apply to transfer to another place. C) Whether to find a new job. D) Whether to ask for an extension.25. A) She would like to work for the man. B) She wants the man to work less than before. C) She wants the man to talk to his boss. D) She likes to work in New York.Section BDirections: (Omitted)Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. A) The open sea. B) Fresh water streams. C) Shallow seawater. D) Big rivers.27. A) The salmon have to travel a long way in the sea. B) The salmon are exposed to the danger of being killed. C) The salmon have to go up rivers. D) The salmon are usually tired and hurt.28. A) About a year. B) More than ten years. C) A few months. D) A few years.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 32are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) Through the evaporation of blood. B) Through shedding tears. C) Through the evaporation of sweat. D) Using a kind of temperature controller.30. A) Almost constant. B) Hotter than our hands, arms legs and feet. C) Varying. D) The same as our skin.31. A) By a temperature controller in our brains. B) By blood vessels constricting and dilating. C) By the amount of blood passing it. D) All of the above.32. A) The bodys blood vessel structure. B) The bodys internal heat. C) The bodys hair growth.D) The bodys muscle arrangement.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33. A) Possible solution to chemical pollution.B) The necessity to pass new environmental laws. C) The mission of scientists and economists in fighting chemical pollution.D) The irresponsibility of the government.34. A) Notify the public of the dangers of chemicals in the environment. B) Inform governments about the high economical costs of chemicals. C) Press large industrial companies to pay more attention to waste disposal. D) Remind governments of the economic benefits of chemicals.35. A) They are responsible for chemical pollution. B) They are behaving in an extremely responsible way. C) They are unwilling to stop the use of certain chemicals. D) They are blind to the harm of chemicals to peoples health.Section CDirections: (Omitted) Human beings are never satisfied. They have always wanted things to be easier, faster, more comfortable or more (36) _. Human history is the history of inventions. Various as they are, inventions (37) _ heavily in the progress of society and mankind. They serve as a ladder for (38) _ as well as for the evolution of man. An invention is something totally (39) _, something that nobody else has thought of it. It may be something (40) _, like a new machine, or it may be a new way of doing something, like the (41) _ of production methods in a factory. The earliest inventions, like boats and weapons, were simple but effective ways of meeting basic need and were developed (42) _ by people in different parts of the world who needed to travel or to hunt. Modern inventions are more technical and more (43) _. If you come up with a totally new idea, the first thing to do is to register your invention at the Patent Office. (44) _. Early this century, someone suggested that the Patent Office should be closed because everything had already been invented! (45) _. However, it seems that we are inventing more technology than we need. (46) _. Nevertheless, the flow of inventions continues.练习三：第6周补充听力短句听写填空：Exercise 1 Causes and Consequences of Unemployment Unemployment results from insufficient effective demand for goods and services in an economy. Some believe that (1) _ in the labor market cause unemployment. Others believe that regulations like (2) _ imposed on the labor market (3) _. Still some thinkers believe that unemployment is a result of the law of demand and supply not being applied in case of employing people. The consequences of employment can be as serious as homelessness due to (4) _ to repay home loans or pay house rents. Underemployment is one of the serious consequences of unemployment. On losing jobs, (5) _ that arent fit for their skills, experience and (6) _. The other major consequence of unemployment is (7) _ of the unemployed people. Unemployed individuals (8) _ life and may have to face psychological problems (9) _.Exercise 2 Computer With the development of computer-technology, computers are becoming increasingly popular all over the world. The computer is being used (1) _. In industry, business, education, medicine, nearly (2) _, computers have made their appearance, (3) _ for our work. Computers have been used in the home, offices, laboratories and research institutions, acting as the most (4) _ instruments for calculating, sorting, filing, recording and distributing. And (5) _ through which we can understand the world better. During the past fifty years, the computer has rapidly advanced. (6) _, it has experienced the development of several generations. The earliest computers were of great size, and (7) _ in speed and accuracy. Now efforts are being made not only to bring the hardware to perfection, but also to (8) _.Exercise 3 Thunder The cause of thunder has been (1) _ for a long time. In the third century BC, it was believed that (2) _. However, the most accepted theory was developed in the 20th century. According to this theory, the bolts of lightening are very hot, (3) _. When this high temperature bolt hits the surrounding air, there is (4) _, sending out a shock wave, which we hear as (5) _. Thus, thunder is caused due to (6) _, near the stroke of lightning. (7) _. I