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Unit 4 Part 1 Short conversations Directions: In this section you will hear some short conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear. 1. Recording 1 A. 8:27. B. 8:30. C. 8:33. D. 8:13. Correct answer: A Transcript:M: Whats the time according to your watch?W: Eight-thirty. But its three minutes fast. Q: What is the correct time now? 2. Recording 2 A. When the guest is going to leave. B. When the guests are coming into the room. C. During the party. D. When the guest is making an appointment with the hostess. Correct answer: A Transcript:M: Thank you very much for such a delightful evening.W: Youre welcome. Q: When does this conversation probably take place? 3. Recording 3 A. It will take him a long time to help the woman. B. He can help her for a while. C. It wont take a long time for him to help her. D. He couldnt help her though hed like to. Correct answer: B Transcript:W: Jack, can you help me with this work?M: Sure, if it wont take too much time.Q: What does the man mean? 4. Recording 4 A. Because it stopped raining. B. Because she is staying at home. C. Because she has a raincoat. D. Because she has an umbrella in her car. Correct answer: C Transcript:M: It looks like rain, take my umbrella.W: Thanks anyway, but I have a raincoat in my car.Q: Why didnt the woman take the umbrella? 5. Recording 5 A. A library. B. A restaurant. C. A bookstore. D. A coffee shop. Correct answer: C Transcript:W: A copy of Gone with the Wind, please. M: Sorry, Madam. Sold out. Q: Where does the conversation probably take place? 6. Recording 6 A. A student. B. A salesman. C. A manager. D. A teacher. Correct answer: D Transcript:M: I dont know how youll get through your teaching practice. W: Oh, Ill manage. I always do. Ive planned all my lessons. Q: What do you think the woman is? 7. Recording 7 A. The man will go to Paris by plane. B. The man will go to Paris by train. C. The man lost his plane ticket. D. There is no plane available. Correct answer: D Transcript:W: Can you go to Paris tonight?M: But all the pilots are on strike.Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 8. Recording 8 A. He is taking a bath. B. He is reading a book. C. He is getting into the bathroom. D. He is looking at something that the woman showed him. Correct answer: A Transcript:M: Ann, could you come into the bathroom for a second?W: Yes. But let me finish this novel and Ill be right there.Q: What is the man doing? 9. Recording 9 A. Three hours. B. Four hours. C. Six hours. D. Eight hours. Correct answer: C Transcript:W: I studied three hours for this test and Ted studied four hours.M: I studied twice as long as you did.Q: How long did the man study for the test? 10. Recording 10 A. A meeting with the president. B. The news about the president. C. A telephone conversation. D. A speech by the president on TV. Correct answer: D Transcript:W: How did you like the presidents speech last night?M: Oh, I was touched by his performance on TV.Q: What are the speakers talking about?Unit 4 Part 2 Long conversations Directions: In this section you will hear a long conversation or conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear. Recording 1 1. Why did Jenny want to buy a cell phone? A. To show off. B. To send text messages. C. To open a small shop. D. To communicate with others. Correct answer: D 2. How many functions of cell phones were mentioned in the conversation? A. Seven. B. Six. C. Eight. D. Five. Correct answer: B 3. Which of the following is not true according to the conversation? A. You can send messages by cell phones. B. Cell phones are better than cameras in taking pictures. C. You can listen to music with a cell phone. D. You can download information by using cell phone. Correct answer: B Transcript:W: Hi, Tom.M: Hello, Jenny.W: I heard youve bought a cell phone last week, I want to buy one, and can you tell me some special features of the cell phone? M: Of course, you know the basic function of a cell phone is to communicate with others. W: Yeah, thats the reason why I want to have one. M: I know that you have many friends; maybe you will find it rather difficult to remember all their telephone numbers. So you can put all the telephone numbers of your friends and relatives in the cell phone, which will make it easy for you to find them. W: Thats great, tell me some more. M: And you can also write text messages instead of calling others, you know when someone is not available to answer your calls. W: I see, its really useful. M: Many cell phones can also provide the service of surfing the Internet; therefore, you can look for or download something whenever and wherever you want to! W: How fantastic! M: You can also use your phone as a camera, some cell phones are even better than a camera. W: Woo, thats cool. M: Whats more, you can kill time by playing games which you can download from the Internet or using it like an MP3 player to listen to music. W: I cant wait anymore, I want to buy one now! M: By the way, let me introduce to you some top brands of cell phones, like Nokia, Sony Ericsson and so on.Questions:1. Why did Jenny want to buy a cell phone?2. How many functions of cell phones were mentioned in the conversation?3. Which of the following is not true according to the conversation?Unit 4 Part 3 Understanding Passages Directions: In this section you will hear a passage or passages. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear. Recording 1 1. What is Assured Labor? A. It is a company which can help you find jobs. B. It is a marketplace located in Massachusetts. C. It was a laboratory set up by five professors. D. It is a TV program. Correct answer: A 2. What is the function of Part two in Assured Labor? A. To find positions in Boston. B. To help people get permanent jobs. C. To help people find temporary jobs. D. To provide specific information. Correct answer: B 3. What are the companies interested in according to Assured Labors president? A. Earning more money. B. Having more interviews with the employees. C. Opening up more factories. D. Having more modern hiring practices. Correct answer: D 4. What would you do if you are interested in a job given by Assured Labor? A. You can pay money to preserve the job. B. You can call the company to make an appointment. C. You can talk to the president individually. D. You can reply by text message. Correct answer: D Transcript:In 2007, five young people in the American state of Massachusetts developed an idea. The team knew that the world is filled with mobile phones. About 80 percent of all people are said to live within reach of a wireless telephone signal.The idea was to use mobile phones and the Internet to connect job seekers with employers. The young people wrote a business plan and formed a company called Assured Labor, which won a development competition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Assured Labor is an electronic marketplace. It has two parts. Part one is for the United States. That operation was launched in January in Boston. It links people with employers offering temporary jobs. Part two is for developing markets. That operation is meant to help people get more permanent jobs. A representative is currently building partnerships with universities and international companies in Central America.Assured Labors president, David Reich, says companies now place job advertisements on radio or in newspapers. Some even drive around in cars with loudspeakers announcing that jobs are available. He says the companies are interested in having more modern hiring practices. Through Assured Labor, companies will list open positions on the Internet. People who think they could do the job could reply by text message or on their cell phones.Questions:1. What is Assured Labor?2. What is the function of Part two in Assured Labor?3. What are the companies interested in according to Assured Labors president?4. What would you do if you are interested in a job given by Assured Labor? Recording 2 1. Who had made a great contribution to the Internet explosion? A. The Europe Union and the Great Britain. B. American scientists and companies. C. Cailliau and scientist at medical laboratory. D. Tim Berners-Lee and some other scientists. Correct answer: D 2. What was the supervisors comment on Berners-Lees document in 1989? A. Clear but disappointing. B. Nonsense and useless. C. Practical and promising. D. Not clear but exciting. Correct answer: D 3. When did the first web browser appear? A. In March 1989. B. In October 1990. C. In October 1980. D. In March 1989 Correct answer: B Transcript:The World Wide Web (WWW) on Friday marked its 20th anniversary and its founders admitted there were bits of the phenomenon they do not like: advertising and snooping.The creation of the web by British computer software genius Tim Berners-Lee and other scientists at the European particle physics laboratory paved the way for the Internet explosion which has changed our daily lives. Berners-Lee and former colleagues such as Robert Cailliau, who originally set up the system to allow thousands of scientists around the world to exchange views and commen