教材试题 Unit 1 Reading and Listening (Workbook)

Unit 1 Living well(Workbook)READING AND LISTENING1 Read about how guide dogs and their blind owners are trained. Then make a timeline that shows the different stages in a guide dogs training. Guide dogs are trained in many countries in the world to help their blind or weak-sighted owners move around the streets independently. For the first 12 months of its life the puppy lives with a sighted family who give it as many different experiences with people, other animals, traffic and noises as they can. Then, when the puppy is about a year old, it begins 5 months training at a guide dog school. It learns to guide its owner safely around the streets, across busy roads and even onto trains and buses. When the dog is trained, it meets its new owner and the two of them live at the guide dog school for a month while they learn to work together. A trainer then goes to the owners home to teach the dog and its owner how to get around in their own town or city. 2 Sara, who is blind, has just returned home from a guide dog school where she learned how to work with her new guide dog. A teacher from the school has come to Saras house to teach her and her dog how to find their way around their own town. Listen for the following details. Name of Saras teacher: _Name of Saras mother: _Name of Saras guide dog: _What Sara wants to teach the dog first: _3 Listen again and answer the questions. 1 How did Sara get to work before she got her guide dog?2 Has Sara always been blind? Which sentence tells you this?3 What did Lucy learn in her first lesson at Saras home?4 What is Lucy going to learn after lunch?4 Listen to the first part of the tape again and complete the dialogue below. Then act out the dialogue. SARA: Mum, _ Phil. Phil, _. PHIL: _, Mrs Robinson. MOTHER: Please, _ Jane. PHIL: Umm, right, Jane. Saras _. MOTHER: Only_, I hope. PHIL: _. She told me how much youve helped her since her accident. LISTENING TEXTLUCY LEARNS THE WAYSara, who is blind, has just returned home from a guide dog school where she learned how to work with her new guide dog, Lucy. A teacher from the school has come to Saras house to teach her and Lucy how to find their way around their own town. SARA：Mum, this is Phil. Phil, this is my mother. PHIL：Pleased to meet you, Mrs Robinson. MOTHER：Please, call me Jane. PHIL：Umm, right, Jane. Saras told me a lot about you. MOTHER：Only good things, I hope. PHIL：Definitely. She told me how much youve helped her since her accident. MOTHER：Well, Ive done my best, but I know Sara wants to be more independent. PHIL：Well, with Lucys help she will be. Hows Lucy settling in, by the way? MOTHER：Oh, its like shes always been here, isnt it. Sara? SARA：Yes. Shes been smelling everything in the house and she knew which was my bedroom right away. PHIL：Thats good. So, Sara, what shall we teach Lucy first?SARA：How to take me to work. Mums been driving me but I want so much to be able to get there on my own, like I used to before the accident. PHIL：Well, lets get started. First well show Lucy the way to the train station fade outAn hour and a half later, Sara, Lucy and Phil return home. (Pause then sound of door opening and closing and two sets of footsteps) SARA：(very excitedly) Mum, where are you?MOTHER：In here, dear. SARA：Lucy did it! She found her own way to the station and onto the train. MOTHER：Wonderful. Clever girl, Lucy. How did she go crossing the street? PHIL：She was perfect. She sat down at the crossing and waited till the cars stopped . . . SARA：Then she stood up and took me straight across the road. I wish you could have seen her. MOTHER：Me too, but Ill get the chance once youve finished her training. So whats next? PHIL：Well give Lucy a bit of a rest and then well ask her to take Sara to the station again. SARA：Then Phils going to show Lucy how to get off the train and take me to my office. In a few days, Lucy and Ill be going to work on our own. MOTHER：Thats fantastic. Im so pleased for you. Now, would you like some lunch Phil while Lucy is having a break? (fade out)Answer key for Exercise 1： First 12 monthsLives with a sighted family Next 5 months Training at a guide dog school Next month Stays at school with new owner After that Goes to owners home and trainer visits for further training. Answer key for Exercise 2： Saras teacher：Phil Saras mother：Jane Robinson Saras dog：Lucy Sara and Phil will first teach Lucy to take Sara to work. Answer key for Exercise 3：1 Her mother drove her in the car. 2 No. “She told