新视野大学英语听说教程1unit9.doc

Listening 9Understanding Short Conversations: Now you will hear ten short conversations. A question will follow each conversation. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.1. A. Becoming a great painter.B. Believing the woman is right.C. Racking his brainD. Solving a problem.2. A. Rest a mind a lotB. Think before working C. Do her work D. Start creative jobs.3. A. He solved it mathematically.B. He asked for a miracle.C. He worked out the answer.D. He got the answer in a dream.4. A. When shes inventing things.B. When shes sleeping.C. When she has come suddenlyD. When shes had a good rest.5. A. While he is parking his car.B. While he is taking a walkC. While he is reading a novel.D. While he is learning bursts.6. A. Do some exercises.B. Help other people.C. Think of new ideas.D. Clear her mind.7. A. The strangest thingB. Stories like the womansC. something unusualD. A mystery8. A. To pass the testB. To save it before it leavesC. To give other people hope.D. To help other people develop ideas.9. A. Whether there are great works in the church.B. Whether great artists work for the church.C. Whether religion helps people be creative.D. Whether musicians should work for a religion.10. A. Study psychologyB. Create new ideasC. See a psychologistD. Help herself.Understanding a Long Conversations: Now you will hear a long conversation followed by five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.1. A. Because the boss needs herB. Because the boss will comeC. Because she should listen to the boss. D. Because she has seen her boss.2. A. sit aroundB. Do nothing C. Start her workD. Rack her brain3. A. When an idea flashes into her mind B. When the boss tells her to C. When she has enough rest D. When she feels creative4. A. Racking his brain B. Thinking of ideasC. Sleeping at workD. Solving problems5. A. Tell lazy empolyees they must work B. Fire employees who arent working C. Help employees work harder D. Find new jobs for employeesUnderstanding a Passage: Now you will hear a passage followed by five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.1. A. They come easily B. They come creativelyC. They come suddenlyD. They come rarely2. A. After a person has solved his problemB. After a person has done some work C. After a person has understood the facts D. After a person has studied it for decades.3. A. Test it for some time B. Leave it for decades C. Ask others to think about itD. Come up with a new one4. A. Being activeB. Doing testsC. Thinking creativelyD. Knowing everything5. A. After you have spent decades studyingB. After you have started being creativeC. After you have learned other peoples ideas. D. After you have tried out many other ideas.Understanding a Movie Speech: Now listen to a speech from the movie Independence Day and fill in the blanks according to what you hear.The President: Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will 1)_ others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial 2) _ in this history of mankind. Mankind - that word should have new 3) _ for all of us today. We cant be consumed by our petty 4) _ anymore. We will be 5) _ in our common interests.Perhaps its 6) _ that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our 7)_ , not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution - but from annihilation. Were fighting for our right to live, to 8)_. And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when