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Unit 2 Learning the Olympic Standard for Love录音原文Section A11. W: Hello, Danny. This is Anna. Im calling from work. Hows your mother feeling?M: That was very considerate of you. Mom is out of the hospital, but she has to stay in bed a few more days.Q: Where is Anna?12. W: I need to go across town, but the traffic is so heavy this time of day. M: When you take the subway, you dont have to deal with traffic. I never drive any more. Q: What does the man imply?13. W: I need to go across town, but the traffic is so heavy this time of day. M: Itll be on television. Besides, its really too cold for me. Q: What will the man probably do? 14. W: Please help yourself. Todays roast beef is very good. Weve ordered enough for five people. M: Thank you very much. The beef is really delicious, but Ive had enough. Q: What does the man mean?15. W: If George misses one more meeting we are going to have to find one new committee secretary. M: Wed better give him an ultimatum. Q: What does the man suggest they do?16. M: Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda? W: I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg. Q: What does the woman imply about the ring?17. W: Hey, Larry. Wanna meet a few of us for coffee in a little while? M: Hmm. I would if I werent so far behind in this reading Im doing for history. . Q: What will the man probably do?18. W: Are you coming with me to the history museum, George? M: I already have my hands full with this book report. Q: What does the man mean?Conversation OneM: Lesley, again and again these days we hear the words “hes on drug” and many people feel that these illegal drugs are harmful and people should be prevented from getting hold of them in any way at all, because of the damage they can do. What do you feel about this?W: Oh yes, you. Youve got to have some sort of control, because it has been proved that these some sort of thing, can do irreparable damage, and I know a horrible story about a 16-year-old kid who is in mental hospital now. She went to a party and she took something there and now shes convinced shes an orange and she wont go out of the room for fear somebodys going to squash her.M: Lesley, how wide spread is the use of so- cold illegal drugs in England?W: Well, as regards cannabis (大麻)um I think as yet little is known about it. I think it may be a rash thing to legalize it now when so little is known, but it must be said that no positive harm has been proved.M: In view of hostility towards the so-cold illegal drugs in things like newspapers and television, why do so many young people take drugs?W: Well, I think there are many reasons. One of the reasons is because of hostility. Its the job of the younger generation to reject all the values of the older generation, and its just as well for human society that this is so, because otherwise we would never change it or make it better.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What does Lesley think drugs can do?20. What is the 16-year-old kid is afraid of?21. Why would legalizing cannabis be unwise?22. According to Lesley, what is the job of the young generation?Conversation TwoW: Michael, do you go out to work?M: Not regularly. I used to have a job in a publishing company, but I decided it wasnt really what I wanted to do and what I wanted to do wouldnt earn me much money, so I gave up working, and luckily I had a private income from my family to support me and now I do the things I want to do. Some of them get paid like lecturing and teaching, and others dont.W: What are the advantages of not having to go to work from nine till five?M: There are two advantages really. One is that if you feel tired you donthave to get up, and the other is that you can spend your time doing things you want to do rather than being forced to do the same thing all the time.W: But surely thats in a sense very self-indulgent and very lucky because most of us have to go out and earn our livings. Do you feel justified in having this privileged position?M: Yes. I do things which I think are useful to people and the community and which I enjoy doing.W: Does your wife think that in order to lead a balanced life, people need some form of work?M: Yes, she does. She thinks its equally important that their attitude towards work should be positive and whatever work one is actually doing can become creative. Even when she cooks a meal, she thinks she is creating, in her own way, something which is very necessary to our family.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have heard.23. What does the man do now?24. What is the advantage of the mans present way of working?25. Why does the man feel justified in his present way of working?Section BPassage one The UN Agency, The World Food Program, says Iraq is facing a food crisis which is causing enormous damage to its population, especially its children. The agency said more and more Iraqis were spending their whole days struggling to find food for survival and the social fabric of the nation was disintegrating. It is said that an entire generation of children was being harmed irreparably and the country was at a point of no return. WFP says that 60% of Iraqs population, thats 12 million people are struggling to survive because of food shortages. Food for the average family costs the equivalent of $26 a month. The devaluation of the Iraq Dinar means that few can afford this. Levels of severe malnutrition among children under five now compare with the Sub-Sahara in Africa. The infant mortality rate has risen by more than 700% compared with that before the Gulf War. Many donor states say the Baghdad government should take the blame for this because it refuses to raise money for food by selling oil through the UN as the sanction rules allow. WFP is asking for 122 million dollars to help feed 2 million people, mostly those under five or over seventy. Thats double the size of last years program although the agency says its still a fraction of the real need. WFP also acknowledges that the governments around the world will respond fully to this appeal.Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. According to the news, what does the enormous food shortage in Iraq have the most damage effect on?27. What does the WFP want to do in appealing to donor nations?28. How many people in Iraq are struggling to survive because of food shortages?Passage Two We can read of things that happened 5000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write. But there are some parts of the word where even now people cannot write. The only way that they can preserve their history is to recount it as sageslegends handed down from one generation to another. These legends are useful because they can tell us something about migrations of people who lived long ago, but none could write down what they did. Anthropologists wondered where the remote ancestors of the Polynesian people now living in the Pacific Islands came from. The sages of these people explain that some of them came from Indonesia about 2000 years ago. But the first people who were like ourselves lived so long ago that even their sagas, if they had any, are forgotten. So archaeologists have neither history nor legends to help them to find out where the first modern men came from. Fortunately, however, ancient men made tools of stone especially flint, because this is easier to shape than other kinds. They may also have used wood and skins, but these have rotted away. Stone does not decay, and so the tools of long ago have remained when even the bones of men who made them have disappeared without trace.Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. According to the passage, what can we learn about the ancient people?30. What have anthropologists been curious about?31. From which of the following can anthropologists learn a great deal about the ancient men?Passage Three I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one anther at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didnt know from concrete examples (the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to hatred, one could deduce it from general principles. Nearly all the sports nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. On the village green, where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simple for the fun and exercise: but as soon as you feel that you and some larger until will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this. At the international level, sport is frankly mimic warfare. But the significant thing is not the behavior of the players but the attitude of the spectators: and, behind the spectators, of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests, and seriously believeat any rate for short periodsthat running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue.Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. What is the writers amazement about sport?33. According to the writer, what is the only purpose of competitive games?34. How is a competitive sportsman likely to feel if he loses?35. What is the significant thing for a sport at an international level?Section CFor a moment it felt like being in some part of China. Fireworks , Chinese snacks, lion and dragon dances, even lucky dumplings wrapped in red paper, everything, well almost everything, associated with Spring Festival was there. But all that was happening in London, in British capitals Chinatown, to be precise.The parade that winded its way yesterday from Chinatown to Trafalgar Square, welcoming the Year of the Rat, had something for every visitor partaking in the celebrations of the local Chinese community.Red lanterns lit up the Chinatown skyline, and mascots of the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympic Games added extra color to the festivities.The celebrations began on February 6 when UK and Chinese Olympic athletes at Oxford Circus switched on the newly designed Chinese lanterns for the two-month-long “China in London” festival.The athletes included British 400m Olympic medalists and former BMX biker Iwan Thomas, former Olympic triple-jump champion Jonathan Edwards, and Chinese Olympic gold medalist Tian Liang, known as the “Prince of Diving.” A stuntman took to 14-foot ramp, performing extreme BMX ( bicycle motor-cross riding ) skits high in the air. BMX makes its debut as an Olympic sport at the Beijing Games.Londons most prestigious cultural organizations, such as the British Museum, will hold more than500 events during the third “China in London” More than 30 000 people are expected to attend the events.Illustrating the importance of the festival, London Mayor Ken Livingstone said: “Interest in Chinese history, culture and contemporary life is increasing among Londoners and across the UK”, which will continue to grow as we approach the Beijing Games.参考答案Part Writing To Compete or to Cooperate Competition and cooperation are prevalent in every field of life, yet different people hold different opinions about the priority of them. Some college students contend that competition proves its importance in the course of learning. They compete for scholarships, awards and opportunities to demonstrate their abilities. Thus competition can encourage them to study harder. Furthermore, competition stimulates students interest in study and helps them learn how to survive under the pressure. But other students set forth a completely different argument. Students who advocate that cooperation is more significant in the university have their sound grounds. They believe that many hands make light work. In addition, they highlight team spirit, with the belief that team work not only enables them to work as part of a team, but also teaches them h