新视野大学英语视听说教程第二版4Unit6答案

Unit 6 The truth can be stranger than fiction. Done with this task.Your current score: 93%Unit 6 testNext Directions: Click on the speaker to the left to start playing the audio recordings for Parts I, II and III. They will be played continuously. Once the recording starts playing, please do NOT click on either the speaker icon or the Unit Quiz link in the menu bar above. Otherwise, you may lose the chance of hearing the complete recording. 窗体顶端Part I Script Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. The woman doesnt believe in any superstitions. B. The man doesnt believe in any superstitions. C. The two speakers will probably go out for an outing.D. The two speakers will probably stay at home.2.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. To keep evil away. B. To wish for more money. C. To show friendliness. D. To treat a wound.3.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. Teachers. B. Lawyers.C. Sailors. D. Doctors.4.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. The man learnt the news of UFO from the newspaper. B. The woman learnt the news of UFO from the newspaper today.C. The woman probably mistook an airplane for a UFO. D. The man doesnt believe in UFO at all.5.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. It causes a car accident. B. It causes an injury.C. It prevents bad luck. D. It makes plenty of money.Part II Script Directions: Listen to the passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from (1) to (7) with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from (8) to (10), write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read the third time, check your answers. Easter Island in the southern Pacific Ocean remains a mystery. When the island was (1), it was almost uninhabited, but there were many statues on it. People are (2) to know who lived there before its discovery, how they lived, and why they (3) out. Different theories give different explanations, but none is completely (4). The Easter Islanders had their own system of (5), different from any other in the world. No other Pacific Islanders knew how to write. The American (6) did not know how to write either. Who (7) the Easter Islanders how to write, or did they develop their own system? Remember that writing was first invented in Asia only a few thousand years BC. (8). How did the Easter Islanders get them? Is it possible that a few Easter Islanders traveled 2,300 miles to Chile, got sweet potatoes, and brought them back? But this is unlikely. (9), which was only colonized in 1492. Could Easter Island have been colonized by people from Chile? Yet, DNA taken from graves dug up on Easter Island has shown that these people were Polynesians, not American Indians. The Polynesians lived on the sea and knew how to travel thousands of miles in their small canoes. They knew where they were going. The American Indians did not know how to do that. Yet, (10). Also, the seeds could have been brought in the stomachs of birds. Your answerCorrect answer(1)discovereddiscovered(2)eagereager(3)dieddied(4)convicingconvincing(5)writingwriting(6)IndiansIndians(7)taughttaught(8)The Easter Islanders lived on sweet potatoes they farmed. These sweet potatoes came from the Americas(9)Remember that the distances involved were great, further than the distance from Europe to the closest place in the Americas(10)a few American Indians could have reached Easter Island, because of a storm, and brought the seeds of sweet potatoes with themPart III Script Directions: Listen to the following recording, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.When did people begin to record animals falling from skies? A. Hundreds of years ago.B. Thousands of years ago. C. In 1877. D. In 1957.2.What did Dr. Smith notice? A. An alligator climbing ashore. B. An alligator falling to the ground, seriously wounded. C. An alligator falling to the ground dead.D. An alligator falling to the ground and crawling towards the tent.3.How many alligators did Dr. Smith find within 200 yards?A. Eight. B. Seven. C. Six. D. Two.4.How did Mr. and Mrs. Tucker conclude that the alligator dropped from sky? A. They heard the soft sound of a falling object. B. They heard a groan.C. They heard both a thump and a groan. D. They saw a dark object dropping to the ground.5.How did the airship officer know that the alligator had fallen from the sky? A. He saw it falling with his own eyes. B. One of his crew members saw it falling. C. The crew of another airship saw it falling.D. The officer did not take an alligator aboard.Part IVDirections: Choose the best answer to each of the following statements. 1.My Uncle gave me this lucky mascot when I was five, and its been with me ever since. It brought me luck in all my exams. I cant _ part with it.A. bring myself to B. get myself C. take myself to D. help myself2.Congratulations for getting the interview! Ive _ for you. A. crossed my legs for you B. crossed my arms for you C. got your fingers crossedD. got my fingers crossed3.David Copperfield is the worlds greatest magician. Hes certainly _. A. worth seen B. worth looked C. worth lookingD. worth a look4.A magician never tells his secrets. David attempts the impossible and no one has any idea _ he does it. A. which B. where C. whatD. how5.If you smash your mirror, your soul will be damaged too, dooming you to an early death, and not giving you entry to _. A. sky B. the skyC. heavenD. the heaven6.It has even been suggested that space aliens may have played a role _ these giant statues.A. regarding B. regarded C. with regard in D. in regard with7._ its peak, the population of Easter Island is believed to have reached 11,000. A. InB. At C. On D. For8.There has been a significant increase in superstition over the last month, _ as a result of current economic and political uncertainties. A. probable B. mayC. possibly D. likely9.Lucky people were much less superstitious and tended to take constructive action to improve their lives. _, superstitious people tended to regard themselves as among the less lucky. A. Opposite B. ContraryC. Conversely D. In the contrary10.People _ livelihoods depend more on lucklike professional athletes, or fishermenoften have superstitious routines. A. with B. forC. whose D. which窗体底端Please note that your first submission will be recorded as the ONLY learning record.Do you want to submit your answer now? Yes No Add note Edit note View note Ask a question View my questions View all class questions Edit my questions 窗体顶端窗体底端Word tipsLanguage and culture tipsOverviewLearning strategiesScriptQuestion 1 M: What a fine day! Shall we go for an outing? W: No. Its going to rain. Dont you see the cat brushing its ears with its claws? My grandma told me that this suggests rains coming. Q: What can we infer from the dialog? Question 2 W: What are you throwing over your shoulder? M: Oh, I spilled some salt, so Im throwing a pinch over my left shoulder into the devils eye! Its an old superstition my grandmother taught me. Q: Why does the man throw salt over his shoulder? Question 3 M: Mary, why are Chinese people reluctant to turn fish upside down? W: Because they believe it will bring them bad luck. Sailors, in particular, would never do that since they fear that bad luck will make the boat turn upside down. Q: According to the dialog, for whom is it particularly bad to turn fish upside down? Question 4 W: Can you believe it? I saw a UFO last night. M: Dont be silly! It must be an airplane. Otherwise, we would have had breaking news on newspapers all around today. Q: What can we infer from the dialog? Question 5 W: David crashed his car the other day. Luckily he wasnt hurt. Have you ever been in a car accident? M: No I havent. I often knock on wood. In fact I touch wood each time I leave home and each time I hear something bad. Q: What function does a knock on wood have? ScriptEaster Island in the southern Pacific Ocean remains a mystery. When the island was discovered, it was almost uninhabited, but there were many statues on it. People are eager to know who lived there before its discovery, how they lived, and why they died out. Different theories give different explanations, but none is completely convincing. The Easter Islanders had their own system of writing, different from any other in the world. No other Pacific Islanders knew how to write. The American Indians did not know how to write either. Who taught the Easter Islanders how to write, or did they develop their own system? Remember that writing was first invented in Asia only a few thousand years BC. The Easter Islanders lived on sweet potatoes they farmed. These sweet potatoes came from the Americas. How did the Easter Islanders get them? Is it possible that a few Easter Islanders traveled 2,300 miles to Chile, got sweet potatoes, and brought them back? But this is unlikely. Remember that the distances involved were great, further than the distance from Europe to the closest place in the Americas, which was only colonized in 1492. Could Easter Island have been colonized by people from Chile? Yet, DNA taken from graves dug up on Easter Island has shown that these people were Polynesians, not American Indians. The Polynesians lived on the sea and knew how to travel thousands of miles in their small canoes. They knew where they were going. The American Indians did not know how to do that. Yet, a few American Indians could have reached Easter Island, because of a storm, and brought the seeds of sweet potatoes with them. Also, the seeds could have been brought in the stomachs of birds. ScriptAccounts of living things falling from clear skies are as old as recorded history and have never been explained in any satisfactory way. Most reports describe falls of small animalsfrogs, fish, and insectsbut sometimes larger creatures fall out of nowhere, too. Alligators, for instance. On December 26, 1877, the New York Times reported the following: Dr. John Smith of Silverton Township, South Carolina, while opening up a new farm, noticed something fall to the ground and commence to crawl toward the tent where he was sitting. On examining