公共英语等级考试第三级课本听力文本1-3

公共英语等级考试第三级课本听力Unit1Part A1.W:You seem to take great pride in your daughter.Shes such a successful manager.M:Yes,she is a wonderful daughter.But Im proud of her because of her pleasant andattractive personality even more than fot her success.2.M:I ran into David Preston downtown today.W:Really?Did he say anything about his sister?M:Yes.She should be leaving Los Angeles very soon,because her husband has taken a job in Alaska.3.W:Professor Philips seems serious.M:But his lectures are quite humorous,arent they?Part BQuestions 4-6A gentleman put an advertisement in a newspaper for a boy to work in his office.Out of nearly fifty persons who came to apply, the man selected one and dismissed the others.I should like to know,said a friend,the reason you preferred that boy, who brought not a single letter, not a dinagle recommendation.You are wrong,said the gentleman.He had a great many. He wiped his feet at the door and closed the door behind him,showing that he was careful.He gave his seat immediately to that old man, showing that he was kind and thoughtful.He took off his cap when he came in and answered my questions promptly, showing that he was polite and gentlemanly.All the rest stepped over the book which I had purposely put on the floor. He picked it up and placed it on the table ,and he waited quietly for his turn instead of pushing and crowding.When I talked to him ,I noticed his tidy clothing, his neatly brushed hair and his clean finger nails. Cant you see that these things are excellent recommendations? I consider them more significant than letters.Questions 7-10The year was 1912.Mrs. Straus and her husband were passengers on the Titanic during its fateful voyage. Not many women went down with the ship,but Mrs.Straus was one of the few women who did not survive for one simple reason:She could not bear to leaveher husband .This is how Mabel Bird,Mrs.Strauss servant , who survived the disaster, told the story after she was saved.When the Titanic began to sink, frightened women and children were the first ones loaded into lifeboats.Mr.and Mrs.Straus were calmand comforting other passengers,and helped many of them into the boats.Then, Mr.Straus begged his wife to get into the life boat with her servant an others. Mrs.Straus started to get in. She had one foot on the edge, but then suddenly ,she changed her mind, turned away and stepped back onto the sinking ship.Please, dear,get into the boat!her husband urged.No,Mrs.Straus is said to have replied with resistance.I will not get into the boat.We have been together through a great many years. We are old now.I will not leave you.Where you go ,I will go.And that is where they were last seen, standing arm in arm on the deck, this devoted wife clinging courageously to her husband, this loving clinging protectivelyto his wife, as the ship sank.公共英语等级考试第三级课本听力Unit21. M:You look upset. Whats wrong? W:The electric company is going to shut off our service.M:Are we behind on the bills.W:Yes,but why didnt you take care of the bills?M:I guess I forgot.Ill make them a check today. 2.W:Guess what!The toilet is still running over.You were going to fix it last night.M:I thought I did.Well,wed better call a plumber then.W:Alright.Ill look one up in the phone book.3.W:Jack,shall I wear my blue evening dress to the party tonight?M:Cant you wear your red one?Red seems perfect for the occasion,dont you think?W:But blue fits me better.M:Then why did you have to ask me?Part BQuestions 4-7W:Andy,listen to this:ong-bedroom apartment, modern kitchen,doorman building,$650per month.What do you say we go and look at it?M:What is wrong with where we are now?W:Im tired of living a basement apartment.I want room;I want light;I want a view.M:But $650 a month -its too much.W:I think we can manage it.M:I dont think youre taking the utilities into account. Now with the telephone and electricity, thats going to bring that up to $750 a month.W:Oh, I suppose youre right. Okay, listen to this:fourthfloor walk-up,one-bedroom,utilities included,$450 a month.M:Im not going to walk up four flights of stairs every day.W:All right, Heres another one:East Parkside Avenue,two-benroom,large windowedkitchen,high ceilings, two kitchen.M:East Parkside Avenue!Thats a run-down neighborhood.W:Okay,listen to this:Westville,spacious,one-bedroom,floor-through,renovated building, working fireplace,eat-in kitchen.M:You must be joking!Its nearly an hour away from where we work.W:Okay.Youre so demanding,Andy.M:I dont know.Let me see. Hows this? Third Avenue, new building, excellent,view.W:Oh, that sounds fantastic. Lets go and look at right away.M:Why right away? W:Because youve been putting me off long enough.M:You know, Ill say this for you, Gloria.When you get your mind ser on something,theres no stopping you.But you know,thats one of the things I like best aboutyou!Questions 8-10M:Honey, whats with the $125.45 phone bill?Over $100 in long distance charges.W:I dont know.Theyre not mine.Ive only made one call to Mother this month.M:Really?Then someone has got a hold of our credit card number and is using it tomake long distance calls. Virtually all of the calls are credit card charges.W:How many of the credit card calls do you think the persons made?M:Exactly $103.25.Ive kept track of all of my long distance calls.W:Id love to give this person a piece of my mind if I could. But it would be virtuallyimpossible to track the person down.And it would cost at least $50 to $100 to call those numbers again.What should we do?M:Imnot going to put up with it any more. I think the best way to straighten the problem out is to call the phone company and change our calling card number.W:We cant afford to wait any longer.We must cut down the phone bill.M:Yes, Ill call the phone company tomorrow.公共英语等级考试第三级课本听力Unit3Part A1.W:You look like a drowned rat!Didnt you know theres a thunderstorm today?M:I knew there would be a light shower, but I didnt realize it would rain cats and dogs.W:Well, youd better take a hot shower right now, or youll catch a cold.M:I know. I dont want to get sick.2.W:I think a drought has set in. It hasnt rained a drop for months.M:I think so,too, but didnt it rain last month?W:It did, but the rainfall was only half the monthly average.M:Oh. Its really bad. Im really concerned though not panicked yet.3.M:Oh,my!Ive never seen such scorching heat in my life!The TV forecast said the temperature has hit 98!W:Yeah. Its like the whole world is broiling. I hope its not going to break into three digits!M:But its already awfully close!W:Well,I just hope itll level off soon.Part BQuestions 4-6W:Did you hear that? The drought conditions are severe! Theres a lot of death, dying, and suffering out there!M: I heard that, but its not surprising actually because we havent had as much rain as normal this year.W:Well, if it could rain even a drop, things would be much better!And my flowers in the garden would come back in a heartbeat.M:I guess you might have to quit watering your garden.I heard that they are going to start rationing water. In fact , this morning I happened to hear on the radio that the reservoir had dipped below half its capacity this month and the volume of water entering the reservoir is the smallest in fifty years.W:Really!I thought that might happen. Great!There go my vegetables.M:I guess so. But think about Africa.Questions 7-10Have you heard enough about rain yet? Once again, torrential downpours seem to be dominating the weather stories of the day, and here in the U.K. is no exception!First of all,lets have a quick sum-up of the storm situation.Bonnie and Charley are still dominating the scene in central America,Bonnie, a tropical storm, is moving through the Gulf of Mexico towards Florida, and hurricane are gusting to 105mph at the time when this forecasting was prepared.But even with these tropical systems aside, theres p