新视野大学英语第四册第3单元听力答案

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ILBasicListeningPractice

1.Script

W:Didyouseethepapertoday?TherewasanearthquakeinBrazil.

M:Yes,butitonlymeasured3.5ontheRichterscale.Idon'tthinktherewereany

casualties.

Q:Whatistheresultoftheearthquakeof3.5ontheRichterscaleaccordingtothe

man?

2.Script

W:TdabitworriedaboutSuzietravelingtosouthernIndia.It?stherainyseasonthere,

andtheremaybelandsides.

M:Suziecantakecareofherself;shewon'tgoanywheretoorisky.Besides,youcan

alwayse-mailherifitmakesyoufeelbetter.

Q:WhatisSuziedoing?

3.Script

M:Hi,IthoughtyouwereonholidayinAsia!Backalready?

W:wenevergotthere!Ourtravelagentcancelledourarrangementsbecausethe

wholeregionisflooded.Weweresodisappointed;wewon'tgetanotherchance

togothisyear.

Q:Whatisthewomandoing?

4.Script

M:OurflighttoTokyowasdelayedbytwelvehours.Canyoubelieveit?Atyphoon

hittheeastcoastanditwaschaos.

W:Isawitonthenews.Thefloodinganddamagewereterrible.Idon'tthinkanyone

washurtthough.

Q:Whatistheconsequenceofthetyphoon?

5.Script

W:Didyouseetheprogramlastnightaboutvolcanoes?Itwasfascinating!

M:Yes,theweirdthingisthemoltenlavalookssobeautiful,yetit'ssodestructive.

AndIcouldn'tbelievehowfartheashcantravel.I'mgladwedon'thaveany

volcanoeshere!

Q:Whatdoesthemanthinkthevolcanois?

Keys:l.D2.A3.C4.B5.C

III.ListeningIn

Task1:Softanswersturnawaywrath.

Son:Hi,mom,whatarewehavingfordinnertonight?

Mom:Ihaven91startedyet.Why,haveyouanyrequires?

Son:Howabouttsunamiforachange-Idon'tknowwhatis,butIheardsome

Japanesepeopleusingthewordonthebustheotherday.Soundslikeafood.

Maybeit'ssimilartosushi.

Mom:Nonsense.TsunamicomesfromJapanesewordsmeaningharborandwave.If

wehadatsunami,itwouldbetheotherwayaround,youngman.

Son:Why?Whatisit?

Mom:Imeanitmayswallowyouup.Atsunamiisanenormousseriesofvery

powerfulwaves.

Son:Couldyousurfonthem?Thatcouldbecool.

Mom:They'renotcool.Theyareverydestructive.Whentheypoundtheshoreof

populatedareas,theycausetremendousdamage.Theydestroyeverythingin

theirpath.

Son:Whatcausesthem?

Mom:Ithinktheyarecausedbysomesortofshock,likeanearthquake,volcano,or

landsidethatstartsachainreactionintheocean.

Son:Dothewavesgettobigthattheycrushbuildings?

Mom:Easily.Theycanbedozensofmetershigh.Theytosscarsandhousesaround

asthoughtheywerechildren'stoys.

Son:Canyouseethemcoming?

Mom:Youcanseethematquiteadistance.Butthere'snotmuchyoucando.Inthe

openoceantheymoveatupto800kmperhour,butwhenitreachestheshore,

thesystemslowsdownandthewavesgetbigger.

Son:Howbig?

Mom:Theycanreach30meters.Bigenoughtofinishyouoffinonegulp.

1.Whatthesonthinkatsunamiis?

2.WhatdoesMomimplybysaying,<4Ifwehadatsunami,itwouldbetheotherway

around”?

3.Whatdoesthesonthinksurfingontsunamiwaveswouldbelike?

4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedasthecauseofatsunami?

5.Howhighcantsunamiwavesreach?

Keys:1B2.C3.A4.D5.C

ForReference

1.Intheopenoceantheymoveatupto800kmperhour,butwhenitreachestheshore,

thesystemslowsdownandthewavesgetbigger.

2.Theycanreach30meters.Bigenoughtofinishyouoffinonegulp.

Task2:FloodinginHaitiandtheDominicanRepublic

Script

Thedeathtoocontinuesto(SI)climbfromlastweek'sfloodinginHaitiandthe

DominicanRepublic.TheU.S.AgencyforInternationalDevelopment(S2)reports

thatatleast1,068peoplearedead,1,600are(S3)missing,and25,000areinneedof

emergencyfoodandotherformsof(S4)assistance.InDominicanRepublic,414are

deadand274aremissing,allfromthetownofJimani.

Akey(S5)factorinthewidespreaddestructionistheextensivedeforestationandthe

(S6)presenceofsettlementsalongthefloodplainsofrivers.

Thefloodingwasdrivenbyintenserainfall.Alow-pressuresystem(S7)originatingin

CentralAmericabroughtexceptionallyheavyrainandthunderstormstoHaitiandthe

DominicanRepublicfromMay18to25.(S8)Rainfallexceeded500mm(or19.7

inches)alongtheborderareasofHaitiandtheDominicanRepublicduringthatperiod.

AtthetownofJimani,DominicanRepublic,250mm(or10inches)ofrainfellinjust

24hours,causingtheSolieRivertooverflowitsbanksfromMay24to25.Theheavy

rainfallresultedinflashfloodingandextensivedebrisflowedovertheentireregion.

Swollenriversanddebriscutoffmanyoftheroadstraversingtheareaalongthebase

ofthemountains.(S9)Thismadeitdifficultforhumanitarianreliefworkertorescue

strandedpeopleanddeliverbadly.Nowpeoplewanttoknow:Howoftendofloods

andrelatedlandmassmovementalsocausedlandsidesinafewplaces.

(S10)AnalysisofthepastdateshowsthatmajorfloodsintheDominicanRepublic

andHaitiarenowanear-annualevent.Since1986,twelvelethaleventshaveoccurred

ontheisland.

Task3:ABlizzard

Script

Ablizzardisaseverweatherconditioncharacterizedbylowtemperaturesandstrong

winds,greaterthan15milesperhour,bearingagreatamountofsnow.

Becausethefactorsforclassifyingwinterstormsarecomplex,therearemany

differentdefinitionsofwhatablizzardtrulyis.Butitisgenerallyagreedthatinorder

tobeclassifiedasablizzard,asopposedtomerelyawinterstorm,theweathermust

meetseveralconditions.Thestormmustdecreasevisibilitytoaquarterofamilefor

threehoursrunning.Includesnoworiceasprecipitation,andhavewindspeedofat

least32milesperhour,whichmeansForce7ormoreontheWindScale.

Anotherstandard,accordingtoEnvironmentCanada,isthatthewinterstormmust

havewindsof40kilometersperhourormi=ore,plentyofsnow,visibilitylessthan1

kilometer,atemperatureoflessthan-25degreesCelsius,andalloftheseconditions

mustlastfor4hoursormore,beforethestormcanproperlybecalledablizzard.

Whenalltheseconditionscontinueaftersnowhasstoppedfalling,thestormis

referredtoasagroundblizzard.

Anextensiveformofblizzardisawhiteout,whenthedowndrafts,togetherwith

snowfall,becomesoseverthatitisimpossibletodistinguishthegroundfromtheair.

Peoplecaughtinawhiteoutcanquicklybecomedisoriented,losingtheirsenseofup

anddownaswellastheirsenseofdirection.Severeblizzardcanalsooccuralongwith

arcticcyclones.

1.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

2.Whichofthefollowingistrueofablizzardaccordingtothefirststandard?

3.Whichofthefollowingistrueofablizzardaccordingtothesecondstandard?

4.Whatisagroundblizzard?

5.Whichofthefollowingisintheorderofincreasingforce?

Keys:1A2.B3.C4.D5.C

ForReference

Theycanquicklybecomedisoriented,losingtheirsenseofupanddownaswellas

theirsenseofdirection.

IV.SpeakingOut

MODEL1Itwasastrongearthquake

Amy:Bill,itwasastrongearthquake!Thehousewasshaking,thewindowbreaking!

Terrible.

Bill:Iknow,itwasterrible.Isawyourfacetumwhitasyouranandgotunderthe

table.

Amy:IadmitIpanicked.Butitwasn'tanoccasionforustobecareless.It'sbetterto

becautious.Theremightbeaftershocks.

Bill:Oranevenbiggerquake!

Amy:Toplayitsafejet'sturnoffthegasandelectricity.

Bill:Right.Lei'sgettheemergencyearthquakekilalready,h'sinthekitchen.Ithas

food,flashlights,andafirst-aidkit.

Amy:Let'sturnontheradiofornews.Iguessthequakemeasuresatleast5onthe

RichterScale.

Bill:Whoknowwhatmighthappentomorrow,nextmonthornextyear?Afterall,this

cityissaidtobelocatedinanearthquakezone

Amy:Therehasn'tbaenmuchactivityfordozensofyears

Bill:Butamajorquakemayhitatanytime.

Amy:Ithinkwe'dbettermovetoanearthquake-proofhouse.

Bill:Smartthinking!

M0DEL2Thingsareabitoutofbalance.

Script

John:Theseventhstraightdayofcain.It'stoomuch.Thingsareabitoutofbalance.

Susan:Yeah,toomuchrainhere,toolittlethere.Lastsummerflresto门nsdestroyed

manypartsofthe?k)be.

John:Firestormsareaprettyinterestingphenomenon.Theygeneratesomuchheat

thattheycreatetheirownweather.Nothingyoucandoaboutit.

Susan:Onceafiredevelopedintoafirestorm,there'snosloppingit.Somepeople

thinkweshouldn'ttry.

John:Youmean,justlettheforestsburn?Howcanwewatchpeople'shomesonfire

withfoldedarms?

Susan:Someexpertsarguethatforestfiresarepariofnature,andthatweshouldn't

trytointerfere,except,ofcourse,tosavehomesandlives.

John:ItseemswrongtoleiallRoodtimberburn.Whatawastethatwouldbe!

Susan:Butthat'snature'swayofcleaningupthedebristhatcollectsontheforest

floorandcreatingnewkindofgrowth.

John:Maybeso,butitstillseemswrongtojustletfiresburn.

Susan:Afterall,therehavebeenverdantforestsformillionsofyearswithoutman's

helpfightingthefires.

John:Thatmaybetrue,butIstillthinkit'swrongtonotputoutforestfires

MODEL3Thisistheislandthatdisappeared

Script

Susan:Justlookatthatsky.Aren'tthetwilightcolorsbeautiful?

John:Um.EvenheardofthefamoussunsetsthatfollowedtheKrakatoavolcano

eruption?

Susan:DoyoumeanthePacificislandthatblewupintheeighteenhundreds?

John:Yeah.Deepredsunsetsappearedonthehorizonforthethreeyearsafterthe

explosion.

Susan:Theywerecausedbythe行nedustthatspreadthroughtheearth'satmosphere.

John:People5,000kilometersawayfromKrakatoareportedhearingtheenormous

blast.

Susan:AndashesevenfellonSingapore,morethan500kilometerstothenorth.

John:AsIremember,twothirdsoftheislandsimplydisappeared,blowntobits.

Susan：Andthengiantseawavesfollowed,killingmorethan40,000peoplewholivedthere.

John：Apparentlyihcbiggestofthosewavestraveled4,()(X)kilometersinjust12hours.

Susan:Idon'tthinkthere'severbeenanothernaturaldisasterquitelikeit,doyou?

John:AmountaincalledVesuviuserupted,buryingthenexbytownofPompeiiinoshes;butthat

wasinasmallerscale.

NowYourTurn

Taskl

SAMPLEDIALOG

Josh:Maggie,I'vejustreadafiredestroyedmuchoftheforestonDayMountainin

HongKongtheotherday.

Maggie:Fveheardthattoo.Thelocalgovernmentsentfirefightersandeven

helicopterstotrytoputoutthefire.ButIthinktheyshouldn'thavetried.

Josh:Youmean,theyshouldjustlettheforestsburn?Howcantheystandbyand

watchpeople'shomesgoupinflames?

Maggie:Someexpertsarguethatforestfiresareaphaseinthecycleofnature,and

weshouldn'tinterfere.Except,ofcourse,tosavelives.

Josh:Itseemswrongtoallowfirestobumupgoodtimber.Whatawastethatwould

be!Yousee,thefire-hitareaextendsnearly4,00squaremeters.

Maggie:Butthat'snature'swayofcleaningupthedebristhatcollectsontheforest

floorandcreatingspacefbrnewgrowth.

Josh:Thatmaybetrue,butitstillseemswrongtojustletfiresburn.Theydestroyed

notonlytimber,butmanyrarebutterflieslivingthere

Maggie:Anyway,therehavebeenverdantforestsformillionsofyearswithoutman's

helpincombatingfires.

Josh:Youmaybecorrect,butIstillthinkit'swrongtonotputoutforestfires.Iftoo

manytreesaredestroyed,theveryexistenceofhumanbeingsisthreatened

V.LefsTalk

Script

Anaturaldisasteristheconsequenceofahazardousevent,occurringwhenhuman

activitiesareaffectedbyadversenaturalphenomenasuchasflood,drought,hailstorm,

heatwave,forestfore,hurricanesortyphoons,tornado,tsunami,landsidesand

mudslides,orvolcaniceruption.Theresultingdeathsorpropertydamagesdependon

thehumanabilitytoresistthedisasters.

Sometimestwoseeminglydifferentdisastersmayberelatedtoeachother.For

example,anunderseaearthquakemayresultinatsunami.Whilethereisalongdry

spellinonearea,theremaybeagreatfloodinanother.Itisnecessaryforhuman

beingstounderstandandcombatnaturaldisasters.

Adroughtisalong-lastingweatherpatternconsistingofdryconditionswithvery

littleornoprecipitation.Duringthisperiod,foodandwatersuppliescanrunlow,and

othercondition,suchasfamine,canresult.Droughtcanlastforseveralyearsandare

particularlydamaginginareasinwhichtheresidentsdependonagriculturefor

survival.

Afloodfollowstoomuchrainorwaterinalocation,andcouldbetheresultofmany

differentconditions.Floodscanbecausedbyheavyrainfallfromastorm,including

thunderstorms,rapidmeltingofalargeamountsofsnow,orriverswhichswellfrom

toomuchprecipitationupstream,causingwidespreaddamagetoareasdownstream.

Anotherpossiblecauseofafloodistheburstingofman-madedams.

Description

Adversenaturalphenomenasuchas

flood,drought,hailstorm,heatwave,

Naturaldisasterforestfbre,hurricanesortyphoons,

tornado,tsunami,landsidesand

mudslides,orvolcaniceruption.

Theyarerelatedtoeachother.An

underseaearthquakemayresultina

RelationshipBetweenTwoDisasterstsunami.WhilethereisalongdryspellI

nonearea,theremaybeagreatfloodin

another.

Duringadrought,foodandwater

suppliescanrunlow,andothercondition,

suchasfamine,canresult.Droughtare

particularlydamaginginareasinwhich

Droughttheresidentsdependonagriculturefor

survival.

FloodscanbecausedbyIon。rainfall

fromastoim,includingthunderstorms,

rapidmekingofalargeamountsofsnow,

orriverswhichswellfromtoomuch

Floodprecipitationupstream,causing

widespreaddamagetoareasdown

stream.Anothercauseofafloodisthe

burstingofman-madedams.

VI.FurtherListeningandSpeaking

Taskl:DescriptionofaTsunami

Script

Astrangehissingnoisefilledtheair,saidwitnessestothedisaster,andthatwas

followedbyanear-shatteringroar.Racingtowardtheshoreatspeedof450kilometers

perhourwasavastblackwallofwatermorethan20metershigh.

Forsunbathersonthebeachesanddinersatoutdoorbeachfrontcafestherewasno

escape.Alongwithfishingboats,automobiles,trams,trains,early-morningshoppers

andbeachbungalowstheyweresmashedtothegroundandsweptasfarastwo

kilometersinlandbytheforceofthetsunamithatcameafteraforce9earthquake

deepundertheseaoffthecoastofSumatra.

Manylocalresidents,includingnumerouschildren,rushedontothebeachtopickup

fishthrownashorebythefirstgiantwave.Beforetheycouldreturntosafety,asecond

powerfulwavestruckandsweptthemtotheirdeathsatsea.

Whentheworstofthewatersfinallyretreatedbackintotheocean,bodieslay

everywhere,andmanyhungfromtrees.Atleast140,000peoplediedintheflooding

aroundtherimoftheIndianOceanandasfarawayasKenyaandSomalia.Still

missingaremorethanathousandpeople,amongthen200Indonesianfishmen.

HundredsoffishingvillageinIndia,Indonesia,SriLankaandThailandarecutoff

fromsuppliesofcleanwater,foodandmedicines.Reliefeffortsfromacrosstheglobe

arerushingtowardsthedisasterarea.Whethertheywillbeabletopreventfurther

deathsfromdiseaseremaintobeseen.

1.Whathappenedaftershoppersweresmashedtotheground?

2.Accordingtothepassage,whathappenedafterthefirstgiantwave?

3.Howmanypeoplearemissinginthedisaster?

4.Whatmayfollowimmediatelyafterthedisaster,accordingtothepassage?

5.Whatidthepassagemainlyabout?

Keys:1.A2.C3.B4.D5,A

Task2:DroughtinSouthAfrica

Script

SouthAfricaisheadingforadisasterinthenewyearbecauseofadrought.Thewater

levelatsomedamshavedroppedbelow20%whilethegroundwatertablehas

droppedbyasmuchs30meters

Emergencymeasurehavebeenintroducedensurethatmillionsofpeoplehaveenough

watertosurvive.Inruralareaswithoutdams,thegovernmenthastosendwaterby

truckandsinknew,deeperwellstoprovidedrinkingwater.Tankedwaterisprovided

about3.5millionSouthAfricans.Peopleherenormallyusebarely30litersaday,and

isimpossibletofurtherlimittheirusage.Thatiswhyagriculturalusehastobe

restricted.

Morethan100,000farmworkersmightlosetheirjobsifitdoesnotrainsoon.Water

restrictions,whichhaveanegativeinfluenceontheagriculturalsectorinparticular,

havealreadybeenimposedinseveraldistricts.Farmershavebeenforcedtostop

irrigatingtheircropstoensurethatenoughwaterisavailablefordomesticuse.Maize

farmersintheeasternpartsofthecountryhavealmostnohopeofplantingtheircrop

intime.Theyneedrainwithinthenexttwoweekstobeabletostartplanting.Where

farmersdidsow,theseedlingshavebeenscorchedunderthesun.

Anestimated40,000headoflivestockhavediedbecauseofthedryspell.Thousands

ofstockformerswillhavetoslaughtertheirlivestockonalargescalebecausethereis

nograssleft.

Thepartssufferingthemostwereruralareaswithoutdams.Ifitdoesnotrain,the

peopletherewillfaceahugecrisis.

Keys:FFTFT

Task3:Bravefiremen

Script

AfirestartedonsomegrasslandnearafarminAlberta,Canada.Thefiredepartment

fromthenearbytownwascalledtoputthefireout.Thefireprovedtobemorethan

thesmalltownfiredepartmentcouldhandle,sosomeonesuggestedthatarural

volunteerfirecompanybecalled.Sincethecompanywascomposedentirelyofmen

over65,therewasdoubtthattheywouldbeofassistance.Butwithnootherhelp

available,thefarmercalledthefirecompanyaway.

Thevolunteerfirecompany'smenarrivedinadilapidatedoldfiretruck.Thetruck

drovestraighttowardthefireand,insteadofstoppinginfrontofthefire,droveright

ontothemiddleoftheflames.Thevolunteerfiremenjumpedoffthetruckandstarted

sprayingwaterinalldirections.Soontheyhadputoutthecenterofthefire,breaking

theblazeintotwoeasilycontrollableparts.Afteranhourofintensefighting,theyhad

extinguishedthefire.

Thefarmerwasimpressedbythebravevolunteerfiremenandtheirwork.Hewasso

gratefulthathisfarmhadbeensparedthathepresentedthevolunteercompanywitha

checkfor$10,000.

Alocalnewsreporteraskedthevolunteerfirecaptainwhatthecompanyplannedto

dowiththefunds.Thefiremanlookedhimrightintheeyeandsaid,"Thatshouldbe

obvious.Thefirstthingwe'regoingtodoistogetthebrakesfixedonthatstupidfire

truck.”

ForReference

1.Sincethecompanywascomposedentirelyofmenover65,therewasdoubtthat

theywouldbeofassistance.Butthefarmercalledthefirecompanyawaybecause

thefireprovedtobemorethanthesmalltownfiredepartmentcouldhandle,and

therewasnootherhelpavailable.

2.Thetruckdrovestraighttowardthefireand,insteadofstoppinginfrontofthefire,

droverightontothemiddleoftheflames.

3.Afteranhourofintensefighting,theyhadextinguishedthefire.

4.Hepresentedthevolunteercompanywithacheckfor$10,000.

Thecaptainsaid,“Thefirstthingwe'regoingtodoistogetthebrakesfixedonthat

stupidfiretruck.^^Thats