新视野大学英语视听说教程第二版4Unit3答案

1、Unit 3 Watch out when nature strikes back.Done with this task.Your current score: 100%Unit 3 testNext 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 yo

2、u to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. 4.0. B. 4.5. C. 6.0. D. 6.5.2.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. The crops were all failed in this area because of the drought. B. The area was hit b

3、y the worst drought in the last 30 years.C. The government should improve the development of the infrastructure in the area. D. The irrigation system in this area played an important role in coping with the drought.3.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. There will be a volcanic erupt

4、ion on La Palma Island. B. La Palma Island will be completely submerged.C. Tidal waves will strike the coasts of two continents. D. Tidal waves will die down along the coasts of Africa and North America.4.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. The man thinks human beings can change nat

5、ure. B. The woman thinks human beings can change nature. C. The man thinks human beings can do nothing in the face of nature disaster.D. The woman thinks human beings can do nothing but minimizing losses in the face of natural disasters.5.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. The man

6、thinks modern technology can tame nature while the woman does not. B. The woman thinks modern technology can tame nature while the man does not. C. Both the man and woman think mankind can conquer nature.D. Neither the man nor the woman thinks mankind can conquer nature.Part II Script Directions: Li

7、sten 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

8、hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read the third time, check your answers. A few years ago, my friend and I were walking (1) noon on a street near my home in a northern (2) of Teheran. This area is well-known because it is a beautiful avenue that (3) two major traffic ci

9、rcles. It is located at the (4) of a high mountain. That day, the sun was (5), but the weather suddenly changed. (6) we were walking between the two circles, it started raining very hard. We started to (7) the boulevard to get to the second circle. It was raining so hard that we decided to go inside

10、 a restaurant instead. (8). At first, we did not know what was going on. We went outside the restaurant to see what was happening. People seemed shocked. (9). We were scared. Cars, rocks, and people were floating on the water like little toys toward the little market at the south end of the circle.

11、The height of the water was almost to the top of the trees. After a few minutes, the floods flow was reduced, so we decided to leave the area before the water entered the street we were on. (10). Later, we also learned that a dam had burst during the rain. Your answerCorrect answer(1)atat(2)sections

12、ection(3)connectsconnects(4)bottombottom(5)shiningshining(6)AsAs(7)crosscross(8)Ten minutes later, as we were looking out the window, we saw everyone was running away from something(9)A huge flood was streaming down the mountain. We were standing on a higher place, so we could see everything(10)It w

13、as reported that the flood destroyed a big area and approximately 300 people were killed or disappeared that dayPart 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

14、be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.Why was the door to the balcony wide open?A. The weather was hot. B. It was too moist inside. C. It was too dry inside. D. The scene outside was beautiful.2.Why was the speaker unable to close the windows?

15、 A. The window was deformed.B. The wind was too strong. C. He was scared stiff by the loud thunder. D. He was frightened by the lightning.3.How did the speaker manage to close the window? A. He asked his wife to close it together.B. He used a mop to close it. C. He waited until the wind was less str

16、ong. D. He waited until the hail was over.4.What did the speaker do after seeing the lightning? A. He closed the window. B. He turned off the TV. C. He turned off the lights.D. He pulled out the electrical plugs.5.What is the sequence of the events? A. Sunwindthunder and lightningsunhail. B. Sunhail

17、thunder and lightningwindsun.C. Sunwindthunder and lightninghailsun. D. Sunwindhailthunder and lightningsun.Part IVDirections: Choose the best answer to each of the following statements. 1.Our flight to Tokyo was delayed by 12 hours. A typhoon _ the east coast and it was chaos. A. beatB. hit C. stru

18、ck at D. attacked on2.Tsunami waves can be _ meters high. They toss cars and houses around as though they were childrens toys. A. a dozen of B. dozen of C. dozensD. dozens of3.A blizzard is a severe weather condition _ low temperatures and strong winds, greater than 35 miles per hour, bearing a grea

19、t amount of snow.A. characterized by B. characterized with C. characteristic of D. characteristic with4.But it is generally agreed that in order to be classified as a blizzard, _ merely a winter storm, the weather must meet several conditions. A. which opposed to B. which opposed withC. as opposed t

20、o D. as opposed with5.When all of these conditions continue after snow has stopped falling, the storm _ a ground blizzard. A. is referred as B. is referred toC. is referred to as D. referring to as6.People _ in a whiteout can quickly become disoriented, _ their sense of up and down as well as their

21、sense of direction. A. catching.losing B. caught.lost C. catching.lostD. caught.losing7.The scale of the resulting deaths or property damage depends on the human ability to _ the disasters.A. resist B. resist to C. resist against D. resist from8.During a drought, food and water supplies can _. A. ru

22、n lowlyB. run low C. drop lowly D. drop low9.Thousands of stock farmers will have to slaughter their livestock _ because there is no grass left. A. on a big way B. with a big way C. in a large scaleD. on a large scale10.The fire department from the nearby town was called to put the fire _.A. out B.

23、down C. away D. off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 tips

24、OverviewLearning strategiesScriptQuestion 1 M: Mary, Im sorry to hear that your home town was stricken by an earthquake. Is it serious? W: Well, this is the second time my home town has been stricken within a year. But this time the Richter scale is 4.0, much smaller than the previous one that measu

25、red 6.5. Q: What is the Richter scale of the latest earthquake in the womans home town? Question 2 W: Its a great relief to have rain after a long time of drought. The crops almost failed because of the dry spell. M: Yeah. Wed never been hit by a drought so severe in the past 40 years. I think its h

26、igh time our government intensified the development of irrigation and water conservancy projects. Q: Which of the following is true according to the dialog? Question 3 M: It was in the news again today. A huge part of La Palma Island will fall into the Atlantic Ocean, causing tidal waves. W: I saw i

27、t. British scientists predict waves 100 meters high lasting 15 minutes will sweep the coasts of Africa and North America when La Palma collapses. Lord help us! Q: What will happen according to British scientists? Question 4 M: Jane, Ive been thinking about whether we human beings can prevent natural

28、 disasters from occurring recently. But Ive no answer. W: Well, Peter, in my opinion, what we can do is only to reduce our losses in the face of natural disasters at most. Q: What is true of the two speakers? Question 5 M: We think weve tamed Mother Nature, but we havent. Last week a giant ship vani

29、shed without a trace in a storm. W: Yeah. Lost in 100-mile-per-hour winds and 23-meter waves, all our satellite systems, electronic communications and computer modeling were no match for the fury of a storm like that. Q: Which of the following is true according to the dialog? ScriptA few years ago,

30、my friend and I were walking at noon on a street near my home in a northern section of Teheran. This area is well-known because it is a beautiful avenue that connects two major traffic circles. It is located at the bottom of a high mountain. That day, the sun was shining, but the weather suddenly ch

31、anged. As we were walking between the two circles, it started raining very hard. We started to cross the boulevard to get to the second circle. It was raining so hard that we decided to go inside a restaurant instead. Ten minutes later, as we were looking out the window, we saw everyone was running

32、away from something. At first, we did not know what was going on. We went outside the restaurant to see what was happening. People seemed shocked. A huge flood was streaming down the mountain. We were standing on a higher place, so we could see everything. We were scared. Cars, rocks, and people wer

33、e floating on the water like little toys toward the little market at the south end of the circle. The height of the water was almost to the top of the trees. After a few minutes, the floods flow was reduced, so we decided to leave the area before the water entered the street we were on. It was repor

34、ted that the flood destroyed a big area and approximately 300 people were killed or disappeared that day. Later, we also learned that a dam had burst during the rain. ScriptThis is a story about an extreme storm in Moscow. It happened two and a half years ago. It was the first time in my life that I saw such a strong storm. For Moscow, it was very unusual, and nobody predicted this storm before it happened. It was a sunny day in July, an