新视野大学英语视听说教程4（第二版） - 单元测试答案

that the company is going bankrupt.

7. If you see a lot of earnings warnings, budget cuts, hiring freezes,

restructuring, and massive lay-offs in your industry, it might just be time

to get your résumé_________ and start looking for a new job.

8. In the United States, the unemployed often end up _________ welfare programs such as Food Stamps.

9. If I were you, I would keep an eye on the job _______ on the Internet.

A. posts B. postings C. opens

A. at B. in C. to D. for

A. dated B. dating

C. according to date D. up-to-date

A. to tap B. tapping C. with tapping D. for tapping

D. vacant

10. _______ my experience as a career counselor, when the bad news finally

arrived, I was unprepared.

Unit 6 test

Part I Script

A. Despite B. Although C. Except D. While

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.)

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.

A. The woman doesn't believe in any superstitions.

B. The man doesn't believe in any superstitions.

C. The two speakers will probably go out for an outing.

D. The two speakers will probably stay at home.

3. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

Part II Script

A. Teachers.

B. Lawyers.

C. Sailors.

D. Doctors.

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 doesn't believe in UFO at all.

A. It causes a car accident.

B. It causes an injury.

C. It prevents bad luck.

D. It makes plenty of money.

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.

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taughtin 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)The Easter Islanders lived on sweet potatoes they farmed.These sweet potatoes came from the Amer. 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)Remember that the distances involved were great,further than the distance from Europe to the clo, 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)a few American Indians could have reached Easter Island,because of a storm,and brought the seeds. Also, the seeds could have been brought in the stomachs of birds. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Correct answer discovered eager died convincing writing Indians taught