新理念英语听说教程第三册答案

1. keep calm 2. hide your emotions 3. leave you alone 4. the situation worse 5. get hurt 6. starting the trouble 7. your route 8. parts of playground 9. common rooms 10. what details SET 2 BIG CAT IN DANGER

Endangered species Iberian lynx, sometimes known as (1) , the continent's only (2) once roamed (3) , (4) and southern France.

Possible causes of the lynx's decline The EU has (5) roads, dams and farming schemes that have killed wild cats and (6) .

Measures proposed by SOS Lynx Change (7) to protect the animal's habitat and (8) . Setting up a captive breeding program to (9) animals back into the wild, and legislation to control (10) in lynx areas. Answer:

1. Europe's tiger 2. native wild cat 3. Spain 4. Portugal 5. subsidized 6. destroyed their habitat 7. political policy 8. safeguard its future 9. release 10. hunting and development

Listening Comprehension

Directions: Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are True or False. The passage will be read ONLY ONCE. SET 1

1. The natural cycle of warmer and colder periods on the earth is driven by changes in heat coming from the Sun. True False

2. The Earth has followed its natural cycle over the last ten thousand years and it has got steadily colder. True False

3. Human activities have been keeping the temperature steady. True False

4. Our ancestors started carbon dioxide production principally with wet farming of rice. True False 5. Professor Ruddiman believes this ten-thousand-year warming added almost a degree Fahrenheit to the average temperature. True False Answer:

1. True 2. False 3. True 4. False 5. False SET 2

1. UNICEF has warned that thousands of children are being brought into Britain against their will. True False

2. Child trafficking is the transportation of children. True False

3. Thousands of children are being brought into the UK every year from Africa, Eastern Europe and

America. True False

4. The UN says that the UK government should make it a criminal offence to traffic a child for any purpose. True False

5. The UK government has decided to provide money from central funds to help the victims. True False Answer:

1. True 2. False 3. False 4. True 5. False

Listening Comprehension

Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the correct answers to the questions. The passage will be read ONLY ONCE.

SET 1

1. A. Natural foods are fresh and cheap. B. They don't like processed foods.

C. They want to change their eating habits.

D. These foods contain more vitamins, minerals and fiber, etc. 2. A. To increase the amount of foods. B. To increase the quality of foods.

C. To increase the amount and quality of foods.

D. To increase essential vitamins and minerals in foods.

3. A. People will no longer eat those foods containing chemical additives. B. People will not need to do exercises in the future if they eat natural foods. C. Natural foods will find a good market in the future.

D. Certain diseases will never befall people who eat natural foods. 4. A. Natural foods do not contain chemical additives. B. We can in fact do without sugar.

C. Sugar provides us with energy in the form of calories. D. There are vitamins, minerals and fiber in sugar. 5. A. Eating Habits Are Changing B. Healthy Eating

C. Natural Foods and Chemical Additives D. How to Go on a Diet Answer: 4 1 3 4 2 SET 2

1. A. More than ten. B. More than twenty. C. More than thirty. D. More than forty. 2. A. Fly-path. B. Flight path. C. Fly-past. D. Flight past.

3. A. The close economic relationship between the USA and Europe. B. The close political relationship between the USA and Europe. C. Political differences between the USA and Europe. D. Economic differences between the USA and Europe. 4. A. They were the most important guests. B. They took pride in attending the ceremony. C. They marched proudly at the ceremony. D. They were greeted by world leaders. 5. A. Germany's Chancellor Schroeder. B. US President Bush.

C. British Prime Minister Tony Blair. D. France's President Chirac.

Answer:

2 3 2 1 3

Listening Comprehension

Directions: Listen to the passage TWICE and fill the blanks with the missing words SET 1

The United States Space Agency, NASA, says that a newly discovered asteroid, thirty meters in diameter, is about to make the closest approach to Earth ever (1) . This report is from Helen Briggs.

The asteroid will (2) past our planet within the orbit of the Moon coming as close as the orbit of many satellites. It should be (3) through binoculars from parts of Europe, Asia and most of the Southern Hemisphere as a (4) star-like object moving slowly across the sky. The asteroid was (5) on Monday during an automated (6) by a pair of NASA (7) .

Similar-sized objects are believed to pass close to the Earth every two years or so but aren't (8) detected in advance. NASA says there's no danger of this asteroid hitting the planet. And even if it did, at 30 meters across, it would probably break up in the (9) and only small pieces would reach the ground.

It's a reminder, nevertheless, of the risks of near-Earth objects -- there are believed to be more than a thousand asteroids with the (10) to collide with the planet at some point in the future. Answer:

1. recorded 2. brush 3. visible 4. faint 5. spotted 6. survey 7. telescopes 8. normally 9. atmosphere 10. potential

SET 2

The majority of Australia's state and central governments have signed a deal to safeguard

the country's water resources. A multi-million dollar scheme to revive one of its most important river basins has also been approved.

Australia is the world's driest (1) . There's general agreement that the country has to use water more (2) . In many parts supplies are in crisis.

At a meeting in Canberra, the Council of Australian Governments has approved a national

water plan. It attempts to balance environmental concerns and the needs of the (3) . The amount of water taken from rivers for commercial use is to be cut and farmers will be (4) . At the heart of the initiative is a 350 million dollar scheme to revitalize the Murray Darling river basin. It's one of the most important water courses in the country and stretches across four states in south-eastern Australia. In recent times, it's been badly affected by (5) irrigation and a lack of rain. There was a concern, however, that projects to help revive other struggling rivers will not be (6) . A special commission is to be set up and will help develop the trade in water between the states and territories.

(7) consumers could soon face (8) restrictions, such is the (9) state of supplies in many parts of the country. Whilst there was broad agreement in Canberra, the Premier of Western Australia, Geoff Gallop, refused to sign the deal, insisting it did nothing to (10) the problems his region faces. Answer:

1. continent 2. efficiently 3. community 4. compensated 5. excessive 6. funded 7. Domestic 8. permanent 9. perilous 10. address Listening Comprehension

Directions: Watch the video clip and decide whether the following statements are True or False SET 1

1. Fekri Hassan has been pursuing the mystery of ancient Egypt for the last twenty years. True False

2. According to Fekri Hassan, the ancient Egyptian kingdom collapsed suddenly at its peak. True False

3. It is conventionally believed that a major political conflict caused the collapse of the ancient Egyptian kingdom. True False

4. Fekri's doubt about the conventional wisdom arose in 1991. True False

5. It can be inferred that evidence other than political unrest was found in the tomb. True False Answer:

1. False 2. True 3. True 4. False 5. True

SET 2

1. The bones of children were buried together with cooking vases. True False

2. The vases were decorated with sea creatures. True False

3. The marine style was used to ward off future disasters to come from the sea. True False 4. The pottery mainly suggests the physical damage of the eruption. True False

5. The Minoans saw the natural world in a different way after the volcanic eruption. True False Answer:

1. False 2. True 3. True 4. False 5. True Oral test

Directions: Look at the picture below. SET 1

Try to tell about the picture as much as you can infer. If possible, try to find something relevant to talk about.

SET 2

Try to tell about the picture as much as you can infer. If possible, try to find something relevant to talk about. Oral test SET 1

Do you think girls and boys should be treated the same or differently at school? Is it necessarily a bad thing to treat people differently? If you are very near-sighted, for example, does it disadvantage

you to give you special books with large text? And is it wrong to provide separate washrooms for girls and boys? What is your opinion about these questions? SET 2

A family has four children. Their two eldest, a boy and a girl, are of primary-school age. The parents need help at home as well as extra income. Should they send both their eldest children to school? \plenty of money. But the reality is that we cannot afford to send both children to school. The first consideration must be to make sure the family is fed and healthy, and to do that, one child must help

at home, looking after the younger children, so the mother can go out to work.\like to say to the parents?