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2021年2月21日发(作者：第三军团)

Unit 1 Sports

Part A

Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all was born on Feb.17, 1963, in Brooklyn,

New is 1.98 meters tall and weighs 216 joined the Chicago Bulls team for the 1984

the 1986 season he shot 3041 points, the third highest score was named NBA Slam Dunk

Champion(

扣篮冠军

)in 1987and won the Most Valuable Player Award in 1988,an honor repeated four times

in

the

next

ten

years

to

guided

his

team

to

win

six

NBA

championships

during

the

1990s,scoring

45 points during the sixth and last game of the 1998 NBA 1999,he was named the greatest North

American athlete of the 20th left the NBA at the beginning of the 1993-1994 NBA season

to pursue a career in his baseball game wasn't quite as good as his basketball games,he

finally gave it up to rejoin the Bulls in , after playing for five more years,he once again

announced

his

retirement

in

he

returned

for

two

more

NBA

games

in

2001

as

a

member

of

the

Washington

Wizards.

Part B

Peter: Hi Laura. Where are you heading with that big bag?

Laura: Hi, Peter. I'm off to the gym.I've got to stay in shape, you know.I try to go three times a week,

but I'm busy so I can't always make it.

Peter: I know more women who work out than 's the main reason you work out?For your health, or

to look good?

Laura: To be honest, for women, good looks are always a very important consideration.

Peter: If they were honest,most men who work out would admit that they also do it to look better,and

not merely for health reasons.

Laura: How about you?Do you get any regular exercise?

Peter: I do a lot of walking,for exercise and enjoyment

—

sometimes ten to twenty kilometers at a time

—

but I never go to the gym like you do.

Laura: Well, walking is good exercise. How about sports?

Peter:

Not

since

my

school

days.

I

used

to

love

playing

baseball,but

it's

impossible

to

get

enough

people

together for a game I just watch sports on TV.

Laura: I play tennis fairly regularly with my friends,and sometimes go swimming and cycling by myself.

Peter:

Oh,

I

forgot

about

that.

I

go

cycling

sometimes

I

often

go

swimming

on

vacation,

but

only

recreational swimming.

Laura: Why don't you join me at the gym sometime?I can get you a guest pass.

Peter: Well, maybe someday, but I'm pretty lazy about things like that.

Questions

1. What do you know about Peter?

2. Where might the two speakers be having this conversation?

Part C

1. W: I like playing basketball, volleyball and table about you?

M: Well, tennis is my favorite sport.

Q: What sport does the man like?

2. W: You don't like boxing very much, do you?

M: It's far from being my kind of sport.

Q: What does the man mean?

3. W: I think yesterday's football game was quite about you, John?

M: You said it. But it was a bit long.

Q: What does the man think about the football game?

4. W: Do you like to play chess?

M: I like the game, but I don't play it often enough.I'm afraid I'm not a very good chess player.

Q: What does the man mean?

5.

M:

I

knew

the

names

of

all

the

football

players

and

the

dates

of

all

the

games

in

my

high

school

recently I have failed to keep up with football.

W: Now you are busy with your golf games.

Q: What do you know about the man from the conversation?

Unit 2 Food and Drinks

Part A

1. M: Have you ever been to that big restaurant opposite the school gate?

W: Yes, many er my friends come to visit me, I'll take them there to eat.

2. W: Is there something wrong, sir?

M: My wife and I have been kept waiting for nearly an hour for our meal.

3. W: Where is the cake I made this morning?

M: We ate it, mom. Can you make another one for us?

4. W: I hear you like chicken very much.

M: Next to beef.

5. M: Have you tried this wine before?

W: No, never. It's my first time, but it's really to my taste.

6. W: John, do you want a soda?

M: Soda? I think it tastes like medicine.

7. W: Why, the fish is left almost untouched.

M: Well, it would be good if it were less salty.

8. M: Hi, Sue, would you like to eat out tonight?

W: Oh, I'd really like to,but my sister may come to visit me this evening.

Part B

Peter: Hi, Kate.

Kate: Hi, Peter. How have you been?

Peter: Oh, OK, I guess. And you?

Kate: Not too bad. We haven't seen each other for a while, have we?

Peter: No, we haven't. So that makes me you have any plan for this Saturday?

Kate: No, not yet, I don't think so. Why?

Peter: What do you think about getting together and going out to dinner this weekend?

Kate: That would be great. Do you have any particular place in mind?

Peter: Well, I think I'd like to eat something that's not too heavy.I've been eating a little too much

lately.

Kate: Me too.

Peter: I love Italian food, but maybe we should skip that this always seem to serve so much

food in Italian restaurants,and you end up eating more than you wanted to.

Kate: Chinese food would be good.

Peter: Yes, or maybe some Japanese style uses a lot of natural flavors,and not much oil or

cream or heavy sauces.

Kate:

Yes,

either

of

those

choices

would

be

's

just

meet

on

Saturday

night,

and

decide

then

where

to eat.

Peter: That's fine by me.

Part C

A: Well, here we are, not too crowded.

B: Great! Let's order quickly so we can chat a little.

A: OK. What are you in the mood for?

B: Something light. I had a huge breakfast and I'm still full.

A: There are three salads. Or you could have soup and a sandwich.

B: What are you having? A hamburger, I suppose.

A:

No,

actually

I

ate

out

last

had

pizza

at

Pizza

Hut,

then

a

late

snack

at

Kentucky

Fried

Chicken.

B: Oh, dear. Well, maybe you should have a salad.

A: Yes, I think so. Look, the daily special is spaghetti. That sounds good.

B: Oh, the prices are great too. I'll have that as well.

A: Now let's decide on drinks.

B: I'll just have coffee and a glass of iced water.

A: Italian food needs red wine, you know.

B: But we have to go back to work.

A: OK, a Coke for me then.

B: Here comes the waitress. Let me order first.

Questions

1. What is the relationship between the two speakers?

2. Where does the conversation take place?

3. What will they order?

Unit 3 Weather

Part A

1.

The

weather

today:

a

fine

day

is

in

store

nearly

everywhere,with

the

best

of

the

sunshine

in

southern

and

central

areas

of

Britain.A

pleasant

day,

then,

with

long

sunny

periods

will

be

light

winds with a maximum temperature of 18 degrees Celsius, 64 degrees at the outlook for

the next few days:it will become mostly cloudy with heavy showers moving in from the west.

2. A storm in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin Province,claimed four lives on

storm lasted about three hours from around 8 winds reached speeds of over a hundred miles an

hour,causing serious damage and a widespread power failure.

Part B

Alan: Oh, look at the sky, Michelle! It's starting to get cloudy.

Michelle: I see it. I hope it doesn't rain.I thought it was going to be a fine day today.

Alan:

That's

certainly

what

the

department

was

hoping

for

when

they

chose

today

as

the

date

for

the

annual

picnic.

Michelle: You can't have a picnic without good need sunshine for all the eating and games

and entertainment.

Alan: Yeah, sunshine

—

but not too much! Do you remember last year?

Michelle: I sure do. It was so hot all we did was look for shade,look for ways to escape from the sun.

Alan: And no one wanted to participate in any of the planned we wanted was cold drinks.

And then we dozed off.

Michelle: If there had just been the tiniest breeze to cool us off.

Alan:

But

there

wasn'

that

burning

sun,

without

a

cloud

in

the

sky,and

the

temperature

just

seemed

to climb higher and higher.

Michelle:

Well,

we

don't

have

that

problem

this

year,

,

did

you

hear

the

weather

forecast?

Is it supposed to rain?

Alan:

I

don't

know.

I

didn't

catch

the

weather

maybe

if

it

rains,it

will

only

be

a

short

shower

which cools things off a might not be bad.

Questions

1. What are Alan and Michelle mainly doing?

2. What do you know about Alan?

3. What can you infer from the conversation?

Part C

1. W: It's been freezing for the last few days.

M: Yes. And the forecast says there will be more snow next week,accompanied by strong winds.

Q: What will the weather be like next week?

2. M: We haven't had such a severe winter for a long time, have we?

W: No, and the forecast says it's going to get worse before it warms up.

Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

3. W: What if it rains hard? What are we going to do?

M: I think it will clear up if it keeps raining, the whole thing will have to be cancelled.

Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

4. M: How was the weather when you left New York?

W: It was very much like the weather in don't have to take a lot of clothes.

Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

5. W: If it is this hot tomorrow,we may have to give up the idea of playing tennis in the afternoon.

M: The weather forecast says it will cloud over by noon.

Q: What does the man mean?

Unit 4 Music

Part A

1. Most people like music. In fact, we are surrounded by 's on the radio and television and can

be heard in stores and r, not everyone likes the same kind of music.

2. The manager of the music shop was called Brian e so many people had asked for a record

by the Sun,Epstein decided to go and listen to the group himself.

3. Firstly I would like to talk about classical music and its representative composers,then I will move

on to jazz music,and finally I will focus on pop music in the last century.

4. We listen to exciting music and our hearts beat faster,our blood pressure rises,and our blood flows

more quickly. In short, we're stimulated.

Part B

Background music may seem harmless,but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear ed

background

music

first

found

its

way

into

factories,

shops

and

restaurants

in

the

soon

it

spread

to other parts of the it is becoming difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening

to begin with,background music was intended simply to create a soothing ly,

however, it's becoming a big

American marketing

expert has shown that music can boost sales

or increase factory production by as much as a it has to be the light music has

no

effect

at

all

on

music

can

increase

receipts

by

34%.This

is

probably

because

shoppers

slow

down and have more opportunity to spot items they would like to , slow music isn't always the

expert

found

that

in

restaurants

slow

music

meant

customers

took

longer

to

eat

their

meals,which

reduced

overall

restaurant

owners

might

be

well

advised

to

play

faster

music

to

keep

the

customers

moving

—

unless, of course,the resulting indigestion leads to complaints.

Questions

1. Where was recorded background music first used?

2. What was the original purpose of background music?

3. What kind of music can have a powerful effect on customers in shops?

4. Why doesn't the same kind of music work in restaurants according to the passage?

Part C

Celine Dion is the youngest of 14 children in a working-class family in Quebec, parents, who

both loved music,encouraged her to develop her musical 12, Celine had composed the song

Was Only a Dream

to an address they found on an album of a popular French address was that of Rene Angelil,

who became her first conquest,but there would be millions 's rise from a teenage singer to

a

pop

superstar

has

been

steady,but

not

without

companies

were

at

first

less

enthusiastic about investing in a teenager than Angelil,who mortgaged his own home to pay for her first

her first two albums won a great by 1983 she became the first Canadian ever to

have a gold record in 1990, Celine made her first English language record with Unison but her

real breakthrough in America came when she was selected by Disney to sing the theme song of Beauty and

the

song

went

to

No.1

on

the

chart

and

won

both

a

Grammy

and

an

Academy

1996

she

performed

at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games and in 1997 she recorded the theme song for

Titanic,and

her

name

became

synonymous

with

the

enormously

successful

Dion's

favorite

theme

is sings the depth and the power of love in a great many of her hits such as

Mountains

Heart Will Go On

Unit 5 Health

Part A

1. M: What's the trouble?

W: I feel dizzy and my whole body aches.

M: How long have you been sick?

W: Two or three days now.

M: How's your appetite?

W: I've got no sight of food simply turns my stomach. What's wrong with me?

M: You seem to be generally run-down.

Q: What is the mnost probable relationship between the two speakers?

2. W: What's the matter, Jack? You look pale.

M: Oh, I feel terrible.

W: Why? What's the matter?

M: I have a splitting headache and a sore throat.

W: Why didn't you tell me?

M: I thought they might go away, but I feel worse this morning.I'm aching all over.

W: Hmm. You feel warm, too. You must have got a 's a pretty bad flu going around, you know.

Q: What's the most probable relationship between the two speakers?

Part B

D: So what's your trouble?

P:

Well,

doctor,

I

haven't

been

feeling

well

biggest

problem

is

that

I'm

having

trouble

sleeping.

D: Have you tried any of the sleeping medications available?

P: I've tried one or two, but they don't seem to help.

D: How long have you had this problem?

P: Three or four months

—

it's been rather a long time now.

D: Are you suffering from an unusual level of stress in your life lately?

P: Not more than usual. My biggest worry is the fact I can't sleep.

D: Well, some people don't need as much sleep as others.

P: But I feel tired all day, so it is a problem for me.

D: Have you been experiencing any other symptoms?

P: I've also had a lot of indigestion lately.

D: Well, you are a little overweight, aren't you?

P: Yes. And I've gained about seven kilograms this past year.

D: You really should try to lose at least that extra you get much exercise?

P: No, not very much.

D: Physical activity is very important.

P: So what do you recommend, doctor?

D: I will give you some medications for your insomnia and your I also recommend that

you begin a regular exercise program.

P: But I have neither the time nor the money to go to a gym.

D:

You

don't

need

to

go

to

a

gym.A

simple

walking

program

would

be

very

beneficial

for

you.I

think

you'll

find that diet and exercise will be very helpful in taking care of your recent complaints.

Part C

1. W: Jane kept coughing and couldn't go to sleep all night.

M: She must be sick. I hope she's better today.

Q: What do you know about Jane?

2. M: I haven't seen Jack for ages.

W: Neither have I. But I heard he had been in hospital for three weeks.

Q: What do you learn from the conversation?

3. W: Doctor, I've been suffering from a stomachache for quite a long time.

M: Tell me what you usually know eating properly is very important for health.

Q: What does the doctor say about the possible cause of the woman's illness?

4. M: How is your son Peter feeling today?

W: Much better than he still needs to rest for a couple of days before going to school.

Q: What does the woman say about Peter?

5. M: How is your husband after the operation?

W: He's getting he still needs to go to the hospital for a checkup in a week.

Q: What does the woman say about her husband?

Unit 6 Business

W: Here we are, Mr. Wang. This is a newly-built building.

M: What a fine building! How many floors are there?

W: Forty. Our company has offices on four floors in the building.

M: Yours is really a big company.

W: Yes, it is. The sales office is on the first marketing and accounting offices are on the

second

we

have

many

other

departments:

personnel,

research,

are

all

on

the

8th

floor.

M: Where's the manager's office?

W: It's on the 9th floor. Let me show you around.

M: Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our company was established in is a joint-venture

company

specializing in

of

our products

are for young students;

some are

for

our products sell well both at home and recent years,we have expanded our markets from China

to Southeast Asia,East Africa, North America, and South America.

Part B

(The Personnel Department is having a Black is the chairperson of the meeting.)

Joan: I think John Jeffrey's already been with the company for 20 he's not still expecting

promotion. Do you agree, Peter?

Peter:

Well,

in

my

opinion,John's

always

shown

great

loyalty

to

the

's

time

this

was

rewarded.

What do you think, Clive?

Clive: It's not just a question of he be any good at the job?He would need to manage a

small team

—

he's got no experience of that yet.

Peter: He never will have any experience unless we give him a chance!

Joan:

We

can't

afford

to

be

sentimental.I

don't

think

he's

the

man

for

the

's

always

been

a

follower,

not

a

's

move

on

to

the

other

Hayden

has

already

shown

great

personnel

management

skill,I feel, even if she's?

Peter: Oh, come on, Joan! Rita's still learning her trade!We can't afford to take a risk with someone

so inexperienced.

Clive: I agree with Peter. I favor Susan 's got a lot of 's already worked in

the department on other occasions so she knows the ropes and she's?

Joan: But Susan's always struck me as a bit need someone dynamic for this job.

Peter:

I'd

agree

with

Clive.I

think

Susan

Palmer

would

do

a

good

she's

a

bit

cautious

but

she's

solid, reliable...We need those qualities too.

Joan:

Well,

if

you're

both

so

sure,I

suppose

I'll

have

to

,

we'll

wait

a

week

before

confirming

it just in case any other applicants put their names forward.

Part C

Mr. Stevenson was the owner of a general appliance had seen many newly-weds coming into his

store to shop for their first refrigerator,washer and dryer, and and pencil in

hand,they would ask him a lot of questions about price,features and after-sale services,but they would

usually

walk

away

at

the

end

of

their

other

day

a

young

couple

came

into

his

asked

him all the usual questions and he answered all of them when he suggested an order at the

end,they replied firmly,

Mr. Stevenson did not show d, he smiled, moved closer and said,

Dan

to

look

at

the

price

's

perfectly

understandable.

I

do

the

fact,

they

sell

the

same

stuff as we if you buy things there,there is something you will not get, and that is me.I come

with everything I sell.I've been in the business for thirty years and in a few years' time I'm going

to give my store to my daughter and son-in-law.I hope they will carry on the family business.I stand

behind everything I sell and I will make sure that you will never regret buying things from me.

this

short

speech

Mr.

Stevenson

offered

the

young

couple

some

ice

cream

to

thank

them

for

their

sed by his honesty and sincerity,the young couple decided to place an order.

Questions

1. What did Mr. Stevenson's store sell?

2. Why did many newly-weds usually walk away at the end of their inquiry?

3. Which of the following best describes Mr. Stevenson's attitude towards his customers?

4. What was Mr. Stevenson's response to the young couple's refusal?

5. Why did the young couple finally decide to place an order?

Unit 7 Fashion

Part A

M: Excuse me, do you have a T-shirt of this kind in a larger size?

W: What size do you want?

M: Medium.

W: Pardon?

M: I want a medium.

W: Here's a medium in black. Do you like it?

M: Well, I like the picture on the front,but I'd prefer a white one with a slogan on the front.

W: Here's a white one in medium. And it's 100% cotton.

M: Perfect. I'll take it.

Part B

Why do people spend so much money on fashion?Do they want to create an image or make sure they are not

old-fashioned?Do people really judge each other by the clothes they wear?The billion- dollar fashion

industry certainly tries to convince consumers that such judgements are unately, they may

be right.A recent study using elementary school students was said that people wearing

Calvin

Klein

designer

jeans

were

more

handsome

and

successful

than

those

wearing

-wearers

were seen as sporty, fashionable and fun!

[01:01.07]Obviously

we

learn

early

that

make

the

man.

other

words,

clothes

show

age,

outlook,

status

and

r,

clothes

that

look

great

on

professional

models

may

look

terrible

on

the

average

gh beautiful clothes don't help physically,they are important for social and psychological

ive clothes can make the wearer feel like part of the high status group that sets taste

and

you

are

buying

an

image

of

may

really

live

a

routine

life,waking

up

in

the

morning

feeling dull and when you dress in these expensive clothes, your mood feel

good,

ready

to

face

another

day

with

crazy?

People

who

love

clothes

say

it's

course,

a lot of people don't like high 'd rather spend their money on something

would you prefer

—

the image or the reality?

Questions

1. What is the main reason why people spend much money on fashion according to the speaker?

2. What does

3. What's the speaker's attitude towards fashion?

Part C

Vera Wang has become a significant figure in the American fashion industry in a relatively short period

of

has

no

formal

design

training

because

her

father

wouldn't

let

her

go

to

art

school

and

wanted

her to concentrate on more

an

editor

at

Vogue

for

17

years

and

as

a

design

director

of

Ralph

Lauren

for

two

1990

she

opened

her first boutique on Madison Avenue in New York,in a less expensive line of ready-to-wear bridal and

evening

chose

bridal

wear

for

she

wanted

to

build

a

fashion

company

starting

with

one

market

and then expand into became a household name in 1994 when she designed stylish costumes for

figure skater Nancy Kerrigan to wear in the Winter Wang herself is a very good skater and

she

had

Olympic

dreams

that

dream

was

crushed

when

she

did

not

win

at

the

National

Figure

Skating

Championships

in

r,

her

love

for

the

sport

never

ceased.

wanted

to

make

an artistic

contribution

to

the

sport,

she

said.

don't

know

if

designing

costumes

for

Nancy

has

been

good

in

terms

of actual sales,but it has been tremendous for name recognition.

Unit 8 Society

Part A

Do

you

want

to

know

the

secret

of

happiness?Just

listen

to

psychology

professor

David

G.

analyzed

hundreds of studies from around the world to determine how

important

friendships,money and

other things

are

to

our

's

what

he

't

expect

money

to

buy

you

actual

amount

of money people earn has little effect on how happy they does count is how satisfied they are

with

their

the

ess

comes

from

little

things

that

happen

every

day,rather

than

occasional great pieces of good to like yourself.

self- esteem

are

less

weak

to

setbacks

and

struggles,

Dr.

Myers,

author

of

Pursuit

of

Happiness

grows out of achieving realistic occasional days of rest. Spend hours enjoying quiet time

on

a

happy

face

—

even

if

you

don't

feel

g

can

actually

make

you

feel

better,according to Dr. Myers of Hope College of se. Aerobic exercise, such as walking,

biking,swimming and running works as an antidote for mind depression and enough sleep to

feel

close

best

remedy

for

unhappiness

is

a

caring

nurturing

if you're married,a good relationship with your spouse can be especially important.

Part B

Do you dream of winning the lottery?Millions of people day, millions of Americans buy lottery

are hoping

to win $$100,000,

$$1,000,000

or

happens after

you win the lottery?When

you

win

a

million

dollars,you

don't

receive

a

check

for

the

total

may

choose

to

receive

$$50,000

a

year

for

twenty

,

you

must

pay

taxes,

you

receive

from

$$25,000

to

$$40,000

a

year

for twenty is a lot of extra spending money.

[00:56.25]What have some people done with their money?Let's look at three past K wanted

to be an artist,but she didn't have enough money to go to art was working at a job she didn't

August, Lisa bought one ticket and won two million quit her job three weeks later

and is now attending art L was a car worked seven days a week and had little

time for family he won the lottery, he quit he spends his time bowling, working

in the garden,and fixing things in his house. But, he's doesn't want to sell cars again,but

he isn't sure what he wants to do with his B is one of the small number of winners who did

not

quit

their

still

teaches

at

a

school

near

his

now

he

and

his

wife

take

their

children

on an

interesting vacation every they don't worry

about

sending their

children to

say that money brings security and gives a person opportunities,but it doesn't bring happiness.

Questions

1. If you win a million dollars, how much can you get before tax?

2. If you win a million dollars,how much can you get after tax annually?

3. What did Lisa K do after she won the lottery?

4. What did Mark L do after he won the lottery?

5. What did Jack B do after he won the lottery?

6. What is the main idea of the passage?

Part C

A healthy newborn girl was discovered in Central Park yesterday baby was abandoned on the

top of a rock

shortly before dawn

after the mother gave birth

to her police

said that

the baby

was healthy and weighed 7 they were searching for the mother.A policeman said that they had

never had anything like this really didn't get babies left in the they were just

happy the baby was all police rushed the baby to a nearby ately she was

police believed the baby was born less than half an hour before she was also believed,

judging from the amount of blood found on the rock,that the mother might have given birth was

70

degrees

when

the

baby

was

ives

were

investigating

whether

the

mother

was

a

homeless

woman

who

called

a

baby

rescue

hotline

early

head

of

Hope

Foundation

said

that

his

hotline

received

a call about 5:30 a young homeless woman in caller asked,

my baby?

the woman was afraid she would be recognized head also said that the woman wouldn't even tell

him

where

he

would

possibly

meet

her

since

they

had

two

teams

that

could

help

with

the

delivery,

if

necessary.

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