【正文】 great hate was also felt for the Hebrews who came to the land of Goshen* to find a shelter after their long wandering through the desert and who helped the foreign usurper* by acting as his taxgatherers and his civil servants. But shortly after the year 1700 ., the people of Thebes began a revolution and after a long struggle the Hyksos were driven out of the country and Egypt was free once more. A thousand years later, when Assyria* conquered all of western Asia, Egypt became part of the empire of Sardanapalus*. In the seventh century ., it became once more an independent state Exercise A Prelistening Question ,It is the Great Pyramid of Giza probably. The great pyramid is believed to have been built over a 20year period. The site was first prepared, and blocks of stone were transported and placed. An outer casing (which disappeared over the years) was then used to smooth the surface. Although it is not known how the blocks were put in place, several theories have been proposed. One theory involves the construction of a straight or spiral ramp that was raised as the construction proceeded. This ramp, coated with mud and water, eased the displacement of the blocks which were pushed (or pulled) into place. A second theory suggests that the blocks were placed using long levers with a short angled foot. Exercise B Sentence Dictation 1. Exercise B Sentence DictationDirections: Listen to some sentences and write them down. You will hear each sentence three times. Exercise C Detailed listening Directions: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to plete each of the following sentences.1. C Exercise D Afterlistening Discussion Directions: Listen to the passage again and discuss the following questions. last Egyptian queen, Cleopatra, tried her best to save the country when the Romans came in the year 39 B. C. Her beauty and charm were more dangerous to the Roman generals than half a dozen Egyptian army corps. She was successful twice in her attacks upon the hearts of her Roman conquerors. In the year 30 ., Augustus landed in Alexandria and destroyed her armies. She killed herself by taking poison. 2(Open)UNIT 2Section One Tactics for listeningPart 1 Sport DictationMy MotherMy mother was an efficient (1) taskmaster who cooked, cleaned and shopped for nine people (2) on a daily basis. She was a disciplinarian* who would (3) make us seven kids walk up and down the stairs a hundred times if we clumped like (4)field hands todinner. She also enlisted us to help her in the day39。13,500. A: Let39。12,070 and is even cheaper to run than the Mini: It does 45 miles per gallon. It39。s the Toyota over there, to the left of the Peugeot. It39。s the Renault at the back of the showroom, behind the Peugeot. It costs a little more, 163。s more expensive to run than the others: It does 34 miles per gallon, but it39。13,630 and that includes a 5year guarantee. B: And the Fiat next to the Volkswagen? A: Again that39。13,550. B: Hmm well, I39。 40m/g 82m/h T163。13,550VW163。15,850Part 2 PassageThe Wrights’ Story1. On the morning of December 17, 1903, between 10:30 . and noon, four flights were made, two by Orville Wright and two by Wilbur Wright. 2. Under the direction of the operator it climbed upward on an inclined course till a height of 8 or 10 feet from the ground was reached. 3. Into the teeth of a December gale the Flyer made its way forward with a speed of 10 miles an hour over the ground and 30 to 35 miles an hour through the air. 4. The height chosen was sufficient for maneuvering in so gusty a wind and with no previous acquaintance with the conduct of the machine and its controlling mechanisms. 5 .In attempting to bring the machine down to the desired height, the operator turned the rudder too far, and the machine turned downward more quickly than had been expected. On the morning of December 17, 1903, between 10:30 . and noon, four flights were made, two by Orville Wright and two by Wilbur Wright. The starts were all made from a point on the level sand about 200 feet west of our camp, which is located a quarter of a mile north of the Kill Devil sand hill, in Dare County, North Carolina. The wind at the time of the flights had a velocity* of 27 miles an hour at 10 ., and 24 miles an hour at noon, as recorded by the anemometer* at the Kitty Hawk Weather Bureau Station. The flights were directly against the wind. Each time the machine started from the level ground by its own power alone with no assistance from gravity or any other source whatever. After a run of about 40 feet along a monorail*。16,240M 163。15,190C163。s expensive. It costs 163。13,500, but it39。s is 80 miles per hour and the Renault39。13,500 but it39。13,040. It39。ve got three children. Isn39。12,830 and is cheap to run: It does 38 miles per gallon. Or there39。s (13) ability to get work done well was only (14) one side. She also had an (15) imagination that carried her in different directions, that (16) allowed her to transcend her everyday life. She did not (17) believe in magic as portrayed on a stage, but (18) valued instead the sound of a metal bucket being (19) filled by a hose, or the persistence of a dandelion at the (20) edge of a woodpile. Part 2 Listening for GistFor hundreds of years man has been fascinated by the idea of flying. One of the first men to produce designs for aircraft was Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian artist who lived in the fifteenth century. However, it was not until the eighteenth century that people began to fly, or perhaps it would be better to say float, across the countryside in balloons. The first hotair balloon was made in April 1783 by the Montgolfier brothers in France. In the following years many flights were made by balloon. Some of the flights were for pleasure and others were for delivering mail and for military purposes, such as observation and even bombing. However, in the lat