【正文】 dy parts, would waste away, and he was dying! But Ma Wenzhong didn39。t pay much attention to it. He thought something must be wrong with his legs and it would pass soon. Ma Wenzhong didn39。t Tom believe he was attacked by cancer? 12. How did Tom39。m looking forward to walking to school like other children some day. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the passage you have just heard. 1. What did her parents do when the speaker reached the age for starting school? 2. How did the speaker manage to go to school after all? 3. How far is it from the speaker39。t grown up yet. 8. My father worked in an office building on top of a subway station in Manhattan. 9. Please see to it that the patient takes the medicine three times a day. 10. He went to see films on occasion. Key: 1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (B) 10. (B) Task2: 1. Mary had a good time staying with her parents over the weekend. 2. He has a good heart and always helps others. 3. A heated discussion broke out in the classroom between the children. 4. She clung to the rail along the edge of the stairs as she walked down the icy steps. 5. He started out for work an hour ago. 6. He held onto the rail to keep his balance. 7. Dan broke his leg during basketball practice。s acting badly, she/he needs love and attention, not anger and violence. KEY: 6. D 7. A 8. A 9. D 10. C Passage three When my father died, my mother insisted on living by herself. I wanted her to marry again, but she said she wanted to be free. But she didn39。s worded about leaving her husband alone by himself. Ann Ramos is eighty and lives with her daughter, who is sixty. Her daughter says that she needs a break. Mom follows me everywhere. She follows me from room to room when I clean. She sits down next to me when I read the newspaper. She even follows me out of the house when I take out the refuse. I need a break and she does, too. And so, several times a week, David and Ann39。t I do what I like? It39。t know anything. But that doesn39。s always negative and finding fault. I mustn39。s goals and achieving happiness in one39。 4. jeans。t be shy! They will not laugh at you just for a little mistake you make. The best way to get rid of mistakes is to learn to speak by speaking more. I am sure that continual practice will help you succeed. Questions 11 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. What does this talk mainly discuss? 12. Why are so many Chinese students good at writing English but poor at speaking English? 13. Why are so many Chinese students afraid to speak to native speakers? 14. How can we speak English well? 15. What does the phrase get rid of mean in the talk? Key: 12. F 13. F 14. T 15. F Task 2 Passage one Imagine you are a doctor of medicine from Japan. You are at an international meeting in Europe. You want to municate with a doctor from Africa. What language do you speak with him? The answer is probably English. Today, nearly 600 million people around the world use the English language. Only half of them speak English as their first language. Why is English useful for international munication? For one thing, many books and papers in special fields are in English. As a result, people with great knowledge in these special fields often learn English. Such people from different countries can use their English for international munication. English is really a world language. Key: 1. C 2. A Passage two Many people go to school for an education. They learn languages, history, political methods, geography, physics, chemistry and mathematics. Others go to school to learn skills in order to make a living. Traditional education is very useful and important. Yet, no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, cannot teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher39。 actual needs and wants. In addition, students can participate in distance learning courses from almost any place in the world. They can receive teachers39。t a good student because he never does his homework. 9. She39。 新視野大學(xué)英語聽說教程第一單元原文和答案 Understanding words Task1： insight； embarrassing； frustrating； access； virtual； minimum； positive； mitment； benefit； gap Task2： rewarding； environment； participate； required； medium； access； mitment； frustration。t trade my experience with English learning for anything in the world. 10. I can39。 What is one of the major benefits that distance learning offers to the students? 3. How many benefits of good distance learning programs are mentioned in the talk? 4. How can a business benefit from distance learning programs according to the speaker? 5. What benefit does distance learning bring to a worker in a business according to the speaker? Key: 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. F 5. T Passage two In order to learn a foreign language well, it is necessary to get over the fear of making mistakes. If the major goal of language use is munication, the mistakes are second in importance and may be dealt with bit by bit as awareness of those mistakes increases. On the other hand, students should not ignore their mistakes. The language learner may notice how native speakers express themselves, and how native expressions are different from the way the learner might say them. For example, a Chinese speaker who has been saying I39。t even finish junior school. He made so many things for us. These scientists were so successful, but their teachers only showed them the way. The reason for their success was that they knew how to study. They read books that were not taught at school. They would ask many questions as they read. They did thousands of experiments. They worked hard ail their lives, wasting not a single moment. Most important was that they knew how to use their brains. Kay: 6. C Passage three