【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 abroad? 4. What will help Juliet in her work?5. What does Juliet think of summer in Britain? Keys: 1. C 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. BListening 3The game of football may have started in Roman times. It seems that the Romans played a game very much like our modern rugby but with a round ball. English villagers played football in the 16th century and they often had almost a hundred players on each side. It was a very mon game, which was very rough and even dangerous until the early part of the 19th century. In the 18th century a Frenchman who had watched a rough game of football in a village wrote, I could not believe that those men were playing a game. If this is what Englishmen call playing, I would not like to see them fighting! From the mid19th century, it was played in schools in England and soon spread all over Britain and Europe. Until in 1850, it was not possible to have football matches between one school and another, because each school had different rules! So set rules had to be made. They were not improved though until, in 1863, when those who preferred to play with hands as well as feet formed the Rugby Union while the others started the Football Association (.). It was only in 1863 that the first set of rules for all football clubs was agreed upon. Nearly 150 years later, football has bee by far the most popular sport in the entire world. Would that 18th century Frenchman have believed it possible? Questions: 1. According to the passage, when may the game of football have first started? 2. How many team members were often involved in the game when the English began to play the game? 3. What did the speaker say about the earliest football game in England? 4. Why was it NOT possible to have football matches between two schools until 1850? 5. What happened to football in 1863? Keys:1. D 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. C Listening 4In one town, there were three longtime friends, Pat, Mike and Bob. Pat and Bob were quite bright, but Mike was rather dull.One day as Pat and Mike were walking down the sidewalk together, Pat put his hand on a solid brick wall and said, Mike, hit my hand as hard as you can. Mike struck a hard blow, but Pat pulled his hand away from the wall just before Mike39。s fist hit it. Of course, it hurt Mike39。s hand very much when he hit the wall, but Pat said, That was a good joke on you, wasn39。t it? Mike agreed, but was not too happy.The following day Mike and Bob were walking in the town square. Mike decided to play the joke on Bob. He looked around, and seeing no solid object, he placed his hand over his face and said, Bob, hit my hand as hard as you can. Bob agreed, and as he struck a hard blow with his fist, Mike quickly pulled his hand away and was knocked to the ground, unconscious. After a few minutes Mike recovered, and saw Bob worriedly looking down at him. Mike said, That was a good joke on you, wasn39。t it?Questions:1. Who was NOT clever?2. What did Pat ask Mike to do?3. Who was hurt finally?4. On whom was Mike going to try this joke?5. Where did Mike put his hand when he asked Bob to hit him?6. What happened to Mike after Bob struck a hard blow with his fist?Keys: A 2. C 3. A 5. C 6. B2. √2 √5Unit 3 Gender DifferencesPart 1 listening one Three guys are out having a relaxing day fishing. Out of the blue, they catch a mermaid who begs to be set free in return for granting each of them a wish. Now one of the guys just doesn39。t believe it, and says, OK, if you can really grant wishes, then double my IQ. The mermaid says, Done. Suddenly, the guy starts to recite flawless Shakespeare followed by a short pause and an extremely insightful analysis of it. The second guy is so amazed that he says to the mermaid, Hey, triple my IQ. The mermaid says, Done. The guy begins pouring out all the mathematical solutions to problems that have puzzled scientists in all fields.The last guy is so impressed by the changes in his friends that he says to the mermaid, Quintuple my IQ. The mermaid looks at him and says, You know, I normally don39。t try to change people39。s minds when they make a wish, but I really wish you39。d reconsider.The guy says, No, I want you to increase my IQ five times, and if you don39。t do it, I won39。t set you free. Please, says the mermaid, you don39。t know what you39。re asking... It39。ll change your entire view of the universe. Won39。t you ask for something else? A million dollars or anything? But no matter what the mermaid says, the guy insists on having his IQ increased by five times its usual power. So the mermaid sighs and says, Done. And he bees a woman.Keys: 1. F 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T . set free in return extremely insightful analysis pouring out, puzzled, in all fields normally, change people’s minds, reconsider usual powerPart 1 listening two (Dr. Herring, author of a book on language and munication, is being interviewed by Bob White, a writer for an academic journal on munication.)Bob White:Good morning, Dr. Herring! We both know that many munication specialists believe that gender bias exists in language, culture and society. Do you think this is really so?Dr. Herring: Yes, I certainly do. How we talk and listen can be strongly influenced by cultural expectations, and these begin during childhood. Children usually play together with other children of the same gender, and this is where our conversational style is learned.Bob White:Can you give some specific examples?Dr. Herring: Certainly. We find that girls use language mainly to develop closeness or intimacy as a basis for friendship. Boys, on the contrary, use language mainly to earn status in their group.Bob White: But, in munication through electronic devices like discussion groups, there should be no gender distinction if writers39。 names are not used in the messages.Dr. Herring: One might think