【正文】 ening Test Unit 1 College Life 2. A) A very simple game. B) A very strategic game. C) A very dummy game. D) A very lazy game. 3. A) Watching her partner playing cards. B) Eating snacks. C) Going out for a breath of air. D) Helping others. 4. A) Not to miss her card game. B) Not to stay up too late. C) Not to take a heavy workload. D) Not to neglect her studies. 5. A) He already knows how to play. B) He doesn’t have a partner. C) He doesn’t have enough free time. D) He doesn’t like to play games. √ √ √ √ Listening Test 【 script】 Unit 1 College Life Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage. At the end of the passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Listening Test Section B 6. A) The difference between classical music and rock music. B) Why classical music is popular with math students. C) The effects of music on the results of math tests. D) How to improve your reasoning ability. √ Listening Test Unit 1 College Life 7. A) Because it stimulates your nerve activity. B) Because it keeps you calm. C) Because it strengthens your memory. D) Because it improves your problem solving strategies. 8. A) Piano music could interfere with your reasoning ability. B) The effects of music do not last long. C) The more you listen to music, the higher your test scores will be. D) Music, whether classical or rock, helps improve your memory. 9. A) 8 or 9 minutes. B) 5 or 10 minutes. C) 8 or 15 minutes D) 10 or 15 minutes. √ √ √ Listening Test 【 script】 Unit 1 College Life Following is the script for Section A: M: Hi, Mary. Where are you headed? W: Hi, Jack. I’m going over to the Student Union to play some bridge. M: You are spending your time on a card game? W: Not just a card game. It’s one of the most strategic games. M: I have heard. Don’t you play with a partner? W: Yeah! Four people play, two against the other two. M: So, you try to play in cooperation with your partner? W: Actually, the cards of one of the four players are turned face up. That player is called the dummy. M: I wouldn’t want to be called that. When you are the dummy, what do you do while the cards are being played? W: Anything you want. Sit there and study, get snacks for everyone… I like to stand behind my partner and watch. That is very interesting. Listening Test Unit 1 College Life M: You know. I’ve heard that bridge is habitforming. You should be careful not to play so much that you don’t get your studying done. W: Don’t worry about me. I only play cards on Tuesday after dinner. If you like, I could teach you. M: Thanks, but I have a pretty heavy workload this semester. I already spend my evenings doing things I don’t really know how to do yet. W: I know you are busy, but sometimes you need to have a rest. (228 words) Questions 1 to 5 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 1. What is Mary going to do? 2. What kind of card game is bridge? 3. What is Mary interested in? 4. What does Jack suggest Mary not to do? 5. Why does Jack refuse Mary’s suggestion? Listening Test Unit 1 College Life Following is the script for Section B: Do you have a tough math test ing up? Then listen to some classical piano music just before the test. You might e up with a higher score. Researchers at a university in California conducted an experiment. They asked a group of college students to listen to some piano music by a famous 18th century poser before taking a math test. They were surprised to find that the students’ scores jumped 8 to 9 points. The music seems to excite nerve activities in the brain。 similar to the activity that occurs when a person is figuring out a math problem. However, the scientists warn before you get too excited about applying this method to your math test, you should remember that brain exciting effects last only 10 or 15 minutes. Would rock music work as well as the piano music did? No, the scientists say. In fact, the less plex music might even interfere with the brains reasoning ability. (159 words) Listening Test Unit 1 College Life Questions 6 to 9 are based on the passage you have just heard. 6. What is this passage mainly about? 7. Why can classical music play a positive role in problem solving? 8. What is one of the findings of the research? 9. How many minutes do the brain exciting effects last? Listening Test Unit 1 College Life Fun Time You are going to watch a movie clip from Sydney White (239。0639。39。). The movie opens with Sydney (Bynes) on one of her dad’s construction sites. John Schneider plays his dad role with warm understanding. We get to see how Sydney grew up with her dad and his workers. Sydney White is leaving to go off to college at Southern Atlantic University, Where she’ll be pledging to her deceased mom’s sorority (婦女聯(lián)誼會 ). It means a lot to Sydney to get into the sorority because she feels that it’s a way to connect with her mom. Sydney eventually runs for student council president herself, rallying all the school misfits and socalled Losers in a coup to wrest power from the Greeks. Fun Time