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helped me pick up my books. That day, I made my first university friend. Suddenly, life improved. I helped him with his studies. And he helped me with everything else. He taught me how to dress right, how to talk to girls, and above all, how to be social.Listening for specific prehension1. How did the speaker look like when he started his university studies?2. What did the speaker’s college classmates do to him before he met his first university friend?3. What happened when the speaker was leaving the science building one day?4. What did the speaker’s friend do when they first met each other?5. What did the speaker help his friend with?Passage ThreeListening for general prehension1. desert, argument 2. forgivenessListening for specific prehension1. C 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. C■ ScriptListening for general prehensionA story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: Today my best friend slapped me in the face.They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: Today my best friend saved my life. The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now, you write on a stone, why?” The other friend replied, “When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”Listening for specific prehension1. Why did one friend slap the other one in the face?2. What did the one who got slapped do when he felt hurt?3. What happened when they were taking a bath?4. Why did the one who got slapped write it in the sand when someone hurts him?5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?Ⅳ. Pronunciation Imitation and Training1. /sp/ speak spa sport2. /st/ star story steal3. /sk/ school skate ski4. /sm/ small smile smooth5. /sn/ snake snow sneeze6. /sl/ slow slim slender7. /sw/ sweet sway swear8. /pl/ play please plot9. /br/ broad bright brew10. /gl/ glow glass glue11. /fl/ flow flight flee12. /tr/ tree try true13. /spr/ spread spring sprout14. /spl/ split splash splendid15. /skw/ square squeeze squashⅤ. Learn English Through a Radio Program1. gathered 2. measures 3. subjects 4. severely 5. direct6. separately 7. closeness 8. demonstrates 9. private 10. effective■ Script 略Ⅵ.Learn English Through Songs1. million 2. tell 3. chances 4. earth 5. pretend■ Script 略Unit Three Lifestyles in Different CulturesⅠ. Prelistening ActivitiesPart 1 略Part 21. married。Thanks a lot, Dr. Hampton.W: they are going to be municating with people from all over the world. This will open doors for them.”Questions:1. How do New York public schools make learning better for students whose first language is not English? 2. What will help children succeed in the future according to Milady Baez? News Item TwoQuestions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.A growing number of American universities are dropping the entrance exam requirement. More than 800 universities now allow students to apply without a SAT or ACT test score. The SAT and ACT are the two major college entrance tests in the United States.For years, colleges have used these tests to help measure an applicant’s academic skills. But more universities are being “test optional”. Students who apply to testoptional schools can choose whether they want to include test scores in their applications.George Washington University in Washington . is one of the latest schools to adopt a testoptional admissions policy for most of its applicants. It is the largest private university to drop the test requirement.Karen Stroud Felton is the Dean of Admissions at George Washington University. She said in a statement that the university “had concerns that students who could be successful... felt discouraged from applying if their scores were not as strong as their high school performance.”Questions:1. What is the big change of American universities according to the news? 2. Which of the following statements about George Washington University is TRUE according to the news? News Item ThreeQuestions 1 to 3 will be based on the following news item.Almost 900,000 international students are studying in American colleges and universities today. Nearly half of this record number of foreign students are from Asia, mainly China.They are among people from other countries who now make up about 4 percent of all university students in the . America has more of the world’s million international students than any other country. A new report says more than 886,000 foreign students registered at . universities during the school year 20132014. That is an increase of eight percent over the year before. The Institute of International Education and the State Department made the report.The study also demonstrates trends over the past 15 years. It shows that since 2000, the number of international students in the . has grown by 72 percent. Students from China in undergraduate programs are mainly responsible for this trend.Questions:1. How many international students in the . e from Asia? 2. From 2013 to 2014, how many foreign students registered at . universities? 3. Which country is mainly responsible for the rapid increase of international students in the . since 2000? Task 2 Understanding Long ConversationsConversat