中山大学新理5.0英语自主学习大厅第四册第六单元A套答案
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Part I Listening Comprehension ( 14 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear ten statements. Numbers 1 to 6 are based on Text A while the rest are based on Text B. Each statement will be read ONLY ONCE. Listen carefully and decide whether each statement is true or false.
1.
A) T
B) F Script: Generally speaking, technology has enabled us to do more things although it has not saved our time.
正确答案： A 2.
A) T
B) F
Script: The information explosion is regarded as one of the reasons why people feel so time-pressed.
正确答案： A 3.
A) T B) F
Script: According to some experts, not everyone is overstressed and the feeling of pressures can also be exaggerated or self-imposed.
正确答案： A 4. A) T B) F
Script: It is recorded that in the last 10 years, working hours have risen slightly in both the U.K. and the U.S.
正确答案： B 5.
A) T B) F
Script: Time famine has provoked several reactions, one of which is that people
are trying to buy time. 正确答案： A 6.
A) T
B) F
Script: By reducing the amount of time spent at work, people’s free time is increasing, so they definitely feel less stressed.
正确答案： B
7. A) T
B) F Script: There is a rushing and scurrying everywhere and we are very excited about our ability to work and play fast.
正确答案： A 8.
A) T
B) F
Script: Nowadays, it is a common practice that people are inclined to listen to the radio and do nothing else.
正确答案： B 9. A) T B) F
Script: Our culture views time as a precious thing and timesaving has been the subject of many books.
正确答案： A 10. A) T B) F
Script: Sociologists have found that increasing wealth and increasing education help relieve a sense of tension about time.
正确答案： B
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third
time, you should check what you have written.
The family is changing. In the past, grandparents, parents, and children used to live together, and they had an extended family. But family structure is changing throughout the world. The nuclear family (11)_________________ of only one father, one mother, and children; it is becoming the (12)_________________ family structure everywhere.
The nuclear family (13)_________________ married women some advantages: they have freedom from their relatives, and the husband does not have all the power of the family. Studies show that in nuclear families, men and women usually make an (14)_________________ number of decisions about family life.
But wives usually have to “pay” for the (15)_________________ of freedom and power. When women lived in extended families, sisters, grandparents and aunts helped one another with housework and (16)_________________ . In addition, older women in a large family group had important (17)_________________ . Wives in nuclear families do not often enjoy this benefit, and they have another disadvantage, too: women generally live longer than their husbands, so older women from nuclear families often (18)_________________ . Studies show that women are generally (19)_________________ marriage than men are. In the past, men worked outside the home and women worked inside. Housework and childcare were a full time job, and there was no time for anything else. Now women work outside and (20)_________________ than they did in the past, but they still have to do most of the housework. The women actually have two full-time jobs, and they have not much free time.
Script: The family is changing. In the past, grandparents, parents, and children used to live together, and they had an extended family. But family structure is changing throughout the world. The nuclear family consists of only one father, one mother, and children; it is becoming the main family structure everywhere. The nuclear family offers married women some advantages: they have freedom from their relatives, and the husband does not have all the power of the family. Studies show that in nuclear families, men and women usually make an equal number of decisions about family life.
But wives usually have to “pay” for the benefits of freedom and power. When women lived in extended families, sisters, grandparents and aunts helped one another with housework and childcare. In addition, older women in a large family group had important positions. Wives in nuclear families do not often enjoy this benefit, and they have another disadvantage, too: women generally live longer than their husbands, so older women from nuclear families often have to live alone. Studies show that women are generally less satisfied with marriage than men are. In the past, men worked outside the home and women worked inside. Housework and childcare were a full time job, and there was no time for anything else. Now women work outside and have more freedom than they did in the past, but they still have to do most of the housework. The women actually have two full-time jobs, and they have not much free time.
中山大学新理5.0英语自主学习大厅第四册第六单元A套答案
