UNIT 1
9) in a collective effort 10) serve as
UNIT 2
Short conversations
1. Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
B The woman should seek help from the writing center. Shortconversations 2 Q: Why does the woman choose to learn French? 1 Q: What does the woman say about a whole package tour? D She thinks speaking French is a must for cultured A It costs less money. people.
2 Q: What are the two speakers planning to do? 3 Q: What did the man do last night? D Have their daughter get to know such a life. D He attended a speech. 3 Q: What will the woman do? 4 Q: What made Melissa unhappy? B Follow the Indian culture and customs. C That she lost her chance to enter the contest.
4 Q: What does the woman feel uncertain about? inion? 5 Q: What does the man think of the woman's opC Whether it is possible to travel with her kid. A It is one-sided.
5 Q: What are the two speakers talking about? D The popularity of time travel stories.
Long conversation
g in the man's class?1 Q: How is the woman doinLong conversation
C She often fails to turn in her homework on time. 1 Q: What does Emily say about the plants in the Amazon 2 Q: What does the woman think of learning Spanish? rainforest? D It presents difficulty for her.
A There are so many plants that it is hard to see the 3 Q: What do we know from this conversation about the sky. man?
2 Q: What does Emily say about the local people? A He has a good personal relationship with the D They are separated from the world outside of woman. the jungle .
4 Q: What is the woman most likely to do after talking 3 Q: Why was the old woman in the village so excited? with the man?
C Because Emily gave her an empty bottle. C Work harder in her Spanish class. 4 Q: What is the woman most likely to do after talking with the man?
Passage 1 A Small and common things should also be 1 Q: What do you know about the speaker's
Spanish valued.
learning experience in high school?
D She showed dissatisfaction with the slow pace of Passage 1
her class.
1 Q: What may happen to children after watching nature 2 Q: What made the speaker feel more frustrated while programs on TV?
learning Spanish in high school?
D They may be more distant from the actual nature. A She had to learn the material that she already knew. 2 Q: How should children get close to nature according to 3 Q: What did the speaker say about her study of Spanish the speaker? literature in college?
A By experiencing it with the five senses.
C It proved to be an unbalanced way to learn the language. 3 Q: What impression might the Discovery Channel leave 4 Q: Which experience benefited the speaker most in on children? terms of her use of Spanish?
B Nature seems very far away from them. D She taught Spanish speakers how to speak English. 4 Q: What is the main idea of this passage?
D Real nature experiences com from physical contact Passage 2
with nature.
1) alternative 2) numerous Passage 2
3) traditional 1) scared
4) academic 2) perceive 5) countryside 3) negative 6) athletes 4) result in 7) take advantage of 5) lose faith in 8) Secondary
5) involves 6) goes down 6) is referred to 7) depressed 8) preferably 7) life-threatening 9) adapt 8) designed 10) reveal
9) endurance
UNIT 3 10) putting themselves at risk
UNIT 4 conversationsShort 1 Q: What can we infer from this conversation about the
woman?
Shortconversations D She once wore high-heeled shoes during a long walk.
1 Q: How did the woman react to the fact that she got pregnant? 2 Q: What does the woman suggest the man
do?
C Add flavor to the barbecue sauce with Coke. B She was too happy to keep it a secret.
2 Q: What do we learn from the conversation about Miley? 3 Q: How much should the woman pay? D $55.
B She was no longer admired by teenagers. 3 Q: Why does the woman admire the couple?
4 Q: What do we know from the conversation about the woman?
C Because they have made great efforts to achieve success.
4 Q: What's the man's attitude toward these media? B She is not very confident in her own figure. 5 Q: What does the woman mean? D Critical.
5 Q: What does the woman imply about the American swimmer? C She cannot save herself if she falls into water.
D He has more than once failed to meet public expectations.
LongconversationconversationLong
1 Q: What did the man think of those famous actresses in 1 Q: What do we know about those people who are invited to the Hollywood? party?
A They are foolish.
D They are likely to dress like people in the 1960s. 2 Q: Why did the woman want to be famous? 2 Q: What is particular about alien noodles? B She wanted to use her fame to help starving A They are brightly colored . children in Africa.
3 Q: Why won't they have regular noodles at the party?3 Q: How did the man react to the woman's reasons for it the theme of the party. A Because regular noodles don't f wanting to be famous?
4 Q: What other arrangements do they have for the party? B He had doubt about her real intentions. D They will make and have fancy mixed drinks. 4 Q: What can be infer about the woman?
D She will stick to her original plan and prove it Passage 1
to the man.
1 Q: What do we know from this passage about the Passage 1speaker?
A He will soon graduate from school. 1 Q: How did Bill Gates perform in school?
2 Q: What does the speaker like doing on weekends? B He did quite well in mathematics and science. A Going for long walks in the countryside.
2 Q: Why was studying in a private school a very important 3 Q: How do the speaker and his friends spend the day decision in Bill's life? when they go canoeing?
D Because it was there he had his first contact with a D Drifting down the river.