M: Well, make sure you eat properly and get as much rest as you can. Take better care of yourself.Text2:W: Hello. Today I'm interviewing Jackson on his experiences going to a Japanese school. Now Jackson, what time do you go to school every day?

M: Eight o'clock.

W: Eight o'clock. And do you go by yourself, or on a school bus?

M: No, I have a group that goes with me.

W: And what kinds of things do you take to school?

M: I take my gym clothes, and I take my backpack and my books and stuff like that.

W: Okay, and what is the first thing you do when you get to school?

M: We do "stand up, bow."

W: And what do you study at school?

M: We study kokugo, that is writing, reading, and stuff like that, and sansu, that's math. And, we have gym class too.

W: Okay. And where do you eat lunch? Do you have a coffee shop or cafeteria?

M: No, we eat in our classroom.

W: You eat in your classroom! Oh wow. That is very interesting. What time do you come home from school?

M: We sometimes come home at 2:00 pm and sometimes at 3:00 pm.Text 3：M: Where are you from?

W: I'm Chinese.

M: I can see that. What part of China do you come from?

W: Originally I'm from Shanghai, but I live in Beijing now. How about you? Where are you from?

M: I come from Tennessee but I live in Shiga now. I'm studying pottery. What about you? What do you do in Beijing?

W: I'm a nursing student. I'm studying to be a nurse.

M: That's a very important job.

W: Yes, I hope I will be a good nurse after graduation.

M: I'm sure you will. Are you going to Thailand now?

W: That's right. You too?

M: No. I have a layover in Bangkok. I am flying to New Zealand tonight.Text 4：　This Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January 23rd through the 26th will be a special treat for all of you jazz lovers. Below is information that pertains to time, cost, and where to get tickets for the upcoming jazz concert.

Wednesday, January 23rd - Tonight is the Night Concert at the Grand Theater beginning at 8:00 p.m. This is a half-private affair for sponsors and VIPs, but some tickets will be available to the public. It's a rather formal affair and at $150 per ticket, rather high priced, but much less expensive than a comparable event in the US. There will be a reception after the concert with free wine and snacks and an opportunity to meet the musicians and the state's number one jazz fan, Clyde Jenkins. There are still a few tickets available. You can call 399-8874 for further details.

Thursday, January 24th - The first night of concerts at the Big Convention Center in San Francisco starts at 8:00 p.m. This night is set for Women Of Jazz, featuring the Catherine Russell Band and Tina Fuller. Tickets may be purchased at the Convention Center with prices starting at $15.Text 5：W: Good afternoon, Sir. Can I help you?

M: Yes, please. I just quit my job. I want to get out of Japan. I want to go and live in Mexico City. Can you sell me a ticket to Mexico City?

W: Wait a minute. Let me check the computer... I haven't at the moment because it is a very popular place, but we can get you a ticket for tomorrow.

M: OK. Is it a direct flight?

W: Yes, a direct flight.

M: I only want a one-way ticket. I am not coming back.

W: No, you have to come back.

M: Can I throw away the other half of the ticket? Can I buy a return and then stay there? How can you stop me? I am free. Once I get to Mexico City, I can do what I like.

W: Well, there are certain rules before you go ... obviously by what you are saying and the way you are dealing with the situation, Sir, we are going to have to deny you.Text 6：　Now is Words and Their Stories, a VOA Special English program about American expressions. I'm Rich Kleinfeldt, with expressions that include the word "face".

The first is "face the music". It means to accept the results of what you have done. No one is sure how the expression began.

One story says the expression began in the theater. New actors shaking with fright were told that the only cure was to go out and face the music. The music was played by an orchestra seated in front of the stage.

A similar expression is "face up to". It means to accept something that is difficult or painful.

Another expression is "as plain as the nose on your face". It means that something is as clear as it can possibly be. Shakespeare used the words almost 500 years ago for a joke in his play Two Gentlemen of Verona. Valentine secretly loves lady Sylvia. His servant jokes that Valentine's love for her is as easy to see as the nose on a man's face. Of course a man's nose can not be hidden.

A more recent use of the expression appeared in a report in Newsday magazine. It was about a dispute between the United States and Europe over agriculture. The United States had criticized Europeans for protecting their soybean farmers. A report said the OECD seemed to be used for self protection. It is plain as the nose on your face that you must raise taxes.

听力测试题 (2)

I 听力(共两节。满分35分)

第一节 听力理解 (5段共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

听第一段对话，回答第1-3题。

1. Where is the woman going?

A. To Santo Bridge. B. To the bank.

C. To Shila and Kanny.

2. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a coffee shop. B. On the phone.

C. At home.

3. What time is it now?

A. 2:15. B. 2:35.C. 2:45.听第二段对话，回答第4-6题：

4. Why is the woman nervous?

A. She has never been to Korea before.

B. It is her first trip abroad.

C. She will go to Korea alone.

5. What should the woman take with her.'?

A. Warm clothes. B. A light coat.

C. Nothing.

6. What' s the woman' s nationality.*

A. Japanese. B. Australian.C. Korean.听第三段对话，回答第7-9题。

7. What did Mark use to be ?

A. A reporter. B. An English teacher.

C. A postman.

8. What kind of person is Bestluck?

A. A nice man. B. A lucky man.

C. A poor man.

9. When will Mark meet Bestluck?

A. At 1:30. B. At2:00.

C. At 2:30.

听第四段独白，回答第10-12题。

10. Where may Bob work?

A. In a supermarket.

B. In a department store.

C. In a publishing house.

11. In what aspects is Bob strange according to the speaker?.

A. Looking and walking.

B. Dressing and thinking.

C. Looking and talking.

12. Which of the following would Bob say'?.

A. I' m unaware. B. The sidewalk.

C. The underground rail.

听第五段对话，回答第13-19题。

13. What are the man's patents?

A. Government officials. B. Tourist guides.

C. Teacher trainers.

14. What did the man's family go to Europe for?

A. Traveling. B. Getting trained.

C. Looking for jobs.

15. How old was the man's sister when they visited Europe?

A. Five. B. Six.C. Two.获取信息 (5小题，计分10)

下面你将听到一段录音。请根据题目要求，从听到的内容中获取必要的信息。答案必须写在答题卡标号为16-20的空格中。你有2分钟的答题时间。录音读两遍.听第六段录音，根据录音内容填写下面表格中的5个信息点

The man's mother

Her birthday present16. Age18. Type

17. Date of birth19. Name20. Cost　　答案

1-5 BBABB 6-10 ABACB 11-15 CACAA

16. 65 或 sixty-five 17. Jan. 17 (th) 或 January 17 (th)

18. (a) book 19. The English Garden and Flowers

20. (About) 14 or 15 pounds 或 (About) fourteen or fifteen pounds

听力原文Text 1W: Hello, Sandy speaking.

M: Hello, Sandy. This is Hill. How are you?

W: I'm pretty good. Where are you now?

M: I'm near Santo Bridge. Where are you?

W: I'm on the corner of Shila and Kanny. I'm going to the bank. What are you doing?

M: I'm just doing some shopping. Do you want to meet for coffee?

W: Yes. That's a good idea. Where shall we meet?

M: Let's meet at Doutor? It's the big coffee shop near Shila Bridge. Do you know that place?

W: Oh, yeah, I remember. Then when shall we meet?

M: I'll meet you in twenty minutes. Is that OK?

W: No, I need more time. How about half an hour?

M: OK. Let me see what time it is now. Well, half an hour... OK. I'll see you at Doutor at two forty-five.

W: All right...Oh, which floor will you be on?

M: Let's meet on the third floor. It's the non-smoking floor.W: Great!Text 2

W: I'm going to go to Korea.

M: Wow! That sounds exciting! When are you going to go?

W: Next month. It is my first trip abroad. And I'm a bit nervous.

M: Don't worry. Korea is a very safe country. You'll be OK.

W: What should I take?

M: Not much. Things in Korea are very cheap so you can buy whatever you need.

W: Should I take warm clothes? I don't know what the weather is like now.

M: It's now warm in Korea so you don't need winter clothes, but you should take a light coat. Sometimes the air-conditioning is very cold.

W: OK. I'll do that. Do I need a visa?

M: I don't know. Australians don't need a visa, but I'm not sure about Japanese. You can check it out online. Have you got your ticket?

W: Not yet. Do you know any good travel agents?

M: There are lots. Check the ads in magazines and shops, and look for the cheapest one. Do you want to go on a tour or travel independently?

W: I want to do everything by myself. I'm going on my own.

M: You're very brave!Text 3W: Hi, Mark. It is really good to see you. How are you doing?

M: Good. I am having a good time.

W: What kind of work are you doing these days?

M: I'm a news reporter for the Morning Post.

W: Wonderful. A journalist! That's terrific!

M: I was an English teacher before but now I'm a journalist. Today is my first day.

W: Your first day at your new job. What are you going to do?

M: I am going to interview Peter Bestluck, the richest man in the city.

W: Oh, Peter Bestluck. He is a really nice guy.

M: Really? I have heard something about him.

W: What have you heard?

M: Some people say he is a nice person and some people say he is a great guy. Some people say he's very normal. I haven't heard anything bad.

W: Oh, that is right. You will never hear anything bad about Peter Bestluck.

M: A wonderful fellow. OK, well, it's 2 o'clock. I'd better get to work. I have got to be there in half an hour.Text 4　　This is how I met Bob, a very strange person. He was thin as a wire and balding, wore old-style glasses, and always dressed in the same dirty, shabby gray suit, all of which gave him the air of a man who had escaped from a silent film.

He sold encyclopedias and dictionaries in a department store and took cash payments for other less costly books. I became one of Bob' clients because it proved to be a convenient arrangement: I would ask him for a certain book by a certain author and a few days later Bob would show up, always reliable, with the book in question and at the same price as at the local bookstore.

It didn't take me long to figure out that Bob was not only exact in the way he looked, but also in the way he moved and talked. The vocabulary he used was strange: when speaking of Juan Pérez, our nation's president, he referred to Chief What's-His-Name. He didn't use "the sidewalk", but rather "the public walkway". He never said, "I don't know"; it was always, "I'm unaware". He didn't ride on "the underground rail", "microbuses" or "trains"; instead he traveled on "the public passenger transportation system".Text 5W: So you came to Toronto when you were about six? And your parents, were they Canadian?

M: Yes. Well, they were both Canadians. They were trained as teachers and so they joined a government program called CSIS.

W: How do you spell that?

M: C-S-I-S. And it was in order to help developing countries train professionals, in this case, training them how to teach. And they worked in Ghana as teachers, teaching teachers how to teach.

W: And then they went to Europe. They were doing the same thing in Europe?

M: No, they were just looking around the country. My sister was about five and I was about two at that time so they traveled just to show us, I guess, a taste of Europe.

W: Right. That must have been wonderful. I don't suppose you remember very much?

M: Not much actually.Text 6W: What day is it today, David?

M: Thursday. Why?

W: No, I mean, what date is it?

M: Er... January 13th.

W: January 13th... it's your mother's birthday, isn't it?

M: Good heavens! Yes, you're almost right. It's next week, on January 17th.

W: That's next Monday. Well, what shall we give her this year?

M: Oh, you decide. I want to watch a program on TV.

W: Oh come on, David. She's your mother.

M: Oh, all right. Flowers?

W: Oh, not flowers. And not chocolate either. It's so boring. Let me think,., what abouta record?M: No, not a record. She does not play records. She is 65 anyway.

W. So? Oh well, you know her, I suppose. What about a book?

M: Yes ... but what about? She does not read very much.

W: Well, what does she like?

M: She likes her garden and her flowers!

W: That's it. Let's give her a book about flowers.

M: Yes, yes, that's a good idea.

W: In fact I saw a book the other day called The English Garden and Flowers - lots of pictures. I think it costs about fourteen or fifteen pounds.

M: That sounds fine. Let's get her that.

W. You say she is 65 this year?

M: Yes... why?

W: Well, we must do something or take her out somewhere.

M: Yes, you're right. What shall we do? Shall we have a party?

W: No, not a party. She gets tired easily. Perhaps the theater.

M. I am not sure.

W: Well, look, let's invite her to supper here at home on her birthday. Just her and your father.

M: But it'll be a Monday, after work. No, let's go out for dinner instead.

W: Mmm, all right. Where?

M: What about the new Italian restaurant on King's Street? They say it's very good.

W: Yes, all right. Let's try that. Good idea. Let's hope she likes Italian food!

听力测试题 (3)

I 听力(共两节。满分35分)

第一节 听力理解 (5段共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

听第一段对话，回答第1-3题。

1. Why is the woman going to London?

A. On business. B. To visit a friend.

C. To relax.

2. What do we learn about the woman?

A. She has no time to reserve a ticket for the next plane.

B. She will have to explain to her partners why she willbe late.C. She got to the airport too late to catch the plane.

3. What will the woman probably do next?

A. Have a rest.

B. Buy some duty-free goods.

C. Get something to eat.

听第二段对话，回答第4-6题：

4. What do we learn about the table the man books?

A. It' s for 6 people. B. It' s next to the window.

C. It's No. 80.

5. Where does the caf(~ buy seafood?

A. At a street market. B. In a supermarket.

C. In Darwin.

6. When will the man arrive at the cafe?

A. At 5:45. B. At 6:00. C. At 6:15.

听第三段对话，回答第7-9题。

7. How many people were on the bus?

A. 42. B. 36. C. 49.

8. What were the students doing when the accident hap-pened?A. Preparing for a concert. B. Sleeping.

C. Listening to music.

9. What do we learn from the news

A. The school closed on Friday.

B. Some of the injured are still being treated.

C. The accident was caused by careless driving.

听第四段独白，回答第10-12题。

10. Why did the man stay up late?

A. He was seriously ill.

B. He was working on a plan.

C. He' d quarreled with the boss.

11. What is the man worried about?

A. His health. B. That he may lose his job.

C. That the woman might not help him.

12. What is the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Workmates. B. Husband and wife.

C. Manager. and employee.

听第五段对话，回答第13-15题。

13. How much tons of aspirin .are swallowed by Americans

every year?

A. About 5,000 tons. B. About 15.000 tons.

C. A bout 50,000 tons.

14. When was aspirin available in the United States?

A. By 1899. B. By 1915. C. By 1950.

15. What do we know about aspirin?

A. It is the only medicine for arthritis for many people.

B. It is not effective for fever.

C. It' has some side effects.

第二节听取信息(共5小题;每小惹1分，满分5分)

听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求;从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为16-20的空格中，听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间。录音读两遍，你将有60秒钟的作答时间.

The Man's BiographyTimeEvent

(16) .

Left school.In 1960Wrote his first novel Rag DullIn1961Went to Indonesia and stayed there for (17) .In 1965Met his wife.In1970(18) in the west of England.In t973Started making (19) .

(20) .

His second novel came out.答案：1-5 ABCBA 6-10 CCBBB 11-15 BABBA 16. In 1959 17. eight years 18. Bought a farm

19. documentaries for television 20. In 1975

听力原文Text 1W: Hello. Can I catch flight AA 201 to London here?

M: Yes, but I'm afraid the flight has been canceled.

W: It has?! Oh, no! What am I going to do?

M: Don't worry. We have reserved you a seat on the next flight. It leaves in about two hours.

W: Two hours?! But I have a very important meeting at five o'clock in London. I'll have to be there on time to discuss business with my partners.

M: I'm very sorry, madam. Tell them the reason. I'm sure they'll understand.

W: I hope so. I guess I have no choice now. But what am I going to do here for two hours?

M: There are some cafeterias and duty-free shops down there. You can get something to eat and do some shopping. Forget about work and have a rest. People these days are so busy that they hardly take time to relax.

W: It sounds all right, actually. Maybe I'll get something to eat. I am a bit hungry.

M: Enjoy yourself!Text 2W: Hello, this is Peter's Café.

M: Hello. I'd like to book a table for this evening. Do you have any available?

W: Yes. We still have 3 tables open. How many people are coming, sir?

M: Er, five. And we'd like one next to the window so we can watch the street while eating.

W: Just a moment, please. OK, we do have one next to the window, sir. No 18.

M: That's OK. By the way, my friends like seafood and black coffee.

W: No problem, sir. We got the best seafood from the street market this morning, from a village not far from Darwin. It's fresh and delicious. And our coffee is quite excellent.

M: Sounds good. I'll tell my friends.

W: When are you coming, sir?

M: Well, I finish working at 6, so we should get there a quarter of an hour later. Is that OK?

W: OK, sir. Can I get your name and your phone number?

M: Of course. Peter. 5567832.Text 3W: Now, back to the news. A tour bus carrying high school children from Boston ran off a highway exit on Friday morning, killing four children and injuring more than 30 people.

Forty-two music students, aged 10 to 13, from Oak Hill high school in Boston, along with five teachers and two bus drivers, were on the overnight trip to Canada to take part in a band concert.