U校园新标准大学英语(第二版)视听说2Unit 5 Time off

U校园新标准大学英语（第二版）视听说2

Unit 5 Time off

5-3 Listening in

News reports

Passage 1

Passage 2

5-6 Unit test

短对话5题

Directions:

Listen to five short conversations and choose the best answer to each question you hear.

1)

A. The woman doesn't like music.

B. The woman only likes jazz music.

C. The woman likes most types of music.

D. The woman likes all types of music.

参考答案：

1) C

听力文本：

M: What types of music do you like to listen to?

W: Broadly speaking, I'm a fan of most music, but I particularly like Jazz.

Q1: According to the conversation, which of the following statements is true? ∧收起答案

2)

A. He is incredibly bored with it.

B. He is unusually bored with it.

C. He is not at all bored with it.

D. He is somewhat bored with it.

参考答案：

2) A

听力文本：

W: What did you think of Professor Li's lecture this morning?

M: Oh my goodness. I was bored to death.

W: I know what you mean. I almost fell asleep twice.

Q2: What's the man's attitude towards the lecture?

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3)

A. Futile.

B. Successful.

C. Fruitful.

D. Industrious.

参考答案：

3) A

听力文本：

M: All our efforts to visit the White House last weekend were in vain.

W: Didn't you hear that it was closed to the public?

Q3: Which of the following best describes the man's efforts to visit the White House?

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4)

A. Doing anything but scuba diving.

B. Reading up on scuba diving.

C. Avoiding scuba diving.

D. Starting to scuba dive.

参考答案：

4) D

听力文本：

W: Mark, now that you are retired, what are you going to do with yourself? M: I don't know. I've so much free time now. Isn't that wonderful?

W: Have you thought about it at all?

M: Well, I have given some thought about taking up scuba diving.

Q4: What is the man thinking about?

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5)

A. Young people are well informed about world affairs.

B. Young people are unaware of world affairs.

C. Young people are uninterested in world affairs.

D. Young people are fascinated with world affairs.

参考答案：

5) B

听力文本：

M: I find it depressing that so many young people are so ill-informed about world affairs.

W: It's because they have so much else to occupy their time and keep them busy.

Q5: With which of the following statements does the man probably agree?

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长对话3题

Directions:

Listen to a long conversation and choose the best answer to each question you hear.

6)

A. Brother and sister.

B. Grandfather and granddaughter.

C. Husband and wife.

D. Father and daughter.

7)

A. Taking pictures of cars.

B. Fixing cars.

C. Building cars.

D. Buying cars.

8)

A. Many.

B. A few.

C. Two.

D. None.

参考答案：

6) B 7) B 8) A

听力文本：

W: Grandpa, did you have any hobbies when you were younger?

M: Oh, I had plenty. Sometimes it seemed like I had too many.

W: Really? What was your favorite?

M: Hum, I suppose I always enjoyed working on old cars.

W: You mean you built cars?

M: No, I didn't build them, but I liked to fix them and make them better.

W: I don't understand. Why didn't you just take the car to a mechanic?

M: That wasn't the point. I liked to buy old cars that were in terrible shape and work on them until they look like new, sometimes better than new.

W: Oh, I understand. That's pretty interesting.

M: I think so too. In fact, take a look at these. I still have some pictures of the cars I fixed up.

W: Wow, these are beautiful. Why did you stop?

M: Well, you know, fixing up and restoring cars takes a lot of hard work. I just

can't find the time any more.

W: What if I help you? We can do it together.

M: I think I'd like that.

Q6: What's the relationship between the two speakers?

Q7: According to the man, what's his favorite hobby?

Q8: How many hobbies did the man have when he was younger?

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短文理解3题

Directions:

Listen to a short passage and choose the best answer to each question you hear.

9)

A. Stamp collecting is a great way to travel around the world.

B. Stamp collecting is an enjoyable hobby.

C. Stamp collecting is becoming less popular because it is boring.

D. Stamp collecting is becoming less popular because fewer people use stamps.

10)

A. It is positive.

B. It is neutral.

C. It is unknown.

D. It is negative.

11)

A. Most people who collect stamps have done it a long time.

B. The Internet and e-mail have been the death of stamp collecting.

C. Many young people are attracted to stamp collecting.

D. Some people will always be interested in collecting stamps.

参考答案：

9) D 10) D 11) C

听力文本：

Stamp collecting has long been a hobby enjoyed by people around the world. Collecting stamps from different countries and from different times in history is a wonderful way to travel around the world and through time without ever leaving your living room. Unfortunately, this pastime is slowly becoming less popular and might disappear altogether in the near future. As it is, a majority of the people who still collect stamps are old people who have done it their entire lives. Young people are increasingly attracted to other seemingly more exciting hobbies. It isn't entirely their fault that young people aren't drawn to stamp collecting. In this era of instant communication over the Internet and by e-mail, hand written letters are quickly becoming antiques. Without actual letters and envelopes sent through the mail, there is no need for stamps. Without stamps, there is nothing to collect. There will always be people who collect old stamps. Broadly speaking, though, the development of instant communication results in fewer and fewer people collecting stamps in the future. This is indeed unfortunate as fewer people will appreciate the ability to travel around the world so easily.

Q9: Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?

Q10: According to the passage, what is the outlook for the stamp collecting hobby?

Q11: With which of the following statements might the speaker disagree?

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短篇新闻3题

Directions:

Listen to a news report and choose the best answer to each question you hear.

12)

A. 9 years.

B. 12 years.

C. 10 years.

D. 11 years.

13)

A. Because he wanted to be a teacher.

B. Because he was not worried that his leaving would hurt his career.

C. Because he was tired of the same job for years.

D. Because he was inspired by a TED talk to take time off.

14)

A. He tended to live his life he wanted.

B. He was born in Norway.

C. He had found the job as a teacher before quitting his job.

D. He had been with his kids for five years.

参考答案：

12) C 13) D 14) A

听力文本：

When Winston Chen told his friends that he had quit his job as chief technology officer at a software company to move to a small island in Arctic Norway with his family for a year, few people called him crazy.

Instead, most people simply replied, "I wish I had the guts to do that."

While many people dream of taking time off mid-career, few actually do it. But the number of people taking lengthy sabbaticals later in life is increasing, according to experts. That's in part due to companies becoming more open to the idea and the higher rate at which people are changing jobs. And depending on how you play your cards, you can return with a better job than when you left.

For Chen, who had been with the same company for a decade when he quit in 2011, it was time for a change, he said. His original plan was to find a new job, but the idea of taking time off –inspired by a TED talk –got him seriously thinking about a sabbatical. At first, he said he was concerned that time away from the industry might hurt his career.

"That's the main reason that keeps people from doing this, and I was no different," he said in an email. "But you have to create the urgency for living the life you want."

After quitting, Chen did look for another job – until a friend mentioned that a small island in Arctic Norway was looking for a teacher. Chen's wife, who was born in Norway, wanted to go back to work after being at home with their kids for five years. "She called and basically got the job," said Chen. "So, very quickly, we decided that was it."

Q12: How long had Winston Chen worked at a software company before he quit in 2011?

Q13: Why did Winston Chen have the guts to quit his job?

Q14: What do we learn from Winston Chen?

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