《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及习题目答案Unit6

1、I had two months until my new job began. It was like waiting an entire summer for school to start. I spent those two months talking to figure skating coaches and judges. I read boring rule books. I drove to the rinks where the skaters trained, and made notes about our conversations. I even took a le

2、sson, which made some of the skaters laugh.Unit 6Task 1【答案】A.dbaecB.a【原文】Laura usually leaves the offices of Quest Productions at about 5 o'clock, but last Monday she left at 5:30. She wanted to get home by 6:30 and she ran to the bus stop but she couldn't get on a bus. There were too many p

3、eople and not enough buses. Laura was desperate to get home so she decided to go by tube. In the station she went to one of the automatic ticket machines but she didn't have enough change, so she had to join the queue at the ticket window. She bought her ticket and ran to the escalator. Laura we

4、nt to the platform and waited for the tube. It arrived and the crowd moved forward. Laura was pushed into the train. It was almost full but she was given a seat by a man with a moustache. Laura thanked him and sat down. She started to read her newspaper. In the tunnel the train stopped suddenly and

5、Laura was thrown to the floor together with the man with the moustache. Somebody screamed. The lights went out. It was quarter past 6 on a cold, wet December evening.Task 2【答案】A. 1) a 2) b 3) d 4) cB. 1) T 2) T 3) FC. wondered; television plays; exciting; every cigarette lighter; tape recorder; held

6、 in a certain way; the touch of a gold ring against the hand of; reveal; How wrong they were【原文】X was a secret agent. He had rented a furnished room in a provincial town not far from the public park and had been there two weeks. He was standing at the window looking out at the dull beds of geraniums

7、, the park gates and the cold, uninviting statue of Queen Victoria that stood across the street from him, It was raining hard and the few people who passed by looked wet and miserable. X was miserable, too. How, he wondered, could anybody think there was anything interesting about the life of a secr

8、et agent He knew it was because people had seen so many television plays about glamorous spies that they thought the life of a secret agent was exciting. They were convinced that every cigarette lighter concealed a secret tape recorder; that a fountain pen held in a certain way would open a locked d

9、oor, that the touch of a gold ring against the hand of an enemy would make him reveal all his secrets. How wrong they were! He looked round his room. The wallpaper was in the worst possible taste, the pictures horrible, the carpet worn, dirty and faded; and he was cold. This was the third Monday he

10、had come to the window to look out. He prayed it would be the last. As if in answer to his prayer, a certain meeting he had been sent to investigate was about to take place. He took out his camera. Just beneath the statue two women had stopped to speak. He knew one of them, and it was she who pointe

11、d in his direction. The other woman looked up towards him and in that brief moment he photographed her.Task 3【答案】A. NamesIdeal CareersHarrySailorNoraFarmer(if she were a man)RobertCivil engineerPeterRacing driver or explorerB. 1) a 2) b 3) c 4) b 5) d【原文】Harry: Well, Robert, have you made up your mi

12、nd yet what you want to do when you leave collegeNora: Oh Harry. Surely he's a bit young to decide on his career. He hasn't even got to college yet.Harry: Not at all, Nora. It's wisest to decide in good time. Look at me, for example. I really wanted to be a sailor, but now I spend my day

13、s sitting at a desk in an office. Yes, it's silly to train for the wrong job. And after all, Robert will be going to college soon. Nora: Now if I were a man I'd be a farmer. To see the crops growing-that's my idea of a good life. Harry: Yes, and to see the money rolling in is more import

14、ant still.Robert: Well, that's not the way I look at it, Dad. It's the job I care about, not the money. Harry: Maybe not; but you'll learn to care about the money too, when you've got a family to keep. Nora: And of course Peter well, he's keen to be a racing driver, or else an ex

15、plorer.Robert: Oh, Peter's not old enough to make up his mind about such things. Harry: You haven't answered my question yet, Robert. What would you like to do Nora: Are you sure you don't want to be a farmer, Robert Or a market gardenerRobert: No, I'm sorry Mum, but I don't want

16、 to at all. I'd rather be a civil engineer. I want to build roads and bridges. Harry: Not ships Isn't it better to be a shipbuilding engineerRobert: Look here, is it my career we're planning, or yours Harry: All fight, all right, there's no need to lose your temper. But you'd bet

17、ter win that scholarship first.Task 4【答案】I. correspondents; columnistA. may not need eitherB. to go to places where events take place and write stories about themII. first; bigger; better; who will soon leave to work for other peopleIII. working hours; free time; work long hours to begin with【原文】Her

18、e are some of the things a young man or woman should not do when he first asks an editor for a job: He should not tell the editor that he wants to be a foreign correspondent or a columnist. Very probably the editor does not need either. He wants a reporter who will go to such places as government of

19、fices and police stations and write a true story of what is happening there. Being a foreign correspondent or a columnist will come later. A young person should not tell tile editor that newspaper work is only the first step on the way to bigger and better jobs, such as those in government. The edit

20、or must take a lot of time and trouble teaching someone to be a good newspaperman or woman. He does not like the idea of teaching people who are soon going to leave him to work for someone else. A young journalist should accept the working hours and free time the editor gives him. As a new journalis

21、t, it is very probable that he will work longer hours than others and work on weekends. The editor did the same when he was a young newspaperman with no experience. He expects a journalist to understand how things are on a newspaper.Task 5【答案】A.1) acd 2) abeB. 1) she is the wrong sex 2) she wears th

22、e wrong clothes【原文】SYLVIA: We've got a new manager in our department.LARRY: Oh You hoped to get that job, didn't you？SYLVIA: Yes, I did.LARRY: I'm sorry. That's too bad. Who is it Who got the job, I mean？SYLVIA: Someone called Drexler. Carl Drexler. He's been with the company onl

23、y two years. I've been here longer. And I know more about the job, too!LARRY: Hmm. Why do you think they gave it to him and not to you？SYLVIA: Because I'm the wrong sex, of course !LARRY: You mean you didn't get the job because you're a woman？SYLVIA: Yes, that was probably it! It isn

24、't fair.LARRY: What sort of clothes does he wear？SYLVTA: A dark suit. White shirt. A tie. Why？LARRY: Perhaps that had something to do with it.SYLVIA: You mean you think I didn't get the job because I come to work in jeans and a sweater？LARRY: It's possible, isn't it？SYLVIA: Do you re

25、ally think I should wear different clothes？LARRY: Well. . . perhaps you should think about it.SYLVTA: Why should I wear a skirt Or a dress？LARRY: I'm not saying you should. I'm saying you should think about it. That's all!SYLVIA: Why should I do that I'm good at my job! That's th

26、e only important thing!LARRY: Hmm. Perhaps it should be the only important thing. But it isn't. Not inthis company.Task 6【答案】A.Former JobsWhen Laid-offWhy Laid-off1st manCar salesmanRecentlyLow sales, due to the increase of interest rates2nd manWorker at a vacuum cleaner plant10 months agoPlant

27、moved to Singapore where workers are paid much lessB.1st speaker(bcd) 2nd speaker(ae)C. 1) F 2) F【原文】Al: Is this the right line to file a claimBob: Yeah. It's the same line for everything. You just stand here and wait. Al: Oh. Is there always such a long lineBob: Every week. Sometimes longer. Is

28、 this your first time here Al: Yes.Bob: What happened Your plant closed down Al: No. I'm a car salesman, or, I was a car salesman. But we just aren't selling cars. It's the interest rates. Two years ago, I averaged ten new cars a month. Do you know how many cars I sold last month One. On

29、e car to a lady who had the cash. But the interest rates are up again. The boss let three of us go. How about youBob: I worked at a vacuum cleaner plant with about fifty workers. We put in a good day's work. But the machinery was getting old. As a matter of fact, the whole plant was old. So the

30、management decided to build a new plant. You know where In Singapore. The workers here made about seven dollars an hour, a couple of people made eight or nine an hour. You know how much they're paying the workers in Singapore $ an hour! Anyway, all fifty of us got laid off. Al: How long ago was

31、thatBob: They closed down ten months ago. Al: Any luck finding another jobBob: Nothing. I have one, sometimes two, interviews a week. Last week I thought I had something. They liked my experience with machines. But I never heard from them again. Al: At least you know something about machines. All I

32、can do is talk.Bob: Maybe you'll talk yourself into another job. Good luck. I'll see you here next week. Al: I hope not. I hope I'll have something by then.Task 7【答案】A.1) F 2) F 3) T 4) F 5) T 6) FB.1) According to the first speaker, it is frustrating because the teacher cannot see clear

33、ly the results of his efforts.2) According to the second speaker, English language teaching is a good job, because it guarantees a stable income and regular working hours and means less pressure. He also likes the way elderly teacher are.【原文】Interviewer: Do you prefer what you're doing to teachi

34、ng？John Smith: Yes, one of the things I found a bit frustrating about teaching was that it was rather,very intangible than um, especially if you're teaching in England and most of the students know quite a lot of English before they arrive. They learn a lot of English outside the classroom, in p

35、ubs or coffee shops or other places, with the families they're living with. It's very difficult to pin down how much they learn from your actual lesson, whereas in marketing um, again there are lots of areas that are gray rather than black or white, but there are quite a few other areas wher

36、e one can see quite clearly the results of one's efforts.Interviewer: What did you do after you quit your job in advertisingSecond Man: In fact, I became a journalist and I worked as a freelance. I didn't have a full-time job with any newspaper. I just had to contribute things as they came a

37、long and 1 wrote for magazines, and I did quite a lot of broadcasting for the VOA. Well, this was in a way the opposite of advertising because I enjoyed it a lot but I found it very hard to earn enough money to live on. Interviewer: And then you decided to be a teacherSecond Man: Well, and so I thou

38、ght. Well, I must do something which produces an income that I can be sure of. While I was working as a journalist I had done an article for a magazine about the English language teaching world and m fact I had come to the school where I now teach as a journalist and interviewed a lot of the people.

39、 And I thought it seemed a very nice place and I thought that the classes I visited had a very, very nice feeling about them, and so I thought, well, I'll see if they'll have me. Interviewer: Why do you prefer teaching to advertisingSecond Man: Well, partly because in teaching you work regul

40、ar hours. It I advertising you just had to stay at the office until the work was finished I see. and it could be three o'clock in the morning. Oh, dean Also you were very often made to work at weekends. Often some job would come up that was very important and they said it had to be finished it h

41、ad to go into the newspapers next week. Interviewer: So there was a lot mom pressure.Second Man: There was a lot more pressure in advertising. Also, the people I worked with when I was first in advertising were young hopeful people like myself. By the end I was working with a lot of old people who q

42、uite honestly were awful. And I kept looking at them and saying, "Am I going to be like that" And I thought if I am I'd better get out, whereas the English language teachers I saw, who were older people I thought, well, they seemed quite nice. And I wouldn't mind being like that my

43、self.Task 8【答案】The interview with Michale:Does he workNo.Why or why notThe work he used to do was not what interested him and what he likes to do cannot earn him enough money to support himself.What are the advantages of not having to work1) You do not have to get up it you dont feel like it.2) You

44、can spend your time on the things you want to do.Why does he feel justified in not workingHe believes he does things which are enjoyable for him and useful to people and the community.The interview with Chris:What is the value of work in the current societyVery little value other than supporting one

45、self and ones family.What are the two main aspects of work1) It is a bread-winning process. 2) The activities in it can be valuable to society.What does he think of the work of a car factory workerHe thinks it harmful to both the environment and the society, for cars add to pollution and consume the

46、 scarce resources.What does he think of the work of a doctorHe thinks it a valuable job in any society.What kind of job does he doHe is perhaps a university teacher.What does he think of his workHe regarded his job a “white collar” job, which he does with his mind and receives mental satisfaction fr

47、om it.【原文】Matthew:   Michael, do you go out to work Michael:   Not regularly, no. I. I used to; I used to have a job in a publishing company, but I decided it wasn't really what I wanted to do and that what I wanted to do wouldn't earn me much money, so I gave up working

48、and luckily I had a private income from my family to support me and now I do the things I want to do. Some of them get paid like lecturing and teaching, and others don't. Matthew: What are the advantages of not having to go to work from nine till five Michael: Ah. there' re two advantages re

49、ally. One is that if you feel tired you don't have to get up, and the other is that you can spend your time doing things you want to do rather than being forced to do the same thing all the time. Matthew: But surely that's in a sense very self-indulgent and very lucky because most of us have

50、 to go out and earn our livings. Do you feel justified in having this privileged position Michael: Yes, because I think I use it well. I do things which I think are useful to people and the community and which I enjoy doing. Matthew: Chris, what do you think the value of work is Chris: Well, I think

51、 in our present-day society, for most people, work has very little value at all. Most of us go out to work for about eight to nine hours of our working day. We do things which are either totally futile and totally useless or have very little justification whatsoever, and for most of us the only reas

52、on for working is that we need to keep ourselves alive, to pay for somewhere to live, to pay to feed our children. Matthew: But surely people wouldn't know what to do if they didn't have to go to work Chris: Well, again this raises the sort of two main aspects of work. Should we think of 

53、9;work only as a sort of bread-winning process, and this is very much the role it has in current society, or should we take a much wider perspective on work and think of all the possible sort of activities that human beings could be doing during the day I think the sort of distinction currently is b

54、etween say, someone who works in a car factory and who produces cars which are just adding to pollution, to over-consumption of vital resources, who is doing something which is very harmful, both to our environment and to, probably society, to contrast his work with someone perhaps like a doctor, wh

55、o I think in any society could be justified as doing a very valuable job and one which incidentally is satisfying to the person who is doing it. Matthew: What do you do Is your job just a breadwinning process or do you get some satisfaction out of doing it Chris: Well, in the job I do find that most

56、 of the satisfaction is a mental one; it's coming to grips with the problems of my subject and with the problems of teaching in the University. Clearly this is the type of satisfaction that most people doing what we call in England "white-collar" jobs. This is quite different from the

57、sort of craftsman, who is either working that his hands or with his skills on a machine, or from people perhaps who are using artistic skills, which are of a quite different character. Certainly it's becoming a phenomena that people who do "white-collar jobs during the day, who work with th

58、eir minds to some extent, people who work on computers, people who are office clerks, bank employees, these people have fairly soul-destroying jobs which nevertheless don't involve much physical effort, that they tend to come home and do "do-it-yourself" activities at home. They make c

59、upboard, paint their houses, repair their cars, which somehow provide the sort of physical job satisfaction that they're denied in their working day.Task 9【答案】A.Interviewees Like their jobs(percent)Dislike their jobs(percent)Like jobs in part(percent)Men9154Women84124Men/Women 18-2470206Men/Women 25-298893Men/Women 30-399280