2024年8月20日发(作者：仲孙金)
Unit 1
Part A
Exercise 1: 1. a 2. c 3. d 4. a 5. d
Exercise 2:
Jack Smith
Rm 1008, Peace Hotel
9 tomorrow morning
West Lake Hotel, Hangzhou
Part B
Conversation 1
Exercise 1:
1. a 2. c 4. b
Exercise 2:
1. five rooms in total; rooms for Friday night, 15
th
of the month; the best
rooms in the hotel
2. They damaged the hotel’s property. They talked rudely in the coffee
shop. They did not pay the account when they left the hotel.
Conversation 2
Exercise 1:
2. a 3. d 4. c 5. a
Exercise 2:
1. He is the woman’s favorite hairdresser. He has an appointment with
another customer. He is a popular hairdresser at the Unisex
Hairdresser’s.
2. Tom is just as good as Marcel. Tom can quickly figure out the best style
for a particular customer. Tom has never done the woman’s hair before.
Part D
Making Reservations
Exercise 1:
Time 8:00 tonight
Number of guests 10
The status of the regular customers
guest
Name of the caller
Exercise 2:
Caller’s name
Address
Destination
Time to leave
Mrs. Hunt
18 Market Street
The International Airport
9 o’clock
Jack Ross
Booking Seats
Exercise 1:
Kind of reservation Two seats
Time tomorrow
The length of the About 7 hours
tour
Exercise 2:
Kind of reservation 2 tickets
Time
Cost
Thursday night/8:00
$25 each
Unit 2
Part A
Exercise 1:
1. Passage 1: a Passage 2: b
Part B
A Conversation
Exercise 1:
1. c 2. d. 3. b.
Exercise 2:
Pets Suggested
A Rottweiler
A cat
A parrot
A parakeet
Attendant’s Comments Woman’s Comments
big mean
friendly
more
less parrot a little
noisy
clean less than a dog
Easy to keep
A goldfish
A Story
Quiet
Exercise 1:
2. b 3. a 4. c
Exercise 2:
1. 12-year-old bitch from a farmer’s family
2. two puppies just two months ago
3. for 12 tiger cubs since 5 years ago
4. strong but she is smaller than the cubs
5. enough milk for her own babies and the baby tigers
6. her own children and takes good care of them
Part D
A Passage: 1. b
A Story: 33 231 cat years dustbin East London March 17,1971 tiny closed
front teeth sleeping eating cat food place World Records 27-year-old
Australia
Unit 3
Part A
Exercise 1:
1． To throw a surprise party for his 40 birthday.
2． Pulling on the birthday person’s ear 21 times.
3． To invite three very good friends out to dinner.
th
Part B
Conversation 1
Exercise 1:
1. d 2. c 3. d
Exercise 2:
Amy
A successful doctor;
2 or 3 large clinics;
a cure for some terrible disease
Brian
his own business;
a chain of computer stores;
branch stores in every major city in
the country.
Conversation 2
Exercise 1:
2. b 3. a 4. d 5. c
Exercise 2:
1. She is on the wrong side of 30/over 30.
2. Yes. It’s pretty good.
3. 25.
4. Between 25 and 30. Because by then you know what want with life and how to get
it.
5. They tend to be worried about consequences of what they do.
6. She had a good time but she wouldn’t necessarily want to relive it.
7. No. She’s happy at her age now.
Part D
A Passage: 1. a 2. d 3. c
A Story: 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. a
Unit 4
Part A
Exercise 1:
1. d 2. c 3. a 5. d
Exercise 2: 1) weekly 2) fixed 3) fair 4) teenager 5) discs
6) an excellent way to teach their children the value of money.
7) they learn to budget their expenses.
8) they will have no money to spend by the end of the week.
Part B
Conversation 1
Exercise 1:
1. c 2. b 3. c
Exercise 2:
Rob
1) department stores or malls
2) outdoors markets
Kathy 1) thrift store
2) things are on sale
Cliff 1) fix things for himself
Conversation 2
Exercise 1:
2. c 3. d 4. b
Exercise 2:
1.
a
ll her allowance for this month
2) coupons
3) that are on sale
2. go out and eat
3. send her a fixed sum of money regularly
4. work more study
5. never made a monthly budget
Part D
A Conversation:
Monthly Income
Total ＄
1,010
A Discussion:
Speaker
Bob
Cindy
Tom
Sophie
Bill
A Discussion
＄1,000 spend save
a rainy day
a new computer
a new stereo massive speakers
Pay off overdraft
Give it away to charities
Total
Monthly Expenditure
＄260
＄300
＄60
＄50
＄150
＄100
＄80
＄1,000
Unit 5
Part A
Exercise 1: 1. d 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. d
Exercise 2:
1) playing a sport they like an essential part of their life
2) keep fit
3) live a more active life
4) have a sense of personal achievement
5) meet people with similar interests
Part B
A Passage
Exercise 1:
1. c 2. d 4. a
Exercise 2:
1. (√) 2. (√) 3. (√) 5. (√)
A conversation
Exercise 1:
2. d 3. b 4. a
Exercise 2:
4. (√) 6. (√) 7. (√) 10. (√)
Part D
A Conversation
Interviewees
Types of Exercises
Advantages
1) great for the whole
body
2) Swimming 3) works out the whole
body
4) is really calming
5)a great workout
6) a lot of fun
Unit 6
Part A
Exercise 1:
Speaker Means of transportation Reason(s)
1 speaker
2nd speaker
3 speaker
4th speaker
5th speaker
rd
st
3) Car
5) Bike
7) Train
1) faster (quicker)
2) more interesting
4) more reliable
6) better for the environment
8) more convenient; more comfortable
Part B
A Passage
Exercise 1:
1. b 2. b 3. d
Exercise 2:
1) short time 2) several hours 3) to and from 4) fuel efficient 5)
taking off
6) wear and tear 7) staying on the track 8) very fast 9) 150 10)
save wear and tear
A Conversation
Exercise 1:
2. a 3. a 4. d
Exercise 2:
1. if he parked his car by a double yellow line
2. have gone home half past five
3. had to get back before six
4. had been following Ben’s car
5. speeding
6. 60 miles an hour in order to stop Ben
Part D
A Story
Advantage
1. transport over the year
2. half an hour
Disadvantage
1. waterproof clothes
2. in winter
3. traffic jams
4. cold railway platforms crowded
trains
3. not really be cheaper
Unit 7
Part A
Exercise 1: 1. d 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. b
Exercise 2:
1) nowadays 2) perfect 3) dying 4) higher 5) Medical 6) painful 7)cure
8) apart from basic health care, people in the old days didn’t have so many choices
about their lifestyles.
9) People worked long hours and therefore didn’t have much free time to follow
hobbies or develop interests.
10) It used to take weeks for mail and news to travel from one part of the world
to another.
Part B
Passage 1
Exercise 1:
1. c 2. d 4. b
Exercise 2:
1. a. a bit of mess/ cluttered
b. cushions
c. covered with some ornament
d. bright colors soft colors
e. all shut drawn there is almost no natural light
f. doesn’t have enough furniture shelves cupboards will make the
room less cluttered
g. indoor plants and cut flowers vases, bottles and bowls
2. a. practical concerned with aesthetics
b. imagination
c. warm-hearted sociable
Passage 2
Exercise 1:
2. b 3. a 4. a
Exercise 2:
1. a. personal objects family photos
b. valuable things oriental rugs ornaments from the Middle East
c. decoration very clean
d. function
2. a. traveling
b. to socialize
c. working lunch with his partner discusses a business deal over
dinner
d. entertains/spends time at home
e. single commit himself in personal relationship
Part D
Passage 1: 1. b 2. c 3. d
Passage 2: 1. c 2. d 3. b
Unit 8
Part A
Exercise 1: 1. c 2. b 3. a
Part B
A Conversation
Exercise 1:
1. b 2. a 4. b
Exercise 2:
1. (√) 3. (√) 4. (√) 6. (√) 7. (√) 10. (√)
A Passage
Exercise 1:
2. a 3. d 4. b 5. a
Exercise 2:
1. wear trousers or even dark tights
2. knee-length skirts minis
3. tailored trousers no jeans
4. dress casually on Friday
5. Smoking, eating drinking
6. go outside to smoke
Part D
Conversation 1
1. A
publishing company
2. They are discussing the company plans for the next year.
3. a. Begin two new magazines;
b. Improve productivity by 20%
c. Upgrade tools
d. Begin Internet publishing
Conversation 2
1) make some plans 2) opportunities to improve their skills 3) take
part in decision-making 4) fulfill their dreams 5) wouldn’t even
have a business 6) too focused on production 7) to find a better
balance between company needs and staff needs.
Unit 9
Part A
Exercise 1: 1. b 2. c 3. d 4. d
Exercise 2: 1. An actress 2. A cook 3. A gardener 4. A nurse 5. A baker
Part B
A Conversation
Exercise 1:
1. How do you do?
2. yes, I am.
3. No. I’ve been working as a sales representative for GM for two years.
4. No. My parents speak Spanish. They are Mexican-Americans.
5. No. I took a course in Portuguese at college.
6. We’ll let you know our decision as soon as possible.
Exercise 2:
Personal File
Name
Nationality
Place of birth
Educational
background
Job to apply for
Language ability
Work experience
American ( Mexican- American )
Boston
Fairfield High School; Bachelor’s degree at
Boston University
Export sales representative
English, Spanish and Portuguese
International sales as sales representative of
GM in Mexico and Central America
A Passage
Exercise 1:
2. a 3. a 4. c
Exercise 2:
1） a liberal arts college graduate
2） majored in English at college
3） college basement
4） writing, editing and computer
7. networking with his fellow graduates
8. editorial assistant at a publishing company
Part D
Conversation: 1. c 2. b 3. a 4. b
Compound Dictation
1) real 2) confusing 3) possible 4) uncomfortable 5) Eventually
6) preparation 7) appear
8) to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior
9) you will be able to see what is his approach to everyday situations
10) By watching and learning from a model, you will probably begin to
identify and pick up good working habits.
Unit 10
Part A
Exercise 1:
A policeman’s Report
Suspect
Crime
Time of Crime
Scene of Crime
Loss
Exercise 2:
1. A crime is an act that breaks the law.
2. Those who commit crimes are a danger to the society.
3. We must learn to protect ourselves against crime.
4. If we happen to see someone committing a crime we should dial 110 to call the
police.
5. When we go shopping in a crowded place we should take care of our personal
belongings.
tall wearing a mask
Robbery
1:30 . Tuesday
the National Bank California
10,000 dollars
Part B
A Conversation
Exercise 1:
1. b 3. d 4. c
Exercise 2:
1) a criminal case 2) three months ago 3) a man and a woman 4) arrested
by the police 5) taken to court 6) standing in the witness-box 7)
answering the lawyer’s questions
8) she saw a man go into and come out of the bank
9)who was with the man
10) wearing a hat 11) crying a bag 12) wearing a blonde wig 13) black
platform shoes 14) the exact persons 15) the things 16)on the table
A Passage
Exercise 1:
2. d 3. b 4. c
Exercise 2:
1) a policeman on the other side of the street 2)had been robbed 3) had
left his bag on the floor 4) buying a can of coke 5) had disappeared
6) that were in the bag 7) the more things he said, the more money he would
get,
8) a video camera, jewellery, money and clothes
9)a man he had seen following him
10) to the police station 11) to collect a report for his insurance
company
Part D
A story: 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. d
A story:
1. T 3. F 7. T
Unit 11
Part A
Exercise 1:
1. She hates that kind of book.
No. Because she said she didn’t have time for such books.
2. The Old Man and the Sea
He likes Hemingway’s style of writing.
3. “Story Time”
He thought it was terrible. Because he thought the stories were silly
and too childish.
4. The Chinese Style Divorce.
She prefers watching TV to reading books.
Exercise 2:
1. cycling 2. buses or trains 3. prefers 4. she has been interested in 5. enjoys
6. doesn’t care for keen on 8. favorite 10. talk shows 11. soap operas 12.
the last kind of
Part B
A Story
Exercise 1:
1. d 3. b 4. a 5. a
Exercise 2:
1. (×) 2.(√) 3. (×) 4. (×) 5. (×) 6. (√) 7. (√) 8. (×)
A Story
Exercise 1:
2. c 3. c 4. b
Exercise 2:
1. The fog
a. thickest in years
b. thick, pea soup, evening fell
c. your hand, your face
d. Street signs
2. The traffic
a. crept along
b. blowing furiously
c. came to a standstill in the evening
d. impossible, find
3. The city
a. quiet , graveyard
Part D
A story:
1. a. shot down, enemy occupied territory
b. crash-landed
c. consciousness
d. saved, a group of nuns
2. a. talk with either the nuns, the nurses
in his small room
3. a. very quiet and shy
b. turned away, glanced her way
4. a. he had fallen in love with her
b. made him step back in astonishment
A story:
1. d 2. c 4. b
Unit 12
Part A
Exercise 1:
Elvis Presley
Birth
Family background
Education
Occupations
Musical career
1) 1935
2)very poor
4. truck driver singer 6) movie star
7)two songs 8) That’s All Right 9) 20,000 10) a
million
Death
Exercise 2:
11) a heart attack 12) 1977
1. Germany, 1879, Nobel Prize in physics, theory of relativity, American, 1955,
recognized, physicists.
2. composer, 1756, died, 35, 41, 27, 23, 17, operas, voice
3. English, poet, greatest, 1564, 1616, works ,poetry, comedies, knowledge, human
behavior
Part B
Passage 1
Exercise 1:
1. He paid his hospital bill, and later paid for his funeral
2. She lost five children in a fire.
3. Her face was cut in a knife attack
4. Families of policemen or firemen injured at work.
5. “The harder I work, the more money I make, and the more people I can
help.”
Exercise 2:
1. (√) 2.(×) 3. (√) 4. (√) 5. (√) 6. (√) 7. (×) 8. (√)
Passage 2
Exercise 1:
2. c 3. a 4. b
Exercise 2:
1. New York City, 1952
2. cheer his son on, hockey, last
3. a heart failure, taken, a nearby hospital
4. to bring him around, in vain
5. was appearing in a play in California
6. first American center, teaching paralyzed people to live more
independently
Part D
A Passage:
Exercise :
Personal Profile
Name
Date of birth
Place of birth
Education
Political career
Famous speech
Nobel Peace Prize
Date assassinated
King
Jan.
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
BA, sociology, , Boston, 1955
leaders
I Have a Dream
1964
April 4, 1968
A Compound Dictation:
1) earliest 2)1892 3)favorite 4) outstanding 5) skillful 6) aware
7) equals
8) An editor in New York liked her ideas very much and was especially
impressed with her style of writing
9)Her articles began to appear in more and more newspapers.
10) Although she did not see full equal rights for women she never gave
up her fight
Unit 13
Part A
Exercise 1:
Conversation 1
To go to a rock concert with him on Saturday
She says she doesn’t have time for that sort of thing.
Conversation2.
She likes all kinds of music
Classical music
Conversation3.
Light music
No, she thinks it’s too noisy and it gives her headaches.
Exercise 2:
1. Music is a universal language.
2. Music can express love, longing, happiness and anger.
3. Sometimes music may communicate more clearly than words.
4. Music is the art of thinking with sounds.
5. When I’m in a good mood, I prefer the music with a fast rhythm. But if I feel
low, I can only listen to something soft and quiet.
Part B
Passage 1
Exercise 1:
1. a 3. b 4. b
Exercise 2:
1. musical traditions, jazz, blues, early 20th
2. white, black
3. early European settlers, African slaves
4. a clear melody, a strong rhythm
5. electric guitar
Passage 2
Exercise 1 :
1. c 3. a 4. b
Exercise 2:
. full of energy
b. concentrate
c. forget their problem
d. fun
e. live, freedom and imagination
2. a. damage people’s hearing
b. stop people noticing the world outside
c. make people selfish
d. drugs
Part D
Passage1 :
Exercise :
The Math Test at the State University of New York
1 time
2 time
3 time
Findings
rd
nd
st
1) they had chosen themselves
2) that was chosen for them
3) no music at all
4)most quickly and calmly
5)They did the worst
Passage2 :
Exercise :
1. 6
2. Academy of Music
3. National Orchestra
4. three other musicians at weddings
5. romantic music
Unit 14
Part A
Exercise 1:
Passage 1
Q. b
Passage 2
Q. a
Part B
Passage 1
Exercise 1:
1. a
2. d
3. a
4. d
5. b
Exercise 2:
1. (√) 3. (√) 4. (√) 5. (√) 6. (√) 7. (×) 8. (√) 9. (√) 10.
(√) 11. (√) 12. (√)
Passage 2
Exercise 1:
2. a 3. d 4. c
Exercise 2:
1. a. the top British universities
b. largest universities
c. one of the best centers of learning
d. the cheapest and most far-reaching
2. a. social scientists, arts, science, mathematics
b. clerks, farm workers, housewives, teachers, and policemen
3. a. part-time
b. full-time employment
c. their employers
d. work. Family
e. their careers, make up for, personal interest, sharpen their minds.
Part D
Passage1 :
Exercise :
1. Those students who have just finished A-levels and got a place at university.
2. There are lots of things to choose from, say, working in a bank or doing
community work; even doing something adventurous.
3. The experience will broaden their horizons and teach them new skills.
And also it may give them the chance to earn some money for school.
4. They must make sure that university will hold a place for them till
next year.
5. Most universities are quite happy about it because year-out students
are more mature, confident and independent.
Passage2 :
Exercise :
1. 8:30 in the morning, 3:30 in the afternoon, September, coed, the same
classroom
2. school uniforms, whatever they like
3. they have a very long summer vacation.
4. the classrooms are crowded and there aren’t enough teachers.
Unit 15
Part A
Exercise 1:
place San
Francisco
Alaska Portugal Tokyo China
Time
People
killed
1) 1906 3) 1964 5) 1755 7) 1923 9) 1976
2) over 500 4) A few 6) Around 8) 140,000 10)
people people 20,000
people
people 240,000
people
Exercise 2:
1) 26
th
, 2003 2)hit 3) 630 4)30,000 5) history 6) severe 7)
8)1990
9)35,000
10) 1,800 11) construction 12) survived
Part B
A Forum
Exercise 1:
1. a 3. d 4. b
Exercise 2:
1. a. dictating some letters to his secretary
b. the roof, rescued by a helicopter
c. six survivors, the building collapsed
2. a. taking a rest, on a small island, South Pacific
b. towards the harbor, managed to get on a ship, when the lava hit the
town
3. a. working in the field, his house
b. on fire, coming down fast, crashed into the trees, explosion
c. towards his house, came to, lying in a hospital bed.
A News Story
Exercise 1:
1. c 2. b 3. c
Exercise 2:
1) eating breakfast 2)strange color 3) crystal blue 4)brownish
5) ankle-deep 6) the bottom floor of the hotel 7) deeper and darker
8)a group had already gathered
9)turn into a smelly river
10) being washed into the sea 11) blood everywhere 12) receded once
13) slowly rose again 14) the hotel and streets 15) another wave could
come and sweep them away
Part B
A Passage
Exercise1 :
1. b 2. b 3. c 4. d
Exercise2 :
1) fire 2)batteries 3) awoke 4)blown 5) ankle-deep
second-degree
6) picking 7) exploded
8) in the hopes it won’t happen to someone else
9) Burns to the face, neck, leg and hip are among the dozens of injury
reports
10) providing tips for cell phone users to avoid such accidents and has
stepped up work to supervise the wireless industry.
Unit 16
Part A
Exercise 1:
1. b 2. d 3. b 5. c
Exercise2 :
1) 2 2) 16-30 3) 22million 4)58 5) 24
6) 63% 7) 30 8) 2 9) 6 10) 325,000
Part B
Passage1 :
Exercise1 :
1. b
Exercise2 :
1. earliest recorded
2. world’s first printed
3. regularly-published
4. regularly-published English
5. weekly-published English
6. American
7. daily English
8. daily-published, American colonies
Passage2 :
Exercise1 :
Exercise2 :
Channel Hours of Service Daily Programs
Daily
Broadcast
Radio1
Radio 2
24
Over 20
Popular music
Culture,
documentaries,
readings
music,
Radio3 18 Jazz, plays, serious
news, commentaries
Radio4 16 In-depth news, current
affairs, broadcasts
for school pupils
Radio5
Radio1 Xtra
24
24
Live news, sport
Modern day black music
Radio5 Live Sports /
Extra
Radio6 Music
Radio7
Asian network
/
/
/
Popular music
Drama, readings
Music, news views
Part D
A Conversation
Exercise :
Dave
2) boring 3) senseless
Linda
1) very relaxing
4) a horror movie 5) entertaining
6) really bad for people, especially 7) safe 8) it isn’t real
children
9) a waste of time
A Passage
Exercise :
1. c
10) really fun
Test 1
Part A
2. c 3. a 4. a 5. a 6. c 7. b 8. d 9. c 10. c
Part B
1) business 2) named 3) located 4) championship 5) enthusiasm 6) November 7)
April
8) Baseball is an American sport. It is sometimes called the national pastime.
9) American football is different from international football, which Americans call
soccer.
10) The most famous athletes make millions of dollars for their skill. American best
athletes have higher salaries than the country’s president.
Part C
1. c 2. d 4. a 5. d
Part D
1. c 2. b 3. d 4. d 5. b 6. d 7. d 8. c 10. d
Test 2
Part A
2. d 3. d 4. b 5. d 6. c 7. d 8. c 9. a 10. b
Part B
1) exactly 2) originated 3) total 4) considered 5) suitable 6) serious 7)
Mexico
8) Musicians and engineers experimented to find ways to make louder guitars.
9) This type of guitar became very popular for country music, blues and
rock-and-roll.
10) It’s inexpensive, fits well in many styles of music, and relatively easy to
learn.
Part C
1. b 2. b 4. d 5. b
Part D
1. d 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. b 6. a 7. d 8. a 10. c
2024年8月20日发(作者：仲孙金)
Unit 1
Part A
Exercise 1: 1. a 2. c 3. d 4. a 5. d
Exercise 2:
Jack Smith
Rm 1008, Peace Hotel
9 tomorrow morning
West Lake Hotel, Hangzhou
Part B
Conversation 1
Exercise 1:
1. a 2. c 4. b
Exercise 2:
1. five rooms in total; rooms for Friday night, 15
th
of the month; the best
rooms in the hotel
2. They damaged the hotel’s property. They talked rudely in the coffee
shop. They did not pay the account when they left the hotel.
Conversation 2
Exercise 1:
2. a 3. d 4. c 5. a
Exercise 2:
1. He is the woman’s favorite hairdresser. He has an appointment with
another customer. He is a popular hairdresser at the Unisex
Hairdresser’s.
2. Tom is just as good as Marcel. Tom can quickly figure out the best style
for a particular customer. Tom has never done the woman’s hair before.
Part D
Making Reservations
Exercise 1:
Time 8:00 tonight
Number of guests 10
The status of the regular customers
guest
Name of the caller
Exercise 2:
Caller’s name
Address
Destination
Time to leave
Mrs. Hunt
18 Market Street
The International Airport
9 o’clock
Jack Ross
Booking Seats
Exercise 1:
Kind of reservation Two seats
Time tomorrow
The length of the About 7 hours
tour
Exercise 2:
Kind of reservation 2 tickets
Time
Cost
Thursday night/8:00
$25 each
Unit 2
Part A
Exercise 1:
1. Passage 1: a Passage 2: b
Part B
A Conversation
Exercise 1:
1. c 2. d. 3. b.
Exercise 2:
Pets Suggested
A Rottweiler
A cat
A parrot
A parakeet
Attendant’s Comments Woman’s Comments
big mean
friendly
more
less parrot a little
noisy
clean less than a dog
Easy to keep
A goldfish
A Story
Quiet
Exercise 1:
2. b 3. a 4. c
Exercise 2:
1. 12-year-old bitch from a farmer’s family
2. two puppies just two months ago
3. for 12 tiger cubs since 5 years ago
4. strong but she is smaller than the cubs
5. enough milk for her own babies and the baby tigers
6. her own children and takes good care of them
Part D
A Passage: 1. b
A Story: 33 231 cat years dustbin East London March 17,1971 tiny closed
front teeth sleeping eating cat food place World Records 27-year-old
Australia
Unit 3
Part A
Exercise 1:
1． To throw a surprise party for his 40 birthday.
2． Pulling on the birthday person’s ear 21 times.
3． To invite three very good friends out to dinner.
th
Part B
Conversation 1
Exercise 1:
1. d 2. c 3. d
Exercise 2:
Amy
A successful doctor;
2 or 3 large clinics;
a cure for some terrible disease
Brian
his own business;
a chain of computer stores;
branch stores in every major city in
the country.
Conversation 2
Exercise 1:
2. b 3. a 4. d 5. c
Exercise 2:
1. She is on the wrong side of 30/over 30.
2. Yes. It’s pretty good.
3. 25.
4. Between 25 and 30. Because by then you know what want with life and how to get
it.
5. They tend to be worried about consequences of what they do.
6. She had a good time but she wouldn’t necessarily want to relive it.
7. No. She’s happy at her age now.
Part D
A Passage: 1. a 2. d 3. c
A Story: 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. a
Unit 4
Part A
Exercise 1:
1. d 2. c 3. a 5. d
Exercise 2: 1) weekly 2) fixed 3) fair 4) teenager 5) discs
6) an excellent way to teach their children the value of money.
7) they learn to budget their expenses.
8) they will have no money to spend by the end of the week.
Part B
Conversation 1
Exercise 1:
1. c 2. b 3. c
Exercise 2:
Rob
1) department stores or malls
2) outdoors markets
Kathy 1) thrift store
2) things are on sale
Cliff 1) fix things for himself
Conversation 2
Exercise 1:
2. c 3. d 4. b
Exercise 2:
1.
a
ll her allowance for this month
2) coupons
3) that are on sale
2. go out and eat
3. send her a fixed sum of money regularly
4. work more study
5. never made a monthly budget
Part D
A Conversation:
Monthly Income
Total ＄
1,010
A Discussion:
Speaker
Bob
Cindy
Tom
Sophie
Bill
A Discussion
＄1,000 spend save
a rainy day
a new computer
a new stereo massive speakers
Pay off overdraft
Give it away to charities
Total
Monthly Expenditure
＄260
＄300
＄60
＄50
＄150
＄100
＄80
＄1,000
Unit 5
Part A
Exercise 1: 1. d 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. d
Exercise 2:
1) playing a sport they like an essential part of their life
2) keep fit
3) live a more active life
4) have a sense of personal achievement
5) meet people with similar interests
Part B
A Passage
Exercise 1:
1. c 2. d 4. a
Exercise 2:
1. (√) 2. (√) 3. (√) 5. (√)
A conversation
Exercise 1:
2. d 3. b 4. a
Exercise 2:
4. (√) 6. (√) 7. (√) 10. (√)
Part D
A Conversation
Interviewees
Types of Exercises
Advantages
1) great for the whole
body
2) Swimming 3) works out the whole
body
4) is really calming
5)a great workout
6) a lot of fun
Unit 6
Part A
Exercise 1:
Speaker Means of transportation Reason(s)
1 speaker
2nd speaker
3 speaker
4th speaker
5th speaker
rd
st
3) Car
5) Bike
7) Train
1) faster (quicker)
2) more interesting
4) more reliable
6) better for the environment
8) more convenient; more comfortable
Part B
A Passage
Exercise 1:
1. b 2. b 3. d
Exercise 2:
1) short time 2) several hours 3) to and from 4) fuel efficient 5)
taking off
6) wear and tear 7) staying on the track 8) very fast 9) 150 10)
save wear and tear
A Conversation
Exercise 1:
2. a 3. a 4. d
Exercise 2:
1. if he parked his car by a double yellow line
2. have gone home half past five
3. had to get back before six
4. had been following Ben’s car
5. speeding
6. 60 miles an hour in order to stop Ben
Part D
A Story
Advantage
1. transport over the year
2. half an hour
Disadvantage
1. waterproof clothes
2. in winter
3. traffic jams
4. cold railway platforms crowded
trains
3. not really be cheaper
Unit 7
Part A
Exercise 1: 1. d 2. a 3. b 4. c 5. b
Exercise 2:
1) nowadays 2) perfect 3) dying 4) higher 5) Medical 6) painful 7)cure
8) apart from basic health care, people in the old days didn’t have so many choices
about their lifestyles.
9) People worked long hours and therefore didn’t have much free time to follow
hobbies or develop interests.
10) It used to take weeks for mail and news to travel from one part of the world
to another.
Part B
Passage 1
Exercise 1:
1. c 2. d 4. b
Exercise 2:
1. a. a bit of mess/ cluttered
b. cushions
c. covered with some ornament
d. bright colors soft colors
e. all shut drawn there is almost no natural light
f. doesn’t have enough furniture shelves cupboards will make the
room less cluttered
g. indoor plants and cut flowers vases, bottles and bowls
2. a. practical concerned with aesthetics
b. imagination
c. warm-hearted sociable
Passage 2
Exercise 1:
2. b 3. a 4. a
Exercise 2:
1. a. personal objects family photos
b. valuable things oriental rugs ornaments from the Middle East
c. decoration very clean
d. function
2. a. traveling
b. to socialize
c. working lunch with his partner discusses a business deal over
dinner
d. entertains/spends time at home
e. single commit himself in personal relationship
Part D
Passage 1: 1. b 2. c 3. d
Passage 2: 1. c 2. d 3. b
Unit 8
Part A
Exercise 1: 1. c 2. b 3. a
Part B
A Conversation
Exercise 1:
1. b 2. a 4. b
Exercise 2:
1. (√) 3. (√) 4. (√) 6. (√) 7. (√) 10. (√)
A Passage
Exercise 1:
2. a 3. d 4. b 5. a
Exercise 2:
1. wear trousers or even dark tights
2. knee-length skirts minis
3. tailored trousers no jeans
4. dress casually on Friday
5. Smoking, eating drinking
6. go outside to smoke
Part D
Conversation 1
1. A
publishing company
2. They are discussing the company plans for the next year.
3. a. Begin two new magazines;
b. Improve productivity by 20%
c. Upgrade tools
d. Begin Internet publishing
Conversation 2
1) make some plans 2) opportunities to improve their skills 3) take
part in decision-making 4) fulfill their dreams 5) wouldn’t even
have a business 6) too focused on production 7) to find a better
balance between company needs and staff needs.
Unit 9
Part A
Exercise 1: 1. b 2. c 3. d 4. d
Exercise 2: 1. An actress 2. A cook 3. A gardener 4. A nurse 5. A baker
Part B
A Conversation
Exercise 1:
1. How do you do?
2. yes, I am.
3. No. I’ve been working as a sales representative for GM for two years.
4. No. My parents speak Spanish. They are Mexican-Americans.
5. No. I took a course in Portuguese at college.
6. We’ll let you know our decision as soon as possible.
Exercise 2:
Personal File
Name
Nationality
Place of birth
Educational
background
Job to apply for
Language ability
Work experience
American ( Mexican- American )
Boston
Fairfield High School; Bachelor’s degree at
Boston University
Export sales representative
English, Spanish and Portuguese
International sales as sales representative of
GM in Mexico and Central America
A Passage
Exercise 1:
2. a 3. a 4. c
Exercise 2:
1） a liberal arts college graduate
2） majored in English at college
3） college basement
4） writing, editing and computer
7. networking with his fellow graduates
8. editorial assistant at a publishing company
Part D
Conversation: 1. c 2. b 3. a 4. b
Compound Dictation
1) real 2) confusing 3) possible 4) uncomfortable 5) Eventually
6) preparation 7) appear
8) to identify a worker you admire and observe his behavior
9) you will be able to see what is his approach to everyday situations
10) By watching and learning from a model, you will probably begin to
identify and pick up good working habits.
Unit 10
Part A
Exercise 1:
A policeman’s Report
Suspect
Crime
Time of Crime
Scene of Crime
Loss
Exercise 2:
1. A crime is an act that breaks the law.
2. Those who commit crimes are a danger to the society.
3. We must learn to protect ourselves against crime.
4. If we happen to see someone committing a crime we should dial 110 to call the
police.
5. When we go shopping in a crowded place we should take care of our personal
belongings.
tall wearing a mask
Robbery
1:30 . Tuesday
the National Bank California
10,000 dollars
Part B
A Conversation
Exercise 1:
1. b 3. d 4. c
Exercise 2:
1) a criminal case 2) three months ago 3) a man and a woman 4) arrested
by the police 5) taken to court 6) standing in the witness-box 7)
answering the lawyer’s questions
8) she saw a man go into and come out of the bank
9)who was with the man
10) wearing a hat 11) crying a bag 12) wearing a blonde wig 13) black
platform shoes 14) the exact persons 15) the things 16)on the table
A Passage
Exercise 1:
2. d 3. b 4. c
Exercise 2:
1) a policeman on the other side of the street 2)had been robbed 3) had
left his bag on the floor 4) buying a can of coke 5) had disappeared
6) that were in the bag 7) the more things he said, the more money he would
get,
8) a video camera, jewellery, money and clothes
9)a man he had seen following him
10) to the police station 11) to collect a report for his insurance
company
Part D
A story: 1. a 2. b 3. c 4. d
A story:
1. T 3. F 7. T
Unit 11
Part A
Exercise 1:
1. She hates that kind of book.
No. Because she said she didn’t have time for such books.
2. The Old Man and the Sea
He likes Hemingway’s style of writing.
3. “Story Time”
He thought it was terrible. Because he thought the stories were silly
and too childish.
4. The Chinese Style Divorce.
She prefers watching TV to reading books.
Exercise 2:
1. cycling 2. buses or trains 3. prefers 4. she has been interested in 5. enjoys
6. doesn’t care for keen on 8. favorite 10. talk shows 11. soap operas 12.
the last kind of
Part B
A Story
Exercise 1:
1. d 3. b 4. a 5. a
Exercise 2:
1. (×) 2.(√) 3. (×) 4. (×) 5. (×) 6. (√) 7. (√) 8. (×)
A Story
Exercise 1:
2. c 3. c 4. b
Exercise 2:
1. The fog
a. thickest in years
b. thick, pea soup, evening fell
c. your hand, your face
d. Street signs
2. The traffic
a. crept along
b. blowing furiously
c. came to a standstill in the evening
d. impossible, find
3. The city
a. quiet , graveyard
Part D
A story:
1. a. shot down, enemy occupied territory
b. crash-landed
c. consciousness
d. saved, a group of nuns
2. a. talk with either the nuns, the nurses
in his small room
3. a. very quiet and shy
b. turned away, glanced her way
4. a. he had fallen in love with her
b. made him step back in astonishment
A story:
1. d 2. c 4. b
Unit 12
Part A
Exercise 1:
Elvis Presley
Birth
Family background
Education
Occupations
Musical career
1) 1935
2)very poor
4. truck driver singer 6) movie star
7)two songs 8) That’s All Right 9) 20,000 10) a
million
Death
Exercise 2:
11) a heart attack 12) 1977
1. Germany, 1879, Nobel Prize in physics, theory of relativity, American, 1955,
recognized, physicists.
2. composer, 1756, died, 35, 41, 27, 23, 17, operas, voice
3. English, poet, greatest, 1564, 1616, works ,poetry, comedies, knowledge, human
behavior
Part B
Passage 1
Exercise 1:
1. He paid his hospital bill, and later paid for his funeral
2. She lost five children in a fire.
3. Her face was cut in a knife attack
4. Families of policemen or firemen injured at work.
5. “The harder I work, the more money I make, and the more people I can
help.”
Exercise 2:
1. (√) 2.(×) 3. (√) 4. (√) 5. (√) 6. (√) 7. (×) 8. (√)
Passage 2
Exercise 1:
2. c 3. a 4. b
Exercise 2:
1. New York City, 1952
2. cheer his son on, hockey, last
3. a heart failure, taken, a nearby hospital
4. to bring him around, in vain
5. was appearing in a play in California
6. first American center, teaching paralyzed people to live more
independently
Part D
A Passage:
Exercise :
Personal Profile
Name
Date of birth
Place of birth
Education
Political career
Famous speech
Nobel Peace Prize
Date assassinated
King
Jan.
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
BA, sociology, , Boston, 1955
leaders
I Have a Dream
1964
April 4, 1968
A Compound Dictation:
1) earliest 2)1892 3)favorite 4) outstanding 5) skillful 6) aware
7) equals
8) An editor in New York liked her ideas very much and was especially
impressed with her style of writing
9)Her articles began to appear in more and more newspapers.
10) Although she did not see full equal rights for women she never gave
up her fight
Unit 13
Part A
Exercise 1:
Conversation 1
To go to a rock concert with him on Saturday
She says she doesn’t have time for that sort of thing.
Conversation2.
She likes all kinds of music
Classical music
Conversation3.
Light music
No, she thinks it’s too noisy and it gives her headaches.
Exercise 2:
1. Music is a universal language.
2. Music can express love, longing, happiness and anger.
3. Sometimes music may communicate more clearly than words.
4. Music is the art of thinking with sounds.
5. When I’m in a good mood, I prefer the music with a fast rhythm. But if I feel
low, I can only listen to something soft and quiet.
Part B
Passage 1
Exercise 1:
1. a 3. b 4. b
Exercise 2:
1. musical traditions, jazz, blues, early 20th
2. white, black
3. early European settlers, African slaves
4. a clear melody, a strong rhythm
5. electric guitar
Passage 2
Exercise 1 :
1. c 3. a 4. b
Exercise 2:
. full of energy
b. concentrate
c. forget their problem
d. fun
e. live, freedom and imagination
2. a. damage people’s hearing
b. stop people noticing the world outside
c. make people selfish
d. drugs
Part D
Passage1 :
Exercise :
The Math Test at the State University of New York
1 time
2 time
3 time
Findings
rd
nd
st
1) they had chosen themselves
2) that was chosen for them
3) no music at all
4)most quickly and calmly
5)They did the worst
Passage2 :
Exercise :
1. 6
2. Academy of Music
3. National Orchestra
4. three other musicians at weddings
5. romantic music
Unit 14
Part A
Exercise 1:
Passage 1
Q. b
Passage 2
Q. a
Part B
Passage 1
Exercise 1:
1. a
2. d
3. a
4. d
5. b
Exercise 2:
1. (√) 3. (√) 4. (√) 5. (√) 6. (√) 7. (×) 8. (√) 9. (√) 10.
(√) 11. (√) 12. (√)
Passage 2
Exercise 1:
2. a 3. d 4. c
Exercise 2:
1. a. the top British universities
b. largest universities
c. one of the best centers of learning
d. the cheapest and most far-reaching
2. a. social scientists, arts, science, mathematics
b. clerks, farm workers, housewives, teachers, and policemen
3. a. part-time
b. full-time employment
c. their employers
d. work. Family
e. their careers, make up for, personal interest, sharpen their minds.
Part D
Passage1 :
Exercise :
1. Those students who have just finished A-levels and got a place at university.
2. There are lots of things to choose from, say, working in a bank or doing
community work; even doing something adventurous.
3. The experience will broaden their horizons and teach them new skills.
And also it may give them the chance to earn some money for school.
4. They must make sure that university will hold a place for them till
next year.
5. Most universities are quite happy about it because year-out students
are more mature, confident and independent.
Passage2 :
Exercise :
1. 8:30 in the morning, 3:30 in the afternoon, September, coed, the same
classroom
2. school uniforms, whatever they like
3. they have a very long summer vacation.
4. the classrooms are crowded and there aren’t enough teachers.
Unit 15
Part A
Exercise 1:
place San
Francisco
Alaska Portugal Tokyo China
Time
People
killed
1) 1906 3) 1964 5) 1755 7) 1923 9) 1976
2) over 500 4) A few 6) Around 8) 140,000 10)
people people 20,000
people
people 240,000
people
Exercise 2:
1) 26
th
, 2003 2)hit 3) 630 4)30,000 5) history 6) severe 7)
8)1990
9)35,000
10) 1,800 11) construction 12) survived
Part B
A Forum
Exercise 1:
1. a 3. d 4. b
Exercise 2:
1. a. dictating some letters to his secretary
b. the roof, rescued by a helicopter
c. six survivors, the building collapsed
2. a. taking a rest, on a small island, South Pacific
b. towards the harbor, managed to get on a ship, when the lava hit the
town
3. a. working in the field, his house
b. on fire, coming down fast, crashed into the trees, explosion
c. towards his house, came to, lying in a hospital bed.
A News Story
Exercise 1:
1. c 2. b 3. c
Exercise 2:
1) eating breakfast 2)strange color 3) crystal blue 4)brownish
5) ankle-deep 6) the bottom floor of the hotel 7) deeper and darker
8)a group had already gathered
9)turn into a smelly river
10) being washed into the sea 11) blood everywhere 12) receded once
13) slowly rose again 14) the hotel and streets 15) another wave could
come and sweep them away
Part B
A Passage
Exercise1 :
1. b 2. b 3. c 4. d
Exercise2 :
1) fire 2)batteries 3) awoke 4)blown 5) ankle-deep
second-degree
6) picking 7) exploded
8) in the hopes it won’t happen to someone else
9) Burns to the face, neck, leg and hip are among the dozens of injury
reports
10) providing tips for cell phone users to avoid such accidents and has
stepped up work to supervise the wireless industry.
Unit 16
Part A
Exercise 1:
1. b 2. d 3. b 5. c
Exercise2 :
1) 2 2) 16-30 3) 22million 4)58 5) 24
6) 63% 7) 30 8) 2 9) 6 10) 325,000
Part B
Passage1 :
Exercise1 :
1. b
Exercise2 :
1. earliest recorded
2. world’s first printed
3. regularly-published
4. regularly-published English
5. weekly-published English
6. American
7. daily English
8. daily-published, American colonies
Passage2 :
Exercise1 :
Exercise2 :
Channel Hours of Service Daily Programs
Daily
Broadcast
Radio1
Radio 2
24
Over 20
Popular music
Culture,
documentaries,
readings
music,
Radio3 18 Jazz, plays, serious
news, commentaries
Radio4 16 In-depth news, current
affairs, broadcasts
for school pupils
Radio5
Radio1 Xtra
24
24
Live news, sport
Modern day black music
Radio5 Live Sports /
Extra
Radio6 Music
Radio7
Asian network
/
/
/
Popular music
Drama, readings
Music, news views
Part D
A Conversation
Exercise :
Dave
2) boring 3) senseless
Linda
1) very relaxing
4) a horror movie 5) entertaining
6) really bad for people, especially 7) safe 8) it isn’t real
children
9) a waste of time
A Passage
Exercise :
1. c
10) really fun
Test 1
Part A
2. c 3. a 4. a 5. a 6. c 7. b 8. d 9. c 10. c
Part B
1) business 2) named 3) located 4) championship 5) enthusiasm 6) November 7)
April
8) Baseball is an American sport. It is sometimes called the national pastime.
9) American football is different from international football, which Americans call
soccer.
10) The most famous athletes make millions of dollars for their skill. American best
athletes have higher salaries than the country’s president.
Part C
1. c 2. d 4. a 5. d
Part D
1. c 2. b 3. d 4. d 5. b 6. d 7. d 8. c 10. d
Test 2
Part A
2. d 3. d 4. b 5. d 6. c 7. d 8. c 9. a 10. b
Part B
1) exactly 2) originated 3) total 4) considered 5) suitable 6) serious 7)
Mexico
8) Musicians and engineers experimented to find ways to make louder guitars.
9) This type of guitar became very popular for country music, blues and
rock-and-roll.
10) It’s inexpensive, fits well in many styles of music, and relatively easy to
learn.
Part C
1. b 2. b 4. d 5. b
Part D
1. d 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. b 6. a 7. d 8. a 10. c