Whether English should be removed from the College Entrance Examination and give your reason? What is the aim of the reform? What are advantages and disadvantages?

Are you agree with the reform that Samaritan 见义勇为[sə'mæritn]will be taken into consideration in favorable scoring policy in college entrance examination and please give your reason.

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Unit1

Basic listening practice: CDABC

Listening in: task 1: While the man is wondering why the woman is suddenly getting excellent marks, she says she read an article on studing and remembering. It talks about principles like “ Mental Visulization”, that is, creating a picture in one’s mind of what is to be remembered. This reminds the man of the principle “ Association”, “ Consolidation” new material into what one has already learned sixteen “Distributed Practice” shorter several days a muscle exercise

Task2: FTFFF

Task3: 1A 2.C3. D 4.B 5.D

Further listening: task 1：ABDDC

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Further listening and speaking:

Where did the professor go

true entertained particular retired pour opened

by staying overnight, he did not need to go out in the bad weather.

washing the dishes after supper, the forgetful professor disappeared

because he was going to stay there overnight, he had gone home to get his pajamas and toothbrush.

Unit2:

Basic listening practice: CDBDA

Listening in: task 1: Seeing that Jenny has bought the books for the biology class, Harrison says nobody does much on the first day because it’s still add-drop, which means students are changing from class to class. Jenny knows the professor is really good. But Harrison warns her that the professor is good, only if students are hand-workers, for he expects a lot.

After class, Jenny admits that half of what the professor said went over her head, and Harrison assures her that a lot of what the professor said is explained in the reading.

When Jenny asks to borrow Harrison notes, he says “on problem”, for they don’t have class until Wednesday. Finally, Harrison says participation in the discussion at the seminar is an important part of the education there.

Task2: TFFFT

Task3: 1B 2.C3. D 4.A 5.D

Further listening: task 1：BACDD

Further listening and speaking:

Prince William in Chile

Script

What goes into a prince’s education today? For Britain’s Prince William, nature played an important role in his education this last winter, as the future king went on a 10-week expedition in Chile with Raleigh International.

The experience was a very different one for the prince. He kayaked in ocean fjords, tracked a rare deer, and was stranded on a beach during a storm.

He also got used to sleeping on the ground—at times in a room filled with 16 people –and living in simple conditions.

Those who took part, called “volunteers”, both contributed and learned. The prince helped locals build wooded walkways and buildings, and taught English to schoolchildren.

He was described by other volunteers as hardworking, humble, and laid-back. As one said, “He struck a really good balance between working hard and having fun…getting on with everyone, and taking on the team spirit.”

The prince said he liked being treated as an “equal” by other volunteer, who came from all walks of life. Around 20 percent were from problem backgrounds, some having had troubles with drugs or crime.

It seems that there’s a lot more to education than university and books, and the Chilean forests and a little contact with regular people may do a lot of a British prince.

Unit 3:

Basic listening practice: CABCD

Listening in: task 1: After thirteen years marriage, the woman wants to divorce her husband, claiming he is irresponsible. When asked for the specific grounds for divorce, she gives these reasons: First, he keeps changing jobs, and the family has had to move four times in thirteen years, but she wants stability for her children and herself. Second, although he is paying the bills, they just live around the poverty line. Her children are being teased by other children for not dressing good clothes. Also, they had to live in a small apartment and drive an old car, though it still runs. Worse still, the husband yells at her, though she admits she also yell at him and calls him names. As for the divorce arrangements, the woman will give the husband only visitation rights instead of joint custody. Moreover, the woman will demand half of all they have and large support payments.

Task2: FTFFT

Task3: CABBB

Further listening: task1 BDADC

Further listening and speaking:

Prince More Precious Than the Diamond

Script

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People have long known the saying “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.” But this may be changing. There’s a new stone on the gem market, tanzanite, and it is giving diamonds some serious competition.

Tanzanite was one of a number of gems discovered in East Africa in the 1960s. The new colors and varieties changed the gem market. But the real gem among these stones was tanzanite, discovered in 1967 in Tanzania. The stone was named after its country of origin by New York’s Tiffany and Co. which introduced it to the world. It draws one’s attention quickly with its color—blue, purple or bronze, depending on the direction it is viewed from.

More important for its value, though, is its rarity. Tanzanite has been found in only one small area, near Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. And its supply will probably be fully mined in the next two decades.

As one mining official puts it, “It should never have really occurred in the first place. It did occur. And only this one deposit on this entire planet that is known…makes it more than a thousand times rarer than diamonds. And certainly within the next 15 to 20 years, there will be no more tanzanite to be mined.”

The current value of the tanzanite market, at U.S. $10 billion, is equivalent to that of diamonds. And so another saying “Diamonds are forever” may lose some of its meaning.

Unit4

Basic listening practice: CDACB

Listening in: task 1: After thirteen years marriage, the woman wants to divorce her husband, claiming he is irresponsible. When asked for the specific grounds for divorce, she gives these reasons: First, he keeps changing jobs, and the family has had to move four times in thirteen years, but she wants stability for her children and herself. Second, although he is paying the bills, they just live around the poverty line. Her children are being teased by other children for not dressing good clothes. Also, they had to live in a small apartment and drive an old car, though it still runs. Worse still, the husband yells at her, though she admits she also yell at him and calls him names. As for the divorce arrangements, the woman will give the husband only visitation rights instead of joint custody. Moreover, the woman will demand half of all they have and large support payments.

Task2: FTFFT

Task3: Ccbad

Further listening: task1 caacb

Further listening and speaking:

A Galaxy of Film Prize Winners

Script

The European Film Awards—First Hollywood, then Cannes, and now Pairs?

The European Film Awards ceremony was held in Pairs in early December, honoring the best in European and world films.

Lars von Trier’s Dancer in the Dark was the overall winner of the evening, receiving awards for the best European film and best actress—Bjork.

.The audiences was disappointed, however, as neither von Trier, Bjork, nor the Oscar-winning Italian director Roberto Benigni showed up to accept awards.

Still, other prize winners did come. The Irish actor Richard Harris, who was given an award for lifetime achievement, gave a humorous thank-you speech that was the high point of the evening.

Another internationally known actor, Jean Reno, also gave an enthusiastic thank-you speech. The French actor received an award for European achievement in world cinema, for his international firm career.

Other VIPs from around Europe also attended. But most of the prizes at the ceremony, which people have been calling “the European Oscars”, went to French films.

There was one international film award, which went to a French-Hong Kong co-production, Wong Karwai’s In the Mood for Love.

Unit5

II. Basic Listening Practice

Keys: 1.C 2.D 3. A 4.B 5.C

III. Listening In

Task 1:

Chris and Nora are going to a reception. Chris is eager to making new connections. As the party ends at two, he intends to have all those brochures distributed by one- thirty. But Nora disagrees, saying that those brochures will make him look like a green hand. She advises him just to hand out business card and leave his work at the door. But Chris wonders how he can get anything out of this if she can’t talk business. To this, Nora insists that he should just get a card for a card. Chris catches on quickly and knows that he can hand out business cards now and follow up on Monday. Finally, Nora suggests splitting up so that they can cover more ground. Chris feels it will be a piece of cake and promise to meet her back there at two.

Task 2: Keys: FTFFT

Task3: Keys: 1. D 2.C 3. C 4.A 5.C

VI. Further Listening

Keys: 1.C 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.D

Further listening and speaking:

A Historic Settlement between the Law and Business

Script

Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman:

We hope that when the state attorney general fully reviewed the settlement, they will also agree that it’s the right way forward. Litigation is never a good thing for any industry or any company. We have said for some time that we would go the extra mile to resolve this case. That is exactly what we did in reaching this settlement.

The experience of the past the three years hs had a profound impact on me personally and on our company. We are in a fast-moving, competitive industry, but we will focus more on how our actions affect other companies.

John Ashcroft, U.S Attorney General:

Today we are announcing a strong, historical settlement reached by the Department of Justice and the Microsoft Corporation that will put an end to Microsoft’s unlawful conduct, bring effective relief to the marketplace, and ensure that consumers will have more choices in meeting their needs of computing and working with their computers. This settlement is the right result for consumers and for businesses, the right result for the economy, and the right result for government. It provides prompt, effective, certain relief for consumers and removes the uncertainty in the computer market, a critical factor in today’s economy.

Unit 6

II. Basic Listening Practice

Keys: 1.C 2.C3. B 4.A 5.D

III. Listening In

Task 1: Alan’s accountant is preparing his income tax return, so he needs to go over some of the receipts wit her. Pamela complains that the government just squanders people’s hard-earned tax money on some unnecessary projects. But Alan does not mind paying taxes, saying it means he is earning money, which is better than living on charity. Pamela insists that if the poor would just get jobs, taxes would bee much lower. Alan disagrees, saying most people would rather work than receive charity, but sometimes there are no jobs that they are trained for. But Pamela asserts that the jobless people should take the needed training to upgrade their skills and knowledge to become more employable. Alan believes that some of the government tax dollars are already directed to training and upgrading programs that help the poor to get jobs. When Pamela says some of the unemployed don’t want to work, preferring to have handouts, Alan points out that some people have to be educated to realize how much fuller their life would be if they ere not dependent on charity. Pamela is, however, more down-to-earth, thinking the government should attack unemployment by reducing the tax rate. That would give people more money; then, they would spend more, which would create more jobs for the poor.

Task 2: Keys: TFTFT

Task3: Fighting Teen Smoking

Keys: 1D 2.A 3. B 4.C 5.c

VI. Further Listening Task1: Keys: 1.C 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.A

Further listening and speaking:

Humanity is indivisible.

Script

Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations:

Peace must be sought above all because it is a condition for every member of the human family to live a life of dignity and security.

We have entered the third millennium through a gate of fire. If today, after the horror of 11 September, we see better and we see farther, we will realize that humanity is indivisible.

New threats make no distinction between races, nations, or regions. A new insecurity has entered every mind, regardless of wealth or status. A deeper awareness of the bonds that bind us all, in pain and in prosperity, has gripped young and old…because beneath the surface of state and nations, ideas and language, lies the fate of individual human beings in needed. Answering their needs will be the mission of the United Nations in the century to come. Thank you very much.

Uint7

II. Basic Listening Practice

Keys: 1.B 2.D 3. A 4.A 5.C

III. Listening In

Task 1: While being interviewed by Martha, Ed said more people in his culture respect nature ever before. When asked about the most serious environmental problem in the world today, he mentioned the damaged ozone layer and the pollution in big cities.

Ed learned about environmental problem at school. A lot of clubs and some TV programs promote environmental safely. He believes that students should learn more about the environment at school. Then they can be more aware of all the problems and prevent more problems from occurring.

When asked about a new law he would like to create to help the environment, he said that when people throw away their cigarette butts, they have to throw them in the garbage bin. They should be fined if they throw them on the floor.

Personally, Ed is so set against littering that he never litters. He always throws his trash into the garbage bin.

Task 2: Keys: FTTFT

Task3: A Mild EI Nino

Keys: 1. C 2.A3. D 4.B 5.C

VI. Further Listening

Task1: Keys: 1.D 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.C

Further listening and speaking:

Santa’s Hometown in Danger

Script

Weather experts may have found a new problem caused by global warming, one which many people will pay attention to: There are signs that Santa’s home in the North may be in trouble because of warmer temperatures.

The Finnish town of Rovaniemi on the Arctic Circle, which many Europeans say is the home of Santa Claus, has had its warmest winter in 40 years. As a result, there has been much less snow than usual—meaning no snowmen, no snowballs and possible not enough snow for Santa to ride his sleigh on.

More important for local residents, it may mean fewer tourists, as well. Santa’s wintry hometown normally attracts thousands of visitors each year, and millions of dollars.

Anne Pelttari-Bergman, the town’s tourist director, worries that the town could be in trouble if snow levels do not return to normal. She explains: “Snow is really important for us, of course. For Santa Claus, for Christmas tourism, and also for our winter tourism because winter is our best season. It is really important for us.”

Weather experts and town residents are hoping this warm winter is a one-time thing. Few people can imagine a holiday when even Santa does not have a white Christmas.

Unit 8

Basic Listening Practice: CBCDA

Listening in: Task 1: security checks, searched, fear, carry-ons, checking, at work, greater, less likely, precautions. Seized, his digital camera, take pictures, flew, ran his bags, on his way, strange

Task 2: TFFFT

Task3: BACCD

Further Listening: task1: DCDAB

Further listening and speaking:

landing, followed, headed, present, succeeded, arrested, publish, attention, happened, cheering, charge, dropped, humorous, get back

Unit 9

Basic Listening Practice: CABDC

Listening in: Task 1: get, a bunch of roses, lover’s day, win her heart, a beautiful card, invited her to dinner, on the wallet, end up, her birthday, a ring, Western

Task 2: TFTFF

Task3: ADCBC

Further Listening: task1: CBDAC

Further listening and speaking:

fun, headache, 150, special, annually, special feeling, atmosphere, traditional-looking, whole, regulations, surprisingly, translates, idea, impression, spreads