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Unit One Time-Conscious Americans
Understanding Words
Listening Task 1
1. She is so lazy that it is quite difficult to assess her ability.
2. We spent a restless night in a roadside hotel.
3. John always budgets his time very carefully.
4. After supper, they often take a leisurely walk round the grounds.
5. The significance of this project remains mostly unknown to us.
6. It is a convention to use the right hand to shake hands.
7. The airline decides to replace its small planes with Boeing 747s.
8. Dogs are known to have all acute sense of smell.
9. Tom has never had cheerful surroundings since his early years.
10. Copper conducts electricity.
Key: 1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (A) 10. (B)
Listening Task 2
1. I regret we've run out of money.
2. The government is firmly committed to helping low-income and unemployed citizens.
3. His carelessness resulted in the forest fire.
4. Everyone in Shanghai seems to be in a rush.
5. You are supposed to sign this agreement in person.
6. My success is entirely due to hard work.
7. How can you account for your frequent lateness for class?
8. We still fall behind our competitors in using new technology.
9. He's nothing but a cheat.
10. They communicate with each other through personal contacts rather than through phone calls.
Key: 1.(B) 2.(A) 3. (C) 4.(A) 5.(A) 6.(C) 7.(C) 8.(B) 9.(D) 10.(D)
UNDERSTANDING SHORT CONVERSATIONS
Listening Task 1
Key: 1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (D) 7. (A) 8. (C) 9. (C) 10. (B)
11. (B) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (D) 15. (D) 16. (C) 17. (C) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (B)
UNDERSTANDING LONG CONVERSATIONS
Conversation 1
Key: 1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (D)
Conversation 2
Key: 6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (D)
UNDERSTANDING PASSAGES
Passage1
Key: 1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (D) 5. (C)
Passage 2
Key: 6. (D) 7. (A) 8. (C) 9. (D) 10. (B)
Passage 3
Key: .(A) 12.(C) 13.(A) 14.(A) 15.(A)
Passage 4
Key: 16. (B) 17. (A) 18. (B) 19. (A) 20. (B)
Unit Two Environment Protection
Understanding Statements
Listening Task 1
1. In most parts of the world, environmental awareness doesn't exist.
2. Some of the countries around the world have already undertaken new environmental initiatives.
3. The country has closed its waters to cod fishing and set strict limits on catches of other species.
4. Experts say that some species today have been so wasted that they may never recover.
5. They have created an ambitious program to preserve the ecological diversity of their tropical rain forest.
6. For decades, the government colonized the Amazon, bringing severe environmental disasters to the area and its people.
7. They enjoyed many tax favors for their products could help to improve the environment.
8. In his country, rivers, land, and forests are so contaminated that many are now biologically dead.
9. The explosive population growth has led to the removal of forests in much of the country.
10. The country is now struggling to provide enough food, shelter, and employment for its people.
Key: 1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (A) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (A)
Listening Task 2
1. A majority of nations concern themselves with economic development.
2. The government will carry out its environmental protection programs regardless of their high costs.
3. Signs of global warming have sprung up time and again around file world.
4. This action was taken in response to the excessive use of the existing farmland.
5. About 40,000 citizens are now unemployed as a result of the fishing bans.
6. New environmental laws are aimed at protecting Costa Rica's remaining forests.
7. In recent years, the government has waged a campaign for birth control on a large scale.
8. Smoking is frowned upon at most public gatherings.
9. A treaty hag been signed to serve as a model for protecting the rivers in the region.
10. We must convert all the people to the idea of environmental protection.
Key: I.(D) 2,(A) 3.(C) 4.(B) 5.(B) 6.(D) 7.(A) 8.(D) 9.(A) 10.(B)
UNDERSTANDING SHORT CONVERSATIONS
Key: 1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (A)
11. (C) 12. (A) 13. (A) 14. (A) 15. (A) 16. (B) 17. (B) 18. (D) 19. (A) 20. (B)
UNDERSTANDING LONG CONVERSATIONS
Conversation 1
Key: 1.(B) 2.(D) 3.(A) 4.(B) 5.(A)
Conversation 2
Key: 6. (B) 7. (D) 8. (A) 9. (B) 10. (B)
UNDERSTANDING PASSAGES
Passage 1
Key: 1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. (D)
Passage 2
Key: 6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (B)
Passage 3
Key: 11. (B) 12. (A) 13. (C) 14. (D) 15. (A)
Passage 4
Key: 16. (D) 17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (D) 20. (B)
Unit Three Marriage Across The Nations
Understanding Statements
Listening Task 1
1. She found that compromise was always the best policy when she got involved in arguing with her husband.
2. I didn't like him and I was sure the feeling was mutual.
3. The former actor was continually in expectation of returning to the stage again.
4. We'll overlook your behavior this time, but don't do it again.
5. There is a lot of resistance to the news that she plans to marry a black basketball player.
6. The manager's tolerance of contrary points of view is limited.
7. Susan accepted her sister's new husband with reservation.
8. No one knows who killed her, but the police suspect her husband.
9. They thought that the punishment was rather harsh for such a little mistake.
10. She has to be realistic about her future.
Key: I. (A) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (A)
Listening Task 2
1. He has experienced tile ups and downs of a political career.
2. Their marriage just didn't work out.
3. The
young man became all the more charming because of the effect of the wine.
4. Instead of congratulating us upon our success, our professor counseled us to be modest.
5. They joked about the budding relationship between the two youngsters.
6. We harbored suspicions about his intentions.
7. Their color bad nothing to do with their divorce.
8. The Smiths will have to pay at least $350,000 for their new house.
9. If we have any doubts about the project, we should not hesitate to cancel it.
10. The couple went over their personality conflicts and the hardships they had faced over the past five years.
Key: 1.(B) 2.(C) 3.(B) 4.(B) 5.(D) 6.(A) 7.(C) 8.(B) 9.(C) 10.(A)
UNDERSTANDING SHORT CONVERSATIONS
Key: 1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (A)
11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (B) 15. (C) 16. (C) 17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (C) 20. (D)
UNDERSTANDING LONG CONVERSATIONS
Conversation 1
Key: 1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (D)
Conversation 2
Key: 6. (D) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (C)
UNDERSTANDING PASSAGES
Passage 1
Key: 1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (D)
Passage 2
Key: 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (D)
Passage 3
Key: 11. (C) 12. (C) 13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (B)
Passage 4
Key: 16. (C) 17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (D) 20. (B)
Unit Four Study Abroad
Understanding Statements
Listening Task 1
1. The fault was discovered during a routine check of the plane.
2. The teenagers will spend 10 months of their lives studying abroad, far from their families.
3. The United States is host to
more than 3,000 young Brazilians every year.
4. Our president is fluent in several languages, including Japanese and English.
5. The authorities are trying to prevent illicit foreigners from remaining in this country.
6. It is much more important to acquire life experiences than to receive a certificate from the American government.
7. Patricia Caglian had stuffed two enormous suitcases full to their capacity and she couldn't pull them around by herself.
8. Students living in their temporary homes often get punished if they return later than 10:30 p.m.
9. Young Brazilians go to study in the States for the same reasons: to become fluent in English and to get an American certificate.
10. If you have an accident with your car, the insurance goes up.
Koy: 1.(B) 2.(A) 3.(A) 4.(B) 5.(B) 6.(B) 7.(B) 8.(B) 9.(B) 10.(A)
Listening Task 2
1. At first glance I thought it was a tree, but I was mistaken.
2. For most of the students, studying abroad is a painful experience.
3. She found it hard to describe the night that she had lived through alone on her way to her temporary home.
4. This in turn pushes up the program cost, estimated at about $ 3,800.
5. You can economize on food by not eating in restaurants all the time.
6. The student will not be able to pay back his loan to the Bank if he fails to get an American certificate.
7. The teachers are looking for ways to adapt the children to their new school conditions.
8. Learning how to pack things is one of the essentials that the teenagers have to practice before leaving their home countries.
9. John looks pale because he is not accustomed to the new life here.
10. The new parents coped successfully with the complaints of the foreign student.
Key: 1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (D) 5. (C) 6. (D) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (B) 10. (B)
UNDERSTANDING SHORT CONVERSATIONS
Key 1. (D) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (A) 8. (D) 9. (B) 10. (C)
11. (A) 12. (A) 13. (D) 14. (B) 15. (B) 16. (B) 17. (C) 18. (C) 19. (C) 20. (D)
UNDERSTANDING LONG CONVERSATIONS
Conversation 1
Key: 1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (D)
Conversation 2
Key: 6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (B) 10.
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