新視野大學(xué)英語視聽說教程第二Unit答案

1、Unit 3 Watch out when nature strikes back.Done with this task.    Your current score: 100%Unit 3 testNext    窗體頂端Part I     Script Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the record

2、ing twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)A. 4.0.  B. 4.5.  C. 6.0.  D. 6.5. 2.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)

3、60; A. The crops were all failed in this area because of the drought.  B. The area was hit by the worst drought in the last 30 years.C. The government should improve the development of the infrastructure in the area.  D. The irrigation system in this area played an important role in coping

4、 with the drought. 3.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)  A. There will be a volcanic eruption on La Palma Island.  B. La Palma Island will be completely submerged.C. Tidal waves will strike the coasts of two continents.  D. Tidal waves will die down along the coast

5、s of Africa and North America. 4.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)  A. The man thinks human beings can change nature.  B. The woman thinks human beings can change nature.  C. The man thinks human beings can do nothing in the face of nature disaster.D. The woman th

6、inks human beings can do nothing but minimizing losses in the face of natural disasters. 5.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)  A. The man thinks modern technology can tame nature while the woman does not.  B. The woman thinks modern technology can tame nature while the

7、man does not.  C. Both the man and woman think mankind can conquer nature.D. Neither the man nor the woman thinks mankind can conquer nature. Part II     Script Directions: Listen to the passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the ge

8、neral idea. When the passage is read the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from (1) to (7) with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from (8) to (10), write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read the third time, check your

9、answers. A few years ago, my friend and I were walking (1) noon on a street near my home in a northern (2) of Teheran. This area is well-known because it is a beautiful avenue that (3) two major traffic circles. It is located at the (4) of a high mountain. That day, the sun was (5), but the weather

10、suddenly changed. (6) we were walking between the two circles, it started raining very hard. We started to (7) the boulevard to get to the second circle. It was raining so hard that we decided to go inside a restaurant instead. (8). At first, we did not know what was going on. We went outside the re

11、staurant to see what was happening. People seemed shocked. (9). We were scared. Cars, rocks, and people were floating on the water like little toys toward the little market at the south end of the circle. The height of the water was almost to the top of the trees. After a few minutes, the flood'

12、s flow was reduced, so we decided to leave the area before the water entered the street we were on. (10). Later, we also learned that a dam had burst during the rain.  Your answerCorrect answer(1)atat(2)sectionsection(3)connectsconnects(4)bottombottom(5)shiningshining(6)AsAs(7)crosscross (

13、8)Ten minutes later, as we were looking out the window, we saw everyone was running away from something (9)A huge flood was streaming down the mountain. We were standing on a higher place, so we could see everything (10)It was reported that the flood destroyed a big area and approximately

14、300 people were killed or disappeared that dayPart III     Script Directions: Listen to the following recording, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answ

15、ers. Use the second playing to check your answers. 1.Why was the door to the balcony wide open?A. The weather was hot.  B. It was too moist inside.  C. It was too dry inside.  D. The scene outside was beautiful. 2.Why was the speaker unable to close the windows?  A. The wind

16、ow was deformed.B. The wind was too strong.  C. He was scared stiff by the loud thunder.  D. He was frightened by the lightning. 3.How did the speaker manage to close the window?  A. He asked his wife to close it together.B. He used a mop to close it.  C. He waited until the

17、 wind was less strong.  D. He waited until the hail was over. 4.What did the speaker do after seeing the lightning?  A. He closed the window.  B. He turned off the TV.  C. He turned off the lights.D. He pulled out the electrical plugs. 5.What is the sequence of the even

18、ts?  A. Sunwindthunder and lightningsunhail.  B. Sunhailthunder and lightningwindsun.C. Sunwindthunder and lightninghailsun.  D. Sunwindhailthunder and lightningsun. Part IVDirections: Choose the best answer to each of the following statements. 1.Our flight to Tokyo was delayed b

19、y 12 hours. A typhoon _ the east coast and it was chaos.  A. beatB. hit  C. struck at  D. attacked on 2.Tsunami waves can be _ meters high. They toss cars and houses around as though they were children's toys.  A. a dozen of  B. dozen of  C. dozensD. dozens of&

20、#160;3.A blizzard is a severe weather condition _ low temperatures and strong winds, greater than 35 miles per hour, bearing a great amount of snow.A. characterized by  B. characterized with  C. characteristic of  D. characteristic with 4.But it is generally agreed that in order

21、to be classified as a blizzard, _ merely a winter storm, the weather must meet several conditions.  A. which opposed to  B. which opposed withC. as opposed to  D. as opposed with 5.When all of these conditions continue after snow has stopped falling, the storm _ a ground blizzard

22、.  A. is referred as  B. is referred toC. is referred to as  D. referring to as 6.People _ in a whiteout can quickly become disoriented, _ their sense of up and down as well as their sense of direction.  A. catching.losing  B. caught.lost  C. catching.lostD. caught

23、.losing 7.The scale of the resulting deaths or property damage depends on the human ability to _ the disasters.A. resist  B. resist to  C. resist against  D. resist from 8.During a drought, food and water supplies can _.  A. run lowlyB. run low  C. drop lowly 

24、 D. drop low 9.Thousands of stock farmers will have to slaughter their livestock _ because there is no grass left.  A. on a big way  B. with a big way  C. in a large scaleD. on a large scale 10.The fire department from the nearby town was called to put the fire _.A. out 

25、; B. down  C. away  D. off  窗體底端 Please note that your first submission will be recorded as the ONLY learning record.Do you want to submit your answer now? Yes No ··Add note Edit note View note ·Ask a question View my questions View all class questions Edit my

26、 questions 窗體頂端窗體底端 Word tips   Language and culture tips    Overview   Learning strategies   Script Question 1 M: Mary, I'm sorry to hear that your home town was stricken by an earthquake. Is it serious? W: Well, this is

27、 the second time my home town has been stricken within a year. But this time the Richter scale is 4.0, much smaller than the previous one that measured 6.5. Q: What is the Richter scale of the latest earthquake in the woman's home town? Question 2 W: It's a great relief to have rain after a

28、long time of drought. The crops almost failed because of the dry spell. M: Yeah. We'd never been hit by a drought so severe in the past 40 years. I think it's high time our government intensified the development of irrigation and water conservancy projects. Q: Which of the following is true

29、according to the dialog? Question 3 M: It was in the news again today. A huge part of La Palma Island will fall into the Atlantic Ocean, causing tidal waves. W: I saw it. British scientists predict waves 100 meters high lasting 15 minutes will sweep the coasts of Africa and North America when La Pal

30、ma collapses. Lord help us! Q: What will happen according to British scientists? Question 4 M: Jane, I've been thinking about whether we human beings can prevent natural disasters from occurring recently. But I've no answer. W: Well, Peter, in my opinion, what we can do is only to reduce our

31、 losses in the face of natural disasters at most. Q: What is true of the two speakers? Question 5 M: We think we've tamed Mother Nature, but we haven't. Last week a giant ship vanished without a trace in a storm. W: Yeah. Lost in 100-mile-per-hour winds and 23-meter waves, all our satellite

32、systems, electronic communications and computer modeling were no match for the fury of a storm like that. Q: Which of the following is true according to the dialog?   Script A few years ago, my friend and I were walking at noon on a street near my home in a northern section of Teheran

33、. This area is well-known because it is a beautiful avenue that connects two major traffic circles. It is located at the bottom of a high mountain. That day, the sun was shining, but the weather suddenly changed. As we were walking between the two circles, it started raining very hard. We started to

34、 cross the boulevard to get to the second circle. It was raining so hard that we decided to go inside a restaurant instead. Ten minutes later, as we were looking out the window, we saw everyone was running away from something. At first, we did not know what was going on. We went outside the restaura

35、nt to see what was happening. People seemed shocked. A huge flood was streaming down the mountain. We were standing on a higher place, so we could see everything. We were scared. Cars, rocks, and people were floating on the water like little toys toward the little market at the south end of the circ

36、le. The height of the water was almost to the top of the trees. After a few minutes, the flood's flow was reduced, so we decided to leave the area before the water entered the street we were on. It was reported that the flood destroyed a big area and approximately 300 people were killed or disappeared that day. Later, we also learned that a dam had burst during the rain.   Script This is a story about an extreme storm in Moscow. It happened two and a half years ago. It was the first time in my life that I saw such a strong storm. For Moscow, it was very unusual, and no