湖科外國(guó)語(yǔ)學(xué)院2013年秋季學(xué)期英語(yǔ)綜合聽(tīng)力3考查試卷

1、SpotDictationPassageU.S.( 組TheUS ernment prints r money in the followingdenominations: 10,000; 5,000; 1,000; 500; 100; 50; 20; 10; 5and You, and almost everybody else, will never see some of these bills; twenties, tens, fives and ones are the most commonly used. You will find a picture of Gee Washin

2、gton on the 1 bill. Abraham Lincoln on the 5,Alexander Hamilton on the 10 and Andrew Jackson on the 20. There are also pictures on the back: the White House onthe 20, the Treasury Building on the10, the Lincoln Memorial on the 5 and a big “ONE” and the American insignia on the 1. However, all p r bi

3、lls are the same size and the same green color, so you have to look carefully before handing someone money and when receivingchange. Your best bet is to fet the pictures and concentrate on the large numbers n all four corners of the front and back.Money in general is referred to as: “cash”, “bucks”,

4、 “dough”, “bread”, “moolah”, “greenbacks”,ect.Aone-dollarbill is mostoftencalled“a dollar”,“a single”,“a buck” or“a bill”; a five-dollar bill is “five dollars”, “a fiver”, “a five spot” or “five bucks” . Five singles make five dollars.A ten-dollar bill might be “a ten”, “ten bucks” or a “ten spot”.(

5、238Passage2OxfordUniversity The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. The universities of Oxford and Cambridge are sometimes referred to collectively as Oxbridge. The two universities have a long history of competition

6、with each other, as they are the two oldest and the most famous universities in England.The date of Oxford foundation is unknown, and indeed it have not have been a single event, but there is evidence of teaching there as early as 1096. When Henry II of England forbade English students to study at t

7、he University of Paris in 1167, Oxford began to grow very quickly. The foundation of the halls of residence, which latter became colleges, dates form this period and later.Following the murder of twostudents accusedof r in1209,the Universitywasdisbanded, and this led to the foundation of the Univers

8、ity of Cambridge. In 1241, the University returned toOxfordwithacharter,andtheUniversitysstatuswasformallyconfirmed. (172 words)Passage3 （ (影視)組Social customs and ways of behaving change. But they do not necessarily always change for the better. Things which were considered impolite many years ago a

9、re now acceptable. Just a few years ago, it was considered impolite behaviour for a man to smoke on the street. No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman would make a fool of himself by smoking when a lady was in the room.The important thingtoremember aboutsocialcustoms isnot to doanything

10、that mightmake other people feelfortable especially if they are your guests. There is a story about a rich noblemanwhohada veryformaldinner party.Whenthefoodwasserved,one of the guestsstarted to eat his peas with a knife. Other guests were amused or shocked, but the nobleman calmly pickeduphis knife

11、 and beganto eatingin the same way. It would have been bad mannersto make his guest feel foolish or(167Passage 4 ( 組Londonis one ofthe biggestcitiesinthe world.It hasa populationofover8 million.Some people like is very muchbecause there isa lot ofto do there and it is very interesting. There are hun

12、dreds of cinemas, sheathes, museums and restaurants there. But other people dont like it because there is so much traffic and noise everywhere.Brighton is a medium-sized town witha population of around 300,000. It is on the coast, about 50 form London. Of course it is not as interesting as London, b

13、ut the air is a lot cleaner and a lot cleaner and better: There are a few factories, but the air is a lot cleaner and better. There are a few factories, but not many. It isnt very easy to find a good job there. But there are a lot of hos and language schools in the town, and in the summer the town i

14、s full of tourists.Passage5( 健康飲食Heart disease kills more than a million people in the world every year. In Britain alone 17,000 die form the disease annually. There are three main reasons for this: smoking, a bad diet, and not taking enough exercise. Many people travel to work bycar, bus or train a

15、nd thensit down at work all day!The foodtheyeatisunhealthyandtheyeat toomuch.Ina typical Britishdishof sausages, chipsandbeans there is toomuchsaltand toomuchsugar an importantingredientin tinned foodand there are notenough vegetables.And there is not enough fiber in mostmeals. Thereare too many dea

16、ths form heart disease. We can reduce that number, but we have to change (130Passage 6( 節(jié)日Harvest Festival takes place in the autumn. It is a very ancient festival which started before Christianity. Atof the summer people always thanked their gods for the harvest. A good harvest gave everyone food f

17、or the winter. A bad harvest brought disaster. In the modern world richcountriescan buyfoodfromabroad,so there isalways foodin the shops.People donotworry about the harvest, but they still celebrate Harvest Festival. They decorate the churches with flowers, fruit and vegetables and have a special se

18、rvice. Many schools celebrate Harvest Festival too. Teachers and students bring food and flowers to decorate the school hall. After the Harvest Festival they take their harvest gifts to Old Peoples Homes or to hospitals.In the old days farmers kept some of the last corn and decorated it with decorated it with flow