英语视听说(上册) 参考答案

Unit 1

Task I

Global Listening

1. A

2. C

5. C

6. A

Task II

Listen for Details

Episode 1

1. T

2. F

Episode 2

1. √

Episode 3

(1) technology always wins

(3) advertising supported

(5) Ten million people

(7) video games

(9) typo

(11) fig leaf

(13) steal

2. √

Pirates of the Internet

3. B

7. D

4. D

8. D

3. T

4. F

5. T

3. √

(2) software

(4) radio

(6) music

(8) not liable for

(10) control

(12) facilitating

(14) comfortable

Episode 4

1.

Following

the

music

industry

and

begin

to

sue

individuals

who

download

movies;

2. Airing ads about people whose jobs are at risk because of the piracy;

3. Keeping copies of movies from leaking in the first place;

4. Hiring people to hack the hackers / serve up thousands of fake copies of new

movies.

Episode 5

1. Downloading off the Internet.

2. 60 million.

3. Embrace it and get paid too.

4. A bunch of crooks.

5. 3

–

5 dollars.

6. Stopping piracy.

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Unit 2

Task I

1. A

5. C

Task II

Listen for Details

2. T

3. T

Episode 1

1. F

Episode 2

(1) operable space plane

(3) monopoly on

(5) business

(7) contests

Episode 3

1. Nearly a decade ago.

Global Listening

2. C

6. A

The New Space Race

3. B

7. D

4. D

8. D

4. F

5. F

6. T

(2) at a cost

(4) incentive

(6) dream

(8) a trophy

(10) technological sophistication

(9) stunning looks

2. Turning his designs into models and testing them.

3. He sought investment from Paul Allen.

4. The vote of confidence.

5. Gluing carbon fabric together with epoxy.

6. Flying badminton shuttlecocks.

Episode 4

Episode 5

1. It has proved that the small guys can build a space ship and go to space.

2. The deal is to invest $$120 million to build five spaceships for paying customers.

Flights are expected to begin in 2008.

3. Yes. According to Virgin Galactic, 38,000 people have put down a deposit for a

seat, and 90 people have paid the full price of $$200,000.

4. His next goal is affordable travel above low-Earth orbit, i.e., affordable travel to

the moon.

2

1

——

(J)

2

——

(A)

3

——

(C, F)

4

——

(B,H)

5

——

(D)

Unit 3

Task I

1. B

5. C

Task II

Listen for Details

2. F

3. T

Episode 1

1. F

Episode 2

1.

√

Episode 3

(1) 81 years; Two times.

(2) Three generations.

(3) It’s flat.

5.

√

Global Listening

2. C

6. D

New Orleans is Sinking

3. A

7. D

4. C

4. F

5. F

6. F

6.

√

(4) Land is all that the Fultons have, yet it is prone to disaster.

(5) Several feet off the ground.

(6) 80,000; $$26,200.

Episode 4

(1) bad design

(3) fixed

(5) withstand

(7) doubled

Episode 5

1. They made the assessment on the site and then Wi-Fied the reports to a city hall

database,

which

is

linked

to

aerial

images

of

every

single

address,

both

before

and

after.

2. The total cost of reconstruction will be given to the city authorities.

3. Because his own home was flooded and ruined.

4. It means that there are too few people to pay taxes or keep business going.

5. He is asking the nation to commit billions of dollars and many years to protect

the city.

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(2) workmanship

(4) next summer

(6) Category 5

(8) billions

Unit 4

Task I

1. C

5. A

Task II

Listen for Details

2. T

Episode 1

1. F

Episode 2

(1) military alliances

(3) drug lords

(5) allegations

(7) small-time

Episode 3

Episode 4

1

——

(A, G)

4

——

(K)

Global Listening

2. D

6. C

Afghanistan

–

Addicted to Heroin

3. B

7. C

4. B

8. D

3. F

4. F

5. F

(2) private armies

(4) in high places

(6) for drug offenses

2

——

(E, I)

5

——

(D)

3

——

(F)

1.

To

do

something

about

senior

officials

and

governors

involved

in

the

drug

business.

2. To remove them from office / from the country.

3. The need to fight terrorism / insurgency.

4. Destroy it.

5. For fear of disrupting the flow of intelligence.

Episode 5

1. The number of acres of poppy under cultivation dropped 20 percent this year.

2. They were promised health clinics, schools and roads.

3.

They

elicit

tolls,

protection

money

and

drugs

from

traffickers

in

areas

they

control.

4. Fighting narcotics is as important as fighting terrorism; It needs to be elevated to

a rank that is commensurate with the threat it poses.

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Unit 5

Task I

1. D

5. D

Task II

Listen for Details

2. T

3. T

Episode 1

1. F

Episode 2

(1) naturally

(5) fingerprint

(9) warm

Episode 3

2.

√

Episode 4

1. Land of the great bear.

2. Polar bears’ health.

3. A tranquillizer dart.

3.

√

Global Listening

2. A

6. C

The Global Warning

3. A

7. B

4. B

4. T

5. T

6. F

(2) man’s doing

(4) ice cores

(6) burning fossil fuels

(8) thousand

(3) expeditions

(7) carbon dioxide

4.

√

4. Bear population there is the healthiest.

5. Changes in the bears’ fat, dimensions and teeth.

6. They can only hunt on the ice.

Episode 5

1. They say

they’re no more reliable than the local weatherman.

2. They made science as precise as it is today.

3. The US can’t flip its energy use overnight and its economy might get hurt.

4. His job is to tell the government exactly what he knows scientifically.

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Unit 6

Task I

1. B

5. B

Task II

Listen for Details

2. T

3. F

Episode 1

1. F

Episode 2

1.

√

Episode 3

(1) Nazi era

(3) apartheid

(5) pollutants

Episode 4

1. 920,000; One year.

4.

√

Global Listening

2. C

6. D

The Coal Cowboy

3. D

7. A

4. A

8. C

4. F

5. F

6.

√

(2) coal-based fuels

(4) gasifying coal

(6) conventional diesel

(8) less than one

(11) conventional

7) engine performance

(10) twice as much

2. He has his eye on the national stage.

3. Farmers and ranchers fighting the coal-to-diesel plan.

4. Toxic eyesores.

Episode 5

1. Mining companies have gotten around the law in the past.

2. Montana has got all the land there that can be used to produce biofuels. It will

be competitive.

3.

Biodiesel

can

only

meet

15

percent

of

the

US

diesel

demands

even

if

all

farmland is devoted to this cause.

4. Not yet, because there will be a lot of engineering on the fly and cost overruns

for the first plant of this kind.

5. The price of oil will not drop back to $$25 or $$30 a barrel.

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Unit 7

Task I

1. A

5. B

Task II

Listen for Details

2. F

Episode 1

1. F

Episode 2

1. E

Episode 3

(1) Aggression

(3) developed

(7) urges

2. C

Global Listening

2. D

6. B

Can a Video Game Lead to Murder?

3. C

7. C

4. A

8. B

3. F

4. T

5. T

6. F

3. A

4. D

5. G

6. B

7. F

(2)

I

nstitute of Health

(4) impulse control center

(6) consider consequences

(8) heightened

(10) upbringing

(5) under construction

(9) risk factors

Episode 4

(11) turn to violence32

1. Selling Moore two versions of the game.

2. Millions of law-abiding citizens.

3. It makes the device that runs the game.

4. It’s becoming more dangerous.

Episode 5

1. When a new medium comes along, it will be the subject of almost a hysterical

attack.

2.

He

can’t

understand

why

games

targeting

police

officers

were

made

by

the

manufacturers.

3. They card teenagers in an effort to keep violent games from underage kids.

4.

They

are

considering

laws

that

would

ban

the

sale

of

violent

games

to

those

under 17.

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