新概念英语二1-18

高一英语听力训练

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Lesson 1 A private conversation

私人谈话

Last week I went to the (1)

.I had a very good seat.

The play was very (2)

. I did not

enjoy (3)

. A young man and a young woman were sitting (4)

me. They were talking

(5)

. I got very angry. I could not hear the (6)

. I turned round. I looked at the man and

the woman (7)

. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned

round again. 'I can't hear a word!' I said angrily. It's none of your (8)

,' the young man

said rudely. '

This is a private conversation!’

Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch?

早餐还是午餐？

It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until (1)

time.

Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was (2)

outside.

'What a day!' I thought. 'It's (3)

again.' Just then, the telephone (4)

. It was my aunt

Lucy.'

I've

just

arrived

by

(5)

,'

she

said.

'I'm

coming

to

see

you.'

'But

I'm

still

having

breakfast,' I said.

'What are you doing?' she asked. I'm having breakfast,' I (6)

.

'(7)

me,' she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock!''

Lesson 3 Please send me a card

请给我寄一张明信片

Postcards always (1)

my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I (2)

museums and

sat in public gardens. A friendly (3)

taught me a few words of Italian. Then he (4)

me

a

book.

I

read

a

few

lines,

but

I

did

not

understand

a

word.

Every

day

I

thought

about

postcards. My holidays (5)

quickly, but I did not send any cards to my friends. On the last

day I made a big (6)

. I got up early and (7)

thirty-seven cards. I spent the (8)

day

in my room, but I did not write a single card!

Lesson 4 An exciting trip

激动人心的旅行

I have just (1)

a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for six

months. Tim is an (2)

. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great

number of different (3)

in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to

Alice Springs, a small town in the(4)

of Australia. He will (5)

visit Darwin. From there,

he will (6)

to Perth.

My brother has never been (7)

before, so he is finding this trip very (8)

.

Lesson 5 No wrong numbers

无错号之虞

Mr

James

Scott

has

a

(1)

in

Silbury

and

now

he

has

just

bought

another

garage

in

Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a (2)

for

his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon (3)

the first

message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird (4)

the distance in three minutes. Up to now,

1

Mr.

Scott has

sent

a great

many

(5)

for spare

parts and other

(6)

messages

from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private telephone (7)

.

Lesson 6 Percy Buttons

珀西

·

巴顿斯

I

have

just

(1)

to

a

house

in

Bridge

Street.

Yesterday

a(2)

knocked

at

my

door. He asked me for a (3)

and a glass of beer. In (4)

for this, the beggar (5)

on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then

he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a

told me about him.

Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He (6)

at every house in the street

once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.

Lesson 7 Too late

为时太晚

The

(1)

was

late

and

detectives

were

waiting

at

the

airport

all

morning.

They

were

expecting

a

(2)

parcel of

diamond from

South

Africa.

A few

hours earlier,

someone

had told the police that (3)

would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived,

some of the detectives were waiting inside the (4)

building while others were waiting

on

the

airfield.

Two

men

took

the

parcel

off

the

plane

and

it

into

the

Customs

House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel.

To their (5)

, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!

Lesson 8 The best and the worst

最好的和最差的

Joe Sanders has the most (1)

garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for 'The

Nicest

Garden

(2)

each

year,

but

Joe

wins

every

time.

Bill

Frith's

garden

is

(3)

than Joe's. Bill works harder than Joe and (4)

more flowers and vegetables, but Joe's

garden

is more

interesting.

He

has

made

(5)

paths

and

has

built

a

(6)

bridge

over a pool. I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every year I enter for the garden

competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town!

Lesson 9 A cold welcome

冷遇

On (1)

evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large (2)

of

people

had

gathered

under

the

Town

Hall

clock.

It

would

(3)

twelve

in

twenty

minutes' time. Fifteen minutes (4)

and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big

minute

(5)

did

not

move.

We

waited

and

waited,

but

nothing

happened.

Suddenly

someone

(6)

,

'It's

two

minutes

past

twelve!

The

clock

has

stopped!'

I

looked

at

my

watch.

It

was

true.

The

big

clock

(7)

to

welcome

the

New

Year.

At

that

moment

everybody began to laugh and sing.

Lesson 10 Not for jazz

不适于演奏爵士乐

We have an old (1)

instrument. It is called a clavichord(

击弦古钢琴

). It was made in (2)

in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the (3)

. It has (4)

to our family for a long time.

The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was (5)

by a

visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She

(6)

the keys too hard and two of the strings

were

broken.

My

father

was

(7)

.

Now

we

are

not

allowed

to

(8)

it.

It

is

being

repaired by a friend of my father's.

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