
1. To become familiar with decimals presented as a listening focus;
2. To improve listening comprehension through specific exercises.

Sometimes it seems that you cannot prove something without drawing on specific percentages as evidence. Often you can better convince your audience or readers of your point of view by adding the weight of such numerical information to your argument. This section focuses your attention on an aspect of authentic, day-to-day English: percentages.
Listen to the following short speech, Who Is Using the Internet in China? While listening, fill in each of the blanks with the corresponding percentage.

Who Is Using the Internet in China?


A. News Item One
Directions: Listen to the following news item and then, for each question, select the best answer from among the four choices given.
paraplegic | a. 截瘫的 |
make it to | 到达 |
tip | n. 顶端 |
destination | n. 终点 |
epic | a. 史诗般的 |
physical challenge | 身体不便 |
disability | n. 残疾 |
discrimination | n. 歧视 |
on a shoestring budget | 预算不足 |
bulging | a. 肿胀的 |
biceps | n. 二头肌 |
shelter | n. 遮盖物 |
B. News Item Two
Directions: Listen to the following news item and then, for each question, select the best answer from among the four choices given.
customary | a. 习惯的 |
routine | a. 惯例的 |
parking lot | 停车场 |
odd | a. 奇怪的 |
salvage | vt. 获得 |
garbage can | 垃圾桶 |
convict | n. 罪犯 |
dude | n. 〈美口〉 (男)人,家伙 |
capture | n. 抓获 |
chase | n. 追逐 |
the Orange County Board of Supervisors | (美国加州)橙县议会 |

A. Conversation One
Directions: Listen to the following long conversation and then, for each question, select the best answer from among the four choices given.
B. Conversation Two
Directions: Listen to the following long conversation and then, for each question, select the best answer from among the four choices given.

A. Passage One
Directions: Listen to the following passage and then, for each question, select the best answer from among the four choices given.
B. Passage Two
Directions: Listen to the following passage and then, for each question, select the best answer from among the four choices given.