Unit 4
II. Listening Practice
1. Mini-Dialogues
Listen to the following five mini-dialogues and for each question below, select the best answer from among
the four choices given.
1)
a. She did not understand the teacher.
b. She understood the teacher.
c. She was not understood.
d. She had to speak fast.
2)
a. David wants to talk to Connie.
b. Connie and David have changed.
c. Connie and David have many friends.
d. Connie and David are planning a trip together.
3)
a. He thinks it's a good decision.
b. He thinks Tom is too young.
c. He is surprised.
d. He is angry.
4)
a. The end surprised everyone.
b. She went to sleep during the movie.
c. The complete movie was not shown.
d. She wants to see the movie again tonight.
5)
a. He left his lab and went on vacation.
b. He came back to work early.
c. He went to give a lecture.
d. He locked his lab.
2. Conversations
In this part, there are two recorded conversations. Listen to the conversations
carefully and then, for each question that follows, select the best answer from
among the four choices given.
Words and Expressions
it looks like rain 看上去要下雨
by the river 在河边
get off work 下班
pain 令人厌烦的人(或事)
complain 抱怨
guy 家伙
out of work 失业
Conversation 1
1)
a. In the rowing boat.
b. At a lunch table.
c. In the park.
d. In a car.
2)
a.Enjoying the beautiful weather with the man.
b. Watching birds with her boy friend.
c.Having a picnic with the man.
d. Meeting the man for a date.
3)
a. Birds to arrive.
b. The rain to stop.
c. A delivery of food.
d. Her boy friend with food.
Coversation 2
4)
a.At dinner.
b.Over lunch.
c. Before work.
d. Close to supper.
5)
a. He's sick.
b. He's angry.
c. He's hungry.
d. He's painful.
6)
a.It's overly demanding.
b. It's a real pain.
c. It's well-paid.
d. It's boring.
7)
a. He enjoys what he does at the airport.
b. He's lucky enough to be employed.
c. He's going to be quit his job.
d. He's got a well-paid job.
8)
a.They meet each other at the airport.
b.They get together sometime.
c.They have supper together.
d.They do shopping together.
3. Passages
Words and Expressions
retailing n. 零售业
electronic 电子商务
consumer n. 顾客
web browser 网页浏览器
alternative a. 替代的
virtual store 虚存储器
mobile commerce 移动商务
purchasing n. 购买
retailer n. 零售商
optimize vt. 使最优化
bluff 吹牛
in one's best light展示某人最好的一面
fit n. 合适
Passage 1
Listen to the following passage and then fill in the blanks with the missing
words. The passage will be read three times.
Online shopping or online retailing is a 1)___________ of electronic commerce which allows
consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller 2)____________using a web browser.
Alternative 3)_________ are: e-web-store, e-shop, e-store, Internet shop,web-shop, web-store,
online store, online storefront and virtualy store. 4)______ ( or m-commerce) describes pruchasing
from an online retailer's mobile optimized 5)_________.
Passage 2
Listen to the following passage twice and then answer each question that
follows in no more than three words.
6) What can get you in trouble during an interview?
______________________________ during an interview.
7) What are you supposed to do with your information?
To present the information in ____________________.
8)What is it important for you to do when you do have challenges?
To talk about how you ____________________
9) How do you show them that you want the job?
To show them that _______________________.
10) How do you show them that you can do the job?
To show them that through ___________________________.
1. Mini-Dialogues
1 A 2 B 3 C 4 C 5 B
Conversation1
1 C 2 B 3 D
Coversation 2
4 D 5 C 6 B 7 B 8 B
