现代大学英语听力2 练习答案_0

现代大学英语听力2 练习答案_0 Key to Exercises of Listening 2 Key to Unit 1 Social Customs Task 1 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) She wanted to see St. Paul’s Cathedral. 2) She was so surprised because she saw so many Englishmen who looked alike. 3) They were all wearing dark suits and bowler hats, carrying umbrellas and newspapers. 4) Because she had often read about them and seen photographs of them, who all looked as if they were wearing a uniform. 5) No, he didn’t. 6) He used the English saying “It takes all kinds to make a world” to prove his opinion. B. Write down the poem “If All the Seas Were One Sea”. If all the seas were one sea, what a great sea it would be! And if all the trees were one tree, what a great tree it would be! And if this tree were to fall in the sea, what a great splash there would be! Task 2 Key A: Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) B: Decide whether the following statements are true or false. 1) T 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) F 1 Task 3 Key A: Answer the following questions. 1) In the US, people usually dance just to enjoy themselves; they don’t invite other people to watch them. 2) Usually eight people dance together. 3) Because people form a square in dancing with a man and a woman on each side of the square. 4) He usually makes it into a song. 5) They wear old-fashioned clothes. B: Decide whether the following statements are true or false. 1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T C. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) 4) Task 4 Key A: Answer the following questions. 1) It was a time to celebrate the end of winter and the beginning of spring. 2) They burned the picture of their kitchen god to bring good luck. 3) The custom said the brides must wear “something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue” to bring good luck. 4) Because they could not eat meat, eggs or dairy products during Lent, so they tried to use up these things before Lent began. 5) It was a straw man made by children in Czech; it was a figure of death. 6) People brought their animals to church. And before the animals went into the church, people dressed them up in flowers and ribbons. Task 5 Key A: Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the tape. 1) F 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) T 7) T 2 B: Write out a list of the advantages and disadvantages of the Victorian times. Task 6 Key A: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1) b 2) a 3) c 4) a B: Complete the following sentence with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) C: Complete the definitions below according to the what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) Task 7 Key A: Fill in the following chart with a “?” mark in corresponding columns 3 B: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1) c 2) c 3) a 4) b 5) c 6) c 7) c Task 8 Key A: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1) a 2) c 3) b 4) c 5) c 6) b 7) c 8) b B: Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the tape. 1) T 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T 6) F 7) F 8) F 9) T 10) F Task 9 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 are 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 thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable—especially if they are your guests. There is a story about a rich nobleman who had a very formal dinner party. When the food was served, one of the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. Other guests were amused or shocked, but the nobleman calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. It would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable. 4 Key to Unit 2 Weather Task 1 Key A. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) b 2) a 3) d Task 2 Key A. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the tape. 1) T 2) F 3) F B. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) d 2) c 3) c C. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. Task 3 Key Complete the following summary of the passage. II. A. III. A. 1. 2. Task 4 5 Key A. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) b 2) c B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape C. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the tape. 1) F 2) T 3 )F Task 5 Key A. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) c 2) b 3) d 4) c 5) c Task 6 Key A. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the tape. 1) F 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) T B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape Task 7 Key A. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) b 2) a 3) b 6 B. Summarize the weather conditions reported in the radio programme. C. Match each place with the corresponding weather condition there. For today Maximum temperatures of around 21 degrees 26 degrees Celsius by mid-afternoon 23 degrees Celsius by early afternoon Midlands Light showers around midday 15 hours of lovely sunshine For the weekend Spain Cloudy but mainly dry with sunny periods, 23 degrees Celsius Greece Heavy rain, 17 degrees Celsius France Cloudy with rain, maximum temperatures of 22 degrees Northern Ireland 34 degrees Celsius Most of England 32 degrees Celsius Task 8 Key Fill in the following chart. 7 Task 9 Key A. Tick the statements “?” that correctly describe the tornado in Xenia in 1974. 3) [?] 6) [?] 7)[?] B. Rearrange the following sentences describing the boy’s experiences on the day when the tornado hit his town. [f]?[c]?[a]?[d]?[b]?[e] C. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the tape. 1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F D. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) d 2) b Task 10 Script Undoubtedly, Tibet is one of the harshest places for human existence. It is cool in summer but freezing cold in winter. In Lhasa, the mildest city in Tibet, temperatures may exceed 29 degrees Celsius in summer while plummeting to -16 degrees Celsius in winter! Sun radiation is extremely strong in Tibet. The sunlight in Lhasa is so intense that the city is called Sunlight City. The thin air can neither block off nor retain heat so that there are great temperature extremes on the same day! The average temperature in northern Tibet is subzero and winter arrives in October until the following May or June. July and August are the best time to visit the area, enjoying warm temperatures, intense sunshine, beautiful scenery and festive events. May, June and September represent the tourist season in east Tibet. In winter, roads are all blocked by heavy snow. Landslides and rock falls frequently occur, which will make travel difficult. 8 Key to Unit 3 Social Issues Task 1 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) Stress on the job costs American companies as much as $150 billion a year in lower productivity, unnecessary employee sick leave, and higher medical costs. 2) The most stressful professions are those that involve danger and extreme pressure and those that carry a lot of responsibility without much control. 3) The best way to deal with stress is through relaxation, but sometimes the only answer is to fight back or walk away. B. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 4) 5) 6) Task 2 Key A: Complete the following summary of the two speakers’ opinions. 1) a) b) c) 2) a) b) B. Answer the following questions. She implies that if the first speaker was one of the victims of terrorism, she would want the government to give in to the demands so that she wouldn’t die. Task 3 Key 9 A: Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. B. Answer the following questions. 1) It is located in a narrow street with five-and six-storey buildings eight kilometers from downtown Los Angeles. 2) This factory makes shirts and jeans. 3) She’s already been working for ten hours, but she won’t stop for another two hours. 4) She can’t complain about those things because she is an illegal immigrant. Task 4 Key A: Complete the following summary of British government’s statistics. 1) a) b) c) 2) B. Answer the following questions. Unlike the other couples, Carla has always kept her own accounts and Adrian has always done his own housework. Neither of them like watching television very much and they both like swimming. Task 5 Key A: Complete the following summary of the passage. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 10 6) B. Answer the following questions. 1) The garbage will be taken to a center that looks like a clean new office building or hospital. Inside the center, special equipment is used to sort and process the garbage. 2) Official from cities around the world visit Machida to see whether they can use some of these ideas and techniques to solve their own garbage disposal problems. Task 6 Key A: Answer the following questions. 1) They were talking about Mrs. Carter. 2) She was a tall, handsome woman who used to come into the shop at least twice a week. 3) She lived alone in a large house on an old farm—about three miles from the shop. 4) He was absolutely certain, otherwise he would never call the police. His evidence was this: First, he saw her do it; second, he found the things in her bag; third, she had done it before. t 5) Because two young people saw her. The shopkeeper believed that if they didn’ punish her, young people would think that stealing didn’t matter. 6) The judge thought that it was a difficult case from a humanitarian point of view. The excuses he found for her were: First, the woman was old and she lived alone—she was lonely. Second, she wasn’t poor—she was well-known for her generosity to charities and she didn’t need to steal. The items were only worth a pound or two. Third, she pleaded not guilty and said she didn’t know that she had done it. Task 7 Key A: Fill in the blanks in the summary of the planner’s description. 1) 2) B. Answer the following questions. 11 1) He thinks that the second type (the Los Angeles model) is more sensible. 2) He considers it highly likely that the kind of city we know now will completely disappear. Task 8 Key A: Answer the following questions. 1) He thinks that this country’s problems all come from inflation, which is the result of the Democrat’s careless spending. 2) No, she doesn’t agree with Ned. She believes that the problem is unemployment. If the government cuts spending too much, people will fall into a vicious circle of more unemployment and fewer taxpayers to share the burden. 3) She agrees with Barbara. She believes that unemployment is a big problem, especially in the big industrial cities. And the government isn’t doing very much to help the big industries out. 4) He believes in the free market system rather than government regulation or protection. He thinks that without a lot of government interference everything will be okay. 5) No, they think it’s bad for the weak, the poor and the unprotected / it’s bad for the underprivileged. B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape.. Task 9 Key A: Answer the following questions. the core of most urban 1) The problem is whether or not the inner city— areas—will manage to survive at all. 2) They moved to the suburbs in search of fresh air, elbow room, and privacy. 3) As a result, suburbs began to sprawl out across the countryside. Many cities began to fall into disrepair. And many downtown areas existed for business only. 4) The result was that urban centers declined even further and the suburbs expanded still more. 5) Because from the decision of the Taylors and many other young couples, we can see that some people may be tired of spending long hours commuting, and they may have begun to miss the advantages of culture and companionship provided by city life. B: Decide whether the following statements are true or false. 12 1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T 6) T C. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1). 2) 3) Task 10 Key A: Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 20, 70, 3 B. Decide whether the following statements are true or false 1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T C. Answer the following questions. 1) He was deeply involved in the present job and rather enjoyed himself. He thought the shop was his own little baby and thought it was fun to serve behind the counter. However, he also thought that there was a lot more hard work than he was used to; he was working over the weekend doing his books. He called his old job “boring trips to Manchester to sell vast quantities of PVC”. 2) He thought that there was far more job satisfaction, and believed that he was making money, rather than making money for other people. 3) He’s about to diversify into commercial distribution of imported and domestically produced wine and wines he’s producing himself. Task 11 Script I could hear the guard blowing his whistle, so I ran on to the platform and up to the train. Luckily, someone saw me coming, a door opened, and I jumped on while the train was moving out of the station. “Phew!” I thought. “That was hard work!” I was sure the other passengers could hear my heart beating; it was so loud, and I was in a cold sweat. After a while, I recovered, and had a look at the other passenger. The compartment was full, but I was the only one standing. The people in the carriage turned their eyes away as they 13 noticed me looking at them. All except one, a beautiful woman sitting in the corner. I saw her watching me in the mirror. Automatically, I adjusted my tie. She had seen me running for the train: maybe this was my lucky day after all. I prepared to say hello. She spoke first, however. “Would you like my seat?” she asked. “You look rather ill.” That was the day on which I realized I was getting middle-aged. 14 Key to Unit 4 Literature Task 1 Key Answer the following questions. 1) They were orphans and had nobody to support them. 2) Each boy was given only one bowl of gruel for supper and no more—far from enough. 3) The boys were so hungry that they could not bear it any more. They decided that one of them must ask the master for more gruel. Oliver Twist was chosen by casting lots. 4) He never thought that any boy would dare to ask for more food than the given portion. Therefore, he was both surprised and angry on hearing Oliver’s request. 5) He was struck on the head by the master and pushed out of the room. And for a week Oliver remained prisoner in the cellar. Task 2 Key A. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. 1) F 2) F 3) T B. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) d 2) b Task 3 Key A. Fill in the blanks or circle the right words in brackets to finish the brief introduction of the writer. B. Answer the following question. These stories are about a dream world in which Alice meets strange creatures and has interesting adventures. Task 4 15 Key Completer the following summary of the story. Task 5 Key A. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) c 2) a B. Answer the following question. 1) All the animals thought that he was the king of beasts. Actually he was a coward. He was afraid of human beings and other big animals. He roared only to scare them away and never really hurt them. 2) Dorothy and her dog wanted to get back to Kansas. The Scarecrow wanted some brains and the Tinman wanted a heart. The Lion wanted to have courage. Task 6 Key A. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. B. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) d 2) c Task 7 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) A red, red rose that’s newly sprung in June and the melody that’s sweetly played in tune. 2) He will love her till all the seas are dried and the rocks melt in the sun. His love will last as long as the sands of life run (there is life on earth). 3) Yes, he is, and he will come back no matter how far it is. 16 B. Find the words that rhyme with the following words. [tune] I—[dry] June— sun [run] while—[mile] Task 8 Key Answer the following questions. 1) Tall stories, that is, unlikely ones. 2) Because he wanted to be a member of a certain club. 3) He went there because he was told that a lion came there each evening to drink water. 4) Sixteen times. 5) He killed sixteen lions. Task 9 Key Complete the following outline of the story. IV Task 10 Key A. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) b 2) c 3) b 4) a 5) a B. Match the serial number of the five fables with the lessons drawn form each one of them. No. 1 [ e ] No. 2 [ b ] 17 No. 3 [ a ] No. 4 [ d ] No. 5 [ c ] Task 11 Key Complete the following outline of the story. I. II. III. Task 12 Script Aesop was a very clever man who lived in Greece thousands of years ago. He wrote many good fables. He was known to be fond of jokes. One day, as he was enjoying a walk, he met a traveler, who greeted him and said, “Kind man, can you tell me how soon I shall get to town?” “Go,” Aesop answered. “I know I must go,” said the traveler, “but I should like you to tell me how soon I shall get to town.” “Go,” Aesop said again angrily. “This man must be mad,” the traveler thought and went on. After he had gone some distance, Aesop shouted after him, “You will get to town in two hours.” The traveler turned round in astonishment. “Why didn’t you tell me that before?” he asked. “How could I have told you before?” answered Aesop. “I did not know how fast you could walk.” 18 Key to Unit 5 Education Task 1 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) People’s ideas on permanent education. 2) One is an ordinary “man in the street”. The other is an educational psychologist. 3) The first person thinks this idea of permanent education is crazy. He can’t understand people who want to spend all their lives in school. The second person thinks that the idea of permanent education is practical because people are never really too old to go on learning. B. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) Task 2 Key A. Fill in the following chart. B. Answer the following questions. 1) He stayed there for a year. 2) He has faint, but very pleasant memories of it. He had fun and played games----including story-telling, drawing, singing and dancing. 3) He began to have more formal lessons and even worry about exams. 4) The exam was called the “Eleven Plus”. Students took the exam to see what kind of secondary school they would get into. Task 3 Key A. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 19 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) B. Answer the following questions. 1) GCSE stands for the General Certificate of Secondary Education. It is normally taken at the age of 16. 2) Students usually study from 8 to 12 GSCE subjects over two years. 3) Some subjects take account of the work students do throughout the year, while others are assessed entirely by examination. Task 4 Key A. Fill in the following chart. B. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. 1) F 2) F 20 Task 5 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) Because the television program by that name can now be seen in many parts of the world. 2) This program is very popular among children. Some educators object to certain elements in the program. Parents praise it highly. Many teachers also consider it a great help, though some teachers find that problems arise when first graders who have learned from ”Sesame Street” are in the same class with children who have not watched the program. 3) In order to increase the number of children who can watch it regularly. 4) 1. The reasons may include the education theories of its creators, the support by both government and private businesses, and the skillful use of a variety of TV tricks. 2. Perhaps an equally important reason is that mothers watch “Sesame Street” along with their children. This is partly because famous adult stars often appear on “Sesame Street”. 3. The best reason for the success of the program may be that it makes every child watching it feel able to learn. The child finds himself learning, and he wants to learn more. B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) Task 6 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) It is to have all public schools connected to the Internet computer system and have computers available for the students. 2) Its web site provides information about the school, the teachers and their mail addresses. It also lists student events and organizations. 3) They learn numbers and letters. They also learn how to use the computers they will need later in their education. B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) 21 2) Task 7 Key A. Fill in the blanks in the following summary of the passage. I. A. B. II. A. B. C. III. B. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence. b Task 8 Script Americans know that higher education is the key to the growth they need to lift their country, and today that is more true than ever. Just listen to these facts. Over half the new jobs created in the last three years have been managerial and professional jobs. The new jobs require a higher level or skills. Fifteen years ago the typical worker with a college degree made 38 percent more than a worker with a high school diploma. Today that figure is 73 percent more. Two years of college means a 20 percent increase in annual earnings. People who finish two years of college earn a quarter of a million dollars more than their high school counterparts over a lifetime. 22 Key to Unit 6 Work Task 1 Key A. Rearrange the following things Laura did in the correct order.. [b]—[a]—[e]—[c] [d]— B. Choose the best answer to the following question. a Task 2 Key A. Choose the best answer to the following questions. 1) a 2) b 3) d 4) c B. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. 1) T 2)T 3) F C. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. Task 3 Key A. Fill in the following chart. B. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) a 2) b 3) c 4) b 5) d 23 Task 4 Key Fill in the missing words in the summary of the passage.. I. Task 5 Key A. Choose the best answer(s) to the following questions. 1) acd 2) abe B. Write briefly about why Sylvia is not promoted. Task 6 Key A. Fill in the following chart. B. Find the information that concerns the two speakers. [ bcd ] [ ae ] C. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the tape. 1) F 2) F 24 Task 7 Key A. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the tape. 1) F 2) F 3) T 4) F 5) T 6) F B. Answer the following questions. 1) According to the first speaker, it is frustrating because the teacher cannot see clearly the results of his efforts. 2) According to the second speaker, English language teaching is a good job, because it guarantees a stable income and regular working hours and means less pressure. He also likes the way elderly teachers are. Task 8 Key Fill in the following two charts on the different opinions of Michael and Chris. 25 Task 9 Key A. Fill in the following chart on the result of the survey. B. Write down, in note form, the interviewees’ answers to the following questions. 1) 2) Task 10 Key A. Fill in the following chart to show Cathy and her mother’s different opinions. B. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the tape. 1) F 2) T C. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) b 2) a 26 D. Answer the following questions. 1. She really enjoyed meeting new people. 2. She had good qualifications in English and Maths. 3. She did not mind hard work, even if it was not always pleasant. 4. She liked living away from home. Task 11 Script I began my career during college, reporting on news stories at a Toronto radio station. The station’s program manager was also a professor who taught one of my classes. I convinced him that she needed a youth reporter because that year was International Youth Year. After graduation, I took a job as a television news reporter and later, news anchor. But sports reporting was something different so I decided to try it. Figure skating was my first assignment. I had two months until my new job began. It was like waiting an entire summer for school to start. I spent those two months talking to figure skating coaches and judges. I read boring rule books I drove to the rinks where the skater trained, and made notes about our conversation. I even took a lesson, which made some of the skaters laugh. 27 Key to Unit 7 People Task 1 Key Answer the following questions. 1) Because he wrote an astonishing number of books. 2) Mankind would have to create a world state. 3) No. 4) Cities were destroyed by bombs dropped from aeroplanes. 5) Any two of the following: The War in the Air, The First Men in the Moon, ,The Time Machine, and The Invisible Man. 6) Events forecast in Well’s books might come true. Task 2 Key A. Choose the best answer to the following question. 1) b 2) c 3) c 4) a B. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Task 3 Key A. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the tape. 1) F 2) T 3) F 4)F 5) F 6) T 7) F 8) T B. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape . 1) 2) 3) Task 4 28 Key Answer the following questions. 1) A natural curiosity / A good interviewer is one who likes meeting people and wants to find out about them. 2) A curious kind of affinity with people, and an ability to get on well with people. 3) Because television depends a lot on the director getting the right shot. 4) By research ./ By knowing more about the guest than they’ve forgotten about themselves. 5) All. / Every ounce of research. 6) Because Mitchum rarely said anything. 7) Because very often the interviewees spin off into areas that the interviewer has s worth pursuing. never thought about and sometimes it’ 8) A traffic cop. 9) Talent, ambition and energy. Task 5 Key A. Fill in the following chart. B. Complete the following summary of the Green Belt Movement. Task 6 Key Note-taking: Fill in the missing words in the following note. I. 29 II. III. Task 7 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) It was originally released in local newspaper in serial form. 2) The two short, little sections are easily doable, and then you get hooked on the story and wonder what’s happening next. 3) Through mail and twice a month. 4) Because the book opens on Christmas Eve and it has a strong message about family. 5) 5,600 B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape.. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Task 8 Key Complete the following summary of the passage. 30 Task 9 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 2) The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. s most famous paintings, and the results of new research 3) Studies for Leonardo’ into such subjects as Leonardo’s patrons, his teachers, and the work of his pupils. 4) Because they are particularly sensitive to light and temperature. 5) Because drawings are difficult to see in a museum. B. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the tape. 1) T 2) F 3) T 4) F 5) T C. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Task 10 Script Thomas Edison was often said to be the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of history who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy just because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such thing as Genius,” Edison said. He said that what people called genius was mostly hard work. But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. Nature, he often said, is full of secrets. He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them. Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they did not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure. 31 Key to Unit 8 News (I) Task 1 Key A. Fill in the blanks to complete the news leads. 1) 2) 3) 4) Task 2 Key A. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the tape. 1) F 2) F 3) T B. Complete the following summary based on the two news items. Task 3 Key A. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) d 2) b 3) a 4)a B. Fill in the blanks with the information you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) 32 4) 5) 6) 7) Task 4 Key A. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. Task 5 Key A. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) b 2) c B. Draw lines to match the Peace Prize winners and the contributions they made to building peace in the world. Winners Contributions 1) Women’s Road to Peace a) Worked to support human rights and women’s rights in Pakistan 2) Leitana Nehan Women’s aggression and war c) Helped rebuild Rwanda after the mass 4) Flora Brovina d) Organized the League of Albanian 5) Asma Jahangir & Hina Jilani between rebel groups and the Colombian government 6) Venerada Nzambazamariya f) Helped in the peace process between the military and rebel forces in Papua New Guinea C. Answer the following questions. 1) The award recognizes women’s actions in building peace, protecting women’s human rights and supporting community life during and 33 after war. 2) Because women can play a very important role in re-establishing normal community life after peace has been reached. Task 6 Key News Item 1 A. Answer the following questions. 1) Because of the outbreak of dengue fever. 2) More than 80,000. 3) Severe headaches, fever and vomiting. 4) He considers it his government’s biggest political weakness. News Items 2 B. Answer the following questions. 1) The EU has banned all imports of animal products from the Netherlands. 2) The Dutch government has confirmed four cases of foot-and-mouth disease. 3) Only Britain and France have been affected by the disease. 4) Officials have seized some sheep suspected of having mad cow disease. Task 7 Key Part One A. Write down what the names refer to in the news. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) B. Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the tape. 1) F 2) F 3) T 4) T 5) T C. Imagine a friend of yours is a passenger on the ship. Work in pairs and discuss what you think may happen to him or her. Then listen to the second part of the programme, and find out if you are right. Part Two D. Answer the following questions. 34 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Yes. They had thought the ship would sink, so they went there for shelter. No. The Royal Navy frigate Steadfast would take them off the island. Task 8 Key A. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) c 2) c 3) a B. Task 9 Key Fill in the missing words in the outline. I. th 1. 2. II. III. A. B. 35 C. Task 10 Script The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says hunger kills millions of people each year—especially children. The UN organization says millions more people will die unless more money is invested to fight against hunger. This is based on the results of a new UN study called “The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2002”. It found that more than nine million people die each year from huger. Six million of them are children younger than age five. Researchers also found that the number of starving people is growing in some parts of the world. The report says that about eight hundred and forty million people around the world are not getting enough food to eat. Ninety-five percent of these people are in developing countries. 36 Key to Unit 9 Language Task 1 Key Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Task 2 Key Task 3 Key Complete the following summary of the passage. 37 Task 4 Key A. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1) T 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F B. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1) b 2) c 3) a 4) c 5) c Task 5 Key Answer the following questions. 1) A mother is leaving instruction with her babysitter before going out. 2) Wake up; give her the dummy; give her a cuddle; sing to her; read her a story; go back to sleep. 3) Two friends are talking about their holiday together. 4) It reminds…of…holiday; city; wine; good food; tower; view; walking along the river; paintings; I love…; I like…; I remember… 5) Two women are meeting at a doctor’s waiting room. 6) It’s diagnosed; have another look; do something about…; go away; give…for…; it’s your turn. Task 6 Key A. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1) c 2) a 3) b 4) c B. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1) T 2) F 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) T 38 Task 7 Key Complete the following outline of the passage. 1. 2. 2.1 2.2 39 3 Task 8 Script In contemporary English, there are many reported differences in the talk of males and females. In same gender pairs having conversations, women generally discuss their personal feelings more than men. Men appear to prefer non-personal topics such as sport and news. Men tend to respond to an expression of feeling or problems by giving advice or solutions, while women are more likely to mention personal experiences that match or connect with the other woman’s. There is a pattern documented in the American English social context of women cooperating and seeking connection via language, whereas men are more competitive and concerned with power via language. In mixed-gender pairs having conversations, the rate of men interrupting women is substantially greater than the reverse. Women are reported to use more expressions associated with tentativeness, such as “hedges” (sort of; kind of) and “tags” (isn’t it? don’t you?), when expressing an opinion: Well, erm, I think that golf in kind if boring, didn’t you? 40 Key to Unit 10 History Task 1 Key A. Fill in the following chart. B. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1) T 2) F 3) T Task 2 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) Probably between 2000 B.C. and 1400 B.C. 2) About four tons. 3) They might have been sent on rivers and rolled over land on tree trunks. 4) By hand. Task 3 Key Fill in the following chart. 41 Task 4 Key Answer the following questions. 1) In the 11th century A.D. 2) A little over 16,000. 3) A centre of the wool trade. 4) Almost a thousand years. 5) 900 square metres. 6) The Netherlands. 7) 96 meters. 8) Salisbury Cathedral in the west of England. Task 5 Key Answer the following questions. 1) During the 18th and early 19th centuries. 2) The harnessing of a whole range of newly devised machinery: first to water wheels and later to a completely new source of power----steam. 3) Large factories replaced small workshops and craftsman’s cottages. 4) Because people wanted to transport goods and raw materials more cheaply and efficiently. 5) Less than 100 years. 6) Industrial sites have been restored, buildings saved and machinery preserved. Task 6 Key A. Decide whether the following statements are true(T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1) T 2) F 3) T 4) F 5) T 6) F B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 42 Task 7 Key Answer the following questions. 1) More than three thousand. 2) To predict the future. 3) They saw nature as numerous gods using magic, and called their gods gui-shen, a word for ghost or spirit. 4) They believed that the gods could exercise either benevolent or malevolent magic, and they attempted to bribe the gods. 5) Because they believed that if offerings to the dead were discontinued, the spirits of the dead would become lost and starving ghosts who, in revenge, might do evil. 6) One of the reasons was males alone were allowed to perform rituals at gravesites. Task 8 Key A. Fill in the following chart. B. Answer the following questions. 1) Someone was inspired by shadows moving around trees as the sun moves across the sky. 2) Candles had to be remade, and water clocks had to be refilled. 3) Because the clocks were beautifully decorated and people were not concerned about knowing the exact time. 4) Because the weight on the pendulum could be moved up or down to make the clock go faster or slower. 5) Digital clocks do not have faces or hands. They tell the time with a set of numerals that appear in a little window. Task 9 Key 43 A. Decide whether the following statements are true(T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1) F 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) F 7)T B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Task 10 Script 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 with each other and they are the two oldest and most famous universities in England. The date of Oxford’s foundation is unknown, and indeed it may 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 the University of Paris in 1167, Oxford began to grow very quickly. The foundation of the first halls of residence, which later became colleges, dates from the period and later. Following the murder of two student accused of rape in 1209, the University was disbanded, and this led to the foundation of the University of Cambridge. In 1214, the University returned to Oxford with a charter, and the University’s status was formally confirmed. 44 Key to Unit 11 Nature Task 1 Key A. Answer the following questions 1) It had quite a warm climate then. 2) About 150 million years ago, Gondwanaland began to break up, and the Antarctic moved southwards until it reached its present position. 3) 99 percent of the total area of Antarctica is covered by a massive ice sheet. B. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) Task 2 Key Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) c 2) a 3) b 4) a Task 3 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1). Because until 1980, it had been quiet for more than a hundred years. 2) It was strange. No birds were singing, and the air was still. 3) He was standing near the summit and reporting the eruption on radio. B. Complete the following summary of the passage. 45 Task 4 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) Mrs.Rakel Surlien is the Norwegian Minister of Environmental Protection, and she is about to begin a three-day visit to Britain. 2) Britain. 3) Britain insists the case against acid rain in general and its contribution in particular is far from proven. Britain insists that neither the disastrous effects of acid rain nor Britain’s responsibility in the issue has been proven. 4) Sweden 5) It refers to a group of some 20 nations which are committed to reducing sulfur dioxide by a third 6) Norway is against Britain in the dispute over acid rain in spite of its cordial approach B. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) Task 5 Key Complete the following sentences with the information you hear on the tape 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Task 6 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, and the moon’s shadow covers part of the Earth. 2) A solar eclipse has occurred at Christmas only 30 times during the past 5000 years, the last time in 1954. 3) The (retina of the) eye can be permanently damaged. 4) It works by projecting the sun’s image on a piece of paper through a pinhole on another piece. 46 5) The next eclipse at Christmas will occur in 2307; it can be observed on the west coast of Africa. B. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1) T 2) F 3) T Task 7 Key A. Complete the following sentences about the changes in packaging. 1) 2) 3) 4) B. Answer the following questions 1) Because the food must be shipped from place to place when it is produced, and because of the increased variety of foods available and the convenience of precooked meals, it is impossible for the customer to collect many foods in his own container. 2) Until the late 1950s Americans had to borrow soft-drink bottles by paying a deposit each time they bought one. 3) Yes, because sales of soft drinks climbed. 4) Glass companies gave soft-drink sellers a helping hand. A US company, Consumer’s Glass, made an arrangement with the bottler companies to reimburse them for much of the cost of one-trip bottles. 5) Aluminium food packages now have their own electric plugs. After you eat the food, you can just throw them away. 6) The writer is mildly criticizing the trend toward one-trip living and thinks it probably has gone too far. Task 8 Key 47 B. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1) F 2) F 3) T Task 9 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco. 2) It’s San Francisco’s world-famous landmark. 3) Because of the gap between the amount of cars and amount of roadway available. Or: If you think of it as a supply / demand relationship, you’ll find that there’s a lot more demand than supply. 4) Texas Transportation Institute. B. Complete the findings of the Urban Mobility Report according to the tape. 1) 2) 3) 4) Task 10 Key Complete the following outline of the passage. I. II. 48 III Task 11 Script Planet Earth is 4,600,000,000 years old. If we condense this time span we can compare it to a person 46 years old. Only at the age of 42 did the Earth begin to flower. Dinosaurs and the great reptiles did not appear until one year ago, when the planet was 45. Mammals arrived only eight months ago, and in the middle of last week human-like apes developed into ape-like humans, and last weekend the last ice age covered the Earth. Modem man has been around for 4 hours. During the last hour agriculture was discovered. The Industrial Revolution began a minute ago. Since then, we have multiplied our numbers to plague proportions, caused the extinction of 500 species of animals, turned the planet upside down in the search for fuels, and now we stand, arrogant with power, on the edge of a war to end all wars, and close to effectively destroying this oasis of life in the solar system. 49 Key to Unit 12 Geography Task 1 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) Olmsted wanted the park to be a rural paradise within an urban area, a place for all “rich and poor, young and old”. 2) East Side Central Park was opened in 1876 3) Because this part of Fifth Avenue has many museums which used to be mansions built soon after the opening of East Side Central Park by wealthy New Yorkers. 4) Central Park West is the street on the western side of the park. It has large and unusual apartment buildings. 5) People laughed because they believed that nobody with money would live in an apartment house, especially when it was so far from the center of town. ( It was just like the Dakotas, which are located in the western part of the United States.) B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) 4) Task 2 Key A. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) B. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1) F 2) T 3) T Task 3 Key Fill in the following chart 50 Task 4 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) The majority of Australians are of English, Irish, Italian, Greek, Dutch, and Polish descent. Over the past 50 years, a large number of Asian and African immigrants have poured in. Besides, about one percent of the population is Aborigine. 2) Because much of the land in Australia, particularly in the Outback, is so arid that people are unable to live there. B. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1) T 2) T C. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. Task 5 Key A. Write down the information about the people who had visited America before 51 B. Answer the following questions. 1) Columbus thought he had arrived in the Indies ( the name then used for Asia) when he arrived in the Bahamas. 2) It was named after another Italian explorer, Amerigo Vespucci, who was a friend of Columbus’ and who later explored the coastline of the New World. C. Decide whether the following statement is true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. T Task 6 Key A. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) B. Answer the following questions. 1) Because the population of Skye is getting smaller. Its young people are being tempted by mainland life and the chance of better jobs and better pay. 2) His plan is to build a bridge linking Skye with the mainland. He thinks this will bring new work to the island, and stop people from going away from their homes. 3) Because they think that the bridge will bring in too many tourists and take away the island’s independence and character C. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence. c Task 7 Key A. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) th 52 Task 8 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) They are in the desert in southern Peru near the Nazca city. 2) The lines were discovered in the early 1930s. 3) Because the forms were so big, they were difficult to see from the ground, only visible from the air. They were not discovered until aircraft flew over this region. B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. Task 9 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) It erupted on August 24th, 79 A.D. 2) 2,000 3) In Pompeii, there are lots of shops for clothes and shoes, and all kinds of food. The city is also full of workshops. People make many things like tables, chairs and pots. There are hotels, restaurants and bars for all the summer visitors. There are theaters too. 53 B. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1) F 2) T 3) F Task 10 Key Complete the following summary of the passage. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Task 11 Script London is one of the biggest cities in the world. It has a population of over 8 million. Some people like it very much because there is a lot to do there and it is very interesting. There are hundreds of cinemas, theatres, museums and restaurants there. But other people don’t like it because there is so much traffic and noise everywhere. Brighton is a medium-sized town with a population of around 300,000. It is on the coast, about 50 miles from London. Of course it isn’t as interesting as London, but the air is a lot cleaner and better. There are a few factories, but not many. It isn’t very easy to find a good job there. But there are a lot of hotels and language schools in the town, and in the summer the town is full of tourists. 54 Key to Unit 13 Money Task 1 Key Answer the questions. 1) He was wearing rubber boots and a dirty jacket. He needed a haircut badly and was unshaven. 2) Because it was hard for him to believe such a man could afford to buy sixteen expensive cars. 3) He asked the young man to leave. 4) He went to a showroom on the other side of the street and asked for sixteen cars. 5) He took a bundle of notes out of his pocket and paid for the cars in cash. 6) He explained that the cars were for himself and his fifteen colleagues. He and his colleagues worked on a Norwegian fishing-boat. They had all earned a lot of money that season, and they wanted to buy cars. Task 2 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) It is Victorian brass. 2) The stallholder says it’s worth twenty quid. 3) The stallholder is asking fifteen for it. 4) It means “pound”. 5) He says that Lucy must be joking, and he paid more than that for it himself., B. Write down the prices that the stallholder and Lucy suggest in the dialogue. 1) Fifteen, fourteen, thirteen, and twelve fifty. 2) Ten, eleven, twelve, and twelve fifty. Task 3 Key A. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 55 6) B. Fill in the check for Alex according to the information given on the tape. Task 4 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) $7.56 2) $0.6 for 8 percent sales tax 3) $8.16 4) $10.16 5) 2 bucks B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) Task 5 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) There are 10 denominations, namely $10,000, $5,000, $1,000, $500, $100, $50, $20, $10, $5 and $1. 2) They are the same size and the same green color. 3) The best bet is to forget the pictures and concentrate on the large numbers in all four corners on the front and back. 4) There are five denominations of coins: $.01 or 1,; $.05 or 5,; $.10 or 10,; $.25 or 25,; and $.50 or 50,. 5) No, they aren’t. Because a dime is smaller than either a nickel or a penny. B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) 56 4) 5) Task 6 Key Answer the following questions. 1) It means that we don’t carry most of our weekly or monthly wage around in our pockets, and we don’t leave it at home where it might easily be stolen. 2) Because we don’t want to travel around the city with hundreds of dollars in cash to pay bills, nor do we want to waste the time and carfare. 3) The author recommends an account that is a savings and a checking account in one. 4) Because often commercial banks have many offices in a city or town. 5) You sign your name on the back of the check, mark it “for deposit only” and deposit the money in your account. 6) It is generally about $4 per month or 15, for every check you write. 7) You should have received in the mail all your bills, such as rent, the gas and electricity, the phone, perhaps a doctor or dentist bill, etc. 8) You can use a small plastic card to tell the computer to transfer the same amount of money from your savings to your checking account. 9) No, it doesn’t 10) The computer will oblige as long as you have the amount you’re asking for in your account. Task 7 Key A. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1) F 2) F 3) T 4) F 5) T B. Answer the following questions. 1) The goods bought by hire purchase are, in almost every case, goods that will last—radio and television sets, washing machines, refrigerators, motor-cars and motor-cycles, and articles of furniture. 2) It helps newly-married couples with small incomes to furnish their homes; increases the demand for goods, and in this way helps trade and employment; and by hire purchase, families can spend less money, or perhaps no money, in useless or perhaps harmful ways, for example, on too much alcoholic drink. 3) There is the danger that when trade is bad, hire purchase buying may end suddenly and make trade much worse, with, as a result, a great increase in unemployment. 57 Task 8 Key A. If Helen Andrews had opened an account with the bank, the manager would have completed either Form A or Form B. Choose the correct form and fill it in according to the information you hear on the tape. B. Answer the following questions. 1) The money comes from the premium bonds. 2) She has only had a post office savings account until now. 3) He thinks most people have current accounts if they have not got an awful lot of money and they need to use it regularly. 4) Because the bank doesn’t give a cheqeue card until one has had an account with the bank for six months. 5) The fact that no one would accept her checks without a check card makes her reconsider everything again. Task 9 Key A. Complete the following sentences according to the information given on the tape. 1) 2 ) 3) 4 ) 5) 6) 7) 8) 58 B. Fill in the following chart according to the information given on the tape. Task 10 Script An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man who often helped people when they had troubles. "My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man. "What will happen to me now?" "Don’t worry, young man," answered Nasreddin. "Everything will soon be all right again. Wait and you will soon feel much happier." The young man was very glad. "Am I going to get rich again then?" he asked Nasreddin. "No, I didn’t mean that," said the old man. "I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends." 59 Key to Unit 14 Science and Technology Task 1 Key A. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1) a 2) c 3) b 4) a 5) b B. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Task 2 Key A. Answer the following questions. 1) People keep fish in a certain place just as they keep sheep and cattle. 2) By education. 3) Waste pollutes the sea, and plankton dies. Other sea animals that live on plankton cannot find enough food. 4) They needed to kill whales for their meat, their bones and the oil from their fat. But they have other materials now. B. Decide whether the speakers agree with the following ideas, and put a tick in C. Complete the chart for the seafood pyramid. 60 Task 3 Key A. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences 1) b 2) a 3) b 4) c B. Fill in the blanks according to the information you hear on the tape. 1) Step1: Step2: Step3: Step 4: Step 5: C. Answer the following questions. 1) A worker will program the robots. She / He will type the orders into a computer, telling the robots what ingredients to use, how long to mix them, and which labels to use. 2) A technician from the robot company will come within an hour to fix it 3) No D. Discuss the following topic in class. In your opinion, should the factory use robots to replace human workers? Task 4 Key A. Fill in the blanks in the first part of the passage with what you hear on the tape. B. Complete the following outline of the second and third parts. Part 2 61 Part 3 C. Listen to the past part of the passage and answer the following questions. 1) Socialists demanded complete changes in the system of Government and the way people earned their living. But other social reformers only wanted to achieve their goals by peaceful means, particularly by passing new laws. 2) The Consequences of the Industrial Revolution in Britain. Task 5 Key A. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1) T 2) T 3)F 4) T 5) F 6) F 7) T 8) T B. Discuss the following questions in pairs 1) Who is Miranda? 2) Who is Varon? 3) Who is Garth? 4) What has happened in the story before the scene? 5) What will happen after the scene? Task 6 Key A. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1) c 2) b 3) c 62 Task 7 Key A. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T B. Answer the following questions. 1) Dispute over the genetically modified crops. 2) Biotech foods come from material that has been genetically modified by scientists to resist insects or disease. 3) European consumers feared possible the health risks of these new foods. 4) First the foods must be labeled clearly. Second, producers will have to trace GMOs at all stages of production. 5) Because the aid contained biotech grain, which Africans feared could be used a seed and thereby threaten future exports to the EU. Task 8 Key A. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1) b 2) a 3) b 4)c B. Answer the following questions. 1) It is the largest solar power station in the world. 2) They built two different types of power station side by side. They want to find which is the best system for harnessing the power of the sun. 3) Water is converted to steam to drive the turbines in the usual way. 4) The sun often disappears. 63 Task 9 Script The future will not determine itself. The future is determined by the actions of the present day. Edward Cornish, the editor of The Futurist magazine published by the World Future Society, says: "The responsibility we have for the future begins when we recognize that we ourselves create the future--that the future is not something imposed upon us by fate or other forces beyond our control. We ourselves build the future both through what we do and what we do not do." A novel way of teaching may change the way universities are run. An engineering teacher at the American University of Illinois has had great success without textbooks, without exams and without deadlines. His students won nine of the top ten engineering awards in a university competition. The engineering professor, Ricardo Uribe, let his engineering students express themselves, instead of telling them what to do. His students all focused on the problems that interested them, not what their teacher told them. They worked their own hours, not hours set by the university. They did not have to sit tests, and they helped each other in open classes. 64 Key to Unit 15 News (II) Task 1 Key Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. Task 2 Key A. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1) b 2) c 3) d 4) a B. Answer the following questions. 1) Genocide means the deliberate murder of a whole group or race of people. By the word, Alacon implied many ordinary Cubans had become victims of the US embargo. Many people suffered or died, for they could not get imported food and medicine. 2) The US representative argued that the US embargo was a matter of bilateral trade policy and the UN General Assembly had no right to adopt a resolution on this issue. Task 3 Key A. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1) T 2) F 3) T 4) F B. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) 4) 65 Task 4 Key B. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. News Item 1 1) T 2) F News Item 2 3) F 4) F Task 5 Key A. Fill in the following chart B. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the tape. 1) F 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) F Task 6 Key A. Answer the following questions. 66 1) A strategic partnership agreement. 2) It strengthens ties between the two countries in a variety of areas including security cooperation, diplomatic activity at the UN and trade and finance. 3) A package of arms deals 4) First, they have agreed to an accord that will allow India to buy more diamonds from Russia. Second, India will get some advanced nuclear technology from Russia for its nuclear power projects. 5) India hopes to reduce its dependence on imported oil. B. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) 4) Task 7 Key Fill in the missing words in the summary of the news. Task 8 Key B. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) 4) Task 9 Key Answer the following questions. 67 1) He was a suspect in connection with the “I Love You” computer virus that has damaged millions of computers worldwide. 2) They seized the telephone, computer magazines and wiring. 3) No. 4) A Swedish teenager who was a computer whiz Task 10 Key A. Match each name in Column 1 with his/her corresponding position in Column 2. Column 1 Column2 1) Tony Blair ’s former top executive c) a Scottish national politician 4) Tessa Jowell B. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences 1) c 2) b 3) d 4) a C. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) 2) 3) D. Answer the following questions. 1) After the Kelly affair, the chairman and director general of the BBC resigned. The British government has the right to appoint the new leaders for the BBC. Moreover, although the BBC is funded by the payments from people who have TVs, The government is beginning a charter review of the system. Thus some people fear the BBC could try to please the government because it relies on the renewal of the charter for its funding. 2) Alex Salmond questions the government’s role in appointing senior executives for the BBC. He doubts whether the government can be impartial on the matter when the chairman and director general of the BBC resigned after the affair. Tony Blair says the BBC should be independent and impartial by questioning and probing the government in every proper way. Tessa Jowell insists that the BBC be constitutionally independent and continue to be so. For her, what is the most important is that the BBC, as the major public service broadcaster, continues moving forward after the affair. Task 11 68 Script Newspapers are one of the main sources from which we learn what is going on--in world politics, science, local government, the arts, fashion, food, education and sports. The papers we choose show our interests and usually the politics which we believe in. There are nine national daily newspapers in Britain, of which five are tabloids and four are quality papers. Do these newspapers really serve the people they are written for? Many people question the objectivity of newspapers. How objective are they? We might be better able to judge if we understand how a newspaper is produced. Reporters, of course, are the source from which the facts must come, but there are many other people who are involved in and influence newspapers. 69 70