第五单元Directions: In this section you'll hear some short conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.1.A. She is upset with her daughter's school.B. She has nothing for her to do where she is.C. She is starting her own company.D. She has a new job.2.A. He's too lazy.B. It's summertime.C. He can't see them.D. They look good.3.A. She didn't want to answer while relaxing.B. She didn't notice that it was ringing.C. She didn't want to leave her bath.D. She was asleep at that time.4.A. The man wants to marry the woman.B. The woman wants to marry the man.C. The man and woman are married.D. The man's mother wants the two to marry.5.A. The woman is cleaning the home.B. The man is inviting the woman to stay.C. The man and woman live together.D. The man doesn't want the woman to move.6.A. On the street.B. In the woman's home.C. With his mother.D. In his own place.7.A. The man has a title he fought for.B. The man only had a couple of days to train.C. The man is a boxer with an upcoming fight.D. The man has trouble when he trains for fights.8.A. The woman is talking on her mobile phone.B. The woman wants to bring home some milk.C. The man has picked up some bread.D. The man is making too much noise on the bus.Part 3 Understanding Long Conversations(每小题：1 分)Directions: In this section you'll hear a long conversation or conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the same passage or dialog.1.A. The man's money.B. The man's marriage.C. The man's maid.D. The man's untidy home.2.A. $51.B. $50.C. $70.D. $1.3.A. Doing something illegal.B. Cleaning his home himself.C. Hiring a maid to clean his home.D. Getting married.4.A. She has approved of the man's proposal.B. She has promised to clean his home.C. She has agreed to marry the man.D. She has said that she would hire a maid.Questions 5 to 9 are based on the same passage or dialog.5.A. Going to the store.B. Working at a factory.C. Buying a gift.D. Going to a birthday party.6.A. Work.B. School.C. A party.D. A doctor's office.7.A. He wants to give the woman a surprise.B. He has no money on him.C. He hates to go to stores.D. He is tired from a week's work.8.A. The man will pay the woman back for sure.B. The man will suffer a hard week at the factory.C. The man will buy the birthday present.D. The man will spend the day relaxing.9.A. A factory.B. A store.C. A home.D. A party.Questions 10 to 13 are based on the same passage or dialog.10.A. Things the woman is doing in class.B. Happy people they both know.C. The woman's feelings of wanting to die.D. The man's feelings of wanting to die.11. A. Father and daughter.B. Mother and son.C. Teacher and student.D. Doctor and patient.12.A. A classroom.B. A shop.C. A home.D. A bridge.13.A. The woman doesn't have any serious problems.B. The woman is feeling a little bit better now.C. The man doesn't like ice cream as much as coffee.D. The man doesn't know where he can buy coffee.Part 4 Understanding Passages(每小题：1 分)Directions: In this section you'll hear a passage or passages. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog1.A. America achieving independence.B. Americans living independently.C. The chief virtues of Americans.D. Centers for the elderly.2.A. 18%.B. 10%C. 20%.D. 65%.3.A. More people living alone.B. More people over the age of 65.C. More old people live by themselves.D. More two-or-more-job households.4.A. Americans of any age don't like to change their habits.B. Americans of middle age don't want their parents to live alone.C. Living with others means giving up independence.D. Americans have doubts about living alone.5.A. Independence.B. Old age.C. Achievement.D. Virtue.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.6.A. The effects of new technology.B. A funny thing about communications.C. Telephones connecting people to the absent.D. A setback to communications technology.7.A. Telephones.B. Industry.C. Absent people.D. New technology.8.A. He communicates by talking to her.B. He sends instant messages over the Internet.C. He sends an email to her.D. He leaves a message on her voice mail machine.9.A. It is offering the alienation index.B. It is being done nearly exclusively by machines.C. It is offered on the Internet by email.D. It is providing almost the only conversation.10.A. Put people in touch with one another.B. Do the job of conversation.C. Facilitate antisocial instincts.D. Make people lonelier.Part 5 Compound Dictation(每小题：1 分)Directions: In this section you will hear a passage or passages three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the information you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Questions 1 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.Students are often left with a lot of free time. They fill this time by taking part in activities.Group activities and solitary 1. are the two common ways in which college students engage in extracurricular activities. The two kinds of pastimes 2. as a stimulant. They also help in mental 3. . Doing things by yourself or with others gives a 4. escape from the pressure of daily studies. Group activities 5. students the opportunities to make many new friends. By playing a ball game, going to a dance, or having a holiday outing, students can share with each other. They can give one another knowledge and 6. as well as happiness. Such experiences 7. to a rise in their sociability. This is something that all people need. But the disadvantage is that 8. , and thus freedom is limited. By contrast, solitary pursuits can take place anytime: 9. , and jog on campus later in the afternoons. Yet here again there is a disadvantage: 10. . Preferably, a balance of both activities can be achieved. Questions 11 to 20 are based on the same passage or dialog.People who go to the emergency room with chest pains in the evening are more likely to be having a heart attack than those who go during the day. This fact is supported by research 11. . You would've heard this if you were here Tuesday at the 12. meeting of the American Heart Association. Dr. Michael Gibson said people who arrived at the 13. room at night with chest pains had an 11 percent risk of having a heart attack, compared with a 6.5 percent risk for patients who came in during the day.Gibson and his 14. compared 813 patients who came to the hospital between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. with 433 patients who came in between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.The people who came in at night were younger than those who arrived during the day, and had experienced their 15. for a longer period of time before going to the hospital.Gibson's recent research has shown an association between people's sleeping and waking 16. and heart attacks. Most heart attacks 17. in the morning.He has some ideas about this. Gibson thought that one reason that night-time patients were much more likely to be having a heart attack may be that 18. . Patients who came in at night delayed seeking treatment by 30 to 45 minutes. He also thought that 19. .The doctor had some advice for people who think they might be having a heart attack. He stressed that 20. . The earlier they have proper treatment, the better.Part 7 Cloze (with four choices provided)(每小题：1 分)Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices given for each blank.Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage.I am going to break up with my wife, Becky. I am going to join millions of those who are not married. In that group with me are people who are either 1. or widowed. Also, there with me are people who have never 2. . I will simply live a life of 3. within this tiny house in the city where no one can disturb me. There is a 4. in my throat now. And I 5. back tears to keep from crying. 6. I sit feeling sorry for myself, I perform small tasks around my home. I 7. some water to cook some noodles. Then I realize I am too 8. to eat. I then simply lift the kettle to 9. myself some more tea. However, tea is not enough to 10. my sadness and I reach for the pint of wine in the cupboard. Did Thoreau need people? No. And, why should I? A 11. existence is best. It is the only way to 12. the pain in this life. Why should I fear being alone? Being alone has served as 13. for poetry. It has also helped in philosophy 14. early time. When people began writing down their 15. , they have enjoyed their time alone. I do not have a(n) 16. spot of my own in the countryside. I do not have a pond to sit beside and 17. my observations, but I have my computer and no one ever seems to visitme in this city.The phone rings and I pick it up. It is Becky. She is offering her 18. . It was all just a big 19. . Should I tell her that I am a lone wolf without need for her? 20. not! What kind of fool would choose a life alone?Part 8 Reading Comprehension (Banked Cloze)(每小题：1 分)Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.When I was 25, I gave up my job and apartment to go and live in the woods. I was tired of this 1. world dictating how much money I needed to make just to survive. I wanted to find 2. so I could rest my weary (疲倦的) mind. So, I built a small hut to live off the land. I suppose I took 3. from Henry David Thoreau. I remember he once says, "I never found the companion that was so 4. as solitude."There was a small pond near my cabin with a beautiful garden. I 5. that I would spend my days writing poetry and playing my guitar while the birds sang. I had to boil the water in a kettle on the wood burning stove before I could drink it. Every morning I took my axe outside and 6. wood for the fire. Every afternoon I 7. my garden. Unfortunately, the sunlight had to 8. through the trees and my garden never got enough light. Most of time I just ate dried beans and rice. I became so tired of eating beans and rice that I practically 9. every time I took a bite. Every night, I wrote down my 10. observations and sang to myself. When winter came I became cold, lonely and ready for company, so I moved back to the city.Part 9 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)(每小题：1 分)Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog.Silence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In the interval he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and there are few things of which he stands in more fear than of the absence of noise. Even his conversation is in great measure a desperate attempt to prevent a dreadful (可怕的) silence. He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing (发出嗡嗡声) of a fly, but he longs to join the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure. The object of conversation is not, for the most part, to communicate ideas. It is to keep up the buzzing sound. There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz: there is even a buzz that is as exasperating (使人恼怒的) as the continuous ping (砰声) of a mosquito. But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a mute (哑巴). Most buzzing, fortunately, is agreeable to the ear, and some of it is agreeable even to the mind. He would be a foolish man, however, who waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors. Those who despise (看不起) the weather as a conversational opening seem to me to be ignorant of the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new. Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people's ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they have had food in a Swiss hotel. At the end of an evening during which they have said nothing at immense length, they are proud of themselves on their success as。