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UNIT 1 Task 1 A 1. Susan Hudson and Intercultural Communication 2. The class will meet in the room they are in now and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:15 to 4:50 3. They can purchase the textbooks at the bookstore the day after tomorrow. 4. The office hours are from 1:00 to 2:00 on Wednesdays. B 1. the first half, the research lab, Thursday, 405, the last two months 2. outline, performance, quizzes, project, participation Task 2 A 1. According to the syllabus, the book he is looking for is in the library, but he couldn’t find it. 2. That means the student cannot find the book on the shelves in its usual place. The student needs to go to a special room called the reserve room. 3. The professor wants every one in the class to read the chapter. If one student removes the book from the library, it is likely that none of the other students will have the opportunity to read it. So the professor has insured that all students have the opportunity to read it by placing it on reserve. B 1. F 2. T 3. F Task 3 A 1. C 2. C B Undergraduate, five, two, Graduate, fifteen, two, 50, overdue, $15, cannot, 8:00 am, 10:00 pm, 9:00 am, 8:30 pm, Sundays. Task 4 A Time to Begin: 8:30, 9:30, 11:15, 1:30, 2:45 Time to Finish: 9:15, around 11, noon, 2:15, 4:30 B 1. Because now they have someone from the international center coming to speak to the students on extracurricular activities. 2. They want to show students around the university, including the union building, the library, and the student services building. C 1. up to their ears, hard pressed 2. jot, grab, off 3. finding a needle in a haystack 4. bottom line, running Task 6 (Task 5 skipped) A 1. F 2. T 3. F B 1. Most universities will not accept students without this test. It is also used to decide how much financial aid should be given to each student. 2. They must score between 1,430 and 1,600. 3. American universities also look at a student’s subject grades, what they do outside of school, and their teachers’ recommendations. 4. The SAT II is the one-hour exam that can be taken in any subject, for example chemistry or French. Task 7 A 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. C B 1. Many students attend special preparation schools besides their regular classes, in order to pass the exam for the best universities such as the national University of Tokyo. 2. These extra schools can last for one to two years between high school and university. Task 8 A 1. It’s a non-profit-making educational foundation. 2. No, complete beginners are not accepted. 3. Other subjects available within the General English timetable include English for Business and English Literature. B 1. 200, 30-40, attractive, beautiful, within easy reach of 2. dining rooms, a library, language laboratories, computers, tennis, volleyball, basketball, badminton, football 3. 21 4. 1,130 L 5. Monday, Friday 6. 670 L, 3, 10, 9, 3.5 Task 9 A 1. This school has a capacity of 220 students. 2. It is located in a quiet tree-filled square close to Victoria Station in central London. 3. In addition to the 15 lessons, there are daily individual laboratory sessions and lectures on life in Britain at no extra cost. 4. There is a special 2-week Easter Course and Refresher Courses for overseas teachers of English in the summer. B 1. F 2. F 3. T Task 10 A 1. This school, founded in 1953, is a non-profit-making charitable trust. 2. It is situated in residential North Oxford, 3 kilometers from the city center. 3. A particular benefit for the EFL student is the opportunity to live and study with native English speakers taking the two-year International Baccalaureate course, or courses at university level. 4. Their extracurricular activities include sports, horse riding, drama, art, crafts, photography, films, concerts, and excursions. B 1. an excellent library, video room, science laboratories, coffee bar 2. college houses, a resident warden, family accommodation Task 11 (skipped) |
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UNIT 2 Task 1 A 1. elephants 2. chimpanzees 3. giraffes 4. penguins 5. kangaroos 6. zebras 7. polar bears B 1. and a tail 2. big ears Task 2 A 1. cheetah 2. 170 kilometers per hour 3. more than 100 kilometers per hour 4. because most animals run on four legs 5. because we have machines B 1. F 2. F 3. T Task 3 A 1. Climate, lack of food, and aliens from outer space might be responsible for their extinction. 2. No. B 1. might have gotten, killed them off 2. may have run out of food 3. could have been destroyed by aliens Task 4 1. mayfly, a few hours 2. They just do two things: find a mate and produce young. 3. We can judge by the growth rings. 4. It was kept for 152 years. Task 5 A People have different opinions on using animals for research. B 1. for, was tried first on animals, is dependent on, using unwanted animals 2. against, suffer, unnecessary, the same rights 3. cell culture, computer modeling Task 6 A 1. No. 2. Because zoo officials want him to produce cubs with another female tiger, so they don’t want him to become too interested in this family. B 1. four months 2. 13 kilograms 3. horse meat, their mother’s milk 4. the National Zoo’s Website C 1. C 2. C 3. B Task 7 A 1. Cats have become more popular. There are more pet cats in American homes than dogs. 2. about 8,000 years 3. They probably arrived in the United States from Europe. 4. No. B 1. food especially prepared for cats, other equipment, with images of cats, in special burial grounds 2. pleasure, care, being alone, independent C 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. F Task 8 Little Steve has a pet rabbit, Bunny. He plays with it every day after school. One day his mother sees that her little boy is holding Bunny by the ears. From time to time he gives the poor rabbit an angry shake and says, “How much is two plus two?” “Steve,” says his mother, “why do you treat your poor little Bunny that way?” “Well,” explains Steve angrily, “our teacher says that rabbits multiply very quickly, but this dummy can’t even add.” Task 9 Most mammals live on land, but not all of them. Millions of years ago, some mammals went back to the sea and lived there. The legs of these animals disappeared, and after a long time they looked like fish. These animals became whales and dolphins. Whales and dolphins are still like other mammals in many ways. They are warm-blooded and they breathe air. They also have big brains. That is why they are more intelligent than fish. Whales have the biggest brains in the world. Their brain is bigger than the brain of a human being. Remember to use shorthand and try to write only the content words! Write the stress patterns on top of the words and say the sentences out loud for practice. Content Words: nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs Functional Words: pronouns (he, she, it, etc.), prepositions (on, in, near, etc.), conjunctions (and, but, however, etc.), articles and determiners (the, a, an, some, any, etc.) examples: The diligent, hard-working students carefully read the new blog on the internet and frequently practiced the new techniques. |
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UNIT 3 Task 1 1. Her hobby is sky-diving. She jumps from an airplane and falls through the air. She opens her parachute only when she is very close to the ground. 2. He wants to organize a band. 3. to win Task 2 A. 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T B. 1. She was taught where to sit in the airplane, how to jump out, how to guide the parachute, and how to land safely on the ground. Task 3 A. 1. A 2. C B. [a]-->[c]--> Task 4 A. Matthew Treharne 10 Cambridgeshire, in the East of England a black belt for karate this summer 6 years ago He liked it, and he wanted to be strong. football and rugby B. 1. He gives his karate shows near his home in Cambridgeshire. 2. He gives the money away. 3. It was used to buy a heart ventilator, a special machine for people with weak hearts. Task 5 1. on the wall; in his bath 2. They are constellations. 3. Texas 4. Through writing, she could express herself and get her troubles out. She could only write about things she is reluctant to say in front of a lot of people or some serious matters. 5. the first prize in inter-school competitions Task 6 A. 1. A 2. B 3. A B. 1. F 2. T Task 7 A. 1. B 2. D B. 1. because the man was fishing in a small pool of rain-water about five centimeters deep. 2. Joe also thought he was out of his mind and pitied him. 3. He was trying to catch some people who are willing to offer him free drinks. 4. eight Task 8 A. 1. D 2. A 3. B B. 1. F 2. F Task 9 1. In the United States a university professor may be granted a few months of freedom from his duties approximately every seventh year for travel or advanced study. This period of freedom from teaching is called a “sabbatical” leave. 2. Some of the usual duties of a college president are giving speeches, dealing with the government, and taking part in various social activities. 3. Dr. Coleman started his sabbatical leave on a farm in Canada, hundreds of miles from his college. Getting up at 4:30 each morning, working 13 hours a day in fields and barns, he prepared himself physically for his next job, digging ditches, in Atlanta, Georgia. After that, the college president washed dishes in a Boston restaurant. During the last ten days of his leave, he worked as a garbage collector. By doing the hard manual labor, Dr. Coleman wanted to remind himself of the common things about people. Therefore he could come to life with the fact that he was just the same as everyone else, not the “powerful” person he might think himself to be after being the college president for too long. 4. After two months of working with his hands, Coleman returned from his unusual sabbatical leave, convinced that the experience had been worthwhile. He had some good things to say about people who do hard physical work. He found that pride and satisfaction came chiefly in the form of praise from co-workers. Task 10 I love trees because they have many different shades of green"so many that it’s almost impossible to count. When I paint a picture of a tree, I use many shades of green and many more shades of brown. My favorite thing about trees is that they always seem to have a glow around them. I love trees because they always smell so fresh and clean. I like to go to the nursery because I love the smell of trees"it’s so refreshing. It’s a glass of cool water on a hot day, or a damp cloth on a hot forehead. One of my favorite things about trees is that they are fun to climb. I started climbing trees when I was very little. My dad taught me how to climb, along with some useful tips. I especially like to climb my grandpa’s apple tree. |
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UNIT 4 Task 1 1. He stood up and rang the bell. 2. He wanted to make sure that the driver heard him. 3. The conductor came and shouted at him. 4. The landlady told him that’s the signal for the driver to go on and only the conductor was allowed to ring the bell twice. That’s why the conductor got so annoyed. Task 2 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. F 5. T 6. T/F (Only two people actually agree, but you might assume they all agree.) Task 3 A. answers to blanks in the order they appear in the text: of, without, of, for, to, by, to, to, into, from, with, on, in, around, about B. 1. …school buses are used only when children live more than a mile from the school. When their children are too young to walk that far, their mothers take turns driving them to school. 2. …they can save gasoline and it is easier for them to find parking places. 3. …too many cars are on the road and have created many problems. Task 4 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F Task 5 A. 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. C B. 1. …he would have gotten up on time. 2. …he would have woken James up. 3. …he would have been on the plane that crashed. 4. …he would have lost his life in the crash. Task 6 A. 1. 1964…the United States 2. safety belts 3. 40 4. about 15 5. 24 B. 1. They do not smoke while driving. 2. They have had more education than non-users. 3. They know someone who was injured (but not killed) in an auto accident. C. The main idea is “the importance of using seat belts in driving.” Task 7 (skipped) Task 8 A. 1. B 2. A 3. C B. 1. It was chosen because the cost of energy is not as great as with a bus system. 2. It was chosen because it is much easier to carry a greater number of passengers by train than by bus or car. 3. It was chosen because the noise and pollution are not so great as with buses and cars. C. 1. …12.5…above and below 2. …Germany…Canada 3. …Calgary 4. …24 5. …only one man 6. …separate 7. …30 seconds 8. …open the doors themselves 9. …automatic ticket machines (placed) on the platforms…zipcards 10. …get a $25 fine Tasks 9, 10, and 11 (skipped) |
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Test 1 will cover units 1-6 in the “Contemporary College English” book. The test will have two sections. Section 1 will be listening to me read a passage and then answering questions about it (multiple choice, fill in the blanks, or true / false questions could all be on the exam). I will allow students time to review the questions about the passage before I read it. This will allow students to focus on key words and phrases. Section 1 will test the student’s ability to focus on key words and phrases, take accurate notes, and then answer questions. Section 1 will be worth 75% of the test grade. Section 2 will be dictation. I will read a short passage (only five or six sentences) two times, and students will write down what they hear each time. After the second time I read the passage, students will have time to go back and add words to what they took notes on while listening. Although Section 2, dictation, will have only a few sentences, it will be challenging. Section 2 will test the student’s ability to listen carefully, write down content words, and then put the passage back together using only what they wrote during the dictation. Section 2 will be worth 25% of the test grade. Test Dates for All Classes 2007-1C: Monday, November 19; during regular class time 2007-2C: Wednesday, November 21; during regular class time 2007-3C: Friday, November 23; during regular class time 2007-3 (Yuntang Campus): Thursday, November 22; during regular class time 2007-4C: Thursday, November 22; during regular class time How to Study Listen to the tapes for the book, reading the questions before listening to the tape. If students are not trying to focus on key words before listening, they are making it much harder for themselves. Students should practice picking out the content words in what they listen to and read. This will help them focus on the most important words and phrases. Remember that every two “functional” words written down during the test take about the same time as writing one “content” word. Functional words are usually not useful, so practice avoiding them and picking out the content words. Content words are (nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs). Functional words are the other “grammatical” words (pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, articles/determiners, etc.) If students need help, they should contact me. I am available during office hours and will do what I can to help everyone prepare. |
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UNIT 5 Task 1 A. 1. A 2. A B. 1. T 2. F Task 2 A. 1. C 2. B 3. A B. 1. F 2. F Task 3 A. 1. B 2. C B. 1. T 2. F 3. F Task 4 Destination: Wales; Costa del Sol, Spain; Greece Cost per Person: L115; L250; L325 Time Span: 1 week; 10 days; 2 weeks Food: three meals a day; not mentioned; bought by the tourists Accommodation: mountain farmhouses; luxury hotels; on a boat Special Features: sport, fresh air; sunny weather; fresh air, plenty of sun, and sailing activities Task 5 A. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F B. 1. C 2. C 3. B 4. A C. family, L660, camping, L1499, first-class, swimming pool, night club Task 6 1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. C Task 7 A. 1. B 2. D 3. A B. seven lost his way in the forest; burned his steak; was woken up by the noises made by the people next to him and couldn’t go back to sleep; pouring rain soaked his tent and he slept in his small car; had all his food stolen by animals; car was stuck in the mud, and got a flat tire on the way home Task 8 1. It is beautiful and peaceful; There is food"fish coconut, and wild bananas; There is fresh water, too 2. The civilized life is too complicated. And the traveling also makes Buck sick. 3. The weather is bad; The food is dull; There is not enough fresh water; There are too many insects; He has nobody to talk to and no books to read 4. some matches; some insecticide; some modern tools"a good axe, a saw, a hammer, and some nails; a radio Tasks 9 A. 1. c; e; a; b; d 2. c; a; b B. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F Task 10 I hope I’ve given you a clear idea of the program for your London weekend, and before I finish, let me just give you one or two pieces of advice, which should make your stay more enjoyable. First, please do remember to bring with you some comfortable shoes to wear. London is a big place, and whatever you do you’ll find yourself doing quite a lot of walking, so comfortable shoes are a real necessity. And secondly, let me ask you to please look after your money. Keep it safe at all times, and then you will avoid an unpleasant accident, which could spoil your whole weekend. |
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UNIT 6 Task 1 but not very small, the center of the city, pets, dream of, living room, floors, bedrooms, dark, hobbies, swimming pool Task 2 A. some features of the flat: 1. kitchen, bathroom, hall 2. shops 3. central heating rent per month: L112 floor: first name of landlady: Mary Jones address: 41 telephone number: 40414 B. 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. F Task 3 1. B 2. C 3. D 4. D Task 4 1. Electricity comes through an underground cable. Then a thin cable enters our home through a fuse box and a meter. 2. The meter counts units of electricity. 3. No. You cannot see the wires because they are normally under the floors or in the walls. 4. We use electricity for refrigerators, cookers, water heaters, and washing machines. Task 5 1. B 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. C Task 6 1. The House Was Not Big Enough/ The Kienasts’ Housing Problem 2. It means five (or several) children born of the same mother at the same time. 3. They were too small to leave the hospital. 4. They decided to add some extra rooms to the Kienasts’ house. 5. 12 6. No. The neighbors want to help them. Task 7 1. She and Pete have worked hard for renovating their house. Now it’s finished and looks nice. Others say they have done a good job. So she thinks it’s worthwhile. 2. Yes, he thinks so. In the house, he can touch various things (e.g. the leather cover of a rare book), and hear Mary working out in the morning or playing the piano. 3. The music room and the breakfast room are Mary’s favorite rooms. 4. He loved doing those interesting things, such as designing curtains, but hated doing the ordinary, uninteresting things. Perhaps, after the renovation, there wouldn’t be so many interesting things to do. 5. She likes some kinds of shopping, like buying antiques, but hates ordinary day-to-day shopping. Task 8 A. main idea: social and economic, America’s housing system 1. impact of increasingly smaller families: a. smaller houses or apartments b. rental housing c. cooperatives 2. impact of rising energy prices: a. cities b. less to heat and light c. underground 3. impact of economy/economic factors: a. the cost of homes getting higher and higher b. higher interest rates B. 1. It is a way of solving the housing problem and helping keep the costs low. In the cooperative, everyone buys a share of an apartment building. If a low-earning requirement is met, the buyers can get a low-interest loan from the government. 2. During the day, heat from sunlight is collected through the windows on the south side of a house. At night, the windows are covered, and the collected warmth heats the home. Task 9 A. 1. Debate on Radio Time 2. Four guests are in the studio. James and Alice are from Sheffield; David and Louise are from a small village in Yorkshire. 3. The topic is how living in town compares with living in the country. B. 1. guests: James, Alice, David, Louise 2. for or against town life: for, against, against, for 3. reasons i. James (living in town) so much to do / so many places to go [e.g. cinema, club, swimming pool, library]; good public transportation; living near school and friends ii. Alice (living in town) not much fresh air; noisy with traffic; dirty; dangerous roads iii. David (living in the country) closer to nature; quieter; friendly people; less traffic; more fresh air iv. Louise (living in the country) dull; too quiet; no place to play; dangerous drivers; distance from friends and clubs; bad public transport Task 10 1. first speaker i. main point: better to live in a village ii. important arguments 1. friendly people, a lot of fresh air, healthier life, close to nature, suitable for his work as a writer 2. second speaker i. main point: better to live in a city ii. important arguments 1. more going on, good for her career as an actress; more cinema, theatre, and other entertainment 2. more open-minded people 3. better shops and stores 3. third speaker i. main point: better to live in a village ii. important arguments 1. safer (less crime and less traffic), cheaper (rent and house prices), peaceful 4. fourth speaker i. main point: dislikes her husband’s idea of buying a house in a village ii. important arguments 1. not practical, too far from the children’s school Task 11 to, are, of, is, in, for, to, of, or, of, to Task 12 For many years, owning a home has been an important part of the American dream. Since the end of World War II that dream has come true for a growing number of Americans. Just before the war, less than half of all families in the United States owned their own homes. Today, about 65% do. Americans also are living in newer homes than at any other time in American history. The average home today is about 23 years old. Many of these new houses are in suburban areas, just outside America’s cities. About 30 years ago, builders started putting up houses in these areas by the hundreds and sold them as quickly as they could build them. Today, 35% of all Americans live in suburban housing areas that did not exist 30 years ago. The remaining 65% are divided about equally between cities and small towns. |
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UNIT 7 Task 1 1. Emma, Mark, and Jane 2. joke book, model train, radio 3. joke book = two pounds fifty; radio = twenty seven pounds ninety-nine pence; model train = we don’t know exactly, but it must be expensive Task 2 A. 1. Emma; She is going to bed now. 2. Mark; He’s having a bath. Now he’s washing his feet and singing a carol. 3. Jane; She is putting the last Christmas cards on the table in the hall. 4. Mr. Phillips; He’s putting all the presents under the tree. He’s thinking about his busy day. 5. Mrs. Phillips; She’s preparing all the food for tomorrow’s meals. B. 1. D 2. A 3. C Task 3 A. read, drew, made, drank, had, flew, went, see, remember B. 1. A 2. C 3. B Task 4 A. past, future, memories, hopes, fears B. B Task 5 (skipped) Task 6 A. 1. Because most of the water in England was polluted in the early 1600s, you could get very sick from drinking it. But beer was safe because it has alcohol in it, and alcohol kills germs. 2. First, the women had to make soap out of animal fat and ashes. That took a long time. Then the children had to carry water from the stream so it could be boiled in big outdoor pots. After everything was washed, the laundry was hung on bushes to dry. B. 1. F 2. F Task 7 1. holidays: Saint Patrick’s Day, Easter, Chinese New Year, Christmas, Easter, Holi 2. holiday traditions: pinch whoever does not wear green; follow the clues; dancing dragons; eat hot boiled peanuts and read “A Christmas Story” and “the Polar Express”; decorate the cross; throw colorful paint and water at friends Task 8 1. months: January, no answer given, May 2. festival: New Year’s Day, Well-dressing, Kodomono-hi 3. country: Japan, UK, Japan 4. activities: striking the bells; decorating wells with flowers, shells, moss, and other natural objects; flying streamers or kites, displaying traditional warrior dolls, and bathing the children Task 9 1. festival: Dragon Boat Festival, Ferragosto, Festival of the Dead 2. country: China, Italy, Mexico 3. activities: making dumplings and the dragon boat competition; a family occasion celebrating the ascent of Virgin Mary into Heaven; lighting candles in memory of the dead Task 10 At midnight of Christmas Eve or early in the morning on Christmas, Christians go to church for a special service. On Christmas morning, everyone opens their presents and then it’s time to decorate the table with candles and Christmas crackers. For Christmas dinner people eat roast turkey, roast potatoes, green vegetables, and sauces. Then they have Christmas pudding. After dinner they put on paper hats. They read out the jokes from the crackers or play games. At five o’clock pm it’s time for tea and Christmas cake. The day after Christmas is Boxing Day. People visit their relations or go to parties. Or they just spend a quiet day at home. No one works on Boxing Day. After Christmas everyone needs a holiday! |
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UNIT 8 Task 1 1. APEC is the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. 2. ASEAN is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. 3. EU is the European Union. 4. FAO is the Food and Agriculture Organization. 5. IAEA is the International Atomic Energy Agency. 6. ILO is the International Labor Organization. 7. IMF is the International Monetary Fund. 8. NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement. 9. WHO is the World Health Organization. 10. WTO is the World Trade Organization. Task 2 1. recently attacked an elementary school 2. have begun hunting crocodiles 3. planting gardens on the tops of buildings 4. resettle more than 125,000 people 5. help rebuild Afghanistan 6. 11 million dollars in aid for the Asian nation 7. India has more than one billion people. 8. China’s population has increased to more than one billion two hundred million. Task 3 A. 1. B 2. C 3. D 4. A B. Lead: Thousands of demonstrators have forced the cancellation of the opening ceremony at the World Trade Organization meeting in the American city of Seattle, Washington. 1. ministers from 135 WTO member countries 2. police, demonstrators 3. big business, workers, the environment 4. aid to farmers, labor rules, trade taxes C. 1. They accused the WTO of protecting the interests of big business at the expenses of those of workers and the environment. 2. The WTO is criticized by both poor countries and disadvantaged groups in the Western world. In News Item 1, the WTO faces the criticism particularly from developing countries that demand more concessions from developed nations in trade talks. For News Item 2, see the answer to Question 1. 3. Yes. Throughout history, rich people and developed countries have benefited most from the existing international trade agreements. Now it’s time for them to give more consideration to poor countries and people. As a leading actor in the process of globalization, the WTO should do more to reduce its negative impact on the poor and the environment. Task 4 Mexico, 1989, America, economies, community, 21; 2,500,000,000; almost half, joint statement, terrorism, security, goods, Task 5 A. 1. computer products, and particularly, an operating system 2. The judge ruled that Microsoft Company had acted as a monopoly. 3. Monopoly means blocking competition from other companies to gain total control of the market. 4. people who buy computer products B. 1. more than 500,000,000,000 dollars (half a trillion) 2. operating 3. the 9th 4. blocking / ending / stopping 5. harmed Task 6 A. 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. T B. Judge Jackson’s rulings 1. misusing, computer programs 2. two smaller businesses The Federal Appeals Court’s rulings 1. block competition 2. reconsider 3. fair / being fair, Microsoft and Bill Gates legal experts’ comments 1. the federal government, Microsoft 2. There are three options… a. the Supreme Court b. a new trial, the unresolved legal questions c. negotiations, privately Bill Gates’ response the situation, solution Prospects 1. an agreement 2. punished, pay money Task 7 A. 1. It will send Destiny into orbit. 2. It is a scientific research laboratory. 3. Destiny is the most technologically complex research center ever put into space. 4. It cost over 1,000,000,000 dollars to build. 5. It will last eleven days. 6. They will make three walks in space to attach the laboratory to the International Space Station’s control center. B. News Lead: The first laboratory has been connected to the International Space Station. 1. launched; Wednesday, February 7th 2. Destiny 3. mechanical arm 4. a linking device 5. protective clothing 6. complete work Task 8 110 stories, employing, desks, collapse, figures, recovered, crashed, dead, searching, 800 Tasks 9 A. released, number one, terrorist attack, The Rising B. Titles: “You’re Missing”, “Into the Fire”, “Empty Skies”, and “The Rising” Descriptions: “You’re Missing” is perhaps the saddest one on the album, which is about the unbearable pain a lady and her children are experiencing when they see the many things that belonged to her husband, a victim in the terrorist attack; “Into the Fire” is about one of the hundreds of police, firefighters, and rescue workers who died in the attacks. It honors the love and sense of duty they showed that day; “Empty Skies” describes the desire to strike back that a person feels after a senseless loss. It is a personal statement rather than a political one; “The Rising” appeals to listeners to come together and heal each other. Task 10 A. 1. A four-year exhibition of the work of the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh has opened in Amsterdam. 2. It is one of his early drawings in water color, pencil and ink, which depicts a woman carrying a child along a windswept road. 3. A German art dealer acting for an anonymous collector. 4. In 1883 B. movie industry, directing, editing, released, Oscar, metals, statue, weighs, priceless, offers, earning Task 11 (dictation) News media are the means, or methods, by which people learn what is happening in their city, in their country, and in the world. The news media can be classified into two general categories. The categories are print media and electronic media. Print media are usually divided into magazines and newspapers. Most newspapers print news daily. For example, the newspaper The New York Times is published every day of the year. Most news magazines are published weekly. For instance, Newsweek and Time magazines are published once a week. The electronic media are generally divided into radio and television. Radio news is news that you listen to. In the United States, many radio stations broadcast 5 minutes of news every hour on the hour. Television news is news that you not only listen to but also watch. |
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UNIT 9 Task 1 (skip) Task 2 Name: Mary, John, Anne; Age: 13, 12, 12; Position: eldest, youngest, middle; Feeling: terrible, I hate it, the worst place of all; Reasons: Mary"do housework, go shopping, be nice to her younger brother and sister; John"go to bed earlier, less pocket money, smaller room, no one listens to him; Anne"not special, wears old clothes and uses old schoolbag of older sister, no presents while younger brother has Task 3 1. C 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. C Task 4 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. F Task 5 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. A Task 6 1. They never interfered with her plans too much, and she was allowed to take up the career she wanted. 2. She became independent financially. But she still stays with her parents a lot. 3. Yes. 4. She doesn’t always get along well with her parents. 5. They treat her as a child and they try to control her. Task 7 A. D B. 1. a writer for the “Agony Column” in Flash magazine 2. fifteen in two months’ time 3. Manchester 4. quite a rough city 5. Christine Task 8 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. F Task 9 holding a job, even tougher, playing cops and robbers, shot, yelled, slumped to the ground, ran over, had been hurt in the fall, bent over, It’s the only chance I get to rest. Task 10 A. 1. turn off the television 2. feed the cat 3. wash up (several) dishes 4. dry the dishes 5. put away the dishes 6. tidy the kitchen 7. put out the cat 8. lock all the doors 9. turn out all the lights B. 1. She said she was going up to bed. 2. She was sitting up in bed reading a book and eating chocolates. 3. a gate banging downstairs 4. He had to go to shut the garden gate. Task 11 (skip) Task 12 (skip) Task 13 (dictation) [P2] Today, because of industrialization, a typical family will be required to move even more often, so families will be even smaller. The typical family may remain childless and consist only of a man and a woman. A smaller number of families may raise children. These families may raise children as their chief occupation, leaving the childless families free to move from job to job. Furthermore, these child-raising families may raise other people’s children in addition to their own. |
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UNIT 10 Task 1 million; 170,000; three, exercise, unhealthy, salt, sugar, vegetables, habits Task 2 A. 1. Ingredients: 60, 25, sugar, flour, 400, 100, powdered 2. Method: 45-55, 180 degrees C, with B. Grease a 20 cm round cake tin. Heat the syrup, pour it into the tin, and cover the base. Arrange the pears and glace cherries in the syrup. Cream the margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and finally stir in the flour and ginger. If the mixture is stiff, add a little milk. Pour the mixture over the fruit and cook until golden brown and firm to the touch. Turn the pudding out onto a serving dish. Task 3 A. 1. F 2. T B. 1. Their idea of a good meal is a hamburger, served with ketchup and French fries. 2. Because they often have little space for tables and chairs, roadside restaurants are not considered to be like traditional restaurants. Many people buy their hamburgers and take them home to eat or eat them in their cars. Task 4 1. No. They don’t like anything but hamburgers. 2. Ground sirloin is more expensive than ground chuck, but it has less fat. 3. She mixes the salt, pepper, and onions with the ground beef. 4. A patty is a flattened ball. 5. We shouldn’t handle the hamburger meat too much because it will make the hamburgers tough. They’ll be hard and tough. 6. rare, medium, or well-done Task 5 A. 1. 4,700; ten, eleven 2. London, Paris, same, apple pies, coffee, cola, orange drink, thick milk 3. white, cream, yellow, green 4. paper bags, thick paper cups B. 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T C. 1. In an ordinary restaurant you go to a table and sit down. A waiter or waitress brings you a menu and you choose your meal. Then you wait for the food. The waiter brings the food to your table, and at the end of the meal he brings you the bill. Then you pay for the meal and go home. In a fast-food restaurant you look at the price-list in the window or on the wall rather than a menu. Then you go to the counter and give your order. You don’t wait for your food. The staff behind the counter has special machines and special routines. They prepare the food very quickly and put it into boxes, cups, or bags. 2. Fast food is called “finger food” because you eat it from the bag or box with your fingers. Task 6 1. two hamburgers, a cheeseburger, two small French-fries, a coffee, a cola, and a chocolate milk shake. And it’s take-away. 2. three pounds twenty-one pence 3. They can find little packets of milk and sugar in the bag. Task 7 1. tomato soup for Sally and mushroom soup for Peter 2. Sally orders roast mutton with mint, boiled potatoes, and some Brussels sprouts. Peter orders roast beef and Yorkshire pudding with gravy and some boiled cabbage. 3. They both have some apple tart and vanilla ice-cream. 4. because both the food and the service there are excellent Task 8 A. 1. Cosmopolitan means “consisting of people from many different parts of the world.” 2. He means that all those kinds of food have already become a normal part of a Londoner’s diet nowadays. 3. The Indian and Pakistani restaurants are the cheapest ones. 4. No. Almost all the restaurants there serve Cantonese dishes, but there’s one that specialized in Peking cuisine. 5. They are going to have a look in the Guanghua Bookshop. B. 1. sprung, mushrooms, immensely, with 2. under the sun, represented, somewhere or another 3. come onto the scene 4. all the more 5. colorful, atmosphere, overhead 6. soup, boiled, As for, sweet, sour, fried chicken, green Task 9 (skipped) Task 10 A. 1. 18th century, hand, 1742, 1814 2. height, 1.5, 2; 2,000 B. 1. Mustard has a bright yellow color and strong taste. We can see it with salt, pepper, and ketchup on every good dinner table. 2. There are two main kinds of mustard"one with brown seeds and the other with white. Both produce rich, yellow flour and contain mustard oil. The oil from the brown seeds has a strong taste, and the oil from the white seeds is hot"like pepper. Good modern mustard is made from both kinds of seed. C. plant seeds, the seed flowers, check the seeds, August or September Task 11 A. 1. animals, pork, beef, mutton, butter, cheese, lamb, chicken, duck, turkey 2. apples, oranges, bananas, tomatoes, tea, potatoes, rice, wheat, different plants and animals need different climates, Scotland, New Zealand, any part of the world, more milk, cool, warm, dry, the Mediterranean, sun, rain, tropical, Africa, South America B. Bakers, butchers, grocer’s, shops, street market, supermarket, healthy Task 12 1. He wanted to investigate the mysteries of the sausage. 2. Because everyone in a food factory has to keep clean and tidy and cover all the hair of the head. Task 13 (dictation) Judy thought that she would enjoy her first day on the job, but everything went wrong. First she overslept. She was so upset about that that she caught the wrong bus. She got to the soft drink factory at nine instead of eight thirty. Her new boss, who was a tall, fat man, was very angry. He taught her what to do in a rush. All she had to do was watch a machine fill bottles with cola. Then she pushed a button and sent the bottles to be capped. At lunch, her boss sent her out to buy him a sandwich. She bought herself some fruit, but dropped it and stepped on it. By the end of the afternoon she felt hungry, bored, and tired. And she never wanted to see another bottle of cola in her life. The next morning she got to work on time and quit! |
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UNIT 11 Task 1 A. 1. because the weather is fine and he needs some exercise 2. because the razor blades are on sale 3. $2.83 B. paperback books, buying a lipstick, by the newspaper stand, mind, surface appearance Task 2 things Anna wants to buy: a skirt and a top, a pair of tennis shorts, costume jewelry department: separates, leisurewear, accessories location: over there, on the right; on the first floor, on the second floor Task 3 1. D 2. C 3. D 4. C Task 4 1. He was allowed to keep only enough money to buy his lunch in the office. 2. He won ten thousands pounds on the lottery. 3. She was delighted at first. 4. Then she became angry and demanded to know how her husband could afford the lottery ticket. Task 5 1. because the vegetables were fresher and the store had various things she couldn’t get elsewhere 2. very well 3. The two teenage boys were both wearing long, old-fashioned overcoats and they looked rather ridiculous in them because the coats were too big. 4. She saw one of the boys pick up a tin of food and drop it into the inside pocket of his overcoat, and later another boy did the same. 5. because he was checking through his list at the cash till 6. They had both buttoned their coats and fastened them with their belts, but Mr. Patel didn’t seem suspicious at all. Task 6 Items: jacket, CD player, cordless phone, jeans, computer, notebook Will they buy these things: no, yes (maybe), no, no, yes, no Why not: doesn’t like the style of the jacket, the cordless phone is not a famous brand, they don’t have a bigger size in the jeans, don’t have any notebooks with more pages Task 7 A. Hugo Abbs"Senior Consultant"discuss plans and suggest alternatives Anne Springer"Applications Programmer"design software Bill Andrews"Senior Engineer"supply and install equipment B. 1. only for word-processing 2. accounting 3. It’s flexible. It can be adapted to the needs of the company with some small modifications. Task 8 A. 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. F B. big and small customers, five days a week, 9:00 am, 5:30 pm, suppliers of software, special training courses, free demonstrations Task 9 GT; L11,869 problems: 1. handle 2. a. slide back b. engine noise c. open 3. leg room 4. wing mirrors 5. small scratches 6. badly finished paintwork 7. the silver plastic strip conclusion: quite a lot of irritating faults in an expensive car Task 10 1. It’s described as “buy now, pay later”. 2. selling their products and services 3. for centuries 4. One type is issued directly by a store to a customer. The other kind is issued by a credit company. 5. The store credit card can be used to make purchases only at a particular store, whereas credit cards from credit companies can be used to buy things almost anywhere. 6. because most credit companies are connected to large banks 7. once a month 8. . a. The customer can buy what he wants when he wants it. There is no need to save up money in advance. b. Having a credit card protects the owner. The owner doesn’t have to worry about losing the card. c. Credit cards can be used when something unexpected happens. This is important when you don’t have any cash with you. 9. Customers tend to overspend. Task 11 (skipped) Task 12 (dictation) In the old days, most people did not need money. They could usually grow enough food. They could build a house, and they could even make their own clothes. They needed a few other things, but they could get them from other people. If they wanted a knife, for example, they could exchange some food, or other useful things, for one. People have used many things as “money” in different parts of the world. A lot of them are made of metal, because metal is useful. Gold is a beautiful metal, and it has become very valuable. A little gold can buy a lot of things, so people all over the world have often made coins out of gold. Very few coins are made of gold these days, however. Most money is just pieces of paper, but these pieces of paper are valuable because people will exchange all kinds of things for them. |
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UNIT 12 Task 1 A. 1. She is one of the best chess players in the world, and she is only sixteen years old. 2. No. Chess is very difficult for a woman. No one thought she could do well. Her father wanted her to be a secretary. 3. maybe because she’s always thinking about chess and therefore has few friends B. 1. for, through, along, by 2. nine, five, run, against, six, seven, half an hour, 7:45 Task 2 1. “Reserved” means “slow to show feelings or express opinions”. “Extrovert” means “an active, lively, expressive, cheerful, and sociable person”. Here the author uses the word as an adjective. 2. Some of the stereotyped images of the Englishmen, Scotsmen, Welshmen, and the Irish are: a. Englishmen wear bowler hats, pinstripe suits, and carry umbrellas. b. Scotsmen are mean, hate spending money, and drink whisky all day long. c. Welshmen do nothing but play rugby and sing. d. The Irish only exist so that other British people can tell jokes about them. 3. Well, on the whole the speaker does not believe these generalizations because there are too many exceptions. However, he agrees that it is great fun to generalize, and some generalizations may be true. 4. the generalization that “The British don’t like answering questions about the details of their lives”, and also the generalization that they usually don’t like officials Task 3 1. the American Indians in the northwest of America 2. When a man wanted to show that he was important, he asked all of his friends to a great feast. He also invited people from other villages. There were games and competitions, and everyone ate and drank a lot. He gave away things to all of the people at his feast. Sometimes he threw things into the sea, or he made a big fire and burned things in front of everyone. 3. Often he had very few things left after the feast, or there was very little food in his house. But he was still rich in the eyes of his people. He was a “big man” now. Everyone looked up to him, because he did not think that valuable things were important. Task 4 A. when: in the morning, during the day, lunch time, in the afternoon who: local factory workers, housewives, lots of people, schoolchildren on the way home, people after work what: (local factory workers) papers and cigarettes; (housewives) fresh milk, frozen fish, cooked meat, and so on; (lots of people) sandwiches to order"ham and egg particularly, a bit of shopping, (schoolchildren) sweets, (people after work) something for supper or some chocolates to take to a friend B. 1. The previous one was just a small grocer’s before, but now Jayne sells all kinds of things. And her shop stays open longer. 2. Before she opened she did a small survey. She asked customers what they’d like to buy and when they’d like to shop. She was now giving customers what they wanted. 3. She felt rather tired, but never bored. She found it really exciting and loved meeting people all the time. Task 5 (skipped) Task 6 A. 1. Carl was a happy, friendly man. He had a good job with the government. 2. He was driving a special kind of van called a “security van”. 3. The first man was tall and wore round glasses. There was something strange about his eyes. The second man was tall, too. And he wore dark glasses. 4. He felt something hard in his back. It was a gun, and it belonged to the man with dark glasses. 5. He looked just like Carl. He had the same face as Carl. But he wasn’t Carl. B. 1. bend, van 2. out of, rolled down 3. better, a bit 4. early morning light, rather, covered with 5. went, with, over 6. pushed, pulled Task 7 (skipped) Task 8 A. 1. It is a book about how to start new friendships. 2. It is very important to give the other person your undivided attention for the first four minutes of your meeting. 3. We should try to appear friendly and self-confident, because in general “People like people who like themselves.” B. 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F C. 1. total honesty, social relationships, contact 2. complain about one’s health, to mention faults, tell the whole truth, opinions, impressions 3. much of, strangers, family members, friends 4. be treated with care, unpleasant matters, be dealt with Task 9 (skipped) Task 10 (skipped) Task 11 (dictation) A young mother believed that it was very wrong to waste any food when there were so many hungry people in the world. One evening, she was giving her small daughter her tea before putting her to bed. First she gave her a slice of fresh brown bread and butter, but the child said that she did not want it like that. She asked for some jam on her bread as well. Her mother looked at her for a few seconds and then said, “When I was a small girl like you, Lucy, I was always given either bread and butter, or bread and jam, but never bread with butter and jam.” Lucy looked at her mother for a few moments with pity in her eyes and then said to her kindly, “Aren’t you pleased that you’ve come to live with us now?” |
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Test 2 will cover units 7-15 in the “Contemporary College English” book (units 1-6 will NOT be on this test). The test will have two sections, and the procedure and format will be identical to the first test. Section 1 will be listening to me read a passage and then answering questions about it (multiple choice, fill in the blanks, or true / false questions could all be on the exam). I will allow students one minute to review the questions about the passage before I read it and two minutes to answer the questions once I have finished reading. Section 1 will test the student’s ability to focus on key words and phrases, take accurate notes, and then answer questions. Section 1 will be worth 75% of the test grade. Section 2 will be dictation. I will read a short passage (less than 100 words) once only, and students will write down what they hear. Students will have five minutes to go back and add functional words to what they took notes on while listening. Although Section 2, dictation, will have only a few sentences, it will be challenging. Section 2 will test the student’s ability to listen carefully, write down content words, and then put the passage back together using only what they wrote during the dictation. Section 2 will be worth 25% of the test grade. Test 2 Dates for All Classes 2007-1C: Friday, January 4; 8:00-9:40 (1st and 2nd periods) T6-505 2007-2C: Wednesday, January 2; during regular class time 2007-3C: Friday, January 4; during regular class time 2007-3Y: (Yuntang Campus) Thursday, January 3; during regular class time 2007-4C: Thursday, January 3; during regular class time How to Study Listen to the tapes for the book, reading the questions before listening to the tape. The questions from the second half of the book are more challenging for a number of reasons. First, the answers to questions don’t appear in order in the passage. This means you have to take good notes using content words. Second, the key words don’t always help you because sometimes the key words in the questions use a “synonym” in the passage. That means that another word is used that means the same thing. Third, there are more questions that require you to make a judgment or inference based on what you hear"in other words you won’t actually hear the answer. I will not put any questions on Test 2 which require students to guess what the answer might be. All questions will have only one possible best answer. Fourth, the fill in the blanks questions are more like the dictation section, which most of you find more difficult than the other questions, because you have to fill in longer blanks with phrases and sentences at times. For all of the above reasons, Test 2 is more difficult than test one. Of course, If students need help, they should contact me. I am available during office hours and will do what I can to help everyone prepare. |
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UNIT 13 Task 1 What’s wrong? Mr. Jones: headaches, tired Doctor: nothing much wrong Why does Mr. Jones…? worry about, busy, hungry What is the advice of the doctor? fewer, more, less, your health Task 2 A. 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. B B. skipped C. skipped Task 3 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F Task 4 1. They used to build camps in the forest or on open ground. 2. They were made of branches and leaves or grass. 3. because they wanted to find more food 4. Life is a lot easier. There are fewer dangers, but there is less excitement. 5. because they try to get back to nature Task 5 1. Windsurfing is more exhilarating than swimming, and you can get away from it all. You can be alone with nature. 2. He’s an opera singer. 3. They are rather amused. 4. social tennis 5. line decisions and the score 6. She is now engaged in politics. 7. When you are playing it, you can’t think of anything else. You’re totally absorbed in the game, and you fell very happy when you do a really good shot. 8. the muffed shot at the net Task 6 A. 1. F 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T B. skipped Task 7 A. 1. to be awakened from a deep sleep and suddenly on his way to a serious accident 2. the journey 3. People often swear at her 4. A lot of patients expect it to be painful, and so a lot of patients are very nervous when they come in. 5. living in a hotel 6. He’s doing the same thing over and over and over. B. skipped Task 8 A. skipped B. Channel: BBC2 Time: 8:30, 10:30, 9:00, 7:50 Program: World in Action, High Plains Drifter, Hamlet, tennis Description: secret service, food and drink, 1972, good, evil, university teachers and students, Scotland, survive for 24 hours, subtitles, modern English, England, Brazil Task 9 skipped Task 10 dictation In the Far, Middle, and Near East; and in parts of Africa, South America, and Europe; the first thing most Western people notice is the respect everyone has for the old. Older men and women live with the married children and are important members of the family. They look after the children, help with the cooking, give advice, and often rule family life. Living in an extended family has advantages for everyone. A small child, for example, knows many people from the very beginning, not just his mother and father. For a young mother and father there are also advantages. They can go out to work and grandmother will look after the house and children. This is especially important in farming communities, where both men and women work in the fields. And the older woman, for example, has something important to do. She sees her children and grandchildren grow up. She is needed and loved. |
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UNIT 14 Task 1 Name: Andrea, Photos, Yannis, Claude, Steward Age: 28, 31, 15, 50, 38 Work: teaches skiing, runs a water-skiing school, student, owner and manager of a wind-surfing club, bank manager Free Time Activity: trains for the Olympics, plays chess, drives a boat, studies English, goes underwater caving Task 2 1. B 2. skipped 3. C 4. skipped 5. C 6. skipped Task 3 1. A 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. B Task 4 skipped Task 5 skipped Task 6 A. 80 hectares; 470,000square meters; 17,600; 760-hectare; 14, 15, less than a 30-minute drive B. 1. It is located in the western part of the Village and consists of apartment buildings, dining halls, and other facilities. 2. It is located in the eastern part of the Village and will provide leisure facilities and cultural activities for athletes. 3. After the Games, it will become a residential area. Task 7 skipped Task 8 skipped Task 9 skipped Task 10 A. 1. How do top athletes handle defeat and disappointment, and how do they keep going after a loss? 2. Winning or losing depends solely on the athlete’s own skill and effort. B. 1. Think positively. 2. Stick with it. 3. Work on the small things. 4. Learn from mistakes. 5. Pick yourself up. C. skipped Task 11 skipped Task 12 dictation Mr. Jones was very fond of climbing mountains, so one year he went to Switzerland for his holidays. After he had climbed some easy mountains, he decided one day to climb a more difficult one. But he did not want to go up it alone, so he found a good Swiss guide, who had often climbed that mountain. At first it was not a difficult climb, but then they came to a place which was not so easy. The guide stopped, turned around, and warned Mr. Jones. “Be careful here,” he said. “This is a dangerous place. You can easily fall, and if you do, you will fall straight down a very long way. But”, he continued calmly, “if you do fall here, don’t forget to look to the right while you are going down. There is quite an extraordinarily beautiful view there"much more beautiful than the one you can see from here.” |
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UNIT 15 Task 1 skipped Task 2 A. (news item 1) 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T B. skipped C. (news item 2) 1. a food crisis in southern Africa 2. Almost thirteen million people there need emergency food aid. 3. No. 4. The US Agriculture Secretary said opponents of genetically engineered food have limited the ability of the US to send food. Task 3 skipped Task 4 A. 1. B 2. D 3. B 4. C B. 1. Corruption is when government officials sell their influence, misuse their power, or try to hide their illegal activities. Transparency literally means permitting light to pass through unrestricted. In this context, it means activities are carried out in the open, clear for all to see, and wrongdoings of some government officials are difficult to hide. 2. The less transparent something is, the more corrupt it is. The more corrupt something is, the less transparent it is. 3. (opinion) Task 5 skipped Task 6 skipped Task 7 skipped Task 8 skipped Task 9 dictation Robbers have fled with an estimated three million dollars from a security vehicle at London’s Heathrow Airport. Police say two men hijacked the vehicle shortly after the driver collected the money from a South African Airlines flight. It happened hours after police arrested a man in connection with a similar robbery at Heathrow early last month. The robbers in February escaped with more than six million dollars. British officials have called for an urgent investigation of security around Heathrow Airport. |