新标准大学英语视听说教程4答案.doc

Keys to unit1

Inside view
P3-3
True statements are : 2,8

P3-5
1. Joe was a gofer before he became a researcher for Lift Off UK.
2. Andy wants Joe’s job as a producer.

P3-6
1-d 2-d 3-a 4-c

P4-7
1. It’s not always very easy working with
2. How did he end up in London
3. the least experienced person
4. He’s good at his job
5. He is confident and very competent
6. I get on with him quite well

P4-8
1-b 2-b 3-a 4-a 5-b

Outside view
P6-2
1,2,3,4

P6-4
1. She needs to improve her interview techniques to help her to get a job.
2. She doesn’t know how to answer the questions and give answers that might lead her failure in a job interview.
3. She doesn’t understand what the interviewer is actually looking for.
4. That you need to be well prepared for an interview. It boils down to preparation, presentation and understanding what the interviewer is looking for.

P7-5
1. professional job coach
2. research on the position and the company
3. having not practiced with some of the questions
4. how you present yourself
5. what the interviewer is actually looking for
6. preparation, presentation and understanding
7. in relationship to the job

8. some examples in your life
9. dealing with problems

P7-7
1, 3,5,7,8,9,10,11

Listening in
P8-3
1-b 2-d 3-a 4-d 5-c

Keys to unit 2 A good read

Inside view
P14-2
Joe: 1 Andy: 2 Janet: 3,4

P14-3
3. It is a feature programme which reviews recently published books.
4. None of them have read all of the books.
5. He’s annoyed.
6. It features new books that may have a London angle, but not necessarily.
7. Because Charles Dickens’ books are always on TV.
8. She knows quite a lot about Dickens because she is studying his work at university.
9. It’s a biography which describes the London locations which are the settings for many of Dickens’ books.
10. Yes.

P15-6
Place of birth: Portsmouth
Dates: 19th century
Type of writing: novels
Setting of stories: around the law courts in the center of London
Other features of writing: He describes hardship, poverty and crime in London.
Most famous novels: Oliver Twist, David Copperfield

P15-6
1-a 2-b 3-d 4-c 5-c

P16-7
1. He wasn’t being at all fair.
2. sometimes he really gets on my nerves
3. keep his problems away from the studio
4. He was born in Portsmouth
5. he set most of his stories in
6. Whereabouts in London are his stories set
7. some of his stories take place
8. Cheer up
9. I’ll get over it

P16-8
1-b 2-a 3-a 4-b 5-a

Outside view
P18-2
2&7

P19-4
1. borrow books
2. look at an art exhibition
3. connect to the Internet
4. let you borrow computer games
5. with books and photographs
6. in schools and universities

P19-5
10. It is a national library
11. You can find books and other printed materials.
12. The British Library adds millions of items to its collection every year.
13. No, not at all, although some reading may take new forms (like reading from computer screens or mobile phones), reading books will remain popular.

P19-6
Name: The British Library
Location: London
Year the new building opened: 1998
Items collected: books, sound recordings, music, maps, newspapers, and magazines
Number of items added yearly: three million

Listening in
P20-2
1. it began over 20 years ago
2. about once every four or five weeks
3. 10
4. the host prepares dinner and then a discussion starts
5. modern novels, classics, non-fiction like history and travel writing

p20-3
1.-d 2-a 3-c 4-a 5-b

P21-7
1. I’m not a professional literary specialist
2. their close links with well-known writers
3. the home of many well-known writers
4. the memorial of great British writers
5. rich in its literary history
6. because of the recent series of films
7. because it was the home of the three sisters
8. also made into successful films
9. around the English-speaking world
10. whose work contributes

Keys to Unit 4 Money talks

Inside View
P38-1
1. Janet: 136 Andy:2457

P38-2
1. What Janet was doing at the market with Joe.
2. He is right about Andy being late quite often.
3. He says something unexpected has come up.
4. So that he can check his schedule.
5. at 2.30.
6. The City of London.

P39-4
2-5-1-4-3

P39-5
1-d 2-c 3-d 4-a 5-c

P40-6
1. what does; have to do
2. So we’re not actually
3. Basically
4. you come in here on the left
5. moving through to this room
6. What about this room on the left
7. And this room here below contains

P40-7
1-b 2-a 3-b 4-a 5-b 6-b

Outside view
P42-2
True statements: 4567

P42-3
1-b 2-a 3-c 4-c 5-b

P43-5
4-3-5-7-1-2-6

P43-6
1. if we’re not happy
2. make all of that better
3. make more choices
4. still thinks about money
5. of having the money
6. would get solved
7. gives us more choices

Listening in
P44-2
1. They were exchanging metals for goods.
2. They first appeared in Europe.
3. Coins appeared in Lydia around 700 BC.
4. The drachma was used as a standard form of money in large parts of Asia and Europe.
5. Around 960 AD, in China.
6. They can be seen as early banks.
7. It was applied all over the world.

P44-3
1. we exchanged things, didn’t we
2. exchange don’t last
3. a lot easier to use
4. Coins then appeared
5. started producing them
6. a big advantage of

7. has a certain value
8. exchanged the grain
9. a certain amount of silver
10. 1870 to 1915

P45-6
6-3-1-7-2-5-4

P45-7
1-b 2-a 3-a 4-a 5-c

Keys to U5 Gender Studies

Inside view
P50-1
1
Andy: 1,3,5,7
Janet: 2,4, 6

P50-2
True statements: 1,4,6,8,9

P50-4
1. only five to ten percent
2. about 75%
3. women
4. nursing
5. engineering
6. football
7. men

P51-5
1. b
2. c
3. c
4. a
5. b

P52-6
1. It’s fair.
2. I may be wrong.
3. about 60% of
4. the percentage
5. are in a slight majority
6. Mind you
7. I give up
8. I bet you
9. it’s typical of you men

P52-7
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. a
5. a
Outside view
P54-3
1-b 2-d 3-d 4-c 5-c

P55-4
1. in the economic and political sectors
2. based on
3. such jobs as teaching and nursing
4. make their own money
5. in the number of families
6. very well looked after
7. although the system is
8. it will be difficult when
9. who might be able to
10. been responsible for less well paid than men
11. are rewarded

Listening in
P56-2
Questions
Speakers
1
4, 6
2
1, 2
3
6
4
1, 5
5
3
6
1

P56-3
1. An ad in which a man is shown as being no good at a DIY job.
2. That feminism has gone too far; it treats men as inferior.
3. There is no real equality of pay; men still have the top jobs but they aren’t always shown as super-masculine.
4. It is good that men aren’t always shown as super-masculine, because this is more realistic.
5. A car insurance ad, which shows a woman as a smart boss and a man as dumb idiot.

P57-5
1. logical
2. nurturing
3. spatial
4. verbal

P57-6
6-3-4-1-5-2

P57-7
Men: 1,3,4,7
Women: 2,5,6

P57-8
1. the result of upbringing
2. learn to speak earlier
3. in intelligence tests
4. are better at language skills
5. less interested in women
6. have better social skills
7. boys and girls quite differently

Keys to U6 All in the past

Inside view
P62-2
True statements: 1,2,6

P63-3
1. It’s his favorite view in the whole of London.
2. It’s well worth a visit.
3. If she can go up the tower.

4. People need permission from their MP to go up the tower.
5. Because it’s the most important government building in the country.
6. In the summer.
7. To do the research.
8. To phone a friend who works at the Houses of Parliament to see if she can meet them.

63-5
1. 1859
2. 1870
3. Westminster Hall
4. the 11the century
5. two
6. the people (everyone in the country who has the right to vote)
7. the prime minster

63-6
1-c 2-a 3-c 4-b 5-a

63-7
1. is widely believed to be
2. No, that’s not what I’m trying to say
3. It would appear that
4. It seems that
5. there’s little doubt that
6. it’s widely thought that
7. is considered to be
8. But what’s even more amazing is

P65-8
1-b 2-a 3-a

Outside view
P66-2
4-8-3-7-1-2-6-5

P66-3
1. no more than 170 kms
2. more than nine million
3. five or six
4. 1912
5. over 1,500
6. five or six
7. more than one and a half million
8. Liverpool and Southampton

P67-4
1-a 2-c 3-d 4-d

P67-5
1. the biggest navy in the world
2. what it was like
3. brought tea
4. to put up the sails
5. passenger ships
6. in maritime history
7. the world’s biggest cruise ship
8. five or six hours
9. furniture and toys

Listening in
P68-2
True statements: 6

P68-3
1. 1533
2. 1536
3. 1558
4. 1568
5. 1587
6. 1603

P68-4
1-b 2-b 3-c 4-d 5-d 6-d

68-7
1. Pompeii
2. a guide to the town
3. almost 2,000 years ago
4. August
5. two days
6. two

P69-8
1. Well, turn around … what do you see?
2. Yes, it could erupt again.
3. Yes, he was praying.
4. Not until 1748.
5. There were two owners – they had a small business.
6. It says, “Welcome, money.”
7. We think it was a mirror although we haven’t had …

Keys to U8 Architecture: frozen music

Inside view

P86-2
True: 1,5

P86-3
1. Because Cathy is very busy.
2. She says she’ll do her best but can’t make any promises.
3. I’m Joe Varese, we spoke on the phone.
4. London architecture as well as the exhibition.
5. He wants to check the sound level.
6. The London Skyline, past, present and future.

P87-4
1. The domed building at the top of the page. Or it’s in the middle of the skyline on Page 86.
2. About 400 years, I’m guessing. I don’t really know.
3. I can see it under the word “exhibition” on Page 86.
4. No, you can almost count the really tall buildings.
5. It is the trend but maybe they do not allow them for some reason.

P86-6
1-c 2-c 3-b 4-d 5-a 6-a

P86-7
1. one of the most recognizable
2. to everyone’s astonishment
3. Yes, absolutely
4. That’s absolutely right
5. I’m not convinced you’re right
6. As you might expect
7. Exactly

Outside view

P90-2
Size, architecture, train system, sculpture, airport, lake shoreline, music, sports teams

P90-3
1-a 2-b 3-a 4-c 5-a 6-d

P91-4
1. the third largest
2. 1871
3. curtains of glass
4. 15 years
5. 70 seconds
6. 840 flights
7. 29 miles
8. a wonderful sports history

Listening in
P922
Terminal 3: the newest terminal of Beijing Airport
March 2008: date it became operational
Norman Foster: a famous British architect
Three kilometers: extend of the terminal
Three and a half years: time it took to build the new terminal
Red and gold: traditional Chinese colors used
Saving energy: reason for the roof design
19,000 pieces of luggage: number per hour the baggage system can handle

P92-4
1. became operational in March 2008
2. glass and steel
3. light and heat/19,000 pieces of
4. late December 2007
5. French architect
6. the amount of sunlight
7. glass curtain
8. the gardens and trees

p93-6
1-c 2-a 3-d 4-b 5-c 1-3-4-2-5

P92-7
1. He is one of Spain’s great architects.
2. Bones.
3. The Dancing House.
4. Two.
5. Thirty-three years.
6. It is the tallest hotel in the world and it looks like a sail.
7. 1997.
8. Stucco.

Pronunciation
P95-4
Arrivals Hall
newest
operational
March 2008
third runway
a rail link
center
second largest
famous British architect Norman Foster
almost three kilometers
only three and a half years

p95-6
The terminal is only one of a number of new buildings that have made Beijing a leading example of 21st century architectural design. Another design success is the capital’s new National Center for the Performing Arts, which opened in late December 2007.
The center, which has created huge interest all over the world, is based at West Chang’an Avenue, just west of the Great Hall of the People and Tian’anmen Square.

Keys to U9 words of wisdom

Inside view

P98-2
latest squeeze: new girlfriends
hacked off with: tired of, dissatisfied with, fed up with
fancy…?: would you like…?
a pint: a drink of beer
down the local: in the pub
on me: my treat, I’ll pay

P98-3
1. She’s a friend from work.
2. An old school friend of Andy’s
3. Go for a drink.
4. Andy’s girlfriend.
5. She can’t understand his accent or what he said.
6. He explains what Jack said to Janet.

P98-4
1. Hello, friend. What are you doing?
2. It is a nice surprise to see you, Jack.
3. How is your life progressing?
4. Quite well.
5. I hope to meet you again in the pub.
6. I could not understand at all.
7. I have no idea what he meant.
8. Wait a moment.
9. Now I understand.

P99-5
1. a-Janet b-Janet c-Joe d-Janet e-Joe
2. It refers to the English language.
3. Shakespeare.
4. Andy.

P99-6
1-a 2-a 3-a 4-c 5-c 6-b

P100-7
1. It’s hard to say
2. it depends
3. But on the other hand
4. You know
5. Take Shakespeare, for example
6. Such as
7. like
8. a very kind person
9. is very jealous
10. Shakespeare in the Rain

P100-8 Everyday English
1-b 2-a 3-a 4-b 5-a 6-a

Outside view
P102-2
1. speak to Americans
2. an opportunity for communication
3. go out into the community
4. try to learn as much about our culture
5. feel more confident; appreciate our culture

p103-3
5-3-6-2-4-1

P103-4
1. There are so many different ways of teaching English.
2. It also varies as to whether you’re taking private lessons with a tutor, or if you’re in a large classroom situation.
3. However, there is also an advantage to be able to take a class with students from, not just your country, but other countries as well.
4. So therefore, you can communicate with other people, which is again, what it’s all about.
5. So students really enjoy meeting each other and being forced to speak in Englsih.

P103-5
1-b 2-d 3-a 4-a 5-b

Listening in
P104-2
1. 2,000
2. 6,000
3. Australia
4. three
5. 200 years ago
6. 20
P104-3
1-c 2-b 3-a 4-b 5-d 6-d

P105-6
1-dog 2-bees 3-dolphins 4-Vervet monkey 5-monkey

P105-7
1. If animals have communication systems that are like human language.
2. Rules or grammar and intended meaning.
3. no.
4. Because they have large brains and appear to respond to one another’s communications.
5. In America.
6. Hurt and sorry.
7. Because another chimpanzee took her magazine.
8. No.