大学英语第五单元答案
Part I Script
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.
1.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. Valentine's Day should be done away with.
B. The man's girl friend is asking for too much.
C. The man should buy gifts for his girlfriend.
D. The man is poor.
2.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. A housewife.
B. A housekeeper.
C. A President.
D. It is not known.
3.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. In the club.
B. At Jane's home.
C. In the national park.
D. In the shopping mall.
4.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. The cookies.
B. The CD.
C. The camera.
D. The map.
5.(Listen to the audio recording for the question.)
A. 2.
B. 12.
C. 20.
D. 24.
Part II Script
Directions: Listen to the passage three times. When the passage is read for
the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you hear.
For blanks numbered from S8 to S10, write down either the exact words you hear
or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read the third time, check your answers.
Many Americans buy an evergreen tree for Christmas. They put the tree in their home
and
a pine or a fir tree. It during the cold, dark months of winter
in the northern part of the world. So it is a
The Christmas tree may have developed in part from a popular play
hundreds of years ago in
held on December 24th, the day before Christmas. The play was about the first people
—Adam and Eve. People put apples on an evergreen tree to
They shared the food among family members and friends after the holiday season.
Some people say the German religious reformer Martin Luther was the first person to add lighted candles to an evergreen tree.
In the early 1800s, German settlers in the state of Pennsylvania were the first to celebrate the holiday with Christmas trees in the United States.
Some people put a star on top of their Christmas tree. It represents the star that led the three wise men to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem.
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Part III Script
Directions: Listen to the following recording, and then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first
playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers.
1. On what day was the beginning of the New Year first observed in 16th century
France?
A. On January 1st.
B. On February 1st.
C. On March 1st.
D. On April 1st.
2. On whom did people play tricks after Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar?
A. Those who celebrated the New Year's Day on April 1st.
B. Those who celebrated the New Year's Day on January 1st.
C. Those who followed Gregory's idea.
D. Those who accepted the new calendar.
3. How did French children fool their friends?
A. By hiding a fish in their friends' bag.
B. By putting a paper fish on their friends' back.
C. By saying, "School has been canceled."
D. By saying, "Look! A flock of geese!"
4. What is mentioned as a common trick in the United States?
A. Telling a classmate that the teacher has fallen ill.
B. Telling a friend that a bird is flying past.
C. Saying "Your shoelace is untied."
D. Saying "Your pants are unzipped."
5. What is considered the cleverest April fools joke?
A. One that is played with a large audience around.
B. One that is first played on April Fool's Day.
C. One that makes everyone laugh except the victim.
D. One that makes everyone laugh, including the victim.
Part IV
Directions: Choose the best answer to each of the following statements.
1.I used to love giving my mother a present on Mother's Day. It always made
her cry, and then she'd hug me hard enough to squeeze the _______ out of me.
A. air
B. gas
C. breath
D. breathe
2.Boxing Day is a holiday ___________ some British Commonwealth countries
like Britain, Australia and Canada.
A. exclusive to
B. exclusive in
C. inclusive to
D. inclusive of
3.Boxing Day is a perfect date for a holiday, ________ the day after Christmas
Day.
A. be
B. being
C. to be
D. to have been
4.I absolutely hate Christmas shopping. I can never __________ what to buy
for everyone.
A. count out
B. calculate out
C. figure out
D. compute out
5.I know you enjoy celebrating holidays again and again, but it's hard ____
my wallet.
A. in
B. for
C. on
D. to
6.If we spend money at this rate, I'll _______ in the poorhouse.
A. end up
B. accomplish
C. complete
D. achieve
7.April Fool's Day is a day people play __________ one another.
A. tricks against
B. tricks on
C. tricks with
D. jokes at
8.The lead flight attendant ___________ telling her fellow crew members about
her boyfriend's stopover at the same airport.
A. do a point in
B. do a point of
C. made a point in
D. made a point of
9.The cockpit door flew open, and ___________ it was the disappointed flight
attendant mumbling something like, "What shall I do?"
A. sure enough
B. surely enough
C. certain enough
D. certainly enough
10.The Wilsons began holding a yearly Thanksgiving dinner for _____ they
called their "extended family".
A. that
B. which
C. what
D. it