Book 5 Unit 1

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）
第一节 （共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）
请听下面 5 段对话，选出最佳选项。
1. What will the woman probably do this weekend?
A. Go swimming. B. Go dancing. C. Go camping.
2. Where did the woman find out about the earthquake?
A. From the newspaper. B. From the radio. C. From TV.
3. How did the woman feel when she heard the news?
A. Frightened. B. Relaxed. C. Surprised.
4. What do we know about the woman?
A. She likes eating bananas very much.
B. She has been eating an apple every day.
C. She doesn’t believe apples are good for health.
5. What does the man probably do?
A. A singer. B. An actor. C. A student.
第二节 （共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）
请听下面 5 段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。
请听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。
6. What is the man’s problem?
A. He had a toothache. B. He had a stomachache. C. He had a headache.
7. When will the man probably set off for the appointment?
A. Between 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm. B. Between 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm.
C. Between 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm.
请听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。
8. How many people died in the air crash?
A. 5. B. 123. C. 128.
9. Where does Mary want to go for a holiday?
A. China. B. Canada. C. Spain.
请听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。
10. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Couple. B. Colleagues. C. Classmates.
11. What do we know about the woman?
A. She likes spicy food. B. She likes Guangdong food.
C. She likes cooking at home.
12. What will the man most probably do next?
A. Walk to the restaurant. B. Go to find his car.
C. Give Tom a phone call.
请听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。
13. How old was Tim Berners-Lee probably when he went to Queen’s College?
A. 16. B. 18. C. 20.
14. What did Tim Berners-Lee like doing as a boy?
A. Watching TV at home. B. Collecting old TV sets. C. Making toy computers.
15. What did Tim Berners-Lee do in 1984?
A. He went back to work at CERN in Geneva.
B. He joined John Poole’s Image Computer Systems, Ltd.
C. He worked as a software manager at CERN in Geneva.
16. When did Tim Berners-Lee get the idea of creating the World Wide Web?
A. In 1989. B. In 1990. C. In 1991.
请听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17. What has the recent study found about tea?
A. It is a very healthy choice.
B. It is the most popular drink.
C. It can lead to heart disease.
18. Which of the following countries’ people like drinking tea the most?
A. China. B. Ireland. C. Mexico.
19. How many people took part in the large American study?
A. 97,000. B. 900,000. C. 970,000.
20. What do we know about the large American study?
A. It lasted for thirty years.
B. It’s mainly about oral cancer.
C. It has made coffee less popular.

Key: 1-5 BACBC 6-10 CBBCA 11-15 BCBCA 16-20 AABCA

Book 5 Unit 1
(Text 1)
M: I hear you had to change your plans for this weekend.
W: Yes, I’d planned to go swimming, but it looks like I’ll go dancing with Mike instead.
(Text 2)
M: Did you hear about the earthquake in Iran? I just saw the news on TV.
W: Yes, I just read about it in the newspaper.
(Text 3)
M: David won the school election by three votes.
W: Really? How did that happen? I never thought he would win. Oh, I feel so sorry for Ted.
M: Me, too. I was sure he would win.
(Text 4)
W: I’m sick and tired of eating an apple every day.
M: Dear, don’t you know, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”?
W: I know apples are good for our health, but I’m really tired of them now.
M: Then I’ll buy you some bananas tomorrow.
(Text 5)
W: James, we’re going to sing karaoke this afternoon. Do you want to join us?
M: No, I really have to study today.
W: You studied all day yesterday. Why not relax today?
M: I have an exam tomorrow.
(Text 6)
M: Good morning. This is Mike Black. I want to make an appointment with Doctor Smith, please.
W: OK, Mr. Black. What’s your problem?
M: I had a headache yesterday evening. I feel better now after taking some pills, but I think it would
be a good idea to have the doctor check me out. What about this afternoon?
W: OK. How about any time from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm?
M: OK, I’ll be there. Thank you for fitting me in. I must say I’m a bit worried.
(Text 7)
M: Are you looking forward to your trip to China, Ann?
W: I can’t wait to see China. But …
M: But what?
W: I’m scared of the journey. I read a news report yesterday. It said a plane with 128 passengers
crashed and only five of them survived.
M: That’s horrible. But don’t worry. Such things don’t happen every day. So don’t scare yourself.
W: You’re right. But what will you do during the summer?
M: I want to take a trip to Canada. But I haven’t made up my mind yet. Mary wants to go to Spain. I
don’t want to let her down.
W: Since it’s a long vacation, why not go to Spain and then fly to Canada from there?
M: I would if I were rich enough.
(Text 8)
M: It’s already half past five. How about preparing supper now?
W: But I don’t want to cook today. I’m tired of cooking every day.
M: Then how about having supper out tonight? There is a new Chinese restaurant on Third Street.
Tom went there yesterday and he said it was great.
W: Really? What kind of food does it have? You know, I don’t like food that’s too spicy.
M: Don’t worry. One of the chefs is from Guangdong.
W: That’s great. Guangdong food is my favorite kind of Chinese food. Do you know how to get there?
M: Not exactly. I just know it’s on Third Street. Don’t worry. I’m sure we’ll find it.
W: But I don’t feel like walking now. It’s still so hot outside.
M: Then how about asking Tom to pick us up? We can treat him to supper.
W: That’s a good idea.
(Text 9)
W: Do you know anything about Tim Berners-Lee?
M: Sure. He is a great scientist. He invented the software program known as the World Wide Web in
1989.
W: Can you tell me more about him?
M: Of course. He was born in London, on June 8, 1955. He studied at Queen’s College, Oxford
University from 1973 to 1976.
W: Did he show an interest in computers when he was young?
M: Yes. As a boy, he liked making toy computers out of old TV sets.
W: That’s interesting. Where did he work after he left college?
M: He worked as a software engineer at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland in 1980. From 1981 to 1984,
he worked at John Poole’s Image Computer Systems, Ltd, in England. But he returned to CERN in
1984.
W: When did he first get the idea of creating the World Wide Web?
M: In March, 1989. Then in 1990, with the help of Robert Cailliau, he made some changes to the
proposal and it was accepted by his manager.
W: We all should thank him. Because of his invention, we can share and find almost any information
on the Internet.
M: You’re right.
(Text 10)
Would you like a drink of coffee or tea? A study showed that tea — especially black tea — might
be the best choice. A team of researchers studied the amount of black tea sold in 50 countries.
People in Ireland were the top tea-drinkers. On average, each person there drank more than two
kilograms of black tea a year. People in China, Morocco and Mexico drank the least tea. The study
showed a link between black tea sales and rates of diabetes. The study showed that few people have
Type 2 diabetes in countries where people drink a lot of tea.
Coffee is one of the world’s most popular drinks — perhaps the most popular. Results of a large
American study may help to make it even more popular. The study showed that drinking coffee might
help reduce the risk of oral cancer, a deadly form of cancer. Researchers questioned 970,000
American men and women who took part in the 30-year-long study. One of the questions was about
their use of coffee. They found that people who drank about four cups of coffee a day reduced their
risk of oral cancer by 49 percent compared to those who had little or no coffee.