新视野大学英语视听说教程4B.docx

新视野大学英语视听说教程4BUnit 4 Is work just another four-letter word? Done with this task. Your current score: 23% Unit 4 test Next 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.) 2. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) 3. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) A. He is a self-made successful businessman. B. He inherited a large fortune. C. He is a successful young tradesman. A. The man has been offered many good jobs because he is well-rounded. B. The man is having an interview. C. The woman wants to join in some courses too. D. The woman thinks it's unnecessary to learn occupational skills. A. She thinks the man will be fired. B. She thinks the man will be severely punished. C. She thinks the man's work will be given to his colleagues. D. She thinks the man should be courageous to admit the mistake. D. He will hand his company over to his son. 4. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) 5. (Listen to the audio recording for the question.) Part II A. Wednesday morning. B. Thursday morning. C. Thursday evening. D. Not settled. A. The companies John has worked in are not large enough. B. John's work experiences are not long enough. C. John hasn't got a decent education background. D. John learned little in each job, and long service means nothing today. 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 (1) to (7) with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from (8) to (10), 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. expensiverThe West End of London maintained its top spot as the world's most (1)office location last year as occupancy costs (2)uncertain economic climate. West End offices (3)de globally due to the $16,682 per employee workstation last year, (4)compired with $15,700 for second-ranked Paris, a leading real estate engencyconsultancy (5)Survey. said in its seventh annual Global Office Occupancy Costs The basis of the survey has changed to workstations, from (6)previously, to give a clearer picture of (7)competitionfour area costs. During the economic downturn last year, the city of Toronto moved up three places to ninth in the "top 10". (8)But the biggest was all addapting. In comparison, New York offices dropped out of the top three into the sixth place. (9)Grouping most overing last year ,. "In the U.K., central London costs are down by 8.8 percent, and London's West End is down 5.1 percent. However in international terms, the situation is distorted by significant currency movements. (10)In the U.K., central London ,there," said the manager of the consultancy agency. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Your answer expensiver de compired engency four competition Correct answer expensive declined averaged compared agency floor accommodation But the biggest climber of all was Dublin, with the Irish capital jumping nine places to the tenth among the world's most expensive office locations Globally, most office locations continued to register declines in (8) But the biggest was all addapting (9) Grouping most overing last year , occupancy costs last year, reflecting the weak and uncertain global economic environment (10) In the U.K., central London ,there In Euro terms, London is some 17 percent cheaper than last year, but in dollar terms it is virtually unchanged 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. What may workaholics do? 2. Which of the following does the speaker recommend doing? 3. What should one do first according to the passage? A. What is important. B. What one understands. C. What is easy. A. They bring work home. B. They keep working until after midnight. C. They bend over their work on weekends. D. All of the above. A. Concentrating on one thing a week. B. Concentrating on one thing a day. C. Concentrating on one thing at a time. D. Doing just a few things at a time. D. What is difficult. 4. What does the speaker say about working at home? 5. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? Part IV A. One should not bring too much work home. B. One can work in the living room if one has a home office. C. One should not bring confidential files home. D. One should work only within the usual working hours. A. Bad Habits of Workaholics. B. Tips for Workaholics. C. Good Habits of a Devoted Worker. D. Cultivation of a Devoted Worker. Directions: Choose the best answer to each of the following statements. 1. Do you see yourself as a leader or more of a team _? 2. If the leadership is weak, I'm not afraid to _ in order to achieve the goal at hand. A. player B. worker C. mate D. colleague A. take up B. take over C. make up D. make for 3. I didn't get that promotion. They brought in some new guy. I'm not going to _ for much longer. 4. Mr. Jones is a _ millionaire, and I'm honored to have worked for him for the past 30 years as his accountant. 5. Just clear out your desk and that's the end of it. Do I make myself _, Mr. Westlake? A. clear B. clearly C. clarity A. hold up B. hold to C. hang up D. hang around A. make-self B. self-make C. self-made D. self-making D. unclearly 6. Thank you! I'll certainly try to _ the trust you have demonstrated in me with this raise in pay. A. live according to B. live with C. live up with D. live up to 7. As a marketing manager, she frequently found herself in conflict with the financial department _ her staff's expenses. 8. As the training administrator, she wanted to launch an _ training project. 9. The two people forged a long-term alliance, which led to a training program so successful that it has _ been picked up by the company's offices in Germany and Japan. A. in-the-service B. on-the-service C. on-the-job D. on-job A. in B. for C. above D. over A. never B. afterwards C. since D. then 10. I'm going to lay down the law. From now on, everyone in the company must follow regulations _. A. to the order B. to the command C. to the words D. to the letter