Listening Cafe听力测试
听两遍,选择正确答案。
1. How does Mike travel around the country?
A. By plane. B. By car. C. By bike.

2. What happens to Mike one evening?
A. He can’t find his way to his hotel.
B. He meets an old friend in the hotel.
C. He helps an old man find his way home.

3. Why doesn’t the old man stop Mike when they pass the hotel?
A. Because he wants to take a ride home.
B. Because he does not know the hotel.
C. Because he does not see the hotel.

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Day 2
Never say die before you ... (P3)
Answer the following questions:
1. What did the coach tell the students to do?
_____________________________________

2. Did many students think it would be easy to find?
_____________________________________

3. How did the students feel about the tall boy’s result?
_____________________________________

4. Where was the ticket?
_____________________________________

5. What did the coach want to teach the
students?
_____________________________________


Day 3
Make the most of the ... (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is Old Trafford?
A. A castle.B. A theater.
C. A stadium.D. A soccer team.

2. The writer suggests if you want longer-lasting memories, you can spend holidays with your _____.
A. family B. classmates
C. friends D. teachers
3. Which of the following is NOT true of the writer’s holiday at home as a child?
A. He learned some useful life skills.
B. He helped his father do garden work.
C. He got his first “wage” at 14 years old.
D. He thought it was the most exciting part of summer.


Day 4
What do plants talk about? (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. Paragraph 1 tells us that _____.
A. plants are very quiet living things
B. plants can communicate with each other
C. humans can’t hear plants talking
D. humans should learn more about plants

2. What do “these signals” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Compounds that plants release.
B. Different types of plants.
C. Trees or tomatoes.
D. The neighboring plants.

3. The following about the experiment are true EXCEPT _____.
A. the scientists were Japanese
B. they used tomato plants
C. they grew plants in two flowerpots
D. one plant was bitten by insects

4. According to the article, we learn that _____.
A. people noticed that the plant bitten by insects didn’t sit quietly
B. HexVic can help plants protect themselves
C. the clean plants can kill all the insects after getting a warning message
D. the infested plants helped the clean plants by releasing more chemicals


Day 5
Cloze
My friend Alan was born into a poor family. He did not have much money. Sometimes Alan even had to accept money and gifts 1 his friends. But he was not the kind of person who never 2 the money back. A few years ago, he won the lottery (彩票) and got a huge 3 of money. He was very excited. It changed 4 life. The 5 thing he did was to buy a very expensive new car. Then he 6 spending money on unnecessary things, or buying things that he normally would not buy. It seemed that he had money to 7 . He had more money than he needed and it was burning a hole in his pocket. He wasted his money 8 . When we got together for a 9 at a restaurant, he would always pay the bill. He 10 me the money made him feel very happy.
But Alan soon 11 out of money. He was as poor as a church mouse again. He is back to living a 12 life. He was wise about small things, but not about important things.

1. A. inB. on
C. toD. from
2. A. tookB. had
C. broughtD. paid
3. A. pocketB. envelope
C. amountD. purse
4. A. ourB. his
C. theirD. her
5. A. finalB. perfect
C. recentD. first
6. A. advisedB. suggested
C. startedD. practiced
7. A. riskB. show
C. burnD. play
8. A. quietlyB. secretly
C. quicklyD. possibly
9. A. journeyB. meal
C. restD. meeting
10. A. interviewedB. taught
C. treatedD. told
11. A. ranB. came
C. wentD. walked
12. A. richB. warm
C. hardD. busy

(参考答案见本期)



上期参考答案

【Listening Cafe】BACB
听力原文：
There once was a farmer in Japan. He was very poor before. But later he became very rich. So he decided to travel to some other countries.
Once when he was on a plane to the US, the stewardess (空姐) asked him: “Coffee or tea?”
He didn’t know much English, so he thought she meant there were three things, because she said three words. “I’ve had coffee several times before and I know tea very well, too. This time, I would like to try a new kind of drink.” So he said to the stewardess: “I want or, the one in the middle, please.”
【P2】1. Is eating dog meat a cruel thing or just a cultural thing? 2. Because they believe it is good for their health. 3. The tradition is a bad custom. Yulin should stop eating dog meat.
4. No, it isn’t. 5. Some are calling for respect for other people’s diet choices.
【P5】CDCA
【P6】AACB
Cloze: 1-5 BDCDA 6-10 BDBDA 11-12 CB



本期参考答案
【Listening Cafe】BAA
听力原文：
Mike is traveling across the country in his car. One evening he tries to find his small hotel. He sees an old man and asks: “Do you know the Sun Hotel?”
“Yes, I’ll show you the way.” Then the old man gets into Mike’s car. They drive for 12 miles. When they come to a small house, the old man says: “Stop here.” Mike stops and looks at the house.
“But this isn’t a hotel,” he says.
“No,” the old man answers. “This is my house. Now I’ll show you the way to the hotel.” The old man points down the road behind him.
“Turn around and go back 9 miles. Then
you’ll see the hotel on the left.”
【P3】1. There was a ticket near one shoe and they needed to find it. 2. Yes, they did.
3. Surprised. 4. It was in the hole under the floorboard. 5. Never say die before you succeed.
【P4】CAD
【P5】BACB
Cloze: 1-5 DDCBD 6-10 CCCBD 11-12. AC