中国大学媒体英语视听说课后答案(慕课2023课后作业答案)

Unit 1 Back to School

Quiz 1-Listening comprehension

1、中国The大学 American president usually delivers the back to school speech in September because that’s the beginning of a new academic year.

2、The媒体 main point of the speech is about the importance of education.

3、According to the speech,英语业答 Obama’s father did very little in little Obama’s education.

4、In order to make his 视听说课speech more encouraging, Barack Obama faked a story.

5、It can be inferred from the speech that education today is 后答后作not well respected in the U.S.

Quiz 2-Vocabulary

1、What's the meaning of “prodding” in the video?案慕案
A、encouragement
B、课课punishment
C、中国reproach
D、大学companionship

2、媒体What's the meaning of “destiny” in the video?英语业答
A、fate
B、视听说课career
C、后答后作life
D、案慕案university

3、It is hard to tell whether we are going to have a boom in the economy or a ________.
A、concession
B、recession
C、submission
D、transmission

4、The police are trying to find out the ________ of the woman killed in the traffic accident.
A、evidence
B、recognition
C、status
D、identity

5、Although not an economist himself, Dr. Smith has long been a severe critic of the government's ________ policies.
A、economical
B、economy
C、economic
D、conomics

Assignment 1

1、What will you talk about if you are invited to give a back-to-school speech to students in your university? Requirements: 1. Your recording should last about 45-60 seconds. 2. Assessment criteria: fluency and coherence, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy, and pronunciation 3. Name your recording this way: Assignment 1_中文姓名_学号

Unit 2 Science behind Seeing

Quiz 1-Listening comprehension

1、In the clip, why didn't the woman spot her waving friend on the bus?
A、She focused on finding an empty seat.
B、She preferred to ignore her friend.
C、Other passengers blocked her sight.
D、She was near-sighted.

2、According to this clip, the reason why we are sometimes blind is that ________.
A、not all things that come into our eye are of equal importance
B、a person can only do one thing at a time
C、the information to be processed is too complicated
D、there's a limit to how much visual information the brain can process

3、Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the experiment?
A、The volunteers knew the aim of the experiment.
B、After the first watching, only several volunteers saw something unusual.
C、After the second watching, volunteers were astonished.
D、Counting the passes overloaded volunteers’ brain so much that they missed the gorilla.

4、Which of the following is TRUE about how our eyes work?
A、Eyes capture light automatically.
B、Eyes create blurry image on the front of retina.
C、Without the brain we see everything black and white.
D、When watching something active, much information is delivered to the brain by eyes.

5、Why did only five volunteers see something unusual in the experiment?
A、Because they didn’t count the correct number of basketball passes.
B、Because they had been told the aim of the experiment.
C、Because they had received special training before that experiment.
D、Nothing had been said about it.

Quiz 2-Vocabulary

1、Although the body is made up of many different tissues, these tissues are arranged in an ________ and orderly fashion.
A、incredible
B、intricate
C、internal
D、initial

2、He seems ________ to any persuasion for he never changes his mind once he has made a decision.
A、attached
B、prone
C、immune
D、reconciled

3、Now, when she takes care of her grandchildren every afternoon, the only ________ they have of her is that of a smiling and happy grandmother.
A、character
B、figure
C、sketch
D、image

Assignment 2

1、Give a mini-lecture on the topic of “science of seeing” based on the video you have watched. Requirements: 1. Your recording should last about 45-60 seconds. 2. Assessment criteria: fluency and coherence, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy, and pronunciation 3. Name your recording this way: Assignment 2_中文姓名_学号

Unit 3 The Increasing Tuition Fee

Quiz

1、What is the suggestion made by university authorities?
A、To increase fees by 2000 pounds or 4000 pounds a year.
B、To persuade the government to review the situation before any policy is made.
C、To increase fees so that the government will go through the economic recession.
D、To relieve students' debts after the fee increase.

2、How much more debts will sophomores pay if tuition is increased under the current schemes?
A、About 5000 pounds.
B、About 7000 pounds.
C、About 9000 pounds.
D、About 11000 pounds.

3、Which of the following is NOT the students' reaction towards tuition increase?
A、They may not go to universities when they graduate from high schools.
B、They may think more carefully as to where to go and which university to choose.
C、They think university authorities are reckless and irresponsible.
D、They think students should go out of the ivory tower.

4、The government brought in a __________ law under which it could take any land it wanted.
A、conservative
B、indisputable
C、reckless
D、controversial

5、The __________ men frozen to death during their imprudent expedition to the Antarctic.
A、regard
B、indispensable
C、reckless
D、controversial

Assignment 3

1、Suppose you are at a public hearing on proposed increase in college tuition fees. State your opinions on whether universities should increase tuition fees? Requirements: 1. Your recording should last about 45-60 seconds. 2. Assessment criteria: fluency and coherence, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy, and pronunciation 3. Name your recording this way: Assignment 3_中文姓名_学号

Unit 4 Valentine's Day

Quiz 1-Listening comprehension

1、The report covers a news story that happened in ______.
A、Australia
B、New Zealand
C、Belgium
D、Britain

2、How did the trade go in the flower market mentioned at the beginning of the news story?
A、Double an average day.
B、Triple an average day.
C、Quadruple an average day.
D、Five times an average day.

3、How much did the man in the news story pay for a single rose?
A、Four pound.
B、Five pound.
C、Fifteen pound.
D、Fourteen pound.

4、In general, how much have flower prices risen during Valentine's Day?
A、They have doubled.
B、They have tripled.
C、They have quadrupled.
D、They have remained somewhat unchanged.

5、Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the news report?
A、People believe that they can definitely get a response when they send flowers to others.
B、People believe that sending flowers is the only way to express their feelings.
C、People feel that sending only emails or text messages is not enough on Valentine's Day.
D、People believe that it’s over-commercialized so they stop celebrating Valentine's Day.

Quiz 2- Vocabulary

1、People in the flood-stricken area felt grateful for the ______ donation of $1 million to help them build new houses.
A、avalanche
B、anonymous
C、available
D、accessible

2、It was just a ______ that three earthquakes happened across the world in one week.
A、incidence
B、incident
C、coincidence
D、coincidental

3、Valentine's Day is recognized as a significant cultural, religious, and commercial ______ of romance and romantic love in many regions around the world.
A、coincidence
B、confirmation
C、community
D、celebration

4、_____, often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the war god Mars, is the god of attraction and affection.
A、Cupid
B、Poseidon
C、Thor
D、Psyche

5、Legend has it that Valentine was a ______ saint after whom commemoration on February 14th is named.
A、Greek
B、German
C、Nordic
D、Roman

6、According to the news report, the good thing of a text message on Valentine’s Day is that it always ______ a response.
A、guarantees
B、stops
C、blocks
D、abandons

Assignment 4

1、Describe how popular a holiday or an event is in the world / China / your school or family, etc. by using statistics. Requirements: 1. Your recording should last about 45-60 seconds. 2. Assessment criteria: fluency and coherence, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy, and pronunciation 3. Name your recording this way: Assignment 4_中文姓名_学号

Unit 5 Paper Bank or Bank Paper

Quiz 1-Listening comprehension

1、The news report deals with the topic of ______.
A、waste water disposal
B、toxic waste disposal
C、nuclear waste disposal
D、waste paper disposal

2、The reporter means that ______ when he said “… but paper banks are now living up to its name”.
A、Waste paper prices are rising, so paper banks are making a considerable profit.
B、Paper banks are being turning into bank paper printing machines.
C、Paper banks are storing up waste paper to turn it into banknotes.
D、Waste paper is the new indicator of business success.

3、According to the reporter, what is the traditional indicator of wealth?
A、Waste paper disposal.
B、Paper recycling.
C、Paper mills.
D、Waste recycling.

4、According to the reporter, what resulted in the biggest price hike of waste paper?
A、The government manipulated the price.
B、The demand of waste paper is high and there is a shortage in the market.
C、There is no proper waste paper disposal yet.
D、Paper mill owners store up a large amount of it.

5、What is the main resource of paper mills?
A、Individual collectors.
B、Recycled paper.
C、Landfills.
D、Paper banks.

Quiz 2-Vocabulary

1、The following problems are all related to some environmental issues except ______.
A、littering
B、smog
C、earthquake
D、carbon emission

2、Coastal development and tourism are ______ in the area.
A、booming
B、fetching up
C、turning up
D、billing

3、Programmers are often thought of as the ______ of the computer business.
A、miracles
B、mavericks
C、mills
D、reflection

4、Do you know where the nearest ______ is in your city, which is a place where waste garbage is buried underground?
A、landfill
B、paper mill
C、sewage plant
D、power plant

5、All the main economic ______ suggest that trade is booming.
A、boosts
B、climate
C、powers
D、indicators

Assignment 5

1、How is paper bank turned into bank paper? Requirements: 1. Your recording should last about 45-60 seconds. 2. Assessment criteria: fluency and coherence, lexical resource, grammatical range and accuracy, and pronunciation 3. Name your recording this way: Assignment 5_中文姓名_学号

Unit 6 Increased Demand for UK Holidays and Attractions

Quiz 1-Listening comprehension

1、Which is not mentioned in the video. (clip 1)
A、China has the world's highest mountains.
B、China has rich tropical seas.
C、China has the longest river in the world.
D、China faces great social and environmental problems.

2、What is the tone of Waverly’s mother when she says, “He has good appetite”? (clip 2 )
A、amused
B、encouraging
C、excited
D、sarcastic

3、India has been experiencing much weaker annual monsoon rains this year and _________ temperatures.(clip 1-3)
A、searing
B、steaming
C、exotic
D、mind-numbing

4、Representatives from both campaigns took airwaves following the debate to _________ their candidate the winner.(clip 1-3)
A、acclaim
B、exclaim
C、proclaim
D、reclaim

5、Both sides had agreed to use neutral terms in their references to each other, avoiding controversial ones. Which is the best word to replace the underlined word? (clip 1-3)
A、uncertain
B、suspicious
C、contentious
D、disapproval

6、The policeman dispelled the overexcited crowd lest they should _________ trouble.(clip 1-3)
A、brew
B、involve
C、refuse
D、counter

7、It is the first time that BBC has explored the whole of China. (clip 1)

8、Richard has no idea that it is a humiliation to Waverly's mother when he adds soy sauce to the fish. (clip 2)

Assignment 6

1、Suppose you are working for a travel agency. Please meet the following three groups of clients. They want to spend their summer holiday travelling. Group 1 An old couple : at the age of about 60 Likes : relaxation, sightseeing, especially mountain resorts, local delicacies Dislikes : clubbing, noise Group 2 A family : father, mother, a daughter aged 12, a son aged 10 Likes : sightseeing, art and nature, eating out Dislikes : shopping Group 3 A group of university students : classmates Likes : clubbing, swimming, water sports Dislikes : shopping, climbing Please recommend to each group what destination is the most suitable for them and give reasons.

Unit 7 NBA Finds Fans in China

Quiz 1- Listening comprehension

1、Shooting hoops is the most important in Beijing court.

2、Chinese is very crazy for NBA.

3、Kenny Huang carried on the deal due to his love to basketball.

4、The deal is in final.

5、The big statue in China is for Shaquille O'Neal.

Quiz 2- Vocabulary

1、What's the meaning of “lay-up” in the video?
A、lose the position
B、kick out
C、one method for shooting the ball
D、short break

2、What's the meaning of “hoop” in the video?
A、the ring for players to throw the ball
B、a phenomenon
C、a method for playing basketball
D、a strategy designed by coach

3、Chinese now want to buy ________.
A、a part
B、NBA
C、apps
D、a piece of it

4、It would be the biggest international ________ ever made by Chinese nationals.
A、worthy investment
B、sporting investment
C、financial investment
D、resource investment

5、Simply having Chinese________ will increase significantly the visibility of that team within China.
A、ownership
B、assistance
C、management
D、investment

Assignment 7

1、Discuss with your partner and find out why NBA can be so popular among the Chinese?

Unit 8 Shortage of Plumbers and Electricians

Quiz 1- Listening comprehension

1、According to this clip, the hourly wage of a plumber is the same as a lawyer.

2、Many people from different professions all come to the training school in order to be a plumber.

3、Shortage and good reputation are the main reasons why people receive retraining.

4、Young people are not interested in the plumbing profession despite the government’s efforts.

5、According to this report, it is likely that Education Secretary will provide higher salary for plumbers to solve the shortage.

Quiz 2- Vocabulary

1、A of funds is preventing the UN from monitoring relief.
A、shortage
B、lacking
C、decrease
D、series

2、Hepburn loved nature, and preferred gardening and the quiet life to the parties of Hollywood.
A、thunderous
B、mischievous
C、glamorous
D、indigenous

3、Last year Collins wrote a moving ballad which the plight of the homeless
A、confronted
B、highlighted
C、explained
D、focused

4、To a road, channel, or pipe means to put an object across it or in it so that nothing can pass through it or along it.
A、stop
B、crack
C、crash
D、block

5、Some people need to confront a past; others find it better to leave it alone.
A、treacherous
B、tedious
C、traumatic
D、glamorous

Assignment 8

1、In the job hunting, do you want some decent jobs with ordinary pay, or choose to become a plumber with a high salary? Why?

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