A)听录音,根据听到的短文内容,判断下列句子的正误。这篇短文将读两遍。
1.An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for business.
2.When it got dark,he went back to the farm for dinner.
3.The farmer accepted the money offered by the artist.
4.The farmer asked the artist to give him one of his paintings.
5.He asked for the painting because it was very well painted.
B)听录音,根据你所听到的内容完成下列短文。这篇短文将读两遍。
Today there are about seven 1____ Americans in colleges and universities.Young persons under twenty-five make up nearly half of the American 2____ .Many of them will soon rule the nation.So their ideas are 3____ to everyone in the country,and it is necessary for older people to 4____ what they think and feel.
College students today have strong 5____ about right and wrong.They are deeply interested in making a better 6____ for all people,especially for those who have not been given a fair 7____ before now.They see much that is wrong in the lives of their par-ents.It is 8____ for them to see what is right and good in the older 9____ .As a result,there is often 10____ in American families.
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A)Listen to the story and decide whether the following sentences are true or false.The passage will be read twice.
An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday,and stayed with a farmer.Every day he went out with his paints and his brushes and painted from morning to evening.And then when it got dark,he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.
At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer,but the farmer said,"No,I do not want money,but give me one of your pictures.What is money?In a week it will all be finished,but your painting will still be here."
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his paintings.
The farmer smiled and answered,"It is not that.I have a son in London.He wants to become an artist.When he comes here next month,I will show him your picture,and then he will not want to be an artist any more,I think."
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B)Listen and write out the m issing words.The passage will be read twice.
Today there are about seven million Americans in colleges and universities.Young persons under twenty-five make up nearly half of the American population.Many of them will soon rule the nation.So their ideas are important to everyone in the country,and it is necessary for older people to understand what they think and feel.
College students today have strong opinions about right and wrong.They are deeply interested in making a better life for all people,especially for those who have not been given a fair chance before now.They see much that is wrong in the lives of their parents.It is hard for them to see what is right and good in the older ways.As a result,there is often trouble in American families.