a person's pronunciation has nothing to do with his or her listening competence. ( )
an effective way to locate stress in a word is to check the dictionary. ( )
which of the following words are correct in stress? ( )
which of the following english vowels cannot be found in chinese articulation? ( )
which of the following words share the same vowel in pronunciation? ( )
listen to the following conversation and answer questions 6-10. what is the possible relationship between clare and beppe? ( )
beppe speaks ( ) and wants to improve his ( ) .
what was beppe's last job? ( )
what's beppe's new job? ( )
why is beppe happy with his new job? ( )
listen to the following passage and complete statements 11-15. then try to practice shadow reading sentence by sentence or phrase by phrase. when the first rose appeared on earth it was pure white. a nightingale saw the rose and flew over to see it more clearly. when it looked closely at the rose the nightingale fell into ()at its beauty.
the little bird ______ its breast against the flower and began to sing.
the blood ran down from the its heart and ( ) the rose crimson red.
towards the centre, where the blood did not reach, the rose was paler — as it ( ) to this day.
when speakers of english are speaking, they pronounce each word as clearly as possible. ( )
speakers of english join words together by blending or joining the last sound of a word with the initial sound of the following word. ( )
which of the following types of words are usually unstressed in a sentence? ( )
which of the following phrases require linking in pronuncation? ( )
which of the following words require loss of plosion in pronuncation? ( )
listen to the conversation and choose the best answer to the following question. what does the woman imply according to the conversation? ( )
listen to the conversation and choose the best answer to the following question. why does the man's suit seem unusualaccording to the conversation? ( )
listen to the short passage and answer questions 8-10. which of the following objects is not mentioned in the recording? ( )
the speaker's uncle is good at growing plants, so his uncle has ( ).
listen to the long conversation and answer questions 11-15. what does the woman think of the fashion awards last night? ( )
what does 'flares' mean? ( )
what does the woman decide to do in the end? ( )
does the man like the woman's decision? ( )
numbers might take on different forms, such as cardinals, ordinals, decimals, and soon.( )
numbers of more than four digits are separated by commas into groups of four digits each.（ ）
9:15 can read（ ）.
12.05 could only read “twelve point zero five”.（ ）
listen to the news and answer the following questions 6-8. what is the significance of american labor day?（ ）.
when was international labor day born?（ ）
when is american labor day?（ ）
listen to the conversation and answer the questions 9-12. when does mary want to take a year off?（ ）
why can’t mary travel when taking long leave?（ ）.
what projects does peterson international carry out?（ ）
where do the people in peterson international teams come from?（ ）
listen to the passage and answer questions 13-15. why do visitors to britain not really know english food?（ ）
what is the british’s attitude towards living and eating?（ ）
what does the speaker think of visitors’ complaints about english food?（ ）
in listening comprehension, the more you can predict, the easier it becomes to understand. ( )
there are many things which can help you to predict while you are listening,for example: ( )
prediction is also a kind of mental process, in communication, mental anticipation plays an important function. ( )
when people speak, they normally follow two types of logical order: inductive or deductive thinking. ( )
deductive thingking starts with specifics and proceeds to be general. ( )
listen to the conversation and answer questions 6-10. what's the matter with steve? ( )
how long has steve been sick? ( )
how often should steve take the medicine the doctor prescribes? ( )
what does carla advise him to do? ( )
what does steve decide to do? ( )
listen to the following sentences and pay special attention to the articles and the forms of nouns and verbs. complete statements 11-15. then imitate and dictate the sentences. some people ____ house party, others attend street parties. ( )
we ____ particular product because we think it’s the best. ( )
imagine a book that never ________. ( )
it is generally believed that wrist watches are ____exception. ( )
（ ）determines the focal points of a message.
a paragraph starting with a topic sentence can be represented by a/an（ ）.
what are the two-step process to find the main idea?（ ）
（ ）are the possible locations of the main idea in a paragraph.
a topic is the broad or general subject of an intended message.
listen to the conversation and choose the best answer to the following question. what is the man planning to do according to the conversation?
listen to the conversation and choose the best answer to the following question. what does the man mean to do according to the conversation?
listen to the conversation and choose the best answer to the following question. what might the two speakers do according to the conversation?
listen to the conversation and answer questions 9-11. at the beginning of the conversation, the woman thinks she keeps running out of money because ( ).
the man manages his money by the following means except ( ).
what does the man suggest the woman to do in the end of the conversation?
listen to the passage 'how pensions work in the united states' and answer questions 12-15. a pension is an income payable after a worker ( ).
pensions can also be paid out earlier if ( ).
modern retirement plans come in two general forms:a ( ) plan and a ( ) plan.
the roman system of topic outline generally use a system of roman numerals, arabic numbers, and letters to show relationships.（ ）
the decimal system of outline form shows the relationship between ideas by means of a decimal rank to each idea. （ ）
the two types of topic outline form are（ ）.
which of the following statementsare are true about outlining? ( )
outlining aims at identifying the relationship between the supporting details.（ ）
listen to the conversation and answer questions 6-10. where are they planning to go in the morning?（ ）
what kind of restaurant do they want to visit for lunch?（ ）
why does the man want to visit the zoo in the afternoon?（ ）
why does the woman want to go shopping instead?（ ）
how do they plan to get to the seashore at the end of the conversation?（ ）
listen to the conversation and answer questions 11-15. what is the conversation about？and what is the man's destination?（ ）
when is the man's departure date?（ ）
what is the flight number for the second half of his journey?（ ）
how long is the man's layover between flights?（ ）
what request did the man make regarding his flight?（ ）
five w’s and one h are the most essential components of the lead in a complete report.（ ）
title condenses and summarizes the central essence of the paper.（ ）
generally speaking, the main structure of hard news consists of（ ）.
the climax and conclusion are put at the top of the introduction, and then less important material is arranged in ( ) order.
because each part of the news is relatively independent, no matter which part is missed while listening, the rest part of the news can keep its integrity.（ ）
listen to the news and answer questions 6-7. the most ( ) nations blame the rich for the problem, but also fear the rise in pollution from emerging nations.
who does america say should work harder to solver the world's problem? （ ）
listen to the news and answer questions 8-11. where were injured or dead bats found?（ ）
what might be the cause of the bats' collisions?（ ）
bats can build an infrared ( ) to help them navigate.
which word in the text means ‘the study of birds, a branch of zoology’?（ ）
listen to the news and answer questions 12-15. ( ) of the commonly used plastics is biodegradable.
which word in the text means ‘the extent or level of severity to a problem’?（ ）
in what products is plastic used, according to the text?（ ）
of the total amount of plastic ever made, how much has been recycled?（ ）
paraphrasing is a process of rewriting the original sentences in your own words. it is simply a process of copying the originals.（ ）
in our note-taking, □ can stand for "country".（ ）
（ ）are effective note-taking skills.
what kind of symbols can be used in our note-taking? ( )
in our note-taking, "yr" stands for "year". here abbreviations are used in note-taking.（ ）
listen to the following passage and answer questions 6-10. when is apple aiming to debut an electric car? ( )
how long is the replacement cycle for an iphone? ( )
how much money has apple stored up for the auto project? ( )
which statement is not true according to the passage? ( )
does the competition with google partly drive apple to enter the auto industry? ( )
listen to the following passage and answer questions 11-12. which statement is not true according to the passage? ( )
listen to the following passage and answer questions 13-15. which statement is not true according to the passage? ( )
which of the following statement is not one of the goals of “sounds of new york city” (or “sonyc”)? ( )