第四课>>Section One

Task 1    Weather Forecast

Key to Exercises

A.  Choose the best answer to complete each of the following statements.

(1) a   (2 ) c   

B.    Fill in the following chart.

 

	Weather Description	Temperature
British Columbia down to northern California	raining
Seattle		50 degrees
Southern California	sunny	warmer temperature
San Diego		78 degrees
Midwest	clear but windy
Oklahoma City	sunny with strong winds	65 degrees
Houston	cloudy	69 degrees
Miami	cloudy,windy	64 degrees
New York City	heavy rains and high winds	35 degrees
Montreal	snow flurries	28 degrees
Toronto	sunny	30 degrees

 

Task 2    The 5 O'clock News

Key to Exercises

A. Fill in the following chat.

 

Title	Name	Summary of the Report
News anchor	Charles Mckay	Delta has been declared a health hazard.
Consumer reporter	Sarah Cooper	a. Drinking beer moderately is good for health. b. The war against cigarette smoking is heating up.
Sports announcer	Jerry Ryan	Results of some soccer games.

 

B.    Give brief answers to the following questions based on the news report.

1. It was closed down by government authorities.
2. Testing confirmed that the town had been poisoned by the dumping of toxic chemicals in town dumps.
3. Three weeks ago.
4. Two hundred.
5. Headaches, stomachaches, faintness and dizziness.
6. Toxic wastes had leaked into the ground and contaminated the water supply.
7. All the residents should leave the area, until the chemical company responsible for the toxic waste can determine whether the town can be cleaned up and made safe again.

C.    True or False Questions.  Write a T in front of a statement if it is true according to the recording and write an F if it is false.

1. F    2. T    3. T   4.   F     5. F    6. T

D.    Fill in the following blanks (based on the sports report).

(1)    Mexico --- France                     seven to six

(2)    Canada --- Argentina                  three to three

(3)   Italy --- Haiti                              two to one

      (with 30 minutes left to go)

Section Two

Task 1    What Do You Like for Entertainment?

Key to Exercise

A.    Fill in the following Blanks.

Reporter:    Deborah Tyler

Interviewee:    Students of the Brooklyn Academy of Dramatic Arts

Major:    Benny ---piano

       Kimberley Martins--- modern dance

B.    Fill in the following chart about how often Benny and Kimberley go to the eight forms of artistic entertainment.

 

	Benny	Kimberley
(1)Art gallery	lots of times	lots of times
(2)Ballet	a few times	almost every night
(3)Classic concerts	many times	sometimes
(4)Exhibition	photographic ones	those about famous people
(5)Folk concert	never	never
(6)Opera	two or three times	never
(7)Pop concert	never	Madonna once
(8)Theatre	once or twice	yes

 

C.    Re-arrange the forms of artistic entertainment that Benny and Kimberley like, beginning with the form that each one likes best.

Benny :    3---1---4---6---2---8

Kimberley    2---4---1---7---3---8

Task 2     Are You a Heavy Smoker?

Key to Exercises

A.    True or False Questions.  Write a T in front of a statement if it is true according to the recording and write an F if it is false.

1. T    2. F    3. T4. T    5. F      6. T

B.    Choose the best answer to complete each of the following statements.

1. c    2. b     3. c    4. b      5. a    6. c

C.    Fill in the following chart about Mrs Bradley's smoking experience.

Name:    Doris Bradley

Sex:   female

Age:   thirty-two

Amount:    three packets of twenty a week

First experience:   

      Time:   at the age of seventeen

      Place:    at a party

      Offered by:   boyfriend, not husband

      Feeling:    awfully grown-up

Latter:    started smoking 2 or 3 a day and gradually increased

Experience of giving up smoking :    twice

    1.    Time:   six months before getting married

            Reason:   saving up

        Result:    only cut it down from 30 a day, still smoked a little

    2.    Time:    when expecting a baby

            Reason:      according to doctor's advice

            Result:      gave up completely for 7 or 8 months and took it up a couple of weeks after the baby was born, because the baby was being bottle-fed

Time when she smokes most:   

    1.   watching TV

    2.    reading books

    3.    in company

    4.    with friends

Time when she never smokes:   

    1.  doing the house work

    2.  on an empty stomach

Section Three

Task 1    Learning to Predict

Key to Exercises

1.    Answer:    They'd be exhausted at the end of each performance.

        Reason:      "Otherwise" suggests a a result of the opposite condition.

2.    Answer:   I enjoyed it very much.

        Reason:   "Apart from the I must say" often suggests an opposite statement to earlier comments.

3.     Answer:   I stayed up late to finish it.

        Reason:      "And" suggests that the speaker would finish the book at one  sit.

4.    Answer:    the book never really got started at all.

        Reason:    After an opinion of agreement, the phrase  "in fact" suggests a further comment; the expression "It's only honest to say" usually introduces a confession --- something which is probably not as good as the one mentioned.

5.    Answer:    I tend to skip parts that don't really hold my interest.

        Reason:     "Otherwise" suggests a result of the opposite condition.

6.    Answer:    it was rather long.

        Reason:    "I must admit" suggests an agreement to the other person's opinion.