新视野大学英语视听说教程第4册原文及答案（答案用红色标出了！）(1-10单元practice和listening in)

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新视野大学英语视听说教程第四册 听力练习录音文本和答案

Unit1

II. Basic Listening Practice

1. Script

M: I?m beside myself with joy. I?m so lucky. Guess what? I?ve won a lit of money in the lottery.

W: Yeah? Well, you do know that money is the root of all evil, right? Q: What does the woman mean?

2. Script

W: Mary was furious. Her son wrecked up her car.

M: He shouldn?t have driven a car without a driver?s license. He?s still taking driving lesson.

Q: What do we know about Mary?s son?

3. Script

M: Susan, I hear you?re going to marry that guy. Some people think you?ll regret it.

W: Is that so? Only time tell. Q: What does the woman imply?

4. Script

M: Mary, I just want to say how sorry I was to learn of your mother?s passing. I know how close you two were?

W: Thank you. It was so sudden. I?M still in a state of shock I don?t know what to do.

Q: Which of following is true?

5. Script

W: I get furious at work when my opinions aren?t considered just because I?m a woman.

M: You should air your view more emphatically and demand that your vice be heard.

Q: What is the woman complaining about?

Keys: 1.C 2.B 3. D 4.A 5.D

III. Listening In

Task 1: Soft answers turn away wrath.

Mary: Dam! You?re spilled red wine on me. My new dress is ruined.

John: I? m terrible sorry! What can I do to help? Here?s some water to wash it off.

Mary: Stop splashing water on me! Oh, this is so embarrassing! I?m a mess. John: Well, you do look a little upset. Please don?t blow up. Don?t lose your cool.

Mary: Hmm, you?ve got the nerve talking like that! Who shouldn?t fly off

the handle? This dress cost a fortune.

John: You look really cute when you?re mad. I kid you not. Some people

do look attractive when they are in a rage.

Mary: This is very expensive dress. I saved for months to buy it, and now

it?s ruined. Look at this stain!

John: Accidents do happen. Give me your dress, and I?ll take it to the cleaners.

Mary: Sure! You want me to take it off right here in public and give it

to you? I don?t even know you!

John: This might be a really goof time to get acquainted. I?m John Owen. Mary: Mmm, at least you?re polite. I guess I really shouldn?t have flared

up. After all, it was an accident. I?m Mary Harvey.

John: Come on. I?ll take you home. You can change your clothes, and I?ll

get the dress cleaned for you.

Mary: Now you?re talking. Thanks. You?re a real gentleman.

John: You?d better believe it. I?m glad to see that you?ve cooled down.

Feel look a bite to eat afterward? I?m starving.

Mary: Ok. You?re pretty good. I?m not nearly as mad. If you can get this

stain out, I?ll be very happy.

John: I?ll try my best. But if I can?t get the stain out, please don?t let

your happiness turn to wrath.

1. Which of the following would be the best title for the dialog? 2. Why does the woman get angry?

3. What does the man say to please the woman when she looks angry?

4. Why does the woman say the man is a real gentleman? 5. What is the man?s final proposal?

Keys: 1D 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.C

Task 2: Big John is coming! Script

A bar owner in the Old West has just hired a timid bartender. This (S1) owner of the establishment is giving his new hire some instructions on (S2) running the place. He tells the timid man, “If you ever hear that Big John is coming to town, (S3) drop everything and run for the hills! He?s the biggest, nastiest (S4) outlaw who?s ever lived!”

A few weeks pass (S5) uneventfully. But one afternoon, a local cowhand comes running through town (S6) yelling, “Big John is coming! Run for your (S7) lives!”

When the bartender leaves the bar to start running, he is knocked to the ground by several townspeople rushing out of town. (S8) As he?s picking himself up, he sees a large man, almost seven feet tall. He?s muscular, and is growing as he approaches the bar.

He steps up to the door, orders the poor barkeep inside, and demands, “I want a beer NOW!”

He strikes his heavy fist on the bar, splitting it in half. (S9) The bartender nervously hands the big man a beer, hands shaking. He takes the beer, bites the top of the bottle off, and downs the beer in one gulp. As the terrified bartender hides behind the bar, the big man gets up to leave, “Do you want another beer?” the bartender asks in a trembling voice. “Dang it, I don?t have time!” the big man yells, (S10) “I got to get out of town! Don?t you hear Big John is coming?”

Task3: A View of Happiness

Script

Dr. Smith has proposed a reasonable, if perhaps somewhat oversimplifies, view of happiness. According to his theory, happiness might be described as a

state if balance. And when human or certain animals achieve that balance, they rend to remain in that condition in order to repeat the happy feeling. To illustrate this, we may study two magnets. When their positive and negative poles meet, they are comfortably joined, and they remain there. In other words, they have attained a balance or state of happiness. If on the other hand, one of the poles is reversed, and positive pole is presses against positive pole, there is resistance, instability, imbalance a state of unhappiness.

Animals with some degree of intelligence seem to find happiness in reinforcement. Once they have gained one or more of their goals such as food, and water, they learn to repeat the actions that led to satisfaction of those goals. This repetition or reinforcement produces a state of balance or sense of happiness.

According to this theory, only animals with a significant capacity to learn should be able to experience happiness. But in truth learning can take place through surprisingly simple short-term action such as scratching an itch, followed by pleasure, followed by more scratching, and so on. Thus learning can occur with almost no conscious thought.

For human beings, blessed with the ability to reason, goals are not limited to the short-term satisfaction of needs. Indeed, there is a strong link between happiness and the fulfillment of long-term goals. Even if human strive for goals that are more complex and longer-term than the animals? goals, once those goals are gained, happiness is reinforced.

1. Why does the speaker mention “magnets”?

2. According to the passage, what may animals do after they have got food? 3. Which of the following is true according to the speaker?

4. What does the speaker say is special about the goals of human beings? 5. Which of the following best captures the main idea of the passage?

Keys: 1D 2.C3. B 4.D 5.A

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II. Basic Listening Practice

3. Script

W: Did you hear? Helen got modeling jib! She?s going to be sashaying down the catwalk.

M: Wow, that?s great! All that walking practice really paid off. And foe once she won?t be complaining about being so tall. Q: Why did Helen get modeling job?

4. Script

M: Julia, come and see the Miss America contest on TV. All those beautiful girls are walking around in bathing suits, so the judges can decide who has the best figure.

W: Bah! That?s the worst kind of exploitation. They are treating women like toys for people to enjoy. I would never take part in this kind of contest.

Q: What do the man and the woman think about the beautify contest?

3. Script

W: What shall I do? I?m fat. I want to be slim and beauty, but I?m fat. I?ve tried all the new ideas, high carb and low carb, but nothing works. M: Those diets are just fads, popular for a while and then forgotten. Just follow the usual diet with fruits, vegetables, fish, water, and get plenty of exercise. Before long you?ll see results. Q: What has the woman tried?

4. Script

W1: I think Lily is really attractive. She?s half Spanish and has this

really sultry look about her.

W2: That explains why she tans so well. I?ve always been jealous of her skin

color in the summer.

Q: Which of following is true of Lily?

5. Script

M: Trust me, it was tight there on the Internet: “Plastic Surgery Increasing at a Faster Rate Among Men”. Apparently more and more men are trying to improve their appearance.

W: I saw it too on the news. Face-lifts, nose jobs, and box to hide wrinkle are now very popular with men. Men say it?s for business reasons, but we know it?s vanity.

Q: What does the woman think the real reason is that men have plastic surgery?

Keys: 1.B 2.A 3. C 4D 5B

III. Listening In

Task 1: A Friendly Stylist

Stylist: Morning, sir. This chair, please. What can I do for you? Nick: A simple haircut: short on the back and sides.

Stylist: Very good. I can, of course, do something fashionable for only $60.

Nick: 60 dollars! That?s highway robbery—twice what I ordinarily pay. Stylist: Perhaps, sir. But your haircuts haven?t been in harmony with your

character. Your hair is at war with your soul. Nick: I?ve never heard of such a thing. Stylist: If I may say, I?m an expert at matching hairstyle to personalities.

Believe me; you?re suffering a “disjunction”. Nick: A disjunction? What the devil is a disjunction? Stylist: Your hair does not match you.

Nick: This is utter nonsense. However, I?d like to hear how you?d solve this so-called problem.

Stylist: Your character is artistic, imaginative. But your hair is dull.

I can correct that imbalance in seconds.

Nick: Okay, let me see what can you do about the…uh…disjunction, as you

call it.

Stylist: We?re going to use scissors to create peaks, which we?ll keep in place with a liberal helping of gel….This tuft in the back we?ll braid into a pigtail. Now, it?s the new you!

Nick: I love it. It?s just like me: imaginative and artistic. Now what

are you doing? What?s wrong? Don?t you see harmony in my new hairstyle?

Stylist: Something?s preventing your hairstyle from being a true

fashionable statement.

Nick: For heaven?s sake, tell me what?s missing. Stylist: Streaks. By putting in a few yellow streaks in your hair, it will become a work of art. Streaking will cost you more, but…

Nick: Do it. Forget the cost. But, by the way, what is the total getting to be? How much am I paying to avoid disjunction?

Stylist: That?s…$135. Sir? Sir, are you all right? Oh, he fainted.

6. When the stylist mentions $60, what does the customer say? 7. What does the stylist think about the customer?s hairstyle? 8. What will the stylist do with the customer?s hair?

9. What will streaking do to the man?s hair according to the stylist? 10. What is the passage mainly about?

Keys: 1C.A 3.D4.B 5.A For Reference:

1. It means there is no match between you and your hair. 2. That?s…$135. Sir? Sir, are you all right? Oh, he fainted.

Task 2: The Voice Lift Script

After the face-lift, the forehead tightened, and the (S1) nose job, something still might be revealing your age: your (S2) voice.

For patients who think their trembly, hoarse words don?t (S3) match their newly face and figure, there?s a procedure that claims to make them (S4) sound younger too: the voice lift.

There are two general kinds of voice lifts. In some cases, implants (S5) inserted through an incision in the (S6) neck bring the vocal cords closer together. Doctors also use injections of (S7) fat or other substances to plump up the cords, so that the voice sounds younger. (S8) The voice lift is becoming more widely known among an aging population, who try to make themselves sound younger.

“I speak in a great deal, or I was shouting, on a particular day, at the end of the day, I would feel exhausted,” said Robert Brown, 75, (S9) a retired construction engineer who underwent the voice lift several years ago, “I don?t know if I sound younger, but the hoarseness is gone, which is such a great improvement.”

(S10) Voice lift can also benefit people like performers, lawyers, teachers, and telephone operators who need to have a strong voice and hope to shave years off the sound of their voice.

Task3: A View of Happiness

Script

Men are turning to plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures to brighten up their appearances at a faster rate than women, according to a survey released on Wednesday.

Men?s use of fat injections to soften deep wrinkles leaped 47 percent last year from the previous year. Women?s use of the injections fell 36 percent, according to a survey by the American Academy of Facial and Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons.

Men?s use of botox injections to eliminate frown lines rose 88 percent, while women?s botox use fell 8 percent.

And for smoothing skin, the use of laser resurfacing among men rose 13percent, the survey showed. Meanwhile, women?s use of laser resurfacing dropped 38 percent during the same time period.

The number of men getting nose jobs rose 47 percent, while the number of women doing so rose 5 percent.

Typically, men and women visiting plastic surgeons for cosmetic reasons were age 40 to 59.

The study said 44 percent of men and 57 percent of women tell their doctor that looking younger is the reason they are choosing cosmetic surgery. By about 18 percent, men are more likely than women to say they want facial cosmetic surgery for work-related reasons.

The study was conducted by written questionnaires from January 20 to March 3 among more than 2,600 members of the association, who focus on treatment of the face, head, and neck. By comparison, in the previous year, women?s use of botox rose 60 percent while men?s fell 14 percent; women?s use of laser resurfacing rose 13 percent while men?s fell 19 percent; women?s use of fat injections fell17 percent and men?s fell 54 percent.

6. What is true of men and women?s use of fat injections? 7. While of the following is true of nose jobs?

8. How much greater is the percentage of women choosing cosmetic surgery to look younger than the percentage of men?

9. What is true of men and women using botox in the previous year?

10. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

Keys: 1C 2.C3. B 4.B 5.D

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II. Basic Listening Practice

5. Script

W: Did you see the paper today? There was an earthquake in Brazil. M: Yes, but it only measured 3.5 on the Richter scale. I don?t think there were any casualties. Q: What is the result of the earthquake of 3.5 on the Richter scale according to the man?

2. Script

W: I?d a bit worried about Suzie traveling to southern India. It?s the rainy season there, and there may be landsides. M: Suzie can take care of herself; she won?t go anywhere too risky. Besides, you can always e-mail her if it makes you feel better. Q: What is Suzie doing?

3. Script

M: Hi, I thought you were on holiday in Asia! Back already? W: we never got there! Our travel agent cancelled our arrangements because

the whole region is flooded. We were so disappointed; we won?t get another chance to go this year. Q: What is the woman doing?

4. Script

M: Our flight to Tokyo was delayed by twelve hours. Can you believe it? A typhoon hit the east coast and it was chaos.

W: I saw it on the news. The flooding and damage were terrible. I don?t think anyone was hurt though.

Q: What is the consequence of the typhoon?

5. Script

W: Did you see the program last night about volcanoes? It was fascinating! M: Yes, the weird thing is the molten lava looks so beautiful, yet it?s so destructive. And I couldn?t believe how far the ash can travel. I?m glad we don?t have any volcanoes here!

Q: What does the man think the volcano is?

Keys: 1.D 2.A 3. C 4.B 5.C

III. Listening In

Task 1: Soft answers turn away wrath.

Son: Hi, mom, what are we having for dinner tonight? Mom: I haven?t started yet. Why, have you any requires?

Son: How about tsunami for a change—I don?t know what is, but I heard

some Japanese people using the word on the bus the other day. Sounds like a food. Maybe it?s similar to sushi.

Mom: Nonsense. Tsunami comes from Japanese words meaning harbor and wave.

If we had a tsunami, it would be the other way around, young man. Son: Why? What is it?

Mom: I mean it may swallow you up. A tsunami is an enormous series of very

powerful waves.

Son: Could you surf on them? That could be cool.

Mom: They?re not cool. They are very destructive. When they pound the shore

of populated areas, they cause tremendous damage. They destroy everything in their path. Son: What causes them?

Mom: I think they are caused by some sort of shock, like an earthquake,

volcano, or landside that starts a chain reaction in the ocean. Son: Do the waves get to big that they crush buildings?

Mom: Easily. They can be dozens of meters high. They toss cars and houses

around as though they were children?s toys. Son: Can you see them coming?

Mom: You can see them at quite a distance. But there?s not much you can

do. In the open ocean they move at up to 800km per hour, but when it reaches the shore, the system slows down and the waves get bigger. Son: How big?

Mom: They can reach 30 meters. Big enough to finish you off in one gulp.

11. What the son think a tsunami is?

12. What does Mom imply by saying, “If we had a tsunami, it would be the other way around”?

13. What does the son think surfing on tsunami waves would be like? 14. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the cause of a tsunami? 15. How high can tsunami waves reach?

Keys: 1B 2.C 3.A 4.D 5.C

For Reference

1. In the open ocean they move at up to 800km per hour, but when it reaches

the shore, the system slows down and the waves get bigger.

2. They can reach 30 meters. Big enough to finish you off in one gulp.

Task 2: Flooding in Haiti and the Dominican Republic Script

The death too continues to (S1) climb from last week?s flooding in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The U.S. Agency for International Development (S2) reports that at least1,068 people are dead, 1,600 are (S3) missing, and 25,000 are in need of emergency food and other forms of (S4)assistance. In Dominican Republic, 414 are dead and 274 are missing, all from the town of Jimani.

A key(S5) factor in the widespread destruction is the extensive deforestation and the (S6) presence of settlements along the floodplains of rivers. The flooding was driven by intense rainfall. A low-pressure system (S7) originating in Central America brought exceptionally heavy rain and thunderstorms to Haiti and the Dominican Republic from May 18 t o25. (S8) Rainfall exceeded 500 mm (or 19.7 inches) along the border areas of Haiti and the Dominican Republic during that period. At the town of Jimani, Dominican Republic, 250mm (or 10 inches) of rain fell in just 24 hours, causing the Solie River to overflow its banks from May24 to 25.The heavy rainfall resulted in flash flooding and extensive debris flowed over the entire region. Swollen rivers and debris cut off many of the roads traversing the area along the base of the mountains. (S9) This made it difficult for humanitarian relief worker to rescue stranded people and deliver badly. Now people want to know: How often do floods and related landmass movement also caused landsides in a few places.

(S10)Analysis of the past date shows that major floods in the Dominican Republic and Haiti are now a near-annual event. Since 1986, twelve lethal events have occurred on the island.

Task3: A Blizzard

Script

A blizzard is a sever weather condition characterized by low temperatures and strong winds, greater than 15 miles per hour, bearing a great amount of snow.

Because the factors for classifying winter storms are complex, there are many different definitions of what a blizzard truly is. But it is generally agreed that in order to be classified as a blizzard, as opposed to merely a winter storm, the weather must meet several conditions. The storm must decrease visibility to a quarter of a mile for three hours running. Include snow or ice as precipitation, and have wind speed of at least 32 miles per hour, which means Force 7 or more on the Wind Scale.

Another standard, according to Environment Canada, is that the winter storm must have winds of 40 kilometers per hour or mi=ore, plenty of snow, visibility less than 1 kilometer, a temperature of less than -25 degrees Celsius, and all of these conditions must last for 4 hours or more, before the storm can properly be called a blizzard.

When all these conditions continue after snow has stopped falling, the storm is referred t o as a ground blizzard.

An extensive form of blizzard is a whiteout, when the downdrafts, together with snowfall, become so sever that it is impossible to distinguish the ground from the air. People caught in a whiteout can quickly become disoriented, losing their sense of up and down as well as their sense of direction. Severe blizzard can also occur along with arctic cyclones.

11. What is the passage mainly about?

12. Which of the following is true of a blizzard according to the first standard?

13. Which of the following is true of a blizzard according to the second standard?

14. What is a ground blizzard?

5. Which of the following is in the order of increasing force?

Keys: 1A 2.B3. C 4.D 5.C

For Reference

They can quickly become disoriented, losing their sense of up and down as well as their sense of direction.

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II. Basic Listening Practice

6. Script

M: Do you see yourself as a leader or more of a team player?

W: Well, it depends on the circumstances. I usually enjoy working as part of a team and helping everyone work together. But if the leadership is weak, I?m not afraid to take over in order to achieve the goal at hand. Q: What does the woman want to be?

7. Script

W: Good morning, I have an appointment with Mr. Davies at 11o? clock. M: Yes, he left a message for you saying he?s terribly sorry but he?s stuck in traffic and is running 15 minutes late. Please take a seat and he?ll be here as soon as possible. Would you like tea or coffee? Q: Where is the conversation probably taking place?

3. Script

W: You don?t happy. Did you get that promotion?

M: No, they brought in some new guy. I?m not going to hang around for much longer, I can?t assure you. Q: Why is the man unhappy?

4. Script

W: Mr. Jones is a self-made millionaire, and I?m honored to have worked for him for the past thirty years as his accountant.

M: He must be pleased to have a loyal and faithful employee such as yourself.

Q: What is true of the woman?

5. Script

W: Jane, we?re considering you for the new office manager?s position. We?ve been very pleased with your work.

M: Thank you very much. I?ve always enjoyed working here, and I would welcome an opportunity for more responsibility. Q: Which of the following is true?

Keys: 1.C 2.B 3. A 4.B 5.D

III. Listening In

Task 1: You’re fired!

Joan: Come in, come in. Have a seat. Ah…uh…I want you to know this is

going to hurt me more than it will hurt you.

Carl: Yes, ma?am. But I?m not quite sure what you?re talking about. Joan: You?re fired. That?s what I?m talking about.

Carl: I find that surprising, Miss Jackson. After all, I sold twenty-five percent more of our products than any other salesperson.

Joan: Look, I?m not here to argue. You?re fired. Understand?

Carl: I understand perfectly. I just wonder what?s going to happen to the

contract I?ve been arranging. It would be a shame to lose it; it could mean a lot of our company. And I?m the only one who knows the details.

Joan: No one is indispensable. Just clear out your desk, and that?s the

end of it. Do I make myself clear, Mr. Westlake? Carl: Crystal clear—apart from one small detail. Joan: And what, pray tell, is that detail? Carl: I?m not Mr. Westlake. I?m Carl Smith.

Joan: Well then, that?s a different kettle of fish, Mr. Smith. I know you?ve

bee n working late almost every night and coming in on Saturdays to get work done. The company is very happy with your progress.

Carl: That?s good to know. I was beginning to think that I wasn?t

appreciated.

Joan: You?re doing well. We have approved your first salary increase. Carl: That?s great! Thank you! I?ll certainly try to live up to the trust

you have demonstrated in me with this raise in pay.

16. Why is the man surprised at the being fired?

17. What is the second reason mentioned of the man to object to his being fired?

18. What mistake did the woman make?

19. What do you know about the man?s work performance? 20. What does the man finally get?

Keys: 1C 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.A

For Reference

1. I want you to know this is going to hurt me more than it will hurt you. 2. That?s great! Thank you! I?ll certainly try to live up to the trust you have demonstrated in me with this raise in pay.

Task 2: SOHO Script

The modern concept of small office and home office, or small and home office, often (S1) shorted to SOHO, is concerned with business that employ from one to ten workers. Also (S2) known as a virtual business, the SOHO has not evolved beyond the idea of an (S3) independent business person who has a few support stall members.

Business (S4) enterprises that are large are often called Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.

Before the19th century and the (S5) spread of the industrial revolution around the globe, (S6) nearly all offices were small offices or home offices, with only a few exceptions. Most businesses were small, and (S7) so was the amount of paperwork that went with their business activities. At the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, the term “Small or Home Office” and (S8) the acronym SOHO have been used t to great extent by companies that sell products to large number of small business with a small-sized office.

Some products are often designed specifically for the SOHO market. (S9) Many books are written and sold specifically for this type of office to tell people how to equip a small office.

Nowadays many consultants, lawyers, and real estate agents in small and medium- sized towns operate from such home offices.

(S10) In the field of software development, engineers often have to work 20 hours or more at a stretch, so they can hardly adapt to normal office hours. They often work in small offices to have more freedom.

Task3: The Role of Job Descriptions

Script

People who don?t understand what their employers expect them to do may be headed for one of the most common and yet most avoidable career traps. If your boss doesn?t take the time to explain properly what you are expected to do in your position. Then keep asking questions until you know precisely what it is. Don?t limit your questions to matter of everyday routine. Lee Colby, a management consultant based in Minneapolis, offers his advice. He says you can ask more significant questions like, “What are our departmwnt?s goals? How does my work fit in with the overall objective of the company?”

That method helped Lisa James, an assistant manager at an electronics company. When James was transferred to a new department seven years ago, she found herself not only working for the manager of quality control, but assisting three other managers. Because the job was both demanding and ill-defined, James had to put in ten-hour days as well as take work home. To clarify what was expected of her and what she hoped to get from her job in terms of career department, she drafted a list of goals in collaboration with her principal boss. The list proved so well though out that her boss used it as the basis for her annual performance reviews. Shortly afterwards, she was given a raise for her efficient work.

If your boss is vague about what your goals should be, try this technique suggested by Atkin Simon, director of a Boston-based management-consulting firm: Read your position description, which most large firms provide, and identify the two or three most important tasks it mentions. Then meet with your boss, point out the tasks you?ve chosen and ask if they accurately reflect what your boss considers important.

15. If your boss does not describe your job responsibility clearly, what can you do?

16. What kind of questions can you ask about your job?

17. When James was transferred to a new department, how many managers did she have to work for?

18. With whom did James draft a list of goals? 5. How was her list of goals received?

Keys: 1B 2.D3. D 4.A 5.C

For Reference

Read your position description and identify the two or three most important tasks it mentions. Then meet with your boss, point out the tasks you?ve chosen and ask if they accurately reflect what your boss considers important.

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II. Basic Listening Practice

8. Script

W: Why do some people stay in one job for life while others switch jobs from time to time?

M: Some people want a fixed routine so that they don?t have to adapt tot new circumstances over and over again, while others think variety is the spice of life.

Q: According to the dialog, why do some people stick to one job for life?

9. Script

M: Kathleen, you?ve been late for work so many times lately that I have to warn you that any repetition will result in your dismissal.

W: I?m sorry. I?ll try my best to get here earlier in the future. Perhaps I could work later to make up the time I?ve lost. Q: What does the woman say?

3. Script

M: Mr. Brown, my time here has been frustrating for me. I have a better opportunity with another firm, and I?m taking it.

W: We won?t be sorry to see you leave, Richard. You?ve done your best to make everyone here as miserable as you are.

Q: How does the woman feel about the man?s leaving?

4. Script

W: Mr. Armes, I wanted to tell you in person that at the end of this month I?ll be leaving the company.

M: Well, Sylvia, we are certainly going to miss you here, but I wish you the best of luck.

Q: What does the woman want?

5. Script

W: Time, I hate to tell you this, but we?re caught in a budget crunch, and we must lay you off. I?m sorry.

M: I understand. I?ve enjoyed my time here, and I?m confident I can find something else.

Q: What is the man?s response?

Keys: 1.B2.D3. A 4.C 5.D

III. Listening In

Task 1: How to Avoid Bankruptcy

Manager: Adam! Have you any suggestions about how we can avoid bankruptcy? Adam: Downsizing would certainly reduce our operating costs. You know,

make us lean and mean, the way you have to be in today?s market.

Manager: Where do you suggest we start making these staff cuts?

Adam: The logical place to start would be in administration. They

usually overstaffed.

Manager: That?s not going to go over very well with our employees. Some

of them have been with the company for years.

Adam: It?s painful process, but there?s no choice. They?ll just have to

get used to the idea.

Manager: We can give them a fairly decent severance package when they?re

fired.

Adam: I know. And I think that if we computerize the office, we could

reduce office staff by about 20 percent just by eliminating a lot of paperwork.

Manager: OK. If we lay off 20 percent of the administrative staff, will

that be enough to get the company back on its feet?

Adam: Unfortunately not. We?ll also need to make some cuts in the

service department.

Manager: How can we do that and maintain the level of service that we offer

our passengers?

Adam: Well, we?ll have to retrain the service staff and streamline our

operations, so we won?t need as many people to run things smoothly.

Manager: Well, this is serious, but I really don?t think we have any other

choice. If we keep losing money like this, we?ll have to shut everything down.

21. What is the dialog mainly concerned with?

22. What does the man mean by “make us lean and mean”?

23. What is the difficulty in cutting the administrative staff? 24. What will happen as a result of firing the administrators?

25. What does the man think will happen after they cut 20 percent of the administrators?

Keys: 1B 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.C

For Reference 1. He suggests retaining the service staff and streaming their operations, so they won?t need as many people to run things smoothly.

2. That is a serious step, but she thinks they haven?t any other choice. If they keep losing money, they will have to shut everything down.

Task 2: A Hard-nosed Boss Script

Mr. Stone was known far and wide as a hard-nosed boss who (S1) watched his employees like a hawk. He was making one of his regular tours of the factory (S2) when he spotted a young man leaning against a (S3) pile of boxes just outside the foreman?s office. Since George, the foreman, wasn?t around. Stone stood off to the side and watched to see just how ling the young men would stand (S4) around doing nothing.

The young man yawned, scratched his head, looked at his watch, and sat on the floor. After ten minutes or so he yawned again and (S5) leaned back on the pile of boxes.

Stone stepped from his (S6) hiding place and walked up to the young man. “You!” he yelled, “How much do you make a week?”

The young man looked up (S7) indifferently. “Two hundred and fifty dollars,” He said.

(S8) Stone rushed into the cashier?s office, took$250 from the cash box, and returned. “Take it,” he said, “and get out! Don?t let me see you around here again!”

The young man took the cash, put it in his pocket, and left. (S9) Seeing the young man showed no sign of embarrassment, Stone got furious. Then he went looking for George. When he found him, Stone was red with anger. “That lazy boy in front of your office,” Stone said, “I just gave him a week?s pay and fired him. What?s the matter with you, letting him stand around as though he has nothing to do?”

“You mean the kid in the red shirt?” George asked. “Yes! The kid in the red shirt!”

George said, “(S10) He was waiting for the 20 dollars we owe him for lunch. He works for the coffee shop around the corner.”

Task3: Layoffs can be predicted.

Script

In some cases companies inform their employees in advance that layoffs are coming. In other cases, they come without warning: You arrive on time for work on a Friday, but you are told not to come next week. Ouch! In either case, you may be able to sense some bad signs in advance. Maybe the company has tried very hard to avoid layoffs; maybe it has been preparing for the worst for quite some time. If you think about the bad omens carefully, you might know as much or more than some of the employees in managerial positions with management responsibilities.

For example, if you work in sales, you might know that quotas have not been met. If you work in field engineering, you might notice far fewer customer installations. If your company?s competitors, suppliers or customers are laying off employees, it?s likely your company will too, especially if economic conditions are affecting your industry. Check the layoff statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Search the Net and your local newspaper too for articles concerning layoffs in your industry.

Do things like bad sales always mean that layoffs are coming to your company? Not necessarily. Companies have seasonal and economic sales dips all the time, and are always looking for ways to improve their performance. So, if you see only one or two bad signs, don?t jump to a hasty conclusion.

But if you see more, especially along the lines of earnings warnings, budget cuts, hiring freezes, restructuring, and massive layoffs in your industry, it might just be time to get your resume up to date and start looking for a new job. Also, it might e a good idea to cancel your vacation, implement money-saving measures, and become more useful on your job. You should prepare in advance if you think you might get the axe soon.

19. What is the passage mainly about?

20. According to the passage, when can one sense layoffs are coming? 21. What is mentioned as a bad sign for the field engineering department? 22. According to the passage, what do bad sales signal?

5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a sign for you to update your resume?

Keys: 1D 2.C3. B 4.C 5A

For Reference

You may get your resume up to date and start looking for a new job. Also, it might e a good idea to cancel your vacation, implement money-saving measures, and become more useful on your job.

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II. Basic Listening Practice

10. Script

W: What?s that? Is it a toy? Did it get chewed by a dog?

M: Hey, that?s my mascot! My uncle gave it to me when I was five, and it?s been with me ever since. It brought me luck in all my college exams. I can?t bring myself to part with it.

Q: What does the man say about his lucky charm?

11. Script

W: Wish me luck; I?ve got a job interview this afternoon. I?m really nervous.

M: Stay calm, best of luck! I?ve got my finger crossed for you.

Q: What does the woman say he has crossed his fingers for the woman?

The researchers also say rice is an excellent choice for genetic mapping and engineering. Rice genes have only about 390 million chemical bases. That maight sound like a lot. But other major food grains have thousands of millions. (S9) The new map could better explain more than just rice. Rice shares a common ancestor with other cereal crops. Because rice is the first cereal crop to be fully analyzed, researchers expect that sufficient knowledge of its genetic information will reveal the heredity of more complex grains, including corn, wheat and barley.

(S10) While significant progress has been made in the analysis of the rice genome, the mapping of human genes is also making headway. When scientists can identify and manipulate genes that cause certain diseases, mankind will cure them easily. The human genetic map may help us control a person?s height, weight, appearance and even length of life.

Task3: The First Cloned Cat

Script

In the age-old battle of cats and dogs, score one for the cats. Researchers at Texas A&M University recently announced that they have successfully cloned a cat name Rainbow—the first pet ever cloned—after several years of unsuccessful efforts to clone a dog name Missy.

The ork, financed by a company hoping to provide pet-cloning services to wealthy owners, adds cats to a growing list of successfully cloned animals that includes pigs, sheep, cattle and mice.

The success demonstrates cloning is a technology that could be transferred to other animal families as well. The accomplishment may provide new tools for studying diseases such as cats? AIDS, a valuable research model for AIDS in humans.

Research into animal cloning remains an important scientific alternative until the issue of human cloning is settled. And that seems unlikly in the immediate future, for it involves religious and moral principles. There are, for example, groups that insist no one should be allowed to take on the role of God the Creator.

To create cloned cat embryos for the experiment, researchers transferred DNA from adult cat cells into egg cells stripped of their own genetic information. Out of 82 attempts with cloned embryos, one attempt resulted in a failed pregnancy, and another yielded a kitten named CC, delivered from a surrogate mother on December 22. The kitten?s name refers to “Carbon Copy” and “Copycat”, the name of the cloning project.

Cloning attempts with dogs have proven unsuccessful in part because dogs?reproductive cycles are more complicated.

The technique may also work with endangered cats such as the African wildcat, fishing cat and blackfooted cat.

Ironically, the increased knowledge of cat reproduction may best be suited for developing cat contraceptives to control the U.S. cat population.

1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

1. What did researchers at Texas A&M University recently announce?

2. Which animals are NOT mentioned in the passage as having been cloned?

3. According to the passage, why is human cloning unlikely to happen in the near future?

4. What does the passage say about the pregnancy and birth in cat cloning? Keys: 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.B 5.C

3. Script

W: Oh no! Did you see that black cat walk right in front of me? That?s unlucky!

M: Really? I guess it depends on where you come from. In my hometown it?s the opposite: It?s lucky to see a black cat cross your path. So no need to worry!

Q: What do the man and the woman think about a black cat crossing their path?

4. Script

M: Guess what I did this morning? I smashed my mirror. A great way to start the day!

W: Oh no, seven years? bad luck, isn?t it? Q: What happened in the morning?

5. Script

M: I can?t believe this rain; it?s been pouring for hours! Where can I dry my umbrella?

W: Not in here please! It?s unlucky to open an umbrella indoors. You can put it on the porch.

Q: Where does the woman ask the man do to open his umbrella?

Keys: 1.C2.C3. A 4.D 5.B

III. Listening In

Task 1: David Copperfield is coming.

W: My brother is going to pick up some tickers for the David

Copperfield show. You interested in coming with us?

M: I don?t know. I?ve been card tricks before, and rabbits from hats.

I even do tricks myself—watch me change this coin into an ice cream cone.

W: Very funny. David Copperfield is the world?s greatest magician; he?s

certainly worth a look.

M: Actually, I have seen him on television. He pulls off some pretty

amazing stunts. I wish I knew how he performed his tricks. Then I could also make a person float in the air. I could pull a rabbit out of my hat. I could escape from a straitjacket and handcuffs—all underwater. And I could saw a woman in half.

W: A magician never tells his secrets. David attempts the impossible

and no one has any idea how he does it. I saw him on TV when he walked through the Great Wall of China.

M: How could he do that?

W: I have no idea, but I know what I saw: He entered a canvas shelter

on one side of the wall, and he came out of a canvas shelter on the other side.

M: yes, bur was he always in full view of the camera, or did they cut

to a commercial or something else?

W: Not only was the camera running all the time, but he was hooked

up a heart monitor, and you could track his progress as he moved through the wall.

M: It?s difficult to know what to believe. I know it?s not possible for

him to do that, but…

W: It sounds to me like it?s a show worth watching.

M: Count me in. Instead of an ice cream cone, I?ll turn my money into

a ticket.

26. What is the dialog mainly about?

27. Which of the following DOESN?T the man mention?

28. What did David Copperfield do at the Great Wall of China, according to the woman?

29. Under what condition did David Copperfield go through the Great Wall? 30. What does the man finally decide to do?

Keys: 1C 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.C

For Reference

1. He could make a person float in the air, pull a rabbit out of his hat, escape from a straitjacket and handcuffs—all underwater, and saw a woman in half.

2. She thinks Davis Copperfield in the world?s greatest magician and he?s certainly worth a look.

Task 2: Is it really bad luck? Script

Are you worried because you have just broken a mirror? Some people believe that breaking a mirror is a (S1) terrible thing to do. They say it will bring you seven years of (S2) misfortune. The reason behind this belief stems the old idea that a person?s soul is in their (S3) reflection, so that if you smash your mirror, you soul will be (S4) damaged too, dooming you do an early death, and not giving you entry to (S5) heaven. Is there any way to reverse

this bad luck? Yes—if you very carefully (S6) pick up all the broken pieces of the mirror and throw them into a river or stream, then the bad luck will be”(S7) washed away”..

Of all number, 13 is the most associated with bad luck. (S8) Some people claim that the number is bad luck because thirteen people sat down for the Last Supper before Jesus was crucified, and with this in mind few hosts will serve dinner with thirteen at the table. And according to an ancient Norwegian tale, twelve gods had gathered for a feast when a thirteenth, Loke, entered. After the meal, Loke killed Balder, who was the most beloved of all the gods.

(S9) Friday the thirteenth of any month is considered especially bad or unlucky, and Friday the thirteenth of March is the worst of the all.

The number seven also has some superstition connected to it. It is said that God created the world in seven days, and any association with the number is luck. The seventh son of the seventh son is said to be the luckiest of men, and (S10) When people talk about the “seven-year itch” they mean that every seven years a person undergoes a complete change in personality.

Task3: The Status on Easter Island

Script

One of the greatest mysteries on Earth is the statues on Easter Island. The island is one of the most remote places on Earth, located in the southern Pacific Ocean. It was almost uninhabited when it was discovered on Easter Day in 1722 by a Dutch captain, but it is covered with hundreds of giant statues, each weighing several tons and some standing more than 30 feet tall.

Who carved these statures, and how and why were they put there?

Nobody knows the answer for sure, but many ate trying to find out. There are many theories to explain this mystery. It has even been suggested the space aliens may have played a role regarding these giant statues. Another theory relates to the fact that Easter Island was inhabited by Polynesian seafarers, who traveled thousand of miles in their canoes, guided by the stars, the color of sky and the sun , the shapes of clouds, and the presence of birds making flights out to sea seeking food. The Polynesians first arrived on the island in 499A.D.However, the ocean currents which carried them there would mot take them back. They were trapped and, having arrived there, could not leave. The Polynesians probable cared the statues themselves, perhaps as religious symbols.

To date, 887 statues have been discovered on the island. However, only a few statues were carried intended destination. The rest were abandoned along the way.

The statues appear to have been carved out of the top edge of walls of a volcano on the island. After a statue was carved, it may have been rolled or dragged down to the base of the volcano. Then it was put upright, and ropes were tied around it. Using a pulley system, the statue was moves to its intended destination.

At its peak, the population of Eater Island is believed to have reached 11,000. Eventually, the resources of the island were exhausted, and the people resorted to cannibalism, eating one another. Work on the statues stopped and the statues were knocked over. When the first Europeans finally arrived on the island, most of the people lad died out.

23. When and by whom was the island discovered?

24. Who are mentioned in the passage as possible builders of the statues? 25. What is true of the Polynesians on the island according to the passage? 26. How many statues ere carried to their intended destination?

5. Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage?

Keys: 1A 2.B3. D 4.D 5B

For Reference

The resources of the island were exhausted, and the people resorted to cannibalism, eating each other. When the first Europeans finally arrived on the island, most of the people lad died out.

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II. Basic Listening Practice

12. Script

M: We offer all kinds of tours and excursions. DO you have anything particular in mind?

W: Not really, we?d just like to see the local sights and have an English speaking guide. It would be good if they were someone local too. My husband is interested in the local stories and folklore. Q: What does the woman mention as one of her preferences?

2. Script

M: Are you joining a tour group when you go to Indonesia?

W: No, I?m going to backpack my way round. I like being independent and seeing things at my own pace. Besides, there?s more chance of meeting local people that way. I?ve just got to be careful. Q: what dose the woman want?

3. Script

W: Hey, could you bring your video camera to the kids? concert tomorrow? I?d love to capture it on film.

M: No problem. I?ll burn it to a DVD for you afterwards, then you can watch it at home.

Q: How will the woman watch the concert later in the week?

4. Script

W: I can?t find that track I really like anywhere. It?s not on CDs in any of the shops, and I really want it on a CD.

M: Well, let?s look online. Maybe we can download it, then burn it to a CD.

Q: What does the man suggest doing to get the track?

5. Script

W: Here?s a riddle: You love deep-sea finishing in Florida, and you?re crazy about skiing in Canada, but you can?t afford even one vacation home. What do you do?

M: I buy a share in two holiday homes, so I own a week or more at each place. Timesharing is the way many people afford seemingly expensive holidays.

Q: What advice does the man give for people unable to afford expensive holiday homes?

Keys: 1.A 2.A 3. D 4.B 5.C

III. Listening In

Task 1: I’m doing a lot of things on the computer!

Script

Barbara: Jack, you?re sitting in front of your computer again! The sea

and the sand are only steps only away. Why are you wasting these beautiful holidays? The summer will be over before you know it.

Jack: I?m not wasting the holidays as you say. The computer is a good

thing. On the Internet you can go to any part of the world; I can see everything in the world. It?s more real than reality.

Barbara: But…but you can?t spend your entire summer watching that screen.

You?ll get a big bottom.

Jack: I?m not just watching the screen. I?m doing a lot of things—I?m

sending e-mails, I?m learning things, I?m chatting in chat rooms…

Barbara: Right! But I?ll bet you?re spending most of your time playing

computer games—a time-wasting, mindless activity that I?ll turn your brain into Chinese doufoo.

Jack: No, it isn?t a single mindless pastime. It?s many activities:

role-playing games, arcade games, adventure games, strategy games…

Barbara: I understand the computer is a wonderful thing, but you have

to be careful not to get too much of a good thing. Every life needs some variety in it. It would be a lot healthier if you played a chess game outdoors, in the park.

Jack: It wouldn?t be the same. In those games in the park I can?t play

against the grandmaster of Moscow, can I? And there are creative games in the computer, where I can learn city planning and psychology.

Barbara: Well, what about me? Don?t you think I?d like a little attention? Jack: Now, Baby, that?s no way to talk. After all this time together,

you know I love you.

Barbara: I?m not so sure any more. It?s time you made a choice. Is it

going to be more me or the computer?

Jack: Well…

1. Where does this dialog probably take place?

2. What dose the man like to do according to the dialog?

3. What does the woman mean when she says the man?s brain will turn into Chinese doufoo?

4. What does the man think about a chess game outdoors? 5. What does the woman mean when she says, “Don?t you think I?d like a little attention?”

Keys: 1.A 2.B 3. C 4.D 5.C

For Reference

1. He says that in those games in the park he can?t play against the grandmaster of Moscow. And there are creative games in the computer, where he can learn city planning and psychology,

2. She asks him to make a choice between her and the computer.

Task 2: A Magician and a Parrot

Script

A magician was working on a deluxe cruise ship in the Caribbean. The (S1) audience was different each week, so the magician did the same (S2) tricks over and over again. He felt he could cast a spell over the audience (S3) whenever he wanted to.

There was only one problem: The captain?s (S4) parrot watched every show and began to understand what the (S5) magician did in each trick. Once he understood that, he started shouting in the middle of the show.

“Look, it?s not the same (S6) hat!” “Look, he?s hiding the flowers under the table!” “Hey, why are all the (S7) cards the Ace of Spades?”

(S8) The magician was furious. Each time the parrot revealed one of his secrets, the audience roared with laughter. The performance he intended to be dark and mysterious turned into a comedy. He was in a rage. (S9) He dreamed of various ways he could do away with the troublesome bird. But he didn?t dare to touch it. It was the captain?s parrot after all.

One foggy night the ship collided with an enormous iceberg and sank. The magician found himself on a piece of wood, in the middle of the ocean, and the parrot was by his side. (S10) They stared at each other with hate, but did not utter a word. This went on for several days.

After a week the parrot finally said, “Okay, I give up. But I hope you?ll tell me what trick you are going to do with the boat.”

Task3: The Modern Circus

Script

The first modern circus was staged in London in 1768 by Philip Astley, a former English cavalry officer, who performed as a trick ride. Beginning with a visit to Paris in 1772, Astley introduced the circus in cities throughout continental Europe and was responsible for establishing permanent circuses in a number of European countries as well as in England. A circus was first presented in 1793 at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg.

By the early 19th century, several permanently-based circuses were located in larger European cities. In addition, small traveling shows moved from town to town in covered wagons in which the performers lived. The traveling shows were usually simple affairs, featuring a fiddler or two, a juggler, a ropedancer, and a few acrobats. In the early circuses such performers gave their shows in open spaces and took up a collection for pay; later, the performers used elaborate shows. In the earlier part of the 19th century a main feature of the permanent circus program was the presentation of grams that included displays of horsemanship. Throughout the 19th century the circus evolved in programming and management. Initially, trained horse and horsemanship performances dominated circuses, but ropedancing, juggling, acrobatic acts, wild-animal acts, and clowning were all introduced within the first few decades. The flying trapeze, an important part of the modern circus, was not invented until 1858, and the street parade and sideshow did not become standard circus events until later in the 19th century. Tents are believed to have come into use in the 1820s, but it is uncertain whether they appeared first in Europe or in the United States.

Nowadays, the entertainment activities offered at a circus are more elaborate, generally consisting of displays of horsemanship, exhibitions by gymnasts, aerialists, wild-animal trainer, performing animals, and comic performance by clowns.

27. What was Phillip Astley especially good at?

28. According to the passage, what was true of the early traveling shows? 29. What acts were featured in permanent circus programs in the early 19th century?

30. When were wild-animal acts introduced? 31. What is the main idea of the passage?

Keys: 1C 2.A3. B 4.B 5.D

For Reference

They are more elaborate, generally consisting of displays of horsemanship, exhibitions by gymnasts, aerialists, wild-animal trainer, performing animals, and comic performance by clowns

II. Basic Listening Practice

1. Script

M: Scentists claim the world population has 99.5% of the same DNA. W: But this doesn?t tell us there is no such thing as race. Q: What is true of the DNA of difference races?

2. Script

W: With the advent of the genetic map we know where everything is, but do we know where to go with it?

M: Your map seems to differ largely from my geographical map! Q: What does the man imply?

3. Script

M: As you know, it has taken millions of years of evolution and natural selection to

get us where we are today.

W: Yes, but now that we have genetic engineering, we seem to have decided that we

want to be God.

Q: What does the woman imply?

4. Script

M: I think the research into cloning will lead us into dangers, filling us with false

hopes of perfection.

W: It?s too late to turn back the clock. We?ll just have to depend on common sense to

solve uncommon problems. Q: What does the woman mean?

5. Script

W: In America, many prisoners are having their cases reviewed, and some have even been freed through DNA testing.

M: Except for the ones whose death sentence has already been carried out. Q: What can we learn about DNA testing from the dialog? Keys: 1.B 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.C

III. Listening In

Task 1: Stem Cell Research Script

Gregory: The Republican party in America is opposing stem cell research. I find it hard to believe that in this day and age, someone would do that.

Lillian: Stem cell research sounds pretty impressive, I?ll admit. But just what is it? Gregory: Well, a stem cell is a special type of cell. It is a general cell that, when it devides, can become any specific type of cell.

Lillian: You mean, a stem cell can become a heart cell? Or a brain or a kidney cell? Gregory: That?s about it. Stem cells are a part of the body?s maintenance and repair system. When they divide, they can become any cell type.

Lillian: I guess there would be some tremendous medical advantages in that sort of research.

Gregory: You?ve said a mouthful. Recently, scientists were able to help a man who lost a jawbone for cancer. They recreated bone material for his jaw from stem

cells. What it means is that since the new bone was created out of the person?s own cells, there was no problem with rejection because the DNA was the same.

Lillian: I bet the person was delighted. Why would anyone oppose that sort of

research? It would seem to have endless potential to benefit the human race.

Gregory: I agree, but there are people who think we should not interfere with nature

and manipulate “what is natural”.

Lillian: It?s easier to hold such a narrow view if you?re not in a position to need the

benefits of the research. If you?re missing a jawbone because of cancer, you probably support the research.

1. What is the passage mainly about? 2. Who is against stem cell research? 3. What is special about a stem cell?

4. When can a stem cell become another cell type?

5. According to the passage, why do some people oppose stem cell research? Keys: 1.B 2.A 3.A 4.A 5.D

Task 2: The Improvement of Rice Script

Scientists now know a lot more about a grain that people have eaten for ten thousand years. (S1) Research teams around the world have completed a map of the (S2) genes of rices. The findings appeared last week in the (S3) journal Nature.

The aim is to speed up the improvement of rice. The scientists (S4) warn that the kinds of rice plants used now have reached the limit of their (S5) productivity. Yet world rice production must (S6) grow by an estimated 30 percent in the next twenty to meet demand. By 2025, as many as 4.6 billion people will depend on rice for (S7) survival. There is a lot of pressure on breeders to improve the crop, and the rice genome is a valuable tool to do that. (S8) Plant breeders have already used preliminary information from the rice genome to create experimental strains of rice that better resist cold and pests.

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