2014-2015學(xué)年高中英語 Unit 1 A land of diversity Listening練習(xí) 新人教版選修

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1、 2014-2015學(xué)年高中英語 Unit 1 A land of diversity Listening練習(xí) 新人教版選修8 A HOLIDAY IN CALIFORNIA George (G) is on holiday in the United States. He is touring around California. Listen to him phoning home to talk to his friend Christie (C). Listen again and fill in the blanks. C: Hello. G: Hi, Christie.

2、 It’s me, George. C: Gosh, George! ________ are you? G: In Joshua Tree National Park. C: Wow, where’s that? G: It’s in __________ California. C: Lucky you! What are you doing down there? G: Well, I _______ in northern California and I’ve been travelling _______. C: Cool. So how’s the ______ b

3、een? G: Jolly good. There’s so much to see and it’s nothing like ______ I imagined. C: Really? G: Yeah. I expected everyone to live ____ the beach in big houses, and I thought everyone here would be _____. C: (laughing) Just as I thought. You’ve watched too many American _______! G: I know, and

4、 they can give you the ______ idea! C: So, tell me, what’s it really like? G: Well, some people live near the ______; but further east, in the central part, is a ____ valley where they grow all sorts of things like cotton, __________, nuts and fruit, oh lots of things. And lots of cattle. C: Mmm,

5、 sounds __________. What other scenery is there? G: Well, if you go ________ southeast, you come to mountains and desert. That _____ is really spectacular. C: Sounds fantastic! So you’re in the desert at the _________? G: Yes, that’s right. It’s very hot and very different from the _____ of Calif

6、ornia. C: I wish I could see it for _______. What are the people like? G: Well, I didn’t realize there were so many different _____ and cultures here. C: Such as? G: Well, there are ______ and _______ Americans of course, and lots of Asians. And about a _______ of all Californians are Hispanic.

7、 C: Hispanic? G: People whose ________ came from Spanish speaking countries in South America. C: Oh I see. G: So there’s a huge difference in _______ and the way people ______. Lots of different art, different types of _______, music, food and anything else you can _____ of. C: Sounds great. A

8、nd what about …? 2 / 5 Workbook-Listening A TRAVELLER’S STORY T = Tom M = Mandy Listen again and fill in the blanks. T: This is Tom Price, and you are listening to Traveller’s Tales, a ________ programme about _______. Today on the show, we have Mandy Long, who has _____ returned from New

9、 Orleans. Welcome, Mandy. M: Thank you for ________ me. T: Now first, tell us exactly _______ New Orleans is. M: It’s in the ____ south of the United States, on the Mississippi River, about _____ kilometres from the Gulf of Mexico. T: And what’s the ________ like there? M: Well, it can get quit

10、e ____ and humid. But the evenings are usually wonderfully ______ and pleasant. T: I see. So _____ made you want to go to New Orleans? M: I think it was the Mardi Gras. This is a world _______ festival that goes on for about _____ weeks every year. People hold parties in the ______ and there’s mus

11、ic and dancing everywhere. And there are ______ or ______ parades. Everyone in the parades wears _____ dress. Apparently it started in _____ as a Christian religious festival. These days Mardi Gras earns over US$_____ million in tourism for New Orleans! T: It must be huge. M: Yeah, it is. And you

12、don’t get much _____ as the celebrations go on all night. T: Apart from the Mardi Gras what else did you ______ about New Orleans? M: It’s hard to know ______ to start. New Orleans has such a _______ and interesting culture. New Orleans is in the _____ of Louisiana, which at different times belong

13、ed to the French, the Spanish and the _______. Then in 1812 it became _____ of the United States. So New Orleans is now _____ to a mixture of nationalities and races, including the descendants of slaves from _______. At the time when the slaves were _____, many came to live in New Orleans. Today New

14、 Orleans has a __________ of about half a million, of whom _____ are African-American, _____ are white and about ____ are Hispanic. So, New Orleans has a rich ____ of music, food and culture. And many different architectural ______ too. T: I see. So how did you _______ your time in New Orleans? M:

15、 Well, I spent a lot of time … Workbook-Listening Task A JAZZ FUNERAL Mandy (M) is listening to a jazz CD she bought while she was in New Orleans. Listen to her talking to Phil (P) about jazz funerals. Listen again and fill in the blanks. P: What’s that ______ you’re playing? Mandy? M: It’s a

16、song ______ “Just a Closer Walk with Thee”. It’s on a ____ I bought in New Orleans. P: It’s a bit ____, isn’t it? M: It’s supposed to be. It’s music from a Jazz _______. P: Why do you want to play such ________ music? M: Oh, it’s ____ at the beginning that it’s sad. Listen to this one from

17、________ on in the CD. P: That’s _____ like it! They play that at funerals? M: At a jazz funeral. You see it’s a very old ________. Four centuries ago, in Africa, the ancestors of the American slaves ____ to have a special ceremony to ______ the dead. When the slaves came to America, they promised

18、 each other that despite their _________ they would make sure they still had a _______ funeral. And that promise grew into the jazz funeral. P: I see. So what happens at a jazz funeral? M: Everyone meets at the ________ where they have a Christian ceremony. P: But that’s like an _________ funera

19、l. M: True, but after the ceremony the _____ is carried through the streets to where it will be buried. Everyone walks _______ the coffin, and a band plays _______ music. P: It must be very interesting to ____ that. Is that all? M: No. After the ______ is buried, the people walk away sadly and s

20、lowly. As they do so the _______ of the band starts to play a few notes on a trumpet and the drummer begins drumming. That’s the ____ for a change of emotion in the music. Listen to the song. P: Wow! That’s much ________. M: Yes. Everybody begins singing and dancing to ________ the life of the dea

21、d person. P: Have you ______ seen one of these jazz funerals? M: Yes, I was lucky _______ to see the traditional funeral of a famous jazz _________. P: That must have been fascinating. Let me ______ more of that music please. M: Sure. Listen … 希望對大家有所幫助，多謝您的瀏覽！