听力练习(学生版).doc

《英语口译（初级）》 听力练习 Unit 1 Schools and Education SECTION ONE: COMPREHENSIVE LISTENING EXERCISES Vocabulary Preview well off allowance temporary baby-sit cruise pyramid biblical psychology graduate school Honors= a type of university degree which is of a higher standard than an ordinary I. SENTENCE DICTATION Directions: Listen to the recording and write down the sentences you have heard. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. II. LISTENING EXERCISES 4. Directions: Listen to the following sentences and translate them into Chinese. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) SECTION TWO: LISTENING TEST (1) PART A: Spot Dictation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. The music called Jazz was born sometime around _______ (1) in New Orleans. It combined _______ (2) of Ragtime, marching band music and Blues. What differentiated Jazz from these earlier styles was the_______ (3) of improvisation, often by more than one player at a time. Jazz represented _______ (4) western musical traditions, where the composer wrote a piece of music on paper and the musicians then tried their best to _______ (5) what was in the score. In a Jazz piece, the song is often just _______ (6) or frame of reference for the musicians to improvise around. The song might have been a _______ (7) ditty or blues that they didnt compose, but by the time they were finished with it they had composed a new piece that often bore little resemblance to the _______ (8) song. Many of th