内容提要

《SharpenYourEars》为清华大学外语系编写的《新英语教程》（第二版）系列

教科书的听力练习册。本书为第二册，含16个单元，每单元分三个部分。第一部

分为10个单句，第二部分为摘录自原声资料的一组较长对话，第三部分为两篇

题材多样的短文。练习形式为多项性选择、正误判断、填表、匹配、填空和画图等。

本书配有四盒磁带，由英、美籍教师录音，书内附有录音文字材料和练习答案。

本书适于大学英语三、四级学生及意欲提高自己听力的读者使用。

Contents

UNIT ONE

Part One: Yes-no Questions

Part Two: Guessing People's Professions

Part Three Passage(A) Gold Mining in Scotland

Passage(B) Oil-producing

UNIT TWO

Part One: Wh-questions

Part Two: Making Complaints

Part Three Passage(A) Learning Language Is

Easy-Or Is It?

Passage(B) What Does a Lawyer Do?

UNIT THREE

Part One: Reference

Part Two: Describing a Person

Part Three Passage(A) Life Is Possible without

Television

Passage(B) The Advantages and Disadvantages of

Television

UNIT FOUR

Part One: Active-Passive Voices

Part Two: Booking a Flight

Part Three Passage(A) Motor-racing for Schools

Passage(B) Going up?

UNIT FIVE

Part One : Small Figures

Part Two: Investigating a Burglary

Part Three Passage(A) Solving the Problem of Rubbish

Passage(B) The Waste Treatment Center in

Machida

UNIT SIX

Part One: Sentences with 'but'

Part Two: Discussing What Film to See

Part Three Passage(A) Fabrics

Passage(B) The Process of Making Clothes

UNIT SEVEN

Part One: Comparatives

Part Two: Reporting a Theft

Part Three Passage(A) A Drive to the Country

Passage(B) Travelling by Train

UNIT EIGHT

Part One: Adverbial Clauses

Part Two: Making Excuses

Part Three Passage(A) Overweight

Passage(B) The Common Cold

UNIT NINE

Part One: Adverbial and Attributive

Clauses

Part Two: Expressing Opinions

Part Three Passage(A) The Story of Coffee

Passage(B) The Story of Tea

UNIT TEN

Part One : Noun Clauses

Part Two: Inquiring about a Course

Part Three Passage(A) Vitamins

Passage(B) In Case You Are Sick in the USA

UNIT ELEVEN

Part One: Conditionals

Part Two: Discussing What to Do at Weekends

Part Three Passage(A) The Soil and Atmosphere of

Mars

Passage(B) Communication Satellite

UNIT TWELVE

Part One : Days and Dates

Part Two: Making Plans for Holiday

Part Three Passage(A) British Wine

Passage(B) English Food

UNIT THIRTEEN

Part One: Inferences

Part Two: Drawing a Picture

Part Three Passage(A) We Have More Than

One Brain

Passage(B) Why Do We Get Tired?

UNIT FOURTEEN

Part One: Phrases and Expressions

Part Two: Describing the Routine

Part Three Passage(A) Pigs

Passage(B) Bees

UNIT FIFTEEN

Part One: Sound Discrimination

Part Two: Giving Advice

Part Three Passage(A) Money

Passage(B) Coins and Notes

UNIT SIXTEEN

Part One: Large Figures

Part Two: Thinking of Changing Jobs

Part Three Passage(A) Buying a House

Passage(B) Buying a Pocket Calculator

UNIT ONE

UNIT TWO

UNIT THREE

UNIT FOUR

UNIT FIVE

UNIT SIX

UNITSEVEN

UNIT EIGHT

UNIT NINE

UNIT TEN

UNIT ELEVEN

UNIT TWELVE

UNIT THIRTEEN

UNIT FOURTEEN

UNIT FIFTEEN

UNIT SIXTEEN

6. A. Yes, the party is on Saturday.

B. Yes, he's going to the party.

C. Yes, he's taking Marilyn to the party.

D. Yes, he's taking Shirley to the party.

7. A. Yes, 1 have a car in the university.

B. No, it's within walking distance.

C. Yes, it's necessary to our health.

D. No, it won't start until next week.

8. A. No, 1 won't go to see the movie.

B. No, the teacher didn't see me.

C. No, 1 haven't yet.

D. No, he doesn't want to.

9. A. It's chilly, so 1 prefer the sun.

B. 1 don't like the shape.

C. 1 want to sit in the shade.

D. 1 prefer to have a son.

10. A. 1 don't want to wear such a long skirt.

B. Yes, it's lovely, but it's too long.

C. The skirt is out of fashion.

D. Well, it's of poor quality.

Part Two: Guessing People's Professions

Listen to the conversations and guess the professions of

the first speakers in each dialogue.

1. ____ 2. __

3. ____ 4. __

5. ____ 6. __

7. ____ 8. __

Part Three:

Passage(A) Gold Mining in Scotland

New Words:

1. career n. 2. expedition n.

Listen to the passage and decide whether the following

statements are true or false according to what you have

heard.

1. According to the speaker, Scotland is a good place for a

gold miner to start his career.

2. There was a gold rush in Scotland which lasted for a hun-

dred years.

3. The gold rush in Scotland was started by a man named

Gilchrist.

4. Gilchrist had been to Australia to look for gold and be-

came rich.

5. Gilchrist first found gold in the river near his house.

6. Gilchrist kept his discovery secret for a long time because

he wanted to make his fortune.