沪江网校：10春季高口考试听力部分Section1原文完全版

2010-03-14 11:59

Part B Questions 1 to 5

A. Can you tell me about the different places you’ve lived, Bill?

B. I grew up in the big city, New York. But I always thought I would want to live somewhere else.

A. And did you move？

B. I did. What finally drove me out of New York was the traffic. I feel stuck in the city. Like I was trapped. I always spent summers in the country with my family in Maine,in the woods, on the lake, and I felt free there. But I wasn’t ready to be in the county full time. So for the next 7 years, we lived in a small town.

A. And was that better?

B. No, I never liked it. I moved back to New York because of my kids. I didn’t want them cheering for different sports teams.

A. Do you feel better about life in the city now?

B. Well, I have my ups and downs. What bothers me most about the urban lifestyle is still the traffic and the parking. Here is an example for you. One time my mother was dropping my daughter off after taking her to a play. This is just a law-abiding grandmother doing what normal grandmothers love to do-hanging out with her grandchildren and taking her to a show. Ok, so she comes to drop my daughter off and of course there is no parking. My mother is 75 and she needs a little break. So despite not having a legal parking spot she steps inside the house before driving another 45 minutes home. She was in the house 5 minutes. and it cost her 50 dollars She got a parking ticket. I mean taking a grandchild to a show doesn’t cost stress in the suburbs but in the big city, it’s a big deal.

A. how did your wife feel?

B. Well, for my wife, it is the dirt that bothers her.

A. Doesn’t that bother you, too?

B. No, I don’t really mind the dirt. I suppose I’m used to it. Other people complain about graffiti. But that doesn’t really bother me either.

A. So on the whole, would you say you prefer city living to other places?

B. Well, the thing is, I like big cities. I also like wild remote places in the country. I don’t like anything in-between, like small cities and suburbs. I think small towns are the worst.Ｉmean if you are going to have a lot of building and cars, at least you should have a lot of interesting people. People are the best part of cities. If you are not going to have people on the streets, then please give me some tress, strings, boulders, animals.

A. Well, besides the interesting people, is there any other you like about the city?

B. I know it’s weird, but I especially love the city on grey drizzly days.

A. You do?

B. Yeah, it’s beautiful how the gray of the buildings blends in with the sky. But on bright sunny days, I hate it. I want to be on the mountain , hiking in the woods, something like that. But because of the traffic, I don’t go anywhere except the park usually. It’s frustrating on those sunny days. So, I can only be truly happy in the city when the weather is bad.

A. So what’s your idea of the ideal place to live?

B. The ideal place to live would be a big city that ends suddenly and right away you are in the rural area. So on rainy days I stay home and watch the rain. And on sunny days I’d go mountain climbing. And at night, I have a choice. I could camp out and cook burgers or go home and order a Chinese take-out.

Questions
1.For which of the following factors did the man move out of New York city at first?

2.What happens to the man’s mother when she took her granddaughter to a show?

3.How does the man’s wife feel about living in the city?

4.Apart from the interesting people, which other thing did the man like about big cities?

5.The man and his family have lived in several places, which of the following is not one
of these places?

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