首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
This section measures your ability to understand conversations and lectures in English. Listen to each conversation and lecture
This section measures your ability to understand conversations and lectures in English. Listen to each conversation and lecture
admin
2014-09-29
91
问题
This section measures your ability to understand conversations and lectures in English.
Listen to each conversation and lecture only one time. After each conversation and lecture, you will answer some questions about it. Answer each question based on what is stated or implied by the speakers.
You may take notes while you listen and use your notes to help you answer the questions. Your notes will not be scored.
In some questions you will see this icon:
. This means that you will hear, but not see, the question.
Answer each question before moving on. Do not return to previous questions.
It will take about 60 minutes to listen to the conversations and lectures and answer the questions about them.
What does the woman say about her experience seeing a performance of Happy Strangers when she was younger? Choose 2 answers.
Narrator
Listen to a conversation between a student and a librarian.
Librarian
Can I help you?
Student
Yeah, I need to find a review. It’s for my English class. We have to find reviews of the play we’re reading. But they have to be from when the play was first performed— so I need to know when that was . . . and I suppose I should start with newspaper reviews...
Librarian
Contemporary reviews.
Student
Sorry?
Librarian
You want contemporary reviews. What’s the name of the play?
Student
It’s Happy Strangers. It was written in 1962 and we’re supposed to write about its influence on American theater—show why it’s been so important.
Librarian
Well, that certainly explains why your professor wants you to read some of those old reviews. The critics really tore the play to pieces when it opened. It was just so controversial—nobody’d ever seen anything like it on the stage.
Student
Really? It was that big a deal?
Librarian
Oh sure. Of course, the critics’ reaction made some people kinda curious about it; they wanted to see what was causing all the fuss. In fact, we were on vacation in New York—I had to be, oh around sixteen or so—and my parents took me to see it. That would’ve been about 1965.
Student
So that was the year it premiered? Great! But. . . newspapers from back then aren’t online, so how do I.. .
Librarian
Well, we have copies of old newspapers in the basement, and all the major papers publish reference guides to their articles, reviews, etc. You’ll find them in the reference stacks in back. But I’d start with 1964. I think the play’d been running for a little while when I saw it.
Student
Oh, how’d you like it? I mean it’s just two characters onstage hanging around and basically doing nothing.
Librarian
Well, I was impressed: the actors were famous and, besides, it was my first time in a real theater. But you’re right—it was definitely different from any plays that we’d read in high school. Of course, in a small town, the assignments are pretty traditional.
Student
I’ve only read it, but it doesn’t seem like it’d be much fun to watch. The story doesn’t progress in a, in any sort of logical manner. It doesn’t have any real ending either. It just stops. Honestly, y’know, I thought it was kinda slow and boring.
Librarian
Well, I guess you might think that, but when I saw it back then it was anything but boring! Some parts were really funny—but I remember crying, too. But I’m not sure just reading it... You know, they’ve done this play at least once on campus. I’m sure there’s a tape of the play in our video library. You might want to borrow it.
Student
That’s a good idea. I’ll have a better idea of what I really think of it—before I read those reviews.
Librarian
I’m sure you’ll be surprised that anyone ever found it radical—but you’ll see why it’s still powerful—dramatically speaking.
Student
Well, there must be something about it or the professor wouldn’t have assigned it. I’m sure I’ll figure it out.
选项
A、It was the first play she had seen performed professionally.
B、She saw it against the wishes of her parents.
C、She was surprised at how traditional the performance was.
D、She had a variety of emotional reactions to the play.
答案
A, D
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/kFfO777K
0
托福(TOEFL)
相关试题推荐
Completethenotesbelow.WriteNUMBERSAND/ORNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachanswer.
Completethenotesbelow.WriteNUMBERSAND/ORNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachanswer.
Completethenotesbelow.Areasdealtwith:【L1】______northsuburbsRent:from【L2】£______to£______am
Completethenotesbelow.WriteNOMORETHANTWOWORDSforeachanswer.THEURBANLANDSCAPETwoareasoffocus:
Labelthemapbelow.Writethecorrectletter,A-l,nexttoquestions17-20.HinchingbrookeParkwoodedar
Completethenotesbelow.WriteONEWORDONLYforeachanswer.EngineeringforsustainabledevelopmentTheGreenhou
Completethenotesbelow.WriteONEWORDONLYforeachanswer.EngineeringforsustainabledevelopmentTheGreenhou
Completethenotesbelow.WriteNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachanswer.GIVINGASPEECHReasonsfornervousnessLecturers
Completethenotesbelow.WriteNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachanswer.GIVINGASPEECHReasonsfornervousnessLecturers
Choosethecorrectletter,A,BorC.Thisassignmentisimportantbecause
随机试题
Wearesurethiswasjustduetocarelessnessinqualitycontrol,andthatyouwillsendanothershipmentofshirtspromptlyto
过滤式防毒面具适用于有毒气体含量浓度低于10%,氧含量浓度大于5%的环境。
在上期预算完成情况的基础上,调整和编制下期预算,并将预算期间连续向后滚动,使预算期间保持一定的时期跨度的预算是__________。
可用阴阳互根互用来解释的是:
某女,50岁。头痛如裹,肢体困重,苔白腻,脉濡。针灸治疗除列缺、百会、太阳、风池外,宜取
南方公司现拥有资产总额1000万元,其中股本200万元(每股面值1元、发行价格3.5元)、长期债券300万元(票面年利率为8%)。公司为生产甲产品而进行一项固定资产投资,该固定资产投资总额为350万元,于项目开始时一次投入;另需在经营期开始时一次性投人流动
某导游在讲解苏州园林时,先介绍苏州园林,再讲中国的园林,还谈到世界上的园林,该导游运用的讲解方法是()。
但丁、达·芬奇、米开朗琪罗等名人在()诞生。
据最近统计,在需要相同学历的10个不同职业中,教师的平均工资5年前排列第九,而目前上升到第六;另外,目前教师的平均工资是其他上述职业的平均工资的96%,而5年前只占55%。因此,教师工资偏低的状况有了很大的改善,教师的相对生活水平有了很大的提高。上
Itisbecausesheisverydevotedtoherstudents______sheisrespectedbythem.
最新回复
(
0
)