Task 1：

1.      (01/10/2015) Describe a type of music you do not enjoy.

2.      (01/11/2015)Which of the following is the best way to spend your weekends? Exercising, cooking, or visiting friends.

3.      (01/25/2015)If you are asked by your teacher to do community service, which of the following would you choose? Explain why. 1. Helping children with their homework. 2. Teaching adults to use computers. 3. Cleaning City Park.

4.      (01/31/2015) Which way do you enjoy the most to spend your spare time: A. staying with family B. watching movies. C. exercising or going to the gym.

5.      (02/01/2015)which of the following three activities are important for you to study effectively; A. Study alone with books; B. discuss with friends; C. researching and writing assignments

Task 2:

1.      (01/10/2015) Someone thinks future classes should be held on the internet instead of buildings. Some think that classes should always be held in buildings. What's your opinion？

2.      (01/11/2015)Some people prefer to live in old buildings; others prefer to live in new and modern buildings. Which do you prefer? Explain why.

3.      (01/25/2015) Some people prefer to a job which deals with the same tasks every day. Others prefer a job which deals with many different tasks. Which do you prefer and why?

4.      (01/31/2015) Agree or disagree with the following statement: It’s important for children to learn painting and drawing.

5.      (02/01/2015)Some people think it is important to wear in a fashionable way, others think it is unnecessary to wear fashionable, which one do you prefer and why?

Task 3:

1.      (01/10/2015)

Reading：University will match roommates according to interests.

Point 1: Firstly，it can improve experience of first-year students by getting along well with their roommates.

Point 2: Second, it will reduce the work of housing office because students will not switch rooms quite often.

listening：Woman disagrees

Reason 1: She thinks students can get along well with their roommates even though they have different interests. For example，her roommate is a French major who loves doing sports，but she is a biochemical student who is not into doing sports. They get along well with each other.

Reason 2: She thinks the reason why some students move out is not because they don't get along well with their roommates but because they have other schedule and better locations.

2.      (01/11/2015)

Reading：

Student Proposal: University should hold classes outside the classroom building.

Reason 1: Students can be more focused on the class and they will learn more.

Reason 2: There are plenty of benches and seats available outside the classroom.

Listening：

Man disagrees.

Reason 1: He thinks students may actually get distracted because of their friends, and the birds’ singing is also a distraction.

Reason 2: And there are not enough seats outside the classroom，so students are going to take class on the grass. It’ll be really inconvenient coz students may have to sit on the grass and awkwardly use their laptop computers.

3.      (01/25/2015)

Reading：School will create art club for the students who are interested in music and painting.

Reason 1: Provide students whose major is not art with a great opportunity to pursue their hobby.

Reason 2: Club can periodically organize trips to different art museums to have fun.

Listening：

Man agrees.

Reason 1: although his major is chemistry in college, however he had learnt painting for a long time when he was young. This new change will offer him a good chance to get some relaxation.

Reason 2: the entrance fee of art museum is quite affordable for every student. And people hanging out together is more delightful.

4.      (01/31/2015)

Reading：A student suggests the university to start a snack shop which is entirely run by students. 

Reason 1: First, it can create more job opportunities for students

Reason 2: Second, students can get snacks in a fast and easy way.

Listening：

Man agrees.

Reason 1: Students can develop their business skills by running a snack shop. And it would be great for those who would like to open business in future by doing all kinds of jobs, such as buying supplies, maintaining building and selling food.

Reason 2: The waiting time in school’s cafeteria is too long. And you need to drive for half an hour to another shop for just a cup of coffee or sandwiches.

5.      (02/01/2015)

Reading:new requirement in theater center

The school requires that all the students in the Art Department should be involved in the new program which is held in the coming fall term, which means students should go off campus to watch dramas in the theater center.

Point one: This can help students have a better understanding of art.

Point two: The school will charge each students with $35.

Listening: Man agrees with the proposal

Reason one: At present, the learning method is too simple. What they really should do is to watch the performance of the actors feel the atmosphere, and imagine themselves as a part of the play.

Reason two: When it comes to money, he doesn’t think that will be a problem. The school will make all the arrangements, and the ticket price is quite cheap compared with the market price.

Task 4:

1.      (01/10/2015)

Reading:Compromise Effect

Definition Sentence:Consumers have a natural tendency to avoid extreme products, favoring those of middle level of price.

Listening：

The professor used a company who sells coffee makers as an example.

First they have two models of coffee makers, the cheap one and the average every day model. People will buy the cheap model instead of the average model. So they add a third model, the fancy model which has a higher price.

After thatCustomers will buy the average model instead of the cheap one. That’s how the compromise effect is used in business.

2.      (01/11/2015)

Reading:CyclicPopulation Change

Definition Sentence: It’s a repeating cycle of population change of predators and preys within a ecosystem.

Listening： The professor explains this idea through examples of wolves and mice.

First In a stable climate, e.g. there are only a few wolves and a lot mice, which we suppose is Phase 1 of cyclic population change. Apparently, wolves are predators and mice are preys. After that In phase 2 wolves feed on mice and the population of them begin to increase while the population of mice begin to shrink. In phase3, there are only a few mice now and a lot of wolves. The wolves have no food to eat. Their population begins to decline after the population of mice begins to increase. Now there are only a few wolves and a lot of mice again, which is what Phase 1 is like.

3.      (01/25/2015)

Reading:Logical Consequence

Definition Sentence: A logical consequence is a method a teacher used to prevent negative behavior by imposing the unfavorable consequences on students.

Listening：The professor uses an example of his own student named Marry. In the painting class, when everyone was drawing pictures on paper, she, however, painted on the desks, which caused great property damages to schools. The professor punished her by not allowing her to play out with other kids. But it didn’t work.

The next time in the painting class the girl still didn’t correct her behavior, so this time the professor punish her to not use the paint anymore and exclude her to join this activity again. Finally her disruptive behavior ended.

4.      (01/31/2015)

Reading: Task Partition

Definition Sentence: Task partition occurs when insects organizing task into different groups to accomplish.

Listening：The professor used leaf-cutter ants to illustrate this definition.

First，Leaf-cutter ants transport their food by partitioning tasks. For example, the first group will climb up to trees and cut down leafs, instead of carrying them down, they let go and leafs would fall down to the ground, until collecting into a big pile of leafs.

Then the second group of leaf-cutter ants on the group will cut those leafs into small pieces so it’s easier to carry back to the nest. And the third group will carry those leafs back from trails to nests. It can also prevent ants from getting exhausted from all the work they need to do.

5.      (02/01/2015)

Reading:Ecosystem Reliance

Due to natural disaster or human activities, the ecosystem will be damaged. If there are only limited species in an area, once damaged, the environment of the earth will be changed forever. If there are varieties of species, nature has self-healing ability, which is known as ecosystem reliance.

Listening：

The professor gives an example of fish and plant to further illustrate this.

Due to the serious pollution, all the fish in this area died out. These fish fed on certain kind of plants. When thefish died, the plants are supposed to grow out of control. However, that was not the case. The reason was that this place had many other species, which maintained the balance of the ecosystem. If the species are limited, the plants will certainly grow out of control and change the local environment.

Task 5:

1.      (01/10/2015)

Problem：

The woman hurt her back because of moving furniture. And the doctor told her to rest for a month，but she needs to have class with heavy books.

Solution 1: She can put those books in the dorm.

Advantage：she doesn't have to take them.

Disadvantage：Since she had changed her dorm，the new dorm is really far. And now she has to go back and forth for 20 minutes.

Solution2: She can share books with others.

Advantage：she doesn't have to take heavy books.

Disadvantage：she likes take notes on books，the book owner may be unhappy.

2.      (01/11/2015)

Problem：The man locked his key inside the dorm room and he can not get into it now. His history paper is in his dorm and it is due today, and he's only got a couple of hours now.

Solution 1：He can ask his roommate to open it for him. .

Disadvantage：It'll cause some trouble for his roommate coz he is now playing soccer outside.

Solution 2：Asking the professor if he can submit a day after the deadline.

Disadvantage：But his last assignment was already been submitted later than the deadline, he’s not sure whether the professor will grant this or not.

Solution 3：He can call people of locker room. They will send someone right away.

Disadvantage：But it will cost him 15 dollars.

3.      (01/25/2015)

Problem：The boy is going to change a new apartment near school, so he has to move all his stuff from the current apartment to the new one. He called to the moving company, and he was told the small trucks had already rented out, only the big ones left.

Solution 1：He can just rent a big truck, however it would cost more money, and his packages are not that many to fill a big truck, so it is a kind of waste.

Solution 2： His friend can offer him a car, however, his car is too small, so he has to do several trips to finish moving.

4.      (01/31/2015)

Problem：The girl has a problem of apartment situation. There are too many people living with her and it’s hard to concentrate on work because of all the noises.

Solution 1：She can move into campus, because the campus dormitory has principles of keeping down noises. Also she can save a lot of money. But there is no kitchen, she likes cooking.

Solution 2： She can move to an off-campus single apartment, which will cost more. So she has to work more often, instead of 15 hours of the part-time job she works weekly, she now needs to work for 20 hours. And she won’t have any time to go shopping or catch a movie with friends

5.      (02/01/2015)

Problem ：The guy who is supposed to come and install Internetdoesn’t show up. And reschedule the time to tomorrow afternoon.Thewoman already has waited for Internet guy thewhole afternoon and she has planned to go to movies with her friends.

Solution one: Askher roommate to stay tomorrow afternoon.

Advantage &Disadvantage: Her roommate has a review session to attend. Although it is not arequired course, she feels that it is important to take the class because it isimportant for her test.

Solution two:Cancel her plan to the movies.

Advantage &Disadvantage: She can cancel the plan, but she has been waiting all afternoon,so it is her roommate's turn to wait. At the same time, the woman will feelguilty to miss the movie that she is supposed to watch.

Task 6:

1.      (01/10/2015)

The professor discusses two types of physical features of fruit to transport seeds.

The first one is to stick the seeds to animals' fur.

For example: The burdock will stick the seeds to the animal which are close and stick the seeds to its fur to carry them to other places.

The other one is to float in the water.

For example: The coconut. When its seeds fall off from the pulm tree，they will drop into the water. That's why their seeds can be found in places hundreds or thousands of miles away.

2.      (01/11/2015)

The professor discusses two types of physical features of fruit to transport seeds.

First Feature: The first one is to stick the seeds to animals' fur.

For example: The burdock will stick the seeds to the animal which are close and stick the seeds to its fur to carry them to other places.

Second Feature: The other one is to float in the water.

For example: The coconut. When its seeds fall off from the palm tree，they will drop into the water. That's why their seeds can be found in places hundreds or thousands of miles away.

3.      (01/25/2015)

Listening：In the biology class, the professor is giving a lecture to explain how fish can live in the fast flow of water in the river. There are two ways for fish to keep balance in the water.

The first one is that fish has strong fins, which are usually very big and with powerful muscular tissue. The professor uses catfish to illustrate. When the water is flowing harshly, catfish moves its fins rapidly. With this, it can keep staying stably in the center of water.

The second way is that when the water flow is too fierce, it chooses to stay near the bank of river to avoid being rushed off. The trout is a typical one. More pleasantly, the water around band is usually with filled with more prays for fish to eat.

4.      (01/31/2015)

Listening： The professor the professor in the history class uses the example of railway system to explain the economy changes in United State.

First Feature:

Create more business within the country.

For example: Take an example of a clock shop, before the railway was used for transporting goods to different areas, they only sell clock near city and town. With railway system, they can sell products to all parts of United State.

Second Feature:

Bring raw material to new location.

For example: To example as certain southern part of United State, which didn’t have any naturally discovered coal. With railway to transport, coal can be transport to new locations, which help to provide power for machines.

5.      (02/01/2015)

In the historyclass, the professor gives an lecture to illustrate the importance of stars tothe ancient people.

First, stars can help farming.

Example: Duringsummer, ancient people set the farming time according to the appearance ofstars.

Second, starsplays a role of navigation.

Example: Vikings on the sea used stars to tell the direction

 

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