Unit 5 What were you doing when the rainstorm came?听力部分。

一、听句子，选出句子中所包含的信息

下面你将听到五个句子，每个句子读两遍。请你听完句子的第二遍朗读后，从各小题所给出的A、B、C三个选项中，选出包含所听信息的选项。

No.1.Jenny is reading on the bus.

No.2.The strong wind was dying down at around 5:30 a.m.

No.3.I saw a strange light in the sky last night.

No.4.She was so tired that she couldn’t move.

No.5.Tom didn’t tell the truth about the accident.

二、听句子，选出该句的最佳答语

下面你将听到五个句子，每个句子读两遍。请你听完句子的第二遍朗读后，从各小题所给出的A、B、C三个选项中，选出该句的最佳答语。

No.6.What were you doing at the time of the rainstorm?

No.7.Why were the roads icy?

No.8.When did the event happen?

No.9.Where were you when the basketball match started?

No.10.Our neighborhood was a mess after the storm.

三、听对话和问题，选择正确答案

下面你将听到五组对话和八个问题，每组对话和问题读两遍。请你听完对话和问题的第二遍朗读后，从各小题所给出的A、B、C三个选项中选出正确答案。

请听第一组对话，回答第11题。

W: Oh, George, you are completely wet.

M: Yes. I was riding a bike home when the storm came.

W: You’d better change your clothes so that you don’t catch cold.

Question No.11.How did George get home?

请听第二组对话，回答第12题。

W: Peter, were you sleeping at four yesterday afternoon?

M:At four? Let me see...Oh, I was watching TV. What’s up?

W:I called you to ask about the homework but nobody answered the phone.

M: Sorry. I didn’t hear it.

Question No.12.What was Peter doing at four yesterday afternoon?

请听第三组对话，回答第13题。

M: Were you born in America, Betty?

W:No, I was born in Canada. What about you, Tom?

M: I was born in England.

Question No.13.Where was Betty born?

请听第四组对话，回答第14、15题。

M: Why were you late for the exam, Mary?

W: My alarm didn’t go off, so I got up late.

M: What time did you get up?

W: At 8: 10. I had a quick wash, then I ran downstairs. It began to rain heavily. I went back home to get an umbrella. It was about 8: 20.

M: That was not too late. The exam began at 9: 00. You could come by taxi.

W:Yes. I waited for 20 minutes, but I didn’t catch a taxi. I had to take a bus to school. The bus was so crowded.

Question No.14.What time did Mary get up?

Question No.15.How did Mary come to school?

请听第五组对话，回答第16至18题。

M:What were you doing when I called you last night?

W: I was listening to music.

M: Whose music?

W: Beethoven’s Moonlight. I love this music so much.

M: How do you feel when you listen to this music?

W: I feel the life around me is quiet and  it is really great. He’s a great musician.

M: You like the piano, don’t you?

W: Yes, I like it very much. But I can’t play. Which instrument do you like best?

M: I like the guitar best.

W: The guitar! It sounds cool.

Question No.16.What was the girl doing when the boy called her?

Question No.17.What does the girl think of Beethoven’s music?

Question No.18.Which instrument does the boy like best?

四、听短文和问题，选择正确答案

下面你将听到两篇短文和七个问题，短文和问题读两遍。请你听完短文和问题的第二遍朗读后，根据所听内容，从各小题所给出的 A、B、C三个选项中，选出正确答案。

请听第一篇短文，回答第19至21题。

W: It was Saturday afternoon. The wind was blowing strongly. Black clouds were making the sky dark. With no light outside, it felt like midnight. The news on TV reported that a heavy rainstorm would happen.Jack was helping his mother make dinner when the rain began to beat heavily against the windows. After dinner, Jack read a book for a short time. And then he went to bed. But he couldn’t sleep at first. He listened to the sound of the rain. He wanted the rain to stop because he planned to go to the beach on Sunday.

Question No.19.What did the news on TV report?

Question No.20.What was Jack doing when the rain began to beat heavily against the windows?  

Question No.21.Why did Jack want the rain to stop?

请听第二篇短文，回答第22至25题。

M: It was Saturday. Alan got a strawberry from the plate on the table and put it into his mouth and then lay down on his bed. He was bored. There was no one to play with. His good friends were very busy. Peter was training dogs at the animal’s center. Henry was working as a cleaner boy in a hospital. Harry was volunteering. After a few minutes, Alan got up, got his wallet, opened the front door and rode away. He began to think what he could buy with the money. Suddenly a dog appeared in front of him. His bike hit a tree on the side of the street. He fell off the bike.

Question No.22.What did Alan do before lying down on his bed?

Question No.23.How did Alan feel before leaving home?

Question No.24.Where was Peter?

Question No.25.What suddenly appeared in front of Alan?

五、听短文填空

下面你将听到一篇短文，短文读两遍。请你听完短文的第二遍朗读后，根据短文的内容和提示，在信息表中相应的横线上填入所缺信息。

A big event

Yuan Longping is one of the most famous scientists around the world. He worked for the people not only in China but also around the world. On May 22，2021, he died at the age of 91. I couldn’t believe it when I heard the news. It was a day that I would never forget. I was practicing the guitar when my friend Mary told me the news. I was so sad that I cried. Now as a college student in Beijing, I want to be a scientist like Yuan.