现代大学英语听力全册答案.doc

Unit 1 Task 1: 【答案】【原文】 Saxophonist Kenny G is now the worlds most successful jazz musician. He was bo in 1956 as Kenny Gorelick in Seattle, USA, and he learned to play the saxophone at an early age. When he was just 15 years old, he toured Europe with his High School band. After studying at Washington University he started his career as a musician. In 1982 he signed for Arista Records and made his first solo album Kenny G. Success came slowly at first, but during the 1990s Kenny became well-known on the international scene. He released Breathless, his most successful album so far in 1993, and in 1994 won the Best Artist Award at the 21st American Music Awards held in Los Angeles. As well as making records, he also found time to play in front of another famous saxophone player?US President Bill Clinton?at the Gala for the President concert in Washington, and to break the world record for playing a single note (45 minutes and 47 seconds!) at the J R Music World Store in New York in 1997. During the last 20 years, Kenny G has played with superstars like Aretha Franklin, Michael Bolton and Whitney Houston, and he has sold more than 36 million albums worldwide... and he hasnt sung a note! Task 2: 【答案】【原文】 ?Senn: Everybody always has this misconception that female policemen dont do the same thing as men do, you know. Ive worked.. ?Interviewer: Thats not true??Senn:?That is not true! ?Ive worked my share?of graveyard shifts, and, you know, split shifts, and double-back and no days off, and... ?Interviewer: Uh-huh... ? Senn: ?...as much as the next guy. Theres no distinction used if theres a male or female officer on duty. ?Two men on duty—Ill refer to as two men, ?’cause in my field ?theres no difference between the genders. Were still the same. Okay, if theres two men on duty—just because ones a female, she still gets in on the same type of call. If theres a bar disturbance downtown,?then we go too. ?Theres been many times where being the only officer on duty—t