(2) Who is Charlton Heston? a. The man in the dialogue.
b. An actor performing in Soylent Green. c. A person in the story of Soylent Green. (3) What is the film about? a. Life in New York in 2022. b. Life in New York in 2020. c. Life in New York in 2002.
(4) How many people does New York have in the movie? a. Eight million. b. Fourteen million. c. Forty million. (5) Which of the following mentioned in the film is not a result of pollution? a. The soil produces nothing.
b. New York has ninety degree weather all year long. c. People ride bicycles instead of driving cars. (6) Which of the following is made out of ocean plants? a. Soylent red. b. Soylent yellow. c. Soylent green.
B. True or False Questions.
(1) (T)In the movie only rich people can have real food. (2) (F)Most people eat crackers.
(3) (T)Greenhouse effect is a result of pollution.
(4) (F)The woman believes that the film is a true prediction of the future, though the man disagrees with her.
C. Fill in the following blanks to give a clear picture of the problems New York faces in the movie.
1) Over population: New York has 40 million people. 2) Housing shortage: Most people have no apartment. Thousands sleep on the step of the building. People who do have a place to live have to crawl over sleeping people to get inside. 3) The soil is so polluted that nothing will grow. The air is so polluted that they never see the sun. 4) Most people have no real food. They eat something called soylent: soylent red, soylent yellow, and soylent green. The first two are made out of soybeans. The soylent green is made out of ocean plants. 5) New York has ninety degree weather all year long. 6) Fuel shortage: There is so little electricity that people have to ride bycicles to make it.
Section Two:
Task 1: American Indians
A. Answer the following questions briefly.
1) When did Christopher Columbus arrive in what he believed to be ―India‖? Answer: 1492
2) Why did he call the native Americans ―Indians‖/ Answer: He thought that he had arrived in India. 3) How did the Indians treat the early settlers? Answer: They were kind to them and wanted to help.
4) Why did the Europeans start to take the land from the Indians? Answer: (1) They wanted bigger farms and more land for themselves. (2) More immigrants came from Europe. 5) How did the Indians think of the land?
Answer: It was their mother. Everything came from and went back to their mother. And it
was for everybody.
6) How did the Indians react when the white began to take their land? Answer: They started fighting back. 7) What was the result?
Answer: By 1875 the Indians had lost the fight and had to live in ―reservations‖. 8) How are the Indians and the White Man portrayed in Hollywood films?
Answer: The Indians are bad and the White Man is good and brave in Hollywood films.
B. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) for each of the following questions.
(1) Which of the following word describes the relationship between the Indians and the early settlers? a. Friendly. b. Estranged. c. Hostile.
(2) Which of the following is not mentioned in the text? a. Peanuts. b. Corn. c. Potatoes. (3) Which of the following does not describe the land the Indians were left with? a. Too cold. b. Too hot. c. Too dry.
(4) Which of the following does not explain why the White Man took land from the \
a. It had important minerals in it. b. He wanted to make national parks there. c. He needed more land for new immigrants.
Task 2: New Australians
A. 1.Identification. Match a name in Column I with a place in Column II to find where the person is from.
Column I Column II (1) Margaret a. Greece (2) Mario b. Italy (3) Helena c. Spain (4) Juan d. Scotland
Answer: （1）—(d) (2)—(b) (3)—(a) (4)—(c)
B. Fill in the blanks to complete the information about the number connected with the following events.
Column I Column II (1) The population of Australia: a) (more than 15 million) (2) The number of Aborigines: b) (160,000) (3) Gold was discovered: c) (the year 1851) (4) People went to Australia from 1851 to 1861: d) (700,000)
C. True or False Questions.
(1) (F)Most of the settlers in Australia came from Britain until 1850.
(2) (T)Many of the immigrants to Australia from 1851 to 1861 were from China, because China is near to Australia.
(3) (F)The Italians dominate the sugar industry of Australia.
(4) (F)The Greeks are the fourth largest national group in Australia, after the British, the Scottish and the Italians.
(5) (T)The Greeks went to work in vineyards or coalmines or started cafes and bars and restaurants.
(6) (T)Many Greeks went to Australia after WWII because the conditions in Greece were bad, whereas Australia offered to pay the boat fare to Australia.
D. Fill in the blanks with events connected with the following time expressions. 1. Italians
the 1850s and 1860s: (Different states in Italy were fighting for independence and some Italians were to Australia for political reasons. Some others went there for gold.)
1891: (The first group of three hundred Italians went to work in the sugar-cane fields of northern Australia.)
the end of the nineteenth century: (Some good Italian fishermen went to western Australia.) 2. Greeks
1830: (The first Greeks went to work in vineyards in south-eastern Australia.) the 1860s: (There were about five hundred Greeks in Australia.)
1890: (There were Greek cafes and restaurants all over Sydney and out in the countryside.) after WWII: (Many Greeks arrived in Australia.)
Section Three
Task 1: Learning to Predict
Listen to the following sentences. When you hear \what the speaker is going to say next. 1) Answer: It‘s good exercise. Keeps you fit.
Reason: The word ―yeah‖ suggests that the boy will say something in agreement with the
woman‘s comment.
2) Answer: We turn the music up really loud and start dancing.
Reason: The phrase ―why not‖ suggests that the boys will simply dance in the street. 3) Answer: They can‘t do it like me yet.
Reason: The word ―but‖ suggests an opposite meaning. 4) Answer: It‘s a vey old book.
Reason: The word ―actually‖ also suggests an opposite meaning. 5) Answer: Write down your address and I‘ll get the boy to bring them round.
Reason: The conversation takes place in a store. If the store owner agrees to deliver the goods, the only thing he wants to know will be the address of the customer. 6) Answer: Tell us all about it over dinner.
Reason: The woman sounds very much interested in the man‘s experience. So she will
certainly ask the man to tell her something about it.
Task 2: Dictation
The following paragraphs will be read to you slowly. Listen to it for three times, and while listening write as much and as closely to the original text as you can.
The Foolish Frog
Once upon a time a big, fat frog lived in a tiny shallow pond. He knew every plant and stone in it, and he could swim across it easily. He was the biggest creature in the pond, so he was very important. When he croaked, the water snails listened politely. And the water beetles always swam behind him. He was very happy there.
One day, while he was catching flies, a pretty dragon fly passed by. 'You're a very fine frog,' she sang, 'but why don't you live in a bigger pond? Come to my pond. You'll find a lot of frogs there. You'll meet some fine fish, and you'll see the dangerous ducks. And you must see our lovely water lilies. Life in a large pond is wonderful!'
'Perhaps it is rather dull here,' thought the foolish frog. So he hopped after the dragon fly. But he didn't like the big, deep pond. It was full of strange plants. The water snails were rude to him, and he was afraid of the ducks. The fish didn't like him, and he was the smallest frog there. He was lonely and unhappy.
He sat on a water lily leaf and croaked sadly to himself, 'I don't like it here. I think I'll go home tomorrow.'
But a hungry heron flew down and swallowed him up for supper.