Part One 听辨练习
A. Listen to and repeat the questions .
Do you want Coffee or tea?
Was it Sally or Helen?
Is it John or Fred?
Is Billy hungry or tired?
Was your sister happy or sad?
Is this your bag or his?
Do you like to go out or stay at home?
Is the girl in red or the girl in yellow?
Is this your mirror or mine?
Is the book thick or thin?
B. Listen carefully. Then repeat the phrases .In these questions there are three choices .
Coffee, tea, or milk
Hondas, Volvos, or Toyotas
Math, science, or history
Repeat the sentences.
Would you like coffee, tea, or milk?
Do they sell Hondas, Volvos, or Toyotas?
Are you studying math, science, or history?
C. Now form questions. Ask someone to make a choice between two things. Begin with one of the phrases below and select two of the three appropriate items in the list .
Example:
Do you like baseball or soccer?
1. Do you like...? coffee tea milk
2. Who called? Was it...? John Roberto Paul
3. Are you studying...? New York London Paris
4. Would you like...? the post office the shoe store the bank
5. Was that woman...? basketball baseball soccer
6. Does your son play…? her mother her sister a friend
7. Are you going to...? Chinese Japanese Vietnamese
8. Is Gloria going to marry...? walk drive take the bus
D．Ask questions that require the listener to make a choice among two or three things .
As suggestions, ask about:
(1) the kind of car someone drives (Does Jim drive a Ford or a Chevrolet?)
(2) someone’s nationality, birthplace, or native language (Is your native language
Chinese, Korean, or Japanese?)
(3) favorite kind of entertainment (Do you prefer to go to the movies, read, or
　　watch television?)
(4) favorite vacation spots or cities (Would you like to see London, New York, or
　　Ricde Janeiro?)
(5) favorite mode of transportation (Do you prefer traveling by train, plane, or
　　car?)
(6) favorite kinds of foods, as on a menu (Would you like peas, carrots, or
　　potatoes?)
E. Read the following dialogue .
A: The May Day holiday is coming. Have you made any plan? Are you going to
　　stay here or go out for a traveling?
B: I haven’t decided yet. But I may go out.
A: Where have you planned to go?
B: I want to go to Shanghai, but I also want to visit Hainan.
A: Then which will be your last choice?
B: I don’t know. How about you? Stay here or leave for other places?
A: I have decided to go to Taishan.
B: By train or by plane?
A: By train.
B: You alone or together with others?
A: Only myself. I prefer traveling alone.
B: If you go out, would you like to go alone or together with others.
A: I think I will choose the latter.