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先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍,争取掌握大意。然后,一句一句精听,力争每句话都听明白。遇到实在不懂的地方,再听写。
下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的词都很简单,不过是一些值得注意的连读或者典型的美式发音哦,有些语速比较快。试试看,你能不能全部写对?
(参考文本,欢迎指出错误^^)
Two years ago, Thomas Natrka was enrolled in Ohio University trying to get a master’s degree in mechanical engineering when he ___1___ with his advisor. The advisor had some problems with Natrka’s thesis’ proposal. That prompted the 38-year-old student to go to the school library to ___2___ to try to determine what ___3___. Natrka was ___4___ he found. Many of the papers contained obvious examples of plagiarism. He says in one case more than 15 pages have been copied and another 14 pages including typos. As he pursuit his inquiry, Natrka says he also found evidence that professors in the college of engineering technology had condoned the use of unoriginal and uncited material. “The basis of all this is integrity, incredibility of a degree from O.U. I never imagine that this type of thing would be happening in a graduate program at a reputable, accredited university.” Tom Natrka reported his findings to Ohio University officials earning him a label of whistleblower. Others though attack Natrka as a student ___5___ because his thesis proposal was rejected.
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参考答案:
1.got into a dispute
2.look up other thesis
3.he'd done wrong
4.startled at what
5.with a grudge
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