Lesson Two    Family

I. LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Section One (Listen to the tape for the textbook)

A. Dialogue I (True/False)

( ) 1. The picture in question belongs to Wang Peng.
( ) 2. Little Gao doesn¡¯t have any younger brothers.
( ) 3. Little Gao¡¯ s parents are in the picture.
( ) 4. All the people in the picture are members of Little Gao¡¯s family.
( ) 5. Mr. Li does not have any sons.

B. Dialogue II (Multiple choice)

( ) 1. How many people are there in Little Zhang¡¯ s family?
a.3      b.4      c.5      d.6
( ) 2. flow many people are there in Li You¡¯s family?
a.3      b.4      c.5      d.6
( ) 3. How many older sisters does Little Zhang have?
a.O     b.1      c.2      d.3
( ) 4. How many younger sisters does Li You have?
a.O     b.1      c.2      d.3
( ) 5. How many older brothers does Little Zhang have?
a.O     b.1      c.2      d.3
( ) 6. How many younger brothers does Little Zhang have?
a.O     b.1      c.2      d.3
( ) 7. How many children do Little Zhang¡¯s parents have?
a.2      b.3      c.4      d.5
( ) 8. How many sons do Li You¡¯s parents have?
a.O     b.1      c.2      d.3
( ) 9. Little Zhang¡¯s father is a _________
a. lawyer         b. teacher        c. doctor         d. student
( ) 10. Li You¡¯s mother is a __________
a. lawyer         b. teacher        c. doctor         d. student

Section Two (Listen to the tape for the workbook) (Multiple choice)

A. Dialogue I

( ) Who are the people in the picture?

a. The woman¡¯s father and mother.
b. The woman¡¯s mother and younger sister.
c. The woman¡¯s older sister and younger sister.
d. The woman¡¯s mother and older sister.

B. Dialogue II

( ) 1. Which of the following is true?

a. Both the man and the woman have older brothers.
b. Both the man and the woman have younger brothers.
c. The man has an older brother but no younger brother.
d. The man has a younger brother but no older brother.

( ) 2. Why does the woman laugh at the end of the conversation? Because she finds it

funny that _____________

a. neither the man nor she herself has younger brothers
b. neither the man nor she herself has older brothers
c. the man has failed to ,count himself as his older brother¡¯s younger brother
d. the man has failed to count himself as his younger brother¡¯s older brother

C. Dialogue III

( ) 1. The man¡¯s mother is a _______

a. teacher        b. student        c. doctor         d. lawyer

( ) 2. The woman¡¯s father is a ________

a. teacher        b. student        c. doctor         d. lawyer

D. Dialogue IV

( ) 1. How many brothers does the woman have?

a.1      b.2      c.3      d.4

( ) 2. How many daughters do the woman¡¯s parents have?

a.1      b.2      c.3      d.4

( ) 3. How many people in the woman¡¯s family are older than herself?

a.2      b.3      c.4      d.5

( ) 4. How many people in the man¡¯s family are younger than himself?

a.O     b.1      c.2      d.3

( ) 5. Why do the speakers disagree on the number of the people in the man¡¯s family? Because he forgot to count in ___________

a. his older brother       b. his younger sister
c. his younger brother  d. himself