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TOEFL托福英语听力练习题目：Japanese Bamboo Artifacts

1. According to the presentation, it was believed that:
A. bamboo was the food of the Shinto gods.
B. the Shinto gods lived inside the bamboo.
C. the early inhabitants worship bamboo as their gods.

2. What makes bamboo such a useful raw material?
A. It is a very pliable and sturdy plant.
B. It can be reused over and over again.
C. It is easy to cut and carve into different shapes.

3. What is the chashaku used for during the tea ceremony?
A. It is used for measuring tea.
B. It is used to add flavoring like sugar to the tea.
C. It is used for serving sweets to your guests.

4. A chasen is a tool used to:
A. remove the foam from the tea.
B. mix the tea.
C. taste-test the tea.

5. What is a mimikaki used for?
A. It is used to scratch the roots of your hair around your ears.
B. It is used to check your hearing.
C. It is used to clean the inside of your ears.

听力原文

TOEFL托福英语英语听力原文：

Hi, this is Randall from Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab. Now today, I'd like to talk about several interesting cultural artifacts that are a part of daily lives of the Japanese, and perhap. . . perhaps other Asian countries as well.

Now, for hundreds and even thousands of years, the bamboo plant has played an important role in the lives of the Japanese, and at one time, it was believed that the Shinto gods could be found in the stem of the bamboo plant, and this is something that is portrayed in one of Japan's oldest tales, the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.

Now, bamboo is a very versatile plant. It's light and flexible, an . . . but strong, and there are many varieties of it. Now today, I'd like to talk about three bamboo objects.

First of all, the chashaku. And this is a chashaku. And the chashaku is a tea spoon, and it is used for measuring powdered green tea during the tea ceremony.

Uh, second, uh . . . is a chasen. And this is a chasen. And a chasen is a tea whisk, and it is for mixing the powdered green tea in a small bowl, uh, until . . . a . . . it becomes a frothy mixture.

Finally, uh, I'd like to introduce the mimikaki. This is a mimikaki. And although it looks like a small type of spoon, it is act . . . actually an earpick . . .uh . . . used for cleaning out ear wax.

Now, Today I talked about three different . . . uh . . . bamboo objects: the chasen, the chashaku, and the mimikaki, but these are only three of the many bamboo objects that can be found in Japan. References

Armstrong, H. with Osborne, D., O'Conner, W., Davis, R., and Parker, D. (1993). Interchange Videoductions [Video]. Yokohama Academy: Yokohama, Japan.
The Bamboo Museum, Kyoto, Japan.