新托福听力慢速练习比较适合一些英语不好的考生，可以先从慢速英语单句开始练习，这样循序渐进地慢慢从句子到短文，再到长篇文章的听力。这是第5天的内容。
1. Having submitted its report, the committee adjourned until the next meeting.
委员会递交了报告后便休会了，一直到下次会议。
2. Although groceries were high, the family managed to get by on sixty dollars a week.
尽管食品价格很高，全家人设法靠每周60美元勉强过得去。
3. Mary thought that the dress would fit, but she had to exchange it later.
马利原以为衣服会合适，但后来又不得不去换。
4. The workers are threatening to go on strike unless the company raises the hourly wage.
工人们威胁要继续罢工，除非公司提高工资。
5. Slightly more than 25 percent of the students in the class come from Spanish-speaking countries.
班上略微多于百分之二十五的学生来自说西班牙语的国家。
6. When the pianist had finished, the audience stood up and gave him a hand.
钢琴家演奏完毕之后，观众纷纷站起来与他握手。
7. Jennifer is allergic to seafood, so I’ll have to change my menu for Saturday night.
杰尼佛对海物过敏，所以我不得不改变星期六晚上的菜谱。
8. The court found the man innocent of murdering his wife.
法院认定该男子没有杀害妻子，判他无罪。
9. The contractor advised the couple not to paint their house until the weather warmed up a little.
承包商建议这夫妻俩等天气稍微暖和点时再刷房子。
10. It’s too bad Mr. Nelson’s son couldn’t have found a more comfortable apartment to live in.
真是太糟糕了，纳尔逊的儿子找不到一个舒适点的公寓住。
11. The professor suggests that we write in ink on alternate lines so that he can make corrections in pencil.
教授建议我们用墨水隔行写，这样他可以用铅笔批改。(alternate:交替的。)
12. She is unqualified to fill the position as executive secretary of the firm.
她没有资格坐公司执行秘书这个位置。(executive secretary: 行政或执行秘书，执行干事，负责组织及管理某一机构或团体的活动及其日常事务。)
13. Having worked for the same company for many years, he is convinced of the superiority of its products.
他在同一公司干了许多年了，十分确信他的产品的优越性。
14. Because the lecturer failed to come to the point quickly, the class was dismissed an hour late.
由于讲座人未能够很快地说到点子上，课晚下了一个小时。
15. Although there was a lack of interest to begin with, the main reason that they postponed the picnic was the rain.
尽管缺乏开始的兴趣，他们推迟野餐的主要原因是有雨。
16. At the bank, Bill is second in command.
彼尔是继佛兰克之后第二个说了算的人。
17. The price of the room for two is 25 dollars, but with one extra person, it’ll be 29 dollars.
两个人住的房间价格是25美元，但是增加一个人的话就是29美元了。
18. The play should have begun at eight, but the curtain didn’t rise until half past eight.
演出应该在八点开始，但是在八点半幕才拉开。
19. I find your grammar and organization above average, Bob, but your spelling could stand some improvement.
鲍伯,我发现你的语法和组织超过一般，可你的拼写应有所改进。
20. I would never have lent Mike my car if I had known that he had a past record of driving violations.
如果我知道麦克过去曾有过违章驾驶记录的话，我是根本不会把我的汽车借给他的。
