unit 8,book 1,2007年8月8日,学生用书(刘舫)

Unit 8 Part Listening Comprehension Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single line through the center. 1. A. At home. B. At the health center. C. At the riverside. D. At his office. 2. A. Having an interview. B. Filling out a form. C. Talking with his friend. D. Asking for information. 3. A. She made a mistake by taking too few courses in the first term. B. The courses she took were too difficult for her. C. She took too many courses during her first term. D. She found it difficult to deal with college courses. 4. A. Worried and frightened. B. Very relaxed. C. Quite unhappy. D. Angry with the professor. 5. A. He enjoys reading letters. B. He has been job-hunting. C. He is offering the woman a job. D. He is working for a company. 6. A. She lost her way. B. She lost her keys. C. She lost her car. D. She lost her handbag. 7. A. More than an hour and a half. B. Not more than half an hour. C. More than two hours. D. Less than an hour and a half. 8. A. She is sure who is going to win. B. Now it is a good time to start the game. 新视野大学英语综合技能训练 Students Book Unit 8, Book 1 85 C. The game has been going on for a long time. D. The same team always wins. 9. A. The ideas of the paper are not convincing. B. Some parts of the paper are not well written. C. The handwriting of the paper is not good. D. The paper is not complete. 10. A. Looking for a young lady. B. Looking for her wrist watch. C. Looking for a young gentleman. D. Looking for a man wearing a wrist watch. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will be asked some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11. A. It had many problems. B. It was the most democratic country in the world. C. It was fair to women. D. It had some minor problems to solve. 12. A. The women of some states. B. The women in the state of Wyoming only. C. The members of the National Womens Association. D. The women in the state of Massachusetts only. 13. A. At the very beginning of the 20th century. B. At the end of the 19th century. C. After Susan Anthonys death. D. Just before Susan Anthonys death. 14. A. She worked on the draft of the American Constitution. B. She was the chairman of the National Womens Association. C. She was born in New York and died in Massachusetts. D. She was an activist in the womens movement for equal rights. Passage Two Questions 15 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 15. A. People with problems. B. Travels around the world. C. Beautiful America. 86 D. People in great cities. 16. A. He spent three months writing Travels with Charley. B. He enjoyed his travels around the United States. C. He was fond of writing about his travels. D. He didnt enjoy the trip as much as Charley. Passage Three Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 17. A. The long distance between his hometown and New York. B. His unpopular character. C. The high unemployment rate in New York. D. His criminal record. 18. A. He wanted to be put in prison again. B. He needed the money to support his family. C. He hated the barber there. D. He wanted to make himself well known. 19. A. He went directly to the police station. B. He drove out of the town and tried to escape. C. He waited for the police to arrest him. D. He argued with the police angrily. 20. A. Mr. Spears enjoyed living in prison. B. Mr. Spears was known as a greedy man in his community. C. The police in New York were not very efficient. D. The only way for Mr. Spears to support his family was by going to prison again. Part Filling in the Blanks A. Directions: Complete each of the following sentences with the proper form of the words given in brackets. 1. According to some philosopher, everything in _ (exist) is reasonable. 2. Mary is a workers _ (represent) on the Board. 3. He persuaded them to join him by the sheer magnetism of his _ (person). 4. The child is so _ (create) that he always comes up with some unusual ideas. 5. The government is alarmed by the _ (drama) increase in violent crime. 6. A gifted American _ (psychology) has said, “Worry is a spasm of the emotion; the mind catches hold of something and will not let it go”. 7. Everything was turning out most _ (satisfy). 8. Ten pounds for a good dictionary seems _ (reason) enough. 9. It is the _ (combine) of wit and political analysis that makes his articles so readable. 10. Visitors to the exhibition came in an _ (end) stream. 新视野大学英语综合技能训练 Students Book Unit 8, Book 1 87 11. Parts of the film were shown again in slow _ (move). 12. I do not believe in equality of _ (capable), but I do believe in equality of opportunity. 13. The research project has only been under way for three months, so its too early to _ (valuable) its success. 14. They work hard, but their efforts are not very _ (produce). 15. The gloss and glitter of Hollywood seemed _ (fascinate) to the girl. 16. The story has been _ (true) stated. You should learn a lesson from it and never let it repeat itself. 17. The audience was/were _ (enthusiasm) on the opening night of the play. 18. _ (potential) dangerous goods are often taken back by the company in case they may do any harm to the customers. 19. She was frightened to find the door remained _ (lock) during the whole night. 20. The minister spoke highly of the _ (engineer) of the new road, which ran through the entire city. B. Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs. 1. I received his letter two weeks ago, but forgot to write _. 2. Write your idea _ while its clear in your mind. 3. I may have been beaten in this fight, but dont write me _ yetIll be back! 4. When the actor died, the character he played in the soap opera had to be written _. 5. The workers continually sought _ improvements and made more than 1,000 technical innovations. 6. He put the papers into his pocket, and sought _ another topic of conversation. 7. They sought _ a shady spot where they might sit down and rest. 8. We cant take _ any more work were fully stretched at the moment. 9. Though he is fairly well off, he is still very frugal(节俭的); he takes _ his father in that respect. 10. Its sad to see the old museum being taken _ to make way for a new shopping center. 11. He speaks English so well that hes often taken _ a native. 12. The salesmen have taken _ the old people and made them buy their poor quality goods. 13. The plane took _ despite the fog. 14. My dream began to take _ the quality of reality. 15. George is taking _ the running of our American operation. 16. Its a major decision, so why dont you sleep _ it and give me your answer in a day or two. 17. But that all depends _ the specific circumstances. 18. The search _ a new vaccine took priority over all other medical research. 88 19. Linda was occupied _ the work of redecorating her house. 20. You should take advantage _ the fine weather to paint the fence. Part Translation Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. 1. The country_ (在很大程度上依靠) its tourist trade. 2. Finally, they_ (达成了协议). 3. After six weeks work the house has begun to_ (初具规模). 4. The rain was heavy but, _ (和我们的恐惧相反) our fields were not flooded. 5. He has been _(努力奋斗着) succeed in his business. 6. The minister had his secretaries _ (安排一个记者招待会 ). 7. Knowing something as a whole is far from _ (知道它所有的细节). 8. As the presidents car appeared, the waiting crowds _ (爆发出大声的欢呼). 9. I would appreciate _ (你保守秘密). 10. Mark often attempts _ (逃脱罚款). 11. There were beautiful clothes _(在商店橱窗里展示 ). 12. _ (已经失去了 50,000 多名战士) in a seemingly endless war, the general was forced to evaluate the situation again. 13. We didnt know his telephone number, otherwise we _ (给他打电话). 14. While people may refer to television for up-to-minute news, it is unlikely that television _ (将完全取代报纸 ). 15. _ (一个人读的书越多), the more knowledge he will have. 16. If human beings were not killing each other, _ (我们会过上更幸福的生 活). 17. It is suggested that _ (小孩应该尽早接受教育). 18. She is so beautiful a girl _ (以至于许多男孩都想追求她). 19. He did some part-time jobs, teaching little children English and _ (每周在 餐馆工作六小时). 20. All these years _ (他们一直英勇地为独立而战 ). Part Cloze Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D following the passage. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter with a single line through the center. Traveling can be fun and easy. A vacation trip to another part of the country is especially 1 when the traveling conditions are good. Good traveling conditions 2 a comfortable and familiar mode of transportation, knowledge of the 3 language and system of money, 4 with the customs and habits of the people in the 新视野大学英语综合技能训练 Students Book Unit 8, Book 1 89 country, and nice travel 5 . All of us have had nice trips like this. We have good 6 of an enjoyable, relaxing trip. Most of us have also had trips that we would 7 to forget. Many conditions can produce a bad 8 experience. For example, if the four conditions 9 above do not 10 , we will probably have a bad experience, or at a difficult 11 . Students who travel to 12 country to study often have a difficult trip. They usually travel 13 , they dont know the language of the new country 14 , they are not familiar with the money system and so on. They often arrive in the new country at a huge 15 airport. From the airport, they need to 16 their way to the city where their school is. Maybe they need to 17 airplanes, to take a bus, a train, or a taxi. They need to do all this in a country 18 everything is unfamiliar: the language, the money, the people, the cities, and the weather. Later after the experiences are 19 , they can laugh. But at the 20 , they feel terrible. 1. A. enjoyable B. amusing C. happy D. favorable 2. A. include B. exclude C. conclude D. contain 3. A. places B. countrys C. areas D. citys 4. A. awareness B. understand C. familiar D. familiarity 5. A. friends B. companions C. colleagues D. company 6. A. memories B. impressions C. opinions D. pictures 7. A. like B. have C. want D. need 8. A. trip B. tour C. travel D. visit 9. A. outlined B. talked C. discussed D. listed 10. A. take place B. happen C. exist D. appear 11. A. one B. that C. condition D. situation 12. A. different B. another C. foreign D. other 13. A. along B. alone C. lonely D. themselves 14. A. yet B. too C. either D. already 15. A. national B. international C. domestic D. local 16. A. watch B. notice C. see D. find 17. A. get off B. board C. take D. change 18. A. where B. when C. that D. which 19. A. end B. complete C. over D. gone 20. A. airport B. country C. time D. day Part Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 3 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter with a single line through the center. 90 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage. Quite probably, no one appreciates the power of the written word more than a writer and a teacher. Since I am both, my inability to write with any power to my mother is one of the most serious failures of my life. My mother is the only person to whom I write in Chinese. She was born and brought up in China. Although her four America-born children can converse in her language, our fluency is elementary. Our literacy is less than that. People from Asia have poured into the United States in recent years, and much has been written about their need and efforts to learn English and American culture. But my situation is the reverse, and no less trying. I am an American attempting to reach to a language in order to communicate with a non-English-speaking parent. And I constantly find myself at a loss for words. There were Chinese words that will speak what I mean. I grasp at anything to dig them out; but they were never planted in my mind, and I unearth nothing. This happens whenever I speak to my mother in ordinary conversation. Writing, of course, is just as difficult, if not more. 1. The author is _. A. a writer B. a teacher C. a Chinese D. both A and B 2. By “Our literacy is less than that” (Para. 2, Line 3) the author means that their literacy is less _. A. than their fluency B. than fluent C. than elementary D. than both 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. most people from Asia make great efforts to learn English. B. The author has problems in speaking Chinese. C. The authors mother does not speak English. D. Writing in Chinese is less difficult than speaking in Chinese. 4. The word “unearth” (Para. 3, Line 6) is nearest in meaning to _. A. bury B. discover C. plant D. reap 5. What is the best title for this passage? A. Words Fail Me in Chinese B. Language Problems Facing a Chinese Child C. My Difficulty in Learning Chinese D. The Importance of Chinese in My Family Passage Two Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage. Psychologist George Spilich and colleagues at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, decided to find out whether, as many smokers say, smoking helps them to 新视野大学英语综合技能训练 Students Book Unit 8, Book 1 91 “think and concentrate”. Spilich put young nonsmokers, active smokers and smokers deprived of cigarettes through a series of tests. In the first test, each subject sat before a computer screen and pressed a key as soon as he or she recognized a target letter among a grouping of 96. In this simple test, smokers, deprived smokers and nonsmokers performed equally well. The next test was more complex, requiring all to scan sequences of 20 identical letters and respond the instant one of the letters transformed into a different one. Nonsmokers were faster, but under the stimulation of nicotine, active smokers were faster than deprived smokers. In the third test of short term memory, nonsmokers made the fewest errors, but deprived smokers committed fewer errors than active smokers. The fourth test required people to read a passage, then answer questions about it. Nonsmokers remembered 19 percent more of the most important information than active smokers, and deprived smokers bested those who had smoked a cigarette just before testing. Active smokers tended not only to have poorer memories but also had trouble separating important information from insignificant details. “As our tests became more complex,” sums up Spilich, “nonsmokers performed better than smokers by wider and wider margins.” He predicts, “smokers might perform adequately at many jobs until they got complicated. A smoking airline pilot could fly adequately if no problems arose, but if something went wrong, smoking might damage his mental capacity.” 6. The purpose of George Spilichs experiments is _. A. to test whether smoking has a positive effect on the mental capacity of smokers B. to show how smoking damages peoples mental capacity C. to prove that smoking affects peoples regular performance D. to find out whether smoking helps peoples short term memory 7. George Spilichs experiment was conducted in such a way as to _. A. compel the subjects to separate major information from minor details B. put the subjects through increasingly complex tests C. check the effectiveness of nicotine on smokers D. register the prompt responses of the subjects 8. The word “bested” (Para. 5, Line 3) most probably means _. A. beat B. envied C. caught up with D. made the best of 9. Which of the following statements is true? A. Active smokers in general performed better than deprived smokers. B. Active smokers responded more quickly than the other subjects. C. Nonsmokers were not better than other subjects in performing simple tasks. D. Deprived smokers gave the slowest responses to the various tasks. 92 10. We can infer from the last paragraph that _. A. smokers should not expect to become airline pilots B. smoking in emergency cases causes mental illness C. no airline pilots smoke during flights D. smokers may prove unequal to handling emergency cases Passage Three Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage. Faces, like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to recognize people? Even a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one face different from another. Yet a very young child or even an animal, such as a pigeoncan learn to recognize faces. We all take this ability for granted. We also tell people apart by how they behave. When we talk about someones personality, we mean th