新理念外语网络教学平台第二版综合答案B2U8-A.docx

全新版第二版综合B2U8-A Part I Listening Comprehension ( 10 minutes ) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear ten statements. Numbers 1 to 6 are based on Text A while the rest are based on Text B. Each statement will be read ONLY ONCE. Listen carefully and decide whether each statement is true or false. 1. A) T B) F Script: In spring and autumn people traveled from great distances to observe the flood of migrants. 正确答案： A 2. A) T B) F Script: It had been not from long time ago when the first settlers raised their houses, sank their wells and built their barns. 正确答案： B 3. A) T B) F Script: Everything began to change when a strange blight crept over the area. 正确答案： A 4. A) T B) F Script: Children would be stricken suddenly while at play and die within a few hours. 正确答案： A 5. A) T B) F Script: Anglers no longer visited the streams for all the fish had died. 正确答案： A 6. A) T B) F Script: Witchcraft and enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. 正确答案： B 7. A) T B) F Script: Natural events and human activities are believed to be contributing to an increase in average global temperatures. 正确答案： A 8. A) T B) F Script: The environment, rigorously shaping and directing the life it supported, contained elements that were hostile as well as supporting. 正确答案： A 9. A) T B) F Script: It is possible to lay down poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life. 正确答案： B 10. A) T B) F Script: The chemical war is never won, and all life is caught in its violent crossfire. 正确答案： A Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. Most people have (11)_ environmental pollution in the form of an open garbage dump. However, pollution can also be (12)_ . Some kinds of pollution do not actually dirty the land, air, or water, but they reduce the quality of life for people and (13)_ . For example, noise from (14)_ and machinery can be considered forms of pollution. Environmental pollution is one of the most (15)_ problems facing humanity. Badly polluted air can cause (16)_ illnesses. Some air pollutants have reduced the capacity of the atmosphere to (17)_ the suns harmful ultraviolet (18)_ . Many scientists believe that these and other air pollutants have begun to change (19)_ around the world. Ocean pollution (20)_ many marine organisms. Script: Most people have witnessed environmental pollution in the form of an open garbage dump. However, pollution can also be invisible. Some kinds of pollution do not actually dirty the land, air, or water, but they reduce the quality of life for people and other living things. For example, noise from traffic and machinery can be considered forms of pollution. Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing humanity. Badly polluted air can cause life-threatening illnesses. Some air pollutants have reduced the capacity of the atmosphere to filter out the suns harmful ultraviolet radiation. Many scientists believe that these and other air pollutants have begun to change climates around the world. Ocean pollution endangers many marine organisms. 正确答案： witnessed 正确答案： invisible 正确答案： other living things 正确答案： traffic 正确答案： serious 正确答案： life-threatening 正确答案： filter out 正确答案： radiation 正确答案： climates 正确答案： endangers Part II Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes ) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with several blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live 21 its surroundings. The town 22 the midst of a checkerboard of 23 farms, with fields of grain and hillsides of 24 where, in spring, white clouds of bloom 25 above the green fields. In autumn, oak and maple and birch set up a blaze of color that flamed and 26 across a backdrop of pines. Then foxes barked in the hills and deer silently crossed the fields, half 27 in the mists of the autumn mornings. Along the roads, laurel, viburnum and alder, great ferns and wild flowers, 28 the travelers eye through much of the year. Even in winter the roadsides were places of beauty, where 29 birds came to feed on the berries and on the seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow. The countryside was, in fact, famous for the 30 and variety of its bird life, and when the flood of migrants was pouring through in spring and autumn people traveled from great distances to observe them. A) lay onB) in harmony withC) countableD) lay in E) prosperousF) orchardsG) abundantH) drifted I) propertyJ) flickeredK) hiddenL) delighted M) countlessN) abundanceO) flicked 21._ 正确答案： B 22._ 正确答案： D 23._ 正确答案： E 24._ 正确答案： F 25._ 正确答案： H 26._ 正确答案： J 27._ 正确答案： K 28._ 正确答案： L 29._ 正确答案： M 30._ 正确答案： N Section B Directions: There are several 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. Passage One Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. When school was out, I hurried to find my sister and get out of the schoolyard before seeing anybody in my class. But Barbara and her friends had beaten us to the playground entrance and they seemed to be waiting for us. Barbara said, So now youre in the A class. She sounded impressed. Whats the A class? I asked. Everybody made superior yet faintly envious giggling sounds. Well, why did you think the teacher moved you to the front of the room, dopey? Didnt you know you were in the C class before, way in the back of the room? Of course I hadnt known. The Wenatchee fifth grade was bigger than my whole school which had been in North Dakota, and the idea of subdivisions within a grade had never occurred to me. The subdividing for the first marking period had been done before I came to the school, and l had never, in the six weeks when Id been there, talked to anyone long enough to find out about the A, B, and C classes. I still could not understand why that had made such a difference to Barbara and her friends. I didnt yet know that it was shameful and dirty to be a transient laborer and ridiculous to be from North Dakota. I thought living in a tent was more fun than living in a house. I didnt know that we were gypsies, really (how that thought would have excited me then! ). It didnt occur to me that we were all looked upon as one more of the untrustworthy natural phenomena, drifting here and there like mists or winds, I didnt know that I was the only child who had camped on the Baumanns land ever to get out of the C class. I only knew that for two happy days I walked to school with Barbara and her friends, played hopscotch and jumped rope with them at class intervals, and was even invited into the house for some ginger ale a strange drink I had never tasted before. 31. The tone of this passage as a whole is _. A) reflective B) enthusiastic C) impersonal D) defensive 正确答案： A 32. The narrator had most probably been placed in the C class because _. A) she was a poor reader B) she had come from a small school C) the marking system confused her D) all children of transient laborers were placed in the C class 正确答案： D 33. The basic reason why people in the community distrusted the transient workers was that the transient workers _. A) tended to be lawbreakers B) had little schooling C) were afraid of strangers D) were temporary residents 正确答案： D 34. Which of the following is NOT the characteristic of Gypsies? A) Wandering around the world. B) Making ginger ale in their house. C) Never planting something. D) Being foreigners wherever they go. 正确答案： B 35. Immediately after the narrator was moved to the A class, what was the attitude of Barbara and Barbaras friends towards her? A) Dislike. B) Acceptance. C) Apology. D) Jealousy. 正确答案： B Passage Two Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. Imagine a mass of floating waste is two times the size of the state of Texas. Texas has a land area of more than 678,000 square kilometers. So it might be difficult to imagine anything twice as big. All together, this mass of waste flowing in the North Pacific Ocean is known as the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch. It weighs about 3,500,000 tons. The eastern part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is about l,600 kilometers west of California. The western part is west of the Hawaiian Islands and east of Japan. The area has been described as a kind of oceanic desert，with light winds and slow moving water currents. The water moves so slowly that garbage from all over the world collects there. In recent years, there have been growing concerns about the floating garbage and its effect on sea creatures and human health. Scientists say thousands of animals get trapped in the floating waste, resulting in death or injury. Even more die from a lack of food or water after swallowing pieces of plastic. The floating garbage can also have harmful effects on people. There is an increased threat of infection of disease from polluted waste, and from eating fish that swallowed waste. Divers can also get trapped in the plastic. Its existence first gained public attention in l997. That was when racing boat captain and oceanographer Charles Moore and his crew sailed into the garbage while returning from a racing event. Five years earlier, another oceanographer learned of the trash after a shipment of rubber ducks got lost at sea. Many of those toys are now part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch. In August, 2009, a team from the University of California, San Diego became the latest group to travel to it. They were shocked by the amount of waste they saw. They gathered hundreds of sea creatures and water samples to measure the garbage patchs effect on ocean environment. 36. How did the writer introduce the topic of the passage? A) By giving an example. B) By listing the facts. C) By telling a story. D) By giving a comparison. 正确答案： D 37. What do we know about the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch? A) It is made up of various kinds of plastic products. B) It is a solid mass of floating waste materials. C) It lies l60,000 kilometers east of California. D) It is described as a kind of oceanic desert. 正确答案： A 38. Why do people pay attention to the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch? A) Because it may prevent the flow of ocean water. B) Because the polluted plastic articles will move up the food chain. C) Because it may be from an island in the pacific. D) Because ships may be trapped in the floating waste. 正确答案： B 39. Which column can you find the passage on a newspaper? A) Sports and entertainment. B) Media and culture. C) Environment and society. D) Science and technology. 正确答案： C 40. The purpose of writing this passage is to_. A) warn people of the danger to travel in the pacific B) analyze what caused the waste patch in the pacific C) give advice on how to recycle waste in the ocean D) introduce the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch 正确答案： D Part III Vocabulary and Structure ( 10 minutes ) Directions: There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. 41. The arrival of the speaker _ the hall. A) quieter B) deafened C) silenced D) tongued 正确答案： C 42. Her heart beat _ when she received the love letter from the boy. A) violent B) mad C) violently D) madly 正确答案： C 43. _ is a type of literature that involves death, suffering or disaster. A) Comedy B) Plot C) Tragedy D) Ironic 正确答案： C 44. Professor Wang, _ for his informative lectures, was warmly received by his students. A) knowing B) known C) to be known D) having known 正确答案： B 45. There is no _: the President must approve the bill if Congress passes it. A) agreement B) help C) alternative D) mistake 正确答案： C 46. When you take medicine, be careful not to _ that amount printed on the bottle. A) exceed B) substitute C) surpass D) overcome 正确答案： A 47. A lot of science fiction should really be called _. A) imagination B) illusion C) drama D) fantasy 正确答案： D 48. Studies of motorway accidents have revealed _ evidence that 98% of drivers ignore all warnings of imminent danger, particularly fog. A) startling B) terrifying C) amazing D) horrifying 正确答案： A 49. Jack has been hooked on the virtual world for such a long time that he even finds it difficult to live in _ with his family members. A) relationship B) communication C) harmony D) tone 正确答案： C 50. So he drew his great sword and rushed up Achilles as an _ rushes down from the clouds upon its prey. A) angle B) eager C) eagle D) ankle 正确答案： C 51. The large waterfall _ the ear with its roar. A) stirred B) deafened C) deadened D) stifled 正确答案： B 52. The water chestnut has remarkable resemblance to the head of the buffalo in _. A) miniature B) minor C) minimum D) minority 正确答案： A 53. If you take more luggage than is allowed, you will have to pay for the _ luggage. A) access B) accessible C) excess D) excessive 正确答案： C 54. If you want to _ in the world, you must learn to work hard while you are still young. A) work your way B) make your way C) push your way D) take your way 正确答案： B 55. Both