全新版大学英语学习大厅综合教程第五单元D卷

全新版第二版综合 B3U5 D Part I Listening Comprehension 13 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 I m grateful for the people who have helped me and try to repay them all the time 正确答案 B 2 A T B F Script Although I have never before expressed gratitude to the people who help me a lot I can take an opportunity to thank them later on 正确答案 B 3 A T B F Script I never feel regretful that modern children prefer the electronic media to books 正确答案 B 4 A T B F Script I thank my grandma simply because she taught me many good qualities that benefit me a lot 正确答案 B 5 A T B F Script My thank you letter convinced Nelson that he had gained much success in his career 正确答案 A 6 A T B F Script I felt moved deeply because my grandma still gave me a reply although it was not an easy thing for her 正确答案 A 7 A T B F Script Those who focused on hassles disliked to exercise because they lacked passion for their life 正确答案 B 8 A T B F Script Gratitude is an inborn quality which can hardly be developed 正确答案 B 9 A T B F Script People who expressed gratitude expected to be repaid by people who felt appreciated 正确答案 B 10 A T B F Script Gratitude has the potential to change everything from its ordinary state to being a gift 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 Thursday is Thanksgiving Day in the United States a day when many Americans express gratitude for good 11 in their personal lives their 12 and the larger world But what are some of the 13 things Americans are grateful for this year Three 14 girls visiting Washington on a school trip say gratitude is as much a part of a family Thanksgiving meal as are roast 15 and yams At Thanksgiving we go around the table and say what we are 16 and thankful for and it just feels good one says I m really grateful for how close I am to my family and friends 17 another and how they are always there for me and we are always here for each other 18 on New York s Broadway Avenue has seen his share of sorrows 19 I m breathing and I have two arms and two legs and I can talk and see You wake up and you say Dang Thank God I m alive And I get to work every day I m just grateful for what I ve got he says As 20 lies fast asleep Angel Figueroa and his wife Jessica Torres say they re thankful for happiness joy and being parents this Thanksgiving Torres says the couple plans to teach their daughter to express gratitude easily and often It s a healthy way to live Gratitude keeps the world going in a positive way Script Thursday is Thanksgiving Day in the United States a day when many Americans express gratitude for good fortune in their personal lives their communities and the larger world But what are some of the specific things Americans are grateful for this year Three teenage girls visiting Washington on a school trip say gratitude is as much a part of a family Thanksgiving meal as are roast turkey and yams At Thanksgiving we go around the table and say what we are grateful and thankful for and it just feels good one says I m really grateful for how close I am to my family and friends adds another and how they are always there for me and we are always here for each other A street vendor on New York s Broadway Avenue has seen his share of sorrows yet remains appreciative I m breathing and I have two arms and two legs and I can talk and see You wake up and you say Dang Thank God I m alive And I get to work every day I m just grateful for what I ve got he says As their infant daughter lies fast asleep Angel Figueroa and his wife Jessica Torres say they re thankful for happiness joy and being parents this Thanksgiving Torres says the couple plans to teach their daughter to express gratitude easily and often It s a healthy way to live Gratitude keeps the world going in a positive way 正确答案 fortune 正确答案 communities 正确答案 specific 正确答案 teenage 正确答案 turkey 正确答案 grateful 正确答案 adds 正确答案 A street vendor 正确答案 yet remains appreciative 正确答案 their infant daughter 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 Rather than saying they would forgive that I hadn t 21 thanked them instead for Pete s sake they were thanking me for having remembered for having considered they had done anything so 22 Always the college professor my dad had carefully avoided anything he considered too 23 so I knew how moved he was to write me that after having helped educate many young people he now felt that his best results included his own son The Reverend Nelson wrote that his 24 as a simple old fashioned principal had ended with schools undergoing such swift changes that he had retired in self doubt I heard more of what I had done wrong than what I did right he said adding that my letter had brought him welcome 25 that his career had been appreciated A glance at Grandma s 26 handwriting brought back in a flash memories of standing alongside her white rocking chair watching her settin down some letter to relatives 27 Grandma would slowly 28 one word then the next so that a finished page would 29 hours I wept over the page 30 my Grandma s recent hours invested in expressing her loving gratefulness to me whom she used to diaper A sentimentalB reassuranceC exceptionalD Character by character E representingF consumeG sensationalH similar I accomplishJ familiarK obviouslyL assurance M presentingN decadesO previously 21 正确答案 O 22 正确答案 C 23 正确答案 A 24 正确答案 N 25 正确答案 B 26 正确答案 J 27 正确答案 D 28 正确答案 I 29 正确答案 F 30 正确答案 E 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 Four weeks ago US children dressed as monsters and asked for sweets That was Halloween In a few weeks American houses will be red and green and filled with presents For Christmas As if all this isn t enough on Thursday this week America will enjoy another festival Thanksgiving Children will have two days off school shops will close and houses will be filled with families enjoying mountains of food Every year in Gainesville Florida all entire class celebrate Thanksgiving together The class dresses up and puts on plays for their families After the plays the families share a feast of traditional Thanksgiving foods like turkey and pumpkin pie Dean Foster an 11 year old boy will take part in this celebration He said I love Thanksgiving because it means time off school lots of nice food and a happy family His brother Ben nine said The best thing about Thanksgiving is that when it is finished it is time to start Christmas But behind the food and the large amount of money spent there is another message On Thursday evening Dean and Ben s family will make a basket and put it on the table as they eat their evening meal Each of them will write a list of things that they are thankful for and place the paper in the basket The family will read the pieces of paper and take time to thank God and each other for providing them with comfortable and happy lives Thanksgiving is a traditional festival that started in 1621 when the first pilgrims arrived in the US to start a new life After a hard year they had a big autumn harvest They held a feast and invited the native American Indians along to thank God for giving them enough food In time other colonies began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving But it took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day During the Civil War Sarah Josepha Hale persuaded Abraham Lincoln to do something about it He proclaimed the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day of thanksgiving Today Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November Many countries celebrate Thanksgiving They often fall after the fields have been harvested and the crops collected for winter 31 On Halloween children in the United States often dress up as A ghosts B actors C pilgrims D tourists 正确答案 A 32 Which of the following is NOT included in Thanksgiving celebration in America A Preparing a traditional dinner featuring roast turkey B There is a two day holiday at school C Thanking God and each other D The shops are open round the clock 正确答案 D 33 Thanksgiving is the time for the American people to thank God for A looking after them B providing them with comfortable and happy lives C clothing them D protecting them 正确答案 B 34 Many children in the United States like Thanksgiving because A they can stay with their parents at home and eat a lot of nice food B they can dress up like monsters C they can put on plays D they can visit American Indians 正确答案 A 35 The first pilgrims in the United States started the first Thanksgiving that is celebrated to A thank the native for helping them B thank the US for offering an environment to exist C thank God for bestowing food on them D thank God for giving them life 正确答案 C Passage Two Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage There is a new type of advertisement becoming increasingly common in newspaper classified columns It is sometimes placed among situations vacant although it doesn t offer anyone job and sometimes it appears situations wanted although it is not placed by someone looking for a job either What is done is to offer help in applying for a job Contact us before writing your application or Make use of our long experience in preparing your curriculum vitae 工作简历 or job history is how it is usually expressed The growth and apparent success of such a specialized service is of course a reflection on the current high levels of unemployment It is also an indication of the growing importance of the curriculum vitae or job history with the suggestion that it may now qualify as an art form in its own right There was a time when job seeker simply wrote letters of application Just put down your name address age and whether you have passed any exams was about the average level of advice offer distributed to young people applying for their first jobs when they left school The letter was really just for openers it was explained and everything else could and should be saved for the interview And in those days of full employment the technique worked The letter proved that you could write and were available for work Your eager face and intelligent replies did the rest Later as you moved up the ladder something slightly more sophisticated was called for The advice then was to put something in the letter which would distinguish you from the rest It might be the aggressive approach Your search is over I am the person you are looking for was a widely used trick that occasionally succeeded Or it might be some special feature specially designed for the job interview There is no doubt however that it is the increasing number of applicants with university education at all points in the process of engaging staff that has led to the greater importance of the curriculum vitae 36 The new type of advertisement that is appearing in newspaper columns A informs job hunters of the opportunities available B promises useful advice to those looking for employment C divides available jobs into various types D informs employers that people are available for work 正确答案 B 37 Nowadays a demand for this specialized type of service has been created because A there is a lack of jobs available for artistic people B there are so many top level job available C there are so many people out of work D the job history is considered to be a work of art 正确答案 C 38 In the past it was expected that first job hunters would A write a initial letter giving their life history B pass some exams before applying for a job C have no qualifications other than being able to read and write D keep any detailed information until they obtained an interview 正确答案 D 39 Later as one went on to apply for more important jobs one was advised to include in the letter A something that would attract attention to one s application B a personal opinion about the organization one was trying to join C something that would offend the person reading it D a lie that one could easily get away with telling 正确答案 A 40 The job history has become such an important document because A there has been an increase in the number of jobs advertised B there has been an increase in the number of applicants with degrees C jobs are becoming much more complicated nowadays D the other processes of applying for jobs are more complicated 正确答案 B Part III Vocabulary and Structure 12 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 My grandpa gave me a watch which is made of gold I keep to this day A and thus B and C so D and which 正确答案 D 42 Some people viewed the findings with caution noting that a cause relationship between passive smoking and cancer remains A to be shown B to have shown C to have been shown D being shown 正确答案 A 43 She is a very student She s always talking about travelling to outer space A imaginary B imaginative C imaginable D imagining 正确答案 B 44 As these electrons are charged they will attempt to repel each other A affirmatively B negatively C positively D defensively 正确答案 B 45 The village was from the outside world by heavy snow for a month A cut away B cut down C cut off D cut out 正确答案 C 46 the flood the ship would have reached its destination on time A In case of B But for C In spite of D Because of 正确答案 B 47 I am so sorry to have you with so many questions on such an occasion A offended B bothered C impressed D interfered 正确答案 B 48 Everyone in the hall where they were welcomed by the secretary A piled B assembled C joined D accumulate 正确答案 B 49 A large part of human activity particularly in relation to the environment is certain conditions or events A in favor of B in response to C in contrast to D in excess of 正确答案 B 50 Those gifts of rare books that were given to us were deeply A applied B approved C appreciated D appealed 正确答案 C 51 In spite of the wide range of reading material specially written or for language learning purposes there is yet no comprehensive systematic program for the reading skills A assembled B acknowledged C appointed D adapted 正确答案 D 52 Come on it s time to these toys A turn over B take off C let loose D put away 正确答案 D 53 J