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Unit Eight TravelPart IListening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions 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.1. A. The man cant afford the high taxes.B. The man wants to move to a villa.C. The woman doesnt want the man to move.D. The man is living with other people now.2. A. At a hotel.B. At a bank.C. At a movie theater.D. At a post office.3. A. 9 yuan.B. 11 yuan.C. 13 yuan.D. 15 yuan.4. A. Because driving is too dangerous.B. Because buying a car is too expensive.C. Because getting a drivers license is too difficult.D. Because taking a bus is more convenient.5. A. She thinks Alex made mistakes in the exam.B. She thinks Alex should be dismissed.C. She doesnt believe Alex had cheated on the exam.D. She doesnt believe Alex had been dismissed.6. A. The woman is wearing straight hair now.B. The man didnt want the woman to have her hair permed.C. The woman followed the mans advice.D. The man doesnt care if he woman had her hair permed or not.7. A. A taxi-driver.B. A policewoman.C. A clerk at the railway station.D. A clerk at the airport.8. A. She will not go skiing since its too cold.B. She will not go skiing since she is not feeling well.C. She will go skiing in spite of the cold weather.D. She will go skiing when she feels better.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A. Its not so good as she expected.B. Its terrible.C. Its very good.D. Its just so-so.10. A. Los Angeles is a wonderful city.B. Theres a good subway system in Los Angeles.C. She visited some movie stars homes in Hollywood.D. She had a very good time in Disneyland.11. A. Because it used to be hot in the city.B. Because it is winter now.C. Because it is summer now.D. Because it is not like what the weather forecast said.12. A. Because San Francisco is much bigger than Los Angeles.B. Because San Francisco is cleaner than Los Angeles. C. Because there is no bay in Los Angeles.D. Because it is more convenient to get around in San Francisco than in Los Angeles.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.13. A. A computer sales negotiation.B. A preliminary interview.C. An Internet seminar meeting.D. A discussion about computer games.14. A. A kind of beverage.B. A web page authoring program.C. A computer game software.D. A computer game.15. A. The woman is quite satisfied with Mr. Taylor as an eligible candidate for the job.B. Mr. Taylor is experienced in operating systems.C. The woman will not contact Mr. Taylor for further consideration.D. Mr. Taylor doesnt know anything about computer games at all.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear three short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages and 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.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A. Seventy percent.B. Fifty-four percent.C. Seventeen percent.D. Fifty percent.17. A. More than six thousand million. B. More than two thousand million.C. More than one thousand million.D. More than three thousand million.18. A. They promised there would be one thousand million people without safe drinking water by 2015. B. They promised there would be one hundred million people without safe drinking water by 2015.C. They promised there would be only five hundred million people without safe systems to treat waste by 2015. D. They promised there would be only one thousand million people without safe systems to treat waste by 2015. Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are heard on the passage you have just heard.19. A. Interests and salary.B. Education and skills.C. Experience and skills.D. Experience and educational background.20. A. Be clear about the places you have applied for the persons you communicated with.B. Be clear about the salary you asked for and the answers others gave to you.C. Be clear about others attitude and spend enough time talking with them.D. Be clear about what you want to do.21. A. A support group can encourage you in job search.B. Even unpaid work experience is beneficial in your job search.C. You should allow for a reasonable amount of time in job search.D. Part-time work gives little help in your job search.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A. Because he lost his way and was hungry.B. Because he was a homeless child and it was the way he made a living.C. Because he didnt have much money left and felt hungry.D. Because all his money was given to the school.23. A. A glass of milk. B. Nothing.C. A meal.D. Kindness.24. A. She was seriously ill and there was no treatment in the town.B. She became critically ill and Dr. Howard Kelly came to her house to help her.C. She was ill and she thought of the boy she helped years ago.D. She was critically ill and no one helped her in the town.25. A. Tit for TatB. No Pains, No GainsC. Practice Makes PerfectD. Kindness Pays YouSection CDirections: 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 numbered from 26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 34 to 36, you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Compound DictationIf 1999 was the year of e-commerceand it was, oh, it was!then the guy who built A must be the years (26)_ mover. Fearless multibillionaire leader of the Webs biggest store, Bezos (27)_ a company that adds customers so fast that it doesnt have time to make money. In the process, he has made life (28)_ for anyone else trying to sell goods online. Amazon has spent the past year using its (29)_ customer baseand its one-click ordering system, Amway-like net work and here-every-one-knows-your-name customer serviceto (30)_ Microsoft-like into nearly everyone elses business. Music and video competitors CDNow and N2k had to combine to fight off Amazons (31)_. A summer mover into toys and (32)_ helps explain why the (33)_ company has been building a network of 75,000-sq-m warehouses across the country. (34)_Where Bezos doesnt build, he buys (35)_. Once a Wall Street man who cooled up financial models for D. E. Shaw, Bezos set off for Seattle in 1994, writing the business plan for A on the plane. (36)_.Part IIVocabulary and StructureDirections: There are 20 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.1. As soon as he put on his ridiculous hat and began to laugh merrily on the stage, he _ the audience in the theater _ heartily as well.A. set, laughB. started, laughingC. set, to laughD. get, to laugh2. Obviously, no teacher has _ patience. Even Larry, who is always kind and tolerant, lost his temper on that particular occasion.A. infiniteB. definiteC. spectacularD. plural3. We must get the trapped victims out at once because the building is in _ danger of an explosion.A. exoticB. vividC. hollowD. imminent4. Some medicine are put in bottles to avoid light.A. vagueB. shallowC. opaqueD. dazzling5. At night, cars often _ small animals that are blinded by the headlights.A. run overB. held upC. took apartD. drove at6. Dr. Light, who is _ to be one of the best surgeons in London, performed the operation and successfully removed the tumor in her lungs.A. hushedB. thrilledC. hoppedD. reputed7. Have you ever _ the sun is the way it is now?A. wondered whyB. thought howC. meditate whyD. ponder how8. Could you please play the violin with strings?A. mutedB. dumbC. silentD. speechless9. The day wore away, and even through the twilight they could see the _ ivy leaf _ to its stem against the wall.A. loneclingingB. lonetanglingC. lonelyclingD. lonelysticking10. We had two _ and _ this afternoon.A. beers, milkB. milks, beerC. milk, beerD. beers, a milk11. The Yangtse is one of natures most places.A. untouchedB. undamagedC. undestroyedD. unspoiled12. The living conditions of people in areas are now improving.A. farB. remoteC. out-of-the-wayD. distant13. The children were listening to the music in the room, .A. with complete silenceB. in complete silence C. silence completelyD. with all silence14. Its harmful to belt immediately after meal.A. looseB. releaseC. tangleD. thrash15. Agnes herself with suntan oil as she sat by the swimming pool.A. stainedB. smearedC. slappedD. glided16. The national flag of the United States is the Stars and the .A. SlicesB. StringsC. StripsD. Stripes17. It might be _ reconsider your attitude to their proposal.A. worthwhile toB. worthy toC. worthwhileD. worth18. The group was out through the gates.A. flockingB. swarmingC. assemblingD. gathering19. My mothers new cardigan when I washed it with hot water.A. shrankB. summonedC. overtookD. pumped20. When Beth saw the guy who had ruined her plan, a burst of anger _ her _ out of the room immediately.A. made, walkingB. got, stepC. had, walkingD. forced, goPart IIIReading ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten 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 blank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the blank more than once.Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.We once visited a well-known park 1 all around by streams. When we arrived there, what came first to our eyes was a bridge of 2 style, under which a 3 of ducks were 4 watching people around in 5 , now 6 here and there. The boats 7 over the water, we were dying 8 a boat ride to tour the park. Although we did not see anything 9 , we enjoyed every minute in the park that lies out of 10 of the heavy traffic and noise of the city.A. spectacularB. opaqueC. thenD. flockE. exoticF. glidingG. silenceH. toI. clatteringJ. fussedK. forL. nowM. dissolvingN. rangeO. loopedSection BDirections: 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.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.Having taken a room at the hotel at which he had been instructed to stay, Smallwood went out; it was a lovely day, early in August, and the sun shone in an unclouded sky. He had not been to Lucerne since he was a boy and but vaguely remembered a covered bridge, a great stone lion and a church in which he had sat, bored yet impressed while they played an organ; and now, wandering along a shady quay (码头) (and the lake looked just as tawdry and unreal as it looked on the picture postcards) he tried not so much to find his way about a half-forgotten scene as to reform in his mind some recollection of the shy and eager lad, so impatient for life (seen not in the present of his adolescence, but only in the future of his manhood) who so ago had wandered there. But it seemed to him that the most vivid of his memories was not of himself, but of the crowd; he seemed to remember sun and heat and people; the train was crowded and so was the hotel, the lake steamers were packed and on the quays and in the streets you threaded your way among the throng (人群) of holiday-makers. They were fat and old and ugly and odd, and they stank (有臭味的). Now, in war-time, Lucerne was as deserted as it must have been before the world at large discovered that Switzerland was the playground of Europe. Most of the hotels were closed, the streets were empty, the rowing boats for hire rocked idly at the waters edge and there was none to take them, and in the avenue by the lake the only persons to be seen were serious Swiss taking their dogs for their daily walk. Smallwood felt exhilarated by the solitude and, sitting down on a bench that faced the water, surrendered himself deliberately to the sensation. It was true that the lake was absurd: the water was too blue, the mountains too snowy, and its beauty, hitting you in the face, exasperated rather than thrilled; but all the same there was something pleasing in the prospect, an artless candor, like one of Mendelsohns Songs Without Words, that made Smallwood smile with complacency. So long, at all events, as the fine weather lasted he was prepared to enjoy himself. He did not see why he should not at least try to combine pleasure to himself with profit to his country.11. When Smallwood saw the town again he was _.A. disappointed that it had changed so muchB. pleased that it was exactly as he rememberedC. surprised to find how much he had forgottenD. surprised that he remembered the people more clearly than anything else12. Smallwoods previous visit to Lucerne had been made in _.A. wartimeB. peacetimeC. winterD. the days before it had become a fashionable resort13. The general impression made on Smallwood by the scene was _.A. one of sophisticationB. one of simple appealC. awe-inspiringD. dull and uninteresting14. Smallwoods reactions to the scenery show him to be _.A. over-sensitiveB. observant but insensitiveC. appreciative but controlledD. unobservant15. He was prepared to enjoy himself as long as _.A. he was serving his countryB. he was making a profitC. the weather continued like thisD. he could stay in LucernePassage TwoQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.The rise of tourist traffic has brought the relatively recent phenomenon of the tourist attraction pure and simple. It often has no purpose but to attract in the interest of the owner or of the nation. As we might expect, this use of the word “attraction” as “a thing or feature which draws people, especially any interesting or amusing exhibition” dates only from about1862. It is a new species: the most attenuated form of a nations culture. All over the world now we find these “attractions”of little significance for the inward life of a people, but wonderfully saleable as tourist commodities. Examples are Madam Tussauds exhibition of wax figures in London (she first became known for her modeled heads of the leaders and victims of the French Revolution) and the Tiger Balm Gardens in Hong Kong; Disneyland in Californiathe American “attraction” which tourist Khrushchev most wanted to seeis the example to end all examples. Here indeed Nature imitates Art. The visitor to Disneyland encounters not the two-dimensional comic strip of movie originals, but only their three-dimensional facsimiles.Tourist attractions serve their purpose best when they are pseudo-events. To be repeatable at will, they must be factitious. Emphasis on the artificial comes from the ruthless truthfulness of tourist agents. What they can really guarantee you are not spontaneous cultural products but only those made especially for tourist consumption, for foreign cash customers. Not only in Mexico City and Montreal, but also in the remote Guatemalan tourist Mecca of Chichecastenango and in far-off villages of Japan, earnest honest natives embellish their ancient rites, change, enlarge, and spectacularize their festivals, so that tourists will not be disappointed. In order to satisfy the exaggerated expectations of tour agents and tourists, people everywhere obligingly become dishonest mimics of themselves. To provide a full schedule of events at the best seasons and at convenient hours, they travesty their most solemn rituals, holidays, and folk celebrations all for the benefit of the tourists.16. Which of the following can be concluded from the first paragraph?A. These tourist attractions do not appeal to the local people spiritually.B. Disneyland is no longer a typical example of tourist attractions.C. Both tourists and local people are equally drawn by these tourist attractions.D. Madam Tussauds exhibition is not one of salable tourist commodities.17. “Nature imitates Art” means that _.A. Art is two-dimensional and Nature is three-dimensionalB. Disney created a two-dimensional art formC. the facsimiles are three-dimensionalD. Disneyland is a life-like copy of the original film cartoons18. To be repeatable at will, a tourist attraction must be _.A. artificialB. attractiveC. fictitiousD. facetious19. The locals all over the world _ in order to satisfy the traveling agents and tourists.A. make their