新理念大学英语学习大厅第二版综合教程二unit4-E

1、全新版第二版综合B2U4-EPart I Listening Comprehension ( 11 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

2、 false.1.A) TB) F Script: For the last two years, I have done much of my work as a telecommuter. 正确答案： B2.A) TB) F Script: I have spent as long as thirteen weeks alone at home, going out only to get mail and buy newspapers and groceries. 正确答案： B3.A) TB) F Script: I start to feel as though Ive become

3、 one with my machines, taking data in, spitting them back out, just another link in the Net. 正确答案： A4.A) TB) F Script: Once you start replacing real human contact with cyber-interaction, coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult. 正确答案： A5.A) TB) F Script: Id realized how important daily rou

4、tine is: dressing for work, sleeping normal hours. 正确答案： B6.A) TB) F Script: I began to understand why long-term unemployment can be so damaging, why life without an externally supported daily plan can lead to higher rates of drug abuse, crime, suicide. 正确答案： A7.A) TB) F Script: It is the sound of t

5、he only lasting disagreement in a household that is otherwise peaceful. 正确答案： A8.A) TB) F Script: But on top of that she has lately started spending some two hours in intense communication with a computer. 正确答案： A9.A) TB) F Script: The party went on as planned. 正确答案： B10.A) TB) F Script: Arguing wit

6、h a daughter is always like that, so annoying. 正确答案： ASection 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 t

7、he 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. The Internet is now playing an (11)_ role in the (12)_ connection and communication. Letters, telephone calls, telexes, faxes, etc. are no longer the only

8、 ways to communicate. Instead, one can (13)_ others by e-mail, net chat, BBS, IRC, MAVEN, CU-SeeMe and so on with the help of the (14)_ . For example, during the period of SARS, students in Beijing had to be sent away from school. As a result, their school education was forced to be (15)_ . However,

9、 a new flavor helped solve the problem. Do you know how? (16)_ the Internet, a new system called Education On-line was being carried out. With their PCs at home, students cruised around their school (17)_ merely by (18)_ the IP addresses. Here, (19)_ lectures, materials, exercises and homework are (

10、20)_ on-line.Script: The Internet is now playing an essential role in the interpersonal connection and communication. Letters, telephone calls, telexes, faxes, etc. are no longer the only ways to communicate. Instead, one can have contact with others by e-mail, net chat, BBS, IRC, MAVEN, CU-SeeMe an

11、d so on with the help of the Internet. For example, during the period of SARS, students in Beijing had to be sent away from school. As a result, their school education was forced to be cut off. However, a new flavor helped solve the problem. Do you know how? Thanks to the Internet, a new system call

12、ed Education On-line was being carried out. With their PCs at home, students cruised around their school websites merely by inputting the IP addresses. Here, sufficient lectures, materials, exercises and homework are available on-line.Part II Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes ) Section A Directions

13、: 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 n

14、ot use any of the words in the bank more than once. Id never realized how important daily routine is: dressing for work, sleeping normal hours. Id never thought I relied so much on co-workers for company. I began to understand why long-term unemployment can be so 21 , why life without an externally

15、supported daily plan can 22 to higher rates of drug 23 , crime, suicide.To 24 balance to my life, I force myself back into the 25 world. I call people, arrange to meet with the few remaining friends who havent fled New York City. I try to 26 get to the gym, so as to set apart the weekend from the re

16、st of my week. I 27 interviews for stories, doctors appointments anything to get me 28 the house and connected with others.But sometimes being face to face is too much. I see a friend and her ringing laughter is 29 the noise of conversation in the restaurant, unbearable. I make my excuses and 30 . I

17、 re-enter my apartment and run to the computer as though it were a place of safety.A) runningB) damagingC) fleeD) realE) remainF) abuseG) at leastH) understandingI) intolerableJ) out ofK) in the leastL) arrangeM) restoreN) guideO) lead21._ 正确答案： B22._ 正确答案： O23._ 正确答案： F24._ 正确答案： M25._ 正确答案： D26._

18、正确答案： G27._ 正确答案： L28._ 正确答案： J29._ 正确答案： I30._ 正确答案： CSection 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. Passag

19、e OneQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.In the 1950s, the pioneers of artificial intelligence (AI) predicted that, by the end of this century, computers would be conversing with us at work and robots would be performing our housework. But as useful as computers are, theyre nowhere

20、 close to achieving anything remotely resembling these early aspirations for humanlike behavior. Never mind something as complex as conversation: the most powerful computers struggle to reliably recognize the shape of an object, the most elementary of tasks for a ten-month-old kid.The problem, the s

21、cientists say, is that AI has been trying to separate the highest, most abstract levels of thought, like language and mathematics, and to duplicate them with logical, step-by-step programs. A new movement in AI, on the other hand, takes a closer look at the more roundabout way in which nature came u

22、p with intelligence. Many of these researchers study evolution and natural adaptation instead of formal logic and conventional computer programs. The results of these early efforts are as promising as they are peculiar, and the new nature-based AI movement is slowly but surely moving to the forefron

23、t of the field.Imitating the brains neural network is a huge step in the right direction, says computer scientist and biophysicist Michael Conrad, but it still misses an important aspect of natural intelligence. People tend to treat the brain as if it were made up of color-coded transistors, he expl

24、ains. But its not simply a clever network of switches. There are lots of important things going on inside the brain cells themselves. Right now, the notion that conventional computers and software are fundamentally incapable of matching the processes that take place in the brain remains controversia

25、l. But if it proves true, then the efforts of Conrad and his fellow AI rebels could turn out to be the only game in town.31.The author says that the powerful computers of today _ .A) are capable of reliably recognizing the shape of an objectB) are close to exhibiting humanlike behaviorC) are not ver

26、y different in their performance from those of the 1950sD) still cannot communicate with people in a human language 正确答案： D32.The new trend in artificial intelligence research stems from _ . A) the shift of the focus of study on the recognition of the shapes of objectsB) the belief that human intell

27、igence cannot be duplicated with logical, step-by-step programsC) the aspirations of scientists to duplicate the intelligence of a ten-month-old childD) the efforts made by scientists in the study of the similarities between transistors and brain cells 正确答案： B33.Conrad and his group of AI researcher

28、s have been making enormous efforts to_ . A) find a roundabout way to design powerful computersB) build a computer using a clever network of switchesC) find out how intelligence develops in natureD) separate the highest and most abstract levels of thought 正确答案： C34.Whats the authors opinion about th

29、e new AI movement?A) It has created a sensation among artificial intelligence researchers.B) Its a breakthrough in duplicating human thought processes.C) Its more like a peculiar game rather than a real scientific effort.D) It may prove to be in the right direction though nobody is sure of its futur

30、e prospects. 正确答案： D35.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase “the only game in town” (in Para.4)?A) The only approach to building an artificially intelligent computer.B) The only way for them to win a prize in artificial intelligence research.C) The only area worth studying in c

31、omputer science.D) The only game they would like to play in town. 正确答案： A Passage TwoQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.It is a devastating prospect. Terrorists electronically break into the computers that control the water supply of a large American city, open and close valves to

32、 contaminate the water with untreated sewage or toxic chemicals, and then release it in a devastating flood. As the emergency services struggle to respond, the terrorists strike again, shutting down the telephone network and electrical power grid with just a few mouse clicks. Businesses are paralyse

33、d, hospitals are overwhelmed and roads are gridlocked as people try to flee.This kind of scenario is invoked by doom-mongers who insist that stepping up physical security since the September 11th attacks is not enough. Road-blocks and soldiers around power stations cannot prevent digital terrorism.

34、Until we secure our cyber-infrastructure, a few keystrokes and an Internet connection is all one needs to disable the economy and endanger lives, Lamar Smith, a Texas congressman, told a judiciary committee in February. It is true that utility companies and other operators of critical infrastructure

35、 are increasingly connected to the Internet. But just because an electricity companys customers can pay their bills online, it does not necessarily follow that the companys critical control systems are vulnerable to attack. Control systems are usually kept entirely separate from other systems, for g

36、ood reason. They tend to be obscure, old-fashioned systems that are incompatible with Internet technology anyhow. On September 18th Richard Clarke, Americas cyber-security tsar, unveiled his long-awaited blueprint for securing critical infrastructure from digital attacks. It was a bit of a damp squi

37、b, making no firm recommendations and proposing no new regulation or legislation. But its lily-livered approach might, in fact, be the right one. When a risk has been overstated, inaction may be the best policy.It is difficult to avoid comparisons with the millennium bug and the predictions of wides

38、pread computer chaos arising from the change of date to the year 2000. Then, as now, the alarm was sounded by technology vendors and consultants, who stood to gain from scare-mongering. But Ross Anderson, a computer scientist at Cambridge University, prefers to draw an analogy with the environmental

39、 lobby.36.We learn from the first paragraph that _.A) terrorists could plunge a large American city into chaos through electronic attackB) American people have no experience in dealing with terroristsC) the computer systems of utility companies are rather vulnerableD) the response of emergency servi

40、ces is far from satisfactory 正确答案： A37.Speaking of the doom-mongers, the author implies that_.A) their worries are quite reasonableB) their warnings should be taken seriouslyC) they exaggerate the threat utility companies are facingD) they are familiar with the way terrorists strike 正确答案： C38.In the

41、 view of Gartner consultant, _.A) terrorists may launch another “Pearl Harbor” attackB) terrorists have ample capital and time to prepare a stunning strikeC) it is very costly and time-consuming to attack critical infrastructureD) it is unlikely that terrorists would resort to electronic means to at

42、tack critical infrastructure 正确答案： D39.Lily-livered approach (in Para. 4) probably means an approach characterized by_.A) flexibilityB) boldnessC) cowardiceD) conservatism 正确答案： C40.We learn from the last paragraph that_.A) the computer industry suffered heavy loss due to the millennium bugB) doom-m

43、ongers care more about their own interests than national securityC) computer scientists have better judgment than doom-mongersD) environmentalists are criticized for their efforts of protecting environment 正确答案： BPart III Vocabulary and Structure ( 10 minutes ) Directions: There are a number of inco

44、mplete 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 students, who described details of their sick friends _, were soon flooded with 2,000 e-mail replies from doctors in 18 countries.A) symptomsB) sym

45、bolsC) indicationsD) status 正确答案： A42.Some people spend too much time escaping from reality into the _ world conjured up on their computer screens.A) falseB) untrueC) virtualD) vague 正确答案： C43.It would be difficult in a developing country to stimulate, organize, and provide for the _ changing of man

46、y practices.A) spontaneousB) continuousC) contentiousD) simultaneous 正确答案： D44.In many cultures people who were thought to have the ability to _ dreams were likely to be highly respected.A) interpretB) interveneC) inheritD) impart 正确答案： A45.Dont be so critical; you have to make _ for a beginner.A) e

47、xcuseB) regardC) accountD) allowance 正确答案： D46.The good service at the hotel _ the poor food to some extent.A) made up forB) made upC) made forD) made out 正确答案： A47.The _ as ambassador will be difficult for one with no experience.A) agreementB) considerationC) appointmentD) dismiss 正确答案： C48.With th

48、e help of a metal detector, they discovered that wreckage lay _ over a 2,000-square-feet area, often buried beneath sand and seaweed.A) scatteredB) separatedC) dispersedD) distributed 正确答案： A49.She cooked the meat for a long time so as to make it _ enough to eat.A) mildB) slightC) lightD) tender 正确答

49、案： D50.The director was _ the way we were doing the work.A) critical atB) critical inC) critical ofD) critical with 正确答案： C51.The successful landing of the Columbia back on earth was a great _.A) adventureB) advanceC) achievementD) symbol 正确答案： C52.The fundamental _ which govern all physical process are also related to many everyday occurrences.A) principalsB) principlesC) rulesD) regulations 正确答案： B53.On no account _ rudeness from his employees.A) the manager will tolerateB) the manager will not tolerateC) the manager toleratesD) will the manager tolerate 正确答案： D54.We