新理念外语网络教学平台第二版综合答案B2U5-D

Part 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 false.

1.

A) T B) F

Script: In Michael's childhood, he always dreamed of flying as his father often read him stories about flying.

正确答案： B 2.

A) T B) F

Script: Before this National Junior Olympics, Michael's personal best record was three inches off 17 feet.

正确答案： A 3.

A) T B) F

Script: In rearing children, Michael's mother hoped that he could be a free pursuer of dream, while his father disagreed on this point.

正确答案： A 4.

A) T B) F

Script: He was vain about his clearing the bar at 17 feet.

正确答案： B

5.

A) T B) F

Script: Michael's performance won people's support and made him stand out mainly because he challenged his physical disability.

正确答案： A 6.

A) T B) F

Script: During his first period of life, all went smooth except that his father died and he had to support himself.

正确答案： A 7.

A) T B) F

Script: Though the author kept climbing the fourteen steps and behaved optimistic, he was disillusioned and frustrated in deeper heart.

正确答案： A 8.

A) T B) F

Script: When the tire of the car was burst, a motorist passing by helped him to change the tire.

正确答案： B 9.

A) T B) F

Script: During the whole process of changing tire, while the author sat clean and dry inside, he felt sorry and thankful for the old man and little girl.

正确答案： B 10.

A) T B) F

Script: Knowing that the old man was blind, the author felt ashamed of himself and realized his own shortcomings of character.

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.

The Scottish Government is firmly (11)_________________ equality for disabled people and is (12)_________________ to create a Scotland that is fair and (13)_________________ to all. Disabled people make up (14)_________________ one fifth of Scotland's population, yet often experience high levels of (15)_________________ compared to non-disabled people.

This part of the Scottish Government website aims to give an (16)_________________ of work being undertaken by the Government to (17)_________________ equality and inclusion for disabled people, and also provides information about how the Government is meeting its (18)_________________ under legislation. Nearly one in five people of working age (1 million, or 19%) in Scotland are disabled. Almost half (45%) of the disabled population of working age in Britain are economically inactive. (19)_________________ vary greatly according to the type of impairment a person has. In Scotland, responsibilities for issues that affect disabled people are split between issues (20)_________________ the UK Government, and areas that the Scottish Government is responsible for.

Script: The Scottish Government is firmly committed to equality for disabled people and is striving to create a Scotland that is fair and inclusive to all. Disabled people make up approximately one fifth of Scotland's population, yet often experience high levels of inequality compared to non-disabled people.

This part of the Scottish Government website aims to give an overview of work being undertaken by the Government to promote equality and inclusion for disabled people, and also provides information about how the Government is meeting its duties under legislation. Nearly one in five people of working age (1 million, or 19%) in Scotland are disabled. Almost half (45%) of the disabled population of working age in Britain are economically inactive. Employment rates vary greatly according to the type of impairment a person has. In Scotland, responsibilities for issues that affect disabled people are split between issues

reserved to the UK Government, and areas that the Scottish Government is responsible for.

正确答案： committed to

正确答案： striving

正确答案： inclusive

正确答案： approximately

正确答案： inequality

正确答案： overview

正确答案： promote

正确答案： duties

正确答案： Employment rates

正确答案： reserved to

Part II Reading Comprehension ( 24 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.

As long as Michael could remember he had always dreamed of flying. Michael's mother read him 21 stories about flying when he was growing up. Her stories were always ones that described the land from a 22 . Her excitement and 23 for details made Michael's dreams full of color and beauty. Michael had this one 24 dream. He would be running down a country road. As he raced between golden wheat fields, he would always 25 the

locomotives passing by. It was at the exact moment he took a deep breath that he began to 26 the ground. He would begin soaring like an eagle.

Where he flew would always 27 his mother's stories. Wherever he flew was with a keen eye for detail and the free spirit of his mother's love. His dad, 28 was not a dreamer. Bert Stone was a 29 realist. He believed in hard work and sweat. His 30 : If you want something, work for it!

A) recurring B) outstrip C) outrun D) on the other hand

E) cooperate with F) coincide with G) motto H) numerous I) lift off J) passive K) passion L) bird's eye view M) hard-core N) hardware O) leave off

21. ______________________

正确答案： H

22. ______________________

正确答案： L

23. ______________________

正确答案： K

24. ______________________

正确答案： A

25. ______________________

正确答案： C

26. ______________________

正确答案： I

27. ______________________

正确答案： F

28. ______________________

正确答案： D

29. ______________________

正确答案： M

30. ______________________

正确答案： G

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.

In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one varies in style and format. But no two shows are more profoundly opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows. Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of \"trash talk (废话)\". The topics on his show are as shocking as shocking can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show themes of love, sex, cheating, guilt, hate, conflict and morality to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is a display and exploitation of society's moral catastrophes (灾难), yet people are willing to eat up the intriguing predicaments (困境) of other people's lives. Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its extreme, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show focuses on the improvement of society and an individual's quality of life. Topics range from teaching your children responsibility, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.

Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being dumped on society. Jerry ends every show with a \"final word\". He makes a small speech that sums up the entire moral of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.

Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show's main target audience are middle-class Americans. Most of these people have the time, money, and stability to deal with life's tougher problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of an association with the young adults of society. These are 18- to 21-year-olds whose main troubles in life involve love, relationship, sex, money and peers. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned underneath the show's exploitation.

While the two shows are as different as night and day, both have ruled the talk show circuit for many years now. Each one caters to a different audience while both have a strong following from large groups of fans. Ironically, both could also be considered pioneers in the talk show world.

31.

Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are __________.

A) more family-oriented B) unusually popular C) more profound D) relatively formal

正确答案： C 32.

Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear distasteful, the audience __________.

A) remain fascinated by them B) are ready to face up to them C) remain indifferent to them

D) are willing to get involved in them

正确答案： A 33.

Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show? A) A new type of robot. B) Racist hatred.

C) Family budget planning. D) Street violence.

正确答案： C 34.

Despite their differences, the two talk shows are both _________. A) ironical B) sensitive C) instructive D) cynical

正确答案： B 35.

We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows ____________. A) have monopolized the talk show circuit B) exploit the weaknesses in human nature C) appear at different times of the day D) are targeted at different audiences

正确答案： D

Passage Two

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

Helen Admas Keller (1880 — 1968), is an outstanding example of a person who conquered physical disabilities. A serious illness, which her doctor called \"acute congestion of the stomach and brain,\" destroyed her sight and hearing at the age of about one. For almost five years, she grew up, as she later said, \"wild and unruly, giggling and chuckling to express pleasure; kicking, scratching, uttering the choked screams of the deaf-mute to indicate the opposite.\" Then Helen's father took her to Alexander Graham Bell. He advised Keller to write to the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Boston. Shortly before the child was 7, Anne Sullivan arrived from Boston to teach her, who remained with Helen Keller until her death. Then Mary Agnes \"Polly\" Thomson, who had been Keller's secretary, took Sullivan's place.

First she learned to write. Sullivan was able to make contact with the girl's mind through the sense of touch. Gradually, the child was able to connect words with objects. Once she understood, her progress was rapid. Then she learned to speak. Until she was 10 years old, Keller could talk only with the sign language of the deaf-mute. She decided she would learn to speak and took lessons from a teacher of the deaf. By the time she was 16, she could communicate well enough to go to preparatory school and to college. Finally she helped others. After college, Keller became concerned with the conditions of the blind and the deaf-blind. She became active on the staffs of the American Foundation for the blind and of the American Foundation for overseas Blind. In her later years, she became especially interested in bettering the conditions for the blind in developing and war-ravaged countries. An enthusiastic and untiring traveler, she lectured on their behalf in more than 25 countries on every continent except Antarctica.

Keller received many awards of great distinction. They include the Chevalier's ribbon of the French Legion of Honor, the Alumni Achievement Award of Radcliffe College, and decorations from many governments.

36.

What caused Helen Keller's losing sight and hearing? A) A car accident. B) A serious illness.

C) It was caused when Helen Keller's mother was pregnant. D) It just happened, no one knew the reason.

正确答案： B 37.

For several years before Sullivan came, ______. A) Helen had to express herself in simple words B) Helen had been a wild and unruly little girl C) no one took care of Helen's study

D) Helen had been unable to make any sound

正确答案： B 38.

At the age of ten, Helen _______. A) had learned to speak a little bit B) could communicate well enough C) began to go to school D) decide to learn to speak

正确答案： D 39.

Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage? A) Helen graduated from college when she was only 20.

B) Helen devoted herself to the welfare of the blind and the deaf-blind. C) Helen called on wealthy people to give financial support to the disabled. D) Helen traveled around the world to give lectures.

正确答案： C 40.

What can be inferred from the passage?

A) Helen Keller owed her success to her strong character.

B) Helen Keller has become a symbol of courage for many people. C) Helen Keller was an active worker for the poor people. D) The disabled will remember Helen Keller forever.

正确答案： B

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.

I am ________ to agree with your point. A) declined B) inclined C) reclined D) reclaimed

正确答案： B 42.

My wife's birthday ________ our wedding anniversary. A) coincides with B) collides with C) converses with D) along with

正确答案： A 43.

He is a skillful and ________ performer on several musical instruments. A) effort B) effortful C) effortless D) efforted

正确答案： C 44.

They are rather ________ to purchase Chinese goods. A) keened B) long

C) keen D) longed

正确答案： C 45.

His refusal to walk through the metal detector before boarding the plane ______ the guard's suspicion. A) awakened B) aroused C) predicted D) forecast

正确答案： B 46.

Darwin believed that modern men and apes have both been ______ from the same ancestor. A) extended B) preserved C) descended D) transformed

正确答案： C 47.

She ______ all her life to the welfare of women and children. A) presented B) dedicated C) contributed D) recommended

正确答案： B 48.

The old carpet stands up the ______ of continual use. A) finger-tipped B) wear and tear C) full-time

D) back-to-basics

正确答案： B 49.

Chaucer has been called the Father of English Poetry by _______ generations. A) aggressive B) progressive C) successive

D) comprehensive

正确答案： C 50.

You cannot make something out of _________. A) everything B) anything C) nothing D) something

正确答案： C 51.

How nice it is if I ________ a little more this morning! A) had slept B) slept C) sleep

D) have slept

正确答案： A 52.

His ______ criticism of the new play was as sharp as a surgeon's scalpel. A) penetrating B) guiding C) spreading D) winding

正确答案： A 53.

He is completely at ______ among strangers. A) freedom B) loss C) ease D) relax

正确答案： C 54.

______ in some rural schools that the teacher is even unable to walk through the rows of desks.

A) The classroom is as crowded B) So crowded is the classroom C) As crowded the classroom is D) The classroom is such crowded

正确答案： B 55.

______ being wrong, your proposed action is also unwise. A) Beside B) But C) Except D) Besides

正确答案： D 56.

The incident has sadly only served to ______ the difference within the party. A) highbrow B) heighten C) highlight D) hasten

正确答案： C 57.

We all despised her, as she was always______ her beauty. A) vain about B) proud of C) in vain

D) wander about

正确答案： A 58.

_______he wanted happened to be ______ I bought last weekend, so I just have to give in.

A) What, that B) What, which C) That, what D) What, what

正确答案： D 59.

They were ordered to ______ their patrols to protect our air space. A) amplify B) verify C) classify D) intensify

正确答案： D 60.

How much time do you______ to learning English every day? A) invest B) dedicate C) spend D) have

正确答案： B

Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )

Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

61. Two weeks after her son's death in a car accident, Donna told us that it was the tears that ____________________ (将她带回到了现实之中).

正确答案： brought her back to earth

62. In order to train students to be ____________________ (有责任感、靠得住的人) educators are trying efforts to prepare them for the life ahead.

正确答案： dependable and responsible individuals

63. The doctor ____________________ (负责他的病) kept him in suspense the seriousness of his illness.

正确答案： in charge of his case

. Leaving one's job, ____________________ (无论是什么工作), is a

difficult change, even for those who look forward to retiring.

正确答案： no matter what kind it is/whatever it is

65. ____________________ (直到他完成任务)did he realize that he was seriously ill.

正确答案： Not until he had accomplished the task