全新版大学英语学习大厅综合教程第二单元B卷

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Part I Listening Comprehension ( 14 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 ONL Y ONCE. Listen carefully and decide whether each statement is true or false.

1.

A) T

B) F

Script: Just like Uncle Tom in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Josiah Henson was a long-suffering slave who was unwilling to stand up for himself.

正确答案：B

2.

A) T

B) F

Script: The Underground Railroad is not a real road but a secret system used for helping thousands of slaves to escape north to Canada.

正确答案：A

3.

A) T

B) F

Script: After winning his own freedom from slavery, John Parker helped other slaves to escape to get freedom.

正确答案：A

4.

A) T

B) F

Script: Supported by his religious convictions, Levi Coffin, a white American, worked as a "conductor" of the Underground Railroad to help the escaping black slaves.

正确答案：A

5.

A) T

B) F

Script: Many escaping slaves had to travel at night because it was easier for them to find the direction.

正确答案：B

6.

A) T

B) F

Script: Many fugitives chose Canada as their primary destination because slavery had been abolished there.

正确答案：A

7.

A) T

B) F

Script: The law at that time required black people seated in the middle area of the bus to give up their seats to white people who wanted them.

正确答案：A

8.

A) T

B) F

Script: According to Rosa Parks’ own statement, she refused to give up her seat to the white because she was too tired after work.

正确答案：B

9.

A) T

B) F

Script: The bus boycott in Montgomery didn’t come to an end until the Supreme Court announced the racial separation illegal on city buses.

正确答案：A

10.

A) T

B) F

Script: Rosa Parks was the first African American to be honored in the Capitol building after death.

正确答案：B

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 Little Rock Nine, as they later came to be called, were the first black (11)_________________ to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. These remarkable young African-American students (12)_________________ segregation (隔离) in the deep South and won.

Although Brown v. Board of Education outlawed segregation in schools, many school systems defied the law by (13)_________________ and threatening black students — Central High School was a (14)_________________ example. But the Little Rock Nine were (15)_________________

to attend the school and receive the same education offered to white students. Things grew ugly and (16)_________________ right away. On the first day of school, the (17)_________________ of Arkansas ordered t he state’s National Guard to block the black students from entering the school. Imagine what it must have been like to be a student confronted (18)_________________ ! President Eisenhower had to send in federal troops to protect the students.

But that was only the beginning of their ordeal. Every morning on their way to school angry crowds of whites insulted the Little Rock Nine — they even (19)_________________ . One of the students, fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Eckford, said "I tried to see a friendly face somewhere in the mob … I looked into the face of an old woman, and it seemed a kind face, but when I looked at her again, she (20)_________________ ." As scared as they were, the students wouldn’t give up, and several went on to graduate from Central High. Nine black teenagers challenged a racist system and defeated it.

Script: The Little Rock Nine, as they later came to be called, were the first black teenagers to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. These remarkable young African-American students challenged segregation (隔离) in the deep South and won.

Although Brown v. Board of Education outlawed segregation in schools, many school systems defied the law by intimidating and threatening black students —Central High School was a notorious example. But the Little Rock Nine were determined to attend the school and receive the same education offered to white students. Things grew ugly and frightening right away. On the first day of school, the governor of Arkansas ordered the state’s National Guard to block the black students from entering the school. Imagine what it must have been like to be a student confronted by armed soldiers! President Eisenhower had to send in federal troops to protect the students.

But that was only the beginning of their ordeal. Every morning on their way to school angry crowds of whites insulted the Little Rock Nine — they even received death threats. One of the students, fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Eckford, said "I tried to see a friendly face somewhere in the mob … I looked into the face of an old woma n, and it seemed a kind face, but when I looked at her again, she spat at me." As scared as they were, the students wouldn’t give up, and several went on to graduate from Central High. Nine black teenagers challenged a racist system and defeated it. 正确答案：teenagers

正确答案：challenged

正确答案：intimidating

正确答案：notorious

正确答案：determined

正确答案：frightening

正确答案：governor

正确答案：by armed soldiers

正确答案：received death threats

正确答案：spat at me

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.

A gentle 21 swept the Canadian plains as I stepped outside the small two-story house. Alongside me was a 22 woman in a black dress, my guide back to a time when the surrounding settlement in Dresden, Ontario, was home to a hero in American history. As we walked toward a 23 gray church, Barbara Carter spoke proudly of her great-great-grandfather, Josiah Henson. "He was confident that the Creator 24 all men to be created equal. And he never gave up struggling for that freedom." Carter’s 25 her ancestor is about more than personal pride: it is about 26 . For Josiah Henson has 27 through the character in American fiction that he helped 28 : Uncle Tom, the long-suffering slave in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Ironically, that character has come to 29 everything Henson was not. A racial sellout unwilling to stand up for himself? Carter gets angry at the thought. "Josiah Henson was a man of 30 ," she said firmly.

A) frameworkB) plainC) hazardD) intended

E) sought attentionF) devotion toG) breezeH) a sense of trust

I) lived onJ) symbolizeK) slenderL) family honor

M) inspireN) principleO) reverse

21.______________________

正确答案：G

22.______________________

正确答案：K

23.______________________

正确答案：B

24.______________________

正确答案：D

25.______________________

正确答案：F

26.______________________

正确答案：L

27.______________________

正确答案：I

28.______________________

正确答案：M

29.______________________

正确答案：J

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.

There was a time when big-league university presidents really mattered. The New York Times covered their every move. Presidents, the real ones, sought their counsel. For Woodrow Wilson and Dwight Eisenhower, being head of Princeton and Columbia, respectively, was a stepping-stone to the White House. Today, though, the job of college president is less and less

removed from that of the Avon lady (except the house calls are made to the doorsteps of wealthy alums).

Ruth Simmons, the newly installed president of Brown University and the first African American to lead an Ivy League school, is a throwback to the crusading campus leaders of old. She doesn’t merely marshal funds; she invests them in the great educational causes of our day. With the more than $300 million she raised as president of Smith College from 1995 to 2001, Simmons also established an engineering program (the first at any women’s school). At a meeting to discuss the future of Smith’s math department, one professor timidly requested two more discussion sections for his course. Her response: "Dream bigger."

Her own dream was born in a sharecropper's shack in East Texas where there was no money for books or toys — she and her 11 siblings each got an apple, an orange and 10 nuts for Christmas. When Simmons won a scholarship to Dillard University, her high school teachers took up a collection so she’d have a coat. She went on to Harvard to earn a Ph.D. in Romance languages. Simmons has made diversity her No. 1 campus crusade. She nearly doubled the enrollment of black freshmen at Smith, largely by traveling to high schools in the nation’s poorest ZIP codes to recruit. Concerned with the lives of minority students once they arrive at school, she has fought to ease the racial standoffs that plague so many campuses. In 1993, while vice provost at Princeton, she wrote a now famous report recommending that the university establish an office of conflict resolution to defuse racial misunderstandings before they boiled over.

Her first task at Brown will be to heal one such rupture last spring after the student paper published an incendiary ad by conservative polemicist David Horowitz arguing that blacks ec onomically benefited from slavery. "There’s no safe ground for anybody in race relations, but campuses, unlike any other institution in our society, provide the opportunity to cross racial lines," says Simmons. "And even if you’re hurt, you can’t walk away. You have to walk over that line."

31.

What does the author intend to illustrate with the example of Woodrow Wilson and Dwight Eisenhower?

A) The president of the first-class university was really very important.

B) The presidents gave them some good advice.

C) The presidents of the university could easily go to the White House.

D) The presidents had more power and authority than Avon ladies.

正确答案：A

32.

What does the author mean by "the job of college president is less and less removed from that of the Avon lady" (Para. 1)?

A) College presidents can get their position with the help of the Avon lady.

B) The jobs of college presidents and the Avon lady were quite similar.

C) College presidents get inspiration from the job of the Avon lady.

D) The jobs of college presidents and the Avon lady should be separated.

正确答案：B

33.

What can we infer from the 2nd paragraph?

A) Simmons was an old crusading campus leader.

B) Simmons wanted to expand her university.

C) Simmons knew well about how to invest the money.

D) Simmons was a competent and ambitious president.

正确答案：D

34.

What does the 4th paragraph mainly talk about?

A) Simmons greatly sympathized the black people.

B) Simmons wanted to diversify her university.

C) Simmons made a great effort to solve the racial problems.

D) Simmons wrote a famous report.

正确答案：C

35.

Which of the following is true according to the text?

A) Simmons had successfully solved the racial problems.

B) Simmons owed her success to her high school teachers.

C) Simmons was born in a rich black family and received good education.

D) Simmons asked her professor to be more ambitious.

正确答案：D

Passage Two

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

Probably the hardest part of setting goals is the first step of actually deciding to take action! The first barrier facing most people is the incorrect assumption that goals are only for business people. The reality is everyone sets goals mentally throughout the day. There are always occasions where something has to be done at a particular time or in a particular place. Simple examples could be getting up at a certain time in order to be at work, or to meet with a friend for a leisure activity. The beauty of having goals is the uniqueness of each one to the goal setter.

Whether it is personal, financial, business or spiritual, they are all specific to that person and their circumstances.

The most important part initially is to write them down. Having goals written down gives you incredible power while helping you to focus on this area.

Aim for something that will stretch you while remaining achievable. If you achieve your goal too easily, it is not high enough to make any significant change in your life and needs to be adjusted. On the other hand, if you consistently miss the goals, you will only get discouraged and probably give up. The aim is to keep growing, and moving into a more satisfactory position for your particular circumstances.

As you obtain the levels that you have set for yourself, always include a small reward at each point. This might only be a small thing in the early days like a meal out or a weekend vacation. Remember that these changes will not happen overnight and there will be a period of time when nothing seems to be happening. This is why the goals need to be detailed and as specific as possible with a consequence and benefit.

Allow some time on a daily basis to educate yourself on how to make the necessary adjustments in your life. This could include listening to a CD, or reading a book on motivation, etc.

A simple method to start with could be one goal in the main areas of life to be achieved in one month, six months, twelve months or five years. Break that down further into a daily, weekly and monthly system. Stay focused and disciplined to achieve all that you desire.

36.

The simple examples in Paragraph 1 convey the message that ___________.

A) goals are set mostly for important things

B) most people know when it is time to set goals

C) people set goals to get things done all the time

D) it is necessary to set goals occasionally

正确答案：C

37.

The charm of having goals is that each goal is ______________.

A) important

B) motivated

C) special

D) spiritual

正确答案：C

38.

A good goal is one that ________________.

A) keeps growing all the time

B) is high enough yet attainable

C) moves one into a satisfactory position

D) is evaluated from time to time

正确答案：B

39.

Goals have to be detailed so that people ________________.

A) can know their achievements at each stage

B) will eventually reach the levels set for themselves

C) may get small rewards such as a meal out

D) can adjust them on various occasions

正确答案：A

40.

For a goal to be achieved, one has to ________________.

A) believe in what he is doing

B) adapt oneself to new changes

C) divert from routine sometimes

D) concentrate on it until it is attained

正确答案：D

Part III V ocabulary and Structure ( 11 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.

A good salary alone is no longer enough to _____________ staff.

A) accelerate

B) illustrate

C) motivate

D) underestimate

正确答案：C

42.

We _____________ under a tree until the shower passed.

A) refreshed

B) negotiated

C) preserved

D) sheltered

正确答案：D

43.

Brown is certainly confident ________ his future success.

A) in

B) with

C) of

D) to

正确答案：C

44.

She was sent on a special ________ to Africa.

A) mission

B) cause

C) tour

D) delegation

正确答案：A

45.

A membership card ________ the holder to use the club’s facilities for a period of 12 months.

A) forces

B) authorizes

C) admits

D) imposes

正确答案：B

My professor suggested that I ________ the data accumulated over the years when I work on my project.

A) make use of

B) take possession of

C) benefit

D) benefit from

正确答案：A

47.

It is her personal ________ that all corruption should be exposed and dealt with according to law.

A) convince

B) idea

C) conviction

D) believe

正确答案：C

48.

I could see that my wife was ________ having that fur coat, whether I approved of it or not.

A) adequate for

B) intent on

C) short of

D) deficient

正确答案：B

49.

She was ______ enough to break away from convention that women were not allowed to work in a hospital.

A) helpless

B) courageous

C) painful

D) aggressive

正确答案：B

50.

If anything goes flooey, it'll mean my ______ or I'll be punished with a fine of one-month pocket money.

A) capture

B) rumor

C) curse

D) stripes

正确答案：D

51.

"GMT" ______ Greenwich Mean Time.

A) goes for

B) passes for

C) stands for

D) heads for

正确答案：C

52.

A large majority of elderly Americans ______ an old-age allowance from the government.

A) give up

B) get through

C) count on

D) get by

正确答案：C

53.

The Catholic church, other ______ groups and many people concerned about the use of humans for medical experiments have condemned cloning.

A) evil

B) wicked

C) religious

D) pessimistic

正确答案：C

54.

It is difficult to tell from the judge's ______ expression whether he was for or against the charged.

A) obstinate

B) keen

C) alleged

D) harsh

正确答案：D

55.

She came to my office to ask me for advice __________ how to write an essay.

A) as for

B) as to

C) as on

D) as about

正确答案：B

56.

It's easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the vague changes _________ place in our ever-changing world.

A) taking

B) to take

C) take

D) taken

正确答案：A

57.

Anyone with half an eye on the unemployment figures knew that the assertion about economic recovery __________ just around the corner was untrue.

A) would be

B) to be

C) was

D) being

正确答案：D

58.

The disease is spreading rapidly, and all children under ten are _____________.

A) on board

B) at risk

C) in charge

D) with ease

正确答案：B

59.

After this concert she was firmly on the road to _____________ and fortune.

A) distinction

B) recognition

C) famine

D) fame

正确答案：D

60.

He is a _____________ man of more than average height with gleaming eyes.

A) slight

B) slender

C) delicate

D) moderate

正确答案：B

Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English (with the given words or phrases). 61. 微软在中国仅授权这家公司代理其产品。

________________________________________

正确答案：Microsoft has authorized this company as the only one in China to sell its products.

62. 数以千计的观众涌到这座城市观看赛马。

________________________________________

正确答案：Thousands of spectators converged on the city for the horse race.

63. 什么是真正的朋友？在我看来，朋友就是永远支持你的人。

________________________________________

正确答案：What is a real friend? In my opinion, a friend must be one who always stands up for you.

64. 他业余时间兼职帮助别人擦窗户来挣一点钱。

________________________________________

正确答案：He makes a little money on the side by cleaning windows in his spare time.

65. 各报都用大标题刊登了总理的国事访问。

________________________________________

正确答案：The state visit by the premier captured the headlines of all newspapers