视听说第三册6(b)

Part 1 Reading Comprehension (Banked Cloze)

(每小题：分)

Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.

Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.

On the West Coast of the States, people fear earthquakes. They

accordingly watch for signs, like worms coming out from the ground.

On the Gulf Coast the biggest natural threat is a hurricane or 1.

2.

birds and sea creatures. One 3.

take for a hurricane is that they move a long way from the ocean. A

large hurricane that recently struck many southern states in America

seemed 4.

Despite the appearance that the hurricane was heading for the

Mexican coast, the birds there stayed 5.

birds on the Gulf Coast of America, 6.

far away from the sea even before the storm changed direction toward the American coast. Having enough time is a 7.

occurrence of bird movement should have served as a very early

warning for people as to the direction of this hurricane. Unfortunately, far too few were paying attention and over a thousand people 8.

many people began to suggest that government offices that help with

storm preparations 9.

wild animals. This is a sensible suggestion considering the 10.

guessed that a bird watcher might actually save lives?

Part 1 Reading Comprehension (Banked Cloze) (每小题: 2 分; 满分：20 分)

小题得分对错我的答案客观

1.0calm severe

2.2indication indication

3.2precaution precaution

4.2initially initially

5.0severe calm

6.2however however

7.0prevention necessity

8.2needlessly needlessly

9.0assurance cooperate

10.2potential potential

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Part 2 Reading Comprehension (Short Answer

Questions)

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Directions: Read the following passage carefully and give brief answers to

the questions.

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage or dialog.

On January 17, 1995, 5,273 persons were reported to have been killed by the

Hanshin earthquake. Most victims were crushed to death by the collapse of

their houses, and burned to death by the fires that followed the earthquake.

Half of the people killed were over age 60.

Among the victims, 59% were women, and 41% were men. The city's

officials attributed the large number of deaths among the elderly to the

growing number of younger people living in the suburbs, the fact that many

elderly people lived alone in the quake-stricken areas, and the fact that a

large number of homes in the area were built before and immediately after

World War II. In the quake area, the old traditional Japanese wooden

houses, designed to resist (抗拒) typhoons (台风), presented a poor

resistance to the earthquake forces.

It was reported that there were 164 independent fires, and that more than 50 percent of fires broke out 24 hours after the earthquake. A large number of fires were attributed to gas leaks, which were sparked (触发) by electrical short-circuits. More than 1,300,000 square meters were burned down.

About 170,000 houses were destroyed or severely damaged. Many office and apartment buildings were also severely damaged. The number of refugees (难民) is reported to be in excess of 300,000.

The earthquake has been called Japan's greatest postwar disaster. At the present, it is difficult to assess the total amount of damage to the Japanese economy.

1.How did most victims die in the earthquake?

2.What was the proportion of female victims to male victims in the

quake?

3.When were the unsafe homes of old people built?

4.What was the main cause for the fires?

5.How many refugees were made by the earthquake?

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage or dialog.

Cornton Vale is a new type of prison specially designed for women criminals in Scotland. The 226 prisoners there live in small units of seven rooms. There is a kitchen where they cook their own meals and a lounge (休息室) with fitted carpet and armchairs.

The "wake-up, wake-up" call by loudspeaker (喇叭) at 7 every morning is followed by a music program, which creates the atmosphere (气氛) of a holiday camp. During the day, most of the prisoners are employed in three workshops, making toys or clothing. Their earnings—up to 90 pence a week—can be spent in the prison shop.

The gymnasium, which also acts as a cinema and concert hall, has facilities (设施) for table tennis, basketball and dancing.

Prisoners, particularly those with long sentences, are encouraged to be independent and take responsibility for themselves and others. This is in many ways much more demanding than simply serving time. Just as the deputy governor (长官) of this prison once said, "We try to preserve the prisoners' self-respect as much as possible, by imagining ourselves in their position." His words explain why this new prison is run in a unique way.

6.What is Cornton Vale?

7.What is used to make Cornton Vale seem like a holiday camp?

8.Where do the women of Cornton Vale work, and what do they do?

During the day, most of the prisoners are employed

9.Other than using the gym for tennis, basketball, and dancing, what is it

used for?

The gymnasium, which also acts as a cinema and conc

10.What is the purpose for running the prison this way?

The gymnasium, which also acts as a cinema and conc

Part 2 Reading Comprehension (Short Answer Questions) (每小题: 2 分; 满分：20 分)

小题得分对错我的答案主观

By the collapse of houses, and the fires. 1.By the collapse of houses, and the fires

following the earthquake

2.59% to 41%.59% to 41%.

Before and immediately after World War II.

3. A large number of homes in the area were

built before and immediately after World War

II

4.It was the gas leaks.Gas leaks.

5.More than 300,000.More than 300,000.

6.It is a new type of prison. A new type of prison.

7.The "wake-up, wake-up" call by loudspeaker

A music program.

(喇叭) at 7 every morning is followed by a

music program, which creates the atmosphere

(气氛) of a holiday camp.

8.During the day, most of the prisoners are

Three workshops, making toys or clothing.

employed in three workshops, making toys or

clothing.

9.The gymnasium, which also acts as a cinema A cinema and concert hall.

and concert hall.

To preserve the prisoners' self-respect.

10.The gymnasium, which also acts as a cinema

and concert hall.

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Part 3 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)

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Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best

answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage or dialog.

The cost of helping someone with AIDS drugs is high. Pills cost a lot of

money. In Africa, AIDS drugs may cost more than a person makes in one

year. At the same time, some American hospitals throw away a lot of pills.

One man, named Lee Wildes, didn't think this was fair, so he decided to do

something about it.

Wildes lives in a small apartment in San Francisco. Every month, he sends

AIDS drugs, which would've been thrown away, to Africa. His act of

kindness has not been noticed much in his home country. In Africa though,

he is well known. Many people in Africa send him e-mails, asking him for

the medicine they need.

Lee was a nurse. He knows that millions of dollars worth of drugs are

thrown away. Five years ago he learned he was sick with HIV. Following

this discovery, he took a vacation to Africa and saw many people there with

AIDS. His visit caused him to begin sending drugs to Africa.

Lee talks with doctors in Africa by mail, e-mail and telephone. With their

help, he has gotten the names and addresses for a hundred people in six

African countries. He fills the pill orders and he records what pills he sends

to them. He even returns to Africa, once a year, to see the people he's

helping.

Giving left over drugs away is against the law, as is giving out drugs without

a license. However, it is not likely he'll be taken to court for his kindly

efforts. People who have discovered his actions have not caused problems

for him. They know that 25 million Africans are sick with AIDS, and they

don't want to prevent him from helping.

1.Why aren't more Africans taking AIDS drugs?

A. They don't want to take something that was thrown away.

B. They don't think that the drugs work.

C. They can't work when taking them.

D. They don't have enough money.

2.What does Wildes do every month?

A. Mail medicines to Africa.

B. Take a trip to Africa.

C. Throw away AIDS drugs.

D. Send e-mails to Africans.

3.What did Wildes learn five years ago?

A. Drugs are thrown away.

B. He has AIDS.

C. Africans need drugs.

D. Hospitals are not fair.

4.With whom does Wildes have phone conversations?

A. A San Francisco nurse.

B. 100 sick Africans.

C. American doctors.

D. African doctors.

5.What do people think of Wildes' actions?

A. They think he shouldn't break the law.

B. They think he is doing good work.

C. They think he will be taken to court.

D. They think he is prevented from helping.

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage or dialog.

The great river Nile (尼罗河) flows gently in its course through the hot plains in the first half of the year but later on when the melting (融化) snows and the rains on the mountains far to the south swell its tributaries (支流), the Nile overflows (泛滥). It spreads rich, muddy (泥泞的) soil from Ethiopia over its valley and forms deep stretches of green, fertile (肥沃的) lands along its banks. The settlers found that in the soft rich earth wheat and other crops could be planted, even without the use of the plough, and they began to make many settlements of farmers.

In these early times they did not of course understand why the river overflowed each year. But they knew that their crops and, therefore, their lives, depended upon its magic (魔术似的) floods, and they explained the miracle as the work of gods.

But there came some years when there was a "bad Nile". Sometimes the floods were not full and did not bring enough soil; the crops were poor and the people starved. At other times the waters were so great that they destroyed houses and villages, and drowned (淹死) men and beasts (牲畜). It took perhaps many centuries before the farmers learned how to control the Nile waters.

Wise men among them watching the position of the stars year by year found that they could predict when the annual rising of the Nile would come. Thus they began to learn about the scientific study of the sun, earth, moon, and stars and could make a calendar of the years. They also learnt how to measure out the land so that it could be divided fairly again after the boundaries of the farms had been washed away by great floods. In this way, there came about ancient knowledge of engineering and of geometry.

6.We can learn from this passage that the Nile is ______.

A. always a gentle flowing river

B. hot in the first half of the year but cold later on

C. likely to overflow at unknown times of the year

D. a life-giving river that makes the land rich

7.The settlers began farming in the Nile valley because ______.

A. they discovered that their crops could grow well in the soil there

B. they did not realize that the river would overflow sometimes

C. they found many settlements of farmers in the valley

D. they realized that their crops depended on the floods

8.The Nile was called the "bad Nile" at times because _______.

A. the floods made the river difficult to control

B. the floods could only be predicted by wise men

C. the river sometimes flooded too little or too much

D. the river took the good soil away to Ethiopia

9.The Egyptians of that time learned to predict the floods by _______.

A. studying the flooding of the Nile year by year

B. observing the position of the stars year by year

C. inventing some maps of the Nile floods

D. developing engineering and measuring land

10.According to the passage, the ancient Egyptians ________.

A. had studied the stars and made their own calendar of the years

B. watched the fall and rise of the Nile and learned how to control the

flood

C. discovered science before the peoples of other nations

D. learned a lot about geometry and spread the knowledge all over the

world

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage or dialog.

I don't have a strong village feeling. There is a little pub and that is where most people go, although I tend to avoid it. The village always wants to know what you are doing and if you don't have too much contact with it in the pub, then they don't learn too much. I just keep them guessing.

The new people want a great community center. People who have just arrived in a village always want to do something in it or to it. What exactly they are going to have in this center I don't know. They keep talking about "amenities" (公共设施). I suppose they mean a car-park and a big smart room. The young village people don't want this. When their work is over they want to go off in their cars to the bright lights of Ipswich. The new people are often just kidding themselves that they are real village people. They don't just want to be accepted; they really want to take over the traditions. This is why they have come to live in a village. They want to do things "for the village" and it is all very exhausting if you happen to be an "old villager" and you just want to be left alone. What I cannot understand is why a person who has got the wit (才智) to make enough money to come and live comfortably in the country, and have a centrally-heated house and a car, should want to put on entertainment in a hut (小屋). These people are just playing at village life—kidding themselves that they are genuine country folk. They wear us out. When their work is done they want to play in the village and when our work is done we want to play outside it. I suppose that sums it up.

11.We can learn from this passage that the writer ______.

A. doesn't learn about what village people are doing

B. tells the other village people about the pub

C. never tells people anything about himself

D. doesn't often go to the village pub

12.According to the passage, the young village people _______.

A. want their pleasure outside the village

B. don't like going to the community center

C. don't like the new people

D. want to see the latest group in the village

13.In the writer's opinion, the new people _______.

A. want to get rid of the old ways of the village

B. want to be left alone by people in the village

C. know that they aren't accepted by people in the village

D. do things that change the village from how it is

14.The old village people _______.

A. don't want to get rid of their old things for new things

B. are not ready to accept the new people in their village

C. want a new community center with a place to park

D. want to go back to their own traditions

15.It can be inferred from this passage that the author _______.

A. likes to play at village life

B. disagrees with the new people

C. likes laughing at the new people

D. wants the new people to go away

小题得分对错我的答案客观

1.2D D

2.2A A

3.2B B

4.2D D

5.2B B

6.2D D

7.2A A

8.2C C

9.2B B

10.2A A

11.2D D

12.2A A

13.2D D

14.2A A

15.2B B

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Part 4 Multiple Choice

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Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C

and D.

1.One of his eyes was injured in an accident, but after a ______

operation, he quickly recovered his sight.

A. delicate

B. considerate

C. precise

D. sensible