新理念外语网络教学平台第二版综合答案B2U7-B

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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: English has richer vocabulary than other major languages because it borrows a lot of words from other languages.

正确答案：A

2.

A) T

B) F

Script: Anglo-Saxon English, as the core of our language, is usually complex and direct.

正确答案：B

3.

A) T

B) F

Script: It is believed that many modern languages may derive from a common parent language.

正确答案：B

4.

A) T

B) F

Script: French has a great influence on English language for it was the only language used in 1066.

正确答案：A

5.

A) T

B) F

Script: William Caxton started the communications revolution in England and greatly enriched English with the new thoughts of European Renaissance.

正确答案：A

6.

A) T

B) F

Script: Thermometer is a borrowed word from Latin.

正确答案：B

7.

A) T

B) F

Script: English is a global language in terms of the number of users, the depth of penetration and the range of functions.

正确答案：A

8.

A) T

B) F

Script: It is estimated that about a quarter of the world's population can speak some English.

正确答案：B

9.

A) T

B) F

Script: According to the Text B, there will be a new language ruling the world in a hundred years.

正确答案：B

10.

A) T

B) F

Script: Language shifts are slow and difficult to predict.

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.

English is a very important language, because it is the (11)_________________ in the world．It is spoken not only in England, America, Canada, (12)_________________ and New Zealand but also in many other countries in the world．It is reported that there're more than (13)_________________ countries and 550,000,000 people who speak English. At (14)_________________ conferences, English is one of the (15)_________________ ．In foreign affairs, international trade and cultural (16)_________________ , English is a chiefly used language, Almost half of newspapers and magazines all over the world are (17)_________________ in English．Over two thirds of (18)_________________ are broadcasting in English．About 85 percent of international letters and (19)_________________ are written in English．So the English language is even more important and useful than any other languages in the world．This makes it (20)_________________ for us to learn English well．

Script: English is a very important language, because it is the most widely used in the world．It is spoken not only in England, America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand but also in many other countries in the world．It is reported that there're more than twenty countries and 550,000,000 people who speak English. At international conferences, English is one of the chief working languages．In foreign affairs, international trade and cultural exchange, English is a chiefly used language, Almost half of newspapers and magazines all over the world are published in English．Over two thirds of radio stations are broadcasting in English．About 85 percent of international letters and business are written in English．So the English language is even more important and useful than any other languages in the world．This makes it necessary for us to learn English well．

正确答案：most widely used

正确答案：Australia

正确答案：twenty

正确答案：international

正确答案：chief working languages

正确答案：exchange

正确答案：published

正确答案：radio stations

正确答案：business

正确答案：necessary

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.

The story of our English language is typically one of 21 stealing from other languages. That is why English today has an 22 vocabulary of over one million words, while other major languages have far fewer.

French, for example, has only about 75,000 words, and that includes English expressions like snack bar and hit parade. The French, however, do not like borrowing foreign words because they think it 23 their language. The government tries to ban words from English and declares that Walkman is not 24 ; so they invent a word, balladeur, which French kids are supposed to say instead — but they don't.

Walkman is 25 because it isn't even English. 26 , it was invented by the Japanese 27 who put two simple English words together to name their product. That doesn't bother us, but it does bother the French. Such is the 28 messiness of English. That happy 29 that willingness to accept

words from anywhere, explains the richness of English and why it has become,

30 , the first truly global language.

A) fascinating B) to sum up C) massive D) manufacturers

E) competition F) desirable G) estimated H) tolerance

I) sincere J) Strictly speaking K) corrupts L) glorious

M) making sense N) to a very real extent O) decade

21. ______________________

正确答案：C

22. ______________________

正确答案：G

23. ______________________

正确答案：K

24. ______________________

正确答案：F

25. ______________________

正确答案：A

26. ______________________

正确答案：J

27. ______________________

正确答案：D

28. ______________________

正确答案：L

29. ______________________

正确答案：H

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.

Napoleon Bonaparte was keen to learn English while in exile (流放), documents shown in Britain for the first time reveal.

The deposed French emperor apparently wanted to learn the language of his foes so he could read what the London papers were writing about him. Scraps of paper from his English lessons in captivity on the island of St Helena go on show at London's National Maritime Museum on Thursday. They include lines of French haltingly translated by Napoleon into English.

Count Emmanuel de las Cases, who accompanied the emperor into exile after he surrendered to the English at the Battle of Waterloo, wrote about his desire to learn the language in his memoirs (论文集). According to him, Napoleon had his first lesson on 17 January 1816, when he asked las Cases to dictate to him some sentences in French, which he then translated, using a table of auxiliary verbs and a dictionary.

According to historian Dr Peter Hicks, las Cases describes how Napoleon hated being sat down to work like a schoolboy but steeled himself for the task. Dr Hicks said: "He was not necessarily anti-English. He had to fight because it was the enemy of France." He added: "In France people are amazed to find that he was learning English. But he didn't do it for pleasure. He wondered how much money he could have saved in translation if he could have learnt English."

The documents are to feature in the Greenwich museum's Nelson and Napoleon exhibition, being held to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar. They are among a wide range of letters, paintings, personal items and objects lent by galleries and museums across Europe. The English lesson papers, described by Dr Hicks as quite remarkable, are on loan from the Foundation Napoleon in Paris.

31.

What evidence shows that Napoleon liked to learn English?

A) Documents displayed in Greenwich museum.

B) Scraps of paper from his English lessons.

C) A person who accompanied him said that.

D) All the above.

正确答案：D

32.

According to the passage, Napoleon learned English probably because _______________.

A) he was very concerned about British’s opini on about him

B) he just learned it for fun

C) it could save him a lot of money in translation

D) it helped him pass the time in exile

正确答案：A

33.

What is Napoleon's actual attitude towards Britain?

A) Hatred.

B) Hostile.

C) cautious.

D) Optimistic.

正确答案：B

34.

It can be inferred from the passage that _______________.

A) the paper kept in museum shows the whole article translated by Napoleon

B) French people were indifferent to know Napoleon's learning English

C) Napoleon hated sitting there still and learning stuff

D) Napoleon liked to translate English into French in class

正确答案：C

35.

Where do you think this article is probably from?

A) National Geography.

B) Anecdote Magazine.

C) Science.

D) Schedule of Museum.

正确答案：B

Passage Two

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

Taste is such a subjective matter that we don't usually conduct preference tests for food. The most you can say about anyone's preference is that it's one person's opinion. But because the two big cola companies —Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola are marketed so aggressively, we've wondered how big a role taste preference actually plays in brand loyalty. We set up a taste test that challenged people who identified themselves as either Coca-Cola or Pepsi fans: Find your brand in a blind tasting.

We invited staff volunteers who had a strong liking for either Coca-Cola Classic or Pepsi, Diet Coke, or Diet Pepsi. These were people who thought they'd have no trouble telling their brand from the other brand.

We eventually located 19 regular cola drinkers and 27 diet cola drinkers. Then we fed them four unidentified samples of cola one at a time, regular colas for the one group, diet versions for the other. We asked them to tell us whether each sample was Coke or Pepsi; then we analyzed the records statistically to compare the participants' choices with what mere guess-work could have accomplished.

Getting all four samples right was a tough test, but not too tough, we thought, for people who believed they could recognize their brand. In the end, only 7 out of 19 regular cola drinkers correctly identified their brand of choice in all four trials. The diet-cola drinkers did a little worse —only 7 of 27 identified all four samples correctly.

While both groups did better than chance would predict, nearly half the participants in each group made the wrong choice two or more times. Two people got all four samples wrong. Overall, half the participants did about as well on the last round of tasting as on the first, so fatigue, or taste burnout, was not a factor. Our preference test results suggest that only a few Pepsi participants and Coke fans may really be able to tell their favorite brand by taste and price.

36.

According to the passage the preference test was conducted in order to ________.

A) find out the role taste preference plays in a person's drinking

B) reveal which cola is more to the liking of the drinkers

C) show that a person's opinion about taste is mere guess-work

D) compare the ability of the participants in choosing their drinks

正确答案：A

37.

The statistics recorded in the preference tests show that ________.

A) Coca-Cola and Pepsi are people's two most favorite drinks

B) there is not much difference in taste between Coca-Cola and Pepsi

C) few people had trouble telling Coca-Cola from Pepsi

D) people's tastes differ from one another

正确答案：B

38.

It is implied in the first paragraph that ________.

A) the purpose of taste tests is to promote the sale of colas

B) the improvement of quality is the chief concern of the two cola companies

C) the competition between the two colas is very strong

D) blind tasting is necessary for identifying fans

正确答案：C

39.

The word "burnout" (in Para. 5) refers to the state of ________.

A) being seriously burnt in the skin

B) being unable to burn for lack of fuel

C) being badly damaged by fire

D) being unable to function because of excessive use

正确答案：D

40.

The author's purpose in writing this passage is to ________.

A) show that taste preference is highly subjective

B) argue that taste test is an important marketing strategy

C) emphasize that taste and price are closely related to each other

D) recommend that blind tasting be introduced in the quality control of colas

正确答案：A

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.

We must ________ a good solution to the problem.

A) come up

B) come of

C) come up with

D) come over

正确答案：C

42.

She was always on the ________ for some new calamity.

A) attention

B) alert

C) consciousness

D) alter

正确答案：B

43.

The young man ________ a deep affection for her.

A) cultivated

B) envied

C) boasted

D) nourished

正确答案：D

44.

As we all know now, man _______ apes.

A) descended from

B) is evolved from

C) is descended from

D) resolved from

正确答案：C

45.

We should _______ what we have learned in school _______ practice.

A) put; out of

B) put; into

C) pour; to

D) push; into

正确答案：B

46.

The Industrial Revolution ____________ the whole structure of the British society.

A) classified

B) testified

C) modified

D) beautified

正确答案：C

47.

As you have profound understanding in this field, would you please ____________ your valuable experience to us?

A) pass away

B) pass by

C) pass over

D) pass on

正确答案：D

48.

There was _______ of ten minutes between the two parts of the concert.

A) a period

B) a space

C) a rest

D) an interval

正确答案：D

49.

Trying to _______ wildlife is a job that concerns all of us.

A) preserve

B) advance

C) provide

D) reserve

正确答案：A

50.

Sally _______ all foolish comments and kept on working.

A) excluded

B) discharged

C) ignored

D) denied

正确答案：C

51.

Intelligent animals _____ their behaviour in accordance with the demands of the situation or of the environment.

A) correct

B) modify

C) exchange

D) vary

正确答案：B

52.

We usually have a ten minute _____ between classes.

A) interval

B) distraction

C) pause

D) interference

正确答案：A

53.

His background served as a _____ for their mockery.

A) laughter

B) target

C) hand

D) handle

正确答案：D

54.

How close parents are to their children has a strong _____ on the character of the children.

A) impact

B) influence

C) effect

D) dependence

正确答案：B

55.

Mary's desire to study art purely _________ her love of art.

A) sprang out

B) sprang in

C) sprang from

D) sprang on

正确答案：C

56.

The police chief, who fears that the case could become a national incident, is opposed ___________ it any publicity.

A) to give

B) to giving

C) to be giving

D) to have given

正确答案：B

57.

We must encourage the planting of new trees and ____________ our existing woodlands.

A) conserve

B) converse

C) preserve

D) reserve

正确答案：C

58.

Weather forecast has become a ____________ for people planning their vacations.

A) necessity

B) certainty

C) loyalty

D) curiosity

正确答案：A

59.

A major ____________ at the nuclear power plant affected the whole area.

A) campaign

B) candidate

C) catastrophe

D) capacity

正确答案：C

60.

The reference book makes a good ____________to the teacher's teaching.

A) supplement

B) judgment

C) treatment

D) appointment

正确答案：A

Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )

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

61. Reading the comments in the margins, ____________________ (我情不自禁地想) that the previous reader must be a sentimentalist.

正确答案：I couldn't help thinking

62. The graduate ____________________ (偶然进入糕点业) when he took

a part-time jo

b at a bakery and learned the art of bread making during the summer vacation.

正确答案：stumbled into the baking business

63. According to an investigation by Newsweek, most people in the disaster area ____________________ (只有够维持生计的钱).

正确答案：had just adequate money to live on

64. Great speakers often use old English to ____________________ (激发我们的情感).

正确答案：arouse our emotions

65. That Canadian speaks Chinese ____________________ (和他说英语一样流利).

正确答案：as fluently as he speaks English