新理念 大学英语 学习大厅 综合教程 考试 答案Unit 2(1)

综合单元测试——Level 2 Unit 2

Listening Comprehension
True Or False
Directions: In this part, you will hear ten statements. Each statement is based on the texts you have just learned in this unit. Statements one to six are about Text A, and statements seven to ten are about Text B. Each statement will be read ONLY ONCE.　After you hear each statement, decide whether it is True or False. (10 points)
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Spot Dictation
Directions:In this part of the test, you will listen to a passage and it will not be written out in full for you. You will hear the passage TWICE. While listening, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear. (10 points)
Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings — battles lost and won, kings or rulers 11 or killed — took months and even years to 12 from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never 13 . Today we can read in our newspapers of important events that 14 in faraway countries on the same day they happen.
Apart from supplying news from all over the world, newspapers give us a lot of other useful 15 . There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories, and, of course, 16 . There are all sorts of advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring 17 to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for their advertising space, but it is 18 the money, for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who 19 newspapers, advertisements are also important. Money earned from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still make a 20 .
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12.travel
13.accurate
14.occur
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16.advertisements
17.attention
18.worth
19.produce
20.profit
Reading Comprehension
Directions: There are two passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices. Click on the best choice. (20 points)
A lot of us have spent a lot of time trying to get low-income children interested in middle-class values: education, hard work, an orientation toward the future. And none of it seems to work.
The real problem, I suspect, is the curse of low expectations. We doubt that most children who speak a certain way, or who come from certain kinds of homes and economic circumstances, will ever perform well in any setting that requires above-average intelligence. We doubt that these children will ever achieve middle-class status. We remind them in a thousand ways that we will be astonished if they ever amount to much, and we wonder why they keep yielding to drugs and crime and premature sex.
The children of the poor don't try harder at the things that middle-class youngsters take for granted for the same reason I don't try harder to slam-dunk a basketball. We don't

work very hard at things that we assume are beyond our ability to master.
But there is one group of minority Americans who work hard and who are successful — the recently arrived Asian-Americans. There are two complicated things about these Asians. The first is that they see America as a land of great opportunity. The second is they know that the key to success is hard work. They take as a given that anybody who works hard enough can achieve success.
21.The low-income children are __________.
A.not interested in middle-class values
B.trying to accept the middle-class values
C.easy to be addicted to drugs
D.of lower intelligence
A
22.The second paragraph tells us __________.
A.low-income children keep yielding to drugs and crime to escape people's curse
B.low-income children behave poorly because people don't expect too much from them
C.people tend not to have confidence in low-income children
D.people hope that low-income children can attain middle-class status
C
23.Poor children don't work hard because __________.
A.they can see no hope of getting the middle-class things
B.they are only good at playing basketball
C.they are of low abilities
D.they don't want to get those middle-class things
A
24.It can be inferred that Asian-Americans __________.
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B.will grasp any opportunity that will lead them to success
C.are looked down upon by the whites
D.are more successful in teaching their children
B
25.What will the next paragraph most probably talk about?
A.Why the virtues in Asian-Americans no longer belong to Americans.
B.Some examples about famous Asian-Americans.
C.Social problems related to low-income children.
D.How did the American Dream start.
A
The "standard of living" in any country depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth. "Wealth" in this sense is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy: "goods" such as food and clothing, and "services" such as transport and entertainment.
A country's capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of which have an effect on one another. Wealth depends to a great extent upon a country's natural resources, such as coal, gold, and other minerals, water supply and so on. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have a fertile soil and a favorable climate; other regions possess none of them.
Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to use. Some countries are perhaps well off in natural resources, but suffered for many years from civil and external wars, and for this and other reasons have been unable to develop their resources. Sound and stable political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well served by nature but less well ordered. Another important factor is the technical efficienc

y of a country's people. Industrialized countries that have trained numerous skilled workers and technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilled.
A country's standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and consumed within its own borders, but also upon what is indirectly produced through international trade. For example, Britain's wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural production would be much less if she had to depend only on those grown at home. Trade makes it possible for her surplus manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would otherwise be lacking. A country's wealth is, therefore, much influenced by its manufacturing capacity, provided that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures.
26.The standard of living in a country is determined by _________.
A.its goods and services
B.the type of wealth produced
C.how well it can create wealth
D.what an ordinary person can share
C
27.According to the passage, "wealth" means ______.
A.money each family in the country owns
B.clothing which is both fashionable and durable
C.machines that are advanced and convenient to operate
D.goods and services that money can buy
D
28.A country's capacity to produce wealth depends on all the factors EXCEPT ________ .
A.people 's share of its goods
B.political and social stability
C.qualities of its workers
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A
29.According to the passage,_____ play an equally important role in determining a country's standard of living.
A.farm products
B.coal and gold
C.foodstuffs
D.export
D
30.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A.If a country has abundant natural resources, it is likely to produce more wealth.
B.Each region in the world possesses at least one favorable natural resources.
C.Some countries cannot develop their natural resources for some reasons such as war.
D.Well-trained employers play an important role in producing wealth.
B
Vocabulary and Structure
Directions: Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. (60 points)
31.Your offer will leave us little __________ of profit and we cannot see any advantage in your price.
A.discount
B.treatment
C.reservation
D.margin
D
32.Female executives _____ 30% of the management in that multinational company.
A.make of
B.make up
C.consist of
D.make from
B
33.It is true that things such as ______ , friendship and love cannot be bought.
A.royalty
B.money
C.hardship
D.loyalty
D
34._____ with such a crisis, they had to appeal to the government for help.
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B.Concerned
C.Confined
D.Confronted
D
35.He insisted that he was not _____ in the murder at all.
A.related
B.involved
C.concerned
D.attached
B
36.All the educators attending the meeting agreed that it was a demanding task to _____ a new generati

on.
A.motivate
B.cultivate
C.develop
D.improve
B
37.By all accounts, he is a qualified member who holds to the rules _____by the organization.
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B.lied down
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38.He wants to be an IT engineer, as he feels the __________ prospects are greater.
A.advantage
B.priority
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D.career
D
39.As we do not have enough funds, we cannot _____ on our project.
A.insist
B.proceed
C.carry
D.continue
C
40.These mysterious symbols ______ to an ancient civilization located in the Middle East.
A.link
B.associate
C.relate
D.connect
C
41.His suggestion that the company _____ success was accepted by everyone.
A.award
B.pay
C.reward
D.praise
C
42.Do you really think it necessary to __________ all the profits to the stockholders?
A.give off
B.give away
C.give out
D.give up
B
43.There are various __________ for the tourists if they choose to take a trip abroad during the National Festival.
A.ranges
B.conditions
C.systems
D.options
D
44.You'd better _____ that old plug with a new one. It's dangerous.
A.replace
B.shift
C.exchange
D.change
A
45.Once she makes up her mind, she will _____ her resolution no matter how difficult it is.
A.hold up
B.hold to
C.hold on
D.hold at
C
46.The growth __________ of that area's economy is 8% compared with last year.
A.pace
B.rate
C.advance
D.progress
B
47.The hostess __________ something quite unusual at the party, which made all the guests feel uneasy.
A.carried on
B.carried off
C.carried up
D.carried with
A
48.Corporate regulations __________ that all employees enjoy a free trip of seven days in a year.
A.persuade
B.urge
C.demand
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D
49.The company established a special fund for the financial __________ in an emergency situation.
A.option
B.burden
C.relief
D.status
C
50.He was born and brought up in a _____ village and has never seen such a grand mansion.
A.far
B.relative
C.remote
D.rural
C
51.After careful consideration, the police __________ to take no further action against his conduct.
A.appealed
B.resolved
C.projected
D.related
B
52.Professor Roberts signaled a __________ from his usual subject in his presentation in the hall.
A.departure
B.replacement
C.retreat
D.project
C
53.The local government decided to __________ the deserted island once the additional capital was due.
A.execute
B.reserve
C.qualify
D.cultivate
D
54.When he returned from holiday, Mr. White was __________ with a great pile of work.
A.involved
B.rewarded
C.confronted
D.resolved
C
55.With six children to look after, she was kept _____ the whole day.
A.on the edge
B.on the run
C.at the edge
D.at the run
B
56.Not until he was 20 years old ______.
A.had his father allowed him to drive a car
B.did his father allow him to drive a car
C.his father allowed him to drive a car
D.his father had allowed him to drive a car
B
57.These magazines, which you can borrow from the library, will give you _____ you ne

ed.
A.all the information
B.all of information
C.all the informations
D.all of the informations
A
58.We were all shocked at _____ the little girl was treated by her stepmother.
A.the time
B.the way
C.the reason
D.the method
B
59._____ the expenses soaring, we are likely to cancel our trip to France.
A.For
B.As
C.With
D.Because
C
60.The Forbidden City is the place __________ almost all tourists would like to visit when they come to China.
A.where
B.of which
C.in which
D.which
D