昆明理工大学b班第六次综合作业

society. A university which fails in this respect has no reason for existence. This atmosphere of excitement, arising from imaginative consideration, transforms knowledge. A fact is no longer a burden on the memory, it is energizing as the poet of our dreams and as the architect of our purposes.
Imagination is not to be divorced from the facts: it is a way of illuminating the facts. It works by eliciting the general principles which apply to the facts, as they exist, and then by an intellectual survey of alternative possibilities which are consistent with those principles. It enables men to construct an intellectual vision of a new world, and it preserves the zest of life by the suggestion of satisfying purposes.
Youth is imaginative, and if the imagination be strengthened by discipline, this energy of imagination can in great measure be preserved through life. The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imagination. Fools act on
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Directions:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter with a single line through the center. [题数:10;分数:20分;参考时间:15分9秒]
[A] Twenty.
[B] Forty.
[C] Sixty.
[D] Eighty.
[A] They never forget great sadness.
[B] They never remember great sadness.
[C] They never remember great happiness.
[D] They can't remember things very well.
[A] An elephant lives apart.
[B] Elephants live in families of males.
[C] Elephants live in families of females.
[D] Elephants can't live in families.
[A] The older animals look after the younger ones.
[B] The younger animals look after the older ones.
[C] The mothers teach their daughters.
[D] The mothers set a good example for their daughters.
[A] He can use less than 3 percent of it.
[B] He can use about 97 percent of it.
[C] He can use exactly 3 percent of it.
[D] He can use nearly 97 percent of it.
[A] We can invent ways of increasing rainfall.
[B] We can reduce the number of people.
[C] We can cut down our need of water.
[D] We can develop ways of re-using water and making use of sea water.
[A] Water can only be used once.
[B] Used water can be made usable again.
[C] Recycled water is not fit for drinking.
[D] Only rain water is drinkable.
[A] How to improve listening ability.
[B] How to read fast.
[C] How to write better English and read fast.
[D] How to speak correctly.
[A] It is better to get a dictionary.
[B] It is better to choose a good radio set.
[C] It is better to read the news in Chinese first.
[D] It is better not to look up the words in the dictionary.
[A] Listening is more important than reading and writing.
[B] You can start the second book ever if you don't understand the first one.
[C] Don't try to run before you can walk.
[D] Special English is too difficult for the learners of English.
[总题数:50;总分数:100分;总参考时间:15分9秒]。