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.
best 2.
behavior of birds and sea creatures. One 3.
they move a long way from the ocean. A large hurricane that recently struck many southern states in America seemed 4.
the appearance that the hurricane was heading for the
Mexican coast, the birds there stayed 5.
6.
before the storm changed direction toward the American
coast. Having enough time is a 7.
preparing for a natural disaster. The 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.
disaster many people began to suggest that government
offices that help with storm preparations 9.
This is a sensible suggestion considering the 10.
pot ent i al for losses of lives. Who would have ever
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. 0 calm severe
2. 2 indication indication
3. 2 precaution precaution
4. 2 initially initially
5. 0 severe calm
6. 2 however however
7. 0 prevention necessity
8. 2 needlessly needlessly
9. 0 assurance cooperate
10. 2 potential potential
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Part 2 Reading Comprehension (Short
Answer Questions)
(每小题：分)
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?
9.Other than using the gym for tennis, basketball, and dancing,
what is it used for?
10. What is the purpose for running the prison this way?
The gym nasi um , whi ch al so act s as a ci nem a 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
1. By the collapse of houses, and the fires following the earthquake By the collapse of houses, and the fires.
2. 59% to 41%.
59% to 41%.
3.
A large number of homes in the area
were built before and immediately after World War II 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 (喇叭) at 7 every morning is followed by a music program, which creates the atmosphere (气氛) of a holiday camp.
A music program. 8.
During the day, most of the prisoners are employed in three workshops, making toys or clothing.
Three workshops, making toys or clothing. 9. The gymnasium, which also acts as a cinema and concert hall. A cinema and concert hall.
10.
The gymnasium, which also acts as a cinema and concert hall.
To preserve the prisoners' self-respect.
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Part 3 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)
(每小题： 分)
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
Part 3 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice) (每小题: 2 分; 满分：30 分) 小题得分对错我的答案客观
1. 2 D D
2. 2 A A
3. 2 B B
4. 2 D D
5. 2 B B
6. 2 D D
7. 2 A A
8. 2 C C
9. 2 B B
10. 2 A A
11. 2 D D
12. 2 A A
13. 2 D D
14. 2 A A
15. 2 B B
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Part 4 Multiple Choice
(每小题：分)
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
2.Could you please _____ an appointment for me to see Mr.
Smith?
A. manage
B. arrange
C. take
D. prepare
3.Mr. Lewis broke the world ______ for the 100 meters.
A. mark
B. standard
C. level
D. record
4.In American universities, classes are often arranged in more
flexible _____ and many jobs on campus are reserved for
students.
A. scales
B. patterns
C. grades
D. ranks
st year the advertising rate ________ by 20 percent.
A. rose
B. raised
C. aroused
D. arose
6.The guard walked through the train ______ everyone's ticket.
A. inspecting
B. overlooking
C. reviewing
D. analyzing
7.Our holiday was _______ by showers of rain.
A. spoiled
B. destroyed
C. crashed
D. discouraged
8.Students or teachers can participate in excursions (短途旅行)
to lovely beaches around the island at regular ________.
B. rate
C. intervals
D. length
9.We were tired of hearing him ________ about how strong he
was.
A. comment
B. remark
C. refer
D. boast
10.He played the guitar (吉他) so well that everyone was
_______.
A. affected
B. aroused
C. effected
D. impressed
11.Most nurses are women, but in the higher ranks of the medical
profession women are in a _______.
B. minority
C. minimum
D. shortage
12.My uncle rarely used to oversleep, _________?
A. wasn't he
B. didn't he
C. was he
D. did he
13.Jack was about to announce our plan but I ________.
A. put him through
B. turned him out
C. gave him up
D. cut him short
14.Only after a long chat, _________ that Mr. Smith was in fact a
boss of a big factory.
A. he realized
B. he has realized
C. did he realize
D. has realized he
15.The room ________ cool in summer and warm in winter.
A. feels
B. has been felt
C. is felt
D. has been feeling
16.The goods piled up there require _______ carefully.
A. to be looked after
B. looking after
C. being looked after
D. looked after
17.There's a man at the reception desk who seems very angry
and I think he means ________ trouble.
A. making
B. to make
C. to have made
D. having made
18.I found him always _______ of others.
A. thought
B. think
C. thinks
D. thoughtful
19.My wallet is nowhere to be found. I _______ on the train
yesterday.
A. have lost
B. must lose it
C. must have lost it
D. could have lost it
20.We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for the kindness
_______ to our representative during his visit to your country.
A. showing
B. shows
C. shown
D. showed
Part 4 Multiple Choice (每小题: 1.5 分; 满分：30 分)
小题得分对错我的答案客观
1. 1.5 A A
2. 0 D B
3. 1.5 D D
4. 0 C B
5. 1.5 A A
6. 1.5 A A
7. 1.5 A A
8. 1.5 C C
9. 1.5 D D
10. 1.5 D D
11. 1.5 B B
12. 1.5 D D
13. 1.5 D D
14. 1.5 C C
15. 1.5 A A
16. 1.5 B B
17. 1.5 B B
18. 1.5 D D
19. 1.5 C C
20. 1.5 C C
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