大学英语I第二套
大学英语2019年6月六级真题第2套(1)
2019年6月大学英语六级考试真题（第二套）Part I Writing （30 minutes）Directions: Suppose you are asked to give advice on whether to attend college at home or abroad, write an essay to state your opinion. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200words.Part II Listening Comprehension （30 minutes）Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear aquestion, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Thenmark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through the centre.Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. A）He would feel insulted.B）He would feel very sad.C）He would be embarrassed.D）He would be disappointed.2. A）They are worthy of a prize.B）They are of little value.C）They make good reading.D）They need improvement.3. A）He seldom writes a book straight through.B）He writes several books simultaneously.C）He draws on his real-life experiences.D）He often turns to his wife for help.4. A）Writing a book is just like watching a football match.B）Writers actually work every bit as hard as footballers.C）He likes watching a football match after finishing a book.D）Unlike a football match, there is no end to writing a book.Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A）Achievements of black male athletes in college.B）Financial assistance to black athletes in college.C）High college dropout rates among black athletes.D）Undergraduate enrollments of black athletes.6. A）They display great talent in every kind of game.B）They are better at sports than at academic work.C）They have difficulty finding money to complete their studies.D）They make money for the college but often fail to earn a degree.7. A）About 15%.B）Around 40%.C）Slightly over 50%.D）Approximately 70%.8. A）Coaches lack the incentive to graduate them.B）College degrees do not count much to them.C）They have little interest in academic work.D）Schools do not deem it a serious problem.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four 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 thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.9. A）Marketing strategies.B）Holiday shopping.C）Shopping malls.D）Online stores.10. A）About 50% of holiday shoppers.B）About 20%–30% of holiday shoppers.C）About 136 million.D）About 183.8 million.11. A）They have fewer customers.B）They find it hard to survive.C）They are thriving once more.D）They appeal to elderly customers.12. A）Better quality of consumer goods.B）Higher employment and wages.C）Greater varieties of commodities.D）People having more leisure time.Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.13. A）They are new species of big insects.B）They are overprescribed antibiotics.C）They are life-threatening diseases.D）They are antibiotic-resistant bacteria.14. A）Antibiotics are now in short supply.B）Many infections are no longer curable.C）Large amounts of tax money are wasted.D）Routine operations have become complex.15. A）Facilities.B）Expertise.C）Money.D）Publicity.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear three recordings of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions.The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answerfrom the four choices marked A）, B）, C）, and D）. Then mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.16. A）It is accessible only to the talented.B）It improves students’ ability to think.C）It starts a lifelong learning process.D）It gives birth to many eminent scholars.17. A）They encourage academic democracy.B）They promote globalization.C）They uphold the presidents’ authority.D）They protect students’ rights.18. A）His thirst for knowledge.B）His eagerness to find a job.C）His contempt for authority.D）His potential for leadership.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the recording you have just heard.19. A）Few people know how to retrieve information properly.B）People can enhance their memory with a few tricks.C）Most people have a rather poor long-term memory.D）People tend to underestimate their mental powers.20. A）They present the states in a surprisingly different order.B）They include more or less the same number of states.C）They are exactly the same as is shown in the atlas.D）They contain names of the most familiar states.21. A）Focusing on what is likely to be tested.B）Having a good sleep the night before.C）Reviewing your lessons where the exam is to take place.D）Making sensible decisions while choosing your answers.22. A）Discover when you can learn best.B）Change your time of study daily.C）Give yourself a double bonus afterwards.D）Follow the example of a marathon runner.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard.23. A）He is a politician.B）He is a businessman.C）He is a sociologist.D）He is an economist.24. A）In slums.B）In Africa.C）In pre-industrial societies.D）In developing countries.25. A）They have no access to health care, let alone entertainment or recreation.B）Their income is less than 50% of the national average family income.C）They work extra hours to have their basic needs met.D）Their children cannot afford to go to private schools.Part III Reading Comprehension （40 minutes）Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten 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 throughcarefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please markthe corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Youmay not use any of the words in the bank more than once.After becoming president of Purdue University in 2019, Mitch Daniels asked the faculty to prove that their students have actually achieved one of higher education’s most important goals: critical thinking skills. Two yearsbefore, a nationwide study of college graduates had shown that more than a third had made no 26 gains in such mental abilities during their school years. Mr. Daniels, needed to 27 the high cost of attending Purdue to its students and their families. After all, the percentage of Americans who say a college degree is “very important” has fallen 28 in the last 5-6 years.Purdue now has a pilot test to assess the critical thinking skills of students as they progress. Yet like many college teachers around the United States, the faculty remain 29 that their work as educators can be measured by a “learning30 such as a graduate’s ability to investigate and reason”. However the professors can use 31 metrics to measure how well students do in three key areas: critical thinking, written communication, and quantitative literacy.Despite the success of the experiment, the actual results are worrisome, and mostly 32 earlier studies. The organizers o f the experiment concluded that far fewer students were “achieving at high levels on a critical thinking than they were doing for written communication or quantitative literacy”. And that conclusion is based only on students nearing graduation.American universities, despite their global 33 for excellence in teaching, have only begun to demonstrate what they can produce in real-world learning. Knowledge-based degrees are still important. But employers are 34 advanced thinking skills from college graduate. If the intellectual worth of a college degree can be 35 measured, more people will seek higher education—and come out better thinkers.Section BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which theinformation is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is markedwith a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Elite Math Competitions Struggle to Diversify Their Talent Pool[A]Interest in elite high school math competitions has grown in recent years, and in light of last summer’s U.S.win at the International Math Olympiad—the first for an American team in more than two decades—the trend is likely to continue.[B] But will such contests, which are overwhelmingly dominated by Asian and white students from middle-class and affluent families, become any more diverse? Many social and cultural factors play roles in determining which promising students get on the path toward international math recognition. But efforts are in place to expose more black, Hispanic, and low-income students to advanced math, in the hope that the demographic pool of high-level contenders will eventually begin to shift and become less insular.[C] “The challenge is if certain types of people are doing something, it’s difficult for other people to break into it,” said Po-Shen Loh, the head coach of last year’s winning U.S. Math Olympiad team and an associate professor of mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University. Participation grows through friends and networks and if “you rea lize that’s how they’re growing, you can start to take action” and bring in other students, he said.[D]Most of the training for advanced-math competitions happens outside the confines of the normal school day. Students attend after-school clubs, summer camps, online forums and classes, and university-based “math circles”, or mathematician-led groups, to prepare for the paper-based and face-to-face competitions.[E] One of the largest feeders for high school math competitions—including those that eventually lead to the International Math Olympiad—is a middle school program called MATHCOUNTS. About 100,000 students around the country participate in the program’s competition series, which culminates in a national game-show-style contest held each May. The most recent one took place last week in Washington. Students join a team through their schools, which provide a volunteer coach and pay a nominal fee to send students to regional and state competitions. The 224 students who make it to the national competition get an all-expenses-paid trip.[F]Nearly all members of last year’s winning U.S. IMO team took part in MATHCOUNTS as middle school students—as did Loh, the coach. “Middle school is an important age because students have enough math capability to solve advanced problems, but they haven’t really decided what they want to do with their lives,” said Loh. “They often get hooked then.”[G] Another influential feeder for advanced-math students is an online school called Art of Problem Solving, which began about 13 years ago and now has 15,000 users. Students use forums to chat, play games, and solve problems together at no cost, or they can pay a few hundred dollars to take courses with trained teachers. According to Richard Rusczyk, the company founder, the six U.S. team members who competed at the International Math Olympiad last year collectively took more than 40 courses on the site. Parents of advanced-math students and MATHCOUNTS coaches say the children are on the website constantly.[H]There are also dozens of summer camps—many attached to universities—that aim to prepare elite mathstudents. Some are pricey—a three-week, intensive program can cost $4,500 or more—but most offer scholarships. The Math Olympiad Summer Training Program—the three-week math camp held by the Mathematical Association of America that leads straight to the international championship—is free for those who make it. Only about 50 students are invited based on their performance on written tests and at the USA Math Olympiad.[I]Students in university towns may also have access to another lever for involvement in accelerated math: math circles. In these groups, which came out of an Eastern European tradition of developing young talent, professors teach promising K-12 students advanced mathematics for several hours after school or on weekends. The Los Angeles Math Circle, held at the University of California, Los Angeles, began in 2007 with 20 students and now has more than 250.[J] According to Mark Saul, the director of competitions for the Mathematical Association of America, not a single African-American or Hispanic student—and only a handful of girls—has ever made it to the Math Olympiad team in its 50 years of existence. Many schools simply don’t prioritize academic competitions. “Do you know who we have to beat?” asked Saul. “The football team, the basketball team—that’s our competition for resources, student time, attention, school dollars, parent efforts, school enthusiasm.”[K]According to Lou DiGioia, the program’s executive director, those connections often last well into high school, and beyond. “Kids at the MATHCOUNTS national competition are in the top echelon of math intelligence—they’re just in their own world. It’s great for them to come together and have a network of people.” There is a downside to the social aspect of advanced-math competitions: It can breed insular communities.[L]A New York City-based nonprofit called Bridge to Enter Mathematics runs a residential summer program aimed at getting underserved, mostly black and Hispanic students working toward math and science careers. The summer after 7th grade, students spend three weeks on a college campus studying advanced math for seven hours a day. Over the next five years, the group helps the students get into other elite summer math programs, high-performing high schools, and eventually college. About 250 students so far have gone through the program, which receives funding from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. （The foundation also supports some coverage of low-income, high-achieving students in Education Week.）[M]“If you look at a lot of low-income communities in the United States, there are programs that are serving them, but they’re primarily centered around, ‘Let’s get these kids’ grades up,’ and not around, ‘Let’s get these kids access to the same kinds of opportunities as more-affluent kids,’ ” said Daniel Zaharopol, the founder and executive director of the program. “We’re trying to create that pathway.” Students apply to the program directly th rough their schools. “We want to reach parents who are not plugged into the system,” said Zaharopol.36. Middle school is a crucial period when students may become keenly interested in advanced mathematics.37. Elite high school math competitions are attracting more interest throughout the United States.38. Math circles provide students with access to advanced-math training by university professors.39. Students may take advantage of online resources to learn to solve math problems.40. The summer program run by a nonprofit organization has helped many underserved students learn advanced math.41. Winners of local contests will participate in the national math competition for free.42. Many schools don’t place academic competitions at the top of their prio rity list.43. Contestants of elite high school math competitions are mostly Asian and white students from well-off families.44. Some math training programs primarily focus on raising students’ math score.45. Some intensive summer programs are very expensive but most of them provide scholarships.Section CDirections: There are 2 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 onthe best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through thecentre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.We live today in indebted to McCardell, Cashin, Hawes, Wilkins, and Maxwell, and other women who liberated American fashion from the confines of Parisian design. Independence came in trying, wrapping, storing, harmonizing, and rationalizing that wardrobe. These designers established the modern dress code, letting playsuits and other activewear outfits suffice for casual closing, allowing pants to enter the wardrobe, and prizing rationalism and versatility in dress, in contradiction to dressing for an occasion or allotment of the day. Fashion in America was logical and answerable to the will of women who wore it. Implicitly or explicitly, American fashion addressed a democracy, whereas traditional Paris-based fashion was prescriptive and imposed on women, willing or not.In an earlier time, American fashion had also followed the dictates of Paris, or even copied and pirated specific French designs. Designer sportswear was not modeled on that of Europe, as “modern art” would later be; it was genuinely invented and developed in America. Its designers were not high-ended with supplementary lines. The design objective and the business commitment were to sportswear, and the distinctive traits were problem-solving ingenuity and realistic lifestyle applications. Ease of care was most important: summer dresses and outfits, in particular, were chiefly cotton, readily capable of being washed and pressed in home. Closings were simple, practical, and accessible, as the modern woman depended on no personal maid to dress her. American designers priced resourcefulness and the freedom of women who wore clothing.Many have argued that the women designers of this time were able to project their own clothing values into a new style. Of course, much of this argument in the 1930s-40s was advanced because there was little or no experience in justifying apparel（服装）on the basis of utility. If Paris was cast aside, the tradition of beauty was also to some degree slighted. Designer sportswear would have to be verified by a standard other than that of pure beauty; the emulation of a d esigner’s life in designer sportswear was a crude version of this relationship. Theconsumer was ultimately to be mentioned as well, especially by the likes of Dorothy Shaver, who could point to the sales figures at Lord&Taylor.Could utility alone justify the new ideas of American designers? Fashion is often regarded as a pursuit of beauty, and some cherished fashion’s trivial relationship to the fine arts. What the designers of American sportswear proved was that fashion is a genuine design art, answering to the demanding needs of service. Of course these practical, insightful designers have determined the course of late twentieth-century fashion. They were the pioneers of gender equity, in their useful, adaptable clothing, which was both made for the masses and capable of self-expression.46. What contribution did the women designers make to American fashion?A）They made some improvements on traditional Parisian design.B）They formulated a dress code with distinctive American features.C）They came up with a brand new set of design procedures.D）They made originality a top priority in their fashion design.47. What do we learn about American designer sportswear?A）It imitated the European model.B）It laid emphasis on women’s beauty.C）It represented genuine American art.D）It was a completely new invention.48. What characterized American designer sportswear?A）Pursuit of beauty.B）Ease of care.C）Decorative closings.D）Fabric quality.49. What occurred in the design of women’s apparel in American during 1930s-40s?A）A shift of emphasis from beauty to utility.B）The emulation of traditional Parisian design.C）A search for balance between tradition and novelty.D）The involvement of more women in fashion design.50. What do we learn about designers of American sportswear?A）They catered to the taste of the younger generation.B）They radically changed people’s concept of beauty.C）They advocated equity between men and women.D）They became rivals of their Parisian counterparts.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Massive rubbish dumps and sprawling land fills contribute to one of the more uncomfortable impacts thathumans have on wildlife. They have led some birds to give up on migration. Instead of flying thousands of milesin search of food, they make the waste sites their winter feeding grounds.Researchers in Germany used miniature GPS tags to track the migrations of 70 white storks（鹳）from different sites across Europe and Asia during the first five months of their lives. While many birds travelled along well-known routes to warmer climates, others stopped short and spent the winter on landfills, feeding on food waste, and the multitudes of insects that thrive on the dumps.In the short-term, the birds seem to benefit from overwintering（过冬）on rubbish dumps. Andrea Flack of the Max Planck Institute found that birds following traditional migration routes were more likely to die than German storks that flew only as far as northern Morocco, and spent the winter there on rubbis h dumps. “For the birds it’s a very convenient way to get food. There are huge clusters of organic waste they can feed on,” said Flack. The meals are not particularly appetising, or even safe. Much of the waste is discarded rotten meat, mixed in with other human debris such as plastic bags and old toys.“It’s very risky. The birds can easily eat pieces of plastic or rubber bands and they can die,” said Flack. “And we don’t know about the long-term consequences. They might eat something toxic and damage their health. We cannot estimate that yet.”The scientists tracked white storks from different colonies in Europe and Africa. The Russian, Greek and Polish storks flew as far as South Africa, while those from Spain, Tunisia and Germany flew only as far as the Sahel.Landfill sites on the Iberian Peninsula have long attracted local white storks, nut all of the Spanish birds tagged in the study flew across the Sahara desert to the western Sahel. Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that survived for at least five months overwintering on rubbish dumps in the northern Morocco, instead of migrating to the Sahel.Flack said it was too early to know whether the benefits of plentiful food outweighed the risks of feeding on landfills. But that’s not the only uncertainty. Migrating birds affect ecosystems both at home and at their winterdestinations, and disrupting the traditional routes could have unexpected side effects. White storks feed on locusts （蝗虫）and other insects that can become pests if their numbers get out of hand. “They provide a useful service,” said Flack.51. What is the impact of rubbish dumps on wildlife?A）They have forced white storks to search for safer shelters.B）They have seriously polluted the places where the birds spend winter.C）They have accelerated the reproduction of some harmful insects.D）They have changed the previous migration habits of certain birds.52. What do we learn about birds following the traditional migration routes?A）They can multiply at an accelerating rate.B）They can better pull through the winter.C）They help humans kill harmful insects.D）They are more likely to be at risk of dying.53. What does Andrea Flack say about the birds overwintering on rubbish dumps?A）They may end up staying there permanently.B）They may eat something harmful.C）They may evolve new eating habits.D）They may have trouble getting adequate food.54. What can be inferred about the Spanish birds tagged in the study?A）They gradually lose the habit of migrating in winter.B）They prefer rubbish dumps far away to those at home.C）They are not attracted to the rubbish dumps on their migration routes.D）They join the storks from Germany on rubbish dumps in Morocco.55. What is scientists’ other concern about white storks feeding on landfills?A）The potential harm to the ecosystem.B）The genetic change in the stork species.C）The spread of epidemics to their homeland.D）The damaging effect on bio-diversity.Part VI Translation （30 minutes）Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.唐朝始于618年，终于907年，是中国历史上最灿烂的时期。
新标准大学英语(第二版)综合教程2 Unit 3 A篇练习答案及课文翻译
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2019年12月大学英语六级真题试卷第2套(带答案与详解)
2019年12月六级真题答案（第二套）Part I WritingHome should be where people feel secure and comfortable.Maintaining harmony at home is essential for the well-being of an individual,a couple and their offspring,and even the society.But many are being plagued by family discord,a problem that boils down to the lack of a sense of family responsibility.Everyone has certain roles to take on in his or her family.Parents are expected to ensure their children are well-nourished and well-educated,helping them build a strong body and great character.We college students also need to take our responsibility as adult children.Being independent of our parents as early as possible lightens the financial burden on them.Learning to be mature and sensible can prevent us from becoming a constant source of worry to them. Fulfilling our filial duty to the best of our abilities allows them to enjoy life in midlife years,retirement and the twilight years.In brief,a sense of responsibility among family members is a prerequisite for a warm and loving family.Often far away from home,we may start by keeping in contact with our parents,as a means to meet our obligations as part of our family.Part II Listening ComprehensionSection A1.A2.B3.A4.C5.D6.B7.C8.BSection B9.C10.D11.D12.A13.B14.C15.A.Section C16.D17.A18.B19.D20.A21.C22.C23.B24.D25.CPart III Reading ComprehensionSection A26.K27.C28.N29.M30.D31.I32.H33.J34.O35.LSection B36.C37.E38.A39.F40.M41.G42.B43.H44.D45.LSection C46.C47.A48.A49.D50.B51.C52.B53.A54.D55.CPart IV Translation参考译文The plum blossom，the king of China’s top ten famous flowers，originated in southern China and has been cultivated for over3000years.In the depths of winter，colorful plum blossoms bloom vibrantly amidst the wind and snow，unhindered by severe frost.The plum blossom，a symbol of strength，purity and elegance in traditional Chinese culture，motivates people to brave hardship and forge ahead.Since ancient times，many poets and painters have been drawing inspirations from plum blossoms and created countless immortal works.Plum blossoms are also very popular with the general public and often used as home decoration during the Spring Festival.Nanjing has designated the plum blossom as the city flower and holds the Plum Blossom Festival each year，which attracts thousands of people to Plum Blossom Hill to enjoy the full bloom in the snow irrespective of the severe cold。
大学英语2019年6月四级真题第2套
⼤学英语2019年6⽉四级真题第2套2019年6⽉⼤学英语四级考试真题（第⼆套）Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the following question. You should write at least 120 words but No more than180 words.Suppose a foreign friend of yours is coming to visit your campus, what is the most interesting place you would like to take him/her to see and why?Part ⅡListening Comprehension (30 minutes) Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questionswill be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and thequestions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be apause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B),C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet I with a single line through thecentre.1. A. They came in five different colors.B. They were good value for money.C. They were a very good design.D. They were sold out very quickly.2. A. Ask her roommate not to speak loudly on the phone.B. Ask her roommate to make her phone calls outside.C. Go and find a quieter place to review her lessons.D. Report her problem to the dorm management.3. A. The washing machine is totally beyond repair.B. He will help Wendy prepare her annual report.C. Wendy should give priority to writing her report.D. The washing machine should be checked annually.4. A. The man fell down when removing the painting.B. The wall will be decorated with a new painting.C. The woman likes the painting on the wall.D. The painting is now being reframed.5. A. It must be missing.B. It was left in the room.C. The man took it to the market.D. She placed it on the dressing table.6. A. Go to a play.B. Meet Janet.C. Book some tickets.D. Have a get-together.7. A. One box of books is found missing.B. Some of the boxes arrived too late.C. Replacements have to be ordered.D. Some of the books are damaged.8. A. The man will pick up Professor Johnson at her office.B. The man did not expect Iris paper to be graded too soon.C. Professor Johnson has given the man a very high grade.D. Professor Johnson will talk to each student in her office. Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A. To buy a present for his friend who is getting married.B. To find out the cost for a complete set of cookware.C. To see what he could ask his friends to buy for him.D. To make inquiries about the price of an electric cooker.10. A. To teach him how to use the kitchenware.B. To discuss cooking experiences with him.C. To tell him how to prepare delicious dishes.D. To recommend suitable kitchenware to him.11. A. There are so many different sorts of knives.B. Cooking devices are such practical presents.C. A mixer can save so much time in making cakes.D. Saucepans and frying pans are a must in the kitchen.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A. Some new problems in her work.B. Cooperation with an international bank.C. Her chance for promotion in the bank.D. Her intention to leave her present job.13. A. The World Bank.B. Bank of Washington.C. A U.S. finance corporation.D. An investment bank in New York.14. A. Supervising financial transactions.B. Taking charge of public relations.C. Making loans to private companies in developing countries.D. Offering service to international companies in the United States.15. A. It is a first major step to realizing the woman’s dream.B. It is an honor for the woman and her present employer.C. It is a loss for her current company.D. It is really beyond his expectation.Section BDirections: 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 bespoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the bestanswer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through thecentre.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A. Carry out a thorough checkup.B. Try to keep the gas tank full.C. Keep extra gas in reserve.D. Fill up the water tank.17. A. Attempting to leave your car to seek help.B. Opening a window a bit to let in fresh air.C. Running the engine every now and then.D. Keeping the heater on for a long time.18. A. It exhausts you physically.B. It makes you fall asleep easily.C. It causes you to lose body heat.D. It consumes too much oxygen.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A. They are very generous in giving gifts.B. They refuse gifts when doing business.C. They regard gifts as a token of friendship.D. They give gifts only on special occasions.20. A. They enjoy giving gifts to other people.B. They spend a lot of time choosing gifts.C. They have to follow many specific rules.D. They pay attention to the quality of gifts.21. A. Gift-giving plays an important role in human relationships.B. We must be aware of cultural differences in giving gifts.C. We must learn how to give gifts before going abroad.D. Reading extensively makes one a better gift-giver.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A. It reflects American people’s view of French politics.B. It is first published in Washington and then in Paris.C. It explains American politics to the French public.D. It is popular among French government officials.23. A. Work on her column.B. Do housework at home.C. Entertain her guests.D. Go shopping downtown.24. A. To report to her newspaper.B. To refresh her French.C. To visit her parents.D. To meet her friends.25. A. She might be recalled to France.B. She might change her profession.C. She might close her Monday column.D. She might be assigned to a new post.Section CDirections: 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 inthe blanks with the exact words you have just hoard. Finally, when thepassage is read for the third time, you should check what you havewritten.According to American law, if someone is accused of a crime, he is considered 26 until the court proves the person is guilty.To arrest a person, the police have to be reasonably sure that a crime has been 27 . The police must give the suspect the reasons why they are arresting him and tell him his rights under the law. Then the police take the suspect to the police station, where the name of the person and the 28 against him are formally listed.The next step is for the suspect to go before a judge. The judge decides whether the suspect should be kept in jail or 29 . If the suspect has no previous criminal record and the judge feels that he will return to court 30 run away, he can go free.Otherwise, the suspect must put up bail(保释⾦). At this time, too, the judge will 31 a court lawyer to defend the suspect if he can’t afford one.The suspect returns to court a week or two later. A lawyer from the district attorney’s office presents a case against the suspect. The attorney may present 32 as well as witnesses. The judge then decides whether there is enough reason to 33 .The American justice system is very complex and sometimes operates slowly. However, every step is 34 to protect the rights of the people. These individual rights are the 35 of the American government.Part ⅢReading Comprehension (40 minutes) Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a wordbank following the passage: Read the passage through carefully beforemaking your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words inthe bank more than once.Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.The fact is, the world has been finding less oil than it has been using for more than twenty years now. Not only has demand been 36 , but the oil we have been finding is coming from places that are 37 to reach. At the same time, more of this newly 38 oil is of the type that requires a greater investment to 39 . And because demand for this precious resource will grow, according to some, by over 40 percentby 2025, fueling the world’s economic 40 will take a lot more energy from every possible source.The energy industry needs to get more from existing fields while continuing to search for new 41 . Automakers must continue to improve fuel efficiency and perfect hybrid(混合动⼒的) vehicles. Technological improvements are needed so that wind, solar and hydrogen can be more 42 parts of the energy equation. Governments need to formulate energy policies that promote 43 and environmentally sound development. Consumers must be willing to pay for some of these solutions, while practicing conservation efforts of their own.Inaction is not an 44 . So let’s work together to balance this equation. We are taking some of the 45 needed to get started, but we need your help to go the rest of the way.Section BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of theparagraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information isderived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraphis marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.I Cry, Therefore I Am[A] In 2008, at a German zoo, a gorilla (⼤猩猩) named Gana gave birth to a maleinfant, who died after three months. Photographs of Gana, looking stricken and inconsolable (伤⼼欲绝的), attracted crowds to the zoo. Sad as the scene was, the humans, not Gana, were the only ones crying. The notion that animals can weep has no scientific basis. Years of observations by biologists Dian Fossey, who observed gorillas, and Jane Goodall, who worked with chimpanzees (⿊猩猩), could not prove that animals cry tears from emotion.[B] It’s true that many animals shed tears, especially in response to pain. Tears protectthe eye by keeping it moist. But crying as an expression of feeling is unique to humans and has played an essential role in human evolution and the development of human cultures.[C] Within two days an infant can imitate sad and happy faces. If an infant does notcry out, it is unlikely to get the attention it needs to survive. Around 34 months, the relationship between the human infant and its environment takes on a more organized communicative role, and tearful crying begins to serve interpersonal purposes: the search for comfort and pacification (抚慰). As we get older, crying becomes a tool of social interaction: grief and joy, shame and pride, fear and manipulation.[D] Tears are as universal as laughter, and grief is more complex than joy. Butalthough we all cry, we do so in different ways. Women cry more frequently and intensely than men, especially when exposed to emotional events. Like crying, depression is, around the world, more commonly seen in women than in men. One explanation might be that women, who despite decades of social advances still suffer from economic inequality, discrimination (歧视) and even violence, might have more to cry about. Men not only cry for shorter periods than women, but they also are less inclined to explain their tears, usually shed them more quietly, and tend more frequently to apologize when they cry openly. Men, like women, report crying at the death of a loved one and in response to a moving religions experience. They are more likely than women to cry when their core identities—as providers and protectors, as fathers and fighters—are questioned.[E] People who score on personality tests as more sympathetic cry more than thosewho are more rigid or have more self-control. Frequency of crying varies widely: some shed tears at any novel or movie, others only a handful of times in their lives.Crying in response to stress and conflict in the home, or after emotional trauma (创伤), lasts much longer than tears induced by everyday sadness—which in turn last longer than tears of delight and joy.[F] Sadness is our primary association with crying, but the fact is that people reportfeeling happier after crying. Surveys estimate that 85% of women and 73% of men report feeling better after shedding tears. Surprisingly, crying is morecommonly associated with minor forms of depression than with major depression involving suicidal thoughts.[G] People widely report that crying relieves tension, restores emotional balance andprovides “catharsis”, a washing out of bad feelings. The term “catharsis”has religious implications of removing evil and sin; it’s no surprise that religious ceremonies are, around the world, one of the main settings for the release of tears.[H] Crying is a nearly universal sign of grief, though some mourners report that,despite genuine sorrow, they cannot shed tears—sometimes even for years after their loved one has gone. Unlike today, when the privacy of grief is more respected, the public or ceremonial shedding of tears, at the graveside of a spouse or the funeral of a king or queen, was once considered socially or even politically essential.[I] Crying has also served other social purposes. Rousseau wrote in his Confessionsthat while he considered tears the most powerful expression of love, he also just liked to cry over nothing.[J] The association of tears with art has ancient roots. The classic Greek tragedies of the fifth century B.C. were primarily celebrations of gods. Tragedies, like poetry and music, were staged religions events. Even then it was recognized that crying in response to drama brought pleasure.[K] I have argued that there are neurobiological(神经⽣物⽅⾯的) associations linking the arts and mood disorders. When I lecture on crying, I ask my audience to let me know, by a show of hands, which art forms most move them to tears.About 80% say music, followed closely by novels (74%), but then the figures fall sharply, to 43%, for poetry, and 10-22% for paintings, sculpture and architecture.[L] The physical act of crying is mainly one of breathing in air, which is why we choke up when we weep. This suggests to language scientists that emotional crying evolved before language, perhaps explaining why tears communicate states of mind and feelings that are often so difficult to express in words. Of course,from an evolutionary perspective, recognition of emotion (usually through facial gesture) was essential for survival.[M] The earliest humans arrived several million years ago, but only 150,000 to 200,000 years ago, did cultures, language, religion and the arts arise. Along the way, tears became more than a biological necessity to lubricate (润滑) the eye and developed into a sign of intense emotion and a signal of social bonding. The development of self-consciousness and the notion of individual identity, or ego;storytelling about the origins of the world, the creation of humanity and life after death; and the ability to feel others’sadness—all were critical parts of the neurobiological changes that made us human[N] More recently, we’ve learned from neuroscience that certain brain circuits (回路) are activated(激活), rapidly and unconsciously, when we see another in emotional distress. In short, our brain evolved circuits to allow us to experience sympathy, which in turn made civilization, and an ethics based on sympathy, possible. So the next time you reach a tissue box, or sob on a friend’s shoulder, or shed tears at the movies, stop and reflect on why we cry and what it means to cry.Becanse ultimately, while we love to cry, we also cry to love.46. Nowadays people respect the privacy of grief more than in the past.47. Infants cry to attract attention for survival.48. There is no scientific evidence as yet that animals can shed tears from emotion.49. Tears can perform certain communicative functions which words cannot.50. Our ability to experience sympathy is essential to the development of civilization.51. People are more inclined to cry when suffering minor forms of depression.52. Sometimes people cannot cry despite genuine grief.53. In humans’long history, tears have developed an essential role in socialrelationships.54. Men are less likely to give reasons for their tears.55. Crying has long been associated with art.Section CDirections:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are fourchoices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choiceand mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single linethrough the centre.Passage OneQuestions 56 to 60 are based on following passage.Hospitals, hoping to curb medical error, have invested heavily to put computers, smartphones and other devices into the hands of medical staff for instant access to patient data, drug information and case studies.But like many cures, this solution has come with an unintended side effect: doctors and nurses can be focused on the screenand not the patient, even during moments of critical care. A poll showed that half of medical technicians had admitted texting during a procedure.This phenomenon has set off an intensifying discussion at hospitals and medical schools about a problem perhaps best described as “distracted doctoring.” In response, some hospitals have begun limiting the use of electronic devices in critical settings, while schools have started reminding medical students to focus on patients instead of devices.“You justify carrying devices around the hospital to do medical records, but you can surf the Internet or do Facebook, and sometimes Facebook is more tempting,”said Dr. Peter Papadakos at the University of Rochester Medical Center.“My gut feeling(本能的感觉) is lives are in danger,”said Dr. Papadakos. “We’re not educating people about the problem, and it’s getting worse.”A survey of 439 medical technicians found that 55 percent of technicians who monitor bypass machines acknowledged that they had talked on cellphones during heart surgery. Half said they had texted while in surgery. The study concluded, “Such distractions have the potential to be disastrous.”Medical professionals have always faced interruptions from cellphones, and multitasking is simply a fact of life for many medical jobs. What has changed, say doctors, especially younger ones, is that they face increasing pressure to interact with their devices.The pressure stems from a mantra (信条) of modem medicine that patient care must be “data driven,” and informed by the latest, instantly accessible information. By many accounts, the technology has helped reduce medical error by providing instant access to patient data or prescription details.Dr. Peter Carmel, president of the American Medical Association, said technology “offers great potential in health care.”but he added that doctors’first priority should be with the patient.56. Why do hospitals equip their staff with computers, smartphones and otherdevices?A. To reduce medical error.B. To cope with emergencies.C. To facilitate administration.D. To simplify medical procedures.57. What does the author refer to by “distracted doctoring”?A. The disservice done by modem devices to doctors, nurses, as well as patients.B. The tendency of medical institutions encouraging the use of modem devices.C. The problem of devices preventing doctors from focusing on their patients.D. The phenomenon of medical staff attending to personal affairs while working.58. What does Dr. Peter Papadakos worry about?A. Medical students are not adequately trained to use modem technology.B. Doctor’s interaction with their devices may endanger patients’ lives.C. Doctors are relying too heavily on modem electronic technology.D. Pressures on the medical profession may become overwhelming.59. Why do doctors feel increasing pressure to use modem devices?A. Patients trust doctors who use modern technology.B. Use of modem devices adds to hospitals’ revenues.C. Data is given too much importance in patient care.D. Patients’ data has to be revised from time to time.60. What is Peter Carmel’s advice to doctors?A. They follow closely the advances in medical science.B. They focus their attention on the patient’s condition.C. They observe hospital rules and regulations.D. They make the best use of modem devices.Passage TwoQuestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.I have closely watched my generation, known as The Millennials, for 29 years now. Joel Stein wrote an extensive piece on Millennials and he remains rather optimistic about our potential.I hesitate to share his optimism because of a paradox (⽭盾的现象) we seem to exhibit, namely, that there are more avenues for us to entertain ourselves than ever before, yet we are more bored than ever before.Entertainment has never been more varied. We have more cable channels, television shows, and movies than ever before. Internet providers allow instantviewing of almost any movie or television program ever created. Social drinking and partying are also widely available for Millennials. Every generation develops these habits at a certain age, but Millennials seem to be extending this phase of life as they postpone marriage.Some of this is undoubtedly due to The Great Recession. Millennials are having a difficult time finding jobs; only 47 percent of 16-to-24-year-olds are employed, the smallest share since government started recording data in 1948.But do Millennials respond to these economic troubles by doing whatever it takes to make ends meet? Hardly. In fact, of the four generations Pew Research has data for, the Millennial generation does not cite work ethic (勤奋⼯作) as distinctive of itself. Millennials want to save the world, but they sit and wait for that world-changing opportunity to be handed to them. Instead of working 2-3 jobs, launching a business, or doing what it takes to succeed, they retreat. Millennials may be the first generation to have a lower standard of living than their parents, but with this response to adversity (逆境), perhaps deservingly so.Much ink has been spilled in management books discussing how to get the most out of these youths in the workplace. Largely, they come to the same conclusion: Millennials are entitled, over-confident, and expect too much too quickly. We should not be surprised. Today’s young adults were raised by parents who made sure to boost their self-esteem at every turn, telling them they could achieve whatever they set their minds to, and handing out prizes for the sixth place.61. What does the author of the passage think of Millennials?A. They show little interest in entertainment.B. They are not confident about their ability.C. They enjoy an easy life due to high technology.D. They may not have bright prospects for success.62. How do Millennials feel about their life?A. They can hardly do anything about it.B. There is little in it to get excited about.C. It is not as good as their parents’.D. It is full of opportunities for success.63. In what way are Millennials different from previous generations according to PewResearch?A. They spend less time socializing.B. They are indifferent to others.C. They do not value hard work.D. They are more independent.64. What should Millennials do according to the author?A. Remain optimistic in face of adversity.B. Start a business as early as possible.C. Make full use of new opportunities.D. Take action to change their situation.65. Why are Millennials over-confident about themselves?A. They have been spoiled by their parents.B. They can always get whatever they expect.C. They are misguided by management books.D. They think they are young and energetic.Part ⅣTranslation (30 minutes) Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.中国教育⼯作者早就认识到读书对于国家的重要意义。
全新版大学英语(第二版)第二册第三单元短语总结
Useful Expressions in Unit 3，Book 2 (by Mr. Hu )1. “Father knows better.” or “Father, you know better than that.” literally means Father was wise enough not to do something. Actually it does not have this meaning. It means Father was not wise when he meddled with his children’s affairs.This sentence occurs six times in the text. The children said it satirically to show their disapproval of Father’s meddling with their affairs.2. location: n. a place or positionThis is a suitable location for a camp.目击者向警察指出事故发生的确切地点。
Witnesses showed the police the exact location of the accident.3. know better: behave in a more sensible and acceptable way4. He is old enough to know better.5. 他很明事理，不至于以貌取人。
He knows better than to judge by appearances.Pattern: know better than sb.know better than to do sth.7. embarrass: vt. make (sb.) feel awkward or ashamed8. It embarrassed him that he had to give a talk in front of a lot of people.9. I don’t like making speeches in public. It’s so embarrassing.10. I was really embarrassed when I couldn’t answer the teacher’s question.11. dumb: adj. 1) foolish eg. He was so dumb that he left his keys at home again.2) unable to speak eg. The terrible news struck us all dumb.他生来不能说话，但是他设法找到一个好工作。
大学英语之基础英语综合教程第二册unit2KeytoExercises
⼤学英语之基础英语综合教程第⼆册unit2KeytoExercises Unit 2The Virtues of Growing OlderKey to exercises:V ocabulary exercises:I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words.1. are likely to2. break up / disintegrate3. as a whole4. powerless against / completely controlled by5. not surprising / only too naturalII. F ill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.1. delay2. Feverishly3. facade4. confronted5. premise6. dreaded7. automatically8. awaitingIII. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1. obsessive2. moodiness3. tolerable4. beneficial5. satisfying6. hidden7. preference8. criticismsIV. C hoose a word or phrase that can replace the underlined part in each sentence without changing its original meaning.1. C2. D3. A4. A5. B6. DV. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.1. Synonym: conceal, disguise2. Antonym: narrow3. Synonym: satisfaction, happiness, joy4. Synonym: merits, advantages5. Synonym: fat, plump6. Synonym: well-built7. Antonym: old-fashioned, outdated8. Synonym: clearly, evidentlyVI. Write in each space one word that has the same prefix as underlined in each given word.1. prepare2. progress3. foresee4. parallel5. perimeter 教师⽤书中下划为per前缀，应为peri前缀6. diameter7. semiconductor8. decelerateGrammar exercises:I. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate forms of the nouns given.1. agony2. agonies3. experience4. experiences5. youth6. a youth7. a great help8. a good knowledge9. a gray hair10.workII. Complete each sentence with the most appropriate of the four choices given.1. A2. B5. A6. B7. B8. CIII. Complete the reading. Choose the correct words in parentheses. Choose X if no word is needed.a lot of / a little / some / a few / A / some / some / a lot of / X / many / X / a lot ofIV. Complete the following with every, each, everyone, every one or all.1.all, Every one, Every2.each3.Every4.each5.Everyone6.Each7.everyone, everyone8.EachV. Correct the errors, where found, in the following sentences.1. When planting these flowers, care must be taken not to damage the roots.you must take care2. Though received late at night, he started to work on the document immediately.Though he received the document late at night it3. Falling from such a height, we thought he would never survive.When he fell4. Reading the letter a second time, the meaning becomes clearer.When you read5. Reading the instructions repeatedly, what he meant became clear to me.I became clear about what he meant6. Shining in the sky we saw the first star.We saw the first star shining in the sky.7. The teacher walked behind the kids eating their lunches.who were eating8. While cleaning his gun, it went off unexpectedly.he was cleaningV. Make sentences of your own after the sentence given below, keeping the parts in italics in your sentences.1. e.g. We don’t go out much —as long as we can go for a drink once a week,we’re satisfied.As long as you have your health and your sanity, money isn’t really important.2. e.g. Obviously, the discomfort of the job is not enough to prevent this young manfrom his goal —making money for his education.Obviously, if you want to lose weight very quickly, you should do two things at the same time: eat less and exercise more! 3. e.g. Food is a real need, but what about the sugarcoated breakfast food advertisedon television? It’s neither necessary nor nutritious.The customer neither needs nor plans to buy candies and chewing gums, which are attractively displayed.Translation exercises:I. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1. 许多中年⼈去健⾝房锻炼，到街上跑步，为的是延缓衰⽼。
全新版大学英语第二版Iclose文章及翻译
Unit I closeDear Aunt Pat,Today my English teacher chose essay to read to the class.I had tried to make it funny---and it worked! Everybody laughed. Even prim Mr.Fleagle had to struggle to hold back a smile.Afterwards losts of people offered me their congratulations.I was more surprised than anybody. As you konw ,I used to find our English exercises rather tedious ,but this time when I scaned the list of essay title one caught my eye.It was “The Art of Eating Spaghetti.”Do you recall that night in Belleville when you made us all spaghetti? It remains vivid to me .Especically all the good---hunored arguments we had about the proper way to eat it.So that’s what I wrote about.I’ve had the isea off and on for some time now that one day I might take up writing .If I can turn out more work like that perhaps I really will be able to make a career of it.亲爱的姑妈，今天我的英语老师选择的作文读给全班同窗。
全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程2课后答案
Unit 1Part II Text A TextOrganization1.1) The text begins with an anecdote/incident.2)His thoughts are mainly about different approaches to learning inChina and the West.3)He winds up the text with a suggestion in die form of a question.1.Vocabulary1)insert 2) on occasion3) investigate 4) In retrospect5) initial 6) phenomena7) attached 8) make up for9) is awaiting 10) not …in the least11)promote 12) emerged2.Rewrite each sentence1)There is a striking contrast between the standard of living in t henorth of the country and the south.2)Natural fiber is said to be superior to synthetic fiber.3)The city's importance as a financial center has evolved slowly.4)His nationality is not relevant to whether he is a good lawyer.5)The poems by a little-known sixteenth-century Italian poet havefound their way into some English magazines.3.1) Chinese isn't a subject that can be picked up in a month. You can'taccomplish your goal of mastering the language unless you work at it for years. Well, it sounds as if I'm exaggerating the difficulties, but the fact is I'm only telling the truth.2)The principal is somewhat disappointed with the performance ofthe children. From what she has gathered, some of the teachingstaff have neglected their pupils. She has just announced thatstrict work regulations have been made and that they apply toboth Chinese and overseas teachers.3)The teacher-directed and the child-directed approaches toteaching art represent two extremes of opinion. Too manyteacher-directed activities cannot be expected to effectively assistchildren in learning because of the rigid structure. On the otherhand, too many child-directed activities may see a curriculumthat is totally unstructured and out of control. There are validreasons to believe a teacher-guided approach would be a superiorway to guide children's development. This approach combinessome form of structure with the child leading the direction.II.Confusable Words1.1)continual 3) continual21)principal 3) principle 5) principal2)continuous 4) continuous2) principal4) principlesage1. themselves2. himself/herself3. herself/by herself/on her own4. itself5. ourselves6. yourself/by yourself/on your ownComprehensive ExercisesI.Cloze(A)1.contrast2. exaggerating3. priority4. on the other hand5. promoting6. pick up7. assist 8. accomplish9. on occasion 10. neglecting11. worthwhile 12. superior(B)1. end2. perform3. facing4. competent5. equipped6. designed7.approach 8. rest9. definitely 10. qualityII.Translation1.sentences1)It takes an enormous amount of courage to make a departure fromthe tradition.2)Tom used to be very shy, but this time he was bold enough to give aperformance in front of a large audience.3)Many educators think it desirable to foster the creative spirit in thechild at an early age.4)Assuming (that) this painting really is a masterpiece, do you thinkit’s worthwhile to buy/ purchase it?5)If the data is statistically valid, it will throw light on the problem weare investigating.2.passage translationTo improve our English, it is critical to do more reading, writing, listening and speaking. Besides, learning by heart as many well-written essays as possible is also very important. Without an enormous store of good English writing in your head you cannot express yourself freely inEnglish. It is also helpful to summarize our experience as we go along, for in so doing, we can figure out which way of learning is more effective and will produce the most desirable result. As long as we keep working hard on it, we will in due course accomplish the task of mastering English.U2Text AA Life Full of RichesI. Vocabulary1.Fill in the gaps with words or phrases…1) abrupt 2) emotional 3) bless 4) wear and tear5) dated 6) consequences 7) seemingly 8) in contrast to9) Curiosity 10) genuine 11) primarily 12) sentiments2.Rewrite each s entence…1)confronted with more than one problem, try to solve the easiest one first2)vital to the existence of all forms of life3)some confusion among the students about what to do after class to follow up on the subject4)nothing more than a job and an apartment to be happy5)tickled him to think that she’d come to ask his adviceplete the s entences1)a lingering, fabricating, sentiments2)fill out, every item, vital, consequences3)be denied, tangible, cherish, attainII.Words with Multiple Meanings1.It is a long t rip and will take us five hours by bus.2.She arrived early and took a front row seat.3.Don’t take me for a fool.4.It takes a lot of imagination to fabricate such a story.5.My uncle will take me (alone on his trip) to the Arctic this summer.6.He took the dinner plate I passed to h im.7.Kevin took second prize in the weight-lifting competition.8.If you don’t take my advice, you will regret it.III. Usage1. hanging2. to give3. to return4. b eing praised5. not having6. to say7. to open8. b eing helpedComprehensive ExercisesI.Cloze1.Text-related1) well-off/affluent 2) dated 3) falling into 4) bracket 5) deny 6) tangible 7) pursuit 8) cherishes 9) out of p lace 10) abrupt 11) focus 12) donations2.Theme-related1) consume 2) fueled 3) annual 4) plain 5) physically6) security 7) indicates 8) equally 9) traditional 10) followsII.Translation1.Translate the S entences1)The company denied that its donations had a commercial purpose.2)Whenever he was angry, he would begin to stammer slightly.3)Education is the most cherished tradition in our family. That’s why my parents never took me to dinner at expensive restaurants, but sent me to the best private school.4)Shortly after he recovered from the surgery, he lost his job and thus had to go through another difficult phase of his life.5)In contrast to our affluent neighbors, my parents are rather poor, but they have always tried hard to meet our minimal needs.2.Translate the passage With more and more donations coming in, our university will be much better off financially next year. We will thus be able to focus on the most important task that we, educators, must take on: to encourage students to attain theirscholarly/academic goals, to train them to be dependable and responsible individuals, to prepare them for the life ahead, and to guide them in their pursuit ofspiritual as well as material satisfaction.U3Unit 3 The Generation GapText A Father Knows BetterI. Vocabulary1.Fill in the gaps with words or phrases…1) typical 2) dumb 3) junior 4) glorious 5) welfare 6) came over 7) interference 8) fading 9) narrowed down 10) frank 11) schemes 12) at any rate2.Rewrite each s entence…1)consists of five generals and four police officers.2)will be in a location overlooking the lake.3)was humiliated by her comments about my family background in front of so many people.4)have any proof that it was Henry who s tole t he computer?5)was exhausted after the long cycle ride.plete the s entences1)hysterical, was handed down by, should have known better than2)twisted, over and over, talented s on,3)patience, not to keep him in suspense, assured…repeatedlyII.Collocation1.adequate2. anxious3. certain4. content5. crazy6. likely7. fortunate8. keenage1. be admitted2. live3. be postponed4.buy5. be banned6. b eComprehensive ExercisesI.Cloze1.Text-related1) typical 2) welfare 3) constant 4) frank 5) talent 6) dumb 7) know better thanthat8) repeatedly 9) dread 10) interference 11)bet 12)assure2.Theme-related1. despite2. really3. same4. contact5. admitted6. attempt7. not8. tend 9. different 10. mannerII.Translation1.Translate the S entences1)Have scientists found proof of water on Mars?2)The planning committee has narrowed down the possible locations for the nuclear p ower plant to two coastal towns.3)Sam not only lost his job but also both legs; he had to live on welfare for the rest of his life.4) A jury consisting of 12 members voted in unison that Mary was guilty.5)Sean felt humiliated to hear his talent being questioned.2.Translate the passage George, the son of Mr. Johnson, liked listening to heavy metal music in the evenings, which made it hard for other residents in the community to fall asleep. Eventually the exhausted neighbors lost their patience and decided on direct interference. They called Mr. Johnson to tell him in a frank manner what they were thinking. Mr. Johnson assured them that he would certainly settle the issue. As soon as he put down the phone he scolded his son, “What has come over you? You should know better than to disturb others for your own amusement.” In the end George traded his CDs for computer games software from his classmates.Unit 4Text A A Virtual LifeI. Vocabulary1.Fill in the gaps with words or phrases…1) conversely 2) but then 3) symptom 4)spitting 5) abusing6) tone 7) took (her) in 8) editing 9)have arranged 10) in s ight11) stretched 12) data2.Rewrite each s entence…1)smoking cigarettes jars on me.2)find themselves getting sucked in3)has arranged for a technician from the computer store to check and repair it.4)fled their country to avoid military service/ fled to other countries to avoid military service.5)restore people's confidence in it.plete the s entences1)the virtual/ on line/ via2)nightmare/ routine/ any appointment/ arrange for3)cue/ r emarks/ his tuneII.Collocation1.We came here all the way on foot.2.Private cars are not allowed on campus.3.They are on vacation in Florida.4.Mary has been talking to her friend on the phone for an hour.5.Don't worry, Lucy is always on time.6.Industrial demand on fuel is on the rise.agel. hard 2. difficult3. impossible4. tough5.hard6. easyComprehensive ExercisesI.Cloze1.Text-related1) Internet 2) click3) virtual 4) routines5) arrange 6) nightmare7) annoying 8) connection9) crawls 10) t ake in11) spit 12) data13) sucked into 14) At times15) flee 16) on line2.Theme-related1) companion 2) deliver3) access 4) enables5) customers 6) delights7) provides 8) small9) remote 10) informationII.Translation1.Translate the S entences1)Research shows that laughter can bring a lot of health benefits.2)A slow Internet connection speed is really annoying.3)As the law stands, helping someone c ommit suicide is a crime.4)In her report, Mary tries to interpret the data from a completely different angle.5)Sue is a girl of great talent. Her amazing memory sets her apart from her classmates.2.Translate the passage Perhaps you envy me for being able to work from home on the computer. I agree that the Internet has made my job a lot easier. I can write, submit and edit articles via email, chat with my colleagues on line and discuss work with my boss. With a click of the mouse, I can get all the data I need and keep up with the latest news. But then, communicating through the Net can be frustrating at times. The system may crash. Worse still, without the emotional cues of face-to-face communication, the typed words sometimes seem difficult to interpret.Unit 6 Women, Half the skyText A A Woman Can Learn Anything a Man CanI. Vocabulary1.Fill in the gaps with words or phrases…1) cultural/culture 2)indication 3) miniature 4) ironic 5) stumbled into 6) decent7)buzzing 8) abnormal 9) mechanical 10) shuddering 11) implied 12)leap2.Rewrite each s entence…1)Convert RMB into US dollars in the foreign exchange office2)Didn’t know the first thing about cooking as she looked puzzled as to how to cook r ice with the r ice cooker3)Their faulty equipment the team had accomplished some very useful work.4)Allowing me to work flexible hours as long as I work eight hours a day5)Couldn’t help thinking the book m ust be quite fascinating.plete the s entences1)will n ot panic/ feel panic, will be at a disadvantage2)hybrid, transmission3)carve, one indication, to distinguishII.Collocation1.also2. as well/too3. too4. too5. as well/too6. too 7 also 8. a lsoage1. I’ve had enough2.when I was old enough to work and earn money3. can’t get enough sleep at night4. had so far collected enough of them5.have strong enough a rms6. have just enough money to live on Comprehensive ExercisesI.Cloze1.Text-related1) stumbled into 2) not know the first thing about 3) mechanical 4) when it comes to5) hybrid 6) gritted her teeth 7) premise 8) at a disadvantage 9) panic 10) cultural 11)flexible 12)imply2.Theme-related1. chair2. force3. secrets4. painstaking5. recognized6. steered7. essentially8.obsevation9. women 10. tutor 11.inspired 12.unlessII.Translation1.Translate the S entences1)He is a man of few words, but it comes to playing computer games, he is too clever for his classmates.2)Children who don’t know any better may think these animals are pretty cute and start playing with them.3)There is no way to obtain a loan, so as to buy the new equipment, I’ll just have to grit my teeth and sell m y hybrid car.4)The hunter would not have fired the shots if he had not seen a herd of elephants coming towards his campsite.5)I find it ironic that Tom has a selective memory --- he does not seem to remember painful experiences in the past, particular those of his own doing.2.Translate the passage: Nancy Hopkins is a biology professor at MIT. She craves knowledge and works hard. However, as a scientist, she could not help noticing all kinds of indications of gender inequality on campus. Men and women professors did the same work, but when it came to promotion the administrators were rather selective. It is ironic that after so much cultural progress, women were still at a disadvantage in institutions of higher education. When her request for more lab space was refused, she knew she had to fight. So she gritted her teeth and complained to the President. The fight ended in victory and Nancy was converted into a gender-equity advocate.Unit 7 Learning about EnglishText A The Glorious Messiness of EnglishI. Vocabulary1.Fill in the gaps with words or phrases…1) Strictly speaking 2) drifted 3) resembles 4) invaded5) is conquered 6) fascinating 7) snack 8) put into practice 9) source 10) climate 11) surrendered 12) w ere aroused2.Rewrite each s entence…1)an absolute necessity rather than a luxury2)is a valuable addition to the football team.3)will g et out of control, if the firemen do not arrive within ten minutest4)alternative but to go via Vancouver to get to Seattle.5)declared all beef imports will be banned for the next six months as an emergence measure to stop the spread of mad cow diseaseplete the s entences1)systematic, have invented, to a very real extent, mysteries2)to establish, to be modified/ modifying3)tolerance towards, strike out, enrichII.Synonyms1.wish, wish, want, want/wish2.skin, hide/skin, hide, skin3.raise/rear, raise, rear/raise, raise4.royal, kingly/royal, sovereign, r oyal/ kinglyage1. Indeed2. though3. Frankly4. Moreover5. To my knowledge6.however7. nevertheless8. Yet9. instead 10. in other words Comprehensive ExercisesI.Cloze1.Text-related1) fascinating 2) tolerance 3) invented 4) addition 5) ban6) corrupt 7) out of control 8) i nfluenced 9) elite 10) came up w ith 11) establishing 12) Massive 13) sources 14) enrich2.Theme-related1) early 2) similar 3) source 4) observation 5) examine6) features 7) declared 8) stronger 9) accident 10) sprungII.Translation1.Translate the S entences1)Many small businesses have sprung up in the city since the new policy went into effect.2)On hearing the news, she smiled briefly, and then returned to her habitual frown.3)He paused for effect, then said:” We can reach/ enter these markets through new channels.4)The addition of a concert hall to the school will help it nourish young musical talents5)We have no way to protect our personal liberties until we have established a sovereign state./ We can’t protect our personal liberties unless we, first of all, establish a sovereign s tate.2.Translate the passage Though how the English language came into existence remains a mystery to many people, linguists believe that English and most other European languages have descended from a common source: the Indo-European parent language. English was first spoken by the Anglo-Saxons who invaded England in the fifth century. They passed onto us the basic vocabulary of English. In over fifteen centuries of its development, English has enriched itself by massive borrowing. As British immigrants landed in America and established the United States as an independent nation, a new variety was added to the English language: American English. Though some people worry that the language is running out of control, many native speakers of English take pride in the tolerance of their language.。
现代大学英语 第二版第二册 Unit 2 Say Yes 课后答案
Contemporary College English (Second Edition)Book IIUnit 2 Say Yes KeysPreview1. Listen to the recording of the text and fill in the blanks in the following sentences.1) racial equality2) civil rights; linger on3) husband; quite a good husband/very considerate; liberal; racial4) considered; unprepared5) give his wife; had admitted6) found out; pressing7) look; argued about such serious matters8) perfectly normal; tolerate9) are different culturally10) culturally and socially; racial segregation11) white; married; a perfect stranger2. Read the text for better comprehension and answer the questions.1) “pitch in” means ―to join with other people in doing a job. In the expression “to pitch abaseball”, the word “pitch” means “to throw”. “to pitch a tent” means “to put up a tent”（支帐篷）. “pitch dark” means “as dark as pitch”（漆黑）“pitch ” means 沥青。
大学英语I第2次作业
本次作业是本门课程本学期的第2次作业，注释如下：大学英语I 第2单元作业题一、单项选择题(只有一个选项正确，共40道小题)1. – Jack, let me introduce you to my former roommate, Denise Black.–(A) No, I don’t.(B) Yes, please.(C) Nice to meet you.(D) Good!正确答案：C解答参考：[第二单元] C 当对方说“让我给你介绍某人”的时候，你不需要回答 Yes 或No，只需要直接向第三方问候，所以选C2. – Hi. I’m your neighbor. My name is Steve Edwin.–(A) What are you from?(B) Oh.(C) Yes, I know.(D) Hi. It’s good to see you. I’m Jane Peterson.正确答案：D解答参考：[第二单元] D 当对方问 May I have your name, please 时，并不仅仅需要你回答 Yes 或 No，从语用学上来说，对方想知道你的姓名，希望你回答。
一般情况下，你应该礼貌地告知对方自己的姓名3. – May I have your name, please?–(A) Yes.(B) Thank you.(C) Hello.(D) I’m Nancy Brook.正确答案：D解答参考：[第二单元]A 当对方主动向你作自我介绍时，你应该有礼貌地问候对方，同时也作自我介绍。
所以选A4. – Allow me to introduce myself. I’m Whitney.–(A) Nice to meet you. I’m Peter.(B) Yes, you may..(C) It’s my pleasure.(D) I’m glad.正确答案：A解答参考：[第二单元] B 当对方说“我想给你介绍某人”的时候，你不能回答 You are w elcome（不用谢）或 Not at all（没关系），你只需直接向第三方问候，所以选B5. – I’d like you to meet Kate.–(A) Yes, I’d like.(B) It’s a pleasure to meet you, Kate.(C) You’re welcome.(D) Not at all.正确答案：B解答参考：[第二单元] D当对方主动向你作自我介绍时，你应该有礼貌地问候对方，同时也可以作自我介绍。
大学英语词汇练习附答案第二套
大学英语词汇练习附答案第二套μú?tì×ìa1. The reality is, as it has always been, that teaching is a rewarding, but at times ______{s/1} profession.[A]. instructing[B]. benefiting[C]. well-paying[D]. frustrating2. Mr. Wilson asked me if these islands ______{s/1}to China.[A]. belong[B]. are belonging[C]. are belonged[D]. have been belonged3. Up till now I______{s/1} over 200 pages.[A]. covered[B]. am covering[C]. have covered[D]. will cover4. The commissioners (ì??éר?±) assured the crowd that the problem ______{s/1} care of as soon as possible.[A]. has been take[B]. will take[C]. was taken[D]. would be taken5. Did you telephone the Governor's office?""Yes, he ______{s/1} to be back before tomorrow morning."[A]. expecting[B]. is expected[C]. has expected[D]. is to expected6. I'd rather ______{s/1} those important papers with you.[A]. that you shouldn't take[B]. not taking[C]. please don't take[D]. you did not take7. The price of gold rose again, partly______{s/1} news about the war.[A]. result in[B]. go with[C]. because[D]. due to8. Responsibilities ______{s/1} becoming a father.[A]. charge for[B]. go with[C]. save for[D]. go through9. The country has ______{s/1}too many wars in the past few decades; its people are longing for peace so much.[A]. prevented from[B]. resulted in[C]. gone through[D]. gone with10. The president has ______{s/1} his political advisors over the slow pace of economic change.[A]. prevented from[B]. charged for[C]. accounted for[D]. clashed with11. That man looks familiar to me. He reminds me ______{s/1}Dr. Richards.[A]. to[B]. on[C]. for[D]. of12. He thought he could talk Mr. Robinson ______{s/1} buying some expensive equipment.[A]. to[B]. about[C]. into[D]. on13. When Laura finally arrived she apologized______{s/1} so late.[A]. for to come[B]. that she was coming[C]. for coming[D]. to come14. Everyone is amazed at the ______{s/1} growth of this city; it has been so different from what it was five years ago.[A]. explosive[B]. expanding[C]. expensive[D]. excessive15. Jack is a strong ______{s/1}, but you could beat him if you perform at your highest level.[A]. opponent[B]. partner[C]. friend[D]. mate16. Though he didn't answer my questions quickly, the lookon his face ______{s/1}that he was satisfied with me.[A]. indicated[B]. input[D]. interacted17. In the geography class, the teacher explained wind and water might cause soil ______{s/1}.[A]. pollution[B]. excellence[C]. explosion[D]. erosion18. Lots of birds were flying among the trees branches. What a(n) ______{s/1} view![A]. explosive[B]. amused[C]. amazing[D]. terrified19. The woman with golden hair was taken away by the security guards on ______{s/1} of being a criminal.[A]. suspect[B]. suspicion[C]. doubt[D]. belief20. We will spare no efforts to provide more ______{s/1} products to our customers.[A]. competitive[B]. competing[C]. competed[D]. competition21. She has been known to become upset at the ______{s/1}of blood.[A]. sight[B]. view[C]. show[D]. range22. For most people in China, the bicycle is still their main______{s/1}of transport.[A]. means[B]. impression[C]. attraction[D]. course23. Mary was so______{s/1}in her job that she didn't hear anybody knocking at the door.[A]. attracted[B]. excited[C]. absorbed[D]. drew24. Many of the children ______{s/1} some difficulty in learning the material.[A]. ran[B]. encountered[C]. acquainted25. His facial ______{s/1}told me that he didn't want to discuss the issue.[A]. expression[B]. feeling[C]. meaning[D]. show26. People who want the typist's job will be judged ______{s/1}how accurate and fast they are.[A]. in favor of[B]. in terms of[C]. in ways of[D]. in spite of27. You lose your head when you get upset and lose ______{s/1} of your actions.[A]. owning[B]. control[C]. objection[D]. eyesight28. I picked ______{s/1} a magazine that was lying on the table.[A]. up[B]. at[C]. on[D]. by29. Shall we request the chairman ______{s/1}our suggestion again?[A]. to consider[B]. considering[C]. consider[D]. considered30. We forgave her anger because we knew that her father's illness had put her under great ______{s/1}.[A]. shelter[B]. crisis[C]. stress[D]. nervousness31. He never ______{s/1}to read the news but turned at once to the crossword puzzle on the last page.[A]. worried[B]. noticed[C]. pained[D]. bothered32. Since we can't hear you at the back of the hall, you'll have to______{s/1}your voice.[A]. improve[B]. increase[C]. raise33. The noise of the traffic ______{s/1} Paul from his work.[A]. prevented[B]. distracted[C]. angered[D]. upset34. Inquiries ______{s/1}the condition of the patients may be made personally or by telephone.[A]. revealing[B]. concerning[C]. affecting[D]. Following35. I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat ______{s/1} .[A]. accept[B]. agree[C]. refusal[D]. decline36. She had clearly no ______{s/1}of doing any work, although she was very well paid.[A]. tendency[B]. foundation[C]. intention[D]. belonging37. Many students found the book ______{s/1}; it provided them with a large amount of information on the subject.[A]. informative[B]. confusing[C]. distracting[D]. amusing38. I just managed to______{s/1}a quick breath before I was pulled under the water by the passing boats.[A]. load[B]. gain[C]. take[D]. escape39. Motoring organizations have started a(n) ______{s/1} for safer roads in the area.[A]. action[B]. measure[C]. campaign[D]. achievement40. Given the general ______{s/1}of his health, it may take hima while to recover from the operation.[A]. function[B]. situation[D]. state41. She said that the man was (malicious) ______{s/1} in his intent[A] violent[B] vicious[C] sneaky[D] disagreeable42. The rule states that if a boxer is knocked down, he muststay down for a (mandatory) ______{s/1} eight seconds[A] inadequate[B] dependable[C] an obligatory[D] hard-working43. Tom used to be (a black sheep ______{s/1})in his school[A] a mischief[B] a humble person[C] a good student[D] a stupid pupil44.People cannot make friends with a person who is (cynical) ______{s/1} about friendship[A] progressive[B] sincere[C] inquisitive[D] skeptical about human progress45.The official planned to(interrogate) ______{s/1} the man[A] congratulate[B] question[C] criticize[D] expose46.(By hazard) ______{s/1} he took a wrong turn and discovered a shortcut[A] Mysteriously[B] heedlessly[C]By accident[D] Due to his error47.On the radar screen appears an (unidentified) ______{s/1} plane[A] an unknown[B] an anonymous[C] a vague[D] a suspicious48. The dentist?ˉs bill was (in the neighborhood of) ______{s/1} fifty dollars[A] anxiously[B] substantially[C] conscientiously[D] approximately49.It is in 1665 that the concept of the earth?ˉs gravity (dawned on) ______{s/1} Isaac Newtown[A] became clear to[B] turned up to[C] became famous for[D] was favorable for50.All his attempts have become (abortive) ______{s/1}[A] unsuccessful[B] premature[C] tentative[D] productive51.The donation will be used to aid (destitute) ______{s/1} families[A] impoverished[B] homeless[C] hopeless[D] desperate52. If you send me a (memorandum) ______{s/1}, I will surely remember to attend the meeting[A] a calling card[B] a short note[C] a cost analysis[D] an itinerary53. A flock of sheep (grazed) ______{s/1}peacefully in the field[A] stood[B] wandered[C] fed[D] lay down54. There is no (gainsaying) ______{s/1}the effectiveness of her remarks[A] agreeing with[B] denying[C] assisting[D] hunting55. Some people say that the two customs officers (were hand in glove with) ______{s/1} the smugglers[A] arrested[B] concealed[C] acted closely together with[D] punished56. Dorothy was registered as (an au pair girl) ______{s/1}in an English family[A] a full-time worker[B] a baby-sitter[C] a woman tutor[D] a woman who gets accommodations where she works but gets no pay57. The policeman promised to be (candid) ______{s/1}, but we wondered[A] sweet[B] open and frank[C] casual[D] modest58. Pass me that (pamphlet) ______{s/1}, please[A] novel[B] comb[C] note[D] brochure59. Your (belligerent) ______{s/1} attitude is often the cause for your lack of popularity[A] hostile[B] courageous[C] hospitable[D] cowardly60. insurrection______{s/1}[A] surrender[B] achievement[C] evolution[D] rebellion61 If you stick to these bad habits, you will ______{s/1} of losing your health.[A] take the risk[B] get the risk[C] come to the risk[D] be the risk62 Able to work under high ______{s/1}and time limitation.[A] press[B] pressure[C] depress[D] repress63 The ______{s/1} of each depends on how people feel, noton what experts say.[A] illustration[B] demonstration[C] definition[D] administration64 Thus, ______{s/1} of the way, alone or together, I will stick to trace.[A] regard[B] regarding[C] regardless[D] regarded65 Recognizing a problem is the first step in finding an effective ______{s/1}[A] way[B] solution[C] method[D] resolution66 Any doctor worth his salt should know how to ______{s/1} the illness.[A] do[B] take[C] cure[D] remand67 Yangtse River and Yellow River ______{s/1} the spirit of theChina.[A] show[B] represent[C] present[D] symbol68 An ______{s/1} in London in the winter of 1664-1665caused 70000 deaths.[A] episode[B] epidemic[C] espial[D] academic69 The fake not only disturbs the normal market order, but also ______{s/1}people's life health.[A] threat[B] threaten[C] intimidate[D] entreat70 Their dream is nothing less than a more equal society with no ______{s/1}prejudice.[A] racial[B] moral[C] mental[D] physical71 Please turn off the TV, because the noise will ______{s/1} her from her homework.[A] attract[B] arrest[C] distract[D] dismiss72 Set up production standards for each work station and control the production ______{s/1}[A] affection[B] efficiency[C] infection[D] sufficiency73 These ghosts ______{s/1} six afflictions; hunger, thirst, heat,cold.[A] suffer from[B] suffer at[C] suffer with[D] suffer by74 Will you help me to ______{s/1} the leaflets at the meeting?[A] hand in[B] hand with[C] hand out[D] hand to75 The society was ______{s/1}to preserve endangered species form extinction.[A] put up[B] set up[C] set with[D] put with76 Health clubs have come into bud throughout the nation, and many people ______{s/1}lifetime memberships.[A] sigh to[B] sign up for[C] sign in for[D] sigh up to77 Exceptional gifts set him ______{s/1}from other sculptors of his generation.[A] depart[B] comport[C] apart[D] part78 Drinking and smoking among young people is increasing to an ______{s/1}extent.[A] alarmed[B] alarming[C] alarm[D] alarmingly79 It is therefore better to deal with a ______{s/1} person or situation than an unknown one.[A] familiar[B] similar[C] family[D] simile80 It can help soothe some ______{s/1}pain, but in the end it will slow the healing process.[A] beginning[B] starting[C] initial[D] first81.We were told that most of our luggage would be ______{s/1} by sea.[A]. approached[B]. transported[C]. handled[D]. communicated82. His letters ______{s/1} a different side of his personality.[A]. Imagine[B]. advocate[C]. reveal[D]. dominate83. He apologizes for his comments and says he had no intention of ______{s/1} the community.[A]. Robbing[B]. barking[C]. collapsing[D]. offending84. When I'm going out in the evening I use the bike if I can, ______{s/1} the car.[A]. regardless of[B]. more than[C]. other than[D]. rather than85.Before a buyer can make an official offer to buy, he must have the house ______{s/1}.[A]. to be valued[B]. being valued[C]. valued[D]. valuing86. ______{s/1} 25 years ago next month, the club is holding a party for past and present members.[A]. Forming[B]. Having form[C]. Formed[D]. To form87. A man walked in off the street and fell flat ______{s/1} his face, unconscious.[A]. for[B]. on[C]. against[D]. in88. I've never heard of anyone ______{s/1} by a female.[A]. robbing[B]. being robbed[C]. to be robbed[D]. rob89. I had been self-employed for so long that I couldn't imagine ______{s/1} for someone else.[A]. to have to work[B]. working[C]. to work[D]. having worked90.He could remember ______{s/1} along the road just before the accident happened but he couldn't remember the accident itself.[A]. to have driven[B]. driving[C]. to drive[D]. having driving91. They were robbed ______{s/1} their wristwatches and shot during the course of the robbery.[A]. of[B]. from[C]. by[D]. with92.It ______{s/1} that John works as a general manager.[A]. must be this factory[B]. must be at this factory[C]. might have been Mary[D]. can't this factory93.Little______{s/1}we know his speech had made so deep an impression on his audience.[A]. have[B]. did[C]. had[D]. should94.We can't speak ______{s/1}our teacher.[A]. too highly of[B]. too high of[C]. highly of too[D]. to highly of95. ______{s/1}received law degrees as today.[A]. Never so women have[B]. Never have so many women[C]. The women aren't ever[D]. Women who have never96.No one in our class ______{s/1}in sports than he.[A]. are more interested[B]. are much interested[C]. is much interested[D]. is more interested97.The language ______{s/1} he wrote his poems was characteristic of the language used in the 16th century.[A]. which[B]. by which[C]. with which[D]. in which98. ______{s/1} is known to the world, Mark Twain is a great[A]merican writer.[A]. That[B]. Which[C]. It[D]. 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新标准大学英语综合教程1第二版unit4AR1
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The pickle jar
1 As far back as I can remember, the large pickle jar sat on the floor beside the dresser in my parents’ bedroom. When he got ready for bed, Dad would empty his pockets and toss his coins into the jar. As a small boy I was always fascinated at the sounds the coins made as they were dropped into the jar. They landed with a merry jingle when the jar was almost empty. Then the tones gradually muted to a dull thud as the jar was filled. I used to squat on the floor in front of the jar and admire the copper and silver circles that glinted like a pirate’s treasure when the sun poured through the bedroom window.
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Aing Up
1. Listen to a POEM and fill in the missing words.
2. Watch a VIDEO clip and answer the questions.
Warming Up
《大学英语（一）》第二次作业答案
《⼤学英语（⼀）》第⼆次作业答案《⼤学英语（⼀）》第⼆次作业答案⼀、单项选择题。
本⼤题共40个⼩题，每⼩题 2.5 分，共100.0分。
在每⼩题给出的选项中，只有⼀项是符合题⽬要求的。
1.— _______— I failed my driving test again.A.What shall I do?B.I’m down in spiritsC.What are you doing?D.What’s up?2.— Which is your preference, tea or coffee?— _______A.OK, thanks.B.I like bothC.Can I choose?D.I choose tea any time.3.— You’d better have more physical exercise.— _______A.I’d like that, but I can’t afford the time.B.That’s good.C.Really.D.Yes, I would.4.— I'm sure Class One will win the game.—________. Let's wait and see.A.Yes, I think soB.It's hard to sayC.ImpossibleD.That’s unlikely5.— Let’s go and have sports together.— _______A.Yes, please.B.You’re welcome.C.Good idea.D.Thank you.6.I think we should _______ these interesting old customs.C.reserveD.serve7.Because there is so much unemployment, the _______ for jobs is fierce.A.chanceB.contestC.pressure/doc/b415284600.htmlpetition8.Some words are hard to _______ because they have many different uses.A.spellB.pronounceC.defineD.mean9.The English of today is very different _______ the English of500 years ago.A.toB.inC.byD.from10.There are trees on _______ sides of the river.A.bothB.allC.eitherD.neither11.They want to _______ their own import-export business.A.set offB.set backC.set aboutD.set up12.My letters were all returned to me, so I decided to go around to her house _______ person.A.withB.atC.inD.of13.We _______ goods to over 40 different countries.14.William realized that he should have felt _______ with his job, but he didn’tA.contentedB.suitable/doc/b415284600.htmlfortableD.interested15.The young people spoke _______ length about their experiences.A.inB.atC.withD.by16.There are two _______ students on the play ground.A.hundredB.hundred ofC.hundredsD.hundreds of17.There is _______ ink in the bottle. I have to buy some.A.littleB.a littleC.fewD.a few18.Between 1820 and 1920 some 35 million _______ reached the United States.A.immigratesB.emigratesC.immigrantsD.emigrants19.Many small businesses are struggling _______ survival in this difficult economic climate.A.offB.withC.forD.up20.Advertising is often the most _______ method of promotion.21._______ a cold morning in June, I saw a stranger walking around the house.A.InB.AtC.OnD.For22.John was so drunk that he fell off the bike and _______ by the roadside until the next morning. /doc/b415284600.htmlidB.liedC.had lain/doc/b415284600.htmly23.His behavior _______ his lazy attitude toward to work.A.forbidsB.impressesC.reflectsD.occupies24.The hero of the story is an artist in his _______.A.thirtiethB.thirtyC.thirty’sD.thirties25.The pencil is _______ that one.A.as two time as longB.as long two times asC.two times as long asD.long as two times than26.It was _______ that came here at midnight.A.himB.themC.herD.theyD.covered28.I _______ on those days as the happiest time of my life.A.look atB.look downC.look backD.look for29.You must keep it secret. It is only _______ you and me.A.forB.toC.amongD.between30.The air in Beijing is getting much _______ now than a few years ago.A.cleanB.cleanerC.cleanestD.the cleanest31.The BBC _______ the news to all parts of the world.A.showsB.broadcastsC.tells/doc/b415284600.htmlmunicates32.I _______ to catch the early train, but I didn’t get up in time.A.managedB.intendedC.tendedD.failed33.A diet high in fat may be responsible _______ several types of cancer.A.forB.ofC.toD.atB.the otherC.otherD.another35.It wasn’t a good thing; _______ the contrary it was a huge mistake.A.ofB.onC.inD.at36.All in all we unexpectedly lost the match after two month of hard training.A.在经过两个⽉的艰苦训练后，我们所有的⼈都为输掉了这场⽐赛⽽意外。
2023年大学英语四级考试真题第二套答案
2023年大学英语四级考试真题第二套答案 Unfortunately, I am unable to provide the complete answers to the second set of the 2023 College English Test Band Four (CET-4) examination in English, as this would require a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the specific questions and their corresponding answers. Furthermore, the length requirement of 1000 words exceeds the scope of a typical conversation or response in this format.However, I can direct you to resources where you can find the answers to the CET-4 examination. Following the conclusion of the exam, various educational institutions and online platforms often release the official answers and detailed explanations. You can search for these resources on the internet or through educational websites and forums dedicated to CET-4.Please note that the answers may not be available immediately after the exam, as it takes time for theofficial answer keys to be released and analyzed. Additionally, it's important to use these answers as areference for self-assessment and not as a means to cheat or violate any exam regulations.If you are preparing for the CET-4 or any other English language examination, I encourage you to focus on improving your language skills through regular practice, reading, and listening comprehension. This will help you build a solid foundation in English and enhance your chances of successin the exam.。
2023年大学英语四级考试真题试卷第二套
大学英语四级考试COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST- Band Four -得到监考老师指令前, 不得翻阅该试题册!Part 1 Writing (30 minutes)(请于正式开考后半小时内完毕该部分, 之后将进行听力考试)Directions.Fo.thi.part.yo.ar.allowe.3.minute.t.writ.a.essa.base.o.th.pictur.below.Yo.shoul.sta men.o.th.kid’.understandin.o.goin.t.sc hool.Yo.shoul.writ.a.leas.12.word.bu.n.mor.tha.18.words.请用黑色签字笔在答题卡1指定区域作答作文题, 在试题册上旳作答无效。
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新标准大学英语第二版综合教程2 Unit 4 A篇练习答案及课文翻译
Warming Up
William
Sydney
Porter
(September 11, 1862 – June 5,
1910), known by his pen name O.
Henry, was an American short
story writer, who wrote about the
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➢ The Furnished Room is perhaps the bleakest of O. Henry’s best-known stories. The basic ironic plot can be summarized in a sentence — a young man commits suicide in the same room where a young woman for whom he has vainly searched killed herself. The fact that the young man ends up in the very same room in which his lost sweetheart took her life is one of the most extreme coincidences in all of O. Henry’s fiction. It is a story of transience, of lives that move through a bleak, indifferent world, leaving only bits of themselves.
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➢The Gift of the Magi is about a young couple who are short of money but desperately want to buy each other Christmas gifts. Unbeknownst to Jim, Della sells her most valuable possession, her beautiful hair, in order to buy a platinum fob chain for Jim’s watch; while unbeknownst to Della, Jim sells his own most valuable possession, his watch, to buy jeweled combs for Della’s hair. The essential premise of this story has been copied, re-worked, parodied, and otherwise re-told countless times in the century since it was written.
2022 年 12 月大学英语六级考试真题及答案(第 2套)
2022122Part I Writing(30 minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to write an essay that begins with the sentence“In an era of information explosion,it is vitally important to develop the ability to think critically and make rational choices.”You can make statements,give reasons,or cite examples to develop your essay.You should write at least150words but no more than200words.Part Listening Comprehension(30 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,you will hear two long conversations.At the end of each conversation,you will hear four questions.Both the conversation 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 on Answer Sheet1with a single line through the centre. Questions1to4are based on the conversation you have just heard.1.A)She hasn’t started writing it.B)She hasn’t decided on a topic.C)She is proofreading the first draft.D)She is working on the references.2.A)He lent many books to the man for reference.B)He offered the man advice on resource hunting.C)He published a lot in a number of reputable journals.D)He told the man to be selective when using e-resources.3.A)He didn’t think her dissertation topic viable.B)He wasn’t interested in her dissertation topic.C)He didn’t want her to rush through her dissertation.D)He wasn’t specific about the length of her dissertation.4.A)Change her research methodology.B)Narrow down her dissertation topic.C)Consult her professor more.D)Follow the man’s advice.Questions5to8are based on the conversation you have just heard.5.A)He has translated12books.B)He is a well-known nutritionist.C)His books sell well worldwide.D)His latest book sold a million copies.6.A)The desire of Americans to try exotic cuisines.B)The demand for information about food safety.C)The fact that over half of Americans are overweight.D)The fact that science books are difficult to read.7.A)The general public.B)Those who are overweight.C)Those who want to lose weight.D)The medical community.8.A)Switch to a vegetarian diet.B)Follow a personalized diet.C)Adhere to doctors’advice.D)Cut carbohydrate intake.Section BDirections:In this section,you will hear two passages.At the end ofeach passage,you will hear three or four questions.Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answerfrom thefour choices markedA)，B)，C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet1with a single line through the centre.Questions9to11are based on the passage you have just heard.9.A)The rate of their growth increased dramatically.B)The growth of their new brain cells doubled.C)They began to show signs of depression.D)They began to get irritated and restless.10.A)To avoid them in the future.B)To warn others against them.C)To make good sense of them.D)To reflect on their causes.11.A)Produce a surprising healing effect.B)Weaken one’s immunity in the long run.C)Make people more susceptible to illness.D)Provide protection against mental illnesses.Questions12to15are based on the passage you have just heard.12.A)Placing their own interests over their staff’s.B)Being overwhelmed by their daily routines.C)Lacking the ability to relate to their staff.D)Spending too much time handling email.13.A)Their leadership may be challenged.B)Their companies may go bankrupt.C)Unexpected events may occur.D)Major problems may result.14.A)Keep an eye on their employees.B)Motivate and inspire their team.C)Sacrifice some of the immediate goals.D)Have greater ambition in overall planning.15.A)Cultivate self-control.B)Filter their email boxes.C)Respond only after work.D)Check only when necessarySection CDirections:In this section,you will hear three recordings of lectures or talksfollowed by three orfour questions.The recordings will be played only once.After you hear a question,you must choose the best answerfrom thefour choices marked A),B),C)and D).Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet1with a single line through the centre.Questions16to18are based on the recording you have just heard.16.A)The key to increasing healthy food supply.B)The best way to improve marketing research.C)The impact of advertisements on consumption.D)The importance of the appearance of food.17.A)By focusing on the nutrients in different foods.B)By emphasizing the diversity of food.C)By stressing pleasing aesthetics of food.D)By winning the support of marketing professors.18.A)They can attract customers with the healthy qualities of their products.B)They can boost sales of healthy foods by making them visually appealing.C)They can turn to marketing professors for advice.D)They can rely on advertising for sales promotion.Questions19to21are based on the recording you have just heard.19.A)It has witnessed a spectacular surge in demand.B)It has met much criticism from environmentalists.C)It has seen more small businesses offering environment-friendly products.D)It has experienced increasingly fierce competition among global companies.20.A)Consumers now know much more about technology.B)Their mass production has sharply reduced the price.C)Consumers tend to favor all that is novel.D)Their quality has been greatly improved.21.A)Purchasing only this kind of products for home cleaning.B)Writing positive comments about them on social media.C)Demonstrating on TV how effective these products are.D)Telling one another about their incomparable virtues.Questions22to25are based on the recording you have just heard.22.A)Increasing cleaners’workload.B)Blocking the fountains’works.C)Breaking a time-honored ritual.D)Polluting the fountains’water.23.A)They are occasionally retrieved by curious tourists.B)They are regularly donated to charity organizations.C)They are mostly used for the fountains’maintenance.D)They are usually used as wages for fountain cleaners.24.A)It is invested in a series of businesses.B)It is used exclusively for its maintenance.C)It is used to run a supermarket for the needy.D)It is estimated to be about$40,000a month.25.A)He was arrested for stealing money from four fountain cleaners.B)He was sentenced to34years’imprisonment.C)He collected rare coins from around the world.D)He stole a lot of money from a fountain with a magnetic stick.Part III Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one wordfor each blankfrom a list of choices given in a word bankfollowing the passage.Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letterfor each item on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the centre.You may not use any ofthe words in the bank more than once.The task of the global strategist of a business is to build a platform of capabilities derived from the resources,experiences and innovations of units operating in multiple locations,to transplant those capabilities wherever26,and then to systematically upgrade and renew them—ahead of the competition.Apple is an outstanding case of a company whose unique capabilities give it a worldwide27advantage,particularly with respect to its ability to build platforms from a product base that integrates functional and28design.Apple has been able to leverage and exploit its California-based design and marketing advantages successfully throughout the world.IKEA is another such case.The do-it-yourself furniture and houseware company first developed a compelling set of capabilities to design,manufacture and29furniture at low cost and sell it in a novel way in ter,IKEA successfully30this formula in many other countries.By contrast,Telefónica,a Spanish telecommunications company that is now the world’s fifth largest telecom by31,first developed its special advantage abroad. In1989and1990,Telefónica had the opportunity to enter Chile and Argentina, countries that shared many institutional and cultural characteristics with its home country but that were32more rapid market reform.Throughout the1990s, Telefónica took what it learned in Chile and Argentina about reconstructing former state-owned telecoms to other Latin American countries that were privatizing their state telecoms and deregulating their telecom markets.These examples might lead the reader to believe that creating a global advantage is an easy task.But many other33of expensive failed experiments suggest that creating a lasting global advantage actually requires a great deal of34and operational finesse(技巧).Our research suggests that global winners typically create and sustain their international presence through a systematic process of35, renewing and enhancing their core capabilities.A)aesthetic F)fiscal K)safeguardingB)appropriate G)instances L)shipC)clusters H)rehabilitated M)strategicD)competitive I)reproduced N)transcendE)exploiting J)revenues O)undergoing Section BDirections:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2.Fear of Nature:An Emerging Threat to ConservationA)What do we lose when natural spaces and species disappear?Increasingly,research has shown that as species and ecosystems vanish,it also chips away at our ability to preserve what remains—because we no longer understand what we’re losing.B)You probably see it all the time.The neighbor who puts pesticides on his lawnrather than deal with annoying bees.The politician who votes against wildlife protection because she’s never seen a wolf in the wild.The corporation that wants to bulldoze(用推土机推平)the habitat of a rare frog.C)At best this can be termed“the extinction of experience,”where our cultural andnatural histories fade from our memories and therefore our reality.At itsworst it becomes something even more concerning:“biophobia,”the fear ofliving things and a complete aversion to nature.D)This isn’t the fiction of living in a cold,empty dystopia(绝望的世界).Sadly,it’s becoming a way of life for too many people—especially children.Arecent study in Japan paints a striking portrait of this problem.A survey of more than5,300school children in the Tochigi Prefecture examined their perception of 14local insect species and one spider.The results?A collective“ew!”Most of the students saw the species as things to dislike or fear,or even as sources of danger.The less experience the students had with nature,the more negative their feelings.E)The results were published earlier this year in the journal Biological Conservation.Lead researcher Masashi Soga with the University of Tokyo says the studystemmed from observations about today’s nature-deficient children.“Humansinherently avoid dangerous organisms such as bees,but children these daysavoid even harmless insects such as butterflies and dragonflies(蜻蜓),”he says.“I have long wondered why so many of today’s children react like this.”F)Although the children’s reactions were somewhat expected,the new study didcontain an unexpected finding:Many of the surveyed children revealed that their parents also expressed fear or disgust of the same animals.In fact theseparental emotions were strong enough to overwhelm any positive experiences the children might have gained from direct experiences in nature.As Soga and his coauthors wrote in their paper,“Our results suggest that there is likely afeedback loop in which an increase in people who have negative attitudestowards nature in one generation will lead to a further increase in people with similar attitudes in the next generation.”G)And that’s possibly the greater threat posed by extinction of experience.Soga suggests the generational loss—a condition previously dubbed environmental generational amnesia(遗忘)—could chip away at our societal ability to preserve what we’re losing.“I believe that increased biophobia is a major,but invisible, threat to global biodiversity,”Soga says.“As the number of children who have biophobia increases,public interest and support for biodiversity conservation will gradually decline.Although many conservation biologists still consider that preventing the loss of wildlife habitat is the most important way to conserve biodiversity,I think preventing increased biophobia is also important for conservation.”H)What’s to be done about this?The paper makes several recommendations,themost obvious of which is that children should experience nature more often.The authors also suggest establishing policies to guide these natural experiences and increasing educational programs about the natural world.I)Helping parents to see species around them in a new light would make adifference,too.And,of course,maintaining support for preserving the wildspaces where these“scary”creatures live is the most important thing of all.That’s a point reinforced by another recent study,which found that wild spaces located within urban areas—and the plants and animals that thrive in them—are particularly important for human health and well-being.J)Published in the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Cities,the study examined attitudestoward Discovery Park,the heavily forested534-acre public park in Seattle, Washington.It found that the public had the most appreciation for—and gained the most value from—the wildest parts of the park.“I have seen whales,seals,fish, eagles,shorebirds and many other sea creatures in their natural habitat,”one survey participant wrote.“Coming here with people has allowed me to connect and talk with them about conversation that simply does not happen in everyday life,”wrote another.K)The participants reported that their most valuable experiences in the park included encountering wildlife,walking through open spaces,exploring thebeach and finding beautiful views.“We saw that a large majority ofparticipants’interactions,especially their most meaningful interactions,depended on Discovery Park’s relative wildness,”says lead author Elizabeth Lev,a master’s student in the University of Washington’s Human Interaction with Nature Lab.This is only possible because the park is relatively wild.After all,you can’tenjoy watching birds if there are no birds to follow;gaze at the sunset if it’sobscured by skyscrapers;or stop and smell the flowers if they don’t have room to grow.L)And yet even this long-protected space could someday become less hospitable to nature.Over the past few years a lot of people and organizations have suggested developing parts of Discovery Park or the neighboring area.Most recently aplan proposed building34acres of much-needed affordable housing andparking spaces adjacent to the park,bringing with them noise,traffic andpollution.M)If anything like that happened,both the park and the people of Seattle could lose something vital.And that would continue the trend of chipping away at Seattle’s—and the world’s—natural spaces,leaving just tiny pocket parks and green-but-empty spaces that offer little real value to wildlife,plants or people.N)“It is true that any interaction with nature is better than none,but I don’t want people to be satisfied with any small bit of grass and trees,”Lev says.“We have been in this cycle of environmental generational amnesia for a long time,where the baseline keeps shifting and we don’t even realize what we’re losing until it’s gone.If we can get people to understand how much meaning and value can come from having more experiences with more wild forms of nature,then maybe we can stop this cycle and move toward conserving and restoring what we have left.”O)Building this understanding in an ever-more fearful and disconnected world may be the biggest challenge.Peter Kahn,the senior author of Lev’s paper and the director of the Human Interaction with Nature lab,made several suggestions for bridging this gap in this2011book,Technological Nature.They echo the recommendation about getting children into nature,but also include telling stories of how things used to be, imagining what things might be like in the future,and developing a common language about nature,“a way of speaking about wild and domestic interaction patterns,and the meaningful,deep and often joyful feelings that they generate.”P)No matter what techniques we use,this growing field of research illustrates that saving nature requires encouraging people to experience it more often and more deeply.That calls for additional research—Lev and her coauthors have published a toolkit that other municipalities can follow to study the value of their own wild spaces—and clear communication of the results.“If we cancontinue to show people the benefits of these wild spaces,”Lev says,“maybe people will begin to see more value in keeping these areas undeveloped—for the sake of our mutual benefit.”36.A new study found parents’aversion to certain animals would pass on to their children.37.The disappearance of species and ecological systems erodes our ability to keep what is left.38.A study showed that the wildest areas of Discovery Park appealed most to the public.39.The fear of living organisms is becoming more worrisome.40.Preventing the increase in children’s fear of living creatures is also important for conserving biodiversity.41.Research shows that more and deeper experience people have with nature will help save it.42.Though humans naturally tend to avoid dangerous animals,today’s children try to stay away from even harmless ones.43.Development in and around Discovery Park could cause heavy losses to the park and the local residents.44.A large survey of school children found that their negative feelings grew as their experience with nature diminished.45.Elizabeth Lev believes increased contact with more wildlife helps conserve biodiversity.Section CDirections:There are2passages 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 and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet2with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions46to50are based on the following passage.Some people in the US have asserted that forgiving student loan debt is one way to stimulate the economy and give assistance to those in need.One government proposition is to eliminate$10,000of debt for‘economically distressed’students. Some in US Congress have gone so far as to suggest forgiving up to$50,000in debt per student borrower,but does forgiving student debt necessarily correlate to helping the economically disadvantaged?The answer is no.This policy is just giving money away to universities and the most affluent students in attendance.Federal Reserve data reveals that the highest-income40percent of households owe approximately60percent of outstanding student debt,while the lowest40percent owe just under20percent.This could bedue to a combination of factors:students from high-income households are more likely to go to expensive colleges,less likely to receive financial aid,and more likely to have high incomes post-graduation.Plus,the majority of student debt is held by graduate degree earners,who earn approximately25percent more than their undergraduate counterparts.Clearly,giving free reign to banks to forgive student debt is a step in the wrong direction.Other proposals for broader,long-term student loan plans have some fundamental problems.One idea is to cancel student debt only for undergraduate degrees and for students making less than$125,000.This attempts to address the fact that Congress’previously mentioned student loan forgiveness plan largely helps out the wealthy,but is an adverse incentive for universities to keep raising tuition and for students to choose to major in low-earning degree programs.Colleges have no reason to make their programs more affordable if they believe students will just take out more debt.And,students will feel more comfortable making the irresponsible decision to go tens of thousands of dollars in debt tomajor in impractical or idealistic subjects if they know their loans will be forgiven.This is especially concerning given the pandemic(大流行病)has rendered a college education practically worthless.Students are paying tens of thousands of dollars per year to live at home and be lectured on the Internet.Do we really want to tell colleges that they can get away with providing below-average service for an outrageous cost?In the case of any of these student debt plans,working-class Americans who chose not to or could not afford to go to college will be subsidizing the education of the professional class.Plumbers and retail workers will be paying for the degrees of doctors and lawyers.The US government’s effort to help those in debt is commendable but is this really the solution that will help the poor financially recover?46.Why do some people advocate forgiving student loan debt?A)They assert it will narrow the gap between the wealthy and the poor.B)They believe it will benefit both the economy and theunderprivileged.C)They claim it will eliminate economic distress among collegestudents.D)They think the cost of education is the responsibility of thegovernment.47.What do we learn from the Federal Reserve data?A)Approximately60%of student debt remains unpaid.B)Cancelling student debt benefits wealthy families most.C)Forgiving student debt provides little benefit to universities.D)Low-income families owe the biggest amount of student debt.48.What does the author say students are likely to do if they know they needn’t repay their loans?A)They will choose to study subjects without considering their job prospects.B)They will be free to pursue their goals without beingburdened financially.C)They will over-borrow and live beyond their means.D)They will be able to enroll in expensive universities.49.What does the author imply about colleges offering online education?A)They cannot get away with the serious consequences.B)They have suffered greatly from the current pandemic.C)The tuition they charge is not justified by the quality of theirservice.D)The tuition they charge has surged outrageouslyduring the pandemic.50.What will happen if any of the proposed student debt plans is implemented?A)Plumbers and retail workers will have a chance of becoming professionals.B)Working-class students will have increasing access to subsidized education.C)Blue-collar workers will have to bear the cost of educating would-be high-earners.D)A growing number of students will be able to earn degrees in medicine and law.Passage TwoQuestions51to55are based on the following passage.If there’s one rule that most parents cling to in the confusing,fast-changing world of kids and media,it’s“No screens before age2.”As of today,that rule has been thrown out the window.The American Academy of Pediatrics(AAP),which first issued that recommendation back in1999,has extensively updated and revised its guidelines for children and adolescents to reflect new research and new habits.The new guidelines,especially for very young children,shift the focus from WHAT is on the screen to WHO else is in the room.And in doing so,they raise some intriguing points about the future of learning from media.For babies younger than18months,AAP still says no screens at all are the best idea—with one notable exception:Live video chat.Surveys indicate that families already popularly believe that“Face time doesn’t count”,or at least that thebenefit of virtual visits with grandparents or other relatives outweighs the potential cost of exposing babies to the laptop or smartphone.The AAP doesn’t cite positive evidence that infants actually get something out of this kind of“conversation”,the way that they clearly do from live social interaction. But there’s some observationalresearch that infants as young as six months old are emotionally engaged by playing live peekaboo(躲猫猫游戏)with Grandma online.For infants and toddlers(学步儿童),ages15months to2years old,there’s limited evidence from a couple of very small studies that they can learn new words from educational media,if and only if parents are watching alongside them, repeating what the video says and/or drawing attention to what is on the screen.In other words,treating a video or an app like a picture book is the best bet.The flip side of this is that many studies have actually shown poorer language skills correlated with earlier solo viewing of“educational”videos.There’s also research that shows language delays in children who watch more TV and start watching earlier.In both cases,the problem seems to be media replacing interaction with people.For this reason,the new AAP guideline has changed from“avoid all screens under age2”to“avoid solo media use in this”age group.For preschoolers ages2to5,there’s more evidence that they have the ability to transfer knowledge from screens to the real world,including early literacy and math.For this age group,AAP recommends no more than an hour a day of screen use. And,just as with younger children,they want care-givers to take part in screen time:“Co-view with your children,help children understand what they are seeing,and help them apply what they learn to the world around them.”51.What do we learn about the“No screens under2”rule?A)It has met more and more resistance from parents.B)It has proved helpful to children’s healthy growth.C)It confuses parents with regard to kids’education.D)It has been discarded in line with recent research.52.What do the new AAP guidelines advocate?A)Young children should be accompanied by parents duringscreen time.B)Parents should be emotionally involved in their children’supbringing.C)Young children should watch videos carefully selected byparents.D)Parents should protect their children from too much media exposure.53.What do families think of live video chat according to surveys?A)It should not be regarded as screen time.B)It helps babies to develop their verbal skills.C)It is not as harmful as playing games on laptops.D)It is a good substitute for video viewing.54.What do researches find about kids solo viewing educational videos?A)It arouses their interest in language learning.B)It works no better than reading picture books.C)It hampers their development of language skills.D)It helps them acquire independent learning skills.55.What does the author say about preschoolers ages2to5?A)They can understand pretty well what they see on the screen.B)They can learn on their own without much parental guidance.C)They can make use of educational videos to develop digital literacy.D)They can relate what they learn on the screen to real life situations.Part IV Translation(30 minutes)Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to translate a passagefrom Chinese into English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet2.云贵高原（the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau）大部分位于云南、贵州省境内，总面积约50万平方公里，平均海拔2000-4000米，是中国第四大高原。
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2016年大学英语二（第二套）(一) 单选题1. For a successful business, friendly and ______ staff are essential.(A) lovely(B) hard(C) efficient(D) respective难度：中分值：4.02. We cannot judge a person simply on the ______ of this education(A) condition(B) basis(C) principle(D) theory难度：中分值：4.03. Excuse me, how much is the jacket? It’s 499 Yuan. ________.(A) Oh, no. That’s OK!(B) How do you like it?(C) Which do you prefer?(D) Would you like to try it on?难度：中分值：4.04. Today’s weather is _____worse than yesterday’s.(A) very(B) much(C) very much(D) much too难度：中分值：4.05. She has two best friends. _____of them is in the country.(A) All(B) Both(C) No one(D) Neither难度：中 分值：4.06. The Web also provides an environment in which it is quick and easy to ______ ideaswith colleagues.(A)change (B)exchange (C) trade (D)know难度：中 分值：4.07. I do not intend to follow that, because we shall have an opportunity to do so onanother ______.(A)occasion (B)situation (C)condition (D)environment 难度：中 分值：4.08. It’s rather cold in here. Do you mind if I close the window?____________.(A) Yes,please(B) No, goahead(C) Sure,please(D) Idon’tlike it难度：中分值：4.09. I believe you have ______ some important points in the report.(A) left alone(B) left behind(C) left off(D) left out难度：中分值：4.010. What’s his mother like? ______(A) She’s very happy(B) She’s at home(C) She likes watching TV(D) She ’s tall and thin难度：中分值：4.011. If we ______ the plan you suggest, we are more likely to be successful.(A) elect(B) command(C) decide(D) adopt难度：中分值：4.012. Who’s that speaking? This is Tom__________.(A) speaks (B) spoken (C) speaking (D) saying难度：中分值：4.013. It was well known that Thomas Edison______ the electric lamp.(A) invented(B) discovered(C) found(D) developed难度：中分值：4.014. ____ girl dressed _____ black is her sister Rose.(A) A; In(B) A; On(C) The; on(D) The; in难度：中分值：4.015. I didn’t know the word; I had to ______ a dictionary.(A) look out(B) make out(C) refer to(D) go over难度：中分值：4.016. ____________?He teaches physics in a school.(A) What does your father want to do(B) Who is your father(C) What is your father(D) Where is your father now难度：中分值：4.017. I’m sorry. I lost the key. ______________.(A) Well, it’s OK(B) No, it’sallright(C) You arewelcome(D)You are wrong难度：中 分值：4.018. I cannot tell the ______ difference between the twins.(A) slight (B) single (C) simple (D)slender 难度：中 分值：4.019. The red rose is her ______(A)favor (B) favorite (C) like (D)best难度：中 分值：4.020. Winning or losing is temporary, but friendship ______(A) expects(B) lives(C) remains(D) lasts难度：中分值：4.0(二) 完型填空Television broadcasts are limited to an area that is withinthenot cover as much as people expected. However , the rays also go out into thearound the earth, it can send pictures to any point on the earth from which thecountries at the same time. Someday it may be possible for a subscriber to a televiseddialing different numbers sucha telephone dial, he could choosethe language or the edition of the paper he wants to read(1) (A)range (B)view (C)miles (D)distance(2) (A)Even (B)Although (C)Unless (D)Whenever(3) (A)cover (B)spread (C)help (D)pass(4) (A)Then (B)Therefore (C)So (D)If(5) (A)watched (B)seen (C)spotted (D)protected(6) (A)one (B)all (C)some (D)any(7) (A)population (B)editions (C)Articles (D)reports(8) (A)at (B)in (C)on (D)by(9) (A)turn (B)to turn (C)turning (D)to beturned(10) (A)what (B)these (C)those (D)ones难度：中分值：10.0(三) 阅读理解1. This library is an English language teaching and learning library. Unfortunatelyour resources are limited and so not everyone can join. Teachers of English, University students and professionals who are in the medical, engineering and managing fields, can all join the library. Those from other professions are welcome to apply, but your application will not necessarily be approved. You must fill ina library application form, and put it in the box on the librarian’s de sk. Becauseof the high number of applications we receive each week, you must wait one week.You may borrow one video at a time. The video must be returned in one week. If you can’t return it on time, please call. Otherwise your video library card will be cancelled. You may borrow three items at one time, that is, three books or three discs. All items must be returned within one month.Which of the following groups of people can join the library?(A) Allteachers (B)High school students(C) Universitystudents (D) ArmyofficersWhy can’t the library issue library cads to everyone who applied?(A) Because it takes too long toprocess alltheapplications(B)Because its resources arelimited(C) Because there are notenoughstaff members(D) Because it is a libraryforspecial purposeWhat would the library do if a reader fails to return the video on time?(A)Ask him to applyagain(B) Cancel hisvideocard(C)Not approve his application(D) Notallow him toborrowany itemsHow many items can be borrowed at one time?(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D)4 For how long can a reader keep a book before he returns it?(A) 1month.(B) 2months (C) 1week(D) 2weeks难度：中 分值：5.02. Telecommuting(远程办公) It’s 8.30, time for John to start work. So he turns onhis radio. Then he eats breakfast. As he eats, he reads his e-mail and reviews his to-do list. Then he sits on the sofa and thinks about an article he needs to write…… Wait a minute! Radio? Breakfast? Sofa ? What kind of workplace is this ? Well,actually it is John’s house, and he is a telecommuter -he works at home, communicating with the workplace though the Internet. Like John, millions of people-and their employers-are finding that telecommuting is a great way to work. Telecommuters can follow their own schedules. They work in the comfort of homes, where they can also look after young children of elderly parents. They work in the comfort o their homes, where they can also look after young children or elderly parents. They save time and money by not traveling to work. Their employers save, too, because they need less office space and furniture. Studies show that telecommuter change jobs less often. This saves employers even more money. Telecommuting helps society, too, by reducing pollution and traffic problems. Jobs that are suited to telecommuting include writing, design work, computer programming and accounting. If a job involves working with information, a telecommuter can probably do it.From the passage we know that John doest his job(A) bytelephone (B) in hisoffice(C)away from home(D)through the InternetWhich of the following is mentioned as one of the advantages of telecommuting?(A)One can get along well with-workers(B) One canwork on one’s ownschedule(C) One can work forseveralemployers.(D) One can enjoy alot oftravelingThe passage tells us that telecommuters thane jobs less often and so .(A) they can get moreworkexperience(B) theywill have alongerpaid holiday(C)their employers can save moremoney(D) their employers will givethem ahigher payThe phrase “suited to ” in the third paragraph means(A) acceptablefor(B) difficultfor(C) fitfor(D) badforThe passage is mainly about .(A) a new way towork(B) John’s working day(C) variousworkplaces (D) theInternet难度：中 分值：5.0。
全新版大学英语综合教程第二版1单词UNIT2
全新版大学英语综合教程第二版1单词UNIT2Detailed ReadingUNIT2TEXTAbe lost in / lose oneself in: be absorbed in; be fully occupied with - He was lost in playing computer games so he was unaware of my entering the room. - I had lost myself in thought.- 他忙于这项工作而对周围的一切都很漠然。
(He was lost to the world in this task.)available: adj.1. able to be got, obtained, used, etc.- If you don’t want to buy a kite, you can make your own using directions available in the book. - We have already used up all the available space. - 对不起,这种外套没有你要的颜色和尺码。
(I’m sorry. Those overcoats are not available in your color and size. ) 2. able to be visited or seen; not too busy- 律师现在没空。
(The lawyer is not available now.)or something: used when you are not very sure about what you have just said - The air fare was a hundred and ninety-nine pounds or something. - Here’s some money. Get yourself a sandwich or something. NB:同义的短语：or something like thatgo ahead: continue; begin (sometimes followed by with + n.)- The board of directors will vote today on whether to go ahead with the plan. - Henry will be late but we will go ahead with the meeting anyway. estimate:1. vt. form a judgment about (a quantity or value) - Bill’s personal riches were estimated at $368 million.- I estimate that the total cost for the treatment of the disease will go from $5,000 to $8,000. - 我估计她有35岁。
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1、The computer __to overheat if used for too long.
A.tends
B.intends
C.pretends
D.contents
参考答案：A您的答案：A
2、As they __the village,they saw a lot of new houses being built.
A.arrived
B.returned
C.reached
D.came near
参考答案：D您的答案：D
3、Clothes and blankets have been __ the refuges.
A.handed in to
B.turned out to
C.got up for
D.given out to 参考答案：D您的答案：D
4、The bank is said to have been robbed in broad daylight.The police are now __ the case.
A.looking up
B.looking into
C.looking over
D.looking through 参考答案：B您的答案：B
5、For the good of both parties,the discussion soon struck the real__.
A.difficulty
B.question
C.problem
D.consideration
参考答案：C您的答案：C
6、Why are some cancers cured by chemotherapy alone,__ others are unaffected by drugs?
A.while
B.where
C.as
D.however
参考答案：A您的答案：A
7、We were almost asleep when Chris finally __.
A.showed off
B.presented
C.vanished
D.appeared
参考答案：D您的答案：D
8、It's Friday again.What about going to the pub to have some __?
A.programs
B.fun
C.happiness
D.joy
参考答案：B您的答案：B
9、Only the minutes remained before the train left,but we __.
A.dealt with it
B. got around it
C.made up for it
D.made it 参考答案：D您的答案：D
10、The course in history of World Civilization will be__online to the
freshmen.
A.given
B.showed
C.sent
posed
参考答案：A您的答案：A
11、The students have to __all the journals in the library to find the
information their professor wants them to find.
A.sort and select from
B.list and file
C.read carefully
D.go over
参考答案：A您的答案：A
12、The local government is trying every means to make the tourist industry
__.
A.extend
B.reinforce
C.reform
D.develop
参考答案：D您的答案：D
13、I can best __ the advantages of the system by describing some recent
encouraging results.
A.account for
B.describe in detail
C.give an overall view of
D.give some good examples of
参考答案：C您的答案：C
14、Whenever he has trouble in study ,he always tries,__,to get help from his
teachers and classmates.
A.somehow
B.anyhow
C.no matter how
D.anyway
参考答案：A您的答案：A
15、Volunteers will be __ for many important tasks.
A.arranged
B.demanded
C.listed
D.enlisted
参考答案：D您的答案：D
16、He gave us a __ statement of the case in question.
A.specialized
B.particular
eful
D.definite
参考答案：D您的答案：D
17、__ he does his work,I don't mind what time he arrives at the office.
A.So far as
B.As long as
C.In case
D.Meanwhile
参考答案：B您的答案：B
18、Considering his inexperience,I hope the instructor could __ for him.
A.make a plan
B.provide some information
C.set an example
D.make some preparations
参考答案：D您的答案：D
19、They weren't going to __ any details of the research.
A.send out
B.infer
C.imply
D.make known
参考答案：D您的答案：D
20、I can't __ that he will be there in time.
A.make safe
B.make certain
C.make sure
D.make clear 参考答案：B您的答案：B。