新世纪综合单元测试4

新世纪综合单元测试——Unit 4 Book 2

Listening Comprehension

True Or False

Directions: In this section, you will hear ten statements. Numbers 1 to 6 are based on Text A while the rest are based on Text B. Each statement will be read ONLY ONCE. Listen carefully and decide whether each statement is true or false. (10 points)

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True False

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True False

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True False

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True False

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True False

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True False

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True False

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True False

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True False

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True False

Spot Dictation

Directions: You will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 11-20 with the exact words you have just heard. When the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. (10 points)

The power of optimism cannot be over-rated as a factor in success and personal growth and development. Optimism allows you to see the 11 aspects of any situation and 12 you to capitalize on each possibility. Optimism may be partly 13 in most aspects of life. Part of the power of optimism is the result of changing the

14 of the little voice in your head. Positive self-talk 15 your ability to achieve, to learn, and to accomplish. An optimistic 16 yourself and your capabilities to positively impact situations, even ones that appear 17 , fuels success. Try gently 18 your mind into positive, optimistic thoughts whenever you find yourself feeling negative, 19 , or wallowing in despair. The 20 is there; you just need to see it.

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Reading Comprehension

Directions:There are two passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices. Click on the best choice. (20 points)

Passage One

Biologically, there is only one quality which distinguishes us from animals: the ability to laugh. Laughter is a luxury, for unlike any other bodily process, it does not seem to serve a biologically useful purpose. Laughter is a unifying force in the world. Human beings oppose each other on a great many issues but we all share the ability to laugh. And laughter, in turn, depends on that most complex and subtle of all human qualities: a sense of humor.

Certain comic stereotypes have a universal appeal. This can best be seen from the worldwide popularity of Charlie Chaplin's early films. The little man at odds with society never fails to amuse no matter which country we come from. Humor helps us to maintain a correct sense of values. If we can see the funny side, we never make the mistake of taking ourselves too seriously.

This is one of the chief functions of satire and irony. Human pain and suffering are so grim; we hover so often on the brink of war; political realities are usually enough to plunge us into total despair. In such circumstances, cartoons and satirical accounts of somber political events redress the balance. They take the wind out of pompous and arrogant politicians who have lost their sense of proportion. They enable us to see that many of our most profound actions are merely comic or absurd. We laugh when a great satirist like Swift writes about war in Gulliver's Travels. The Lilliputians and their neighbors attack each other because they can't agree which end to break an egg.