新理念大学英语学习大厅第二版综合教程二unit4-E

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Part I Listening Comprehension ( 11 minutes )

Section A

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.

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1

. A) T B) F •

Script: For the last two years, I have done much of my work as a telecommuter. •

正确答案： B •

2

. A) T B) F •

Script: I have spent as long as thirteen weeks alone at home, going out only to get mail and buy newspapers and groceries. •

正确答案： B

3

. A) T B) F •

Script: I start to feel as though I've become one with my machines, taking data in, spitting them back out, just another link in the Net. •

正确答案： A

4

. A) T B) F •

Script: Once you start replacing real human contact with cyber-interaction, coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult. •

正确答案： A

5

. A) T B) F •

Script: I'd realized how important daily routine is: dressing for work, sleeping normal

hours. •

正确答案： B 6

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A) T B) F

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Script: I began to understand why long-term unemployment can be so damaging, why life without an externally supported daily plan can lead to higher rates of drug abuse, crime, suicide. •

正确答案： A

7

. A) T B) F •

Script: It is the sound of the only lasting disagreement in a household that is otherwise peaceful. •

正确答案： A

8

. A) T B) F •

Script: But on top of that she has lately started spending some two hours in intense communication with a computer. •

正确答案： A

9

. A) T B) F •

Script: The party went on as planned. •

正确答案： B

10

. A) T B) F •

Script: Arguing with a daughter is always like that, so annoying. • 正确答案： A

Section B

Directions: 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 in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

• The Internet is now playing an (11)_________________ role in the (12)_________________

connection and communication. Letters, telephone calls, telexes, faxes, etc. are no longer the only ways to communicate. Instead, one can (13)_________________ others by , net chat, BBS, IRC, MAVEN, CU-SeeMe and so on with the help of the (14)_________________ . For example, during the period of SARS, students in Beijing had to be sent away from school. As a result, their school education was forced to be (15)_________________ . However, a new flavor helped solve the problem. Do you know how? (16)_________________ the Internet, a new system called "Education On-line" was being carried out. With their PCs at home, students cruised around their school

(17)_________________ merely by (18)_________________ the IP addresses. Here,

(19)_________________ lectures, materials, exercises and homework are (20)_________________ on-line.