新概念英语自主学习练习题

Unit1
How does one "save face" or "lose face" This concept is in fact for different peoples throughout the world and is not 1. ( )Chinese. It could also be considered a Western 2.(). However, it carries much weight for Asian people and its 3.() in Asian countries is greater.
Some Asian people believe that the 4. ( )of "face" and other rituals and 5. ( )like honoring your parents do not 6. ( )in the West, but it would be too 7.（） to put it in this way. When we 8.（）the values held by families in the West, we find that many have similar beliefs to 9.（）that guide Asian culture, and they 10.them in their daily lives. So, some ideas are becoming 11.（） similar between the east and west. For example, American students are having a stronger 12.（）of studying hard for the honor of their families than before. And American people are more concerned about the disadvantages of "happy education" for primary education than they 13.（）.
One major 14.（）is how each weighs an 15.（） rights against the rights of the community. There are people, 16.(), and even leaders in the West who believe that the freedom of an individual carries much more 17.() than needs for the order in the community. 18.() Americans hold the right to own a gun so dear that they have consequently been willing to 19.() a blind eye to the harm that people 20.() guns has caused.
A proper balance between Western and Eastern ideas can be a very good idea.
答案;1entirely 2convention 3significance 4principles 5customs 6exist 7absolute 8assess 9those 10practice 11increasingly 12consciousness 13used to be 14difference 15individual's 16communities 17weight 18Some 19turn 20obtaining
阅读理解：
I used to go to Starbucks (星巴克) for their coffee, but that's changed since I discovered their comforting, tasty teas, which are better than coffee any time. Tea is cool even when it's hot. People drink more tea than any other drink in the world, except for water. Whether it's served hot or cold, natural and flavored teas are drinks that have been consumed (消费) for centuries. Everywhere you look, you'll find various kinds of teas―in restaurants, grocery stores, television advertisements, and gift shops.
Why is there all this excitement about tea What's its attraction Well, there are many possibilities for why more and more people are drinking tea. One possibility is that people are coming to notice the benefits of drinking tea, particularly green tea. Studies show that drinking four cups of green tea a day can reduce the risk of developing various types of cancer, as well as heart disease. The key to tea's effects of cure seems to lie in chemicals found in tea which prevent a process that leads to the growth of cancers. Green tea may also prevent skin cancer. It has also been linked with helping the body to rid itself of harmful materials, and green tea is thought to possibly protect against colds and Parkinson's (帕金森) disease.
Another explanation for why people are drinking more tea may be due to the comforting process of just making a cup of tea. The time it takes to prepare tea leaves in hot water and enjoy its gentle flavor forces drinkers to slow down and relax a while, making it the perfect way to improve a world where people are so crazy about cappuccino（热牛奶咖啡）, a hot coffee with milk in it.
So, whether you drink tea, eat it in foods, wear it to smell good, or take it in pills, one thing is certain, the use of tea is more than a trend―it is a habit of our past and if studies prove the benefit of its use, it will undoubtedly be an important element of our future.
1.Nowadays, among all the drinks in the world, tea is __________.
A. the most widely consumed drink
B. as widespread as coffee
C. even more widely consumed than water
D. the second most widely consumed drink
2.The passage does not mention __________ as a possible benefit of drinking tea.
A. preventing skin cancer
B. helping the body to rid itself of harmful material
C. curing Parkinson's disease
D. reducing the risk of developing cancer
3.It is good to drink tea because the time it takes to prepare a cup of tea _________.
A. allows the tea leaves to absorb enough water
B. enables drinkers to relax
C. is suitable for people to get some news
D. can improve the quality of cappuccino
4.The writer suggests that in the future people will probably ___________.
A. follow the trend and go on drinking tea
B. drink more water than tea
C. form the habit of eating tea leaves in foods
D. take tea as an important part of their life
5.The passage is mainly about ____________.
A. the benefits of drinking tea
B. the benefits of drinking coffee
C. using tea leaves in fortune telling
D. advising people to drink tea and water
Unit3
Do high divorce rates in countries like England and the United States indicate that marriage is no longer a life-long 1.（） Have we lowered our 2.（） for marriage Some suspect that it is the temporary nature of
things in our life that has 3.（）to high rates of divorce. We change jobs 4.（） we change our socks, and make new friends each time we move, 5.（） is often. Divorce is a 6.（） result in such a social environment.
7.（）, divorce is becoming the norm for the next 8.（）. Now there is much less 9.（） from children for their parents to divorce than before. It seems that the idea of marriage commitment of staying together until death is quietly 10（）.. 11.（） the children of divorced parents learn to 12.（）divorce more readily Or is it a matter of learning from their parents how to make a marriage 13.（） Most people still have 14.（） about divorce when children are involved. Many wait until their children have grown and have 15.（）the home to get a divorce.
Nowadays, people across the globe see 16.（） in an unhappy marriage as 17.（）than getting a divorce. One 18.（）is some women, who would have previously 19.（） hardship while married, now have enough education and money to be able to 20.（） outside of marriage. There is a real formula for change.
答案：1 commitment 2expectations 3led 4as often as 5which 6subsequent 7Moreover 8generation 9resistance 10passing away 11Do 12accept 13work 14reservations 15left 16staying 17worse 18factor 19suffered 20survive
阅读理解：
In the United States 84 colleges now accept just women. Most of these colleges were established in the 19th century; they were designed to offer women the education they could not receive anywhere else. At that time major universities and colleges accepted
only men. In the past 20 years many young women have chosen to study at colleges that accept both men and women. As a result some women's colleges decided to accept men students too. Others, however, refused to change. Now these schools are popular (流行的) again.
The president of Trinity College (三一大学) in Washington, . said that by the end of the 1980s women began to recognize that studying at the same school with men did not mean women were having an equal chance to learn. The president of Smith College in Massachusetts says a women's college permits women to choose classes and activities freely. For example, she says that in a women's college a higher percentage of students studies mathematics than in a college with both men and women.
Educational experts say men students in the United States usually speak in class more than women students do. In a women's college, women feel freer to say what they think. Women's schools also bring out leadership capabilities in many women. Women are represented everywhere. For example, at a women's college every governing office is held by a woman. Recent studies reportedly show that this leadership continues after college. American women who went to women's colleges are more likely to hold successful jobs later in life.
1.Women's colleges were established to ________________.
A. give women the same right of education that men enjoy
B. make changes to the traditional educational system (系统)
C. defy men's privilege (特权) in society
D. train women in particular fields
2.Studying at the same school with men does not mean ________________.
A. women can do the same thing as men
B. that women are given the same chance as men
C. women are allowed more freedom to develop themselves
D. the present educational system does not allow other choices
3.According to the passage, in women's schools _________________.
A. women are freer than if they study at the same school with men
B. women could do anything they want
C. they teach things peculiar to women
D. men are openly challenged
4.Which one of the following statements is NOT true about women's college
A. Women feel freer to say what they think.
B. More women can participate in the management of the college.
C. A very high percentage of women will become leaders later.
D. Women are more likely to be successful in their later careers.
5.The title of this passage is most likely to be ______.
A. Female Education in the United States
B. Women's Schools in the United States
C. Women Should be Given the Same Education as Men
D. Education in America
Unit5
"Mommy, do you love me" asked Cleo during dinner that evening.
"Of course I do," Her mother replied 1.（）what was next. "Mommy do you love me" usually 2.（） her daughter wanted something.
"Then why don't you ever want to play with me"
Mrs. Nelson was a single mother trying to 3.（）her daughter by herself. She worked fifty hours a week at a job and 4.（）to cover the costs of their home. This didn't 5.() the two hours of driving between the office and home. She was gone by 7 a.m. and back around 7 pm, just 6.() to cook a late dinner for her and her daughter and 7.() her daughter to bed. On the weekends, the house was usually so unclean that she spent most of her time 8. ( )it up, doing the wash and 9.() in the kitchen. When she was finished with that, she hardly had any 10. ( )for anything else.
Mrs. Nelson understood that she had not been giving her daughter the 11. of time that she needed, but she didn't know 12. ( )to do. She felt so guilty and so 13.（） to change her situation. She was also greatly angry with Cleo's father for 14.（） them in this situation. She tried to smile at her daughter and give her some type of 15.（）for the following weekend, but 16.（）she started to cry. She got up from the table and went to the bathroom to 17.（）water on her face and then returned to the table where her daughter was still eating. Cleo looked 18.（）; 19.（）, she hadn't said anything that she thought was hurtful.
"I'm sorry, Cleo," her mother said without further explanation. "How would you like to go to the zoo next Sunday" Cleo's face 20.（） up. Mrs. Nelson knew that her situation wasn't going to improve anytime soon, but feeling depressed in front of her daughter wasn't going to do anything to improve the situation.
答案１wondering２meant３raise４managed５include６in time７put８straightening９cleaning up１０energy１１amount１２what else１３helpless１４having left１５promise １６instead１７splash１８confused１９after all２０brightened
阅读理解：
If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise and as a result, we are aging unnecessarily soon.
Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of aging could be slowed down.
With a team of colleagues (同事) at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain activity of a thousand people of different ages and varying (不同的) jobs. Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the activity of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intelligence and feeling, and determine the human character. (The rear section of the brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing, does not change with age, and one can continue living without the ability to think and feel.)
Change of front and side parts, as bits die off, was observed in some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not to be seen in some sixty-and-seventy-year-olds. Matsuzawa discovered from his tests that there is a simple answer to the loss normally associated with ageusing the head.
The findings show in general terms that the decrease of the brain's ability to think begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White-collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant.
Matsuzawa's findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must move around properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain needs. "The best way to keep blood moving well is through using the brain." He says, "Think hard and engage in conversation. Don't rely on pocket calculators."
1.The team of doctors wanted to find out _________________________.
A. why certain people age sooner than others
B. how to make people live longer
C. the size of certain people's brains
D. which people are most intelligent
2.Which of the following statements is true
A. People who work in the government don't age as quickly as people in the town.
B. The back of the brain is in charge of people's eating.
C. The easiest way to prevent the brain from aging is to improve our diet.
D. We are young when we have enough physical exercise.
3.The doctor's tests show that _____________________________.
A. our brains shrink as we grow older
B. the front section of the brain does not shrink
C. sixty-year-olds have better brains than thirty-year-olds
D. some people's brains less active than other people's
4.According to the passage, which group of people seem to age sooner than the others
A. Lawyers.
B. Professors.
C. Doctors.
D. White-collar workers.
5.The article is possibly written for ________________________.
A. junior students
B. ordinary readers
C. doctors and nurses in hospitals
D. university professors
Unit6
完形填空When I was younger, I was 1.（） to wear my hair short as it said you wanted to join the army and 2.（）the actions of the military. As nothing could have been 3.（）from the truth, I made sure my hair never looked as if I was 4.（） the military. However, I did not 5.(） want what the average citizen thought was an appropriate 6.().
I needed to say that I wasn't like them by looking more 7.(), so I grew my hair long. But what I 8.() about myself and the other long-haired men was that we were all trying to say that "we didn't 9.()". What I also noticed was that other than having long hair, we 10.()doing anything that was very impressive. I decided then that I no longer wanted to make a 11.() by wearing my hair a certain way. I chose a(n) 12. cut that tried not to say anything. My hair was short, but not to the 13. that it carried the label, "supporter of military operations". I kept my hair that way for a couple of years, but I still wasn't satisfied. My hair was still long enough that it could be 14.in different ways to reflect my willingness to be like the others. It could also be combed 15. where I was losing my hair. Again, I felt like my hair was 16. me. There was only one thing to do. I had my hair shaved really short which showed exactly where I was 17. it. My head felt cold and I kept on 18. it; but at least I had passed the 19. age for someone in the military, so no one would 20. a 30-something man with hair loss for a want-to-be soldier.
答案：1afraid 2supported 3further 4joining 5necessarily 6appearance 7remarkable 8noticed 9belong 10weren't 11statement 12average 13extent 14styled 15to hide 16misrepresenting 17losing 18rubbing 19characteristic 20confuse
阅读理解：In 1848, gold was discovered in California; from all over the nation, thousands of young men set out for California. People called this the time of the Gold Rush.
A gold miner came into a city looking for a pair of pants. He wanted pants strong enough to stand up to the rough work of mining. He met a young man named Levi, who sold heavy cloth for tents and wagon tops. They asked a tailor to use heavy cloth for their pants. Then Levi went into the business of making work pants. He asked his brothers to send him some strong blue cotton cloth called denim (斜纹粗棉布). With this blue denim cloth, Levi started making the kind of pants we call blue jeans today. They were sewed up in the same way as other pants.
In 1860, a miner said that the pockets weren't strong enough to hold the pieces of gold he found. The pockets kept falling off the pants. The cloth was all right. It was the thread that wasn't strong enough. So Levi used rivets (铆钉) to attach the pockets onto the pants.
Cowboys needed tough pants, too. They liked their pants to fit tightly. But the rivets marked the cowboys' saddles. So Levi covered the rivets with cloth. Then everybody was happy.
1.This article as a whole is about __________________.
A. how people got blue jeans
B. the Gold Rush in California
C. How blue jeans are made
D. The kind of pants cowboys' wear
2.While not stated in the article, you can tell that __________________.
A. everybody who went to California got a lot of gold
B. Levi found riches in the gold fields
C. Levi sold more jeans to cowboys than to gold miners
D. Levi made more money than many gold miners
3.The word this in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to ___________.
A. California
B. the discovery of gold
C. many people looking for gold
D. the nation at this time
4. Levi used strong blue cotton cloth to make pants because __________.
A. gold miners liked the blue color
B. this was the only cloth he had
C. miners wanted pants which could stand rough work
D. cowboys liked their pants to fit tightly
5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true
A. It was Levi who started the business of making blue jeans.
B. It was one tailor who started making blue jeans.
C. It was in California that blue jeans first became popular.
D. It was in
California that gold was discovered. 二、Since the late 1960s a growing number of women have expressed a strong dissatisfaction with any marriage arrangement in which the husband and his career are the most important considerations in the marriage. By the end of the 1970s, for example, considerably less than half of the women in the United States still believed that they would put their husbands and children ahead of their own careers.
More and more American women have come to believe that they should be equal partners in their marriages. This stage of marriage, although still unusual in most American marriages at present, will grow most rapidly in the future. In an equal marriage, the wife gets a full-time job or career which has equal importance to her husband's. The long-standing division of labor between husband and wife comes to an end. The husband is no longer the main provider of family income, and the wife no longer has the main responsibilities for household duties and raising children. Husband and wife share all these duties equally. Power over family decisions is also shared equally.
The rapid change in women's attitudes toward marriage in the 1970s reflected the rapid changes in the larger society. The Women's Liberation Movement appeared in the late 1960s,
demanding an end to all forms of prejudice against females. An Equal Rights Amendment (修正案) to the US Constitution was proposed which would make any form of prejudice on the basis of sex illegal, and though it has failed to be confirmed, it continues to have millions of supporters.
6.Since the late 1960s more women have been dissatisfied with the marriage in which __________________.
A. they are unhappy
B. they are in a lower position
C. only the husband earns money
D. the wife only takes care of the household
7.What is the long-standing division of labor between husband and wife in America
A. Husband―provider, wife―domestic duties.
B. Husband and wife share the housework.
C. Husband and wife have equal responsibility.
D. Husband plays a higher role than the wife
8.Which statement is NOT true about the new type of marriage
A. Husband and wife share all their duties equally.
B. Wife can also make the decisions in the family.
C. Wife earns their living while husband does the housework.
D. Husband is also responsible for raising children.
9.Women's attitudes toward marriage involve ____________________.
A. the Women's Liberation Movement
B. forbidding any form of prejudice against women
C. the changing roles of husband and wife in the marriage
D. all of the above
10.Which of the following describes the general idea for this passage
A. The Changing Patterns of Americans' Marriage.
B. An Ideal Marriage.
C. The Women's Liberation Movement.
D. The need for Equal Rights between Husband and Wife.
Unit7
There should be a big distinction between working hard and being a workaholic. Working hard 1.（） being organized, getting a lot of work done. Workaholics, on the other hand, are often disorganized, have 2.（）lives.
However, the whole idea of "take it easy" 3.（） us Americans. The last thing I want to hear is someone trying to help me by telling me to " 4.（）." From my viewpoint, it's like a 5.（） to see who can look the most calm. I have taken care not to 6.（） myself. Never give myself impossible things, but only things that will 7. ( )my identity. I 8. ( )on discussing the problems with my friends to see how I can 9.()the pressure. I don't smoke, overeat, get 10.(), or eat much red meat. I have hobbies and I have relatively low blood 11.(), exercise regularly, and have a low 12.() of cholesterol.
For some people, there is no desire to 13.()anything meaningful in life. Hard work has been 14.(). Relaxing is becoming a 15. ( )habit for Americans. 16.(), there should be more 17. ( )on getting something meaningful done once in a while.
I'm much more willing to be 18.（） and die 19.（） sooner than to take it easy. I 20.（）that we get off the couch and start relaxing a little less. A little stress might be the outlet we need.
答案：1involves 2unbalanced 3overwhelms 4relax 5competition 6overwork 7affect 8insist 9reduce 10drunk 11pressure 12level 13accomplish 14neglected 15troublesome 16Undoubtedly 17analysis 18stimulated 19very 20recommend
阅读理解：Open or distance learning has had a major effect on higher education through the Open University, the only university to provide education exclusively for adult learners studying at a distance. Our 100,000 students are currently studying at the Open University. We found limited development of distance learning in the case studies, with the exception of some postgraduate and professional courses. Even here, however, there seemed to be limits on further growth because of the high costs involved in setting up new distance learning courses, as well as uncertainties of demand (particularly in terms of the perceived financial returns on study). One of the case study universities provided video facilities and visiting staff to a rural area for a group of undergraduate (大学本科在校的) students about 50 miles away. This was a new development which was working well and likely to be expanded to involve other universities.
The main reason for general lack of development of distance learning, especially at the undergraduate level, may be that other universities have been unable to afford the considerable set-up costs and student support facilities. As costs of technology come down this might change. The Open Learning Foundation is developing connections between universities to set open learning approaches within existing programs of study and thus encourage their greater use. This is seen as likely to develop further in the future.
1.The Open University provides an education for _________________.
A. students who do not like attending regular universities
B. students who failed the College Entrance Examination
C. students who are adults and away from a university
D. students who are limited in their ability to learn
2.Among other things, the further growth of distance learning at postgraduate and professional levels is limited by ____________________.
A. the high costs involved
B. a low student demand
C. a lack of education
D. the poor rural technology
3.The attempt of one case study university to provide equipment and staff to a rural group of students _________.
A. would be expanded
B. did not work well
C. might help learning
D. could cost a lot
4.The cost of setting up a distance learning program might change ______________.
A. as new developments are made
B. as more students take classes there
C. as the Open University helps more
D. as technology becomes cheaper
5.The tone of this passage can best be described as ________________.
A. discouraging
B. encouraging
C. persuasive
D. scientific
Unit8
What is the meaning of life I am sitting alone in a corner in an unremarkable little house in the dark to 1.（）my brains for an answer. I am 2.（）. I have just 3.（）my job and my husband has recently left me. I am 35 years old.
It is 4.（）that the meaning of life is to do what you are told 5.（）you are about
25 years old and then to marry who you are told to marry. If you are 6.（）, there is
a brief period of being in love before 7.（）your relatives or your husband tells you that it is your 8.（）to get pregnant and have children. You may have had a(n) 9.（） career with a good salary, but that is about to end. Your children will 10.（）constant attention and you will be 11.（）a housewife. You will recognize that your youth has passed and begin to grow old. 12.（）, your husband will leave you for someone younger. My services as a wife are 13.（）required.
The whole question 14.（）me for a moment. How did I get to this point I am not 15.（） that I can say that I have ever made a major 16.（）on my own. I start to get depressed, but then I am 17.（） by something quite curious: freedom. There is no one 18.（）me what to do. I am no longer 19.（） by the wisdom of my parents. I realize that my ambition had been to have a(n) 20.（）and freedom, not a husband and a stay-at-home lifestyle. The infinite possibilities excite me.
答案：1rack 2depressed 3lost 4eviden t5until 6fortunate 7either 8duty 9promising 10demand 11rendered 12Accordingly 13no longer 14puzzles 15certain
16definition 17struck 18to speak 19confined 20occupation
阅读理解：
A man was telling one of his friends why he was content with his married life. "My wife makes all the small decisions," he explained, "and I make all the big ones, so we never try to have too much influence on each other's business and never get angry with each other. We have no complaints and no arguments."
"That sounds reasonable," answered his friend. "And what sort of decisions does your wife make"
"Well," answered the man, "she decides what jobs I apply for, what sort of house we live in, what furniture we have, where we go for our holidays, and things like that."
His friend was surprised. "Oh" he said. "And what do you consider important decisions then"
"Well," answered the man, "I decide who should be President, whether we should increase our help to poor countries, what we should do about the atom bomb (原子弹), and things like that."。