大学英语 第四册 完型 AB 附原文 完整答案

大学英语第四册完型AB 完整答案(上)

(文中空格已用黑体标出,自己一个晚上敲出来的) 1A When Hitler decided to launch his invasion of Russia, he thought that nothing could stand in the way of his armies. Conquest, it seemed, was inevitable. He had surprise on his side, catching Stalin off his guard by launching his attack without a declaration of war. Hitler expected the campaign to last only a few months. In the event, it was to drag on for much longer. Like Napoleon before him, he had made a fatal mistake in failing to reckon with the severity of the Russian weather. Many German soldiers were to die from the cold as winter set in, bringing the German advance to a halt.

1B What flies without wings, hits without hands, and sees without eyes?The White Dragon, or avalanche. In Europe, this old riddle has been told since the Middle Ages, when the first mountain settlers braved cold winters and the dangerous waves of snow. The people also called it the White Death, sent by devils that rode on the white mass of snow.

Some of the earliest reports of avalanches come from Hannibal’s famous march across the Alps in 218 B.C. Crossing over the high mountains with troops and elephant trains to fight against the Roman armies, the general lost thousands of men and animals to disease, cold, and avalanches.

In 1800, Napoleon tried to crossed the Great St. Bernard Pass in the Alps with his army. Thousands of men were buried beneath 50 feet of snow. During World War I, men fighting in the Tyrolean Mountains lost more numbers to avalanches

than bullets - more than 40,000 passed away between 1915 and 1918.

The word "avalanche" comes from the French word for "descent," in reference to the descent of snow, ice, rocks, or earth that rushes down mountain slopes.

2A Hello.Welcome to your new car.I am your onboard computer-assisted drivin g system.It is my job to alert you to any hazard that may occur on the highway.Fr om the moment you start up the car,I’ll be there to help you.When you want to r elax,I can take control of the steering in you place,guiding you from one lane to a nother.If a car in front of you slows down suddenly,I’ll decrease your speed. If yo u get stack in a traffic jam,the experience will no longer be so monotonous.just si t back,relax,and let me eliminate the worry.when you want to convert back from a utomatic control to manual control,that is easy.just press the right button mounte d on the streering column.

2B The automobile industry is one of the most important industries in the world, affecting not only the economy but also the cultures of the world. It provides jobs for millions of people, generates billions of dollars in worldwide revenues, and provides the basis for a multitude of related service and support industries. Automobiles revolutionized transportation in the 20thcentury, changing forever the way people live, travel, and do business.

The automobile has enabled people to travel and transport goods farther and faster, and has opened up new market opportunities for business and commerce.

The auto industry has also decrease the overall cost of transportation by using methods such as mass production (making large quantities of a product within a short period of time, mass marketing (selling products nationally rather than locally

And globalization of production (assembling products with parts made worldwide . A century later, with automakers and auto buyers expanding globally, auto making became the world’s lar gest manufacturing activity, with more than 53 million new vehicles built each year worldwide.

As a result of easier and faster transportation, the United States and world economies have become dependent on/upon the mobility that automobiles, trucks, and buses provide.

This mobility has allowed remote populations to interact with one another, which has increased commerce. The transportation of goods to consumers and consumers to goods has become an industry in itself. However automobile has also caused some hazards , such as air pollution, congested traffic, and increased highway fatalities. Nevertheless , the automobile industry is continuing to be an important source of employment for millions of people worldwide.

3A What is the best way to impress a prospective employer when you go for an interview for a job? As I see it,the best thing is to demonstrate that you have done your homework and know all about the firm. You should make every

endeavor, for example,to show that you know something about the structure

of the company, including the different lines of business it is involved in. Be enthusiastic，let the interviewer know that you are not frightened by new challenges, but are willing to take a crack at anything. Try to look at the situation from the standpoint of the person offering the opportunity of

employment.What sort of qualities is he likely to be looking for? Enthusiasm,certainly. So don't leave your application waiting until just

before the deadline. Apply early. Another thing that can make a

difference is to follow up your interview with a letter expressing your enthusiasm to join the company.

3B When you get an invitation to a job interview, you are halfway toward your goal ----a job offer. No matter how many encouraging responses you have gotten to you job inquiry letters, with rare exceptions you will not get a job offer without an interview.

Go to the library to find all possible information about the company and, if you can, on the person who will interview you. Have material with you that the employer might ask for ----samples of your work, names and addresses of references, extra copies of your resume.

An employment manager for a major construction company offers this advice. “If it’s obvious you haven’t spent any time preparing for the interview ----that is, you don’t know what the company does, where it does it, what kinds of jobs it

has ---then don’t expect the company to take you very seriously.”

Prior to an interview the employer has probably seen your resume and perhaps talked with you on the phone. What employers look for in interviews is what you might call personal chemistry ----how you look and act, whether you exhibit self-confidence, how you would fit in with other members of the organization.

4A Is America on the decline? Or do we see in America a new civilization, one that will not follow historical precedent, but will continue to grow and develop? It may be that in America we see for the first time a completely new civilization that does not follow the path of earlier empires. This new society is forging a fresh way of looking at the world, a new mentality. Its essential characteristic is a refusal to be discouraged, a willingness to try again and rather than just accepting one’destiny. It is a society based on pluralism, on the mixing of immigrants from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The resulting combination of cultures gives America its unique vitality.

4B I was born and raised in the United States by Thai parents. Years ago, my mother told me about a Thai man who married an American woman against the wished of his mother. The mother refused to speak to her son because he had married outside his nationality. Only when her son and his wife had their first child did the mother acknowledge the marriage. I asked my Thai mother, “you would never do that, would you?” “No,” she answered, then a pause, “I wouldn't

speak to you for 10 years!” I laughed at her joke, but a small part of me knew she hoped that I would marry Thai, not(8) American.

Well, I didn't marry Thai or American. I married French. Although by the time I got married, my mother was so overjoyed that I doubt it really would have mattered to her if my husband had been from outer space.

I am living in the “great American melting pot” that they used to sing about on Saturday mornings on Schoolhouse Rock. I have come to appreciate the Thai facets of my personality as well as the American ones. My husband has lived for the last 25 years in the United States. He was raised/born in France, but chose to make his life here.We were entering into a partnership, so/therefore we prepared ourselves for some compromises on both sides to make up for our differences. Our hearts belonged to each other, not to our respective cultures.