第三版《大学英语-》1-一课一练--Unit-4
北京联合大学大学英语课程（上外教版）一课一练试卷（Unit Four,Book One）（注：尽量采用练习册里面的题目和知识点）
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。
Directions: For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Internet.
You should write at least 120 words and base your composition on the outline below:
1、互联网使用的现状;
2、大学生是否应该使用互联网，人们的看法不同;
3、我的看法。
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7,choose the best answer from the four
choices marked A),B),C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the
information given in the passage.
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A New Toy
I was eight years old when our neighbors across the hall got a television. It was very small and very expensive, but that didn’t matter. IT WAS WONDERFUL. Everyone in the building came up to the fifth floor to see this latest wonder of the modern world. Some people, the lucky ones, stayed for a while and got to watch a whole grogram. That was in 1948.
Soon a lot of people got new televisions, but not us. My parents didn’t like television. They didn’t think it was good for children. Being a good docile son, I didn’t argue with them. But I did secretly watch television –at my friends’ homes.
By 1955 televisions weren’t so expensive and they were much larger. My parents still thought television wasn’t good for us, but my sisters insisted. They said we were the only people in the neighborhood who didn’t have one. All their friends talked about certain programs and actors, but my sisters couldn’t. Their friends laughed at them, and my sisters felt wretched, very unhappy.
One day, my youngest sister came from school and started to cry. She said she was never going back to school and that life without television wasn’t worth living. She cried and sobbed. My parents’ usual arguments only made her more inconsolable. Nothing they said made her feel any better. Well, what could they do?
The next morning, without telling us, my parents went out and got a new TV. That afternoon an antenna was put on the roof. Suzanne came home from school and ran into the house.
“Where is it? Where is it?” She cried. “I know it’s here.” She was breathless, and her eyes were shiny with excitement.
“It’s in the living room,”my mother said as my sister ran off to look at, to admire, this beautiful thing called a television.
Later I asked her, “How did you know the TV was here?”
“The antenna. Now our house looks like everyone else’s.”
She had a wonderful smile on her face.
When we were young our parents allowed us to watch TV two hours a night. On, yes. And we couldn’t watch until our homework was finished. But after a year or two, TV wasn’t exciting or new anymore. It became just another part of our lives, like shoes or soap. My parents still had fears about TV. We were going to forget how to read, they said. And were not going to read books because watching TV was easier, they said. And TV was going to fill our minds with violence, they said. They said lots of things like that—once a day at least. I disagreed with them. I thought they were old-fashioned, thinking too much of old ways and ideas.
Today, people still argue about the value of TV. Nobody can deny the power of TV. It has an enormous, a very powerful, influence on our lives. On the average, Americans spend 30 hours a week watching TV. Is this influence good or bad? This is an unanswerable question indeed: It is hard enough to measure influence; and it is even harder to decide what is good and what isn’t. What is good, I suppose, is that many people are concerned about TV’s influence and that we have the power to change what we don’t like.
Recently I read an article in the newspaper about the people of Monhegan Island, 18 kilometers off the coast of Maine. These people don’t have electricity, and they decided, once again, that they liked it that way. Only a handful people live there during the long winter, and they live without electricity—by choice. Electricity, they think, would make things too easy and spoil their way of life. Maybe they would be more interested in staying home and watching television.
1. ______ TV was considered a miracle of the times.
A. In the early 1940s
B. In the late 1940s
C. In the mid-1950s
D. By 1955
2. The author didn’t argue with his parents because ______.
A. he knew it was useless to do so
B. he was a good, docile son
C. he didn’t like television
D. he could secretly watch TV at his friends’ homes
3. By the mid-1950s TV had become ______.
A. expensive
B. old-fashioned
C. very popular
D. powerful
4. The word “wretched” in the third paragraph might mean ______.
A. very unhappy or miserable
B. frustrated
C. depressing
D. discouraged
5. The author’s parents bought a TV finally because ______.
A. they could afford to buy it
B. they didn’t want their daughters to be laughed at
C. they didn’t want their daughters to be too unhappy
D. they followed the fashion
6. On that unforgettable day, Suzanne, the youngest daughter, was so excited that her eyes were shining with ______.
A. disappointment
B. amazement
C. tears
D. excitement
7. The author’s parents had fears about TV for the reason that they were worried ______.
A. the children were going to forget how to read
B. the children were not going to read books because watching TV was easier
C. TV was going to fill the minds of the children with violence
D. all of the above
8. According to the author, today, people still argue about the ______ of television.
9. In the author’s opinion, it is meaningless to say whether the ______ of TV is bad or good since we have the power to change what we don’t like.
10. The author implies that the Monhegan islanders don’t want ______--not even now—because they don’t want the influence of television to change their way of life.
Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: Listen to five short conversations. Then complete the answers to the questions you hear.
11. 1) _______________________________________________________________
12. 2) _______________________________________________________________
13. 3) _______________________________________________________________
14. 4) _______________________________________________________________
15. 5) _______________________________________________________________
Section B
Directions:Listen to the recording twice. Then supply the missing words to complete the following conversation.
W: Isn’t the library in this building?
M: Yes. It’s (16) _____________________.
W: Is there an elevator to take us to the library?
M: Yes, (17) _______________________. But it’s out of order (18) _____________________.
W: Where is the stairway then?
M: It’s (19) ________________________the elevator.
W: Oh, I see it. But there’s a sign (20) _______________________ … It says, “Wet paint”. M: Then you can’t go to the library.
W: Oh, that’s too bad.
Section C
Directions: Listen to the story three times and supply the missing words.
Pat Hogan was (21) ______ around the country in his car. One evening he was (22) ______ along a road and looking for a small (23) ______ when he saw an old man at the side of the (24) ______. He stopped his car and said to the old man, “(25) ______ me, I want to go to the Sun Hotel. Do you know it?”
“Yes,” the old man (26) ______. I’ll show you the way.”
He (27) ______ into Pat’s car, and they drove for about twelve (28) ______. When they came to a small (29) ______, the old man said, “Stop (30)______.”
Pat (31) ______ and (32) ______ the house. “But this isn’t a hotel,” he said to the old man.
“No,” the old man answered, “(33) ______ is my house. And now I’ll (34) ______ you the (35) ______ to the hotel. (36) ______ and (37) ______nine miles. (38) ______ you’ll (39) ______ the Sun Hotel on the (40) ______.”
Section D
Directions: Listen to the recording and choose the best answers to the questions you hear. Conversation 1
41. 1) A. At the Grand Theater. B. On Market Street.
C. By a big fountain.
D. On the street.
42. 2) A. She’s asking a man the way to a theater.
B. She’s looking for a certain street in the city.
C. She’s making a tour around the city.
D. She’s talking to an old friend.
43. 3) A. The woman is going to see a play at the Grand Theater tonight.
B. The man doesn’t know the city very well.
C. The woman will have to walk quite some distance until she reaches the Theater.
D. The woman is a stranger in the city.
Conversation 2
44. 1) A. They are talking about how to get to a Korean restaurant.
B. They are talking about a dinner they had at a Korean restaurant.
C. They are planning to go to a big party in a Korean restaurant.
D. They are talking about where to eat this evening.
45. 2) A. She works in an office. B. She likes Korean food.
C. She’s John’s girlfriend.
D. She never refuses John’s invitations.
46. 3) A. John will not come to pick up Linda because he doesn’t drive.
B. John and Linda have dinner together.
C. John and Linda live far away from each other.
D. John and Linda will get to the restaurant separately.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: 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 through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the
bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item
on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the
words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Let us take a serious, reasonable look at what the results might be if such a 47 were accepted. Families might use the time for real family hour. 48 the distraction of TV, they might sit around together after dinner and actually talk to one 49 . It is well 50 that many of our problems—everything, in fact, from the 51 gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of mental illness—are 52 at least in part by failure to communicate. We do not tell each other what is 53 us. The result is emotional 54 of one kind or another. By using the quiet family hour to 55 our problems, we might get to 56 each other better, and to like each other better.
Section B
Directions: 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 on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
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To Face the Music
Like every language, American English is full of special expressions, phrases that come from the day-to-day life of the people and develop in their own way. Our expression today is “to face the music.”
When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to face the music,” it does not mean he’s planning to go to the concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called to your boss to explain why you did this and that, and why you didn’t do this or that. Sour music indeed, but it has to be faced. At sometime or another, every one of us had to face the music, especially as children. We can all remember father’s angry voice, “I want to talk to you.” It is only that we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it was!
The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American, young and old. It is more than 150 years old. And where did this expression come from? One of the explanations comes from the American novelist, James Fenimore Cooper. He said, in 1851, that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on the stage. When they got their cue （提示）to go on, they often said, “Well, it’s time to face the music.” And that is exactly what they did—facing the orchestra （交响乐队）which was just below them. An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an audience that might be friendly or perhaps hostile （不友好的）, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So the expression “to face the music” comes to mean, “having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you know you have no other choice.”
57. Which of the following is closest in meaning to “sour music” in Paragraph 2?
A. A piece of unpleasant music.
B. Something unpleasant
C. An unpleasant deal
D. Tough work given by the boss
58. Where did the expression “to face the music” probably come from?
A. It came from a novel written by James Fenimore Cooper.
B. It came from actors waiting to go on the stage.
C. It came from children who were scolded by their angry father.
D. It came from employees who were blamed by their boss.
59. Which of the following is the definition of the word “wing” in “waiting in the wings to go on the stage”?
A. The manner of flying.
B. The dressing room in the theater.
C. An impatient way.
D. The unseen area on either side of the stage of a theater.
60. According to the passage, an actor may feel nervous or even frightened on the following
occasions except when ______.
A. he is out of condition
B. he faces the orchestra which was just below him
C. he steps onto the stage in front of an audience
D. he cannot remember what he should say on the stage
61. In the case of children, “facing the music” means that they have to ______.
A. take part in music lessons
B. suffer their parents’ anger
C. do a tough job given by their teacher
D. accept harsh words from their peers
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
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Rats Have Head for Language
Researchers in Spain reported that animals, especially mammals （哺乳动物）, evolved （发展）some of the skills underlying （是……的基础）the use and development of language long before language itself ever evolved.
It is the first time that an animal other than a human or monkey has been shown to have this skill.
For their study neuroscientist （神经系统科学家）Juan Toro and his colleagues at Barcelona’s Scientific Park tested 64 adult male rates. They used Dutch and Japanese because these languages were used in earlier, similar tests, and because they are very different from one another in use of words, rhythm and structure.
The rats were trained to respond to either Dutch or Japanese using food as a reward （奖励）. Then they were separated into four groups—one that heard each language spoken by a native, one that heard synthesized （混合的）speech, one that heard sentences read in either language by different speakers and a fourth that heard the languages played backwards. Rats rewarded for responding to Japanese did not respond to Dutch and rats trained to recognize Dutch did not respond to spoken Japanese. The rats could not tell apart Japanese or Dutch played backwards.
Results showed that rats could discriminate （区别）natural sentences when uttered by a single speaker and not when uttered by different ones, nor could they distinguish the languages when spoken by different people. Human newborns have the same problem, although tamarins （小绢猴）can easily tell languages apart even when spoken by different people.
It was striking to find that rats can track certain information that seems to be so important in language development in humans.
The study shows which abilities that humans use for language are shared with other animals, and which are uniquely （独特地） human. It also suggests what sorts of evolutionary precursors （前身）language might have.
62. 64 adult male rats have been tested to show that ______.
A. rats can be trained to speak Japanese and Dutch
B. rats have some of the skills potential to the use and development of language
C. rats are able to recognize a language when it is spoken by different people
D. rats can understand the words, rhythm and structure of a language
63. Dutch and Japanese are chosen to be the test languages because ______.
A. they were used in earlier, similar tests
B. some rats can recognize Dutch and some Japanese
C. Dutch and Japanese belong to different families of language and they were used earlier in similar tests
D. Dutch and Japanese have different words, rhythm and structure
64. Rats were rewarded when they ______.
A. could respond to either of the two languages
B. could respond to both Dutch and Japanese
C. could tell apart Japanese or Dutch played backwards
D. could discriminate natural sentences spoken by different speakers
65. The tests results have shown us all of the following except ______.
A. rats can distinguish the languages spoken by a single speaker
B. rats share some of the abilities for language with human beings
C. rats can track certain information which seems to be important in language development in humans
D. rats can discriminate natural sentences spoken by different speakers
66. The sentence “Rats rewarded for responding to Japanese did not respond to Dutch and rats trained to recognize Dutch did not respond to spoken Japanese”is closest in meaning to “______.”
A. When rats were train to respond to one of the two languages, they didn’t respond to the other
B. When rats responds to Japanese, they were rewarded. When rats responded to Dutch, they were
not rewarded
C. Given good rewards and special training, a rat could respond to both Dutch and Japanese
D. For rats, responding to one language is less difficult than to two languages
Part V Cloze (15 minutes) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the
ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer
Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
With free time and no TV, children and adults might rediscover reading. There is more entertainment in a good book than in a month of typical TV programming. Educators report that the generation growing up with television can barely write an English sentence, even at the college level. Writing is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quiet hour.
A different form of reading might also be done, as it was in the past: reading aloud. Few pastimes bring a family closer together than gathering around and listening to mother or father read a good story. The quiet hour could become the story hour. . When the quiet hour ends, the TV networks might even be forced to come up with better shows in order to get us back 67. A) entertain C) entertainment
B) entertaining D) entertained
68. A) certain C) particular
B) some D) typical
69. A) into C) up
B) out D) down
70. A) level C) layer
B) time D) step
71. A) of C) from
B) with D) about
72. A) produce C) production
B) product D) producing
73. A) when C) while
B) as D) like
74. A) as C) than
B) with D) in
75. A) turn C) get
B) grow D) become
76. A) forbidden C) prevented
B) forced D) allowed
77. A) discovered C) uncovered
B) recovered D) covered
78. A) sound C) sight
from our newly discovered activities.
At first glance, the idea of an hour without TV seems radical. What will parents do without the electronic baby-sitter? How will we spend the time? But it is not radical at all. It has been only twenty-five years since television came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can remember childhoods without television, spent partly with radio —which at least involved the listener’s imagination — but also with reading, learning, talking, playing games, inventing new activities. It wasn’t that difficult. Honest. The truth is we had a ball. B) glance D) part
79. A) without C) with
B) out of D) within
80. A) take C) cost
B) need D) spend
81. A) for C) since
B) because D) as
82. A) radio C) books
B) time D) television
83. A) involved C) participated
B) revolved D) resolved
84. A) machines C) activities
B) imaginations D) generations
85. A) this C) such
B) that D) these
86. A) ball C) pastime
B) proposal D) failure
Part VI Translation (5 minutes) Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
Please write you translation on Answer Sheet 2.
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87. It is well known that lung cancer ______ （至少部分地是由于吸烟过多而引起的）.
88. I do hope that you can ______ （拿出一个比这更好地解决办法来）.
89. ______ （乍一看）the picture didn’t look good, but after examining it carefully, we found
that it was indeed a masterpiece.
90. Having been operated on twice for the disease, she was so weakened that she _______ （几
乎站不起来）.
91. I propose that we ______ （去办公室找史密斯教授）right after the meeting and invite him to
our English evening.