新视野大学英语QUIZ4

Part 3 Banked Cloze

(每小题：1 分)

Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by

selecting suitable words from the word bank. Each word can

be used only once.

Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.

A. proceeded

B. thrived

C. processed

D. thrilled

E. undergo

F. weave

G. commenced H. commended I. displayed

J. discovered K. occurrence L. occasion

M. joke N. dynamic O. compatible

Understanding past helps explore future! We have been married for 21 years and

were college sweethearts. Because we certainly (1)different characteristics and

backgrounds, most people were amazed to see us become a couple. But what we had in common was that we both (2) n a great conversation, similar career interest (pre-

med), and were very involved in student life at our university. When we (3) with

marriage, a mutual friend was so shocked because my husband was very (4) but I

was very reserved. He could not believe we were that (5)

My husband said if he hadn't seen me at his dorm on an informal (6), he would have never even gotten to know me. Likewise, I always like to remind him how shallow he was at the time and (7) with him about what a "diamond" he would have missed if he had not noticed me that day. College days brought much growth in changing career

goals and developing independence, but it allowed us to (8) a future together. We

believe that our marriage is a great marriage since it (9) with a friendship and it is

based on this friendship that it recognizes and values our differences. Our marriage

has helped us 10 all of our difficult times. We'll continue to embrace the differences

and allow them to enhance and add value to our romance.

Part 4 Cloze (with choices provided)

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Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For

each blank there are four words or expressions given. You

should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.

Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage.

Every culture in the world has marriage and wedding ceremonies. Usually marriages between one woman and one man are (1) by many cultures. In other parts of the world a man, (2), may have several wives, or a wife may have more than one husband, a(n) (3) which is very interesting and somewhat amazing about culture.

(4), there are many different kinds of wedding ceremonies that are nicely (5) and practiced around

the world. These ceremonies can be very short and simple, or very long and (6), but they are

usually superb. One of the largest and most (7) wedding ceremonies in recent times was held in Dubai (迪拜) in 1981. The 7-day long wedding ceremony included many (8and cost $44 million. It was held in a large building which was (9)built for the ceremony and looked like a stadium.

(10),the reasons why a man and woman get married may vary. Occasionally they marry because

they are in love, (11) they marry someone through friends on their (12), and sometimes they marry because their parents tell them that they must marry. One weird example of a(n) (13)marriage took place in Bangladesh (孟加拉国) in 1986. Many people were (14) shocked, the groom was an

eleven-month-old boy and the bride was a three-month-old girl. They were (15) the youngest

married couple ever.

What was it all about? The (16) reason was that the parents of the bride and groom (17) the

marriage trying to end a fight between the two families who had been arguing over a farm for

twenty years. Both (18) that the other family owned the farm, but no one knew exactly. The fight ended for (19) when the little boy married the little girl at the wedding. With approval of this

marriage, (20) family was forced to lose face. The two families agreed to give the farm to the little couple.

Part 6 Reading comprehension

(每小题：2 分)

Directions: Read the following passages carefully. Each

passage is followed by some questions or unfinished

sentences. For each of them there are four choices marked A,

B, C, and D. Choose the best answer to each question.

Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog.

You are the first to arrive at the table in the back corner of the restaurant. As you sit down, a handsome stranger comes to the table and takes the seat across from you. You read his name on his name tag. Once he is seated, a bell rings and your date begins!

As you scan your list of conversation topics, the man across the table asks about your hobbies. From there, the conversation naturally flows back and forth from your interests to his interests to your job to his job. You are both careful not to ask questions that are too personal. Then the bell rings again. It's time to move on. As you make your way to the next table, you quickly mark your date card. You write the man's name on the card. Under the

question "Would you like to meet again for a real date?", you mark "yes." Then you take a seat for your next date.

This is the latest way for single people to meet other people they might like to date without pressure. Many businesses offering speed dating services have become popular. These businesses organize events where participants can have dozens of quick dates all on the same night. Each speed date is less than ten minutes, and some services limit each date to only three minutes. This gives people just enough time to make an impression, so that each person in the "date" can decide if they want to meet the other again. If both people mark "yes" on the date card, the service will arrange for the people to contact one another to arrange a real date.

The idea for speed dating came from Yaacov Deyo of Los Angles. In 1999, he wanted to provide an alternative way for his students to get together other than using blind dates arranged through family or friends. His speed dating idea was so successful that it quickly spread to other communities across the United States. However, like any date, speed dating does not always work out.

1.How is speed dating different from traditional dating?

A. The dates are usually very short.

B. It usually isn't possible to meet the person again.

C. The couples do many activities on one date.

D. The people usually know each other quite well.

2.What would be a suitable question for speed dating?

A. Where do you live?

B. What's your last name?

C. What sports do you like?

D. What's your phone number?

3.How long might it take a person to complete ten speed dates?

A. Ten minutes.

B. One evening.

C. One week.

D. Ten days.

4.Who is Deyo?

A. A man who has had many speed dates.

B. The inventor of speed dating.

C. A man who got married after speed dating.

D. The president of a speed dating company.

5.Why is a speed date limited to a short time?

A. Not to let people feel tired.

B. To have another date arrangement.

C. Not to make speed dating boring.

D. To get the chance to talk to more people.

Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. For any tourist visiting Egypt, there are two things that everyone must see. The first is the 137-meter-high Great Pyramid of Giza (吉萨大金字塔), the largest of all the pyramids in Egypt. The second is the Great Sphinx of Giza (吉萨大狮身人面像), a sculpture with the body of lion and the head of a man, which stands 20 meters tall and 73 meters long.

The origin of the Great Sphinx of Giza goes back 5,000 years. Although many sphinx sculptures have been found over the years, researchers believe that the Great Sphinx which guards the pyramids in Giza was actually the first one to be made (around 2600-2500 B.C.). The head of the Sphinx represents the king of Egypt at that time. About 2,000 years later, around 570 B.C., sand had covered all but the head of the Great Sphinx. The people living in the area had forgotten the history of the statue, so they imagined that the head represented the sun god and began to worship it.

For hundreds of years, the Sphinx attracted people both as a religious monument and as a work of art. But eventually, the desert sand once again covered the Sphinx, leaving only the head visible. It was not until the 1800s that archaeologists (考古学家) began clearing the sand from the statue and began researching the long history of the Sphinx. At last, in the 1920s, all of the sand was finally cleared away and restoration work, which continues to this day, was begun.

The name "sphinx" comes from an ancient Greek word. According to Greek legend, the Sphinx was an evil creature with the body of a lion and the head of a woman. She sat beside a road and asked all people who passed her a riddle (谜语): "Which animal in the morning goes on four feet, at noon on two, and on three in the evening?" She killed anyone who couldn't make sense of the question. The riddle was finally solved by the Greek king. The Sphinx then threw herself from her high rock and died.

6.What does the first paragraph want to tell us?

A. There are many places of interest in Egypt.

B. There are two main tourist attractions in Egypt.

C. The Great Pyramid of Giza is what you want to see.

D. the Great Sphinx of Giza is more interesting to see.

7.What's the purpose for building the Great Sphinx?

A. To let people in Egypt worship the sun god.

B. To represent the king of Egypt at that time.

C. To remind people of the glory of ancient Egypt.

D. To safeguard the pyramids in Giza in Egypt.

8.Why did the archaeologists have to begin the restoration

work?

A. The Great Sphinx had been destroyed by desert sand.

B. They wanted to research on an ancient Greek legend.

C. They wanted to research on the history of the Sphinx.

D. It was as a religious monument and as a work of art.

9.According to the legend, how did the Sphinx die?

A. The king killed her.

B. She died of old age.

C. She killed herself.

D. She was killed incidentally.

10.What is this passage mainly about?

A. How the Great Sphinx is being restored.

B. The history of the Great Sphinx.

C. The history of the Egyptian tourism.

D. The great monuments of Egypt.

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the same passage or dialog. When looking for love, people may go to some extreme lengths. They might go on blind dates set up by family and friends. They might write personal ads to place in newspapers. Or they might use a computer to help them in their search for a soul mate by joining an online dating service. Some people have even tried to find their perfect match through game shows on television. Many of these TV dating shows, including The Bachelor and Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire, have proved to have millions of viewers watching each week to find out which of the contestants will find true love.

Of all these game shows, perhaps the one with the most unexpected ending was Mr. Right, which was shown in England in 2002. On the show, a bachelor, thirty-five-year-old Lance Gerrard-Wright, dated 15 women to find the one who was his ideal partner. For seven weeks on the show, Gerrard-Wright, took turns going on dates with each of the women, taking them to expensive restaurants and exotic locations. He even met the women's families and introduced them to his own. Then at the end of each show, he would choose between one and three of the contestants,

with whom he had felt the least compatible, and say goodbye to them.

At one point during the series, one contestant volunteered to leave because she said she didn't find him attractive. After two dates she said she had had enough, and she couldn't see it working, "He wasn't my cup of tea." In another show the woman he was on a date with burst into tears when he called her by another contestant's name. "You called me by another girl's name. I can't believe you did that. I really liked you," she sobbed. But in the final show, the woman he eventually chose decided she didn't want to marry him after all. "I think you've chosen me because you have to choose someone," she said. Maybe this was because she already knew he had fallen in love with the show's host!

After leaving the show, Gerrard-Wright and the show's host Jonsson tied the knot in Sweden. Has Jonsson finally found Mr. Right? Only time will tell. But none of the guests at the wedding could deny the happiness in the couple's eyes as the bride and groom left the wedding ceremony.

11.What is this passage mainly about?

A. How a famous couple met and got married.

B. The best way to meet a husband or wife.

C. Why the show Mr. Right was a big hit.

D. How to act on a date with a stranger.

12."When looking for love, people may go to some extreme

lengths" means ________.

A. People resort to traditionally considered unusual ways to

look for love.

B. Love has become less traditional than before.

C. It is not difficult to find love through extreme ways.

D. Modern way of dating makes it easier but more extreme.

13.What happened after seven weeks of doing the show?

A. All of the women won prizes.

B. Lance asked one of the women to marry him.

C. One of the women on the show started to cry.

D. Jonsson asked Lance to marry her.

14.Which of the following is true during the series?

A. Lance went on dates with one woman each time.

B. The candidates traveled abroad with Lance.

C. Lance and Jonsson started dating each other.

D. The women met Lance's family.

15.What does the author want to tell us through the passage?

A. TV dating shows are a good way to find true love.

B. TV dating shows are the most efficient among other media.

C. More women are getting more interested in TV dating

shows.

D. It's hard to find true love through contesting with other

contestants.

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the same passage or dialog. Can you imagine life without French fries? Potatoes are very popular today. They are the fourth most important crop in the world, after wheat, rice, and corn. But in the past, potatoes were not always popular. People in Europe started to eat them only 200 years ago!

In the 1500s, the Spanish went to South America to look for gold. There, they found people eating potatoes for 7000 years! The Spanish brought the potato back to Europe with them. But people in Europe did not like this strange vegetable. Some people thought that if you ate potatoes, your skin would look like the skin of a potato. Other people could not believe that you ate the underground part of the plant, so they ate the leaves instead. This made them sick because there is poison in the leaves. Others grew potatoes for their flowers. At one time in France, potato flowers were one of the most expensive flowers.

Around 1780, the people of Ireland started to eat potatoes. They found that potatoes had many advantages. The potato grew on poor land, and it grew well in their cold and rainy climate. It gave more food than any other plant, and it needed little work. All they had to do was to plant the potatoes, and then they could do other work on the farm. On a small piece of land, a farmer could grow enough potatoes to feed his family. A person could eat eight to ten pounds of potatoes a day, with some milk or cheese, and be very healthy. Soon, potatoes became the main food in Ireland. In 1845, a disease killed all the potatoes in Ireland. Two million people died of hunger. Many Irish who did not die came to the United States at this time.

In other parts of Europe, people did not want to change their old food habits. Some preferred to die of hunger rather than eat potatoes. Today, many countries have their own potato dishes.

Germans eat potato salad, the United States has the baked potato, and the French invented French fries.

16.Which statement is true?

A. Potatoes are only popular in France.

B. Potatoes are not very popular today.

C. Potatoes are the most important crop in the world.

D. Potatoes were not very popular in the past.

17.In the 1500s, people in Europe ________.

A. found gold and potatoes from Peru

B. found potatoes could harm people's skin

C. found potatoes were strange vegetables

D. found potatoes and invented French fries

18.Only in about 1780 did people start to ________.

A. grow potatoes for their flowers

B. go to Peru to look for gold

C. eat potatoes in Ireland

D. eat eight to ten pounds of potatoes a day

19.What is one of the advantages of potatoes?

A. They grow well in cold and dry weather.

B. They have higher productivity compared with others.

C. They can be grown with other plants.

D. They can be eaten along with milk or cheese.

20.What statement best illustrates the main idea of the passage?

A. How potatoes become popular.

B. Why potatoes are a good vegetable.

C. Why potatoes are healthy and tasty.

D. How potatoes have been consumed