新理念网络平台英语读写教程第三册单元测试unit5答案

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Reading Comprehension

Directions: There are two passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices.

Click on the best choice. (20 points)

Passage One

Most Americans will tell you that character education in schools is a good idea. According to pollsters (做民意测验的人), 90% of us want schools to teach core moral values. But what should "character education" look like? And more important, does it work?

Take a look at Traut Core Knowledge School in Fort Collins, Colo. Traut Core is a public school with a waiting list of 500 students. A strong focus on 12 core values throughout the school culture has contributed to high academic achievement at Traut Core. The school now ranks first in reading and in the top five in math out of the 26 schools in the district.

Private schools are also on the list. The Montrose School in Natick, Mass. has daily homerooms that focus on character discussions and leadership, and the school provides many opportunities for service to others. At Montrose, moral development is inseparable from academic achievement.

Wake County Public Schools in North Carolina is a case study in how to get comprehensive character education programs going in every school. Beginning in 1992, the district appointed a task force with broad representation from the community. Public meetings were held, surveys sent out, and other efforts made to ensure that character education in the schools would be built on the shared moral values of the citizens in this large and diverse district.

Today, character education is part of the mission of every Wake County school. The district provides in-service training and resources for teachers, encourages parental involvement and evaluates the results.

Higher academic achievement, lower drop-out rates, fewer discipline problems, a more positive and caring school environment —who doesn't want schools like these? And who wouldn't like to see students who are more caring, respectful, honest and responsible?

21. Judging from the first paragraph, what's the writer's attitude to "character education"?

A. Positive

B. Ironical

C. Suggestive

D. Opposite

正确答案：A

22. The phrase "a waiting list of 500 students" in Line 2, Para. 2 probably means that there are 500 students ______________.

A. studying there

B. enrolling there

C. graduating there

D. waiting for admission

正确答案：D

23. Among the private schools willing to teach moral values ______________.

A. Traut Core has daily homerooms that focus on character discussions and leadership

B. the Montrose School focuses on 12 core values

C. Traut Core provides many opportunities for service to others

D. the Montrose School makes progress both academically and morally

正确答案：D

24. Character education, according to the last paragraph, will result in all of the following except ___________.

A. lower drop-out rates

B. higher academic achievement

C. a less positive and caring environment

D. fewer discipline problems

正确答案：C

25. Which is not true according to the passage?

A. Academic achievement is closely associated with moral development.

B. Higher academic achievement is inseparable from moral development.

C. Moral development exerts influence on academic achievement.

D. Moral development has nothing to do with academic achievement.

正确答案：D

Passage Two

One of the strongest reasons for the raising of the school leaving age (ROSLA) has been that it will bring us nearer to the ideal of "equal opportunity".

Many people like to think of our present system of schooling as providing plenty of steps up the ladder of success for clever children. It would be good to think that no one who is really bright can be missed out when the state system is apparently so thorough. It is obvious, for instance, that many children from less rich homes reach university or do well in other ways.

Unfortunately, we now have plenty of evidence that many children of every level of ability do much less than they could. For instance, during the years of national military service it was possible to test the intelligence of all male 18-20 year olds. Half of those soldiers who were placed in the two highest ability groups had left schools at 15.

It has also been shown that the percentage of working class children going to university is almost the same now as it was in 1936. One study of 5000 children from birth to 21 years old indicated that up to half the bright pupils from working class homes left school when they reached 16 years old. Moreover, there is no difference in intelligence between the sexes, but far more boys than girls stay in education after 16.

It is clear from this and much other evidence that many children are still leaving

school too early to benefit from the prizes — money, social respectability, and interesting jobs, which higher education gives. It is clear too that the reasons why such children leave have much to do with their social circumstances. Their parents often need the extra money another wage-earner can bring in; they do not value education for itself because their own was probably dull and unhappy. It is not so much that they force their sons and daughters to leave school, rather that they tend to say, "it's up to you".

is hoped that ROSLA will give all children ______________.

A. a more enjoyable time at school

B. the same chances at society

C. the right to a better school

D. higher scores in intelligence tests

正确答案：B

27. People would like to think that ________________________.

A. equal numbers of poor and rich children reach university

B. those with the least money get the best education

C. intelligent children are always chosen by the system

D. only clever children do well

正确答案：C

28. Working class children are felt to be at a disadvantage because ________.

A. many of the clever ones leave school early

B. fewer go to university than ever before

C. more than half leave school when they are 16

D. fewer boys than girls stay at school after 16

正确答案：A

29. Many children leave school early because _____________.

A. their social circumstances make them unhappy

B. they have to work to support their family's income

C. their school is a dull and unhappy place

D. their parents don't allow them to make their own decisions

正确答案：B

30. The article shows that equal opportunity in education ______________.

A. is a thing of the past

B. has not yet been achieved

C. is there for those who merit it

D. has greatly improved our society

正确答案：B

Vocabulary and Structure

Directions: Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. (60 points)

31. That way of speaking is ______ to people in this small part of the country.

A. especial

B. peculiar

C. special

D. circular

正确答案：B

32. Crisis would be the right term to describe the ____ in many animal species.

A. minimization

B. restriction

C. decline

D. descent

正确答案：C

33. He pointed out that the living standard of urban and ______ people continued to improve.

A. remote

B. municipal

C. rural

D. provincial

正确答案：C

34. In order to protect their domestic industries, many countries have tried to raise ______ barriers against foreign goods.

A. tax

B. duty

C. fee

D. tariff

正确答案：D

35. This is the first draft of the book. Please feel perfectly free to _______on it.

A. comment

B. cope

C. complain

D. confirm

正确答案：A

36. Without telephone it would be impossible to carry on the functions of _____ every business operation in the whole country.

A. practically

B. preferably

C. precisely

D. presumably

正确答案：A

37. I consider this my business and you have no right to _______.

A. intervene

B. interfere

C. interact

D. disturb

正确答案：B

38. My students found the book _______. It provided them with an abundance of

information on the subject.

A. confusing

B. distracting

C. enlightening

D. amusing

正确答案：C

39. All parts of this sewing machines are _____ so that it is very simple to get replacements for them.

A. mechanized

B. minimized

C. modernized

D. standardized

正确答案：D

40. Clark felt that his ______ in one of the most dramatic medical experiments of all time was worth the suffering he underwent.

A. appreciation

B. participation

C. presentation

D. apprehension

正确答案：B

41. We can ______ with a lot of unhappiness by uncovering and discarding the beliefs that fuel it.

A. dispose

B. dispense

C. dismiss

D. dispute

正确答案：B

42. Our deputy manager is the _______ head of the business.

A. virtual

B. vital

C. eternal

D. identical

正确答案：A

43. It is a sad truth that children are the biggest victims of ________ smoking.

A. extensive

B. intensive

C. productive

D. passive

正确答案：D

44. During the election campaign, the party vowed to ________ environmental considerations into all its policies.

A. associate

B. unite

C. incorporate

D. combine

正确答案：C

45. _________ something better to do, Sofia walked a couple of times through the crowd.

A. For want of

B. For fear of

C. For the benefit of

D. For the sake of

正确答案：A

46. After running through the numbers in every possible combination, we finally ____________ a solution.

A. got across

B. turned out

C. hit upon

D. engaged in

正确答案：C

47. She cannot bear to watch the film because of the bad memories it __________.

A. brings down

B. brings back

C. brings about

D. brings in

正确答案：B

48. The policy was rejected __________ a more cautious approach.

A. in response to

B. in excess of

C. in contrast to

D. in favor of

正确答案：D

49. I was _______ about the exam _______ I couldn't get to sleep.

A. such worried…that

B. worried such…that

C. so worried….that

D. worried so….that

正确答案：C

50. It is well-known that knowledge is the _______ condition for expansion of mind.

A. incompatible

B. indefinite

C. incredible

D. indispensable

正确答案：D

51. He was disappointed by his result, but he is now ______ to having to retake the exam.

A. composed

B. submitted

C. reconciled

D. overcome

正确答案：C

52. American has been criticized for placing too much _____ on being on time.

A. emphasis

B. activity

C. bother

D. assistance

正确答案：A

53. Ploughs (犁) and other agricultural _____ were on display at the exhibition.

A. appliances

B. implements

C. instruments

D. device

正确答案：B

54. She always ______ the smell of fresh bread with her grandmother, who loved baking.

A. associated

B. joined

C. connected

D. combined

正确答案：A

55. ______ to some parts of South America is still difficult, because parts of the continents are still covered with thick forests.

A. Orientation

B. Access

C. Profession

D. Voyage

正确答案：B

56. Walking is a cheap, safe, enjoyable and ______ available form of exercise.

A. considerably

B. partly

C. individually

D. readily

正确答案：D

57. Each of these cells has their specific jobs to do, but they also _______ with each other.

A. interrelate

B. interrupt

C. interchange

D. interpret

正确答案：A

58. The tenant must be prepared to decorate the house ______ the terms of contract.

A. in the event of

B. in quest of

C. in accordance with

D. in collaboration with

正确答案：C

59. It is so exciting to think what's ________ our great-grandchildren over the next 100 years.

A. in exchange for

B. in store for

C. in parallel with

D. in sight of

正确答案：B

60. The room ____________ summer eating with its light, airy atmosphere.

A. lends itself well to

B. adapted itself well to

C. adjusts itself well to

D. varied itself well to

正确答案：A

U5-B-B3

Reading Comprehension

Directions:There are two passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices.

Click on the best choice. (20 points)

Passage One

Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Women's education may be unusual territory for economists, but enhancing women's contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its emphasis on incentives (激励), provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of an education.

Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else's family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school — the prophecy (预言) becoming self-fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle (恶性循环) of neglect.

An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her girls then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle.

Few will dispute that educating women has great social benefits. But it has

enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 per cent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices, including family planning.

21. The author argues that educating girls in developing countries is _______.

A. rewarding

B. troublesome

C. expensive

D. labor-saving

正确答案：A

22. By saying "… the prophecy becoming se lf-fulfilling …" (Line 1, Para. 2), the author means that ________.

A. girls will eventually find their goals in life beyond research

B. girls will be increasingly discontented with their life at home

C. girls will be capable of realizing their own dreams

D. girls will turn out to be less valuable than boys

正确答案：D

23. The author believes that a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle when _________.

A. women care more about education

B. parents can afford their daughters' education

C. girls can gain equal access to education

D. a family has fewer but healthier children

正确答案：C

24. What does the author say about women's education?

A. It has aroused the interest of a growing number of economists.

B. It will yield greater returns than other known investments.

C. It is now given top priority in many developing countries.

D. It deserves greater attention than other social issues.

正确答案：B

25. The passage mainly discusses ___________.

A. unequal treatment of boys and girls in developing countries

B. the major contributions of educated women to society

C. the economic and social benefits of educating women

D. the potential earning power of well-educated women

正确答案：C

Passage Two

The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become "better" people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don't go.

But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that

close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don't fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other's experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out —often encouraged by college administrators.

Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves — they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that is a condemnation of the students as a whole, and doesn't explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We have been told that young people have to go to college because our economy can't absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either.

Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down, it seems, and through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college doesn't make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things — maybe it is just the other way around, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy (异教邪说) to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up.

26. According to the author, ___________.

A. people used to question the value of college education

B. people used to have full confidence in higher education

C. all high school graduates went to college

D. very few high school graduates choose to go to college

正确答案：B

27. In the second paragraph, "those who don't fit the pattern" refers to ______.

A. high school graduates who aren't suitable for college education

B. college graduates who are selling shoes and driving taxis

C. college students who aren't any better for their higher education

D. high school graduates who failed to be admitted to college

正确答案：C

28. The drop-out rate of college students seems to go up because young people _______________.

A. are disappointed with the conventional way of teaching at college

B. are required to join the army

C. have little motivation in pursuing a higher education

D. don't like the intense competition for admission to graduate school

正确答案：C

29. According to the passage the problems of college education partly originates in the fact that ______________.

A. society cannot provide enough jobs for properly trained college graduates

B. high school graduates do not fit the pattern of college education

C. too many students have to earn their own living

D. college administrators encourage students to drop out

正确答案：A

30. In this passage, the author argues that ______________________.

A. college education may not be the best thing for high school graduates

B. college education is not enough if one wants to be successful

C. college education benefits only the intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people

D. intelligent people may learn quicker if they don't go to college

正确答案：A

Vocabulary and Structure

Directions: Each of the following sentences is provided with four choices. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. (60 points)

31. The dictionary is available in ________ version.

A. electronic

B. electrical

C. electric

D. electricity

正确答案：A

32. I tried very hard to persuade him to join our group but I met with a flat ___.

A. refusal

B. incline

C. reject

D. decline

正确答案：A

33. Foreigners ________ in China are subject to Chinese laws.

A. inhabiting

B. sheltering

C. residing

D. dwelling

正确答案：C

34. Many new safety features have been _______ in the new version of this popular car.

A. associated

B. incorporated

C. cooperated

D. excluded

正确答案：B

35. In his unhappiness he had come even to question his ________.

A. diversity

B. entity

C. prosperity

D. minority

正确答案：B

36. An _______ line is an arrangement of machines and workers in a factory, in which each has a particular job which has to be completed before the next stage of production is started by another worker.

A. gathering

B. assembly

C. congress

D. conference

正确答案：B

37. The detective ______ the murder case ________ the body and _______ the scene of the crime.

A. examining/inspected/investigated

B. inspecting/examined/investigated

C. investigating/inspected/examined

D. investigating/examined/inspected

正确答案：D

38. He wrote a book about computers in ______ with one of his colleagues.

A. correspondence

B. controversy

C. collaboration

D. criterion

正确答案：C

39. The surgeon devoted his whole lifetime to the studies of the two _______ hemisphere (半球) of the brain.

A. concrete

B. discrete

C. separate

D. independent

正确答案：B

40. It would have been ________ impossible to research all the information.

A. virtually

B. literally

C. deliberately

D. appropriately

正确答案：A

41. The members of the Military Council are ______ an extraordinary meeting at its headquarters at eight o'clock tomorrow morning.

A. assembling

B. accumulating

C. convening

D. congregating

正确答案：C

42. I sat _______ my thumbs waiting for him to finish using the phone.

A. crossing

B. playing

C. licking

D. twiddling

正确答案：D

43. There are many emergencies which need prompt ________ treatment.

A. first help

B. first aid

C. first assistance

D. first cooperation

正确答案：B

44. The carriage that he ordered _______ arrived, and we drove off.

A. duly

B. likely

C. partially

D. lately

正确答案：A

45. Attention to detail is the _______ of a fine craftsman (工匠).

A. trademark

B. hallmark

C. trace

D. symbol

正确答案：B

46. The start of a new year is a good time to _______ the achievements and mistakes of the past.

A. reflect on

B. argue for

C. remind of

D. take on

正确答案：A

47. Now it's difficult for college students to ________ a good job.

A. go by

B. go with

C. go after

D. go into

正确答案：C

48. There are circumstances in which the State must __________ to protect children.

A. interfere with

B. lay a hand on

C. stand up

D. step in

正确答案：D

49. The clock ___________, leaving little time for talks.

A. ticks away

B. passes away

C. runs out

D. passes by

正确答案：A

50. You won't know the value of the health _______ you lose it.

A. when

B. while

C. until

D. as

正确答案：C

51. She manages to successfully ______ family life with a career.

A. join

B. connect

C. combine

D. associate

正确答案：C

52. The magician made us think he cut the girl into pieces but it was merely an _______.

A. illusion

B. impression

C. image

D. illumination

正确答案：A

53. They are working on a ______ for developing the poor area.

A. design

B. scheme

C. plot

D. program

正确答案：B

54. He gave a fairly accurate forecast of what might be expected to happen when another ________ war broke out.

A. solar

B. lunar

C. global

D. annual

正确答案：C

55. The Pope is the _______ leader of many Christians.

A. philosophical

B. physical

C. emotional

D. spiritual

正确答案：D

56. The explorers were told to ____ themselves with everything they would need for the voyage.

A. associate

B. equip

C. feed

D. retreat

正确答案：B

57. The government performed competently in the face of ______ challenges.

A. excessive

B. multiple

C. sufficient

D. severe

正确答案：B

58. Everything _________ the outcome of these talks.

A. dawns upon

B. turns on

C. calls on

D. hinges on

正确答案：D

59. It is much easier to talk about social change than to _____.

A. bring it on

B. bring it out

C. bring it about

D. bring it up

正确答案：C

60. It's amazing what people will do to _________ paying taxes.

A. get out of

B. get down to

C. get over

D. get through

正确答案：A