新视野大学英语第二版第二册reading6

Part 1 Word Dictation(每小题：1 分)Directions: Listen and write down the words you hear. You are going to listen to the recording twice. During the first time, write the word that you hear. Check your answers as you listen the second time.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.Part 2 Understanding Long Conversations(每小题：1 分)Directions: In this section you'll hear a long conversation or conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. 1.A. A 17th birthday party.B. A trip with the parents.C. An outing to the movies.D. A talk with the parents.2.A. His parents don't respect him.B. He is old enough to make his own choices.C. The movie is supposed to be very good.D. His parents are much too old.3.A. Seeing movies.B. Being with others.C. Not respecting them.D. Staying out late.4.A. A lot of fun.B. Awards.C. Trouble.D. Respect.5.A. She's his mother.B. She's his teacher.C. She's his friend.D. She's his boss.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. 6.A. She changed her name.B. She learned new names.C. She met people with different names.D. She gave people new names.7.A. It is very difficult for people.B. It is hard for him to remember.C. It should be changed to something different.D. It sounds very elegant to him.8.A. It wasn't professional.B. It wasn't easy for her to say.C. Others had difficulty with it.D. Others thought it wasn't elegant.9.A. Others were not professional.B. Others were too lazy.C. Others didn't use real names.D. Others used her name poorly.10.A. Other people being professional.B. Other people using her name correctly.C. Other people being lazy.D. Other people working well with her.Part 3 Understanding Passages(每小题：1 分)Directions: In this section you'll hear a passage or passages. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. 1.A. What the first names were.B. Why people started using names.C. Where the first names were used.D. When people started using names.2.A. 4.B. 3.C. 2.D. 1.3.A. Indonesian people.B. Chinese people.C. The first people to use names.D. Distinguished people.4.A. To identify the generation.B. To carry some information about our family.C. To distinguish people from one another.D. To show the different characters of different people. 5.A. Because they are names given by parents.B. Because they are not family names.C. Because they carry the information of the baby.D. Because not all the cultures have given names. Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. 6.A. Hanja lettering.B. Western letters.C. Family identification.D. Words special to that person.7.A. They are written in Chinese characters.B. They always consist of three characters.C. They can be translated into English.D. They have many ways of pronunciation.8.A. Two-character family name plus two-character givenname.B. One-character family name plus one-character givenname.C. Two-character family name plus one-character givenname.D. One-character family name plus two-character givenname.9.A. Around 100,000.B. About 250.C. About 100.D. Around 75.10.A. Take a name other than the common ones.B. Use one- or three-syllable given names.C. Make names that are influenced by the Chinese.D. Translate their names into the English languagePart 4 Vocabulary and Structure(每小题：1 分)Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.1.Some of your suggestions have been adopted but othershave been _______ as they are not workable.A. turned awayB. turned downC. turned backD. turned out2.The boss thought him a trouble-maker and turned him______.A. backB. downC. toD. around3.Unless he is ________ intense love, he hardly ever looks intosomeone else's eyes for very long.A. confessingB. refusingC. grantingD. covering4.The observer's statement about the accident was very _____;we know almost everything about it now.A. specificB. especialC. exceptionalD. special5._______ your opinions are worth considering, the generalmanager finds it unwise to place too much importance on them.A. AsB. BecauseC. ThoughD. Since6._________ that they may eventually reduce the amount oflabor needed on construction sites by 90 percent.A. So clever are the construction robotsB. Such construction robots are cleverC. So clever the construction robotsD. Such clever construction robots are7. A friendship may be ________, relaxed, situational or deep andlasting.A. identicalB. originalC. criticalD. superficial8.Your work does not ______ what I expect of you.A. come up withB. come outC. come roundD. come up to9.In general, matters which lie entirely within the stateboundaries are the ______ concern of the state government.A. excessiveB. externalC. explosiveD. exclusive10.No fault is attached _____ the bus driver for the terribleaccident at the railway crossing.A. forB. toC. withD. in11.The escaped prisoner waited until the _____ of night beforeleaving his hiding place.A. darkB. deepC. depthD. dead12.Occasionally we experience strong winds and storms fromthe west, but the_____ winds are from the north-east.A. existingB. prevailingC. particularD. special13.This book is full of practical _____________ on homeimprovements and repairs.A. helpsB. tipsC. nodsD. clues14.Violence in the local prison has _____________ two lives.A. removedB. killedC. costD. murdered15.The doctor told Penny that too much _____________ to the sunis bad for the skin.A. exposureB. meansC. exhibitionD. gratitude16.In preparing scientific reports of experiments, a studentshould _____________ his findings in clear and preciselanguage.A. exemplifyB. predictC. raiseD. present17.This hotel _____________ $60 for a single room with a bath.B. demandsC. pricesD. charges18.She was so _____________ in her job that she didn't hearanybody knocking at the door.A. attractedB. absorbedC. drawnD. outstanding19.Although I liked the appearance of the house, what reallymade me decide to buy it was the beautiful _____________ through the window.A. perspectiveB. lookC. pictureD. view20.I saw the _____________ of the taxi before it disappearedaround the corner of the street.B. rearC. lookD. scene21.After the speech _____________, a lively discussion started.A. being deliveredB. be deliveredC. was deliveredD. having been delivered22.__________ a teacher in a university, it is necessary to have atleast a Master's degree.A. To becomeB. BecomeC. One becomesD. On becoming23.The man in the corner confessed to _____________ a lie to themanager of the company.A. have toldB. having toldC. being toldD. be told24.I don't think it advisable that Tim _____________ to the jobsince he has no experience.A. be assignedB. is assignedC. will be assignedD. has been assigned25.There is a man at the reception desk who seems very angry,and I think he means _____________ trouble.A. makingB. to makeC. to have madeD. having made26.It is useful to be able to predict the extent _____________ whicha price change will affect supply and demand.A. fromB. withC. toD. for27.____________ before we leave, the day after tomorrow, weshould have a wonderful dinner party.A. Had they arrivedB. Would they arriveC. Were they arrivingD. Were they to arrive28.I'd rather read than watch television; the programs seem_____________ all the time.A. to get worseB. to be getting worseC. to have got worseD. getting worse29.I had just started back to the house to change my clothes_____________ I heard voices.A. asB. whileC. afterD. when30.When he arrived, he found _____________ the aged and thesick at home.A. nothing butB. none butC. none other thanD. no other thanPart 5 Cloze (with Options)(每小题：0.5 分)Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the choices.Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage.Maybe there are a lot of very 1.out there that I don't know, but it seems that in general, Jeffs are everyday people who don't do anything 2.famous named Jeff. Those actors who are named Jeff are notlead 3.roles in films. Great 4.the name, Jeff, either. Was I condemned to an average 5.recognize my lack of 6.so named me Jeff? My mom liked the name, but she can'treally 7.the name was fairly 8.was 9.parents; and contrary to what she had 10.my name became quite common. I wonder what it was that11.book of names or was there a 12.at the time with the name? I don't know of an 13.14.full name. I was often 15.mine saw that my 16.not Jeff. People find some name funny and the 17.infamous 18.name, Jeffrey. The name lost a lot of its 19.20.Part 6 Skimming and Scanning (Multiple Choice+Blank Filling)(每小题：1 分)Directions: Read the following passage or passages and then answer the questions. For the first 7 questions in each passage, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. For the remaining 3 questions in the same passage, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Questions 1 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. The King, the Servant, and "the 99 Club"Some time ago, there lived a king. This king should have been contented with his life, given all the riches he had. However, this was not the case! The king was not content with life at all, and he spent all his time wondering why.One day, the king woke up earlier than usual to take a leisurely walk around his palace. He came to a stop when he heard someone happily singing away. He followed the sound until he discovered where it was coming from. As it turned out, one of theservants was singing, and this servant had a very contented look on his face. This attracted the king greatly and he called this man to his room. The man entered the king's room as ordered. The king asked why he was so happy. To this the man replied, "Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but I make enough of a living to keep my wife and children happy. We don't need anything more than a roof over our heads and warm food to fill our stomach. My wife and children are content with the little money and food I bring home. And I am happy because my family is happy."Hearing this, the king let the servant leave and called his personal assistant to his room. The king told him about his sadness and about the happiness of the servant, hoping that somehow, he would be able to explain why a king, who could have anything he wished for, was not happy, whereas his servant, who had so little, was greatly contented.The personal assistant listened carefully and came to this conclusion: "Your Majesty, I believe that the servant has not been made part of the 99 Club."The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?" the king asked.The Assistant replied, "Your Majesty, to truly know what the 99 Club is, you will have to do the following: Place 99 gold coins in a bag and leave it at this servant's doorstep. You will then understand what the 99 Club is."That very same evening, the king arranged for 99 gold coins to be placed in a bag at the servant's doorstep. The servant was just stepping out of his house when he saw the bag. He then took it to a table and emptied it out so he could count the coins. Doing so, he realized that there were 99 coins and he thought it was an odd number so he counted again, and again and again, only to come to the same amountD99 gold coins.He began to wonder, what could have happened to that last coin? He couldn't imagine that anyone would leave 99 coins. He began to search his entire house, looked around his backyard for hours, not wanting to lose out on that one coin. Finally, tired out, he decided that he was going to have to work harder than ever to make up for that one gold coin and make his entire collection an even 100 gold coins.He got up the next morning and began the day by shouting at his children and his wife for letting him sleep too late, though in factit was not their fault. Actually, he had spent most of the night imagining ways of working hard so that he would have enough money to buy himself that gold coin. He went to work as usual but did not feel happy as he usually did. Instead of singing happily while he did his work, he did everything very angrily.Seeing the man's attitude change so violently, the king was confused. He could not believe that the servant, who until yesterday had been singing away happy and content with his life, could have such a sudden change in behavior, and when he should have been happier after receiving the gold coins.To this, the assistant replied, "Ah! But your Majesty, the servant has now officially joined the 99 Club." He explained, "the 99 Club is just a name given to those people who have a lot but are never contented. They are not pleased with what they have, but are angry because of what they do not have. We have so much to be thankful for, and we can live with very little in our lives, but the minute we are given something bigger and better, we want even more! By wanting more and more we don't realize the price we pay for it. We lose sleep and happiness. Hurting the people around us is another price we pay for our growing needs anddesires. That is what joining the 99 Club is all about." Having heard this, the king learned a lesson about life and decided that from that day onwards, he was going to start appreciating all the little things in life.1.The king wondered why ________________.A. he had so many richesB. he gave away his richesC. he contented himself with lifeD. he was unhappy with life2.One day when the king walked around his palace, he________________.A. caught someone stealingB. heard a servant singing happilyC. watched a servant cleaningD. heard a servant laughing3.The servant felt happy every day because ________________.A. he entered the king's roomB. he had a wife and childrenC. he made enough to keep his familyD. he was a servant of the king4.The king expected his personal assistant ________________.A. to make his family happyB. to give the servant somethingC. to explain something to the servantD. to provide an explanation5.The servant thought the bag was strange because________________.A. it was emptyB. it contained 99 coinsC. it was on his tableD. it was at his doorstep6.As the servant failed to find the coin after exhausting himself,he decided ________________.A. to shout at his childrenB. to look around his backyardC. to work harder to make up for itD. to search his entire house7.The servant spent much of the night ________________.A. trying to buy a gold coinB. singing happilyC. imagining ways of working hardD. working hard for enough money8.had become so violent.9.The 99 Club is the name given to those people who have10.After hearing the assistant's explanation, the king wasdetermined to start appreciating all thePart 7 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)(每小题：1 分)Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. 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, considerablyless 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 tohave millions of supporters.1.Since the late 1960s more women have been dissatisfied withthe marriage in which __________________.A. they are unhappyB. they are in a lower positionC. only the husband earns moneyD. the wife only takes care of the household2.What is the long-standing division of labor between husbandand 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 wife3.Which statement is NOT true about the new type ofmarriage?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.4.Women's attitudes toward marriage involve____________________.A. the Women's Liberation MovementB. forbidding any form of prejudice against womenC. the changing roles of husband and wife in the marriageD. all of the above5.Which of the following describes the general idea for thispassage?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. Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. If the population of the Earth goes on increasing at its present rate, there will eventually not be enough resources left to support life on the planet. One possible solution to the problem has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan: he believes that before the Earth's resources are completely used up it will be possible to change the atmosphere (大气圈) of Venus (金星) and so create a new world almost as large as the Earth itself. The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the Earth and has only a tiny amount of water.Sagan suggests that algae (藻类), plant life that can live in extremely hot or cold atmospheres and at the same time produce oxygen, should be produced in conditions similar to those on Venus. The algae will be placed in small rockets. Spaceships will then fly to Venus and fire the rockets into the atmosphere. In a fairly short time, the algae will break down the gasses in the atmosphere and change them into oxygen that people can breathe. But before man can set foot on Venus, it will be necessary for the oxygen to produce rain to cool the planet, so that after a few years conditions like those on Earth will be produced.If the experiments are successful, life will become possible there but it will not be pleasant at first. When they go to Venus, the first citizens will have to take plenty of water with them and get used to days and nights lasting 60 Earth days. But there will also be some advantages. They will live longer because their hearts will suffer less stress than on Earth.6.Men may eventually move to Venus because______________________.A. there are many people on the EarthB. we have used too much oil and waterC. the limited resources can't support life on the EarthD. people take up too much space7.Now it is difficult for us to move to Venus because______________________.A. it is too hot for men to land onB. there is no water thereC. we cannot change the environment thereD. it's a long distance for us to go there8.The algae play a very important role in the possible solutionbecause _________________________.A. they can be produced easily on the EarthB. there are a lot of them on VenusC. they can be easily carried to VenusD. they can live in hot and cold conditions and produceoxygen9.The first citizens will find life on Venus not pleasant because___________.A. their hearts will suffer more stressB. their days and nights will last quite longC. there are not any houses thereD. there is too much water there10.One of the advantages the first citizens on Venus will enjoy is___________.A. they will have much more spaceB. they won't suffer from heart diseaseC. their life will last longerD. they will have better living conditions。