新理念英语学习综合教程b3u1卷C

卷C

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Part I

Listening Comprehension ( 14 minutes )

Section A

1.

A) T

B) F

Script: Mr. Doherty always dreams of writing about life on the farm so he moved to a farm with his family.

正确答案：B

2.

A) T

B) F

Script: Living on the farm gives them more opportunities to enjoy outdoor activities and get close to nature.

正确答案：A

3.

A) T

B) F

Script: Mrs. Doherty has to give up writing to maintain the farm because her husband is too busy writing to make more money.

正确答案：B

4.

A) T

B) F

Script: The first winter on the farm was miserable because it was cold and boring.

正确答案：B

5.

A) T

B) F

Script: Mr. Doherty decided to give up his fulltime job and depend totally on freelance the second year on the farm because he had to spend more time on the farm.

正确答案：A

6.

A) T

B) F

Script: Mr. Doherty doesn’t make enough money now to maintain their living standard in the past but their life is not seriously affected.

正确答案：A

7.

A) T

B) F

Script: Three parts of our lives have changed: the way we work, the way we eat, and the way we entertain ourselves.

正确答案：A

8.

A) T

B) F

Script: Today’s working men and women are commuters who travel to work early and return home late.

正确答案：A

9.

A) T

B) F

Script: Fast food, takeout, and heat-and-serve dishes now take up the table of most American families.

正确答案：A

10.

A) T

B) F

Script: The Cleaver’s household is a fantasy both for the 1950s and now and therefore, too ideal to learn from.

正确答案：B

Section B

Vegetable gardening is the relaxing art and science of turning a love for growing plants into a

(11)_________________ activity. Many things make gardening a national hobby for both young and old. For a large number of people, the (12)_________________ of spring gardening provide a happy escape from winter (13)_________________ . Vegetable gardeners agree that many (14)_________________ vegetables are superior to those (15)_________________ from markets. From spring through late fall, a well-planned and well-kept garden can provide a (16)_________________ of fresh vegetables. Freezers make it possible to keep some of the vegetables to be (17)_________________ at a later date. Other vegetables can be stored for a few months in a cool area. Having vegetables (18)_________________ makes home gardening appealing for many people. In addition, vegetable gardening provides exercise and fun for both urban and suburban families. One should not plant a garden that is too large to care for. A small well-kept garden is more enjoyable and profitable than (19)_________________ one. Vegetables do well in full sunlight and need at least five or six hours of sun during the middle of the day. (20)_________________ results in poor plants and few vegetables. If possible the garden should be near the house so that the gardener can work in it at odd moments.

Script: Vegetable gardening is the relaxing art and science of turning a love for growing plants into a productive activity. Many things make gardening a national hobby for both young and old. For a large number of people, the thoughts of spring gardening provide a happy escape from winter boredom. Vegetable gardeners agree that many home-grown vegetables are superior to those purchased from markets. From spring through late fall, a well-planned and well-kept garden can provide a supply of fresh vegetables. Freezers make it possible to keep some of the vegetables to be enjoyed at a later date. Other vegetables can be stored for a few months in a cool area. Having vegetables in the backyard makes home gardening appealing for many people. In addition, vegetable gardening provides exercise and fun for both urban and suburban families. One should not plant a garden that is too large to care for. A small well-kept garden is more enjoyable and profitable than a large neglected one. Vegetables do well in full sunlight and need at least five or six hours of sun during the middle of the day. Too much shading results in poor plants and few vegetables. If possible the garden should be near the house so that the gardener can work in it at odd moments.

正确答案：productive

正确答案：thoughts

正确答案：boredom

正确答案：home-grown

正确答案：purchased

正确答案：supply

正确答案：enjoyed

正确答案：in the backyard

正确答案：a large neglected

正确答案：Too much shading

Part II Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes )

Section A

In the past fifty years, American society has changed a great deal. Fifty years ago, most Americans lived in small communities. They 21 moved from one area to another and knew their neighbors at least by 22 if not by close, personal 23 . Life was so personal in those days that people often 24 about it. They said that a person could not even stay home from church on Sunday without the whole town knowing about it. It was difficult to have 25 in a small community like that, but there was usually a sense of security, of belonging, and of community togetherness in such places. Except for church and the local movie theater, there was not much in the way of entertainment. Some people dreamed about moving to the 26 life of the big cities, but most people were happy to live all their lives in the same community. Few people 27 this type of lifelong social interaction or sense of community togetherness now. People often move from neighborhood to neighborhood, city to city, and coast to coast. It is rare to find people who have lived all their lives in one community. Because people move so 28 , they do not have a chance to get to know their neighbors. Perhaps this is also why Americans tend to have a more casual 29 about friendships than people from some other cultures. Americans are 30 to leaving friends and making new friends.

A) attitude

B) interaction

C) frequently

D) name

E) joked

F) rarely

G) experience

H) exciting

I) comparatively

J) correspondence

K) privacy

L) cheated

M) accustomed

N) isolation

O) challenged

21. ______________________ 正确答案：F

22. ______________________ 正确答案：D

23. ______________________ 正确答案：B

24. ______________________ 正确答案：E

25. ______________________ 正确答案：K

26. ______________________ 正确答案：H

27. ______________________ 正确答案：G

28. ______________________正确答案：C

29. ______________________ 正确答案：A

30. ______________________ 正确答案：M

Section B Passage One

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the most subordinate positions. Many of the leading businessmen of Pittsburgh had a serious responsibility thrust upon them at the very threshold of their career. They were introduced to the broom, and spent the first hours of their business lives sweeping out the office. I notice we have janitors and janitresses now in offices, and our men unfortunately miss that beneficial branch of business education. But if by chance the professional sweeper is absent any morning, the boy who has the genius of the future partner in him will not hesitate to try his hand at the broom. It dose not hurt the newest comer to sweep out the office if necessary. I was one of those sweepers myself. Assuming that you have all obtained employment and are fairly started, my advice to you is "aim high." Say to yourself, "My place is at the top." Be king in your dreams. And here is the prime condition of success, the great secret: concentrate your energy, thought, and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital, which means that they have scattered their brains also. "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" is all wrong. I tell you "put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket." Look around you and take notice; men who do that do not often fail. It is easy to watch and carry the one basket. It is trying to carry too many baskets that break most eggs in the country. He who carries three baskets must put one on his head, which is apt to tremble and trip (摔倒) him up.

31. The author will be glad to see a young man ______ the first day he is at work.

A) trying his hand at a broom B) walking around the office C) reading books D) absent from work

正确答案：A

32. The author ______.

A) started his career by sweeping out the office B) looks down on the janitors and janitresses

C) pays respect to the janitors and janitresses D) thinks it unnecessary to have a professional sweeper

正确答案：A

33. According to the passage, ______ is an indispensable part of business education.

A) being a good janitor or janitress B) starting from sweeping in the office

C) learning to use the computer D) getting familiar with the Internet

正确答案：B

34. ______ is essential in your way to success.

A) Patience B) Concentration C) Perseverance D) Modesty

正确答案：B

35. In the second paragraph, "concerns" is most close in meaning to ______.

A) firms B) worries C) businessmen D) deals

正确答案：A

Passage Two

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

Despite a cooling of the economy, high-technology companies are still crying out for skilled workers. The Information Technology Association of America projects that more than 800,000 technology jobs will go unfilled next year. The lack of qualified workers poses a huge threat to the . economy. The most commonly cited reason for this state of affairs is that the country's agrarian-age (农村时代) education system fails to prepare students in the primary and secondary grades for twenty-first-century work. Yet an inadequate and outmoded education system is only part of the problem. A less tangible but equally powerful cause is an antique classification system that divides the workforce into two camps: white-collar knowledge workers and blue-collar manual laborers. Blue-collar workers emerged in the United States during the Industrial Age as work migrated from farms to factories. White-collar office workers became a significant class in the twentieth century, outnumbering the blue-collar workers by mid-century. Corporations increasingly require a new layer of knowledge worker: a highly skilled multi-disciplined talent, who combines the mind of the white-collar worker with a solid grounding in mathematics and science (physics, chemistry, and biology). These "gold-collar" workers — so named for their contributions to their companies and to the economy as well as for their personal earning ability — apply that knowledge to technology. The gold-collar worker already exists in a wide range of jobs. The maintenance technician who tests and repairs aircraft systems at American Airlines; the network administrator who manages systems and network operations at Procter & Gamble; the engineering technologist who assists scientists at Sandia National Laboratories; and the advanced-manufacturing technician at Intel can all be regarded as gold-collar workers.

36. In the first paragraph, the word "projects" can be best replaced by _____.

A) throws B) predicts C) concludes D) claims

正确答案：B

37. Compared with a blue-collar worker, a gold-collar worker _____.

A) is more skillful in technology B) has received higher education

C) used to be a white-collar worker D) learnt more in high school

正确答案：A

38. A gold-collar worker _____.

A) knows more than one kind of knowledge or skill B) knows only one kind of knowledge or skill

C) earns less than a blue-collar worker D) earns less than a white-collar worker

正确答案：A

39. The first group of blue-collar workers were most likely to be _____ in the past.

A) migrants B) educators C) servants D) farmers

正确答案：D

40. When did the number of white-collar workers become bigger than that of the blue-collar workers in America? A) Recently. B) In 1970 or so. C) In 1950 or so. D) During the Industrial Age.

正确答案：C

Part III Vocabulary and Structure ( 11 minutes )

41. The twin brothers are quite alike, I can’t find any _____ difference between them.

A) apprehensible B) appreciative C) appropriate D) appreciable

正确答案：D

42. His long service to the company was _____ with a present.

A) admitted B) appreciated C) acknowledged D) accepted

正确答案：C

43. Many university courses are not really _____ to the needs of students or their future employers.

A) associates B) relate C) geared D) qualified

正确答案：C

44. Freed of the burden of ice, the balloon climbed up and _____ to the South.

A) drifted B) flowed C) followed D) lifted

正确答案：A

45. ____________, this essay is quite good except for a few spelling mistakes. Which one of the following choices is NOT appropriate to fill in the blank?

A) On balance B) Generally C) Generally speaking D) In balance

正确答案：D

46. Toronto residents are already wary of going to restaurants, ridership has dropped on public ______, and industry watchers say the decline in tourism has been devastating.

A) transit B) rendezvous C) gratitude D) territory

正确答案：A

47. The page had so many corrections and comments on it that the original text was virtually ______.

A) unloaded B) unreadable C) unpredictable D) undone

正确答案：B

48. He, a former ABC News science editor, now supports himself by _____ writing for British publications. A) freelance B) evil C) successive D) extraterrestrial

正确答案：A

49. It takes the poor gentleman several months to _____ his being down-and-out.

A) come to terms with B) face up to C) get through with D) look back on 正确答案：A

50. Her objection _____ the plan is based on the misleading facts.

A) to B) for C) towards D) upon

正确答案：A

51. The team are ten points ahead of their closest _____ in the league.

A) enemies B) fugitives C) watchmen D) pursuers

正确答案：D

52. Nobody encourages a man to dissect his appearance, feature by feature. _____ perfection, that is considered trivial — almost unmanly.

A) As for B) As of C) As from D) As by

正确答案：A

53. Because the road was being repaired, barriers were ______ to prevent people from driving in that area. A) played up B) closed up C) put up D) picked up

正确答案：C

54. Following him through the door were three frightening men wearing those horrible stocking masks, one of whom in front was carrying a(n) ______.

A) instrument B) pistol C) sled D) machinery

正确答案：B

55. In fact, with its earpiece and speakerphone, the color-screen ______ functions for most people as the principal mobile phone as well as data organizer.

A) bonnet B) symbol C) device D) utensil

正确答案：C

56. Teachers are on strike in protest at the pay settlement _______ by the government this year.

A) added B) stressed C) forced D) imposed

正确答案：D

57. We shall not yield to any outside pressure or enter into _______ with any big power or group of countries, nor shall we establish any military bloc, join in the arms race or seek military expansion.

A) arrangement B) terror C) discussion D) alliance

正确答案：D

58. Every year at this time, the peasants began their long religious pilgrimage to Geed-leh. They walked or rode in _______; they crowded the roads leading to the holy town, for Geed-leh was famous in Poland as a place where God did miracles.

A) rockets B) wagons C) cultivators D) canoes

正确答案：B

59. I want to buy a new tie to __________ this brown suit.

A) go into B) go after C) go by D) go with

正确答案：D

60.

Tim is good, smart and hardworking. __________, I can't speak too highly of him. A) As a result B) In a word C) By the way D) On the contrary

正确答案：B

Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )

61. 这对老夫妻就靠一点养老金度日是有点困难的。________________________________________

正确答案：It is a little bit difficult for the old couple to get by on such a small pension.

62. 我觉得，在大学的头两年里学生应该要抵制兼职的诱惑。________________________________________

正确答案：In my view, students should resist the temptation to take part-time jobs in their first two years at college.

63. 在论文中请用例子来证明你的观点。________________________________________

正确答案：Please illustrate your point in the essay with examples.

64. 我们不是因为想挣钱才移居此地，我们来此居住是为了提高生活质量。________________________________________

正确答案：We didn't move here primarily to earn money though. We came because we wanted to improve the quality of our life.

65. 追求艺术上的完美是他毕生的事业，虽然在这个世界上，“完美”并不存在。________________________________________ 正确答案：Her life-long career is to pursue artistic perfection, though there is no "perfection" in the world.