新技能英语高级教程4单元测试unit4.docx

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新技能英语高级教程4单元测试unit4

Unit4Arerobotsstealingyourjobs?

Score:

Time:

40’

PartI.ListeningComprehension

Direction:

Thispartistotestyourlisteningability.Itconsistsof4sections.

SectionA（4points）

Directions:

Thissectionistotestyourabilitytogiveproperresponses.Thereare4recordedquestionsinit.Aftereachquestion,thereisapause.Thequestionswillbespokentwotimes.Whenyouhearaquestion,youshoulddecideonthecorrectanswerfromthe4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.

1.A.Robotsaresmarter.B.Humanbeingsaresmarter.

C.Yes,Ido.D.Theywillbecomesmarter.

2.A.Idon'twanttowashclothesanymore.B.Robotsarehelpful.

C.Yes,ofcourse.It'sagoodidea.D.Idon'tknow.

3.A.Sure.I'dloveto.B.Ihavebeentherebefore.

C.It'scool!

D.Itwillraintomorrow.

4.A.Me,too.B.Whatagreatdream!

C.Idon'tunderstand.D.Idon'tlikerobots.

SectionB（4points）

Directions:

Thissectionistotestyourabilitytounderstandshortdialogues.Thereare2dialoguesinit.Aftereachdialogue,thereisarecordedquestion.Thedialoguesandquestionswillbespokentwotimes.Whenyouhearaquestion,youshoulddecideonthecorrectanswerfromthe4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.

5.A.Herefusedtodriveher.B.Hehasanewcar.

C.Heforgothisdriver’slicense.D.Heisgladtodriveher.

6.A.Shewenttotheairport.B.Shewasbusyonherassignment.

C.Shewenttowatchamovie.D.Shewenttoseeherfriend.

SectionC（4points）

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhearaconversation.Aftertheconversation,thereare2recordedquestions.Boththeconversationandquestionswillbespokentwotimes.Whenyouhearaquestion,youshoulddecideonthecorrectanswerfromthe4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.

7.A.IBM.B.Asupermarket.

C.ABCCompany.D.Abookstore.

8.A.Dress.B.Computers.

C.Shoes.D.Engines.

SectionD（8points）

Directions:

Inthissectionyouwillheararecordedshortpassage.ListentothepassageandfillineachblankINNOMORETHANTHREEWORDS.Thepassagewillbereadthreetimes.

Scientistshavecreatedahuge,in-depthanalysisofwhatjobsareunder（9）__________fromrobots.Someprofessions—suchastherapists,personaltrainersandteachersaresafe.Butthosethatrequirerepetitiveskills,themanipulationofdataormanualenteringofinformationcouldseetheirjobstakenaway.（10）__________arealsostillhighly-desired,andsomethingrobotsaren’tespeciallygoodat.Humanswillstillbeneededasmanagersandcarers,（11）__________—atleastforthetimebeing,thoughscientistshavebeencreatingrobotsdesignedtobefriendsto（12）__________peopleforyears.

PartII.Vocabulary&Structure

Directions:

Thispartistotestyourabilitytoconstructcorrectandmeaningfulsentences.Itconsistsof2sections.

SectionA（10points）

Directions:

Inthissection,thereare5incompletestatements.Youarerequiredtocompleteeachonebydecidingonthemostappropriatewordorwordsfromthe4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.

13.Humanchefsmaybe________byrobotchefssomeday.

A.replacesB.replaceC.replacedD.replacing

14.Someactionsmustbe________todealwiththisbigchangeinthelabourmarket.

A.takeB.takenC.tookD.taking

15.Isuggestyou________robotstafftosavecosts.

A.tohireB.hiringC.hireD.hires

16.Lastthingacollegestudentwantstofaceis________upongraduation

A.unemploymentB.unemployedC.employmentD.employed

17.Therearerobotsto________thistask.

A.automatedB.automatingC.automateD.automates

SectionB（15points）

Directions:

Thereare5incompletestatementshere.Fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthewordsgiveninthebrackets.

18."Writing"willneverbe________（take）overbyrobots.

19.Wefearthatthiswill________（endanger）thestabilityoftheregionandoftheworldasawhole.

20.Someofthejobs________（relate）tocookingarecreative.

21.He________（incredible）loveshisjobasapoliceman.

22.Nowadays,electronic________（pay）isamoreconvenientwaytopayforpurchasesthancashandchecks.

PartIII.ReadingComprehension

Directions:

Thispartistotestyourreadingability.Youwillfind2tasksforyoutofulfill.Youshouldreadthereadingmaterialscarefullyanddothetasksasyouareinstructed.

Task1（10points）

Directions:

Afterreadingthefollowingpassage,youwillfind5questionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachquestionorstatementthereare4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshouldmakethecorrectchoice.

Thusfar,thereislittleevidencetosuggestthattechnologywillreduceinequality;indeeditmayonlyintensifyinequality.Technologyiscostlyanditisgenerallyimpossibletointroduceadvancestoeveryoneatthesametime.Sowhogetsthisaccessfirst?

Aswetravelfurtherandfurtheralongtheelectronicfrontierthroughadvancessuchastelecommuting（在家办公）andtheIntemet,thepoormaybeisolatedfrommainstreamsocietyinan"informationghetto（贫民窟）".

Drawingonasurvey,theCensusBureau（国家调查局）estimatedthatonly6.8percentofhouseholdsearninglessthan$10,000hadhomecomputers,comparedto61.7percentofthosewithincomesof$75,000ormore.Thisissuegoesbeyondindividualinterestorlackofinterestincomputers.

Thetechnologicaladvancesofthepresentandfuturemaynotbeequallybeneficialtomenandwomen.Manystudieshaveshownthatcomputergames,whichserveasanimportantmeansofearlysocializationtocomputers,typicallyinvolvesportsorskillsassociatedwiththetraditionalmalerole.Asaresultcomputerscampshavebecomemainlymalesettings.

Likemoney,food,andotherresources,technologyisunevenlydistributedwithinsocietiesandthroughouttheworld.Thetechnologygapiswideningratherthannarrowing.Althoughnationsareexchangingtechnicaldatamorefreelythanbefore,criticaltechnologytransferisoftenkeptback.Thetechnologyexportedtodevelopingcountriesmaybepoorlysuitedtotheconditionsoftheireconomiesandworkplaces.

23.Accordingtothewriter,"informationghetto"iscausedby______.

Athestrictcontrolofinformation

Btherapidtechnologicaladvances

Cthecompleteisolationofthepoor

Dtheexistenceofmainstreamsociety

24.ThedatatheCensusBureaucollectedindicatesthat______.

A.technologyhaswidenedthegapbetweentherichandthepoor

B.individualinterestincomputersmightbeasignificantreason

C.thesurveyhascoveredmorethanenoughinvestigationsamples

D.theestimationbytheCensusBureauissubjecttocorrection

25.Accordingtothewriter,onesupposedfunctionofcomputergamesis______.

A.todividesocialrolesbetweenboysandgirls

B.tobuildupsettingsforsportsorothermaleskills

C.tomakethepublicgetfamiliarwiththecomputer.

D.tointensifytheinequalitybetweenmenandwomen

26.Itseemsthatcriticaltechnologyisoften______.

A.unavailabletotheimportingcountries

B.unavailabletotheexportingcountries

C.notsuitabletothedevelopingcountries

D.keepingbacktheexportingcountries'economy

27.Thewriter'sattitudetowardsthedevelopmentoftechnologyis______.

A.negative

B.indifferent

C.excitingandpraising

D.concernedandcritical

Task2（10points）

Directions:

Thefollowingisanoticeintroducingasoftware.Afterreadingthem,youarerequiredtoanswerthequestions.

Notice:

Thissoftwareisdesignedtohelptheuserdeveloptheabilitytothinkcritically.Itwaspreparedformiddle-school-levelstudents,buthasbeenusedeffectivelywithbothhighschoolstudentsandnon-university-educatedadults.Noattemptismadetoprotectintellectualpropertyrightsinit,althoughthoserightsremainthepropertyoftheauthor.Allusersareaskedtosendasmallestpossibleamountoffee,intheamountoftendollars,totheauthorattheaddressbelow.Theauthorwelcomesallcommentsandsuggestionsastohowthissoftwaremightbeimproved.

StephenJ.Morello

Box100

Plawsantville,NewYork

10572-0100

Fax：

924-3245-4892

E-mail：

laughlines@read.com28.

28.Whatcanthissoftwareinthenoticebeusedtodo?

_________________________________________________________________

29.Forwhomisthissoftwaremainlyintended?

_________________________________________________________________

30.Whoownsthesoftwarecopyright?

_________________________________________________________________

31.Howmuchdoesauserpayforthesoftware?

_________________________________________________________________

32.Whydoestheauthorexpectcommentsandsuggestions?

_________________________________________________________________

PartIV.Translation（15points）

Directions:

ThispartistotestyourabilitytotranslateEnglishintoChinese.EachofthetwosentencesisfollowedbythreechoicesofsuggestedtranslationmarkedA,BandC.Makethebestchoice.Fortheparagraphnumbered35,writeyourtranslationinthecorrespondingspace.

33.Robots,whichhavemanyadvantages,cannotcarryoutcreativeworkandreplaceman.

A.尽管机器人有许多优点,可是它不能理解创造性工作,也不能代替人类。

B.有许多优点的机器人也不能代替人类去做创造性工作。

C.机器人有很多缺点,既不能进行创造性工作,也不能代替人类。

D.尽管机器人有许多优点,可是它不能进行创造性工作,也不能代替人类。

34.Thoughtelephoneisindispensableinone'severydaylife,itbringsalotoftroublesaswell.

A.虽然电话在日常生活中是不可缺少的,但它同时也带来了许多麻烦。

B.即使电话在一个人的生活中也不贵,但它带来很多好处的同时也带来了许多麻烦。

C.即使电话在一个人的生活中可有可元,但它会带来很多好处。

D.虽然电话在一个人的生活中不可缺少,但它也会带来一些烦恼。

35.AssistantMarketingManagerWanted

Wearelookingforalivelyandintelligent（有才智的）persontojoinourteamassoonaspossible.Theworkwillinvolvetelephoningandcorresponding（通信）withouroverseasclientsandagents,andsometravel,mainlytoEuropeancou