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新理念网络学习大厅综合测试第四册Unit7
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PartIListeningComprehension(15minutes)
SectionA
Directions:
Inthissection,youwillheartenstatements.Numbers1to6arebasedonTextAwhiletherestarebasedonTextB.EachstatementwillbereadONLYONCE.Listencarefullyanddecidewhethereachstatementistrueorfalse.
1.
A)T
B)F
Script:
ThefallingoftheWorldTradeCentershatteredAmericans’illusionaboutthenation’sinvulnerability.
正确答案:
A
2.
A)T
B)F
Script:
ThesuicidalattackonthePentagontookplaceatthesametimeastheattacksontheWorldTradeCenter.
正确答案:
B
3.
A)T
B)F
Script:
The9/11terroristattackswerecalledasthesecondPearlHarborbysomecommentators.
正确答案:
A
4.
A)T
B)F
Script:
AnewWorldTradeCenterwillberebuiltonthespotwhereitoncestood.
正确答案:
B
5.
A)T
B)F
Script:
Bearingthememoryinmind,NewYorkerscarriedontheirlivesandrosetofightagainstterrorism.
正确答案:
A
6.
A)T
B)F
Script:
Althoughtimecanhealthewoundsintheheartofpeople,thememorywillneverfadeaway.
正确答案:
A
7.
A)T
B)F
Script:
ThejointattackonalQaedaanditsTalibanalliessuccessfullydrewtheAlQaeda’sleadersintothemountainsonthePakistanborder.
正确答案:
A
8.
A)T
B)F
Script:
TheIraqwarturnedouttobewrongbecausetherewerenomassdestructiveweaponsfound.
正确答案:
A
9.
A)T
B)F
Script:
Now,alQaedaanditsTalibanalliesnolongerthreatenAfghanistan,butjustPakistanitself.
正确答案:
B
10.
A)T
B)F
Script:
Theauthorimpliesthatthewarshouldbemadeapartisanmatterratherthanforpublicconcern.
正确答案:
B
SectionB
Directions:
Inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.Whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea.Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtime,youarerequiredtofillintheblankswiththeexactwordsyouhavejustheard.Finally,whenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime,youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewritten.
TheeconomiceffectsoftheterroristattacksintheUnitedStateslastweekarespreadingacrossthecountryandtheworld.TheattacksinNewYorkCityandWashingtonD.C.havehurtmany(11)_________________,especiallytheairlineindustryandfinancialmarkets.Manycompanieshavebeenforcedtodismissthousandsofworkers.Many(12)_________________statesareconcernedabouttheireconomicfuture.
Mondaywasthefirstdayof(13)_________________ontheAmericanstockmarketsincetheattacksSeptemberEleventh.Thestockmarketsufferedmajorlosses.TheDowJonesindustrial(14)_________________lostsevenpercentofitsvalue.Theothermajor(15)_________________ofthevalueofAmericanstocksfelltotheirlowestlevelsinthreeyears.
Someeconomicexpertssaythedropinthevalueofstockscoulddirectlyaffectlong-termspending.Theysayitmaycausepeopletolosetrustintheeconomyandspendlessmoney.Businessesacrossthecountryalreadyhavereported(16)_________________insales.ExpertsnotethattheAmericaneconomywasclosetoa(17)_________________evenbeforetheattacks.
Theairlineindustrywasprobablyhardesthitbytheattacks.Thenation’sskies(18)_________________toallairtravel.Highfuelandlaborcostsaremakingthesituationworse.Theairlinesarelosinghundredsofmillionsofdollarseachday.
MajorairlinesintheUnitedStateshaveannounced(19)_________________almosteighty-thousandworkers.Amajorbuilderofairplanes,Boeing,saysitwilldismissasmanyasthirty-thousandworkers.Airlinesinmanyothercountriesarecuttingflightsandjobs.Manyotherbusinessesdependentontheairlineindustryalso(20)_________________.
Script:
TheeconomiceffectsoftheterroristattacksintheUnitedStateslastweekarespreadingacrossthecountryandtheworld.TheattacksinNewYorkCityandWashingtonD.C.havehurtmanybusinesses,especiallytheairlineindustryandfinancialmarkets.Manycompanieshavebeenforcedtodismissthousandsofworkers.Manyindividualstatesareconcernedabouttheireconomicfuture.
MondaywasthefirstdayoftradingontheAmericanstockmarketsincetheattacksSeptemberEleventh.Thestockmarketsufferedmajorlosses.TheDowJonesindustrialaveragelostsevenpercentofitsvalue.TheothermajormeasuresofthevalueofAmericanstocksfelltotheirlowestlevelsinthreeyears.
Someeconomicexpertssaythedropinthevalueofstockscoulddirectlyaffectlong-termspending.Theysayitmaycausepeopletolosetrustintheeconomyandspendlessmoney.Businessesacrossthecountryalreadyhavereporteddecreasesinsales.ExpertsnotethattheAmericaneconomywasclosetoarecessionevenbeforetheattacks.
Theairlineindustrywasprobablyhardesthitbytheattacks.Thenation’sskiesweretemporarilyclosedtoallairtravel.Highfuelandlaborcostsaremakingthesituationworse.Theairlinesarelosinghundredsofmillionsofdollarseachday.
MajorairlinesintheUnitedStateshaveannouncedplanstodismissalmosteighty-thousandworkers.Amajorbuilderofairplanes,Boeing,saysitwilldismissasmanyasthirty-thousandworkers.Airlinesinmanyothercountriesarecuttingflightsandjobs.Manyotherbusinessesdependentontheairlineindustryalsohavebeenharmed.
正确答案:
businesses
正确答案:
individual
正确答案:
trading
正确答案:
average
正确答案:
measures
正确答案:
decreases
正确答案:
recession
正确答案:
weretemporarilyclosed
正确答案:
planstodismiss
正确答案:
havebeenharmed
PartIIReadingComprehension(25minutes)
SectionA
Directions:
Inthissection,thereisapassagewithseveralblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.
A)penaltyB)miraclesC)statisticallyD)sapped
E)newsstandsF)camouflageG)wreckageH)dawnedon
I)resembledJ)solidarityK)normallyL)aftermath
M)disruptedN)nervecenterO)margin
21.______________________
正确答案:
L
22.______________________
正确答案:
G
23.______________________
正确答案:
B
24.______________________
正确答案:
D
25.______________________
正确答案:
I
26.______________________
正确答案:
F
27.______________________
正确答案:
K
28.______________________
正确答案:
E
29.______________________
正确答案:
N
30.______________________
正确答案:
J
SectionB
Directions:
Thereareseveralpassagesinthissection.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Youshoulddecideonthebestchoice.
PassageOne
Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
AftertheterroristattackontheWorldTradeCenter,structuralengineersaretryinghardtosolveaquestionthatamonthagowouldhavebeencompletelyunthinkable:
Canbuildingbedesignedtowithstandcatastrophicblastsinflictedbyterrorists?
Tendaysaftertheterroristattacksonthetwintowers,structuralengineersfromtheUniversityatBuffaloandtheMultidisciplinaryCenterforEarthquakeEngineeringResearch(MCEER)headquarteredatUBtraveledtogroundzero(被毁现场)aspartofaprojectfundedbytheNationalScienceFoundation.“OurobjectiveinvisitinggroundzerowastogoandlookatthebuildingssurroundingtheWorldTradeCenter,thosebuildingsthatarestillstanding,butthatsustaineddamage,”saidM.Bruneau,Ph.D.“Ourimmediatehopeisthatwecandevelopabetterunderstandingastowhythosebuildingsremainstanding,whileourlong-termgoalistoseewhetherearthquakeengineeringtechnologiescanbemarriedtoexistingtechnologiestoachieveenhancedperformanceofbuildingsintheeventofterroristattacks,”headded.
PhotographstakenbytheinvestigatorsdemonstrateinstartlingdetailthemonumentaldamageinflictedontheWorldTradeCentertowersandbuildingsinthevicinity.Onebuildingablockawayfromthetowersremainsstanding,butwasbadlydamaged.“ThisbuildingismanymetersawayfromtheWorldTradeCenterandyetweseeacolumntherethatusedtobepartofthatbuilding,”explainedA.Whittaker,Ph.D.“Thecolumnbecameamissilethatshotacrosstheroad,throughthewindowandthroughthefloor.”
Thevisittotheareaalsorevealedsomesurprises,accordingtotheengineers.Forexample,thefloorframingsysteminoneoftheadjacentbuildingswasquiterugged,allowingfloorsthatwerepiercedbytonsoffallingdebristoremainintact.“Highlyredundantductileframingsystemsmayprovideasimple,butrobuststrategyforblastresistance,”headded.Otherstrategiesmayincludeprovidingalternatepathsforgravityloadsintheeventthataload-bearingcolumnfails.
A.Reinhorn,Ph.D.notedthat“Earthquakeshakinghasledtothecollapseofmanybuildingsinthepast.Itinducesdynamicresponseandextremelyhighstressesanddeformationsinstructuralcomponents.Solutionsdevelopedforearthquake-resistantdesignmaybedirectlyapplicabletoblastengineeringandterrorist-resistantdesign.PartofourmissionnowatUBistotransferthesesolutionsandtodevelopnewoneswherenoneexistatpresent.”
31.
Thequestionraisedinthefirstparagraphisone_________________.
A)thatwasaskedbystructuralengineersamonthago
B)thatistoodifficultforstructuralengineerstoanswerevennow
C)thatwasneverthoughtofbeforetheterroristattack
D)thatterroristsareeagertofindasolutionto
正确答案:
C
32.
TheprojectfundedbytheNationalScienc