Unit One Fighting with the Forces of NatureWord格式.docx

1、 C. The womans baby is the youngest. D. The mans sisters baby is the youngest.4. A. She receives pressure form college life.B. Her classmates are very intelligent students.C. She feels pressure from her classmates as well her own.D. She gives herself more pressure than she can endure.5. A. They made

2、 something at school. B. They gave a musical performance. C. They played games at the park. D. They competed in a sports event.6. A. He thinks its too heavy a load. B. He hates working overtime.C. He minds all the overtime. D. He doesnt care about working overtime.7. A. She will go through the physi

3、cs test with the man.B. She will help the man to do some physical exercises.C. She will help the man to solve these physics problems.D. She will go over the physics problems with the man.8. A. In an office. B. In a restaurant. C. At a railway station. D. At the information desk.Questions 9 to 11 are

4、 based on the conversation you have just heard.9. A. Record companies should pay attention not to offend people.B. Record companies should be very careful with their CDs.C. People should be very careful with their new CDs.D. Parents should forbid children to buy new CDs.10. A. Put a warning label on

5、 albums. B. Not describe violence. C. Never use strong language. D. Be encouraged to put violence into CDs.11. A. He thinks it a good idea to prevent children from violence.B. He thinks the children have the right to buy any CD.C. He thinks the musicians should use the strong language.D. He doesnt t

6、hink the violence and the strong language should be forbidden.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A. How to increase ones speed in a bicycle race. B. Major Canadian bicycle races. C. The contributions of cycling to health. D. An annual cycling event.13. A. The le

7、ngth of the course. B. The route the cyclists take. C. The number of the participants. D. The month in which the tour is held.14. A. They are not competing with each other. B. They have to pay a high fee. C. They tend to be beginning cyclists. D. Most of them fail to finish the route.15. A. 45,000 B

8、. More than 45,000. C. Less than 45,000. D. Not mentioned.Section B In this section, you will hear three short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages and questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from

9、 the four choices marked A, B, C, and D.Passage OneQuestions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A. A sailor. B. A captain. C. An enterpriser. D. A trader.17. A. In Asia. B. In India. C. In America. D. In Lisbon.18. A. To make charts. B. To make long voyages. C. To reach “The I

10、ndian” by sailing west. D. To discover a continent.Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A. Only one thousand years. B. Only a few thousand years. C. More than three hundred years. D. More than ten thousand years.20. A. Oral speech. B. Drawing. C. Hard labor.

11、 D. Storytelling.21. A. In Asia. B. In Europe. C. All over the world. D. In South America.Passage ThreeQuestions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A. Its a way to measure changes of numbers. B. Its a way to measure changes of time. C. Its a way to measure changes of weather.

12、D. Its a way to measure changes of economics.23. A. Twenty-one. B. Twenty-seven. C. Seventy-one. D. Seventy-nine.24. A. One. B. Four. C. Six. D. Ten.25. A. It provides information about current conditions.B. It helps confirm economic changes that appear to be taking place.C. It provides information

13、about interest rates.D. It helps confirm employment rates.Section C In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blank

14、s numbered from 26 to 33 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 34 to 36, you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the

15、 third time, you should check what you have written.Compound DictationAs we know, one of the most （26）_ postwar inventions of the technological revolution is the electronic computer. In the late 1940s, the first modern computers were developed, and by the 1960s there were about 5,000 computers in us

16、e in the United States. Nevertheless, what was to become a （27）_ society was still in its infancy. （28）_, thousands of computers would be installed in schools, banks, business offices, government agencies, laboratories, and increasingly in （29）_ homes. Computers can carry out calculation in a （30）_

17、of a second that even the most efficient person could not complete in a lifetime. Computers available by the 1960s could carry out in one second 357,000 （31）_ or subtractions, or 178,000 multiplications, or 102,000 divisions. They were being used by governments to check income tax returns and to rec

18、ord data on births, marriages, public health, car （32）_ and criminal records. They were being used by industries to （33）_ economic trends and control assembly lines in automated factories. （34）_. They were being used in business and banks for accounting, bookkeeping and billing. （35）_. In fact, any

19、information that can be measured or counted can be managed more efficiently by computers than by human beings. So （36）_.Part II Vocabulary and Structure There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes t

20、he sentence.1. She saved him from drowning, but only _ her own life. A. at the cost of B. on account of C. as a result of D. for the sake of2. People _ that vertical flight transports would carry millions of passengers as do the airliners of today. A. convinced B. anticipated C. resolved D. assured3

21、. In meetings she always takes the _ before she can be criticized. A. defensive B. plunge C. offensive D. lead4. Sound is the _ material of music. A. crude B. raw C. original D. fresh5. They threatened to cancel the whole project at a _. A. stroke B. stretch C. strike D. halt6. They _ the money to s

22、end him to school.A. lacked in B. lacked of C. lacked D. lacked on7. The sorority _ an anti-smoking campaign in the wake of the fire that burnt the oldest building on campus. A. suspended B. launched C. concluded D. presented8. The future of this firm will be very _ indeed if they cant devise new mo

23、dels of products. A. bleak B. chilly C. bitter D. prosperous9. The professor gave us an assignment which _ on impossible. A. bordered B. caught C. dawned D. elaborated10. Dont expose the product to the sun. You should follow the _ in the manual. A. constructions B. Indications C. Instructions D. obs

24、tructions11. I kept my word, but your action _ our contract invalid. A. regarded B. related C. revised D. rendered12. As the Spring Festival drew near, almost every housewife _ herself in preparing the traditional food. A. participated B. engaged C. undertook D. ventured13. Chinese herbal medicine c

25、an be _ with western medicine to play a more important role in medical science. A. equaled B. paralleled C. integrated D. reckoned14. Improved consumer confidence is _ to an economic recovery. A. subordinate B. compelling C. superficial D. crucial15. They found it impossible to initiate a（n） _ again

26、st strict censorship in this country. A. interference B. campaign C. liberation D. conflict16. The opening speech sounded more like a（n）_ of war than offering of peace. A. demonstration B. claim C. provocation D. declaration17. A five-day _ of the church cut off the rebels food supply and forced the

27、m to open talks with the government. A. siege B. battle C. occupation D. offence18. We should concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of _. A. retreat B. rejection C. recession D. restriction19. It is in Chinas best interests to forge a（n） _ with neighboring countries

28、to maintain peace across the border. A. alliance B. association C. organization D. cooperation20. We must press ahead _ the project without wasting time. A. on B. with C. to D. aboutPart III Reading Comprehension In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through care