1、全新版第二版综合B3U1知识交流全新版第二版综合B3U1-A Part I Listening Comprehension ( 14 minutes ) Section B Directions: 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 ar
2、e required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. Stress is the wear and tear our bodies experience, as we (11)_ to our changing environment. As a (12)_ influence, stress can help u
3、s take action. As a (13)_ influence, it can lead to health problems such as headache, insomnia, ulcers, high blood pressure and heart disease. Our goal is not to eliminate stress but to learn how to (14)_ it and how to use it to help us. (15)_ stress may make us feel bored; on the other hand, (16)_
4、stress may make us feel tied up in knots. What we need to do is to find the (17)_ level of stress which will (18)_ overwhelm us. There is no single level of stress that is optimal for all people. What is distressing to one may be a joy to another. Moreover, our (19)_ and the amount which we can tole
5、rate changes with our ages. It has been revealed that most illness is related to unrelieved stress. Being aware of stress and its effect on our lives can help reduce its harmful effects. There are many sources of stress, and there are many possibilities for its management. Here are three principles
6、as to how to manage stress: 1. Become aware of your stressor and your emotional and physical reactions. 2. Recognize what you can change. 3. (20)_ of your emotional reactions to stress. Script: Stress is the wear and tear our bodies experience, as we adjust to our changing environment. As a positive
7、 influence, stress can help us take action. As a negative influence, it can lead to health problems such as headache, insomnia, ulcers, high blood pressure and heart disease. Our goal is not to eliminate stress but to learn how to manage it and how to use it to help us. Insufficient stress may make
8、us feel bored; on the other hand, excessive stress may make us feel tied up in knots. What we need to do is to find the optimal level of stress which will motivate but not overwhelm us. There is no single level of stress that is optimal for all people. What is distressing to one may be a joy to anot
9、her. Moreover, our personal stress requirements and the amount which we can tolerate changes with our ages. It has been revealed that most illness is related to unrelieved stress. Being aware of stress and its effect on our lives can help reduce its harmful effects. There are many sources of stress,
10、 and there are many possibilities for its management. Here are three principles as to how to manage stress: 1. Become aware of your stressor and your emotional and physical reactions. 2. Recognize what you can change. 3. Reduce the intensity of your emotional reactions to stress. 正确答案: adjust 正确答案:
11、positive 正确答案: negative 正确答案: manage 正确答案: Insufficient 正确答案: excessive 正确答案: optimal 正确答案: motivate but not 正确答案: personal stress requirements 正确答案: Reduce the intensity Part II Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes ) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with several blanks. You a
12、re 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 carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Im not makin
13、g anywhere near as much money as I did when I was employed full time, but now we dont need as much either. I 21 enough income to handle our $600-a-month mortgage payments plus the usual expenses for a family like ours. That includes everything from music lessons and dental bills to car repairs and c
14、ollege costs. When it comes to insurance, we have a poor mans major-medical policy. We have to pay the first $500 of any medical fees for each member of the family. It 22 80% of the costs beyond that. Although we are stuck with paying minor expenses, our premium is low only $560 a year and we are 23
15、 against catastrophe. 24 that and the policy on our two cars at $400 a year, we have no other insurance. But we are setting aside $2,000 a year in an IRA. Weve been able to make up the difference in income by 25 without appreciably lowering our standard of living. We continue to dine out once or twi
16、ce a month, but now we patronize local restaurants 26 more expensive places in the city. We still attend the opera and ballet in Milwaukee but only a few times a year. We eat less meat, drink cheaper wine and see fewer movies. 27 Christmases are a memory, and we combine vacations with story assignme
17、nts I suspect not everyone who loves the country would be happy living the way we do. It takes a couple of special qualities. One is a 28 for solitude. Because we are so busy and on such a tight budget, we dont entertain much. During the growing season there is no time for socializing anyway. Jim an
18、d Emily are 29 in school activities, but they too spend most of their time at home. The other requirement is energy a lot of it. The way to make self-sufficiency work on a small scale is to resist the 30 to buy a tractor and other expensive laborsaving devices. Instead, you do the work yourself. The
19、 only machinery we own (not counting the lawn mower) is a little three-horsepower rotary cultivator and a 16-inch chain saw. A) picks up B) temptation C) given D) generate E) involved F) instead of G) Extravagant H) cutting up I) cutting back J) endurance K) covered L) Aside from M) tolerance N) exo
20、tic O) pay Section B Directions: There are several passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice. Passage One Questions 31 to 35 are based on the fo
21、llowing passage. Genetically modified foods (or GM foods) are foods derived from genetically modified organisms. Genetically modified organisms have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering techniques. GM foods were first put on the market in the early 1990s. Typically,
22、genetically modified foods are transgenic plant products: soybean, corn, canola, and cotton seed oil. Animal products have also been developed, although as of July 2010 none are currently on the market. Critics have objected to GM foods on several grounds, including safety issues, ecological concern
23、s, and economic concerns. However, genetically-modified foods are here to stay. Thats not to say that food produced by conventional agriculture will disappear, but simply that food-buying patterns will polarize (两极分化): there will be a right market for conventional food just as there is for organic f
24、ood. It may even be that GM food will become the food of preference because consumers come to appreciate the health benefits of reduced pesticide use. The reason GM food will not go away is that we need a three-fold increase in food production by the year 2050 to keep pace with the worlds predicted
25、population growth to ten or eleven billion. Its not just a question of more mouths to feed either. What is often forgotten is that all these extra people will take up space, reducing the overall land available for agriculture. Genetic modification is analogous to nuclear power: nobody loves it, but
26、climate change has made its adoption imperative, says economist Paul Collier of Oxford University. Declining genetic modification makes a complicated issue more complex. Genetic modification offers both faster crop adaptation and a biological, rather than chemical, approach to yield increases. The w
27、orld has 800 million hungry people. Until now, food supplies have been increased by improved varieties, pesticides and artificial fertilizers: the green revolution. Now were on the edge of a new revolution: a genetic one. It may well be that in the long term it is the developing world that benefits
28、most from GM foods. Its true that for the next ten years or so GM crops may be too expensive. But the lesson of personal computers is applicable here once the technology has been developed for profitable crops, it will spread and become affordable for all. This doesnt mean, unfortunately, that famin
29、es will disappear, but severity and duration will be helped by an improved ability to produce and distribute food. 31. The introduction of GM food will affect _. A) food-pricing standard B) food-buying patterns C) food-supplies scale D) food-production efficiency 32. Consumers prefer GM food to conv
30、entional food because _. A) GM food receives less pesticide application B) GM food is more nutritious than organic food C) GM food is cheaper than conventional food D) Conventional food is free from chemicals 33. If the world population grows to ten or eleven billion by the year 2050, _. A) a geneti
31、c revolution will take over the green revolution B) the overall land available for agriculture will run out C) the number of hungry people will rise to 800 million D) food production should be increased to three times that of today 34. But the lesson of personal computers is applicable here (in the
32、last paragraph) probably means that _. A) once the technological innovation is in progress, its cost will be reduced B) once the technology has been turned into productivity, it will become popular C) once the technology has been developed for profitable products, it will enter into our daily life D) once t
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