新视野大学英语book4 unit2快速阅读答案
Part 4 Skimming and Scanning (Multiple Choice + Blank Filling)
(每小题：分)
Directions: Read the following passage and then answer the questions. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.
Locked Away Forever
The Sad Case of Rebecca Falcon
One night when she was just 15, Rebecca Falcon got drunk and made the decision that ruined her entire life. Now, she is serving a life sentence without chance of parole (假释) at the Lowell Correctional Institution in Ocala, Florida. Looking back, Falcon faults her choice of friends.
"I was like a magnet for the wrong crowd," she says.
At the time, Falcon was living with her grandmother in Panama City, Florida. On November 19, 1997, upset over an ex-boyfriend, she downed a large amount of alcohol and hailed a taxi with an 18-year-old friend. Her friend had a gun and, within minutes, the taxi driver was shot in the head. The driver, Richard Todd Phillips, 25, died several days later. Each of the teenagers later said the other had done the shooting.
In Falcon's case, she was found guilty of murder, though it was never known precisely what happened. "It broke my heart," says Steven Sharp, one of the people who made the decision to send Falcon to prison. "Tough as it is, based on the crime, I think it's appropriate. Still, it's terrible to put a 15-year-old behind bars forever."
Falcon's case is not so uncommon in the US, but it is rare around the world. About 9,700 American prisoners are serving life sentences for crimes they committed before age 18. More than a fifth have no chance for parole. Life without parole is available for young criminals in about a dozen countries, but a recent report by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International found only 12 young criminals—in Israel, South Africa, and Tanzania—serving such sentences. In the U.S., more than 2,200 people are serving life without parole for crimes they committed before turning 18. More than 350 are 15 or younger.
Cruel & Unusual?
Young criminals are serving life terms (with or without the possibility of parole) in at least 48 states, according to a survey by The New York Times, and their numbers have increased sharply in the past decade. Of those imprisoned in 2001, 95 percent were male and 55 percent were black.
Is such punishment fair for young offenders? In March 2005, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty for crimes committed by people under 18 violates the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits "cruel and unusual punishments." That might have surprised the people who agreed to the Amendment in 1791, many of whom found such executions neither cruel nor unusual. But the Court said that the meaning of the Amendment changes with "evolving standards of decency." Their decision has convinced lawyers and activists that the next legal battleground in the US will be over life
sentences for young criminals.
"Unformed" Personalities
The Supreme Court ruled that youths under 18 who commit terrible crimes are less blameworthy than adults, at least for purposes of the death penalty: They are less mature, more willing to give in to peer pressure, and their personalities are unformed. "Even a terrible crime committed by a young person," Justice Anthony M. Kennedy concluded, is not "evidence of a hopelessly evil character."
Most of those youthful qualities were evident in Falcon, who had trouble fitting in at school. She is in prison for murder, meaning she participated in a crime that led to a killing but was not proved to have killed anyone.
Jim Appleman, the lawyer that tried to put Falcon in jail, says she does not ever deserve to be free. He is convinced that she shot Phillips. "If she were a 29-year-old or a 22-year-old," he says, "I have no doubt she would have gotten the death penalty."
Although Falcon believes her sentence is unfair, she says her eight years in prison have changed her. "A certain amount of time being in jail was what I needed," she says. "But the law I fell under is for people who have no hope of being changed for the better, career criminals who habitually break the law, and there's just no hope for them in society. I'm a completely different case."
"This can be hard"
The case of another Florida teenager, Timothy Kane, shows how youths can be sent away for life, even when they were not central figures in a crime. (Florida is among the states with the largest number of young offenders—about 600—serving life sentences, about 270 without parole.)
On Jan. 26, 1992, Kane, then 14, was playing video games at a friend's house in Hudson, Florida, while some older boys planned a robbery. That night, five youths rode their bikes over to a neighbor's home. Two backed out, but Kane followed Alvin Morton, 19, and Bobby Garner, 17, into the house. He did not want others to think he was scared, he recalls. "This is the decision that shaped my life since," says Kane.
He says he thought the house would be empty. But Madeline Weisser, 75, and her son, John Bowers, 55, were home. While Kane hid behind a dining-room table, Morton shot and killed Bowers. He then stuck a knife in Weisser's neck; Garner stepped on the knife, nearly cutting off her head.
Morton was sentenced to death. Garner, like Kane, a young offender, was given a life sentence with no possibility of parole for 50 years. Kane was also sentenced to life, but he may be able to get parole after serving 25 years. He doubts that the parole board will
ever let him out.
Kane grows emotional when talking about that January night. "I witnessed two people die," he says. "I regret that every day of my life, being any part of that and seeing that." He does not dispute that he deserved punishment but says his sentence is harsh. His days at Sumter Correctional Institution in Bushnell, Florida, are spent in the prison print shop making 55 cents an hour. "You have no hope of getting out," Kane says. "You have no family. You have no moral support here. This can be hard."
Will the court do anything to help?
In deciding whether "evolving standards" have turned against a particular punishment, the Supreme Court looks at what the states are doing. Life without parole for young offenders is widely used, and only three states specifically ban it. If this form of punishment is to be banned by virtue of its violating the Eighth Amendment, it will likely happen only when a majority of the states first get rid of it.
Robert W. Attridge, the lawyer in Kane's case, says he feels sorry for him. "But he had options," Attridge says. "He had a way out. Two other boys decided to leave."
Could Tim Kane be your kid, being in the wrong place at the wrong time?" the lawyer asks. "I think he could. It only takes one night of bad judgment and, man, your life can be ruined."
1.What happened on November 19, 1997?
A. Falcon's boyfriend drank alcohol.
B. A taxi driver was shot.
C. Falcon drove into a taxi.
D. Phillips killed Falcon's friend.
2.In the U.S., the number of people who are serving life sentence with no parole for
crimes they committed before age 18 is ________________.
A. more than 2,200
B. about 9,700
C. only 12
D. more than 350
3.Giving the death penalty to people under 18 goes against ________________.
A. the Supreme Court
B. standards of decency in 1791
C. the Eighth Amendment
D. The New York Times
4.The Supreme Court ruled that young criminals under 18 ________________.
A. are pressured by the death penalty
B. are guilty of terrible crimes
C. are hopelessly evil
D. are less blameworthy than adults
5.Falcon feels that she should have received ________________.
A. an unfair sentence
B. the death penalty
C. some time in prison
D. a lifetime in prison
6.Florida is one of the states with the most ________________.
A. criminals on parole
B. central figures involved in crimes
C. young offenders with life sentences
D. young people with no hope
7.Who stuck a knife in Madeline Weisser's neck and killed her?
A. Timothy Kane.
B. Alvin Morton.
C. Bobby Garner.
D. John Bowers.
8.Even though he was not a central figure in the killing, Garner was given a life
sentence without possibility of 01_MYVARIABLE.
9.Kane has had a hard time in prison because he has no family, no moral support,
and no hope of 01_MYVARIABLE.
10.According to Robert W. Attridge, a young person's life can be permanently affected
for the worst from simply one night of 01_MYVARIABLE.
新视野大学英语第二版第3册课后习题选词填空、完型、翻译答案 第一单元 3 1 beneath 2 disguised 3 whistles 4 restrain 5 grasp 6 longing 7 praying 8 faithful 9 pledge 10 drain 4 1 tell …on you 2 track down 3 work it out 4 picking on me 5 reckoned with 6 call on 7 on his own 8 get through 9 in disguise 10 revolves around 5 G O D I K L B F A N 6 1 advise 2 level 3 problems 4 necessity 5 skills 6 experience 7 solution 8 value 9 tool 10 manner 7 1 air-conditioned(装空调的；有冷气的) 2 handmade（手工制作的） 3 thunderstruck（非常吃惊的） 4 heartfelt（衷心的；诚挚的） 5 data-based（基于数据的） 6 self-employed（自主经营的） 7 custom-built（定制的；定做的） 8 weather-beaten（饱经风霜的） 8 1. well-informed（对……非常熟悉的） 2 new-found（新获得的） 3 hard-earned（辛苦挣得的） 4 soft-spoken（说话温柔的） 5 newly-married（新婚的） 6 widely-held（普遍认为的） 7 well-meant（出于好意的） 8 well-educated（受过良好教育的） 9 1 no matter how different it may seem form any other substance 2 no matter what a woman tries to do to improve her situation 3 no matter what excuse he gives 4 no matter what anyone else may think 5 no matter how they rewrite history 10 1 just as we gained fame in victory, we lost nothing in defeat 2 just as the head teacher plays a significant role in the school, Jane plays a significant role f leader in the classroom. 3 whoever was out there obviously couldn’t see him just as he couldn’t see them.
Part 1 Understanding Short Conversations (每小题： 分) Directions: In this section you'll hear some short conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear. Questions 1 to 1 are based on the following passage. 1. A. The woman doesn't worry about important things in society. B. The woman doesn't know what's important in society. C. The man doesn't consider himself part of society. D. The man doesn't care about children saying ma'am or sir. Questions 2 to 2 are based on the following passage. 2. A. His studies at school. B. Deaths because of war. C. Wars he has studied. D. Things he can control. Questions 3 to 3 are based on the following passage. 3. A. The company policy. B. The shop. C. The shirt. D. The service. Questions 4 to 4 are based on the following passage.
新视野大学英语Book II课后练习题答案 Unit 1 Section A Language focus in use building Words learned new words formed -al/ial manager managerial editor editorial substantial substance survive survival traditional tradition marginal margin -cy Consistent consistency Accurate accuracy Efficiency efficient -y Recover recovery Minister ministry assemble assembly 5. 1.editorial 6.margin 11.consistency
cloze 7.Expressions in use 1.feel obliged to serious about into between upon allergic to lost attracted to 9.make sense upon as 9.Translate the following paragraph into Chinese. 人们普遍认为英语是一种世界语言，经常被许多不以英语为第一语言的国家使用。与其他语言一样，英语也发生了很大的变化。英语的历史可以分为三个主要阶段，古英语，中古英语和现代英语。英语起源于公元5世纪，当时三个日耳曼部落入侵英国，他们对于英语语言的形成起了很大的作用。在中世纪和现代社会初期，英语的影响遍及不列颠群岛。从17世纪初，它的影响力开始在世界各地显现。欧洲几百年的探险和殖民过程导致了英语的重大变化。今天，由于美国电影，电视，音乐，贸易和技术，包括互联网的大受欢迎，美国英语的影响力尤其显着。 10.Translate the following paragraph into English Chinese calligraphy is a unique art and the unique art treasure in the world. The formation and development of the Chinese calligraphy is closely related to the emergence and evolution of Chinese characters. In this long evolutionary process,Chinese characters have not only played an important role in exchanging ideas and transmitting culture but also developed into a unique art works well reflect calligraphers’ personal feeling, knowledge, self-cultivation, personality, and so forth, thus there is an expression that “seeing the calligraphers’ handwriting is like s eeing the person”. As one of the treasures of Chinese culture, Chinese calligraphy shines splendidly in the world’s treasure house of culture and art. Section B 4.words in use 1.mysterious 5.recalled 9.expand 5.Expressions in use
Part 3 Short passages and multiple choice questions (每小题：2 分) Directions: Listen to the following recording, then choose the correct answers to the questions. You will hear the recording twice. After the first playing, there will be time for you to choose the correct answers. Use the second playing to check your answers. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. 1.What are the man and woman talking about? A. The good sound system of a theater. B. The good and bad points about a horror movie. C. What movies to watch. D. The movies they plan to watch and what they have already watched. 2.Which of the following movies did the man not suggest? A. A science fiction movie. B. A comedy. C. A horror movie. D. A war movie. 3.According to the woman, why does the man want to see a horror movie? A. Because he likes movies that are really violent. B. Because he likes to see monsters. C. Because the girl is crazy about horror movies. D. Because he wants the girl to move closer to him. 4.What did the man do at the sight of a monster moving across the screen? A. He jumped out of excitement. B. He coughed. C. He jumped and screamed. D. He ran out of the theater. 5.What did the man do that annoyed the girl? A. He threw popcorn in the aisle. B. He ate popcorn with a lot of noise.
新视野大学英语（第二版）第二册读写答案 Unit 1 Section A I Comprehension of The Text 1. The attitude is that if one is not moving ahead he is falling behind. 2. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. (People budget it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; they also charge for it.) They do this because time is a precious resource. 3. Everyone is in a rush — often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping. 4. Don’t take it personally. This is because people value time highly and they resent someone else ―wasting‖ it beyond a certain appropriate point. 5. New arrivals in America will miss opening exchanges, the ritual interaction that goes with a cup of coffee or tea and leisurely chats. 6. Americans produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices. They communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts. 7. The impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand. 8. It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem or fulfill a job with speed in the U.S. Vocabulary III 1. charge 2. convention 3. efficient 4. obtain 5. competent 6. assessing 7. fulfill 8. conducting consequently 10. significance IV．
Quiz for linguistics: Chapter 1: Linguistics and Language 语言和语言学 1. Which of the following is the most important function of language? a. Interpersonal function b. Performative function c. Informative function d. Recreational function 2. ______ studies speech sounds, including the production of speech, the sounds of speech, the description and classification of speech sounds, words and connected speech, etc.. a. Phonology b. Phonetics c. Morphology d. Pragmatics 3. ______ function refers to expressions that help define and maintain interpersonal relations. a. Performative b. Interpersonal c. Phatic d. Metalingual 4. ______ means the property of having two levels of structures, such that units of the primary level are composed of elements of the secondary level and each of the two levels has its own principles of organization. a. Creativity b. Duality c. Arbitrariness d. Displacement 5. By ______ it means that language can be used to refer to things which are present or not present, real or imagined matters in the past, present, or future, or in far-away places. a. arbitrariness b. duality c. creativity d. displacement 6. ______ distinguishes the linguistic competence of the speaker and the actual production of speeches. a. Chomsky b. Saussure c. Gilman d. Brown 7. ______ refers to the actual use of language in concrete situations. a. Competence b. Performance c. Eloquence d. Action 8. ______ is the study of the characteristics of language varieties, the characteristics of their functions and the characteristics of their speakers as these three constantly interact and change within a speech community. a. Psycholinguistics b. Sociolinguistics c. Anthropological linguistics d. Computational linguistics 9. ______ studies the rules governing the combination of words into sentences. a. Pragmatics b. Semantics c. Syntax d. Phonetics 10. ______ is a branch of linguistics concerned in principle with the physical representation of language or linguistic processes in the brain. a. Anthropological linguistics b. Psychological linguistics c. Computational linguistics d. Neurolinguistics 11. The study of how sounds are put together and used to convey meaning in communication is ______ (大纲样题) a. morphology b. general linguistics c. phonology d. semantics 12. Syntax is the study of ______. (2005年真题)
1. When she heard the news of the death of her son in the terrorist attack in New York, the mother broke down and . (Suggested first letter(s): w ) 2. I was determined that I would not or make the parting harder for him, and I managed to say goodbye to him without tears. (Suggested first letter(s): w ) 3. Early signs of a disease are usually , so we very often fail to pay any attention and go to see a doctor in good time. (Suggested first letter(s): unno ) 4. The small question marks could have been made in other ways, and are hardly anyway. (Suggested first letter(s): no ) 5. One quality of American art life is the link between art historical teaching and criticism, which is not so common elsewhere. (Suggested first letter(s): no ) 6. Her explanation for being away was obviously a lie, but he it whole and said nothing. (Suggested first letter(s): sw ) 7. So your pride and prejudice and don't make an enemy of your own friends. (Suggested first letter(s): sw ) 8. Doctors say that since air travelers are in no condition to work after crossing a number of time , they should go straight to bed on arrival. (Suggested first letter(s): zo )
Unit1 1、她连水也不愿喝一口，更别提留下来吃饭了。（much less） She wouldn't take a drink much less would she stay for dinner. 2、他认为我在对他说谎，但实际上我讲的是实话。（whereas） He thought I was lying to him,whereas I was telling the truth . 3、这个星期你每天都迟到，对此你怎么解释？（account for） How do you account for the fact that you have been late everyday this week. 4、他们的利润增长的部分原因是采用了新的市场策略。（due to） The increase of their profits is due partly to the their new market strategy. 5、这样的措施很可能会带来工作效率的提高。（result in） Such measure are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency 6、我们已经在这个项目上投入了大量时间和精力，所以我们只能继续。（pour into） We have to carry on because we have already poured a lot of time and energy into this project 1.I don’t think that he would commit robbery ,muchless would he commit Violent robbery. 我认为他不会抢劫,更不用说暴力抢劫了. 2. Men earn ten dollars an hour on average ,whereas women only seven dollars. 男工平均工资每小时10美元,而女工才每小时7美元. 3.Once the balance in nature is disburbed ,it will result in a number of unforeseeable effect. 自然界的平衡一旦遭到破坏,就会带来很多不可预知的影响. 4.The final examinati on is close at hand ; you ‘d better spend more time reading. 期终考试迫在眉睫,你最好多花点时间看书. 5.What is interesting is that consumers find it increasingly difficult to dientify the nationality of certain brands. This is due partly to globalization and partly to changes in the location of production. 有趣的是,消费者发现越来越难以辨别某些品牌的原产国.其部分原因来自于全球化带来的影响,部分原因是由于产地的变化. 6.A recent survey showed that women account fot 40percent of the total workforce. 最近一次调查表明,妇女占总劳动力的40%. Unit3 1、你再怎么有经验，也得学习新技术。 You are never too experienced to learn new techniques. 2、还存在一个问题，那就是派谁去带领哪里的研究工作。（Use an appositional structure) There remains one problem,namely ,who should be sent to head the research there. 3、由于文化的不同，他们的关系在开始确实遇到了一些困难。 There relationship did meet with some difficulty at the beginning because of cultural differences. 4、虽然他经历浮沉，但我始终相信他总有一天会成功的。 Though he has had ups and downs ,I believed all along that he would succeed someday. 5、我对你的说法的真实性有些保留看法。
新视野大学英语听说教程【第二版】第二册 Unit 1 Short Conversations 1.B 2.D 3.C 4.D 5.C 6.C 7.B 8.B 9.A 10.C Long Conversation 1.D 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.C Understanding a Passage 1.C 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.B Movie Speech 1.upset 2.sick https://www.doczj.com/doc/0115501626.html,w 4.harmless 5.break 6.replaced 7.memories 8.natural 9.birthday 10.appreciate Story-retelling 1. Sit quietly and listen to him 2. A blank stare 3. Put it a different way 4. speak up in class 5. In turn/ a great deal of Homework Listening Task 1 1.D 2.C 3.B 4.D 5.B Task 2 1.C 2.A 3.B 4.A 5.C Task 3 1.the age, size and future 2.seventy years ago 3.increase with distance https://www.doczj.com/doc/0115501626.html,te that month 5.a light year 6.distances in space 7.other measurements 8.support the idea9.slow down and break up 10.or possibly even older Unit 2 Short Conversations 1.B 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.C 6.A 7.A 8.A 9.C 10.A Long Conversation 1.D 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.D Understanding a Passage 1.C 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.D Movie Speech 1.training 2.touch 3.understand 4.appreciate 5.trouble 6.fighting 7.three 8.honest 9.cry 10.borrow Homework Listening Task 1 1.D 2.C 3.D 4.B 5.A Task 2 1.A 2.B 3.C 4.B 5.D Task 3 1.on the ball 2.did something unexpected 3.at the job or activity 4.hit it out of the park 5.think it over 6.is very successful https://www.doczj.com/doc/0115501626.html,plete a job or activity 8.did something wrong9.how much it is worth 10.close to my selling price Unit 3 Short Conversations 1.D 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.D 6.A 7.D 8.B 9. A 10.B Long Conversation
A. He does not want to eat GM food. B. He wants GM food labeled. C. He does not care if GM food is labeled. D. He agrees with the woman. A. She agrees with the man. B. GMO spreads diseases. C. GM fish are abnormally large. D. Trees grow too fast.
A. She wants the man to go to the meeting. B. She wants the man to pick up the children. C. She wants to clone the man. D. She does not want a clone of the man. A. Evolution is more efficient than lab experiments. B. Evolution is less efficient than lab experiments. C. Evolution produces better strains. D. Lab experiments produce more strains. A. The woman wants to be coaxed to clone herself. B. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. C. Love is blind. D. The man wants copies of the girl through cloning.
新视野大学英语第三版第二册视听说答案 Unit 1 Sharing Task 2 (1) new things (2) At the moment (3) quite difficult Task 3 1, 3, 7, 8 Task 4 1. (1) ever learned 2. (1) a combination 3. Learning to drive 4. (1) nine cases 5. French 6. hated Listening Task 2 Activity 1 e-c-a-g-d-h-b-f Activity 2 (1) speak (2) saying the wrong (3) native speakers (4) pronunciation (2) found (2) body movements (2) by most standards (5) talking to himself (6) making mistakes (7) listening skills (8) listening Activity 3 1. (1) embarrassed 2. anything you like 3. (1) voice 4. (1) how it sounds 5. on the Internet 6. sound like Viewing Task 2 Activity 1 BABA Activity 2 DABAD
Role-play Task 2 Activity 1 1 Activity 2 G：1, 3, 5 (2) hear (2) pronunciation (2) the news (3) English television R ：2, 4, 6, 7 Activity 3 1. (1) 2. (1) 3. (1) 4. (1) you should eat should not spend Why don't it's a good (2) (2) (2) (2) a good You're am not sure that's suppose so Conversations Task 1 BDDCA Task 2 CDAC Passage Task 1 DACD Task 2 (1) alternative (2) numerous (3) traditional (4) academic (5) countryside (6) athletes (7) take advantage of (8) Secondary (9) in a collective effort (10) serve as Unit 2 Sharing Task 2 (1) different countries (2) home (3) places (4) cultures Task 3 1, 4, 5 Task 4 1. mature 2. airport 3. theater
姓名：___________________________ 班级：____________________________ 学号：___________________________ 日期：____________________________ 读写教程第一册，单元测试卷五 试卷编号：Book1-Quiz5 考试时间：120 分钟 满分：100 分 Part 1 Skimming and Scanning (True/False) (Each item: 2) Directions:Read the following passage. Then decide whether the following statements are True or False. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. Time limitation: 4 minutes and 12 seconds What kind of car will we be driving in 2010? They would be rather different from the type we know today, with the next twenty years bringing greater change than the past fifty. The people who will be designing the models of tomorrow believe that environmental problems may well accelerate (加速) the pace of automotive design. Today they are students on the transport design course at London's Royal college of Art. Their vision (相象中的画面) is of a machine with three wheels instead of four, electrically powered, environmentally clean, and able to drive itself along "intelligent" roads equipped with built-in power supplies. Future cars will pick up their fuel during long journeys from a power source built into the road, or store it in small quantities for travel in the city. Instead of today's seating arrangements-two in front, two or three behind, all facing forward-the 2010 car will have a versatile (有许多用途的) interior with adults and children in a family circle. This view of the future car is based on a much more sophisticated (复杂的) road system, with strips built into motorways to supply power to vehicles passing along them. Cars will not need drivers, because computers will provide safe driving control and route finding. All the driver will have to do is say where to go and the computer will do the rest. It will become impossible for cars to crash (撞) into one another. The technology already exists for the car to become a true automobile. 1. Those who will design the models of tomorrow believe that environmental problems will quicken change in cars. T F 2. The car designers are most likely to believe that we will always have an imperfect world. T F
Key to Exercises (NHCE 2) Unit 1 Sectio n A Words in use 3 1 condense 2 exceed 3 deficit 4 exposure 5 asset 6 adequate 7 compete nt 8 adjusti ng 9 precisely 10 ben eficial Word building 4 man agerial editorial substa nee survival traditi on margin con siste ncy accuracy efficie nt recovery mini stry assembly Word buildi ng 5 1 editorial 2 recovery 3 accuracy 4 substa nee 5 man agerial 6 margin 7 assembly 8 Mi nistry 9 survival 10 tradition 11 con siste ncy 12 efficie nt Ban ked cloze 1 obliged : 2 tedious 3 ben eficial 4 abundant 5 adjusted 6 bulk 7 evide ntly 8 fun ctio ns 9 efficie ntly 10 distress Expressi ons in use 1 feel obliged to 2 be serious about 3 run into 4 distinguish between 5 thrust upon 6 was allergic to 7 get lost 8 be attracted to 9 make sense 10 looked upon as Tran slatio n 人们普遍认为英语是一种世界语言， 经常被许多不以英语为第一语言的国家使用。 与其 他语言一样，英语也发生了很大的变化。英语的历史可以分为三个主要阶段： 古英语，中 古英语和现代英语。英语起源于公元5世纪，当时三个日耳曼部落入侵英国， 他们对英语语 言的形成起了很大的作用。在中世纪和现代社会初期，英语的 影响遍及不列颠群岛。从 17 世纪初，它的影响力开始在世界各地显现。 欧洲几百年的探险和殖民过程导致了英语的重大 变化。今天，由于美国电影、电视、音乐、 贸易和技术、包括互联网的大受欢迎，美国英 语的影响力尤其显著。 Chinese calligraphy is a unique art and the unique art treasure in the world. The formation and developme nt of the Chin ese calligraphy is closely related to the emerge nee and evolutio n of Chin ese characters .In this long evoluti onary process, Chin ese characters have n ot on ly played an importa nt role in excha nging ideas and tran smitt ing culture but also developed into a unique art form. Calligraphic works well reflect calligraphers' pers onal feeli ngs, kno wledge, self-cultivati on, personality, and so forth, thus there is an expression that "seeing the calligrapher's handwriting is like seeing the person". As one of the treasures of Chinese culture, Chinese calligraphy shines sple ndidly in the world's treasure house of culture and art. Unit 1 Sectio n B Words in use 8 ignorance 9 expa nd 10 con fusi on Expressi ons in use 1 apply to 2 in a bid to 3 end up Leaving …behind 8 focus on 1 mysterious 2 desperate 3 devise 4 n egotiate 5 recalled 6 specifically 7 depict 4 Speak ing of 5 get hold of 6 appealed to