中山大学新理5.0英语自主学习大厅第四册第四单元A套答案B4U4-A
Part I Listening Comprehension ( 15 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear ten statements. Numbers 1 to 6 are
based on Text A while the rest are based on Text B. Each statement will be read ONLY
ONCE. Listen carefully and decide whether each statement is true or false.
1.
A) T
B) F
Script: In 1998 William Browder gave up his American passport to become a British
citizen, since his life is now centered in Europe.
正确答案： A
2.
A) T
B) F
Script: Alex Mandl is also a fervent believer in globalization, but he views
himself very differently.
正确答案： A
3.
A) T
B) F
Script: Despite all that globetrotting, Mandl, 55 years old, still identifies
himself as a Canadian.
正确答案： B
4.
A) T
B) F
Script: Although Browder and Mandl define their nationality differently, both
see their identity as a matter of personal choice, not an accident of birth.
正确答案： A
5.
A) T
B) F
Script: As borders and national identities become more important, some find that threatening and even dangerous.
正确答案： B
6.
A) T
B) F
Script: Global trade has been around for centuries; the corporations and
countries that benefited from it were largely content to treat vast parts of the world
as places to mine natural resources or sell finished products.
正确答案： A
7.
A) T
B) F
Script: Text B contrasts Western skeptics with Eastern enthusiasts for
globalization and reflects on the way economic integration can help promote greater
political tolerance.
正确答案： A
8.
A) T
B) F
Script: The developed world is beating a path to China's and India's door — and
Chinese and Indian companies, in turn, have started to look overseas for some of their
future growth.
正确答案： A
9.
A) T
B) F
Script: China and India haven’t decided that opening their economies to trade
in goods and services is the best way to lift their people out of abject poverty and
are now focused simply on how to globalize in the most stable manner.
正确答案： B
10.
A) T
B) F
Script: India is just beginning to realize that this process of globalization
is one where the Indian have an inherent advantage.
正确答案： A
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 are 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.
This (11)_________________ wave of globalization has been driven by
policies that have opened economies (12)_________________ and internationally. In
the years since the (13)_________________ , and especially during the past two decades,
many governments have adopted free-market (14)_________________ , vastly increasing
their own productive (15)_________________ and creating myriad new opportunities for
(16)_________________ and investment. Governments also have (17)_________________
dramatic reductions in barriers to commerce and have established international
agreements to promote trade in goods, services, and investment.
(18)_________________ new opportunities in foreign markets, corporations have built
foreign factories and established production and marketing arrangements with foreign
partners. Globalization is deeply controversial, however. Proponents of
globalization argue that it allows poor countries and their citizens to develop
economically and raise their (19)_________________ , while opponents of
globalization claim that the creation of an unfettered international free market has
benefited multinational corporations in the Western world at the expense of local
enterprises, local cultures, and common people. Resistance to globalization has
therefore (20)_________________ both at a popular and at a governmental level as
people and governments try to manage the flow of capital, labor, goods, and ideas
that constitute the current wave of globalization. To find the right balance between
benefits and costs associated with globalization, citizens of all nations need to
understand how globalization works and the policy choices facing them and their
societies.
Script: This current wave of globalization has been driven by policies
that have opened economies domestically and internationally. In the years since the
Second World War, and especially during the past two decades, many governments have
adopted free-market economic systems, vastly increasing their own productive
potential and creating myriad new opportunities for international trade and
investment. Governments also have negotiated dramatic reductions in barriers to
commerce and have established international agreements to promote trade in goods,
services, and investment. Taking advantage of new opportunities in foreign markets,
corporations have built foreign factories and established production and marketing
arrangements with foreign partners. Globalization is deeply controversial, however.
Proponents of globalization argue that it allows poor countries and their citizens
to develop economically and raise their standards of living, while opponents of
globalization claim that the creation of an unfettered international free market has
