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新视野大学英语读写教程第二册(第二版)参考答案Unit 1 第一单元SECTION APre-reading ActivitiesTime is the same in all places, but people’s relationship with time is different from country to country. In the United States, time is a real, precious resource, and every minute counts. People here are always in a rush and under pressure. There are no short conversations or small exchanges with strangers because people think it is a waste of time. Does this sound like your country? If it does not, and if you don’t think you would like such a place, you would most likely be unhappy in the United States, where doing things quickly is seen as a skill.1. Time.2. Short conversations or small exchanges with strangers.Comprehension of the TextExerciseⅠThe exact form of the answers is open, but the general idea is: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, save 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. In the writer’s eyes, city people always appear to be burying 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. This is because Americans generally assess and enquire about their visitors professionally rather than socially. They start talking business very quickly. Time is always ticking in their inner ear.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.VocabularyExercise Ⅲ1. charge2. convention3. efficient4. obtain5. competent6. assessing7. fulfill8. conducting9. consequently 10. significance Exercise Ⅳ1. behind2. at3. in4. out5. to6. to7. in8. with9. but 10. for ExerciseⅤ1. L2. C3. D4. N5. O6. A7. E8. G9. I 10. KWord BuildingExercise Ⅵ1. commitment2. attraction3. appointment4. impression5. civilization6. composition7. confusion8. congratulation9. consideration 10. explanation 11. acquisition 12. depression Exercise Ⅶ1. advisable2. desirable3. favorable4. considerable5. remarkable6. preferable7. drinkable8. acceptableStructureExercise Ⅷ1. much less can be he write English articles2. much less can he manage a big company3. much less could he carry it upstairs4. much less have I spoken to him5. much less to read a lot outside of itExercise Ⅸ1. Having meals at home can cost as little as two or three dollars, whereas eating out at a restaurant is always more expensive.2. We thought she was rather proud, whereas in fact she just very shy.3. We have never done anything for them, whereas they have done everything for us.4. Natalie prefers to stay for another week, whereas her husband prefers to leave immediately.5. Some highly praise him, whereas others put him down severely.TranslationExerciseⅩ1. She wouldn’t take a drink, much less would she stay for dinner.2. He thought I was lying to him, whereas I was telling the truth.3. How do you account for that you have been late every day this week?4. The increase in their profits is due partly to their new market strategy.5. Such measures are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency.6. We have already poured a lot of time and energy into the project, so we have to carry on.Exercise Ⅺ1. 我认为他不会抢劫,更不用说暴力抢劫了。
新视野大学英语读写教程第二册(第二版)Pre-reading听力原文Unit 1 第一单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesTime is the same in all places, but people’s relationship with time is different from country to country. In the United States, time is a real, precious resource, and every minute counts. People here are always in a rush and under pressure. There are no short conversations or small exchanges with strangers because people think it is a waste of time. Does this sound like your country If it does not, and if you don’t think you w ould like such a place, you would most likely be unhappy in the United States, where doing things quickly is seen as a skill.1. Time.2. Short conversations or small exchanges with strangers.3. (Open-ended.)Unit 2 第二单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesWhen I think back about the many people who have influenced me during my life, I often think of one person who showed his passion through his commitment to my success. I think of my coach, the man who taught and inspired me not only how to run the mile as fast as I could, but also how to work at something a little every day until greatness is achieved. Through his continuous efforts, I gradually came to an understanding of the meaning of commitment, which is really what love is all about.1. Her coach.2. How to run the mile as fast as she could and how to work at something a little every day until greatness is achieved.3. (Open-ended.)Unit 3 第三单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesGail and Mark were from different cultural and racial background. They had been together for two years and had learned to understand and respect each other. Recently they decided to marry and they told the news to Gail’s parents. To their surprise, they met with some resistance. Gail’s mother was worried that they might be mar rying for the wrong reasons and advised her daughter to wait. Gail’s father also opposed the marriage because he thought that Mark wasmarrying his daughter so that he could remain in the United States. Such concerns are understandable. After all, marriage across nations may have its problem of one kind or another.1. Gail’s mother was worried that they might be marrying for the wrong reason.2. Mark wanted to marry Gail so that he could remain in the United States.3. (Open-ended.)Unit 4 第四单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesI wrote a story about love, and I hope you like it. The story is about a young soldier who is waiting to see a woman he has fallen in love with. I suppose it’s a lot like my other stories in that it has a happy ending. You might laugh at me for writing stories that are so sweet. But, you see, I am a deep believer in love, and I am hopeful about everyone finding it. Without love, I really don’t know what the purpose of living would be.4. He is waiting to see a woman he has fallen in love with.5. A happy ending.6. (Open-ended.)Unit 5第五单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesToday, I want to talk about the historic opportunity we now have to protect our children from an even more deadly threat: smoking. Smoking kills more people every day than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, drugs and fires combined. Nearly 90% percent of those smokers lit their first cigarette before they turned 18. In the past few years we’ve worked to stop our children from smoking before they start, to reduce their access to tobacco products, and to restrict tobacco companies from advertising to young people. If we do these, we’ll cut teen smoking by almost half over the next five years.1. Before they turned 18.2. To reduce children’s access to tobacco pro ducts, and to restrict tobacco companies from advertising to your people.3. ( Open-ended)自由作答,陈述各自的观点.Unit 6 第六单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesPre-reading ActivitiesThere are various reasons for our final decision on what name to give to a baby. For some it may simply because they come across a name that they feel is “it”. But for most people it may be a process of careful selection based on meaning, tradition, or parents’ wishes for their child. Whatever the naming method, a given name follows the child throughout his or her life. How can parents decide on a name that will satisfy them Consider the following: First, consider the area the child will grow up in when selecting a name. Second, choose a name based on some personal meaning so when th e child asks why they’re named so, the parents will have a reasonable explanation. Finally, before deciding on a name, get opinions of people around! Chances are, if your friends and family members look shocked when you share your name selection, your child will probably be horrified as well.1.Meaning, tradition, or parents’ wishes for their child.2. Three. Get opinions of people around.3. (Open-ended.)Unit 7 第七单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesStress can kill you. Being tense can damage your heart, so it is wise to take charge of your life and realize you cannot control everything. But you can control stress which is caused by fear, uncertainty, doubt, and lack of control. Anger may also be the root of this stress, especially for hard-working professional women and people with no goals in life. To relax and take control of your life, try the NICE factors: new, interesting, challenging experiences. And follow Ben Franklin’s example by writing down the major goals you want to achieve in your life. For the problems over which you have no control, you have to learn to go with the flow. can be caused by fear, uncertainty, doubt, lack of control, and anger..2. The NICE factors are new, interesting, challenging experiences.3. (open-ended.)Unit 8 第八单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesWhat is life about We work hard everyday to make more money, to gain power and recognition. We neglect our health, time with our family, the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love. One day when we look back, we w ill realize that we don’t really need that much. We then willrealize how much we have missed in life! Work definitely is not the whole of life. Work is meant to keep us living so that we enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.Life is a balance of work and play, family and personal time. Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the aim of human existence. So, live a balanced lifestyle and enjoy life!health, time with our family, the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love.2. Happiness.3. (open-ended.)Unit 9 第九单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesI wasn’t the brightest kid in my graduating class. I didn’t even attend a famous school. What I did have, though, was a supportive family, and with their help, I was able to become one of the top lawyers in the state of Florida and then a Florida State Supreme Court Justice. And you know what It wasn’t as hard as you may think. It started with a clear set of rules: always get up early, always work hard, always do things honestly, always try to improve on the day before and never give up. When I was younger, I didn’t always remember the rules myself, so my father had to remind me. After a while, though, the rules became habit and everything else sort of fell into place.1. He owed his success to his supportive family.2. The rules were: always get up early, always work hard, always do things honestly, always try to improve on the day before, and never give up.3. (Open-end.) 开放性问题,可按自己的想法回答。
新视野⼤学英语第⼆册第六单元As His Name Is, So Is He!NHCE-BII-Unit 6 MENUI. ObjectivesII. PreviewIII. Leading-inIV. Section A-TextV. Answers to ExercisesVI. Extensive TasksVII. Testing YourselfVIII. HomeworkNHCE-BII-Unit 6 I: ObjectivesObjectivesStudents would:1. be able to successfully finish listening, speaking,reading and writing tasks related to the theme of“the effect of one’s name”, with the help of themevocabulary.2. improve the accuracy of their spoken and writtenoutput, thanks to theme words and expressions.3. improve the fluency of their spoken output duringthe completion of the chains of tasks.MENUMENU1. Translation1) deserve the reputation one enjoys; one’s reputation is justified; be worth one’s name; be true to one’s name2) be unworthy of one’s name3) make history; go down in history; be crowned with eternal glory; leave a name in history4) come out top; to be among the best of candidates; be on the top of the list5) be flunked; fail to be admitted/enrolled6) be legitimate; be perfectly justifiable7) as the name implies/suggests1)名不虚传2)名不副实3)名垂青史4)名列前茅5)名落孙⼭6) 名正⾔顺7) 顾名思义2. Name connotationsDebbie (f.)represents the personalitycharacteristics of generous, understanding,honest, creative, and intense.Lynne (f.)or Lynn (m.)represents thepersonality characteristics of sensitive, deeplyartistic and creative, intense, and nature-loverand comes from Welsh meaning “lake” or is ashort form of Linda(Spanish), or Belinda(Italian), both meaning “beautiful.”MENUSusan (f.)represents the personality characteristics of pleasant, easy-going, friendly, patient, social,cautious and is a short form of Susanna.Harry (m.)represents the personality characteristics of individual, reserved, serious, stubborn, alone, loyal, and thoughtful.MENUJoe (m.)represents the personality characteristics of spontaneous, social, easy-going, warm, generous, lacking in initiative.Adrian (m.) represents the personalitycharacteristics of diplomatic, friendly, lacking inenergy, confidence and initiative.Nigel (m.)represents the personality characteristics of imaginative, creative, inconsistent, insecure,talkative.MENUBertha (f.)represents the personality characteristics of idealistic, generous, kind, caring, possessive and comes from German, meaning “bright, famous”. Bertha is well known in Germanlegends as a character who sneaks into nurseries and rocks children to sleep.Pope Mel is a humorous reference, meant to show how foolish it would be to put the two names together. “Pope” is a title given to the highest authority of the Roman Catholic Church in Rome.“Mel” is possibly a short form of either Melvin (m.),or Melanie(f.)or Melissa (f.),and is a playful name which has no meaningin and of itself.MENU3. PresentationCan you tell a story about your name?MENU1. Talk about Your nameMENUMENU2. Questions1) Why does a person need a name?For example, there are 50 students in the class, how to distinguish this one from that one?Reference identify, signs, social life, distinguish So names are used to identify people. They are used as signs in social life todistinguish one person from another.MENU2) Why doesn’t a person just use anumber as his name?Here, please look at these names:1) 韩建军;赵国庆What about these two names? What do they tell us?Of course, we may guess something from these twonames: the birth of the two persons. The first one may be born on 1st, August and the second may be born on 1st, October.2) What about these two names?周传雄;周海媚Even though they have the same family name,we know the first one is a man and thesecond one is a woman. Why? Because in Chinese traditional culture, the letter 雄, which means that someone is strong, is used tostand for a man, while the letter 媚is used fora woman for it means that someone is prettyand attractive.MENU3) What about these two names?李嘉欣;李嘉诚From the first name, we may imagine abeautiful girl who is pleasant, easy-going and attractive. From the second name, we mayimage a man who is honest, reliable and responsible. In fact the first name is a nameof an actress and the second name is one ofa successful businessman.MENUAccording to what we have discussed, we know names can be used to describe people.MENU3) But these are not enough. Names can make a great difference to a person. Can you give some examples? Therefore, names can affect people. MENUMENU4) When you see the following twonames, what do you think about thetwo persons?⼘世仁娄阿⿏The first name may tell us this person is cruel and people may hate him when listening to his name. And the second name may imply this one is like a thief or a humble man because in Chinese ⿏refers to a mouse which often steals food from people’s house.Therefore, names can not only leave good impression or add our confidence, but also convey more information.But these are only our imagination. We do not know these two persons. Why do we have such kind of impressions? Because of their names. So we tend to hold prejudice to people by their names.MENU。
Unit 1Time-Conscious AmericansAmericans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor."We are slaves to nothing but the clock," it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person's hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count.A foreigner's first impression of the US is likely to be that 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. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating-places are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. You also find drivers will be abrupt and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small exchanges with strangers. Don't take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else "wasting" it beyond a certain appropriate point.Many new arrivals in the States will miss the opening exchanges of a business call, for example. They will miss the ritual interaction that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be a convention in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a restaurant or coffee house. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over extended small talk; much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. Time is, therefore, always ticking in our inner ear.Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving time. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices; we communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer—especially given our traffic-filled streets. We, therefore, save most personal visiting for after-work hours or for social weekend gatherings.To us the impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand. In some countries no major business is conducted without eye contact, requiring face-to-face conversation. In America, too, a final agreement will normally be signed in person. However, people are meeting increasingly on television screens, conducting "teleconferences" to settle problems not only in this country but also—by satellite—internationally.The US is definitely a telephone country. Almost everyone uses the telephone to conduct business, to chat with friends, to make or break social appointments, to say "Thank you", to shop and to obtain all kinds of information. Telephones save the feet and endless amounts of time. This is due partly to the fact that the telephone service is superb here, whereas the postal service is less efficient.Some new arrivals will come from cultures where it is considered impolite to work too quickly. Unless a certain amount of time is allowed to elapse, it seems in their eyes as if the task being considered were insignificant, not worthy of proper respect. Assignments are, consequently, given added weight by the passage of time. In the US, however, it is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem, or fulfill a job successfully, with speed. Usually, the more important a task is, the more capital, energy, and attention will be poured into it in order to "get it moving".美国人认为没有人能停止不前。
Part 1 Word Dictation(每小题:1 分)Directions: Listen and write down the words you hear. You are going to listen to the recording twice. During the first time, write the word that you hear. Check your answers as you listen the second time.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.Part 2 Understanding Long Conversations(每小题:1 分)Directions: In this section you'll hear a long conversation or conversations. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog.1.A. A 17th birthday party.B. A trip with the parents.C. An outing to the movies.D. A talk with the parents.2.A. His parents don't respect him.B. He is old enough to make his own choices.C. The movie is supposed to be very good.D. His parents are much too old.3.A. Seeing movies.B. Being with others.C. Not respecting them.D. Staying out late.4.A. A lot of fun.B. Awards.C. Trouble.D. Respect.5.A. She's his mother.B. She's his teacher.C. She's his friend.D. She's his boss.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. 6.A. She changed her name.B. She learned new names.C. She met people with different names.D. She gave people new names.7.A. It is very difficult for people.B. It is hard for him to remember.C. It should be changed to something different.D. It sounds very elegant to him.8.A. It wasn't professional.B. It wasn't easy for her to say.C. Others had difficulty with it.D. Others thought it wasn't elegant.9.A. Others were not professional.B. Others were too lazy.C. Others didn't use real names.D. Others used her name poorly.10.A. Other people being professional.B. Other people using her name correctly.C. Other people being lazy.D. Other people working well with her.Part 3 Understanding Passages(每小题:1 分)Directions: In this section you'll hear a passage or passages.Listen carefully and choose the best answer to the questions you hear.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. 1.A. What the first names were.B. Why people started using names.C. Where the first names were used.D. When people started using names.2.A. 4.B. 3.C. 2.D. 1.3.A. Indonesian people.B. Chinese people.C. The first people to use names.D. Distinguished people.4.A. To identify the generation.B. To carry some information about our family.C. To distinguish people from one another.D. To show the different characters of different people.5.A. Because they are names given by parents.B. Because they are not family names.C. Because they carry the information of the baby.D. Because not all the cultures have given names. Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. 6.A. Hanja lettering.B. Western letters.C. Family identification.D. Words special to that person.7.A. They are written in Chinese characters.B. They always consist of three characters.C. They can be translated into English.D. They have many ways of pronunciation.8.A. Two-character family name plus two-character given name.B. One-character family name plus one-character given name.C. Two-character family name plus one-character givenname.D. One-character family name plus two-character given name. 9.A. Around 100,000.B. About 250.C. About 100.D. Around 75.10.A. Take a name other than the common ones.B. Use one- or three-syllable given names.C. Make names that are influenced by the Chinese.D. Translate their names into the English languagePart 4 Vocabulary and Structure(每小题:1 分)Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.1.Some of your suggestions have been adopted but others havebeen _______ as they are not workable.A. turned awayB. turned downC. turned backD. turned out2.The boss thought him a trouble-maker and turned him______.A. backB. downC. toD. around3.Unless he is ________ intense love, he hardly ever looks intosomeone else's eyes for very long.A. confessingB. refusingC. grantingD. covering4.The observer's statement about the accident was very _____;we know almost everything about it now.A. specificB. especialC. exceptionalD. special5._______ your opinions are worth considering, the generalmanager finds it unwise to place too much importance onthem.A. AsB. BecauseC. ThoughD. Since6._________ that they may eventually reduce the amount oflabor needed on construction sites by 90 percent.A. So clever are the construction robotsB. Such construction robots are cleverC. So clever the construction robotsD. Such clever construction robots are7. A friendship may be ________, relaxed, situational or deepand lasting.A. identicalB. originalC. criticalD. superficial8.Your work does not ______ what I expect of you.A. come up withB. come outC. come roundD. come up to9.In general, matters which lie entirely within the stateboundaries are the ______ concern of the state government.A. excessiveB. externalC. explosiveD. exclusive10.No fault is attached _____ the bus driver for the terribleaccident at the railway crossing.A. forB. toC. withD. in11.The escaped prisoner waited until the _____ of night beforeleaving his hiding place.A. darkB. deepC. depthD. dead12.Occasionally we experience strong winds and storms from thewest, but the_____ winds are from the north-east.A. existingB. prevailingC. particularD. special13.This book is full of practical _____________ on homeimprovements and repairs.A. helpsB. tipsC. nodsD. clues14.Violence in the local prison has _____________ two lives.A. removedB. killedC. costD. murdered15.The doctor told Penny that too much _____________ to thesun is bad for the skin.A. exposureB. meansC. exhibitionD. gratitude16.In preparing scientific reports of experiments, a student should_____________ his findings in clear and precise language.A. exemplifyB. predictC. raiseD. present17.This hotel _____________ $60 for a single room with a bath.A. claimsB. demandsC. pricesD. charges18.She was so _____________ in her job that she didn't hearanybody knocking at the door.A. attractedB. absorbedC. drawnD. outstanding19.Although I liked the appearance of the house, what reallymade me decide to buy it was the beautiful _____________ through the window.A. perspectiveB. lookC. pictureD. view20.I saw the _____________ of the taxi before it disappearedaround the corner of the street.A. signalB. rearC. lookD. scene21.After the speech _____________, a lively discussion started.A. being deliveredB. be deliveredC. was deliveredD. having been delivered22.__________ a teacher in a university, it is necessary to haveat least a Master's degree.A. To becomeB. BecomeC. One becomesD. On becoming23.The man in the corner confessed to _____________ a lie tothe manager of the company.A. have toldB. having toldC. being toldD. be told24.I don't think it advisable that Tim _____________ to the jobsince he has no experience.A. be assignedB. is assignedC. will be assignedD. has been assigned25.There is a man at the reception desk who seems very angry,and I think he means _____________ trouble.A. makingB. to makeC. to have madeD. having made26.It is useful to be able to predict the extent _____________which a price change will affect supply and demand.A. fromB. withC. toD. for27.____________ before we leave, the day after tomorrow, weshould have a wonderful dinner party.A. Had they arrivedB. Would they arriveC. Were they arrivingD. Were they to arrive28.I'd rather read than watch television; the programs seem_____________ all the time.A. to get worseB. to be getting worseC. to have got worseD. getting worse29.I had just started back to the house to change my clothes_____________ I heard voices.A. asB. whileC. afterD. when30.When he arrived, he found _____________ the aged and thesick at home.A. nothing butB. none butC. none other thanD. no other thanPart 5 Cloze (with Options)(每小题:0.5 分)Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the choices.Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage.Maybe there are a lot of very 1.out there that I don't know, but it seems that in general, Jeffs are everyday people who don't do anything 2.famous named Jeff. Those actors who are named Jeff are notlead 3.roles in films. Great 4.the name, Jeff, either. Was I condemned to an average 5.recognize my lack of 6.so named me Jeff? My mom liked the name, but she can'treally 7.the name was fairly 8.9.and contrary to what she had 10.name became quite common. I wonder what it was that 11.of names or was there a 12.time with the name? I don't know of an 13.14.full name. I was often 15.mine saw that my 16.not Jeff. People find some name funny and the 17.infamous 18.name, Jeffrey. The name lost a lot of its 19.20.Part 6 Skimming and Scanning (Multiple Choice+Blank Filling)(每小题:1 分)Directions: Read the following passage or passages and then answer the questions. For the first 7 questions in each passage, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. For the remaining 3 questions in the same passage, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Questions 1 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. The King, the Servant, and "the 99 Club"Some time ago, there lived a king. This king should have been contented with his life, given all the riches he had. However, this was not the case! The king was not content with life at all, and he spent all his time wondering why.One day, the king woke up earlier than usual to take a leisurely walk around his palace. He came to a stop when he heard someone happily singing away. He followed the sound until he discovered where it was coming from. As it turned out, one of the servants was singing, and this servant had a very contented look on his face. This attracted the king greatly and he called this man to his room. The man entered the king's room as ordered. The king asked why he was so happy. To this the man replied, "Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but I make enough of a living to keep my wife and children happy. We don't need anything more than a roof over our heads and warm food to fill our stomach. My wife and children are content with the little money and food I bring home. And I am happy because my family is happy."Hearing this, the king let the servant leave and called his personal assistant to his room. The king told him about his sadness and about the happiness of the servant, hoping that somehow, he would be able to explain why a king, who could have anything he wished for, was not happy, whereas his servant, who had so little, was greatly contented.The personal assistant listened carefully and came to this conclusion: "Your Majesty, I believe that the servant has not been made part of the 99 Club."The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?" the king asked.The Assistant replied, "Your Majesty, to truly know what the 99 Club is, you will have to do the following: Place 99 gold coins in a bag and leave it at this servant's doorstep. You will then understand what the 99 Club is."That very same evening, the king arranged for 99 gold coins to be placed in a bag at the servant's doorstep. The servant was just stepping out of his house when he saw the bag. He then took it to a table and emptied it out so he could count the coins. Doing so, he realized that there were 99 coins and he thought it was an oddnumber so he counted again, and again and again, only to come to the same amountD99 gold coins.He began to wonder, what could have happened to that last coin? He couldn't imagine that anyone would leave 99 coins. He began to search his entire house, looked around his backyard for hours, not wanting to lose out on that one coin. Finally, tired out, he decided that he was going to have to work harder than ever to make up for that one gold coin and make his entire collection an even 100 gold coins.He got up the next morning and began the day by shouting at his children and his wife for letting him sleep too late, though in fact it was not their fault. Actually, he had spent most of the night imagining ways of working hard so that he would have enough money to buy himself that gold coin. He went to work as usual but did not feel happy as he usually did. Instead of singing happily while he did his work, he did everything very angrily.Seeing the man's attitude change so violently, the king was confused. He could not believe that the servant, who until yesterday had been singing away happy and content with his life, could have such a sudden change in behavior, and when he should have been happier after receiving the gold coins.To this, the assistant replied, "Ah! But your Majesty, the servant has now officially joined the 99 Club." He explained, "the 99 Club is just a name given to those people who have a lot but are never contented. They are not pleased with what they have, but are angry because of what they do not have. We have so much to be thankful for, and we can live with very little in our lives, but the minute we are given something bigger and better, we want even more! By wanting more and more we don't realize the price we pay for it. We lose sleep and happiness. Hurting the people around us is another price we pay for our growing needs and desires. That is what joining the 99 Club is all about."Having heard this, the king learned a lesson about life and decided that from that day onwards, he was going to start appreciating all the little things in life.1.The king wondered why ________________.A. he had so many richesB. he gave away his richesC. he contented himself with lifeD. he was unhappy with life2.One day when the king walked around his palace, he________________.A. caught someone stealingB. heard a servant singing happilyC. watched a servant cleaningD. heard a servant laughing3.The servant felt happy every day because________________.A. he entered the king's roomB. he had a wife and childrenC. he made enough to keep his familyD. he was a servant of the king4.The king expected his personal assistant ________________.A. to make his family happyB. to give the servant somethingC. to explain something to the servantD. to provide an explanation5.The servant thought the bag was strange because________________.A. it was emptyB. it contained 99 coinsC. it was on his tableD. it was at his doorstep6.As the servant failed to find the coin after exhausting himself,he decided ________________.A. to shout at his childrenB. to look around his backyardC. to work harder to make up for itD. to search his entire house7.The servant spent much of the night ________________.A. trying to buy a gold coinB. singing happilyC. imagining ways of working hardD. working hard for enough money8.become so violent.9.The 99 Club is the name given to those people who havemuch but10.After hearing the assistant's explanation, the king wasdetermined to start appreciating all thePart 7 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)(每小题:1 分)Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. Since the late 1960s a growing number of women have expressed a strong dissatisfaction with any marriage arrangement in which the husband and his career are the most important considerations in the marriage. By the end of the 1970s, for example, considerably less than half of the women in the United States still believed that they would put their husbands and children ahead of their own careers.More and more American women have come to believe that they should be equal partners in their marriages. This stage of marriage, although still unusual in most American marriages at present, will grow most rapidly in the future. In an equal marriage, the wife gets a full-time job or career which has equal importance to her husband's. The long-standing division of labor between husband and wife comes to an end. The husband is no longer the main provider of family income, and the wife no longer has the main responsibilities for household duties and raising children. Husband and wife share all these duties equally. Power over family decisions is also shared equally.The rapid change in women's attitudes toward marriage in the 1970s reflected the rapid changes in the larger society. The Women's Liberation Movement appeared in the late 1960s, demanding an end to all forms of prejudice against females. An Equal Rights Amendment (修正案) to the US Constitution was proposed which would make any form of prejudice on the basis of sex illegal, and though it has failed to be confirmed, it continues to have millions of supporters.1.Since the late 1960s more women have been dissatisfied withthe marriage in which __________________.A. they are unhappyB. they are in a lower positionC. only the husband earns moneyD. the wife only takes care of the household2.What is the long-standing division of labor between husbandand wife in America?A. Husband―provider, wife―domestic duties.B. Husband and wife share the housework.C. Husband and wife have equal responsibility.D. Husband plays a higher role than the wife3.Which statement is NOT true about the new type of marriage?A. Husband and wife share all their duties equally.B. Wife can also make the decisions in the family.C. Wife earns their living while husband does the housework.D. Husband is also responsible for raising children.4.Women's attitudes toward marriage involve____________________.A. the Women's Liberation MovementB. forbidding any form of prejudice against womenC. the changing roles of husband and wife in the marriageD. all of the above5.Which of the following describes the general idea for thispassage?A. The Changing Patterns of Americans' Marriage.B. An Ideal Marriage.C. The Women's Liberation Movement.D. The need for Equal Rights between Husband and Wife.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.If the population of the Earth goes on increasing at its present rate, there will eventually not be enough resources left to support life on the planet. One possible solution to the problem has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan: he believes that before the Earth's resources are completely used up it will be possible to change the atmosphere (大气圈) of Venus (金星) and so create a new world almost as large as the Earth itself. The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the Earth and has only a tiny amount of water.Sagan suggests that algae (藻类), plant life that can live in extremely hot or cold atmospheres and at the same time produce oxygen, should be produced in conditions similar to those on Venus. The algae will be placed in small rockets. Spaceships will then fly to Venus and fire the rockets into the atmosphere. In a fairly short time, the algae will break down the gasses in the atmosphere and change them into oxygen that people can breathe. But before man can set foot on Venus, it will be necessary for the oxygen to produce rain to cool the planet, so that after a few years conditions like those on Earth will be produced.If the experiments are successful, life will become possible there but it will not be pleasant at first. When they go to Venus, the first citizens will have to take plenty of water with them and get used to days and nights lasting 60 Earth days. But there will also be some advantages. They will live longer because their hearts will suffer less stress than on Earth.6.Men may eventually move to Venus because______________________.A. there are many people on the EarthB. we have used too much oil and waterC. the limited resources can't support life on the EarthD. people take up too much space7.Now it is difficult for us to move to Venus because______________________.A. it is too hot for men to land onB. there is no water thereC. we cannot change the environment thereD. it's a long distance for us to go there8.The algae play a very important role in the possible solutionbecause _________________________.A. they can be produced easily on the EarthB. there are a lot of them on VenusC. they can be easily carried to VenusD. they can live in hot and cold conditions and produceoxygen9.The first citizens will find life on Venus not pleasant because___________.A. their hearts will suffer more stressB. their days and nights will last quite longC. there are not any houses thereD. there is too much water there10.One of the advantages the first citizens on Venus will enjoy is___________.A. they will have much more spaceB. they won't suffer from heart diseaseC. their life will last longerD. they will have better living conditions。