全新版第二版综合B3U5-D
Part I Listening Comprehension ( 13 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: I‟m grateful for the people who have helped me and try to repay them all the time.
正确答案： B
2.
A) T
B) F
Script: Although I have never before expressed gratitude to the people who help me a lot, I can
take an opportunity to thank them later on.
正确答案： B
3.
A) T
B) F
Script: I never feel regretful that modern children prefer the electronic media to books.
正确答案： B
4.
A) T
B) F
Script: I thank my grandma simply because she taught me many good qualities that benefit me a
lot.
正确答案： B
5.
A) T
B) F
Script: My thank-you letter convinced Nelson that he had gained much success in his career.
正确答案： A
6.
A) T
B) F
Script: I felt moved deeply because my grandma still gave me a reply although it was not an easy
thing for her.
正确答案： A
7.
A) T
B) F
Script: Those who focused on hassles disliked to exercise because they lacked passion for their
life.
正确答案： B
8.
A) T
B) F
Script: Gratitude is an inborn quality which can hardly be developed.
正确答案： B
9.
A) T
B) F
Script: People who expressed gratitude expected to be repaid by people who felt appreciated.
正确答案： B
10.
A) T
B) F
Script: Gratitude has the potential to change everything from its ordinary state to being a gift.
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.
Thursday is Thanksgiving Day in the United States, a day when many Americans express gratitude
for good (11)_________________ in their personal lives, their (12)_________________ and the
larger world. But what are some of the (13)_________________ things Americans are grateful for
this year?
Three (14)_________________ girls visiting Washington on a school trip say gratitude is as much
a part of a family Thanksgiving meal, as are roast (15)_________________ and yams. “At
Thanksgiving, we go around the table and say what we are (16)_________________ and thankful
for, and it just feels good,” one says. “I‟m really grateful for how close I am to my family and
friends,” (17)_________________ another, “and how they are always there for me and we are
always here for each other.”
(18)_________________ on New York‟s Broadway Avenue has seen his share of sorrows,
(19)_________________ . “I‟m breathing and I have two arms and two legs and I can talk and see.
You wake up and you say „Dang! Thank God! I‟m alive.‟ And I get to work every day. I‟m just
grateful for what I‟ve got,” he says.
As (20)_________________ lies fast asleep, Angel Figueroa and his wife Jessica Torres say
they‟re thankful for, "happiness, joy and being parents," this Thanksgiving. Torres says the couple
plans to teach their daughter to express gratitude easily and often. “It‟s a healthy way to live.
Gratitude keeps the world going in a positive way.”
Script: Thursday is Thanksgiving Day in the United States, a day when many Americans express
gratitude for good fortune in their personal lives, their communities and the larger world. But what
are some of the specific things Americans are grateful for this year?
Three teenage girls visiting Washington on a school trip say gratitude is as much a part of a family
Thanksgiving meal, as are roast turkey and yams. “At Thanksgiving, we go around the table and
say what we are grateful and thankful for, and it just feels good,” one says. “I‟m really grateful for
how close I am to my family and friends,” adds another, “and how they are always there for me
and we are always here for each other.”
A street vendor on New York‟s Broadway Avenue has seen his share of sorrows, yet remains
appreciative. “I‟m breathing and I have two arms and two legs and I can talk and see. You wake up
and you say „Dang! Thank God! I‟m alive.‟ And I get to work every day. I‟m just grateful for what
I‟ve got,” he says.
As their infant daughter lies fast asleep, Angel Figueroa and his wife Jessica Torres say they‟re
thankful for, “happiness, joy and being parents,” this Thanksgiving. Torres says the couple plans
to teach their daughter to express gratitude easily and often. “It‟s a healthy way to live. Gratitude
keeps the world going in a positive way.”
正确答案： fortune
正确答案： communities
正确答案： specific
正确答案： teenage
正确答案： turkey
正确答案： grateful
正确答案： adds
正确答案： A street vendor
正确答案： yet remains appreciative
正确答案： their infant daughter
Part II Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with several 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 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.
Rather than saying they would forgive that I hadn‟t 21 thanked them, instead, for Pete‟s sake, they
were thanking me — for having remembered, for having considered they had done anything so
22 .
Always the college professor, my dad had carefully avoided anything he considered too 23 , so I
knew how moved he was to write me that, after having helped educate many young people, he
now felt that his best results included his own son.
The Reverend Nelson wrote that his 24 as a “simple, old-fashioned principal” had ended with
