Unit 2 Focus

Unit 2 FocusSection AShort Conversations1. A) Talking with his friend B) Filling out a formC) Having an interview D) Asking for information2. A) He often misses Lily’s parties. B) He has other plans tonight.C) He is looking forward to attending the party.D) He wants to know if he should bring anything to the party.3. A) They don’t have to go to the cinema.B) His sister will let them use the car.C) The bus if fine with her.D) They’ll have to rent a car as early as possible.4. A) She hasn’t gone camping for several weeks.B) She likes to take long camping trips.C) She prefers not to go camping on weekends.D) She often spends a lot of time planning her camping trips.5. A) Listen to the radio B) Listen to some musicC) Fix it if her theory is right. D) See if the CD player is working.6. A) At 10:15 B) Before 10:15C) At 10:30 D) Before 10:507. A) The natatorium is scheduled to open tomorrow.B) He’s too busy to go to the natatorium.C) The new natatorium is open only to kids.D) There’s a new project going on at the natatorium.8. A) A writer B) A teacher C) A reporter D) A studentLong ConversationsConversation One1. A) Poor people B) Higher income familiesC) People who live in the cold climate D) None of them2. A) Eat more fit fat and oil B) Eat more sugar and junk food.C) Do less exercise D) All of them3. A) 5 pounds B) 10 pounds C) 6 pounds D) 4 pounds Conversation Two1. A) The effects of caffeine B) Some causes of headacheC) How to well on exams D) Problems with the student cafeteria2. A) He has a headache B) He failed his history examC) He is tired D) He is too busy3. A) Decaffeinated coffee may help prevent heart disease.B) Coffee does not necessarily cause heart disease.C) Coffee has less caffeine than soda.D) The taste of regular and decaffeinated coffee is the same.4. A) It helps people work efficientlyB) It’s more refreshing than soda.C) It should be drunk in moderation.D) It has less favor than soda.Section BPassage One Living in the city, Attractive or not?1. A) Housing problem in the city B) Pollution problemC) A variety of problems of city lifeD) Inconvenience cause by traffic jams in the city.2. A) Crowded house B) Crowded busesC) High crime rate D) Continual noises.3. A) Pollution problem caused by harmful gases and poisonous water.B) Great stress caused by modern city life.C) Social problems caused by crimes.D) Water shortage problem.4. A) Becoming victims of various crimes.B) Becoming victims of traffic accidents.C) Bumping into floods of people.D) Bumping into cars, bicycles and buses.Passage Two Choosing Bicycle as the City’s Transportation1. A) It is because they’re often slower than cars and easy to park.B) It is because the y’re often faster than cars and easy to park.C) It is because they’re often slower than cars and difficult to park.D) It is because the y’re often faster than cars and difficult to park.2. A) Sometimes she use her bicycle for short journeys.B) She always use her bicycle for fun.C) She always uses her bicycle for long journeys.D) She never uses her bicycle.3. A) The speaker feels younger because she uses a bike.B) The speaker’s husband is not as young as the speaker.C) The speaker’s husband if fit.D) The speaker doesn’t get enough air.Passage Three Housing Problem in the USA1. A) Because they can’t afford to.B) Because they think small houses are more comfortable to live in.C) Because big houses are usually built in the countryside.D) Because they prefer apartments.2. A) Because many young people have moved into comfortable apartments.B) Because many old houses in the bad part of the town aren’t inhabited.C) Because many older people sell their houses after their children leave.D) Because many people have quit their old houses to build new ones.3. A) They have to do their own maintenance.B) They have to furnish their own houses.C) They will find it difficult to make the rest of the payment.D) They will find it difficult to dispose of their old-style furniture. Section C Compound DictationCompetition of Modern citySociety has always been competitive, but in this century life is perhaps more competitive than in any 1. ____________ era. We are taught, almost from birth, to 2_____________ ourselves in mind and body with the people around us. Even as children we are already 3.______________ on showing that we are not 4._______________ different from our fellows but in some way 5.____________ to them. School life is an eternal 6.____________; every day each child tries to prove that he is more 7.______________ than the next child, and every term marks are 8.________ up to find the best as well as the worst child in the class.On the sports field the process continues, 9.________________________________________________________________________. Our jobs, our processions and even the areas in which we live become a matter of competition. We make out that 10. _____________________________________________________________. We claim that our country, town or villages is the best. 11.___________________________________. Are we really interested in proving our superiority?1．previous2．Compare3．intent4．merely5．superior6．competition7．intelligent8．added9．the child now strives to demonstrate that he is faster, stronger or more skillful than his classmates.10．our jobs and possessions are somehow better or more desirable than other people’s 11．the biggest, the most friendly or the most civilized in the world.。