全新版第二版综合B2U1-A
Part I Listening Comprehension ( 11 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.
A) T
1.
B) F
•Script: When Howard and Ellen came to Nanjing to study the early education in China, they stayed in Jinling Hotel.
•正确答案：B
A) T
2.
B) F
•Script: The key slot was narrow, therefore the key should be positioned carefully.
•正确答案：A
A) T
3.
B) F
•Script: All the staff members in the lobby would come to help Benjamin insert the key into the key slots successfully.
•正确答案：B
A) T
4.
B) F
•Script: According to Howard, what middle-class Americans value in child education is that one can solve a problem effectively by oneself.
•正确答案：A
A) T
5.
B) F
•Script: Chinese teachers are fearful that if skills are not acquired early, they may never be acquired.
•正确答案：A
A) T
6.
B) F
•Script: American educators fear that unless creativity has been acquired early, it may never emerge.
•正确答案：A
A) T
7.
B) F
•Script: The common way to teach children about saving money is to open a bank account for them.
•正确答案：A
A) T
8.
B) F
•Script: Children are not enthusiastic about savings accounts because it takes away money like a black hole.
•正确答案：A
A) T
9.
B) F
•Script: In order to attract his children's attention, the author David offered a very high rate. •正确答案：A
A) T
10.
B) F
•Script: David's method helps children become rational consumers but they also become very mean.
•正确答案：B
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.
•Project Zero was founded at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1967 by the philosopher Nelson Goodman to study and improve education in and through the arts. Goodman believed that arts learning should be studied as a serious (11)_________________ , but that “zero” had been firmly established about the field; (12)_________________ , the project was given its name.
Today, Project Zero is building on this research to help create (13)_________________ of reflective, independent learners; to enhance deep understanding (14)_________________ disciplines; and to promote (15)_________________ thinking. Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as (16)_________________ disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels.
Project Zero's (17)_________________ build on and contribute to detailed understandings of human cognitive development and the processes of learning in the arts and other disciplines. They place the learner at the center of the educational process, (18)_________________ the different ways in which an individual learns (19)_________________ of life, as well as differences among individuals in the ways they (20)_________________ and express their ideas.
Script: Project Zero was founded at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1967 by the philosopher Nelson Goodman to study and improve education in and through the arts. Goodman believed that arts learning should be studied as a serious cognitive activity, but that "zero" had been firmly established about the field; hence, the project was given its name.
Today, Project Zero is building on this research to help create communities of reflective, independent learners; to enhance deep understanding within and across disciplines; and to promote critical thinking. Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels.
Project Zero's research initiatives build on and contribute to detailed understandings of human cognitive development and the processes of learning in the arts and other disciplines. They place the learner at the center of the educational process, respecting the different ways in which an individual learns at various stages of life, as well as differences among individuals in the ways they perceive the world and express their ideas.
正确答案：cognitive activity
正确答案：hence
正确答案：communities
正确答案：within and across
正确答案：critical
正确答案：humanistic and scientific
正确答案：research initiatives
正确答案：respecting
正确答案：at various stages
正确答案：perceive the world
Part II Reading Comprehension ( 24 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.
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21. ______________________
•正确答案：F
22. ______________________
•正确答案：C
23. ______________________
•正确答案：A
24. ______________________
•正确答案：O
25. ______________________
•正确答案：J
26. ______________________
•正确答案：D
27. ______________________
•正确答案：H
28. ______________________
•正确答案：M
29. ______________________
•正确答案：N
30. ______________________
•正确答案：B
Section B
Directions: There are several passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B),
C) and D). You should decide on the best choice.
•Passage One
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
Let us suppose that you are in the position of a parent. Would you allow your children to read any book they wanted to without first checking its contents? Would you take your children to see any film without first finding out whether it is suitable for them? If your answer to these questions is "yes", then you are extremely permissive. If your answer is "no", then you are exercising your right as a parent to protect your children from what you consider to be undesirable influences. In other words, by acting as a censor yourself, you are admitting that there is a strong case for censorship.
Now, of course, you will say that it is one thing to exercise censorship where children are concerned and quite another to do the same for adults. Children need protection and it is the parents' responsibility to provide it. But what about adults? Aren't they old enough to decide what is good for them? The answer is that many adults are, but don't make the mistake of thinking that all adults are like you. Censorship is for the good of society as a whole. Like the law, censorship contributes to the common good.
Some people think that it is disgraceful that a censor should interfere with the works of art. Who is this person, they say, to ban this great book or cut that great film? No one can set himself up as a superior being. But we must remember two things. Firstly, where genuine works of art are concerned, modern censors are extremely liberal in their views ― often far more liberal than a large section of the public.
Artistic merit is something which censors clearly recognize. And secondly, we must bear in mind that the
great proportion of books, plays and films which come before the censor are very far from being "works of arts".
When discussing censorship, we should not confine our attention to great masterpieces, but should consider the vast numbers of publications and films which make up the bulk of the entertainment industry. When censorship laws are relaxed, immoral people are given a license to produce virtually anything in the name of "art". There is an increasing tendency to equate artistic with "pornographic" (色情的). The vast market for pornography would rapidly be exploited. One of the great things that censorship does is to prevent certain people from making fat profits by corrupting the minds of others. To argue in favor of absolute freedom is to argue in favor of anarchy.
Society would really be poorer if it deprived itself of the wise counsel and the restraining influence which
a censor provides.
Permissive parents would ________.
31.
A) let their children read any books they like to
B) not let their children see any films they like to
C) not let their children read any books without first checking their contents
D) let their children see the films with their first checking
•正确答案：A
The fact that parents check the contents of the book or the film for their children to read or see shows
32.
___________.
A) the necessity of censorship
B) that many books and films are bad
C) that children need their parents to help them understand more
D) that the parents are permissive
•正确答案：A
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
33.
A) Some adults can't tell right from wrong.
B) Censorship is compared to the law because both of them perform good service to society as a
whole.
C) Censors pay attention only to genuine works of art.
D) Censorship is necessary because many books, plays and films are far from being "works of art".
•正确答案：C
What does the word "corrupt" in Para.4 mean?
34.
A) Make morally bad.
B) Hurt.
C) Injure.
D) Damage.
•正确答案：A
What would be the best title of this passage?
35.
A) Permissive Parents and Responsible Parents
B) Censorship and the Law
C) Censors Value Artistic Merits
D) Censorship Performs Good Service to Society
•正确答案：D
•Passage Two
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
Personality is to a large extent inherent. A-type parents usually bring A-type offspring. But the environment must also have a profound effect if competition is important to the parents. It is likely to become a major factor in the lives of their children.
One place where children soak up A characteristics is school, which is, by its very nature, a highly competitive institution. Too many schools adopt the "win at all costs" moral standard and measure their success by sporting achievements. The current passion for making children compete with their classmates or against their classmates or against the clock produces a two-layer system, in which competitive A-types seem in some way better than their B-type fellows. Being too keen to win can have dangerous consequences: remember that Pheidippides, the first marathon (马拉松) runner, dropped dead seconds after saying: "Rejoice, we conquer!"
By far the worst form of competition in schools is the disproportionate emphasis on examinations. It is a rare school that allows pupils to concentrate on those things they do well. The merits of competition by examination are somewhat questionable, but competition in the certain knowledge of failure is positively harmful.
Obviously, it is neither practical nor desirable that all A youngsters change into B's. The world needs A types, and schools have an important duty to try to fit a child's personality to his possible future employment. It is top management.
If the preoccupation of schools with academic work was lessened, more time might be spent teaching children surer values. Perhaps selection for the caring professions, especially medicine, could be made less by good grades in chemistry and more by such considerations as sensitivity and sympathy. It is surly
a mistake to choose our doctors exclusively from A-type stock. B's are important and should be
encouraged.
In Para.2, the word "institution" refers to _________.
36.
A) establishment
B) social custom
C) law
D) school
•正确答案：D
According to the passage, A-type individuals are in most cases _________.
37.
A) impatient
B) considerate
C) aggressive
D) agreeable
•正确答案：C
The author strongly objects to the practice of examination at schools because _________.
38.
A) the pressure is too great on the students
B) some students are bound to fail
C) failure rates are too high
D) the results of examinations are doubtful
•正确答案：B
The selection of medical professionals is currently based on ___________.
39.
A) candidates' sensitivity
B) academic achievements
C) competitive spirit
D) surer values
•正确答案：B
From the passage we can draw the conclusion that _________.
40.
A) the personality of a child is well established at birth
B) family influence dominates the shaping of one's characteristics
C) the development of one's personality is due to multiple factors
D) B-types can find no place in a competitive society
•正确答案：C
Part III Vocabulary and Structure ( 10 minutes )
Directions: There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.
The mad man was put in the soft-padded cell ______ he injure himself.
41.
A) in case that
B) in case of
C) in case
D) lest that
•正确答案：C
This train ticket is ________ for five days.
42.
A) valid
B) valuable
C) serviceable
D) functional
•正确答案：A
Among her _________ were sewing, cooking, playing the piano and dancing.
43.
A) obligation
B) fulfillment
C) assignment
D) accomplishments
•正确答案：D
Electrical energy _________ from the sun in a round-about way is the most widely used energy today.
44.
A) to come
B) coming
C) come
D) having come
•正确答案：B
_________, glasses can correct most sight defects in healthy eyes.
45.
A) When well fitted
B) When fitting well
C) When being well fitted
D) If to be fitted
•正确答案：A
This is a highly _____ reference library, covering most of the materials related to space science.
46.
A) extended
B) automatic
C) specialized
D) motivated
•正确答案：C
With photos provided by the police, Mr. Johnson _____ the suspect by the scar on his face.
47.
A) discovered
B) identified
C) detected
D) coincided
•正确答案：B
The courses, if properly conducted, will _____ the minds of the students.
48.
A) encourage
B) stimulate
C) renew
D) refresh
•正确答案：B
There are coal, oil, and metal _______ buried deep in the ground.
49.
A) sources
B) substances
C) resources
D) properties
•正确答案：C
Jessica thoroughly enjoyed the voyage and was _______ sea-sick.
50.
A) nothing but
B) not in the least
C) at any rate
D) by all accounts
•正确答案：B
Everyone in the city has _______ to the large collection of books on various subjects in the city's public
51.
library.
A) alternative
B) procedure
C) access
D) process
•正确答案：C
The discussion ______ a wide range of subjects, including sociology, ecology and economics.
52.
A) dealt
B) did
C) covered
D) had
•正确答案：C
They _____ the local government to approve plans for their reform program.
53.
A) recommended
B) informed
C) excited
D) urged
•正确答案：D
I can't bear the noise of my brother's radio. It ______ me from my work.
54.
A) distracts
B) disturbs
C) interrupts
D) interfere
•正确答案：A
By the last weekend, I had learned all the letters of the French ______.
55.
A) symbol
B) pattern
C) alphabet
D) sample
•正确答案：C
The people who objected to the new approach were told that since work had already started there was
56.
no point in _______.
A) denying
B) upsetting
C) protesting
D) competing
•正确答案：C
The runners were ______ after the marathon.
57.
A) exhausted
B) amazed
C) frightened
D) surprised
•正确答案：A
The price of beer _______ from 50 cents to $4 per liter during the summer season.
58.
A) altered
B) ranged
C) separated
D) differed
•正确答案：B
I am afraid that you have to alter your _______ views in light of the tragic news that has just arrived.
59.
A) indifferent
B) distressing
C) optimistic
D) pessimistic
•正确答案：C
The world's governments have done _______ nothing to combat the threat of nuclear accidents.
60.
A) inherently
B) vitally
C) virtually
D) identically
•正确答案：C
Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )
Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
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61. If we can make good use of time, ____________________ (我们就可以期望得到好的成效并获得丰厚
利润).
•正确答案：we may expect good results and big profits
62. Though the politician tried to ____________________ (把公众的注意力从他的谎话上引开), the scandal
still hit the headlines.
•正确答案：steer the public attention away from his lies
63. For the little extra it'll cost, we ____________________ (还不如在这里再呆一个晚上).
•正确答案：might just as well stay for another night
64. The little boy ____________________ (似乎一点儿也不害怕) of walking alone at night.
•正确答案：didn't seem to be in the least frightened
65. ____________________ (他渴望游览巴黎) so much so that he often dreamt about it.
•正确答案：He longed to visit Paris。
