新视野大学英语1级复习题

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Reading Comprehension

Passage 1

Many teachers believe that the responsibility for learning lies with students. If a long reading

assignment is given, instructors expect students to be familiar with the information in the reading

even if they don not discuss it in class or give an examination. (Courses are not designed merely

for students to pass exams.) The ideal student is considered to be one who is encouraged to learn

for the purpose of learning, not the one interested only in getting high grades. Some students may

be frustrated with teachers who do no believe it is necessary to grade every assignment.

Sometimes homework is returned with short written comments but without a grade. Even if a

grade is not given, students should learn the material assigned.

When research is assigned, the professor expects students to begin and to complete the

assignment with minimum instruction. It is the student’s responsibility to find books and articles

in the library. Professors do not have the time to explain how a university library works; they

expect students, especially graduate students, to be able to find what they need in the library.

Professors will help students who need it, but prefer that their students not depend on them

too much. This is different from teacher-student relationships in other countries. In the United

States, professors have other duties in addition to teaching. Often they do some administrative

（行政的）work within their department. In addition, they may be required to write articles and

books. Therefore, the time that a professor can spend with a student outside of class is limited. If a

student has problems with classroom work, the student should either ask a professor for help

during office hours or make an appointment （预约）.

1) What does the author mean by saying that “Courses are not designed merely for students to

pass exams?”

A. Students study hard only for exams.

B. Teachers think it necessary for their students to fail exams.

C. Teachers think that the only purpose of studying hard is to pass exams.

D. The purpose of designing courses is not only for passing exams.

2) According to the 2nd paragraph, students in the United States should _______.

A. depend more on themselves than on professors

B. plan their time and sequence their word

C. always follow the professor’s advice

D. find a suitable place for studying

3) If students need the advice of their teachers, they should ______.

A. put forward their questions in class

B. go to their teachers’ office

C. find some excuses to see teachers at home

D. turn to their teachers during the break

4) Students who ______ in the United States are considered good ones.

A. pay more attention to good scores

B. have the desire to learn by themselves

C. are good at learning words by heart 2 / 19 D. know much about computers.

5) American professors may be required to spend more of their time ______.

A. knowing what is on their students’ mind

B. helping students finish their assignments

C. writing articles

D. instruction students’ research

Passage 2

A few years ago it was common to speak of a generation gap between young people and their

elders. Parents said that children did not respect and listen to them, while children said that their

parents did not understand them at all. What had gone wrong? Why had the generation gap

suddenly appeared? Actually, the generation gap has been around for a long time. Many people

argue that it is built into every part of our society.

One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people have to

choose their own ways of life. In a more traditional society, when children grow up, they are

expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and like,

and often to continue the family jobs. In our society, young people often travel great distances for

their education, move out of the family at an early age, marry or live with people whom their

parents have never met, and choose jobs different from those of their parents.

In our society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did, to find better jobs,

to make more money and to do all the things that they were unable to do. Often, that is another

cause of the gap between them. Often, they discover that they have very little in common with

each other.

Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society is the third cause of the gap

between the generations. In a traditional culture, senior people are valued for their knowledge, but

in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may become out of date. The young and the old seem to