全新版第二版综合B2U5-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.
1.
A) T B) F
Script: The pole was set as high as Michael Stone's personal best record.
正确答案： B 2.
A) T B) F
Script: The pole vault competition is not important in the track and field competition.
正确答案： B 3.
A) T B) F
Script: Coaches always dreamed of athletes' dedication, determination and discipline. Michael was a good example in this aspect.
正确答案： A 4.
A) T B) F
Script: When Michael felt nervous even afraid facing the height, his mother's words echoed in his mind and worked.
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正确答案： A 5.
A) T B) F
Script: Michael didn't even think of winning the first place, as he thought that winning second place was not shameful.
正确答案： B 6.
A) T B) F
Script: Michael's life would be different, only as he won the National Junior Olympics and set a new record and won the media's attention and sponsorship.
正确答案： B 7.
A) T B) F
Script: The writer was born in a winter of 1904, and was the youngest child in the farming family.
正确答案： B 8.
A) T B) F
Script: The sudden progressive disease depressed the author and deterred him from wandering about outside.
正确答案： B 9.
A) T B) F
Script: The writer grew impatient with the old man and little daughter as they charged him a lot of money for changing the tire.
正确答案： B 10.
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A) T B) F Script: When the old man turned out to be blind, the writer thought that while the old man was blind in sight, he, himself, was blind in mind.
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.
Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would (11)_________________ sharply the values of life. We should live each day with gentleness, (12)_________________ , and a keenness of (13)_________________ which are often lost when time stretches before us in the (14)_________________ panorama of more days and months and years to come. There are those who, of course, who would adopt the epicurean (享乐者) (15)_________________ of \people would be chastened (磨练) by the certainty of (16)_________________ death. It has often been noted that those who live, or have lived, in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do. Most of us, however, (17)_________________ . We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future. When we are in buoyant (乐观的) health, death is all but (18)_________________ . We seldom think of it. The days (19)_________________ in an endless vista. So we go about petty tasks, hardly aware of our (20)_________________ attitude toward life.
Script: Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life. We should live each day with gentleness, vigor, and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come. There are those who, of course, who would adopt the epicurean (享乐者) motto of \drink, and be merry,\but most people
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would be chastened (磨练) by the certainty of impendent death. It has often been noted that those who live, or have lived, in the shadow of death bring a mellow sweetness to everything they do. Most of us, however, take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future. When we are in buoyant (乐观的) health, death is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. The days stretch out in an endless vista. So we go about petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.
正确答案： emphasize
正确答案： vigor
正确答案： appreciation
正确答案： constant
正确答案： motto
正确答案： impendent
正确答案： take life for granted
正确答案： unimaginable
正确答案： stretch out
正确答案： listless
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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The runway felt different this time. It startled him for a brief moment. Then it all hit him like a wet bale of hay. The bar was set at nine inches higher than his personal best. That's only one inch off the National record, he thought. The 21 of the moment filled his mind with 22 . He began shaking the 23 . It wasn't working. He became more 24 . Why was this happening to him now, he thought. He began to get nervous. Afraid would be a more 25 description. What was he going to do He had never 26 these feelings. Then out of nowhere, and from the deepest depths of his soul, he 27 his mother. Why now What was his mother doing in his 28 at a time like this It was simple. His mother always 29 to tell him when you felt tense, anxious or even scared, 30 deep breaths.
A) anxiety B) experienced C) worry D) pictured E) was F) used G) thoughts H) got
I) intensity J) take K) recalled L) accurate M) tension N) exact O) tense
21. ______________________
正确答案： I
22. ______________________
正确答案： A
23. ______________________
正确答案： M
24. ______________________
正确答案： O
25. ______________________
正确答案： L
26. ______________________
正确答案： B
27. ______________________
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新理念外语网络教学平台第二版综合答案B2U5-A
