全新版第二版综合B2U7-C
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: French government managed to keep the purity of their language so they don't like to borrow foreign words.
正确答案： A 2. A) T B) F
Script: Walkman is a borrowed word from Japan.
正确答案： A 3. A) T B) F
Script: In Winston Churchill's speech quoted in the text, every word came from Old English in order to stir the people's emotions against their enemy.
正确答案： B 4. A) T B) F
Script: English borrowed hundreds of words from Greek and Latin to enrich its farming vocabulary.
正确答案： B
5. A) T B) F
Script: Many words that begin with sk in English, like sky and skirt, can find its origin in Old Norse.
正确答案： A 6. A) T B) F
Script: In 1066, there were three languages in the country: French for the rulers, Greek for the churches and English for the common people.
正确答案： B 7. A) T B) F
Script: We can attribute the wide use of English to its usage in science, technology and commerce, its integration of vocabulary from other languages, and its tolerance of various English dialects.
正确答案： A 8. A) T B) F
Script: Many dialects, developing from the Standard English, instill its own cultural factors to the usage and vocabulary into English.
正确答案： B 9. A) T B) F
Script: Many languages will disappear due to the language shift.
正确答案： A 10. A) T B) F
Script: English will not replace other languages, but will supplement with languages.
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.
English is a very important language, because it is the (11)_________________ in the world．It is spoken not only in England, America, Canada, (12)_________________ and New Zealand but also in many other countries in the world．It is reported that there're more than (13)_________________ countries and 550,000,000 people who speak English. At (14)_________________ conferences, English is one of the (15)_________________ ．In foreign affairs, international trade and cultural (16)_________________ , English is a chiefly used language, Almost half of newspapers and magazines all over the world are (17)_________________ in English．Over two thirds of (18)_________________ are broadcasting in English．About 85 percent of international letters and (19)_________________ are written in English．So the English language is even more important and useful than any other languages in the world．This makes it (20)_________________ for us to learn English well．
Script: English is a very important language, because it is the most widely used in the world．It is spoken not only in England, America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand but also in many other countries in the world．It is reported that there're more than twenty countries and 550,000,000 people who speak English. At international conferences, English is one of the chief working languages．In foreign affairs, international trade and cultural exchange, English is a chiefly used language, Almost half of newspapers and magazines all over the world are published in English．Over two thirds of radio stations are broadcasting in English．About 85 percent of international letters and business are written in English．So the English language is even more important and useful than any other languages in the world．This makes it necessary for us to learn English well．
正确答案： most widely used
正确答案： Australia
正确答案： twenty
正确答案： international
正确答案： chief working languages
正确答案： exchange
正确答案： published
正确答案： radio stations
正确答案： business
正确答案： necessary
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.
Another flood of new vocabulary 21 in 1066, when the Normans conquered England. The country now had three languages: French for the 22 , Latin for the churches and English for the common people. With three languages 23 , there were sometimes different terms for the same thing. For example, Anglo-Saxons had the word kingly, but after the Normans, royal and sovereign entered the language as 24 . The extraordinary thing was that French did not replace English. Over three centuries English gradually 25 French, and by the end of the 15th century what had developed was a modified, greatly 26 language — Middle English — with about 10,000 \French words.
Around 1476 William Caxton 27 a printing press in England and started a 28 . Printing brought into English the wealth of new thinking that
sprang from the European Renaissance. Translations of Greek and Roman classics were 29 the printed page, and with them thousands of Latin words like capsule and habitual, and Greek words like catastrophe and thermometer. Today we still borrow from Latin and Greek to name new 30 , like video, television and cyberspace.
A) nobles B) completed C) occurred D) poured onto E) insurance F) competing G) emotion H) inventions I) alternatives J) set up K) swallowed L) enriched
M) communications revolution
21. ______________________
正确答案： C
22. ______________________
正确答案： A
23. ______________________
正确答案： F
24. ______________________
正确答案： I
25. ______________________
正确答案： K
26. ______________________
正确答案： L
27. ______________________
正确答案： J
28. ______________________
正确答案： M
29. ______________________
O) drop in N) talents
新理念外语网络教学平台第二版综合答案B2U7-C
