全新版第二版综合B2U4-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
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Script: For the last two years, I have done much of my work as a telecommuter. 正确答案: B
A) T 2. B) F
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Script: I have spent as long as thirteen weeks alone at home, going out only to get mail and buy
newspapers and groceries.
正确答案: B
A) T 3. B) F
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Script: I start to feel as though I've become one with my machines, taking data in, spitting them
back out, just another link in the Net.
正确答案: A
A) T 4. B) F
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Script: Once you start replacing real human contact with cyber-interaction, coming back out of
the cave can be quite difficult.
正确答案: A
A) T 5. B) F
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Script: I'd realized how important daily routine is: dressing for work, sleeping normal hours. 正确答案: B
A) T 6. B) F
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Script: I began to understand why long-term unemployment can be so damaging, why life
without an externally supported daily plan can lead to higher rates of drug abuse, crime, suicide.
正确答案: A
A) T 7. B) F
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Script: My daughter is hooked on the Internet and I don't think that it is mad, bad and
dangerous.
正确答案: B
A) T 8. B) F
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Script: My mistrust is based on the fact that this use of the Internet is such a pale copy of the
time-honoured way in which people communicate with each other.
正确答案: A
A) T 9. B) F
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Script: When I was planning to go away for a few days last month, this intelligent 22-year-old
announced a plan for a party.
正确答案: A
A) T 10. B) F
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Script: I think arguing with a daughter is always pleasant and easy. 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.
? There are also some other new (11)_________________ you can enjoy in the Internet world,
such as banking, shopping, (12)_________________ , movies, and music on-line. Take banking and shopping
on-line
(13)_________________
.
You
must
have
once
experienced
how
(14)_________________ it is for one to wait in a long (15)_________________ in the bank. Nowadays, the choice is (16)_________________ . Sitting (17)_________________ in your chair at home or in the office, you can still visit the bank and do the banking on-line. Shopping is gaining more and more (18)_________________ in the modern society. And again, the Internet can make it more (19)_________________ and convenient. Go to the shopping websites, and a long list of products' items with specific information will be at hand instantly, including a brief introduction and (20)_________________ picture of the purchase, its material, price, manufacturer, and how to order it, etc., only to name a few.
Script: There are also some other new flavors you can enjoy in the Internet world, such as banking, shopping, flash, movies, and music on-line. Take banking and shopping on-line for instances. You must have once experienced how time-consuming it is for one to wait in a long queue in the bank. Nowadays, the choice is alternative. Sitting comfortably in your chair at home or in the office, you can still visit the bank and do the banking on-line. Shopping is gaining more and more popularity in the modern society. And again, the Internet can make it more efficient and convenient. Go to the shopping
websites, and a long list of products' items with specific information will be at hand instantly, including a brief introduction and vivid picture of the purchase, its material, price, manufacturer, and how to order it, etc., only to name a few. 正确答案: flavors 正确答案: flash 正确答案: for instances 正确答案: time-consuming 正确答案: queue 正确答案: alternative 正确答案: comfortably 正确答案: popularity 正确答案: efficient 正确答案: vivid
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.
? I find myself 21 , more cautious, more 22 . Or, 23 , when suddenly confronted with real live humans, I get 24 , speak too much, interrupt. I constantly worry if I am dressed appropriately, that perhaps I've actually forgotten to 25 a skirt and walked outside in the T-shirt and underwear I sleep and 26 . At times, I turn on the television and just leave it to 27 in the background, something that I'd never done previously. The voices of the programs are comforting, but then I'm jarred by the commercials. I find myself sucked in by 28 , or needing to 29 the latest news and the weather. \\\are of no possible use to me. Work moves into the background. I decide to check my email.
A) spit E) keep up with I) conversely M) flee B) angle F) put on J) anxious N) angel
C) shyer G) tune K) talk away O) overexcited D) soap operas H) restore L) live in ? ?
21. ______________________
正确答案: C